The Energon Pub

Got Pipes and Slammer, so all I need is Core Hot Rod, and WFC will be complete for me!

I didn't get Blaster, don't want him, but he was popular, sold out within 40 minutes of going, along with Boba, Fennec, and all the Joes stuff.

My Jackpot is here too, I need to open him up

Too bad you don't like Blaster...he's the ginchiest! There's one flaw with him, as if Hasbro just can't do it perfectly: His Electro Scrambler doesn't have Blast Effect compatibility.

sol magnus wrote:Too bad you don't like Blaster...he's the ginchiest! There's one flaw with him, as if Hasbro just can't do it perfectly: His Electro Scrambler doesn't have Blast Effect compatibility.

It's not that I don't like him, it's that the TR figure is still really good for me, and I'm at a stage where I don't want to buy a character already have and am happy with. I want his Eject though

sol magnus wrote:Too bad you don't like Blaster...he's the ginchiest! There's one flaw with him, as if Hasbro just can't do it perfectly: His Electro Scrambler doesn't have Blast Effect compatibility.

When Legacy was first revealed I had mentioned that Hasbro seemed to be dropping effect part compatibility in weapons and I got a lot of push back on that comment, but I stand by it, I think it'll be totally gone in a few years.

I like Blaster a lot, he has a nice transformation, stiff joints and very few visible hollow spots (back of the thighs and inner arms only). Only complaint is that he has the most nonsensical "feature" in that the speakers on his shins spin around to become... a different looking speaker. This extra parts count would have been better suited to giving him a wrist swivel since they're both likely on the same sprue.

Also Amazon shipped my Pipes today, he's expected to show up tomorrow. Slammer is still showing a release at the end of the month.

Emerje

In case you did not find these in stores yet (and do not want to keep waiting for your preorder to be filled), Hasbro Pulse has the final two deluxes from the Kingdom line available now. They are $22.99 each. They had Blaster earlier today but he sold out very quickly, which might happen to these two as well once this message gets to you.
Best of luck with completing your collection!

Slammer: https://hasbropulse.com/products/transf ... ot-slammer

Pipes: https://hasbropulse.com/products/transf ... obot-pipes

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:It's not that I don't like him, it's that the TR figure is still really good for me, and I'm at a stage where I don't want to buy a character already have and am happy with.

That's a thing you can do, NOT buying the new figure? ... How does it work, can you teach me

o.supreme wrote:For instance...there isn't a single Legacy reveal so far I feel really excited about, or pre-ordered. My want list is getting slim, but that's ok, saving money for the things I really want isn't a bad thing.

Alas, Blaster was indeed sold out. And if past history is any indication, they won't be restocking him for several months. Guess I'll have to have the minions keep trawling through Walmart...

just a heads up for everyone saying Blaster is sold out (and likely so will slammer be soon), I was able to grab both because I'm on Hasbro Pulse's email list, which may be the only helpful email list I've ever been apart of lol. They actually send out emails right when things get restocked, and I was shocked to see I could get them both. Anyway, if you keep getting bothered by sold out Hasbro Pulse stuff, get on that list and turn on email notifications on your phone, and you'll likely have a little more luck

You can also download the app, they'll do push notifications whenever there's a new drop. 90% of the time I don't care, but then Blaster and the Cobra BAT come along.

None of it's necessary, but if you have FOMO or want to be first on the block, it helps.

Unrelated, the Shopify app is also super helpful for managing orders, especially for shipping updates. Most of the toymaker direct-to-consumer offerings use Shopify for fulfillment, so I can track orders from places like NECA and Super7 there too.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Too bad you don't like Blaster...he's the ginchiest! There's one flaw with him, as if Hasbro just can't do it perfectly: His Electro Scrambler doesn't have Blast Effect compatibility.

It's not that I don't like him, it's that the TR figure is still really good for me, and I'm at a stage where I don't want to buy a character already have and am happy with. I want his Eject though

I like TR Blaster, but he's a bit too big for the Generations shelf imo. Fits perfectly as a surrogate MP, though.

I'm planning to keep TR Blaster for his fidelity to the original toy design, alongside the PotP Dinobots including Red Swoop. I don't have a dedicated shelf for that, though, so I guess he'll go in a Season 2 display with TR Preceptor while the Kingdom and SS86 versions of those guys hang out with the TF:TM crew. Not ideal, but arguably better than only having those characters in one group or the other, and definitely better than buying multiple copies of the new ones.

jtanimator wrote:just a heads up for everyone saying Blaster is sold out (and likely so will slammer be soon), I was able to grab both because I'm on Hasbro Pulse's email list, which may be the only helpful email list I've ever been apart of lol. They actually send out emails right when things get restocked, and I was shocked to see I could get them both. Anyway, if you keep getting bothered by sold out Hasbro Pulse stuff, get on that list and turn on email notifications on your phone, and you'll likely have a little more luck

I have minions on PULSE too, but they don't seem to be on an email alert list. How is that accomplished?

I'm keeping my TR Blaster and Soundwave for that matter strictly for base/city building purposes.

Oh, and for scale purposes, I use them for the occasional Titan break dance battles that pop up every so often. Go Plex! Go Plex! Go Tryp! Go Tryp!



Tryp is doing the worm, sort of, as best he can bless his heart.

Bummer that Blaster sod out so fast! Now it's going to be an uncertain waiting game when this wave actually gets stocked, if it ever does in my area...

AcademyofDrX wrote:I'm planning to keep TR Blaster for his fidelity

Same reason I'm planning to keep my wife

AcademyofDrX wrote:You can also download the app, they'll do push notifications whenever there's a new drop. 90% of the time I don't care, but then Blaster and the Cobra BAT come along.

None of it's necessary, but if you have FOMO or want to be first on the block, it helps.

Unrelated, the Shopify app is also super helpful for managing orders, especially for shipping updates. Most of the toymaker direct-to-consumer offerings use Shopify for fulfillment, so I can track orders from places like NECA and Super7 there too.

Wait, they had the BAT in-stock?

Woohoo, found Kingdom Tigatron in the wild! At a Target in Aurora, CO. Just waiting on my Terrorsaur from Amazon and I'm done with everything I wanted in Kingdom.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:You can also download the app, they'll do push notifications whenever there's a new drop. 90% of the time I don't care, but then Blaster and the Cobra BAT come along.

None of it's necessary, but if you have FOMO or want to be first on the block, it helps.

Unrelated, the Shopify app is also super helpful for managing orders, especially for shipping updates. Most of the toymaker direct-to-consumer offerings use Shopify for fulfillment, so I can track orders from places like NECA and Super7 there too.

Wait, they had the BAT in-stock?

Both the BAT and Alley Viper were available yesterday. At one point I wasn't expecting them until midyear, but it looks like Amazon and other retailers may have them this month. I already got a ship notice for Blaster, but I haven't gotten one for the BAT yet.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Bummer that Blaster sod out so fast! Now it's going to be an uncertain waiting game when this wave actually gets stocked, if it ever does in my area...

Don't forget, he gets a re-release in Legacy Wave 1

That's good news. When does Legacy start though, I though I heard in the summer?

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Bummer that Blaster sod out so fast! Now it's going to be an uncertain waiting game when this wave actually gets stocked, if it ever does in my area...

Don't forget, he gets a re-release in Legacy Wave 1

That's good news. When does Legacy start though, I though I heard in the summer?

Preorders are for summer but that's just Hasbro being conservative in delivery estimates