The Energon Pub

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Ok. So I just successfully ordered Stinger, at 8:27 AM Central, and my total was $21.24. I put in code "ITROCKS18" that said I would get $4.67 off the price. However...when all was said and done I ended up with MSRP, free shipping, and $1.24 tax. The new site is weird. I don't know if I just lucked out or got screwed. I'm happy I got a Stinger though...the coolest of the 4 available.


~reluctantprime~



Update: Ok so it looks like "ITROCKS18" gave me a $5.99 promo discount that wiped out shipping. I'm ok with that!! I hope it works for those looking to grab just one figure.

Hey, I put that code in (just ordering the deluxe Bee), and its not showing any money taken off in the promo section. Was that the case for you?

[reluctantyouth]

The promo code showed up quickly prior to order page. When I got past the enter shipping info page...my total was then $21.24 and no promo discount showed up. did you get the message that "ITROCKS18" code was accepted?

[reluctantyouth]

Ok. So I just successfully ordered Stinger, at 8:27 AM Central, and my total was $21.24. I put in code "ITROCKS18" that said I would get $4.67 off the price. However...when all was said and done I ended up with MSRP, free shipping, and $1.24 tax. The new site is weird. I don't know if I just lucked out or got screwed. I'm happy I got a Stinger though...the coolest of the 4 available.


~reluctantprime~



Update: Ok so it looks like "ITROCKS18" gave me a $5.99 promo discount that wiped out shipping. I'm ok with that!! I hope it works for those looking to grab just one figure.

Hey, I put that code in (just ordering the deluxe Bee), and its not showing any money taken off in the promo section. Was that the case for you?

The promo code showed up quickly prior to order page. When I got past the enter shipping info page...my total was then $21.24 and no promo discount showed up. did you get the message that "ITROCKS18" code was accepted?

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Ok. So I just successfully ordered Stinger, at 8:27 AM Central, and my total was $21.24. I put in code "ITROCKS18" that said I would get $4.67 off the price. However...when all was said and done I ended up with MSRP, free shipping, and $1.24 tax. The new site is weird. I don't know if I just lucked out or got screwed. I'm happy I got a Stinger though...the coolest of the 4 available.


~reluctantprime~



Update: Ok so it looks like "ITROCKS18" gave me a $5.99 promo discount that wiped out shipping. I'm ok with that!! I hope it works for those looking to grab just one figure.

Hey, I put that code in (just ordering the deluxe Bee), and its not showing any money taken off in the promo section. Was that the case for you?

The promo code showed up quickly prior to order page. When I got past the enter shipping info page...my total was then $21.24 and no promo discount showed up. did you get the message that "ITROCKS18" code was accepted?

Yeah, it's showing a $30.01 total for me though.

[Hydrargyrus]

Yeah, I know, but it seems like they prioritized bot modes. I, personally, would have preferred it the other way around. I think it’s easier to headcanon differences in robot size than the size of actual vehicles.

What mode do you display them in the most? Bot or vehicle?

Well, robot, but I do display a few in vehicle mode. Still, I’d like it to be believable. I don’t expect it from any current lines, and the scale here looks nice, but vehicle mode scale has always been intriguing to me.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

OK, so finally catching up on the reveals, I gotta say the biggest and best reveal of the weekend was Grimlock. Hot. Damn.

I think all 6 deluxes are on my buy list. Ratchet has convinced me to get him, Stinger looks pretty good,
Bee, Jazz, and Lockdown are incredible, and Crowbar looks pretty good too! I actually liked the Berserker mold, so this will do good for him to me.

Starscream looks awesome, I will get him in this deco. Prime is a pass. But Brawl and Megatron are definites too.

Blackout looks pretty cool but not as impressed as I was originally, but still really good. And Grimlock is marvelous. He is perfect!!!

This line is killing it, best reveals of the weekend!

[Hellscream9999]

OK, so finally catching up on the reveals, I gotta say the biggest and best reveal of the weekend was Grimlock. Hot. Damn.

I think all 6 deluxes are on my buy list. Ratchet has convinced me to get him, Stinger looks pretty good,
Bee, Jazz, and Lockdown are incredible, and Crowbar looks pretty good too! I actually liked the Berserker mold, so this will do good for him to me.

