The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · by **whacko** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:11 pm

Stuff like this is why I've fallen out of love with Hasbro and especially Haslab.

Hasbro wants to charge premium collector's quality prices for mainline quality materials and then stuff like this happens. Hopefully they can redeem themselves a little bit and send everyone replacement parts, because this seems like a "when it happens" and not "if it happens" sort of issue.

But honestly this should have been caught during the QA process before full manufacturing began and definitely before they shipped product to backers.

It is a cool looking figure, and it is really disappointing that this issue was allowed to happen.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:22 pm

whacko wrote:But honestly this should have been caught during the QA process before full manufacturing began and definitely before they shipped product to backers.

It's not the "quality", but the very design of the thing that is out of whack. But yeah, it is indeed, very strange that such a huge oversight slipped through the cracks.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:24 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
whacko wrote:But honestly this should have been caught during the QA process before full manufacturing began and definitely before they shipped product to backers.

It's not the "quality", but the very design of the thing that is out of whack. But yeah, it is indeed, very strange that such a huge oversight slipped through the cracks.

I see what you did there. :SMUG:

News Credits: 1 · by **TK415** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:32 pm

Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:46 pm

TK415 wrote:Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool

Why are you posting the same message over and over again?

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu May 01, 2025 12:24 am

Sabrblade wrote:
TK415 wrote:Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool
Why are you posting the same message over and over again?

Could it be the work of a new type of bot? A month ago one quoted my comment; it didn't steal my identity, but I'm guessing AI bots will get there soon, if not already.

by **Dino-Snarl** » Thu May 01, 2025 1:31 am

Ridiculous QC issues still. They should ship out a replacement part to everybody who bought one so you can swap it out. Glad we're keeping ours sealed at least.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu May 01, 2025 2:59 am

Bumblevivisector wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
TK415 wrote:Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool
Why are you posting the same message over and over again?
Could it be the work of a new type of bot? A month ago one quoted my comment; it didn't steal my identity, but I'm guessing AI bots will get there soon, if not already.

Not a bot. The first 10 posts a user makes have to be approved by a staffer, it would be strange if a bot snuck in but I won't pretend it isn't possible one slipped in. Most of the current bots use an on topic AI generated post and think they're clever for sticking a very obvious link in the middle. I have no idea why TK514 is repeating posts, could just be a random glitch.

Emerje

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Thu May 01, 2025 7:43 am

TK415 is not a bot. I'm going to guess something froze up on their end during the post submission, then hours later the same tab or window was used with the same issue, while all along the post was actually going through. The bots that hit us always have suspicious links in their posts :lol:

Most of you never have to see those posts and never will, hooray!

Anyway I finally got my Omega Prime all combined. This is 90% a re-work of the exact same toy design from 2000 (edit: adding a clarifying comment to not take this statement too literally, these are 100% new molds.) There are some nicer things, especially if you love the action-figure-fication of Transformers (I do not, fwiw.) Magnus in general is improved, Bluebolts is wonderful and using the Weaponizer gimmick to turn Bluebolts into gap fillers for Magnus is pretty clever. Omega Prime itself is more stable, poseable, and holds the sword like a champ. All of the headsculpts are improved and the butterfly shoulder/chest joints on the OP core robot are pretty dang neat.

What isn't better? Aside from the poorly engineered OP slider, I have two main gripes. First, Magnus' vehicle mode feels too small. This was obviously a sacrifice for the combined Omega Prime's proportions and is a minor thing. Second, the materials. Holy cow, almost everything you actually handle is this absolute garbage "unpaintable" POM crap they've been overly reliant on since 2019-ish. Deathsaurus barely used it which made me hopeful this would not, alas, we cannot have nice things even for $250. At least when Magnus starts yellowing in a year Costco OP will have a match at last :michaelbay:

Anyway I am whelmed. On to the next.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Thu May 01, 2025 8:52 am

TK415 wrote:Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool

This.

by **balgorra** » Thu May 01, 2025 9:49 am

Here I am still waiting for mine to ship. Thanks for letting us know of the issue.

News Credits: 1 · by **TK415** » Thu May 01, 2025 10:41 am

Emerje wrote:
Bumblevivisector wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
TK415 wrote:Thanks for the steps Scotty. Thanks for the pictures and info everybody else.

If anybody wants to film a video and post it on YouTube with a link to it that might be cool
Why are you posting the same message over and over again?
Could it be the work of a new type of bot? A month ago one quoted my comment; it didn't steal my identity, but I'm guessing AI bots will get there soon, if not already.

Not a bot. The first 10 posts a user makes have to be approved by a staffer, it would be strange if a bot snuck in but I won't pretend it isn't possible one slipped in. Most of the current bots use an on topic AI generated post and think they're clever for sticking a very obvious link in the middle. I have no idea why TK514 is repeating posts, could just be a random glitch.

