The Energon Pub

News Credits: 101 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:52 pm

Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:54 pm

I got my Titan Nemesis in, and she is pretty good. She has a good presence to her, and I love the shadow she casts. I do not like the bicep kibble, but that is really the only setback on her. I will say I wish she had a little more backweight, as i want to pose her in the hunchback look, but she is difficult to balance in a convincing look that way, plus she takes up more room in that way.

I also got Nova Prime and Shadowstriker. Nova Prime is very cool, I love it. Shadowstriker looks good, but still annoys me as she looks almost nothing like her Cyberverse self, and her transformation is a pain.

Bludgeon still rules. He is better than Tarn.

I also got Strongarm and Detritus in. Both are pretty neat, I will discuss them later.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:54 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

It was announced at SDCC. We have known and had official images for it since July.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:58 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

It was announced at SDCC. We have known and had official images for it since July.

I meant, FULLY announced. With the price and all.
Because so far, no one know for how much the damn thing will cost in the USA.

I just want to know by how much I overpaid (given the Canadian trend for so many exclusives), or if the prices are relatively balanced between both countries.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:00 pm

My Detritus came with some weird crusty look to his gold gun. It's not mold but it might be a rushed paint coat.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:02 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

It was announced at SDCC. We have known and had official images for it since July.

I meant, FULLY announced. With the price and all.
Because so far, no one know for how much the damn thing will cost in the USA.

I just want to know by how much I overpaid (given the Canadian trend for so many exclusives), or if the prices are relatively balanced between both countries.

I believe it was either $39.99 or $41.99.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:29 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

It was announced at SDCC. We have known and had official images for it since July.

I meant, FULLY announced. With the price and all.
Because so far, no one know for how much the damn thing will cost in the USA.

I just want to know by how much I overpaid (given the Canadian trend for so many exclusives), or if the prices are relatively balanced between both countries.

I believe it was either $39.99 or $41.99.

So that mean with the EDGE Platinum membership, I end up paying 5 to 8$CAN extra compared to the American price.

Not too shabby considering that if I was stuck ordering from Pulse, they would have charged my the whopping 25$US in shipping fee at the bare minimum. :-?

News Credits: 462 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:03 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.

It's been available at retail in both Southeast Asia and Australia for quite a while now:

Note: Not my pic.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:05 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Thanks for the feature!

I knew having a thing before it's even officially announced was newsworthy.
It's been available at retail in both Southeast Asia and Australia for quite a while now:

Note: Not my pic.

I wonder for how much they retail for over there? :-?

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:40 am

This looks better to me than the original. Except for the head. I'll swap that.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:43 am

"Animated" Bumblebee is still too G1fied for me.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:50 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And what were once the front feet on the original design are now the heels of this design, with new tinier feet replacing them.

That's just a small detail.

The big boots were a key feature of Animated Bumblebee's silhouette. They were even based on the feet of G1 Bumblebee, which were made from the front bumper area of his own original toy, a toy that also had big boots. So the original feet were already a G1 homage. Hasbro's attempt to G1-ify the feet here results in eliminating something that was already G1-based.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:55 am

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And what were once the front feet on the original design are now the heels of this design, with new tinier feet replacing them.

That's just a small detail.
The big boots were a key feature of Animated Bumblebee's silhouette. They were even based on the feet of G1 Bumblebee, which were made from the front bumper area of his own original toy, a toy that also had big boots. So the original feet were already a G1 homage. Hasbro's attempt to G1-ify the feet here results in eliminating something that was already G1-based.

Yeah, they still refuse to let Animated be Animated. I don't really see any improvement here, it's just as heavily G1fied as Prowl and Bulkhead.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:57 am

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And what were once the front feet on the original design are now the heels of this design, with new tinier feet replacing them.

That's just a small detail.
The big boots were a key feature of Animated Bumblebee's silhouette. They were even based on the feet of G1 Bumblebee, which were made from the front bumper area of his own original toy, a toy that also had big boots. So the original feet were already a G1 homage. Hasbro's attempt to G1-ify the feet here results in eliminating something that was already G1-based.

Thinking about it, that's an odd choice.

Also, the way the thing are built, I don't think the feet can rotate. That's unfortunate.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:15 am

I think it looks loads better than the other stylistic ports (Prime Bulkhead and Ani Prowl). Not that it would take that much ... it's a low bar at this point.

I guess it's a good catch on the feet. It's been so long that I forgot about that. In the end it's still an ascetic conversion and an entirely new toy. For me it hits the mark. I guess I don't need it to be 100% accurate. 80-90 is fine.

If I were interested in Animated BB. Which, sadly, I am not.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:24 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And what were once the front feet on the original design are now the heels of this design, with new tinier feet replacing them.

