The Energon Pub

To be fair we probably should wash those boxes and the toys...

Skritz wrote:To be fair we probably should wash those boxes and the toys...

Dont wash toys. Most chemical cleaners melt plastic or ruin the pain t

aronjlove wrote:

Skritz wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sarahthecutevixen wrote:It was January 13th

Corona-Chan became active as far back as December 2019. China and the WHO were desperately downplaying / covering up the outbreak in January.

Careful, you're not allowed to say the truth anymore.

Isn't the ship time greater than the length of time the virus can live on a surface? I mean, I've gotten a few figures on Ebay from China and they've always taken at least three weeks to show up. Now someone infected could cough all over the box when it hits our port, but I think the imported germs would be dead.

Exactly.

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:RID Megatron/Gigatron, now there's a figure I'd sell a few organs for a CHUG remake. I imagine if it did exist, that Galvatron/Devil Gigatron would be the SELECTS repaint, huh?

If it's organs you're selling, you might as well opt for them to go the full mile of just making a straight reissue of the original, since it's still a phenomenal figure by today's standards.

RID Megatron is only a $40 to $60 figure, well worth it for those who don't have him yet. I just sold a nice complete one loose for $47 plus shipping back in January, and a mint in box (opened) one for $60 plus shipping back in October in the Seibertron Store on eBay.

It's the Galvatron/Devil Gigatron redeco that can be a bugger to get complete price-wise. And parts for incomplete ones are thin on the ground.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:RID Megatron/Gigatron, now there's a figure I'd sell a few organs for a CHUG remake. I imagine if it did exist, that Galvatron/Devil Gigatron would be the SELECTS repaint, huh?

If it's organs you're selling, you might as well opt for them to go the full mile of just making a straight reissue of the original, since it's still a phenomenal figure by today's standards.

RID Megatron is only a $40 to $60 figure, well worth it for those who don't have him yet. I just sold a nice complete one loose for $47 plus shipping back in January, and a mint in box (opened) one for $60 plus shipping back in October in the Seibertron Store on eBay.

add the missing paint apps and replace the chrome. Then will talk

Sarahthecutevixen wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:RID Megatron/Gigatron, now there's a figure I'd sell a few organs for a CHUG remake. I imagine if it did exist, that Galvatron/Devil Gigatron would be the SELECTS repaint, huh?

If it's organs you're selling, you might as well opt for them to go the full mile of just making a straight reissue of the original, since it's still a phenomenal figure by today's standards.

RID Megatron is only a $40 to $60 figure, well worth it for those who don't have him yet. I just sold a nice complete one loose for $47 plus shipping back in January, and a mint in box (opened) one for $60 plus shipping back in October in the Seibertron Store on eBay.

add the missing paint apps and replace the chrome. Then will talk

Aren't the Takara and Hasbro versions of RID Megatron the same paint wise?

Seibertron wrote:

Sarahthecutevixen wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:RID Megatron/Gigatron, now there's a figure I'd sell a few organs for a CHUG remake. I imagine if it did exist, that Galvatron/Devil Gigatron would be the SELECTS repaint, huh?

If it's organs you're selling, you might as well opt for them to go the full mile of just making a straight reissue of the original, since it's still a phenomenal figure by today's standards.

RID Megatron is only a $40 to $60 figure, well worth it for those who don't have him yet. I just sold a nice complete one loose for $47 plus shipping back in January, and a mint in box (opened) one for $60 plus shipping back in October in the Seibertron Store on eBay.

add the missing paint apps and replace the chrome. Then will talk

Aren't the Takara and Hasbro versions of RID Megatron the same paint wise?

