The Energon Pub

[Hellscream9999]

aye, clearly they're not gonna give us two figures of the same character in the same line

although.....was wondering if they might've repainted him for the Titans Return line? that's always a possibility

Not really, they did do that, with Thundercracker and Skywarp for instance. But the idea here is that they wouldnt give us 2 different versions of the same character using 2 different molds that both interact in combiner wars. Those thundercrackers dont officially interact with anyone.

Plus, it would be shoved into the tav line and have an illogical sticker slapped on his chest - very threatening

[Jelze Bunnycat]

oh....btw....with this new Blast Off mold....i can definitely see a repaint on the horizon, as Movor! as well as Bruticus as Ruination

Nah, Battle Gaia first:

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

[Hellscream9999]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

[william-james88]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

As Sabr and Jelze will remind you, they didnt release Prime Breakdown, which was their own damn toy Nothing phases me anymore because of this. I strongly suggest to anyone who might want that blastoff and who hasnt bought any components yet to please wait till the japanese sites have preorders. Save your money till then and you could buy it for the same price as you'd buy Hasbro at retail + shipping (but no taxes). I am not leaving anything to chance on this one.

I didnt for Slingshot when I bought takara's Superion and it turns out that was smart because Slingshot was not available at canadian online retail (at least not the ones I checked).

[Hellscream9999]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

As Sabr and Jelze will remind you, they didnt release Prime Breakdown, which was their own damn toy Nothing phases me anymore because of this. I strongly suggest to anyone who might want that blastoff and who hasnt bought any components yet to please wait till the japanese sites have preorders. Save your money till then and you could buy it for the same price as you'd buy Hasbro at retail + shipping (but no taxes). I am not leaving anything to chance on this one.

I didnt for Slingshot when I bought takara's Superion and it turns out that was smart because Slingshot was not available at canadian online retail (at least not the ones I checked).

Well;

1) They know of the appeal to these figures and are probably aware of the amount of money they could make off of them, and have admitted so at botcon's and such (the existence of neck-brace and slingshot prove that, despite the simple head swap)

2) They're of an appropriate size class, and pre-designed to integrate into the current play system - thus making it easy to fill a case with 2 of each, or fill out a TR wave with them at any point

3) They will have the groove mold at some point either way in order to make afterburner, why not make some extra cash off of it?

4) I don't care what anyone say to the contrary, Prime Breakdown's popularity will never hold a candle to that of the original G1 limb-bots

I mean, they could even get cheeky about it and release bigroove as axer or sideways, or someone, and blast-off as pre-earth blast-off, or (armada) jetfire, or anything. I don't need them, but I will be disappointed in hasbro if they don't bother to do so

[Sabrblade]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

As Sabr and Jelze will remind you, they didnt release Prime Breakdown, which was their own damn toy Nothing phases me anymore because of this. I strongly suggest to anyone who might want that blastoff and who hasnt bought any components yet to please wait till the japanese sites have preorders. Save your money till then and you could buy it for the same price as you'd buy Hasbro at retail + shipping (but no taxes). I am not leaving anything to chance on this one.

I didnt for Slingshot when I bought takara's Superion and it turns out that was smart because Slingshot was not available at canadian online retail (at least not the ones I checked).

I just want Groove, I don't care about that new Blastoff.

[Hellscream9999]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

No, it's definitely Neck-Brace, him and Bigroove are the TT exclusive limb-bot's everyone wants

[Deadput]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

In my head canon universe Brake-Neck is the name of a G1 Prime Breakdown so he and G1 Breakdown can Co exist.

It's how I'm treating unite warriors War Breakdown.


And Wildrider is still Wildrider to me despite what toy packaging says.

[Stuartmaximus]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

a lot of broken necks on here

[Burn]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

a lot of broken necks on here

It's why we need lots of Neck-Braces.

[Hellscream9999]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

a lot of broken necks on here

It's why we need lots of Neck-Braces.

His bio and that idea is the origination of the pun of my calling him that

And, HA!, Burn's backing my pun, that means Neck-Brace is his canon name now, right?

[Burn]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

a lot of broken necks on here

It's why we need lots of Neck-Braces.

His bio and that idea is the origination of the pun of my calling him that

And, HA!, Burn's backing my pun, that means Neck-Brace is his canon name now, right?

If it means annoying Sabrblade and his constant desire to be right and correct people, hell yeah!

