The Energon Pub

Cobotron wrote:I'm embarrassed to say, I completely forgot about drill tank mode.
I honestly haven't touched that toy for at least seven years. Since I moved to this house and set up my displays.
I should dig him out and give him a good TFing.

That WWII Bee is really neat looking. I don'y think I'd pick him up, but I like his riveted war machine look.

What did they do for Sideswipe's feet wheels (Fweels? Wheets?) so that he could stand? The old toy drove me nuts, but that looks like he can hold some swell poses.

I didn't even know you had a Galvatron. He's a pretty weird but fun thing! My hope is to get a Magmatron eventually so I can have the 3 Beast Convoy guys alongside the 3 Emperors of destruction from the 3 parts of Beast Wars.

WWII Bee isn't for everyone, but he is fun. I wish we had more WWII era type Transformers really. It's such a wonderful thing.

Sideswipe's front fenders split in 2 and swivel around the wheel, meaning you can have him freely standing on his wheels to standing on pinched together the wrong way fenders. It makes him incredibly stable, and he can hold a lot of poses other toys of him couldn't! He's definitely an upgrade compared to his past deluxes, even though I love the OG and DotM ones too

I do have Galvatron, but he is one of those Sonoking Korean releases. Not that that makes him any different than the Takara release. Just cheaper to acquire. I love the segmented dragon neck. He's always been a little hard to take seriously with that overly cartoony face, but I don't take any of this TOO seriously.

I hear you. I think it would be really cool to have old timey WWII even WWI era alt moded TFs. It would be cool to see the Cons in overly Nazi style alt mode designs. Kind of like those Steampunkish train 3P figures. The big rivet look is SUPER cool.

Cobotron wrote:I do have Galvatron, but he is one of those Sonoking Korean releases. Not that that makes him any different than the Takara release. Just cheaper to acquire. I love the segmented dragon neck. He's always been a little hard to take seriously with that overly cartoony face, but I don't take any of this TOO seriously.

I hear you. I think it would be really cool to have old timey WWII even WWI era alt moded TFs. It would be cool to see the Cons in overly Nazi style alt mode designs. Kind of like those Steampunkish train 3P figures. The big rivet look is SUPER cool.

Oh I agree! that head on him if frikkin ginormous! And the really posable neck is spectacular too!

I love Steampunk designs, the rivited old timey vibe is an aesthetic I really enjoy

So Dmax, the other day when I picked up SS Jetfire, I also saw SS DitM Megatron. It looks very good in person. So good, that I'd I every find it on sale, even I will be picking this up.



You, my young friend, are going to be very, very happy.

Ironhidensh wrote:So Dmax, the other day when I picked up SS Jetfire, I also saw SS DitM Megatron. It looks very good in person. So good, that I'd I every find it on sale, even I will be picking this up.



You, my young friend, are going to be very, very happy.

Considering who is saying this, this makes me all the more excited to find him eventually. Gonna need to wait a bit considering the misfortunes of the past weekend, but still excited to eventually find him!

On another note, got these guys in: A Tanuki, a tank, and a Tower of Death!!! (Heinrad was $30 shipped ebay auction)

carytheone wrote:

Me no understand

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Me no understand

Me no either.



But I was waiting to see if you asked first.

Cobotron wrote:But I was waiting to see if you asked first.

smart move

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:[img]SMB3_Tanooki_Statue.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100101001203[/img]

Me no understand

Me no either.

I forget not everyone is as old as me or as big of a gamer nerd.

Pic is a link. Video is the good stuff in action.



Sadly, the best I could find that wasn't over 20 minutes long. Where's Bod and Cram when I need some old school gamer buddy backups?

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

I got the Mario connection, but I didn't understand till now how it connected back to Tanuki Mario

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

I got the Mario connection, but I didn't understand till now how it connected back to Tanuki Mario

They always say "know to your audience", in that regard I failed.

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

I got the Mario connection, but I didn't understand till now how it connected back to Tanuki Mario

They always say "know to your audience", in that regard I failed.