They both are missing the black on those knee ornaments. In the anime the middle part of the fin was black while the toy is solid white

Sabrblade wrote:delete

I double checked How weird I could of sworn in twin dragon mode the middle part of the fin on his necks was black. In megatron mode.
I do know that in galvatron mode there was more silver on his chest on the toy than the anime model

Sarahthecutevixen wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:delete

I double checked How weird I could of sworn in twin dragon mode the middle part of the fin on his necks was black. In megatron mode.
I do know that in galvatron mode there was more silver on his chest on the toy than the anime model

The cartoon simplified the toy's chrome gradient since the cartoon did not have the visual capability of accurately and consistently reflecting that gradient in animated form.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sarahthecutevixen wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:delete

I double checked How weird I could of sworn in twin dragon mode the middle part of the fin on his necks was black. In megatron mode.
I do know that in galvatron mode there was more silver on his chest on the toy than the anime model

The cartoon simplified the toy's chrome gradient since the cartoon did not have the visual capability of accurately and consistently reflecting that gradient in animated form.

Yeah, animating that kind of gradient is a right bugger to do without CGI.

I really wish they had given Snaptrap / Turtler a base or weapons mode, similar to the other torso guys from G1 as well as his fellow Seacons. He has a fairly convincing Cybertronian looking hover-tank mode. Here's what I came up with. I really wish Takara had done something official for Snaptrap along these lines so that his robot arms/rear feet could snap into place. Well, here's what I came up with. It looks about as convincing as any of the other "Targetmaster" modes for the other 5 Seacons.

To be fair, Snaptrap's G1 toy was the last to be designed out of all the "Scramble City"-type leaders, coming a full year later.

And the other Combiner Wars type torsos don't have official base modes either.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:To be fair, Snaptrap's G1 toy was the last to be designed out of all the "Scramble City"-type leaders, coming a full year later.

And the other Combiner Wars type torsos don't have official base modes either.

Just odd that they put all of that effort into Targetmaster / gun modes for the other 5 Selects Seacons, would've been awesome to have an official mode for Snaptrap as well at this point, especially since the Targetmaster modes are more-or-less pointless since Piranacon can't hold the Targetmasters properly.

Seibertron wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:To be fair, Snaptrap's G1 toy was the last to be designed out of all the "Scramble City"-type leaders, coming a full year later.

And the other Combiner Wars type torsos don't have official base modes either.

Just odd that they put all of that effort into Targetmaster / gun modes for the other 5 Selects Seacons, would've been awesome to have an official mode for Snaptrap as well at this point, especially since the Targetmaster modes are more-or-less pointless since Piranacon can't hold the Targetmasters properly.

Thing is, the limb Seacons' gun modes are a feature their original toys had; it's not like they were invented just for the Selects versions.

And they're only slightly less incidental to rest of the transformation than on the original toys, if at all, and just as reliant on sticking the Seacons' personal guns on.

Giving Selects Snaptrap/Turtler a base mode, on the other hand, would have required inventing a base mode where one didn't exist before just for the occasion, and might have come at the expense of his more important functions. And again, the other CW/PotP torsos weren't designed with base modes either, even when their original toys had them.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:To be fair, Snaptrap's G1 toy was the last to be designed out of all the "Scramble City"-type leaders, coming a full year later.

And the other Combiner Wars type torsos don't have official base modes either.

Just odd that they put all of that effort into Targetmaster / gun modes for the other 5 Selects Seacons, would've been awesome to have an official mode for Snaptrap as well at this point, especially since the Targetmaster modes are more-or-less pointless since Piranacon can't hold the Targetmasters properly.

Thing is, the limb Seacons' gun modes are a feature their original toys had; it's not like they were invented just for the Selects versions.

And they're only slightly less incidental to rest of the transformation than on the original toys, if at all, and just as reliant on sticking the Seacons' personal guns on.

Giving Selects Snaptrap/Turtler a base mode, on the other hand, would have required inventing a base mode where one didn't exist before just for the occasion, and might have come at the expense of his more important functions. And again, the other CW/PotP torsos weren't designed with base modes either, even when their original toys had them.

I think you're missing my point or you are just being argumentative for some reason. All I was saying is that it would have been awesome for them to give Snaptrap a base or weapons mode at long last so that he could have a 4th mode like his fellow Seacons.

