The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:53 pm

Insurgent wrote:Computron himself is excellent. There's a bit of of play before the ratchet in Lightspeed's combiner port, meaning Computron has a bit of knee wobble on one side, but he still holds fine. Other than that, they really went above and beyond with all the remoulding. Computron may be my favourite. And that's from someone who doesn't really care about the technobots as characters.

My hasbro Wheeljack has the same issue.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:06 pm

My intention was always to put the CW hands/feet onto UW. Which I did the other day. As I said, slight colour difference but not enough to worry about.

This morning I swapped Afterburner. I definitely prefer CW's colours and he looks so much better on UW than UW Afterburner. Aside from Nosecone the UW Technobots are basically red and white. By using CW Afterburner I break that colour up even more.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:17 pm

Just pulled the trigger on UW Computron. It's the only UW combiner I will get. The new heads and weapons along with the mold choice for nose cone (although I hate the hands on the mold) far outweigh the new hands and feet on the Hasbro version and scrounge. There are many 3rd party options for hands and feet and it wouldn't surprise me if the Hasbro hands and feet gets the Ko treatment.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:52 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Just pulled the trigger on UW Computron. It's the only UW combiner I will get. The new heads and weapons along with the mold choice for nose cone (although I hate the hands on the mold) far outweigh the new hands and feet on the Hasbro version and scrounge. There are many 3rd party options for hands and feet and it wouldn't surprise me if the Hasbro hands and feet gets the Ko treatment.

I also got a set from ebay of the original Hb Computron fist/feet for the UW Computicon. The latter really deserves a new set of fists and feet.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 6:44 pm

Burn wrote:My intention was always to put the CW hands/feet onto UW. Which I did the other day. As I said, slight colour difference but not enough to worry about.

This morning I swapped Afterburner. I definitely prefer CW's colours and he looks so much better on UW than UW Afterburner. Aside from Nosecone the UW Technobots are basically red and white. By using CW Afterburner I break that colour up even more.

Can you swap heads on Afterburner?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:04 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Can you swap heads on Afterburner?

I'll try to remember to check that when I get home!
(It's not something I thought of because at the end of the day I only care about the combined mode)

by **Gaudreau** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:36 am

I was always just a collector of MP scaled figures but my 6-year-old son loved the CW stuff. His first foray into Transformers was Hot Spot. This past weekend, I walked by a store in Chinatown and found UW Superion. I never had a full set of the Aerialbots or Technobots so that always bugged me. I of course jumped on that set and bought Superion.

My son and I had so much fun today putting him together and for me, showing him how to transform all the various modes was so awesome. I showed him pictures of the Superion I wanted as a kid and he laughed at how boxy it looked.

We're now hooked on this line so I've decided to get Defensor (we need 4 more bots), UW Computron, Menasor, and Devastator. This has been known in our house as the weekend my son got into Transformers

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 5:26 am

Gaudreau wrote:I was always just a collector of MP scaled figures but my 6-year-old son loved the CW stuff. His first foray into Transformers was Hot Spot. This past weekend, I walked by a store in Chinatown and found UW Superion. I never had a full set of the Aerialbots or Technobots so that always bugged me. I of course jumped on that set and bought Superion.

My son and I had so much fun today putting him together and for me, showing him how to transform all the various modes was so awesome. I showed him pictures of the Superion I wanted as a kid and he laughed at how boxy it looked.

We're now hooked on this line so I've decided to get Defensor (we need 4 more bots), UW Computron, Menasor, and Devastator. This has been known in our house as the weekend my son got into Transformers

Hahaha, that is SO cool man! Congratz on that joyful day.
I also am in need of a Superion, though I wouldn't mind the Hasbro version. And Defensor, I actually prefer as the Hasbro version, sans Rook, plus Deluxe Groove. Hotspot looks so good.

by **Tigerpants1** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:41 pm

Ive just been messing with Computron and I love it!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:15 am

A lot of people have been looking for Grand Galvaron at a decent price. He is still readily available in Japan at the same price being asked when he first came out. The only problem is the shipping which has gone up lately due to the strong yen. But if you want a Galvatron at retail price, its still possible:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-UW ... Sw-kdXy7Gq

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:10 pm

Woohoo, my package has arrived in Canada.... in Vancouver though. Will still take a while to go across Canada to get to the East Coast.

