The Energon Pub

[Rodimus Prime]

I just purchased AoE Leader Class Prime, and I like this toy, in both modes. In the photos I've seen until now, I thought the puke green windshield and sword blade would have turned me off, but surprisingly the windshield is barely noticeable in truck mode. And I freaking love this truck mode. The chromed stacks and tanks make this figure for me. Some people complain that it's too simple for a Leader figure, expecially compared to RoTF Leader, but I didn't mind. It was a fun transformation for me. Definitely the superior piece to the First Edition. I haven't tried it yet, but I wonder if DoTM Ultimate Prime's trailer fits this figure well or not. I always thought it was a bit too big for the Prime cab that came with it.

[william-james88]

I just purchased AoE Leader Class Prime, and I like this toy, in both modes.

You dont mind the big backpack? That's what turned me off most regarding this figure.

[GuyIncognito]

Picked up Voyager Grimlock today. Wasn't planning on getting it, based off pics I've seen online, but in person it looks much more appealing.

[Rodimus Prime]

I just purchased AoE Leader Class Prime, and I like this toy, in both modes.

You dont mind the big backpack? That's what turned me off most regarding this figure.

It's not a glaring problem. I guess I was too busy posing it to really think about it.

[MightyMagnus78]

Generations Springer and Sandstorm, plus I picked up DOTM Skyhammer yesterday.

[Rodimus Prime]

Just picked up a GDO Megatron to be my G2 stand-in next to AoE Evasion Prime, which will now be my G2 Prime.

[-Kanrabat-]

Another massive haul today!

Thanks to william-james88, I finally got a COMPLETE Optimal Optimus! Also, with some Beast Wars Minion. Damn you, Will, now I caught the Beast Wars bug... Need... mooooarrr....

The second half of this haul came from my usual local source that have unbeatable prices. Now, I think I kinda have every single RotF molds.
Also, DotM Q!

[Zeedust]

Animated Cheetor, Botcon '13 Mirage, Electrons, Sandstorm, and Thundercracker, and some Botcon comics from the Club store clearance.

Flip-floppping on whether to open the Botcon '13 stuff or just toss it on Ebay, but I like this Cheetor.

[Dagon]

I got AoE Scorn and Slag ( >:oP ). Kind of neat. Also I can't remember if I posted this, but I got Legends Swerve and Cosmos about a week ago.

[Zeedust]

Slag ( >:oP )

Oh, do not get me started on the AoE Dinobot naming. Whoever decided we should have a team with both Slug and Slog on it needs to put twenty bucks in the "similarly-named characters" jar. And if it weren't for Scorn's name being awesome and the team managing not to break the theme naming (everyone is an "S" except Grimlock), they wouldn't get dessert, either.

[Dagon]

Slag ( >:oP )

Oh, do not get me started on the AoE Dinobot naming. Whoever decided we should have a team with both Slug and Slog on it needs to put twenty bucks in the "similarly-named characters" jar. And if it weren't for Scorn's name being awesome and the team managing not to break the theme naming (everyone is an "S" except Grimlock), they wouldn't get dessert, either.

Thanks for that, I had a laugh.
I don't necessarily care that they renamed Slag because somebody thinks the name is profane or whatever stupid babby reason there was for it, I just get annoyed that they apparently exerted the absolute minimum amount of effort to rename him. They can call him whatever they want to, and if I call him Slag, 90% of the people that I'd either say that or type that to will know who I'm talking about. But Scorn and to some degree Slash show that it would have been possible to come up with another S-name without the barest minimum of single vowel change.

I also agree: Slug and Slog at the same time? Dumb.

[Zeedust]

Slag ( >:oP )

Oh, do not get me started on the AoE Dinobot naming. Whoever decided we should have a team with both Slug and Slog on it needs to put twenty bucks in the "similarly-named characters" jar. And if it weren't for Scorn's name being awesome and the team managing not to break the theme naming (everyone is an "S" except Grimlock), they wouldn't get dessert, either.

Thanks for that, I had a laugh.
I don't necessarily care that they renamed Slag because somebody thinks the name is profane or whatever stupid babby reason there was for it, I just get annoyed that they apparently exerted the absolute minimum amount of effort to rename him. They can call him whatever they want to, and if I call him Slag, 90% of the people that I'd either say that or type that to will know who I'm talking about. But Scorn and to some degree Slash show that it would have been possible to come up with another S-name without the barest minimum of single vowel change.

I also agree: Slug and Slog at the same time? Dumb.

If I was in charge of renaming, I'd have gone with Snarl for the Triceratops like in Animated, and given the Stegosaurus the name Striker like they did for the Beast Machines era Dinobots. But maybe that's just me.

[skidflap]

Found wave 1 of AOE deluxe and voyager figures plus custom kreon lockdown.

[Dagon]

Slag ( >:oP )

Oh, do not get me started on the AoE Dinobot naming. Whoever decided we should have a team with both Slug and Slog on it needs to put twenty bucks in the "similarly-named characters" jar. And if it weren't for Scorn's name being awesome and the team managing not to break the theme naming (everyone is an "S" except Grimlock), they wouldn't get dessert, either.

Thanks for that, I had a laugh.
I don't necessarily care that they renamed Slag because somebody thinks the name is profane or whatever stupid babby reason there was for it, I just get annoyed that they apparently exerted the absolute minimum amount of effort to rename him. They can call him whatever they want to, and if I call him Slag, 90% of the people that I'd either say that or type that to will know who I'm talking about. But Scorn and to some degree Slash show that it would have been possible to come up with another S-name without the barest minimum of single vowel change.

I also agree: Slug and Slog at the same time? Dumb.

If I was in charge of renaming, I'd have gone with Snarl for the Triceratops like in Animated, and given the Stegosaurus the name Striker like they did for the Beast Machines era Dinobots. But maybe that's just me.

No, it's not just you. That would have been far better than Slug and Slog.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I love me some Kre-O!

I received a tip-off from a family friend that a store was going to be remodeling and was putting most of its stock 70% off. Of course, I checked it out despite me knowing its TF stock is rather poor, but what the hey. My reward:



Kre-O Transformers Megatron

Furthermore, I had to buy something at a Kruidvat (a Drug Store chain) and saw something good and bad. The Good: DotM Deluxes at €6.99. The Bad: each store only received solid cases, meaning multiples of a single figure. The UGLY: The first two stores had a version of Bumblebee, the third (my local one) had Topspin. I swear if I saw another Bumblebee there I was gonna scream.

[william-james88]

Another massive haul today!

Thanks to william-james88, I finally got a COMPLETE Optimal Optimus! Also, with some Beast Wars Minion. Damn you, Will, now I caught the Beast Wars bug... Need... mooooarrr....

Glad you are getting more massive hauls, its always fun to have those. And I am glad you dont mind the Beast Wars line. Them being animals who already have limbs, it is always interesting to see how they tunr an animal into a robot. The transformations are sometime simpler because both modes use the same limbs, but it makes them kibble free. We have been seeing this come back with the Beast HUnter Predacons and the upcoming dinobots. What I always found fun in Beast Wars were the animals who didnt have standard limbs like Rampage, Depth Charge, Quickstrike, Scavenger and Powerpinch. The transformations are always interesting and the alt modes are pretty cool too. Although he was the prime example of a shelfwarmer in his day, I always found Scavengar to be a very interesting transformer who completely changes from beast to robot mode, using all the parts available.


And since this is a toy haul thread, let me share what I got yesterday:

HTFD Breacher (finally!!!)
Alternators Tracks
Target Exclusive Abominus
...and... Takara Voyager Cybertron Starscream!

[Ballistic90]

It's been a busy week. First, I got voyager evasion mode optimus prime and slug, then I got cosmos and payload (or what ever his name is), then I got scorn, crosshairs and voyager grimlock. Im liking these figures more than I thought I would.

[Genocide G2.0]

This/last weeks haul and these are the first HasTak i have bought this year .. actually it could be in a year ?

[thedistinctroom]

Beast Wars 2nd Bigmos MIB

[Erailea]

We call to order the council of chibs. All hail Cybertron!

Found these guys at TRU yesterday.

[thedistinctroom]

Beast Wars Air Hammer Fuzor
Beast Wars 2nd Scuba

[Zeedust]

Package arrived from BBTS today. Generations Legends Tailgate and Groundbuster and Shrapnel and Reflector.

[william-james88]

I had posted this pic in the identification help page because I didnt know who the emperor palpatine transformer was (I obviously do now). And I had posted it because it was in a classified add for 30$ and I was curious about the lot. As you can tell from the pic, the transformers look far from complete to downright broken.



I still went for it and as it turns out, the Cybertron Optimus is actually complete with 3 missiles and his key. Wing Saber also came with a bunch of his accessories and his key and the emperor was only missing the missile and minifig. The lot also came with a barebones Supreme Starscream and while I already had the Takara voyager, it is fun to now have someone to rival my Armada Unicron.






For 30$ this was more than worth it. I love the combined Prime and Wing Saber supermode, it is amazing looking. And though he is not complete, I really love transforming Skyhammer. I never had this mold before and I love how complex yet intuitive he is. It is probably one of my favourite arm transformations ever.

[-Kanrabat-]

Will, you lucky sonova. 30$ is a steal for Cybertron Optimus. To have all those bonus ones as well is downright ridiculous! Congrats for the find!

I too, should beging to check the classified.

[Rodimus Prime]

I acquired a 2010 Unicron for $120 shipped, thanks to THIS GUY ^^

and I love it. (Still haven't transformed it. It looks too damn good in planet mode... )