The Energon Pub

Full-Tilt wrote:For some reason I cannot locate the preorder for it on hasbro pulse. I know I saw it before and now it's gone.

I've also noticed things coming and going. That page is currently not available.

This thing is so cool! NMy god. What will Transformers cross with next?

Ah, it appears there is also a TF x GB comic a coming - I hope it's in the same style as GI Joe vs TF

Ray's ghost goggles? Check!

Brown suit with name? Check!

Proton pack cord? Blue, but present!

Slimer? Yup!

BEST EFFING ALTMODE EVER!!!!

Hey, that dude who made that Cybertron Red Alert fanart all those years ago called...
https://www.deviantart.com/johnny216/ar ... 1-23027323

RiddlerJ wrote:It BEGINS....

The BTTF Delorean
KITT
The Mystery Machine
The A-Team van
The General Lee
Christine
Bill & Ted's Phone Booth
Green Goblin Truck from Maximum Overdrive
what else?

There will be no General Lee, nor should there be in this day and age. Lets just leave that in the past.

Huh, neat. Looks like he has green "ectoplasm" battle damage on his left leg, don't think anyone else has mentioned it?
I hope we get more crazy stuff like this in the future.

Anyone noticed that he's a retool of CW Hotspot?

$50 for a Deluxe size?? Ehhhh

Latebrus-K wrote:Huh, neat. Looks like he has green "ectoplasm" battle damage on his left leg, don't think anyone else has mentioned it?
I hope we get more crazy stuff like this in the future.

and a molded splotch on his chest

Deadpool. wrote:Anyone noticed that he's a retool of CW Hotspot?

Yeah I believe I pointed that out at the beginning of the thread.

Cool. Definitely seems to be a heavy retool of HotSpot though. The thighs and upper arms are the same at least.

Deadpool. wrote:Anyone noticed that he's a retool of CW Hotspot?

Yeah, since page 1.

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:Huh, neat. Looks like he has green "ectoplasm" battle damage on his left leg, don't think anyone else has mentioned it?
I hope we get more crazy stuff like this in the future.

and a molded splotch on his chest

ghost.png

It's a hand painted prototype, blemishes happen, I don't think it's intentional otherwise it'd be more obvious.

I think he does have heels, they just look to be folded in.

Since we also have the rumored MP-10 crossover figure I'm sure this will also be released in Japan which might make it easier to get than the limited time it was on Pulse.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:Huh, neat. Looks like he has green "ectoplasm" battle damage on his left leg, don't think anyone else has mentioned it?
I hope we get more crazy stuff like this in the future.

and a molded splotch on his chest

ghost.png

It's a hand painted prototype, blemishes happen, I don't think it's intentional otherwise it'd be more obvious.

I think he does have heels, they just look to be folded in.

Since we also have the rumored MP-10 crossover figure I'm sure this will also be released in Japan which might make it easier to get than the limited time it was on Pulse.

Emerje

It will be a gamestop exclusive in the US.

zatara1701 wrote:$50 for a Deluxe size?? Ehhhh

pretty sure it is voyager.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:Huh, neat. Looks like he has green "ectoplasm" battle damage on his left leg, don't think anyone else has mentioned it?
I hope we get more crazy stuff like this in the future.

and a molded splotch on his chest

ghost.png

It's a hand painted prototype, blemishes happen, I don't think it's intentional otherwise it'd be more obvious.

I think he does have heels, they just look to be folded in.

Since we also have the rumored MP-10 crossover figure I'm sure this will also be released in Japan which might make it easier to get than the limited time it was on Pulse.

Emerje

It will be a gamestop exclusive in the US.

For an extra $10. I feel like I could probably do better depending on how it's released in Japan. This isn't exactly a priority for me anyway.

Emerje

Well I've got to get this!

william-james88 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:It BEGINS....

The BTTF Delorean
KITT
The Mystery Machine
The A-Team van
The General Lee
Christine
Bill & Ted's Phone Booth
Green Goblin Truck from Maximum Overdrive
what else?

There will be no General Lee, nor should there be in this day and age. Lets just leave that in the past.

OR, two alternatives.
1 - People stop being so overly **** sensitive.
2 - They release it without the thing that would make people outraged, then leave it up to a 3P to produce a sticker set.

Albatross250 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:It BEGINS....

The BTTF Delorean
KITT
The Mystery Machine
The A-Team van
The General Lee
Christine
Bill & Ted's Phone Booth
Green Goblin Truck from Maximum Overdrive
what else?

Airwolf
Knight Rider


All those childhood.

Imagine the Dodge M4S from "The Wraith"...imagine!

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:It BEGINS....

The BTTF Delorean
KITT
The Mystery Machine
The A-Team van
The General Lee
Christine
Bill & Ted's Phone Booth
Green Goblin Truck from Maximum Overdrive
what else?

There will be no General Lee, nor should there be in this day and age. Lets just leave that in the past.

OR, two alternatives.
1 - People stop being so overly **** sensitive.
2 - They release it without the thing that would make people outraged, then leave it up to a 3P to produce a sticker set.

Exactly.





Anyhoo.....I like this, but it's a bit too simple for the price. If I ever find it cheaper and not gamestop, I'll pick it up.


But seriously, **** gamestop.

Ironhidensh wrote:But seriously, **** gamestop.

I would also like to tell Gamestop to go **** itself. I'm not surprised they'd sell it for $10 than Hasbro. I like to think Gamestop would die along with physical media, but they seemed to have really embraced the collectibles market. That would be a good thing if they weren't such greedy asshats.


Ectotron looks really cool (especially in alt mold). Retool, re-engineering, new mold, whatever; it's nice to see both modes are fresh and unique and not just repaints like the Street Fighter figures.

I think it's a smart move to release this figure though collector-centric retailers like Gamestop and Hasbro Pulse. It's starting to feel like Hasbro is fully acknowledging the collector market instead of just relegating us to a bullet point on a slide as "fans".

With Gamestops financial woes not sure why hasbro is putting their exclusives in a frayed basket. Guess they will just give another retailer exclusivity if/when they go under.

Unlike the older Star Wars crossover figures, this one look like its a good enough looking figure in both modes. So I'd say Hasbro is getting their **** together with crossover figures, as this looks like it could be a Generations figure.