The Energon Pub

Delicon wrote:

Blurrz wrote:After customizing a good handful of them, Animated Arcee's wings are redundant.

You're worried about her wings?

What about those stupid swords that create breakage issues?

This. Because of badly designed peg holes or whatever, I've never put it in good use. (posing with swords and what's not)

NO TRANSFORMER SHOULD EVER COME WITH A WEAPON THAT CAN'T ATTACH TO THE ALT MODE.

I bought that Cyberverse 2-pack at Target with the exclusive repaints of BB and Megatron. BB came with a gun that doesn't attach to the alt mode in any way, so it's almost guaranteed to get lost sooner or later, unless I keep him in bot mode all the time. Instead, I've given it to Prime Cyberverse BB, since he has weapon ports in alt mode.

I have the same problem with RID Sideburn's gun (which also happens to be a really ugly gun).

Autobot Genocide wrote:Movie Salvage and Drop kick come to mind and that giant claw am sure its got 2 pegs 1 for each fist but only one hand can hold it just looks wrong.

I came here to post this one. The actual toy itself? A great Deluxe all-around. Even has those cool wrist blasters for an actual weapon. But that claw? Oi...

paul053 wrote:
Any weapons that were made in soft plastic. Notably Cybertron Vector Prime, ROTF voyager Bludgeon, Generations Drift, etc.

Obviously you've never had a figure holding a hard Takara weapon in its fist fall off a shelf. The soft ones can survive it. The hard ones...not so much.

Diem wrote:

paul053 wrote:
Any weapons that were made in soft plastic. Notably Cybertron Vector Prime, ROTF voyager Bludgeon, Generations Drift, etc.

Obviously you've never had a figure holding a hard Takara weapon in its fist fall off a shelf. The soft ones can survive it. The hard ones...not so much.

Yep!!

paul053 wrote:Many Alternators' weapons. They are just pathetically ugly and small.

ah but they did the job perfectly!

BeastProwl wrote:DOTM Shockwave?
Come on. His gun is needed.

One exception doesn't redeem them

Beast Megatron's dragon arm. I WANT HANDS DAMMIT!

You must hate Armada Thrust then.

Burn wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:DOTM Shockwave?
Come on. His gun is needed.

One exception doesn't redeem them

They are improved 100x simply by removing the spring, and can even help give Dark Scorponok a sting to his tail

I can't think of any weapons so bad I can't find a purpose for, even if it wasn't for their original intention.

I usually don't mind the accessories because if I don't like it, I can just toss it. What bothers me are things attached to the figure I can't get rid of like Energon Shockblast and that brick he has for a gun arm. I would love the figure if it wasn't for that thing. I want to tear it off.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:Movie Salvage and Drop kick come to mind and that giant claw am sure its got 2 pegs 1 for each fist but only one hand can hold it just looks wrong.

I came here to post this one. The actual toy itself? A great Deluxe all-around. Even has those cool wrist blasters for an actual weapon. But that claw? Oi...

Thirded. And ya know what? I don't think there are any hand held pincer claws I even like. Beast Wars Secon Galvatron? Keep it as a cape. Universe Longhorn(TM2 Ramulus)? Looks dumb and unwieldly. Beast Wars Buzzclaw? Better as a backpack.

Are there any successes in this category?

I have to say most of the Human Alliance line annoyed me. Though I thought the inclusion of the humans was a good idea, the execution of the weapons needing the humans annoyed the crap out of me.

I couldn't throw the humans away as I'm a completist. Not in a sense of needing every toy or version of it, but I need to have the weapons. If I lose a weapon or piece, I go bananas and tear apart my house and car to look for it.

Other than that I'd have to say quite a few pieces of the A/E/C line were crap too.

z-span wrote:
I couldn't throw the humans away as I'm a completist. Not in a sense of needing every toy or version of it, but I need to have the weapons. If I lose a weapon or piece, I go bananas and tear apart my house and car to look for it.

I get it.
I actually felt stressed out because one of BM Thrusts finger things has been detached. Every time I found it I couldn't find Thrust and vice versa. I just ran across it again and I know exactly the box Thrust is in. They will be together again very soon. I actually feel a little relaxed having that situation solved.

DISCHARGE wrote:I get it.
I actually felt stressed out because one of BM Thrusts finger things has been detached. Every time I found it I couldn't find Thrust and vice versa. I just ran across it again and I know exactly the box Thrust is in. They will be together again very soon. I actually feel a little relaxed having that situation solved.

Glad I'm not the only one! It drives my wife crazy, but she's slowly understanding it's just part of my personality. I'm an artist and if she uses my pencils to quickly write something down, I sometimes just give them to her as it no longer holds that weird, special value to me.

Weird, I know.

z-span wrote:I have to say most of the Human Alliance line annoyed me. Though I thought the inclusion of the humans was a good idea, the execution of the weapons needing the humans annoyed the crap out of me.

What do you mean by "the weapons needing the humans"? I never included the humans in the weapon modes.

GuyIncognito wrote:What do you mean by "the weapons needing the humans"? I never included the humans in the weapon modes.

I didn't mean that in order to use them, you needed the humans. I meant the idea behind it. If I was fighting someone, I wouldn't want like my cat to sit on my arm with their claws out. It just doesn't make sense.