The Energon Pub

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

With Grindor being found at toy stores in Australia, I wonder how much longer it will be until they show up in the states/rest of the world? Hopefully Jolt and the rest of the deluxes show up at retail soon too since Hasbro doesn't seem to care about revealing them.

Jolt's gotta be leaked any day now.

Although, today is the 12th anniversary of ROTF. Since 3/4 live action figures in that wave are ROTF, maybe we'll see something today? It's a long shot, but that'd be cool.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

To catch up on the last 2 weeks, The only SS figure that has stuck around around here was helicopter Dropkick, and it's hilarious because car dropkick was seen once and never again by me.

I'm excited for Grindor.

Jolt and the other deluxes have got to leak any day now. I am ready for Jolt.

I also really like thrust. He looks good! The green is sharp, and they did good with the conehead. I'll take him.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Just a heads up, JTPrime found a listing for SS ROTF Sideswipe that lists the figure as SS-78. That leaves SS-77 unaccounted for, so we could have another exclusive. We've heard that BB Thundercracker and Skywarp will be exclusives, so it could be one of them.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Just a heads up, JTPrime found a listing for SS ROTF Sideswipe that lists the figure as SS-78. That leaves SS-77 unaccounted for, so we could have another exclusive. We've heard that BB Thundercracker and Skywarp will be exclusives, so it could be one of them.

Remind me, what are the numbers for Grindor, Thrust, and Jolt? I know Bee is SS-74

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Remind me, what are the numbers for Grindor, Thrust, and Jolt? I know Bee is SS-74

Grindor is 73
Jolt is 75
Thrust is 76

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Remind me, what are the numbers for Grindor, Thrust, and Jolt? I know Bee is SS-74

Grindor is 73
Jolt is 75
Thrust is 76

Sideswipe being 78 doesn't make a lot of sense, the 3 deluxes should in theory be right next to each other in numbering, but instead they are 74, 75, and 78. I would think Sideswipe should be 76 and thrust 78. And that gap, hmm, exclusive, but what if it was another figure meant to be in the wave before SS86?

[LinaNui]

Remind me, what are the numbers for Grindor, Thrust, and Jolt? I know Bee is SS-74

Grindor is 73
Jolt is 75
Thrust is 76

Sideswipe being 78 doesn't make a lot of sense, the 3 deluxes should in theory be right next to each other in numbering, but instead they are 74, 75, and 78. I would think Sideswipe should be 76 and thrust 78. And that gap, hmm, exclusive, but what if it was another figure meant to be in the wave before SS86?

I believe that Sideswipe is part a separate wave that comes out in November. That is why he is 78. This summer wave is jolt, BB, 86 Gnaw, and 86 jazz repack

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

I believe that Sideswipe is part a separate wave that comes out in November. That is why he is 78. This summer wave is jolt, BB, 86 Gnaw, and 86 jazz repack

Yep, this ^

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

So I know I said Hightower was going to be my last custom for a while, but I had some extra time, and I don't have a box for Offroad Bee so it's not packed up like the others. Here's my actual last custom before I take a break for a little while! As always, there's more pics on my customs page.

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[Tuned Agent]

So I know I said Hightower was going to be my last custom for a while, but I had some extra time, and I don't have a box for Offroad Bee so it's not packed up like the others. Here's my actual last custom before I take a break for a little while! As always, there's more pics on my customs page.

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Great work! The weathering really makes the mold pop.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Great work! The weathering really makes the mold pop.

Thank you! I wasn’t sure about the weathering at first, but I’m happy with it!

[Nemesis Reformatted]

It might've been mentioned before, but it just hit me. SS86 Kup should have come with a busted Sharkticon tail accessory/weapon. I was just watching all the Sharkticon scenes on Youtube & got reminded of that scene where Kup rips off a Sharkticon's tail. Since Studio Series 86 has been including all kinds of movie-accurate accessories I'm surprised they didn't give Kup a Sharkticon tail. Of course if CHEAP-ASS Hasbro did include the tail they would have bumped Kup up to voyager class.

I've been working on some custom Sharkticons & made resin copies of one of their tails. But now I'm not going to use them because the new Studio Series Sharkticon tails are a lot better. I'm going to make copies of the new ones. But the ones I already made are perfect for Kup.

Just need to paint it blue.

[AcademyofDrX]

It might've been mentioned before, but it just hit me. SS86 Kup should have come with a busted Sharkticon tail accessory/weapon. I was just watching all the Sharkticon scenes on Youtube & got reminded of that scene where Kup rips off a Sharkticon's tail. Since Studio Series 86 has been including all kinds of movie-accurate accessories I'm surprised they didn't give Kup a Sharkticon tail. Of course if CHEAP-ASS Hasbro did include the tail they would have bumped Kup up to voyager class.

