The Energon Pub

[Stargrave]

I love Rung like crazy come on he’s one of the best creations from one of the most thoughtful Transformers writers ever the only bummer is they didn’t go full Deluxe Weaponizer with him. But hey that’s just my opinion

[Nexus Knight]

He is yet to appear in any other continuity.

That's mostly true.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Damn, Rung looks really good! they did him pretty well.

That Rodimus is on my list to eventually get. That is the perfect MTMTE Rodimus. Best comic book I've ever read

[Stargrave]

Damn, Rung looks really good! they did him pretty well.

That Rodimus is on my list to eventually get. That is the perfect MTMTE Rodimus. Best comic book I've ever read

‘Best’ can be debated till the end of time as an old collector I realize that, but for me personally I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in a comic and the characters. It just connected with me like nothing else. i really miss it. I miss them.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Damn, Rung looks really good! they did him pretty well.

That Rodimus is on my list to eventually get. That is the perfect MTMTE Rodimus. Best comic book I've ever read

‘Best’ can be debated till the end of time as an old collector I realize that, but for me personally I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in a comic and the characters. It just connected with me like nothing else. i really miss it. I miss them.

Best is entirely subjective to individuals, but that's my opinion. It's the only comic i consistently reread and thoroughly enjoy during every reread

[Deadput]

Being the awful self insert of an awful writer retcon into basically being God?

From what I remember Primus wasn't even a "god" in IDW just one of the earliest Transformers, hell the actual guy wasn't a planet former just a normal sized dude who was part of a group of 4 other dudes.

He wasn't even strong or anything, the one thing he could do was poop crystals out of himself.

[MeGrimlock78]

Someone needs to explain to me why Power of The Primes Tailgate is $629.59, (on Wallmart.ca).

Walmart.ca is full of 3rd party sellers...at least one of which is trying to gouge collectors.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

[aronjlove]

Those who ordered Ratchet as soon as it became available on the Walgreen's website should be receiving theirs as I was one of them and mine showed up today. In a separate shipment I received Singe and Pteraxadon. I wish Hasbro's battle masters had knees like the Targetmasters that came with Takara's legends. I'm sure something had to give so they could include the blast effects but look at these two, patiently waiting for the bus.

[Skritz]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

[Wireless_Phantom]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

So what Takara did with the minicons then?

[chuckdawg1999]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

You had me until the whole blind bagging. I definitely feel there should've been more barrel options, especially of the single variety.

[Skritz]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

You had me until the whole blind bagging. I definitely feel there should've been more barrel options, especially of the single variety.

This is a hypothetical scenario where I'm a corporate suit. I'd be legally obligated to thrown in at least one scummy curveball to make the fandom hate me!

[Sentinel_Primal]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

You had me until the whole blind bagging. I definitely feel there should've been more barrel options, especially of the single variety.

This is a hypothetical scenario where I'm a corporate suit. I'd be legally obligated to thrown in at least one scummy curveball to make the fandom hate me!

Well, you found the sure fire way I have the worst luck with blind bags so I'd practically never get Rung, but I'd get 9 Firedrives so at least there's that

[Skritz]

Really liking Rung. Just wish HasTak would sell a bag of the parts in all the different colors they've got because Rung's would look great in purple for Siege Megatron's fusion blast

If it was up to me running this trilogy I'd have Battlemasters (and effects) blind bags and every mold available in 3-4 colors and each mold would have at least 2-3 permutation of the barrel. If it was up to me I'd have these guys so produced the molds would fall apart!

You had me until the whole blind bagging. I definitely feel there should've been more barrel options, especially of the single variety.

This is a hypothetical scenario where I'm a corporate suit. I'd be legally obligated to thrown in at least one scummy curveball to make the fandom hate me!

Well, you found the sure fire way I have the worst luck with blind bags so I'd practically never get Rung, but I'd get 9 Firedrives so at least there's that

Well, I'm sure those multicolored Firedrive could make interesting partners to various Siege figures depending on the color scheme. Speaking of color scheme on Battlemasters: I've swapped limbs around and ended up with spare parts taking the form of a Caliburst with blue limbs and barrel. It looks really cool.

[First Gen]

I gotta say, the detail on these smaller figures is getting substantially better. Love the face and chest.

[ScottyP]

Glad this toy exists, still really really really want a normal sized one. Would have been totally fine with a retooling of PotP Moonracer or Firestar as a start! Just worried that with Rung being a tail-ender in the price class for Siege that's had the worst distribution that he's destined for slow sales by default, which could be all someone needs to justify not making more versions of him. Hopefully I'm overthinking it

While I don't like Rung as a character at all I can definitely appreciate the uniqueness of his mold and the fact it came out in Siege, of all things. Still totally planning to sand down his face and turn him into protoforms/stasis pods.

This is the worst post.

[Skritz]

I might still end up with a regular Rung purely because he come in a two pack of his wavemate online, dude. This is just a callback to me planning to use any spare Rungs and to turn him into a protoform with a stasis pod because this is what he remind me, what with his big round spark-shaped crystalline structure in the middle and his altmode looking ovoid.

I'm not going to be actually defacing some Rungs to spite on IDW fanboys, I'm just planning to get 3-4 spare ones if I can because I got an interesting custom idea for him.

[DynamiteShikoku]

saw 3 and bought 3, gonna hawk the 2 on amazon for 40 each

Also Ratchet is no longer listed on Walgreens website

[Sabrblade]

While I don't like Rung as a character at all I can definitely appreciate the uniqueness of his mold and the fact it came out in Siege, of all things. Still totally planning to sand down his face and turn him into protoforms/stasis pods.

Thats just mean, what did the first Transformer ever (in IDW ver 1 at least) do to you

Being the awful self insert of an awful writer retcon into basically being God?

He's not God, he's Adam.

[no-one]

saw 3 and bought 3, gonna hawk the 2 on amazon for 40 each

Also Ratchet is no longer listed on Walgreens website

^

This is the worst post.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

saw 3 and bought 3, gonna hawk the 2 on amazon for 40 each

Also Ratchet is no longer listed on Walgreens website

^

This is the worst post.

Bragging about scalping, not in very good taste to me.

[aronjlove]

I know he is a divisive figure to many, but, here's Rung!

[Skritz]

By the way, given the flak I've gotten for saying I was going to 'deface Rung' allow me to explain. I will take spare Rungs (since, given he's a late wave in a size class that sell poorly in my area he should eventually be found taking space at retail) and smooth out his face with some putty. Then I will cover the whole thing in gunmetal or silver.

As much as I dislike James Robert's writing fumble, you could argue I'm still playing into the part that Rung=the first if I use him as a basis for Protoforms, right?

[Sentinel_Primal]

*lots of good stuff defending their idea*

I'll be honest, seeing the flak you've been getting, I'm disappointed. Your idea to customize Rung is really smart, and definitely not one I would have thought of, but it's a really good idea. But, because it's an IDW character, suddenly you're a villain. Every custom figure needs a base, unless you feel like 3D printing essentially a new figure. Different figures get customized into different characters all the time, and yet I've not seen anyone complain when that happens. I didn't see any of your comments as spiteful towards IDW or Rung, but rather just a joking comment on your distaste towards Rung's true identity. Just my take on everything, and honestly, if you buy all the Rungs, Hasbro doesn't see what happens after, so they may just think people love IDW and start throwing out more figures based on IDW designs. As far as I see it, you win by getting to have a fun little project of making custom Protoforms, and fans of IDW might win because the designs may end up getting official toys. Especially seeing the model kit for IDW Megatron