The Energon Pub

by **Shuttershock** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:00 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:This is crazy. I love it. It's the specific kind of WTFery that appeals to me for no reason I can adequately explain.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
bluecatcinema wrote:Well, I'm surprised by the choice of head, but I suppose it's a nice switch from the Bludgeon skull a lot of us were expecting. The name's a little clunky, though. Just "Mayhem" would have done, or maybe "Thunderwing Maximus."

Or maybe "Mayhem Maximus".

Yeah, I could have lived with them staying Mayhem Maximus. But other options...

How about "Tumultuous Maximus" or "Pandemonium"?

(I'm looking for "mayhem" synonyms online. Sadly, "Turmoil", "Fracas", and "Maelstrom" are already guys. So's "Ruination", but I think this would be the perfect time to reuse that name if nobody's gonna give us a PROPER one. Other than the fact that the Wreckers themselves used it in the FoC toyline.)

megatronus wrote:Thunderwing lives! Well, his head does, at least.

Thunderhead?

Calamitous? Anarking?

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:04 pm

Should've been named "Thunderking".

by **Windsweeper** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:24 pm

I love it. I always loved Thunderwing and his gang.

I love that we finally get an update of a pretender's inner robot.

I've been hating the trend idw and hasbro stated of meshing the robot with the shell. The voyager Bludgeon with the skull head looked like the crap the Bay movies churned out like Drift or Que.

As for the variety in colours how come no one complains about Monstructor?

News Credits: 121 · by **megatronus** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:27 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Should've been named "Thunderking".

Bingo.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:35 pm

megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Should've been named "Thunderking".

Bingo.

THIS

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:39 pm

Also, not my pic, but...

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:22 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Also, not my pic, but...

The Cyclonus body really does make every combiner look better >:oP

But I don't want a new Thunderwing until we get a voyager (or larger) Stormbringer Thunderwing [-(

(but this does look cool ;)^

)

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:26 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Also, not my pic, but...

The Cyclonus body really does make every combiner look better

But I don't want a new Thunderwing until we get a voyager (or larger) Stormbringer Thunderwing

(but this does look cool )

She's a beaut clark.

Cyclonus is a great combiner body, no way around it.

Waiting on that Stormbringer Thunderwing....

News Credits: 332 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:52 pm

Impactor can hold Arcee's swords somewhat effectively but that seems about it, I'm sure someone can use those extra weapons.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:57 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Also, not my pic, but...

The Cyclonus body really does make every combiner look better

But I don't want a new Thunderwing until we get a voyager (or larger) Stormbringer Thunderwing

(but this does look cool )

She's a beaut clark.

Cyclonus is a great combiner body, no way around it.

Waiting on that Stormbringer Thunderwing....

Waiting on that Stormbringer Thunderwing...

...still waiting...

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:00 am

Nemesis Maximo wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Also, not my pic, but...

The Cyclonus body really does make every combiner look better

But I don't want a new Thunderwing until we get a voyager (or larger) Stormbringer Thunderwing

(but this does look cool )

She's a beaut clark.

Cyclonus is a great combiner body, no way around it.

Waiting on that Stormbringer Thunderwing....

Waiting on that Stormbringer Thunderwing...

[size=150][...still waiting.../size]

Yeah, it's like they don't realize we'd rather have this:

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/33308/1310029-thunderwing.png

than, say, some dumb G1 character that didn't really do anything >:oP

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:07 am

As far as Hasbro's concerned, they very probably feel that the Generations Deluxe toy of Thunderwing already counts as a Stormbringer version of him, what with his headsculpt being Stormbringer-based.

As for using the Cyclonus mold as a Thunderwing torso for this combiner, I don't want it as a representation of Stormbringer Thunderwing, I'd want it as a representation of what it's meant to homage: Marvel Thunderwing! The original master of awesomeness.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:11 am

Sabrblade wrote:As far as Hasbro's concerned, they very probably feel that the Generations Deluxe toy of Thunderwing already counts as a Stormbringer version of him, what with his headsculpt being Stormbringer-based.

As for using the Cyclonus mold as a Thunderwing torso for this combiner, I don't want it as a representation of Stormbringer Thunderwing, I'd want it as a representation of what it's meant to homage: Marvel Thunderwing! The original master of awesomeness.

I never cared what represented whom, so long as it looked cool;

Collecting is easier this way >:oP

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:22 am

Sabrblade wrote: I'd want it as a representation of what it's meant to homage: Marvel Thunderwing! The original master of awesomeness.

