The Energon Pub

News Credits: 51 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:55 pm

sol magnus wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Bomb-Burst looks great, I get that they did it by basically putting the whole alt mode on his back but I still find it cool that he basically changes color between modes.

Inferno is literally the only reveal of the day to have sold out so far on Pulse, this continues to bode well for non-G1 interest.

I think it bodes well for Beast Wars, not necessarily "Non-G1". I didn't pre-order him. Probably should have. LOL

I mean, I said it that way because that's how Hasbro themselves described it in interviews in the past, when they talked about how some of the "non-G1" Legacy figures were outselling some of the G1 Legacy stuff and a bunch of people immediately tried to argue that simply couldn't be accurate.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:07 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Bomb-Burst looks great, I get that they did it by basically putting the whole alt mode on his back but I still find it cool that he basically changes color between modes.

Inferno is literally the only reveal of the day to have sold out so far on Pulse, this continues to bode well for non-G1 interest.

I think it bodes well for Beast Wars, not necessarily "Non-G1". I didn't pre-order him. Probably should have. LOL
I mean, I said it that way because that's how Hasbro themselves described it in interviews in the past, when they talked about how some of the "non-G1" Legacy figures were outselling some of the G1 Legacy stuff and a bunch of people immediately tried to argue that simply couldn't be accurate.

I remember that. I think it's all selling but it's starting to slow down, even the ones that anecdotally were flying off the shelves (which were G1 from what I saw - Dragstrip and Kickback)are starting to sit. It's definitely time for Wave 2 to be hitting retail. As far as 'outselling G1' they just weren't specific enough for it to have any meaning (to me). If they meant Bulkhead, well...what your area's situation on him. We're swimming in him (as we should be considering he's 2 per case) where you barely see Blaster. At Walmart the extra Beast guys are all sitting there.

I'm sure they have some kind of data, but it's impossible to square it with my own eyes, even anecdotally.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:28 pm

Transmetal Megatron, now with Less (no) metal. :BANG_HEAD:

Not normally a fan of the vac metal process, but this megatron without it looks like a cosplayer to me.

News Credits: 51 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:30 pm

sol magnus wrote:If they meant Bulkhead, well...what your area's situation on him. We're swimming in him (as we should be considering he's 2 per case) where you barely see Blaster. At Walmart the extra Beast guys are all sitting there.

In my area the only Legacy product that's sitting for prolonged periods of time are some of the Beastie Boys as you mentioned (although it also took a while for me to see any of them originally, they had empty pegs at my Walmart for them for a month or two) and a bunch of Galvatrons at my nearest Target. My Walmart is more swamped with Bumblebee Movie Soundwave than anything else, and my Target is pretty much just barren except for Buzzworthy/exclusives (but not the 4-pack, just individual figures) and the Galvatrons.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:49 pm

Love the way they did Skullgrin

Inferno has the spinning butt with the 4 flaps, love it! Still don't like how the insect legs are all over the place in bot mode though

News Credits: 12 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:58 pm

Bombburst is cool for whoever wanted him
Not quite my cup of tea so I'll skip him
But im happy pretenders will be in different size classes so they can be their own diverse looking squad

News Credits: 14 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:42 pm

SGMLordMirage wrote:I just wanted to share a quick comparison photo between Energon Override and the new Velocitron Speedia 500 version in robot mode.

Of course it would have been cool to have some form of a Cyber Key on the newer version. Perhaps adding the gold paint to the feet and a red paint to the wings on the weapon but otherwise not a bad representation.

SGM

Looks great. If only I could find one near me. #-o

In regards to Cybertron Override, how tight are her legs. On mine I think the've tightened over the years. The rotation is so tight, it unclips the crotch before the leg actually moves.

News Credits: 22 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:01 pm

Overcracker wrote:In regards to Cybertron Override, how tight are her legs. On mine I think the've tightened over the years. The rotation is so tight, it unclips the crotch before the leg actually moves.

