The Energon Pub

[fenrir72]

:lol: Twelve years ago some fans complained that the Energon Maximus Combiners had duplicate team members.

In all fairness, we also complained about their stupid hands.

They had hands? I though they were sticks?

[Superginraix]

Because Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

Funny. I just watched The Key to Vector Sigma last night, and I could swear there were five jets, including some guy named Slingshot who was kind of a jerk to Ironhide, and in fact the most prominent member of the team in their introductory episode aside from Silverbolt. And I didn't see any Alpha Bravo anywhere...

So, er, define "always," please. Because the way I understood the word, it was not a subjective word.

Lies. Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

I know it's a Photoshop. I just find some of the venom directed at Alpha Bravo a little ridiculous, and the idea that he has retroactively been made a G1 Aerialbot to destroy the childhood of his naysayers strikes me as funny.

QUIT DESTROYING MY CHILDHOOD MRBLACK!!!

[chuckdawg1999]

Slingshot and Wildrider look good, although I find it funny that the mold used for Dead End and Wildrider is generic enough to pass for a Porsche and Ferrari. I am a bit disappointed that they couldn't sub Streetwise's blaster for the pipe, I just don't like it. By the way I had a joke about Michael Jackson's glove all set if Slingshot came with the white hand.

[TFFS]

Really it's more than childish to call Alpha Bravo not a real ariel bot. We get it you want to be 5-10 years old again because maybe life as an adult is too hard for you but maybe, just maybe you could try to make things work instead of making these cries for help.

[Va'al]

We've had a teaser, a promo shot - how about some official stock photography directly from Hasbro of the new Generations Combiner Wars deluxes Quickslinger (the new Slingshot name stand-in, reusing the Firefly mold with a new headsculpt, shared with Takara's take on the character) and Brake-Neck (Wildrider in a new guise, sharing the Dead End chassis)! You can check out the images mirrored below, and keep talking about this reveal in the Energon Pub - see you inside.

[Ironhidensh]

:lol: Twelve years ago some fans complained that the Energon Maximus Combiners had duplicate team members.

In all fairness, we also complained about their stupid hands.

In all fairness, there is as little about the Energon line we didn't complain about. Fatimus Prime, anyone?

[Burn]

Really it's more than childish to call Alpha Bravo not a real ariel bot. We get it you want to be 5-10 years old again because maybe life as an adult is too hard for you but maybe, just maybe you could try to make things work instead of making these cries for help.

Insulting people for their opinions? Yeah, that's real adult.

[Ironhidensh]

Really it's more than childish to call Alpha Bravo not a real ariel bot. We get it you want to be 5-10 years old again because maybe life as an adult is too hard for you but maybe, just maybe you could try to make things work instead of making these cries for help.

Insulting people for their opinions? Yeah, that's real adult.

[Yotsuyasan]

On a different note, I may have missed this, but if Groove isn't a part of Defensor anymore, who is replacing him?

Doesn't look like anyone answered this one, which is a bit of a surprise. Maybe they didn't notice the question tucked away at the end of your post?

Anyway, unlike the other two replaced bots, Groove is still a part of Defensor. He is just now a Legends class figure:




Meanwhile, since you can't have a Legends class limb, there is a new guy, named Rook, who becomes a SWAT vehicle:



And poor Groove has been downgraded from limb to chest plate:



Since, even with the downgrade, Groove is still a part of the team, while still slightly bothered I can live with this option. Even if Takara pulls a Deluxe Groove out of their arses, I may still go Hasbro. I'll certainly go Hasbro for this one if Takara doesn't announce their intentions before Hasbro's becomes available for sale.

[noctorro]

:lol: Twelve years ago some fans complained that the Energon Maximus Combiners had duplicate team members.

In all fairness, we also complained about their stupid hands.

In more fairness, we also complained about their size.

ps. My gawd, Defensor looks like a beast.

[prjkt]

I'm looking forward to getting Defensor.

Not so fussed with Slingshot/Wildrider with new names yet, but the completionist in me will probably compel me to pick them up

[Burn]

Not so fussed with Slingshot/Wildrider with new names yet, but the completionist in me will probably compel me to pick them up

At the very least get Slingshot so you're not saddled with Alpha Tossbag.

