The Energon Pub

ZeroWolf wrote:Here's an extreme long shot, but what if it's IDW prowl...but has a hidden third mode as Devestators head?

Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Prowl
Product Number: F7193
EAN: 5010994202286

Can't be since it's a deluxe. He'd have to be Voyager-sized and they'd have to bring out a new figure for Hook to make him a leg for Devastator. Not saying it won't ever happen, but it's clearly not in Hasbro's cards, currently.

My guess is it's a re-release of the ER toy, maybe with a better head sculpt. I think they'd specify if it was Beasties Prowl, RiD, Energon, or Animated.

Still waiting on an Earth mode Hound, Hasbro.

Roadbuster wrote:Still waiting on an Earth mode Hound, Hasbro.

Prowl is my main man. But damn if we don't need that guy (Hound) right now. In fact, I would have thought Prowl would be SS86 since we're getting a ginchy new Ironhide.

Finally got a Red Cog. . Target also had Cybertron Metroplex. Despite not wanting it....I know just seeing something that big is tempting, but my resolve was strong. I passed. I now know I'm ok not having this ( the first Titan I have skipped), unless there is a extreme discount similar to what happened with The Ark.

I meant to add to my post that I was joking, hasbro may want to add more IDW but I doubt they would go as far as making Prowlastator in toy form

My thoughts:
-Bomb-Burst happening is cool, the more Pretenders they make the closer Octopunch gets. Curious to see how the bat features will impact the jet mode.
-Skar is...weird, if it's the obscure Dinobot I'll consider it but a second version of Doubledealer's bat seems odd and uncalled for.
-Nice to see Shrapnel, guess they're saving the best Insecticon for last.
-Kinda surprised to see Crosscut at retail, although now that I think about it I guess he was before.
-The distinct lack of PR on that Prowl, combined with the "Animated is coming" confirmation, means I'm really gonna be annoyed if this is another new Datsun mold for no reason.
-More mystery Junkions, now in 2 size classes? The plot thickens...
-No need for the Ramjet PR myself but very happy on the behalf of those who need it
-BLUDGEON (guaranteed get, no explanation needed)

MaximalNui wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:-Evan mentioned that Menasor's lack of Scramble City compatibility/limbs being dedicated to just Menasor has been well-received and they are keeping that in mind for future potential combiners

Debatable. VERY debatable.
Personally, I wouldn't mind it for a new continuity's iteration of Menasor, or a whole new combiner team (actually, I would prefer that; we need new characters and combination gimmicks), but sacrificing an already-fun gimmick to be more accurate to a design error really doesn't sit well for me.
And I hope this means they'll start making more non-Scramble City combiners (we need a better Liokaiser, Magnaboss and Rail Racer, among others) instead of replacing all Scramble City for "accuracy". How would this scheme even work for stuff like the Aerialbots, Terrorcons or Seacons? Their leaders have nothing to make into a trailer/base!

I'm really hoping that that quote means exactly what it says at face value and has nothing to do with the trailer-skeleton thing. I'd totally be cool with seeing a new Computron or someone where all of the limbs have dedicated spots/engineering for just Computron, as long as the limb bots actually turn into limbs and aren't just glorified hockey pads. Ruination needs Scramble City for accuracy though, so Bruticus needs to keep Scramble City by extension.

MaximalNui wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:-Minicons are something they're intending to figure out "once they move more fully into Armada"

I wish they'll make a Swindle compatible with Legacy Starscream, but I kinda expect them not to.
Also hope they bring back the Mini-Con weapon teams; especially if they make a Star Saber that can carry a Matrix in its hilt.

As long as new Minicons have pegs on them instead of ports, then Swindle would be able to interact with not just Screamer but also anyone with 5 mm ports, which is probably the way to go at this point. Having that Matrix/Star Saber interactivity would be cool, I hadn't even thought about that.

MaximalNui wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:-Interest in bringing Fan Votes back

...does this mean the old "Make A Character" votes that gave us Windblade and Victorion, or one of the "Choose Which Character We Make Now, And We'll Use The Other Characters Later Anyway" from later years? Because I frankly prefer the first option.

The interview write-up that came from did not specify which kind of Fan Vote.

Tuned Agent wrote:5. BW, Armada and Energon Prowls. Too obscure to likely be made before the ones above.

I would argue that Energon Prowl should be at a higher tier than those other two since Energon Prowl was at least a show character, whereas BW and Armada were toy-only.

