The Energon Pub

[wilcosu35]

Went to pick up these today. They're quite awesome, and proof that Blaster is in the works.

[-Kanrabat-]

Finally, FINALLY I got the YOTH Starscream! Brand new and sealed. I never wanted to pay full price for that TRU Exclusive that never came out in Quebec due to no French on the box. So I bid my time. And now, thanks to local classified, I got it. For only 55$CAN, delivered right to my door!

Also, got my trio of Prime Masters as well. Full price unfortunately.



I'll be moving out to a new apartment at the end of the month so I can't take any out for now.

[Jim Maximus]

Found these at my local Walmart today, on a My Little Pony display of all places.

[X3ROhour]

Went to a nearby con, and picked up movie 1 Incinerator and HFTD Seaspray

[X3ROhour]

went to Target
score!

POTP
SLAG!
so-so,
makes a good limb.

&

STARSCREAM!!!!
NICE!
BOT MODE: 9.5
JET MODE: uuuuuummmm... 7? ish?

Then to WALMART 4 a
SWooP!!!!
tiny
under equiped
still...
LIKEY!
sooooooo nifty!

found a few others,
but
low equity equals few purchases.
later.

just
be
patient...
breathe...
u will b ok...

*sigh*

[lakebot]

Finally found POTP Grimlock at TRU. Was very excited. Will be digging it out of the box soon to see if it was worth the anticipation.

[Ironhidensh]

Picked up these five figures the other day. The mini masters are technically a third round as I had already gotten one of each for both of my sons.

I'll give my thoughts in the appropriate threads.

[X3ROhour]

tonight at Marto de Walls
i found
both POTP PRIMES!

And for the first time,
EVER,
i had to make a hurtful choice.
because of the damnable, evil philosophy of
MONEY.



*sigh*

&
for first time
i made a choice i never thought i would...

i chose
RODIMUS PRIME!!!!!

i dont regret it
but i do feel an overwelming dread
that im gonna burn in
ROBOT HELL!

[TF-fan kev777]

If you only had enough for 1 of them and want them both, then Rodimus Prime was the best choice since OP is also coming in wave 2 and you'll have more chances.

[Ironhidensh]

This guy arrived off the slow boat today. A couple weeks ago I gave up at ever finding him at retail, so I found a good deal on eBay and snapped him up.

[Bronzewolf]

This guy arrived off the slow boat today. A couple weeks ago I gave up at ever finding him at retail, so I found a good deal on eBay and snapped him up.

Tell us what you think of him. I'm a huge fan, got him for Christmas.

[-Kanrabat-]

Gave myself a little gift today. From my local guy:

G1 Battletrap and two teams of Micromasters!



Battletrap was bought in anticipation to the PotP version. He's dorky as hell but I love it.

As for the Micromasters, the duocons team will populate my G1 Scorponok while the Rescue team will populate G1 Fortmax.

This lot was expensive as balls, but well worth it.

[grimdragon2001]

got my Grotusque in today, and Tuesday i got voyager Starscream

[-Kanrabat-]

Movie toys are back at their full prices in Canada. Except for the Legions who are 5$CAN instead of 10$CAN.

I found Optimus and Megatron. Only one of each in a troop of Hounds. Guess how much I paid for them?

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ZERO dollars. For each of them.

The Hounds scanned at 5$ as they should be but Megs and Optimus scanned at 10$ for reasons. Using the Accurate Labelling Law of Quebec, I made two separate purchases at two different cashiers. In each cases, the figure came free because of the 10$ penalty the law impose.

I already had Megs and that Optimus mold. But I knew I would have those figure for free. So at that price, my sealed-on-card collection can use those two!

[no-one]

Oh hai!

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Came in yesterday, but I was out of town... wah wah

[Evil Eye]

After he miraculously showed up at retail (for only £40) I managed to nab TR Sky Shadow. I'll give my full thoughts in the TR thread, but simply put: I love him.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Save Jazz, these all came yesterday:

[Sjeng]

Jelly. I hope the HTS has them in stock again soon...

[shajaki]

So. This is what I got this week

[Emerje]

My Grotusque arrived as well. I'll never know why TRU thinks it's a good idea to ship adult collectibles in little more than a thinly padded brown paper bag. With such inconsideration for their own products I'm surprised they didn't just slap a shipping label directly on the box and call it a day. The bottom front edge is crushed in and the part of the bubble that says "Grotusque" is cracked with a big hole broken out under the "u". If it weren't for exclusives I'd never buy anything from TRU, I'm just sick of them as a company (this isn't the first time they've done this to me and their customer service doesn't care) and wont miss them at all when they're gone.

