The Energon Pub

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:29 pm

Mkall wrote:This is a damned great sale. Old Botcon stuff at way-less-than-ebay prices.

I got the Virulent Clone 2-pack for (relatively) dirt cheap prices.

I grabbed a set of those as well. They've become inexplicably tough to find. Was tempted by Ratchet and Flareup, but have to watch the budget. Would have loved to finish up my Funpub backlog all at once but had to use some self control.

Also getting a hookup on '06 Megs and Waspinator that they put up for the insane price of $300. Good buddy of mine got in on one today and only got it for the tech spec cards. Super duper freaking happy about it. Never thought I'd own those two :grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **Lucky Logician** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:42 pm

Wow! All the good stuff went SUPER-QUICK! Or at least all the stuff that goes for way too much on eBay went super-quick.

They should have just thrown everything on eBay instead. That way people wouldn't get really excited only to be met with extreme disappointment.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:44 pm

So annoyed. Saw this on my commute home. Rushed to my computer. Tried to order Games of Deception loose set & Punch/Counterpunch... both out of stock.

Predictable.

Oh well... I may as well pick up the boxed Games of Deception set...

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:49 pm

Dammit! Most of the ones I wanted are gone. I wish they'd remove the listings for the ones that are out of stock. I kept seeing ones and would add them to my cart only for the message "Not enough stock" to keep appearing. :-x

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:51 pm

ugh... all gone

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:54 pm

Va'al wrote:'ave some art.

(Tarantulas, by Jesse Wittenrich)

crappy fire sale aside, i LOVE this art.

News Credits: 1 · by **Lucky Logician** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:06 pm

Bounti76 wrote:Dammit! Most of the ones I wanted are gone. I wish they'd remove the listings for the ones that are out of stock. I kept seeing ones and would add them to my cart only for the message "Not enough stock" to keep appearing.

It seems that they say "Status: Discontinued" next to the figures they are out of. I feel your frustration though.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:08 pm

shajaki wrote:
Va'al wrote:'ave some art.
(Tarantulas, by Jesse Wittenrich)
crappy fire sale aside, i LOVE this art.

The sale was quick... and I didn't get most of what I wanted, but hey, at least I have my Botcon Dreadwind & Bugbite. I got the Invasion loose set, too... As much as I hate to reveal my "scalper" colors, it makes me feel better that I can offset the Deception Boxset cost by ~$150 by selling the Invasion dudes individually.

Also, if anyone's interested in a set of 2007 boxed set Seekers... I'm selling!

Ugh.

And yes. That Tarantulus art is awesome. I'm really coming around, especially with the claw microns.

News Credits: 1 · by **Lucky Logician** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:13 pm

If Funpub is reading this, could I make a suggestion? I REALLY appreciate you selling these figures at a reasonable cost. But if you do something similar in the future, would you mind setting up a raffle instead?

I know that sounds crazy, but hear me out. The email said that you only had 1 of some sets. The people who were off work on the east coast had an unfair purchasing advantage compared to those on the west coast. People who didn't want ANY of these sets will still buy them up KNOWING they can almost double their money on eBay in a week. [If you don't believe me, look at the post directly above mine.] The fans who LOVE your figures, but can't/won't pay scalper prices are unable to get your products now.

Maybe next time, add a "Want to Purchase" button for these limited items? Not all the sets - just maybe the items that you have 10 or less of, especially the box sets. Wait a day or two, then pull a name from those that requested it. If you don't get enough "Wants" in that time period, then just put all of them for sale as a first come, first serve.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:31 pm

Also, in my rush up the stairs to order sets that were no longer in stock, I neglected to check the mailbox. Just walked downstairs to find Chromedome had arrived! Huzzah consolation prize!

Indeed, Stylors, arms AND legs are wrong.

Does anyone know a good way to fix it? Is a hairdryer in order, or are we basically stuck with the mismatched limbs?

by **Rated X** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:24 pm

I came late to the party. I was gonna buy the beast wars stuff just to have it. But all sold out. It would have been nice, but it's nothing I cant live without. I hope only real collectors got their hands on these. I hope the scalpers were all too busy at their day jobs flipping burgers, moping bathrooms, and bagging groceries.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:38 pm

i honestly didnt see that there were multiple pages for the sale....

to think that i could have gotten DOFT megatron and waspinator for $300... actually almost makes me want to cry...

by **Legosrawsum** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:07 pm

I missed out on runamuck a couple of years ago so this is my chance to get one without paying a lot of money

News Credits: 5 · by **dedcat** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:07 pm

I picked a bad day to be dead ass broke.

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:47 pm

Although I didn't want anything from the big sale I was very happy upon checking the mail. It was a big surprise to see TFSS #5. Finally after a year of waiting

Chromedome

and Stylor is here and they are super sweet! :APPLAUSE:

Only 1 more to go now.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:55 pm

The sale WOULD happen to go live while I was at work many hours before my shift ended. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:28 am

If it makes any of you feel better about missing out I read on twitter a scalper bought up a ton of stuff. Whoever suggested a raffle you might be on to something.

by **shockblast2** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:03 am

Some scalper with ten memberships probably unloaded the whole site and is posting them on ebay now as we speak.

LOL...them be the breaks in the plastic crack game. :lol:

by **shockblast2** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:04 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If it makes any of you feel better about missing out I read on twitter a scalper bought up a ton of stuff. Whoever suggested a raffle you might be on to something.

Was I right or was I right?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:08 am

There are still 18 items that are still available.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:58 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If it makes any of you feel better about missing out I read on twitter a scalper bought up a ton of stuff.

While I'm sure some folks got in on these just to resell at a premium, 1) I ain't mad and 2) You'd have to be an insanely quick handed and well prepared scalper to have gotten in on a "ton" of that stuff since they were limited to one per membership. I think of the dozen or so Megs/Wasp sets, you can go count up posts here and elsewhere and account for half of them. Same goes for much of the 08 stuff.

So yeah, if someone ends up with a big haul of multiple super valuable things, good for them, but it'd have taken a small miracle to pull that off and the timing window was just too small for me to buy into some theory of Grubby McNeckbeard Scalpsmith IV keeping anyone else from having a shot at stuff. These were high demand items and pretty much everyone got the club's email/tweet at the same time. You can buy stuff on phones these days pretty quick, it makes total sense that everything they had worth jumping on would be jumped on quickly.

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:33 am

Too many different topics in this thread. :HEADHURTS:

But yeah, if anyone has a good way to swap around Stylor's limbs ... please post. I'm afraid to go pulling on things given the price of these things.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:37 am

gothsaurus wrote:Too many different topics in this thread.

But yeah, if anyone has a good way to swap around Stylor's limbs ... please post. I'm afraid to go pulling on things given the price of these things.

I'm told that the best way to pop them off is to do so laterally. Avoid pulling them perpendicularly as that might lead to breakage.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:38 am

gothsaurus wrote:Too many different topics in this thread.

But yeah, if anyone has a good way to swap around Stylor's limbs ... please post. I'm afraid to go pulling on things given the price of these things.

There really isn't a good way to take apart and reassemble arms microns. That mold can especially be quite fragile.

Mine are "backwards" as well, but can someone fill me in on why it matters on this mold? He's symmetrical either way, all it does is swap which end a peg ends up on in weapon mode.