The Energon Pub

Cobotron wrote:
Daddy bug loves his lil larva!

I. Love. This. Pic.

So much, I'm considering changing my avatar...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf. If only they'd done it a year ago when these wave 1 voyagers were highly sought after...

I'll be waiting until they're (inevitably) on clearance, then pick up an Inferno on the cheap. It'll be fun to make a red-only combiner out of Inferno, CW Ironhide, Novastar...

And check out my review for Inferno if you haven't seen it yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RkMdQNVaQ&t=2s

I started seriously collecting again with Battle Core Optimus Prime and even at that point, my goal was to just make an all-white Combiner (ended up being Battle Core Optimus Prime, First Aid, Prowl, Streetwise, and Rook) which I acquired very slowly so I missed Hot Spot on the shelves and never bother to get him after.

But seeing all of these pics of Inferno while not owning Hot Spot - I'd much rather have Inferno.

Cobotron wrote:Then he ate him. Because that's what weird bug monsters do.

In my head, I heard a guy with a soft spoken nature show British accent saying: After mating the larger female repugnus bites off the head of the small male repugnus...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf. If only they'd done it a year ago when these wave 1 voyagers were highly sought after...

I'll be waiting until they're (inevitably) on clearance, then pick up an Inferno on the cheap. It'll be fun to make a red-only combiner out of Inferno, CW Ironhide, Novastar...

1. -If you don't have Inferno, that means someone gave him to you to review...does that mean you take requests..??

2. I don't think I've ever seen that many Generations voyagers in one location, only SS recently. I have seen Inferno twice. The first I purchased , the second got purchased in time after his package mate Grimlock got purchased first .

On the flipside, a walmart near me recently finally got wave 2 deluxes and they are selling like hotcakes, Imagine if they got wave 3... . Meanwhile another walmart has sealed their fate with multiple cases of wave 1 that await inevitable clearance, and another that has zero Generations deluxes in stock. hopefully they get wave 3 and see how quickly they get bought up.

In truth, I already have all of wave 3 (got Deluxes and PM's from BBTS...) I just like seeing them in the store...

Agamemnon wrote:

Cobotron wrote:
Daddy bug loves his lil larva!

I. Love. This. Pic.

So much, I'm considering changing my avatar...

Go for it. I would be honored!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Then he ate him. Because that's what weird bug monsters do.

In my head, I heard a guy with a soft spoken nature show British accent saying: After mating the larger female repugnus bites off the head of the small male repugnus...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf.

How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf.

How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

Maybe the shelves are really cold?

Yikes. His combiner form is not good. The colors just seem off, particularly the red on the top of the head. Still, if I had to go back and make a mistake on buying a recent release I didn't really want, I would have picked him over POTP Starscream. Never have I spent only $10, got like 60% off retail on a new toy and regretted it so much. Starscream is terrible. I wanted to return him but I would have spent most of the $10 I paid to get him on return shipping costs. And is isn't worth dirt on eBay. Lesson learned.

I like this Inferno.
for limbs, I gave CW wave 6 (Sky Reign limbs) and CW legends Wreck Gar.
which frees up my Sky Lynx to just be Sky Lynx on my shelf.

william-james88 wrote:How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

It's Inferno. He heats **** up. It's what he does. Which makes his fire truck alt mode ironic. Question is, did Budiansky do it on purpose or was it a mistake?

Cobo, I like the bug family photo album as well.

mordhelm, do you count exclusives or just wide released figures? Because I think Blue Streak should count. And yes, Hasbro screwed up by not giving Ratchet or Sideswipe a figure in CW.

Am I the only one to get a repugnus with 2 right ankles?

Just got an email from Amazon that my Repugnus is delayed to an unknown date. I guess they took more pre-orders than they had Repugnii coming in on the first shipment. Not that it bothers me anyway since I won't be actually obtaining him up for a few more months, but just thought it might be useful to share.

