The Energon Pub

Well I worked out it would cost me about £70 including shipping to buy this and I don't think it looks quite worth that much so I may just pass. Curious to know if the armor would rub against the reprolabels G1 Hot Rod style stickers I have on my classics Rodimus as well (cos he looked so drab without them).

Quite loving this set as well as the Guardian. The targetmaster i did order 2 of so I can keep on mint But I do love how it looks I am saying it is worth $82

I just went to double check the price of Protector on BBTS, and I saw KM-02 Knight Morpher Annihilator available for pre-order! But $100... Too much stuff this holiday season lol. With Masterpiece Hot Rod, Protector, some TF United Figs, and now this! noo munnies for all these awesome toys!


Guardian looks quite awesome in my opinion along with Protector as well def. I hope they do a little more touches here and there and really make him shine. Seems to me as well that the face is just silver. Maybe make some parts "crystal" for those who have the sons of cybertron set Anyways...awesome job FP!

I was a bit surprised to see that not all of the trailer combines with Rodimus, and part of it just becomes a gun emplacement he lugs around. Ah well, it still looks awesome! I've waited for these pictures for months, and I'll be looking at them all week!

I'm glad I have these on preorder. I'm even gladder that I was able to score a Classics Hot Rod(plus 15 or so other TFs) for only $45 USD to go with this, as it looks like the Battle in Space/Challenge on Cybertron version would look all wrong in there. I'll probably give Sidearm to that one for my shelf, though.

Now I just need to get an Ultra Magnus and City Commander set to go with Roddy.

Midnight_Fox wrote:I'm glad I have these on preorder. I'm even gladder that I was able to score a Classics Hot Rod(plus 15 or so other TFs) for only $45 USD to go with this, as it looks like the Battle in Space/Challenge on Cybertron version would look all wrong in there. I'll probably give Sidearm to that one for my shelf, though.

Now I just need to get an Ultra Magnus and City Commander set to go with Roddy.

WoW O.o you are sooooo lucky. What other TF's did you get with that?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does anyone know how much this would be with shipping to the UK? I emailed Robotkingdom about it several weeks ago but never got a reply. I just want to get the total price and then decide if I really want it or not.

No need, Kapow toys and Toys and Games have them for preorder and Cool Toyswill also be getting them in at some point too so Ive heard.

Plus for the prices you get charged on those sites it works out slightly cheaper once you add on the customs charges( which your 90% certain of getting charegd on something of that value)

Looks to me like they've done nothing to improve shoulder articulation.

Sideswipe 00 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:I'm glad I have these on preorder. I'm even gladder that I was able to score a Classics Hot Rod(plus 15 or so other TFs) for only $45 USD to go with this, as it looks like the Battle in Space/Challenge on Cybertron version would look all wrong in there. I'll probably give Sidearm to that one for my shelf, though.

Now I just need to get an Ultra Magnus and City Commander set to go with Roddy.

WoW O.o you are sooooo lucky. What other TF's did you get with that?

Animated Starscream(missing a thumb and a missile)
RID Optimus Prime(missing some pieces but not sure which yet)
RID Ultra Magnus(missing an arm and missiles)
Cybertron Hot Shot
2007 Movie Blackout
2007 Leader Class Brawl(missing his Tank Cannons)
2007 Movie Ratchet(missing a bunch of pieces)
Cybertron Override
Cybertron Dark Crumplezone
2007 Movie Barricade and Frenzy
2007 Movie Jazz
Mini-con Longarm
Energon Rodimus
Cybertron Thundercracker
Cybertron Leobreaker
Cybertron Wreckloose

The trick is to stalk Craigslist twice a day and jump when you see values. This is about the 2nd or 3rd time I've gotten this lucky, the best was getting nearly $1500 in gaming stuff(including 3-4 whole armies) for $100 when someone was getting out of the hobby.

As usual, I'm very impressed with FP's work and can't wait to own this figure

El Duque wrote:I really like that it takes deluxe Hotrod and basically makes him the same size as voyager Optimus Prime. Which is what you expect to happen when he evolves into a Prime.

This x2.

The set looks great, very interesting.

I like this much better than the City Commander set, but only because it intigrates all of its pieces better and doesn't have a giant "kibblegun" to deal with that is entirely out of character. Wish I had the cash necessary to get this.

