The Energon Pub

There are several and a lot of them do clearly show my bias from when I got into Transformers:

• Optimal Optimus remake. Oh, wait, we ARE getting that one.
• A new Beast Wars Megatron, possibly his Dragon mode which I am actually quite a fan of despite of how little screentime it got. Mind you, I don't really mean this as a new mold per se, as I'd be fine with things such as a retooled Deathsaurus or Snapdragon or some other character should said character get a new toy in some later toyline. I suspect that, beside Warden's hatred of Beast Wars, one reason this one is unlikely is that BW Megatron is more associated with his T-Rex form AND the fact he share a name with Megatron and they 'wouldn't want the dumb kiddies to be confused' or some stupid explanation like that. Unless they somehow market him as 'Decepticon Gnashteeth'. And yes I know he got a Botcon 2016 figure and that it was awesome but I don't have any chance of getting my hands on that thing, sadly.
• Titan Class Scorponok/Zarak because clearly it ain't hapenning due to Trypticon...
• Masterpiece Waspinator.
• A new Landcross because he is a really unique type of Combiner which I would love to see attempted with modern engineering.
• Dai Atlas because despite not really knowing much of Zone, him being a space drill tank tickle my super robot cliche fancy.
• Star Convoy remake....
• ...and a Super Megatron toy to go with it.

Huh I'm frankly shocked at how much of that list is japanese stuff. Stuff which I used to hate 5-10 years ago but as I got older (and more into oldschool mecha anime) found myself liking quite a bit more.

I'd like to see Lickety-Split get a figure of some form, even if it's just a retool of another figure. Chun-Li "hair buns" a necessity.

Skritz wrote:There are several and a lot of them do clearly show my bias from when I got into Transformers:

• Optimal Optimus remake. Oh, wait, we ARE getting that one.
• A new Beast Wars Megatron, possibly his Dragon mode which I am actually quite a fan of despite of how little screentime it got. Mind you, I don't really mean this as a new mold per se, as I'd be fine with things such as a retooled Deathsaurus or Snapdragon or some other character should said character get a new toy in some later toyline. I suspect that, beside Warden's hatred of Beast Wars, one reason this one is unlikely is that BW Megatron is more associated with his T-Rex form AND the fact he share a name with Megatron and they 'wouldn't want the dumb kiddies to be confused' or some stupid explanation like that. Unless they somehow market him as 'Decepticon Gnashteeth'. And yes I know he got a Botcon 2016 figure and that it was awesome but I don't have any chance of getting my hands on that thing, sadly.
• Titan Class Scorponok/Zarak because clearly it ain't hapenning due to Trypticon...
• Masterpiece Waspinator.
• A new Landcross because he is a really unique type of Combiner which I would love to see attempted with modern engineering.
• Dai Atlas because despite not really knowing much of Zone, him being a space drill tank tickle my super robot cliche fancy.
• Star Convoy remake....
• ...and a Super Megatron toy to go with it.

Huh I'm frankly shocked at how much of that list is japanese stuff. Stuff which I used to hate 5-10 years ago but as I got older (and more into oldschool mecha anime) found myself liking quite a bit more.

I know that this is mostly about licenced products but I'm sure I recently saw a 3p company going to be releasing a BW dragon Megatron

just because Hastak made a boob with Trypticon(ie not having different repaint ect from the Hasbro one) I wouldn't take that as a complete ruling out of a Black Zarak

I could more see the Titans Return Overlord mold being repainted/retooled as Dai Atlas rather than Omega Supreme

If not for the fact that it seems like there are two TR boxset unaccounted for (and cancelled, right?), I could have seen Sky Shadow/Overlord done as Dai Atlas. It just seem like it won't happen, however and even if it did it would only be a recolor and a new face, meaning it would lack any kind of drill. Unfortunately.

Kurona wrote:I wouldn't quite liked a Titan Class Tidal Wave myself That goes with all the reasons you mentioned, and the size fits the character as seen in the anime.

Tidalwave would be MUCH more appropriate as a Titan than Broadside. Because in canon, he's MASSIVE.

Broadside is just a joke, caricaturing the typical disregard of scale in Transformers.

Skritz wrote:
Huh I'm frankly shocked at how much of that list is japanese stuff. Stuff which I used to hate 5-10 years ago but as I got older (and more into oldschool mecha anime) found myself liking quite a bit more.

It's also probably because everything else has already been redone. Sometimes too much.

