The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:20 pm

Anybody have any info on these gals???
thanks in advance
-wheel_jack

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 pm

Those look custom made. They definitely are not official.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 pm

The picture link is broken for me, but I got the link and attached it. No I don't know a thing about it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:47 pm

No, as far as I know those are official model kits made by a company called MC Axis.
Supposedly released for the U.S. market. Also note the orange Takara sticker on them.
They were released in 1996 I believe and produced in extrememly small numbers. They require paint and assembly and stand about 5" tall.
I know at one point they were valued at around $600 bucks each. A Hot Rod kit was also produced and released.
I also believe someone was making knockoffs of these not too long ago and may still be available.
That is about all I know.

News Credits: 1 · by **Wheeljack-S70** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:16 pm

I would love to see what these look like assembled.
anyway, thanks guys. I love this Toys Forum. Throw a question up and check back an hour later and you're sure to get a few hits.
cheers,
wheel_jack

by **red85_optimus** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:10 pm

elita-1 and arcee G1 toys are so mysterious.....

News Credits: 2 · by **Head Shot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:24 pm

Alright the 2 "boxed" pictures are officially made by a model company (as the poster above me has stated), etc, etc.

However, that "blocky' looking arcee in the top middle... that was a prototype of g1 arcee. However the toy never made it into production and I believe only one production sample was made.... namely for the picture you see there of the bot and alt modes. Why the toy was scrapped, is not entirely confirmed, however, one thing could have been it simply didn't fit in with the other transformers. It didn't seem to have the same style to it, despite the similarities in blocky ness. All that is known is that it is official, but it didn't make it far at all past 1 test-shot/prototype, and that it was canceled. Everything else about it is mostly speculation.