The Energon Pub

I've known about the club for a little while and I'm curious to know from other forum members that do belong to it, these questions:

Is it worth the price? Also how is the magazine? Is it any good? I'm considering joining and I'm interested in knowing more. I'd appreciate any info from anyone that knows.

what? theres a fee?? psh screw that

im thinking about joining.Just for the botcon stuff,I want to go next year where ever it is.

Are you planning on going to Botcon next year? If so then you've saved on your entry just by joining and the mags etc are basicly just freebies. If you're into the exclusive figures then membership's the cheapest way to get them. It's not the only way since pretty much everything ends up at BBTS or on ebay at some stage but you'll shell out less by being a member and just getting stuff straight from the club. The store doesn't really offer any savings on general release stuff though. Their non member prices are over the top and their member prices are basicly just what you'd be paying at retail. I believe that that price does include shipping within the US though. I'm not 100% on that due to being over in Blighty and it never really affecting me. There are benefits but maybe not as many as there should be. End of the day a basic ground mail US membership's not that much, especially if you're planning to go to the con. Try it out for a year and if it doesn't impress don't resubscribe. It's been said before though and I'll say it again here: the more support the club gets the more they can give us. We'll only keep getting the exclusive toys if FunPub's making money. They're a business and need to turn a profit. The longer they have the license and the more that they make the better things should get. My one complaint at the moment would be that they do seem to be slipping behind the schedule in the original mission statement regarding frequency of CLUB exclusives and that these seem to take secondary importance to CON exclusives. Well that and the fact that as an international member I'm getting nowhere near as good a deal out of them as folks in the US (higher fees and international shipping). But they're still doing enough for me to stick around, I'd just like to see a little more you know?

im curious too. (thinking i may have to cancel my WoW subscription if the club is cool enough)

SnipeShade wrote:im curious too. (thinking i may have to cancel my WoW subscription if the club is cool enough)

DO NOT CANCEL YOUR WoW SUBSCRIPTION!!!!!

What is a WoW subscription?

Is it Transformers related?

Auto Bot wrote:What is a WoW subscription?

Is it Transformers related?

World of Warcraft hes refferring to - and aside from a trogg called grimlock nothing transformer related there

waaaaghlord wrote:Are you planning on going to Botcon next year? If so then you've saved on your entry just by joining and the mags etc are basicly just freebies. If you're into the exclusive figures then membership's the cheapest way to get them. It's not the only way since pretty much everything ends up at BBTS or on ebay at some stage but you'll shell out less by being a member and just getting stuff straight from the club. The store doesn't really offer any savings on general release stuff though. Their non member prices are over the top and their member prices are basicly just what you'd be paying at retail. I believe that that price does include shipping within the US though. I'm not 100% on that due to being over in Blighty and it never really affecting me. There are benefits but maybe not as many as there should be. End of the day a basic ground mail US membership's not that much, especially if you're planning to go to the con. Try it out for a year and if it doesn't impress don't resubscribe. It's been said before though and I'll say it again here: the more support the club gets the more they can give us. We'll only keep getting the exclusive toys if FunPub's making money. They're a business and need to turn a profit. The longer they have the license and the more that they make the better things should get. My one complaint at the moment would be that they do seem to be slipping behind the schedule in the original mission statement regarding frequency of CLUB exclusives and that these seem to take secondary importance to CON exclusives. Well that and the fact that as an international member I'm getting nowhere near as good a deal out of them as folks in the US (higher fees and international shipping). But they're still doing enough for me to stick around, I'd just like to see a little more you know?

I do want to go to next year's BotCon, especially with the rumor I've heard that it may very well be in Orlando, as well (that's like an hour and a half drive for me). At any rate, membership isn't expensive to join, I just wanted an idea of what the whole deal was. I didn't want to waste money on something where I just looked back and thought "This is awful. What a waste."

Do peolpe outside of the US get the stuff like figures and exclusives too, ore not?

