The Energon Pub

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:29 am

The 3 cars are great! Only the airplane looks bad.

The retro car looks exceptionally good!

Very tempting!

Downshift!

I gotta see the actual toy in the stores.

Better bring some cash too.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:53 am

Thundercracker's alt mode (to my best estimates) is a 1/123 scale Russian Su-37 Terminator.

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:47 am

Scaleface wrote:Thundercracker's alt mode (to my best estimates) is a 1/123 scale Russian Su-37 Terminator.

Wow! Very good research!

They look like exactly the same plane model!

Anyone up for a repaint?

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:59 am

The Vector Sigma Database says he's a SU-27 Flanker, which is also VERY close, but the SU-27 pictures seem to not have those little wings before the main wings, where the SU-37 does, just like Thundercracker (and Cybertron Skywarp and Classic Legends Jetfire). Of course I'm not jet expert and could be wrong. I'm just eyeballing it.

http://www.seibertron.com/database/char ... ar_id=3210

I was just reading up on it and it seems it has a nice little rear mounted radar allowing it to fire missiles at targets behind it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-37

It's also possible it's an SU-35. The external differences are SO SMALL it's hard to tell.

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:29 am

Yeah, SU-35 and SU-37 are much closer in design.

Are these new planes?

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:32 am

The SU-35 was first made in 1988. The SU-37 in 1996.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:05 pm

Excellion seems to be based on the Chrysler ME 412 concept car - at 1/32 scale. AT least that's the best guess I've heard.

by **lanzajr26** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:35 pm

Wow, that's actually the first time I've seen that concept, thanks for putting those pics up!

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:18 pm

I think if they do release them state side. I'd pick up the Excellion, Tcracker 2 pack. Just because I missed Excellion, and love the Hot Rod Homage paint scheme. And even though I have both moulds already. (Hot Shot and Skywarp). Excellion is almost too good to pass up. And I'm also somewhat of a Tcracker freak. So I like to get my hands on them even though the Cannon arm gets on my nerves.

Anybody know of a mod to give him a decent left arm with a removable cannon and a fist

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And yeah, Hot Shot/Excellion is definitely a Me4Twelve. Anybody that played Forza on the Xbox should have their Me4Tweleve looking like Hot Shot or Excellion.