The Energon Pub

Tue May 26, 2015 3:23 pm

Groove is now available at hsbrotoyshop.com

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/tra-gen-le ... 6&ID=33951

I'm holding out on the Protectobots so far, as I am not huge fan of buying repaints/remolds, So I am waiting to see if the 3 unique molds for Defensor (Hotspot, Rook, Groove) will all show up in future eventual releases like the Combaticons or Technobots.

News Credits: 12 · Tue May 26, 2015 3:35 pm

This is all v ery well and good but what about wave 2?

News Credits: 41 · Tue May 26, 2015 3:38 pm

SimianProphet wrote:Groove is now available at hsbrotoyshop.com

Warpath too!

Tue May 26, 2015 4:01 pm

Still waiting for the rest of the Protectobots.

News Credits: 41 · Tue May 26, 2015 4:03 pm

Robogeek1973 wrote:Still waiting for the rest of the Protectobots.

Likewise Rob, likewise. >:oP

News Credits: 23 · Tue May 26, 2015 4:27 pm

I'd be okay with a combiner team of his minions, or I'd settle for a Rumble from Groove. Oi! Somebody who owns the CW Motormaster or Prime, see if you can fit Groove as a chestplate.

Tue May 26, 2015 5:22 pm

this would have to be a heavy retool to be pulled off. could be cool though. lets see.

Tue May 26, 2015 5:56 pm

for proper use of Laserbeak. More proof that Hasbro's focus should be on G1 and the season 1 Transformers in particular, because no Combiner has generated more excitement this year than Devastator!

Tue May 26, 2015 6:28 pm

1984forever wrote::APPLAUSE: for proper use of Laserbeak. More proof that Hasbro's focus should be on G1 and the season 1 Transformers in particular, because no Combiner has generated more excitement this year than Devastator!

Hmm, you seem familiar. Can't quite put it together, though.

News Credits: 25 · Tue May 26, 2015 6:49 pm

1984forever wrote::APPLAUSE: for proper use of Laserbeak. More proof that Hasbro's focus should be on G1 and the season 1 Transformers in particular, because no Combiner has generated more excitement this year than Devastator!

Devastator's toy came out in 1985.

Tue May 26, 2015 6:55 pm

Ravage and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw at deluxe size also could be remolded for Predacons.

Tue May 26, 2015 7:20 pm

I really hope they don't use the Optimus/Motormaster mold if they make Soundwave because the vehicle mode and robot mode proportions would be way off for him. Honestly I'd like to see a leader class Soundwave to fit in with Megatron and the Seekers and not just some voyager class repaint.

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 26, 2015 7:25 pm

Hmmmmm. I actually was tempted to get Generations FOC Soundwave, but this one looks like it'll be better!

I hope it actually comes with Lazerbeak! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 26, 2015 7:30 pm

His vehicle mode looks more like Hot Spot than Prime/Motormaster. Maybe well get Soundwave from that mold if they decide to do it?

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 26, 2015 7:35 pm

Twitchythe3rd wrote:His vehicle mode looks more like Hot Spot than Prime/Motormaster. Maybe well get Soundwave from that mold if they decide to do it?

I think it will be the Prime/Motormaster mold that will be remolded as Soundwave. I am just wondering why Soundwave would have a truck mode...
:-?

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 26, 2015 8:21 pm

I'm hoping for a leader class Soundwave to go with leader Megs and Starscream.

News Credits: 32 · Tue May 26, 2015 8:41 pm

I wonder if they'll finally do a combiner Soundwave. I've been thinking for years that Soundwave and his minions would lend themselves well to a Scramble City combiner play style. Heck, just think of how many possibilities there could be if they designed them right!

Just take Ravage for example. Cat mode, bot mode, limb mode. Cat mode obviously based on his G1 self. Bot mode based on his various BW and Alternators versions: cat head becomes the robot head like his TM(and TMII fan mode) version with the easy retool, or even alternate transformation, to be chest with proper robot mode head like Shadow Panther. And with that, easy repaints/retools would include G1 Rampage, BW Cheetor, BW Tigatron, and more.

