The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:03 pm

Autobot032 wrote:I truly don't understand why it's so important that their colors matter.
It's a waste of energy, brain cells, and sanity.
Not to mention, in almost every fiction, they change from one color to the next.

Instead of bringing this mess here, which can polarize and cause trouble, can't people just use their imaginations and make them be who they want them to be?

I have always hated this whole IRIBOMGBBQWTQWERTY!!!!111ONE argument mess.

Hotrodimust wrote:I'm gonna have to agree with u on that but none the less I still like the figure for what it is and will be getting it. And I kinda like how they are making more autobots bulky like that can handle some **** instead of all the little weak looking autobots from g1 not that I don't love my g1 one but u gotta admit a lot of autobots are small

Well, I'm not sure if the toys do it on purpose, but in the fiction(s), the Decepticons are usually bigger. It's intentional.

so um what does iribomggbqwtqwerty!!!!111one mean.........(halo)

by **Optimum Supreme** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:05 pm

Regardless of who's which, I think Frumble would look better in red.

Similarly, I think that Kup would look better in Ironhide colors.

I don't care for that Airachnid mold at all.

Last thing the world needs is another BB redeco.

Dead End, don't really get what they're trying to do there. Might be worth it for evening up sides for the cons, but it's just so hideously colored. It's a great mold, I just don't see why they're going this way with it.

News Credits: 3 · by **NatsumeRyu** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:07 pm

After seeing Airachnid at botcon I am no ;onger the slightest bit interested in that figure. Rumble, on the other hand, has a robot mode full of win! Alt mode is bland but works! I'm not sure what all I like about rumble' aesthetics here yet, but it's really getting to me right now <3

by **orangeitis** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:12 pm

by **Hotrodimust** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:18 pm

One thing I leaned thru out the years collecting transformers is you never know what figure you will truly like till you have it in hand. Even if you see it in person it's not the same as holding it and moving it around. There have been figure I absolutely hated but when I got them in hand I loved them and just because hasbro named the figure doesn't mean you have to call it by that name after all they are toys meant for an imagination lol

by **Optimum Supreme** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:20 pm

orangeitis wrote:

already posted, lol

by **orangeitis** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:22 pm

...oh.

Drat.

/slowpoke

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:34 pm

I think I will take my second generations blurr's blaster pistols and give them to dead end for his weapons. I think he will work better with guns over the wheeljack swords. are kups guns permanently attached to his arms? if not he is getting a new weapon as well perhaps rts jazz's pistol( I have him using sideswipe's mech tech gun)....so many bots so many weapon changes.

I say "I think" way to much......if only I ever thought for real.....whistles if I only had a brain from the wizard of oz.

by **orangeitis** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:40 pm

njb902 wrote:are kups guns permanently attached to his arms?

Nope. The 5mm ports on his arms are on the sides of his truck mode, and his blasters end up on his truck bed in alt mode in that pic.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:47 pm

orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:are kups guns permanently attached to his arms?
Nope. The 5mm ports on his arms are on the sides of his truck mode, and his blasters end up on his truck bed in alt mode in that pic.

sweet.....might use his cannons on dotm skyhammer. I love messing around with weapons arrangements. my fave right now is my classics prime wielding dual powermaster primes black cannons.

by **RAcast** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:53 pm

njb902 wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:are kups guns permanently attached to his arms?
Nope. The 5mm ports on his arms are on the sides of his truck mode, and his blasters end up on his truck bed in alt mode in that pic.

sweet.....might use his cannons on dotm skyhammer. I love messing around with weapons arrangements. my fave right now is my classics prime wielding dual powermaster primes black cannons.

Sounds spiffy! As for me, since FE Bee is missing a gun, I stole Nitro Bee's gun; it looks much better on FE Bee.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:58 pm

BBQRIB!

by **orangeitis** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:59 pm

njb902 wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:are kups guns permanently attached to his arms?
Nope. The 5mm ports on his arms are on the sides of his truck mode, and his blasters end up on his truck bed in alt mode in that pic.

sweet.....might use his cannons on dotm skyhammer. I love messing around with weapons arrangements. my fave right now is my classics prime wielding dual powermaster primes black cannons.

That's awesome. Wish I could do that. Damned OCD.

Got pics of it btw?

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:12 pm

orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
njb902 wrote:are kups guns permanently attached to his arms?
Nope. The 5mm ports on his arms are on the sides of his truck mode, and his blasters end up on his truck bed in alt mode in that pic.

sweet.....might use his cannons on dotm skyhammer. I love messing around with weapons arrangements. my fave right now is my classics prime wielding dual powermaster primes black cannons.
That's awesome. Wish I could do that. Damned OCD.

Got pics of it btw?

I do not no. never been one to take pictures. perhaps I should. if I do I will post them, I have a lot of bots with switched guns and melee weapons.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:17 pm

Dr. Heavy B wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
craggy wrote:Rumble is a Transformer! Frenzy is also a Transformer!
(every time someone argues about what colour they are a protoform dies)

So do brain cells.

Seriously, it is one the stupidest things I've come across in the fandom. Hasbro says one thing, the G1 show said another, the comics yet another. Instead of letting the so called "official" sources decide, how about people use their imagination and let it be who they want it to be?

This thread is meant to be a showcase of Hasbro's upcoming offerings. Not a discussion about RIFFRAFF, RAZAFRACKIN or whatever they want to call it.

EXACTLY. Especialy since rumble is neither blue, nor red, but a purpleish color.

one of them is purple, the other black. i dunno where these red/blue people come from.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:51 pm

My friends, let us not quarrel on the arguments of who's who. I believe it's obvious...

