The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Speaking of Soundwave, here's where I'm keeping my Leader-class one. And I was able to put the tablessettes from the Cassette Pack in his box with room to spare

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Whoa, I’m really digging that Ironhide! I really like the design, very movieverse but with a little G1 flair to it. Never too much movie Ironhide!

I haven’t picked up any of the Energon igniters outside of the speed series, but I’m wondering if I should get the power series Camaro Bee (without the core). We don’t get nearly enough Bumblebees with his battle mask and shoulder launchers!

[chuckdawg1999]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

Raises all five limbs. On a serious note, we need to make sure that we keep in mind there's a strong possibility that we might not see all these figures released. Bumblebee has not gone higher than 3rd place for the last two weekends and will probably start dropping off.

[william-james88]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

Raises all five limbs. On a serious note, we need to make sure that we keep in mind there's a strong possibility that we might not see all these figures released. Bumblebee has not gone higher than 3rd place for the last two weekends and will probably start dropping off.

When has a movie's performance at the box office ever been related to toy releases?

[chuckdawg1999]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

Raises all five limbs. On a serious note, we need to make sure that we keep in mind there's a strong possibility that we might not see all these figures released. Bumblebee has not gone higher than 3rd place for the last two weekends and will probably start dropping off.

When has a movie's performance at the box office ever been related to toy releases?

The last knight? The movie under performed and people lost interest quickly so stores didn't stock the latter waves.

[Acolyte]

Yaaaaaaaawnnn... it is IMPOSSIBLE for me to get excited about any of the official Bumblebee movie toys. The real shame too is that the Takara exclusive Legendary Optimus is one of the best toys out this year, but nobody stateside will see it or appreciate it without searching it out online.

They should have just leaned forward with some solid Studio Series releases (Dropkick was really pretty great, but REALLY should have been a voyager). Nobody will remember Energon Ignitors in a years' time. These things will all be at discount retail early this year, as NONE of them are moving on local shelves here (and they are taking space that needs to open up for Siege/SS; don't even get me started how the last waves of PotP just fizzled and never materialized here).

There are a lot of podcasts out there that need to come to grips with how meh this movie was. Even though it had more heart than all the Bayverse combined, that was still a pretty ham-fisted attempt at Spielbergianism.

[epicvoiceguy]

Not exactly what I was expecting for Soundwave but definitely digging the rock n roll 80s van! So far I've only been able to claim the Target Exclusive reissue of Soundwave as the official one from the movie. I'll probably bend the rules and claim Siege Shockwave and Soundwave as me. lol

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Chuck, IIRC Hasbro themselves have said that the TLK toyline actually did fairly well. Yes, most of the Wave 1 Deluxes shelfwarmed for a good bit, but I think that's more because they were not exactly the best assortment - Bumblebee was the wrong body, Slash (while better-colored than the AoE release) was still a toy-only character, and Berserker (who shelfwarmed the longest) was someone who did nothing but dangle in jail briefly. And they didn't really have any sort of gimmick to make up the lack of appeal.

Acolyte, where the smeg have you been that the Bumblebee Movie toys have been present while there are no pegs and shelf slots reserved for Studio Series? Or that Bumblebee toys have been crowding into those spaces? Everywhere I've been has had the Studio Series spaces perfectly intact, and the Bumblebee toys (most of which fall under "Cheaper and with a kid-appeal gimmick) are at a shelf density that suggests they're shifting healthily while also being re-stocked. I would imagine that the Bumblebee line has priority for re-stocking - it's being actively promoted by a recently-released movie after all.

And the last wave of PotP did not "fizzle and never materialize". I saw it, and I saw the revision waves including plenty of Moonracer (although my budget for that trip went mostly to gifts for cousins so I couldn't get one).

[no-one]

Holy flying hell cats, I want that mural art on a t-shirt, poster and a trapper keeper!

[Cobotron]

trapper keeper!

YEEEEEES!

[Nathaniel Prime]

Holy flying hell cats

Appropriate, considering what we're dealing with here

[Overcracker]

trapper keeper!

YEEEEEES!

[Rainmaker]

Am I the only one that hates the mural on Soundwave?

[Emerje]

Am I the only one that hates the mural on Soundwave?

Possibly?

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Am I the only one that hates the mural on Soundwave?

