The Energon Pub

[Sentinel_Primal]

If you are searching Walmart for Jetfire, don't just limit your search to the Transformers section.


One of my Walmart's had them in the Jurassic park section.

Wish I'd have known this when I ran to Wal-Mart earlier I did a quick once through then checked the top shelves and didn't find him. But, they apparently reorganized, so hopefully they should be stocking everything again next week

[Madeus Prime]

By some miracle, Spokane stores are getting their act together with resupplying their toy departments. In the last five days I've encountered the latest waves of Studio Series, Siege, and Cyberverse, INCLUDING store exclusives!

On that note, buy Siege Jetfire. Just. Do. It.

[bacem]

On that note, buy Siege Jetfire. Just. Do. It.

i would if i have extra fund. 160$ is not something that i can leisurely drop on a single figure, on my current situation, unfortunately.

[chuckdawg1999]

How did you find Ratchet on Ebay? I have been watching for a while and all I can find are the silly TCG Cards

A seller from Hong Kong had some. It's a TRU exclusive over there.

[Emerje]

I've come to realize how broken Target's stock notification is online. I hit the button when we first reported the Rain Makers were in stock there since it was gone when I checked, but it just randomly emails me to say it's back in stock, sometimes only minutes after I hit the button. Hopefully I'll either catch it online or find it in the store.

Also those seemingly finished Spinister stock photos.

Emerje

[Carnivius_Prime]

Hm nope. I liked Spinister a lot in the Marvel UK comics but I don't care for this figure. I not sure why. He's never had the best design anyways but the body looks boring and the chopper kibble at back (particularly the tail end) just looks bad to me. Was never fond of his colour layout either. Easy pass.

(still can't figure out what they were thinking with that Rumble either)

[Cyberpath]

"It appears to be a robot of unknown classification.

With his size and probable strength, he will make an excellent Decepticon!"

Yay, I finally have Siege Skyfire! (No thanks to you, Amazon!)

Now, lets find out if he's worth it.

[frogbat]

The more I see of spinister, the more I like him. Find it’s Cool he’s getting his own mould.. more deceptions are always welcome.. choppers are awesome... my main criticism is that it’s odd in a line with target masters as a main component, he isn’t being shipped with them. I like his weapons, but I’m guessing his original target asters might be candidates for a battlemaster pack.

[Deadput]

The more I see of spinister, the more I like him. Find it’s Cool he’s getting his own mould.. more deceptions are always welcome.. choppers are awesome... my main criticism is that it’s odd in a line with target masters as a main component, he isn’t being shipped with them. I like his weapons, but I’m guessing his original target asters might be candidates for a battlemaster pack.

One of them is getting released later in the Battlemaster line, Singe is part of the same wave as Rung.

Hairsplitter is part of Skywarp's Amazon exclusive set under the new name Shrute

[Flashwave]

How did you find Ratchet on Ebay? I have been watching for a while and all I can find are the silly TCG Cards

A seller from Hong Kong had some. It's a TRU exclusive over there.

I know this, but I can't pull it up in the search results, even as a Sold Listing. All I get is the cards

[AcademyofDrX]

I've come to realize how broken Target's stock notification is online. I hit the button when we first reported the Rain Makers were in stock there since it was gone when I checked, but it just randomly emails me to say it's back in stock, sometimes only minutes after I hit the button. Hopefully I'll either catch it online or find it in the store.

Also those seemingly finished Spinister stock photos.

Emerje

I think I overreacted to the "not sold at this store" online reporting. My local Target has a shelf label for the Rainmakers, even though the website describes the product as "not sold at this store." I guess the distribution is just really uneven?

I took a long drive to get mine. I probably wouldn't do that again, assuming it will be more widely available over the next few months.

[Rodimus Knight]

My fear was going to be you wouldn't be able to find Refractor because everyone was going to buy all three from the case to make the camera, which I don't hold that against anyone, because I would do the same, but that's what's been happening locally. I've seen his case mates in a couple of stores, otherwise every store seems to be stocking up on wave one. In fact those sames stores that I found Brunt and Red Alert, then got in fresh stock of wave 1.

When I was asked If I found everything alright, I told them no.
When I was asked what I was looking for I told them, The new wave of Transformers, you keep restocking the old one.
To that the response was a blank look and "oh"

[Stargrave]

I wonder if we’ll see Omega Supreme at Wal-Mart now.

[Vic Zanzibar]

The Rainmakers’ colors are less obnoxious than I thought they’d be; largely due to the battle damage; but when looking at them alongside another mostly single color Seeker with a bit more accent coloration in Thundercracker, it becomes apparent that they probably need a bit more dark grey and/or white. I know they’re accurate to the show, but a little deviation from the source would have helped. Regardless, I like them a lot and I’d definitely recommend the set.

[cruizerdave]

You know, $20 is a lot to pay for a toy where the feet just hang off the back of the vehicle mode.

