The Energon Pub

News Credits: 10 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:27 pm

"Shackwave" looks "unaffiliated" from the photo. I might get it just for that.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:30 pm

Skritz wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Skritz wrote:Of all redecoes, Shackwave/Galactic Man is the one I expected the least to ever see.

What redeco of shockwave would have made more sense to you?

I meant redeco in general. Honestly thought the Siege Shockwave mold would not see use as-is but rather retooled with a new head (and maybe a new hand) as someone else. But, even then I'm not sure what. Shockwaves are hard to redeco.

I have one idea:

He never transformed, so the tank mode can be easily nixed and replaced with a ship mode.

Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:34 pm

Meh. He never transformed, but he still very obviously had the Energon Shockblast kibble and details...

News Credits: 56 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:35 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Skritz wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Skritz wrote:Of all redecoes, Shackwave/Galactic Man is the one I expected the least to ever see.

What redeco of shockwave would have made more sense to you?

I meant redeco in general. Honestly thought the Siege Shockwave mold would not see use as-is but rather retooled with a new head (and maybe a new hand) as someone else. But, even then I'm not sure what. Shockwaves are hard to redeco.
I have one idea:

He never transformed, so the tank mold can be easily nixed and replaced with a ship mode.

Or just retool the addons for spaceship mode to give him that "satellite" mode. I can see that working easy

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:40 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Meh. He never transformed, but he still very obviously had the Energon Shockblast kibble and details...

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Or just retool the addons for spaceship mode to give him that "satellite" mode. I can see that working easy

For him, the altmode really doesn't matter as much as the head and deco.

News Credits: 41 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:03 pm

Stargrave wrote:
carytheone wrote:
william-james88 wrote:+ G1 Toy color special package Refractor , this time came in a special package mimic a real world digital camera box set , have flashlight , lens and button pad to make camera mode super accurate to real life model. 3 robots also painted to be accurate to G1 Toy
Well I just bought three Refraktors, so this is definitely going happen now
And I'm totally get it too

Yes please

Transformers G1 1986 Reflector Gallery

YeeeAAAAASSSSS! That version will go in my Microman collection!!! :michaelbay:

Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:08 pm

Nathaniel Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:So...both Lancer & Galactic Man will be available for purchase at SDCC.
I read it as them being on display at SDCC, not sold there.

No these figures will not be sold at SDCC next week. They will only be on display.

Lancer was already available at robotkingdom
Maybe galactic man will be too soon

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:16 pm

This Galactic Man redeco is something which I simultaneously have no interest in purchasing while also loving it absolutely to death.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:18 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I have some attachment to him, since a Galactic Man currently fills in for Shockwave in my G1 collection. Also, I think the Galactic Man colors make a better G2 Shockwave than what Hasbro came up with for Combiner Wars G2 Bruticus.

Jtprime17 wrote:Galactic man Shockwave!
https://www.facebook.com/transformers
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That looks pretty damn cool.

Also, calling it now: We're getting a Selects Delta Magnus

Now that, that I would buy

News Credits: 56 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:18 pm

Wireless_Phantom wrote:This Galactic Man redeco is something which I simultaneously have no interest in purchasing while also loving it absolutely to death.

Agreed 100% ;)^

Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:35 pm

It dawned on me that gray Shockwave = Longarm.

Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:57 pm

Wireless_Phantom wrote:This Galactic Man redeco is something which I simultaneously have no interest in purchasing while also loving it absolutely to death.

Same. Its really cool but I don't see the need to add him to my collection.

Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:18 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Meh. He never transformed, but he still very obviously had the Energon Shockblast kibble and details...
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Or just retool the addons for spaceship mode to give him that "satellite" mode. I can see that working easy
For him, the altmode really doesn't matter as much as the head and deco.

It matters to me. I get that your idea is "Do a Cryotek redeco of Shockwave because his 'Theft of the Golden Disk' body was based on a Shovkwave analogue", but it falls apart for me because the more G1 SIEGE Shockwave doesn't really have any of the same features as Energon Shockblast except for he chest and head (and the latter would be replaced). Especially not the huge arm cannon (unless he can be configured with one?), which is probably why Shockblast was chosen in the first place since it makes for a parallel to his beast body's dragon head arm:

For me, that takes away any reason to do a potential Cryotek redeco of Shockwave specifically.

gothsaurus wrote:It dawned on me that gray Shockwave = Longarm.

Eh. Not really, not with this one - he hasn't got the stretchy arms or a crane, so what meaning does the name have?

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:26 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Meh. He never transformed, but he still very obviously had the Energon Shockblast kibble and details...
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Or just retool the addons for spaceship mode to give him that "satellite" mode. I can see that working easy
For him, the altmode really doesn't matter as much as the head and deco.

