The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:04 pm

STngAR wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
carytheone wrote:That's a lot of clear plastic! What's the name of this handsome group?

These are the 5 components of TFCC Nexus Prime!

Center components is Heatwave (Shattered Glass Decepticon), Left arm is Decepticon Topspin (servant of Shattered Glass Loopy Alpha Trion), Right arm is Autobot Skyfall, Left leg is Autobot Breakaway, and the Right Leg is Decepticon Landquake (disenfranchised Decepticon).

He has been a grail item of mine for a long time. his components were released 1 a year for 5 years in the early to mid 2000's

Congrats. I remember I joined the club after the first 2 came out and had to ebay those two. The only thing about that combiner that annoys me are those damn feet that never want to stay on.

Thank you!

I did a little rearranging, Landquake and Skyfall are now the legs, and he looks and stands better now

Website · by **STngAR** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:16 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
STngAR wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
carytheone wrote:That's a lot of clear plastic! What's the name of this handsome group?

These are the 5 components of TFCC Nexus Prime!

Center components is Heatwave (Shattered Glass Decepticon), Left arm is Decepticon Topspin (servant of Shattered Glass Loopy Alpha Trion), Right arm is Autobot Skyfall, Left leg is Autobot Breakaway, and the Right Leg is Decepticon Landquake (disenfranchised Decepticon).

He has been a grail item of mine for a long time. his components were released 1 a year for 5 years in the early to mid 2000's

Congrats. I remember I joined the club after the first 2 came out and had to ebay those two. The only thing about that combiner that annoys me are those damn feet that never want to stay on.

Thank you!

I did a little rearranging, Landquake and Skyfall are now the legs, and he looks and stands better now

This topic just reminded me I still have that WALMART exclusive Devastator version of those combiner molds still to open.

:SG-CONS:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:42 pm

I put together a combiner made of components from all 3 Energon combiners, forming Energon Maximus, back at TFcon, my first foray into energon.

But now that I have Nexus, and he is basically Energon Maximus with the other plane mold in place of a crane, I am contemplating actually putting together the 3 standard combiners....

Also, a picture of my Nexus Prime:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:50 pm

Got a dude with a large horn today from a cheap ebay auction

Soundwave Superior.

Everything else Inferior.

This is an awesome figure, I am so glad I waited 9 years for him, it was worth it. This is a great beefy bot with some great silver paint

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:12 pm

Sup with that Trypticon?

Did you just get Soundwave or just get to Soundwave?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:17 pm

carytheone wrote:Sup with that Trypticon?

Did you just get Soundwave or just get to Soundwave?

That my friend is actually Beast Wars II Gigastorm, a Japanese exclusive retool of Trypticon for their Beast Wars II line. In the TV series, he was the younger brother to the main Predacon, Galvatron, and was prominent in the series originally as a G2 green tank Megatron with :PREDACON:

symbols before getting upgraded to this form.

And I just got to Soundwave, but I do adore him

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:22 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
carytheone wrote:Sup with that Trypticon?
That my friend is actually Beast Wars II Gigastorm, a Japanese exclusive retool of Trypticon for their Beast Wars II line. In the TV series, he was the younger brother to the main Predacon, Galvatron, and was prominent in the series originally as a G2 green tank Megatron with symbols before getting upgraded to this form.

I feel like there should have been a deep breath and then followed all that with - :-B

Very cool

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:30 pm

carytheone wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
carytheone wrote:Sup with that Trypticon?
That my friend is actually Beast Wars II Gigastorm, a Japanese exclusive retool of Trypticon for their Beast Wars II line. In the TV series, he was the younger brother to the main Predacon, Galvatron, and was prominent in the series originally as a G2 green tank Megatron with symbols before getting upgraded to this form.
I feel like there should have been a deep breath and then followed all that with -

Very cool

Thanks! I won a pair of cheap auctions late last week, and he is the first of 2 to arrive, the other later this week with its own story for my collection.

Gigastorm though has a unique paint scheme for the BWII franchise, and he is usually around $100 on ebay, he's not hard to get but can be very pricey. I got him for less than half that in auction, surprised I was the only bidder too/

Plus it's cool to have a G1 Trypticon mold now essentially

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:54 pm

It feels weird to have a G1 mold in the Beast Wars line, especially a city former. It feels even weirder to have him in BWII. But I think he is cool, and he goes pretty well with his brother and his Daddy (sort of). I love the paint work on him, I think that is the best part.

It also feels weird because I have the complete show cast from Beast Wars and Beast Wars Neo, but I only have 3 Maximals and now 2 Predacons from Beast Wars II. That is a line that is going to prove difficult to finish once I focus back in on it.

Have we discussed how much I love this SS Shockwave? This is THE Shockwave to me, this guy is fantastic.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:43 pm

Got the other cheap Ebay auction in the mail: Defender Optimus Prime!