Who is going to buy SS86 Kup, want to pose him with tail, and not buy (or even have) at least one Sharkticon? This is is making up a reason to be mad.

The one you made looks nice, and I'm happy for you, but it doesn't need to be framed as a fight with Hasbro.

[TF-fan kev777]

It might've been mentioned before, but it just hit me. SS86 Kup should have come with a busted Sharkticon tail accessory/weapon. I was just watching all the Sharkticon scenes on Youtube & got reminded of that scene where Kup rips off a Sharkticon's tail. Since Studio Series 86 has been including all kinds of movie-accurate accessories I'm surprised they didn't give Kup a Sharkticon tail. Of course if CHEAP-ASS Hasbro did include the tail they would have bumped Kup up to voyager class.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't included because the Sharkticons themselves need them and are coming as well. More authentic (and more $$ for Hasbro) if you have Kup break it off a Sharkticon himself than just including one in the box.

[Nemesis Reformatted]

Who is going to buy SS86 Kup, want to pose him with tail, and not buy (or even have) at least one Sharkticon? This is is making up a reason to be mad.

The one you made looks nice, and I'm happy for you, but it doesn't need to be framed as a fight with Hasbro.

I'm not mad at all. I was just mentioning it. If you don't want it that's fine. But it would have been cool of Hasbro to include it for anybody that does want it. They could have sculpted it like it's busted up & battle damaged.

Who is going to buy SS86 Kup, want to pose him with tail, and not buy (or even have) at least one Sharkticon?

Who is going to buy SS86 Kup, want to pose him with the Energon Goody Dispenser, and not buy (or even have) at least one Allicon?

[AcademyofDrX]

Those ... aren't the same thing. You only need one energon goody dispenser regardless of how many Allicons you get, but you need tails for every Sharkticon. This is a non-issue.

[Nemesis Reformatted]

if you have Kup break it off a Sharkticon himself than just including one in the box.

Yeah, I guess I didn't think of that. Now I want some beat-up & battle-damaged Sharkticons.

[Nemesis Reformatted]

Those ... aren't the same thing. You only need one energon goody dispenser regardless of how many Allicons you get, but you need tails for every Sharkticon. This is a non-issue.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Kup only held 1 tail. But forget I mentioned it. I'll just go back to doing my own thing. It's what I'm best at.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Happy 10th to my favorite movie, and my first Transformers movie I saw in theaters! I'm so glad that Studio series has given us updated versions of these characters, there's just a few more left to go!

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[M. Spector]

Happy 10th to my favorite movie, and my first Transformers movie I saw in theaters! I'm so glad that Studio series has given us updated versions of these characters, there's just a few more left to go!

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Nice vignettes! DoTM Ratchet is a dynamite little figure, really glad i picked him up. Articulate and a tidy transformtion. Plus he passes the roll test! No Shockwave fighting jetwing prime? Honestly Im waiting to pull my movie Shockwave back out until the DNA upgrade kit I preordered ships (sigh)

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Nice vignettes! DoTM Ratchet is a dynamite little figure, really glad i picked him up. Articulate and a tidy transformtion. Plus he passes the roll test! No Shockwave fighting jetwing prime? Honestly Im waiting to pull my movie Shockwave back out until the DNA upgrade kit I preordered ships (sigh)

Thank you! I really like SS DOTM Ratchet as well, it's one of my favorite figures.

I did grab one of Shockwave v Optimus, but without the jetwing gear:

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Once I'm reunited with my figures (end of this year), I'll be sure to get a pic of them fighting with the flight tech!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Ladies and Gentlemen: Studio Series Jolt and ROTF Sideswipe! These reportedly originated from Facebook, but I have yet to find that original source.

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I think Jolt looks pretty great - definitely lots of kibble, but I like how it's broken up, and the molded detail looks great.

Sideswipe has almost everything remolded that they needed to for vehicle mode - except the headlights. That's kinda funny because the headlights are sculpted on his robot mode forearms. He's basically the same in robot mode, but with some added silver paint to he forearms and some different color plastic for the legs and maybe arms. We don't see guns in the pics, so e don't know if they're included with this release or not.

EDIT: I was trying to figure out what this thing was:

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Turns out it's one of his fingers! The whips, when used, replace one of his fingers.

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[LinaNui]

WOW! They both look so good! Sideswipe is prefect for his RotF. I actually really like the look of the panels on Jolt and I can't wait to see if they have some movement to them. Hopefully these start popping up in stores in a few weeks!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Dark of the Moon Ratchet taunts me. I should have grabbed him 3 years ago.

Jolt and Sideswipe, AT LAST!!!

[o.supreme]

Forgive my lack of attention to detail, but what's the difference between Sideswipes appearance in RotF vs DotM? I meay I know other Transformers that had basically identical modes in multiple films still get more than one toy,but I was just curious.