The Energon Pub

[G.B. Blackrock]

You know, I don't have any expectations of convincing folks who don't like this that they should. Nor will I try to suggest that, if I were suggesting what a "Mayhem" combiner would look like, this is how I'd do it. But in the midst of all this hate, I feel it necessary to say, "I'm okay with this," and that I actually put my order in this morning after seeing the reveal.

[megatronus]

Thunderwing lives! Well, his head does, at least.

[Mindmaster]

Combined mode, while a neat callback to Thunderwing, is kind of a missed opportunity. Definitely should've been Bludgeon's Pretender head.

[Rated X]

Well that's one combiner I wont be displaying lol. Definitely going to display them as individual characters. And what I find amusing is that people will pay $345 for an official combiner (with silly hands/feet) but not a highly detailed 3rd party combiner. It kind of kills the whole cost argument.

[Gearslide]

Well that's one combiner I wont be displaying lol. Definitely going to display them as individual characters. And what I find amusing is that people will pay $345 for an official combiner (with silly hands/feet) but not a highly detailed 3rd party combiner. It kind of kills the whole cost argument.

Most 3rd Party combiners, while incredibly detailed, have a bizarre aesthetic that doesn't mesh well with official or even other 3rd Party Products. The result is that it doesn't even look like a transformers product most of the time, but rather some bizarre Chinese Factory Knock-Off.

But that's just me.

[Madeus Prime]

It's...I don't like it. I want to like it, but I can't, and I'm buying Victorion, so that's saying something. All the bots, with the exception of Bludgeon, look great in these molds, but that combined mode...Ergh.

Before anybody bugs me about me not liking the new Bludgeon, I'm a huge fan of his IDW appearance and tank alternate mode, so this...weird semi-War-Within Bludgeon is just unpleasant to look at. Once again, funpub pulls another one on me...I don't want to buy any of them except for one. Impactor (This previous run it was Tarantulas).

[SW's SilverHammer]

This is literally, the worst combiner "G1" style, i've seen. There is literally no reason for this, other than the club got their hands on combiner wars molds. Is this really all we could expect for their club debut?

[Deadput]

Well that's one combiner I wont be displaying lol. Definitely going to display them as individual characters. And what I find amusing is that people will pay $345 for an official combiner (with silly hands/feet) but not a highly detailed 3rd party combiner. It kind of kills the whole cost argument.

Because third party toys are awful.


I support the official toys and not some knockoffs that only pander to the G1 crowd.

[Rated X]

Because third party toys are awful

That is your opinion.

I support the official toys and not some knockoffs that only pander to the G1 crowd.

All 5 of these TFCC characters pander to the G1 crowd. Two Triggercons, Two Targetmaster Jr's and a Pretender. Whether you care about the Marvel comics theme or not, its still G1. And most 3rd party figures are original molds, not knockoffs.

[megatronus]

This is literally, the worst combiner "G1" style, i've seen. There is literally no reason for this, other than the club got their hands on combiner wars molds. Is this really all we could expect for their club debut?

I'm not sure what you were expecting.

The combined mode is tertiary, a bonus. It's the individual bot homages I care about.

[SW's SilverHammer]

This is literally, the worst combiner "G1" style, i've seen. There is literally no reason for this, other than the club got their hands on combiner wars molds. Is this really all we could expect for their club debut?

I'm not sure what you were expecting.

The combined mode is tertiary, a bonus. It's the individual bot homages I care about.

Well If they were going to do a full combiner for the sake of a combiner, I'd want something good. Battle Gaia or Guard City, or something of the like. There is literally no reason for some of these figures to be made from Combiner wars generations figures, besides the club wanted to make a combiner.

Needlenose, fine, great use of that mold without having to do heavy retooling.
Ruckus, sure, it's what the original mold was meant for.

Spinister, unnecessary as we already have a pretty great club spinister, however i'd redo the figure using FOC Vortex.

Windsweeper would work better as something like an FOC seeker with a new head due how the robot mode looks, and how the guns can be placed on the arms.

Bludgeon, not sure what to use for him, not sure i'd even use him. I'd probably replace him with roadblock or stragnlehold.