ExciKaiser wrote:

Skritz wrote:
Huh I'm frankly shocked at how much of that list is japanese stuff. Stuff which I used to hate 5-10 years ago but as I got older (and more into oldschool mecha anime) found myself liking quite a bit more.

It's also probably because everything else has already been redone. Sometimes too much.

Fair enough.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Kurona wrote:I wouldn't quite liked a Titan Class Tidal Wave myself That goes with all the reasons you mentioned, and the size fits the character as seen in the anime.

Tidalwave would be MUCH more appropriate as a Titan than Broadside. Because in canon, he's MASSIVE.

Broadside is just a joke, caricaturing the typical disregard of scale in Transformers.

well they couldn't....could they! since both figures were coming off of the same dam mold!

the only way...if at all possible... that we're likely to see that mold(be it Tidal Wave or Broadside) on a larger scale is either by WeiJiang or bootleg(as was the case recently with the CW Rook, Streetwise, First Aid & Hot Spot figures upscaled to Leader Class size and above)

I'm definitely not talking about the nifty TR repaint. I'm talking about a oversized and improved version of the Armada original. Just imagine it. Improved articulations, tight ratchet joints everywhere, and as big as Fortmax!

Here's a random one for a creature presumably nobody likes: a Violen Jiger figure. Yes, seriously. He's certainly amongst the more obscure and less interesting or noteworthy villains (anything post Victory is basically a garbage bin villain anyway, I mean, the fu*beep* are Dark Nova and Valium Chugger anyway?)

That said, being a demon-skeleton-robot-insect-thing combiner would certainly make him a very unique figure.

I forgot this thread was a thing. I really want a new deluxe Cyclonus toy. I love the Universe mold, and the CW has its charm and amazing alt mode, but I want a IDW/RID hybrid designed figure. Honestly just a remold of RID Starscream would do.

And given they are preserving the combining gimmick in PoP I'd love for a Beast Wars Megatron repaint of the new Grimlock along with repaints of some CW figures or future PoP figs as members of his team (Dreadwing/Blackwing as Terrorsaur and Waspinator? Rook as Scorpinok? Groove as Tarantulas?)

Madeus Prime wrote:I forgot this thread was a thing. I really want a new deluxe Cyclonus toy. I love the Universe mold, and the CW has its charm and amazing alt mode, but I want a IDW/RID hybrid designed figure. Honestly just a remold of RID Starscream would do.

And given they are preserving the combining gimmick in PoP I'd love for a Beast Wars Megatron repaint of the new Grimlock along with repaints of some CW figures or future PoP figs as members of his team (Dreadwing/Blackwing as Terrorsaur and Waspinator? Rook as Scorpinok? Groove as Tarantulas?)

I wish Botcon/Fun Pub was still a thing. Beast Wars Megatron combiner sounds perfect.

On Cyclonus, I hear good things about the RID Legions class figure. Even an upscale as a Cyber Battalion figure would be good IMO.

Rysquad wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:I forgot this thread was a thing. I really want a new deluxe Cyclonus toy. I love the Universe mold, and the CW has its charm and amazing alt mode, but I want a IDW/RID hybrid designed figure. Honestly just a remold of RID Starscream would do.

And given they are preserving the combining gimmick in PoP I'd love for a Beast Wars Megatron repaint of the new Grimlock along with repaints of some CW figures or future PoP figs as members of his team (Dreadwing/Blackwing as Terrorsaur and Waspinator? Rook as Scorpinok? Groove as Tarantulas?)

I wish Botcon/Fun Pub was still a thing. Beast Wars Megatron combiner sounds perfect.

On Cyclonus, I hear good things about the RID Legions class figure. Even an upscale as a Cyber Battalion figure would be good IMO.

Yeah but I want someone to scale with the hopeful future redo on Tailgate from PoP Windcharger

hopefully they will save beast wars megatron for his own sculpt/accuracy, a cassette combiner force might be cool tho, grimlock/overkill, snarl/slugfest, swoop -retool into ratbat? or just lazy repaints for a buzzsaw/laserbeak and a repainted ravage and with a glit repaint might be nice (just for a super shiny limb if nothing else). If they want to redo magmatron that would be cool too (sadly one of the few beast war era toys I've never had)

I just did a TR Thunderwing custom using the TLK Nitro body and the Siege of Cybertron head.



This guy too:



And this one too:



And many just put the head on without any paint and it STILL work:



I'm pretty sure there is way more out there.

So, HASTAK... Can you get a hint? Maybe as a "special edition exclusive" or something?