Emerje

That is so weird. Yes some odd glitch. I shut the browser after I submitted the post. My browser must’ve just kept trying to reload. I hope it doesn’t do it again.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 01, 2025 1:39 pm

ScottyP wrote:At least when Magnus starts yellowing in a year Costco OP will have a match at last

Happening faster than you think

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Fri May 02, 2025 12:53 am

william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:At least when Magnus starts yellowing in a year Costco OP will have a match at last

Happening faster than you think

Yikes. Any way to counteract that without taking it apart that's better than a white marker?

All these screw-ups are ironically making me want to see them find creative re-uses for HasLab molds that allow them to get it right on the second try.

Or if that's not possible, maybe some KO manufacturers will start stepping up like they have for defective Masterpiece toys in the past? Of course now that would involve an elaborate smuggling operation to duck the tariffs, or secret factories throughout abandoned American strip malls outside of the Halloween season...

Oh, what am I saying, this is one case where photodegradation looks enough like God Magnus BURNING JUSTICE! Still looking forward to getting mine!

by **Dino-Snarl** » Fri May 02, 2025 4:00 am

balgorra wrote:Here I am still waiting for mine to ship. Thanks for letting us know of the issue.

We're part of a Transformers Facebook group. One of the members said that he never ordered it but just got it in the mail. Another member said they never got a shipping notification or tracking number and received it. Another member said they haven't received anything. Hodgepodge.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri May 02, 2025 4:31 am

Bumblevivisector wrote:Or if that's not possible, maybe some KO manufacturers will start stepping up like they have for defective Masterpiece toys in the past?

I keep seeing (and buying) knock-offs that are not just copies, but improved severely. Oversizing, adding diecast, fixing known issues, integrating upgrade kits... All for the same price or even cheaper than the originals. Sure, :HASBRO:

created the original designs but seeing all the improvements those KOs got is baffling.

I've yet to see any HASLAB get that treatment though.

Well, we Canadians may act like a beaten wife and we keep voting in the same knuckleheads, but at least I can enjoy my AliExpress without extra fees. For some reasons, customs have never even hit any of my AliExpress purchases.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat May 03, 2025 2:51 pm

Yikes, that's a big old bag of mess. Glad I didn't want this one but would have hoped it be good from the get go for those that wanted it

by **NotFrankeSisto** » Sun May 04, 2025 4:27 pm

This is honestly a pretty glaring oversight IMO. Hasbro more than just "kinda" slipped with this one.

The way I see it, they should do a recall and replace the part considering that backers paid a pretty penny to get this figure made. At the very least, a recall would be a gesture of good faith.

I mean... they probably won't do a recall, but they should.

by **djross2000** » Sun May 04, 2025 9:07 pm

Well, mine hasn't shipped yet... I'm wondering if they're working on a running change to fix this issue. I'm not going to hold my breath, though.

At least I know what to look for when mine comes.

by **megatran** » Thu May 08, 2025 2:49 am

Quality issues happen from time to time. What's concerning is the frequency. Haslab Victory Saber was replaced. Here's to hoping Hasbro does good with Omega Prime.

(New to the site. Just joined today)

by **balgorra** » Thu May 08, 2025 4:18 pm

I received my Omega Prime today. Opened up the box and took both Prime and Magnus out to check them out. I did not see any cracks or stress marks on Prime and no yellowing on Magnus. I didn’t open up Prime to check out the internals but boxed the two back up. I plan on waiting to hear from others of the second wave to see how the results are before proceeding. Hopefully they were able to make changes between the batches and fixed the issues.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 08, 2025 5:11 pm

balgorra wrote:I received my Omega Prime today. Opened up the box and took both Prime and Magnus out to check them out. I did not see any cracks or stress marks on Prime and no yellowing on Magnus. I didn’t open up Prime to check out the internals but boxed the two back up. I plan on waiting to hear from others of the second wave to see how the results are before proceeding. Hopefully they were able to make changes between the batches and fixed the issues.

What second wave?

by **balgorra** » Thu May 08, 2025 5:53 pm

[/quote]What second wave?[/quote]

Think there is a second wave of shipments going out. I didn’t even get a shipping notification until most of the early reviews were posted.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Thu May 08, 2025 6:03 pm

Derp. Mis-posted.

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Thu May 08, 2025 9:43 pm

balgorra wrote:

What second wave?[/quote]

Think there is a second wave of shipments going out. I didn’t even get a shipping notification until most of the early reviews were posted.[/quote]
I hope there's a second wave shipping out because mine still hasn't shipped out