The Energon Pub

DeathReviews wrote:I saw the alert about Inferno, but the walmart near my realm still has like seven of them on the shelf. We got over-saturated somehow...

I'm the opposite. I have yet to see Inferno on a shelf in ANY store near me, same goes for Elita and Hun-Grr. Then again, my Walmart just now got Rippersnapper, Blackwing and Novastar in, so who knows. Maybe the voyagers are on the way as well. I also need a Moonracer. What wave is she in?

DeathReviews wrote:I saw the alert about Inferno, but the walmart near my realm still has like seven of them on the shelf. We got over-saturated somehow...

Yep, I just found one at Target. Might repurpose him into a Wreckers style Pyro though.

Oh a pyro custom would be nice to see.

ZeroWolf wrote:Oh a pyro custom would be nice to see.

I actually just looked it up and there's a pretty great Shapeways Pyro head designed for the body! I'll order it once I'm finished moving (and get paid) and upload some pictures once he's painted up.

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Oh a pyro custom would be nice to see.

I actually just looked it up and there's a pretty great Shapeways Pyro head designed for the body! I'll order it once I'm finished moving (and get paid) and upload some pictures once he's painted up.

Thanks I'll look forward to seeing it

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I saw the alert about Inferno, but the walmart near my realm still has like seven of them on the shelf. We got over-saturated somehow...

Yep, I just found one at Target. Might repurpose him into a Wreckers style Pyro though.

HasTak are you getting this, huh?? I did get my hands on a Botcon Pyro but I would so part ways with it for this use of this mold instead. C'mon HasTak what say you?

You could treat PotP Inferno as a Generations version of Fire Chief (the Hot Spot redeco from Operation Combination) with more distinct heads, and use him as the basis for a Generations Guard City. On the customization side of things, his red parts would make doing a Combiner Wars G2 Hot Spot easier.

I finally got around to photographing Volcanicus.


A basic frontal shot. You can see that I've painted the optics on mine blue, I just personally prefer the look of them that way. I have plans to make some custom weapons for him, a sword at the very least (And it will be an original design that matches the aesthetics of the Dinobots' individual swords, NOT an uscaled FOC Grimlock sword). But he's awesome even without a dedicated weapon.


Armed with the Cloudburst Decoy Armor's weapon mode. I like this as a weapon for him, because it kinda-sorta resembles Grimlock's Twin Stunner Laser.


And finally, the picture I've been planning on ever since Volcanicus was revealed. The Dinobots using the might of their new united form to enact SWEET COMBINER-Y REVENG on Mindwipe for what happened in the first battle of The Headmasters

Nice photos Zelda! he does look good with blue eyes

Yeah, good shots. But it just reminds me what a bad torso Grimlock makes. I use Sky Lynx with the Dinobots.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I saw the alert about Inferno, but the walmart near my realm still has like seven of them on the shelf. We got over-saturated somehow...

I'm the opposite. I have yet to see Inferno on a shelf in ANY store near me, same goes for Elita and Hun-Grr. Then again, my Walmart just now got Rippersnapper, Blackwing and Novastar in, so who knows. Maybe the voyagers are on the way as well. I also need a Moonracer. What wave is she in?

Moonracer was wave2 along with Rippersnapper. But almost ALL of wave 2 has been scarce because of Hasbro and their wacky distribution network. Some parts of the world were flooded with wave 2 stuff. Most parts of the US have seen hardly any. Those who were able to find Hun-Gurr and others were VERY lucky. And to date, most people still haven't seen the wave 2 Prime Masters.

Moonracer and most of the wave2 deluxes are available for regular retail price at HasbroToyShop.com as of this moment. The wave2 voyagers and prime masters - not so much. Still 'out of stock'.

Barely saw any TFs in NYC. But I'm on a road trip to PA and have seen a lot. For leaders I've seen OP and Black Rodimus. Voyagers I've seen Elita, Hungrrr, Grimlock and SS. Not too much in terms of deluxes but saw a bunch of legends. Decent selection for Studio Series and Cyberverse. I'm totally jealous.

ok, so I finally called HTS Customer Service. They just told me to e-mail them a screenshot of the order confirmation (which I don't understand why they cant lookup themselves...??), and IT will "look into what is happening", they said it could take up to a week to get back to me....Man what a nightmare. Whoever this Myriam person is though, I'm betting they might have a job after this mess is straightened out. I almost wish HTS would just reverse the charges. I don't like having so much money just kind of sitting in limbo.

I completely missed what happened last year when SDCC 2017 items went for sale, was it this bad? I mean I had no issues ordering Grotusque when Warden basically said "Go get it!" at Hascon last year...

o.supreme wrote:ok, so I finally called HTS Customer Service. They just told me to e-mail them a screenshot of the order confirmation (which I don't understand why they cant lookup themselves...??), and IT will "look into what is happening", they said it could take up to a week to get back to me....Man what a nightmare. Whoever this Myriam person is though, I'm betting they might have a job after this mess is straightened out. I almost wish HTS would just reverse the charges. I don't like having so much money just kind of sitting in limbo.