If that picture had had Mario in it as a Tanuki, I would have got it immediately!

Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

You had to press down. Ah the good old days when your only help came from the manuals. Game manuals are a bit of a dead art. Some of my fondest memories were staring at the artwork on the pages and imagining what the actual game couldn't actually portray. Some games had some real gems, makes me wish I kept all my old games sometimes. Such is life.

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

You had to press down. Ah the good old days when your only help came from the manuals. Game manuals are a bit of a dead art. Some of my fondest memories were staring at the artwork on the pages and imagining what the actual game couldn't actually portray. Some games had some real gems, makes me wish I kept all my old games sometimes. Such is life.

Wow, 10 to 12 years later, and I am still learning new things about that game

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

You had to press down. Ah the good old days when your only help came from the manuals. Game manuals are a bit of a dead art. Some of my fondest memories were staring at the artwork on the pages and imagining what the actual game couldn't actually portray. Some games had some real gems, makes me wish I kept all my old games sometimes. Such is life.

Wow, 10 to 12 years later, and I am still learning new things about that game

SMB3 is chalked full of secrets. Do you know how to get all the magical warp whistles?

Makes me wanna fire it up in the Switch.

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

You had to press down. Ah the good old days when your only help came from the manuals. Game manuals are a bit of a dead art. Some of my fondest memories were staring at the artwork on the pages and imagining what the actual game couldn't actually portray. Some games had some real gems, makes me wish I kept all my old games sometimes. Such is life.

Wow, 10 to 12 years later, and I am still learning new things about that game

SMB3 is chalked full of secrets. Do you know how to get all the magical warp whistles?

Makes me wanna fire it up in the Switch.

...you're making me want to play this game again

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Me too.

I didn't know who stone golem Mario was. Or why he was looking at that kuppa somewhat inappropriately.

Exactly, I assumed errybody knew tanooki mario turned into a statue. I misjudged my audience.

Oh and that's sly look he's giving the Koopa, cause he can't be found when he's a statue.

That makes sense. I knew Tanuki Mario from the GBA game and his ability to fly, didn't know he could turn into a statue.

You had to press down. Ah the good old days when your only help came from the manuals. Game manuals are a bit of a dead art. Some of my fondest memories were staring at the artwork on the pages and imagining what the actual game couldn't actually portray. Some games had some real gems, makes me wish I kept all my old games sometimes. Such is life.

Wow, 10 to 12 years later, and I am still learning new things about that game

SMB3 is chalked full of secrets. Do you know how to get all the magical warp whistles?

Makes me wanna fire it up in the Switch.

...you're making me want to play this game again

I'd normally say couch co-op is the best, but the Switch versions have online multi-player patched into at least of of the games.

carytheone wrote: Game manuals are a bit of a dead art.

Yes, they are, and it's sad. I don't game much of a variety anymore, just CoD and GTAV. When GTAV did come out, I bought the Manuel for it, and I still look in it from time to time six years later.

Ironhidensh wrote:

carytheone wrote: Game manuals are a bit of a dead art.

Yes, they are, and it's sad. I don't game much of a variety anymore, just CoD and GTAV. When GTAV did come out, I bought the Manuel for it, and I still look in it from time to time six years later.

Even though I never played it nor had the system to play it, I remember standing in walmart and reading the Fall of Cybertron manual relentlessly. I loved looking at it and the artwork, even if I wasn't playing

I think we're talking about two different things here guys. I'm talking about the instructions that used to come in the box. I think you're both talking about player guides with tips, tricks, guides, maps and such. Both can have some pretty cool art, but I'm talking about how 8bit games left a lot to the the imagination. The art included in the instructions help fill in the gaps.

Here's the crazy thing, they still make printed players guides for current games. It's kinda nuts. I just use online wikis when I need info now.

I did pick up the guide books for the NES & SNES classic systems for the nostalgia factor. Reminded me a lot of the ones Nintendo Power used to release. **** I'm old.

Yep, you are definitely old