The Energon Pub

[Tyrannacon]

Seeing those pics of Megatron with the stickers is kind of meh worthy, but to each their own. I'll be displaying mine without the stickers though. Hopefully I'll get mine soon.

[ZeroWolf]

Don't see why the swirls couldn't have painted on but I'm guessing takara will swoop on that one.

[Shuttershock]

Here's his legs extended a bit. I have seen some others do this, but it really makes him a lot taller... And slightly more proportionate... It is a bit weaker, but its fairly stable.

I think if I can get his feet fixed... (Ex different feet...) might not need that degree of legs being extended...

Can he go chicken-legged, or does the whole thing come crashing down?

Are you thinking of bending the knees backward, a-la Whirl? There are no ankle swivels at all, so I believe it would make it highly unstable. But, that is an interesting concept to check out...

Felt like answering my own question:

https://twitter.com/LoganRandolph3/status/570381637814517761/photo/1

[fenrir72]

Man, the Decepticons must really hate puppies, what with how many they've killed over the years.

Just goes to show how much more "evil" G1 Megs is over the other Emperors of Destruction.

Though, it was Shockwave, Wilder, and the Combaticons who dealt with the others.

Well, in TF#1 the Limited series. The one 'con that stood in the frontlines of the most devastating attacks was no other than the "malevolent Megatron". That's where he earned the name "slagmaker".

And....that's why Starscream is so OCD with Megs, the formers loves doing it infront while 'screamer does it through the back.

[Agamemnon]

Here's his legs extended a bit. I have seen some others do this, but it really makes him a lot taller... And slightly more proportionate... It is a bit weaker, but its fairly stable.

I think if I can get his feet fixed... (Ex different feet...) might not need that degree of legs being extended...

Can he go chicken-legged, or does the whole thing come crashing down?

Are you thinking of bending the knees backward, a-la Whirl? There are no ankle swivels at all, so I believe it would make it highly unstable. But, that is an interesting concept to check out...

Felt like answering my own question:

https://twitter.com/LoganRandolph3/status/570381637814517761/photo/1

Ah, I see what you mean. It's an....interesting look, but not one that appeals to me very much. I could see a fan of the Bay movies maybe liking it.

[fenrir72]

Courtesy of RodimusPrime87 CW Megs as an Autobot.........decals fail! The designers should have made them fit the chest piece.

Megatron still looks awesome though!

Just had a thought........a transparent decal type like that of Roadbuster/Whirl. Is that too hard?

[Syn_13]

Courtesy of RodimusPrime87 CW Megs as an Autobot.........decals fail! The designers should have made them fit the chest piece.

Megatron still looks awesome though!

Just had a thought........a transparent decal type like that of Roadbuster/Whirl. Is that too hard?

Yeah, those swirls just looks like someone's drawn them on a piece of paper with a biro, cut it out and slapped it on.

Reprolabels will come to the rescue, I'm sure.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Courtesy of RodimusPrime87 CW Megs as an Autobot.........decals fail! The designers should have made them fit the chest piece.

Megatron still looks awesome though!

Just had a thought........a transparent decal type like that of Roadbuster/Whirl. Is that too hard?

Wait... aren't they supposed to over the three gaps at the very bottom of the chest piece, in accordance to the shape of the stickers?

[Editor]

Wait... aren't they supposed to over the three gaps at the very bottom of the chest piece, in accordance to the shape of the stickers?

They shouldn't.
Original:

New:


If you follow the swirls, that is the only way they will match the Walther P38 markings.

[william-james88]

This is really odd. I would have thought the symbol change on Megatron would occur on that central square part on his upper chest.

[Agamemnon]

This is really odd. I would have thought the symbol change on Megatron would occur on that central square part on his upper chest.

I agree. Is it that the Autobot symbol covers up the already applied (paint? sticker?) Decepticon symbol?

[Sabrblade]

The symbol and chest hairs are all where they're meant to be, guys. It's just that the chest is shaped differently from how Megatron's classic G1 chest is usually shaped.

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

Video came up that shows just how goddamn chunky Long Haul is! Wow dude, he looks HUGE! I seriously can't wait to get my hands on Devastator now!

Also shown: how Devastators arm transforms into a missile pod.

