The Energon Pub

blackeyedprime wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Just a quick interlude to remind folk that this is the thread for SS86 toys, not bash on YouTuber. Keep it on the toys, not the people.

Tbf none of the news staff have the balls to place his reviews in the ill gotten figure reviews thread or tell him to post them there

Please stop.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
Not of topic, Its 86 related. But definetely very good looking so far. Maybe you can add in some junkion emergin from the ground?

Thanks. There are quite a few details to add to that surface still.
In terms of figures, since I have Hot Rod and Kup in the Skarkticon Pit, this scene will have:
Wreck-gar and Springer fighting, with "Daniel" (SS86 Spike), Arcee, Perceptor, Magnus, and Blurr in the background watching, weapons drawn, but not firing since Springer is so close to W-g.
IF I end up with Junkheap, I'll have him fighting either Blurr or Perceptor, who will be back to back with Springer.

Either way, this is completely '86 movie inspired.

Grahf_ wrote:Meanwhile about an hour ago I just read some new leaked listing that had a deluxe Legacy EV Shrapnel coming. So the day was indeed still young.

What's "EV"?

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:Meanwhile about an hour ago I just read some new leaked listing that had a deluxe Legacy EV Shrapnel coming. So the day was indeed still young.

What's "EV"?

Theory is "Evolution", what would have been a subtitle like "Siege" under Legacy

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:Meanwhile about an hour ago I just read some new leaked listing that had a deluxe Legacy EV Shrapnel coming. So the day was indeed still young.

What's "EV"?

Theory is "Evolution", what would have been a subtitle like "Siege" under Legacy

I see... Thank you.
Although I wonder how that word is being applied to the line...

Sowndwave76 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:Meanwhile about an hour ago I just read some new leaked listing that had a deluxe Legacy EV Shrapnel coming. So the day was indeed still young.

What's "EV"?

Theory is "Evolution", what would have been a subtitle like "Siege" under Legacy

I see... Thank you.
Although I wonder how that word is being applied to the line...

It isn't. It was an early working name for Legacy before it was dropped. Retailers have the abbreviation for it in their system because it was still around at the time that they were first entering the line into their systems.

primalxconvoy wrote:

noctorro wrote:Does Prime vs Prime steal these unreleased toys?
Or does he get them from someone who stole them?

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Of course it's from prime vs prime!

There's a dedicated thread devoted to discussing the likes of CrimevsCrime, Gonrong and Shiftytron, which can be found here:

- https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads ... -them.922/

(If there's an equivalent thread at Seibertron, please let me know, and I'll update the link above).

Thanks man, will check it out. Sorry for going offtopic. Was kind of a brainfart and been wondering why for quite some time.

Ontopic:

I'm happy we're getting a lot of different G1 Ironhides.
This one looks a little off. But it's still a ton better than that Energon Towline repaint that was our G1 Ironhide for years.

That little Core Class Ratchet also looks great.
It can be done, because that armor Cyberverse Ratchet was also a great little toy good in both modes.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:Meanwhile about an hour ago I just read some new leaked listing that had a deluxe Legacy EV Shrapnel coming. So the day was indeed still young.

What's "EV"?

Theory is "Evolution", what would have been a subtitle like "Siege" under Legacy

I see... Thank you.
Although I wonder how that word is being applied to the line...

It isn't. It was an early working name for Legacy before it was dropped. Retailers have the abbreviation for it in their system because it was still around at the time that they were first entering the line into their systems.

Yeah, if anyone looks at the pegs at Walmart they'll see that those also say Legacy Ev. Hasbro said Legacy wouldn't be a trilogy but they never said it would only be one year.

Emerje

noctorro wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

noctorro wrote:Does Prime vs Prime steal these unreleased toys?
Or does he get them from someone who stole them?

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Of course it's from prime vs prime!

There's a dedicated thread devoted to discussing the likes of CrimevsCrime, Gonrong and Shiftytron, which can be found here:

- https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads ... -them.922/

(If there's an equivalent thread at Seibertron, please let me know, and I'll update the link above).

Thanks man, will check it out. Sorry for going offtopic. Was kind of a brainfart and been wondering why for quite some time.

No problem. That's why the thread was created!

Images of Transformers Studio Series 86 Ironhide's alt mode were posted on the Cybertron 21 Facebook page.
We see the figures from many angles including the front back, side and even under where we can see the gun storage in van mode. This toy is not revealed by Hasbro yet, but it is an upcoming voyager class toy in the Studio Series line. And with us getting Ironhide, a voyager Ratchet will come eventually. Ironhide will not be an exclusive, but we do not know about the eventual Ratchet yet.

