The Energon Pub

by **Zombie Starscream** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:59 pm

NickRyder wrote:Ah yes, you see the twisties are in there for a few reasons, to keep a 'dynamic presentation' and deter theft are but two of the reasons.The REAL reason is the fact that Transformers are alive, and if left in their bubbles loose, they will break out and start beating up on other toys or stealing energy from the stores.

You see one day a Megatron figure burst out of his protective packaging and subsequently took over Zayres discount stores and drained them of all their energy. Hasbro got wind of this and decided from that point on all transformers will be packaged with many many many twisties and rubber bands... just in case. As this saps a Transformers strength and causes them injury if they escape on their own.

Ever wonder WHY some of your TFs seem to move or fall over on their own... now you know.

And knowing is half the battle.

Well, I don't think they were beating up on other toys, but they were stealing energy. They disabled the cameras and security.

If you see one, wear steel-mesh gloves before you pick it up. They have sharp teeth, and if any of the flesh of your hand is near their face, they WILL bite. And also the Seekers have the ability to fly as they do in the cartoon. I found out the hard way for both of those things. I also found out one of my Seekers was female, because when I found her four months later after she went missing, she had two babies. She had them in a nest in the basement, behind some dust covered old boxes. Since she is only nine inches tall, they were the size of rat pinkies.

by **Wheelimus Prime** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:34 pm

Zombie Starscream wrote:
NickRyder wrote:Ah yes, you see the twisties are in there for a few reasons, to keep a 'dynamic presentation' and deter theft are but two of the reasons.The REAL reason is the fact that Transformers are alive, and if left in their bubbles loose, they will break out and start beating up on other toys or stealing energy from the stores.

You see one day a Megatron figure burst out of his protective packaging and subsequently took over Zayres discount stores and drained them of all their energy. Hasbro got wind of this and decided from that point on all transformers will be packaged with many many many twisties and rubber bands... just in case. As this saps a Transformers strength and causes them injury if they escape on their own.

Ever wonder WHY some of your TFs seem to move or fall over on their own... now you know.

And knowing is half the battle.
Well, I don't think they were beating up on other toys, but they were stealing energy. They disabled the cameras and security.

If you see one, wear steel-mesh gloves before you pick it up. They have sharp teeth, and if any of the flesh of your hand is near their face, they WILL bite. And also the Seekers have the ability to fly as they do in the cartoon. I found out the hard way for both of those things. I also found out one of my Seekers was female, because when I found her four months later after she went missing, she had two babies. She had them in a nest in the basement, behind some dust covered old boxes. Since she is only nine inches tall, they were the size of rat pinkies.

who's the lucky/unlucky bot

by **Zombie Starscream** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:03 pm

Wheelimus Prime wrote:
who's the lucky/unlucky bot

You'd be surprised

It turned out the female was "Skywarp." And the father must have been the green Seeker, as one baby was black with a touch of green, and the other was black with some of the green and dark red markings of the father. I am not saying that "Skywarp" in the cartoon is actually female, it is just this one that looks like him is female. There is probably males and females that happen to share the same colors, kinda like there are black and white cats that come in both sexes. Maybe the white Seeker "Starscream" is like the white version of the brown (black?) Norway rat, probably it is not the species' normal color, but it was thought to be "cleaner looking."

Her black color made it hard for me to find her, but I didn't try to pick her up or the babies because I didn't want scare her or accidently hurt the babies. The nest was made from the stuffing of an old stuffed bunny, and what appeared to be dryer lint. I found out that they don't just consume energy, but other stuff. I found chewed on paperclips, old screws, and surprisingly a mostly-finished Slim Jim. So I guess they are more resourceful then one might think.