...FIRRIB. Whoever says differently is a heretic and must be burned at the stake. The Transformer gods have spoken. >:oP

by **ricemazter** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:10 pm

Hotrodimust wrote:
ricemazter wrote:All in all I've been fairly dissapointed by this whole line. I'm fairly new to this, and I get the feeling I picked a bad time to jump on the bandwagon. FEs were great, RiDs are largely meh.

I'll get dead end because the head sculpt is novel enough for me, and I actually kind of like the overall asthetic of him.

I suppose I'll get airachnid just cause she's airachnid, and it probably won't get better from here.

Kup is okay...I guess...Am I the only one who is bothered by his head sculpt? It really doesn't fit well at all with the rest of the figures, He has a nose for god sakes!

Rumble, sure why not. He looks cool, but looking at his hands, I'm worried that the weapons are going to attach like a normal gun, which would be awful.

Honestly I had a lot of hope for the prime toys since I first started seeing iimages of FEs. I even braved secondary market prices to get ss arcee and bb, but I can't bring myself to open them, because I doubt we'll get anything with the same quality.

So this is ur first line u are collecting u don't have any classic henkei universe united or generations

No not really, i have one from generations, some from the animated line, and like two from DOTM. Prime is the only line i've been actively collecting. I've got FE arcee Starscream Bumblebee (unopened) along with Rid Prime Megatron Ratchet BB Arcee CJ SW WJ. I figured a brand new series would be a good jumping on point.

by **Hotrodimust** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:14 pm

ricemazter wrote:
Hotrodimust wrote:
ricemazter wrote:All in all I've been fairly dissapointed by this whole line. I'm fairly new to this, and I get the feeling I picked a bad time to jump on the bandwagon. FEs were great, RiDs are largely meh.

I'll get dead end because the head sculpt is novel enough for me, and I actually kind of like the overall asthetic of him.

I suppose I'll get airachnid just cause she's airachnid, and it probably won't get better from here.

Kup is okay...I guess...Am I the only one who is bothered by his head sculpt? It really doesn't fit well at all with the rest of the figures, He has a nose for god sakes!

Rumble, sure why not. He looks cool, but looking at his hands, I'm worried that the weapons are going to attach like a normal gun, which would be awful.

Honestly I had a lot of hope for the prime toys since I first started seeing iimages of FEs. I even braved secondary market prices to get ss arcee and bb, but I can't bring myself to open them, because I doubt we'll get anything with the same quality.

So this is ur first line u are collecting u don't have any classic henkei universe united or generations

No not really, i have one from generations, some from the animated line, and like two from DOTM. Prime is the only line i've been actively collecting. I've got FE arcee Starscream Bumblebee (unopened) along with Rid Prime Megatron Ratchet BB Arcee CJ SW WJ. I figured a brand new series would be a good jumping on point.

Ya to hunt in stores but ur missing some of the best transformers after g1. Some of them cost a pretty penny now but they are worth it to me and animated was a great line and show IMO

by **Vicalliose** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:57 pm

Considering I'm still more-or-less on the fence for both the series and the toyline, These figures aren't doing anything for me.

I really don't buy it that TRU and other stores will take all the hundreds of Bumblebee repaints, but will not take the First Edition line on the basis that it's targeted to a collectors audience. Either way, It's a load of crap to me, and I wont take it anymore. To hell with the hole line, I'm spending it all on 3rd party!

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:38 am

C - 310 wrote:For those of you who are Anime fans, does Rumble looks like he can be from Gurren Lagan?

I actually came here to comment on that. He looks totally Gunman doesnt he?

by **RAcast** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:43 am

BeastProwl wrote:
C - 310 wrote:For those of you who are Anime fans, does Rumble looks like he can be from Gurren Lagan?

I actually came here to comment on that. He looks totally Gunman doesnt he?

Only a LOT.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Tue May 08, 2012 11:47 am

RAcast wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:
C - 310 wrote:For those of you who are Anime fans, does Rumble looks like he can be from Gurren Lagan?

I actually came here to comment on that. He looks totally Gunman doesnt he?

Only a LOT.

WANTED: Throttler 2X

by **Hotrodimust** » Tue May 08, 2012 1:04 pm

Vicalliose wrote:Considering I'm still more-or-less on the fence for both the series and the toyline, These figures aren't doing anything for me.

I really don't buy it that TRU and other stores will take all the hundreds of Bumblebee repaints, but will not take the First Edition line on the basis that it's targeted to a collectors audience. Either way, It's a load of crap to me, and I wont take it anymore. To hell with the hole line, I'm spending it all on 3rd party!

I love it lol dosnt it seem the TF line is doing what Mattel does to dcuc and hasbro does to marvel legends. They make them harder to find cancel the figures everyone wants and then try's to make you buy the figures from their site to cut the middle man out. Remember when a new TF line came out and you went to a store and then had tons of them not just 4 or 5 figures sorry I should say 4 or 5 bumblebees. And what's with 2 new figures every 2 months and they only put one of each in a case of 8 figures. Toy collecting is going down the drain no matter what you collect these days. And I'm also buying a ton of 3rd party stuff this year atleast it's something that I want and my collection needs like perfect effect arcee that's a bad ass figure and is gonna look so good with my CHUG figures

by **Matrix42** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:43 pm

I'm not usually a fan of repaints/retools, but I'm really liking Dead End. The paint job is really good, and it works for Wheeljack's mold. Airachnid, on the other hand... :SICK: