The Energon Pub

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Voila! Optimus Primal, posing.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Scooped up the reissue Scorponok Friday, he is surprisingly a lot of fun. I was hoping he would be fun to handle, but he's better than i thought he'd be. Love him. Glad they reissued this one

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

He and Tigatron were among those who needed it the most. Definitely going to snag him if I can.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I was reminiscing this past weekend about the state of my Beast Wars shelf in 2018. what a difference 4 years makes

[Sabrblade]

I was reminiscing this past weekend about the state of my Beast Wars shelf in 2018. what a difference 4 years makes

"Star Wars", "Beast Wars", whatevs.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I was reminiscing this past weekend about the state of my Beast Wars shelf in 2018. what a difference 4 years makes

"Star Wars", "Beast Wars", whatevs.

Hey, that's where there was nice space and the Beasts didn't need that full shelf!

[AllNewSuperRobot]

Hey, that's where there was nice space and the Beasts didn't need that full shelf!

Tut, tut, tut

That's where mold variants come in

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Hey, that's where there was nice space and the Beasts didn't need that full shelf!

Tut, tut, tut

That's where mold variants come in

That was 4 years ago mate, that was all I had! They now can take up a full book shelf, and then some with the Kingdom guys

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I impulse bought this little guy off ebay when a seller offered me a deal. I am glad I took it. Moon is so weird and odd, but his recent role in Last Bot Standing is what made me seek him out and accept the offer, and he is such an odd little thing but is still neat in many aspects. I like him, I am glad I impulse bought him.

[Sabrblade]

He's got a whole world inside his stomach.

No joke, that little circle on his robot mode chest has a little Viewmaster-type thing inside it, which changes images with every click of his torso.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

He's got a whole world inside his stomach.

No joke, that little circle on his robot mode chest has a little Viewmaster-type thing inside it, which changes images with every click of his torso.

I did know that! It is a unique touch, further reason why I like him so much

[Sabrblade]

Since Hasbro killed both BotCon and the TCC, Selects is now our only hope for us to ever receive a toy of this amazing digibash of Transtech Cheetor, retooled from the Studio Series Bumblebee movie Arcee mold:

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Since Hasbro killed both BotCon and the TCC, Selects is now our only hope for us to ever receive a toy of this amazing digibash of Transtech Cheetor, retooled from the Studio Series Bumblebee movie Arcee mold:

That isn't bad. I love how the Animated version worked, but this is a good 2nd place

[Sabrblade]

I have a theory as to why Takara has eased off on the Beast Wars Masterpieces as of late.

Back in 2016, Hasbro opted to not celebrate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars, instead favoring the 30th anniversary of TFTM. This led to others to celebrate the former in Hasbro's stead: Fun Pub's final BotCon boxed set was (mostly) Pre-Beast Wars-themed like their 2006 set was (which was the 10th anniversary of Beast Wars), Hasbro Asia gave us a Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal toy (which colored more like Optimus Prime instead), and Takara started making Masterpieces of Beast Wars characters.

Takara kept this going for a while up until the release of Tigatron in 2020. Then, 2021 came, and what was the main toyline for that year? Kingdom! Yes, Hasbro finally started giving Beast Wars its due attention for its 25th anniversary. We got new mass retail toys of every character that Takara had already made into MPs, plus several that hadn't been yet. And now in 2022, Legacy is continuing where Kingdom left off, finishing out the Season 1 cast with Tarantulas and Inferno, and even giving us Transmetal 2 Megatron as a bonus.

2021 also saw the start of the Vintage Beast Wars reissue line, which has likewise had many overlaps with the BW characters made into MPs. And even the RED line has dipped its toes into Beast Wars with Optimus Primal and Cheetor.

In short, I feel like Takara started making Beast Wars MPs not just to celebrate the 20th anniversary, but also because Hasbro wasn't going to. And now that Hasbro has been giving Beast Wars so much more attention at mass retail with Kingdom, Legacy, RED, and Vintage Beast Wars, Takara no longer feels the need to carry so much of the weight by themselves and are not as compelled to keep making the Beast Wars MPs as they were back when Hasbro was content to keep ignoring Beast Wars.

