The Energon Pub

by **shockblast2** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:55 am

Picked up both Fixit and Steeljaw yesterday. Fixit is ok, at least for now, since it has one of those "click to lock" transformations, which will probably strip out after a while. Steeljaw is complete piece of sh*t. The thing is loose and unstable from the get-go, and its transformation leaves it with a giant panel just sticking out of its backside. They want us to pay $10 a pop for this lazy bullsh*t?

I will be picking up Drift, after that, no more one steps. They increase the price 20%, and give us retools of used molds and the new ones are either sh*t from the get go or a disaster waiting to happen......

by **MGrotusque** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:32 am

I'm to old to be even looking at Transformers like this let alone replying in a forum about them.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:32 am

The NY Toy Fair 2015 gave us a first look at Robots in Disguise One Step Drift Fracture and Thunderhoof, and we were even given official images from Hasbro in conjunction with the event. However, through Hasbro Poland, we now have the new official images of these toys. These images show some different coloring, different angles and different ways to display the figures (especially Thunderhoof). They have been mirrored below.

by **Mudwire** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:48 am

I really do hope we can get a deluxe class version of Thunderhoof sometime soon, instead of less detailed and complex stuff like the one step changers.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:51 am

Mudwire wrote:I really do hope we can get a deluxe class version of Thunderhoof sometime soon, instead of less detailed and complex stuff like the one step changers.

And I really hope that when they do make that figure, his alt mode rake becomes his robot mode antlers.

by **yourtransformerneeds** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:25 am

I do hope we can get a warrior class Thunderhoof but i'm just happy to get a toy of him at all! The 1 step doesn't look too bad at all, he seems to have basic articulation.

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:54 am

In general, I wish for more Cons at warrior scale. Given what I've seen of Underbite and Steeljaw, it feels like the Cons are going to be fun this time around, plus it'd be nice if they were counted in even number with the Bots.

Still, more Con representation so far than the entire AoE line.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:30 am

Shuttershock wrote:In general, I wish for more Cons at warrior scale. Given what I've seen of Underbite and Steeljaw, it feels like the Cons are going to be fun this time around, plus it'd be nice if they were counted in even number with the Bots.

Still, more Con representation so far than the entire AoE line.

If every Con gets a Warrior toy, then they will definitely outnumber the Autobots this time around.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:44 pm

Shuttershock wrote:In general, I wish for more Cons at warrior scale. Given what I've seen of Underbite and Steeljaw, it feels like the Cons are going to be fun this time around, plus it'd be nice if they were counted in even number with the Bots.

Still, more Con representation so far than the entire AoE line.

Not yet. So far, in the deluxe class and voyager class (and corresponding warrior and hyperchange class), we only have steeljaw (unless you also count fracture as minicon deployer) while AOE had both Lockdown and Galvatron.

And for the one steps, while RID has 4 cons so far, AOE did have Megatron, Galvatron, Lockdown , Stinger (walmart exclusive) and now has Junkheap and Vehicon as power battlers.

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:52 pm

I'm getting a ROTF Scattorshot vibe from Thunderhoof, a Flamewar vibe from Fracture, and Drift looks absolutely ridiculous. (PlaySkool gone wrong ridiculous.)

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:40 pm

fracture looks pretty good, wasnt expecting that at all. Ill wait until there are some in hand pics out there before i decide if im going to buy him or not, still feel these are overpriced at $10.

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:47 pm

It occurs to me, I bet you could make a decent deluxe Thunderhoof with Generations Scoop and a little modding with a dollar store tractor.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:59 pm

Shuttershock wrote:It occurs to me, I bet you could make a decent deluxe Thunderhoof with Generations Scoop and a little modding with a dollar store tractor.

How would you get his antlers on his head though?

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:16 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:It occurs to me, I bet you could make a decent deluxe Thunderhoof with Generations Scoop and a little modding with a dollar store tractor.

How would you get his antlers on his head though?

You don't, but the shoulders and chest sorta look right. I was gonna dsay the same thing. Just put his rake on rthe end of Scoop's bucket arm. If that's what it takes to get a decent Genrations quality Thunderhoof, I really don't care about his antlers that much.

And actually, I think there's enough flext in the bucket arm, one might be able to mod a clip into the back of the Robot head so the bucket snaps in. You lose neck articulation though, unless you make it a seperate piece, but I don't think anyone wants that.

EDIT: Dagonit, I fogotabout Scoop's huge front gap... I wonder if you coukd do him backwards?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:56 pm

Picked up Warrior Steeljaw. He suffers from the same "elbows feel like their gonna break" syndrome that Grimlock has, but I gotta say, I really enjoy playing with him.
These toys have a lot of flaws, i.e. price, lack of paint apps, non locking panels, fragility, but I can't help but like them. The character design is so new and different, that I feel they make up for their flaws in style alone.
I don't recall anybody mentioning Steeljaw's cool segmented and ball jointed tail. It's a really neat feature.

Just keeping my cup half full y'all.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:14 pm

Cobotron wrote:I don't recall anybody mentioning Steeljaw's cool segmented and ball jointed tail.

his tail is segmented? coool...

News Credits: 2 · by **BERSEKAEL** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:46 pm

Thunderhoof!?

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:50 pm

BERSEKAEL wrote:Thunderhoof!?

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:01 am

Slight confession: I bought Warrior Grimlock and I love that toy. I dunno what happened, but I looked at and he just winked back at me. Now we're a happy couple.

by **Whiplash33** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:11 am

does anybody know if clamp down and spring load are getting one steps or not

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:40 am

Whiplash33 wrote:does anybody know if clamp down and spring load are getting one steps or not

Nothing's been said either way.

by **Shuttershock** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:45 am

RhA wrote:Slight confession: I bought Warrior Grimlock and I love that toy. I dunno what happened, but I looked at and he just winked back at me. Now we're a happy couple.

He's very fun to fiddle with.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:10 am

Shuttershock wrote:
RhA wrote:Slight confession: I bought Warrior Grimlock and I love that toy. I dunno what happened, but I looked at and he just winked back at me. Now we're a happy couple.

He's very fun to fiddle with.

Yeah. You can use either head in either mode. If you use his robot head in beastmode, he looks like an actor in a Godzilla suit.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:32 pm

RhA wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
RhA wrote:Slight confession: I bought Warrior Grimlock and I love that toy. I dunno what happened, but I looked at and he just winked back at me. Now we're a happy couple.

He's very fun to fiddle with.

Yeah. You can use either head in either mode. If you use his robot head in beastmode, he looks like an actor in a Godzilla suit.

What impresses me is that we now have 4 versions of Grimlock that each transform uniquely, but still end up basically in the same bot mode.

by **Shuttershock** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:44 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
RhA wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
RhA wrote:Slight confession: I bought Warrior Grimlock and I love that toy. I dunno what happened, but I looked at and he just winked back at me. Now we're a happy couple.

He's very fun to fiddle with.

Yeah. You can use either head in either mode. If you use his robot head in beastmode, he looks like an actor in a Godzilla suit.

What impresses me is that we now have 4 versions of Grimlock that each transform uniquely, but still end up basically in the same bot mode.

It's also funny that the best articulated one is the Deluxe.