Have Roadblock made from a sea foam green Generations roadbuster, a purple beast hunter dreadwing as the pretender (replacing impactor), and as a bonus a gold swerve.

Stranglehold from a Generations rhinox

[megatronus]

Spinister, unnecessary as we already have a pretty great club spinister, however i'd redo the figure using FOC Vortex.

I love that mold as much as the next guy, and also like integrating movie figures into Classics where I can, particularly Decepticons (see: Lockdown, Bludgeon, Mindwipe, etc), but I'm happy to finally get a proper Generations style Spinister.

Besides, the Tomahawk/Vortex mold has issues. Most notably in its semi-awkward articulation, and atrocious feet and/or face. Butter-face, indeed.

Windsweeper would work better as something like an FOC seeker with a new head due how the robot mode looks, and how the guns can be placed on the arms.

This is G1 Windsweeper. I just don't understand how an FOC Seeker would be better than Skydive in any possible respect.

Bludgeon, not sure what to use for him, not sure i'd even use him.

I actually respect this Bludgeon, and foresee liking him a helluva lot. It's basically using the same philosophy that gave us ROTF voyager Bludeon, who garners near-universal admiration, but this Bludgeon comes from the other direction. Where ROTF Bludgeon integrated aspects of the inner robot into the shell design, this Bludgeon integrates aspects of the shell into the inner robot design. Or, say the shell is predominant in ROTF where the inner robot is predominant in TFSS. Either way, I think it's quite clever and like what they did.

[SW's SilverHammer]

Windsweeper would work better as something like an FOC seeker with a new head due how the robot mode looks, and how the guns can be placed on the arms.

This is G1 Windsweeper. I just don't understand how an FOC Seeker would be better than Skydive in any possible respect.

It'd work better than skydive for the pure fact the guns can be mounted on the arms, or be under-slung created a more accurate silhouette, and the wings point upward. also that figure needs to have as many crazy deco's as possible, so putting it in pinks, mauve's, and salmon would be great.

Bludgeon, not sure what to use for him, not sure i'd even use him.

I actually respect this Bludgeon, and foresee liking him a helluva lot. It's basically using the same philosophy that gave us ROTF voyager Bludeon, who garners near-universal admiration, but this Bludgeon comes from the other direction. Where ROTF Bludgeon integrated aspects of the inner robot into the shell design, this Bludgeon integrates aspects of the shell into the inner robot design. Or, say the shell is predominant in ROTF where the inner robot is predominant in TFSS. Either way, I think it's quite clever and like what they did.

While I agree it's interesting to focus on the inner robot in this instance, it doesn't work because bludgeon's a small tank. If they took this approach a reuse of the CW brawl, Generations straxus, Warpath, or even WFC megatron, it'd work better.

[megatronus]

Windsweeper would work better as something like an FOC seeker with a new head due how the robot mode looks, and how the guns can be placed on the arms.

This is G1 Windsweeper. I just don't understand how an FOC Seeker would be better than Skydive in any possible respect.

It'd work better than skydive for the pure fact the guns can be mounted on the arms, or be under-slung created a more accurate silhouette, and the wings point upward. also that figure needs to have as many crazy deco's as possible, so putting it in pinks, mauve's, and salmon would be great.

Bludgeon, not sure what to use for him, not sure i'd even use him.

I actually respect this Bludgeon, and foresee liking him a helluva lot. It's basically using the same philosophy that gave us ROTF voyager Bludeon, who garners near-universal admiration, but this Bludgeon comes from the other direction. Where ROTF Bludgeon integrated aspects of the inner robot into the shell design, this Bludgeon integrates aspects of the shell into the inner robot design. Or, say the shell is predominant in ROTF where the inner robot is predominant in TFSS. Either way, I think it's quite clever and like what they did.

While I agree it's interesting to focus on the inner robot in this instance, it doesn't work because bludgeon's a small tank. If they took this approach a reuse of the CW brawl, Generations straxus, Warpath, or even WFC megatron, it'd work better.

