The Energon Pub

Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:00 pm

ok i might have to get the human alliance basic! its a giant target master! a bad ass one at that! and im getting that BB and jolt.

News Credits: 1082 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:06 pm

Helicopter seems like a Unicron trilogy homage to Cyclonus/Snowcat. Skis for feet...CHECK....helicopter mode---check. Big chest/stomach areas...check....

*Insert yodel here*

News Credits: 9 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:24 pm

These galleries have me sold on the green one, Jolt and even Crankcase! Bee still looks lame - he can barely see over his own chest!

News Credits: 37 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:03 pm

DAMN BUMBLEBEE!!! I've always wanted a TF toy with a minigun!!! I thought I was gonna have to wait for a Prime Skyquake to come out, but not this time! Tonight, I feel...still angry. But a little less.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:15 pm

Anybody else notice that the back of Whirl's head is a spotlight? Thats a clever use of the ligthpiping for altmode. It also solves the problem of Whirl's head not looking G1 enough-just don't rotate it and he'll have his classic mono-eye face.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:10 pm

So far I'm getting Roadbuster, Shockwave (I don't have one in my collection yet- *Hint to Hasbro*), and Powerglide. I started to say I would get Prime with trailer until I found out that retail is 79.99. Too pricey for my blood.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:10 pm

Man looking at the Roadbuster just makes me wish his vehicle was armed up like in the movie. Oh wait, instead of the armored up alt mode Roadbuster had they gave it to that new Bumblebee mold... :BANG_HEAD:

And Whirl is looking really cool and im gonna get him for sure. With his new head I noticed that the searchlight below his rotor is actually the back of his head, meaning this guy has got some crazy light piping haha.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:24 pm

Can Hasbro just hire this guy to take pics of ALL TF figure. These actually make the DOTM figures look great!

News Credits: 5 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:49 pm

Razorclaw0000 wrote:So guess who just decided they're going to buy all of these? I was pretty harsh on DOTM so far, but these are looking mostly great. I'm Bumblebee fatigued like everyone else, probably more so, since I own all of them, but the Wreckers, Basics, Skyhammer, and a few other look really fun.

I'm in the same boat. It's crazy what high quality images of these figures can do for them when they are correctly transformed.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:02 pm

Why'd they lop off Crankcase's middle digit? T~T

Searchlight head = awesome. Not sure if it outweighs the ski-feet though...

News Credits: 335 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:05 pm

Damn you new images!

Now I actually want all of these. ESPECIALLY Whirl. I mean come one, that third gattling mode? Get out of town! :APPLAUSE:

This is also the first time I've noticed that all three Bumblebees are different moulds.

Damn it I hate myself for liking these guys.

Well played Hasbro... well played...

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:09 pm

Down_Shift wrote:Damn you new images!

Well played Hasbro... well played...

Well said, Down_Shift.
These just look too epic to pass up. And the HA Basics are getting WEAPON MODES? I think Hasbro got their brains back.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:20 pm

roadbuster is where its at.

News Credits: 335 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:38 pm

OptiMagnus10 wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:Damn you new images!

Well played Hasbro... well played...

Well said, Down_Shift.
These just look too epic to pass up. And the HA Basics are getting WEAPON MODES? I think Hasbro got their brains back.

So far Whirl is the only one who's thrid mode can be held by another Deluxe or Voyager figure. The others like Sandstorm, Icepick, Backfire, & Thunderhead only serve as a gimmic suited for each of their human partners. (literally speaking in the case of Thunderhead)

But who knows, I could be fully wrong on this.

I did look all over this bitch for official images of the HABs in their "assult modes" but for some damn reason I can't find a single one here on Seibertron.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:38 pm

Loving the gun mode for "Whirl"!

I went and looked through the official images from Hasbro that were released after Toy Fair 2011 and saw this!

Look at the peg on the bottom in the rear. Looks like these more than just a few of these figures will have some type of weapon mode!

I don't see any peg in weapon mode, but look at the peg on his robot arm!

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:42 pm

Down_Shift wrote:I did look all over this ---- for official images of the HABs in their "assult modes" but for some damn reason I can't find a single one here on Seibertron.

Here you go...
http://www.seibertron.com/events/galler ... 0&start=10

News Credits: 335 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:42 pm

z-span wrote:Loving the gun mode for "Whirl"!

I went and looked through the official images from Hasbro that were released after Toy Fair 2011 and saw this!

Look at the peg on the bottom in the rear. Looks like these more than just a few of these figures will have some type of weapon mode!

I don't see any peg in weapon mode, but look at the peg on his robot arm!

Ha ha ha, good to know the guy with 16 posts put me in my image finding place! Good show!

Anyways I stand corrected. It looks like at least those two sport both a 4mm or 5mm peg hole and a grip bar.

Great, one MORE reason for me to love this ish!

Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:09 pm

Down_Shift wrote:Ha ha ha, good to know the guy with 16 posts put me in my image finding place! Good show!

Hahaha! If it makes you feel better, I've been familiar with the site for about 7 years now. I used to have a different user name, but I took 2 years off of TF's and changed my email and forgot my password. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:19 pm

Down_Shift wrote:
OptiMagnus10 wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:Damn you new images!

Well played Hasbro... well played...

Well said, Down_Shift.
These just look too epic to pass up. And the HA Basics are getting WEAPON MODES? I think Hasbro got their brains back.

So far Whirl is the only one who's thrid mode can be held by another Deluxe or Voyager figure. The others like Sandstorm, Icepick, Backfire, & Thunderhead only serve as a gimmic suited for each of their human partners. (literally speaking in the case of Thunderhead)

But who knows, I could be fully wrong on this.

I did look all over this bitch for official images of the HABs in their "assult modes" but for some damn reason I can't find a single one here on Seibertron.

Don't forget about these images of Thunderhead from awhile back. Note the peg on the rear of his alt mode.

News Credits: 335 · Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:57 am

El Duque wrote:Don't forget about these images of Thunderhead from awhile back. Note the peg on the rear of his alt mode.

I thought that was Sandstorm? Well what one is the figure that goes from a four leggeded spider tank to a "mech suit" for his human buddy. That's the one that won't be able to do cool **** like that.

News Credits: 17 · Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:05 am

z-span wrote:

I don't see any peg in weapon mode, but look at the peg on his robot arm!

Looks like the peg ends up on the back, meaning that's gonna be one hell of a giant chainsword! :grin:

Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:19 am

I can’t help but think that Whirl’s head looks kinda like a BW Waspinator! I’m smelling movie style BW customs!

News Credits: 3 · Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:32 pm

yea that gun mode is official.
peaugh showed us it.

Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:25 pm

I like them all, but the lack of ankle and waist articulation in figures is a big turn off for me. Paint apps are cheap, but I can always repaint them. Whirl and Crankcase are the ones in this bunch that interest me. Too bad Jolt lost so much articulation in this version.