The Energon Pub

News Credits: 10 · Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:35 am

My latest PoL arrived two days early!

Combiner Wars
Powerglide
Thundercracker
Windcharger
Bombshell

Alpha Bravo
Firefly
Skydive
Dragstrip

Optimus Prime
Silverbolt

Generations Chromia x2 (planning to customize one)

BadCube Brawny & Backland
MBC002 Military Titans with MBC002-P Bonus Parts

Agent Coulson's Vintage Captain America Trading Cards Set New Packaging

News Credits: 41 · Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:17 am

I don't deliberately double down on duplicate designs, but Doubledealer's deco is decadently delightful. He will definitely be doing dirty deeds in my Decepticon display.
TRU coupons make it easier to double dip too.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:18 am

My Transformers construct bots Shockwave came today yay

News Credits: 5 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:19 pm

XLordXGrimlockX wrote:My Transformers construct bots Shockwave came today yay

Which one? I'm trying to make a hybrid of both.

In haul news, I got that KO over-sized 'Abominus', and some great trades from fellow board members. Including:

I-Gear Rager (4th ann.)
MP Megatron
MP Sideswipe (factionless)
FOC Thundercracker

Still can't get Powerglide but, reading that list, how can I complain?

For the people no longer wondering, my rubbish Christmas haul photo was as follows:

MP Prowl
MP G2 Sideswipe
GDO Dead-End
Generations Blitzwing
Generations Orion Pax
Generations Whirl
Generations Brainstorm
Music Label Spark Blue Soundwave

Don't you wish your girlfriend was a geek like mine?

News Credits: 101 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:03 pm

Found a strange UFO at a thrift store last night. It's not a transformers. It's some kind of lunchbox-like spaceship that convert into a base of sort. I will use it as part of my Cyberverse War display. I think it's a 2$ well spendt.

Anyone know what it is and from what toyline it came from?

News Credits: 20 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:12 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Found a strange UFO at a thrift store last night. It's not a transformers. It's some kind of lunchbox-like spaceship that convert into a base of sort. I will use it as part of my Cyberverse War display. I think it's a 2$ well spendt.

Anyone know what it is and from what toyline it came from?

That is the Maximal Mobile Base from Beast Wars II. $2 for THAT is a good find!
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Mobile_Base

News Credits: 101 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:16 pm

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:That is the Maximal Mobile Base from Beast Wars II. $2 for THAT is a good find!

Nice try!

I don't think "Takara" is spelled "B-L-U-E B-O-X".

Still, if it resemble that thing, that's kinda awesome. I'll need to put in fresh batteries to check what kind of sounds it make.

News Credits: 20 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:19 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:That is the Maximal Mobile Base from Beast Wars II. $2 for THAT is a good find!

Nice try!
I don't think "Takara" is spelled "B-L-U-E B-O-X".

Still, if it resemble that thing, that's kinda awesome. I'll need to put in fresh batteries to check what kind of sounds it make.

That's because it was made by Blue-Box toys, not Takara.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:20 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:That is the Maximal Mobile Base from Beast Wars II. $2 for THAT is a good find!

Nice try!
I don't think "Takara" is spelled "B-L-U-E B-O-X".

Still, if it resemble that thing, that's kinda awesome. I'll need to put in fresh batteries to check what kind of sounds it make.

It actually is the Maximal Mobile Base as shown in the first Beast Wars II catalog. TakaraTomy probably licensed it from or outsourced it to Bluebox for use in their own line, which explains why it looks nothing like the Yukikaze, the Maximal ship of the series. If memory serves me correctly, it's supposed to be used with the decoy-like game pieces from the same line.

News Credits: 101 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:24 pm

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:That is the Maximal Mobile Base from Beast Wars II. $2 for THAT is a good find!

Nice try!
I don't think "Takara" is spelled "B-L-U-E B-O-X".

Still, if it resemble that thing, that's kinda awesome. I'll need to put in fresh batteries to check what kind of sounds it make.

That's because it was made by Blue-Box toys, not Takara.

For real? What kind of figures went with that base? non-articulated, non transforming figures perhaps?

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Holy sh!t, you were not joking!

That random thing IS a Transformers!!!

News Credits: 20 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:40 pm

I can't seem to find a price listing for it though. So for now the listed price for a Beast Wars II Maximal Mobile Base that's missing it's accessories is $2!

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:03 pm

Guys, this is the strangest, most wonderful, and best news I've heard all day.
CONGRATS BATS!!

