The Energon Pub

Mon May 07, 2012 4:55 pm

Just found Prime Ironhide and Dreadwing at Target. Really nice.

Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 pm

Huzzah!

My Megs and Prime Entertainment Pack arrived in the mail today!

It still astounds me that these were not released in the U.S.; it seems such an essential part of a new line, like the Classics, Animated, and Energon two-packs.

Deluxe Megs looks great with actual paint apps. Prime's shoulders look a little odd, and they shouldn't have painted in his light piped eyes, but still a cool figure.

The kids are bigger than they seemed in photos, too.

All in all, a nice set.

Tue May 08, 2012 1:36 am

Any info on Wave three in the upper east coast?

I'm jealous of the cowboys over there

Tue May 08, 2012 8:41 am

crazyjeffy wrote:Any info on Wave three in the upper east coast? I'm jealous of the cowboys over there

I'd wager that they'll hit northern W.Va. this week, so I'd guess soon for you as well, particularly if their stock is visibly low.

Tue May 08, 2012 9:41 am

I think we should see them here in the east coast pretty soon. I live in Syracuse, NY and I haven't seen any wave 3 deluxes or voyagers. Just started seeing (and buying

) the new Cyberverse stuff: legion Breakdown, Commander Ironhide and DW.

Tue May 08, 2012 11:01 am

Where I live we JUST got wave 2 deluxes, still no sign of voyagers. And I'm dying for KO so the wait'll be rough :/

News Credits: 101 · Tue May 08, 2012 9:28 pm

I was tired of waiting for RID Prime voyager Megs. So I oredered him off Ebay for around 35$ total, meaning just a few cents above the normal Canadian price of 30$ +taxes. I cant wait to receive it!

The irony is I just saw him at a Zellers... at 35$ + taxes. Amazing it's so "cheap" because their RID deluxes are 25$ + taxes!!!

I went istead at Walmart where their prices are normal. Meaning 16$+tax for a deluxe and 30$+taxes for a voyager.

I gave in today and bought a RiD Powerizer OP at full price, meaning 34³°$ total.
Amazingly, NO REGRETS!

Yeah, I do have the FE voyager Prime. Yeah, the FE have a superior Robot mode. Yeah, the RiD weapon IS retarded.
Still, RiD voyager Prime have a nice looking bot, a perfect looking vehicle, and a very fun, clever, and easy transformation. He's defenitely more fun to transform than the FE.

I was a naysayer, but now I'm a convert.RiD Poweriser Optimus Prime is an EXCELLENT toy and is highly recomended.

Tue May 08, 2012 9:47 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I was a naysayer, but now I'm a convert.RiD Poweriser Optimus Prime is an EXCELLENT toy and is highly recomended.

I feel the same way. I went into Walmart dead set on buying him just to have a to-scale Prime Optimus and I didn't even look at him besides to make sure I didn't grab Megs again. But once I had him in hand he was just fantastic. Red Sharpie on all the right bits (especially those forearms) does wonders. I gotta thank Peaugh for showing that to me.

I should be heading to a more commercialized area about thirty minutes away to see if the Target/walmart/TRU have any Wave 2/3 stuff. I don't have high hopes though.

Tue May 08, 2012 10:02 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I was a naysayer, but now I'm a convert.RiD Poweriser Optimus Prime is an EXCELLENT toy and is highly recomended.

Plus, it's got shoulder-peg holes. Which means easy shoulder cannon poses. Which are AMAZING.

Wed May 09, 2012 1:16 pm

Only ones I've got are FE Optimus from Amazon and an Arcee from Target.

News Credits: 4 · Thu May 10, 2012 7:26 pm

Let's see...well a few days ago,I swung by my local Walmart and picked up deluxe wheeljack (love the figure by the way) and just yesterday I made a quick stop at target hoping to pick up deluxe soundwave and or knockout,but sadly wave 3 hasn't hit here yet. :-(

so with a strong $25 burning a hole in my pocket,I managed to pick up the last and only decepticon on the shelf;Voyager starscream. He is by far one the best figures I've gotten recently. The many different kinds of dynamic poses he can make plus an almost complete show accuracy look makes him just an outstanding figure.

Still waiting for knockout though...

Sat May 12, 2012 2:32 pm

I stopped by Meijer this morning and scored Cyberverse Breakdown ($4.99), Dreadwing and Ironhide ($8.99). All other cyberverse legion wave 2 were there, but I'm trying to limit myself to characters from the show. (I know I'm weak, but Ironhide looked too cool to pass up.)

News Credits: 4 · Sat May 12, 2012 9:07 pm

Stopped by TRU just to see what was up with their transformers section because lately with the Avengers just being released,my local Target has got NOTHING to sell me. Anyways so while I was there I spotted the last PRID Soundwave and picked him up instantly. Love this figure.

