The Energon Pub

Rodimus Prime wrote:I think those could be made out of Rodimus or Hot Rod for Primus and either Cyclonus or Galvatron for Unicron.

Well, we all know Sabr really wants a gold Commander Rodimus Prime, but I'd be pretty happy with RED or Ultimates versions of Primus and Unicron.

Emerje

I think a RED figure would work. Considering whenever Primus was given an altmode, it was Cybertron. A "Golden God" Primus, would look cool as an action figure. Also by his very nature, wouldn't have an altmode.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

I think a RED figure would work. Considering whenever Primus was given an altmode, it was Cybertron. A "Golden God" Primus, would look cool as an action figure. Also by his very nature, wouldn't have an altmode.

Even if it's a golden redeco of a RED Hot Rod?

Legacy Core Iguanus is a thing so I don't see why a Core Vroom couldn't be.



Or maybe a deluxe Vroom with his partner as a Core bot, both sold in a "voyager" box.

MaximalNui wrote:So, does anyone else remember Sentius Malus and Sentius Magnus from Earth Wars? How come those never got any representation outside the game, not even in toy form? Seem like pretty easy repaints, and since they were originally one being they could also make them another combiner like Animated Safeguard.

I remember these guys, and their inclusion in Earth Wars screams there were plans for them that were abandoned in fiction or a toyline. I would still like their toys too

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Even if it's a golden redeco of a RED Hot Rod?

While I've always liked the 'Chosen One' angle to Hot Rod. I don't like when the reverse is applied to Primus:



The Golden form I'd keep as distinctly him. Without the colour and design allusions to Hot Rod.

Given the current "obsession" with scale HasTak seems to have with the current lines, one thing I'd like to see return but probably won't would be small Transformers with hanheld altmodes at 1:1 scale. I'd really like a better version of Armada Laserbeak, as well as some of the smaller bots from the movies.

My guess is a 1:1 scale ROTF Wheelie would have to be titan class. Add RC functions for the vehicle mode and we got ourselves an HASLAB project. Unless Robosen gets to it.
Screw it. BOSTON DYNAMICS. A 10K$ Wheelie, 1:1, fully transformable, robotized, the whole shebang!

-Kanrabat- wrote:My guess is a 1:1 scale ROTF Wheelie would have to be titan class. Add RC functions for the vehicle mode and we got ourselves an HASLAB project. Unless Robosen gets to it.
Screw it. BOSTON DYNAMICS. A 10K$ Wheelie, 1:1, fully transformable, robotized, the whole shebang!

Nah, I'd just need it to transform and be as accurate as possible. I absolutely hate electronic gimmicks, and a fully automated Transformer may be great engineering-wise but takes all the fun of the transformation.

And yeah, maybe Wheelie and Brains were bad examples (I though they'd be Leader-class at most), but my point still stands. I want small alt-mode bots that aren't just Micromasters/Mini-Cons or non-transforming figurines.

MaximalNui wrote:And yeah, maybe Wheelie and Brains were bad examples (I though they'd be Leader-class at most),

Even old leader class wouldn't cut it.
As a Titan, it wouldn't be enough either.

Remove all electronics and you'd basically gets a 1000$ MPM.

I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

I'm going to assume you're talking about the movie here. I'm surprised somebody hasn't made a big Frenzy statue or something at this point. Too Fragile, maybe?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

I'm going to assume you're talking about the movie here. I'm surprised somebody hasn't made a big Frenzy statue or something at this point. Too Fragile, maybe?

Emerje

Yes, the movie one. Make it 1:1 boombox, they could definitely do it. And i would back it for sure.

I am thinking fragility might be a thing considering his design, that might be the only reason no one has attempted it yet in any form

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

I'm going to assume you're talking about the movie here. I'm surprised somebody hasn't made a big Frenzy statue or something at this point. Too Fragile, maybe?

Emerje

3-Zero should make a 1:1 2007 Bay Frenzy action figure. Full diecast, ratchet joints, etc. The thing would be non transformable, of course, but that overall design is not transformation friendly anyway.

Why it's still haven't been done to these days still baffle me.

(From the SS86 discussion.)

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:In IDW Ver 2.0 Astrotrain is massive in robot mode, being the size of a Cybertronian building. I think he was similarly sized in Cyberverse as well.

That's pretty damn cool!
Too bad we will never see a toy made for this version of Astrotrain. It would be Titan class, relatively in scale with core class bots.

-Kanrabat- wrote:(From the SS86 discussion.)

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:In IDW Ver 2.0 Astrotrain is massive in robot mode, being the size of a Cybertronian building. I think he was similarly sized in Cyberverse as well.

That's pretty damn cool!
Too bad we will never see a toy made for this version of Astrotrain. It would be Titan class, relatively in scale with core class bots.

