The Energon Pub

by **bumblebeej8** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:39 am

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bruticus is staying with the original members!!!

AND Rewind!

It is definitely a good time to be a Transformers fan!!!

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:04 am

So Buzzsaw was rumored before, and now we have Rewind and Stripes potentially on the way. Given that Soundwave is currently supporting the CW Motormaster/Optimus body in the IDW comics, I wonder if we'll be getting a new Soundwave next year with all his cassettes?

by **peaces** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:05 am

soundwave has to be coming

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:19 am

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:TF haul that came in today. Great start to the weekend! Reviews coming soon

Dat Cyclonus! I'm jelly.

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:26 am

Stripes?! STRIPES?! STRIPES?!

Hasbro is gonna be doing a main line toy of one of the most obscurer than obscure characters in existence?!!
:shock:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:28 am

#allaboardthehypetrain

The thought of a long-overdue modernized Classicsified Bruticus makes me giggle with glee. Love the Fall of Cybertron version despite its misgivings, but it was frustratingly close to what I wanted but not quite. Sign me the **** up!

Calling it now: Wreck-Gar from Groove, but heavily retooled.

MrBlack wrote:So Buzzsaw was rumored before, and now we have Rewind and Stripes potentially on the way. Given that Soundwave is currently supporting the CW Motormaster/Optimus body in the IDW comics, I wonder if we'll be getting a new Soundwave next year with all his cassettes?

Does he? Don't think I've read those issues, then...

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:37 am

Pretty awesome news.

So Wheeljack and Ironhide will join the Ultra Prime combiner with Sunstreaker, Mirage, and Hot Rod, with Trailcutter as an alternate? Remold First Aid into Ratchet..throw a Jazz repaint in there and maybe Sideswipe off of Streetwise..hopefully Prowl and maybe a Bluestreak..MAN!!

All of the G1 S1 Autbots swapping places in an Autobot combiner (with Legends class bots filling in as weapons/chest pieces)?! Who face DEVASTATOR at the end of the year?! :grin:

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:40 am

Mindmaster wrote:#allaboardthehypetrain

The thought of a long-overdue modernized Classicsified Bruticus makes me giggle with glee. Love the Fall of Cybertron version despite its misgivings, but it was frustratingly close to what I wanted but not quite. Sign me the **** up!

Calling it now: Wreck-Gar from Groove, but heavily retooled.
MrBlack wrote:So Buzzsaw was rumored before, and now we have Rewind and Stripes potentially on the way. Given that Soundwave is currently supporting the CW Motormaster/Optimus body in the IDW comics, I wonder if we'll be getting a new Soundwave next year with all his cassettes?
Does he? Don't think I've read those issues, then...

I know there's a picture floating around here somewhere of Soundwave walking around in the African plains (from a recent IDW issue) where he looks almost exactly the same proportionally as the Optimus/Motormaster mold.

EDIT: Found.

SWNew.jpg

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:55 am

The cover for Transformers #43 has him in the CW Motormaster body as well.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:57 am

I want Wreck-Gar to be able to ride himself... :-s

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:57 am

MrBlack wrote:The cover for Transformers #43 has him in the CW Motormaster body as well.

Yes, yes it does :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:02 am

itscramtastic wrote:
MrBlack wrote:The cover for Transformers #43 has him in the CW Motormaster body as well.
Yes, yes it does

The legs are a dead giveaway. They are nearly identical to CW Prime's. On top of that, his body proportions from a previous issue are also similar to Motormaster/Optimus.

The one big difference is the fact that the front wheels on Soundwave are behind his lower back, rather than part of his forearm kibble. I wonder if that is artistic license or a sign that any future Soundwave toy might have a different transformation?

This is purely speculation, but it seems quite odd for Griffith to suddenly give Soundwave a new body based on a different toy.

by **evogrg** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:11 am

I always thought Alpha Bravo's vehicle cockpit and body looked like a space shuttle. I could see Blast Off being a propeller-less, winged retool.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:34 am

First hand look. Don't own one but the new Cyclonus looks awesome! I'd be waiting for a Tomy release and I won't be transforming him into Galvatronous.

Despite some negative feedback over the "junk" in the undercarriage, it is a great retool of the Silverbolt mold.

News Credits: 3 · by **Bradimus** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:42 am

phantom1592 wrote:
Bradimus wrote:I have the Aerialbots standing guard on the coffee table in the den, and I can't help but be disappointed with Hasbro. No, not because Alpha Bravo has replaced Slingshot. I like helicopters and have no issue with the aesthetic of Superion. My disappointment lies with Firefly, who could have been best of the bunch.

As seen in the picture below, Firefly has a sleek upper body design. In fact, the figure could easily be turned into a fembot by simply swapping out the head. However, the figure has what looks to be a cape.

I can see it now, the classic G1 look with the small plane on the back of the Aerialbot. Still a good figure, but an unfortunate missed opportunity.

I'm a little surprised that this bugs Transformers fans so much... I've always felt that the 'kibble' was what gave the robots their charm... made them stand out from each other. Things like Prime's Grill and windshield... and Prowl's Door wings were the kind of things that I loved as a kid. To look at the robot and know exactly what he turned into.

