The Energon Pub

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:46 am

I do. I didn’t realize he popped up in All Hail Megatron though. Never noticed him. So I suppose if I think he’d looks out of place on my CHUG shelves, he could go on my IDW shelf instead.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:30 pm

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Went to the flea market today and bought myself a couple of shots.

Treadshot (and Catgut)

and DROPSHOT!

Having at least one Action Master is always nice in a TF collection. Especially one of those weird original characters.
Also, Dropshot is REALLY good. This one is a keeper.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:07 pm

Scored a new cuddly angry Bee!

But I'm disappointed in him so far. Transformed him twice, and the alt mode just will not tab together. And he already has stress marks in the clear plastic hinge where the hood and windshield connection are. I'm really concerned there are lots of Bees that are going to break, especially with how fiddly the alt mode is

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:13 pm

It was a grand
XTOPHERMAS
at the Z3ROhour cave today!!

a jolly ol fat white guy brought me a huge plethora of way cool stuff!!!!

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:17 pm

AAAAAaaaannnNNNNDDDdddDddDDD!!!!!

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: CHUG OP REBORN!!!!!

: giant!

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:27 am

D-Max - That’s a real bummer to hear, D-Max...

Z3ROhour - Very nice haul you have there. Congrats. Blackout is still far and away my favorite thing to come out of the SS line, and there’s some pretty stiff competition to be had there. I’ve passed on the Dark Energon Prime toys every time they’ve gone on sale, because I felt like the only great looking one was Wheeljack. That mold is always going to be top notch. I’m a sucker for clear plastic. And he does look good in blue. He’s the only one I want, but I haven’t picked him up because I can’t justify a place to fit him in. But that doesn’t take away from how flat out awesome that variant of him looks!

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:59 pm

Recently got a huge haul...

MP-01 also has his trailer, only Roller is missing sadly. But all this for €80, not bad imo.
I do think I'm missing several weapons, and that red firetruck prime thing is also missing some parts, I believe shoulderpads, that partsforum the ladder onto the truck. Gonna sell off most of these though. Keeping the MP-01 and G1 primes.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:48 pm

80 Euros for all of these, even incomplete, is quite a steal! Way to boost a collection. ;)^

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:04 am

I thought so too

I don't know all their names though. I know the G1 stuff, Optimus, Metroplex (quite incomplete sadly), Inferno (I may be missing those neckwings... Do they fold in somewhere?). And MP-01 of course, Takara version

I'm not even sure I transformed all of them correctly (the big optimus prime with airplane combiner?)

Can someone identify these others for me? Some I found on google:

- Animated Starscream (voyager?) missing some fingers.
- Cybertron Optimus Prime (leader) with Wing Saber (Sonic Wing Mode). seems to be missing the wings/guns backpack sadly.
- Cheetor... No idea what version. Simply Beast Wars? Missing his tail.
- Cybertron Snarl (Fang Wolf)
- Cybertron Unicron (missing a spike/sword)
- Universe Onslaught (missing shield)
- ...

I'm gonna see if my Combiner Wars Takara Wandering Roller will fit into MP-01's trailer. I think it's big enough.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:46 am

Sjeng wrote:Can someone identify these others for me?

Pic 3/Fire Truck Prime: RiD 2001 Optimus Prime (or Super Fire Convoy), missing bits as you said
Pic 5/Red and White Plane: Universe Ultra-class Powerglide, missing a missile I think
Pic 9/Edgy Jet with Sword: Energon Starscream, missing a gun that combines with that sword
Pic 12/White Japanish Car: RiD 2001 Prowl, missing his missile launchers
Pic 13: Armored Car: Cybertron Defense Hot Shot, from the Cybertron line, missing a gun and a Cyber Planet key unless they're on his back
Pic 14/Cheetor: Transmetal (1) Cheetor, you were right in that he's from the Beast Wars line and missing a tail
Pic 17/Movie Prime: Obviously a Movie optimus Prime, I think the first RotF Voyager Prime, and he's thusly missing part of his right gun and missiles

Did I miss anything? Figuring all that out was fun, a nice little TFWiki scavenger hunt to double-check the ones I knew and find out the ones I didn't recognize (i.e. Movie Prime). I assume those Classics/Henkei Seekers were included in your statement of knowing the G1 guys?

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:59 am

Thanks for that!
Yeah I figured out the Classics Starscream and Ramjet. They are easy to find as they look very G1.
Did not expect the green jet to be Starscream as well... That's one ugly bot, and horrible jet mode...