[Hellscream9999]

neck-brace

Brake-Neck. Brake-Neck.

a lot of broken necks on here

It's why we need lots of Neck-Braces.

His bio and that idea is the origination of the pun of my calling him that

And, HA!, Burn's backing my pun, that means Neck-Brace is his canon name now, right?

If it means annoying Sabrblade and his constant desire to be right and correct people, hell yeah!

Good enough for me

[King Kuuga]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

Well;

1) They know of the appeal to these figures and are probably aware of the amount of money they could make off of them, and have admitted so at botcon's and such (the existence of neck-brace and slingshot prove that, despite the simple head swap)

2) They're of an appropriate size class, and pre-designed to integrate into the current play system - thus making it easy to fill a case with 2 of each, or fill out a TR wave with them at any point

3) They will have the groove mold at some point either way in order to make afterburner, why not make some extra cash off of it?

I sincerely hope Hasbro releases Bigroove and Shuttle Blast Off here, but I am not holding my breath. In the event that they don't, I am prepared to buy KO versions because I already have some Protectobots and Combaticons. I don't generally advocate buying KOs, but in this case it might be the only option that doesn't involve buying a set of figures when I only want one.

[Hellscream9999]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

Well;

1) They know of the appeal to these figures and are probably aware of the amount of money they could make off of them, and have admitted so at botcon's and such (the existence of neck-brace and slingshot prove that, despite the simple head swap)

2) They're of an appropriate size class, and pre-designed to integrate into the current play system - thus making it easy to fill a case with 2 of each, or fill out a TR wave with them at any point

3) They will have the groove mold at some point either way in order to make afterburner, why not make some extra cash off of it?

I sincerely hope Hasbro releases Bigroove and Shuttle Blast Off here, but I am not holding my breath. In the event that they don't, I am prepared to buy KO versions because I already have some Protectobots and Combaticons. I don't generally advocate buying KOs, but in this case it might be the only option that doesn't involve buying a set of figures when I only want one.

Yes, once the blast-off mold is finished (and done being used by TT) I'd imagine hasbro might seek it out to use it. Since Bruticus is being released til June, we could even ask/have it mentioned at botcon.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Oh Hasbro, how I wish I can buy a version of the deluxe Groove mold that is not exclusively in some sort of box set. That'd be great.

You, and me, and many, many others. Honestly, hasbro would have to be really dumb (and strangely not greedy) to not release them (bigroove and blast-off - once he's finished) here within a year

Well;

1) They know of the appeal to these figures and are probably aware of the amount of money they could make off of them, and have admitted so at botcon's and such (the existence of neck-brace and slingshot prove that, despite the simple head swap)

2) They're of an appropriate size class, and pre-designed to integrate into the current play system - thus making it easy to fill a case with 2 of each, or fill out a TR wave with them at any point

3) They will have the groove mold at some point either way in order to make afterburner, why not make some extra cash off of it?

Like I said, I am wanting to see it released SEPARATELY from some sort of box set. It looks like the only way to get Afterburner and the other deluxe protectobots is to get the new box set coming out soon.

I love how this Groove looks, and have my fingers crossed for him to be released on his own, however I don't much care for this new Blastoff and wouldn't mind just the jet version.

[william-james88]

Unite Warriors Bruticus available at Anime Export for 88$ US !

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Unite Warriors Bruticus available at Anime Export for 88$ US !

News it!!!

[william-james88]

Unite Warriors Bruticus available at Anime Export for 88$ US !

News it!!!

Not yet, when we get all the other japan preorders I will. Plus, unlike the rest, this really is a preorder price and not a price that will be around past a certain date.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Unite Warriors Bruticus available at Anime Export for 88$ US !

News it!!!

Not yet, when we get all the other japan preorders I will. Plus, unlike the rest, this really is a preorder price and not a price that will be around past a certain date.

I'm not really interested in it right now so I'll pass.

[Stuartmaximus]

Toxitron from Optimus
A Dead End repaint
A Blackjack repaint
An Alpha Bravo repaint
An Offroad repaint
and a Breakdown repaint

[Stuartmaximus]

Be an Optimist Prime not a Negatron.

This is sig worthy

It's not my quote admittedly I found it on google and it's stuck with me since.

do you not want a pic to go with that sig?

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[DedicatedGhostArt]

Toxitron from Optimus
A Dead End repaint
A Blackjack repaint
An Alpha Bravo repaint
An Offroad repaint
and a Breakdown repaint

Combined mode should be called Bio Hazard.