The Energon Pub

[Gauntlet101010]

I'm loving the character choices for this one. I've been looking to be more satisfied with what I have in terms of characters, so all of these sound great!

I already have a 3P Quintesson, but I'd definitely welcome an official one. Or three.

I can't imagine what Quintessa would be. A playset with Sharkticons and Alicons or something?

[blackeyedprime]

IF Hasbro decided to release a Quintessons figure, especially in a Generations line, I would expect rotating faces at a minimum. But it seems highly coincidental to me that immediately after a "leak," suddenly multiple people come forward to say, wouldn't you know it, I've actually already seen that toy, I just didn't think to mention it until after someone else "confirmed" it.

I see it as the inverse of that. People cannot say anything about what they have seen but now that hasbro themselves have leaked it by mistake, they can share what they know. What I find interesting is the various interpretations.

Bingo.

Anyway it's a bold move to do these guys but I welcome it if it's getting done correctly. This means not just one stand-alone figure, folks around for Energon can tell you how this guy warmed shelves

Yup, shelf warmed real bad when it wasn't released in the UK, was hard to get and still kind of pricey on the after market today.

*One mans trash is another mans treasure will be glad to get quints in the new line or cyberverse, the third party ones were a bit fragile and went up in price quite steeply for something that seemed cheap to produce more of.

[Sabrblade]

IF Hasbro decided to release a Quintessons figure, especially in a Generations line, I would expect rotating faces at a minimum. But it seems highly coincidental to me that immediately after a "leak," suddenly multiple people come forward to say, wouldn't you know it, I've actually already seen that toy, I just didn't think to mention it until after someone else "confirmed" it.

I see it as the inverse of that. People cannot say anything about what they have seen but now that hasbro themselves have leaked it by mistake, they can share what they know. What I find interesting is the various interpretations.

Bingo.

Anyway it's a bold move to do these guys but I welcome it if it's getting done correctly. This means not just one stand-alone figure, folks around for Energon can tell you how this guy warmed shelves

Yup, shelf warmed real bad when it wasn't released in the UK, was hard to get and still kind of pricey on the after market today.

In my neck of the woods, I never saw Alpha Quintesson at any normal retail stores, only ever seeing it one time at Once Upon A Toy in Downtown Disney (now known as Disney Springs).

[Whifflefire]

I'd figure that if they were doing Quintessons, they'd be Battle Masters, since they wouldn't need transformations, or they could count a face-changing gimmick as a transformation. They would scale better in this class too, and be easier to army build.

I wonder if a 'deluxe' Quintesson is a mini-figure with a transforming vehicle they ride, that would be something I could get into.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I wonder if a 'deluxe' Quintesson is a mini-figure with a transforming vehicle they ride, that would be something I could get into.

I would not mind this. I am OK with a Quintesson as long as something transforming comes with it, like Action Masters.

[Mindmaster]

Can’t wait to see the entirety of Scorponok. He’s gunna be one of those holes in the collection that once it’s filled it’ll be one of the most satisfying feelings in the world to me.

........oddly worded

I got a “coming in the warehouse this week” notification from BBTS about my preorder for Rung and Singe, looking forward to these guys and the new tapes!

[william-james88]

“coming in the warehouse this week”

That's oddly worded too.

[william-james88]

The Facebook page In Demand Toys has some new images of the upcoming Earthrise figures. These are rather important since they are the first images we have of the finished figures. The ones we saw before were sometimes painted samples and 3D renderings. These are for the smaller figures; the Micromaster packs and Soundbarrier the ramp. We see all the wave 1 deluxe toys in packaging and out of the packaging as well as the back of their boxes.

Fellow Seibertronian Jelzerabbit sent us word of these pics and gave their analysis of the molds (re)used too:

In Demand Toys has the same images, plus Soundbarrier, the Hot Rod Patrol Trip-Up and Daddy-O aka Big Daddy, and finally shots of the Military Patrol Bombshock and Growl. The latter Patrol is quite interesting as they show how far the part sharing has come, as they use Topshot and Flak parts:

- Growl uses Flak's chest and 5mm peg, and Topshot's upper legs
- Bombshock uses Flak's legs, and Topshot's cannon

In other words, most of their grey parts are recycled. The magic of gang-molding

Let us know what you think and if you preordered them yet, they are available for ordering at practically every collectible online store right now.

[no-one]

“coming in the warehouse this week”

That's oddly worded too.

Guess it depends on the warehouse.

[AcademyofDrX]

Cliffjumper still looks weird without a bot-mode Autobot logo. I don't know why they didn't just make the trade-off of an upside-down logo in his alt-mode.

[PushYouDown]

I really love Wheeljack and Hoist and ...surprisingly find myself liking CLiffjumper.

