The Energon Pub

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:06 pm

shajaki wrote:

Have a seat and Jaki will turn up the heat if it gets too chilly.

I keep asking him to close the window, it's just so breezy.

Screw redemption :-P

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:17 pm

Oh man.... Oh dudes....

I don't even know where to begin. Sunsurge is a work of art.
First off, he feels like an actual TT Masterpiece. He nails the aesthetic. His transformation (while tricky and involved) is F'ING BRILLIANT, and he is solid as a rock in both modes (really awesome locking tabs). He poses like a dream. Face sculpt is terrific. And his bonus pieces (Chip especially) are friggin kickass.

He looks great in pics, but even those don't do him justice. In hand he has exceeded ALL my expectations, which is saying a lot since I've been hyping him up in my head for two weeks.

Pretty much the only negative I can think of is his transformation cheat. I fully believe there was no other way to achieve his proper animation silhouette without it, but as others have said it's not befitting of an MP. But how much do I care about that you ask? I CAN"T HEAR YOU OVER HIS AWESOMENESS. 8-)

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:07 am

Well that's awesome and he looks awesome. If I didn't know better I would just assume he is an official release.

Well sweet. I can't tell you how many times my hype train tickets didn't pay out.

;)^

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:09 am

Woah woah woah woah woah. Who is Carytheone? I thought we had a Caryweeone? :-P

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:14 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Woah woah woah woah woah. Who is Carytheone? I thought we had a Caryweeone?

I'm the new new news guy. I'm filling in for the last two chumps who couldn't cut it.

also, jeez, way to finally notice I changed my name back

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:16 am

carytheone wrote:
also, jeez, way to finally notice I changed my name back

Hadn't seen or heard much from you lately, so I wasn't paying much attention mi amigo. Apologies almighty Cary

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:01 pm

I'm still high on Surgio, but some squares are tryin to bring me down.

I'm hunting pretty friggin hard for my CW Combaticons, and I found my first batch. I'd be posting pics right now if I'd bought them, but alas it wasn't to be. It was at a collector store. Now lemme tell ya, I'm willing to pay a little extra to get stuff quicker, but I do have a limit.

They didn't have Onslaught, but they had the four limbs. The current CAD prices for CW Deluxe's are around 18 bucks, and this store was charging $35 per limb!! They also had Leader Skywarp (another first for my town) for $98!!

I was shocked, but I gathered up the limbs and asked if he could knock them down to 30 a limb, and he said 33. I politely declined, holding back a minor aneurysm though. I'm better off though, I was stupid for willing to pay that. y'know how it is though, when they're in your hands it's hard to put them down. 8-}

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:39 pm

Those prices are alarming...

and guess what I found this weekend in a little walmart where nothing usually exciting happens:

The final part to my combaticon menace

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:17 am

shajaki wrote: y'know how it is though, when they're in your hands it's hard to put them down.

You did the right thing Jak. Now think how good it will feel when you pay reg price.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:25 pm

Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote: y'know how it is though, when they're in your hands it's hard to put them down.
You did the right thing Jak. Now think how good it will feel when you pay reg price.

Once you get a taste it's hard to walk away. I carry figs around we me all the time and then walk the green mile back to the toy section

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:45 pm

D! So Jealous :-P

carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote: y'know how it is though, when they're in your hands it's hard to put them down.
You did the right thing Jak. Now think how good it will feel when you pay reg price.
Once you get a taste it's hard to walk away. I carry figs around we me all the time and then walk the green mile back to the toy section

I've been hunting HARD for those Combaticons and nothing yet, meanwhile you buggers are getting the Sky Reign Wave :-(

On the brighter side, this arrived today!

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:41 pm

Super coooooool!

So :-?

, I don't remember. Are you bothered by those awful hip panels? They just ruin the figure for you, right?

:-P

That not Thundercracker is dope. Who is doing a Skywarp, the Club?

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:40 pm

Cobotron wrote:That not Thundercracker is dope.

Agreed, I got it bad for that super force mega mad props StarCracker.

I can't even visit a "buy TFs here" site without putting one in the cart. I missed all the reasonable priced import sites. The ususal us suspects want 30 seiberbuckaroos and I have a hard time with that.

Cool haul Shajackster! ;)^

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:45 pm

SURGIO!!!

