The Energon Pub

[william-james88]

I like Siege Jetfire, but do I want it or am I afraid I'll want it more when I can't get it? Design wise and size I like T30 better. I'm going to wait until I'm sure that I'm sure and if I miss out... I miss out.

I will too. I am waiting until black friday/cyber monday. It's far enough into the year to see at what pace these are selling and not far enough for it to be unobtainable online, and it will be at a price where I wouldnt mind paying for a figure I am not as excited about (since I too preffer the look of T30 Jetfire). I did that with Predaking last year and it worked like a charm.

[ZeroWolf]

Not sure if this is newsworthy or not, but Hasbro Pulse has Jetfire back up for pre-order with a ship date of August 8 for anyone who missed out on the initial run.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... ion-figure

It's definitely good news to some, but not helping me fight the FOMOnster (thanks zerowolf for the new word).

As an Author, it pleases me no end to hear that I've helped create a new word

[RodimusConvoy13]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a flight stand for Jetfire? He's really big so he doesn't fit on my stand I have for other figures.

[Cyberpath]

The name is a little of a misnomer isn't it

I meant that I imagined bigger cables and not those puny earphone/charger ones. He's holding them so neatly, too.

[Nathaniel Prime]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a flight stand for Jetfire? He's really big so he doesn't fit on my stand I have for other figures.

Some guy on reddit asked the same thing. Apparently there's a kind of stand with a 5mm port to put on the bottom of jet mode. I also recommend getting more than one stand, like at least 3-4

[no-one]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a flight stand for Jetfire? He's really big so he doesn't fit on my stand I have for other figures.

That'd be a mighty big/strong stand. I've been looking for a stand that can support a CW combiner and would be interested if you find something that works.

Bot or alt mode? I've seen those three armed stands that people use for jet modes and such. Might be more realistic to find. I believe D-Max got a pretty nice one recently.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I've never really studied Mirage, but he seems to have quite the interesting transformation. Looks like his legs house the front wheels and fold up over the chest, but where does the nose of the alt mode come from? His legs or back? Also really digging the transparent blue.

I don't care for how the arms fold up to make a wall of a spoiler, kind of kills the F1 car sleekness. This will be the rare case of a Siege figure not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a flight stand for Jetfire? He's really big so he doesn't fit on my stand I have for other figures.

That'd be a mighty big/strong stand. I've been looking for a stand that can support a CW combiner and would be interested if you find something that works.

Bot or alt mode? I've seen those three armed stands that people use for jet modes and such. Might be more realistic to find. I believe D-Max got a pretty nice one recently.

Either would be easier to find than a clear stand or harness for Unicron's planet mode

[no-one]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.

I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa, deja vu

[no-one]

So how is everyone handling Brunt's pistol/cannon tip in bot mode? I felt the official way puts it a little higher than I'd like and I've settled on this. It's not the firmest peg, but does snap in a bit. The downside is how wiggly it is.



I like the ride height and it gives the impression of "hey, I actually transformed". Not that I don't like the partformeriness of the weaponizers.



When I was going with the official way, I rotated the turret 45°. It pegs in just ever so slightly more and I like the way it looks from behind.



Either way I love dude's Dr. Claws




Claws and effect

[Optimum Supreme]

With reflector I think he got caught with the “street date” issue we’ve been running into. Entertainment Earth hasn’t shipped any of that wave yet (that i’m aware of). That said Jetfire arrived yesterday from Amazon. With Springer and Red Alert arriving from Pulse (with an accidental extra Jetfire)

He’s not street dated, I got some from meijer, seems like they got a lot of his wave in company wide, beyond that, bbts got theirs, mine should be shipping out soon; I think this is a case of Hasbro underestimating how much people wanted a reflector proper

I've been to about a half dozen meijers in the last 2-3 weeks (after people "claimed" they saw reflectors at another one) and no dice.

[Wolfman Jake]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.

I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa, deja vu

If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.

[RodimusConvoy13]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.

I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa, deja vu

If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.

It's also the first updated Mirage to come with a shoulder launcher!

[Hellscream9999]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.

I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa, deja vu

If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.

cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine

[no-one]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy... I'm skipping Siege Mirage

If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.

It's also the first updated Mirage to come with a shoulder launcher!

I'm just not feeling it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ like SiegeFire

Oh and this...

cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine

[Cyberpath]

Something funny that occurred to me... Skyfire and Reflector are two characters that were phased out of the cartoon... and now with the SIEGE line, they've been released around the same time, both are kind of difficult to get -- Amazon messed up the Jetfire pre-orders and never even put ones up for Refraktor.

[TF-fan kev777]

Has anyone tried integrating Brunt with Trypticon in base/ship mode as a cannon/tower G1 style yet? I've searched the webernets and have come up short. I haven't taken the time or made the room to try it myself yet.

I just got around to it today. I stated with ship mode and just 1 Brunt and it actually wasn't that easy to come up with something I liked. There is also a pretty good lack of useful 5mm holes especially in ship mode. I wanted symmetry and Brunt's arm pieces are really the only symmetrical pair of parts. So those became claws for the front of the ship because why not, and I was able to barely put together a central cannon that used the 5mm holes on top of the part of the ship on either side of the main ramp for city mode. I say barely because Brunt's crotch/upper thigh part is just like 1mm to short for the 5mm posts on his knees fit snugly in the holes on Trypticon.

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Then I moved onto using 2 Brunts for better options with symmetry.

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Then I switched to city mode and changed things up a little more. I went with 3 weaponizers for each city bot with 2 used for supplementing the ship/city and the 3rd to be the actual character. So Trypticon gets a brunt, and a bunch of bling in the form of brunt pieces.

