The Energon Pub

by **genozaur** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:23 pm

dont know about you guys but i will kliterally **** a brick and eat itif it turns out to be select brave characters brought back as new transformers characters

i would kill to get my hands on a energon era captain sharkticon lol

by **Badass Grimlock** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:48 pm

Trikeboy wrote:
Nekoman wrote:
Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Mkall wrote:I suspect a black Sideswipe repaint and maybe the purple ramjet too. That'd be great.

Those would me made of win.

Blue Grimlock?

I thought they don't reuse molds that have been used as past convention toys? Grimlock and Ramjet were in the 07 and 08 sets.

I wouldn't mind it, but I doubt we'll see anything G2. A Generation Lost probably means something taking place after the WOH set from last year.

Wasn't the policy that they wouldn't use the same molds two years in a row? Ramjetwas used in 07 so could be used in 09 and 10. Grimlock was in 08 so it could be feasable to be in this box. I hope not as they have done Grimlock twice (once as Overkill).

I see it as possible.

But what if they used the Energon mold with a few slight retoolings? And a G2 deco? :SMUG:

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:51 pm

THIS JUST IN!!! the upcoming Botcon 2010 set will be:

Energon Barricade
In bright yellow and bright purple with purple camo and a black combined mode head

Energon Blackout
In white and purple with purple camo

Energon Stormcloud
In light blue and purple with purple camo

Energon Blight
In bright orange and purple with purple camo

Energon Kickback
In bright neon green and purple with purple camo

G2 Bruticus (Maximus)!

Just kidding... that'd be horrible, wouldn't it?

- Sam

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:58 pm

Samsonator wrote:Just kidding... that'd be horrible, wouldn't it?

- Sam

And I'd still get it

by **Heckfire** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:48 pm

Going off of the preview pages in another post, I think the "forgotten" TFs will be mre of the European and Japanese exclusives from G1.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Mkall wrote:I suspect a black Sideswipe repaint and maybe the purple ramjet too. That'd be great.

Those would me made of win.

Blue Grimlock?

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:50 am

Also we could be looking at transtech since that was generation of toys that was never produced.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:45 am

According to official fiction the club exclusive combiner Topspin lived in a "G2" universe before traveling to Axiom Nexus and hooking up with Alpha Trion's band. Also, we have seen some G2 characters in the current Wings of Honor universe. What if this world is that of Topspin, life, and the world of Wings of Honor's future?

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:16 am

Scaleface wrote:According to official fiction the club exclusive combiner Topspin lived in a "G2" universe before traveling to Axiom Nexus and hooking up with Alpha Trion's band. Also, we have seen some G2 characters in the current Wings of Honor universe. What if this world is that of Topspin, life, and the world of Wings of Honor's future?

Makes a ton of sense actually.

News Credits: 2 · by **TFBuyer** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:57 am

All I know is that I'm ready for some more recent mold repaints--Classics and, in particular, Animated. Animated strikes me as something G2-ish anyway, if that's indeed where they're heading with this.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:00 pm

If it is G2 ... maybe we'll get a G2 Menasor and/or G2 Defensor set? You know those molds are just sitting somewhere. Heck, if that happens ... they could easily do the G1 set as well and sell both at the convention or maybe Takara could release the G1 versions in Encore. Either way would cut down on costs, though the Takara route would cut it down much more.

If they do something with G2 but don't do anything with Defensor and/or Menasor, then I'll start thinking that we'll never get those toys. Until then, I'm still holding out hope for sets of those at some point.

News Credits: 17 · by **Starscream** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:32 pm

A re-release of old molds would break from the last few years' trend of reusing recent molds.

Nothing is impossible, but I would rather see more redecos from classics mold as I feel they are superior to the original G1 / G2 molds. The color schemes are fun and would only see the light of day as Botcon figures.

Maybe there will be a twist and we'll get something off the wall like the desert camo ramjet or jungle strike starscream that were never produced...

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:33 pm

Seibertron wrote:

If it is G2 ... maybe we'll get a G2 Menasor and/or G2 Defensor set? You know those molds are just sitting somewhere. Heck, if that happens ... they could easily do the G1 set as well and sell both at the convention or maybe Takara could release the G1 versions in Encore. Either way would cut down on costs, though the Takara route would cut it down much more.

If they do something with G2 but don't do anything with Defensor and/or Menasor, then I'll start thinking that we'll never get those toys. Until then, I'm still holding out hope for sets of those at some point.

I don't know if we're going to see them. I'm really not sure the club has the cash flow to do it, in all honesty.

Don't get me wrong, I'd buy them a heart beat, but it just doesn't feel like something the club would do. The Seacons were an an exception since the figures were already produced and just sitting (if you believe Hasbro).

BTW, I love the "Wishful Thinking" tag!

by **Joetx** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:59 pm

Equus Maximus wrote:You Know, Instead Of Concentrating On Figures That Were Actually Released In G1, Then Just Given Garish Color Schemes For G2, They Could Actually Commemorate Some Figs That Were Released For G2 And Were Never Really Redone Any Other Time.

...

I Realize I'm A Bit Longwinded About This, But, It Is My Belief That If They Really Want To Commemorate "The Generation Lost" Of Transformers Using A G2 Theme, They Should Look Into The Truly "Lost" Members Of The Transformers Canon.

TOTALLY AGREE.

There were 3 main reasons why I lost interest in TFs in the late '80s/early '90s:

1. The quality of the figures kept getting worse;
2. Actionmasters - "Transformers" that don't transform? WTF?; &
3. The initial waves of G2 were GARISH repaints of G1 figures (where's the "second" generation in that?).

I didn't even know there were new molds until it was too late.

The new molds you mention didn't get much treatment in the comics. THEY truly are a "lost generation."