The Energon Pub

[Carnivius_Prime]

While I think I prefer the AoE chest on Drift I think I like his red colouration more. Are people still gonna say his gold/yellow face is racist though?

Only if they said so back when it was still gold/yellow for AOE

Shane McCarthy who created IDW Drift said movie Drift is a racist stereotype (according to what I'm reading on TFWiki and I seem to recall him commenting in a tweet about the face colour). I don't really know much about the guy except I bought the first couple of issues of All Hail Megatron and no more. And I didn't much like IDW Drift (apparently he got more likable?) and I like movie Drift.

Come to think of it I have figures of both but IDW Drift is missing a leg and came in a big bundle of broken Transformers I got from charity shop. Oh I could have it posed so it looks like movie Drift been slicing and dicing him but I'm much too busy right now about to play new map on Uncharted 4 multiplayer.

[Kurona]

Drift was a bit of a non-entity in AHM. Which is a bit weird, since it was his debut... he had like two lines but that's it. You could've removed him and no-one would notice. I suppose his movie counterpart shares that in common at least

In any case let's not get into that little debate again. We've already gone through it on the actual movie thread, no need for the toy thread to have it too.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Oh ok but I did the pic anyways cos Uncharted 4 had to download update for that new map so I had a few mins to kill.

And jeebus, IDW Drift is such an awkward kibble-high figure to pose even getting slaughtered...

Anyways I'll shush now.

[Deadput]

Drift was a bit of a non-entity in AHM. Which is a bit weird, since it was his debut... he had like two lines but that's it. You could've removed him and no-one would notice. I suppose his movie counterpart shares that in common at least

In any case let's not get into that little debate again. We've already gone through it on the actual movie thread, no need for the toy thread to have it too.

Well Movie Drift at least made himself a better character in his debut with his stoic humor and had a lot of lines but the problem is that none of those stand out compared to Crosshairs and Hound.

"I was expecting a giant car."

[Deadput]

Shane McCarthy who created IDW Drift said movie Drift is a racist stereotype (according to what I'm reading on TFWiki and I seem to recall him commenting in a tweet about the face colour). I don't really know much about the guy except I bought the first couple of issues of All Hail Megatron and no more. And I didn't much like IDW Drift (apparently he got more likable?) and I like movie Drift.

Come to think of it I have figures of both but IDW Drift is missing a leg and came in a big bundle of broken Transformers I got from charity shop. Oh I could have it posed so it looks like movie Drift been slicing and dicing him but I'm much too busy right now about to play new map on Uncharted 4 multiplayer.

Ah Shane... he is one to talk he created that stereotype edgy oc in the first place.


Especially for literally butchering Hunter and ruining Simon Furman's long term plans

[MadProject]

Found on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReport ... 2857008147

Instruction sheets for :

-TLK Voyager class Megatron

-TLK Voyager class Hound

[Sarahthecutevixen]

The more i see Squeeks the more is see a two wheeled custom character FR4G-TP (Fragtrap) from Borderlands the pre-sequel

[Carnivius_Prime]

Found on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReport ... 2857008147

Instruction sheets for :

-TLK Voyager class Megatron

istruzioni megatron.jpg

-TLK Voyager class Hound

istruzioni hound.jpg

Dang spoilers. I like to figure these things out before I look at the instructions.

[william-james88]

Le Danh just uploaded two new videos to his youtube page which show him transforming Transformers: The Last Knight Voyagers Hound and Megatron. Remember that their release is still far away since these are wave 2 voyagers, with wave 1 voyagers being Grimlock and Optimus Prime, the later of which already had a video review posted back in February.

Hopefully these will hold you over until the figures come out!

[Carnivius_Prime]

Dangit I didn't resist temptation and watched the Megatron vid even though I wanted no spoilers on transformation. But I gotta say I like how it transforms and it's so tidy in both modes which I don't often find with TFs that turn into jets. Ok his feet are there under the wings but even that doesn't look too bad to me. Overall I'm really looking forward to adding him to my collection.

[RAR]

I wonder if that Megatron could be an engineering inspiration to a new Voyager Jetfire toy at all ?

[Sigma Magnus]

I wonder if that Megatron could be an engineering inspiration to a new Voyager Jetfire toy at all ?

We'll have to try and connect him to Voyager Prime to find out.

[RAR]

I don't know if this has been reviewed or not but it just popped up on my suggestions feed with new next to it : Dlx TF5 Barricade review.

[william-james88]

I don't know if this has been reviewed or not but it just popped up on my suggestions feed with new next to it : Dlx TF5 Barricade review.

