The Energon Pub

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:23 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Still on the subject of G1 Wheeljack (currently no picture for this one though, sorry), his launchers are in fact the original C-joint weapons.

Speaking of Wheeljack, you can give TFP Wheeljack his Generations shoulder rocket and if you want to, attach his wrenches to his back.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:03 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Still on the subject of G1 Wheeljack (currently no picture for this one though, sorry), his launchers are in fact the original C-joint weapons.

Speaking of Wheeljack, you can give TFP Wheeljack his Generations shoulder rocket and if you want to, attach his wrenches to his back.

Since that's a C-Joint clip, you can also give him the G1 shoulder rocket, which actually fires (admittedly, not well unless you swap out the spring for one outta a clicker pen or something).

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:57 am

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

Wow, a flying car - now I've seen everything!

Like Aladar The Outmode on Facebook · by **Aladar The Outmode** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:33 am

ROTF leader Screamer has hidden arm weapons and flapping wings.

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:44 am

Evasion Prime, who I shall now refer to as AOE Bendy Prime, has articulated knee armor. You can flex it ever so slightly out.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:42 pm

Aladar wrote:ROTF leader Screamer has hidden arm weapons and flapping wings.

What? You never noticed the arm guns? I thought they were pretty obvious. They are even advertized on the box and are featured in every reviews.

I'm with you on the wings though. Took me a while to find out that extra transformation step.

Like Aladar The Outmode on Facebook · by **Aladar The Outmode** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:04 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Aladar wrote:ROTF leader Screamer has hidden arm weapons and flapping wings.

What? You never noticed the arm guns? I thought they were pretty obvious. They are even advertized on the box and are featured in every reviews.

I'm with you on the wings though. Took me a while to find out that extra transformation step.

I have a sad fact for you. I am one of the people that reviewed him and mentioned those damn guns. I forgot about them though.

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:25 am

Masterpiece Megs' Energon mace is a pretty good fit for Classics Megs, especislly if you shorten the chain.

The leftover chain is also useful for giving Mania King some much needed bling!

News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:22 pm

I found something on Generations Rhinox. That you can open his mouth using a hinge on the upper jaw. That way it doesn't break the sculpt.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:50 pm

Snarl's fin-ax-blade thing hold very well under is tail/butt. It look nice and it's a nice unentended storage space!

I realised it from the start because that damn fin refuse to stay on the intended top space among the other fins. So, I improvised and noticed right away that it worked.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:44 pm

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Wasn't sure if this should go in the Awesome Poses thread or this one, but I haven't seen this yet.

Gens Sky-Byte canstand on his own tail, unaided and unmodded:

I bought the figure because of that (was going to get him a microphone), but it doesn't remotely work on mine. :-(

I'm considering taking him back, but wondered if it was possible there was something odd you did with transforming his tail?

On mine, the elbow joint doesn't come close to supporting his weight, and even if it did, his tail spins too readily to keep him lined up, and even it didn't, the lateral tail fins seem like they'd be too close together to keep him from falling to one side or the other.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:54 pm

I just realized after all of these years that the backpacks on the Decepticon Monster Pretenders from 1989 are reversible. I always thought that the backpacks were intended to go on with the accessory attachments facing outward. However, if you reverse the backpack so that it is "flat" on the outside, each backpack has a different pattern on it indicative of which creature it belongs to (i.e. rocky, scales, etc).

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:51 pm

RAcast wrote:
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.

I got that joke!

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:18 pm

I found out that Generations Windblade's head fan can come off but it does take a bit of force

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:38 pm

I picked up Generations Gears the other day and found out that Eclipse is a nifty add-on kit for turning FOC Sideswipe into a passable Classics Pointblank.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:07 pm

RID 2001 Grimlock has a T-Rex mode

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:02 pm

william-james88 wrote:RID 2001 Grimlock has a T-Rex mode

Looks mode like a Flamingo with it's wings extended 8-}

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:20 am

I see a T-Rex! That's super awesome, really creative.

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:08 am

I Just found out Generations Scourge has ankle pivot.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:49 pm

RiD one-step Overbite has a tab on the back of his head that activates a bitey gimmick. just got him, granted, but this is the sort of thing someone usually mentions before I can get my hands on a figure.

by **Optimum Supreme** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:49 pm

william-james88 wrote:RID 2001 Grimlock has a T-Rex mode

Me grimlock have good imagination

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:48 pm

RID warrior Class Strongarm can store her gun under her vehicle mode

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:54 pm

Centuritron Battle-ship mode (credit belongs to OCProwl):

The tank and jet connect like they do for gestalt mode, and the copter is connected to the tank via the double-barrel gun. The rest is a bit fiddly, nothing else snaps together, but you can use the copter and jet's legs and the copter tail to hold it all together fairly securely.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:00 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Centuritron Battle-ship mode

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:31 pm

This is not much of a big deal but after hearing this in all reviews, I thought, hey why not? It has been said countless times that Generations Sky byte is made in a way that always makes him look down (since his head is not on a ball joint). However, his feet are very wide and offer great balance. I have found that this mold lets you curve his spine as you like, making it easy to have these nice poses resulting in him looking straight in front of him. It results in this great animal and loose pose that fits very well with this predator.

I will let you guess where I figured this out.