The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:33 pm

Mine was fine out of the package. I have played with him quite a bit
and thus far no breakage. A tip to preserve his leg joints is to
take a q-tip and dab some petroleum jelly into his joints and work
them around a bit. It keeps the plastic from gripping too hard
and breaking down the joint.

The toy is awfully fussy though and you have to work with him a bit
to figure out the steps that were left out of the instructions.

Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:06 pm

I bought one today and two of the ball sockets for his legs were cracked when I got him out of the package. Think I am going to try and fix them with some JB weld and hope that none of the others break. If not I will return him and get another. If that won sucks too keep doing the same until Hasbro gets the hint.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:21 pm

If you haven't read this thread for a guide for Scalpel's leg fix, I suggest checking it out to explore some options.

News Credits: 9 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:26 pm

I must have been lucky.

Mine was the first picked of the shelf, and I didn't do a customary look over it or others to make sure I got the best one I could see.

The legs are fine, it transforms well, and the only problem of note was the connector was a bit stiff the first time swinging the post underneath.

It stand fine on it's own, and can even hang off of other figures in "Facehugger" mode.