[CrankyOldTruck]

Ok... spray-on tan looking face with what appears to be a short, beach ready hair cut and permanently pissed-off, stick-up-his-ass expression: He looks like a Jesrsey Shore cast member, ergo a douchebag! Yep, I'd say they nailed slingshot perfectly with this figure.

[prjkt]

Not so fussed with Slingshot/Wildrider with new names yet, but the completionist in me will probably compel me to pick them up

At the very least get Slingshot so you're not saddled with Alpha Tossbag.

as a toy, Alpha Bravo is actually my favourite Wave 1 figure, so that's not a problem for me.

[Burn]

Not so fussed with Slingshot/Wildrider with new names yet, but the completionist in me will probably compel me to pick them up

At the very least get Slingshot so you're not saddled with Alpha Tossbag.

as a toy, Alpha Bravo is actually my favourite Wave 1 figure, so that's not a problem for me.

You're on the list ...

[ZeroWolf]

There's a list now? Aw but I love alpha bravo as well, he's fantastic. Can't we all just get along?

[Nemesis Maximo]

That Wildrider might make a decent Lockdown...

[prjkt]

Not so fussed with Slingshot/Wildrider with new names yet, but the completionist in me will probably compel me to pick them up

At the very least get Slingshot so you're not saddled with Alpha Tossbag.

as a toy, Alpha Bravo is actually my favourite Wave 1 figure, so that's not a problem for me.

You're on the list ...

You're even in the same country as me I believe... better watch out

That Wildrider might make a decent Lockdown...

I see it, alt-mode close enough to the move version, though I'd prefer a paint job similar to the animated/ROTF design....

Then Lockdown could finally be part of something

[BlueBefore]

Really it's more than childish to call Alpha Bravo not a real ariel bot. We get it you want to be 5-10 years old again because maybe life as an adult is too hard for you but maybe, just maybe you could try to make things work instead of making these cries for help.

Insulting people for their opinions? Yeah, that's real adult.

I think someone needs to the point out the psychological reasons for the denial of facts that shouldn't mean anything to adults in the first place.

[shockblast2]

Who wants representations of two robots who were reduced to quivering piles of slag?

Brake Neck, Wildrider, whoop dee doo.......who cares? The only people who are picking these two up are the people who cried rivers of tears when they found out that they had been replaced due to death in G3 fiction. Crushing their dreams of shoehorning these next generation figures into their "geewun classics" collection, right next to their HFTD Seaspray and FOC Shockwave.

[Autobot N]

Who wants representations of two robots who were reduced to quivering piles of slag?

Brake Neck, Wildrider, whoop dee doo.......who cares? The only people who are picking these two up are the people who cried rivers of tears when they found out that they had been replaced due to death in G3 fiction. Crushing their dreams of shoehorning these next generation figures into their "geewun classics" collection, right next to their HFTD Seaspray and FOC Shockwave.

Not me. I prefer Alpha Bravo to Slingshot, but I'll still get him.




Burn, if you want to put me on the list like that other guy, then you'll have to go through my army of Alpha Bravos first!!!!!!!!!

[prjkt]

What is this "G3?" The Generations line certainly isn't it.

[william-james88]

Who wants representations of two robots who were reduced to quivering piles of slag?

Brake Neck, Wildrider, whoop dee doo.......who cares? The only people who are picking these two up are the people who cried rivers of tears when they found out that they had been replaced due to death in G3 fiction. Crushing their dreams of shoehorning these next generation figures into their "geewun classics" collection, right next to their HFTD Seaspray and FOC Shockwave.

What is this "G3?" The Generations line certainly isn't it.

Oh no, please don't ask.

[peaces]

alpha bravo, offroad, and rook are all amazing. alpha bravo is the best copter tf. looks better than blades too. offroad reminds me of vehicle voltron and looks better than wildrider. rook reminds me of g1 ratchet. you'd have to be really uptight to not enjoy these great figures. your loss.

[william-james88]

Am I the only one who would have preffered "brake-neck" to be based off of Brakedown instead of Dead End? Also, while alpha bravo looked fine all along, it seems he had the "quicksilver" colors all along.