At least the figure isn't broken. He's pretty fantastic and looks great next to the Takara Tomy Doublecross thanks to the premium paint on both. I really wish his gun had a middle handle so he could hold it like the G1 gun, but it's fine, at least he can still mount it to his back. I hadn't realized from pictures that his beast thighs and feet are different from Doublecross, but the lower leg (the furry bit) is the same. Really cool how much they changed to pull this off.

He was at the top of my list for figures that I most wanted to see get a remake so I'm very excited about finally having this on my desk!

Emerje

[no-one]

My Grotusque arrived as well. I'll never know why TRU thinks it's a good idea to ship adult collectibles in little more than a thinly padded brown paper bag. With such inconsideration for their own products I'm surprised they didn't just slap a shipping label directly on the box and call it a day. The bottom front edge is crushed in and the part of the bubble that says "Grotusque" is cracked with a big hole broken out under the "u". If it weren't for exclusives I'd never buy anything from TRU, I'm just sick of them as a company (this isn't the first time they've done this to me and their customer service doesn't care) and wont miss them at all when they're gone. having this on my desk!

They must use the same system that Amazon uses, a box 3 times as large with a single air pillow. My Grotusque shipped in a flat long box, it could have held three of them with room for bubble wrap. Fortunately I padded the order (in hindsight both figuratively and literally) with another toy for free shipping. My box wasn't beat up, but it's no longer collectible grade. It's a real shame considering how cool these boxes are. I kinda wanted to mount it on the wall figures sill intact. Makes me want to order Arcee just for the box. I hope Hasbro keeps using these boxes for future special editions *cough* Blast-off *cough*

I rarely give TRU money, more because their in store inventory is lacking than anything else. With lack of stock and higher than average retail prices I won't miss them. Besides we always have BBTS to pick up the exclusive figure slack. Those folks have amazing packing/shipping practices!

[Emerje]

Fortunately I padded the order (in hindsight both figuratively and literally) with another toy for free shipping.

I did, too, but they shipped Grotusque alone. They did this same thing to me back at Christmas 2016, I had bought a Lego set from my nephew and they stuck each in padded envelopes. The box was totally flattened. The rep refused to do anything about it, I forget what the excuse was, but I ended up having to get a different set from Barnes & Noble locally. I still have the crushed one around here somewhere. There was another time when my points didn't show up after an order and I could not get the rep to understand the problem. She kept going on about shipping addresses and tracking numbers, totally deflecting the issue. Between crap service/shipping online and nothing being available in stores after a 70 mile drive I really have no use for them outside of occasional exclusives.

Emerje

[Jelze Bunnycat]

OK, I'm giving up on hunting for TR backstock in my area... Would you believe my local TRU still has TR Twinferno at $19.99, while the PotP Deluxe are only $16.99?! That would be the drop that flooded the bucket

I already made small start on PotP with Slash, so I added these to the lot, from Target where they're a a dollar cheaper:

Micronus with Autobot Cloudburst
Vector Prime with Metalhawk
Liege Maximo with Skullgrin

Nothing to say that has already been said, no doubles in mine unfortunately. Shame, I'd have liked a second Vector for future customizing plans

I did consider getting Dreadwind... Crap, I should get him soon, he's not slated for repacking in the next two waves

[zodconvoy]

I got a surprisingly huge amount of Transformers weekend.
Friday, I got eBay and BBTS deliveries with:

TFCC Subscription Scourge
United Darkside Prime
MP-10B Nemesis Prime
Legends LG-EX Black Convoy
Master Builder Archenemy (3P MP RiD Scourge)

So, yeah, all the black Nemesis Primes I could get.

Saturday, I took my daughter to see Transformers: the Movie in a small theater and there were a couple seller tables set up so together we got:

Classics Optimus Prime
Classics Magnus
Choro-Q Rodimus TV version
Arms Micron Ratchet
Animated Arcee
Energon Arcee
Robot Heroes Hot Rod and Ravage
Cybertron Happy Meal Optimus Prime
A couple others that I'm not remembering off the top of my head.

Oh, and a neat little Animated handheld game that pulls apart to transform in the game.

But still no PotP Rodimus Prime. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

EDIT: FoC Jazz and AoE reissue of Energon Grimlock were the one's I couldn't remember.

[Ironhidensh]

This guy arrived off the slow boat today. A couple weeks ago I gave up at ever finding him at retail, so I found a good deal on eBay and snapped him up.

Tell us what you think of him. I'm a huge fan, got him for Christmas.

Not bad design wise. However, he is super floppy. I've actually found that to be the case with every movie figure I've gotten this year. I'm starting a Bumblebee collection (since my kids love the character) so it's a keeper. Defiantly better than the version from AOE.