The Energon Pub

[Rodimus Prime]

Okay, I'll be in the minority again. I like the Netflix Magnus. The inner robot doesn't look so bland any more, he has some color, some life. The only thing they should have not done is dirty up his shoulders. Those are iconic to that character, and making them black just doesn't work.

I think a lot of disdain comes from the fact that it was kept complete secret, and maybe some people expected better extras. Yeah, the jolly rancher rung is a big letdown to some, but to me rung wasn't a big deal in the first place. It felt like the designers were trying to appease the IDW fans, and it came off bad. If they wanted to do it right, he should have been a deluxe.

Anyway, if I hadn't bought a Magnus already, I would definitely pick this up. As a matter of fact, if someone wants to trade 1 for the other, PM me and we'll work something out.

[Flashwave]

I don't see why the hate for Rumble Frenzy Frumble. He certainly is not any worse than anything else we have gotten recently. I would just about kill to get them in hand for less than 25 bucks and 2 months

[Rodimus Prime]

Screw articulation! I love that he's flipping everybody the double bird!

I can't believe that made it past Hasbro's QC people. Whether because they didn't pay enough attention, or thought it wouldn't be too noticeable, that's a big oopsie. Because those definitely look like middle fingers.

[aronjlove]

Okay, I'll be in the minority again. I like the Netflix Magnus. The inner robot doesn't look so bland any more, he has some color, some life. The only thing they should have not done is dirty up his shoulders. Those are iconic to that character, and making them black just doesn't work.

I think a lot of disdain comes from the fact that it was kept complete secret, and maybe some people expected better extras. Yeah, the jolly rancher rung is a big letdown to some, but to me rung wasn't a big deal in the first place. It felt like the designers were trying to appease the IDW fans, and it came off bad. If they wanted to do it right, he should have been a deluxe.

Anyway, if I hadn't bought a Magnus already, I would definitely pick this up. As a matter of fact, if someone wants to trade 1 for the other, PM me and we'll work something out.

I don't dislike the Netflix Magnus, just don't see enough to make me buy him again. And I really want that Rung. But right now money is tough, buying TP on the streets lmao.

[no-one]

Screw articulation! I love that he's flipping everybody the double bird!

I can't believe that made it past Hasbro's QC people. Whether because they didn't pay enough attention, or thought it wouldn't be too noticeable, that's a big oopsie. Because those definitely look like middle fingers.

The molding up close doesn't look that way at all, just that one picture. Mostly it just looks weird, but it is fun to attach the pew pew effects to.

[Hellscream9999]

I'm just waiting for the fandom to once again inevitably split as the Netflix show turn out to be **** awful and Rooster Teeth start spasming out and attacking the fanbase for not liking it, given their track record.

I guess I only know them from Red vs Blue and RWBY, surprised I never heard of this?

As somebody whose spent a large chunk of their life following rvb and other projects, I have heard literally nothing about this and angry comments on their videos would be prime real estate to learn such things; I feel like he's just here to start a flame war over it, but this isn't the thread for that.

Anyway, I'm glad there are people that like this figure, I agree that a lot of the dislike is likely coming from the fact that hasbro hyped it up with the 'secrecy' gimmick and the spoiler tag line, with it ending up being just 'extra battle-damaged' magnus

[Rodimus Prime]

Okay, I'll be in the minority again. I like the Netflix Magnus. The inner robot doesn't look so bland any more, he has some color, some life. The only thing they should have not done is dirty up his shoulders. Those are iconic to that character, and making them black just doesn't work.

I think a lot of disdain comes from the fact that it was kept complete secret, and maybe some people expected better extras. Yeah, the jolly rancher rung is a big letdown to some, but to me rung wasn't a big deal in the first place. It felt like the designers were trying to appease the IDW fans, and it came off bad. If they wanted to do it right, he should have been a deluxe.

Anyway, if I hadn't bought a Magnus already, I would definitely pick this up. As a matter of fact, if someone wants to trade 1 for the other, PM me and we'll work something out.

I don't dislike the Netflix Magnus, just don't see enough to make me buy him again. And I really want that Rung. But right now money is tough, buying TP on the streets lmao.

Yeah, that's why I said I wouldn't buy him again, but I would gladly trade this for the earlier one. I like how this one looks, except for the shoulders. But it is disappointing it wasn't a new deco entirely.

As for Rumble, I would like to see someone take a frontal pic of him holding both his hands up, to see whether he really is going all 'Stone Cold' or not.

