The Energon Pub

News Credits: 101 · Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:07 pm

Emerje wrote:The latter if someone makes a kit or I can figure out a way. But also because I didn't want to pay for shipping and preferred paying $52 for two than $35 for one.

Emerje

Eh, why not? You could always trade the extra at a later date.

Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:24 am

The World's Largest collection of G1 Prime variants?
Not everyday do you get 100+ G1 Optimus Primes! I work at a vintage toy and collectable store and I was lucky enough to be part of this haul. The original owner was dedicated to finding every variant of G1 Prime he could, with collection including the Original Diaclone, as well as various Takara Releases, GiG Italy, Ceji Red and Blue Feet, American and Canadian Pepsi Prime as well Portuguese, Gold Box Classics, original 1984 shipping case, Lucky Draw and many more! Its such an insane haul I had to share it! Added a few of the primes to my collection as well as the Transformers Jr. Chromedome/Prime/Fort Max Boxset.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:23 am

Okay, that's ridiculously EPIC! 8-)

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:54 pm

PDXtoycollective wrote:The World's Largest collection of G1 Prime variants?
Not everyday do you get 100+ G1 Optimus Primes! I work at a vintage toy and collectable store and I was lucky enough to be part of this haul. The original owner was dedicated to finding every variant of G1 Prime he could, with collection including the Original Diaclone, as well as various Takara Releases, GiG Italy, Ceji Red and Blue Feet, American and Canadian Pepsi Prime as well Portuguese, Gold Box Classics, original 1984 shipping case, Lucky Draw and many more! Its such an insane haul I had to share it! Added a few of the primes to my collection as well as the Transformers Jr. Chromedome/Prime/Fort Max Boxset.

This is absolutely amazing

News Credits: 22 · Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:52 pm

Wow.

That is serious dedication! :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 9 · Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:35 pm

PDXtoycollective wrote:The World's Largest collection of G1 Prime variants?

That's a hell of a lot of awesome! Thanks for sharing the flicks. Would love to see more, if possible.
:APPLAUSE:

Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:53 pm

Hey thanks for all the support! Its genuinely a monumental collection! Obviously we're a store so 90% of these are going be sold lol however before we get to that yes we're going to be extensively cataloging and photographing all of these variants as we'll like never have 70+ unique vintage OPs from around the world in one place ever again. Spare pic of some of the modern ones set aside. 15th anniversary, New Years special (love that action master) JAFCON, Lucky Draw, Beater vintage C01 Convoy, aaaaand walmart for some reason.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:41 am

Picked up the Rescue Bots-style Optimus Primal at Walmart this morning, first time I've seen those three figures from the "Classic Heroes Team" line. He's a little pricy at $11, but he's kinda fun to fidget with.

Emerje

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:03 pm

ok theres something WEIRD going on with smyths in ireland.

i dont know if its the same in the UK but theyve got the new wave with needlenose, tarn , elita one, hotshot , etc. along with a fair smattering of cosmos and jhiaxus in BUT its no showing on their website.

i only found out by dropping in by chance on the way to do some shopping for the ma.

also theyre doing reductions on velocitron blurr , studio bumblebee ironhide and junkheap.

the latter two of which the website said they had none of at ALL in my area.

End of the story is i picked up junkheap for 18 euro and one of the two TARNs they had.

it might be worth fellow collectors time to just check out whatever store holds the same postion near you on the off chance you get a bargain.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:04 pm

Some new guys arrived today. I found Elita and Primal at Walmart, and Primal was $4, so I could not say no, especially since I now have a baby on the way, and i need to start preparing the fun kiddie pile of toys to share with her.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:56 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I found Elita and Primal at Walmart, and Primal was $4

Wow, now I'm thinking I should have just held off on buying Primal Tuesday. My store only just got them this week, they filled three pegs with them, one for each figure and probably had more elsewhere. They've already removed all of the clearance stuff from the aisles so they probably aren't going to be reduced any time soon. I'll hold off on Grimlock I guess.

Emerje

News Credits: 42 · Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:27 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:especially since I now have a baby on the way, and i need to start preparing the fun kiddie pile of toys to share with her.

Congrats! Enjoy every minute, even the stressful ones. As someone who's youngest just turned 20, it goes really fast.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:32 pm

Even more G2-y goodness arrived today

News Credits: 101 · Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:16 pm

I went to my local geek store.

I got the bird.

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News Credits: 4877 · Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:48 pm

Here's my haul

News Credits: 101 · Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:53 pm

william-james88 wrote:Here's my haul

Motormaster for 20$.....
.............wat.............

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:02 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Here's my haul

Motormaster for 20$.....
.............wat.............

Was a returned item, so open box. A true stroke of luck

News Credits: 101 · Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:07 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Here's my haul

Motormaster for 20$.....
.............wat.............

Was a returned item, so open box. A true stroke of luck

A returned item...
Most places wouldn't have changed the price or they would have barely shove 5$ off even if the box was missing half of its content à la Winners.

If that Motormaster is 100% complete and unbroken, indeed that is quite lucky!

Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:59 am

Mind you, they do have incoming new stuff to make space for.

Speaking of returned items, look what I won for 25 cents plus shipping (total of $11.73):

This one very much was broken, hence it being so cheap.

But it was a simple repair...

And now he's back together.

News Credits: 101 · Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:07 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Speaking of returned items, look what I won for 25 cents plus shipping (total of $11.73):

This one very much was broken, hence it being so cheap.

But it was a simple repair...

That's a eBay win?
A GREAT win indeed!
It's also nice that the seller wasn't one of those guy who just break the deal if the thing doesn't sell for high enough.

Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:43 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Speaking of returned items, look what I won for 25 cents plus shipping (total of $11.73):

This one very much was broken, hence it being so cheap.

But it was a simple repair...

That's a eBay win?
A GREAT win indeed!
It's also nice that the seller wasn't one of those guy who just break the deal if the thing doesn't sell for high enough.

It was indeed an eBay win. And yes, I am indeed pleased that the seller wasn't one of those stupid jerks who don't know what reserve bids are for.

Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:13 am

My haul for the week. Luckily found the lone Leo Prime at Target. Got the six Earthspark figures at Walmart. While simple, they are pretty nice and inexpensive so I couldn't resist.

News Credits: 13 · Sat Feb 11, 2023 12:24 pm

The past week has been a bit fruitful for me, and I have a few others on the way

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:12 pm

My G2 adventure continues

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:08 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My G2 adventure continues

Fun fact, the same time that figure was released '95 we almost got another figure from Hasbro that was also named Road Pig in G.I.Joe and was also supposed to canonically be a ninja but was canceled.

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Emerje