The Energon Pub

[Mr Skram]

And that's all I have to say about that.

[RevTibe]

I personally think the yellow chest of the original complimented the design much more nicely, but I'm glad peeps trying to get their movie cast as accurate as possible have an option here.

Shades of green feel hard to pin down, considering the variability of animation, broadcast etc.

[Carnivius_Prime]

I personally think the yellow chest of the original complimented the design much more nicely

I like the yellow chest but I loathed the yellow plastic colour Hasbro used, so I ended up painting over all the yellow plastic on my Springer with a richer ever so slightly orangey yellow that I had also used to add extra details on my AoE Deluxe Bumblebee (like the yellow strips on the thighs the Takara version has and my Hasbro one was missing) and I think it looks much better.

[bvzxa]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

[Hellscream9999]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say no to the repaint drug.

Meh, I'd rather Cloud Rodimus, than some new, uninspired generic hot rod. Now if we're talking the futuristic semi version, I could definitely do with a 2016 version of the semi truck

[megatronus]

I wilI proudly declare my support for this Springer - I like it. It may be my favorite version of this mold.

[william-james88]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

[Hellscream9999]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

The Cloud line? I dunno, that may explain the price tag for all of them

[steals_your_goats]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

The Cloud line? I dunno, that may explain the price tag for all of them

Half of them were eHobby exclusives the other half were TTMall exclusives. http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Cloud

[Hellscream9999]

Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

The Cloud line? I dunno, that may explain the price tag for all of them

Half of them were eHobby exclusives the other half were TTMall exclusives. http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Cloud

Ouch, yeah, that really explains things; but now that you mention it, I do remember reading that about this line

[william-james88]

Ouch, yeah, that really explains things; but now that you mention it, I do remember reading that about this line

Yeah these werent standard takara issues, they are more like the Japan equivalent of Club figures or con exclusives in the US.

[Hellscream9999]

Ouch, yeah, that really explains things; but now that you mention it, I do remember reading that about this line

Yeah these werent standard takara issues, they are more like the Japan equivalent of Club figures or con exclusives in the US.

Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

[william-james88]

Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

[Hellscream9999]

Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Yes, clearly quite a large amount of time and effort was invested in that line, they all felt so 'fresh' and unhindered by the need to be slavishly 'G1', it was a real breath of fresh air

[Sabrblade]

Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Yes, clearly quite a large amount of time and effort was invested in that line, they all felt so 'fresh' and unhindered by the need to be slavishly 'G1', it was a real breath of fresh air

Even though Cloud Optimus had the most slavishly cartoon-accurate deco the Classics Optimus mold ever had.

[Evil Eye]

Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Yes, clearly quite a large amount of time and effort was invested in that line, they all felt so 'fresh' and unhindered by the need to be slavishly 'G1', it was a real breath of fresh air

Even though Cloud Optimus had the most slavishly cartoon-accurate deco the Classics Optimus mold ever had.

It's a real shame the Cloud Optimus Prime is so expensive on the aftermarket because it's easily my favourite G1-style deco for Prime.

[Wolfman Jake]

I wilI proudly declare my support for this Springer - I like it. It may be my favorite version of this mold.

I second that notion!

It's a real shame the Cloud Optimus Prime is so expensive on the aftermarket because it's easily my favourite G1-style deco for Prime.

I second that one too!

[shajaki]

I pre-ordered this Springer the second I could. Whatever shade of greens he turns out to be I'm sure he'll look fine in hand.

S'funny all the talk about Cloud Rodimus, I got one recently and felt very... underwhelmed. I think his base red is a little dark, and I got sorta bummed out when I realized I couldn't logically put him in my C/G movie display next to G Springer.

[william-james88]

I pre-ordered this Springer the second I could. Whatever shade of greens he turns out to be I'm sure he'll look fine in hand.

S'funny all the talk about Cloud Rodimus, I got one recently and felt very... underwhelmed. I think his base red is a little dark, and I got sorta bummed out when I realized I couldn't logically put him in my C/G movie display next to G Springer.

I totally get that last part. But what fans were happy about was that he was a better representation of his current appearance in MTMTE and that he scales well with Generations Magnus in that context.



By the way, lessons learnt, be very careful of searching "MTMTE Rodimus and Magnus" on google images, there is some fan art there you can never unsee.

[-Kanrabat-]

By the way, lessons learnt, be very careful of searching "MTMTE Rodimus and Magnus" on google images, there is some fan art there you can never unsee.

And on the very top of the page too!

[Agamemnon]

By the way, lessons learnt, be very careful of searching "MTMTE Rodimus and Magnus" on google images, there is some fan art there you can never unsee.

And on the very top of the page too!

Indeed. This is like going to a high place and saying, "don't look down!!"

[Cobotron]

My goodness! What is that all about?

[william-james88]

It was supposed to be a lessons learnt guys, not "lets copy Willy's mistake!"

[shajaki]

[Cobotron]

The strange and wonderful twists and turns of late night foruming.
Let's see if we can get out of this back alley, and back to Main St.


What's left for the Legends line? Have all the 2014 Generations toys been released in Legends?
You guys think Takara will release Titan Masters under Legends or it's own line?