The Energon Pub

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:04 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Frikkin/ RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG! Yes!!!!!

That is the reveal of the year right there. Sorry Hasbro, but Rung >>> Unicron now. $6 >>> $600

in my heart, I am sharing a beer with you, right now! Cobo will probally show up, he always does.

Did someone say beer?!

and, look at dat As......trotrain!!!

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News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:25 pm

You guys are killin’ me! :lol:

I love that we have the smallest scale Primus up against the biggest ever Unicron. It’s not about size man it’s just not.

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:26 pm

Randomhero wrote:Loving the connectors to attach to titans on the launch pad

Totally missed that! Good call dude.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:00 pm

Stargrave wrote:
Randomhero wrote:Loving the connectors to attach to titans on the launch pad

Totally missed that! Good call dude.

Actually I'm not convinced that are compatible with the TR titans and bases. Look at the photo of the tender on its side. The spacing doesn't look even between all the tabs, and the bumps or nubs in some of the gaps look too large for the TR connectors. Hell the bumps/nubs on the TR connectors are too large for themselves in some configurations and these look much larger to me. Could certainly be the angle in the photo, but something just looks slightly off to me as compared to the TR connectors.

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:02 pm

Asteotraon looks infinitely better here than before. The alt modes look fantastic now, the weapon storage is awesome, and that rock base! I am loving it!

by **Skritz** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:20 pm

And to think I just bought Legends Astrotrain. Ah well. Siege one got some nice extras like the launch pad but my collection only has room for one Astrotrain. >:oP

News Credits: 10 · by **Terrsolpix** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:56 pm

Just got my hands on the rainmakers. I’ll update with tolerances and the like once I’ve got a chance.

News Credits: 2 · by **matthewrex** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:01 pm

Going to be feverishly refreshing brickseek for the Rainmakers...

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:09 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Stargrave wrote:
Randomhero wrote:Loving the connectors to attach to titans on the launch pad

Totally missed that! Good call dude.

Actually I'm not convinced that are compatible with the TR titans and bases.

Yeah, I dont think they are compatible.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:22 pm

william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Stargrave wrote:
Randomhero wrote:Loving the connectors to attach to titans on the launch pad

Totally missed that! Good call dude.

Actually I'm not convinced that are compatible with the TR titans and bases.

Yeah, I dont think they are compatible.

Why wouldnt they be? They went out ofvtheir way last Convention to show us that Supreme has the Base Connectors, why would thry go put of their way to give Astrotrain something that definately looka like them and isnt?

News Credits: 3 · by **Wireless_Phantom** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:30 pm

I think I'll stick with grabbing Lancer from Amazon when she pops up there.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:33 pm

Wireless_Phantom wrote:I think I'll stick with grabbing Lancer from Amazon when she pops up there.

No one said she was coming to amazon

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:34 pm

Skritz wrote:Its weird Ion Storm has red in his vehicle mode: seems like they recolored Thundercracker robot mode but forget to paint the tetrajet part.

Looking at it more closely, I think that is just literally a picture of Thundercracker. Not only does it have the red details, but you can see TC's black forearms. The robot mode pic is actually Ion Storm though.

News Credits: 10 · by **Terrsolpix** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:26 am

In general everything is slightly looser but not detrimentally so. The chest hinge is much tighter and requires intentional force to remove now. My camera doesn’t pick it up but these guys are gaudy as all hell and I can’t help but love it. If you like the seeker mold and neon colors you’ll LOVE this, and even then you can wait until thundercracker or skywarp if these don’t win you over.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:52 am

You know looking at the rainmakers like that, if you added Starscream and skywarp you'd have the Seeker Sentai

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:43 am

(Edit: Never mind, it was Movie stuff.)

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:49 am

Is it definitely Siege though? He'll have to be a small deluxe to scale properly, so I'm more inclined to believe he could be part of the next line.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:55 am

ZeroWolf wrote:Is it definitely Siege though? He'll have to be a small deluxe to scale properly, so I'm more inclined to believe he could be part of the next line.

