The Energon Pub

[Aimless Misfire]

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

[william-james88]

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

It needs to be a deluxe to go with Studio Series Bee.

[ZeroWolf]

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

[Spider5800]

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

I mean, he's a SuperCobra, which isn't a huge helicopter, but its certainly a lot bigger than a VW Beetle.

Then again, he also turns into a muscle car, which would only be a LITTLE bigger, so maybe they just got the robot modes close enough and didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

No idea what the Whirl connection is though, does he also have a toy that turns into a SuperCobra, maybe?

[no-one]

didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

Hasbro in a nutshell, amiright?

[ZeroWolf]

Studio Series has been more bothered matching up bot modes then the vehicles, and I thought Whirl was a generic helicopter mode but I can see the resemblance.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

I mean, he's a SuperCobra, which isn't a huge helicopter, but its certainly a lot bigger than a VW Beetle.

Then again, he also turns into a muscle car, which would only be a LITTLE bigger, so maybe they just got the robot modes close enough and didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

No idea what the Whirl connection is though, does he also have a toy that turns into a SuperCobra, maybe?

The G1 toy, in fact. He's similar to the Bell AH-1 Cobra, of which the current SuperCobra is a variant.

[Seibertron]

I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.

They're $16.99 at Walmart!

[no-one]

I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.

They're $16.99 at Walmart!

Since the rollback, all the WMs I've gone to only have a bunch of Crowbars hanging on pegs. Been waiting on wave 3 to hit since

[Decepticon Stryker]

I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.

They're $16.99 at Walmart!

I.... I was just at Walmart.... And it was the one time I didn't look in the Transformers section......

Jk, I did look there, but didn't look at the SS price because all of them were Crowbar. I think he might be shelf-warming worse than Berserker.

[SHIELD Agent 47]

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ick/42336/

This article should be corrected. Kevin Liu may speak Mandarin Chinese, but he is Taiwanese.

[notsoalex]

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformation-video-for-transformers-studio-series-22-dropkick/42336/

This article should be corrected. Kevin Liu may speak Mandarin Chinese, but he is Taiwanese.

Thanks, and good catch. And welcome to Seibertron!

[notsoalex]

Chefatron recently put up a review of Studio Series 21 Voyager Class Starscream (the 2nd, Revenge of the Fallen, version), on his YouTube channel. Chefatron clearly liked the figure, praising its paint apps especially the matt-textured tatoos. The main difference between this figure and the original, besides paint scheme, is the buzzsaw attachment, which he used in Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon. The original figure seemed to have meant to come with it, but was removed before released.

So, what are your thoughts on the figure now? Click the video below and be sure to tell your thoughts in the Pub forums!

[Carnivius_Prime]

Tis very much on my want list.

[Carnivius_Prime]

PrimeVsPrime reviews Dropkick (helicopter)

[no-one]

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!



Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

[Carnivius_Prime]

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!



Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

He does look awesome and yeah I didn't realise the chest thing when I got Lockdown until a couple days after I bought him.

[no-one]

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

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Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

He does look awesome and yeah I didn't realise the chest thing when I got Lockdown until a couple days after I bought him.

I noticed a pin while transforming him a couldn't figure out why it was there so I thought maybe it was just to hold him together. Then I noticed how weird his chest looked when I TF'd him back into a bot. So I started poking at the inside of the chest and it popped right out. Not the easiest thing to do either way and spent feel good, but drags the ground if left out though and all the art shows the chest out.

Alt-mode was larger than expected and seems bigger than the old mold. Won't be able to compare until I get home on Friday. Excepted to see SR next to LD and HR.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Alt-mode was larger than expected and seems bigger than the old mold. Won't be able to compare until I get home on Friday. Excepted to see SR next to LD and HR.

PrimeVsPrime compared SS Lockdown with AoE Lockdown and yes the SS is a fair bit bigger.

Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v99XmUVvTcQ I didn't embed it in case anyone thought it a new video (the Dropkick video several posts above is the new review)

[no-one]

Oh wow, that is a big difference. I like it a lot better than the OG and better as Shadow Raider. That satin orange paint is tops and contrasts nicely in bot mode

[Nemesis Primal]

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

...I've had this figure for a month now and didn't know that was a thing until just now, whoops.
Thanks for the heads-up, that looks better.

[beastwarsbrah]

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!



Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

Not only that but don't forget to push the upper arms back. Unless you already know about that and you prefer this way

[PrimeVsPrime]

“ We’ll burn the whole planet to cinders...”

[no-one]

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

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Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

Not only that but don't forget to push the upper arms back. Unless you already know about that and you prefer this way

Talking about that little black flap? I prefer it the way it is, but according to the pics, art and instructions - it's forward and out for bot mode and back and in for alt-mode. Unless I'm mistaken?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to Seibertronian youtuber PrimevsPrime, we have an English review for the upcoming Studio Series Dropkick figure!

Dropkick is set to star as one of the two main Decepticons in the Bumblebee film due out his December, transforming into both a helicopter and muscle car. This Studio Series figure decides to stick to just his helicopter mode instead of trying to do the triple changing deluxe class gimmick. The figure is done in a mostly light blue, which doesn't fully match up with the colors we have seen in the trailers, but is still nice nonetheless.

Dropkick will be available and hitting store shelves here sometime over the next few weeks, just in time for the holiday season. He will retail for $19.99, the regular deluxe class price point.

Check out the review below, and let us know what you think of this new upcoming Bumblebee movie character below!