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[D-Maximal_Primal]

I want to add some thoughts of my own towards Brunt.

First off, Cary, I put mine on the left shoulder and rotate the turret to allow it to fit. I think it looks pretty good poking up there.

And secondly, Brunt is fantastic. He went from a tank/tower accessory of Trypticons to being an amazing standalone figure. He rocks! The new and unique design with that awesome head really help him stand out, and those massive claws are simply delicious. Transformation is fun too, the most fun of the Weaponizers I think, and the tank mode is a beast. Oh and his purple is perfection. that is the shade of purple that should be used.

Buy him, he deserves it, and you deserve him

Edit: Yeah, Pipes and Huffer. Good choices, but again, I'm the only one happy with the CW ones.

We may be the only two. I really like them and they are the only figures in that mold I'm keeping. If new ones were released they'd have to be pretty **** good for me to jump.

I, too, also like CW Huffer and Pipes as well.

CW Pipes and Huffer are my versions of both as well, i like them even if they aren't that accurate. I really love T30 Gears too.

[Skritz]

I know everyone and their mom said it, but Brunt just scream 'Beast Machine Vehicon but less stupid'.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.

Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?

Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.

I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa, deja vu

If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.

cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine

Ehhh. I would say that the Minibot-size head looks a smidgen off nowadays, he's lacking in weapons and the one he has makes him look really scrawny in robot mode, and the ball-jointed ankle tilts have definitely NOT aged well. Those feet flop like deflated balloons
And the hands aren't 5mm compatible.

Has anyone tried integrating Brunt with Trypticon in base/ship mode as a cannon/tower G1 style yet? I've searched the webernets and have come up short. I haven't taken the time or made the room to try it myself yet.

I just got around to it today. I stated with ship mode and just 1 Brunt and it actually wasn't that easy to come up with something I liked. There is also a pretty good lack of useful 5mm holes especially in ship mode. I wanted symmetry and Brunt's arm pieces are really the only symmetrical pair of parts. So those became claws for the front of the ship because why not, and I was able to barely put together a central cannon that used the 5mm holes on top of the part of the ship on either side of the main ramp for city mode. I say barely because Brunt's crotch/upper thigh part is just like 1mm to short for the 5mm posts on his knees fit snugly in the holes on Trypticon.

20190708_150953.jpg

Then I moved onto using 2 Brunts for better options with symmetry.

20190708_162312.jpg

Then I switched to city mode and changed things up a little more. I went with 3 weaponizers for each city bot with 2 used for supplementing the ship/city and the 3rd to be the actual character. So Trypticon gets a brunt, and a bunch of bling in the form of brunt pieces.

20190708_163601.jpg

You might get better results in ship/battlestation mode if you detach Full-Tilt and move him to the garage. That spot all the way at the back was where Brunt's cannon attached on the original, after all, so it might be worth a shot.

Also, the instructions are wrong (gee, there's a shock) about Trypticon's purple cannon barrels. They should be extended in ship mode (to make the towers look more like guns). and collapsed in city mode.

I hope they do a bow battlemaster.

[TF-fan kev777]

You might get better results in ship/battlestation mode if you detach Full-Tilt and move him to the garage. That spot all the way at the back was where Brunt's cannon attached on the original, after all, so it might be worth a shot.

Also, the instructions are wrong (gee, there's a shock) about Trypticon's purple cannon barrels. They should be extended in ship mode (to make the towers look more like guns). and collapsed in city mode.

Sadly there is a lack of useful 5mm ports in the area where Full Tilt attaches. Of the 3 Titans with weaponizer partners, Trypticon seems to have the least amount of useful 5mm ports with Metroplex having the most. Trypticon also has some deceiving screw holes that are slightly larger than 5mm.

As for the shoulder cannons, I know how you think they should be, but this is my personal preference. I prefer them extended in city mode to give a taller silhouette. I do usually also have them out in ship mode as well, but they would have interfered with the cannons I added from by 2 Brunts. Probably would have been fine when I only used 1 Brunt.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Ugh, I know what you mean about those deceptive screwholes...

[o.supreme]

Went to a Walmart a little out of my way yesterday but finally sighted wave 3 deluxes. Picked up Brunt (the only one of the lot I really wanted). It's kind of satisfying to know that everything I want form this line I have except the pricier Jetfire, and Omega Supreme (which isn't even out yet). As others have said, I'll probably wait until a sale closer to end of year to get both of these, that gives me time to save up, and *hopefully* knock off one or 2 of the even pricier/older TT Legends items I've been holding off on.

[william-james88]

Seibertronians Microbot and Nemesis Primal found new images of Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege deluxes Impactor and Mirage. These specific ones were found on the BBTS website where they are available for preorder. These stock images show us the finished toys, unlike the previous images we got that showed 3D renders. We also have images of them inside their box. These toys will be out in October and they are in even cases made up of Mirage, Impactor, Sixgun and Barricade. Enjoy the images below and let us know what you think. Mirage, for instance, seems to have quite the imaginative transformation.

[no-one]

I know everyone and their mom said it, but Brunt just scream 'Beast Machine Vehicon but less stupid'.

"Less Stupid" should Siege's sub-subtitle. One could argue that Siege is pulling all the good ideas and culling all the bad idea from the Prime Wars trilogy.

Ugh, I know what you mean about those deceptive screwholes...

Deceptive Screwholes is the name of my post-punk band.

[Coptur]

loving Mirage and happy to leave Impactor on the shelf