The Energon Pub

[Cyberpath]

Just paid for LG10 Arcee!

[Mkall]

My only beef with Takara's Arcee is her unpainted gun. I might find a Hasbro Arcee at some point just for her gun.

[cramoptimus maximus]

Agreed, it is irresponsible for manufacturers and some of the transformers specialty stores for offering these figures and agreements of preorder and purchase, and not be able to honor it...

I am still waiting for TFSource to have the decency to notify everyone who preordered MP 10 Eva and say "sorry, you aint getting your preordered figure", if they had done so, I could have bought it from another store before it was too late. Instead, my preorder still stands and will likely go unfulfilled forever...

I hope my preordered fembots find their way home...

U listening TFSouce?

[Agamemnon]

Is it possible that this is some confusion due to Chinese New Year and that the rest of the shipments will be coming in a month or so?

[SKYWARPED_128]

Is it possible that this is some confusion due to Chinese New Year and that the rest of the shipments will be coming in a month or so?

That's quite possible.

Another possibility is that HasTak couldn't make enough stock in time, what with Chinese New Year being so close, as most workers are preparing for their trip back to their respective hometowns already. Chinese New Year is like the single most important festival in China. You couldn't pay a factory worker enough to stay and make more toys (relatively speaking), as it's likely the only holiday long enough for him to spend time with family and friends in his hometown.

Hopefully we'll see more stock being produced later on.

[prjkt]

Damn, Windblade is now showing as "discontinued" in my HLJ order... Whether or not I'll still get one isn't clear atm

[Sabrblade]

Pffft. 'Shortage' of Arcee/Windblade/Chromia? Well, why not? They haven't turned up HERE either....

I got my Chromia from Walmart.

My only beef with Takara's Arcee is her unpainted gun. I might find a Hasbro Arcee at some point just for her gun.

But the pink gun is show-accurate:

[-Kanrabat-]

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-shit-i-put-up-with.jpg

[Sabrblade]

Takara going for show-accuracy ought to be a no brainer at this point.

[Cyberpath]

Got the shipping notice earlier today!

[grimdragon2001]

Got the shipping notice earlier today!

lucky, i havent even gotten a payment request yet, preorder is still up but all 3 are showing as discontinued. Im worried because this is my first HLJ order so im not sure how things work

[fenrir72]

Got the shipping notice earlier today!

WTF? I still haven't gotten anything. The email I got today just told me to basically wait while they sort things out. I ordered one of each of the 3 angels.


If this sh*t hits the fan and hlj won't guarantee my one of each fig order, I'm gonna be raising bloody hell at them! I, for the first time ordered 3 figs at the same time instead of hobbysearch/amiami. I hope I won't regret that decision!

[grimdragon2001]

Got the shipping notice earlier today!

WTF? I still haven't gotten anything. The email I got today just told me to basically wait while they sort things out. I ordered one of each of the 3 angels.

I havent even gotten a wait while they sort things out email, I just sent them an email asking about the order. talk about aggravating

[fenrir72]

Ordered 08/10/2014

hlj offered their stocks at Y 250 less and now they are having troubles fulfilling demand........they're really scaring me!

Here's the email btw

"Thank you for writing. We have received them but the supply was very short. We have reduced the orders for multiple pieces to one piece each, and are now fulfilling them strictly by chronological orders. We cannot guarantee if your order will be fulfilled or not at this point. Please check your order status tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience, but your understanding is appreciated.

Best Regards,

Kunihiko Matsugu
HobbyLink Japan "

[Sabrblade]

What's the likelihood of Takara doing another run of the three?

[Ravage XK]

What's the likelihood of Takara doing another run of the three?

Nothing drives demand like a shortage, so I think they will.

[fenrir72]

Just got a pay now email request.

We are pleased to inform you that the following item(s) are now reserved for you at HobbyLink Japan. Payment for these items via PayPal is now due, and we ask that you submit your payment within 3 days.

To complete your PayPal or credit card via PayPal payment to us, click the link below or copy and paste into your browser:

Fine. clicked the pay now button. Lesson learned? Stick with your regular supplier despite the first to sell and Y250 less mark down offer. Some things are just TOO good to be true.

[fenrir72]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

[Sabrblade]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

[SW's SilverHammer]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

Say what you will about how the Japanese production and reinterpretation of beast wars, that's a really damn adorable use of the Airachnid character model; with some minor modification.

[-Kanrabat-]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

And NOW you guys tell this while there's no more Aircachnid toys to mod.
...
Heeeeeeeyyyyyyy....... I do have a spare Legion one. Time to make my tinyest custom yet!

[fenrir72]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

My many thanks AND..................there's no actual figure of her yet? I'd get one in an instant!

Btw, finally got a confirm of my 3 fembots shipping from hlj.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

And NOW you guys tell this while there's no more Aircachnid toys to mod.
...

Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

[-Kanrabat-]

Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Ah, but you forget that I've got a 3d printer. I'm not saying it'll be easy, but I could technically replace the problematic parts with custom designed ones.