The Energon Pub

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:10 am

Jason5billion wrote:Does Tiny Turbo changer Ravage happen to have a humanoid mode? I've never seen one that does, so that's why I'm asking.

The only Ravage toys to ever have a humanoid mode (to my knowledge) are his Beast Wars toys, one from Alternators/Binaltech, and his Botcon-exclusive Combiner Wars toy. All that was about 5 minutes' worth of research - TFWiki is your friend when you want to find something out about Transformers.

Tiny Turbo Changer Ravage, as far as I can tell, doesn't... exist. Admittedly I haven't been keeping up to date on the TTCs, but I can find literally no information on it.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:44 am

Aren't Ravage and Steeljaw felines, not hounds? The only actual dog tf I can think of are K-9 and Wolfang from Beast Wars. Everyone else seems to be cats.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:50 am

What if I just like to make comments? Sure it might be worth trying to get information about a complete wave by trying to Google or look up information, but I'm not that tech savvy. Who knows? If some of the nieces and nephews don't like the extra duplicates I get trying to complete a wave, they could always hold onto them long enough to pass on to future generations. I did see one list of TTCS while googling them, but I wouldn't put it past me to lose the list after writing them down.

BTW, once in awhile I might make a mistake if I'm trying to post, and it's not like I know what certain parts of planes do. I heard about the a guy who was sucked into one and didn't have serious injury because he was wearing a loose helmet. Sometimes I get stressed and wind up trying to think and type with two thumbs and don't always catch myself.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:51 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm working on a custom Minerva. I'm torn between painting the face orange to be strictly like the show, and painting it gold. Anyone want to weigh in?

Depends -- what are you doing it with? TR Breakaway or something?

Either way I'd say don't feel too tied down to absolute accuracy if you feel gold works better.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:52 am

Insurgent wrote:Aren't Ravage and Steeljaw felines, not hounds? The only actual dog tf I can think of are K-9 and Wolfang from Beast Wars. Everyone else seems to be cats.

Technically sure ... but have you read most of this thread? It doesn't matter what we say, he ain't gonna listen anyway. :-P

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:57 am

Insurgent wrote:Aren't Ravage and Steeljaw felines, not hounds? The only actual dog tf I can think of are K-9 and Wolfang from Beast Wars. Everyone else seems to be cats.

Yes they are; but unfortunately, neither one of those two is named Hound. If they ever get in the mood to do some sort of Switcheroo with sides like when the Armada triple changer Laserbeak was released as an Autobot, it might be worth spending a few dollars on duplicate Hounds just so I can release them when Charles Montgomery Burns uses that catch phrase, but he'd have to turn into some kind of canine.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:20 am

Are there any Autobots that have been known to purr as far as ones that turn into cartoons or anything? I know in reality that a lot of the bigger cats don't, but I don't know how it is when it comes to ones in the Transformers universe.

The reason I mentioned Skyfire earlier is because of The Simpsons. They did a couch gag where every member of the Simpson household turned into an Autobot. Optimus Prime turned into Homer. That alone would be an insult to the character himself because he gets a ten most of the time on tech specs, but I haven't had the chance to see if the head Transformer that goes with him is smarter than him or not. Every time I've checked the card for those, the head ones get higher numbers in everything. Anyway, if they gave Homer an IQ test, ten would probably be his IQ. Skyfire turned into Skyfire. Bumblebee turned into Maggie, and Jazz became Bart. Skyfire and Jazz are the only two I don't have, so I'm trying to look for ones that are either TTC figures to complete the wave or Legends class versions that aren't repaints.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:02 pm

Kurona wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm working on a custom Minerva. I'm torn between painting the face orange to be strictly like the show, and painting it gold. Anyone want to weigh in?

Depends -- what are you doing it with? TR Breakaway or something?

Either way I'd say don't feel too tied down to absolute accuracy if you feel gold works better.

Body from Breakaway, face from Nightbeat.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:47 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Kurona wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm working on a custom Minerva. I'm torn between painting the face orange to be strictly like the show, and painting it gold. Anyone want to weigh in?

Depends -- what are you doing it with? TR Breakaway or something?

Either way I'd say don't feel too tied down to absolute accuracy if you feel gold works better.

