The Energon Pub

News Credits: 25 · Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:37 pm

fenrir72 wrote:Just a trivial pursuit but for those who own Windblade. Underneath her nose cone, there this gray color circle slot. Any idea what it's for?

I believe it's for a Bandai Tamashii stage, kinda like Skybyte's or Brainstorm's. Especially seeing as it ends up on her back like them.

News Credits: 60 · Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:09 pm

Posing stand slot? Gotcha! Thanks.

News Credits: 13 · Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:23 am

fenrir72 wrote:Posing stand slot? Gotcha! Thanks.

Just be warned that its a rather loose connection. if its not put on right she'll flop around and fall off it

News Credits: 60 · Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:39 am

grimdragon2001 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Posing stand slot? Gotcha! Thanks.

Just be warned that its a rather loose connection. if its not put on right she'll flop around and fall off it

Acrylic nail polish.....here I come! :grin:

Thaks gd!

News Credits: 13 · Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:27 pm

This may be the wrong place to pst this but, Ive been looking at Chromia's mini-comic and as i look at Slipstream, I cant help but to think she could be retooled from Windblade pretty well. Anybdy else get that vibe?

News Credits: 372 · Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:44 pm

I think LG10 Arcee may be one of my best figures. The articulation is brilliant, so many possible poses. The light-piping is also some of the best.
Kudos to Hironori Kobayashi for EMOP, MP-22, and this.

News Credits: 60 · Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:27 pm

Cyberpath wrote:I think LG10 Arcee may be one of my best figures. The articulation is brilliant, so many possible poses. The light-piping is also some of the best.
Kudos to Hironori Kobayashi for EMOP, MP-22, and this.

Well, this gal (Arcee) was the kit bash that was responsible for his being hired by Takara in the 1st place not so long ago. Be nice to a lady and the paybacks are wild beyond your dreams! :BOWDOWN:

Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:53 pm

When are we going to see the Legends Megatron deco, as far as I know we haven't see it yet correct?

News Credits: 293 · Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:19 pm

I've got all three versions of the Generations Skybyte mold so here they are for your viewing pleasure

(who else wants a TM2 Cybershark?)

News Credits: 241 · Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:25 pm

shajaki wrote:(who else wants a TM2 Cybershark?)

I do!

News Credits: 60 · Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:27 pm

warzon3 wrote:When are we going to see the Legends Megatron deco, as far as I know we haven't see it yet correct?

ETA May 2015. So come end of March or April we'll be geting leaked images.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:39 pm

My first figure from the Legends line. I don't normally go for the imports because I'm quite often broke, but there is no excuse for Windblade fans to not have this version in their collection.

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:00 am

Thanks to Australian fan HQT on Twitter, and via Seibertronian ScottyP's notification, we have a first look at what the Takara Tomy version of the Leader Class Generations Megatron figure will look like - though the source of the image is unclear (potentially the Japanese All Hail Megatron collection, including the bookmark we reported on a while ago). There seem to be some minor differences on the deco after all: a bit more silver around the waist, and possibly some kind of extension for the cannon in tank mode. Can you spot any others? Let us know in the Energon Pub after checking out the mirrored image below.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:09 am

So in order make it more show-accurate, Takara's Megatron removes paint details from Hasbro Megatron's deco.

Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:23 am

I prefer the duller look to the over all body Silver/Gray vs the Hasbro release, which is usually in reverse as the JP releases are normally the more metallic.

Also, on the packaging, they have done as I have, and reversed his arm cannon. On the Habro box (not sure about the instructions, I have them filled with allllll the others at the moment) the cannon id extended with firing tip from tank mode towards the end of Megs arm, flipping it as shown on the JP box gives him a far more accurate G1 look.

Still in love with this iteration of Megatron. Hes the best addition to the top shelf of my collection in a long time.

Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:41 am

Triptykon wrote:I prefer the duller look to the over all body Silver/Gray vs the Hasbro release, which is usually in reverse as the JP releases are normally the more metallic.

Also, on the packaging, they have done as I have, and reversed his arm cannon. On the Habro box (not sure about the instructions, I have them filled with allllll the others at the moment) the cannon id extended with firing tip from tank mode towards the end of Megs arm, flipping it as shown on the JP box gives him a far more accurate G1 look.

Still in love with this iteration of Megatron. Hes the best addition to the top shelf of my collection in a long time.

Top shelf huh ? Is that your way of saying even though he looks awesome he is TOO BIG to scale with the rest of your CHUG collection ? Lol I might skip this figure for that very reason. I might buy the armada version though if I see it in stores.

News Credits: 372 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:51 am

Va'al wrote:Thanks to Australian fan HQT on Twitter, and via Seibertronian ScottyP's notification, we have a first look at what the Takara Tomy version of the Leader Class Generations Megatron figure will look like - though the source of the image is unclear (potentially the Japanese All Hail Megatron collection, including the bookmark we reported on a while ago). There seem to be some minor differences on the deco after all: a bit more silver around the waist, and possibly some kind of extension for the cannon in tank mode. Can you spot any others? Let us know in the Energon Pub after checking out the mirrored image below.

Also, the inside of the arms is silver. (Red on Hasbro.) This makes him slightly more cartoon-accurate.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:55 am

Looks great as predicted. I still prefer the metallic sheen and added colors of the Hasbro version. That figure seems to "pop" more.

News Credits: 101 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:14 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Also, the inside of the arms is silver. (Red on Hasbro.) This makes him slightly more cartoon-accurate.

The red on the inner arms is surely a refference to the G1 TOY.

That's a good reason for me to go Hasbro because G1 Megs is one very, very awesome toy.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:20 pm

I can't wait, 'nuff said!! :VEHI:

News Credits: 372 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:23 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Also, the inside of the arms is silver. (Red on Hasbro.) This makes him slightly more cartoon-accurate.

The red on the inner arms is surely a refference to the G1 TOY.

That's a good reason for me to go Hasbro because G1 Megs is one very, very awesome toy.

Yes. Hasbro sometimes shoots for the original toys decos while Takara generally for cartoon-accuracy. (fortunately for me.)

News Credits: 293 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:38 pm

While I normally go for show accuracy, I feel removing the red from the inner legs makes him slightly more dull than I can tolerate. I probably won't decide until I can see comparison shots though.