Hot Shot eh? heh. weird.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:20 am

There is a G1 colored repaint of that Starscream, but the reason he's so asymmetrical and green here is because Energon Starscream came back as a ghost first before attaining a physical body from Unicron, so there was a whole thing about him being unstable because he was partially made of energon or something. The Energon series is a difficult beast to decipher, that was probably half-wrong because of translation errors alone.

Also I made a mistake, that Hot Shot is missing a dagger that plugged in like an exhaust pipe for storage, not a gun, I was thinking of a different Hot Shot's weaponry.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:18 am

If your mp01 comes with a trailer, that makes him MP04. And he did notbcome with Roller.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:25 am

william-james88 wrote:If your mp01 comes with a trailer, that makes him MP04. And he did notbcome with Roller.

Unless the trailer is actually the 100$ KO.
I bought one way back then.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:36 am

Ross put up the next set of TF overstock, consisting of TLK AllSpark Tech and Combiner Force 3-Steps, and what did I get?

TLK Premier Edition Autobot Sqweeks
TLK Autobots United Legion Class Autobot Hot Rod

I already have the 2-pack redeco of Hot Rod (black and yellow), but with me planning to get the Bumblebee Speed Series one, I thought why not? Sqweeks was a surprise, with me tempted by the AllSpark Tech one (my wife thought he was cute, plus sounds!), but upon finding the (transforming) Premier Edition one, I snatched that instead.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:30 pm

Amazon finally got around to me.......

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:44 pm

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, and yet surprisingly few purchases. I can actually only remember two since last I was here, in fact!

The first was Studio Series Brawl, who I like a whole lot. I'm amazed at how accurate the robot mode is for a fairly simple toy, and I really like Brawl's design (even if he did very little in the movie). The tank mode is great, but the weapon storage looks a bit messy and I wish the turret could turn- it looks like that was at one point the plan, but it was aborted for partscount/engineering reasons. Either way, I love him, and I'm happy to have him in my collection.

I also got POTP Slash, who is surprisingly OK. She's nicely poseable in both modes and I actually like the way they did the paint a whole lot. She's also quite cute, which helps. I do wish she had a weapon though- I'm planning on getting her a big old hammer off of Shapeways.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:27 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:Amazon finally got around to me.......

Ditto and the first of their exclusives to come in the sweet crunchy case box. So pristine!

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:25 pm

Got SS Brawl for my friend's B-Day.
So that's something I guess.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:11 am

carytheone wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Amazon finally got around to me.......
Ditto and the first of their exclusives to come in the sweet crunchy case box. So pristine!

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Yeah, I was super worried when I pulled the cheap, flimsy shipping bag (yes, bag) out if my mail box, but seeing the case box relieved me.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:24 am

Ironhidensh wrote:
carytheone wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Amazon finally got around to me.......
Ditto and the first of their exclusives to come in the sweet crunchy case box. So pristine!

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Yeah, I was super worried when I pulled the cheap, flimsy shipping bag (yes, bag) out if my mail box, but seeing the case box relieved me.

Mine was also shipped in the bag mailer. I think the other ones were shipped in a box loosely packed with those air pillows. Fortunately all of the boxes are in perfect shape.

I did a little of this as well.

Just tilt your head :lol:

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:04 pm

2 little hauls, one old and one new.

1. Some Studio Series boys came in from Amazon a few weeks ago, and I forgot to post about them at all because I've been busy:

I can share my thoughts on them if anyone's interested, but right now I have some other thoughts I want to discuss more urgently first.

2. I finally had time to go to Walgreens, where I found not only what I was looking for, but also someone I missed during my TF hiatus:

I need to put my Wreck-Gar experience so far on the PotP thread, so stay tuned for some shenanigans.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:53 pm

Managed to snag this guy off HTS Friday while at work. And it's kinda funny because the only 2 Transformers I have ever bought while I was working ever were both bought at my current job and both bots happened to be Optimus Primals

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:46 am

Very nice, D-Max. I fully plan on picking him up, when I get the chance.

What are your thoughts on Optimal so far?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:42 pm

I got the 2nd of 3 Maximals I will be getting this week:

Damn, he is a BIG. BOI.

@Bucky, I really like him so far! I have Throne Primal, and while the black color was really neat and I love it and he will stay on his throne with the Primes, This one has amazing colors. I think he is the better of the 2 color wise, and I can't wait for him to join the rest of his Maximals!

I did remove the pin on this version, and little Primal still attaches securely, so it hurts nothing. Now little Primal can transform into half a surfboard or backpack!