All of wave 1 deluxe and voyagers was first reviewed a while ago.

[WreckerJack]

Fellow Seibertronian and news staff member william-james88 has discovered a video that gives us an up close look at Shadow Spark Optimus Prime. From the video we can see the front and back of the figure in robot mode as well as what it will look like in vehicle mode. If you would prefer to see still images of this figure please check out this article.

[Hellscream9999]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

The movie designs this time around, or at least the new ones, are definitely a step up, as are the other hastak lines at the moment in my opinion

[Hellscream9999]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

The movie designs this time around, or at least the new ones, are definitely a step up, as are the other hastak lines at the moment in my opinion

MP's, movie line and rid, yes, I've seen nothing that stands out as a step-up in the tr line

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

The movie designs this time around, or at least the new ones, are definitely a step up, as are the other hastak lines at the moment in my opinion

MP's, movie line and rid, yes, I've seen nothing that stands out as a step-up in the tr line

Triggerhappy and some other recent deluxes have been big step ups to me.

But the movie line seems to be benefiting teh most

[WreckerJack]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

I would be inclined to agree. The details for the movie toys, MP's and Titans Return have been stellar. I wish they made the RiD toys a bit less hollow and more paint apps though.

[Kurona]

Being fair, I think TR's lack of intuition isn't so much a lack of talent on the designer's side; but more that the leading design ethos is basically G1 but also they can do more than move their shoulders now. That doesn't mean there can't be some fantastic design despite that, and we have seen quite a few examples - Triggerhappy, Megatron, Topspin - but it is a huge inhibition. God I miss Thrilling 30.

Regardless, yeah, outside of extreme adherence to G1, there's been some huge steps forward in design recently that don't fail to amaze me and make me step back and wonder how did they do that?

[william-james88]

I know the movie figures have always been clever, but, does anyone else feel like has/tak are stepping up their design game lately? Like, with cheetor, inferno, megs, the movie hound, megs and leader megs, they all seem to have really started pushing boundaries with their respective designs, they're amazing to see.

The movie designs this time around, or at least the new ones, are definitely a step up, as are the other hastak lines at the moment in my opinion

MP's, movie line and rid, yes, I've seen nothing that stands out as a step-up in the tr line

The TR line is giving us some amazing playability with the leader class, a whole new array of triple changers and some knock out transformations at the deluxe class with the likes of Top Spin, Kup, Triggerhappy and Blurr. Its a far cry from the more mundane transformations the Generations line has given us in the past.

[william-james88]

Being fair, I think TR's lack of intuition isn't so much a lack of talent on the designer's side; but more that the leading design ethos is basically G1 but also they can do more than move their shoulders now. That doesn't mean there can't be some fantastic design despite that, and we have seen quite a few examples - Triggerhappy, Megatron, Topspin - but it is a huge inhibition. God I miss Thrilling 30.

I think its the total opposite to that. The only thing great about thrilling 30 was that the designs were varied but there was no imaginitive transformations like we see here, aside from Skybyte (and as we know, a great transformation can get totally ignored when the rest of the toy isnt great). Quite a few toys in thrilling 30 suffered from the same problem of recreating G1 like Scoop who is as plain as you can get. Jetfire also is pretty much his G1 toy with a similar transformation (less of a bad thing in that case). And you also had the simplest deluxe of the past 5 years: tankor.

But now with the Titans Return line they are giving us characters we know in totally new transformation schemes. Topspin is a perfect example. There is nothing homaging the G1 transformation, its a totally new way to interpret that toy. Kup is the same way too, with the best leg transformation I have ever seen. Blaster too is super cool by reinventing that whole leg area and reinventing the casettes too. Its really cool to see another attempt at other castte bots who share the same alt mode but have completely different transformatons and it works great for the birds and Rewind/Rumble. You also have sharkticon who is nothing like his G1 self. I was even amazed at Kickback who has this whole new abdomen part making him more organic and also hiding the arms in locust mode.

Its just the original headmasters who end up similar to their G1 selves and even then thats not the case for all of em.

All in all, there are far more ingenious transformations in the Titans Return line than there were in the Thrilling 30 line and I am so glad we have that cheap plastic and small deluxe size behind us.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

..and then you look at the difference between Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. So much better really. Finally got Hound right, much better Transformations, and what appears to be a superior leader mold!

[Hellscream9999]

..and then you look at the difference between Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. So much better really. Finally got Hound right, much better Transformations, and what appears to be a superior leader mold!

I thought they had plenty of clever ideas for the dinobots (no the leader one's though) and hound turning inside out to transform was plenty cool, but these new ones are leagues beyond everything right now