The Energon Pub

News Credits: 131 · Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:45 pm

I know we already IG'd about it but I love the pic of Impactor punching the soul/shadow/snot out of Mirage.

I didn't get into it there but it reminds me of the effect of movement Alucard had in Castlevania:SotN

One of the best games ever made, highly recommended.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:51 pm

That's exactly the type of effect I was going for too. the holo mirage is really cool and and the holo not only is his gimmick but also makes for that cool effect.

On Twitter, I called Mirage the endgame of siege effects parts: a full effects figure

News Credits: 41 · Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:52 pm

TOTALLY COOL SOUL PUNCH!!!!!

I instantly thought of this.

Edit: And now I understand your "Ancient One" comment on Instagram.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:43 pm

Cobotron wrote:TOTALLY COOL SOUL PUNCH!!!!!

I instantly thought of this.

Edit: And now I understand your "Ancient One" comment on Instagram.

Yeah, I'm beginning to see not a lot of people got that right away :lol:

Got all my TFcon stuff ready to go! The plan is for Depthcharge to be autographed by Sobolov, Lost Light by Lawrence and Coller, MTMTE by Milne and Perez, and Requiem by Burcham

Some more Orthia. Really liking how dynamic she is

Time for some more siege fun!

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:39 pm

So, TFcon was this weekend...

And it was a FRIKKIN BLAST!!!

It was an incredible con, it lived up to expectations, and I got a ton of great stuff to remember it by.

So up first, all the toys that I found:

And some of them had some great stories behind them.

while I was doing the custom class, I ended up meeting and talking to a friend of ScottyP's, and then after the class bought 6 figures off of him, setting the stage for all that was about to happen.

Friday night at 130AM, I was out with Ari (Megatronus) and Jason (Mooncake623) at a hotel room checking out a bunch of stuff someone was selling, and after a half hour of wheeling and dealing, I scored G1 Dreadwind, Darkwing, Slapdash, and Flywheels complete for an insane price for those 4. Pretty much got all 4 for the price of the Dreadwing bros. I was so stoked! And now, I only have to find 2 more Powermasters and I will have them all!

Pretender Jazz was a cool find very early in the dealer room Saturday, and was an awesome find. I need to clean him up and get some new stickers. The monsterbots were in a parts bin minus weapons, but since they are monsterbots, I was ok with it. They both need similar treatment to Jazz, but awesome to complete that team.

Armada Grindor (the skateboard): I found him in a bin early, lost him at that station, and found him when I went back to that station 4 hours later!

Late Saturday, was in a hotel room right before a party was about to start, and found the Cybertron Defense Red Alert! Ari helped chip in some cash (since i was down to almost nothing) and secured him. He may be the favorite figure I got the entire time.

And the leader Prime was a cool story. I got Scotty something and went to get it autographed while Ari grabbed something from another stand right before we left. On my way out to meet up with him and Jason to leave, I saw a bin labeled "2007 movie" with a leader Prime on top! but it was the one with the blaster. underneath him was a 2nd leader... also with the gun. And then at the bottom of the pile, I found this leader Prime with the sword, which is the one I really wanted.

So yeah, toys were awesome! but then, there was a lot more.

Friday was the Custom class, and here are some pics from that adventure! Was a 7 hour class, but it was worth it

Also got a bunch of stuff art related. Picked up a print from Alex Milne (the big one), the Pickle Brainstorm from my friends over at RobotswithCoffee, and then the animated guys from Josh Burcham. Also got autographs from Milne, Burcham, Jack Lawrence, Casey Coller, Josh Perez, and voice actor David Sobolov! Even got some pictures with Lawrence and Milne!

In other random stuff, got a Rodimus Star pin and some Kremzeek energy drinks for my bots!

In other meeting celebrity news, look who I got to meet, proper shirt and all!

And in case you were wondering, this was what I wore all day Saturday

Got to see and handle some really rare and awesome figures too. Shattered Prime is a grail item of mine and it was great to handle him!

Also got to handle Siege Astrotrain and MP Bee! Both are.... eh.

Saw some homemade stuffed Rungs and also the Iron Factory Magnus! and it looks gooooooood and big!

and finally, have some of our faces!

News Credits: 41 · Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:47 pm

RAD! To the trip, and the toys, and the friends! RAD!

You and Milne look like you could be related! :lol:

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:06 pm

Cobotron wrote:RAD! To the trip, and the toys, and the friends! RAD!

You and Milne look like you could be related!

It was RAD! All of it!

and everyone keeps saying that! Maybe he's my brother or something

News Credits: 41 · Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:28 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Cobotron wrote:RAD! To the trip, and the toys, and the friends! RAD!

You and Milne look like you could be related!

It was RAD! All of it!

and everyone keeps saying that! Maybe he's my brother or something

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! :lol:

News Credits: 15 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:50 am

Very nice, glad you had a good time. And dammit the Darkwing and Dreadwind combo!!!!

News Credits: 131 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:59 am

Wow hot damn, looks like you had a hellavu time and haul ;)^

What's the story with the custom Ratchet? I had do some googling to figure out the base robit. Voodoo Robots Salus :-?

News Credits: 15 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:10 pm

Bayverse colors!

4th one down.
Dem Ratchet toys yo!