Except I love Marvel Thunderwing and all I see here is a bunch of combined Transformers wearing a Thunderwing helmet like when I wear my movie Optimus Prime voice changer helmet. Doesn't make me Optimus Prime (no matter how hard I try)

I see no Thunderwing here. Just cosplaying.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:33 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote: I'd want it as a representation of what it's meant to homage: Marvel Thunderwing! The original master of awesomeness.

Except I love Marvel Thunderwing and all I see here is a bunch of combined Transformers wearing a Thunderwing helmet like when I wear my movie Optimus Prime voice changer helmet. Doesn't make me Optimus Prime (no matter how hard I try)

I see no Thunderwing here. Just cosplaying.

Actually, it is interesting, since the bruticus chestplate completely folds up, they could've deco'ed it so that it looks like thundertron; It certainly would've added to the effect >:oP

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:44 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote: I'd want it as a representation of what it's meant to homage: Marvel Thunderwing! The original master of awesomeness.

Except I love Marvel Thunderwing and all I see here is a bunch of combined Transformers wearing a Thunderwing helmet like when I wear my movie Optimus Prime voice changer helmet. Doesn't make me Optimus Prime (no matter how hard I try)

I see no Thunderwing here. Just cosplaying.

Which is why I said:

Sabrblade wrote:As for using the Cyclonus mold as a Thunderwing torso for this combiner,

As in:

by **Windsweeper** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:22 am

The titanium Seeker mold would be great for Windsweeper.

Marvel Thunderwing was a great villain. Stormbringer ruined him. I wish Idw would stop ruining my favourite characters: Thunderwing, Scorponok, Sunstreaker, Soundwave and Prowl.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:18 am

Windsweeper wrote:I wish Idw would stop ruining my favourite characters: Thunderwing, Scorponok, Sunstreaker, Soundwave and Prowl.

How are they ruining the characters? If anything they expanded on them and made them better

by **Henry921** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:56 am

So, uh... I just ordered these guys.

I'm not sure how to feel.

News Credits: 86 · by **Powered Convoy** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:55 am

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
DrOblivian wrote:sooooooo why didn't they do Liokaiser? Or Ruination, Guard City, Battle Gaia, Landcross? I can name more combiners that could easily have been repainted from whats available that would have been 100x better than making up random nonsense.

Battle Gaia one year, and Guard city the next would've been amazing,and gotten me to join the club even if they were just repaints of bruticus and Protectobots respectively.

The draw here is the individual characters more than the combined mode. People are mostly buying these guys for the individuals. I don’t know how many people would pay $300 for those other guys. Sure there is demand for them, but only as a combination not as individuals.

Randy

by **CrankyOldTruck** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:25 am

The greatest argument for random drug testing I've seen so far. Seriously, WTH were they on when they came up up with THIS idea??? #-o

by **G.B. Blackrock** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:50 am

Powered Convoy wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
DrOblivian wrote:sooooooo why didn't they do Liokaiser? Or Ruination, Guard City, Battle Gaia, Landcross? I can name more combiners that could easily have been repainted from whats available that would have been 100x better than making up random nonsense.

Battle Gaia one year, and Guard city the next would've been amazing,and gotten me to join the club even if they were just repaints of bruticus and Protectobots respectively.

The draw here is the individual characters more than the combined mode. People are mostly buying these guys for the individuals. I don’t know how many people would pay $300 for those other guys. Sure there is demand for them, but only as a combination not as individuals.

Randy

Perhaps as much to the point (at least for me), Guard City and Battle Gaia are too similar to the Defensor and Bruticus toys we're already getting. I'd prefer something that's more of a departure, given that we're already talking about mold reuse.

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:12 am

A Thunderwing homage for the Combiner form is rather strange, I was expecting something based on Bludgeon's Pretender shell (skull face and samurai helmet). This does look like a good set either way, but probably something I can live without. The only figure from this set I'd really like to have is Needlenose, because I like the character in John Barber's comics.

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:30 am

Henry921 wrote:So, uh... I just ordered these guys.

I'm not sure how to feel.

I'd feel good about it. Sure it's loud and somewhat random, but it works pretty well. And it has a cool and awesome Thunderwing head! Can't go wrong there

News Credits: 121 · by **megatronus** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:44 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Henry921 wrote:So, uh... I just ordered these guys.

I'm not sure how to feel.

I'd feel good about it. Sure it's loud and somewhat random, but it works pretty well. And it has a cool and awesome Thunderwing head! Can't go wrong there

I have no regrets ordering these guys. They fill some very interesting holes in a Generations collection, even if Sabrblade has basically convinced me we should have had a Thunderwing torso...

Mystery 7th figure??? 8-}