The Energon Pub

News Credits: 6 · Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:48 pm

AdventPrime wrote:So this is not from FansProject, right?

Nope, its just a small run for made by SGCollect.com, for their members only.

News Credits: 409 · Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:13 pm

Who is the actual creator? Is it a member of that forum? Or a small company?

Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:08 pm

Gauntlet101010 wrote:If your UM head is looking upwards chances are you broke your $70 toy. The head's shape looks like it was meant to be on a ball joint, but it isn't. It's just on an old fasioned peg. I tried (gently) moving it upwards too, but it didn't want to go that way and I didn't force it. But it turns from side to side just fine. Slides off easily, actually.

Mine moves up and down just fine. It is a ball joint on a peg in the neck hole. That's actually how I first found out it came off easily. I was pushing it back to give him a more dynamic pose and the peg just slipped out. Freaked me out at first because I though I had just broken an $80 toy in the first 30 minutes of owning it. But after looking at it I realised it was alright and just put it back together.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:25 pm

I'm using G1 launchers and I prefer the look of the original head. Considering the breakage issue some have had I would be afraid to try the swap.

News Credits: 668 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:29 am

...more to this set? Really?

Wasn't squeezing people's wallets for $75.00 enough? Especially after the heads broke off...

No thanks. Seeing this just makes me get P.O.ed

News Credits: 5 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:42 am

Sledge wrote:If I was going to buy a City Commander (and I'm not), I would want this head on it. The original looks awful to me.

Hey Sledge,

Looking at the pics I'd agree with you, the original head looks all kinds of weird.. but looking at it in person it looks awesome. Hard to explain how the pics make is look so weird but it's just one of those things.

I've had no problems with the head or legs (I had to use a scary amount of force to rotate the hands the first time was all) and I'd have to say he is easily my 2nd favourite figure in my collection now, second only to MP Prime (because, well, he's Prime). So I'd recommend him if you were undecided.

Just my 2 cents.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:08 am

Koloth wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:If your UM head is looking upwards chances are you broke your $70 toy. The head's shape looks like it was meant to be on a ball joint, but it isn't. It's just on an old fasioned peg. I tried (gently) moving it upwards too, but it didn't want to go that way and I didn't force it. But it turns from side to side just fine. Slides off easily, actually.

Mine moves up and down just fine. It is a ball joint on a peg in the neck hole. That's actually how I first found out it came off easily. I was pushing it back to give him a more dynamic pose and the peg just slipped out. Freaked me out at first because I though I had just broken an $80 toy in the first 30 minutes of owning it. But after looking at it I realised it was alright and just put it back together.

Really?? Mine doesn't seem to want to look down or up.I didn't spot a ball joint in that head, but maybe it's worth a second look ...

Not tempted to force it tho.

Edit:
Removed the head again. I tried to apply a bit of force to the "ball" directly, as I won't be doing that with the peg. It didn't move a milimeter. Since there's other UMs with fine heads, I can only guess mine is slightly defective that way. Maybe the other broken UMs had their ball joints as tight as mine was.

Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:14 am

Noooooooooo.... I have to open my custom set then to see if mine is fine. I was hoping to keep it MISB as all other Transformers Classics/Classics 2.0 I've got. :sad:

On the oher hand I would like to get a couple of shoulder missile launchers for my set (Unfortunately I don't have a G1 UM)... so this set would have been a great thing to buy... but the new head.... nah I would have passed. The original, even though it looked weird in the pictures, gives UM the look of a hardened soldier (a la Dolph Lundgren kinda thing)

News Credits: 5 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:31 am

Oilspill wrote:Looking at the pics I'd agree with you, the original head looks all kinds of weird.. but looking at it in person it looks awesome. Hard to explain how the pics make is look so weird but it's just one of those things.

Weird how that can happen. I found Universe Powerglide looks a lot better in person than he does in pictures.

Still, I've got a lot more problems with City Commander than his face, so I'll continue to pass.

News Credits: 335 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:22 pm

I think they did a great job of it. Can't wait to see the rockets.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:59 pm

Down_Shift wrote:I think they did a great job of it. Can't wait to see the rockets.

You've seen the rocket launchers already. :arrow:

There just repros of the original G1 Magnus' launchers. However, these ones won't be able to shoot the missile.

Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:53 am

Arlekkin wrote:Noooooooooo.... I have to open my custom set then to see if mine is fine. I was hoping to keep it MISB as all other Transformers Classics/Classics 2.0 I've got.

On the oher hand I would like to get a couple of shoulder missile launchers for my set (Unfortunately I don't have a G1 UM)... so this set would have been a great thing to buy... but the new head.... nah I would have passed. The original, even though it looked weird in the pictures, gives UM the look of a hardened soldier (a la Dolph Lundgren kinda thing)

Umm, if you are keeping it MISB, what's the difference if its fine or not? How do youi know if any of your classics are fine? They had a lot of QC issues that were not noticed till after the toy was handled. Also, why do you need launchers for something you will never open? I am so confused. :???:

News Credits: 5 · Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:29 am

MISB-ers confuse me full stop. They own Schrödinger's Transformers: they might be perfect, or they might be knackered. Who knows?

Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:08 am

Sledge wrote:MISB-ers confuse me full stop. They own Schrödinger's Transformers: they might be perfect, or they might be knackered. Who knows?

My thoughts exactly.

News Credits: 21 · Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:53 pm

i just realized something how is the new head going to work with the city comannder set i read soemone on the forum turned the citycommander head to the side and it broke off cant be fixed are they going to make a chest piece or something.?

News Credits: 129 · Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:14 am

Nujevad wrote:
Sledge wrote:MISB-ers confuse me full stop. They own Schrödinger's Transformers: they might be perfect, or they might be knackered. Who knows?

My thoughts exactly.

Co-sign.

::Waits for the pre-high school physics kids to visit Wikipedia...::

News Credits: 5 · Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:50 pm

One day, someone will open a MISB G1 Metroplex, only to find half a cat.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:54 pm

Does anyone know if there is an update on this upgrade kit? B-)

Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:41 pm

I think this product can be described in one sentence...

YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE CUSTOMS SO I GOT A CUSTOM FOR YOUR CUSTOM SO YOU CAN CUSTOM WHILE YOU CUSTOM YO.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:14 am

Sledge wrote:One day, someone will open a MISB G1 Metroplex, only to find half a cat.

Bahahaa!!

Anyway, I think the "upgrade" head looks pretty nice but it seems terribly uneccesary...I think FansProject's head was awesome and a very nice update to the original...The custom shoulder launchers might be nice but since thre's really no chance of getting this anyway it's not a big deal at all to me...

News Credits: 9 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:13 am

Nickolai wrote:YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE CUSTOMS SO I GOT A CUSTOM FOR YOUR CUSTOM SO YOU CAN CUSTOM WHILE YOU CUSTOM YO.

WORD UP, G!

News Credits: 4 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:20 am

Nickolai wrote:I think this product can be described in one sentence...

YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE CUSTOMS SO I GOT A CUSTOM FOR YOUR CUSTOM SO YOU CAN CUSTOM WHILE YOU CUSTOM YO.

Bwahahahahahahah :APPLAUSE: