The Energon Pub

oooh i dont know about that megatron.

i was looking forward to him after i saw the youtube vid of him triggerhappy doublecross and co came out a while back but the finished product just doesnt look great to me.

the insistance of making him a triple changer seems to have hurt the figure to me. even though it makes sense to essentially give us to two modes he's got since he couldnt be a gun anymore.



i agree wit those that it screams blitzwing/flywheels.

and with us already getting a flywheels head my money is on him getting the remold treatment first before they pump out a blitzwing one.

maybe itll look better in hand, till then i think i may just stick with the CW megs.

on an aside i hope this means we get a proper body for grimlock down the road to stick clobber in. failing that a retool of trypticon for him might be fun !

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Sorry chief. I just didn't see the back of the Megs box in the gallery.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

frogbat wrote: And one can only hope they announce a devastator style predaking

Well, if there's random, pipe-dream hope for Liokaiser this late in the game, (Which, for some reason, there was) there might be hope for Predaking.

I mean, Liokaiser is made up completely of vehicles that already more or less have CW molds (and for some reason, in this case, a substituted Sky Lynx), so it's really not that hard to make a Liokaiser with... certain liberties.

There are zero CW molds that fit Predaking at all. It'd be downright impossible unless you want Razorclaw to be a truck.

I said it a year ago on here and I'll say it again. We were never going to get Predaking or Abominus because there's no remold value in them. You're absolutely right with Liokaizer, he's made of vehicles and the molds chosen made sense and looks pretty good. For a while I had the thought that maybe Takara would possibly do Predaking since they made groove and Blastoff but even now Takara is just doing repaints to fill the line out. After Sky Master is whatever they're doing with Victorion and that will more than likely be the end of Transformers Unite. Who knows maybe they will do Liokaiser too but I doubt it.

They're definitely going to do the beast combiners after titans return

We don't know why we're getting after Titans Returns. Just like we didn't know Combiners were happening after Dark Cybertron and headmasters after Combiner Wars.

They all but confirmed that they were doing them at botcon. Someone asked why they didn't include them in combiner wars and they said they wanted to take the time to do them right and then they threw it back at the fans and asked if we would like to see more combiners after titans return.

They also said years ago they were looking for ways to get the final animated figures out in the market. Yup didn't happen. Difference between that is those toys were made and god knows where those toys are now. Just because someone at botcon said they'd like to make beast combines doesn't set it's set in stone. A lot of stuff gets said at panels but it doesn't mean it will be a reality

Randomhero wrote:I said it a year ago on here and I'll say it again. We were never going to get Predaking or Abominus because there's no remold value in them.

We will get Abominus and Predaking at some point. Hasbro is well aware of the fan demand for them, particularly Predaking, which they have discussed in their interview with me at NYCC 2016. There are plenty of remold opportunities if you think about it. Couldn't Wolfwire be remolded into a combiner wars compatible Predacon Rampage? CHEETOR?!?! Blot into Skalor? What about Divebomb into Swoop? Or even better, Seacon Seawing? Or how about Cutthroat? Headstrong into Slag/Slug? RHINOX!?!? Lots of opportunities. Just have to get creative.

N wrote:Sorry chief. I just didn't see the back of the Megs box in the gallery.

Don't worry dude, it's there. Took me a minute to find it, but here is our version

by the way lads.

anyone else think its funny that megs jet mode looks like starscream ?

partholon wrote:by the way lads.

anyone else think its funny that megs jet mode looks like starscream ?

It... kinda sorta does? I see where you're coming from; but it has a different feel to me. Something tougher.
Bizarrely the jet mode gives me a feel of Animated Megatron. Don't ask me why I have no clue where that's coming from when that's a helicopter in a completely different style. Maybe it's the shade of grey and the red detailing? idk.

I'm really hoping for the flywheels treatment. The MTMTE Scavengers are pretty much all later toys such as Flywheels and I'd like to actually get the crew of them together. and besides, we got botcon Battletrap, it's flywheels turn

We need a close-up shot of that Sixshot image!

Anyway, Megs looks awesome. Gnaw looks awesome. Bumblebee looks epic. I hope Bee gets turned into Cliffjumper! (I wonder if Bee has a Titanmaster cockpit...)

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for the flywheels treatment. The MTMTE Scavengers are pretty much all later toys such as Flywheels and I'd like to actually get the crew of them together. and besides, we got botcon Battletrap, it's flywheels turn

Yeah, we need a Flywheels body. Hasbro gave us the only part of Flywheels that isn't still intact.

Bee probably does have the Titan Master part since all the legends guys are supposed to be compatible with them. Now we really need a Spike, that would be awesome for those 2.

Also, I don't want Cliffjumper from these guys, I want Throttlebots. I'll take all 6 please

partholon wrote:by the way lads.

anyone else think its funny that megs jet mode looks like starscream ?

I paused for a moment to think about that too. So Gen Blitzwing needs to be repainted as Megs, and this mold needs to be repainted into Blitzwing and Starscream for the circle to be complete.

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for the flywheels treatment. The MTMTE Scavengers are pretty much all later toys such as Flywheels and I'd like to actually get the crew of them together. and besides, we got botcon Battletrap, it's flywheels turn

Yeah, we need a Flywheels body. Hasbro gave us the only part of Flywheels that isn't still intact.

they didn't give us the chest and arms did they??

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bee probably does have the Titan Master part since all the legends guys are supposed to be compatible with them. Now we really need a Spike, that would be awesome for those 2.

Also, I don't want Cliffjumper from these guys, I want Throttlebots. I'll take all 6 please

Throttlebots and Spike. I like those ideas.

Also, how Gnaw interacts with Titanmasters... he EATS them... (put the dude in his mouth). Ot maybe he has a hatch that we can't see, but I still think he might be a leftover design from previous stuff. I thought we had a rumored Gnaw for CW or Gen at one point.

Thibgs to do today: Find my Energon Alpha Q...

Yep, gonna need a half-dozen Sharkticons.

Blitzwing looks great! But I am not sold on the Triple Changer Megatron. That'll probably change though.

Randomhero wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

frogbat wrote: And one can only hope they announce a devastator style predaking

Well, if there's random, pipe-dream hope for Liokaiser this late in the game, (Which, for some reason, there was) there might be hope for Predaking.

I mean, Liokaiser is made up completely of vehicles that already more or less have CW molds (and for some reason, in this case, a substituted Sky Lynx), so it's really not that hard to make a Liokaiser with... certain liberties.

There are zero CW molds that fit Predaking at all. It'd be downright impossible unless you want Razorclaw to be a truck.

I said it a year ago on here and I'll say it again. We were never going to get Predaking or Abominus because there's no remold value in them. You're absolutely right with Liokaizer, he's made of vehicles and the molds chosen made sense and looks pretty good. For a while I had the thought that maybe Takara would possibly do Predaking since they made groove and Blastoff but even now Takara is just doing repaints to fill the line out. After Sky Master is whatever they're doing with Victorion and that will more than likely be the end of Transformers Unite. Who knows maybe they will do Liokaiser too but I doubt it.

They're definitely going to do the beast combiners after titans return

We don't know why we're getting after Titans Returns. Just like we didn't know Combiners were happening after Dark Cybertron and headmasters after Combiner Wars.

There WAS a rumor, unsure how strong, that Hasbro was planning to do Predaking. I beleive that came from a friend of a friend of a designer, but it cxame through one of the Pipelines that has so far had a relevant batting average on these things. At the time, the standing notion was that Preds would fill in a Boxset position the way Devvy did, negating the need for repaint fodder. Which also points to a much later release date, given we already have two of the Titan spots plugged: Fort Max and Trypticon.