My sister had and still has this mold, but this is my first time actually owning it. I do enjoy it even if it isn't very accurate. I also have enjoyed getting all these movie Primes with different strange decos.

And on a personal collectors note, with this mold, there are now only 3 movie Prime molds deluxe sized or larger that I do not own. And it has become a goal to finish grabbing all of the movie Prime molds, preferably in many decos for the fun of the Prime Rainbow. He is my favorite Prime and he deserves it.

Maybe at some point I will go for the legends sized ones too, but at a later date.

Gotta say, a lot of people were wrong about Stinger. I am still really loving him, i really enjoy him and am super glad I got him eventually

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:13 pm

Some alternate Optimus Prime paint schemes: Defender, Silver Knight, Nightwatch, and Fireburst. I love all 4

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:11 pm

Good news to come out of tonight: I think Bri and I have found a new apartment! we will be applying tomorrow for it, so hopefully in the next month and a half the Den will have a whole new place, complete with a personal room for the bots!

This was brought up in another thread last month, but I am here to say it now: the new SS Bumblebee is the best Deluxe Bumblebee figure we have gotten.

I love this toy. He is really solid, accurate, fun, and spot on. He is so much fun to pose around and to play with, and the aesthetic is wonderful. This to me is the best of the best deluxe Bumblebees

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:35 pm

Well, excellent news: tonight, we have secured the apartment!! In about 5 weeks, everything will be moving to a place with 50% more floor space, a room for the robots, and a wonderful place for me, the soon-to-be-wifey, and our little goldendoodle son.

Super excited to move in, I'm looking forward to this next chapter.

On another note, I got a new TF from a Twitter tf fan today, Laser Prime!

WWII Hot Rod and Bumblebee continue to be a wonderful pair. They are ok apart, but really good together. I love them both together so much!

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:48 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:This was brought up in another thread last month, but I am here to say it now: the new SS Bumblebee is the best Deluxe Bumblebee figure we have gotten.

EVAH? Or just in the SS line? Last I heard the best deluxe Bee ever was the new Cyberverse version.

Back to the new SS Bee, I just saw what they did with a window on the leg. After handling car Dropkick I've found that they are doing some clever stuff with using alt mode bits as parts of the bot. That Bee looks pretty svelte, how's the backpack scenario?

Edit:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Forgot to give this shot a shout out, the composition is excellent ;)^

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:27 pm

Thanks! I really liked that shot of the warriors.

SS Bee > Cyberverse Bee, he isn't quite as articulated, but he's equally as posable and very attractive. The backpack is basically part of his hood on his back, it isn't that bad at all.

I think he and Dropkick are 2 of the best car-formers that have come out in a while.

Also got Laser Prime recently, he's purty.

And the SS Arcee sisters are pretty alright. they are a bit shite, but I am super happy they exist, and in a good size too. 3 Legions were a great choice

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:53 pm

I have been appreciating this figure though. The original 2007 voyager mold in his RotF Defender colors. I'm starting to think that instead of Nemesis Prime repaints, we need more Nightwatch/Defender repaints, I love those colors schemes

Also, LIGHT PIPING

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:51 pm

If you can't out run them, snap them

Space Bus

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:20 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:If you can't out run them, snap them

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:58 pm

Nice

Skyfire is gooooooooooooooooooooood

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:46 pm

I think it's high time we acknowledge that this toy is actually pretty dang cool and fun. i got him out today for work at random, and he just feels and looks good. I missed playing around with him, and feel like he isn't appreciated enough. I did like this design, and I hope SS goes after it to give it another go

News Credits: 2 · by **Tigerhawk7109** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:11 pm

I'm impressed... :shock:

I think I'll give WWII Hot Rod a go. Do you recommend him?

:BH-PREDACON:

News Credits: 2 · by **Tigerhawk7109** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 5:50 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Next weekend is the big weekend though
WAIT! WHAT! THE weekend?
TFCon, not wagon hitch con

Ding ding! Hitching weekend is 10/10/2020

Good for you!

News Credits: 2 · by **Tigerhawk7109** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:24 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Scored the 3-pack today by complete chance! Target said they were out, but i was right beside the store and decided to check anyway, maybe see a Cyberverse Ratchet or Scraplet. But nope, score!

You know what though? I really wish we had a seeker in the rainmaker clan that was as purple as these guys are other colors. Then, we could call them Purple R-a/ei-gn! (that one really needs said out loud)

Know what? That would be frikkin hilarious. I absolutely love the mold, especially on TC and the Rainmakers.

:BH-PREDACON:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:50 pm

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:I'm impressed... I think I'll give WWII Hot Rod a go. Do you recommend him?

I do! But i think he is most enjoyable when you have WWII Bee with him

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:30 pm

One of my all time favorite Beasts. It's serious a competition between him, Big Convoy, and Razorbeast for my favorite toys

Also, I still love this deluxe class figure. Sure, it isn't movie accurate at all, but it's fun as an IDW/TLK crossover figure. The head is also really nice, as are the colors!