The Energon Pub

I was checking out youtube this morning and found video reviews for Mad Blender and Hercules. You can see the full tranfromation of Mad Blender, pretty cool if you ask me.

Mad Blender:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGw4Po4I ... AAAAAAAGAA

Hercules:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPdN4t7z ... AAAAAAAGAA

That is just astonishingly beautiful.

I have a few minor nitpicks about some of TFC's design decisions (particularly the strange design of Madblender's cab and Neckbreaker's black shovel) and he's hella-pricey but, overall, this not-Devastator has turned out even better than I ever expected it to.

I wish contemporary market conditions had allowed Takara/Hasbro to bring us something this magnificent, but I am very grateful that someone has stepped up to do what they cannot.

(Maketoys' Giant also looks pretty awesome, but the sheer size and aesthetics of Hercules as a whole and as individual robots give him the edge as far as I'm concerned.)

Now I just have to fight the urge to have triples of each component so I can display the team in all three modes; in any case, that will be a long-term project.

Big thanks to Peaugh for this and many other reviews. I may have to try my own hand at reviewing in the near future.