News Credits: 101 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:07 pm

Cobotron wrote:Guys, this is the strangest, most wonderful, and best news I've heard all day.
CONGRATS BATS!!

Oh lol! That was completely COMPLETELY unexpected! :lol:

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:13 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Guys, this is the strangest, most wonderful, and best news I've heard all day.
CONGRATS BATS!!

Oh lol! That was completely COMPLETELY unexpected!

I think it should be newsed. :lol:

News Credits: 101 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:16 pm

Cobotron wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Guys, this is the strangest, most wonderful, and best news I've heard all day.
CONGRATS BATS!!

Oh lol! That was completely COMPLETELY unexpected!

I think it should be newsed.

After a quick Ebay dive, I found out that this toy is rare as balls. Only one is available as a centerpeice of a 500-600$ lot! :shock:

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:22 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Guys, this is the strangest, most wonderful, and best news I've heard all day.
CONGRATS BATS!!

Oh lol! That was completely COMPLETELY unexpected!

I think it should be newsed.

After a quick Ebay dive, I found out that this toy is rare as balls. Only one is available as a centerpeice of a 500-600$ lot!

Balls are actually pretty common ( :lol:

), but I didn't know that thing even existed. Your Cyberverse plan sounds great. How do deluxes scale up? It looks huge. Once you get some batteries in there, come back and give us a tour of it's play features.

I can't believe it. 2 freakin bucks!

News Credits: 293 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:42 pm

ITS FINALLY HAPPENED!

News Credits: 41 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:45 pm

shajaki wrote:ITS FINALLY HAPPENED!

You son of a gun! You don't mess around, do ya?
NOICE!

EDIT: those aren't G1 BTW.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:03 pm

shajaki wrote:ITS FINALLY HAPPENED!

Nice! Hope you have as much fun with them as I have. I'm for ever swapping the limbs between OP and SB and changing them for arm to leg and back. While overall I do prefer the 3P combiners for my Classics collection, they don't come close to these for play value!

News Credits: 293 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:20 pm

Cobotron wrote:You son of a gun! You don't mess around, do ya?
NOICE!

EDIT: those aren't G1 BTW.

i do mess around actually... i was so intoxicated with the Cw figures (and beer actually) that i totally spaced on the RID figures right next to them! id have at least gotten BB :-(

and yes. thanks to shockblast, i am now very aware G1 is long over and dead. all hail G3 >:oP

Arctorro wrote:While overall I do prefer the 3P combiners for my Classics collection, they don't come close to these for play value!

after hearing so much about the CW figures, thats EXACTLY what im expecting.

News Credits: 20 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:26 pm

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:You son of a gun! You don't mess around, do ya?
NOICE!

EDIT: those aren't G1 BTW.
i do mess around actually... i was so intoxicated with the Cw figures (and beer actually) that i totally spaced on the RID figures right next to them! id have at least gotten BB

and yes. thanks to shockblast, i am now very aware G1 is long over and dead. all hail G3

Arctorro wrote:While overall I do prefer the 3P combiners for my Classics collection, they don't come close to these for play value!
after hearing so much about the CW figures, thats EXACTLY what im expecting.

Where did you find those? Are there more? How much were they? Did you see any Generations Arcee/Chromia there?

News Credits: 293 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:43 pm

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Where did you find those? Are there more? How much were they? Did you see any Generations Arcee/Chromia there?

what the HELL fires?? youre in edmonton?! why dont you post in the canada sightings thread?

i found them at TRU in the west, and no arcee/chromia/brainstorm. nor have i seen them yet anywhere else. but i hold out hope for walmart still.

check the prices!

Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:18 am

Shockwave Construct Bots V1 non Beast Hunters not much of a haul but hey it's Shockwave he's awesome

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:12 pm

XLordXGrimlockX wrote:Shockwave Construct Bots V1 non Beast Hunters not much of a haul but hey it's Shockwave he's awesome

Nice. What is it about other people's photography? See, your pic makes me want it, but I've already got it, mine just doesn't look as good. Maybe I'm just naturally covetous

.

News Credits: 293 · Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:55 am

well it took some doing, but i finally righted the wrong of selling my lio convoys a few years ago. midway last year i got the regular and flash at great prices, and it took some patience but ive completed the trio with the black!

also, RID BB and legends prime! BB is the perfect mix of simplicity and functionality. the car mode is has the sharp edges i love, and the bots aesthetics are nice, and hes poseable enough to enjoy playing around with. and prime.. is a legends class figure. neat lil dude, but i wish he had knee joints.