News Credits: 131 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:30 pm

Scramjet wrote:Bayverse colors!

4th one down.
Dem Ratchet toys yo!

I meant why that figure, was there other options, was it a BYOF event?

I was curious about the deco, so thanks. I figured something like that, but didn't even think about the movies. Most of the time, the movies don't even exist to me.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:14 pm

Cobotron wrote:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

No joke, every single person at work today i showed that picture to said we should be brothers :lol:

Scramjet wrote:Very nice, glad you had a good time. And dammit the Darkwing and Dreadwind combo!!!!

I almost passed on them! but a half hour of wheeling and dealing found them at a good price! and the combined jet mode is really nice. I think I might try to keep them in that mode!

carytheone wrote:Wow hot damn, looks like you had a hellavu time and haul

What's the story with the custom Ratchet? I had do some googling to figure out the base robit. Voodoo Robots Salus

So that Ratchet was the custom class figure. Basically, we all got a new Voodoo Salus, disassembled them, and painted them how we saw fit! I left the hands and crotch red because I didn't want to try to paint it, and the red goes good with the movie Green. and the stickers made it clear it was a movie homage because the red stripes for ambulance mode match movie ratchet's exactly.

It was really cool! the figure itself is a little weak and the transformation is a bit fiddly, but he will not go back to ambulance mode so I don't scratch the paint. But it was an awesome class! Got to sit with some well known customizers on Twitter too, which was sweet.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:16 pm

Also, this guy was my favorite thing i picked up this weekend. He is so awesome! Cybertron Defense team members are really strong

News Credits: 131 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:17 pm

That's the Corvette of missiles, if you know what I mean? He has a small wang.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:18 pm

carytheone wrote:That's the Corvette of missiles, if you know what I mean? He has a small wang.

Just sayin, I would not say that to that killer head sculpt. ever.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:34 pm

My 2nd favorite pickup from the con after Red Alert. Gosh i wanted this so bad and it is thoroughly enjoyable. Love the sword and how it works!

News Credits: 5 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:36 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, TFcon was this weekend...

And it was a FRIKKIN BLAST!!!

It was an incredible con, it lived up to expectations, and I got a ton of great stuff to remember it by.

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A buddy of mine went and he sent me a bunch of pictures. Looked like it was a blast.

Great collection D, Im a little late to the thread but great pics. Im currently working on changing my shelves from that brown wood grain look to black. So as soon as I get them all swapped out Ill get some pics up. I couldnt believe the difference blaCK shelves made.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:39 pm

Oh it was a blast! Definitely something I look forward to doing again!

welcome to the thread! I agree with the black shelves, they pop so much better.

Have you made your own thread? You should once you have your shelves together! We'll all jump around and trash the place :lol:

Speaking of TFcon, this photo right here makes me realize just how badly I need to get Cybertron Defense Scattorshot to finish the team

And then there are these 2. Definitely glad i listened to Counterpunch and Qwan, these 2 form 2 fantastic Powerlinxers. You can't go wrong with either configuration!

Found a good use for the stand that came with my Gundam Blue Frame that was not compatible with it

and now, have some spooky scary halloween!

News Credits: 131 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:46 pm

Is that your first experience with that CliffyJ mold? If so what cha think?

Also how do you feel about Sky Byte? He does some interesting things. I like to fold his bot wings down.

Last question, what makes Ramjet spooky?

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:07 pm

carytheone wrote:Is that your first experience with that CliffyJ mold? If so what cha think?

It is! and it is pretty dang good. I'm impressed that the only fake part on the robot are the horns and the thigh wheels. It's well engineered.

carytheone wrote:Also how do you feel about Sky Byte? He does some interesting things. I like to fold his bot wings down.

He's a bit fiddly and light in the legs, but i love the shark mode. It looks badass on that stand, I like the pose they forged him in.

carytheone wrote:Last question, what makes Ramjet spooky?

Have you read his universe profile info or seen any comic image with him? He is a fallen servant of Unicron who was toyed with by an Elder God who has no sanitary, has the power of dark matter, physically holds himself together from dissolving into dark matter through sheer force of will and insanity, and looks like he has a fire burning inside his head through his mouth and nose slits

News Credits: 131 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:27 pm

I went from the regular Cliffjumper to the FE and was equally blown away. Ever fiddle with the regular release? It does some things better than the FE, both are worthy figures to have.

Yeah Sky Byte on a stand in cybershark mode is where it's at. Fairly limited in bot mode.

I did not know that about Ramjet, interesting.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:42 pm

I got the original RiD Cliffjumper back when I was in 11th grade in school, it is fun, I was underwhelmed at first, but it's still pretty decent. It's been the Cliff on my Prime shelf, and will remain so, this Cliff is a zombie! grrrr.

Yeah, Sky Byte will be displayed in shark mode, it's awesome!

Ramjet is pretty cool. Definitely a standout for a character with that name

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:59 pm

This is a pretty dang good beast right here. And such wasted potential too. Grimwing was gonna be the Dinobot of Transformers Prime, and then about all he has for fiction are toy bios. Such a shame.

Also, despite having Darksteel in this mold, I've wanted this figure for years, so I was glad to find him last weekend. also also, it took me until today to realize he had double jointed knees. Only took 6 years to find out