The Energon Pub

Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:44 pm

This figure is absolute pants. EASY PASS. BLEGH! Meh.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:47 pm

Bland.

News Credits: 251 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:12 pm

Looks like a movie-verse Galvatron. Very nice looking.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:33 pm

wow i wanted to buy this too. but the robot mode is terrible.i thought he could be a cool galvatron with mabe some 3rd party add ons or some customization. c'mon hasbro no paint.i have the original one any ways.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:34 pm

Autobot Firestorm wrote:Bring in the Leader Class.......please!!!!

this guy is on to something

Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:42 pm

The question is now, who's head can we put on him to make him "Movie Galvatron" ??? Any suggestions. I buy junkers on e-bay just for the heads if they can transform a repaint into another known characters.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:48 pm

Rated X wrote:The question is now, who's head can we put on him to make him "Movie Galvatron" ??? Any suggestions. I buy junkers on e-bay just for the heads if they can transform a repaint into another known characters.

good question

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:12 pm

Eeesh! I do wonder what some parts swapping would looking like though.
>:oP

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:14 pm

What would be sad is we see this guy before we see Soundwave and deluxe Leadfoot.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:19 pm

dirk2243 wrote:What would be sad is we see this guy before we see Soundwave and deluxe Leadfoot.

We often do see repaints before new molds though, because it's easier to repurpose an old toy than make an all new one.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:26 pm

I like it! I want both versions and a leader. Too bad he wasn't much more than a monster to kill in the film, because he looks awesome and could have been a great character... To me it seemed like he was just a copy Megatron in movie 1, (it takes humans plus optimus to kill him) aside from the driller...

Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:32 pm

rpetras wrote:
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:If it had a cool Galvatron head I'd definitely buy it,

That's what 3rd parties are for.

It would be great to get a third party movie galvatron head, but it seems like upgrading movie figs isn't very popular with third party toy makers. The only one I know of is for leader starscream, but we can hope!

News Credits: 32 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:33 pm

I think figured out who this repaint is supposed to homage. I'll give you a hint. He also has only one eye. He's also a tank. And his gun is also on his right side.

TANKOR! PULVERIZE!!

Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:53 pm

So. Robot mode. Wow. How cheaply boring.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:55 pm

UltraPrimal wrote:I think figured out who this repaint is supposed to homage. I'll give you a hint. He also has only one eye. He's also a tank. And his gun is also on his right side.

Tankor rocks. That thing is an uninspired piece through & through. If they'd actually done it as a Tankor repaint, I might likely sing praise, being a hardcore Beast Machines fan n'all.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:21 pm

looks like a kitbash gone all wrong :shock:

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:22 pm

Covenant wrote:
UltraPrimal wrote:I think figured out who this repaint is supposed to homage. I'll give you a hint. He also has only one eye. He's also a tank. And his gun is also on his right side.

Tankor rocks. That thing is an uninspired piece through & through. If they'd actually done it as a Tankor repaint, I might likely sing praise, being a hardcore Beast Machines fan n'all.

There are just some molds that shouldn't be repainted and used for another.... I'm assuming it's another shockwave as hasbro lately has been good enough to at least give us a new head mold most of the time with repaints......(as of lately anyways) But seriously....Leave Shockwave alone. Don't cheapen it.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:32 pm

Oh joy, as if we weren't getting enough, plain unpainted grey plastic in the movie toy line already.

News Credits: 187 · Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:59 pm

Seems like a pretty lazy repaint. Honestly, I like having a fleet of repaints. I love my assortment of Classics Sideswipe mold re-purposed as 4 other bots. But this just barely qualifies as a repaint. Its not new colors. I just can't see this appealing to anyone who has the first run Shockwave, which, IMO looks much better.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:46 pm

The best part about all the new DOTM toys is how much money I can save by not buying any of them. Ok, ok, so I did get all the basic Human Alliance figures, and Sentinel and Ironhide leaders, plus Powerglide and Blackout Cyberverse, and Laserbeak Deluxe, and Skyhammer Voyager, but who's counting? And most of those I bought on good discounts like the Target $10 off coupon or the Hasbro half-price Groupon.

The ones I'm really waiting for are Leader Megatron and Leader Shockwave, as well as Cyberverse Hatchet and all the full-size Human Alliance non-repaints. I'd love a Leader Blackout, but doubt it will happen. I'd also love a Voyager toy of that garbage truck, as long as he doesn't look like Long Haul in robot mode. But we'll see. Right now I just gotta pare back my collection a bit to raise the cash to allow me not to feel guilty for spending it all again.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:10 am

Cool. I actually like that Shocky better. We'll see which one I end up with though.

And really guys? Do we have to bump a news article? I'd rather not have to dig through a week of old comments to find new stuff. And the concept art thread, OI!