I do hope that's just an unfinished version since it's missing Ironhide's traditional yellow stripes.

Ironhide looks good. Though it looks like they're still having trouble getting the plastic, and the paint colors to match...

I love it.... and I hate it.

I had the siege Ironhide. next year, Earthrise happened, and I didn't have room for both, so I replaced the siege one. now here we are with a new better option.

at least I wont have the same issue with the inevitable Ratchet release, since I was never able to snag the amazon set.

Sabrblade wrote:I do hope that's just an unfinished version since it's missing Ironhide's traditional yellow stripes.

I hope so too. The lack of the yellow stripes is a bit jarring. You can see where a stripe should go in the line detail molded into the side panels. The way the legs transform should hide the stripes too, so it shouldn’t be a matter of robot mode accuracy to omit them. I wish that the tailgate window was at least painted, but I can see that being skipped if that area still forms the robot mode feet, which do need to be only red for robot mode screen accuracy. Looking at the back bumper, you can see that the left and right halves weren’t painted the same way. The right side either uses a brighter shade of silver or has more coats of paint compared to the left side. The right side also has much crisper edges. This definitely looks like a test shot for paint applications from the factory.

Still unsure on this.
The good: side windows and wheels.
The bad: mismatched colors and the two clear tabs that end up looking like lights.
The ugly: front of the van is eeeww and those hinge bumps on the sides.

I know this is an unfinished model so I'm sure some things like the lack of stripe and colour matching are going to be fixed (latter kinda, HasTak does sometimes flub it, heh.)
But that's a pretty solid looking van, just a bit funny that it took HasTak this long. Third time's the charm, huh?

I'm guessing the clear tabs on top are most definitely for the Ratchet retool, but I do sincerely hope they're a lot less blatant on the final thing.

Also I just barely noticed the hinges, about the only "real" blemish I can see with the vehicle mode. Even then I can easily ignore them and keep in mind it's a retail toy meant to pull double duty as an action figure to help excuse it.

Overall this is really, really good.
I’m totally in for this figure, even though I was pretty happy with the ER version.
I don’t even really care that much about the van mode, but even the couple things I question or don’t like aren’t concerning.

And again, definitely excited that Ratchet will use this mold.

Van mode is looking pretty good

Thing is, I could never find Siege Ironhide or Ratchet. And considering how badly I disliked the ER versions, I think the SS86 is going to be my best bet.

SpaceEagle wrote:I know this is an unfinished model so I'm sure some things like the lack of stripe and colour matching are going to be fixed

They won't. Also, we should know by now that we can't see color matching from pictures since the camera lens will pick up different things than our own human eye. In hand it might match better.

Also, kudos to Hasbro for designing a hinge close to where the side mirrors would be so that it looks less out of place.

william-james88 wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:I know this is an unfinished model so I'm sure some things like the lack of stripe and colour matching are going to be fixed

They won't. Also, we should know by now that we can't see color matching from pictures since the camera lens will pick up different things than our own human eye. In hand it might match better.

Also, kudos to Hasbro for designing a hinge close to where the side mirrors would be so that it looks less out of place.

Fair point, people said the Sunstreaker paint match was pretty bad but having the figure in hand it wasn't really that glaring.

SpaceEagle wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:I know this is an unfinished model so I'm sure some things like the lack of stripe and colour matching are going to be fixed

They won't. Also, we should know by now that we can't see color matching from pictures since the camera lens will pick up different things than our own human eye. In hand it might match better.

Also, kudos to Hasbro for designing a hinge close to where the side mirrors would be so that it looks less out of place.

Fair point, people said the Sunstreaker paint match was pretty bad but having the figure in hand it wasn't really that glaring.

Yeah, great example. And that mismatched looked really bad in pictures.

william-james88 wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:I know this is an unfinished model so I'm sure some things like the lack of stripe and colour matching are going to be fixed

They won't. Also, we should know by now that we can't see color matching from pictures since the camera lens will pick up different things than our own human eye. In hand it might match better.

Also, kudos to Hasbro for designing a hinge close to where the side mirrors would be so that it looks less out of place.

Fair point, people said the Sunstreaker paint match was pretty bad but having the figure in hand it wasn't really that glaring.

Yeah, great example. And that mismatched looked really bad in pictures.

Still does. Can't believe how it looks good in hands and immediately looks bad in photos. I know why, but still can't believe it

As long as this comes with a black and white cat, I'll be happy...