The Energon Pub

[no-one]

Not sure if it's been pointed out, but Impactor and Mirage (and other new stuff) are up for pre-order on Hasbro Pulse, for $20. Dangit, why can't they continue the half price trend?

[steals_your_goats]

I was pretty critical of impactors face initially but it looks much better in hand. I'm fully on board now. Also omegas face is GORGEOUS!!

[no-one]

I don't care what anyone says, but Impactor looks dope. Omega looks great, glad the face turned out better than the early renders would have had me believe.

And the seekers still just look like this to me.

[Beachjezus]

Yes

I was extremely worrried about Omegas Face. I can finally sleep again now knowing it’s going to be awesome

[SpikeyTigertron]

Can we get confirmation if Jet/Skyfire’s backpack *does* anything?!

[blackeyedprime]

Will be funny if Astrotrain is a downscaled version of one of the third party MP offerings that used a part as a base thing, can't remeber which one it was but it wouldnt be the first time hasbro has copied 3rd partty stuff.

Springers car mode looks a bit off but still buying anyways.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Can we get confirmation if Jet/Skyfire’s backpack *does* anything?!

Aside from housing the wings? My bet is it can house Micromasters as a secondary cockpit.

[no-one]

Can we get confirmation if Jet/Skyfire’s backpack *does* anything?!

Looks like hinged trap doors to me. Something tucks into there and it doesn't seem to be any of the transformation bits either.



EDIT: well maybe the head tucks in?

[Emerje]

EDIT: well maybe the head tucks in?

That's my best guess, it's likely spring loaded to close the hole instead of leaving a big empty space behind his head. Aside from that the only other thing his backpack does for sure is collapse on itself in bot mode. He could still hold a Micromaster since the part with the door is far forward of the cockpit.

Emerje

[SpikeyTigertron]

EDIT: well maybe the head tucks in?

That's my best guess, it's likely spring loaded to close the hole instead of leaving a big empty space behind his head. Aside from that the only other thing his backpack does for sure is collapse on itself in bot mode. He could still hold a Micromaster since the part with the door is far forward of the cockpit.

Emerje

https://www.facebook.com/317740274911/p ... 12?sfns=mo

Guess Unicron (or someone) talked with Warden. Showed some play features

[no-one]

EDIT: well maybe the head tucks in?

That's my best guess, it's likely spring loaded to close the hole instead of leaving a big empty space behind his head. Aside from that the only other thing his backpack does for sure is collapse on itself in bot mode. He could still hold a Micromaster since the part with the door is far forward of the cockpit.

Emerje

Looks like springs to me as well. But if you shove a micromaster in there, will you be able to get it out? Could be like a finger trap?

[DeathReviews]

I like Jetfire. I like Omega Supreme. Kind of on the fence with the others. I don't think much of the way the seekers have their legs folded under them in alt mode. I guess it's no worse than we've seen with other jets (cough cough cough TR Starscream).

[no-one]

https://www.facebook.com/317740274911/posts/10156428358709912?sfns=mo

Guess Unicron (or someone) talked with Warden. Showed some play features

Cool stuff there. I had speculated those hand peg holes would fold away, but not as clever as that. If they designed it for a TM to ride in him, I wonder if those guys are making a comeback?

I also wonder how long it took him to so naturally say "convert" instead of "transform". I'd bone that up every time.

[Solrac333]

OUCH! My money punched me in the face!

[Jtprime17]

Has this been posted yet here? Siege will be getting a 35th anniversary subline.

The first 4 figures will be:

Deluxe Bluestreak remold of Siege Prowl
Voyager SoundBlaster remold Of Siege Soundwave
Voyager Cell shaded Optimus prime
Voyager Cell shaded Megatron

https://twitter.com/AgentM/status/1096827071437918208

[Cyberpath]

He triple-changes! Hooray!

But like the G1 toy, not much of one

Looks like the display piece is a little bit mistransformed.

[Skritz]

Springer always had a lame triple-changing gimmick, so this is both toon and toy-accurate. As for Impactor he looks a lot better as an actual figure and not some 3D render.

[Regimus Prime]

You know how you don’t realize that you need something until Seibertron.com post in hand pictures of it...?

[no-one]

You know how you don’t realize that you need something until Seibertron.com post in hand pictures of it...?

That would make a great meme. This place is a den of enabling.

[Cyberpath]

Flipping insignia gimmick: confirmed!!

That does look good, I would have expected a flat plate. I wonder if it's thick enough to stop half way through and be faction-less. Talk about cartoon accuracy

And the peg-hole is absorbed into his hand when you open it.

HasTak neglected to show/mention all these cool features in their solicitations.


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[Nemesis Maximo]

Galaxy Prime has Blue forearms here, and MAN that makes the figure pop even better. I’m gonna have to find a good blue to match that if the final product keeps them red.

[no-one]

And the peg-hole is absorbed into his hand when you open it.

Yeah that's a really cool feature implemented in a brilliant way. I was wondering why have peg holes of the hands are articulated and thought the open hands would look weird. Smooth moves Hasbro.

[Cyberpath]

Can we get confirmation if Jet/Skyfire’s backpack *does* anything?!

Looks like hinged trap doors to me. Something tucks into there and it doesn't seem to be any of the transformation bits either.



EDIT: well maybe the head tucks in?

Looks that way!

[Cyberpath]

Video: John Warden demonstrates Omega Supreme & Jetfire's features --

https://www.facebook.com/unicroncom/vid ... 4MjA3NTMy/

[Wh33l Jck]

No news on Greenlight?