She's just a prude, I guess. :lol:

Or maybe it's just with you. >:oP

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:32 pm

Glad to see the last of the figures fully revealed here.

Bomb Burst looks really fun, I am excited to add another pseudo-Pretender to the shelf. I am liking the robots right now, as a fan of the gimmick.

Megatron still looks iffy, but i will get him to fight PotP Primal.

I like Crankcase, still wish he had the IDW head, but he looks good. Excited for him specifically.

Wanted to share this pic, since Springer looks good here in this trio

News Credits: 6 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:34 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Glad to see the last of the figures fully revealed here.

Bomb Burst looks really fun, I am excited to add another pseudo-Pretender to the shelf. I am liking the robots right now, as a fan of the gimmick.

Megatron still looks iffy, but i will get him to fight PotP Primal.

I like Crankcase, still wish he had the IDW head, but he looks good. Excited for him specifically.

Wanted to share this pic, since Springer looks good here in this trio

I never got Siege Springer. I don't hate the toy deco, just looks like an odd duck. Is he good looking in person?

Side note: Is Potp Primal an ok figure? I considered buying. Do you think a new one is likely to come out (I know the evolution integration sucks, but without it?)

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:47 pm

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I never got Siege Springer. I don't hate the toy deco, just looks like an odd duck. Is he good looking in person?

Side note: Is Potp Primal an ok figure? I considered buying. Do you think a new one is likely to come out (I know the evolution integration sucks, but without it?)

I never got the retail Springer, only got this one because of the Marvel G1 comics colors with the Wrecker symbol. He is really nice in hand, I like him this way, glad I waited for this one.

PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:53 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I never got Siege Springer. I don't hate the toy deco, just looks like an odd duck. Is he good looking in person?

Side note: Is Potp Primal an ok figure? I considered buying. Do you think a new one is likely to come out (I know the evolution integration sucks, but without it?)

I never got the retail Springer, only got this one because of the Marvel G1 comics colors with the Wrecker symbol. He is really nice in hand, I like him this way, glad I waited for this one.

PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

Thanks for the opinion.

If I get Springer I'll have to get the new one. primal doesn't look that bad....

News Credits: 101 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:23 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

I regret having passed on the Amazon's PotP Optimus Primal Throne of the Prime. Now it's nope'd priced on eBay.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:28 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

I regret having passed on the Amazon's PotP Optimus Primal Throne of the Prime. Now it's nope'd priced on eBay.

Sorry. Guess you'll have to wait a few years for a new one...

News Credits: 6 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:25 pm

What shadow striker may look like, digbash by ElecMan The Battery on Twitter. I'm hoping for a new mold though, shadow striker or crasher will likely be facing off against Elita one on my shelf.

News Credits: 65 · Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:53 pm

I picked up both Legacy Wave 2 Voyager Class figures over the past two days. Jhiaxus is cool, but I was far more excited for the repack of "Siege" Soundwave. Now with a "clean" deco that ditches the battle damage paint apps, I had nice clean parts to work with to swap to my Netflix Soundwave. Why? The Netflix Soundwave lacked the red stripes on the wrists and battery accessories. Now I have my nearly perfect modern Soundwave. The added detail of the red pinstripes helps quite a bit.

News Credits: 19 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 12:49 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

I regret having passed on the Amazon's PotP Optimus Primal Throne of the Prime. Now it's nope'd priced on eBay.

Try Mandarake he was in pretty much every retail store (Bics, Kindertown etc) in Japan at the time so hopefully it might not have had the price hike there.

News Credits: 101 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:40 am

blackeyedprime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:PotP Primal is pretty good to me, I like it and have never disliked it. I don't think a new one will come in a while.

I regret having passed on the Amazon's PotP Optimus Primal Throne of the Prime. Now it's nope'd priced on eBay.

Try Mandarake he was in pretty much every retail store (Bics, Kindertown etc) in Japan at the time so hopefully it might not have had the price hike there.

