The Energon Pub

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:29 pm

On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:42 pm

Sabrblade wrote:On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!

Only if Brave Maximus is following.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:59 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!
Only if Brave Maximus is following.

Or those who own a vintage Brave Max could give it to him, since the original Gadep was so hard to come by having been a contest figure. Helpful to this is the notion that the original Fort/Grand/Brave Max is 5mm-port-compatible.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:53 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:On a very different note, I know who else besides Grand Max's Cog that Siege Cog can be redecoed into: Car Robots Gadep!
Only if Brave Maximus is following.
Or those who own a vintage Brave Max could give it to him, since the original Gadep was so hard to come by having been a contest figure. Helpful to this is the notion that the original Fort/Grand/Brave Max is 5mm-port-compatible.

But how many actual ports does he have? I just remember the one on his chest where the radar dish goes.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:08 am

There's at least a couple right here:

And I'm fairly sure the Cerebros mold's fistholes are 5mm so there's that

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:46 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:So a question for those that scored a Netflix Megatron...is the head issue from Siege still there or not so more or less? This will for sure will determine for me if I should get him or not...my thanks in advance!

Head issue seems to be a bit worse than the selects release on my figure, never had the original. His left foot ankle tilt is still gimpy too and his foot is loose/doesn't lock in place though not as bad as the selects. Might all be down to qc or luck.

by **ThunderThruster** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:44 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Even if I have to admit that the extra parts made into a hoverboard actually works fine, as it's something I can see Shockwave build for himself. But it still shouldn't be a part of his alt mode.

Hoverboard? I saw it more of an amalgam of his action master partner Fist Fight and the Diagnostic Drone from Beast Machines.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:12 pm

PSA TIME
We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a public service announcement to owners of Ratchet and Ironhide.

These toys are fine representations of the characters, but they contain a secret that seems to have been inadequately documented.

As demonstrated here, it is possible to configure the windshield so that it slopes forward in robot mode, as per the cartoon and the original toys.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Have a nice day.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:04 pm

Shelf Warm to the power of THREE! :lol:

. Seriously though, I think the Netflix deco is pretty cool, I think having the unique battlemasters despite the higher price will help it sell better than previous versions.

News Credits: 25 · by **LinaNui** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:47 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:PSA TIME
We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a public service announcement to owners of Ratchet and Ironhide.

These toys are fine representations of the characters, but they contain a secret that seems to have been inadequately documented.

As demonstrated here, it is possible to configure the windshield so that it slopes forward in robot mode, as per the cartoon and the original toys.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Have a nice day.

That... that is just how you are supposed to transform them.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:53 pm

I know. I'm poking fun at people still missing that step.

by **Starseeker** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:24 pm

Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

by **M. Spector** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:12 pm

Starseeker wrote:Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! ;)^

There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:20 pm

M. Spector wrote:
Starseeker wrote:Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

Do it! Seriously, he has the best paintjob out of them all (I have all 8 so far, RedWing is second).

by **Starseeker** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:58 pm

Agreed. I picked him up and he is a nice stand in for Skywarp.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:52 pm

Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:14 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

My Wal-Mart has 5 or 6 of them. I could have bought and shipped one to you by now. :-P

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:18 pm

I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:06 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

You'd think they'd update us on this automatically. My order was supposed to arrive 6/17, but by Wednesday night it still hadn't shown up and the order still said 6/17. It wasn't until 6/18 that it finally changed to "Delayed—check back later for status update" with no date. If I hadn't already paid for these I'd just cancel them and buy them in stores.

Emerje

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:52 am

My area Walmarts have been packed for months, and though our local infection rate is quite low, I haven't gone there for some time. I might venture out to see if they're in stores even though the website shows them out of stock locally.

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:20 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I know. I'm poking fun at people still missing that step.

How do you know it was a mistakenly missed step and not a deliberate one?

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:07 pm

Picked up a scrap face today wooop, I think refractor is now competing for the highest number I have of the same mold especially if I pick up another siege or netflix one so he can make the camera.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:19 pm

That pesky Shockwave, why the hell hasn't he been marked down? It seems to me that it's been long enough to clear shelf warming! :-P

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:22 pm

Target tried to with BOGO 50% off back in February, but that wasn't enough. Need to mark those Schockwaves at both Walmarts and Targets to like $15 if they want to really get rid of them

News Credits: 20 · by **Tuned Agent** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:36 pm

My Target still had eight Shockwaves last I checked. But don't Siege and ER leaders use the same product codes or something? That would make it really hard to put just Shockwaves on sale without putting the new product on sale too.