The Energon Pub

[blackeyedprime]

Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

I love all the silver bots. Megatron adds a great amount of silver to the group. Might take my own group shot here for posting[/quote

Nah, the arms on jazz are almost like a deluxe figure with legion/old legend figure arms with a lack of distinction from hands/panelling. Cogman and soundwave both look better in bot modes.

[TF-fan kev777]

For anyone wanting a deal on SS 43 KSI Boss (Nitro Zeus), Amazon dropped him to $19.87. He was hovering at $22.05 for a while and just dropped this afternoon, enough for me to bite and add another version of a great mold to my collection.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

Jazz is aight, but I can't think of any one thing that the mold excels at. My favorite feature (it's small size) has since been usurped by the SS VDub Bee, which I feel has some cooler tricks up it's sleeve.

Cogman has the headmaster gimmick and is a slicker ride. Soundwave's transformation is more interesting and has a more posable bot mode. Jazz is by no means a bad figure though and I like it quite a bit.

I would disagree, the Jazz transformation is very tight and good, he is well articulated, looks great in both mode (best of the 3 to me, not a fan of cogman's really), Jazz is much more articulated than either of those too.

also, the VW Bee is extremely finnicky and has issues with breakage for transforming. He is one of my least favorite SS figures.

I grabbed some of my silver bots for a photo, except Cogman is his TLK toy



Also, some more shockwave with some comparisons to his original toy, including the new SS one wielding the older arm blade. This Shockwave is simply fantastic.






Also some Scavenger. This is a really really good figure too. He is so very well engineered and painted up. This figure is worth the wait, and worth the price. He is going to be this year's Rampage for me, I can feel it






and a group shot of the best wave of SS figures, hands down

[Ig89ninja]

Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

[Rodimus Prime]

Looks like I'm going to hit up Target tomorrow. Walmart sure as hell doesn't have anything. And D-Max, I stand by my assessment of Cogman being the best. Jazz and Soundwave share 2nd place.

Also, I ordered WW2 Hot Rod on Amazon Sunday night, and he showed up in my mailbox today. My mailbox is the exact size of his box, and my dumbass mailman shoved it in there, wedging it in due to the Amazon packaging adding a little more width. So when I took it out I had to squeeze his box a bit to get it out. Luckily the box made it out undamaged. I don't know why he couldn't just put it by my front door. As for the figure, I am thoroughly disappointed, even after seeing reviews prior to purchase. The figure is simplistic, which is fine in and of itself, but the vehicle mode is lackluster to say the least and the transformation is garbage. This is the worst SS figure I have gotten, really the only bad one. And it's the worst TF toy experience I have had since DoTM Leader Sentinel. Not as complicated, but still no fun. Really the only reasons I got him mainly were because he's named Hot Rod and I collect them, and to give his gun to TLK deluxe Hot Rod. And that's another thing: his box has him dual-wielding, but he comes with only 1 gun. Also a disappointment. I was hoping the reviews I saw just omitted the 2nd gun. Oh well. He will still have a spot in my Hot Rod display, but he's definitely lowest on the list.

[bacem]

Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

Jazz is aight, but I can't think of any one thing that the mold excels at. My favorite feature (it's small size) has since been usurped by the SS VDub Bee, which I feel has some cooler tricks up it's sleeve.

Cogman has the headmaster gimmick and is a slicker ride. Soundwave's transformation is more interesting and has a more posable bot mode. Jazz is by no means a bad figure though and I like it quite a bit.

I would disagree, the Jazz transformation is very tight and good, he is well articulated, looks great in both mode (best of the 3 to me, not a fan of cogman's really), Jazz is much more articulated than either of those too.

also, the VW Bee is extremely finnicky and has issues with breakage for transforming. He is one of my least favorite SS figures.

I grabbed some of my silver bots for a photo, except Cogman is his TLK toy



Also, some more shockwave with some comparisons to his original toy, including the new SS one wielding the older arm blade. This Shockwave is simply fantastic.






Also some Scavenger. This is a really really good figure too. He is so very well engineered and painted up. This figure is worth the wait, and worth the price. He is going to be this year's Rampage for me, I can feel it






and a group shot of the best wave of SS figures, hands down

how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

[TF-fan kev777]

how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

Very carefully.

Actually I had the same problem you seem to be having at first. I found 2 things help. First position the upper wheel directly over the bottom one for the best balance. Second, I make sure that the 2 sets of little numbs of the treads that stick out slightly on each side of the lower wheel are positioned at the top and bottom. The nubs on the bottom can sort of act as additional support front to back. Then with the nubs on top of the wheel, you can collapse Scavenger's body down just a little so that support parts just above the wheel are actually touching the wheel. This will help from the wheel rotating on you.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

Very carefully.

