The Energon Pub

News Credits: 31 · by **bacem** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:10 am

Jason5billion wrote:Why did my title get changed to Insecticon when that's not on the list?

congrats!! you just get a new unique title, exclusively for you. that does not happens very often, as far as i know, so you can say the people here treat you as special.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 5:50 am

Obviously if I continue to break rules and drive threads off-topic, I'll be treated the same way as everyone else. Even if there's a Transformer named Insecticon, I don't have him; and I'd rather have Vehicon.

by **Diecast** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:21 am

Beast Wars Insecticon was one of my favorite figures for the BW years. Took that guy everywhere.

I still have him, but he's super loose. I used him as my Waspinator and was constantly removing his joints to simulate him being blown apart.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:10 am

Diecast wrote:I still have him, but he's super loose. I used him as my Waspinator and was constantly removing his joints to simulate him being blown apart.

Anyways yeah, as well as BW Insecticon there's also a character called Insecticon who originates from the Energon line. In fact, he shares a lot of traits with Vehicon/s - semi-sentient, obedient, pretty-cool-looking drone army comprised of clones of the one body type. You should feel honored to have your very own title, and you shouldn't need to worry about getting in trouble as long as you don't bug anyone too much.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:24 am

I like vehicle Transformers better than beasts, and Vehicon is the one I have. He's probably a lot easier to transform. At least as far as the Legends class Transformers go, he's probably easier. It's not true that I think there are only 50 Transformers because I know better. There are probably only 50 to 100 names, but not only 50 Transformers.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:37 am

I guess I didn't look through all those colors I mentioned for that beast Transformer because I found out that's Grimlock. I thought the Grimlock I had was green, but that's probably because of the cartoons I've been watching. It won't make me feel 100 percent better for not getting to keep Vehicon, but I'll trade Grimlock for an Insecticon that's not super loose and falling apart.

News Credits: 31 · by **bacem** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:40 am

Jason5billion wrote:I guess I didn't look through all those colors I mentioned for that beast Transformer because I found out that's Grimlock. I thought the Grimlock I had was green, but that's probably because of the cartoons I've been watching. It won't make me feel 100 percent better for not getting to keep Vehicon, but I'll trade Grimlock for an Insecticon that's not super loose and falling apart.

considering most insecticon mold are on bigger class than your legion class grimlock, you might need to throw in extra cash for the person who's willing to do so.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:52 am

Since you used the word most instead of all, I'm looking for one that's about the same size as my Grimlock. I figured out a way to keep the Vehicon title forever. Look at my alt modes, and you can also click and look at my allegiance.

News Credits: 1 · by **ExciKaiser** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:01 am

Jason5billion wrote:It's not true that I think there are only 50 Transformers because I know better. There are probably only 50 to 100 names, but not only 50 Transformers.

Exactly what I mean. You assume without even searching.

http://www2.unicron.com/characterlist.html

1245 names at this date. Growing.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:13 pm

I stand corrected, and now it's your turn to get a lesson in counting since you think there are only two steps to transform Tiny Turbo changer Bumblebee. You lift up the hood. You swivel the front part around. You pull the sides out. You lift up the front of the car and put the hood back down. That's four steps.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:46 pm

I wanted to comment on my Reveal the Shield take off Starscream that I got from Dollar General. I don't know what to actually call it because as anyone can see in the picture, there are two symbols that clearly indicate he's a Decepticon. Anyway, he's a pretty cool Transformer; but there's an extra cockpit because the one on his chest doesn't get used when he's a jet.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:11 pm

Hellscream1999 said he's looking for a TM Shuffler and Ramhorn. I looked that up on TF wiki; and unless I'm wrong, I may have been overthinking what the TM stands for because it just said trademark.

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:27 pm

Jason5billion wrote:Hellscream1999 said he's looking for a TM Shuffler and Ramhorn. I looked that up on TF wiki; and unless I'm wrong, I may have been overthinking what the TM stands for because it just said trademark.