Starscream looks awesome, I will get him in this deco. Prime is a pass. But Brawl and Megatron are definites too.

Blackout looks pretty cool but not as impressed as I was originally, but still really good. And Grimlock is marvelous. He is perfect!!!

This line is killing it, best reveals of the weekend!

Ironic, that movie figs - once the most divisive figures - are receiving the most unifying praise as the reveals go this weekend. They totally stole earned predakings major disappointments spotlight

[-Kanrabat-]

that starscream looks like an upscaled dotm deluxe mold. it's as if they are saying, "those KO companies does it, why can't we?"

not that i'm complaining tho. among all starscream molds, save for the leader hftd mold, that dotm deluxe mold is easily the best. and by scale it up to voyager, they also adds some improvements like in the chest and wrist, which i'm all in. oh, and no annoying cybertronian tattoo. so all in all, he's georgeous.

I can only agree with ALL of the above.

[primalxconvoy]

OK, so finally catching up on the reveals, I gotta say the biggest and best reveal of the weekend was Grimlock. Hot. Damn.

I think all 6 deluxes are on my buy list. Ratchet has convinced me to get him, Stinger looks pretty good,
Bee, Jazz, and Lockdown are incredible, and Crowbar looks pretty good too! I actually liked the Berserker mold, so this will do good for him to me.

Starscream looks awesome, I will get him in this deco. Prime is a pass. But Brawl and Megatron are definites too.

Blackout looks pretty cool but not as impressed as I was originally, but still really good. And Grimlock is marvelous. He is perfect!!!

This line is killing it, best reveals of the weekend!

Ironic, that movie figs - once the most divisive figures - are receiving the most unifying praise as the reveals go this weekend. They totally stole earned predakings major disappointments spotlight

I think it's due to something that is accurate, rather than something that is not, regardless of our personal preferences for any one aesthetic.

[Hellscream9999]

OK, so finally catching up on the reveals, I gotta say the biggest and best reveal of the weekend was Grimlock. Hot. Damn.

I think all 6 deluxes are on my buy list. Ratchet has convinced me to get him, Stinger looks pretty good,
Bee, Jazz, and Lockdown are incredible, and Crowbar looks pretty good too! I actually liked the Berserker mold, so this will do good for him to me.

Starscream looks awesome, I will get him in this deco. Prime is a pass. But Brawl and Megatron are definites too.

Blackout looks pretty cool but not as impressed as I was originally, but still really good. And Grimlock is marvelous. He is perfect!!!

This line is killing it, best reveals of the weekend!

Ironic, that movie figs - once the most divisive figures - are receiving the most unifying praise as the reveals go this weekend. They totally stole earned predakings major disappointments spotlight

I think it's due to something that is accurate, rather than something that is not, regardless of our personal preferences for any one aesthetic.

Plus they're going beyond our now higher expectations from the tlk figures, these things are kinda gorgeous and incredibly clever

[william-james88]

OK, so finally catching up on the reveals, I gotta say the biggest and best reveal of the weekend was Grimlock. Hot. Damn.

I think all 6 deluxes are on my buy list. Ratchet has convinced me to get him, Stinger looks pretty good,
Bee, Jazz, and Lockdown are incredible, and Crowbar looks pretty good too! I actually liked the Berserker mold, so this will do good for him to me.

Starscream looks awesome, I will get him in this deco. Prime is a pass. But Brawl and Megatron are definites too.

Blackout looks pretty cool but not as impressed as I was originally, but still really good. And Grimlock is marvelous. He is perfect!!!

This line is killing it, best reveals of the weekend!

Ironic, that movie figs - once the most divisive figures - are receiving the most unifying praise as the reveals go this weekend. They totally stole earned predakings major disappointments spotlight

I think it's due to something that is accurate, rather than something that is not, regardless of our personal preferences for any one aesthetic.

Plus they're going beyond our now higher expectations from the tlk figures, these things are kinda gorgeous and incredibly clever

Didn't the TLK line lower our expectations?

[-Kanrabat-]

Didn't the TLK line lower our expectations?

