The Energon Pub

by **Deathscythetransform** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:59 pm

love it
sad I can't get it: no money no candy
gotta put my priorities at the right place

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:06 pm

Deathscythetransform wrote:love it
sad I can't get it: no money no candy
gotta put my priorities at the right place

1435 West Fern Rd St Louis Missouri?

by **ausbot** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:18 pm

I like this theme but I still think as it is the 30th anniv' of the Transformers I would have liked to have seen a set made from G1 toys like E'hobby was doing a few years ago (G2 stunticons etc)

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:18 pm

Hold it hold it hold it! Two things here must be addressed:

Emerje wrote:As far as putting out a digital version, I'm not sure if Fun Pub cares about us as Transformers fans enough to do that. I mean, they removed our member's only section of the site and forum, while the G.I.Joe club still has their forum.

What do you mean "they removed our member's only section"? Don't you remember when the site crashed that one year due to overwhelming registration numbers? We fans essentially killed the member's only section when the site crashed. Sure, the Club's site was running on outdated technology, so they can be faulted for at least that. But no one "took it away from us", like some form of punishment. It just died when the site went down, and they've been trying to get it back up ever since.

Va'al wrote:Further, they apparently just said that overseas members will not be receiving a copy, because the printers didn't produce the required number of issues.

This is what the message said:

Hello International Members,

We have been informed that the printer/mailer did not mail your issues 7 weeks ago like they should have. In addition, we have also discovered that they lost your issues.

They are reprinting your issues this week and they are scheduled to go into the mail by Monday. We apologize for their mistake and the lateness on this issue. Please look for that issue in your mailbox in about 2 weeks.

Thanks for your support!

Brian

So they ARE coming, just later since they're doing a special reprinting of them for the international members.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:37 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
Va'al wrote:Just of curiosity, what is it about the Ratchet mold that people don't like? Or is it more that it could've been the Breakdown one, so this one feels lessened in comparison?

I love that mold actually.

But it's so close to the Cybertron Ratchet mold in looks that I am really uninterested.

There was a Ratchet in Transformers: Cybertron?

I think the whole deal with the Ratchet mold in its early revealings is that people were upset we didn't get a Voyager Ratchet. On top of that, the Deluxe was lacking in a lot of paint detail. I don't think a lot of people have a problem with the mold itself.

Er, sorry, Red Alert.

I got my wires crossed and the Japanese name came to me first.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:48 am

Hello International Members,

We have been informed that the printer/mailer did not mail your issues 7 weeks ago like they should have. In addition, we have also discovered that they lost your issues.

They are reprinting your issues this week and they are scheduled to go into the mail by Monday. We apologize for their mistake and the lateness on this issue. Please look for that issue in your mailbox in about 2 weeks.

Thanks for your support!

Brian

Thanks for clearing that up, Sabr.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:16 am

Counterpunch wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
Va'al wrote:Just of curiosity, what is it about the Ratchet mold that people don't like? Or is it more that it could've been the Breakdown one, so this one feels lessened in comparison?

I love that mold actually.

But it's so close to the Cybertron Ratchet mold in looks that I am really uninterested.

There was a Ratchet in Transformers: Cybertron?

I think the whole deal with the Ratchet mold in its early revealings is that people were upset we didn't get a Voyager Ratchet. On top of that, the Deluxe was lacking in a lot of paint detail. I don't think a lot of people have a problem with the mold itself.

Er, sorry, Red Alert.

I got my wires crossed and the Japanese name came to me first.

Micron Legend: Ratchet
Galaxy Force: First Aid

News Credits: 2 · by **magirus** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:10 pm

Has there been any word or speculation on when the prices for the packages will be announced and when they will go on sale. It seems very late this year.

News Credits: 2 · by **magirus** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:10 pm

Has there been any word or speculation on when the prices for the packages will be announced and when they will go on sale. It seems very late this year.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:43 am

The official BotCon Twitter feed has posted another teaser sketch for this year's Pirates vs. Knights set, and it's another organic! This one appears reptilian and comes with the blurb, "A Captain needs his Navigator..."

A Captain needs his Navigator... #PVK

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:05 pm

Flight of the Navigator. Clearly a Cosmos repaint, into Dinobot colours, for some reason. :-$

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:11 pm

El Duque wrote:The official BotCon Twitter feed has posted another teaser sketch for this year's Pirates vs. Knights set, and it's another organic! This one appears reptilian and comes with the blurb, "A Captain needs his Navigator..."

A Captain needs his Navigator... #PVK

Iguanus?

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:18 pm

Is it too soon for them to use a BH predacon mold?

News Credits: 1 · by **Janus Prime** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:05 pm

Could it be... Slizardo?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:49 pm

So, Cannonball is the captain of a crew of non-toy organic aliens?

I... guess it could work, so long as the story makes it work.

Though, since there will be five pirate toys this year, with these organic crewmen thrown into the mix, it must be a big crew.

by **Henry921** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:53 pm

Sabrblade wrote:So, Cannonball is the captain of a crew of non-toy organic aliens?

I... guess it could work, so long as the story makes it work.

Though, since there will be five pirate toys this year, with these organic crewmen thrown into the mix, it must be a big crew.

Didn't the club say the army builder pack were also pirates?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:25 pm

Making a transforming Iguanus shell wouldn't be unprecedented since we got that Metalhawk figure. Remolding the top of the Beast Hunters Skystalker figure without the bot head could be done, but would be a little odd with just the one head between both modes. Armor would be hard to paint up as well, but at least he'd have his tail in bot mode. Fail that, I wonder if there's enough room to fit that head on Generations Wreck-Gar's body. If he can't be a lizard then he should be a motorcycle.

That's assuming it's Iguanus anyway.

Emerje

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:20 pm

Henry921 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, Cannonball is the captain of a crew of non-toy organic aliens?

I... guess it could work, so long as the story makes it work.

Though, since there will be five pirate toys this year, with these organic crewmen thrown into the mix, it must be a big crew.

Didn't the club say the army builder pack were also pirates?

Yes they did.

by **Downbeat** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:14 am

I wonder if they're going to go back to the idea of Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian transformers, ones that primarily transform into beasts. The Chinese MMO stated that Thundertron recruited the ranks of the Star Seekers from alien robots that turned into animals, they could redeco/remold some Predacons. Or, since they claim Cannonball's the only prime mold in the box set oh god.

Universe 2008 Dinobot redeco/retool. Not digging the idea of that.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:20 am

Downbeat wrote:I wonder if they're going to go back to the idea of Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian transformers, ones that primarily transform into beasts. The Chinese MMO stated that Thundertron recruited the ranks of the Star Seekers from alien robots that turned into animals, they could redeco/remold some Predacons. Or, since they claim Cannonball's the only prime mold in the box set oh god.

Universe 2008 Dinobot redeco/retool. Not digging the idea of that.

That's the Aligned Continutiy Star Seekers that you're thinking of. These will be G1 cartoon continuity Star Seekers from the Wings Universe.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:36 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Downbeat wrote:I wonder if they're going to go back to the idea of Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian transformers, ones that primarily transform into beasts. The Chinese MMO stated that Thundertron recruited the ranks of the Star Seekers from alien robots that turned into animals, they could redeco/remold some Predacons. Or, since they claim Cannonball's the only prime mold in the box set oh god.

Universe 2008 Dinobot redeco/retool. Not digging the idea of that.
That's the Aligned Continutiy Star Seekers that you're thinking of. These will be G1 cartoon continuity Star Seekers from the Wings Universe.

He's wondering whether or not this set will share the aligned continuity's backstory about the Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian and beasts.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:46 am

PrymeStriker wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Downbeat wrote:I wonder if they're going to go back to the idea of Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian transformers, ones that primarily transform into beasts. The Chinese MMO stated that Thundertron recruited the ranks of the Star Seekers from alien robots that turned into animals, they could redeco/remold some Predacons. Or, since they claim Cannonball's the only prime mold in the box set oh god.

Universe 2008 Dinobot redeco/retool. Not digging the idea of that.
That's the Aligned Continutiy Star Seekers that you're thinking of. These will be G1 cartoon continuity Star Seekers from the Wings Universe.

He's wondering whether or not this set will share the aligned continuity's backstory about the Star Seekers being non-Cybertronian and beasts.

In that case, good question.

Thus far, it looks as though the crew consists of some TFs and some organic aliens, and if this Cannonball is anything like his Decepticon Warlord predecessor, then he too might be a Cybertronian.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:36 pm

Having finally gotten my TCC magazine issue #55, it sounds like all/most of the TFs in Cannonball's crew will be former members of Squadron X. So, not so much pirates as "old Marvel G1 characters who had no toys" like Straxus and Jhiaxus were.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:29 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Having finally gotten my TCC magazine issue #55, it sounds like all/most of the TFs in Cannonball's crew will be members of former members of Squadron X. So, not so much pirates as "old Marvel G1 characters who had no toys" like Straxus and Jhiaxus were.

dammit. I guess I'm gonna be keeping my eyes peeled for a pre-order or something then.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:31 pm

magirus wrote:Has there been any word or speculation on when the prices for the packages will be announced and when they will go on sale. It seems very late this year.

yeah, it's never very easy to find out info in advance about Botcon. Making it that much more difficult to find the time or money to get there or arrange alternatives.