The Energon Pub

Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:39 pm

and I'm pretty pleased. Orion and Trailcutter are good solid figures. So is Megatron even though he is very underwhelming. Then there's Bumble Bee...not only a disappointment but a piece of plastic crap. The plastic is thin, too many parts that can fall off and missing paint apps on top of all that. Transforming him his left forearm fell off. Observing the figure, this guy has the potential to fall apart.
However if just one figure in the set had to be a POS, I'm glad it's this one. May see if some sucker on Ebay will buy it.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:32 pm

Funny you should mention your issues with Bumblebee. Almost every time a new BB is released I always have something wrong with mine. All but the Prime figs actually, so far I'm quite pleased with those ones.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

I've yet to find a Bumblebee that'll replace my Classics repaint. Looks like this one won't do the trick either.

Oh well, I'm glad to hear the rest of the wave is pretty decent.

News Credits: 15 · Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:29 pm

SentinelA wrote:The plastic is thin, too many parts that can fall off and missing paint apps on top of all that.

I don't get it. Something new here I'm missing?

News Credits: 12 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:28 am

I got all four as well, but I don't think BB is that bad. And as far as design goes, I think it might be my favorite BB design of all the lines. I was never a fan of the Classics mold because although I like the alt mode, the bot mode is too hard to pose; I never found a way to pose him that didn't look goofy, so I always keep it in alt mode.

I think Trailcutter might be my favorite of the four, though. I plan to get Hoist ASAP.

Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:23 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
SentinelA wrote:The plastic is thin, too many parts that can fall off and missing paint apps on top of all that.

I don't get it. Something new here I'm missing?

LOL No unfortunately not.

Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:28 am

GuyIncognito wrote:I got all four as well, but I don't think BB is that bad. And as far as design goes, I think it might be my favorite BB design of all the lines. I was never a fan of the Classics mold because although I like the alt mode, the bot mode is too hard to pose; I never found a way to pose him that didn't look goofy, so I always keep it in alt mode.

I think Trailcutter might be my favorite of the four, though. I plan to get Hoist ASAP.

Despite his small stature, the new Megatron is by far my favorite. While I won't be displaying him with my other CHUG figures, I will be using him with the Legends scale Optimus and Starscream, to reflect his scale in Revenge of the Decepticons.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:50 am

After playing with them a little more last night, I can understand the complaints about BB. He does kind of have that lightweight hollow feel that's become common lately. However, I still like it better than Movie BB, Animated BB, WFC BB, or Prime BB. Classics BB still has the best BB alt mode, but this one has a better bot mode.

Megatron is pretty cool, but I wish his gun looked more like a gun and less like two bits of kibble stuck together.

OP is cool too. But I think Trailcutter is my favorite of the four.

News Credits: 15 · Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:30 am

Megatron is the standout of the 4 for me but non of them really wow me. Its nice to have an Orion Pax but it really is just another Optimus Prime.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:37 am

Yeah, I'd agree that none of them are really standouts, but they're all nice additions to a Classic-verse collection.

In that context, though, I think Trailcutter is the standout of the group because he fills a hole the the Classics lineup.