The Energon Pub

by **Throttlebotsrevenge** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 4:14 pm

I got some gift cards. I used them to order a Combiner Wars Victorion, and then Generations Sky-Byte, Rattrap, and Waspinator.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 7:57 pm

After going through hell with the unreliable "Saturday" bus services at Laval, I just had 10 minutes to hunt and shop at TrU. Appart the poopy PoP voyager Grimlock and Starscream, there were nothing else in PoP. Except a lone Rodimus Prime hidden along an armada of Overlords. So I picked him up. At 13$ off, it wasn't so bad. I'll unpack and judge him later. The TLK deluxes were at 15$CAN only so I finally picked Crosshair. It's a pretty solid mold with a simple transformation, a great bot mode, and a sexy, sexy car mode. However, he's WAY too green. In due time, I'll touch up his paint like I did for Cogman.

Those may be my last TF purchases of 2017. But my pay is this week so..............

by **Throttlebotsrevenge** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:03 pm

My PotP Dinobot Slash finally came in the mail today. I'm very happy with the purchase. She compliments my G1 Dinobots well, and if to people uninitiated with Transformer collecting, they could be forgiven for not realizing she was not released at the same time. The molding on the velociraptor head and body perfectly match up with G1 styling. She also scales very well next to the other Dinobots. Very happy. :-D

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:16 am

For Christmas I was given TR Overlord as a present. It was totally unexpected and it made my Christmas. I had been hunting for this figure for a while. I must say it's a very solid and imposing figure, goes great with CW Magnus and PE Warden. I don't intend to use the Prime Master feature in the chest, but I put Rodimus Prime from the Velocitron set in Dreadnaut's place, and it doesn't look bad. If I find Ominus from Sky Shadow by himself I'll get him to go with Dreadnaut. Until then, he will represent the IDW version. Unless there is a Titan Master out there that resembles Ominus?

Anyway tl;dr I got Overlord for Christmas and I'm very happy.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Dec 27, 2017 5:09 pm

I had a very modest xmas TF haul - my mother-in-law got me PotP Dreadwind.

I held that figure several times, but could never pull the trigger. Turns out to be fantastic and I just love the deco. Even though it shares a lot of parts with Skydive, the new parts/deco really make it, its own thing. All I can see is a purple hooded super hero though :lol:

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Wed Dec 27, 2017 6:55 pm

I got Alternators Mister with reprolables for Christmas!

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:44 am

Felt like crap so treated myself. Bought one of those heavily price-reduced cute RC Sqweeks for £17.49. Titans Brainstorm for £19.99 (was sorta done with that line but I didn't know Brainstorm came out in the UK so I thought I'd have a look especially since I got his Toyhax sticker sheet for 1 cent when I ordered some others a while back). And found that G1-esque RID Grimlock in Oxfam for 99 pence. Kinda fun figure but I so hate that off center RID Autobot insignia and the fact it's indented. Interesting leg/tail transformation. Seems better at doing what it does than the PotP Grimlock. Oh and I got another TMNT OotS foot soldier biker for £1.99 cos I love these lil figures.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:39 pm

Appart Brainstorm, those are some nice deals!
Scratch that, even Brainstorm is a deal because being able to find it in the wild is a feat in itself.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:48 pm

I went a little spending happy this holiday season. I'm waiting on one more package that comes tomorrow, then I'll share a pic.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:54 pm

Picked up PotP Jazz today, it was a surprisingly simple transformation. But the figure looks good on a shelf. I also saw Dreadwind, I'm thinking about going back to pick him up tomorrow. Darkwing is coming in a later wave, correct?

News Credits: 1 · by **ebo716** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:34 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Picked up PotP Jazz today, it was a surprisingly simple transformation. But the figure looks good on a shelf. I also saw Dreadwind, I'm thinking about going back to pick him up tomorrow. Darkwing is coming in a later wave, correct?

Yeah, he’s coming in wave 2.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:35 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Picked up PotP Jazz today, it was a surprisingly simple transformation. But the figure looks good on a shelf. I also saw Dreadwind, I'm thinking about going back to pick him up tomorrow. Darkwing is coming in a later wave, correct?

Yup, wave 2

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:12 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Appart Brainstorm, those are some nice deals!
Scratch that, even Brainstorm is a deal because being able to find it in the wild is a feat in itself.

Yeah, on the pegs they had Kup, Misfire, Hot Rod who were £18.99 and Hardhead at £17.99 so I guess Brainstorm was a bit more expensive cos kinda rare. Like I said just suprised cos I didn't realise you could get it at all in UK especially hanging up on a peg.
They also had the Cloudburst, Skullgrin and Metalhawk, Windcharger, Skrapnel PotP figures and Seapray but I wasn't fussed about those.

Brainstorm is a nice figure even though blatantly Blurr-Storm (miss having two tailfins especially when he's got two fake ones on his shoulders... and that cockpit ain't exactly easy to see out of. Also where's his vehicle mode flight stand port?) and I had quite a bit of fun with RC Sqweeks so quite happy with that too.

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:14 pm

Got cash for Christmas, so picked up TLK Cybertron from TRU for £45.

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/toys/transform ... 9085890001

Used discount code 8086839990 to get £5 off orders over £30.

by **Throttlebotsrevenge** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:50 pm

Legends Nightbird came in the mail yesterday! I'm quite impressed with her. I think I like this one better than her mold mate, Thrilling 30 Arcee. I've got her displayed with her swords attached to her arms, holding her sais, and a blaster on each hip.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:05 pm

Basically ... everything I got this month. Thank **** for Legends Decepticons, because the rest suck.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:38 am

Okay, so here are my hauls for the last 2 months or so.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:30 am

Burn wrote:Basically ... everything I got this month. Thank **** for Legends Decepticons, because the rest suck.

Why would you get a leader movie Optimus? What is this the first time getting the mold?

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:13 am

william-james88 wrote:Why would you get a leader movie Optimus? What is this the first time getting the mold?

Movie Knight leader Optimus is not a bad to...
Remembering that I even got rid of AD-31
Hum.... Forget it....

Seriously, as far as Knight Optimus toys go, the big "1st edition" mold and the voyager are the superior toys... That is, until some 3p companies publish their own versions, or Takara making a MPM.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:39 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, so here are my hauls for the last 2 months or so.

Please write to me in a PM (or your collection thread and PM me a link) about which Kup you find more worthwhile.

by **Jim Maximus** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:44 pm

Hello. New here. Figured I would show off the past week’s purchases.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:35 pm

william-james88 wrote:Why would you get a leader movie Optimus? What is this the first time getting the mold?

Because I didn't do my **** homework.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:42 pm

Jim Maximus wrote:Hello. New here. Figured I would show off the past week’s purchases.

WELCOLME!

Nice score on that G1 Scorponok body. Good luck in your quest to complete it.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:24 pm

Burn wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Why would you get a leader movie Optimus? What is this the first time getting the mold?

Because I didn't do my **** homework.

I almost did the same thing, thinking the TLK prime had the same backpack to shield gimmick as Takara.

william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, so here are my hauls for the last 2 months or so.

Please write to me in a PM (or your collection thread and PM me a link) about which Kup you find more worthwhile.

Does you mean between the Hasbro and Takara headmasters? Or the MP style?

by **Jim Maximus** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 6:50 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Jim Maximus wrote:Hello. New here. Figured I would show off the past week’s purchases.

WELCOLME!

Nice score on that G1 Scorponok body. Good luck in your quest to complete it.

Thank you. I have a good ways to go. Its my project for the coming year, to slowly add his accessories.