[RodimusConvoy13]

You know, $20 is a lot to pay for a toy where the feet just hang off the back of the vehicle mode.

What figure are you talking about?

[SGMLordMirage]

So having patience has paid off. At a Walmart in Portsmouth, VA, there was two Jetfires on the shelf. Of course that was around 0830 my time but awesome to actually buy him in the store. Totally amazing!


SGM

[TF-fan kev777]

You know, $20 is a lot to pay for a toy where the feet just hang off the back of the vehicle mode.

What figure are you talking about?

My guess is Ratchet, since there was a recent review that was front paged.

[Cyberpath]

I was actually grinning when I took Skyfire out of the box. Was already impressed with the last iteration, but this guy, the size, and cartoon-accuracy.. he looks like he stepped out of the cartoon.
Although they did use some of that "shampoo bottle" plastic with this one, too, I think. But he still feels fairly hefty.

Some steps of his transformation are really fun and innovative. If you've been buying Transformers consistently for the past several years you can see how the HasTak designers keep coming up with new tricks, it's impressive. I quite like the wing transformation, and how his feet fold (expected it to be like Megatron but instead they fold very compact.) The boosters transformation is also pretty neat. Or how they kept the shape of his nosecone in robot-mode but still allow some waist rotation. The compression of his backpack.. it's all great.
Was worth avoiding "spoilers."
(And of course rotating symbol and port-less open hands.)

Love that they included lots of guns in addition to the one specified in his model sheet -- and even that one can split into two rifles! I like that they kept the "Jetfire" armour gimmick. And I finally have some Siege effects! Didn't expect them to be made of that kind of rubbery plastic though. Wish they were more glassy and transparent like those other effects I got from HLJ a few years back. (Now I need purple effects for the Decepticons!)

Yeah, he looks amazing. Spot on. My only complaint is that the feet should have been completely black, without the center white.

Now I have to get Siege Starscream to go with this? I think they could do better. No CHUG figure has done him justice yet.


A couple of things I had to do straight out of the box, with MP-10 Spike...

"Why are you so frightened? I will not harm you."







(Shame that MP Hound doesn't fit in there, too. I kid, I kid.)

[SGMLordMirage]

Sweet!

[o.supreme]

I wonder if we’ll see Omega Supreme at Wal-Mart now.

I've pondered this as well. Last year I did see marvel Legends Infinity gauntlet and Thor's hammer which are pretty pricey. Also WM will occasionally carry $100+ Hasbro SW toys, but unfortunately it's just too soon to know for sure.

Unfortunately all the WM I've visited recently ares still setting up and resetting their toy aisles, so things are pretty chaotic.

[chuckdawg1999]

How did you find Ratchet on Ebay? I have been watching for a while and all I can find are the silly TCG Cards

A seller from Hong Kong had some. It's a TRU exclusive over there.

I know this, but I can't pull it up in the search results, even as a Sold Listing. All I get is the cards

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392354615502

[Flashwave]

How did you find Ratchet on Ebay? I have been watching for a while and all I can find are the silly TCG Cards

A seller from Hong Kong had some. It's a TRU exclusive over there.

I know this, but I can't pull it up in the search results, even as a Sold Listing. All I get is the cards

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392354615502

Dagnabbit! I tried all kibds of combinations that should have pulled up in the listings for me. I knew he'd be on there as soon as we got the News he was in Hong Kong. Oh well, probably wouldnt have pId the extra markup. More just bugged that I knew this was out there and I cpuldnt make it come up in the Searches

[Flashwave]

I was actually grinning when I took Skyfire out of the box. Was already impressed with the last iteration, but this guy, the size, and cartoon-accuracy.. he looks like he stepped out of the cartoon.
Although they did use some of that "shampoo bottle" plastic with this one, too, I think. But he still feels fairly hefty.

Some steps of his transformation are really fun and innovative. If you've been buying Transformers consistently for the past several years you can see how the HasTak designers keep coming up with new tricks, it's impressive. I quite like the wing transformation, and how his feet fold (expected it to be like Megatron but instead they fold very compact.) The boosters transformation is also pretty neat. Or how they kept the shape of his nosecone in robot-mode but still allow some waist rotation. The compression of his backpack.. it's all great.
Was worth avoiding "spoilers."
(And of course rotating symbol and port-less open hands.)

Love that they included lots of guns in addition to the one specified in his model sheet -- and even that one can split into two rifles! I like that they kept the "Jetfire" armour gimmick. And I finally have some Siege effects! Didn't expect them to be made of that kind of rubbery plastic though. Wish they were more glassy and transparent like those other effects I got from HLJ a few years back. (Now I need purple effects for the Decepticons!)

I said this before, but a guy on Facebook operating under Grimlock's Forge is making resin copies of the Blast Effects. I have a purple clone of Jetfire coming for my Megatron figure. They look great!

[soundwave765]

I just posted in the sightings forum but my Walmart in Meridian, Idaho just got in Jetfire and Soundwave. The 3rd run Starscream was also on hand.