[Hellscream9999]

What a downer... I was really hoping for an earth version of Ultra Magnus. I really like the bright white under armor on the Netflix version, but I dont like that gray paint. It even covers the shoulder rockets.
I'll stick with what I have already.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

[Rodimus Prime]

What a downer... I was really hoping for an earth version of Ultra Magnus. I really like the bright white under armor on the Netflix version, but I dont like that gray paint. It even covers the shoulder rockets.
I'll stick with what I have already.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

[Jeddostotle7]

What a downer... I was really hoping for an earth version of Ultra Magnus. I really like the bright white under armor on the Netflix version, but I dont like that gray paint. It even covers the shoulder rockets.
I'll stick with what I have already.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Oh god don't say that, now you're making me want Hasbro to make it.

Of course, it would require a new Hot Rod/Rodimus, Kup, Blurr, Wreck-Gar, Cyclonus, and Galvatron, but I think at least 75% of that is coming in the next year or two anyway, so...

[Hellscream9999]

What a downer... I was really hoping for an earth version of Ultra Magnus. I really like the bright white under armor on the Netflix version, but I dont like that gray paint. It even covers the shoulder rockets.
I'll stick with what I have already.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

eh, whichever, I'm flexible, probably all the main bots and cons; we'll be getting arcee and arguably legends tr blurr, I dunno, just seeing that pic made me nostalgic for the movie

[Rodimus Prime]

What a downer... I was really hoping for an earth version of Ultra Magnus. I really like the bright white under armor on the Netflix version, but I dont like that gray paint. It even covers the shoulder rockets.
I'll stick with what I have already.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

eh, whichever, I'm flexible, probably all the main bots and cons; we'll be getting arcee and arguably legends tr blurr, I dunno, just seeing that pic made me nostalgic for the movie

I totally get that, and it would be cool if we had all the characters in Siege to get it done. But I'm sure some figures from previous lines would be happy to substitute.

[Hellscream9999]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

eh, whichever, I'm flexible, probably all the main bots and cons; we'll be getting arcee and arguably legends tr blurr, I dunno, just seeing that pic made me nostalgic for the movie

I totally get that, and it would be cool if we had all the characters in Siege to get it done. But I'm sure some figures from previous lines would be happy to substitute.

Yeah, I think cyclonus holds up, but the new cohesive scale and aesthetic would really bring a new box set together better than the old one, and I'm not saying we need it now, or next year, but when this trilogy/scale/aesthetic is being seen off, it would be a cool note to go out on

[Sabrblade]

I think a lot of disdain comes from the fact that it was kept complete secret, and maybe some people expected better extras.

His extras were made known from previous toy listings. It was Ultra Magnus's deco that was kept secret and so people expected there to be something more to the deco than just bigger mud stains.

[Jeddostotle7]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

eh, whichever, I'm flexible, probably all the main bots and cons; we'll be getting arcee and arguably legends tr blurr, I dunno, just seeing that pic made me nostalgic for the movie

I totally get that, and it would be cool if we had all the characters in Siege to get it done. But I'm sure some figures from previous lines would be happy to substitute.

Yeah, I think cyclonus holds up, but the new cohesive scale and aesthetic would really bring a new box set together better than the old one, and I'm not saying we need it now, or next year, but when this trilogy/scale/aesthetic is being seen off, it would be a cool note to go out on

I'm guessing that, if they did end up doing something like this, so as not to try to sell a $300 boxset, they'd sell multiple smaller sets with the characters split up randomly, of like Magnus + Cyclonus, Rodimus + Galvatron (obv), Blurr + Arcee + Scourge, etc.

[sol magnus]

I'm keeping my preorder intact. Because Ultra Magnus. And I don't have a Rung.

[Hellscream9999]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Do you mean just the prominently featured few, or all of them? Because there are like 5 or 6 'cons on there as well...

eh, whichever, I'm flexible, probably all the main bots and cons; we'll be getting arcee and arguably legends tr blurr, I dunno, just seeing that pic made me nostalgic for the movie

I totally get that, and it would be cool if we had all the characters in Siege to get it done. But I'm sure some figures from previous lines would be happy to substitute.

Yeah, I think cyclonus holds up, but the new cohesive scale and aesthetic would really bring a new box set together better than the old one, and I'm not saying we need it now, or next year, but when this trilogy/scale/aesthetic is being seen off, it would be a cool note to go out on

I'm guessing that, if they did end up doing something like this, so as not to try to sell a $300 boxset, they'd sell multiple smaller sets with the characters split up randomly, of like Magnus + Cyclonus, Rodimus + Galvatron (obv), Blurr + Arcee + Scourge, etc.

Yeah probably, but it would be cool if that allowed them to put in blast effects from the poster for the bots and a display piece with the poster as the background ala the studio series with the cons

[ScottyP]

I'm failing to understand what that pic with the black-putty-thing is supposed to show.