No, they made our expectations HIGHER. Especially because the figures were between 1/3 and 1/2 MORE expensive. I was expecting RotF level of engeneering and premium paint. Very few figures had both.

However, for this Studio Series line it look like the higher price point will be justified. For real this time.

[Hellscream9999]

Plus they're going beyond our now higher expectations from the tlk figures, these things are kinda gorgeous and incredibly clever

Didn't the TLK line lower our expectations?

Sure the repaints sucked, but I'm pretty sure the majority of new figures were pretty great, scorn, skweeks, nitro, cogman, megs voyager, megs leader... several (voyager o/p, megs, cogman, etc) were works of tf art in my opinion

[Ironhidensh]

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

[Hellscream9999]

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

I really kinda want a purple version of it as the edgiest bw megs...

btw, you interested in anything else from this line? that lockdown is kinda sweet

[Hellscream9999]

Does anyone else feel this line kinda pulled the rug out from under the 'movie the best' line? Like, they aren't even out yet, and now we have this line's full reveal, almost all of these figures beat out the 'movie the best version', like jazz and lockdown and megs and starscream, and almost everyone else beyond o/p

[-Kanrabat-]

Does anyone else feel this line kinda pulled the rug out from under the 'movie the best' line? Like, they aren't even out yet, and now we have this line's full reveal, almost all of these figures beat out the 'movie the best version', like jazz and lockdown and megs and starscream, and almost everyone else beyond o/p

BUAHAHAHAHA! That's true! "Movie the Best" became "Movie the Meh".
Updated superior brand new molds beat repainting old toys that we already have any days.

[Hellscream9999]

Does anyone else feel this line kinda pulled the rug out from under the 'movie the best' line? Like, they aren't even out yet, and now we have this line's full reveal, almost all of these figures beat out the 'movie the best version', like jazz and lockdown and megs and starscream, and almost everyone else beyond o/p

BUAHAHAHAHA! That's true! "Movie the Best" became "Movie the Meh".
Updated superior brand new molds beat repainting old toys that we already have any days.

I can practically hear the pre-orders dropping

[CJPrime931]

I've got my eyes on Jazz, Ratchet, Starscream, Blackout, Brawl and Crowbar.

[Autobot Roadburn]

I ordered Bee, Ratchet and Crowbar from Hasbro and they shipped this morning, I should have them Thursday! I'll upload pictures when they get here.

[Ironhidensh]

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

I really kinda want a purple version of it as the edgiest bw megs...

btw, you interested in anything else from this line? that lockdown is kinda sweet

Bee and Stinger are on the way via FedEx. Blackout and Jazz will be mine as well.

[Quantum Surge]

The reveals of them left me like I'm on Cloud 9 so much that I forgot to ask some of you head swap maestros: Does there seem to be a way for the new Optimus to swap heads with the Evasion mold? I know the sculpts are slightly different, but I was wondering that since I kind of doubt there'll be an unmasked variant (which was possible for an extremely rave variant of TLK Prime)

[Sabrblade]

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

Once it's in your hand you have no formal obligation to adhere to its official characterization. You could repurpose it as a brand new dino character, named "Lockjaw" or something.

In fact, you could even repurpose it as BW Lockjaw.

[Emerje]

So which Megatron do you think we're actually getting in the line?

Flat gray...



...or shiny silver?



And it doesn't appear to be a lighting issue as they look different side by side.



They both look finished. I would have said the flat gray was the one we'd be getting, but with metallic paint coating both Jazz and Grimlock it's hard to know for sure.

As for Movie the Best, that line still has its place unless Hasbro pulls out a future wave with improved versions of the likes of Shockwave, Bonecrusher, Hound, Jetfire, or any Optimus Prime since the Studio Series one is kinda crappy looking compared to the three Movie the Best Primes.

Emerje

[Hellscream9999]

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

I really kinda want a purple version of it as the edgiest bw megs...

btw, you interested in anything else from this line? that lockdown is kinda sweet

Bee and Stinger are on the way via FedEx. Blackout and Jazz will be mine as well.

I'm actually really happy to know that, post pics of stinger properly transformed in bot mode, pics of it seem to be all over the place with his chest/ab kibble