In both of these cases, you're focusing on secondary characteristics. In Windsweeper's case, why focus on the silhouette the wings would provide when the general proportions and look of the FOC Seeker do nothing for Windsweeper? Or, why focus on the need to keep Bludgeon a tank, when, again, Straxus, Warpath, and WFC Megatron just don't fit Bludgeon's look? (Brawl might work, but he's a bit too beefy.)



It's probably just a matter of preference, but I would rather use a mold that fits the robot better than the vehicle.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Call me an outcast here, but I love this. It kinda works, and I am a fan of loud color schemes, plus that head looks pretty cool. I'd buy them all

[Shuttershock]

Windsweeper would work better as something like an FOC seeker with a new head due how the robot mode looks, and how the guns can be placed on the arms.

This is G1 Windsweeper. I just don't understand how an FOC Seeker would be better than Skydive in any possible respect.

It'd work better than skydive for the pure fact the guns can be mounted on the arms, or be under-slung created a more accurate silhouette, and the wings point upward. also that figure needs to have as many crazy deco's as possible, so putting it in pinks, mauve's, and salmon would be great.

I could see Air Raid working better based on that logic. He has gunport arms and his wings can flip vertically.

I still love the FOC Seekers though.

[Rated X]

Windsweeper should have been the Silverbolt mold. It has everything going for it:

Similar to a B1-B Bomber - Check

Similar chest plate style - Check

Head that doesn't have a bucket helmet - Check


I could care less about homaging the spring loaded gun gimmick. Just give him 2 silver matching guns and he's good. Since this wave of toys never made the G1 cartoon, we don't even know if the gimmick would have been acknowledged by the Sunbow artists.

[Sabrblade]

Well, well, well...!

Some are thinking the Combiner head could look like Thunderwing, like how the Combiner head of the FOC Wreckers looked like Emirate Xaaron.

As for reveal, that might be the greatest Thunderwing headsculpt we've ever head (if the final product comes out looking that good, that is).

That being said, while I don't hate the combiner overall, this just reaffirms my wishing that the torso had instead been Thunderwing himself retooled from either Silverbolt or Cyclonus, with the standard robot mode having been based on Thunderwing's inner robot mode:



And between him and Bludgeon, while I like both characters, I always felt Thunderwing to be the cooler character of the two and that Bludgeon was a bit overrated for all the attention that he gets. Don't get me wrong, I just admitted to liking Bludgeon and thinking that he's cool, I just feel that Thunderwing deserves more attention that he normally gets and that he deserves it more than Bludgeon.

Not to mention that, as I stated several times in this thread, Bludgeon never worked with these other four guys in the comics while Thunderwing DID. All five of them went on the Matrix Quest together.


Also, just in case anyone doesn't get the reference in the pic of Thunder Mayhem (ugh, really gonna have to get used to that name ) holding the Matrix, here's what it is:

[OptimusPrimeval]

So many bright colours, yet not a single one to tie them all together... Looks like one of those Lucky Draw prizes where they let tiny children design the colour schemes and they always end up looking hideous.

[megatronus]

Hmm... Seeing that pic makes me wish the torso was Thunderwing. He always should have been a voyager.

[YoungPrime]

Thunderwing lives! Well, his head does, at least.

Meh! I would've preferred a new Leader Class Thunderwing instead.

Hell, I'd take a remold of Jetfire instead of those Seekers I passed on anyway.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I'd say this is no worse than Cyclonus having Galvatron as torso mode. At the very least Thunder Mayhem has his own limbs, something that can't be said for Cyclonus, having to resort to a cliche plot device

Bludgeon and Thunderwing were both Decepticon Leaders at one time, but which of the two was more popular? Bludgeon has received more proper homage toys over the years, even if in name only:

- RiD 2001 Destructicon Bludgeon
- RotF Master of Metalikato Decepticon Bludgeon
- RotF Voyager Decepticon Bludgeon
- Prime Beast Hunters Bludgeon

...while Thunderwing only has the Generations one. On the other hand, fiction was more Thunderwing's schtick, so... Could TFCC Bludgeon be considered an example what trumps what: toys vs. fiction?

[DrOblivian]

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.

[SW's SilverHammer]

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.

[Zeedust]

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

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.)

Thunderwing lives! Well, his head does, at least.

Thunderhead?