Actually I had the same problem you seem to be having at first. I found 2 things help. First position the upper wheel directly over the bottom one for the best balance. Second, I make sure that the 2 sets of little numbs of the treads that stick out slightly on each side of the lower wheel are positioned at the top and bottom. The nubs on the bottom can sort of act as additional support front to back. Then with the nubs on top of the wheel, you can collapse Scavenger's body down just a little so that support parts just above the wheel are actually touching the wheel. This will help from the wheel rotating on you.

this right here.

Scavenger is really really good, and while I would not recommend displaying him balanced, he can do it.

Also, Bee looks great in nighttime shots

[TF-fan kev777]

So I was looking at studio series on Amazon for any decent deals and came across quite the opposite. Amazon as the seller themselves are charging $50 for Mixmaster.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Voy ... P8YTR9VJ06

Looks like their pricing algorithm is a little off, I know he was only $30 when I had him on pre-order with Amazon before I jumped to Hasbro Pulse for the 20% off coupon.

Anyway, I also noticed that the first photo is a pretty amusing typical Hasbro photo where they forgot to put the truck front over Devy's face when they took him out of the package. But then to double down on duh, they decided to open Devy's mouth.

[Emerje]

So I was looking at studio series on Amazon for any decent deals and came across quite the opposite. Amazon as the seller themselves are charging $50 for Mixmaster.

They've been really screwing up the prices a lot lately, like when Siege Sideswipe and Barricade were $22 while the rest of their wave were $20 or the Micromaster Battlesquad at $20 until just recently. Amazon is getting their wires crossed somewhere.

Emerje

[Stryker P28]

Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

[Ig89ninja]

Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

Gonna wait till I’ve located a SS Mixmaster before I do that, but rest assured, it’s coming.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

Gonna wait till I’ve located a SS Mixmaster before I do that, but rest assured, it’s coming.

I'm more interested in seeing how your 2 older Constructicons fit into the Devastator puzzle

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Swoosh!



Still really enjoy this leader. I love the flight pack

[Inactive_____]

I'll definitely concur with how good Cogman's mold is. Plus it's nice and versatile for head swaps. (Meet Overrun). It's basic, but a pleasant kind of basic. Here's some shots I took while experimenting with mood lighting.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Just ordered KSI Boss from Amazon for $13. That mold is worth having a 3rd time at that price. He will arrive Friday, and the first Studio Optimus should arrive tomorrow. I'm ready for both, I want those swords and that premium Zeus paint!

[skidflap]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

[JoeIsNotCool]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

Their release date was never officially confirmed, them coming in the same wave was mere conjecture based on previous trends, in this case each wave having 2 Constructicons. However, different size Classes have different release dates for their waves, and relatively speaking, smaller Size Classes can "skip ahead" of the larger ones. Leader Class especially seems to be moving slowly across its waves.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Picked up SS-05 Prime from my buddy ironhidensh today. i can definitely see how the new version from last year was an improvement, but he is still cool. I like the faded paint, makes me think of the forest fight and him being all dirty.

The swords were the main draw though, they look fantastic! My 3 Primes are gonna be playing weapons swap here soon.

[Munkky]

I now have Shockwave and the Arcee trio. Shockwave is a lot of fun, the transformation is a bit of a pain, but I like both modes. I was expecting more similarities to Wave 2 Voyager Megatron, but thankfully he's almost completely different. The teeny tiny Wheelie and Brains figurines are appreciated, but I can't get either of them to stand up on their own, I need to prop them both up on Bumblebee's feet. The Arcees are all nice too, again there are some fiddly bits in each of their transformations, but I've been wanting figures of all three Arcees at about that size for a decade, so I'm happy to finally have them.

[skidflap]

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

Their release date was never officially confirmed, them coming in the same wave was mere conjecture based on previous trends, in this case each wave having 2 Constructicons. However, different size Classes have different release dates for their waves, and relatively speaking, smaller Size Classes can "skip ahead" of the larger ones. Leader Class especially seems to be moving slowly across its waves.

Well with Toyfair around the corner, hopefully we get some new reveals. Overload is the one I've been anxious to see ever since I saw the prototype a while back.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

My KSI Boss arrived today, and gosh he is gorgeous. it's amazing the amount of paint on this figure, and how good it makes him look.

I have a new running theory that after the first year of SS figures was successful, they put more paint budget into the figures. We have gotten some wonderfully painted figures lately, like Megatron, who came to work with me. That figure is the best figure of this year so far for me.