It matters to me. I get that your idea is "Do a Cryotek redeco of Shockwave because his 'Theft of the Golden Disk' body was based on a Shovkwave analogue", but it falls apart for me because the more G1 SIEGE Shockwave doesn't really have any of the same features as Energon Shockblast except for he chest and head (and the latter would be replaced). Especially not the huge arm cannon (unless he can be configured with one?), which is probably why Shockblast was chosen in the first place since it makes for a parallel to his beast body's dragon head arm:

For me, that takes away any reason to do a potential Cryotek redeco of Shockwave specifically.

The only reason Octivirate chose to model pre-beast Cryotek off of Shockblast in the first place was just because of the arms.

In all honesty, if Hasbro or anybody really were to make a pre-beast Cryotek out of any Shockwave toy, I'd want it to be from the Prime Beast Hunters Shockwave, as that is a much better toy than Energon Shockblast was, and still has the big cannon right arm.

Certainly a better choice than Beast Wars: Uprising Cryotek having been a new-headed redeco of Prime Robots in Disguise Voyager Bulkhead. Lolwut?

News Credits: 19 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:09 pm

Nice on the shockwave, always did like the astro magnum toy. Maybe Omega will get his grandstand convertors repaint

Shockwaves price is not going to be worth it though, as the retail version is overpriced at £47 and a selects repaint with a probable price range of £60-£75 is forget it.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:11 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Meh. He never transformed, but he still very obviously had the Energon Shockblast kibble and details...
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Or just retool the addons for spaceship mode to give him that "satellite" mode. I can see that working easy
For him, the altmode really doesn't matter as much as the head and deco.

It matters to me. I get that your idea is "Do a Cryotek redeco of Shockwave because his 'Theft of the Golden Disk' body was based on a Shovkwave analogue", but it falls apart for me because the more G1 SIEGE Shockwave doesn't really have any of the same features as Energon Shockblast except for he chest and head (and the latter would be replaced). Especially not the huge arm cannon (unless he can be configured with one?), which is probably why Shockblast was chosen in the first place since it makes for a parallel to his beast body's dragon head arm:

For me, that takes away any reason to do a potential Cryotek redeco of Shockwave specifically.
The only reason Octivirate chose to model pre-beast Cryotek off of Shockblast in the first place was just because of the arms.

In all honesty, if Hasbro or anybody really were to make a pre-beast Cryotek out of any Shockwave toy, I'd want it to be from the Prime Beast Hunters Shockwave, as that is a much better toy than Energon Shockblast was, and still has the big cannon right arm.

Certainly a better choice than Beast Wars: Uprising Cryotek having been a new-headed redeco of Prime Robots in Disguise Voyager Bulkhead. Lolwut?

THEY USED WHAT BODY?!?!?

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:26 pm

Wireless_Phantom wrote:THEY USED WHAT BODY?!?!?

Hopefully he got his dragon body if he ever got to undergo the Beast Upgrade.

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:36 pm

Neat that they revisited Shackwave, but I can easily skip.

Don’t have the other female Autobots, so I can skip Lancer.

Selects is looking sharp. Looks like they’re trying to fill in the void TFCC made when FunPub lost the license. I’m okay with this.

Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:38 pm

Nothing worth spending money on. I hope Hasbro announces Frenzy and Rumble.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:46 pm

With Galactic Man Shockwave coming out, a recent list of rumours has just been made a bit more credible.
So, while nothing should be taken as fact until we have solid proof, here is a round up of upcoming redeco'd toys from the Siege line that are rumoured to come out. The initial post for this rumour also states that these are a exclusives of some sort, akin to every other redeco exclusive we are seeing in the Siege line.

List of Deluxe redeco toys:
- Cybertron Hot Shot which is repaint of Hound but features accurate headsculpt (the photo below is a digibash by Air Hammer)

- G1 Toy color special package Refractor , this time came in a special package mimic a real world digital camera box set. Has extra accessories like a flash, a lens and button pad to make camera mode super accurate to real life model. 3 robots will sport a toy deco. This rumour is in line with an image of the camera mode found on Refactor's packaging

- Nightbird , repaint of Chromia , with new headsculpt

- Powerdasher , repaint of Brunt , with new headsculpt

- Decepticon Impactor which feature different deco compared to the retail autobot release

New Micromaster 10-packs which are all redecos of the ones already found at retail

Leader Shockwave in Galacticman Deco , full black shockwave (thius rumour was spread online earlier this week and we now know this particular part to be true)

News Credits: 56 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:52 pm

Dammit, I was convinced we got a new Hot Shot retool. Darn convincing digibashes... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:56 pm

oh wow too cool!

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:56 pm

Galactic Man? :lol:

Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:04 pm

It would be nice to get a maroon-ish Impactor, like he was in the Marvel comics. Or maybe with the desaturated colors of IDW. The latter don’t really seem ‘Decepticon’ though.