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw could easily be made into Divebomb/Airazor repaints since they've never had robot modes, except for their BotCon and GDO figures. Heck, they might even be able to remold them into Swoop and Terrorsaur.

Rumble and Frenzy, they could probably figure out some alt mode to give them that makes sense and could also be repurposed into even more repaints and retools.

News Credits: 41 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:04 pm

I think making Soundwave and his minions into a combiner team is a brilliant way to re-invent the interplay between SW and his crew. Let's face it cassette tapes are antiquated, and MP3 players, satellites, etc. are just boring.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:09 pm

Silly wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:His vehicle mode looks more like Hot Spot than Prime/Motormaster. Maybe well get Soundwave from that mold if they decide to do it?

I think it will be the Prime/Motormaster mold that will be remolded as Soundwave. I am just wondering why Soundwave would have a truck mode...

Well, there were no casette players on cybertron, so he must have been some ind of vehicle. And thats what the video games did and that idea carried on in the IDW comics.

News Credits: 462 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:14 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Silly wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:His vehicle mode looks more like Hot Spot than Prime/Motormaster. Maybe well get Soundwave from that mold if they decide to do it?

I think it will be the Prime/Motormaster mold that will be remolded as Soundwave. I am just wondering why Soundwave would have a truck mode...

Well, there were no casette players on cybertron, so he must have been some ind of vehicle. And thats what the video games did and that idea carried on in the IDW comics.

News Credits: 41 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:17 pm

Now for another opinion.

I was talking it over with my good shabudi, and we both agreed that Combiner Wars Legends class Huffer ROXX!
Sure I love the old Huff, with his orange hoodie and exhaust pipe arms. He was always one of my favorite minis, and always will be. Thats why I think it's so cool that he got this super sleek new update. He just looks so bad arse wearing this skin. I know, it's IDW's Prime, but that really means nothing to me, personaly. I am digging all these Legends redo's of the classic minis and The Huff takes the cake.
Who woulda thunk a simple repaint could hit my awesome button better than it's intended purpose?

And if that's not enough to flip you G1 purists on your ear.
I feel the exact same about War Path.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:26 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Silly wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:His vehicle mode looks more like Hot Spot than Prime/Motormaster. Maybe well get Soundwave from that mold if they decide to do it?

I think it will be the Prime/Motormaster mold that will be remolded as Soundwave. I am just wondering why Soundwave would have a truck mode...

Well, there were no casette players on cybertron, so he must have been some ind of vehicle. And thats what the video games did and that idea carried on in the IDW comics.

Damn you Sabr, you make me loo like the world's biggest amateur. First Sharpnel, then the two takara Rodimi (no wonder they both looked so good!) and now this!

Although to be fair, that is just Soundwave's car mode transformed into a mishapen boombox

News Credits: 462 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:29 pm

william-james88 wrote:Although to be fair, that is just Soundwave's car mode transformed into a mishapen boombox

Still plays music, though.

News Credits: 251 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:31 pm

If Soundwave is to be made, I feel like I'd like him more if he were Deluxe scaled. I dunno, I just have this weird mentality that Soundwave should be the same height as the Starscream and the Seekers. Or, have Soundwave as a Voyager and downsize Leader Starscream to Voyager scale (which is what SHOULD have been done to begin with).

News Credits: 293 · Tue May 26, 2015 9:32 pm

*thought you'd make a Legends thread* :lol:

Yes. Huffer is Huff-Tastic!
That Prime coat looks great on Huff. And I also don't immediately think "Prime" when looking at that mold anymore. If they really wanted to represent IDW Prime, they'd give him a proper Voyager mold.

Honestly, I'd even go as far to say Huffer feels like like a "premium" type figure. GDO'ish if you will. But maybe I'm crazy. I've said it somewhere else, but I'll reiterate it again here: I never thought I'd replace Rager (even when I saw Legends Huffer), but here I am.

Now I'm totally looking forward to Warpath, even with that perfect Generations Deluxe already on my shelf.