The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:44 pm

That's all
that's the gist of it.

Twinferno
which i waited for,
pined for,
yearned for,
dreamed of,
desired,
drooled over,
craved,
coveted,
fancied,
and lusted for,

- yes... lusted!! -
:-s

is a mother-lubbin'
piece of
SCRAP!
scrap i tells ya!
SCRAP!
sCRAPALOOZA!!!
SCRAPACHINI!

okay...
it's an A- robot.
i gives ya dat.

but EVERYTHING about the dragon mode

SLAG!
:-(

welp...
guess i'll move my burning cravings to something else

(Triggerhappy! Brawn? Misfire?)

:HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:51 pm

Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:43 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.

yep
i did
after 25 minutes of fiddling with it.

WALLA!
PRESTO!

a plastic box
with
some dragon parts
wing
leg
heads
struggling to get out

D-

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:56 pm

So just because you couldn't figure out how to transform it automatically makes it a bad figure? Sounds about right. Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do >:oP

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:08 pm

steals_your_goats wrote:So just because you couldn't figure out how to transform it automatically makes it a bad figure? Sounds about right. Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do

what is yer friggin' boggle, pal??

i've been collecting TFs
for a very
very
very
very long time.

probablly longer than u have been alive!

i spent a good deal of time
tried a buncha stuff
freestyle
and
using instructions

after making it out
the way it supposed to be

IT
IS
A
BOX
WITH WINGS
AND
SOME
OTHER
REPTILE BITS!

now,
that's my opinion

OPINION

take it
or
leave it

as to the way i write

tough

maybe it's the way u read.
u should look into that
get a stronger Rx
or sumptin

until then
relax
try a little kindness
a little calm

dipshizzz
:HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:15 pm

steals_your_goats wrote:Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do

See, **** like this we don't need on the forums.

That being said, what is it with all the line breaks Z3ROhour? Is that your "thing"? Just curious.

I do have to agree though that Twinferno is disappointing. I was looking forward to him and when I got him ... I was disappointed. (Probably didn't help I got him the same time as Triggerhappy)

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:16 pm

Forget it it's not worth it.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:36 pm

If it wasn't a box with wings it would be an update rather than a homage. The 3rd party one is also a bx with wings. at least the new one has distinct legs.

Oh and you should have a chat with Death's Reviews - you two should get on just super.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:37 pm

Z3ROhour wrote:dipshizzz

This isn't necessary either.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:26 pm

Don't we, um, have a Titans Return thread...? Not trying to rain on anyone's parade or obsessively mini-mod, just a tad confused why this wasn't posted in TR is all.

Though yeah, Twinferno's updated alt-mode just doesn't live up to the same awesomeness of his updated name. In my opinion the Monsterbots should be at least Voyager anyway, but it's disappointing nonetheless to see this result. Decent effort, but not quite there.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:49 pm

Kurona wrote:Don't we, um, have a Titans Return thread...?

Yes, but he wants to discuss one specific figure. That can be easily lost in the mega-threads.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:59 am

I too was disappointed with him when i got him for the exact sme reason. A box with limbs. And a very obvious, very wide box. I do like his wings and his heads, but the vody and the tabbing of the hips is just.... Underwhelming. I'm glad i got him for half price, as full would have been made me sad, but he is one figure that should have been revamped, not be a g1 redo.

Easily my least favourite of all tr i have. If you want one to lus after, i suggest triggerhappy. Now that is a fantastic figure.

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:56 pm

Aside from having one of the most awesome names in Transformersdom, I do like Twinferno as a figure. Bot mode is quite good, and the dragon hands are hilarious. The transformation is interesting and clever, and though his dragon mode is not super poseable, it's quite dashing looking.

Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

News Credits: 2 · by **Mr Skram** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:12 pm

I actually really like both modes, but I suppose I wasn't desperately longing for the figure either. That tends to have an effect on how you perceive these things.

You want some supercharged 80s fun? This here's a blocky robot that turns into a blocky (double) dragon!

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:29 pm

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:55 pm

MrBlack wrote:Aside from having one of the most awesome names in Transformersdom, I do like Twinferno as a figure. Bot mode is quite good, and the dragon hands are hilarious. The transformation is interesting and clever, and though his dragon mode is not super poseable, it's quite dashing looking.

Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

I love that your friend did that. I'm a fan of this figure too.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:51 pm

MrBlack wrote:Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

That is freaking gold.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:24 pm

MrBlack wrote:
https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

Okay, Gnaw in the coffee pot actually made me do a spit take. Thank god I missed the computer. :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:40 am

Burn wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:dipshizzz

This isn't necessary either.

i did as best i could
to curb my... instinctual rage.

i apologize.
:KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:49 am

Insurgent wrote:I too was disappointed with him when i got him for the exact sme reason. A box with limbs. And a very obvious, very wide box. I do like his wings and his heads, but the vody and the tabbing of the hips is just.... Underwhelming. I'm glad i got him for half price, as full would have been made me sad, but he is one figure that should have been revamped, not be a g1 redo.

Easily my least favourite of all tr i have. If you want one to lus after, i suggest triggerhappy. Now that is a fantastic figure.

i got him for $5.86 on ebay, so no big loss.
like i said
the bot mode
rocks!

and
despite being homage
or update
all the other TRs
fix the flaws
of their respective
previous incarnations.

i so badly wanted this to work

then
like u said
my Conjunx Endura
showed me true love...

and Trigghappy happened!

WOW! WHAT NON-DISAPPOINTMENT!
WOW!

:KREMZEEK:

by **Optimum Supreme** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:26 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.

On mine, they absolutely do not tab in, they just don't fit where they're supposed to.

Yeah, it's a garbage figure for the most part. I did manage to get it to stand in dragon mode somehow, but it's still awful. Robot mode is okay, but not good enough to make up for the rest. I like the headmaster being a battlebeast, though.

Much happier with Hot Rod.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:17 pm

Optimum Supreme wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.

On mine, they absolutely do not tab in, they just don't fit where they're supposed to.

Yeah, it's a garbage figure for the most part. I did manage to get it to stand in dragon mode somehow, but it's still awful. Robot mode is okay, but not good enough to make up for the rest. I like the headmaster being a battlebeast, though.

Much happier with Hot Rod.

Are you sure you had it lined up right? It is a real pain in the *** to get it the first time, mainly because the hips have to be at an odd angle that looks like it can't be right, but actually is. Really hard to photograph (especially with a crappy phone), but I give it a shot.

Here they are tabbed.

And there is how the hips need to line up just before they tab in.

Hope it helped. And I agree Hotrod and Triggerhappy are much better from that wave.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:51 am

After all of this talk back and forth on Titans Return Doublecross/Twinferno, I actually like the figure MORE now. Thanks to TF-fan kev777, I got the hips to tab in correctly for the first time. It does make the tail hold together better too, though mine still has some problems because of the very tight tolerances on the tabs meant to hold the two robot mode legs together as the base of the tail. Once you squeeze those together tightly enough, the tail tip will stay together, though it will sometimes still pop out of place if fiddled with too much. I love how the robot arms/dragon heads convert between modes too. It's just a very satisfying step in the transformation process and may be my favorite aspect of the figure overall. Doublecross/Twinferno looks just like he leapt off the screen of Headmasters and into our hands in both dragon and robot modes, plus now he has the addition of the Titans Return play pattern as well. Great update to a more obscure G1 character and toy.