The Energon Pub

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Cobotron wrote:That Gen Blaster is tempting. The Hasbro version was a messy let down as far as paint apps. The toy saved it for me though. All that allspark blue on the Tak one IS dreamy.

I know. I'm using Device Label Broadblast as my C/G Blaster, so I don't need him in that regard. Though I do have a FOC/WFC collection as well... so I'll eventually need him. But y'know, priorities

Dat Blaster is tempting. I've never ordered from tfsource, how's their shipping. I'm guessing like $20 for a single item.

I'm just too lazy to go though the cart process on mah phone.

No way Carythebro. I haven't ordered from them, but I bet their shipping rates are pretty standard for the continental US. They're in Minnesota somewhere. St. Paul-ish. I'd guess 8 bucks.

Thanks, Cobrotron! I just may bite.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote: They're in Minnesota somewhere. St. Paul-ish. I'd guess 8 bucks.

You guys have no clue how lucky you are.

Ignorance is bliss, and I'm pretty happy most of the time.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote: They're in Minnesota somewhere. St. Paul-ish. I'd guess 8 bucks.

You guys have no clue how luck you are.

Land of the free, home of the brave buddy.

Oh yeah? Well... we have poutine.

Hey all Amazon.com has CW G1 Leader Megs for under $40 now sold and shipped by them. If you've been waiting now is a great time to grab it.

Just cruised over to BBTS and saw there was a Leader Class sale.



http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=18934

Nothing too note worthy though. Mostly AoE stuff, they do have Gen Jetfire for $35.

Stuff like this is nice to tag on to an existing pile of loot. Thanks for posting Carry

shajaki wrote:Stuff like this is nice to tag on to an existing pile of loot. Thanks for posting Carry

NP, whadda ya pick up?

I'm tempted to get a second Jetfire to slap that macross reprolables set on.

Tell me this isn't dead sexy.

carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:Stuff like this is nice to tag on to an existing pile of loot. Thanks for posting Carry

NP, whadda ya pick up?

I'm tempted to get a second Jetfire to slap that macross reprolables set on.

Tell me this isn't dead sexy.

I really need to pay attention to Reprolabels updates. It's tempting, but I don't actually have anything on the go with BBTS right now. But being in Canada, it won't end up being such a "steal" for me

carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:Stuff like this is nice to tag on to an existing pile of loot. Thanks for posting Carry

NP, whadda ya pick up?

I'm tempted to get a second Jetfire to slap that macross reprolables set on.

Tell me this isn't dead sexy.

I thought myself as well when I first ran across it.
Talked myself out because its an expense I don't need now.
However if it happens for you, more flicks would be sweet.

This isn't a sale, but I still consider it a "steal".
BBTS recently got a restock of the Hasbro Masterpiece Optimus Prime (MP-10). Y'all know what the secondary market price is for one of these, so I suggest you nab one while you have the chance!

What's the deal with this here?



It looks like a little rubber ball and a plastic key. Does it do anything cool? Or is it just a collectors item?

carytheone wrote:What's the deal with this here?



It looks like a little rubber ball and a plastic key. Does it do anything cool? Or is it just a collectors item?

Just a collectors item, It is the key to vector sigma from the G1 episode of the similar name. It<s what gave the Aerialbots life.

carytheone wrote:What's the deal with this here?

It looks like a little rubber ball and a plastic key. Does it do anything cool? Or is it just a collectors item?

Its actually really cool. As WJ explained, its the Key to Vector Sigma (and Vector Sigma itself) featured in the G1 cartoon, and also in Beast Machines.

The sphere is plastic and has a notch for the key, and the key is solid diecast (and quite satisfying I might add!). The base unfortunately is just cardboard, but I just tossed it aside

apologies for dusty display

Well it looks way cooler in real life. Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Vector Sigma could plug his key into your laptop or PC.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Vector Sigma could plug his key into your laptop or PC.

Has that smilie been here the whole time? It's hilarious.

and a Vector key drive IS a great idea.

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Vector Sigma could plug his key into your laptop or PC.

Has that smilie been here the whole time? It's hilarious.

Nah, I took it from offsite.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They will make it... into a 512mb key!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They will make it... into a 512mb key!

But they are basing it on 1984 standards. That amount of storage would've blown minds

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:Make that key a USB drive and we might have something.

I'd buy that!

USB Key to Vector Sigma. GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They will make it... into a 512mb key!

But they are basing it on 1984 standards. That amount of storage would've blown minds

Well... Have a 250mb hard drive from 1979. Just imagine how much the thing cost at the time!
More than a Ferrari in fact.



But, let's get back to the deals before we get Burn'd.


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Anyone ever tried buying anything from Mandrake? Each times I see a great deal, it's from a vendor who either wont sell outside of Japan, or I have a error message.

I posted this in the RID 2015 thread. I thought it might be pertinent here too?

Here's something I don't quite understand...



At a Walmart in Omaha NE, I found all of wave 1 and 2 RID Legions in the clearance isle. They also had RID Titan (shampoo bottles). What I don't get is that these are current toys. The regular TF section was pretty bleak. A few Combiner Wars W1 Voyagers, A few W2 CW deluxes, 1 of each Leader Megs, 4 or 5 Warrior class RID and some 1 steps. A ton of AOE 1 steps, deluxes, and voyagers. But most of all, empty pegs!
Why are these legions on clearance? Why aren't the AOE toys on clearance? Was this a mistake? My mind is sufficiently boggled, and disappointed that I already bought all of these at full price.
If you're at Wally Town, might be worth a trip down the clearance isle. Who knows you might find Leader Ultra Magnus, or Devastator.

To answer your question ^^ about new figures on clearance, its because the Toy dept Manager of that store is an idiot. They likely have a new plan-o-gram that isn't downloaded (or set up yet) so the new stuff shows as though the store is not meant to sell that line. So they mistakenly mark it as "clearance" when it should be set aside to wait for the new set up to go live. It happens from time to time but most stores mark them with red tags at full price and put them in the "clearance" aisle.

It's also worth noting that Walmart doesn't call it a "clearance aisle" they call it a "items not stocked" aisle and they lump together old "clearance" with other things that don't have a spot on their shelves like returns from another store (where their store doesn't stock the item) or online returns, stuff that was shipped to them on accident, etc.

jamesbenjamin wrote:because the Toy dept Manager of that store is an idiot.

This was my first conclusion.
Thanks.