The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:37 am

Nothing from here(Colorado Springs) but an Arcee restock(which seems silly, since they already had 9 Ratchets shelfwarming).

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:32 am

So I went back to my local TRU and see if there was probabilites of more Generation toys or PCC. Turns out that the full stock of toys that they had on Friday, is now "OUT OF STOCK" I mean these toys went out like "hot cakes". I was hoping to find more and was actually planning on buying extras to keep around as MISP. All out of stock. All they have is ROTF toys. BORING now!! I get sick and tired of showing up to TRU and seeing over a dozen of Tuner Mudflaps..UGH!! So annoying. I've gone to different TRU around my area and that's all I see "Tuner Mudflap"!!! Sick of it!! :BANG_HEAD:

Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:27 pm

It'll still be a while before these hit the stores in Nebraska. Why can't Hasbro get a simultaneous release date for stores across the country like they did for the movie lines?

News Credits: 668 · Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:56 am

Got Drift, Bumblebee and Optimus on Saturday.

Bumblebee is probably my favorite, something about him just wows me.

Optimus is really complex and has game accuracy like I've never seen before. If he had his axe, it'd be like crawled out of your screen.

Drift...not so much. He's not terrible, I like his weapons, I like the chest transformation. So simple, yet works so well.

But his head looks like Cheetor's, hid transformation is simplistic, and he's got wasted potential. The kibble could've been put to good use, but it just hangs there and looks a bit dopey.

News Credits: 11 · Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:04 pm

Want them on my side of Canada! :sad:

Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:18 pm

I was finally able to find Generations in TRU today, although it was just a lone Optimus and Bumblebee, but I'm not complaining as those were the onse I wanted to pick up first.

I just thought I'd post a comparison pic of the Optimus I bought from TRU today (on the left)and the one I bought to keep MOC from Amazon (on the right). I know it's not a big difference, but I do like that a WFC sticker was included, but has anyone found those with the WFC sticker at retail? The Bumblebee I bought today didn't have one either.

News Credits: 1235 · Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:32 pm

I saw them instore today with the WFC stickers.

Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:54 pm

Went to TRU in Eugene, OR today, and they had PCC's, HFTD, and...one lone, sad WFC OP. Spoke to a helpful employee named Keith about my quest for Drift, and he went and looked in the stock room for me, but said they'd only gotten OPs and Bumblebees.

And of course I'd already gotten fed up with waiting and purchased Smolder and Ratchet online, and I'm still waiting for them to arrive. Arrrrgh. Oh well.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:22 pm

al the WFC at my TRU had both stickers on the package. It may have simply been that the first few didn't get their sticker.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:04 pm

Hey, I didn't want to start a new thread because of this, but...

Has anyone noticed how BAD the Generations Thrust instructions are? Compare the back of the packaging to the instructions. They're not even close!

Alt mode:
Instructions - Fans are on the bottom-side of his tail fins.
Cardback - They're on top of his main wings.

Robot Mode:
Instructions - Fans are on his ankles.
Cardback - Fans are behind his shoulders, on his wings.

WTF? Nice attention to detail, Hasbro!

Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:19 am

Energon Is My Drug wrote:Hey, I didn't want to start a new thread because of this, but...

Has anyone noticed how BAD the Generations Thrust instructions are? Compare the back of the packaging to the instructions. They're not even close!

Alt mode:
Instructions - Fans are on the bottom-side of his tail fins.
Cardback - They're on top of his main wings.

Robot Mode:
Instructions - Fans are on his ankles.
Cardback - Fans are behind his shoulders, on his wings.

WTF? Nice attention to detail, Hasbro!

The instructions also skipped the who "flipping the wings up" process. No biggie, though. The only reason I even looked at the crappy sheet was to see what the "official" positioning of the tail fins were, in robot mode, to see if I'd like them that way... and the instructions don't even mention them...