The Energon Pub

[-Kanrabat-]

Where'd you get the Nova Prime kit? I've had that on preorder at TFSource for months and they keep pushing it back.

I got it form Age 3 & Up.
I preordered it months ago. I paid for it weeks and weeks ago. then I finally got it now. And damn, it's already sold out.

[Sabrblade]

Where'd you get the Nova Prime kit? I've had that on preorder at TFSource for months and they keep pushing it back.

I got it form Age 3 & Up.
I preordered it months ago. I paid for it weeks and weeks ago. then I finally got it now. And damn, it's already sold out.

I just canceled my preorder with TFSource and saw that BBTS has it in stock, and for two dollar cheaper than Ages 3 & Up.

[-Kanrabat-]

Where'd you get the Nova Prime kit? I've had that on preorder at TFSource for months and they keep pushing it back.

I got it form Age 3 & Up.
I preordered it months ago. I paid for it weeks and weeks ago. then I finally got it now. And damn, it's already sold out.

I just canceled my preorder with TFSource and saw that BBTS has it in stock, and for two dollar cheaper than Ages 3 & Up.

Well, the fact that BBTS have it in stock at all is infinitely more valuable than 2 bucks.

[Emerje]

^I was going to say, BBTS just charged me for my Nova kit and my Legacy Animated Motormaster kit Friday.

My local Walmart finally dropped the price on their Transformers clearance. Got a second TFOne Warrior class Quint for $7 (they still had 3 left), a Studio Series G1 Bumblebee for $9 and one of those weird little TFOne "Energon Matrix" (wut?) Optimus Prime figures for $2.

A little back tracking because I don't think I posted this from a week ago, but Walmart also had the Earthspark Tacticons (the little finger puppet things) for $3, picked up Prime, Wheeljack and Bee (already have Arcee and Hashtag, guess I'm just missing Twitch and Megatron). Also found those Hot Wheels movie deco cars, picked up a "Bumblebee".

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

But the BIG haul is this:

My local geek store will close his brick-and-mortar store at the end of the month in order to be online only. He promised me that he'll give me a box of scrap for FREE. Nice. I went and I brought my Legendary Nemesis Prime for a trade-in just in case... But when I saw the box-o-scraps, it was way too awesome to get it for free. It wouldn't be fair. So I traded him my Legendary Nemesis Prime for it.

Check it out.

Almost 50lbs of pure goodness, from G1 to modern. Just by scratching the surface of the box, there's way more than 100$ in it. And I've yet to dig into the box!

My current custom projects will get a nice boost from this!

I did some digging in my Box-O-Scraps and I found a bucketfull of spare G1 parts, a few bots that were missing just ONE piece to be complete, like a ROTF Leader Optimus Prime missing a gaz tank, tons of spare guns of various generations and a few unbroken bots, some even complete:

G1 Deadend, a legions 2007 Starscream, a CW legends Hotrod, a G2 Silverbolt, Mc Donald's BW Panther (I got a few other McD's toys, but only Panther is worth mentioning.), a Commandron, a legends Classic Bumblebee, Botshots G1 Prowl and Bay Brawl, a legends Cybertron Red Alert, (vintage?) Modo from Bikers From Mars, and a Starscream that I never wanted to buy, the PotP voyager one with null rays minus the combiner boots and the square thing.

That was a literal haul.

[triKlops]

- Collaborative The Mandalorian / N-1 Starfighter
- TFC-3 Skids
- MPG-10 Lift-Ticket
- Collaborative Kurama & Gamakichi
- MPG-11 DK-2 Guard

[-Kanrabat-]

From AliExpress, I finally was able to get the elusive Nezha Transformers!
Including chipping, it was the same price as a regular deluxe WITHOUT taxes!

If anyone is interested, here's the link:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008 ... pt=glo2fra

[Whifflefire]

I got tired of waiting for a Generations Sureshot, so on a whim I picked up a G1! I have had a Spoilsport for years, having been found in my uncle's attic while moving house many years ago with some other things, although mysteriously, without Sureshot. I'd been hoping for a updated version, and my hopes seemed to be answered when Siege Crosshairs came out, followed a little while later by Pointblank. But yet, no Sureshot, the one I needed the most! Even after having been leaked, he has yet to materialize. So I reunited the pair as they were meant to be.

My Autobot Targetmasters are thus complete, at least in a sense! But this way, should a new Sureshot come out with its own Spoilsport, I won't have to worry about orphaning the poor fellow again.

[Rodimus Prime]

I'm pretty sure the new planned Sureshot was either cancelled or at least delayed. I was looking forward completing Maximus's Steelhaven crew from the Marvel comics.

[Whifflefire]

I'm pretty sure the new planned Sureshot was either cancelled or at least delayed. I was looking forward completing Maximus's Steelhaven crew from the Marvel comics.

It would seem so. I've wondered if it could be because of the logistics of including the targetmaster, but Quake got his, and Spoilsport isn't owed any greater level of engineering than Peacemaker. Might just be space issues due to the reduction of waves for AOTP.

[-Kanrabat-]

In anticipation of the upcoming Cyberworld line, and to get that ridiculous "G2" Megatron, I imported from the UK the Transformers Autobot Hound The Last Knight TLK Knight Armor Turbo Changers.

Counting taxes and shipping, 19$US total is sure to be way cheaper than the price when it was initially released way back then.

This thing is way more fun than expected. The transformation is simple yet fun, he look good all over, and he's of a good size. I'm looking forward Cyberworld's G2 Megs!

