The Energon Pub

[Genocide G2.0]

Jet vehicon came this morning and he is so f*@king cool .

Also got Knockout (just because of those reprolabels) and Arcee (again because my last one had a chunk of paint not applied to her face)

[Autobot032]

Copy paste from another board I posted this on...

Received the Jet Vehicon yesterday. My troop building (which I never, ever do) is complete. 1x First Edition, 1x PRID, 1x Jet Vehicon. I have one of each mold and I'm fine with just that. Now, onto the figure itself.

The vehicle mode... S'okay. It is what it is, a flying car. A cool looking, James Bond-ish, flying car.

The robot mode...eh. Take the wings out of the equation for a minute and you can see that he's still significantly bulkier and there is a size difference between the figures. Throw the wings back in the mix and he's just BIG. His posability is hampered by the trunk lid, it doesn't fold down like the Vehicon's does. It lays flat back across the wing assembly. His shoulders hit the wings all the time and that becomes annoying. If you fold the wings all the way back, to allow for clearance, he's top heavy and falls over. The leg fenders are obnoxious. There's no really good looking way to place them, they're kind of an eyesore, depending on orientation. The arms do have better ball joints, however. The elbows are nice and sturdy. (Which is necessary, because his Micron is just a weighty little bugger.) The pinkish purple paint doesn't bother me, color wise, but it is vibrant. I mean, he really stands out in the crowd. The F.E. Vehicon is a navy blue with dark purple and bits of black here and there, while the PRID Vehicon is black with slightly lighter blue paint apps, and then you have ol' Jet boy and he's just like day glo colored compared to the other two. Wow. The wing placement, depending on how you like it, he looks like a robotic butterfly. =\

Transformation...it's a bitch. The legs form the body shell, just like on the PRID Vehicon, leg fenders swing into place, arms swing in to form the doors and quarter panels, etc. However, due to the figure being covered in stickers, plus the new mold has the tabs and slots in slightly different places, well...ARGH! You open him back up to find that the Decepticon chest sticker has been chewed up by the panels. So, I flattened it out and brushed a thin layer of nail polish clear coat over it, to seal it to the plastic. But the tabs and slots snap together so hard, with a gut-wrenching crunch...No way to avoid it, either. The wings themselves are easy, just untab, then flip. But, they get in the way of everything else. Annoying.

Micron...impressive. This was a much easier build than Breakdown's rhinohammer. It also turns into a fun little animal. (The rhino's not bad but this iguana? Top notch.) Stickers hold well, makes him stand out.

Final verdict: This is such a drastic change from the PRID Vehicon, that it's technically a brand new, unique mold. Changes: the wings (obviously), the fenders, the back (it's completely redesigned to accommodate the wing assembly.) the arms transform the same as PRID, but they're a unique design from end to end. Even the trunk lid that covers his head is molded differently. The Micron ports on this guy are ridiculous. (14!) This is no mere shell or reshell, this is a figure made from completely brand new molds, the only thing that ties it to the original PRID Vehicon would be the head, chest/abdomen, hips and shins. (The back of the leg is all new tooling, as well.)

If you don't own a F.E., or PRID Vehicon, and want A Vehicon figure? Okay.
If you own either one and you're looking at this guy? Eh, maybe.
If you want to troop build? A must.
If you're a hardcore collector? A must.
If you just have money burning a hole in your pocket? No.

Unless you have to have him, I wouldn't go out of my way to go out of debt to buy this guy.
If you have the PRID Vehicon, you've pretty much gotten the best version you could.
I don't have buyer's remorse, and I don't regret the purchase, I don't even hate the figure, but I can't out right recommend him. He's by no means bad, but he's not a necessity.

[Erailea]

Found AM Breakdown in a Japanese toy store today <3 Hurt my wallet a bit but I'm happy to have him. He was about on par with ebay (the lower end of ebay anyway), but I didn't have to pay shipping, so that's nice.

Saw Takara's Vehicon too but skipped him in the name of Revoltech Magnus. I'm holding out for the next wave or whatever, where Vehicon is supposed to be more abundant. I'd rather not spend $40 or something I might find for $13 in a month or two. Rather concentrate on the main cast too, since I have gaping holes where they are concerned.



edit: Found Knockout the very next day! It's like KO knew I found his boyfriend and demanded I bring him home too xD

[Nemesis Destron]

Does anyone know if we could expect a Prime Leader class Megatron? I'm debating on getting either AM Battle Shield Prime or AM Arms Master Prime and it would be awesome to have a Megatron to scale and not voyager class.

[King Kuuga]

If DOTM is any indication, I wouldn't cross your fingers. Voyager Megatron is your safest bet for now.

[tmk9883]

Last week I found Dead End and Arachnid at Target and Breakdown showed up in the mail.

Dead End
Color scheme really pops in my opinion. Other than the monkey arms, I think this is one of the better figures in the line and works better than Wheel Jack.

Arachnid
Only picked her up because she is on the show. Super simple transformation with the copter forming her entire back. Looks ok from the front so I just stuck her towards the back.

Breakdown
Really nice. Transformation is a little harder but not to bad. I really like the stickers but that is just me. The minicon is cool too, much better than the mechtech stuff on the US figures. Nice scale compared to Bulkhead.

