The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · by **Rainmaker** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:18 pm

Railbomb wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Dagon wrote:I'm going to go and jam my iPhone into a tape deck now so I can relax with some music, as apparently that's what Hasbro based the Blaster/Rewind play pattern on from real life.

But for real, why isn't that a thing? A phone dock that looks like a tape deck? That would sell crazy well.

Music Label Titans Return Blaster, anyone?

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:19 pm

Railbomb wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Dagon wrote:I'm going to go and jam my iPhone into a tape deck now so I can relax with some music, as apparently that's what Hasbro based the Blaster/Rewind play pattern on from real life.

But for real, why isn't that a thing? A phone dock that looks like a tape deck? That would sell crazy well.

This kinda looks like TR Soundwave in a way:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:43 pm

Works for me!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:40 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Works for me!

That was the thing that Emiliano Santalucia talked about at TFNation - the design is indeed meant to be a blend of the original boom box and the new dock/pill-like devices!

by **joeprime276** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 12:36 pm

So I got this bada** in today,

Pictures over on my collection thread!

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:47 pm

So this guy arrived today.

The regrets? I have them. Very underwhelming figures for a Masterpiece.

by **joeprime276** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:51 pm

That's a bummer that Shockwave didn't live up to the expectations Ironhidensh. What about it fell short?

News Credits: 90 · by **Tyrannacon** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:31 pm

Found a CW Legends Shockwave for a respectable price while out today with my dad. I got him as my desktop toy of choice for the moment. I find it to be a logical pick.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:03 pm

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:20 pm

Niiiice! What do you think of them? I really like my Roadbuster (though I do have some certain... quibbles with him), and when I had him I absolutely adored Thundercracker.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:23 pm

Kurona wrote:Niiiice! What do you think of them? I really like my Roadbuster (though I do have some certain... quibbles with him), and when I had him I absolutely adored Thundercracker.

Roadbuster is not bad. His legs are giving me issues, but he's pretty good. I like all the guns.

But Thundercracker is the real winner of the 2. I like the Jetfire mold and Thundercracker is my favorite Seeker, so He has those going for him. and he's a good mold in terms of looks and colors and he's very IDW, which I love. Plus, that jet mode is to die for. It's awesome!

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:26 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Kurona wrote:Niiiice! What do you think of them? I really like my Roadbuster (though I do have some certain... quibbles with him), and when I had him I absolutely adored Thundercracker.

Roadbuster is not bad. His legs are giving me issues, but he's pretty good. I like all the guns.

But Thundercracker is the real winner of the 2. I like the Jetfire mold and Thundercracker is my favorite Seeker, so He has those going for him. and he's a good mold in terms of looks and colors and he's very IDW, which I love. Plus, that jet mode is to die for. It's awesome!

I know right? I rarely display my Transformers in vehicle mode - unless the robot mode is just that painful - but sometimes I just had to transform Thundercracker to jet mode and leave him on my shelf. It's wonderful.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:31 pm

Kurona wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Kurona wrote:Niiiice! What do you think of them? I really like my Roadbuster (though I do have some certain... quibbles with him), and when I had him I absolutely adored Thundercracker.

Roadbuster is not bad. His legs are giving me issues, but he's pretty good. I like all the guns.

But Thundercracker is the real winner of the 2. I like the Jetfire mold and Thundercracker is my favorite Seeker, so He has those going for him. and he's a good mold in terms of looks and colors and he's very IDW, which I love. Plus, that jet mode is to die for. It's awesome!

I know right? I rarely display my Transformers in vehicle mode - unless the robot mode is just that painful - but sometimes I just had to transform Thundercracker to jet mode and leave him on my shelf. It's wonderful.

It really is. He's a great figure

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:09 pm

Check out the nice mask I got for Bee. Mask came from Shajaki and was painted by Kanrabat

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:20 pm

The fact that the mask's crest is a shade darker give it an unexpected paint aps!
I'm glad to see that painting the thing blindly was not a mistake. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:27 pm

Ok, so lets close out another week of hauls with this nice one here:

And that complete both my collection of molds from Cybertron and my ROTF deluxe collection. Sadly, while i have been looking (locally) for that crosswise/smokescreen mold for 3 years now, it turns out I am not that big a fan. What they are going for was better achieved with the RID brothers, in a sleeker way too. And for some reason, I never ever noticed that giant kibble in the back with the two spikes extending way out there. Car mode is nice though and transformation is good too. But that robot mode isnt great at all and its a poor example of extraneous kibble distribution.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:23 pm

As mentioned in the Combiner Wars section I got Battle Core Optimus at T.J. Maxx tonight for $14.99.

I also finally ordered Armada Skywarp from the Transformers Club. They have him on sale for Columbus Day weekend at $50, down from $70. Still cost $15 to ship which is ridiculously high, but $65 is much better than $85. Glad I waited, now I finally have a complete set Armada jets to go with my originals. Just wish there was a counterpart for the Sam's Club Starscream which I refer to as Thrust (yes, I know there's already a Thrust). At least I have Jhiaxus.

Emerje

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:25 am

Anotherone off the list!

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:29 am

I remember when my superion team was like that

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:31 am

Bumblebee21 wrote:I remember when my superion team was like that

Yeah I hope I can find that Quickslinger... I hope that won't prove to be too hard...
But even Smokescreen and Offroad are hard to find here

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:32 am

Sjeng wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:I remember when my superion team was like that

Yeah I hope I can find that Quickslinger... I hope that won't prove to be too hard...
But even Smokescreen and Offroad are hard to find here

We can find them for cheap in a clearance store in Canada, but the shipping from here to Euroland will be a dealbreaker.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:49 am

Nice y'all!
Sjeng - Your list is coming alomg nicely. It's fun to watch you chip away at it.

Emerje - BC is fun. It's cool to have a different option to scramble. I keep looking at the Thunderclash Repros, but can't pull the trigger because the White Knight is just so cool and clean.

Will - Oh man, kinda bummed that Somkey didn't live up to your expectations. He is a kibble jammer, but I always kind of appreciated that he had such a classic car-bot form.
But what about that scout Breakdown? That is one of my all time fav movie era toys. Actually all 3 of those scouts are some of my favs.

Edit: Oh, and I dig your red Bee. Way to pull together Team Canada! ;)^

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:52 am

Legends

Fm,We,Ww,Rw

TFA

Wb

MPIH

drill

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:55 am

Sjeng wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:I remember when my superion team was like that

Yeah I hope I can find that Quickslinger... I hope that won't prove to be too hard...
But even Smokescreen and Offroad are hard to find here

good luck finding quickslinger for less than $ 50
Alpha Baravo is the other bane of my exsistance.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:57 am

Sjeng wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:I remember when my superion team was like that

Yeah I hope I can find that Quickslinger... I hope that won't prove to be too hard...
But even Smokescreen and Offroad are hard to find here

Hmmm. How is Amazon UK for you? They currently have Offroad at MSRP.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-G ... rs+offroad