The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:29 pm

Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

News Credits: 42 · Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:59 pm

triKlops wrote:Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

Same here, I left all 4 of those in store because I pre-ordered him and Boncrusher together during a save $10 on $50 deal and want to retain the sale price. Hopefully he should be shipping out soon.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:38 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
triKlops wrote:Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

Same here, I left all 4 of those in store because I pre-ordered him and Boncrusher together during a save $10 on $50 deal and want to retain the sale price. Hopefully he should be shipping out soon.

Yiu could have still purchased him then to own him now and then return it later when you get the cheaper ones in the mail.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:41 pm

I’m just adding a couple cents to the previous post & want to say I highly recommend to everyone to get a Target Red Card…
You always get 5% off (which is going to cover a portion of tax) & is added to any additional discount, you get up to 3 months to return items, you never need a receipt for a return, and anything bought online ships for free, unless the item specifically states, “only ships with purchase of $35 or more”. Which then would be the case no matter what type of card being used.
This has only happened with items that are on a huge sale and cost under $5.
A Red Card is essentially an extension of your debit card, just specifically for Target, and with a few added perks.

I personally find it so helpful to be able to buy something that I’m unsure I’m going to keep, be able to hold onto it, wait for a sale(s) (even if from a different retailer), and be able to make returns that are no more of a hassle than going into the store to begin with when doing regular shopping.

It’s kind of crazy and awesome to know I have until April 24th to return the SS86 Rumble I snagged if I decide I don’t want him.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:10 pm

In full agreement, SW76. I use mine regularly and to full effect. I just try to limit or avoid altogether trips to the physical stores themselves so I will miss out on in store sitings to grab it first but saying that, it is a good strategy.
I will also throw in, if someone's interested please DM me as it will benefit both of us, using the daily Bing rewards program which i get tons of Target gift cards.
I will be submitting a grocery order today for pickup worth $75 dollars after 5 redcard discounts, i will be using $25 in gift cards towards that and purchasing either through Honey or Rakuten for an additional percentage refunded/ /credited. $40 bucks for almost $100 dollars of groceries pre-discounts is a great wallet saver.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:04 pm

william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
triKlops wrote:Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

Same here, I left all 4 of those in store because I pre-ordered him and Boncrusher together during a save $10 on $50 deal and want to retain the sale price. Hopefully he should be shipping out soon.

Yiu could have still purchased him then to own him now and then return it later when you get the cheaper ones in the mail.

That's extra steps some of us don't really care to take, and we can be patient.

He's been in stock on Pulse for over a month, but like the folks above, I have a cheap preorder I am waiting on. Hopefully he ships soon, I want more NEST bots.

News Credits: 42 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:37 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
triKlops wrote:Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

Same here, I left all 4 of those in store because I pre-ordered him and Boncrusher together during a save $10 on $50 deal and want to retain the sale price. Hopefully he should be shipping out soon.

Yiu could have still purchased him then to own him now and then return it later when you get the cheaper ones in the mail.

That's extra steps some of us don't really care to take, and we can be patient.

He's been in stock on Pulse for over a month, but like the folks above, I have a cheap preorder I am waiting on. Hopefully he ships soon, I want more NEST bots.

I was considering the buy it now and return the cheaper one on this receipt routine, I've done it plenty, but in this case I wasn't buying anything else and it was crowded as hell.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:41 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
triKlops wrote:Sweet, i have been waiting on my Target pre-order to fill for a while. Still an awesome redeco of the mold!

Same here, I left all 4 of those in store because I pre-ordered him and Boncrusher together during a save $10 on $50 deal and want to retain the sale price. Hopefully he should be shipping out soon.

Yiu could have still purchased him then to own him now and then return it later when you get the cheaper ones in the mail.

That's extra steps some of us don't really care to take, and we can be patient.

He's been in stock on Pulse for over a month, but like the folks above, I have a cheap preorder I am waiting on. Hopefully he ships soon, I want more NEST bots.

I was considering the buy it now and return the cheaper one on this receipt routine, I've done it plenty, but in this case I wasn't buying anything else and it was crowded as hell.

Aha, yes, crowds, one of the biggest deterrents. Happened to me before as well.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:05 pm

We have news that the exclusive NEST Ratchet was found at Target in Northwest Indiana. It is a solid case and they go for $24.99. It was found by our very own TF-fan kev777.

