The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **mbd88prime** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:22 pm

check them out

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=third%20party&page=3

looks like they can mount to the back of op or nemesis prime if you look at the pic of the purple one its got a clip thingy

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:48 pm

Shiny. I picked up the purple one for my SG Ultra Magnus.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:57 pm

thanks for bringing these to my attention. Was thinking of getting the Matrix Sword but these must be plastic, which will be a lot nicer to figures' arm joints. Also, the blue and purple are all glowy gummi goodness.

edit: for the record, TFSource have them up for preorder too

News Credits: 1 · by **mbd88prime** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:39 pm

yeah i nabbed a regular chrome one and a blue one cuz i couldnt decide and cuz i got fe prime and bh prime now and they both need accurate (not green) swords!

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:20 am

I grabbed all 3 but I may cancel 1 or 2.

I'll be getting the basic one for sure though, I've been pretty happy with his swords.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:18 am

Are we talking about the Star Sabers produced by Dr Wu?
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/dr-wu-tp08-sky-breaker-t90229.php
Was there ever confirmation what these are made out of; metal or plastic?
If they are plastic (or a mix), are the blades clear/translucent?

A see through blade would of course make perfect sense as a chromed/coloured metal blade would look odd and be too heavy, if their Metal Storm blaster is anything to go by? :???:

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:20 am

Hope these are plastic. the diecast is nice but if the figure doesn't have ratchets joints it gets floppy..

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:21 am

Also if these are plastic... why is chrome plastic more expensive then diecast? Is that just the norm?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:31 pm

mooncake623 wrote:Also if these are plastic... why is chrome plastic more expensive then diecast? Is that just the norm?

Companies use poor metals (aluminum, copper) in die-cast. If toys are actually chromed with chromium, then it is going to be relatively more expensive.

by **Henry921** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:19 am

Just preordered all 3 from TFSource! The gray and blue ones for FE OP, the purple one for SG Battle Tanker OP.

I love that these swords are 17cm. They're taller and heavier than the average deluxe and cost about the same!

by **roBROmanceFTW** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:16 am

mooncake623 wrote:Hope these are plastic. the diecast is nice but if the figure doesn't have ratchets joints it gets floppy..

QFT...Tired of the heavy die-cast. :BANG_HEAD:

These do look nice though! I have the blue one preordered.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:05 pm

roBROmanceFTW wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Hope these are plastic. the diecast is nice but if the figure doesn't have ratchets joints it gets floppy..

QFT...Tired of the heavy die-cast. These do look nice though! I have the blue one preordered.

I'll agree with that, too. It's nice to have something as substantial as a diecast piece, but it doesn't mean a thing when it's a display item and the damn thing is too heavy for the figure to hold it up. I bought Metal Storm as I've given up trying to find a TFC-005 set at a reasonable price, but there's no way I'm putting that in any figure's hands. Might use it to prop my door open instead.

EDIT: Oh yeah. I forgot to comment on the actual topic item. They look good. I'll be getting one or two. :-B