Yes.

[epicvoiceguy]

Holy flying hell cats, I want that mural art on a t-shirt, poster and a trapper keeper!

Y’know, I tried my darnedest to find a G1 Trapper Keeper for sale online but couldn’t.

[Overcracker]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

It would be quite appropriate considering Soundwave is actually a synthesized Scooby Doo / Fred Jones.

All hail Frank Welker and his Universe connecting voice.

[no-one]

Holy flying hell cats, I want that mural art on a t-shirt, poster and a trapper keeper!

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Y’know, I tried my darnedest to find a G1 Trapper Keeper for sale online but couldn’t.

Oh wow, I didn't even know that was an option. I only remember the early CGI art and Lisa Frank. That's a rabbit hole I don't even want to entertain.

[Ironhidensh]

Holy flying hell cats, I want that mural art on a t-shirt, poster and a trapper keeper!

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Y’know, I tried my darnedest to find a G1 Trapper Keeper for sale online but couldn’t.

Oh wow, I didn't even know that was an option. I only remember the early CGI art and Lisa Frank. That's a rabbit hole I don't even want to entertain.

I had at least one Trapper Keeper with a red Lambo Countach on it, does that count?

[no-one]

Holy flying hell cats, I want that mural art on a t-shirt, poster and a trapper keeper!

[img]flyinghellcat.jpg[/img]

[vid]snip[/vid]

Y’know, I tried my darnedest to find a G1 Trapper Keeper for sale online but couldn’t.

Oh wow, I didn't even know that was an option. I only remember the early CGI art and Lisa Frank. That's a rabbit hole I don't even want to entertain.

I had at least one Trapper Keeper with a red Lambo Countach on it, does that count?

If you slap an Autobot symbol on the hood

[chuckdawg1999]

Raise your hand if you not only want that Soundwave with the sweet mural, but also want a repaint into Soundblaster, with an A-Team van alt mode.

*hand frantically raised*

Raise your hand if you want to see that repainted into a version of Soundwave as the Mystery Machine

*Raises both hands and starts jumping*

It would be quite appropriate considering Soundwave is actually a synthesized Scooby Doo / Fred Jones.

All hail Frank Welker and his Universe connecting voice.

It's actually a synthesized Dr. Claw

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Yup. As can be noted in ROTF, DOTM, and an instance or two in the G1 cartoon where the voice is unfiltered due to editing gaffes.

[X3ROhour]

I personally think the bee toyline is doing a good job, especially as more kid friendly toys (you know the market they want to grab with the movie) are all here with more collector focused entries in the Studio Series line, we may get more bee characters as time goes on in the ss line.

Exactly. I've yet to see a single truly bad toy from this line. All the toys also seem pretty solid and of high quality. Not like Cyberverse, which is 3/4 pure garbage.

uhg, Cyberverse


my real gripe there:
i learned from TFP
that i love playing with the corresponding figs as i watch.

with Cyb
no toy love while watching
and i dig the toon so much!

i gotta repost in the Cyb Forum!

[X3ROhour]

whats the friggin deal!?

every piece o scrap movie in the Bayverse
cranks out figures for every slagin bot
that spends 15 seconds on screen.

even Wheelie has 3 figs!
each RC twin has a kajillion iterations and repaints
for the 9 seconds of screentime they got!
We even have bot toys for vehicles in the films
that DONT HAVE BOT MODES!!

What do we get for BUMBLEBEE?
A plethora of kiddie carp!
& 2 halfway decent figs!
Studio Series
Bumblebee & Dropkick.
(a 3rd if u count MPM-7.)

WTFraggleRock!?

OH!
i forgot SS Shatter.
oops...
okay, 3 SEMI-decent toys!!


am i wrong!?
PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL ME IM WRONG!!!

is something coming that will rock my kazbah?

where are Arcee, Wheeljack, Brawn, Cliff!?
Where is Prime!?
Optimus is guaranteed $$!

ANYONE!?

SS Prime is coming. We just saw that reveal a week or 2 back. Frankly, it looks good, and if we werent getting Siege Prime at the same time I would be all over the Bee Prime, but they pretty much check all the same boxes with different styles, so I am less apt to get it.

yeah, i see it.

i posted my rant
only a bit before the announcement of OP.

still,
mas, por favor!