The Energon Pub

Hey everyone,

I will be sitting down this evening to do galleries of a bunch of Animated figures. I'm going to do my best to get at least one of these posted on the site tonight, but it's going to be tough to do that.

I want to make sure that I take the best galleries possible of each of these figures. Can you help me find links to galleries that show clear pics of these figures in both robot mode and vehicle modes? If there's any known transformation problems (like "the figure is transformed wrong in this gallery, here's how it should be), I would greatly appreciate any friendly advice you can throw my way like that.

The two figures in particular that I'm having difficulties with in alternate form are Starscream and Blackarachnia. I don't think I have Starscream transformed properly and something seems wrong about Blackarachnia's "arm" legs.

Here are the galleries I'll be working on tonight and the rest of the week ...

Optimus Prime vs Megatron
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=018

Blackarachnia
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=018

Ratchet
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=018

Megatron
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=014

Bumblebee
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=015

Optimus Prime
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=013

Bulkhead
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=015

Starscream
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=025

Lockdown
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... AQ:AU:1123

Prowl
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SA:US:1123

Optimus Prime (Voyager Class)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=001

dude don't you already have lockdown up? well if you don't remember go to this linkhttp://seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=45&f_name=Enter+Search+Keyword%28s%29&f_type=exact

DCybertron wrote:dude don't you already have lockdown up? well if you don't remember go to this linkhttp://seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=45&f_name=Enter+Search+Keyword%28s%29&f_type=exact

That was just a carry over from my copy and paste. Yes, I know Lockdown is posted.

Seibertron wrote:

DCybertron wrote:dude don't you already have lockdown up? well if you don't remember go to this linkhttp://seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=45&f_name=Enter+Search+Keyword%28s%29&f_type=exact

That was just a carry over from my copy and paste. Yes, I know Lockdown is posted.

Pffft, mere pedantics

Can't wait to see what a good gallery of these figures looks like!

Is it Screamers arms you have trouble getting right in his alt mode? I don't think I figured it out either, because his null cannons end up pointing nearly perpendicular to his torso.

mosh wrote:Is it Screamers arms you have trouble getting right in his alt mode? I don't think I figured it out either, because his null cannons end up pointing nearly perpendicular to his torso.

I figured out his arms after watching some videos on YouTube. Here's a pic I took of his underside.

More teaser pics ...

More teaser pics ...

So which is favorite Animated figure so far?

OptitronPrime wrote:So which is favorite Aimated figure so far?

Surprisingly ... Ratchet! His toy really captures the character's essence from the show. I'm surprised that I like his toy so much because I'm not a big fan of the character on the show. Blackarachnia might be a close 2nd to me because it's really the first "cool" Blackarachnia toy that we've ever received (IMO, unless you're a fan of the Transmetal 2 version which I kind of am but that toy suffers from back kibble).

My least favorite is Bumblebee because he is too big in comparison to the other 'bots when he's in robot mode. I think the kids will love Bumblebee, but he just doesn't seem to do it for me at this moment. Maybe he'll grow on me in time. I would have loved to have seen Bumblebee been a little smaller and then accompanied by a small Saari figure a la Robot Heroes size.

Cool factor: Voyager Class Optimus Prime. As far as the Animated figures/characters go ... this one is just badass, though I'm not sure what to make of the face shield dropping down feature yet.

both bumblebee and prowl need to be scout sized, is the dvd with the prime/megs 2 pack the Transform and Roll Out movie or is it just a clip show?

backpack wrote:both bumblebee and prowl need to be scout sized, is the dvd with the prime/megs 2 pack the Transform and Roll Out movie or is it just a clip show?

I put it on just for a moment, got through the opening credits and it appeared to be the Transform and Roll Out movie. I'll play the full DVD tonight to find out for certain, but I'm pretty sure that's all there is on the DVD.

The menu is boring ... no audio or anything special. Just a link to start the DVD basically.

Seibertron wrote:

backpack wrote:both bumblebee and prowl need to be scout sized, is the dvd with the prime/megs 2 pack the Transform and Roll Out movie or is it just a clip show?