Been pondering about Deluxe Prowl.

Possibilities include
1. G1 Prowl (Earthrise Datsun)
2. BW II Prowl
3. Energon Prowl
4. Universe 1.0 Prowl
5. Animated Prowl
6. Prime Prowl

Its not likely to be a Datsun re-release, since it has no PR (Package Refresh) like RamJet for instance, next to the name. Which means its likely an entirely new mold.

2. As much as I’d like BWII Prowl to go with BWII Skywarp, its not very likely.

Armada Prowl was a Minicon that tunred into a police sports car and a gun. highly unlikely to be that.

3. Energon Prowl, Seems unlikely since that would just be to close to Mirage. He’s a F1 type car.

4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

5. Animated Prowl, looks very promising since it can be probably made out of the Legacy Arcee mold, with minor tooling.

6. Prime Prowl is just a stylized G1 Prowl, so would look too close to a Earthrise Datsun if they G1-ified him.



1 or 5 seem the most likely.

Yeah, the lack of "Pr" at the end of the Prowl listing means it's not a rerelease of Siege or ER Prowl. I doubt it's RID Prowl either since we could use a cool down on Lambos (particularly police ones) IMO.

I hope the Deluxe Junkion is a pretool (prepaint?) of Earth mode Hound as Detritus. Kinda curious why they put a 2 at the end of the listing.

Emerje

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Nemesis Primal wrote:My thoughts:

-The distinct lack of PR on that Prowl, combined with the "Animated is coming" confirmation, means I'm really gonna be annoyed if this is another new Datsun mold for no reason.

I got much to agree with here, but I do want to point out that the Ironhide/Prowl pack is also rare, meaning many people don;t have an Earth mode Prowl in their collections, even if I would have liked to see Hound get a go first.

Burn wrote:

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Interesting idea. Its R.I.D 2015 though. No Strongarm in Prime.

Overcracker wrote:

Burn wrote:

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Interesting idea. Its R.I.D 2015 though. No Strongarm in Prime.

ehhhhhhhh close enough.

Roadbuster wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Here's an extreme long shot, but what if it's IDW prowl...but has a hidden third mode as Devestators head?

Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Prowl
Product Number: F7193
EAN: 5010994202286

Can't be since it's a deluxe. He'd have to be Voyager-sized and they'd have to bring out a new figure for Hook to make him a leg for Devastator. Not saying it won't ever happen, but it's clearly not in Hasbro's cards, currently.

My guess is it's a re-release of the ER toy, maybe with a better head sculpt. I think they'd specify if it was Beasties Prowl, RiD, Energon, or Animated.

Still waiting on an Earth mode Hound, Hasbro.

Actually, you might be on to something with the Prowl with a new head sculpt idea. Hasbro messed up with Earthrise Prowl by using Bluestreak's head instead of his own. I forgot, but when I got Earthrise Prowl, I swapped his head with Siege Prowl's head for my display, so that both Prowl and Bluestreak would have their animation accurate head designs. So, if they release Earthrise Prowl again in Legacy with a new head, that might be enough to disqualify it from being a "package refresh" if it's a modified sculpt. I'd be even happier if they added back a few more paint apps for more cartoon and/or G1 toy details.

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:My thoughts:

-The distinct lack of PR on that Prowl, combined with the "Animated is coming" confirmation, means I'm really gonna be annoyed if this is another new Datsun mold for no reason.

I got much to agree with here, but I do want to point out that the Ironhide/Prowl pack is also rare, meaning many people don;t have an Earth mode Prowl in their collections, even if I would have liked to see Hound get a go first.

I know those ER sets were rare, hence SS86 Ironhide and this Ramjet rerelease, I just don't want Hasbro to turn around and make a brand new Datsun mold again because of it, and I personally am vastly more excited by the possibility of Animated Prowl than I ever would be for any sort of G1 Prowl. If G1 Prowl needs an additional release, I posit that it should either be a straight rerelease or a repaint/new head retool in SS86/Buzzworthy.

If that really does end up being G1 Prowl again then that 2 pack with Ironhide is going to plummet in price on the aftermarket.

