The Energon Pub

[william-james88]

Thanks to posts on Instagram, we have images of the newly revealed toys on display at Fan Expo Canada. We can get a better look at Shockwave, Mixmaster, the firs movie Megatron and others. We get a really good look at the alt mode of the later, which looks well painted. Though these are samples so the final product may not have that paint (which has happened before). The chest for Megatron seems identical to the ROTF toy. These can all be preordered right now at the online collectables store of your choice.

Check the images below and tell us what you think!

[william-james88]

So.... Megatron is the last of the '07 Transformers, but he does not come with Frenzy. Soooooo.... No Frenzy?

Not to sound ungrateful. All of these look amazing. I would just consider Frenzy way more important than Igor or Scorponok. Same for Scalpel for that matter.

Wait till a exclusive barricade and bumblebee two pack with frenzy.

These look great, but I continue to lose hope that Sideways will be getting a new fig. Guess Audi must be pretty difficult when it comes to licensing, considering we got only an approximation of the R8 for RotF.

Did Sideways ever turn into a robot in the film?

[Hellscream9999]

So megs is totally hollow like tank megs huh? glad I ducked out on his pre-order on the last second thinking he might be, fool me once and all

Waiting for mixmaster to show up on pulse so I can nab him

[GrangerPerry]

That new Megatron is insane! Somehow I’m more impressed with him than the MPM. I can pretty much see where all the parts go but that’s still some airplane magic happening over there. Never been into collecting movie figures but this might be my first. I just wish there was an SS 07 Optimus with better paint than we’ve gotten so far

[william-james88]

So megs is totally hollow like tank megs huh?

yeah, but that didnt really bug me with the toy in hand

[Hellscream9999]

So megs is totally hollow like tank megs huh?

yeah, but that didnt really bug me with the toy in hand

I'm glad they both seem like solid figures, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves, so I'm gonna be skipping '07 megs, too bad too, he looks great

[Ironhidensh]

Did Sideways ever turn into a robot in the film?

Very briefly, as he crashed and rolled through a house.

[william-james88]

So megs is totally hollow like tank megs huh?

yeah, but that didnt really bug me with the toy in hand

I'm glad they both seem like solid figures, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves, so I'm gonna be skipping '07 megs, too bad too, he looks great

I dont know why you choose to deprive yourself of fun that way.

[LordPrime99]

These SS reveals look AMAZING but the rotf megs chest on 07 megs makes me uncomfortable...it just doesn't look right

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Did Sideways ever turn into a robot in the film?

Yes, but only for a couple seconds when he crashes through a building.

So megs is totally hollow like tank megs huh?

I don’t know, I think the jet mode nose might fold up to help fill out that space based on what we’re looking at. No way of telling unless we see some different angles, though.

[Rtron]

These SS reveals look AMAZING but the rotf megs chest on 07 megs makes me uncomfortable...it just doesn't look right

That's driving me crazy. I don't get why they couldn't remold that piece too. I mean, I'd rather have more screen accurate than the accesory.

[-Kanrabat-]

I don't really care about the constructicons. But the 2007 Megatron and that Shockwave are SEXY AS BALLS!
Both of them will be a sure buy when they come out.

[Stargrave]

There appears to be a track on the underside of Scavenger’s forearms I believe that’s where that square peg on Hightower (and Scrapper) will slide in.

[Hellscream9999]

There appears to be a track on the underside of Scavenger’s forearms I believe that’s where that square peg on Hightower (and Scrapper) will slide in.

If you're talking about the cut out on the white part, then no way, it's closed off and seems way too narrow to accommodate the connector

[Hellscream9999]

It's crazy that the treads are actually hidden inside the wheels in bot mode, I love it

[Wireless_Phantom]

So.... Megatron is the last of the '07 Transformers, but he does not come with Frenzy. Soooooo.... No Frenzy?

Not to sound ungrateful. All of these look amazing. I would just consider Frenzy way more important than Igor or Scorponok. Same for Scalpel for that matter.

Wait till a exclusive barricade and bumblebee two pack with frenzy.

These look great, but I continue to lose hope that Sideways will be getting a new fig. Guess Audi must be pretty difficult when it comes to licensing, considering we got only an approximation of the R8 for RotF.

Did Sideways ever turn into a robot in the film?

He did so briefly during the chase before being cut in half.

[Stargrave]

There appears to be a track on the underside of Scavenger’s forearms I believe that’s where that square peg on Hightower (and Scrapper) will slide in.

If you're talking about the cut out on the white part, then no way, it's closed off and seems way too narrow to accommodate the connector

I think the forearm bends up leaving that red piece at the elbow in place revealing the track. The square peg is actually pretty small and that’s a leader class. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

OK, so today was an exciting day, and we have all the Wave 9 Studio Series reveals!

