The Energon Pub

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:13 pm

Regardless of including instructions or not, the final build is not a very stable one. I had to ignore part of the official configuration in order to make the final build a more solid piece, at the cost of having Blackrock's control console for the cannon mode stick out further away from where Blackrock stands, but he can still reach it.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:21 pm

Growing up with more Lego than I ever should have had made that thing an easy build. Now I haven't had new Lego for over a decade, but that Kreo kit just feels so much cheaper than the Lego i do have - is this a normal thing?

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:32 am

I am not sure where I saw this, I think it was on Facebook somewhere. For those who want to make their Nova Prime a bit more different than Lio Convoy, you can take those arm bits off and make little wing bits. I am using my Lio Convoy to show this because I don't have Nova Prime at this time. You just detach the arm bits and put them on the opposite shoulder kinda wedging them on wheel hinge. They stay on surprisingly well.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:02 am

Cool!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:53 pm

Singaporean fansite Planet Iacon has uploaded in-hand images of Transformers Collectors' Club Subscription Service Tarantulas & Serpent O.R.! The demented spider is based off the Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar mold, and more specifically the E-hobby retool Scrapheap which has only been released stateside once before as the Shattered Glass Botcon Exclusive Scrap Iron. Tarantulas is sporting his original (pre-Transmetal) deco primarily purple with yellow/green accents, but homages the Transmetal version with his two wheeled bike mode. Serpent O.R. is a repaint of Takara Generations TG-20 Ratbat (originally Generations Scourge) and is based on G.I Joe's Cobra Emperor Serpentor making him a rare dual franchise figure! See the images below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:59 pm

Tarantulas looks awesome!

Not sure about Serpent O.R., though... The in-hand pics make him out to be much brighter and less metallic than expected. At least there seems to be no risk of GPS.

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:15 pm

I know that it would seem redundant seeing that Gens Senator Ratbat had the metallic plastic/paint, but Serpent, Oregon really need metallic pant, at least on the gold bits. It really looks like a horrible yellow, like armada hotshot/hulk hogan levels of yellow.

News Credits: 16 · by **Super Megatron** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:47 pm

Pretty clever giving Serpent O.R. that alt mode. Looks almost like the air chariot the 80s G.I.Joe figure was packaged with the first time around.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:56 pm

Tarantulas looks epic :DANCE:

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:31 am

So, the same year Serpent O.R. is in the FSS, Hasbro releases Viper. I wonder if they were meant to go together, because this is a hell of a coincidence otherwise.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:58 am

Nemesis Primal wrote:So, the same year Serpent O.R. is in the FSS, Hasbro releases Viper. I wonder if they were meant to go together, because this is a hell of a coincidence otherwise.

I could see it being a coincidence since the Club might have seen the Ratbat head and got the idea of Serpent O.R. first, with the main Hasbro brand team doing Viper independently since team member John Warden was the lead designer on the G.I. Joe brand team from 2006 to 2013.

If not for the brand team having the former Joe lead designer in it, I too would be more inclined to consider it more than coincidental, but his being there helps open the possibility of the Club and the brand team coincidentally doing their own separate Joe-based homages.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:05 am

Tarantulas isn't too bad, but Serpent O.R. looks like a knockoff compared to the one in images (or Ratbat with the great gold paint). It looks like they wanted to make the orange gold going by the fingers and the little trapezoid on the top of his alt mode. Lime green is rather offputting, too. Shame, that was the one I thought would be most interesting of the sub. Maybe it's better under proper lighting, I'll reserve judgment for the Seibertron gallery.

Emerje

Website · by **MartianSpyGirl1996** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:09 am

Really over these G.I. Joe/TransFormers crossover figures... can we stop trying to make that happen?
Tarantulas looks fantastic... I can't wait to see his claws in a more show accurate positioning. I really do wonder if he glows-in-the-dark :twisted:

by **Rated X** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:14 am

Yeah the amount of GI Joe being shoved down transformer fans throats by both the club and hasbro is starting to get disturbing. I can see the club slapping a Joe in a wheelchair and calling him Chip Chase. Then theyll gloat how the wheelchair is an original mold like they did with the ape shell.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:38 am

Rated X wrote:Yeah the amount of GI Joe being shoved down transformer fans throats by both the club and hasbro is starting to get disturbing. I can see the club slapping a Joe in a wheelchair and calling him Chip Chase. Then theyll gloat how the wheelchair is an original mold like they did with the ape shell.

