The Energon Pub

by **Treetop Maximus** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:18 am

I just got it and had to share this with everyone!

A couple of the pics are kinda blurry, sorry, but you get the idea!

So yes, it's exactly the same as the Botcon version, which makes this a lot less exciting than I thought.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:57 am

still waiting for mine
i figured it would be the same though
they said they had 5 or 10 g of these to go out
we'll see what happens

by **Treetop Maximus** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:59 am

Never mind.

News Credits: 2 · by **bionic_radical** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Got mine today too. Sent the printed form out on Aug 1st. Box was beat to ****.

Still haven't received Sideburn yet. I know they're different companies, but still...

by **Treetop Maximus** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:10 pm

Maybe if they had packaged it in something more secure than a bubble wrap enevelope... Seriously, that's really poor handling of a collector's item.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:09 pm

Is this the one that HTS.com is sending as a freebie with TF purchases?

News Credits: 5 · by **RodimalToyota** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:15 pm

I got mine today, it was beat up but not bad, and not like I car because it was FREE!

I got mine from the Kreon Build on the Kreon website. I actually forgot all about it. It was a nice surprise. Looks like they must have a bunch of extra Kreon "Matrix primes" from the convention left over.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:42 pm

I think Hasbro accidentally produced vastly more of the special edition Matrix Prime Kreon than they originally intended, as those are what was being included in the Kre-O Optimus Prime set at retail instead of the normal one, so they were sending replacement "standard" Prime Kreons to customers that purchased it if they requested the original. These that they're giving away free are likely the excess from them swapping out the Kreons in their existing boxed stock of the Prime Kre-O set.

News Credits: 1 · by **Marcdachamp** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:43 pm

xyl360 wrote:I think Hasbro accidentally produced vastly more of the special edition Matrix Prime Kreon than they originally intended, as those are what was being included in the Kre-O Optimus Prime set at retail instead of the normal one, so they were sending replacement "standard" Prime Kreons to customers that purchased it if they requested the original. These that they're giving away free are likely the excess from them swapping out the Kreons in their existing boxed stock of the Prime Kre-O set.

How do you get one?

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:15 pm

Just purchase anything on HasbroToyShop.com, they send you one free with every order. I bought a Cyberverse Guzzle today and they added the Kreon to my cart automatically for $0.00.

by **Treetop Maximus** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:31 pm

It's not so special anymore. Now I feel stupid. :-(

Damn it, Hasbro! This could have been a cool collector's item and you guys turned it into an ordinary, run of the mill toy.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:24 pm

Yep, it's because they goofed to begin with, using the stickers of the Matrix chest version for the stock Kreons that were supposed to have the normal Prime chest. It was a mistake on Hasbro's part that turned an "exclusive" into a version of the little Kreon that will end up being more common than the "stock" version with the normal chest.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:32 pm

got mine today, same deal
just bubble packed, dent in the side
but it was free so it still is a plus

this figure was the free one from the kre-o.com build a bot page
no purchase required, just mail in the form upon completion
not the minimum purchase one from HTS.com
probably the same stock but i believe the above statement to be correct