The Energon Pub

[fenrir72]

Oh. As for the loss of detail with either versions, try using the pain in the @zz to attach decals by Ocean Designs/Eness. It will make your figures look even better!. I'd have preferred the official decals by Hb (the limited issues for the combiners) but the media where they are printed makes for them to peel off easily. The onse by Ocean/Eness, though again, a pain to apply are tin to the surface when applied and 90% of the time adhere well and not peel off easily.

I'm not sure if these count , but I recently got my hands on the Hasbro Asia sticker set for Devy (non metallic). I applied them to my Hasbrostator and it made a world of difference.

You can check em here.

It was a 4 hour labor of love and I'm very happy with the results. They've only been on for a short time, but seem to be sticking alright. There are some wrap around corner stickers that have me worried though.

OCD alert.......typo of onse....should be once

Anyway, caryD1, the thickness of those decals from e of bay. That's the issue I have. It's first party but when applied around angles, they bulge and warp and have this tendency to flake off.

The other item I mentioned, both official franchise and unofficial (both by the same company go figure ) are quite a pain to apply but also almost the best this side of Hb with reprolabels coming in third.

Pain in the @ss too as OceanDesigns and Eness don't have "official" instructions.

[Va'al]

Via the Facebook page TFND, we have news of Toys'R'Us Taiwan incentive for store buyers: a Takara Tomy Transformers Unite Warriors Deluxe Groove will be given as a freebie with purchases of NT 1799 (approx $55)! If you have some Taiwanese friends, and are still looking for the solo motorbike, now may be a good time to contact them again..

[King Kuuga]

I forsee a lot of Grooves on the secondary market for $60 and a lot of wave 5 and 6 stuff flooding the secondary market for piss cheap. This still seems like the easiest way to get Deluxe Groove outside of the UW set but damn, that's still hell for anybody outside of Taiwan, especially since most people already have everything they wanted at this point.

[gavinfuzzy]

Am currently in TW, will check out the promo this Friday.

I don't own any version of defensor yet. I would not mind picking up the CW protectorbots + get a free groove. Only concern is if they include the feet/hand part with groove.

[Roadbuster]

Hasbro is likely to release Groove online within the next few months, like with Slingshot and Wildrider. I'll wait until then.

[InsaneJester17]

Re: Taiwan TRU Offering Free Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Groove with Minimum Purchase (1774944)
Posted by gavinfuzzy on March 23rd, 2016 @ 7:15am CDT
Am currently in TW, will check out the promo this Friday.

I don't own any version of defensor yet. I would not mind picking up the CW protectorbots + get a free groove. Only concern is if they include the feet/hand part with groove.

Uhm, grab me one too please?

[TF-fan kev777]

Whew! Knowing they already have Groove in single packaging makes it much more likely of a release in the US.

[Sabrblade]

Hasbro is likely to release Groove online within the next few months, like with Slingshot and Wildrider. I'll wait until then.

Don't hold your breath.

[xMXUx]

New picture of UW Computron from TF Yuki:

イベントの準備も大変ですが、ユナイトウォリアーズシリーズも順調に作業中！
情報解禁はもう少々お待ちください。

Translation via Google:

Event preparation of is also very , but Unite Warriors series in also steadily work !
Information lifting of the ban , please wait a little longer .

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Really not bad when you think it's like buy 4 limbs get a fifth free

[steals_your_goats]

I'm really liking all the detail on Computron's chest. Can't wait to see it fully revealed. Judging from the tweet it shouldn't be much longer.

[Cobotron]

Man, Hasbro should do proof of purchase mail aways like they used to for Groove.
The Omnibots were awesome, and they used to do it for G.I. Joes all the time.
Times have changed, I guess.

[TF-fan kev777]

Man, Hasbro should do proof of purchase mail aways like they used to for Groove.
The Omnibots were awesome, and they used to do it for G.I. Joes all the time.
Times have changed, I guess.

Ha! I just found my very old and beaten up William the Refrigerator Perry GI Joe mailaway figure a few months ago.

[Cobotron]

Man, Hasbro should do proof of purchase mail aways like they used to for Groove.
The Omnibots were awesome, and they used to do it for G.I. Joes all the time.
Times have changed, I guess.

Ha! I just found my very old and beaten up William the Refrigerator Perry GI Joe mailaway figure a few months ago.

See! Remember how awesome that was?

[Primeultimus]

From Taiwan Facebook page Transformers Never Die https://www.facebook.com/TransformersNe ... 5736308300

[Cobotron]

Boy! That sure looks ready for North American release.

[Sabrblade]

It's the TRU Taiwan exclusive - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/taiwan-tru-offering-free-takara-transformers-unite-warriors-groove-with-minimum-purchase/34973/

[Cobotron]

It's the TRU Taiwan exclusive - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/taiwan-tru-offering-free-takara-transformers-unite-warriors-groove-with-minimum-purchase/34973/

Thanks! I know what it is. My point is you don't put out the resources and time into all that packaging to produce 500-1000 units for give aways. I'm thinking it's a good bet Groove is headed our way.

[Autobot N]

Yeah, I'm with Cobs on this one.

[Roadbuster]

Hasbro is likely to release Groove online within the next few months, like with Slingshot and Wildrider. I'll wait until then.

Don't hold your breath.

Care to wager a Shiny New Combiner Wars Deluxe Groove on that?

Oh, and btw, you'd be paying for shipping too.

[ZeroWolf]

I think they'll be waiting and launching it alongside combaticon blast off

[Sabrblade]

It's the TRU Taiwan exclusive - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/taiwan-tru-offering-free-takara-transformers-unite-warriors-groove-with-minimum-purchase/34973/

Thanks! I know what it is. My point is you don't put out the resources and time into all that packaging to produce 500-1000 units for give aways.

It's happened before.

For instance:

[william-james88]

It's the TRU Taiwan exclusive - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/taiwan-tru-offering-free-takara-transformers-unite-warriors-groove-with-minimum-purchase/34973/

Thanks! I know what it is. My point is you don't put out the resources and time into all that packaging to produce 500-1000 units for give aways.

It's happened before.

For instance:

But once again, that is tied to 3H as a con exclusive, which is the same kind of stuff I pointed to above.

[King Kuuga]

It's the TRU Taiwan exclusive - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/taiwan-tru-offering-free-takara-transformers-unite-warriors-groove-with-minimum-purchase/34973/

Thanks! I know what it is. My point is you don't put out the resources and time into all that packaging to produce 500-1000 units for give aways.

It's happened before.

For instance:

http://static.seibertron.com/images/toy ... or-001.jpg[/img]

But once again, that is tied to 3H as a con exclusive, which is the same kind of stuff I pointed to above.

Uh, when? I checked the last few pages and nada. I think you're thinking of the Legends thread where you compared Predacus to the Legends EX Beast Wars guys. Or something else entirely.


As for Groove, I hope he gets a North American release somehow. I want him so.
Now here's a question. Can anybody spot any differences from the Takara version? I know it's a low-quality packaged shot, but it's a start.

[Sabrblade]

That's also not U.S. packaging. That's international packaging.

U.S. packaging for CW Deluxes is monolingual and includes a comic book.

It also recycles the old Transformers Legends mobile game artwork for Groove, and appears to be virtually unchanged from Takara's deco.

This is more than likely the Taiwan TRU exclusive, cobbled together by Hasbro Asia.