Did you see the pic that I posted above? It's a pretty convincing hover-tank mode ... all it's missing are a couple of tabs for the rear feet to plug into his torso's sides to make everything snap together properly.

Seibertron wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:To be fair, Snaptrap's G1 toy was the last to be designed out of all the "Scramble City"-type leaders, coming a full year later.

And the other Combiner Wars type torsos don't have official base modes either.

Just odd that they put all of that effort into Targetmaster / gun modes for the other 5 Selects Seacons, would've been awesome to have an official mode for Snaptrap as well at this point, especially since the Targetmaster modes are more-or-less pointless since Piranacon can't hold the Targetmasters properly.

Thing is, the limb Seacons' gun modes are a feature their original toys had; it's not like they were invented just for the Selects versions.
-image snipped since it doesn't need to be shown 3x on the same page-
And they're only slightly less incidental to rest of the transformation than on the original toys, if at all, and just as reliant on sticking the Seacons' personal guns on.

Giving Selects Snaptrap/Turtler a base mode, on the other hand, would have required inventing a base mode where one didn't exist before just for the occasion, and might have come at the expense of his more important functions. And again, the other CW/PotP torsos weren't designed with base modes either, even when their original toys had them.

I think you're missing my point or you are just being argumentative for some reason.

Possibly the former? As far as I could gather your point was "Well they gave all the other Seacons another mode so why didn't they do it for Snaptrap?", and I was trying to answer that.

Seibertron wrote:All I was saying is that it would have been awesome for them to give Snaptrap a base or weapons mode at long last so that he could have a 4th mode like his fellow Seacons.

And all I was saying was that there are reasons they wouldn't have, and describing what I esteem those reasons to be.

Seibertron wrote:Did you see the pic that I posted above? It's a pretty convincing hover-tank mode ... all it's missing are a couple of tabs for the rear feet to plug into his torso's sides to make everything snap together properly.

I did see that, and it looks awesome. Easily the best 4th mode that's been fanmoded for a CW/PotP torso (the higher accessory count helps a lot).

I wonder if anyone's come up with a good one for PotP Grimlock. I challenge people to try. Since he seems not to understand how anyone can consider that Grimmy a quality toy, I especially challenge Rodimus Prime to try.

There is the combined Piranacon transformed into his beast form done by a fan.

Buggered if I can find the pics now though.

Really I think Takara were too focused on just replicating what had come before to think about giving turtler anything close to his brethren officially (I.e. A fourth mode) though I bet the mangaka who does the Selects Manga could do it given all the other fan modes he'd done! Like the base modes for Top Spin/ Twin Twist, and Terra Overlord.

Burn@ wasn't that picture a (fair) few pages back in this thread? I remember seeing it here.

Burn wrote:There is the combined Piranacon transformed into his beast form done by a fan.

Buggered if I can find the pics now though.

Found 'em on page 111 of this thread:

'tis a magnificent beast indeed!

Wow that is amazing! I'd love to see that beasty and Sky Lynx in a brutal battle.

Just got my "we'll be processing your order and shipping it out soon" notification from Hasbro Pulse for the final 2 Seacons. If I remember correctly, I think the second pair took about 2 weeks from the same email until they actually arrived. Hopefully these will turn around a bit quicker.

Well, I have many things with shipping notices too.

But the coof make those shipments slower than snails hooked on valium.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I wonder if anyone's come up with a good one for PotP Grimlock. I challenge people to try. Since he seems not to understand how anyone can consider that Grimmy a quality toy, I especially challenge Rodimus Prime to try.

First, I never said I couldn't understand why other people think he's a good figure. I just said that I didn't think he was. I am perfectly clear on the concept of others having different opinions than me. Second, since I do think PoTP Grimlock is an underwhelming figure in his official modes, what are the chances that a fan mode (which are rarely better than the official ones for any figure) will not be even worse?