Body from Breakaway, face from Nightbeat.

In that case, I'd just go for broke and make both. Not only is it a swappable Titan Master, but Nightbeat is very cheap and easy to get -- especially since he frustratingly keeps getting put into every Wave somehow. Get one and paint it gold; and if you don't like the result get another one fairly easily and paint it orange. Or vice versa.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:11 pm

A shame I'm kinda at my budget limit right now, since that would also solve my question of whether to keep the TM vehicle and paint it up in Minerva colors, or to break it up for parts (the treads being set aside for a Skullgrin/Dauros and the nosecone being set aside for Mickey Mouse Doubleclouder's eagle head).

I think I'll go with orange for now, see how I like that.
Never mind, trying gold first because my orange paint is toast.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:41 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I think I'll go with orange for now, see how I like that.
Never mind, trying gold first because my orange paint is toast.

In my experience, it is quite difficult to paint with toast. I admire your dedication.

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by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:45 pm

I made an online review video for TM Hardhead. I don't know if the sound quality's good, but I'll reward ten people with a Walmart gift card if it goes viral. I did a one-handed transformation of Furos because if you've transformed one head Transformer, you've transformed one head Transformer, you've transformed 5 billion.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:00 pm

Qwan wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I think I'll go with orange for now, see how I like that.
Never mind, trying gold first because my orange paint is toast.
In my experience, it is quite difficult to paint with toast. I admire your dedication.

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Orange Marmalade or Golden Shred?

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:40 pm

Does this look like a good enough transformation for the Deluxe class Robots in Disguise Windblade? It looks like the arm tabs are meant to go into the tabs, but I decided throw in the towel on that idea. I don't know if I still have her weapons because I look at things like extra pieces as a nuisance. I tried watching a video review on her; but when you have to pause and put down a phone down and have the screen saver come up, it can be a drag. If this isn't good enough, then I'll just hope she's worth enough to sell for enough money to buy a real robot by the time my mom's great grandkids are grown up. The reason I'm asking is because I want to decide which Deluxe class Transformer to play with the next time I watch a one hour show that's not a game show.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:54 pm

Jason5billion wrote:Does this look like a good enough transformation for the Deluxe class Robots in Disguise Windblade? It looks like the arm tabs are meant to go into the tabs, but I decided throw in the towel on that idea. I don't know if I still have her weapons because I look at things like extra pieces as a nuisance. I tried watching a video review on her; but when you have to pause and put down a phone down and have the screen saver come up, it can be a drag.

It doesn't seem bad to me, but honestly it just comes down to whether you're happy with how it's transformed. If all you want is a toy to fiddle with while you're watching something else, then it doesn't really matter whether you can transform it perfectly or not as long as you're happy with the entertainment it provides.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:13 pm

Speaking of entertainment value, since I brought up the subject of female Transformers imitating the Rockettes earlier, I think it would be cool if the Decepticons were to attempt to build some artificial wormhole or portal like in the G1 episode where they were doing that at a baseball diamond and Airachnid and a few other female Decepticons were to terrorize the Rockettes by putting on a performance by kicking their legs up and trying to stomp on them. If I remember correctly, I believe that was the episode where they wound up on a planet with giant flesh creatures. I don't know how many female Decepticons have been released, but Airachnid is the only one I have. Speaking of loose parts, I know the little Gobot Cykill had three loose parts; but he's a good one to play charades with. I know that one's male, but the design makes it look like he's wearing a two piece swimsuit.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:57 pm

I don't suppose it's be possible to have Hasbro produce evil non transforming Hounds that would be basically stuck in dog modes, would it? I don't know how many more unwatched episodes I have left to watch of The Simpsons to go, so I'm anxious to get some.

I wish Transformers had the ability to fly like Gobots can. If they did, Bumblebee could change his motto to match what the late Cacius Clay who became Muhammad Ali used to say when it comes to fighting Decepticons. Fly or float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:39 pm

Jason5billion wrote:I don't suppose it's be possible to have Hasbro produce evil non transforming Hounds that would be basically stuck in dog modes, would it? I don't know how many more unwatched episodes I have left to watch of The Simpsons to go, so I'm anxious to get some.