Shiny!

I love the sculpted flame deco coming out of the pipes in winnebago mode.

Looks incredible, can't wait to get my hands on it.

This looks incredible. From the colors to the scale, I'm sold. Even Sidearm looks incredible. I will most likely display him in robot mode and leave the battle station in the package though. FP makes me feel alot better about not being able to drop the cash on the Takara MP Rodimus.

Two questions:
Anyone heard any news on possible gimmicks?

What happened to the other prototype pics of a Sidearm type figure we saw a while back? I forget what it was called..

GUSH!! Holy Jebus that's awesome! I'm so happy with how that looks. I've been on edge ever since the last images were released showing Protector's base colours that looked a little orangey-red. But this.... this is fantastic!

Neurie wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Does anyone know how much this would be with shipping to the UK? I emailed Robotkingdom about it several weeks ago but never got a reply. I just want to get the total price and then decide if I really want it or not.

No need, Kapow toys and Toys and Games have them for preorder and Cool Toyswill also be getting them in at some point too so Ive heard.

Plus for the prices you get charged on those sites it works out slightly cheaper once you add on the customs charges( which your 90% certain of getting charegd on something of that value)

I pre-ordered mine from TFSource. Along with TFX-05, shipping to the UK came in at just under £20 which I thought was pretty awesome given TFSource's quality packaging. Plus, doesn't Kapow Toys offer free shipping for orders over £50?

amcgrath929 wrote:Anyone heard any news on possible gimmicks?

What happened to the other prototype pics of a Sidearm type figure we saw a while back? I forget what it was called..

1) I've heard rumours that Rodimus's Roller can combine with Prime's Rollar, don't know if that's true or not.

2) Those prototypes were for a different targetmaster put out by a different company.

Mkall wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:Anyone heard any news on possible gimmicks?

What happened to the other prototype pics of a Sidearm type figure we saw a while back? I forget what it was called..

1) I've heard rumours that Rodimus's Roller can combine with Prime's Rollar, don't know if that's true or not.

2) Those prototypes were for a different targetmaster put out by a different company.

Thanks Mkall. FP normally keeps them fairly quiet. It would be nice to see something impressive again like they did with the G3 Trailer. Another weapons pack would be amazing too. As far as the other Targetmaster, I thought it was from another company but I couldn't remember. I wonder if they scratched that idea now that FP put out Sidearm.

amcgrath929 wrote:As far as the other Targetmaster, I thought it was from another company but I couldn't remember. I wonder if they scratched that idea now that FP put out Sidearm.

I sure hope not. I was planning on using it for another character.

Sodan-1 wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:As far as the other Targetmaster, I thought it was from another company but I couldn't remember. I wonder if they scratched that idea now that FP put out Sidearm.

I sure hope not. I was planning on using it for another character.

Me too. I'll take all the Targetmasters, Headmasters, etc I can get!

Mkall wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:Anyone heard any news on possible gimmicks?

What happened to the other prototype pics of a Sidearm type figure we saw a while back? I forget what it was called..

1) I've heard rumours that Rodimus's Roller can combine with Prime's Rollar, don't know if that's true or not.

2) Those prototypes were for a different targetmaster put out by a different company.

I was also under the impression that the Guardian "Roller" car can be launched from the base of the weapons platform, much like Roller does from the G3 trailer. Think I saw that in one of Vangelus' botcon videos - unless I'm a dreamin'.

Oilspill wrote:

Mkall wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:Anyone heard any news on possible gimmicks?

What happened to the other prototype pics of a Sidearm type figure we saw a while back? I forget what it was called..

1) I've heard rumours that Rodimus's Roller can combine with Prime's Rollar, don't know if that's true or not.

2) Those prototypes were for a different targetmaster put out by a different company.

I was also under the impression that the Guardian "Roller" car can be launched from the base of the weapons platform, much like Roller does from the G3 trailer. Think I saw that in one of Vangelus' botcon videos - unless I'm a dreamin'.

I seem to recall that also.

Hmmm... I hate to say it but I really don't like it. I don't know why, it just doesn't shine beauty onto my eyes...

Mykltron wrote:Looks to me like they've done nothing to improve shoulder articulation.

I don't think there's much they could do since it still uses the original shoulder joints.

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