The Energon Pub

News Credits: 90 · Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:00 pm

That Megatron face mask gimmick is rather spiffy actually. I like it.

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:12 pm

This is what it reminds me of.

post-credit to Zerokaiser on Twitter

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:32 pm

Is it me or does Takara Sqweeks look more rusty than Hasbro Sqweeks?

Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:35 pm

Optimum Supreme wrote:
Also included is a quick GIF showing off Leader Megatron's battle mask faceplate gimmick. It's nifty, if it doesn't give you nightmares!

Nightmares? I pity the fool that gets nightmares from those doofy faces it's like getting nightmares from

another megatron showing off his teeth :lol:

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:38 pm

Why the hell does Hound have square guns :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 13 · Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:40 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:
Also included is a quick GIF showing off Leader Megatron's battle mask faceplate gimmick. It's nifty, if it doesn't give you nightmares!

Nightmares? I pity the fool that gets nightmares from those doofy faces it's like getting nightmares from

another megatron showing off his teeth

He's got quite the dentist.

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:45 am

Courtesy of yours truly, we have some Japanese sightings for Takara Tomy's edition of the Transformers: The Last Knight, found in Gobo's Joshin store (with the movie only hitting in August)! The wave is the first, with Deluxes (20 USD) and Voyagers (32 USD), and One-Steps (8 USD) on display, to the backdrop of an animated commercial for the latter figures. Also, the toys are indeed the same, with the TLK sticker over the Hasbro packaging logos.

Remember: if you come across a sighting for these or any other toys, make sure to mark them up in our Sightings database to help out other fans!

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:58 am

Hm, they seem to be selling the same toys without any modifications in the same packaging...

I didn't know they did that
:MAXIMAL:

Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:24 am

American decos with Japanese stickers slapped on the package lol. Well no wonder they selling at American prices ! Would have loved to see the chug section prices in the same store...

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:45 pm

There is no classics section. That's all there is TF wise.
TRU has more, but the closest one is an hour away on the train.

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:15 am

Via the official Takara Tomy Transformers website, we have news of a Transformers: The Last Knight exclusive to accompany your Optimus Prime figure: a gold chrome and blue version of the Age of Extinction Optimus Prime leader class toy! It'll be exclusive to certain stores, and in limited numbers, as of July 15. Check it out below!

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:47 pm

"Gold Vector Shield" is its name. ;)^

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jun 26, 2017 6:28 pm

Courtesy of the official Toys'R'Us Japan channel on YouTube, we have a new commercial for the exclusive toyline that will be hitting the retailer alongside Transformers: The Last Knight (King, as it's known in the localised release) - some of whom are specific exclusives for the store, such as the two Voyager and Leader Megatrons. The clip uses stop motion animation and voice-over narration, and features the likes of Bumblebee, Sqweeks, Hound, Optimus Prime, Drift and more - leading into the TLK line, the One-Steps, and the Movie Masterpiece figures. Check it out below!

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:36 pm

As the US has Valvoline and Valvotron, Takara Tomy Transformers in Japan has also partnered up with a garage chain - Idemitsu - in order to bring a lottery for its users (Japan only)! The main prize, for 200 winners? TLK Calibur Optimus Prime! Followed by Transformers themed USB chargers and cards. Check it out below.

News Credits: 6188 · Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:50 am

We have an update on the Takara Tomy Transformers: The Last Knight TLK-EX exclusive figure through 7eleven in Japan, the Dark Optimus edition of the Voyager figure, in the form of in-hand images of the figure, the box, and a comparison with Voyager Megatron, as mirrored on the Snakas blog (though the source is fellow collector Anh Quan Nguyen). Check the images out below!

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:04 pm

Via toy blogger Alfes2010 on Twitter, we have a couple of in-hand images of the Takara Tomy Transformers: The Last Knight Gold Vector Shield exclusive accessory - which, as the name suggests, is a gold chromed shield for the Optimus Prime figure from the movie line. Check them out below!

News Credits: 191 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:37 pm

I usually hate chrome, but this is just gorrrrrrrgeous

News Credits: 19 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:32 pm

Aw it's leader class.
Which probably doesn't make any difference to me cos things like this are near impossible to get and likely expensive anyways.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:57 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Aw it's leader class.
Which probably doesn't make any difference to me cos things like this are near impossible to get and likely expensive anyways.

It's the shield that's being shown off. It's a campaign item that comes by itself.

News Credits: 19 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:07 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Aw it's leader class.
Which probably doesn't make any difference to me cos things like this are near impossible to get and likely expensive anyways.
It's the shield that's being shown off. It's a campaign item that comes by itself.

Yeah it's a shield for leader class optimus. I clicked hoping it was for voyager.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:40 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Aw it's leader class.
Which probably doesn't make any difference to me cos things like this are near impossible to get and likely expensive anyways.
It's the shield that's being shown off. It's a campaign item that comes by itself.

Yeah it's a shield for leader class optimus. I clicked hoping it was for voyager.

Well, if it's held by a 5mm peg (I don't know that it is or not), any size class could hold it.

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:47 am

From toy blogger Alfes2010 and Taiwan-based fan Yu Ting An, we have some new in-hand images of Takara Tomy Transformers' The Last Knight (TLK-15) Calibur Optimus Prime - their pumped up leader class figure for the Autobot commander! Included in the images below, we get to see the accessories, robot and vehicle mode, and comparisons with Age of Extinction's (Lost Age, technically) AD-31 Armor Knight Optimus Prime. Check them all out!

News Credits: 2 · Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:40 am

That mod for the backpack shield is rather impressive. I do wish the flames where that darker red though... Looks like an amazing figure, and the best-of-the-best in every way. I really don't know how Hasbro hasn't gotten this one or the previous version out of Japan.

News Credits: 19 · Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:41 am

It's nice (particularly the paintjob) but I still hate those shoulder pads and how you can't put flames on them cos they form the top of the truck.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:46 am

That's a good point. Flames on those shoulders would look badass... Maybe if they could rotate around? But then you'd expose the ball-socket.

(slightly off-topic: I didn't know there were domestic pre-orders for him: https://www.tfsource.com/transformers-t ... mus-prime/ - especially with the "bonus" sword)