No, you're right, "SS" is the "Studio Series" -- I was thinking about "SG" (Siege.)

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:06 am

Cyberpath wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Is it definitely Siege though? He'll have to be a small deluxe to scale properly, so I'm more inclined to believe he could be part of the next line.

No, you're right, "SS" is the "Studio Series" -- I was thinking about "SG" (Siege.)

No worries, mistakes happen! Just repost in the Studio Series thread

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:34 am

ZeroWolf wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Is it definitely Siege though? He'll have to be a small deluxe to scale properly, so I'm more inclined to believe he could be part of the next line.

No, you're right, "SS" is the "Studio Series" -- I was thinking about "SG" (Siege.)

No worries, mistakes happen! Just repost in the Studio Series thread

I thought it was weird that there was an independent Mixmaster. It's weird there's no Siege Bumblebee yet though.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:58 am

Cyberpath wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Is it definitely Siege though? He'll have to be a small deluxe to scale properly, so I'm more inclined to believe he could be part of the next line.

No, you're right, "SS" is the "Studio Series" -- I was thinking about "SG" (Siege.)

No worries, mistakes happen! Just repost in the Studio Series thread

I thought it was weird that there was an independent Mixmaster. It's weird there's no Siege Bumblebee yet though.

I'd say it's because of his size class

I reckon he'll show up in next year's line or maybe the one after, depends on the approach they take to the minibots, as they'd be a lot to work on.

by **ThunderThruster** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:14 am

Flashwave wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Astrotrain's tender turning into a rocket base is amazing! I'm definitely going to pick up the Rumble and Ratbat pack for Soundblaster. Hope they do a Frenzy set. Oh, and I'm a tad disappointed about the way they handled Apeface's beast mode face, but if it means a good Titan Master and robot mode face, I'm fine with it not being 100% like the G1 toy

I cant tell, but it lools like Apeface's...Ape Face is dome the same way the Wolf head on SixShot was: you putvthe TM into fill it out. Yeah, a proper triplechanger head woulda been cool, but I am okay with it cause we get a good figure as a whole

Why? Just get the TR Titanmanster Apeface, use that as Spasma, and the Titanmaster than comes with Seige Apeface can just stay plugged into the beast-mode head.

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:28 am

Entertainment earth usually puts their exclusives on their website too, but I don't see either of these there. I hope they don't end up being only available at SDCC.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:54 am

Flashwave wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Astrotrain's tender turning into a rocket base is amazing! I'm definitely going to pick up the Rumble and Ratbat pack for Soundblaster. Hope they do a Frenzy set. Oh, and I'm a tad disappointed about the way they handled Apeface's beast mode face, but if it means a good Titan Master and robot mode face, I'm fine with it not being 100% like the G1 toy

I cant tell, but it lools like Apeface's...Ape Face is dome the same way the Wolf head on SixShot was: you putvthe TM into fill it out. Yeah, a proper triplechanger head woulda been cool, but I am okay with it cause we get a good figure as a whole

Ape Face's head is very different from any we have ever seen since his robot face is on the titan master's legs.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Entertainment earth usually puts their exclusives on their website too, but I don't see either of these there. I hope they don't end up being only available at SDCC.

They arent. But they might not be entertainment earth exclusives either since EE is selling target exclusives at their booth. So these might be target exclusives.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:17 am

Flashwave wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Stargrave wrote:
Randomhero wrote:Loving the connectors to attach to titans on the launch pad

Totally missed that! Good call dude.

Actually I'm not convinced that are compatible with the TR titans and bases.

Yeah, I dont think they are compatible.

Why wouldnt they be? They went out ofvtheir way last Convention to show us that Supreme has the Base Connectors, why would thry go put of their way to give Astrotrain something that definately looka like them and isnt?

The connectors may simply be an artifact of some element of his transformation.