The Energon Pub

News Credits: 7 · Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:31 pm

I had no idea when I was buying CW Dragstrip that his kibble gun could mount on top of his vehicle mode.

News Credits: 26 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:49 pm

Like most people, I hate gorilla arms, so close to useful articulation, yet so far, but there're always exceptions to the rules.
Yesterday, I was fiddling with my AoE Strafe because I saw that you could plug the swords to his crossbow, bayonet-style and thought that it didn' really make much sense, then, it hit me. That's not a weird bayonetted crossbow...it's a bow.
Strafe has gorilla arms for this sole purpose, he is supposed to be posed like an archer! Need more proof? Look at his hands, usually, if they sculpt the fingers in a "firing" pose, only the index finger is apart, but on Strafe, it's both the index and the middle finger, he is not firing a crossbow, he is tensing his bow!
The images are too heavy to upload, but here are a couple of links.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_c_p3sUwAAXLBd.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_c_y0sUYAANA-I.jpg

News Credits: 23 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:00 pm

Wow, that actually works, reeeeeelly well.

News Credits: 10 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:09 pm

MaverickPrime wrote:Like most people, I hate gorilla arms, so close to useful articulation, yet so far, but there're always exceptions to the rules.
Yesterday, I was fiddling with my AoE Strafe because I saw that you could plug the swords to his crossbow, bayonet-style and thought that it didn' really make much sense, then, it hit me. That's not a weird bayonetted crossbow...it's a bow.
Strafe has gorilla arms for this sole purpose, he is supposed to be posed like an archer! Need more proof? Look at his hands, usually, if they sculpt the fingers in a "firing" pose, only the index finger is apart, but on Strafe, it's both the index and the middle finger, he is not firing a crossbow, he is tensing his bow!
The images are too heavy to upload, but here are a couple of links.

I hope you don't mind that I used the image tags so they display. Good find! I might have to display him as a bot for a while...

News Credits: 9 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:18 pm

Awesome find; the pics completely sell it.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:19 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:Like most people, I hate gorilla arms, so close to useful articulation, yet so far, but there're always exceptions to the rules.
Yesterday, I was fiddling with my AoE Strafe because I saw that you could plug the swords to his crossbow, bayonet-style and thought that it didn' really make much sense, then, it hit me. That's not a weird bayonetted crossbow...it's a bow.
Strafe has gorilla arms for this sole purpose, he is supposed to be posed like an archer! Need more proof? Look at his hands, usually, if they sculpt the fingers in a "firing" pose, only the index finger is apart, but on Strafe, it's both the index and the middle finger, he is not firing a crossbow, he is tensing his bow!
The images are too heavy to upload, but here are a couple of links.

I hope you don't mind that I used the image tags so they display. Good find! I might have to display him as a bot for a while...

Woah, dude! That's one pose I will make once I get off my lazy ass and start to finally unpack the rest of my TFs!

News Credits: 26 · Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:28 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:Like most people, I hate gorilla arms, so close to useful articulation, yet so far, but there're always exceptions to the rules.
Yesterday, I was fiddling with my AoE Strafe because I saw that you could plug the swords to his crossbow, bayonet-style and thought that it didn' really make much sense, then, it hit me. That's not a weird bayonetted crossbow...it's a bow.
Strafe has gorilla arms for this sole purpose, he is supposed to be posed like an archer! Need more proof? Look at his hands, usually, if they sculpt the fingers in a "firing" pose, only the index finger is apart, but on Strafe, it's both the index and the middle finger, he is not firing a crossbow, he is tensing his bow!
The images are too heavy to upload, but here are a couple of links.

I hope you don't mind that I used the image tags so they display. Good find! I might have to display him as a bot for a while...

No, I don't mind at all, thanks! :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 7 · Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:02 am

I just discovered today that I've had Transmetal Tarantuals's transformation wrong since forever, and the saw/front wheel/pizza cutter is meant to point BACK in beast mode, rather than forwards.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:24 am

Combiner Wars Huffer has an artillery/weapons platform mode:

Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:15 pm

Generations Whirl's C-clips on his weapons can attach to Cyberverse weapons.

News Credits: 6188 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:32 am

Not my images, all via Alfes2010.

Had anyone figured this out? :shock:

News Credits: 101 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:40 am

Oh, sweet! Kinda make me regret having sold my Prime Rumble. (The blue one)

I've yet to open and build my Arms Micron Frenzy. (Or is it Rumble?)

News Credits: 11 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:45 pm

That's so awesome! It's like a TFP Ramble. Framble? Yeah. Lol

News Credits: 293 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:10 pm

Neeeeaaat!

News Credits: 23 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:15 pm

This came to mind:

Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:28 pm

This makes me wonder about the possibilities of other mold-buddies who can do the same. Very nice work Alfes!!!!

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:47 pm

This, coincidentally, reminds me of the galaxyforce rumble mold.

Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:57 pm

william-james88 wrote:This, coincidentally, reminds me of the galaxyforce rumble mold.

Which was, initially, supposed to be a FRumble-homage.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:02 pm

RAcast wrote:
william-james88 wrote:This, coincidentally, reminds me of the galaxyforce rumble mold.

Which was, initially, supposed to be a FRumble-homage.

That's what I meant by "coincidentally", but I actually think that mold was an homage, not just "supposed". The robot mode had the pile drivers:

News Credits: 10 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:38 pm

And it came in both red and blue variations. (and yellow, but that doesn't fit here...)

Fri May 01, 2015 1:52 pm

Haaay, guys!!

Didja' know (this one random 5mm peg) fits into (this one random 5mm hole)?!

And also, (this other 5mm peg) fits into (this other 5mm hole)!!!

I tell ya, it's almost like (any two posts/holes from the last ten years) were MADE to work together!!

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News Credits: 4877 · Fri May 01, 2015 2:16 pm

The Energon line was truly amazing at focusing on that functionality. It makes up for all their subpar autobot molds.

Fri May 01, 2015 7:19 pm

So is Combiner Wars

Fri May 01, 2015 10:02 pm

Chimera245 wrote:
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Let's play "how many of those do I recognize offhand!"

Let's see...
Gen Metroplex's big gun
Orion's Axe
FE Bulkhead's mace
several of the CW Stunticon's weapons attached to Metroplex's
FoC Screamer's gun whose name I can't recall
and bunches of other smaller things that I know I've seen but I can't remember offhand. :lol:

I always love playing "combine the weapons," it's terribly amusing. I made something out of several Prime and Beast Hunters Legion/Commander weapons I called the Spare-Parts Saber.

Sat May 02, 2015 7:03 am

If memory serves, Scamper's left hand holds Gen Springer's gun, leading up into CW Motormaster/Menasor's sword, and down into the combines mass of FOC Bruticus's weapons, which themselves hold FOC Starscream's guns on one side and Gen Orion Pax's axe on the other.

His right hand holds FOC Metroplex's red gun with FE Bulkhead's wrecking ball and Orion Pax's rifle beneath, CW Megatron's combined gun, leading into Gen Blitzwing's sword, the gun-sword from one of the CW stunticons which I can't remember, and then on the other side where you can barely see, there's CW Silverbolt/Superion's rifle topped off with one of the other CW aerialbots' white double-barreled guns.