Here are my thoughts on each:



Looks frikkin amazing! Demolishor was my first RotF figure and one of the first Decepticons I got at all. He looks marvelous, definitely seeming like an improvement over his original figure. And the treads end up inside the wheels! That is brilliant.



Also looks really good! I've been trying to find Devastator face parts in there and i can't. I think the cab will fold inside out to become the face, that is the only way that can work from what I can see. He still looks good as his own individual too!

6 down, 2 reveals to go, and i think those will have the 2nd most interesting: Overload. (Scavenger was the first)



This one makes me nervous. This is yet another Shockwave that is a leader scale, and unlike his Siege counterpart, he doesn't seem to have a very good reason for it. He is a retool of a voyager with 3 non-posing accessories, very different from Optimus with a trailer. He needed his Driller! We need the Driller!

I'm also nervous because he is a retool of RotF Megatron, and that mold was pretty ass. One of the weakest of the line. they would have been better with a new mold.



Trash.

Like, this hurts Trash.

what have they done???? That jet mode is so boxy in the back. the middle is not streamlined or cohesive at all. The entire chest and crotch are wrong! The legs are boxy when the MPM proved you didn't need that!

What the hell did you guys do? You nailed the MPM, and then you make this... why?

On a plus, the head looks nice and the mace is awesome, but.... come on guys, i expected much better.

So with these reveals, how long until we get wreckers? Like, Wreckers, Dino, Que, Jolt, they have to be inevitable, right? And I am still holding out hope for a Leader class Infernocus

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

So with these reveals, how long until we get wreckers? Like, Wreckers, Dino, Que, Jolt, they have to be inevitable, right? And I am still holding out hope for a Leader class Infernocus

Unless they’re saving the wreckers for a 2021 10th anniversary release, I think it’s a really safe bet that we’ll see at least one in the next deluxe wave.

I’m trying to think how they could tackle a Driller in Studio Series, it would almost have to be a titan to get the scale across, maybe even just a short section as a commander class? I’m not sure how feasible it would be.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So with these reveals, how long until we get wreckers? Like, Wreckers, Dino, Que, Jolt, they have to be inevitable, right? And I am still holding out hope for a Leader class Infernocus

Unless they’re saving the wreckers for a 2021 10th anniversary release, I think it’s a really safe bet that we’ll see at least one in the next deluxe wave.

I’m trying to think how they could tackle a Driller in Studio Series, it would almost have to be a titan to get the scale across, maybe even just a short section as a commander class? I’m not sure how feasible it would be.

With Shockwave getting a toy without the Driller, I think we can forget the Driller toy at this point, it's a pipe dream. I don't think it does enough by itself to be an individual release sadly.

And I am so happy we are getting Brains and Wheelie. With them and the Arcees, the only Live Action Autobot I will be missing that was in the movies will be Dino. i have everyone else at some scale and toy, but Leadfoot and roadbuster need weaponized deluxes.

OK, I do have a Dino, but it is that Prime Cyberverse repaint of sideways, so it doesn't really count

[JoeIsNotCool]

They rename *some* Decepticons that have the same body type, but for Rampage there's Red Rampage (killed by BB, but that's the toy that is out now...), and Yellow Rampage, that was actually part of Devastator in the RotF film...

From what I read online and others have said before, I think the yellow Rampage is actually called Skipjack?

[Sabrblade]

They rename *some* Decepticons that have the same body type, but for Rampage there's Red Rampage (killed by BB, but that's the toy that is out now...), and Yellow Rampage, that was actually part of Devastator in the RotF film...

From what I read online and others have said before, I think the yellow Rampage is actually called Skipjack?

Yeah, Takara made a separate character named "Skipjack" from a yellow redeco of the red Legends/Legion class Rampage toy from the 2010 line, thereby enabling anyone to repurpose the yellow Rampage toys as the separate Skipjack character.

[Spider5800]

Hmm, kinda torn on these. Megatron and Shockwave being remolds (of the same figure, no less) kinda bugs me, although I admit both of these look pretty good. Just not sure they're so good I feel like blowing $30 each to replace the original voyagers I already have of both of them.

Scavenger looks like an improvement over the original, but those images of him next to the Shockwave don't make him look as HUGE as I was hoping he would be. He's the same model as Demolishor, and Optimus was barely taller than his wheel in the film. Was hoping he would be designed in a way where he would TOWER over other voyagers in the line, like SS Grimlock.



Mixmaster looks like a flat out downgrade to the original, IMO. Only reason to pick him up would be to form Devastator.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Hmm, kinda torn on these. Megatron and Shockwave being remolds (of the same figure, no less) kinda bugs me, although I admit both of these look pretty good. Just not sure they're so good I feel like blowing $30 each to replace the original voyagers I already have of both of them.

Megatron is a brand new mold. He just uses the wrong chest detailing, they screwed that up.

I agree though that Scavenger needed to be bigger. i'm happy with the size and look but it would have been perfect in an even larger size

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Who said Shockwave's a retool? They're all brand new molds