The Energon Pub

by **Rated X** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:02 am

I have no interest in RID, but I am interested to see what characters Funpub can work these molds into for the classics verse down the line.

News Credits: 1 · by **Spleenzorio** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:05 am

I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:05 am

Rated X wrote:I have no interest in RID, but I am interested to see what characters Funpub can work these molds into for the classics verse down the line.

Speaking in regards to Fun Pub, they destroyed the Classicsverse back in 2012. SG Ultra Magnus orchestrated its destruction. All that's left is a reality-displaced planet Earth and whatever few Cybertronian survivors were on it at the time. :-B

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:10 am

Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

Yes and no.

For RID, which is the kids line, yes, Warrior is the new Deluxe Class. The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers and there are no Leaders, but we do get Legion Class back.

For Generations/Combiner Wars, they will have no Warrior Class and will stick to the usual Legends, Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Classes.

I know it's confusing, hopefully this helps to clear it up a bit.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:11 am

MightyMagnus78 wrote:These things are crap! but now we get this garbage.

RID = Rubbish In Da'box!

In agreeance.

Hoping HasTak only creates Deluxe and smaller toys for this newer Rid toy line. Prefer CW and Generations grab all the Voyagers, Ultras, Leaders and bigger 2015 to 2016 TF toys.

Fearing the inevitable Supreme, Ultimate and leader toys for Bumblebee in 2015 through 2016

News Credits: 1 · by **Spleenzorio** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:12 am

Autobot032 wrote:
Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

Yes and no.

For RID, which is the kids line, yes, Warrior is the new Deluxe Class. The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers and there are no Leaders, but we do get Legion Class back.

For Generations/Combiner Wars, they will have no Warrior Class and will stick to the usual Legends, Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Classes.

I know it's confusing, hopefully this helps to clear it up a bit.

Awesome, ty

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:21 am

Autobot032 wrote:
Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers

I probably know less than you, But I'm seriously hoping not.

Was guessing that the 2015 Rid line would have a similar set up like AOE did. Where HasTak had some easier assortments for youngers kids and some more complicated assortments for older kids.

Speculating the 3-steps are not the main Voyagers for the 2015 Rid line. Think these are for the much younger kids. With more complicated 2015 Rid Voyagers getting made.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:14 am

A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:15 am

Sabrblade wrote:A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

Just saw this on my Facebook feed, funnily enough.

Though, is it just me, or does the face look very masculine?

by **CrankyOldTruck** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:36 am

Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

Just saw this on my Facebook feed, funnily enough.

Though, is it just me, or does the face look very masculine?

The whole thing looks way too masculine to me but hey, if the Cybertropn series can have a gender-beder in Override I say let them do whatever with this one. Yeah, I know the Override character was a matter of mixing things up between east and west (and the west messed it up, no great surprise there) whereas this one started out in the states but I was trying to be nice and give the folks at Hasbro an easy out.

Awww, hell with it. Yeah, they made her too butch. Hasbro screwed up.
I like that she isn't "dainty" and overly feminine looking like the Arcee and various Arachnia figures have been. Better to bring across that female roles can be tough and bad-ass than to make them so stereotypical but yes, they should have made her face more feminine looking.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:39 am

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Alot of people seem to be pegging Steeljaw as the main villain, however it seems like Underbite is the big bad. My suspicion is that Steeljaw will be an Autobot convert

I got that feeling as well, and I don't know if it's just my bias for wolves or there's something about the design of the character that hints at him being more noble than his initial Decepticon allegiance, but I'd love to see him have a change of heart too. Of the new Decepticons, he seems the least "monstery" in bot mode. Also, G1 Steeljaw is an Autobot, and Hasbro has generally been trying to keep names with their original factions post Armada, even if the characters themselves are reimagined compared to their original depictions. Maybe his name is a hint for us of what's to come story-wise for the new cartoon?

By the way, is it just me, or does Underbite's Kreon bare more than a passing resemblance to G1 Galvatron?

They're already doing that with Grimlock though.

Grimlock is starting as a Decepticon? Are you sure about that? I know Prime took a lot of liberties with the aligned continuity as begun with War for Cyberton, Fall of Cybertron, and/or Exodus, but Grimlock is an Autobot in those stories. That would be quite the retcon to ignore that or somehow turn him into a Decepticon and then back again to satisfy the heel-to-face trope, especially when you can do that with a new character.

by **ausbot** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:47 am

I like that Grimlock but he needs a sword, I hope Takara does something interesting with the RID line, more Arms Microns would be nice.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:56 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Alot of people seem to be pegging Steeljaw as the main villain, however it seems like Underbite is the big bad. My suspicion is that Steeljaw will be an Autobot convert

I got that feeling as well, and I don't know if it's just my bias for wolves or there's something about the design of the character that hints at him being more noble than his initial Decepticon allegiance, but I'd love to see him have a change of heart too. Of the new Decepticons, he seems the least "monstery" in bot mode. Also, G1 Steeljaw is an Autobot, and Hasbro has generally been trying to keep names with their original factions post Armada, even if the characters themselves are reimagined compared to their original depictions. Maybe his name is a hint for us of what's to come story-wise for the new cartoon?

By the way, is it just me, or does Underbite's Kreon bare more than a passing resemblance to G1 Galvatron?

They're already doing that with Grimlock though.

Grimlock is starting as a Decepticon? Are you sure about that? I know Prime took a lot of liberties with the aligned continuity as begun with War for Cyberton, Fall of Cybertron, and/or Exodus, but Grimlock is an Autobot in those stories. That would be quite the retcon to ignore that or somehow turn him into a Decepticon and then back again to satisfy the heel-to-face trope, especially when you can do that with a new character.