Sometime soon, they'll have to try holding BotCon in a different country.

Much like an NBA game in China.

So that people outside USA will have at least a chance in a lifetime to attend it.

I think it can even increase the popularity of transformers internationally.

Go Global!

Dead Metal wrote:Do peolpe outside of the US get the stuff like figures and exclusives too, ore not?

Yes, but international membership is more expensive at US $89 a year. For this you get the same basic package: annual membership figure, 6 issues of the club mag and an extra 6 issues of Master Collector in the odd months (last part not really worth mentioning, but hey). You also get use of the club website's members section which at the moment is basically just a forum and a few pieces of fiction and Minicon bios that are web exclusives as well as member prices at the club store and on the Botcon boxed set although you'll be paying quite a hefty international postage rate.

It's a harder decision on international membership than US domestic membership and might not be right for everyone. As said above though, if you were in the States and planning to go to the con I don't see why you wouldn't join (I know you're in Germany DM, just wanted to make the point again).

waaaaghlord wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Do peolpe outside of the US get the stuff like figures and exclusives too, ore not?

Yes, but international membership is more expensive at US $89 a year. For this you get the same basic package: annual membership figure, 6 issues of the club mag and an extra 6 issues of Master Collector in the odd months (last part not really worth mentioning, but hey). You also get use of the club website's members section which at the moment is basically just a forum and a few pieces of fiction and Minicon bios that are web exclusives as well as member prices at the club store and on the Botcon boxed set although you'll be paying quite a hefty international postage rate.

It's a harder decision on international membership than US domestic membership and might not be right for everyone. As said above though, if you were in the States and planning to go to the con I don't see why you wouldn't join (I know you're in Germany DM, just wanted to make the point again).

Thanks, but that's to much, far too much cash for me. I'm not able to finance that + the extra I'de have to pay = Dead Metal being killed by his mum.
Well, I could start my owne TFcon with club. But I'm still lacking the cash for that.
Still thanks.

What do the membership figures look like?

upther wrote:What do the membership figures look like?

Here some of them:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=37

Dead Metal wrote:

upther wrote:What do the membership figures look like?

Here some of them:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=37

Of the exclusive figures that are in the Seibertron galleries so far, the 2 membership figures that have been released so far are Skyfall and Landquake, no gallery of this year's figure Breakaway as yet, but he's literaly just been released. Airrazor and Astrotrain are the club exclusive figures that we've seen so far and the rest of the figures there have been Botcon convention exclusives.

The membership figures for the first five years (so 2 yet to come) are clear recolours of the Energon combiners, with limbs first and the torsobot due last. If you're new to the club idea and put off by the thought of not getting a full combiner then don't worry. Previous figures are available in the club store at $20 to members or $40 to non members and show up on ebay fairly regularly and BBTS less often but sometimes.

double post, quoted when I meant to edit.

waaaaghlord wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

upther wrote:What do the membership figures look like?

Here some of them:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=37

Of the exclusive figures that are in the Seibertron galleries so far, the 2 membership figures that have been released so far are Skyfall and Landquake, no gallery of this year's figure Breakaway as yet, but he's literaly just been released. Airrazor and Astrotrain are the club exclusive figures that we've seen so far and the rest of the figures there have been Botcon convention exclusives.

The membership figures for the first five years (so 2 yet to come) are clear recolours of the Energon combiners, with limbs first and the torsobot due last. If you're new to the club idea and put off by the thought of not getting a full combiner then don't worry. Previous figures are available in the club store at $20 to members or $40 to non members and show up on ebay fairly regularly and BBTS less often but sometimes.

What mold is breakaway made from - im guessing another energon combiner limb in translucent plastic, but which one?

The other Aerialbot, again done in clear red and clear blue.

I haven't joined but that's just me..

Joined just this year and I like it so far I just wish more fan material could make its way into the magazine and the club website had more to it. I mean look at all we get on Seibertron and its free thanks to everyone that donates time to it.

I'll likely renew.