The Energon Pub

News Credits: 11 · by **primalxconvoy** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:18 am

Those in Japan can order at Amazon Japan, via a third party vendor for around 100 dollars (Ichi man) :

- https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B01DTS ... ref=plSrch

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:08 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:You could take it apart and fix it. Might look a bit odd if you look closely, but it'll work.

No, it's not. One side of the pin is extremely wide while the other side isn't. It's not as simple as pulling the pin out and putting it back in and the hinge for transformation is on the outer side of the knee. You cant just flip it and have two working left knees. The legs transformations is like the rook mold where the hinges need to be flush with the inside of the leg. To try and reverse it would not allow anything to lock in. You'd be damaging the figure more attempting to do it.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:16 am

Since HTS has two of them on sale and the whole new-ness factor has died down, I'm curious as to what the consensus is on the Combiner teams. Is there a stand-out set? Any major flaws I should watch out for? etc. I've kept out of the line for the most part, but that $30 price tag is mighty tempting....

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:50 am

Computron surprised me by being released in the UK.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:16 am

Noideaforaname wrote:Since HTS has two of them on sale and the whole new-ness factor has died down, I'm curious as to what the consensus is on the Combiner teams. Is there a stand-out set? Any major flaws I should watch out for? etc. I've kept out of the line for the most part, but that $30 price tag is mighty tempting....

If you want to have some fun toys I would strongly recomend you get both G2 sets. Everyone has their preferences but any flaws with previous releases of the molds were corrected for the G2 versions so there are no outright flaws. For 60$ you are getting a hell of a deal for several hours of fun!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:30 am

Noideaforaname wrote:Since HTS has two of them on sale and the whole new-ness factor has died down, I'm curious as to what the consensus is on the Combiner teams. Is there a stand-out set? Any major flaws I should watch out for? etc. I've kept out of the line for the most part, but that $30 price tag is mighty tempting....

Bruticus, Defensor, and Computron are a nice mix of different types of figures, but it's hard for me to single only one of these out as a stand-out. I love Superion and Menasor, but they are either all aircraft or all vehicles. Bruticus is probably my favorite as it includes a plane, Rook type Jeep (well, more like a Humvee), that awesome Hot Spot/Onslaught center torso, and most importantly the Alpha Bravo mold in Vortex. Computron deserves mention because of the remolding of some previous characters. Plus, he comes with a yellow wheel. :-s

(As an aside, I'm actually not that impressed with the UW Blast-Off shuttle and much prefer the Strafe remold, but that's a different thread...)

If I had to rank the CW Gestalts, I'd go:

1. Bruticus
2. Computron (might be this high because of newness)
3. Defensor
4. Victorion
5. Superion
6. Menasor

I don't count Devastator as that would be unfair to the other Gestalts /:)

I also don't count Optimuses, Cyclonus, Sky Lynx, but that's just me. I prefer to keep these characters separate and uncombined...

Cheers!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:39 am

Optimum Supreme wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:On a separate note, got my Groove on Saturday, and he's not bad, the way the legs clip together is kind of mundane, and poorly designed, but everything else about him is amazing, and really reminds me of the quality of figures from a time long passed, definitely doesn't feel or look like a hasbro figure (which, it isn't)

Yeah, Groove felt like a figure from a year or two earlier, really great.

Yeah, he feels really great, loved th esmooth faux-ratchets in his elbows ;)^

Meanwhile, yesterday I managed to track down the 5 CW limbs I was missing at Marshalls, and I'm really disappointed in the feel of the two I've opened so far. Smokescreen feels cheap, but still seems okay, maybe some Pledge on some joints will be needed, but nothing too bad. Wheeljack.... ugh... Not the deco I usually see complaints about, just nothing fits right like it did on past uses of the mold. His front section of the car won't even peg onto the midsection due to them using plastic that's too soft to hold the connection. Glad I didn't pay full price for that one. Even ten bucks seems high.

Hound and lynx were the only two I got from that wave, lynx feels like crap, but hound is nice and solid, if it weren't for the fact that his shell parts were miss-measured so he gets scrunched in vehicle mode #-o

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:43 am

Agamemnon wrote:1. Bruticus

I agree. I went the Hasbro version for Bruticus and have no regrets. The deco on them is pretty cool and the toy homages are really nice. I find Hasbro Menasor really cool too, but with the retail limb assortment (whch means Offraod as opposed to wildrider) since while he is 4 land vehicles they are all very different.

And skylynx is a terrific torso, and with the limb assortment I use he ends up being one of the best combiners out there. Here is what my Skyreign is made of:

Mirage
Hound
Tralbreaker
Prowl

Those are by far the best limbs out there and with the skylynx torso it becomes one fo the best combiners I own.

And Agamemnon, I am wondering: If you like the Rook mold, and preffer the strafe version of the blastoff mold (as do I) and since the Superion torso is usually seen as the best, then would that mean that out of all CW and UW combienrs, the best one would be UW Computron?

