The Energon Pub

[Va'al]

Changed thread title. Evergreen was never the name of the line, just a nickname used by designers.

Name of the line is Transformers, but we're chucking in a size to help us distinguish!

[chuckdawg1999]

I really hope these have a wider release outside of Market 6 stores.

[-Kanrabat-]

Maybe those will only come out in Brazil or something, like those other figures.

[Stuartmaximus]

Are these out yet? coz I've yet to find any video reviews of them, I know that the Cyber Battalion series are out coz Chuck's already done reviews on some of those figures

[william-james88]

Are these out yet? coz I've yet to find any video reviews of them, I know that the Cyber Battalion series are out coz Chuck's already done reviews on some of those figures

These are not out and we still do not know who will be carrying them.

[william-james88]

So what o you guys think about the size? 4.5" is not too bad. Sure, there's bigger, but its how you play with it that matters right?

[bacem]

So what o you guys think about the size? 4.5" is not too bad. Sure, there's bigger, but its how you play with it that matters right?

i don't mind with the size at all, since the scale on my shelf is all over the place already anyway. However, out of the one shown so far, the only one looks fun to me is megatron.

[Va'al]

Via the Facebook group TFCN, a previous source of news for this line, we have a quick image of the Starscream figure from the 4.5" sized line that was previously described as using evergreen designs - that is, recognisable designs for iconic characters including elements of G1 as well as later generations of the franchise. It appears that the simplified line may in fact be called Transformers Authentics! Check out the image below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub.

[LordTwann]

Another useless line of figures to clog up store pegs. Awesome.

[The Lonely Cracker]

Another useless line of figures to clog up store pegs. Awesome.

Hey, lay off. It's an interesting idea, Basically Cyber Battalion for the U.S. Larger but simpler figures for the kids, because Hasbro can't satisfy everyone's fetish.

[The Lonely Cracker]

Authentication, Eh? Not the worst name, certainly better than "Transformers". Not bad.

[DMSL]

Yeah this doesn't excite me at all. This is just another line of gimmicky figures that no-one really wants and just fills up shelves.

This is kinda like the crappy 5 points of articulation figures we get for Star Wars. The big problem here is that, although no-one likes them, there are still people that will just buy it because it has the brand name on it.

Seriously stop that it's so silly. Stop buying the crappy things Hasbro puts out and they will stop producing them. Stop being sheep and think. I sometimes feel Hasbro thinks we are all mindless zombies that will just buy whatever they put out, prove them wrong.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Yeah this doesn't excite me at all. This is just another line of gimmicky figures that no-one really wants and just fills up shelves.

More gimmicky than say... combiners? Head and guns that turn into little robots? Spring-loaded One-Step transformations?

Seriously though, don't expect them to appear at any big retailers like Walmart or Target. They're more like the Cyber series, and are likely meant for chains that carry a smaller selection of toys, like Walgreens, Family Dollar, and the like. In fact, they could even stay within Asia if the Chinese writing is any indication.

[-Kanrabat-]

Yeah this doesn't excite me at all. This is just another line of gimmicky figures that no-one really wants and just fills up shelves.

This is kinda like the crappy 5 points of articulation figures we get for Star Wars. The big problem here is that, although no-one likes them, there are still people that will just buy it because it has the brand name on it.

Seriously stop that it's so silly. Stop buying the crappy things Hasbro puts out and they will stop producing them. Stop being sheep and think. I sometimes feel Hasbro thinks we are all mindless zombies that will just buy whatever they put out, prove them wrong.

Yeah, because YOU don't like it, NOBODY should buy.

Your attitude is very, very childish. Because you claim that "nobody like them" and under the same breath, you admit they DO sell. Who's buying them then? Fairies and leprechauns? If there's demand for a product and it sell, it will be produced and put on shelves. That's simple economics.

TlDr; no one care that you don't like brocoli. Many do love brocoli and you will not stop the groceries for offering it.

[Microraptor]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

[-Kanrabat-]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

It baffle the mind indeed. I would have liked that Jetfire at a decent normal, non-scalpy price. Bought locally.

But no... Sigh...

[SG Roadbuster]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

It baffle the mind indeed. I would have liked that Jetfire at a decent normal, non-scalpy price. Bought locally.

But no... Sigh...

start checking your local walgreens then. i just snagged battalion Prowl at the one close to my apartment earlier this week.

[dragons]

Another useless line of figures to clog up store pegs. Awesome.

I like these comments transformers made for little kids not adults adult transformers master piece everything else is for kids shows age rage on package amazing how adults buy toys forget that it's funny.,

I can name over hundred adults that do not buy transformers toys but like transformers movies

[Microraptor]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

It baffle the mind indeed. I would have liked that Jetfire at a decent normal, non-scalpy price. Bought locally.

But no... Sigh...

Yeah. As a lucky finder of one, Jetfire is well worth the normal price, but over twenty is just too much.

[-Kanrabat-]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

It baffle the mind indeed. I would have liked that Jetfire at a decent normal, non-scalpy price. Bought locally.

But no... Sigh...

start checking your local walgreens then. i just snagged battalion Prowl at the one close to my apartment earlier this week.

No Walgreens in Québec.
Maybe with incredible luck at Winner's? The boxes are trilingual so they CAN appear over here. The only thing needed is for Hasbro to give a damn.

[william-james88]

While these are a great bridge between the one-steps and rescue bots and the more complex stuff, I still wonder why they didn't just make the Cyber Battalions a wider release. They seem pretty popular.

They are only popular because we saw them for so long before having any indication they would be made available in the US. And when we did finally see them, the were Universal Studios Exclusives. So that made them more desirable. But were they to be in stores readily available for everyone from the begining, I am sure we would have gotten the very same comments about them being useless. If these Authentics TFs end up being exclusive to Russia, watch everyone start crying foul at them not being available here.

start checking your local walgreens then. i just snagged battalion Prowl at the one close to my apartment earlier this week.

Walgreens only exists in the US and if you check the location of the person you replied to, it is written he lives in Canada. So no figures for him

Also, to anyone complaning, the leaks these toys were part of stated these were meant for value stores, so they wouldnt be clogging up anywhere you<d be looking for toys anyway.

[-Kanrabat-]

Also, to anyone complaning, the leaks these toys were part of stated these were meant for value stores, so they wouldnt be clogging up anywhere you<d be looking for toys anyway.

Lo and behold, scalpers drooling at the prospect of raiding all the value stores...

[william-james88]

Also, to anyone complaning, the leaks these toys were part of stated these were meant for value stores, so they wouldnt be clogging up anywhere you<d be looking for toys anyway.

Lo and behold, scalpers drooling at the prospect of raiding all the value stores...

They didn't raid the Walgreens for the cyber battalion toys so maybe they don't care.

[-Kanrabat-]

Also, to anyone complaning, the leaks these toys were part of stated these were meant for value stores, so they wouldnt be clogging up anywhere you<d be looking for toys anyway.

Lo and behold, scalpers drooling at the prospect of raiding all the value stores...

They didn't raid the Walgreens for the cyber battalion toys so maybe they don't care.

It still amount to around 45$US to 70$US for a single Cyber Battalion figure shipped to Canada.
So, like that previous line, this new one will be a huge bucket of "nope" for us canucks.

[chuckdawg1999]

I, unfortunately, don't have any of those "value" stores in my area. Really hope these hit Walgreens at least