The Energon Pub

That Soundwave is 'uge!

We had a good weekend and visited a local brewery; Tin Roof Brewing. We had an amazingly good groupon deal. Two pints, two pint glasses and a 'uge 64oz growler (filled with our choice of brew) that we got to take home.

Things started off well, we tried a few brews while listening to music.









As usual "Swerve" overindulged...



We grabbed our growler of Jukejoint went home and stuffed our faces and bellies with crawfish.



Told you it was HUGE



Reminds me of that scene from 300

Some day, Imma have to fall to tha darkside for Wheeljack...

Is it true what they say....about his 'stache?

That looks like an awesome trip Cary!

I'll have to show you the latest shot glasses that I've picked over the last month so we can compare notes

My good robro itscramtastic and I did a little sticker swap. We both ended up with repro sets for bots we didn't have. A swap sounded like a win win situation

This is my first full set of reprolabels that I've applied. Some are more durable then others. Some of the ink rubs off real easy. They took a vanilla bot and turned it into something all together different.

Before:



Target:



After:



Glorious bastard







The most dramatic difference is how the alt mode turned out.







So many stickers



Even stickered up his floppy rubbery scalpel blades.



They turned out better than I thought.

It's an amazing set that really makes Ratchet pop. I spent a lot of time on this set and I'm not sure if I'll be lining up to do it again real soon, but the results speak for themselves.

That is a glorious Ratchet for sure

bodrock wrote:Some day, Imma have to fall to tha darkside for Wheeljack...

Is it true what they say....about his 'stache?

You should definitely pick up a version one way or the other. Highly recommended.

I've never taken his face off, but yes.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:That looks like an awesome trip Cary!

I'll have to show you the latest shot glasses that I've picked over the last month so we can compare notes

It really was and less than 15 minutes from the house. From what I understand I can take my growler back for a refill at a discounted rate.

Visiting distilleries and breweries seems to be our new thing. Or we're just booze heads

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:That is a glorious Ratchet for sure

Indeedy-do

I want those stickers and that beer! Ratchet and Amber Ale are my favorite favorites. (Robots and beer being 2 of my most favorite things in life besides cheeseburgers and cute girls)

AHH! That is one scary looking Wheeljack! *hides under the bed*

Ratchet looks amazing all stickered up!!!

WreckerJack wrote:I want those stickers and that beer! Ratchet and Amber Ale are my favorite favorites. (Robots and beer being 2 of my most favorite things in life besides cheeseburgers and cute girls)

That's a pretty solid list you got there. Wedge in video games and some might even say perfect.

I'm more of a dark beer, stouts and porters and such. We tried two of their darks and they were aight and we tried their new IPA "Tin Roof Rusted"

Pictured is their Jukejoint, another IPA and our fav of what we tried and I normally don't go for IPAs. I'll just quote them:

tinroof wrote:JUKE JOINT IPA 2.0
Our Juke Joint 2.0 is the perfect beer to satisfy any hop head’s cravings. to create a beer we’re even more proud of, We’ve totally changed the original recipe.. An American IPA, Juke Joint has a tasty, balanced hop bitterness with notes of citrus, BerrY, and tropical fruit.

Malts: Pilsner, Munich, Carafoam
Hops: Mosaic, Amarillo
ABV: 6.0%IBU's: 45

Pretty much nails it dead on the head.

bodrock wrote:Ratchet looks amazing all stickered up!!!

I'm quite pleased, thanks

Awesome trip dude!!

And hey, look at that, Ratchet looks awesome!! Did you prep the patient beforehand?!

itscramtastic wrote:Awesome trip dude!!

And hey, look at that, Ratchet looks awesome!! Did you prep the patient beforehand?!

We enjoyed the visit.

I wiped him down with a paper towel. So far all the stickers seems to be holding well. Most are vinyl, but several are on curved surfaces. We'll see I guess.

You know, I think Ratchet is my favorite Prime figure. Either him or Jack.
But man does he look slick in his new duds!

Loving the new sig too.

G.I. Joe Duke about Optimus Prime wrote:If Gobot Jesus can't do it, then no one can!

Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention your craft weekend looked fun. With your craft beers, and your crawdaddy's wrapped in craft paper, and your hand crafted custom job. You are quite the crafty beaver.

Cobotron wrote:You know, I think Ratchet is my favorite Prime figure. Either him or Jack.
But man does he look slick in his new duds!

I'd give it to Jakie, such a slick figure. There are a lot of really good Prime figures though and it'd be hard to pick a fav.

Loving the new sig too.

THanks, such an awesome panel

G.I. Joe Duke about Optimus Prime wrote:If Gobot Jesus can't do it, then no one can!

ain't that the truth, Ruth!

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:You know, I think Ratchet is my favorite Prime figure. Either him or Jack.
But man does he look slick in his new duds!

I'd give it to Jakie, such a slick figure. There are a lot of really good Prime figures though and it'd be hard to pick a fav.

But there is just something about Ratchet. The bot mode is so slick and the head sculpt is so cool. And how that boxy truck becomes such a curvy bot is some great engineering. He was the first Prime figure I bought, and he may have set the bar a little too high. Those really were some cool character designs. The Movie designs done right. Wish the movies looked like that.

P.S. Check my edit on my last post you little beaver shaver you.

Cobotron wrote:Oh, and I forgot to mention your craft weekend looked fun. With your craft beers, and your crawdaddy's wrapped in craft paper, and your hand crafted custom job. You are quite the crafty beaver.

Thanks, I just had it stuffed...

I noticed the photos of the piles of crawdads, but where were the fight scenes of the crawdads and Swerve?!

Also, I have some curved panel labels pulling off on MP Hot Rodimus, after I thought I fixed them!! Sticker Fixer to the rescue!! We fix good you sticker!!

You may also be interested in these..

That Battle Beast art is teh DOPE!
To sig or not to sig? that is the question.

Cobotron wrote:That Battle Beast art is teh DOPE!
To sig or not to sig? that is the question.

It's a clickable link!! To where..?!

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:That Battle Beast art is teh DOPE!
To sig or not to sig? that is the question.

It's a clickable link!! To where..?!

Oh I clicked it. Clicked it real good!

itscramtastic wrote:I noticed the photos of the piles of crawdads, but where were the fight scenes of the crawdads and Swerve?!

He was too slow, I fought them and won.

We fix good you sticker!!

Cobotron wrote:That Battle Beast art is teh DOPE!
To sig or not to sig? that is the question.

I think that is official art on top of that, I say sig the beelzebub out of it.

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:That Battle Beast art is teh DOPE!
To sig or not to sig? that is the question.

It's a clickable link!! To where..?!

Oh I clicked it. Clicked it real good!

I think that is official art on top of that, I say sig the beelzebub out of it.

Aww yeah!! Now I want to buy some Battle Beasts!! Maybe in a "lot" or something. Then a whole bunch of new symbols!!

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:I noticed the photos of the piles of crawdads, but where were the fight scenes of the crawdads and Swerve?!

He was too slow, I fought them and won.

Ah. I see. I thought he'd be hitting them with folding chairs or something.

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:We fix good you sticker!!

That's one of the funniest things they still have on their sites.

I gots SIG ENVY

If we're talking Prime characters that made good toys, I gotta go with Jackie, especially the Beast Hunters version. That figure is so slick! Ratchet is definitely right there with him though; both are amazing figures!

bodrock wrote:I gots SIG ENVY

Best cure for sig envy is to jazz up your own sig

itscramtastic wrote:Aww yeah!! Now I want to buy some Battle Beasts!! Maybe in a "lot" or something. Then a whole bunch of new symbols!!:

That's a rabbit hole I'm staying very far from

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If we're talking Prime characters that made good toys, I gotta go with Jackie, especially the Beast Hunters version. That figure is so slick! Ratchet is definitely right there with him though; both are amazing figures!

I'll second that. I have the Tak flavor and its oh so sweet. I still prefer the "vanilla" Prid WJ. I am a big fan of FE Bulkhead though. Now that's a nice fig and maybe my fav. This is quickly going to become a top Prime fig list. Why don't we just save some time and add all but Airachnid and call it a day