That being said, I fully respect that we also have no concrete proof outside of He Said that He Said, and history is full of Hasbro concepts and Good Intentions that simply didn't have room to be fulfilled.

Seibertron wrote:

Randomhero wrote:I said it a year ago on here and I'll say it again. We were never going to get Predaking or Abominus because there's no remold value in them.

We will get Abominus and Predaking at some point. Hasbro is well aware of the fan demand for them, particularly Predaking, which they have discussed in their interview with me at NYCC 2016. There are plenty of remold opportunities if you think about it. Couldn't Wolfwire be remolded into a combiner wars compatible Predacon Rampage? CHEETOR?!?! Blot into Skalor? What about Divebomb into Swoop? Or even better, Seacon Seawing? Or how about Cutthroat? Headstrong into Slag/Slug? RHINOX!?!? Lots of opportunities. Just have to get creative.

I'm still not holding out that were definitely getting them. We get promised a lot of stuff and certain stuff even gets leaked that doesn't happen. All those alternate heads in instructions that never get made, people always asking for MPs that Takara makes and ask Hasbro and they say "yeah we'd like to release those" and people instantly take that as a confirmation. Honestly as I've said before, I'm happy with what we've got so far. I have 9 combiners right now. That's enough in my opinion.

Tigertrack wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bee probably does have the Titan Master part since all the legends guys are supposed to be compatible with them. Now we really need a Spike, that would be awesome for those 2.

Also, I don't want Cliffjumper from these guys, I want Throttlebots. I'll take all 6 please

Throttlebots and Spike. I like those ideas.

Also, how Gnaw interacts with Titanmasters... he EATS them... (put the dude in his mouth). Ot maybe he has a hatch that we can't see, but I still think he might be a leftover design from previous stuff. I thought we had a rumored Gnaw for CW or Gen at one point.

I remember a Brawn and Gnaw listing for Thrilling 30 that never happened, so here he is. And what if the Titan master's ride him right in front of the dorsel fin or something?

But the eating idea is cool. and hopefully the one that's true

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bee probably does have the Titan Master part since all the legends guys are supposed to be compatible with them. Now we really need a Spike, that would be awesome for those 2.

Also, I don't want Cliffjumper from these guys, I want Throttlebots. I'll take all 6 please

Naaa we all know that when there's a g1-esc Bee, there also should be a Cliff. Let's not repeat Masterpiece k?

partholon wrote:anyone else think its funny that megs jet mode looks like starscream ?

He looks a lot more like G1 Blitzwing's to me.

Tigertrack wrote:Gnaw is leftovers from a previous line isn't he? Didn't get released.

Yes, that is correct (same for reflector, but he got released through Botcon). Brawn too but we might never get him.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I'm pretty sure William James and I discussed this on Twincast Thread, didn't we?

Hell yeah we did This is perfect since these were actually TFs that turned into only heads (with no robot bodies) so its perfect to incorporate into the titan master class.

Kurona wrote:by making these dudes Titan Masters there's actually more to them than their previous release

100% agree!

Tigertrack wrote:Bumblebee has a TM cockpit like Wheelie, no?

I think so, that chest looks really big.

Munkky wrote:Has there been any confirmation about Brainstorm being released internationally? (I remember hearing he'll be exclusive to Walgreens in the US).

Not for Habsro, but you can get Takara's which isnt exclusive.

Autobot N wrote:Come on, this is Hasbro we're talking about. The case will likely be mostly Bumblebees.

Not necessarily, they wisened up recently into making RID Starscream 2/3 of the crate, for instance. http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... lon/35874/

steals_your_goats wrote:Everyone keeps saying blitzwing from Megatron and I'm just sitting here hoping they do Flywheels instead.

But they have flywheels as a titan master already.

Samsonator wrote:Also, new Gnaw? I mean... who saw that coming?

Almost everyone, he has been rumoured for at least 3 years now and was leaked a while back.