I have a couple of Jet Vehicons in the mail and should have them in a day or two.

[triKlops]

AMW-1,2&3
4 and change a pop
etoysjapan.com

[Cobalt Prime]

Got Cyberverse Magnus and Nightwatch Prime at Y'All-Mart today.

Bought the Prime to be the pilot for Op Maximus, thus freeing up the regular Op. Oh, and for the blades.

Magnus is sort of disappointing though as his shoulder joints are ridiculously loose and his hands can't seem to grip the hammer weapon. He's sort of fiddly too; his shoulder armors and chest plates flop out of position easily whenever his arms are moved. Shame, really, as this is the one I was really looking forward to.

[King Kuuga]

Sounds like you got a bad one, mine doesn't have any of those problems. Except maybe the problem with the hammer. His hands aren't sculpted well, so you have to sort of push it in there for it to stick and it can wobble around some so it doesn't stay there well.

[Pretender Skywarp]

Got the EX-Terrorcon Bee from Kapow Toys, got some other bits in the post too so will post pics when they arrive.

The Hell Flame Microns continue to elude me tho', the BBTS prices are a bit rich for my wallet

[triKlops]

grabbed Airachnid finally, only one i have seen so far

[King Kuuga]

Where did you find her?

[Pretender Skywarp]

TV Boy Magazine exclusive clear Red Optimus Blaster

He'll keep me going until I can lay my hands on those pesky Hell Flame ones...

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Very nice find! How did you get him?

And are the Hellflames really that expensive? I may have to set my sights on the AMW series first then, as well Shadow R.A. and Gora. Let me know how Terrorcon 'Bee is as soon as you get him

[Pretender Skywarp]

Very nice find! How did you get him?

And are the Hellflames really that expensive? I may have to set my sights on the AMW series first then, as well Shadow R.A. and Gora. Let me know how Terrorcon 'Bee is as soon as you get him

Snapped him up from Toy Arena, for about £25 posted; which I was more than happy with.

Terrorcon Bee is great, he really looks the part, even if it is the 5th Prime BB deluxe I've bought, with a sixth on the way! Terrorcon Zori works well, there's just something relly sinister about h scorpion... My only complaint that for an exclusive, maybe they could have used the FE mould? But on he flip side that would have meant no AM....

I don't honk that the Hell Flame Mcrons are that expenisve per se, it's just that nooe seems to have them, I've not even found after market ones on eBay! It's probably not helped by AM Gul coming IN the actual Darkness Megs box and not being a giveaway in the usual sense.

[Pretender Skywarp]

A bit of a cheeky double post this one

Given that there hav been no new Voyagers in the nearly 9 months the range has been available here, I snagged these from Kapow Toys;



Its actually quicker to have a baby than it is to wait for Hasbro UK....

[King Kuuga]

I snagged an Energon Driller yesterday.

[-Kanrabat-]

In this fantastic and very cheap haul I got from a loca guy:



There was Takara Deluxe First Edition Megatron.
For 20$.
Mint on card.
No shipping cost because I bought it in person.

I have the voyager and cyberverse version of Prime's Megatron. At last, I found the deluxe for a normal deluxe price.

The deluxe version of Prime's Megatron is the BEST of the 3. The robot and vehicle modes both look FANTASTIC. Also, the transformation is easy, not frustrating like the voyager's.

Nobody should pass this up.

[RAcast]

In this fantastic and very cheap haul I got from a loca guy:



There was Takara Deluxe First Edition Megatron.
For 20$.
Mint on card.
No shipping cost because I bought it in person.

I have the voyager and cyberverse version of Prime's Megatron. At last, I found the deluxe for a normal deluxe price.

The deluxe version of Prime's Megatron is the BEST of the 3. The robot and vehicle modes both look FANTASTIC. Also, the transformation is easy, not frustrating like the voyager's.

Nobody should pass this up.

Which Prime's Trailer is that, I can't figure it out offhand (and tfwiki isn't loading!).

[-Kanrabat-]

Which Prime's Trailer is that, I can't figure it out offhand (and tfwiki isn't loading!).

BTS-01

This is the trailer that go with Classic Optimus Prime.
I got it for just 20$ too, 100% complete with instructions!

[MightyMagnus78]

Jet Vehicon, Dead End, Skywarp and Airachnid all arrived recently. Gonna get Dreadwing soon!

[Pretender Skywarp]

An AM Jet Vehhicon to complete the trio

[Sirtank]

My wife dragged me back to Target tonight to buy a lunch bag she saw yesterday. They must have re-stocked since my trip last night, because there was a Dreadwing waiting on the shelf for me this time. I was worried I wasn't going to be able to find him. All of the Meijer and Walmart stores in town have shelves packed with Prime or Megatron. I've only seen series 2 a couple of times.

[Autobot032]

Speaking of Dreadwing, my import (Hasbro, from ehobbybaseshop) came in this past Wednesday. Fantastic figure, but flawed. The rubber pieces (including the head) could make the figure either worthless or extremely expensive in the future...

[STINGRAY749]

I found and bought prid Rumble at my local K-mart.

He is epic.

I personally rank him up there with Soundwave and prid Vehicon.

Only downside is that at kmart the price is $18.99 with the addition of the DVD ( oh yea and the episode is "Loose Cannon")

Still great figure.