I would love it. Really a whole ecosystem of Nasa styled Transformers would be neat, including a base former to become the launching pad, core class moon buggies etc etc.

Bonus points if they all combined

ZeroWolf wrote:Bonus points if they all combined

Like this Chinese oddball:



Bonus points if the vehicles would be on scale.

Yes, a thousand times yes

This is dumb, but I'd love a redo of Alternators/Binaltech except given the MP treatment. Mostly because I really want the Binaltech version of Dead End done again where he's stolen Sunstreakers' dodge viper body.

-Kanrabat- wrote:(From the SS86 discussion.)

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:In IDW Ver 2.0 Astrotrain is massive in robot mode, being the size of a Cybertronian building. I think he was similarly sized in Cyberverse as well.

That's pretty damn cool!
Too bad we will never see a toy made for this version of Astrotrain. It would be Titan class, relatively in scale with core class bots.

He has of course,



...Been a Very Big Bot before! It would be cool to see as a figure.

ZeroWolf wrote:I would love it. Really a whole ecosystem of Nasa styled Transformers would be neat, including a base former to become the launching pad, core class moon buggies etc etc.

Bonus points if they all combined

A retool for Omega Supreme, perhaps?

ZeroWolf wrote:I would love it. Really a whole ecosystem of Nasa styled Transformers would be neat, including a base former to become the launching pad, core class moon buggies etc etc.

Bonus points if they all combined

I love it, but isn't that just what Diaclone is now? Though would be funny if Hasbro was like "Hey mind if we..."

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I would love it. Really a whole ecosystem of Nasa styled Transformers would be neat, including a base former to become the launching pad, core class moon buggies etc etc.

Bonus points if they all combined

I love it, but isn't that just what Diaclone is now? Though would be funny if Hasbro was like "Hey mind if we..."

I was thinking more authentic styled after the launch pad at Cape Carneval for the biggest figure

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

I'm going to assume you're talking about the movie here. I'm surprised somebody hasn't made a big Frenzy statue or something at this point. Too Fragile, maybe?

Emerje

Yes, the movie one. Make it 1:1 boombox, they could definitely do it. And i would back it for sure.

I am thinking fragility might be a thing considering his design, that might be the only reason no one has attempted it yet in any form

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have been praying for a Haslab 1:1 scale Frenzy, that is my dream

I'm going to assume you're talking about the movie here. I'm surprised somebody hasn't made a big Frenzy statue or something at this point. Too Fragile, maybe?

Emerje

3-Zero should make a 1:1 2007 Bay Frenzy action figure. Full diecast, ratchet joints, etc. The thing would be non transformable, of course, but that overall design is not transformation friendly anyway.

Why it's still haven't been done to these days still baffle me.

Also safety reasons probably; Frenzy's design is really pointy and sharp. Even as an adult collector statue it'd be an accident waiting to happen.

Although, a 1:1 head-Frenzy, either as a statue or with the cellphone mode...

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I would love it. Really a whole ecosystem of Nasa styled Transformers would be neat, including a base former to become the launching pad, core class moon buggies etc etc.

Bonus points if they all combined

I love it, but isn't that just what Diaclone is now? Though would be funny if Hasbro was like "Hey mind if we..."

To be fair, Diaclone is only a sci-fi version of space "Transformers". I think what ZeroWolf means is a set of real-life space-faring vehicles and alt-modes.

And I agree. We need more variety of alt-modes aside from the typical car/jet/beast/war machine group. And a sattelite mode would be great for surveillance-type Decepticons like Soundwave, like RoTF proved.

Speaking of movies, how about a Studio Series subline based on scrapped characters and designs? The read from the G1 movie first draft made me want toys of Rails, Tanker, Mentlar and Chemisto, as well as some of the early designs of Magnus (also a pretty good Orion Pax retool potential) and the Quintessons.






And for the live-action movies, we have at least the first movie version of Arcee, the Insecticon Hive, Ford T Seeker and sub Decepticon from RoTF, and the HMS Alliance Autobot from TLK. Also possibly retools of Grindor, Barricade and/or Frenzy as Soundwave, like they were originally supposed to be.

For the '07 Frenzy's pointy bits, the solution is simple. Good o'l rubber. But it would be the highest quality rubber in the perfect color to match the rest of the material, of course.

-Kanrabat- wrote:For the '07 Frenzy's pointy bits, the solution is simple. Good o'l rubber. But it would be the highest quality rubber in the perfect color to match the rest of the material, of course.

... Which may be the reason they haven't attempted him yet. They've been tinkering with the plastic formulas I reckon, but some results have been rather adverse: the rubbers react to the harder ABS in a rather nasty way, and the nylons are prone to discoloration right out the box... or even in.