He probably looks awesome with Ironhide, doesn't he?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:00 pm

WAIT!

DuuuUUUDE?!

How did I not get a notification when you made that Sunsurge post? WTF for real!
I'm glad Cram said something, causing me to scroll up.

He looks pretty damn AWESOME!

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:05 pm

Cobotron wrote:WAIT!

DuuuUUUDE?!

How did I not get a notification when you made that Sunsurge post? WTF for real!
I'm glad Cram said something, causing me to scroll up.

He looks pretty damn AWESOME!

That's about the time when the site went bits up for the weekend. I saw them awesome yellow streaker pics.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:23 pm

Cobotron wrote:Are you bothered by those awful hip panels? They just ruin the figure for you, right?

Yes. After I transformed him, the hip panels made me full out vomit. :SICK:

carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:That not Thundercracker is dope.
Agreed, I got it bad for that super force mega mad props StarCracker.

I can't even visit a "buy TFs here" site without putting one in the cart. I missed all the reasonable priced import sites. The ususal us suspects want 30 seiberbuckaroos and I have a hard time with that.

Well if you're on the fence about Thunderscream, then I'm tellin you to go for it. He's pretty impressive in hand.

itscramtastic wrote:SURGIO!!!

He probably looks awesome with Ironhide, doesn't he?

I have to rework my display for Surgio, and I'll have to do so again to include Ironhide. Maybe this weekend! Until then...

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:30 pm

carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:WAIT!

DuuuUUUDE?!

How did I not get a notification when you made that Sunsurge post? WTF for real!
I'm glad Cram said something, causing me to scroll up.

He looks pretty damn AWESOME!
That's about the time when the site went bits up for the weekend. I saw them awesome yellow streaker pics.

Yeah, I dropped Surge then the server dropped US. :lol:

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:35 pm

Well that explains it.

Both those guys look DOPE as H. E. Double Hockey Sticks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:59 am

You know what other trouble hemming and hawing over Sunsurge has gotten me? A rather severe case of the needys for Badcube's Brawn figure. It looks like dope pimp ****!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:02 am

BC's Brawn did nothing for me. I can't explain why, and I can't even suggest ways of making him better, but there's something about him that makes me rather underwhelmed :-?

So let's rap about MP Ironhide y'all.
His transformation is the work of witchcraft. And like, I preformed it, so I guess that means I'm a witch, so now I have that to deal with. Half of those friggin van panels somehow magically fold up into his chest and is incredibly slick. The hip panels and butt wheels wouldn't even be on my radar if they weren't so talked about. That head sculpt is spot on. He is big, solid, and can pull off almost any pose you want. His accessories... damn. You'd think he was a Figuarts or Figma with all those extras. He has a beauty of a van mode, only criticism being his front wheels. They're just attached to flappy plastic dealy and it doesn't look very "Masterpiece" to me. Outside of that though, its cherry.

Overall, I'd recommend him to anyone. He's intuitive and a lot of fun.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:46 am

That's it, you nailed it. Ironhide reminds me of a figma. He almost looks like a non-transformable figure. He's nice and sleek with just enough auto bits to look like a transformer. The other MP cars look like they obivously turn into something else with vestigial car parts here and there.

He always looked cool to me, but now he looks required. It also helps they everyone been dumping praise on him.

I think my collecting compass may be finding it's bearings.

Edit: I somehow missed the pics above. So Thundericecream is tasty delicious, yes? Good to hear.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:07 pm

shajaki wrote:His thoughts on Old Ironflaps

best post I've read all day.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:37 pm

carytheone wrote:That's it, you nailed it. Ironhide reminds me of a figma. He almost looks like a non-transformable figure. He's nice and sleek with just enough auto bits to look like a transformer. The other MP cars look like they obivously turn into something else with vestigial car parts here and there.

BOOM!!!!!

I finally know what my problem with Ironhide is. Something about him has nagged at me since the first pics were revealed, and once I had him in hand, I didn't feel as if he really fit in on my MP shelf (or won't once it's set back up). I couldn't put the feeling into words, but now I can.

He is too damn clean. :lol:

As you said, Cary, he doesn't have the vehicle kibble all the others do. Aside from his chest, almost nothing remains of his alt mode. That's what nagged at me. Now that I've identified the nag, I think I can let it go now.