The Energon Pub

Hmm, they said no more threads like this? That's too bad...

kirbenvost wrote:Hmm, they said no more threads like this? That's too bad...

yeah, but its all good.. we have the chance to have this much so far so it's all good.. once my threads done, like I said I'm gonna save it to disk and mail it to who ever wants it free...or just e-mail it too.. either way it's great printable material for the restroom as Bonger pointed out..high flatery on that part..

I may just do some with links to the images so you can still see those great images an all.. but it was sooooo much more convienet to look at it all on one page..

I'd like to see you do a news letter type thingo, I really enjoy your posts, so full of optimism and appreciation of our great hobby. Helps lift the spirits here, I understand why the mods might not like your mega-threads so no ill will toward them.

Perhaps a newsletter where you do a rundown on a figure you like every 2 weeks or so (hell even once or more a week, I just don't want to pressure you that much )

Gutsman Heavy wrote:I'd like to see you do a news letter type thingo, I really enjoy your posts, so full of optimism and appreciation of our great hobby. Helps lift the spirits here, I understand why the mods might not like your mega-threads so no ill will toward them.

Perhaps a newsletter where you do a rundown on a figure you like every 2 weeks or so (hell even once or more a week, I just don't want to pressure you that much )

Actually I think i can do a two week gig, where I critique a few choice characters and show some love.. I think I'm aloud 5 pics max per post so i can still do images, just not as many, and I have to label it "image intense".. which wouldn't be all that bad... Just these large threads i have done for the Unicron Trilogy have to be modified to linked images..after its all said and done... but hey that's okay..

Like I said no other forum does any of this to begin with... I consider myself lucky to have the slightest opportunity to do anything entertaining like this..

skywarp-2 wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Hmm, they said no more threads like this? That's too bad...

yeah, but its all good.. we have the chance to have this much so far so it's all good.. once my threads done, like I said I'm gonna save it to disk and mail it to who ever wants it free...or just e-mail it too.. either way it's great printable material for the restroom as Bonger pointed out..high flatery on that part..

I may just do some with links to the images so you can still see those great images an all.. but it was sooooo much more convienet to look at it all on one page..

Hehe, just doin' my part for Transfansdom.

Bonger wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Hmm, they said no more threads like this? That's too bad...

yeah, but its all good.. we have the chance to have this much so far so it's all good.. once my threads done, like I said I'm gonna save it to disk and mail it to who ever wants it free...or just e-mail it too.. either way it's great printable material for the restroom as Bonger pointed out..high flatery on that part..

I may just do some with links to the images so you can still see those great images an all.. but it was sooooo much more convienet to look at it all on one page..

Hehe, just doin' my part for Transfansdom.

Dude, your cool in my book!!

I can't in good concience leave a post here without delving into another set of figures...if you want to get a good representation of Gigantion, these three figures in my point of view are it..I think I can get away with doing this one in under 5 pics.. as to make the MODs happy..

Metroplex:

one of the best representations of a Metroplex, great articulation and his size is perfect..
Though it doesn't appear to be given a name in Japan, the box of the US toy refers to Metroplex's axe-like weapon as 'Sparkdrinker', likely as a reference to his past as a warrior, and how some warriors named their favorite weapon. Hasbro also seems to have added an unofficial third mode by collapsing Metroplex's legs and rotating his upper torso into its vehicle mode position. This was probably added simply because the results have a greater similarity to his namesake in appearance.

The most notable thing about Metroplex is that he is one of the few Transformers in the series to be able to defeat Megatron single handedly, making him comparatively one of the more powerful characters in the series.


What is so really cool about him is that like the cartoon suggests, he actually grows in SIZE!!!


Want more Metroplex, check out the gallery here:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery. ... =0&start=0

Menasor:

In the episode Giant Menasor sided with Megatron because he was tired of Gigantion's tradition's that didn't make sense. In return for the location of the Cyber Planet Key, Menasor gets to lead the Giant Planet. He briefly engaged the members of the Cybertron Defense Force-Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattershot-but despite his Gigantion Transformer strength was defeated.

Menasor eventually rejoined his leader Metroplex after seeing that he was wrong to have joined the Decepticons in the first place.