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:51 am

william-james88 wrote:<snip>

And Agamemnon[Edit- call me Ag or Ags or something, Agamemnon is too long to type out... ], I am wondering: If you like the Rook mold, and preffer the strafe version of the blastoff mold (as do I) and since the Superion torso is usually seen as the best, then would that mean that out of all CW and UW combienrs, the best one would be UW Computron?

I do really like the Rook mold. In fact, the three non-traditional G1 substitutes (Off-road, Rook, and Alpha Bravo) are my favorite CW deluxes. And yes, UW Computron might be my actual favorite modern gestalt not named Devestator. ;)^

But I wanted to keep my list to the CW molds for this thread.

[Edit] Oh, and I was going to differ with you on the center torso. My favorite is Hot Spot/Onslaught. I like the Silverbolt mold, but my newest two Scattershots both have a loose shoulder, which makes it a weak hip joint as Computron. Not fatal, but drops my rating just a tad.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:53 am

I adore Rook and Alpha Bravo so much. It helps that FunPub made such a great story and character for the latter

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:57 am

Similar here. My favourite CW limb molds are the truck (offraod), the Jeep (sharing the Rook mold), the Formula 1 car and the Helicopter mold.

And Agamemnon is too cool a name not to write out.

News Credits: 11 · by **Optimutt** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:22 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Optimutt wrote:Thanks a ton for this! I just ordered the TT version of Computron from AmiAmi.

A few weeks ago, when I checked out their site, they were all pre-sold-out. I was sad, thinking I'd never get my hands on that amazing piece of puzzlement art. Grimlock will be pleased.

Guess who recommended that be included in the news?

I got your back bro!

Thanks! This has utterly broken my wallet, but man, does it give me the smiley face, especially since I'd pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I'd missed out on him. ;)^

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:26 pm

Which is why I've striven to get all UW combiners (except Defensor: Hasbro with deluxe Groove), and find a loose Rook, Alpha-Bravo, Offroad, Smokescreen and Battle Core Prime, and combine them together to form a new Combiner (and probably swap Offroad with Grand Galvatron's Roller, so they're all bot and con). =P~

I only need what's in my signature...

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:00 pm

Oop, looks like I missed the boat on the $30 Combiners. Oh well.

Agamemnon wrote:Bruticus, Defensor, and Computron are a nice mix of different types of figures, but it's hard for me to single only one of these out as a stand-out. I love Superion and Menasor, but they are either all aircraft or all vehicles.

Yeah, Superion is the least interesting Combiner specifically because everyone's so similar (jet modes, robot modes, color schemes (even G2 is rather same-y apart from the golden one)). Menasor at least gives everyone wildly different color schemes so it's not so monotonous.

Bruticus is definitely the type of Combiner I like. Defensor is almost there, but I have a bias against Autobots. :lol:

Doesn't help that red/white emergency vehicles are super common; hell for the longest time I though Red Alert was a Protectobot because it's just too damn confusing

Computron, for whatever reason, doesn't interest me in the slightest. *shrug*

william-james88 wrote:[...] any flaws with previous releases of the molds were corrected for the G2 versions so there are no outright flaws.

That's good to hear.

To bad the older limbs aren't widely available now. I got a Sky Lynx with nobody to merge with, and Rook and Alpha Bravo look like they might be the best fits...

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:02 am

Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:08 am

nycPrime wrote:Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

For UK buyers (like me), including shipping that comes to £65.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:11 am

Kurona wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

For UK buyers (like me), including shipping that comes to £65.

So will you be getting it?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:18 am

william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

For UK buyers (like me), including shipping that comes to £65.

So will you be getting it?

I am very highly considering it. Still need to wait for my money to come in though.

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:59 am

Kurona wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

For UK buyers (like me), including shipping that comes to £65.

So will you be getting it?

I am very highly considering it. Still need to wait for my money to come in though.

I don't know how long it'll stay that low, but I wouldn't be surprised if it goes up sooner rather than later.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:02 am

nycPrime wrote:
Kurona wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Wow the crazy CW discounts keep on coming. Victorion is under $50 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... =victorion

Though I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time this thing will go for $29.99 on HTS, along with G2 Bruticus. Curious to see how low CW Computron will go.

For UK buyers (like me), including shipping that comes to £65.

So will you be getting it?

I am very highly considering it. Still need to wait for my money to come in though.

I don't know how long it'll stay that low, but I wouldn't be surprised if it goes up sooner rather than later.

Agreed. If you can grab now do it. Those things go way too fast

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:42 am

I've been waiting for her price to drop. It keeps dropping too. When I refreshed she had dropped another couple of cents to $48.27. After I het add to cart, she was $48.20. Weird, huh?

anyway, feeling a tad guilty as I just had a nice big fat haul...
But the Mongoose must strike while the cobra sleeps!

:-?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:59 am

Cobotron wrote:But the Mongoose must strike while the cobra sleeps!

Sig'ed for safe keeping

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:02 pm

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 12:04 pm

Cobotron wrote:I've been waiting for her price to drop. It keeps dropping too. When I refreshed she had dropped another couple of cents to $48.27. After I het add to cart, she was $48.20. Weird, huh?

anyway, feeling a tad guilty as I just had a nice big fat haul...
But the Mongoose must strike while the cobra sleeps!

where