Once again...Still waiting for Knockout. I live on the west coast where everyone says I can find him yet still no Knockout in the selves...

News Credits: 668 · Sun May 13, 2012 4:55 pm

Nabbed me a Vehicon to go with my FE version, yesterday.

Tue May 15, 2012 9:03 am

Got my PRID Vehicon in along with Hot Shot and Knock Out yesterday.

Man, oh man is that Vehicon figure awesome! Knock Out is equally great and Hot Shot is very cool too. The different head sculpt and paint scheme really sets him apart from Bumblebee.

Also, I found out my wife ordered PRID Bulkhead and Starscream for two of my birthday presents. It's being shipped to my house this week. I'm excited about these figures; Starscream mostly.

Tue May 15, 2012 9:56 am

Still searching for Voyager Bulkhead and Starscream. Have found several Cyberverse Ironhides locally, no Dreadwings yet though. Ironhide is pretty cool. Easily my favorite Ironhide design. Nabbed a Knock Out a couple weeks ago, they had one left- when I went back a few days later he was gone and haven't seen him anywhere else. Did see a second Arcee though (already have it) went back a couple hours later and both she and the lone Ratchet hanging there were gone. The TRU I've been checking out has an abundant selection of Soundwave though which is interesting because it seems he is harder to find for most. They seem to have a good selection (though those empty Voyager spaces MUST BE FILLED!

News Credits: 9 · Tue May 15, 2012 12:35 pm

I just picked up the SDCC Deluxe Optimus Prime, the one with the Matrix packaging, minus the packaging. He's loose and compelte and pretty cool. He seems like he'll scale properly with DOTM Voy Optimus, though, crazy disregard for scale. :BANG_HEAD:

Tue May 15, 2012 5:36 pm

To the most recent posts: What area do you live in?

I'm still dying for KO and Vehicon

Online prices are too much

Tue May 15, 2012 8:21 pm

Just got terrorcon cj in. Kind of has a mad max type
vibe in alt mode. Might be the only figure in which
the weapon ports were done well. Stickers don't look
that bad if applied right. :HEADHURTS:

Also picked up another vehicon today. Could have picked
up two but left one for the next guy.

West coast here. Wave 3 has been out for awhile... We're
getting shipments bi-weekly I believe... Our targets are
at least.

Tue May 15, 2012 9:09 pm

Urrgghhh Target... closest target to me is 40 minutes away :/ Hope Walmart gets 'em soon. I just picked up RID Arcee and I haven't seen Ratchet at all :/ And that's only in one of the walmarts near me.

Thu May 17, 2012 1:24 am

WOOHOO!!!!!!! SCORED VOYAGER BULKHEAD AND STARSCREAM TODAY AT A LOCAL TRU!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

I also found Cyberverse Dreadwing which in my opinion is the best one thus far. Didn't buy him though cause I'm still up in the air about cyberverse. Keep searching my friends they are slowly but surely getting stocked. They had another set of Bulkhead and Starscream amongst the vast sea of Primes. No Megatrons though- which is a little strange. They also had two Arcees and 1 Ratchet. Very good selection. Everything that has been released in the US.

Blessings!

Fri May 18, 2012 3:07 pm

Squuuueeee!!! My wife gave me an early birthday present. She ordered PRID Voyager Starscream and Bulkhead from BBTS and it came in the mail today. She said I can have it when I get out of work! I'm very excited, regardless of what people think of these two figures!

Wave 1-3 of Deluxes are completed and now so are Wave 1+2 of Voyagers! Wooooohooooo!

:grin:

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 18, 2012 5:10 pm

Just received my Terrorcon Cliffjumper today. Building the micron and applying all the stickers is always a lot of fun. I put the

sticker where his fatal chest wound would be.

I really love him. Sure, 53$ (if I count taxes and shipping) is a lot of money for a deluxe figure, but he's well worth it.

I highly reccomend him.

News Credits: 13 · Fri May 18, 2012 6:26 pm

got voyager starscream yesterday at target, no sign of anybody else yet but soon i will find them, i can feel it

News Credits: 2 · Fri May 18, 2012 11:26 pm

My recent acquisitions over the past month or so:

PRID Voyager Optimus Prime(a much better toy than most people say it is, I am immensely enjoying it despite some flaws)

Bumblebee/Starscream two pack(I'm not sold on the FE mold of BB but it looks better than the PRID mold, Starscream is quite nice)

PRID Cliffjumper(Fake kibble abounds and I really dislike the hollowness of the arms and legs)

PRID Wheeljack(The arm kibble is the weak point, everything else is great)

PRID Soundwave(A great toy representation of the character design)