Cybertron Menasor is depicted in the animated series as being about 58 feet tall. His 8.5 inch tall toy would be about 1/82 scale.
He Came with the Mini-Con, Heavy Load

This guy is quite possibly one of my most favorite transformers from cybertron, just look at his sweetness!!!...Next to Metroplex that is..


Want more Menasor, check out the gallery here:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery. ... =0&start=0

Quickmix:

Quickmix (Blender in Japan) is the name of a cement mixer Autobot on the Giant Planet. His Mini-Con is called Stripmine. He has a strong Scottish accent in the American dub of the cartoon.

Quick-thinking, intuitive and totally loyal to the Giant Planet and its inhabitants, Quickmix serves as right hand mech to Metroplex . It is he who first confronts MENASOR over the evil robot's betrayal of the Giant Planet's traditions, and who encourages Metroplex to avoid becoming involved in the affairs of the Autobots . He rarely fights, preferring his role as a builder and repairman, but when the safety of his home world is threatened, he never backs down..

In all fairness, I really like Quickmix alot, he reminds me of the final robot form of the original Omega Supreme circa G-1.. and judging by the gallery pics of him here on seibertron.com, his articulation is wonderful..

Want more Quickmix, check out the gallery here:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... =1&image=0



The Quickmix toy came with a Cyber Key with the code VE37 on it. When typed in on the official Transformers web site this code reveals the following secret information: Those Giant Planet Transformers MUST have come from Cybertron originally, because there is an ancient Transformer (actually he’s from 1988) that was named Quickmix too! The ‘original’ Quickmix was an Autobot chemist and he also turned into a cement mixer! Maybe this was the Gigantion Quickmix’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather!?

According to exclusive bio information in in the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine #15 Stripmine's function is "Heavy Machine Operations" and he loves action.

Since there are numerous Planets with their own races each with a cyberplanet key, I felt in my list of essential Cybertron toys that I should get the best of the best to represent each world.. in Gigantion's case I think that these 3 are the best.. it saves me some money, considering there are soooooo many Cybertron toys out there that I need to acquire, and most if not all are done very well..

Another potentially awesome figure to find is Flame convoy or scourge as he is known of here in the uS!!

Scourge:
Cybertron Ultra Scourge (2005)
Scourge was released as a larger Ultra Class toy and as a smaller Micro class toy.
The Ultra class toy was released repainted as a homage to Generation 1 Skylynx in Japan

The leader of the Jungle Planet (Animatros in Galaxy Force) where the local Transformers all have robotic Beast Modes. Scourge views all displays of kindness as a weakness, something he hates as only the strong can rule the planet. He gained his power after he grew tired of the poverty and degradation of his people years before his rise, initiating a revolt against the planet's former ruler. He was a student under Backstop, so he lacks the will to take a life.


Scourge joined Megatron's group, having become bored with his absolute rule of the Jungle Planet and considering none native to the planet to be his equal. While on the Decepticon team, he was the most powerful warrior and somewhat of Megatron's "Second in Command" (after Starscream had betrayed Megatron). However, on Gigantion, he began having doubts about his reasons for joining with the Decepticons and, through a battle royale with most of the Autobot forces, was convinced to leave them, though he was too proud to join with the Autobots even unofficially, choosing to return to his home planet in order to save it as a wiser, more experienced leader.


one fo my favorite Beast transformers!! was there anything Transformers Cybertron/Galaxy Force didn't have??

Eventually Scourge officially allied the entire Jungle Planet with the Autobots.

In the episode Unfinished, when the Autobots attempted to use a gigantic rocket to move the Animatros back into its orbit, Galvatron attacked and damaged the rocket. The jungle planet threatened to crash into Cybertron. Scourge, the Autobots, the former Decepticons, and their allies from the various planets were able to combine their strength and move the rocket back into place.

In the final episode of Transformers: Cybertron, Beginning, a wrestling match is held to decide the new leader of the Jungle Planet. Scourge defeats Snarl, then Leobreaker in fair combat and is declared the king of the Jungle Planet by Backstop. Scourge declares he will lead the Jungle Planet into a new era of peace thanks to the example of Optimus Prime and the Autobots.



Want more Scourge, chck out the gallery here:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery. ... =0&start=0