The Energon Pub

carytheone wrote:

bodrock wrote:I've been thinking of eBaying Generations Drift, Cary -- what do you think of his Bayverse incarnation? The red version from TLK looks kinda cool....!

Gen Drift is a really cool mold. Big, heavy, dense but a little cluttered in bot mode. Super fun to pose, does and excellent job of representing IDW drift and the transformation is satisfying if not a little complex (at least compared to the current line).

AoE Drift was more fun than I remembered but not a bot that I'd consider necessary. I got him on extreme mark down at a salvage store. I'm torn on blue vs red. From the pics I can't tell if the mold is 100% the same with some slight retooling or not. It seems either all the stock images has him mistranformed or they left out a step on the roof/backpack.

If you like the movies, or the look of movie Drift I'd say jump as it is a fun bit to pose and transform. I just think that most of the movie figures are butt ugly. I've only got a handful and most were picked up at discounts of at least 50% off. Their faces are so monstrous and there is so much creepy robot muscle and sinew. I feel the movie bots are what transformers would look like if made by Todd McFarlane. I used to collect his figures so on that creepy level I've started to appreciate their designs more.

Totally with ya 100%, Cary -- but Barricade appealed to my impulse-buying tendencies for some reason....but I may skip the rest. Samurai Drift is interesting, but honestly, I'd prefer Generations simply for IDW.

So over at Cram's pad we were talking about shrines and I forgot all about movie Soundwave. Well he and RID Soundwave have become fast friends.

Hooray!!

Pretty sure I need to get on that second wave of Movie the Best HA Soundwave releases. That coloring is sooooooooooooooo pretty, claw hands and all!!!

itscramtastic wrote:Hooray!!

Pretty sure I need to get on that second wave of Movie the Best HA Soundwave releases. That coloring is sooooooooooooooo pretty, claw hands and all!!!

I'm pretty sure you do too.

His deco is gorgeous and his head is surprisingly G1 accurate except for the garbage disposal he has for a mouth. Would it be that hard to out mouth plates on all these movie figs? Looking at you kissy lips EMOP

His transformation is a marvel of engineering and his shoulders an arms pull some of that Takara ladder magic with several 180° rotations. His alt mode compacts so tightly there is no space wastes, except for the cab. His legs compress so small it's boggling as to where to even start, but a pull and tug here and there and boom, legs.

He does possess quite a few floating panels and parts in bot mode, but they work wonders here. Normally it bugs me when everything doesn't click or peg into place, but all these floating panels and be move around when poses to really add to that living robot vibe they have going on.

Movie Soundwave is incredibly show accurate in both modes. Alt mode is spot on and they even managed to fit a somewhat believable cab. Not quite on the same level as the Alt/BT line, but unlike the Alt/BT bots, robot mode actually looks like something. I saw a clip of where that shelf warming beehole blows his head off in the movie and was surprised how accurate his bot mode was.

Hrs an amazing figure and if a SW shrine were to be erected, he'd have to roshambo MP SW for the top spot

That's high praise!!

I have yet to pick up any Bayverse Soundwave, and if I'm going to get one, might as well be the best looking vehicle in Dark of the Moon

Soundwave and Starscream deserve their own shrines. I think that would be great. Minions could join Soundwave (not every version but some) and the Seekers could do the same. Hmm..the gears/cogs/sprokets are turning....

itscramtastic wrote:That's high praise!!

I have yet to pick up any Bayverse Soundwave, and if I'm going to get one, might as well be the best looking vehicle in Dark of the Moon

Soundwave and Starscream deserve their own shrines. I think that would be great. Minions could join Soundwave (not every version but some) and the Seekers could do the same. Hmm..the gears/cogs/sprokets are turning....

These sound like awesome photo possibilities, Scram!

carytheone wrote:Looking at you kissy lips EMOP

Did someone say Kissy lips?

Cobotron wrote:Did someone say Kissy lips?

I think we all knew this was only a matter of time.



Is there any other reasons beside the creep factor that people don't like the kiss players?

I mean let's combine the movie figures and kiss players and see what we get

carytheone wrote:Is there any other reasons beside the creep factor that people don't like the kiss players?

The creep factor is so embedded you can't escape it!

carytheone wrote:

I kinda just realized... she's under his hood

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:

I kinda just realized... she's under his hood

welp

Optimus, do you Remember Love?

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:

I kinda just realized... she's under his hood

It's OK to love Transformers but is it OK to love Transformers?

Snug as a bug in a rug under there. I love how awkwardly cold Prime's face is, like he needs an adult


Will, Macross?

carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:

I kinda just realized... she's under his hood

It's OK to love Transformers but is it OK to love Transformers?

Snug as a bug in a rug under there. I love how awkwardly cold Prime's face is, like he needs an adult


Will, Macross?

Gotta love Robotech!!

And as much as I love TFs, dem KISS players are a bit much....!

Glad you guys got my macross reference

I only ever got RotF Soundwave, and I was really bummed the deluxe never got released. that HA one though does look pretty awesome! The silver is really nice on him

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I only ever got RotF Soundwave, and I was really bummed the deluxe never got released. that HA one though does look pretty awesome! The silver is really nice on him

It scratches easy though. The paint on the hood of mine is already scraped.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I only ever got RotF Soundwave, and I was really bummed the deluxe never got released. that HA one though does look pretty awesome! The silver is really nice on him

It scratches easy though. The paint on the hood of mine is already scraped.

I've got a few flaws from the factory but I haven't added any of my own, yet. Some spots during transformation do give me cause for concern.

You play too rough Willifer

This is what I was thinking

You so cray, not sure if I've ever seen that movie?

Well I'm about to open Repugnus and Shuffler with pics to follow

william-james88 wrote:This is what I was thinking

of course you would

carytheone wrote:You so cray, not sure if I've ever seen that movie?

Well I'm about to open Repugnus and Shuffler with pics to follow

Magnolia is an excellent movie, Cary! And I'm looking forward to dem pics.