You'll find that a lot of the time in this hobby, there are multiple meanings to many different abbreviations. For example, TM does stand for trademark, but it could also stand for Transmetal (a line of toys from the Beast Wars era, if I remember correctly) or in the case of what Hellscream meant, in this instance it stands for Titan Master - Titan Masters being the small individual head-robots in the current Titans Return line. Hence, when Hellscream says he's looking for "TM Shuffler and Ramhorn", what that means in this context is that he's looking for the Titan Master figures named Shuffler and Ramhorn; that is, these guys:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:30 pm

Your logic is wasted on this Insecticon. >:oP

News Credits: 102 · by **Qwan** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:38 pm

Burn wrote:Your logic is wasted on this Insecticon.

Worth a try anyway - it's nice to exercise the ol' explanation muscle once in a while. If there's one problem with this website, it's that most people here are far too capable of research and comprehension; it leaves me with nothing to do :-P

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:35 pm

bacem wrote:considering most insecticon mold are on bigger class than your legion class grimlock, you might need to throw in extra cash for the person who's willing to do so.

I wouldn't need to throw in anything if I could keep the title I had. I've tried a few beast Transformers and wasn't as happy with them, and I haven't bought Clampdown because of his robot mode, but I'll plan to get him since there are YouTube videos if he proves to be hard to transform.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:43 pm

Qwan wrote:
Burn wrote:Your logic is wasted on this Insecticon.

Worth a try anyway - it's nice to exercise the ol' explanation muscle once in a while. If there's one problem with this website, it's that most people here are far too capable of research and comprehension; it leaves me with nothing to do

You'll make an excellent news staffer some day soon ;)^

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:56 pm

Jason5billion wrote:I wouldn't need to throw in anything if I could keep the title I had.

geez have your bloody title back then. But I don't want to hear you complaining when you hit 400 posts. Just suck it up and deal with it.

Hellscream9999 wrote:You'll make an excellent news staffer some day soon

Yesssss...recruit him! Va'al needs minions.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:06 pm

Thank you kindly.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:52 pm

I finally decided to pick a favorite Transformer, and anyone who looks would find out who I picked. He's not one that's actually appeared in stores or comic books or movies or cartoons; and good or bad, I welcome all comments. I noticed that as long as I stick to this thread, my post count will stay at 317, so I'll never go beyond Vehicon. Aside from getting to stay here, that's another incentive to not drive other threads off-topic.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:11 pm

Qwan wrote:
Diecast wrote:I still have him, but he's super loose. I used him as my Waspinator and was constantly removing his joints to simulate him being blown apart.

Anyways yeah, as well as BW Insecticon there's also a character called Insecticon who originates from the Energon line. In fact, he shares a lot of traits with Vehicon/s - semi-sentient, obedient, pretty-cool-looking drone army comprised of clones of the one body type. You should feel honored to have your very own title, and you shouldn't need to worry about getting in trouble as long as you don't bug anyone too much.

Thank you for the explanation. Aside from Insecticon and Vehicon, there's another one that's a group of semi-sentient Transformers because back in the G1 days, there was Gnaw who was also a group of Decepticon clones. Have they ever done that with Autobots?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:15 pm

Jason5billion wrote:I noticed that as long as I stick to this thread, my post count will stay at 317, so I'll never go beyond Vehicon.

lol. Yeah, okay, you believe that.

by **Jason5billion** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 1:00 am

: Here's Vehicon to celebrate having my title back, and I threw in Makeshift just for the fun of it.

by **Jason5billion** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 1:50 am

I was hoping I could take a picture of Vehicon and add him to my signature like William-James added a Transformer. I noticed if someone responds to a post I make and I add another one, the count goes up. Any help would be appreciated.

by **Jason5billion** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:54 am

I looked up Makeshift on that website that ExiKaiser gave me, and I found one that looks like the one I just showed, but it said he was a K-Mart exclusive, and I didn't get mine from K-Mart. I got him at Dollar General and probably paid five dollars for him, and I thought he was a Dollar General exclusive. I read the specs on him on the Wiki site, and it has him as a Decepticon even though the one I got is an Autobot. One thing I liked about the specs is that it said he could change into any shape that's roughly his size, so in the cartoon and comics, there's the five billion changer; but as far as the toy goes, mine doesn't even turn into three things, much less 5 billion. Do I have to achieve a certain level before I can put pictures of Transformers in my signature? I noticed Hellscream1999 did the same thing.