The Energon Pub

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:28 pm

I got me the TF: Cloud Purple Whirl/Shockwave figure. He's pretty cool!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:52 pm

new years haul!
(came in the mail yesterday)

united ark unicron, lost age galvatron, alertnity thundercracker, SG ultra magnus (thanks megatronus

) and my third and final henkei dinobot!

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:22 pm

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:CONGRATS Wilcosu35! That's a great robo. Thanks for sharing.

Hey Canadian homies, isn't Ages 3 and UP a Canadian shop? Are their prices and shipping any more reasonable, or is it the exchange rate that gets you every time?
for being a canadian shop, its really irritating that everything they do is in USD. their prices arent much different than any others, so i havent tried them out yet.

Not only that, but being Canadians who buy from a Canadian shop, they have to charge us all the federal and provincial taxes too.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:01 pm

At the in-laws for 2nd Crimus. My mother-in-law is too good to me. I'm finally in the MP Prime club. :DANCE:

Edit: I should say, the MP-10 club.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:07 pm

Good reading material too.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:38 pm

RiD Warriors Bumblebee and Legion Bumblebee and Optimus, and the little Angry Birds Heatwave figure.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:41 pm

Cobotron wrote:
At the in-laws for 2nd Crimus. My mother-in-law is too good to me. I'm finally in the MP Prime club.

Edit: I should say, the MP-10 club.

You'll let me know what you think. I hope to have brought down your expectations enough

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:58 pm

I just got this sleek ba$tard: Takara Legends Gelshar (Sky-byte)

This is by far the definitive version of the mold only because the Hasbro version's deco is nothing close to the RID character from the show. The original toy is more accurate than that simply for the shade of blue and the fact that it has the asymmetric chest.

Maybe it's the greatly improved deco, but I don't get the negativity for this guy. This, to me, is one of the best examples of an upgraded mold. It is very similar to the original, but offers a much sleeker design with less kibble and improved paneling. At the same time, he is still nice and hefty where he should be, such as his tail arm and his torso, with a very beast wars head. Also, I will ALWAYS take alt mode integration over fake parts. And this is , technically, the very first original mold for Sky-byte. I get people saying the original is better than the hasbro generations release, but this Legends version takes the cake.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:02 pm

Anyway, I found a lone Construcbots AoE Hound at my local Winners for only 8$. So, I bought it immediately. It's the only one they had and I never saw that toy in any stores ever before! Why non-dinobot AoE Construcbots sets were so badly distributed? It's like no one ever had them!

As for the hound set, I was blown away. THE THING TRANSFORM DIFFERENTLY than the previous Construcbots! Also, the set have plenty of paint aps, the headsculpt is fantastic, and even the vehicle mode is decent. If you ever find one in the wild, grab him.

I'm too lazy to take a picture. So, have some stock footage.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:44 pm

My (not) MP Swoop arrived the other day.

And in other news, while not a toy haul exactly, I almost doubled my shelf space a couple of a days ago :DANCE:

It's a work in progress, changed it about 6 times in the last 2 days, so will probably rearrange it again soon.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:19 pm

william-james88 wrote:I just got this sleek ba$tard: Takara Legends Gelshar (Sky-byte)

This is by far the definitive version of the mold only because the Hasbro version's deco is nothing close to the RID character from the show. The original toy is more accurate than that simply for the shade of blue and the fact that it has the asymmetric chest.

Maybe it's the greatly improved deco, but I don't get the negativity for this guy. This, to me, is one of the best examples of an upgraded mold. It is very similar to the original, but offers a much sleeker design with less kibble and improved paneling. At the same time, he is still nice and hefty where he should be, such as his tail arm and his torso, with a very beast wars head. Also, I will ALWAYS take alt mode integration over fake parts. And this is , technically, the very first original mold for Sky-byte. I get people saying the original is better than the hasbro generations release, but this Legends version takes the cake.

nice pics! you got it from lena right? how are the paint apps? i was a tad leery buying a skybyte from lena since the paint apps are the most important part.

the mold itself, i wasnt thrilled with but dont dislike by any means. his right arm with the fixed wrist really bugs me, and the thin legs to a lesser extent. his beast mode, even though stuck in that perma-pose, is amazing my opinion. and id keep him in shark mode on the shelf anyways, which displaying in alt mode is rare for me. its just an awesome looking shark.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:48 pm

shajaki wrote:nice pics! you got it from lena right? how are the paint apps? i was a tad leery buying a skybyte from lena since the paint apps are the most important part.