[Sabrblade]

The face looks like Boba Fett.

[-Kanrabat-]

The face looks like Boba Fett.

*Bubba Fat.

[-Kanrabat-]

The face looks like Boba Fett.

*Bubba Fat.

Speaking of, I just had to get something new so I impulsed bought the Mandalorian X-Over when I went to Walmart. The shelves were bare-bone, but at least it was there.

Is it worth the full leader price?



Holy partsforming, Batman!



The ship is awesome.



The bot is awesome.



And the transformation was fun and intuitive to do. The only flaw is the big gun is too heavy when fully loaded for the pin joints, and it's a shame there's no small Grogu in the pod.

Worth the full leader price? Eh, at 15$CAN cheaper, it would have been a fairer price, but I'm glad I didn't miss out on that very, very good toy.

[Emerje]

Walmart had the Transformers One blind box Blokees in the Transformers section. They weren't there Friday, but this morning there was one empty tray and one full one so they must be selling well. Bought 3 of them and ended up with Wheeljack, Ironhide and a Death Tracker.

Then went to Target (way across town) while waiting for Best Buy to open to pick up an order. The transformers section was the most empty I've seen it in a couple years, definitely making room for new stuff. They did have one each of SS Voyager RotB Optimus Prime and Gamer Edition Skywarp so I grabbed Skywarp since I already have Prime.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

I went to my local geek store for the LAST time. He will close his physical store for good tomorrow to be online only.
So, for my last in-person Geek haul, I got the blue G2 Grimlock from AotP, the original AND the Siege Selects Defense Hotshot (both MIB at normal deluxe price), and a loose Legacy Jhiaxus missing his red gun but with two gray ones for only 25$CAN! Mr J will be custom fodder.

Only BlueLock was planned, the other were lucky findings.

So long my local Geek! Viva the not-so local Geek! (Paying for shipping will suck, but oh well...)

[Starseeker]

Well my local Walmarts have done their resets and are restocking. I found studio series Sentinel and Bee. Optimus was still on the shelves so I picked him up as well. They also stocked the Devastation Prime and Gears and Bee in the retro packaging, but I haven't decided if I want to pick them up yet.
Hopefully will see Age Of The Primes stuff very soon.

Edit: Ended up picking up Devastation Prime and found Legacy G1 Prime!

[Emerje]

Got my two Generations Retro Gears figures from Walmart Friday. Strange because they shipped a whole day after my Bumblebees and those haven't arrived yet.

Emerje

[TF-fan kev777]

I saw Overcharge drop to $44.15 on Amazon yesterday and decided to jump on it. Woke up to him already on my porch this morning. The colors do look really good even if the mold is meh at best.

[-Kanrabat-]

Legacy Shado Striker was 20$CAN at Amazon.ca.
So, why not?

And despite the bad reviews, I found (her?) to be quite enjoyable. Nothing was fiddly, everything is solid. The only annoyance is that it's not easy to use the snake-like peg of the shield to plug it on the bot's arm. I may be considering Sideburn.

[Starseeker]

I saw Overcharge drop to $44.15 on Amazon yesterday and decided to jump on it. Woke up to him already on my porch this morning. The colors do look really good even if the mold is meh at best.

Yeah that deco is really nice. I think the Overcharge deco as well as the Galaxy Shuttle deco on the Astrotrain mold are both superior to the originals.

[-Kanrabat-]

Walmart never bothered to ship me the Netflix Bee "G1" version that I pre-ordered since last October. I opened a case and they told me it would ship by March 26th. I refrain myself to order it again when it went back in the online store because they will ship it, riiiiiiight? Of course nothing happened and it then went out of stock at walmart.ca.

Luckily, when I went to my local brick-n-mortal Walmart, I found a single N. "G1" Bee on the peg. The packaging was badly damaged so that may be why I could get it. Wile I was at it, I got A Red Alert and my first SS86 Constructicon, Bonecrusher.

[-Kanrabat-]

I think that count as a haul.
I had on hand a G2 Grimlock that was missing a tail part. So I dug up in my scrap archives and fished out the tail of my K.O G1 Grimlock that assploded years ago. And the repairs were a success! Sure, I have to deal with the gray parts of the tail, but it's fiiiiiine.

[TF-fan kev777]

I had some massive luck at Target Friday and Sunday. I found all 4 Age of the primes deluxes and both Voyagers and managed to get 5$ each one due to their sales last week and a Target Circle offer for this week. I passed on G2 Grimlock, but am now sort of regretting it.

[Emerje]

Some recent stuff before I fall too far behind:

Walmart- G1 Generations Retro Bumblebee x2 (good thing because one had a badly bent card)

Amazon Japan - Dramatic Capture Triple Takeover set, 40th Selection Bumblebee (MPM Bumblebee repaint)

BBTS - Furai Model Windblade, Furai Model Arcee, DK-51, 55 and 56 upgrade kits

eBay - A MIB 2007 movie TRU Wingblade (Cybertron Wing Saber repaint) that I paid way too much for because I got tired of trying to find a complete one for under $90 that isn't all scuffed up on the chest. Also got vintage Twintwist and Top Spin figures that were in a lot of Voltron stuff I wanted, stickers aren't great but they both have their hooks which I can't say about mine. There was also a vintage Gears in there with a lot of its chrome worn off, but I don't have a Gears so that's good enough for me.

Emerje