The Energon Pub

News Credits: 19 · Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:18 pm

Just something or lots of things I'm not keen on about the skids figure. Like most car autobot figures of yester year the g1 toys are true mini mp and the MP itself is way better than the toy. Kinda glad tho as it will likely get me to buy the MP and I'll stick with the IDW based toy as my toy skids.

News Credits: 17 · Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:34 pm

LinaNui wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjNv8kUD54&ab_channel=PrimeVsPrime

Prime Vs Prime reviewed Skids. Looks like an ok figure but not a great start to legacy imo. Something just feels off about it.

I couldn't make it very far, sounds like the standard complaints from the hardcore adult collector with high expectations: too boxy, too many hollow parts, looks too much like a toy. It's a G1 Skids with clear cartoon and toy inspiration at the ~$20 price point. It is what it is. I would rather have less complexity and more intuitive transformations, and I'm willing to put up with hollow parts and other compromises to have that. For everyone else, there she the MP line and add-on packs. "This plastic toy looks like a plastic toy" never works for me as a criticism.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:41 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:
LinaNui wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjNv8kUD54&ab_channel=PrimeVsPrime

Prime Vs Prime reviewed Skids. Looks like an ok figure but not a great start to legacy imo. Something just feels off about it.

I couldn't make it very far, sounds like the standard complaints from the hardcore adult collector with high expectations: too boxy, too many hollow parts, looks too much like a toy. It's a G1 Skids with clear cartoon and toy inspiration at the ~$20 price point. It is what it is. I would rather have less complexity and more intuitive transformations, and I'm willing to put up with hollow parts and other compromises to have that. For everyone else, there she the MP line and add-on packs. "This plastic toy looks like a plastic toy" never works for me as a criticism.

Agreed. Especially since there's a high-end alternative on the market concurrently.

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:21 pm

I wish Blaster had come with Rewind and Twincast got Eject, I want that Eject but not Blaster :lol:

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:00 am

We have our best look yet at the upcoming Transformers Legacy deluxe Skids. In the images below you will get a good look at his robot mode and alt mode from various angles. Including the back, which actually looks very clean even though it's not an angle many care about. We also get an idea of his size and there seems to be some real life mass shifting going on since while his bot mode is much smaller than the MP version, his alt mode is almost the same size. We thank fellow Seibertronian LinuNui for the heads up regarding the review from PrimevsPrime which these pictures come from.

News Credits: 11 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:32 am

Thanks for just linking to the pics and not the video btw. I will say no more on the matter.

As for the figure, it's nice, but does anyone else get the impression that it looks a bit...basic? It seems to veer a little into the Cyberverse aesthetic, especially in car mode, where it doesn't seem as painted as it should be?

News Credits: 101 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:18 am

I'll be getting that Skids for sure. He may also be the first one that I'll pay extra to buy some much needed gaps fillers and a Reprolabels set.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:56 am

The mold looks OK, looks a bit better in hand. I'll probably get it in Burnout colors

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:03 pm

Once again, a Legacy figure that looks short and squat. It's a line of Wolverine-proportioned bots.

News Credits: 388 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:21 pm

He looks like an upscaled Scout class figure.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:26 pm

It's because it's Skids, guys. He was always the blandest-looking of the '84/'85 Autobot Cars.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:38 pm

Giant feet notwithstanding, Generations Skids is anything but bland:

And sorry, my mistake...it was the new Bumblebee Movie figures (the Cybertronian ones) that all look short and squat.

News Credits: 12 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:53 pm

Skids looks really good! I'll probably pick it up, and maybe one or two of the redecos depending on how those looks

News Credits: 104 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:55 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:Thanks for just linking to the pics and not the video btw. I will say no more on the matter.

Agreed, all I am going to say about that.

I love him and will pick him up on sight!

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:06 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:
I love him and will pick him up on sight!

Indeed!

News Credits: 56 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:28 pm

Sabrblade wrote:It's because it's Skids, guys. He was always the blandest-looking of the '84/'85 Autobot Cars.

While I don't have any strong opinions about this Legacy Figure, I always felt OG Skids was criminally unused in terms of media exposure. Sure there is that infamous marvel comic where a woman who shares my wife's name

gives him a carwash but... 2 animated series appearances and that's it.

Also years later, Energon Tow-Line I think was the only standard Autobot in that line not to appear in the animated series...sad...and ironic

It is nice that Skids and his other color schemes are getting MP releases. I doubt that Hasbro will pass at the opportunity for several easy Selects releases from Legacy Skids as well.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:33 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:It's because it's Skids, guys. He was always the blandest-looking of the '84/'85 Autobot Cars.

While I don't have any strong opinions about this Legacy Figure, I always felt OG Skids was criminally unused in terms of media exposure.

It's because of his figure's late release in December 1984. He came out too late to be incorporated into Season 1, and wasn't part of the new lineup of Autobot Cars for season 2.

Marvel UK did give him more story appearances (though, they also dumped him in limbo for most of that comic's run, but did bring him back to explore his PTSD a bit).

Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:54 pm

Skids is nice and all. He's very nice and I want him.

But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.

News Credits: 25 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:41 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.

What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:19 pm

LinaNui wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.

What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.

The Quintesson Judges, Allicons, and Megatron, in particular, were affected the most the pandemic.

News Credits: 56 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:36 pm

I never saw ER wave 3 ( Voyager or Deluxe) at retail. However they were readily available online for those that wanted them, that is the only reason I have Fasttrack. Still I think if Hasbro wanted to repack toys to pad out Kingdom, they should have taken from ER wave 3 as opposed to Arcee and Wheeljack

News Credits: 11 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:40 pm

LinaNui wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.

What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.

In Japan, for me, several of the WFC figures have been hard to find, due to:

- Japanese releases being (what feels like) up to a year after the US releases (and thus..)
- ...When "regular/normal" characters are released via Takara Tomy Mall and not via Amazon Japan/other shops (as I've just waited for Amazon to stock a figure I assumed was just "being released later").
- Some exclusives not being released in Japan?

Luckily, Amazon Japan has never cancelled an order due to problems their end (only if the actual product was cancelled by the seller/manufacturer).

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:38 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:- Some exclusives not being released in Japan?

Which exclusives haven't been sold in Japan? I thought Takara Tomy mall had caught up, or have they fallen behind again? I'm guessing you mean more recent things like Origin Bumblebee and BB Worlds Collide set, or are there still some older figures that are missing?

Emerje

News Credits: 25 · Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:51 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
LinaNui wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.

What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.
The Quintesson Judges, Allicons, and Megatron, in particular, were affected the most the pandemic.

Sorry, I read Kingdom not earthrise. I do actually agree that a earthrise refresh could be good. Only way that I got wave 3 deluxes was from Entertainment Earth in a whole case. I am really hoping the rerelease the conehead 2 pack soon since I missed that because I wasn't sure if I really wanted them originally.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:04 am

Emerje wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:- Some exclusives not being released in Japan?

Which exclusives haven't been sold in Japan? I thought Takara Tomy mall had caught up, or have they fallen behind again? I'm guessing you mean more recent things like Origin Bumblebee and BB Worlds Collide set, or are there still some older figures that are missing?

Emerje

If we include all TF lines, then we didn't get Ectotron or the X-Men crossover, nor Dracula (presently). I think they're might have been some regular figures too? It got a bit confusing as TT Mall was releasing some "regular" toys exclusively at their site, plus certain "Amazon exclusives" too, both of which I assumed would be at Amazon Japan. Coupled with the late release dates, it was possible to miss out on several toys and be none the wiser...