Pretty sure it's safe to say that Hasbro doesn't care what they do with the whole aligned continuity thing. And yeah, Grimlock starts as a Decepticon. His faction symbol is on both his shoulders.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:09 am

Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Another interesting point: it DOES look like Underbite may be the defacto Decepticon leader, as some have already speculated, and not Steeljaw. He seems to be the major threat of what must be the pilot episode.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:46 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Another interesting point: it DOES look like Underbite may be the defacto Decepticon leader, as some have already speculated, and not Steeljaw. He seems to be the major threat of what must be the pilot episode.

Well, since this is a direct sequel series to Prime, I think it's safe to say that not all the Decepticons would have animal robot modes anyway.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:45 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Tbh it was never super tight knit to begin with. The amount of plot holes between WFC/FOC and Prime is staggering. Throw in the books and there are even more. Covenant of Primus doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't really fix anything either. Additionally, the aligned Universe already -has- a Grimlock - the same one you see in FoC got an official comic series. Like, quite a decent run (I think 12 issues or so if you count all three minis). This Grimlock is nothing like that, unless they retcon it to an insane degree. Last we saw of the already established FoC Grimlock, he was on Cybertron fighting Predacons with the other Dinobots helping rebuild the planet, and Ultra Magnus had just left them to go join Team Prime on Earth.

In other words, I'm only looking at RiD 2015 as a spiritual successor to TF:Prime, and not a direct sequel, despite that being the "official" place it holds in canon. It's easier that way

Don't tell Sabr and Jelze though :-$

Back to the toys, I am seriously impressed by Hasbro right now on distribution. The last two movie lines of toys over stayed their welcome on shelves and were way overproduced. It seems like they were ready for retailers to run out of movie stuff over the busy holiday season, and were prepared at the distributor level to replenish them with new product lines instead of more of the old. Good stuff, and hopefully this means Combiner Wars is just on the horizon here in the US!

by **TimothyR** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:29 am

these REALLY look like upscaled legends figures, especially in person.. they're basically upscaled legends with elbow and knee joints.. for $15.. wonderful.

no thanks.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:34 am

Video reviews for the newly released and spotted Transformers: Robots in Disguise figures are obviously coming in like a flood, and the next one we have lined up for you is Hyperchange Grimlock - thanks to fellow Seibertronian BCPrimal!

Here's a look at the new Hyper Change Grimlock from the new Transformers RID line. Grimlock transforms in 3 steps and has very limited articulation. The detail and paint job is very well done and younger kids will love this Grimlock. Please rate, comment and subscribe!

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:44 am

Double post!

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:45 am

Anyone reviewed 1 step BB and Strongarm?Baltmatrix has!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgYnq-c ... pJ7LIABdJQ

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:51 pm

That's one original transformation for that big Grimlock. Sure, he's a brick, but a FUN brick. I may pick him up if the price is right.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:54 pm

Lockdownhunter wrote:Anyone reviewed 1 step BB and Strongarm?Baltmatrix has!

I would recommend to watch this for his opinon on underbite. It seems the one reviewed before where underbite did not lock in was a factory error.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:19 pm

ScottyP wrote:Tbh it was never super tight knit to begin with. The amount of plot holes between WFC/FOC and Prime is staggering. Throw in the books and there are even more. Covenant of Primus doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't really fix anything either. Additionally, the aligned Universe already -has- a Grimlock - the same one you see in FoC got an official comic series. Like, quite a decent run (I think 12 issues or so if you count all three minis). This Grimlock is nothing like that, unless they retcon it to an insane degree.

You know what the really sad thing is? Mairghread Scott was both a writer for TF: Prime and one of the main writers for both the Rage of the Dinobots comics and the Prime Beast Hunters comics that each worked their darnedest to mend as much continuity patch ups as possible between WFC/FOC and Prime... and yet she's also gonna be a writer for RID, in which we have this new Grimlock, after all her efforts to not only flesh out and develop the one from WFC/FOC but also implant it into the world of the Prime cartoon in as believable and feasible as possible. All that work she did to make things work, and then they go and give us a brand new take on Grimlock that completely poops all over her fine work.

But... then again... as it's a few years between Prime and RID, this could either be a whole new guy who happens to have the same name as the old Grimlock, or it's the old Grimlock having been fully brainwashed or something. I dunno, I just pray that there's some explanation. It's all "wait and see" at this point.

ScottyP wrote:Last we saw of the already established FoC Grimlock, he was on Cybertron fighting Predacons with the other Dinobots helping rebuild the planet, and Ultra Magnus had just left them to go join Team Prime on Earth.

That was in Rage of the Dinobots. The last we saw of FOC Grimlock was in the Prime Beast Hunters comics, in which he did a lot on Cybertron and eventually reunited with Team Prime in a post-Predacons Rising scene and went to help build the Cybertron settlement New Spark.

ScottyP wrote:Back to the toys, I am seriously impressed by Hasbro right now on distribution. The last two movie lines of toys over stayed their welcome on shelves and were way overproduced. It seems like they were ready for retailers to run out of movie stuff over the busy holiday season, and were prepared at the distributor level to replenish them with new product lines instead of more of the old. Good stuff, and hopefully this means Combiner Wars is just on the horizon here in the US!

I concur. This is the shortest movie line of the four and it managed to get just about everything on the market it set out to release. And right as the next line's toys are ready to come out, this movie's line isn't keeping them held back this time. Kudos.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:12 pm

Sorry to those who already saw this pic elsewhere but I wanted to share it with those who had not seen it yet.

I dont think I need a new green t-rex grimlock, I will stick with the one I already have.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:03 am

Can understand taking away the complex transformations, so more younger kids can transform the toys. Taking away articulation just seems like a cost cutting budget thing.