Wave 3

yep, found those guys at Target yesterday. surprised how the Primes seem to be pro Con with these things. 5 Decepticon Primemasters vs 3 Autobot Primemasters

I already posted in the online sightings thread, but just in case someone doesn’t check that thread, but has been looking for PotP Hun-Gurrr he’s available from Amazon at his regular retail price of $24.99

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072QXGMJC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

grimdragon2001 wrote:yep, found those guys at Target yesterday. surprised how the Primes seem to be pro Con with these things. 5 Decepticon Primemasters vs 3 Autobot Primemasters

Had all Prime Masters been at retail it would have been more even. Not an actual lineup, just my theory:
Metalhawk/Vector Prime
Cloudburt/Micronus
Landmine/Alpha Trion
Waverider/Prima
Longtooth/Onyx Prime
Either Groundbreaker/Splashdown/Skyhigh as Amalgamous Prime

Bomb-Burst/Megatronus
Skullgrin/Liege Maximo
Submarauder/Alchemist Prime
Octopunch/Solus Prime
Bludgeon/Quintus Prime
Iguanus/Nexus Prime

As for why only twelve and not Thirteen: early in PotP promotions it was said the Matrix represented the Thirteenth Prime.

My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

Still no sign of Prime Masters wave 2 or 3 anywhere around me, just pegs packed full of wave 1.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

My Target has the same price drop in place, yeah, although I have no interest in the Wave 1 + Inferno that they have. To me, Inferno is an insane pyromaniac ant man, and any Autobot pretenders to the title are unworthy of the name.

I saw the tag for $22.50 for Voyagers at my Target. I didn't really pay attention to what they had, but I'm pretty sure if wasn't much.

Emerje wrote:My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

Mine did too.

Almost bought Inferno but grabbed Sludge to complete my PotP Dinobots (which I told myself I wasn't going to do....).

I still think Inferno is a great figure, and in a way a cybertronian take on Inferno. I dig it, and he looks good and functions well and has several cool things you can do with his weapons, and you can combine him if you want to.

I still think someone should combine him with 4 red limbs, find a targetmaster like CW Powerglide, and make an Artfire combiner!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I still think someone should combine him with 4 red limbs, find a targetmaster like CW Powerglide, and make an Artfire combiner!

I'm still waiting for two free jets and a tank or armored vehicle, to go with Alpha Bravo. I wish KO companies didn't upsize...

I finally opened up Sludge and Snarl yesterday.

Overall, PotP Dinobots are okay. They could have been fantastic but, the combining gimmick restricted them.

It's clearly obvious they wanted to recreate the original G1 look, but with a modern take. Unfortunately they then shoehorned in a gimmick which didn't work with that look and style.

But hey, we have modern G1 inspired Dinobots so we can't complain too much.

I finally got Sludge and Snarl on Thursday, so at long last Volcanicus is complete.

Overall, I like the Power of the Primes Dinobots. A lot of work was obviously put into keeping them close to the details (and usually the transformation scheme) of the originals while making them more articulated and cramming the combining gimmick in there on top of that. They would look better with some more painting and actual chrome, but they still look good. And while perforce only Grimlock got upsized to Voyager, the others at least still gained some height compared to the G1 toys. And more articulation. Sludge doesn't gain a whole lot more robot mode articulation compared to his original toy... but that's only because his original toy was shockingly well articulated to begin with.

My main disappointments with the Dinobots are the lack of any of Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge's personal weapons (though I have an idea to work around that at least somewhat), and Slag lacking his wings

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'm also a bit disappointed we didn't get a Scorn retool of Grimlock. But hey, there's always the future, and HasTak are sure to want to get more use out of his mold.
Also forgot to mention that I'm planning on rigging up either an adapter handle or an alternate set of fingers to allow Volcanicus to hold Sparkdrinker. I ultimately want to make a unique sword for him that's in line with the aesthetic of the individual Dinobots' swords, but Sparkdrinker would make for a fine interim weapon.

Does anyone know if the second lineup of prime master are rare in stores. I own Cloudburst Skullgrin and Metalhawk but no sign of Landmine or Bludgeon. Are these two shortpacked or are they being targeted by online scalpers?