The great news though is that it spent 1 second in customs and that is not long enough to charge me anything :DANCE:

News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:05 pm

23:17 to 23:18 is a minute, goofball.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:13 pm

King Kuuga wrote:23:17 to 23:18 is a minute, goofball.

Woops! Still, doesnt sound like enough time to sit down pull out a calculator and stick on how much I we them.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:18 pm

TFSource still hasn't come in stock yet

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:44 pm

In my quest to get all the UW/CW characters I can, I have actually come a long way in a short amount of time. however the next one I am eyeing the BIG GUY UW-04 Devastator. Surprisingly, unlike most UW, he is still readily in stock on several online retailers. I wonder at what point they may actually drop the price to liquidate stock? It has been out *basically* since end of last year, so a good 8 months +. I would imagine most folks that wanted him already have him, unless like me, they are actually waiting to see a price drop (unlike UW 5-7 so far which are actually skyrocketing in price).

I know it has the additional posablity on some figures, and weapons for each constructicon...(which is why I prefer it to Hasbro's) but that to me does not justify about a $50 dollar price difference between Takara & Hasbro's version. If this was becoming scarce like the others, I may have taken the bait....Oddly enough..

If Takara's had actually been smaller (scaled down to 6 deluxe size), had it come with the window box packaging, and their own artwork (vs using Hasbro's) I probably would have paid around $200 for it. Oh well...I'll just keep checking daily

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:55 pm

For those with both the UW and CW Computrons, could someone take a picture of Computron with UW Scattershot and Nosecone, and with CW Strafe, CW Scrounge, CW Lightspeed, and CW Afterburner? If I'm able to get the UW one, that would be my preferred configuration, and I'd like to see how it looks.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:59 pm

I'd also be curious to see how UW Computron looks with just CW Afterbreaker and CW Hands/feet. Those being the only things from CW Computron I outright prefer.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:10 pm

o.supreme wrote:Surprisingly, unlike most UW, he is still readily in stock on several online retailers. I wonder at what point they may actually drop the price to liquidate stock? It has been out *basically* since end of last year, so a good 8 months +. I would imagine most folks that wanted him already have him, unless like me, they are actually waiting to see a price drop (unlike UW 5-7 so far which are actually skyrocketing in price).

Keep an eye on HLJ as we approach Q4. They marked it down earlier this year pretty significantly, plus it was before the Yen strengthened so it ended up costing me less than the Hasbro one before shipping and thanks to their Private Warehouse system, not much more after shipping.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:50 am

UW Devs initially sold at 18730Y which quickly sold out. Now it's at steady 20,000Y at hlj. Hopefully those who missed him gets the chance to buy him. Really worth the price once you get you mitts on him. If you want him as Devs, go for the Hb but for both individual parts and Devs, the extra weapons and elbows are a fair extra charge.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:59 am

Unfortunately shipping from Japan is always the deal breaker for me in the US. BBTS is usually the cheapest way to go, but I will keep an eye on other sites just in case they do get inexpensive enough so that even with shipping it would be less than $200 U.S. for UW Dev

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:54 am

Just received UW Computicon. Awesome set except for..........Scattershot's wings! :HEADHURTS:

WTF?! It's so soft and fragile.

The only complaint that is, after the default fists and feet.

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:21 pm

I am starting to get impatient with TFSource...
Really thought I'd have UW Comp by now. Supposedly it's happening at the end of this month.

Sounds like this set is a big hit overall.

Not to mention, to save on shipping I'll be getting UW Brut in the same haul.

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:26 pm

Sowndwave76 wrote:I am starting to get impatient with TFSource...
Really thought I'd have UW Comp by now. Supposedly it's happening at the end of this month.

Sounds like this set is a big hit overall.

Not to mention, to save on shipping I'll be getting UW Brut in the same haul.

Preordered my UW Computron from BBTS and it hasn't hit my POL yet. Though to be honest, I have ordered so much stuff in the last couple of months, I don't mind waiting a bit longer to give my wallet a break.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:42 pm

BBTS must have gotten their early small shipment of UW Computron. Mine came.... :WHISTLE:

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:49 pm

Agamemnon wrote:BBTS must have gotten their early small shipment of UW Computron. Mine came....

I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I'm perfectly fine if their next shipment doesn't arrive until next month. On top of the stuff I've recently ordered, I have a few other things on their way, and still hunting for a good deal on TR Blaster and the wave 2 deluxes. CC bill creeping up to dangerously high levels...