Desslok2201 wrote:I know I don't say this very often, but that Gnaw makes me say- Well done, Hasbro

They are kicking ass with their legends class. Wheelie was the standout last time

Also, while I like the mold of Megatron (which will be awesome as Blitzwing), I really hate how he looks with all that unpainted plastic. It looks really bad.



Compare that to the Leader who was instead completely painted:


Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Megatron Gallery

Flashwave wrote:Thibgs to do today: Find my Energon Alpha Q...

Yep, gonna need a half-dozen Sharkticons.

Blitzwing looks great! But I am not sold on the Triple Changer Megatron. That'll probably change though.

Randomhero wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

frogbat wrote: And one can only hope they announce a devastator style predaking

Well, if there's random, pipe-dream hope for Liokaiser this late in the game, (Which, for some reason, there was) there might be hope for Predaking.

I mean, Liokaiser is made up completely of vehicles that already more or less have CW molds (and for some reason, in this case, a substituted Sky Lynx), so it's really not that hard to make a Liokaiser with... certain liberties.

There are zero CW molds that fit Predaking at all. It'd be downright impossible unless you want Razorclaw to be a truck.

I said it a year ago on here and I'll say it again. We were never going to get Predaking or Abominus because there's no remold value in them. You're absolutely right with Liokaizer, he's made of vehicles and the molds chosen made sense and looks pretty good. For a while I had the thought that maybe Takara would possibly do Predaking since they made groove and Blastoff but even now Takara is just doing repaints to fill the line out. After Sky Master is whatever they're doing with Victorion and that will more than likely be the end of Transformers Unite. Who knows maybe they will do Liokaiser too but I doubt it.

They're definitely going to do the beast combiners after titans return

We don't know why we're getting after Titans Returns. Just like we didn't know Combiners were happening after Dark Cybertron and headmasters after Combiner Wars.

There WAS a rumor, unsure how strong, that Hasbro was planning to do Predaking. I beleive that came from a friend of a friend of a designer, but it cxame through one of the Pipelines that has so far had a relevant batting average on these things. At the time, the standing notion was that Preds would fill in a Boxset position the way Devvy did, negating the need for repaint fodder. Which also points to a much later release date, given we already have two of the Titan spots plugged: Fort Max and Trypticon.

That being said, I fully respect that we also have no concrete proof outside of He Said that He Said, and history is full of Hasbro concepts and Good Intentions that simply didn't have room to be fulfilled.

That is an awesome source. I'm not poking fun at ya, it just made me giggle. Friend of a friend a friend of a designer. Lol

william-james88 wrote:

Oh, crap. His Shoulder joint. Is that a little bridge peice that pressure-fit/snaps onto the round rotator joint? Am I seeing that right? How long until the weight of his arm, or something heavy in his hand, pulls that joint loose. Eek!

william-james88 wrote:Also, while I like the mold of Megatron (which will be awesome as Blitzwing), I really hate how he looks with all that unpainted plastic. It looks really bad.



Compare that to the Leader who was instead completely painted:


Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Megatron Gallery

Let's just pray that Hasbro might make some changes. Also, those chest stickers contrast disgustingly eye-sore-ishly well. Silver paint would look much better with those too.

Gnaw looks amazing. Megatron...is pretty iffy though!

NassaDane wrote:No no no no no no! Why is Weirdwolf's mouth now RED?? It was pink before and that was the best part about him. How could they change that? Biggest reason he was better for the Hasbro version despite the lacking head. Crap!

Oh no they changed it from one shade of red to another shade of red Hasbro sucks...







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SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, while I like the mold of Megatron (which will be awesome as Blitzwing), I really hate how he looks with all that unpainted plastic. It looks really bad.



Compare that to the Leader who was instead completely painted:


Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Megatron Gallery

Let's just pray that Hasbro might make some changes. Also, those chest stickers contrast disgustingly eye-sore-ishly well. Silver paint would look much better with those too.

It's on display, you know how bad those can be sometimes. They look like the hinges will go over and lock in