You bet I did, at an amazing price too. And the paint apps are freaken phenominal! Especially on the shark head (ou will LOVE this). And the legs do their job well. I dislike the original mold because it's very back heavy but this guy stands beautifully. As I said, this deco is the definitive version of the mold. I really feel that down the line, the Hasbro version will be forgotten but the Takara version will be desired as the placeholder for the character in one's RID collection. Like I told Kanrabat, this is a lot like the difference between Takara and Hasbro's versions of classics Rodimus, where one is clearly a more accurate deco.

I am really wondering what is up with the Hasbro color scheme. It's so off from the character model, is there any version where the robot chest is not 2 different colors?

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:34 am

Just grabbed AoE Drift today (for $8!). He's alright. I LOVED his depiction in the movie!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:04 pm

new from TRU and in the mail from lena:
dinobots unleashed, cloud shockwave, legends whirl, and BW insecticon!

oh WJ... how right you are about our friend lena. my whirl and shocky are crisp and minty. i reaaaallly hope they list some more skybytes!

by **thedistinctroom** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:52 pm

Today, I somehow strangely found myself paying $90 for a MISB Combiner Wars Superion (!) :mrgreen:

It's really not bad at all! I am actually pretty lucky to have it already.
Of course, it's a bit smaller and more simplistic than Uranos, but it works!
I'd say it's about the same size as FOC Bruticus, but waaay sturdier and much more interesting.
I like to bulk it up by bending a wing here, or switching the limbs or weapons.
The individuals that make him up are pretty good too.

My recent TF purchases lately have happily given me no regrets.
I really don't say this much around here, but...

Great job Hasbro!

by **Dagon** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:42 am

I also just got the first wave of Combiner Wars Deluxes.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:39 pm

So I picked up Legion Strongarm today. She's actually pretty fun, surprisingly poseable and pretty good looking. I wish she came with a weapon though- oh well, to Shapeways! I was considering the Deluxe/Warrior class figure but the fact it was double the price coupled with how flimsy it looked had me going "slag no".

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:37 pm

william-james88 wrote:Also, can someone tell me what this orange paper piece is?

WJ, I thought this back when you asked this question (exactly a month ago today) but, I wanted to wait to see if Santa would deliver, so I could confirm it for myself. He did, and I'm pretty sure this is the answer to your question.

Sorry for the wait.

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:54 pm

Picked up Skydive and Dragstrip. : ) Can't wait to break them out

by **thedistinctroom** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:54 pm

Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Prime

Pee-brain Prime is kinda wonky. Ultra Prime is next to hideous.

Quite the opposite of CW Superion, yet I'm glad to have it.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:23 am

this little quartet showed up at the post office today

News Credits: 3 · by **Optimizzy** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:31 am

My post is a little late but I got: Arcee, CW Prime, Dragstrip, Brainstorm, Maniaking (not-Galvatron), AoE Galvatron, Chromia, and Armored Knight Optimus Prime.

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:47 pm

some of this is a little late as i got them mid last month, but i had a trip to take so here we are now
BBTS POL Came mid december, with the Dark Energon set, Generations Chromia and Brainstorm, White Animated Prowl (gonna be my Classics Groove for now), and some non TF goodies

also got G1 Colors Slog and 2015 RID Strongarm, plus other goodies

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:06 pm

Merry FORKING Crimpus!
Great haul grimdragon. Party at your house.
I've been eying those dark energons too. There so cheap now.

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:26 pm

Cobotron wrote:Merry FORKING Crimpus!
Great haul grimdragon. Party at your house.
I've been eying those dark energons too. There so cheap now.

thanks

. The Dark Energon figures are are awesome, my Bee has a bit of a cloudy hood but he still looks, great. Gonna put some Con tats on Wheeljack to make him my Classics Slice

Get them while you can