The Energon Pub

by **Till-all-R1** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:54 pm

I never suggested anything DOTM, I was responding to "a comment" made but was speaking about a potential G1 Defcon release that I had heard about. My mistake for posting here in your movies only thread.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:16 pm

Till-all-R1 wrote:I never suggested anything DOTM, I was responding to "a comment" made but was speaking about a potential G1 Defcon release that I had heard about. My mistake for posting here in your movies only thread.

But DOTM Devcon is who they were talking about. That's who won the tournament.

News Credits: 25 · by **LinaNui** » Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:02 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Got my final 2 Studio Series figures for the year, and with them I have finished the wave.

Starting with Crosshairs, he is a definite improvement over his old toy. He is much more involved, and his alt mode parts end up being more included as well. I love that half his hood ends up as the front parts of his trenchcoat. I also like how much more functional the arms are, and how his posability improved with the redesign. His transformation is very different from his first toy, which is always a good thing to experience. I like him, he is an improvement, and he's a good toy.

As for Hot Rod, he is also a good toy. Finally, a movie accurate toy! His transformation is very involved, but makes for a clean robot. They put a lot of effort into him, and he is real good.

Overall, the wave was strong. The Fallen is a definite winner, and I adore Laserbeak. Both deluxes ended up being good too. It was a good wave.

IMO, this might be one of the best SS waves. Every figure in it was a hit (even if you count the SS86 Ironhide). Each figure either improved on old toys or gave us our first good version of them.

Hopefully the coming waves are like this! I am really excited to see more RotB stuff.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:28 pm

Wanted to share some round shots of Hot Rod. I am impressed by how clean they made his robot mode while still making it accurate. He is real good.

The Fallen also got some more shots taken with the new TMII Megatron. These are 2 good looking leaders.

News Credits: 4844 · by **william-james88** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:18 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Wanted to share some round shots of Hot Rod. I am impressed by how clean they made his robot mode while still making it accurate. He is real good.

he has one of the most complex transformations I have ever seen in a deluxe. It's like they gave us a budget Peru kill at the deluxe size, kind of insane.

Also, I will go back on my words for SS AOE/TLK Crosshairs. While yes, the rench coat does not operate like a trench coat, I was impressed that the front part is actually made up of real car parts. I somehow had assumed it was fake bits. So that was great. And in the end, the whole point is this guy uses car parts to make a trench coat, and he is the best looking version so far, so I'll say well done.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:26 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The level of disappointment I have that there is still no Que, no live action dinobots, no TLK crew in 2023 is immeasurable. Guess I gotta hope for 2024...

I'm sad ROTF game Breakaway isn't there as I've seen strong rumours at TFW2005 that he's coming out next year.

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:51 pm

This was as close as I could get with the figures I have with me xD

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:30 pm

RotorstormNZ wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The level of disappointment I have that there is still no Que, no live action dinobots, no TLK crew in 2023 is immeasurable. Guess I gotta hope for 2024...

I'm sad ROTF game Breakaway isn't there as I've seen strong rumours at TFW2005 that he's coming out next year.

I know we've talked about him a good bit as well, but I guess we'll have to wait on live action game bots too

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:39 pm

Finished up my paint work on Crosshairs! I wasn't too sure about this figure at first, but the optionally removable kibble is nice and the sculpted detail is excellent! Very glad to have him!

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:09 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finished up my paint work on Crosshairs! I wasn't too sure about this figure at first, but the optionally removable kibble is nice and the sculpted detail is excellent! Very glad to have him!

I had no interests for the SS figure mainly for the same reason as the previous two: BLAND PAINTJOB.

But you fixed that beautifully.
The proof, look at this happy boy:

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:12 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
I had no interests for the SS figure mainly for the same reason as the previous two: BLAND PAINTJOB.

But you fixed that beautifully.
The proof, look at this happy boy:

Thank you very much! It was a really fun one to work on with all the asymmetrical detailing!

News Credits: 25 · by **LinaNui** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 8:58 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finished up my paint work on Crosshairs! I wasn't too sure about this figure at first, but the optionally removable kibble is nice and the sculpted detail is excellent! Very glad to have him!

I don't even know how to respond to this paint job. This is perfection. I absolutely love it!

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:23 am

LinaNui wrote:I don't even know how to respond to this paint job. This is perfection. I absolutely love it!

Thank you! I got lucky that there's a lot of good reference pics (and the Prime 1 Studios statue) since the striping is pretty intricate!

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:15 am

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
LinaNui wrote:I don't even know how to respond to this paint job. This is perfection. I absolutely love it!

Thank you! I got lucky that there's a lot of good reference pics (and the Prime 1 Studios statue) since the striping is pretty intricate!

I agree. Amazing work EMB!!

One could say it's just.....

....prime.....

;)^

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:27 am

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finished up my paint work on Crosshairs! I wasn't too sure about this figure at first, but the optionally removable kibble is nice and the sculpted detail is excellent! Very glad to have him!

Crosshairs bot main 2.jpg

Crosshairs bot pose.jpg

Crosshairs bot back.jpg

Crosshairs alt 1.jpg

Crosshairs alt R back.jpg

Stunning! Well done!

I like my Crosshairs a lot. Good figure!

by **M. Spector** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:04 pm

Gosh dang doodles Hot Rod looks so good! I can't wait to find him, and man Crosshairs isn't looking too shabby here either :-?

How's the transformation on him?

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:04 pm

First-Aid wrote:I agree. Amazing work EMB!!

One could say it's just.....
....prime.....

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Stunning! Well done!

I like my Crosshairs a lot. Good figure!

Thank you both! Here's another pic of him:

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:48 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
First-Aid wrote:I agree. Amazing work EMB!!

One could say it's just.....
....prime.....

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Stunning! Well done!

I like my Crosshairs a lot. Good figure!

Thank you both! Here's another pic of him:
Crosshairs extra.jpg

I knew in the right hands, someone who knew how to pose the trench coat parts, Crosshairs could look really good.

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:10 am

Our first look at ROTB SS deluxe Bumblebee! Interesting that they went with the Offroad version!

The upper body looks like it reuses the engineering from Clunker Bee (with maybe some minor changes for the backpack) , while the legs appear to have an all-new transformation. It looks pretty good, I’m excited to get it!

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:13 am

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Our first look at ROTB SS deluxe Bumblebee! Interesting that they went with the Offroad version!
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The upper body looks like it reuses the engineering from Clunker Bee (with maybe some minor changes for the backpack) , while the legs appear to have an all-new transformation. It looks pretty good, I’m excited to get it!

Looking forward the altmode pictures.

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:37 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Looking forward the altmode pictures.

Wish granted!

Interesting to note is that there is some sculpt reuse from SS-01 with the neck area, and the stripes on the roof are not present on the actual Camaro used for filming

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:51 pm

A shame about the arms sticking out from under the car, but it's less in-your-face than the jeep mold.

So far so good anyhow.

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:05 pm

https://screenrant.com/transformers-ris ... 8gaov1Omtg

Posted this in the ROTB toys thread as well, but Screenrant officially revealed SS-99 Battletrap and SS-100 ROTB Bumblebee!

Bee being SS-100 is cool since SS-01 is the 2007 version of Bee's 1976 Camaro look!

Edit: They're up for preorder on Amazon!

Bumblebee: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... s_li_ss_tl

Battletrap: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... s_li_ss_tl