The Energon Pub

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:20 pm

Va'al wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:Case in point, RTS Frenzy/Rumble, RTS Bodyblock, Prime Skyquake, just to name a few. Once someone spots them at retail I will jump on the Wrecker bandwagon.

Prime Skyquake has been sighted, albeit rarely. The UK seems to have plenty of them though.

We do?

In certain areas, I think London has quite a few of them. I miss my sneaky Brit :-(

News Credits: 12 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:25 pm

I saw Voyager Skyquake at TRU the other day, but I wasn't about to pay $30 for it.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:12 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:Case in point, RTS Frenzy/Rumble, RTS Bodyblock, Prime Skyquake, just to name a few. Once someone spots them at retail I will jump on the Wrecker bandwagon.

Prime Skyquake has been sighted, albeit rarely. The UK seems to have plenty of them though.

Not all of the UK :-(

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:00 am

Courtesy of Meteor Shower's Facebook page, we have a selection of in-hand images of the upcoming Generations Wreckers figures, and their combined form Ruination. Will you be getting these figures and BUILD GIANT ROBOT? Check out the images mirrored below, and the full gallery here.

News Credits: 14 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:06 am

Impactor is looking quite good actually and I look forward to having him join the ranks of my Neo-Classics The Wreckers soon...!

Whirl, unfortunately, doesnt look too good. :lol:

I wonder if the head from this Whirl would fit onto DotM Skyhammer? :-?

News Credits: 2 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:21 am

robotmel wrote:I wonder if the head from this Whirl would fit onto DotM Skyhammer?

I would say way too small, it looks a bit too small for this (small) deluxe figure so wouldn't suit a voyager. The Headrobots head is probably a bit bigger and that's tiny.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:25 am

That is hideous. How sad that other 3rd party companies can produce some really beautiful combiners while Hasbro's producing junk like this.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:39 am

robotmel wrote:I wonder if the head from this Whirl would fit onto DotM Skyhammer?

Apparently the Vortex's mold neck balljoint is way smaller than Skyhammer's. Consider that is also smaller than that of the HFTD Tomahawk mode.

News Credits: 241 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:15 am

AutoBorst wrote:That is hideous. How sad that other 3rd party companies can produce some really beautiful combiners while Hasbro's producing junk like this.

Who's gonna tell him? I sure won't...

Count me in for all of them

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:18 am

Drill Tank!

Accuracy notwithstanding, I think this set is my favorite color-wise. Not too bright, not too drab.
And it comes with twice the weapons as the Combaticons! Well, not quite double, but still a lot more weapons.
And they added an extra port to Topspin!

If the molds weren't... what they are, I'd think about getting these.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:42 am

cylor wrote:
robotmel wrote:I wonder if the head from this Whirl would fit onto DotM Skyhammer?

Apparently the Vortex's mold neck balljoint is way smaller than Skyhammer's. Consider that is also smaller than that of the HFTD Tomahawk mode.

You'd have better luck with Energon Shockblast's head attached to DotM Skyhammer if that's the look you're going for. Cheetimus Primal made a custom with that very design:

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, he only ever made the one.

I was planning on getting Impactor and Roadbuster only, but these guys look really good in their combined mode, possibly even better than Bruticus. I guess I'll make up my mind for good when I see them at retail.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:19 am

I do indeed intend to BUILD GIANT ROBOT.
Who looks remarkably like good old emirate xaaron...

Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:39 am

Im getting Impactor as a stand in until Igear makes a better version. Ill save the other $60 for beer...

Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:40 am

holy frack. i'm totally gay for the Wreckers. i love Impactor's new design. but where's Springer?! no matter. amazon, here i come.

News Credits: 14 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:42 am

ArmadaPrime wrote:I do indeed intend to BUILD GIANT ROBOT.
Who looks remarkably like good old emirate xaaron...

I expect that Emirate Xaaron head getting removed and popped onto a Voyager, perhaps one of the Vector Prime figures with an appropriate colour scheme?

It would be nice to have an Emirate Xaaron figure, something relatively basic in transformation design which turns into a Cybertronian tank of sorts?

News Credits: 11 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:50 am

Impactor actually looks pretty sweet. The rest, not so much. But Whirl would be tempting if he was actually the right colors. I'll probably pass on them all. I love the comic Wreckers but I don't really need them in my collection.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:22 pm

I'm disappointed Twintwist and Topspin have there colors swapped from the G1 versions.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:02 pm

Thank GOD they're getting released, FINALLY! Started to think these guys had been cancelled!

News Credits: 4 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:31 pm

I want Build Giant Robot! Tremendous!

Really do quite like Impactor, Whirl looks nice, despite the orange. The other ones are all only okay looking, and I don't think they're enough like the characters they're named after to count in my classics line up, but I've not managed to get Bruticus so this repaint with a pretty cool gestalt head will do nicely.

News Credits: 241 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:35 pm

In case nobody really likes the colors:

News Credits: 251 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:54 pm

This eases my doubts of mass release of the Wreckers.

If they had reversed Impactor's colors, that would have been super awesome.

Roadbuster's looking strong. Wish he had a little more orange, but I can deal with that.

Topspin needs more gray-blue.

I agree with everyone on Whirl; he isn't the best of the group. Needs more blue, like Topspin and Twintwist.

One thing's for sure: I won't have Twintwist as an arm. That specific mold is better off as a leg than an arm. [-(

http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:53 pm

Spelled "Official" wrong.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:57 pm

One word:

GIMME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:24 pm

Impactor looks good, but the rest? Ehh...

Crappy molds aside, I definitely think this looks better as "Ruination" than Bruticus. Might debate picking up an extra Impactor for a second Wreckers shelf, but that depends on when and if I can find him.

Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:00 pm

In-hand? As in the versions that will hit the shops? With paint on the wheels?

They look a bit too bright especially the torso dude and are an easy pass for me as I try not to buy multiple "versions" of a mould unless I see something ridiculously cheap. However I hope somebody posts the 'structions so I can see the official version of the limb transforms, I did have one which made Bruticus way taller but made him sway a liitle bit too much for comfort. I likes the more weapons though so who knows?