[william-james88]

Woah! He's immense and so wide

[Sabrblade]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:



With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

[william-james88]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:


With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

I didnt think about that since I always take it out and use it as a weapon for either Heavy Load or Landfill.

It reminded me more like ROTF long haul to me, which is obviously because ROTF Longhaul was homaging his G1 version.

[Ironhidensh]

Wow. So those things are much, much bigger than I was thinking they would be.

[Sabrblade]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:


With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

I didnt think about that since I always take it out and use it as a weapon for either Heavy Load or Landfill.

It reminded me more like ROTF long haul to me, which is obviously because ROTF Longhaul was homaging his G1 version.

Well, I certainly can't think of a better candidate for them to make an Autobot version out of this and the other Constructicon toys.

[william-james88]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:


With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

I didnt think about that since I always take it out and use it as a weapon for either Heavy Load or Landfill.

It reminded me more like ROTF long haul to me, which is obviously because ROTF Longhaul was homaging his G1 version.

Well, I certainly can't think of a better candidate for them to make an Autobot version out of this and the other Constructicon toys.

Oh for sure! And I like the idea, its a very colorful result. I was just saying why its not the first thing that popped into my head. But it totally works.

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:


With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

I didnt think about that since I always take it out and use it as a weapon for either Heavy Load or Landfill.

It reminded me more like ROTF long haul to me, which is obviously because ROTF Longhaul was homaging his G1 version.

Well, I certainly can't think of a better candidate for them to make an Autobot version out of this and the other Constructicon toys.

Oh for sure! And I like the idea, its a very colorful result. I was just saying why its not the first thing that popped into my head. But it totally works.

Should we take bets on weather we'll get that, or a Diaclone or G2 recolour first?

[william-james88]

Okay, with his whole dump bed on his back like that in robot mode, this Long Haul toy is just begging to be remolded into Heavy Load:


With Bonecrusher into Wedge, Hook into Hightower, Scavenger into Grimlock, Scrapper into Scoop, Mixmaster into Quickmix, and Devastator himself renamed Landfill, GET ON IT HASBRO!

I didnt think about that since I always take it out and use it as a weapon for either Heavy Load or Landfill.

It reminded me more like ROTF long haul to me, which is obviously because ROTF Longhaul was homaging his G1 version.

Well, I certainly can't think of a better candidate for them to make an Autobot version out of this and the other Constructicon toys.

Oh for sure! And I like the idea, its a very colorful result. I was just saying why its not the first thing that popped into my head. But it totally works.

Should we take bets on weather we'll get that, or a Diaclone or G2 recolour first?

I will gladly bet 1000$ that we will get a G2 recolor first.

[Sabrblade]

Should we take bets on weather we'll get that, or a Diaclone or G2 recolour first?

Well, the current rumor is that a G2 yellow version will be the SDCC set.

[Editor]

Watch the TFCC deco them in Shattered Glass white and red, and put 2 out a year over the next 3 years (Hook, Bonecrusher 2016/ Scrapper, Scavenger 2017/ Mixmaster, Long Haul 2018) in the subscription service.

[Yotsuyasan]

RTS Megatron can do this?

Yup. Does this pic work to show it?



Hopefully this one works

I know this was like fifty pages ago... That's what I get for not checking this thread for a month! But I just wanted to take a moment to have some weird little pleasure in the fact that photos of my toys are being used as examples by people other then myself. For some reason, that makes me feel somewhat accomplished!

Where the heck did that tiny version of the first pic come from, though? It is so tiny, you can barely see anything! I hunted down the full size version for you. (Was a bit odd, I didn't have it on my computer any more! But I found it on my abandoned Photobucket, downloaded it, and re-uploaded it to my Imgur account.)



Anyway, I'm off to finish at least skimming the rest of the intervening pages. Hopefully soon I can get beyond one man's chasing of windmills to convince the world of some strange artificial construct of his called "G3" and find some actual Combiner Wars discussion!

[Cobotron]

Anyway, I'm off to finish at least skimming the rest of the intervening pages. Hopefully soon I can get beyond one man's chasing of windmills to convince the world of some strange artificial construct of his called "G3" and find some actual Combiner Wars discussion!