Meanwhile, the forthcoming release of Dark Amber Leo Prime seems to be the start of something else entirely, since that toy represents something completely new and different from what all came before, and is advertised by a new manga series called "End of G1 Universe".

[AllNewSuperRobot]

In short, I feel like Takara started making Beast Wars MPs not just to celebrate the 20th anniversary, but also because Hasbro wasn't going to. And now that Hasbro has been giving Beast Wars so much more attention at mass retail with Kingdom, Legacy, RED, and Vintage Beast Wars, Takara no longer feels the need to carry so much of the weight by themselves and are not as compelled to keep making the Beast Wars MPs as they were back when Hasbro was content to keep ignoring Beast Wars.

I really hope that isn't the case. More than anything, it would be nice if Takara were competent enough to finish at least one line in Masterpiece. Looking over at my MP shelf. We have 6/14 Season One cast completed! Just under 50% done. Sunbow, with their back peddling is years away from that percentage. Lesser lines are fine for some. But nothing from Kingdom or Legacy will look remotely comparable to MP Megs, Primal or Tigatron.

[AllNewSuperRobot]

Also, RRP for BW Reissue Retrax is £25.99....

[primalxconvoy]

https://youtu.be/3JUADRccd-E

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I have secured an important part of my Beast Wars II collection today, that being the final Cyber Beast, Thrustor! Feels good to finally have him and complete the 4 pack. I am pretty close to completing the BWII Preds too, I only need the 4 Autorollers. The Maximals...are a different story.

[Sabrblade]

Oh man, that reminds me. I should have taken a picture of the custom Transmetal 3 Dinobot made from Thrustor that Primal Sabbath had at BotCon this weekend.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Congrats on Thrustor, D-Max.
Gonna do a proper post once I have pics up of my more recent BW acquisitions (like reissue Primal). For now, I'm just gonna say a couple things I'd like to see pics of: Original-mold Dinobot & Ultra Beast Megs with Kenner JP dinosaurs, and bat!Primal with the S1 Maximals (original molds).

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Here's Cheetor, showing off his guns.


Here's Optimus, showing off his mask and melee weapons.


Here's a battle scene where Scorponok is, perhaps ironically, caught in a pincer attack from Optimus and Cheetor. I like the balance these toys strike between run gimmicks and articulation.


And here's Scorponok's cyber-bee showing off how much cuter it is than its art.

[Sculyblast]

I have secured an important part of my Beast Wars II collection today, that being the final Cyber Beast, Thrustor! Feels good to finally have him and complete the 4 pack. I am pretty close to completing the BWII Preds too, I only need the 4 Autorollers. The Maximals...are a different story.

Is there a reason Thrustor/Thrustol seems to be more rare then the other cyberbeasts?
I used to own all four of them ten years ago, I then sold them off and have recently decided to reacquire them.
Thrustor eludes me.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I have secured an important part of my Beast Wars II collection today, that being the final Cyber Beast, Thrustor! Feels good to finally have him and complete the 4 pack. I am pretty close to completing the BWII Preds too, I only need the 4 Autorollers. The Maximals...are a different story.

Is there a reason Thrustor/Thrustol seems to be more rare then the other cyberbeasts?
I used to own all four of them ten years ago, I then sold them off and have recently decided to reacquire them.
Thrustor eludes me.

Really could not tell you, he is ridiculously hard to get for a price near the other 3

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I have secured an important part of my Beast Wars II collection today, that being the final Cyber Beast, Thrustor! Feels good to finally have him and complete the 4 pack. I am pretty close to completing the BWII Preds too, I only need the 4 Autorollers. The Maximals...are a different story.

Is there a reason Thrustor/Thrustol seems to be more rare then the other cyberbeasts?
I used to own all four of them ten years ago, I then sold them off and have recently decided to reacquire them.
Thrustor eludes me.

Really could not tell you, he is ridiculously hard to get for a price near the other 3

He's a Dino! 'Nuff said!

[Emerje]

I would guess GPS, but I have no proof of that and it isn't mentioned on TFWiki.

Emerje