The Energon Pub

I feel very strangely about this set.
I initially thought I'd like the accessories more, And not really care for the figure, And the inverse has turned out to be true.
I'll get on with the photos now, And expand upon my thoughts later.

I don't own the Siege Ravage mold, So heres the cage with MP Ravage in it.

The cage, You may have noticed, Came already together in the bag.
Unfortunately, The first time I split it in half, The pegs started to show stress marks,
And one of them actually started to break off. I assume the plastic needed to be stronger.




With the Blaster that came with MP Tracks,



With, From left to right, G1 and MP10 versions,



With MP13 Megatron pistol,

The Ion rifle made for Optimus is very out of scale IMO.
Compared with MP10's (which was actually a larger scale) It looks massive.



The tiny Optimus meant to go with Haslab Unicron,



For the sake of simplicity, And to get a better idea of scale, I'll just show the weapons all being held by Earthrise Grapple, Instead of the many respective figures they're made for.

With MP Shockwave's pistol,

Forgot to show the backside of Soundwave, Other posts have too many attachments, So I'll stick it here.

And now for where I think this set really excels, The figure.






With Earthrise Grapple,

Since the Centurion Drone is a Weaponizer, He can disintegrate into spare parts and combine with other figures ROTF Jetfire style.

Out of all the figures I've reviewed thus far, I think this is the most conflicted I've been on the rating.
On one hand, The accessory pack seems lazy to me, I understand (and like) the bonus stuff, Like the energon cubes, The altmode Soundwave, That stuffs cool. But the weapons (like Prime's energon axe) should've come with the original figures IMO. It's also a shame that everything is molded in a bland gray, And that a lot of stuff (energon cubes, Soundwave ect.) is hollow.
Also, Ravage's cage breaking didn't help.
(it didn't quite break, But one peg is literally hanging on by a thread, If I take it apart again, It'd (possibly the stress marked others too) break).
On the other hand, The Centurion Drone is a pretty solid figure.
At first I thought the weaponizer gimmick was kind of silly, But it's since grown on me, And is fun to fiddle with.
I really contemplated rating the accessory pack and Centurion Drone separately, But decided against it.
IMO ultimately the accessories bring the figure down in the end.
By itself, The Centurion Drone would probably be a 9.5 or 10, I can't find any complaints or anything to improve.
Between the gray molded weapons, Hollow bits, And the fragility of Ravage's cage, That really left a bad taste in my mouth. I would've even given them a pass if the weapons (and Reflector) were at least molded in differant colors, But they're not. Shockwave could've been purple, Bumblebee's gun blue, Reflector either purple or blue, ect. And the price of the set is more due to the accessory pack, It would've been different if they came free with the Centurion drone, But they did not.
They really just feel like 3d printed Shapeways weapons.
The goal of my reviews (in my mind), Is to give you my honest and objective opinion on the item(s).
Any less would be a disservice to you and I both.
Of course, The ratings are just my opinion, And they're just that, An opinion.
Anyway, 6.5.