Unfortunately, Japan posts still "hates" Canada. So anything I buy from Japan MUST be shipped via DHL. Meaning that thing will cost at the very least 50$ to ship. Then add the fact that only Amazon.JP have that DHL super deal and only them charge taxes in advance.This means I get hit by heavy custom fees every times that I order from Mandarake or Buyee.

It suck big time that all these Japanese hot deals gets ruined by Japan Posts "emergency policies".

News Credits: 1 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:11 am

Megatron looks incredible to me, except for the face! I don't know what happened there.
Glad to see Inferno is done properly, I was afraid his propeller would be missing a blade or something. I'll have to get to modelling his actual gun!
The new "pretenders" are tempting, despite their gimmick being missing. I hope they'll do them proper one day, although it's pretty unlikely. I might cave in with this fused versions when they do Bludgeon, and if they do Bugly. But the shell gimmick itself is what I really want from those characters.

I'll have to disagree with people on here thinking we won't be getting another Optimal Optimus, I think we're likely to see him redone in a couple of years, specially with the renewed interest in Beast Wars.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:55 am

Rtron wrote:I'll have to disagree with people on here thinking we won't be getting another Optimal Optimus, I think we're likely to see him redone in a couple of years, specially with the renewed interest in Beast Wars.

Not to mention the current team's desire to redo a lot of Warden's greatest hits and misses. Leader isn't going to cut it this time, though. Going to have to be a Commander with all four modes, but no chrome or electronics, $90 isn't enough to cover that!

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:28 am

I think he would be a commander mostly because of the size, as transformation wasn't particularly complex. But he was over twice as tall as Dinobot and very bulky, they can only stretch leader class mass so far without the figure becoming a big, empty balloon. If they somehow fit him into leadr (which I doubt), then we'll probably see him relatively soon. If not, then I guess 2025 or something like that, since next year we're probably getting Armada Optimus, and 2024 will propably be some other Unicron trilogy guy, or another G1 Optimus because of the 40 year anniversary.

Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:07 pm

Thoughts!

TMII Megatron
Boy, it seems like he looks better with each new picture they drop, not sure I will purchase but he's looking really good for a retail dragon mode Megatron (compared to some of the excellent 3rd party ones in recent years

Pointblank
This is a pass for me, no character attachment and the toy just isn't grabbing me so far. Specially with that weirdly penis-y blocky Targetmaster?

Skullgrin
Don't know enough yet to say except that it's cool we are getting Pretender revamps!

Crankcase
Kinda digging how different they made him look from the Skids mold, need to see a little more before calling this one, so hesitant maybe

Dead End
This is the one that bums me the most. It just doesn't seem like the reanformation is very complex and the chunkiness of some proportions is throwing me off. Hopefully Breakdown is more on Dragstrips level. So for me it'll probably be just those two and Motormaster

And Inferno I already decide to get when he first was shown off :lol:

News Credits: 462 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:35 pm

Confirmed by Mark Maher: The Energon Monsters were dropped at the last minute and replaced by Skullgrin and most likely Bomb-Burst.

News Credits: 65 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:57 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Confirmed by Mark Maher: The Energon Monsters were dropped at the last minute and replaced by Skullgrin and most likely Bomb-Burst.

I had all but forgotten about those early listings. Knowing this, and the removal of yet another planned package refresh for Earthrise Wheeljack, it seems like Legacy has been in quite a state of flux.

News Credits: 56 · Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:14 pm

Regarding Skullgrin. I was kind of hoping that the Pretender head would be like a Battle Mask/Helmet that would be removable to have the robot head underneath. I mean I understand why core class wouldn't have this. But for Deluxe, to have the complete "robot" portion of the pretender would have been cool, with the helmet being the leftover remnant/homage to his outer shell.

Ideally, I know fans of Pretenders want the whole thing (full outer shell and inner robot), hopefully someday...but I was just thinking the Helmet idea would have been cool.