Upcoming Hound toy from Hasbro? Almost certainly. With a dog alt-mode? Highly unlikely (especially with the super-G1-accuracy the design team seems to prefer at the moment), but I suppose they might see the appeal of the pun. Shattered Glass/evil version? Nigh-impossible in a retail setting. Non-transforming? Not a single chance. If you really want a non-transforming SG Hound with a dog alt-mode, your best bet is to just get some dog toys or something and paint them up like Shattered Glass Hound. Look up some toy-customization tutorials, or something - I'd be interested to see what they're like if you make them, but doing it yourself is absolutely the only way you're going to get something so incredibly niche.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:00 pm

That's a good piece of advice for some people; but I'm a collector, not a painter. I'd rather hire Hasbro to do it. If it was evil and turned into a dog, then I probably wouldn't bother with transforming him unless it was a one or two step Transformer. If it was one that had about 5 billion steps with 5 billion panels, then I'd only buy them if they were sold in dog mode; and I wouldn't buy much more than two.

Would anyone care to comment about my idea of female Decepticons attacking the Rockettes?

by **Jason5billion** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:31 am

Another idea I had was to have female Decepticons terrorize the Dallas Cowboy cheerlears when they're trying to do their performance. I'm gonna do a Google search to see if there any other female Decepticons besides Airachnid. She's one of the more difficult Legends class Transformers I have, but I'm not going to go out of my way to look for more.

by **Jason5billion** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:06 am

I'm trying to figure something about landing gears on planes. I know a lot of Transformers have landing gears that are meant to fold up when they transform. What if some of the jets in reality just left the landing gears down during flight and didn't bother to have them go up?

I'm still trying to figure out which TTC is my favorite one to play with. Optimus Prime is nice, but Autobot Hound has a lot of appeal. For one thing he's the only one I've seen so far who has an Autobot symbol on him. Also, his alt mode looks cool. What would be really nice if Hasbro would release some TTC's that have wheels that turn; but I'm not enough of a cashaholic to motivate them to do things they don't want to do.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:50 am

Jason5billion wrote:I'm trying to figure something about landing gears on planes. I know a lot of Transformers have landing gears that are meant to fold up when they transform. What if some of the jets in reality just left the landing gears down during flight and didn't bother to have them go up?

Then they couldn't fly as fast. Retracting the landing gear reduces drag and so allows the plane to fly faster, but it comes at the expense of added weight (from the addition of a system to allow the gear to retract). It's a case-by-case sort of thing, but for faster jets it's worth the added weight and complexity since even small, aerodynamic landing gear would add significant drag at the high speeds that those kinds of jets reach.

The more you know ;)^

by **Jason5billion** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:27 am

Answers to questions can seem like presents, so thank you. There are probably several TF's I'd like to get, but collecting them can easily become an addiction. It reminds me of an episode of the Chipmunks where the Chipettes had each one of the boys sit in a room with something they'd like to have for three hours without touching any part of it, and none of them made it. I remember how I went nuts because Skytread looked like triple changer, which he is and was slightly disappointed when the one I got didn't have a robot mode.

by **Jason5billion** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:25 am

I wish there was a way to get a laugh by repeating jokes when I mentioned how the Decepticons commit felonies. Does threatening to shoot someone's pet count as a misdemeanor like the Autobots wanted to do to that young kid's pet Chihuahua in the first live action? Those particular dogs can get a little vicious; and if one who would've tried to shoot it and missed, then as the old saying goes, the more you miss, the meaner they get, not that Earth was in a position to do anything about autonomous robotic organisms from another planet.

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:54 pm

Jason5billion wrote: I don't know how many female Decepticons have been released, but Airachnid is the only one I have.

As far as I can recall, theyre actually pretty dang rare. Airachnid is a good example, but beyond that... there's the boat fembot from Cybertron, Thunderblast I think? Takara repainted Arcee into Nightbird Shadow, who was marketed as a decepticon I think but based on the not-really-a-transformer character Nightbird from the old 'toon.
Uhh... Takara's combiner Megatronia and her constituent parts? They're barely characters but rather nice toys.
Thats literally all I can think of though! No doubt I've missed some but man, I'd never even considered how few female cons there were.