And people would still buy it.

By the way, no G.I. Joe, no Transformers. G.I. Joe lead to Henshin Cyborg and Microman, which lead to Diaclone, which in turn lead to The Transformers.

by **wilcosu35** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:42 am

prjkt wrote:Growing up with more Lego than I ever should have had made that thing an easy build. Now I haven't had new Lego for over a decade, but that Kreo kit just feels so much cheaper than the Lego i do have - is this a normal thing?

A lot of these Fake-lego brands are known for being very cheap, in price and in quality. I once bought some stuff from Megabloks. Some sort of technic-action figure that turned into a ball and could launch a rotor. I actually threw them out because they smelled horribly, and the quality was atrocious.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:45 am

wilcosu35 wrote:
prjkt wrote:Growing up with more Lego than I ever should have had made that thing an easy build. Now I haven't had new Lego for over a decade, but that Kreo kit just feels so much cheaper than the Lego i do have - is this a normal thing?

A lot of these Fake-lego brands are known for being very cheap, in price and in quality. I once bought some stuff from Megabloks. Some sort of technic-action figure that turned into a ball and could launch a rotor. I actually threw them out because they smelled horribly, and the quality was atrocious.

I wouldn't call them "fake" per se, since the basic building block design patent is now Public Domain. Kre-O can feel cheap and some clips and ball joints can be loose, but overall, nothing dramatically wrong with the blocks themselves.

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:52 am

I've seen better.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:36 am

I just realized that Tarantulus and Serpent OR use the same (or very similar) color palettes/plastics... I wonder if this Serpent is a test shot? Or maybe this is the real thing, and they lightened up the palette to save on costs? :-?

by **jogunwarrior** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:45 am

Tarantulus looks awesome. As an avid Beast Wars fan, he is definitely one I would like to track down. Serpent-OR does not look good to me, I have no interest in that figure, which is kind of weird considering I'm a bigger GI Joe Fan than I am a TF fan.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:27 pm

Those angry about the crossovers.... I really don't get.

There's only three I can think of: Viper, Serpentor, and Marissa. I don't count the SDCC Joe stuff and those are more for the the Joe fans, while the former are more for us.

That's what y'all consider "forcing down our throats"? :???:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:33 pm

shajaki wrote:Those angry about the crossovers.... I really don't get.

There's only three I can think of: Viper, Serpentor, and Marissa. I don't count the SDCC Joe stuff and those are more for the the Joe fans, while the former are more for us.

That's what y'all consider "forcing down our throats"?

It's probably the use of G.I. Joe figures on some releases:

- B.A.T.S. with Old Snake
- Marissa with Afterbreaker
- Rodimus & Arcee synthoids

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:37 pm

People have been begging for this kind of stuff for years. Old Snake, Marissa Faireborn, the "Only Human" Autobot Synthoids... And now that we finally get these things after waiting 30 years... this reaction comes along.

This fandom, I swear. >:oP

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:40 pm

Sabrblade wrote:People have been begging for this kind of stuff for years. Old Snake, Marissa Faireborn, the "Only Human" Autobot Synthoids... And now that we finally get these things after waiting 30 years... this reaction comes along.

This fandom, I swear.

Is the G.I. Joe fandom any better? Are they complaining about getting transforming figures?

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:43 pm

Sabrblade wrote:People have been begging for this kind of stuff for years. Old Snake, Marissa Faireborn, the "Only Human" Autobot Synthoids... And now that we finally get these things after waiting 30 years... this reaction comes along.

This fandom, I swear.

People have different likes and dislikes, the fandom as a whole is not a single entity. I'm sure the same people begging for this aren't the ones complaining.