The Energon Pub

[Hellscream9999]

Hey guys, can't remember if it's been reported yet, but has anyone found Onslaught at regular B&M retail yet?

Thanks.

I believe he has been found, maybe somewhere on the west coast, not sure

[DeathReviews]

DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

Which, while excellent at emulating the cannons on his back, are little more than pathetic water guns in combined mode

I like to use Galvatronus's gun for him.

If you're lucky enough to still have G1 Onslaught, I've seen others actually using that one....

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

I said that his last review would come up soon. I am only trying to be fair but whatever. nvm.

[Ironhidensh]

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

[Autobot N]

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.


And Death, I wasn't even alive until about 15-20 years after the release of G1 Onslaught, so no chance of that lying around.

[Rated X]

Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

While I appreciate what people contribute to the site, sometimes I think the constant bickering over "news credits" is excessive. If there was money involved, I could understand. But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

[Autobot N]

Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

While I appreciate what people contribute to the site, sometimes I think the constant bickering over "news credits" is excessive. If there was money involved, I could understand. But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

What Sillyspringer is trying to argue is that Bridgemagnet Toys had uploaded reviews for all of the G2 Aerialbots before Death did.

[Stuartmaximus]

But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

hmmm....now that would be an idea

or maybe use them to buy transformers

[Generator_G1]

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

[Generator_G1]

Would it be too much to ask for a picture with Trailbreaker and Smokescreen as arms, Wheeljack and Hound as the legs (as that's how I'll be displaying him), and with the swords combined?
Also, are the legs and torso as loose on yours as they were on Chefatron's?

EDIT: And he does look awesome, especially with the PE hands and feet.

Ok. I'll try to take a pic of that configuration later today (stored him for the night already).

One of the hip ratchets (the left) on mine is looser than the right ratchet but nothing too bad. He's not gonna do a split if you put him on the table.

His shoulders do not lock so if you want to move the arms, you have to hold the shoulder first when moving the arms to avoid it moving back. His wings do block it from behind but since they also move to facilitate transformation, they won't stop the shoulder from moving.

[Crosscheck]

Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

[Generator_G1]

Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

Yes. You can put the HFG there for one armed Hulk hand goodness.

[Crosscheck]

Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

Yes. You can put the HFG there for one armed Hulk hand goodness.

Yes! Megaton Punch Hands for everyone!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Hulk handed Trailbreaker!!!! YES!!!!! My favorite TF ever is now a combiner and a hulk hander!

[Crosscheck]

By the way, for people having issues with CW Brawl having a floppy waist or unhappy with the gap, rather than misassemble your Brawl and make him look stupid with the production stamp right on his groin, transform him as normal and flip the combiner peg down. It will keep the weaker of his connection points from disconnecting, but not obstruct his ability to turn his waist. It also helps reduce the gap in between his chest and waist. While not perfect by any means, it sure beats giving him a crotch tattoo of random numbers.

[Hellscream9999]

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.


And Death, I wasn't even alive until about 15-20 years after the release of G1 Onslaught, so no chance of that lying around.

So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

[Hellscream9999]

Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

[Mr Skram]

I still have to replace my Motormaster. Oops.

[Hellscream9999]

By the way, anyone know what the slit in brawls hfg is for? Did hasbro just use part of the offroad mold for it? It doesn't fit onto offroad/ih, but first-aid can sport a nice set of cannons... medic with car cannons confirmed?

[Dr. Caelus]

No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.

This is very reassuring, thank you. I found the other three about a month ago, now, and have since been searching for Swindle. I'd hate to think that my search would likely end in disappointment.

So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

Yes, it does sound like you got swindled.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't make light of your misfortune, but it was all but killing me that no one had said it.

By the way, for people having issues with CW Brawl having a floppy waist or unhappy with the gap, rather than misassemble your Brawl and make him look stupid with the production stamp right on his groin, transform him as normal and flip the combiner peg down. It will keep the weaker of his connection points from disconnecting, but not obstruct his ability to turn his waist. It also helps reduce the gap in between his chest and waist. While not perfect by any means, it sure beats giving him a crotch tattoo of random numbers.

Yeah, that's been my approach - I don't trust my skills as a plastic surgeon. I ratchet his combiner peg down to about a 45 degree angle, and I plug his hand/foot in under his turret, hanging down over the back of his legs as a sort of kama. The peg keeps him from rocking forward, and the hand/foot keeps him from rocking backward (and it stores the hand/foot somewhere, which is a plus).

[Hellscream9999]

I'd hate to think that my search would likely end in disappointment.

So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

Yes, it does sound like you got swindled.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't make light of your misfortune, but it was all but killing me that no one had said it.

It's fine, I'm used to it, sure magnus hurt - twice, and swindle kinda made me lose hope in hasbro, but this means that if I ever do find him at retail, I can hopefully get one that doesn't make me want to kill myself

But I'm not holding my breath

[Autobot N]

Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

If it makes you feel better, I also have the canopy issue with Blast Off. And while I don't remember Vortex having bad thighs, he does have a problem where, since the waist is very tight, the ball joints pop out whenever I try to put him in arm mode.

Would it be too much to ask for a picture with Trailbreaker and Smokescreen as arms, Wheeljack and Hound as the legs (as that's how I'll be displaying him), and with the swords combined?
Also, are the legs and torso as loose on yours as they were on Chefatron's?


EDIT: And he does look awesome, especially with the PE hands and feet.

Ok. I'll try to take a pic of that configuration later today (stored him for the night already).

One of the hip ratchets (the left) on mine is looser than the right ratchet but nothing too bad. He's not gonna do a split if you put him on the table.

His shoulders do not lock so if you want to move the arms, you have to hold the shoulder first when moving the arms to avoid it moving back. His wings do block it from behind but since they also move to facilitate transformation, they won't stop the shoulder from moving.

Thanks mate!

[Hellscream9999]

Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

If it makes you feel better, I also have the canopy issue with Blast Off. And while I don't remember Vortex having bad thighs, he does have a problem where, since the waist is very tight, the ball joints pop out whenever I try to put him in arm mode.

Yeah, I had a similar problem with blades and a/b, it seems that the cup for the thigh is molded in such a way that it does not allow for simultaneous x/y/z movement, and the torso sits really low that it also interferes... glad to know we've got two more of these coming for victorion

[King Kuuga]

Death Reviews manage to be both entertaining and informative. Bravo!

I'm a little worried that the fist broke off, but are there any signs that the plastic is otherwise weaker than on the regular release? Maybe it was just a fluke.

Also, personal nitpick, these are not "repaints'. They are "redecos". The color of plastic they are molded in is not paint.

Well observed - the plastic itself on the figures is a different color, not just the paint. I'll remember that (foul mortal)... I take refuge in that there was, in fact, different paint on them as well, so 'repaint' is still technically correct...

Well the term "deco" encompasses both the plastic colors and the paint apps, and "redeco" similarly refers to changes to both of them. A literal repaint would be a figure molded in the exact same plastic colors as its initial release, but with altered paint apps. Again, just a pet peeve of mine.

By the way, anyone know what the slit in brawls hfg is for? Did hasbro just use part of the offroad mold for it? It doesn't fit onto offroad/ih, but first-aid can sport a nice set of cannons... medic with car cannons confirmed?

Oh, I thought that was just a goof on mine, especially since I got a First Aid WITHOUT the slit (I'm still annoyed at that, maybe I should contact Hasbro for a replacement). I didn't realize it was a more widespread problem. Anyway, I guess they probably put the wrong plate in the hand mold, resulting in Brawl's HFG having a knuckle slit.