The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:49 pm

I was making plans for a custom project, and was studying FE Arcee, when I discovered her bike mode tail section can actually be flipped horizontally. From the front, her bike tail virtually disappears in bot mode, and integrates nicely with her wheel kibble.

One more thing to like about FE Arcee.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:08 am

^Wow, really? I need to take a look at mine!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:28 pm

kirbenvost wrote:^Wow, really? I need to take a look at mine!

Try it out. It makes FE Arcee look so much better than she already does.

Sadly, I checked the galleries for PRID Arcee, and it seems she can't do the same.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:28 pm

Ohhhh, I see what you mean. I thought you meant it flips around so it points upwards. It basically has a couple more notches it can flip up to. It definitely helps from the front, but it's still a pretty massive backpack lol.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:17 am

kirbenvost wrote:Ohhhh, I see what you mean. I thought you meant it flips around so it. an point upwards. It basically has a couple more notches it can flip up to. It definitely helps from the front, but it's still a pretty massive backpack lol.

LOL, true!

Still, it really improves the look from the front. Even from a three-quarter angle, it's not that noticeable.

News Credits: 11 · Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:35 am

It definitely does help her appearance!

News Credits: 23 · Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:45 pm

Seibertron and others have pointed it out, but I'm sure no one has on this thread, AOE Lockdown has painted brakes!

Also...

Feel free to weep from the awesomeness of what I've discovered!

YOU CAN MAKE AN AOE MEGA-DINOBOT!!

This sucker fell apart within minutes after taking these pics.

It's still cool though.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:56 am

Classics Starscreams Coronation upgrade fits FoC Starscream very well indeed!

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:52 am

Pretty nifty alt mode storage too!

Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:45 am

leakin' lubricant wrote:Pretty nifty alt mode storage too!
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/ ... abb072.jpg

Seeing that picture, for some reason, had me picturing Chris Latta's screechy "Starscream" voice, humming the theme to Superman the Movie.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:28 am

Valandar wrote:
leakin' lubricant wrote:Pretty nifty alt mode storage too!
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/ ... abb072.jpg

Seeing that picture, for some reason, had me picturing Chris Latta's screechy "Starscream" voice, humming the theme to Superman the Movie.

News Credits: 23 · Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:38 am

You can give Slash new arms by spinning them around. It's not perfect, but I think it actually looks good!

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:56 pm

One of my favourite toys to come out of the Cybertron Line is Scourge and I just noticed something I did not know before. His animal chest seems to have a gaping hole when looking at him from the front:

However, as I was fiddling with him today, I noticed that he has an extra panel that is not used in his robot mode:

If you flip it on while he is in his beast mode, it actually fills in the gap by half:

News Credits: 3645 · Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:One of my favourite toys to come out of the Cybertron Line is Scourge and I just noticed something I did not know before. His animal chest seems to have a gaping hole when looking at him from the front:

However, as I was fiddling with him today, I noticed that he has an extra panel that is not used in his robot mode:

If you flip it on while he is in his beast mode, it actually fills in the gap by half:

That's pretty cool Apparently I didn't know that either!

Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:24 am

just found out that my MP-10 can make some mighty tasty coleslaw

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:26 am

Seibertron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:One of my favourite toys to come out of the Cybertron Line is Scourge and I just noticed something I did not know before. His animal chest seems to have a gaping hole when looking at him from the front:

However, as I was fiddling with him today, I noticed that he has an extra panel that is not used in his robot mode:

If you flip it on while he is in his beast mode, it actually fills in the gap by half:

That's pretty cool Apparently I didn't know that either!

The Galaxy Force version has that in the manual. The Cybertron one doesn´t?

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:03 am

RhA wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
That's pretty cool Apparently I didn't know that either!

The Galaxy Force version has that in the manual. The Cybertron one doesn´t?

It does but it's such a small panel that I didn't spot it until now

News Credits: 3 · Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:35 pm

Just discovered the hinges on Dreadwing's shoulders:

None of the pictures I've seen online use it. I saw the pin and was all "Wait, is that a hinge?!" Allows a little more backward movement in the shoulders where the wing use to conflict with the body.

Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:04 pm

G1 Wheeljack has a flight mode. It took me a while to realize it, but it's there.

Another thing about Wheeljack -now, this is kind of cheating since I figured it out the first time I transformed him- is that, while it can be a bit stiff, it is fully possible to slide his feet out all the way so that they lock the legs in place. Some of the reviews I've seen have failed to work this out and then bashed him for not having legs that lock.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:10 pm

Generations Arcee has a very impressive amount of weapon storage, in both modes.

Every time I pick her up I find another slice of awesomeness!

Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:15 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
G1 Wheeljack has a flight mode. It took me a while to realize it, but it's there.

Another thing about Wheeljack -now, this is kind of cheating since I figured it out the first time I transformed him- is that, while it can be a bit stiff, it is fully possible to slide his feet out all the way so that they lock the legs in place. Some of the reviews I've seen have failed to work this out and then bashed him for not having legs that lock.

A flying car? How droll.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:40 pm

Skywarp64 wrote:Finally got myself a WFC Megatron and realized that, if you mistransform him in just such a way, he has the same arm-splitting gimmick as Optimus Minor:

Also, if you bend his elbows all the way forward when you transform him, his tank mode can be a bit higher up if you want. Like he has hyrdraulics or something.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:23 pm

I just learned now, while looking up for pictures online, that Energon Divebomb can serve as an awesome Wingsabre to Cybertron Vector Prime.

Here is what needs to be done to your figure to make this happen:

Ok here's what I have done:
1.Clicked of the wings from Energon Divebomb
2.Cut 2 sliding slots in the thick black plastic hinge behind Vector Prime head
3.Carved the brown'ish backside of Diverbomb to fit the KeySlot of Vector Prime
4.Clicked on the sort of Energon Divebomb's Tonfa's into Vector Primes hands

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:32 pm

william-james88 wrote:I just learned now, while looking up for pictures online, that Energon Divebomb can serve as an awesome Wingsabre to Cybertron Vector Prime.

Here is what needs to be done to your figure to make this happen:

1.Clicked of the wings from Energon Divebomb
2.Cut 2 sliding slots in the thick black plastic hinge behind Vector Prime head
3.Carved the brown'ish backside of Diverbomb to fit the KeySlot of Vector Prime
4.Clicked on the sort of Energon Divebomb's Tonfa's into Vector Primes hands