If you have found them, share your sightings with our community in the sightings section and on our boards in your region related thread.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like NEST Ratchet is out and in full cases. Spotted in a Target in NW Indiana.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:16 pm

Thanks to JTPrime17, we have some really fun news to share in the form of two new Legacy listings. Both are exclusive figures. One is Tow-Line, which will be in the Target exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line (and which ever exclusive retailer has those in your country). Hasbro had hinted at redecos of the new Junkions, and this could very well be the first one we see with this probably being a redeco of Scraphook.

We also know we have a Toxitron coming. It is unclear which retailer he will be exclusive to. We have at least 2 capsules (that means a set of retailer exclusive figures that share a theme, like the WrecknRule or Velocitron sublines) this year and we know one will have G2 Grimlock as leader and this other set will have none other than Toxitron as the leader. That would be a redeco of the Legacy G2 Optimus Prime.

Here are the listings:

TRA GEN LEGACY CAPSULE LDR TOXITRON
Product Number F6956
EAN: 5010996176417

TRA BB GEN LEGACY DLX TOW-LINE
Product Number: F7017
EAN: 5010996143327

Here is an image and link to our RID Tow-Line gallery.

Transformers Robots In Disguise Tow-Line (Wreckerhook) Gallery

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:52 pm

Alright Toxitron....if it turns out to look as good as I'm hoping then I will part ways with CW Toxitron! :VEHI:

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:53 pm

Alright Toxitron....if it turns out to look as good as I'm hoping then I will part ways with CW Toxitron! :VEHI:

Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:10 am

Toxitron? TOXITRON? YES!!! I have the animated and collectors club figures, so I'm hyped for this new one! :michaelbay:

Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:35 am

I had a very strong feeling they'd do Toxitron, seems like I was right.
I was on the fence about getting Scourge, but I am interested on seeing how this Toxitron figure looks so I could get that instead. No hate towards Scourge of course, I just find Toxitron's colour scheme more interesting than the usual "evil doppelgänger" colour scheme.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:51 am

ZOINKS! Like, I never realized how much Wreckerhook/Towline's color scheme makes him look like the Mystery Machine! It's making me regret passing on the RID version in 2001 because I already had all the Machine Wars flipchanger molds. Will that be enough to get me to buy a repainted Hoist or Scraphook? Maybe.

And was he the only character who got an international name change, but made a habit of yelling his original Japanese name in the English dub? An amusing distinction.

News Credits: 51 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:34 am

william-james88 wrote:We also know we have a Toxitron coming. It is unclear which retailer he will be exclusive to. We have at least 2 capsules this year and we know one will have G2 Grimlock as leader and this other set will have none other than Toxitron as the leader. That would be a redeco of the Legacy G2 Optimus Prime.

...based off the capsule listings we already had that were just missing names as well as what JTPrime has said, there is one capsule coming that contains both G2 Grim and Toxitron, and it probably is going to Walmart since that's where the named G2 Grim listing came from. All the initial listings for this capsule just said things like "LDR CAPSULE 1" instead of character names, but the product numbers match between those vague initial listings and these newer named ones for both Leaders now.

Full lineup as we know it thus far:
-1 Deluxe repack
-4 Deluxes
-A code that is presumably just for the Deluxe assortment, since the product number is drastically removed from the other Deluxes (F7145 vs F7510-F7515), but could also be yet another Deluxe (for a total of 6 in the wave, like Velocitron Wave 1)
-1 Voyager
-G2 Grimlock (which G2 deco is unconfirmed)
-Toxitron

...my biggest takeaway from this is just that my Jungle Planet/Eukaris theory is out the window, since Toxitron is now in the spot I was predicting would be Cryotek.

Regardless, I will be waiting to actually see both of these guys before making any decisions.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:29 am

Nemesis Primal wrote:
...my biggest takeaway from this is just that my Jungle Planet/Eukaris theory is out the window, since Toxitron is now in the spot I was predicting would be Cryotek.

Not necessarily. Velocitron had Scourge in it, who was not exactly a fast character.

A Eukaris/Jungle Planet subline could have an eco-warfare subtheme, which pits beasts (e.g., Grimlock) against pollution-themed characters (e.g., Toxitron).

Tow-line might be tweaked to be a recycling truck? Or could be unrelated to Machine Wars? Honestly, the best use of that name would be for a RotB Wheeljack retool.

Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:07 am

Bumblevivisector wrote:ZOINKS! Like, I never realized how much Wreckerhook/Towline's color scheme makes him look like the Mystery Machine! It's making me regret passing on the RID version in 2001 because I already had all the Machine Wars flipchanger molds. Will that be enough to get me to buy a repainted Hoist or Scraphook? Maybe.

And was he the only character who got an international name change, but made a habit of yelling his original Japanese name in the English dub? An amusing distinction.

You just made me want a Transformers x Scooby Doo figure re-doing ROTB Wheeljack as the Mystery Machine :KREMZEEK:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:07 am

To me it would have been weird if they stuck both Cryotek and G2 Grimlock in the same wave, both being big, blue Leader class beast bots. I still think Cryotek is going to Target like the original.

As for the new stuff, yeah, I want them both. Curious how they'll label Toxitron. RID 2001? Universe? G2 (along side Grimlock)?? There's at least one more Universe redeco coming in the future (Razorclaw from the leaked Tigerhawk has to happen) so maybe Toxitron can be the first from the Universe Universe. :lol:

I'd rather Towline wasn't a Junkion repaint, but that's probably the only option there is. I hope they do some of the Machine Wars colors as well if they're going this rout. But would they do Robotmasters?

Emerje

News Credits: 10 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:12 am

Emerje wrote:To me it would have been weird if they stuck both Cryotek and G2 Grimlock in the same wave, both being big, blue Leader class beast bots. I still think Cryotek is going to Target like the original.

As for the new stuff, yeah, I want them both. Curious how they'll label Toxitron. RID 2001? Universe? G2 (along side Grimlock)?? There's at least one more Universe redeco coming in the future (Razorclaw from the leaked Tigerhawk has to happen) so maybe Toxitron can be the first from the Universe Universe.

I'd rather Towline wasn't a Junkion repaint, but that's probably the only option there is. I hope they do some of the Machine Wars colors as well if they're going this rout. But would they do Robotmasters?

Emerje

I'm waiting for Cryotek and TowLine but I'll have to skip Toxitron. That's a lot of Leaders outside the mainline(s), but I'm happy everybody who wants him is getting their Toxitron. I may get him on a review and return type deal...we'll see.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:34 am

TOXITRON F YEAH!

But I've yet to see that damn DotM Optimus reissue in store.

Let's hope tha wave will be better distributed.

News Credits: 56 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:38 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:TOXITRON F YEAH!

But I've yet to see that damn DotM Optimus reissue in store.

Let's hope tha wave will be better distributed.

So...since y'all don't have Target in Canada, is Buzzworthy sold at TRU? I've surprisingly seen the DotM SS Leader Optimus a few times. I guess Hasbro called that one right because for a big expensive Leader it seems to be selling well. They move quickly. I have no attachment to Toxitron or Towline. I got the CW Toxitron Because it was a Combiner. I won't need the new one. I may get Towline if it is a Junkion repaint because the new Junkion Weaponizers are a fun play pattern.

News Credits: 22 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:52 am

Finally a PROPER Toxitron! TFA and CW were good, but he should have a tanker.

News Credits: 61 · Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:00 pm

I'll have to keep an eye out for NEST Ratchet! Looking forward to completing the current NEST set

Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:42 pm

Why is everyone so sure that it's going to be RiD 2001 Tow-Line/Wrecker Hook and not Energon Tow-Line? It's just as likely since there's no universe descriptor in the listing. Or was there something left out of the leak when being reported about on two different websites that states which version of Tow-Line it would be?

I mean, there's a perfectly "good" Earthrise Ironhide mold that would work pretty well for Energon Tow-Line. It would work better than Scraphook or even Hoist would for Wrecker Hook in any event. Sure Hasbro has indeed hinted at reuses of the new deluxe Junkions but this doesn't have to be it.

I just find it odd that with two bots called Tow-Line that one seems to be forgotten about entirely in this conversation. Sure Energon Tow-Line wasn't in the cartoon so I can see how he's overlooked somewhat. However it's not like Wrecker Hook was a main character in RiD. He was in like what, six episodes or so as a comedy supporting and/or background team member?

I'm looking forward to Toxitron. Not so much for paying for another trailer I don't want though. At least the G2 trailer is better than the G1 trailer.