The Energon Pub

News Credits: 462 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:10 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...

Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:16 am

It could also be said the name is just boring. The other Decepticon teams aren't called "male Decepticon combat specialist combiner", "male Decepticon construction combiner", or "male Decepticon stunt car combiner". They're called the Combaticons, Constructicons, and Stunticons. Those are far and away better names. In any case the fandom could create a name for them.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:24 am

fembots!

News Credits: 191 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:31 am

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...
Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.

Aaah, that makes a lot more sense.

News Credits: 60 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 4:37 pm

Mebbe they should be called "gynoid" instead. I might be the intent of the creators but you know how one word/context in Japanese means a lot of things.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 5:07 pm

fenrir72 wrote:Mebbe they should be called "gynoid" instead. I might be the intent of the creators but you know how one word/context in Japanese means a lot of things.

The word "woman" in the translation is used twice for a reason:

- ウーマン (Ūman) is the English "woman", used as a proper noun, a name.
- 女 (on'na) is the Kanji meaning "woman", but often used more broadly for anything feminine or anyone female.

It's the first I have a bit of a problem with, doesn't have as big of a umpf.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:32 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.

Yeah, my patience has been pushed too. But that's not a terrible thing, seeing as how it gives me time for a paycheck or 2 to come in and give me a little more wiggle room budget wise

News Credits: 26 · Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:57 pm

As Thew once said, Transformers have always been pretty awkward with the male-female deal, say what you want about Gobots, but they took the best aproach to it: some of them are boys, some of them are girls. Simple.

News Credits: 56 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:21 am

nycPrime wrote: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.

I'm the same. Though to be fair I think BBTS had several rounds of pre-orders. Additionally I think mine was a cancellation that I just snatched up as I saw it was on pre-order long after it has been "out of stock" and I could only order one, so I may have literally gotten their last pre-order, unless someone else cancels.

News Credits: 12 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:08 am

o.supreme wrote:
nycPrime wrote: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.

I'm the same. Though to be fair I think BBTS had several rounds of pre-orders. Additionally I think mine was a cancellation that I just snatched up as I saw it was on pre-order long after it has been "out of stock" and I could only order one, so I may have literally gotten their last pre-order, unless someone else cancels.

Exactly how I got mine

News Credits: 56 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:12 am

nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine

Were you also the same person who snatched up that one UW Bruticus they got in stock last week? :-?

News Credits: 12 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:39 am

o.supreme wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine

Were you also the same person who snatched up that one UW Bruticus they got in stock last week?

Nope. Pretty happy with my CW Brut.

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:20 pm

Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

News Credits: 9 · Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:24 pm

william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

Love the look of Afterburner... That transformation looks spot-on... I will be using that myself!
Gahhh, I can't wait to get this set!!!

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:25 am

william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

News Credits: 4880 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:49 am

fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

Oh definitely I am not a fan of the plastic used for Scattershot's wings and the way Strafe's head is attached is a little wierd, plus I would have liked the excess alt mode panels on the rook mold to fold into the forearm but thats about it for flaws.

Here is how Afterburner looks on the side

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:49 am

william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

Oh definitely I am not a fan of the plastic used for Scattershot's wings and the way Strafe's head is attached is a little wierd, plus I would have liked the excess alt mode panels on the rook mold to fold into the forearm but thats about it for flaws.

Here is how Afterburner looks on the side

Yup. Takara scrimped off Scattershot's wings :BANG_HEAD:

the hollowness made it so gooey soft. Heck, even their guns are much much harder 8-}

well nobody's perfect :BANG_HEAD:

Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

News Credits: 4880 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:23 am

fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfect Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.

And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.

Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

News Credits: 79 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:25 am

No need, just ask me. How soft is the plastic on the wings?

News Credits: 12 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:30 am

william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfect Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.

And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.

Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

I haven't received UW Computron yet, so to me, CW Bruticus is the best combiner. Really liked it the second I had him combined.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:32 am

william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well

News Credits: 4880 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:39 am

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well

Are there pics? I thought of sticking them under his arms and beef them up a bit.

Sigma Magnus wrote:No need, just ask me. How soft is the plastic on the wings?

Isnt that my question? :???:

How soft is the plastic on the wings of Hasbro's Scattershot?

News Credits: 79 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:43 am

...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

News Credits: 4880 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:47 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.

News Credits: 79 · Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:49 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.

Yeah, sounds about the same.