Buried somewhere in the product copy or on the package, it mentions this is material that kids can excavate the Energon cubes from. I expected one of those sandy things that show up as stocking stuffers where you dig out a gemstone or something, not, well whatever that is!

[no-one]

As for Rumble, I would like to see someone take a frontal pic of him holding both his hands up, to see whether he really is going all 'Stone Cold' or not.

I'm already ahead of you on that. I took this pic to respond to Cobo, but I didn't feel like it looked the part.

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Sounds so familiar...

I'm failing to understand what that pic with the black-putty-thing is supposed to show.

Buried somewhere in the product copy or on the package, it mentions this is material that kids can excavate the Energon cubes from. I expected one of those sandy things that show up as stocking stuffers where you dig out a gemstone or something, not, well whatever that is!

And here I was thinking it was just weird packaging material.

[Deadput]

I'm just waiting for the fandom to once again inevitably split as the Netflix show turn out to be **** awful and Rooster Teeth start spasming out and attacking the fanbase for not liking it, given their track record.

I guess I only know them from Red vs Blue and RWBY, surprised I never heard of this?

I've been watching RT for years and haven't seen anything like that, they might of responded to criticism and likely just disagreed with them but never once have I seen any actual attacks on the fanbase at least ones that were not on the wrong side of things, I've seen some RT guys rightfully call out on people who actually deserved it.

Let's not forget that RT isn't even making the show so Skritz comment is not even accurate, the people making the show are the same people who made the Prime Wars shows so if anything it's on them.

Ultra Magnus is disappointing I suppose but the only thing it could of been was Decepticon Ultra Magnus since there is no way that the boxed set was going to be anything not related to the show, it wasn't going to be some drastically different deco and since the diaclone colors are used for Delta Magnus now it's likely that they would of just named the set Delta Magnus and not Ultra.

I'm actually kinda hoping for a yellow Ultra Magnus (Shining Magnus) so I might call him "Plus Ultra Magnus"

[Hellscream9999]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Sounds so familiar...

Yeah, I know, an updated boxset would be really great

[no-one]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Sounds so familiar...

[img]TillAllAreRedecod.jpg[/img]

Yeah, I know, an updated boxset would be really great

I've replaced almost every mold in that set already

[grimdragon2001]

God, I'm not on the hyper cartoon accuracy train, or even the g1 train, but a cel shaded boxset of the figures from the cover of the '86 movie, with the newer molds, would be really hard to resist

Sounds so familiar...

[img]TillAllAreRedecod.jpg[/img]

Yeah, I know, an updated boxset would be really great

I've replaced almost every mold in that set already

Same here, all but two, and one isnt an 86 movie character

[ZeroWolf]

I'm just waiting for the fandom to once again inevitably split as the Netflix show turn out to be **** awful and Rooster Teeth start spasming out and attacking the fanbase for not liking it, given their track record.

I guess I only know them from Red vs Blue and RWBY, surprised I never heard of this?

I've been watching RT for years and haven't seen anything like that, they might of responded to criticism and likely just disagreed with them but never once have I seen any actual attacks on the fanbase at least ones that were not on the wrong side of things, I've seen some RT guys rightfully call out on people who actually deserved it.

Let's not forget that RT isn't even making the show so Skritz comment is not even accurate, the people making the show are the same people who made the Prime Wars shows so if anything it's on them.

Ultra Magnus is disappointing I suppose but the only thing it could of been was Decepticon Ultra Magnus since there is no way that the boxed set was going to be anything not related to the show, it wasn't going to be some drastically different deco and since the diaclone colors are used for Delta Magnus now it's likely that they would of just named the set Delta Magnus and not Ultra.

I'm actually kinda hoping for a yellow Ultra Magnus (Shining Magnus) so I might call him "Plus Ultra Magnus"

Actually RT are producing the show (with animation supplied by Polygon Pictures who did the recent Star Wars Resistance cartoon and TF: Prime, and The 2015 Robots in Disguise series)

So yes, RT have a part to play in this new series and rest assured of it goes wrong, there is plenty of people involved to pass the blame ball to.

[Nemesis Primal]

Watermelon Rung is kinda hilarious, and I love his new blast effects, but with that being the only part of the package that I like, I certainly don't want to spend $60 on it. I do think we all got our hopes up/were made to get our hopes up by the secrecy and all that, so I should have expected that.

Those blast effects now make me further want Rung repainted into Kaon from the DJD with electric blast effects (since they'll never make a figure that turns into an electric chair, and they have surprisingly similar bot mode designs anyway).