The Energon Pub

[chuckdawg1999]

FYI yesterday was the day that Deluxe One Prime was supposed to be in stock and ship from Amazon. The figure is out of stock and the orders are all "We'll let you know." This happens somewhat regularly with Amazon so while I'm disappointed I'm not surprised.

We'll see that a lot with this figure (and G1 Bumblebee) since it's made to be constantly replenished and available throughout the year as an "A Level" figure.

Emerje

How many people do you think are going to wait for those A level figures to go on sale/clearance?

At least one, me. They'll be stocked at Studio Series prices so anytime there's a Studio Series sale or discount (like there is right now at Walmart and Target) they'll be part of it. If these go as Hasbro plans they wont see actual clearance at all this year.

Emerje

Oh Hasbro, you keep dreaming!

[william-james88]

While there is no deluxe class in the upcoming Transformers One movie line, there is the Prime Changer class which is pretty close to what we'd call a deluxe, though still solely targeting kids like warrior class toys. We had seen a few images of Bumblebee and Sentinel Prime, but now we can see their alt modes. Sentinel’s looks nothing like what they show on the box so that box image may have been repurposed artwork. We have yet to see his alt mode clearly in the film.

These images were found the on the Otto Simon website https://www.ottosimon.nl/nl-nl/transfor ... -439--8645

[First-Aid]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

[Sabrblade]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

[Overcracker]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

Totally. Was about to post just that.


He looks nothing like the artwork, though he does have all the guns.

Maybe the Studio Series version will look a bit nicer than this.

[First-Aid]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

Color-wise I agree. The thing that gives me those vibes are the shape of the cockpit and the way the wings arch upwards. I feel like it would be a piece of cake to retool and repaint.

[Rodimus Prime]

Not to mention the dual cannons pointing upwards.

Those wheels on Bee... Ugh.

[Bumblevivisector]

Yep, take Energon Megs, remove 95% of the Galvatron and 80% of the Thunderwing, replace with Dirge, and give him a new head.

[william-james88]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

Color-wise I agree. The thing that gives me those vibes are the shape of the cockpit and the way the wings arch upwards. I feel like it would be a piece of cake to retool and repaint.

This would mean that the east design team (the one we see in videos) would be using a design from the west team (the one that does toys for cartoons and movie mainlines).

Has that ever happened? Has any mold made within a line only for younger viewers ever been repurposed in the generations/ss line?

[william-james88]

Not to mention the dual cannons pointing upwards.

Those wheels on Bee... Ugh.

at least they are all pinned. That's more than most current released can say

[TulioDude]

Bumblebee looks good!

The colors on Sentinel Prime vaguely reminds me of Transformers Animated Sentinel, and his head crest, of the movie version.

Day 1617 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

[DeathReviews]

Transformers Animated has forever welded into my mind the character of Sentinel Prime as the Autobot version of Starscream. A self-serving egotistical jerk, forever scheming to elevate himself at the expense of others.

[Perceptor1996]

I do like when Sentinel Prime gets to be in stuff. Probably will try to pick up this toy.

[chuckdawg1999]

That Sentinel Prime looks way better than it needs to. I like the sorta modular play of the weapons.

[Sowndwave76]

I don’t get how the box art and the actually alt mode for Sentinel Prime are so different.
That seems really odd.

[Emerje]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

For me it's Cybertron/Universe Dirge more than anything.




Emerje

[Sabrblade]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

For me it's Cybertron/Universe Dirge more than anything.

Still G1 Dirge in a pre-Earth body.

[Emerje]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

G1 Dirge says hi.

For me it's Cybertron/Universe Dirge more than anything.

Still G1 Dirge in a pre-Earth body.

Yes but I doubt many/any people think specifically of that figure when someone says "G1 Dirge".

Emerje

[Big Grim]

Is anyone else getting Energon Megatron vibes from that Sentinel Prime?

Came in to say exactly that!

~ Grim

[Till-all-R1]

I don’t get how the box art and the actually alt mode for Sentinel Prime are so different.
That seems really odd.

Yeah, if it had actually matched the box art the alt mode would be pretty cool to have. Otherwise meh.
I do like his Bot mode though.

Bee is another oddity that his alt mode isn't as sleek or gold looking as depicted on the box art. Still not sure on his Bot mode, while "cute" which is probably due to being animated and aimed at kids, the legs look very cheap and choppy. I like the head sculpt the most, probably my favorite he's ever had aside from G1.

[william-james88]

We've gotten new images from Club Jouet for upcoming figures in the Transformers One Toyline. Firstly we have the Robot Battlers which features a basic form of Rock Em Sock Em Robots gimmick. We can see it on the back of Alpha Trion's box where the two levers can be pinched together to have the bot rotate and attack. While we have had many toys from different line featuring a gimmick like this, all of these also transform, which is a new spin on the gimmick. While we do not see the alt modes yet for most, we do see Alpha Trion's beast mode.

We also have images of the upcoming Power Flip Optimus Prime, which has 4 modes: alt mode, Orion Pax, Optimus Prime and a Super robot mode.

[chuckdawg1999]

Those robot battlers look fun. At least when I play with myself it won't be that hard to do, unlike say rock'm sock'm robots.

Holy crap I just noticed, 20 years on seibertron.

[DeathReviews]

These figures definitely seem more geared towards the littler tykes. While I don't deny it's a completely viable demographic to target - I'm not inside that demographic. So it's doubtful I'll be collecting any of these. I'll reserve my attention for the more advanced stuff....

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Interesting, if I read the back of the box correctly, the first transformations are manual, while the Power Flip is only used for the Ultimate mode.

[Dino-Snarl]

These figures definitely seem more geared towards the littler tykes. While I don't deny it's a completely viable demographic to target - I'm not inside that demographic. So it's doubtful I'll be collecting any of these. I'll reserve my attention for the more advanced stuff....

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