Probably gonna be controversial and I know people are gonna say this defeats the point, but I'd like to see individuals of full combiners that are just poseable action figures and don't combine.

I find a want for this most especially when I see the in-comics design of Victorion or how badly Volcanicus turned out. Since we already have combining versions, why not do what Super Sentai does and give us individual versions that just look better, pose better and everything else?

Kurona wrote:Probably gonna be controversial and I know people are gonna say this defeats the point, but I'd like to see individuals of full combiners that are just poseable action figures and don't combine.

I find a want for this most especially when I see the in-comics design of Victorion or how badly Volcanicus turned out. Since we already have combining versions, why not do what Super Sentai does and give us individual versions that just look better, pose better and everything else?

Honestly I kinda agree. Like, proper combiners are nice, and I wouldn't want non-transforming versions INSTEAD of actual combiners, but a super-poseable non-transforming combiner would be interesting.

Kurona wrote:Probably gonna be controversial and I know people are gonna say this defeats the point, but I'd like to see individuals of full combiners that are just poseable action figures and don't combine.

I find a want for this most especially when I see the in-comics design of Victorion or how badly Volcanicus turned out. Since we already have combining versions, why not do what Super Sentai does and give us individual versions that just look better, pose better and everything else?

...soooo, Actionmaster Combiners you say? Because those have existed before.

Kurona wrote:Probably gonna be controversial and I know people are gonna say this defeats the point, but I'd like to see individuals of full combiners that are just poseable action figures and don't combine.

I find a want for this most especially when I see the in-comics design of Victorion or how badly Volcanicus turned out. Since we already have combining versions, why not do what Super Sentai does and give us individual versions that just look better, pose better and everything else?

Like Revoltechs, but with combiners members instead of the same old, same old. yeah, I can dig that.

Optimus1138 wrote:-Scout class Ravage and Laserbeak figures (which, sort of like Scout Rumble/Frenzy, would turn into vehicles, rather than cassettes)

blotbot wrote:I want classics (CHURG) versions of the Terrorcons, Technobots, Monstructor, Combiner Dinobots, Seacons, Predacons, Trainbots, and Protectobots all with a Voyager leader and deluxe component guys.

STINGRAY749 wrote:Also a rts deluxe prime reaipaint. It would be black with aqua trim. A red sword with the same color light pipeing.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Serpentor Prime (good call on that one)
Alpha Trion (there's an expencive Botcon one, but he's not GeeWun enough)
Combining deluxe class Stunticons (90% of their toyline are cars .... why not!?)
Deluxe Dinobots
Supereme Omega Supreme (even if it's a repaint too ... the Energon mold just has terrible colors)

Twitchythe3rd wrote:Voyager Broadside.

Doctor McGrath wrote:Ultra or voyager Roadbuster

zenosaurus_x wrote:Also, Neo g1 combiners, Voyager leader with Deluxe Limbs, I think that'd be cool. Kinda expensive, but cool...

Godzillabot Primal wrote:Deluxe Sixshot
Scout Bumblebee
Deluxe (Scrapping G1) Soundwave
Classics/GEN/RTS/Universe Combiners
Deluxe G1 accurate Dinobots
new molds of the Beast Wars characters
Updated Masters (AKA Powermasters, Targetmasters, etc etc)
Deluxe (again: Scrapping G1) Shockwave

Funny to look back on the first page and see we actually got a lot of what we'd wanted

That was on the first page ALONE? Well, that's amazing indeed!

We may not still have an "ultimate class" Devastator yet, but we did get officially the BIGGEST Devastator ever. Combiner Wars was one of the greatest lines in recent years. It delivered so much!

-Kanrabat- wrote:That was on the first page ALONE? Well, that's amazing indeed!

We may not still have an "ultimate class" Devastator yet, but we did get officially the BIGGEST Devastator ever. Combiner Wars was one of the greatest lines in recent years. It delivered so much!

I included my old account from page 2 simply for novelty, but evidently I had a good sense of what the future would bring.

Here's one that will NEVER happen, especially since his place as a core 'Thirteen' has been revoked (aside from the Shroud and continuity snarl shenanigans): Autonomous Maximus/The Last Autobot. Yeah good luck ever seeing this guy in toy form.

Voyager Soundwave and Blaster, with cassettes that are masterpiece/original scale.

Sunburnninja wrote:Voyager Soundwave and Blaster, with cassettes that are masterpiece/original scale.

Do you mean G1 style?

For now, the FOC ones do the job perfectly.