The Energon Pub

[shajaki]

On the bright side, it looks like you will have no trouble troop building Sweeps if you want to

Who's wanna do that?

I've observed
and noticed
Hasbro loves Canada
in 2016!

Early arrivals,
overstock,
sales,
the shelves are rarely bare!

It's giving me
yet another reason
to love
and hate
and move
to Canada.

Haiku's? I'm not sure you're doing them right.

[Bumblebee21]

we all know who would want to do that and did that

[shajaki]

we all know who would want to do that and did that

[Bumblebee21]

we all know who would want to do that and did that

i know that
i would try and find that pic but im tooo lazy

[bodrock]

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I would definitely say the Platinum Dinobots are easily worth the 45 bucks!!

I mean, at $9 each, I can't complain too much about how all of them kinda feel a bit flimsy, despite looking much better with the G1-style bot-heads than the AOE-proper.

My faves remain Snarl and Swoop, but it's a great set - especially at this price!

Sorry for the iPhone pics! ;p

[-Kanrabat-]

I would definitely say the Platinum Dinobots are easily worth the 45 bucks!!

Even is you already had the original AOE fruity Dinobots, it would have been madness to pass this set at such a ridiculous price. And it's an even greater win if you didn't had any movie dinos before.

No matter the why, great catch!

[Bumblebee21]

have you tried transforming snarl.
my legs arent tabbing in
i can recommend all but sludge.hes a floppy mess

[-Kanrabat-]

Hes a floppy mess

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[Bumblebee21]

im not sure if that will work on his joints

[fenrir72]

Action toys Bike robo. Megatron needs a beotch to bully from ebay. Next on target is Eagle robo.

[Ironhidensh]

Look what Voyager I found (and bought) at Walmart today!



I will make sure to keep the receipt this time.

Anyways, this toy has great engineering which is why it pains me so much that they went all cheap with his qc. So much pegging relies on pressure or friction and for a symetrical toy, the two sides act so differently, its riving me a bit nuts. Love that airplane mode though, very smart how they actually gave him landing gear. I also wish that turret would peg in somewhere in any mode (if it does, let me know!)

I'd really hoped the poor QC was just an isolated case with mine, but it appears not.

Here is to hoping they fix the many issues when Blitzwing comes out.

[william-james88]

I'd really hoped the poor QC was just an isolated case with mine, but it appears not.

Here is to hoping they fix the many issues when Blitzwing comes out.

I dont think its the qc but instead the method of tabs in this case. A lot of it is friction based and in relation to how the plastic can bend a bit. Its so dependent on how pieces are placed that QC can only go so far. Its like MP Track's chest cliping to his back. Its better QC than RID Sideswipe, but its such a bad design and engineering choice that its can never be perfect. The chest will never be as secure as a scneraio where there would be more hinge points (for example, MP Hot Rodimus fixed that issue by having 3 very tight tab areas). So I think its a design issue, which is too bad since it means Blitzwing wont catch a break again.

[Kurona]

I'd really hoped the poor QC was just an isolated case with mine, but it appears not.

Here is to hoping they fix the many issues when Blitzwing comes out.

I dont think its the qc but instead the method of tabs in this case. A lot of it is friction based and in relation to how the plastic can bend a bit. Its so dependent on how pieces are placed that QC can only go so far. Its like MP Track's chest cliping to his back. Its better QC than RID Sideswipe, but its such a bad design and engineering choice that its can never be perfect. The chest will never be as secure as a scneraio where there would be more hinge points (for example, MP Hot Rodimus fixed that issue by having 3 very tight tab areas). So I think its a design issue, which is too bad since it means Blitzwing wont catch a break again.

I mean... it's just one issue, right? The robot's still fine and it just means there's a few things on the alt modes that don't stay pegged in perfectly.

[william-james88]

I mean... it's just one issue, right? The robot's still fine and it just means there's a few things on the alt modes that don't stay pegged in perfectly.

Its the whole toy actually. There arent enough secure tabs. tucking the feet in requires you to bend the plastic (really odd choice), the treads on his shoulders dont tab anywhere so they will flop around if you move him. the wings in the back dont tab anywhere either, and they dont tab on the tank mode, which is super odd since it looked like they did initially. Or at least it would make sense that they do. It actually reminds me a lot of Gen Blitzwing in terms of the tabs not being strong or based on flimsy friction. The shoulders joints are fine though. Also, of all the modes, its the airplane that has the tightest connections with no pieces ever being loose.

[Ironhidensh]

I mean... it's just one issue, right? The robot's still fine and it just means there's a few things on the alt modes that don't stay pegged in perfectly.

Its the whole toy actually. There arent enough secure tabs. tucking the feet in requires you to bend the plastic (really odd choice), the treads on his shoulders dont tab anywhere so they will flop around if you move him. the wings in the back dont tab anywhere either, and they dont tab on the tank mode, which is super odd since it looked like they did initially. Or at least it would make sense that they do. It actually reminds me a lot of Gen Blitzwing in terms of the tabs not being strong or based on flimsy friction. The shoulders joints are fine though. Also, of all the modes, its the airplane that has the tightest connections with no pieces ever being loose.

Really? The airplane mold Holds well for you? Interesting. On mine, it's the tank mold.

[william-james88]

Really? The airplane mold Holds well for you? Interesting. On mine, it's the tank mold.

WHAT?!

Lets just recap here. the jet wings just fold onto the tank and dont clip anywhere right? And one of the tabs that goes into his fists in tank mode doesnt actually hold right?

[Kurona]

Maybe you just both got unlucky?
It's very weird though; you both got QC issues but in completely different places...

[bodrock]

Hes a floppy mess

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

I'm gonna hafta try this on Skullcruncher.

I will take some actual dino pics as well, lol

[nycPrime]

Hes a floppy mess

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

I'm gonna hafta try this on Skullcruncher.

I will take some actual dino pics as well, lol

Didn't feel like buying pledge. Used my wife's nail polish on a few figures, including skullcruncher, and it worked like a charm.

[Bumblebee21]

nail polish wears off faster

[bodrock]

Hes a floppy mess

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

I'm gonna hafta try this on Skullcruncher.

I will take some actual dino pics as well, lol

Didn't feel like buying pledge. Used my wife's nail polish on a few figures, including skullcruncher, and it worked like a charm.

Oh, well waifu's nail polish it is, then!

[triKlops]

Botcon 2015 Waruder 4 pack
60 bucks plus shipping was a much more acceptable price then the original almost 200

[william-james88]

Found Cybertron Menasor today and got him. Got some other stuff too





And am I the only one who finds it odd that the tank mode for TR Megatron has the wings line up not paralel to the treads?

[fenrir72]

Hes a floppy mess

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

I'm gonna hafta try this on Skullcruncher.

I will take some actual dino pics as well, lol

Didn't feel like buying pledge. Used my wife's nail polish on a few figures, including skullcruncher, and it worked like a charm.

I used to do the nail polish route. believe me, Pledge is better,especially for Skullcruncher.

[Cobotron]

HOORAY FOR CYBERTRON MENASOR!!!