I completely missed what happened last year when SDCC 2017 items went for sale, was it this bad? I mean I had no issues ordering Grotusque when Warden basically said "Go get it!" at Hascon last year...

Grotusque was NYCC, not Hascon. Hascon was Arcee

^oh ok, you are correct. Still, I didn't have any problem ordering it from HTS on that day

ZeroWolf wrote:Nice photos Zelda! he does look good with blue eyes

Thanks!

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, good shots. But it just reminds me what a bad torso Grimlock makes. I use Sky Lynx with the Dinobots.

Hey, I like how he looks and functions as a torso. So nyeh

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, good shots. But it just reminds me what a bad torso Grimlock makes. I use Sky Lynx with the Dinobots.

Hey, I like how he looks and functions as a torso. So nyeh

Mine is floppy and the shoulders can't support the weight of the arms. Maybe I just got a bad one.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, good shots. But it just reminds me what a bad torso Grimlock makes. I use Sky Lynx with the Dinobots.

Hey, I like how he looks and functions as a torso. So nyeh

Mine is floppy and the shoulders can't support the weight of the arms. Maybe I just got a bad one.

Maybe.. Which would certainly suck.

I admit that I have experienced a bit of forward wobble in the waist at times, but not any more than I've had with Silverbolt or Motormaster.
As for the shoulders.. Are you absolutely sure you've got Grimlock's forearms actually lined up with and slotted onto the tabs? It can be kinda fiddly to get them lined up right (and some extra slots on his forearms that are there for a different reason can mislead you, which doesn't exactly help), but when you do they should stay on fairly tight. It's also vital to make sure that you connect the shoulders to the halves of Grimlock's T. rex torso. That does a lot to help anchor things.

The main issue I've had with Grimlock as a torso is that he doesn't have the most effective distribution for balancing a combined form on his own, so if you've only got one arm robot attached he has a hard time staying upright when posed. But with two arms, he's fine. Volcanicus isn't propped up on anything in my pics, not even the one of him tearing Mindwipe a new exhaust port.

Would someone with Inferno and the earlier Autobots please post some photos with various Magnificent 5 combinations? All mine are in storage, but I'm excited about this notion.

Sad to find only one image of this team on the internet. How can this be? I think I have the UK compilation books. Gotta see if I can find any of these stories/art pieces.

Wave2 and beyond for Prime Masters has been terri-bull. I got lucky finding Submaurader and Landmine at Target months ago, but haven't seen them since. I am also glad I found wave3!

Megatronus may be my current favorite Prime Master

gothsaurus wrote:Would someone with Inferno and the earlier Autobots please post some photos with various Magnificent 5 combinations? All mine are in storage, but I'm excited about this notion.

Sad to find only one image of this team on the internet. How can this be? I think I have the UK compilation books. Gotta see if I can find any of these stories/art pieces.

I don't have the figures, but I keep posting this image (which is not mine) every time the subject comes up:

Sabrblade wrote:I don't have the figures, but I keep posting this image (which is not mine) every time the subject comes up:

That's actually pretty good. I would swap Jazz and Wheeljack, though, for symmetry's sake. And I don't like the look of exposed combiner ports. I would flip Prowl's front end up to cover it.

And why did Inferno's chest have to be white? Just because Defensor's is black? I wish they kept it black or made it red.

Rodimus Prime wrote:And why did Inferno's chest have to be white? Just because Defensor's is black? I wish they kept it black or made it red.

I think I read somewhere that the placement of the parts that form the combiner torso when in Inferno's normal robot mode is reminiscent of the little white wings that Inferno originally had on his G1 toy, and so by making the torso pieces white, Hasbro was able to pay homage to those little white wings for this Inferno toy's normal robot mode, which in turn also enabled Hasbro to do something different and unique from the look of Defensor's torso for the look of Inferno's combiner torso.

Rodimus Prime wrote:And why did Inferno's chest have to be white? Just because Defensor's is black? I wish they kept it black or made it red.

Well, making it red wouldn't work out too well because if it was red then it would blend in with his body.

White goes well with red as far as color combinations go, especially on a fire engine - many of them have white markings. And it also calls to mind the white wings of Inferno's original toy (and thus his cartoon design). Heck, in robot mode, the chest shield halves even end up in the same spot on his back where the wings went on the original Inferno toy.

This...

This is kinda brilliant!

https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1030095089085894656/

Rivals once more!
#beastwars #optimusvsmegatron

Though, I still can't help but see that Optimus as a villain, so to me it's like a clash between two despotic tyrants vying for control of the planet.

o.supreme wrote:^oh ok, you are correct. Still, I didn't have any problem ordering it from HTS on that day

It sold out relatively quickly on HTS, but most people didn't complain because it would be easier to get from TRU, plus ship for free and qualify for discounts (unlike HTS). Same story with Arcee.

SDCC 2017 was basically the same as this year, just with fewer glitches which may have resulted in things selling out even quicker. The big IDW Hasbro crossover set with Jetfire sold out in 10 minutes, Primitive Prime sold out in 20 minutes which meant a whole different series of complaints.

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