That's just a small detail.
The big boots were a key feature of Animated Bumblebee's silhouette. They were even based on the feet of G1 Bumblebee, which were made from the front bumper area of his own original toy, a toy that also had big boots. So the original feet were already a G1 homage. Hasbro's attempt to G1-ify the feet here results in eliminating something that was already G1-based.

Thinking about it, that's an odd choice.

Also, the way the thing are built, I don't think the feet can rotate. That's unfortunate.

In fact, checking the wiki real quick, a vast majority of new-mold G1 Bumblebee toys ( and all of their redecos/retools) made since the original Classics mold in 2006 have all had big boots:

Having big boots is simply G1 Bumblebee's thing (among other things), and the original Animated Bumblebee toys replicated that faithfully.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:26 am

That just made me sadder yet that the feet are so incorrect

News Credits: 101 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:03 pm

Got the (Amazon exclusive?) Nova Prime!

First, that's big, sturdy box! The insides of the packaging must be quite premium.

...Or not.

I noticed that the whole thing was put face-down. Not a biggie, but what the F with those paper bundles? Sure, it's way more environmental friendly than plastics clamshells, but still. Am I moving some dishes to a new apartment or what?

Looks like Nova Prime have a bondage fetish. Kinky! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The super bot looks awesome, except for the hollow firetruck things. I'll be looking forward an upgrade kit.

The mini Prime is nice. Like a clone of Magnus.

The transformation was full of TRAPS. The worst one being the legs-armor's "panels". Those are screwed in place and are not meant to be moved. As for the rest, it's so different than Siege/Kingdom Magnus that I had to look up the instructions to know what to do. That's rare.
The final truck is pretty damn nice.

I'll be looking forward some upgrade kit and the Reprolabels.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:19 pm

Powerlinx hotshot is looking goood! Making me wish the previous Legacy Armada toys also had their minicons.

Day 1357 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:50 pm

TulioDude wrote:Powerlinx hotshot is looking goood! Making me wish the previous Legacy Armada toys also had their minicons.

Day 1357 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

This apply to Armada Starscream, Megs, and Optimus.
They could make a 3 pack of these CORE CLASS figures.

Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:48 pm

SimianProphet wrote:I have been collecting the Legacy Junkions, in anticipation of their eventual combined mode, only to be pretty disappointed by the semi-official Junkasaurus build, once I had it in hand.

I searched around to see if anyone had any more interesting combinations, and I found nothing.
So I tinkered a bit, and came up with this, completely unofficial, but improved (In my opinion) Junkasaurus.

I used a Trashmaster, an Axlegrease, and a Scraphook, along with all of their components.

If anyone has any other cool Junkions combos, I'd love to see them! (I still have yet to find any really good 'Evo-Fusion' ideas for Trashmaster's parts, other than just swapping out the trucks front end)

Nice configuration! I don't mind the official Junkasaurus might not be good... as each individual Junkions are pretty good on their own with a ton of playability. So the combining aspect is a pure bonus. I kind of like Axelgrease's color mixed into the combiner and some asymmetry on the limbs, and not needing to double dip on the same figure is another bonus too.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:55 am

Hasbro Pulsecon is coming later this week and we know there will be a whole new Legacy United line unveiled for us. We've seen animated deluxe Bumblebee and now we have our first look at Animated voyager Optimus Prime. You can see the images below. Let us know what you think of it. While several fans have complained that many Prime toys and even animated Bumblebee have lost a lot of their unique designs in favour of more standard proportions and aesthetics, this Optimus Prime retains a large amount of his Animated aesthetic. Also remember that this very same mold is getting redeco'd into Motormaster later next year.

News Credits: 17 · Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:58 am

Additional Bee pics at Screen Rant which got the official exclusive reveal:
https://screenrant.com/transformers-leg ... l-details/

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 19, 2023 10:00 am

Oh, unexpected! But do we really need OP from Animated? The Constructicons are right there after all.

Maybe their plan is to do the entire Autobot cast...

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Sep 19, 2023 10:04 am

Thanks to ScreenRant we have not only the reveal of the subtitle for next year's Legacy Line: United, but we also have the official reveal of the first 2 figures from that wave: deluxe Animated Bumblebee and voyager Animated Optimus Prime!

Bumblebee was previously leaked this week, but these new images show us the official reveal of the figure, complete with his box.

Optimus Prime is brand new for everyone to see, and is a great attempt at remaining faithful to the Animated look while trying to fit in with the rest of the Legacy toyline.

Both figures will receive attention at Pulsecon this weekend, and are expected to go up for Preorder some time this weekend.

Check out the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments below!