[Nemesis Primal]

Still only interested in Wheeljack and Ironworks, I think Ironworks' red mouthplate looks better here than it did at NYCC. I also find it interesting that Hoist looks to have a completely different colored mouthplate and limbs now, wonder what happened there.

[Keelan]

After seeing his size, I don't think that Cliffjumper deserves a normal deluxe price. If he goes down to $10-$15 I will pick him up, but probably not for any more than that.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

In Demand Toys has the same images, plus Soundbarrier, the Hot Rod Patrol Trip-Up and Daddy-O aka Big Daddy, and finally shots of the Military Patrol Bombshock and Growl. The latter Patrol is quite interesting as they show how far the part sharing has come, as they use Topshot and Flak parts:

- Growl uses Flak's chest and 5mm peg, and Topshot's upper legs
- Bombshock uses Flak's legs, and Topshot's cannon

In other words, most of their grey parts are recycled. The magic of gang-molding

[Wolfman Jake]

We should be able to figure out now exactly how tall the Cliffjumper figure is! With this in-box picture, we just need to figure out the ratio using the known size of a Deluxe Class Earthrise box, which should be the same as a Siege Deluxe Class box. I'll be happy if he's no more than 2 or 3 mm taller than Titans Return Bumblebee.

[Wolfman Jake]

Can’t wait to see the entirety of Scorponok. He’s gunna be one of those holes in the collection that once it’s filled it’ll be one of the most satisfying feelings in the world to me.

........oddly worded

Giggity!

“coming in the warehouse this week”

That's oddly worded too.

That one is also sexual.

[blackeyedprime]

I was thinking Hoists side windows might look better dark/black compared to the original blue..it does but really hoping that two tone green monstrosity is just bad photography/reflection though it's not looking that way from the boxed image he might end up being a permanent pass and the G1 Hoist will come out of storage.

Iron works left hand looks pretty bad in the images but he's a buy any way,

Wheeljacks detailing looks messed up and the windscreen being so bitty rather than a full single piece ruins the look so will be hopefully picking up a cheap classics version even if he is a bit of a block in robot mode.

Cliffjumper will all be about the size, if it is big enough to stand next to MP Bee then maybe but any smaller whilst still towering over the previous legends class figures then nope.

[blackeyedprime]

I was thinking Hoists side windows might look better dark/black compared to the original blue..it does but really hoping that two tone green monstrosity is just bad photography/reflection though it's not looking that way from the boxed image he might end up being a permanent pass and the G1 Hoist will come out of storage.

Iron works left hand looks pretty bad in the images but he's a buy any way,

Wheeljacks detailing looks messed up and the windscreen being so bitty rather than a full single piece ruins the look so will be hopefully picking up a cheap classics version even if he is a bit of a block in robot mode.

Cliffjumper will all be about the size, if it is big enough to stand next to MP Bee then maybe but any smaller whilst still towering over the previous legends class figures then nope.

[blackeyedprime]

was kind of hoping for Hoist to have a hand flip like impactor to replicate the old toy but it looks like his arms are just hollow for the sake of being cheap as the hands do not fold inside them from the looks of his untidy under carriage.

[Jeddostotle7]

was kind of hoping for Hoist to have a hand flip like impactor to replicate the old toy but it looks like his arms are just hollow for the sake of being cheap as the hands do not fold inside them from the looks of his untidy under carriage.

Probably less laziness and more to get a larger size with a similar amount of plastic, similar to Ironhide and Impactor.

[Skritz]

Am I the only one who find these figures either too stumpy/fat in some areas and too spindly in others? Seems like they went too far trying to replicate the ugly animation models on a non-MP budget/scale.

[Jeddostotle7]

Am I the only one who find these figures either too stumpy/fat in some areas and too spindly in others? Seems like they went too far trying to replicate the ugly animation models on a non-MP budget/scale.

Eh, the only one that really seems that way to me is Hoist, who actually pulls it off interestingly imo. Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, and Ironworks all look pretty typical proportionally.

[Brass Drag0n]

Cliffjumper is getting a Toyhax Autobot label on his chest/roof and to heck with the consequences.

[AcademyofDrX]

We should be able to figure out now exactly how tall the Cliffjumper figure is! With this in-box picture, we just need to figure out the ratio using the known size of a Deluxe Class Earthrise box, which should be the same as a Siege Deluxe Class box. I'll be happy if he's no more than 2 or 3 mm taller than Titans Return Bumblebee.

This looks like a job for Twitter!

(Via https://twitter.com/QueenStodge/status/ ... 96610?s=19)

[Skritz]

Hoist does look weird but he is an engineer, not a fighter iirc so it does sort of work to imagine him as aging and 'flabby' (as much as a robot can be). Kind of an Animated Ratchet thing, really.