I'm really on the OTHER end of the spectrum. I don't mind the plane parts on the robots. I'd be disappointed if they weren't there for the Aerialbots. No, what always bugged me about the G1 Superion parts was the whole 'plane stands up' brick that the robots were. Seeing all that Robot kibble underneath the plane just breaks up the 'disguise' purpose of the Alt Mode and with no moving parts, the robots were pretty boring to play with too.

CW fixed a great deal of that for me. The arms on the sides still feels a bit cheap (though I do like them broken up a bit with some reprolabels... makes it less noticeable) and Silverbolt still has way too much under him... but I have three modes now and all three look pretty awesome and can do cool poses.

Honestly... I never saw Firefly as having a cape. Honestly, I love capes... Since you brought it up, I wish that had been intentional and they went a bit further with it

Um... I don't get it. :???:

You like identifiable kibble like door wings on Prowl, Optimus' grill, etc., but you don't get why fans want the Aerialbots to have their identifiable small plain on their backs kibble?

Also, you didn't like the G1 toys because of the kibble under the plain but you love CW figures with the same problem? I mean, these toys look almost identical to their G1 counterparts (main difference being updated jet alts), but have more articulation, so you overlook the kibble in alt mode because the robots can strike poses?

I don't understand at all. :HEADHURTS:

by **LE0KING** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:43 am

itscramtastic wrote:
MrBlack wrote:The cover for Transformers #43 has him in the CW Motormaster body as well.
Yes, yes it does

Oh man, what'd they do to cosmos? In MTMTE He was a giant monster bot, now he's a minicon...

I'm guessing that the mold for Brawl will be an original tank mold, that they reuse for Galvatron.

by **Moosey** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:45 am

Odd choice to make bruticus 5 deluxes..... I wonder how they'll pull it off. Hopefully we don't get another fall of cybertron esque combiner... But, I do have faith in hasbro that they'll learn from their mistakes.

by **Moosey** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:45 am

Odd choice to make bruticus 5 deluxes..... I wonder how they'll pull it off. Hopefully we don't get another fall of cybertron esque combiner... But, I do have faith in hasbro that they'll learn from their mistakes.

News Credits: 3 · by **Bradimus** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:48 am

fenrir72 wrote:First hand look. Don't own one but the new Cyclonus looks awesome! I'd be waiting for a Tomy release and I won't be transforming him into Galvatronous.

Despite some negative feedback over the "junk" in the undercarriage, it is a great retool of the Silverbolt mold.

It looks fantastic in pictures and in video review. Superb retool of Silverbolt (great figure, too). But as I have CHUG Cyclonus I can't justify getting this one for myself. For anyone who doesn't have Cyclonus, get this one! ;)^

News Credits: 70 · by **Sideshow Sideswipe** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:59 am

So i was REALLY let down by the floppiness of Menasor and I'm going to have to let him go. I'm hoping that Defensor will not suffer from floppy shoulder syndrome as defensor and the protectobots have always been my favorite team.

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:02 am

LE0KING wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
MrBlack wrote:The cover for Transformers #43 has him in the CW Motormaster body as well.
Yes, yes it does

Oh man, what'd they do to cosmos? In MTMTE He was a giant monster bot, now he's a minicon...

I'm guessing that the mold for Brawl will be an original tank mold, that they reuse for Galvatron.

He got shrunk down quite a bit when Barber got a hold of him, but he's no minicon. He's still bigger than Prowl.

I'd say he's likely the same size as Soundwave on that cover, he's just bent over at an odd angle.

News Credits: 3609 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:03 am

Moosey wrote:Odd choice to make bruticus 5 deluxes..... I wonder how they'll pull it off. Hopefully we don't get another fall of cybertron esque combiner... But, I do have faith in hasbro that they'll learn from their mistakes.

Onslaught should be a Voyager ... pretty sure he's going to be a remold of Hot Spot. Onslaught isn't in the list in this news story.

by **Moosey** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:10 am

Seibertron wrote:
Moosey wrote:Odd choice to make bruticus 5 deluxes..... I wonder how they'll pull it off. Hopefully we don't get another fall of cybertron esque combiner... But, I do have faith in hasbro that they'll learn from their mistakes.

Onslaught should be a Voyager ... pretty sure he's going to be a remold of Hot Spot. Onslaught isn't in the list in this news story.

Oh, oops! I totally misread that, lol.

News Credits: 3 · by **Bradimus** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:11 am

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:So i was REALLY let down by the floppiness of Menasor and I'm going to have to let him go. I'm hoping that Defensor will not suffer from floppy shoulder syndrome as defensor and the protectobots have always been my favorite team.

Hot Spot's shoulders don't separate from his body, so no floppy shoulders for Defensor and likely Bruticus. ;)^

by **Moosey** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:12 am

To clarify my mistake, when I read "all original members will be released as deluxe class figures" I was skimming over the listings and read that as in all 5 original characters would be deluxes.