Emerje

I would be very disappointed if we got an animated prowl and it was made with the prime arcee mold. I just don't see how that wouldn't suck. Unless they redid the entire torso maybe

Nemesis Leo is interesting. Not sure I'd get it but we'll see

Oouuuu Bludgeon. I'm happy with my rotf Bludgeon w/idw head upgrade kit but who knows, maybe this one will be a must have

Bombburst, great. Bring on the pretenders! And the junkions too. They're really giving us an army of junkions just because lol

Emerje wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Interesting that this Ramjet has black biceps…
I don’t get why they’re doing that.
Also, I noticed the clear canopy… It looks fine, but seeing it, I don’t know if I like it better than the orange tinted one of the ER version.

Uh, that's just the CG stock photo of the ER figure.

I actually would like to see them do Legacy Ramjet with a smoky tinted canopy like the G1 figure if they could make just one change.

Emerje

Either way, the actual figure has white biceps and a black piece for the joint.
Between that and the clear canopy, just will be interesting to see if those really happen with this new release.

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Burn wrote:

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Interesting idea. Its R.I.D 2015 though. No Strongarm in Prime.

Likewise, the blue redeco of Armada Red Alert was part of an Energon 2-pack, not Universe.

You are correct. Don't know why I though he was in Universe 1.0. Was a Energon Sam's club Exclusive.

william-james88 wrote:Thanks to JTPrime17, Mr Chaos and HyperShauta, we have more listings for year 2 of Legacy along with screenshots of some of the listings from Walmart. Here are the listings along with a description is extra details are known.

Tra Gen Legacy EV core Nemesis Prime: Redeco of Kingdom core Optimus Prime
EAN: 5010996120533

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Grimlock
EAN: 5010996120540

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Bomburst Pr: This listing confirms that the other core class pretender we are getting in 2022 is Bomburst and in 2023 there will be a rerelease of that toy.
EAN: 5010996120557

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Swoop
EAN: 5010996120564

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Starscream Pr: rerelease of Kingdom core Starscream
EAN: 5010996120571

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Skar
EAN: 5010996120588

Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Snarl
EAN: 5010996120601

Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Shrapnel: Everyone asking for the next G1 insecticon in deluxe class to go with Kickback, rejoice!
Product Number: F7192
EAN: 5010994198749

Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Prowl
Product Number: F7193
EAN: 5010994202286

Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Crosscut: Redeco of Legacy Skids
Product Number:F7194
EAN: 5010994202279

Tra Gen Legacy Ev Deluxe Junkion 2
Product Nimber: F7195
EAN: 5010994202262

Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Nemesis Leo: redeco of Legacy Leo Prime
EAN: 5010996149657

Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Ramjet Pr: Rerelease of Ramjet which came in the 2 pack with Dirge
EAN: 5010996149664

Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Junkion
EAN: 5010996149671

Tra Gen Legacy Ev Voyager Bludgeon
EAN: 5010996149688

They take too long making these repaint.
I've made myself a Nemesis a year ago


And this one

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Burn wrote:

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Interesting idea. Its R.I.D 2015 though. No Strongarm in Prime.

Likewise, the blue redeco of Armada Red Alert was part of an Energon 2-pack, not Universe.

You are correct. Don't know why I though he was in Universe 1.0. Was a Energon Sam's club Exclusive.

Probably because both it and a few other Armada-redecoed non-show Energon exclusives just had that similar look and feel to the Universe toys. They may have been Energon toys, but they sure felt like they belonged with Universe.

Yup.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:5. BW, Armada and Energon Prowls. Too obscure to likely be made before the ones above.

I would argue that Energon Prowl should be at a higher tier than those other two since Energon Prowl was at least a show character, whereas BW and Armada were toy-only.

Fair enough, I haven't watched most of Energon.

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Burn wrote:

Overcracker wrote:4. Universe 1.0 was a repainted Armada Red Alert, so would be kind of interesting to get a SUV Prowl. But seems a bit too obscure.

Future retool - TFP Strongarm.

Interesting idea. Its R.I.D 2015 though. No Strongarm in Prime.

Likewise, the blue redeco of Armada Red Alert was part of an Energon 2-pack, not Universe.

You are correct. Don't know why I though he was in Universe 1.0. Was a Energon Sam's club Exclusive.

Probably because both it and a few other Armada-redecoed non-show Energon exclusives just had that similar look and feel to the Universe toys. They may have been Energon toys, but they sure felt like they belonged with Universe.

Yup.

That's the joy of collecting, you can put anything, anywhere, anytime.

I hope they throw us a bone and give Nemesis Prime Hot Rod's sword.