I put it on just for a moment, got through the opening credits and it appeared to be the Transform and Roll Out movie. I'll play the full DVD tonight to find out for certain, but I'm pretty sure that's all there is on the DVD.

I thought it was supposed to be like an intro to Animated.

wow........ ratchet is a good figure after watching a review of him

Omega Charge wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

backpack wrote:both bumblebee and prowl need to be scout sized, is the dvd with the prime/megs 2 pack the Transform and Roll Out movie or is it just a clip show?

I put it on just for a moment, got through the opening credits and it appeared to be the Transform and Roll Out movie. I'll play the full DVD tonight to find out for certain, but I'm pretty sure that's all there is on the DVD.

I thought it was supposed to be like an intro to Animated.

Technically, it is. Have you had an opportunity to watch "Transform and Roll Out" yet?

Oh boy. This is going to be a crazy ass all-out Seibertron.com weekend for me. UPS guy just dropped off my wave 1 set of TakaraTomy's Classics. Hmm ...

Seibertron wrote:

OptitronPrime wrote:So which is favorite Aimated figure so far?

Surprisingly ... Ratchet! His toy really captures the character's essence from the show. I'm surprised that I like his toy so much because I'm not a big fan of the character on the show. Blackarachnia might be a close 2nd to me because it's really the first "cool" Blackarachnia toy that we've ever received (IMO, unless you're a fan of the Transmetal 2 version which I kind of am but that toy suffers from back kibble).

My least favorite is Bumblebee because he is too big in comparison to the other 'bots when he's in robot mode. I think the kids will love Bumblebee, but he just doesn't seem to do it for me at this moment. Maybe he'll grow on me in time. I would have loved to have seen Bumblebee been a little smaller and then accompanied by a small Saari figure a la Robot Heroes size.

Cool factor: Voyager Class Optimus Prime. As far as the Animated figures/characters go ... this one is just badass, though I'm not sure what to make of the face shield dropping down feature yet.

Hmmm I wasn't sure on Ratchet at first but now hearing from you I'll probably pick hi up.

Seibertron wrote:

Omega Charge wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I put it on just for a moment, got through the opening credits and it appeared to be the Transform and Roll Out movie. I'll play the full DVD tonight to find out for certain, but I'm pretty sure that's all there is on the DVD.

I thought it was supposed to be like an intro to Animated.

Technically, it is. Have you had an opportunity to watch "Transform and Roll Out" yet?

Of course, I really enjoyed it!

What I meant was I thought the DVD contained "get to know the characters, the story, etc...", but I'm sure you'll find out when you watch the whole thing (if you can ever get the time).

Seibertron wrote:

mosh wrote:Is it Screamers arms you have trouble getting right in his alt mode? I don't think I figured it out either, because his null cannons end up pointing nearly perpendicular to his torso.

I figured out his arms after watching some videos on YouTube. Here's a pic I took of his underside.

ah yes, thank you sir!

Seibertron wrote:Oh boy. This is going to be a crazy ass all-out Seibertron.com weekend for me. UPS guy just dropped off my wave 1 set of TakaraTomy's Classics. Hmm ...

I'm picking mine up Saturday! Still can't wait to see some galleries.

More teaser pics ...

(the pic of Prowl is from the end of his transformation sequence so one of his hands is not deployed, same with Bumblebee's pic)

Haha, I like the last one. Starscream demonstrating how the grappel on his pet spider works.

Seibertron wrote:Oh boy. This is going to be a crazy ass all-out Seibertron.com weekend for me. UPS guy just dropped off my wave 1 set of TakaraTomy's Classics. Hmm ...

Don't forget to watch animated.

And out of the Deluxe Primes who's your favorite.

Also, out of the Megatrons who's your favorite.

Prowl is still the best for me. Ninja-bikes FTW.

Hmmm, so seeing the pics of the "The Battle Begins" figures, I am assuming that the Prime that comes with it, is basically the same mold of the Deluxe Version of his Cybertron Form figure, with some minor mold changes for the Earth Vehicle. Am I correct?