The Energon Pub

[Carnivius_Prime]

well, ratchet does look better than the early photos. I'm still no fan of the mold and the 'repair bay' is terrible but it's still one of the better G1 Ratchet figures. If I got it (probably not as not a fan of Siege but I will be getting Springer though wish it had the Devastation-style shading of the upcoming Prima dn Megatron redecos. G1 stuff looks way better to me with that style and certainly way better than Siege's half-assed scuffed look) I'd probably paint the head red with a white crest to be the Marvel version the review mentions as yeah I definitely had some love for the comic incarnation who had to deal with a lot of crap (and his fate in Regeneration One still bugs me). The cartoon incarnation meant nothing to me at all. I didn't find him memorable. The paint deco makes him look better to me than the Ironhide version of the mold.

[DMSL]

I will stick with iGear Ironhide and Ratchet. Not Hasbro or Takara have any renditions that i really like to replace them in my collection.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Speaking of Ironhide. I saw this van today and it made me think it could be a slightly updated G1 Earth mode.

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[Stargrave]

With the toes up it totally looks like a pop up flash:

[joevill]

Great photos!

[SpikeyTigertron]

Not sure if we got a review of the siege 10 pack.... but here’s my take on it.

Absolutely love it! While I thought getting a 3rd set of planes and our 3rd and 4th version of the cannon/fire truck was “meh” at first. The amount of paint on some of these little guys is insane. For ground shaker and over air; it looks like they were molded in reverse colors and completely repainted.

Ricon feels the weakest of the bunch, but Iron Tread makes up for it. Really dig his truck and bot mode. His “half” of the “weapon” mode is refreshingly different.

Over all with the micro masters I’m impressed with the sculpting and paint. After discovering road-police (and his other mood mate) had articulated heads(!) I wish more of the others did. I know for Nightflight/Groundshaker/Whisper(?) that their heads are on pins thus stuck same with Cratermaker and his mold mate.... but many of the others the could.

I know some folks have asked for elbows and other joints, but considering how often the arms make up large pieces it would be harder on this scale.

10/10 would recommend picking up. I think out of *all* the “teams” currently out the race patrol is my least favorite. Weakest of the “weapon” modes and Blackjack and his silver mold mate.... I hate those shoulders.... very restrictive and a pain to transform.

[SpikeyTigertron]

With the toes up it totally looks like a pop up flash:

It.... didn’t occur to me to flip the front toes up! The back ties approximate the “hump” on the center decently too.

[SpikeyTigertron]

Well autobots pulled ahead of the decepticons... guess that’s why the first combiner goes to them!

[o.supreme]

Well autobots pulled ahead of the decepticons... guess that’s why the first combiner goes to them!

Even after the battle squad comes out though, Autobots outnumber the cons 14 to 10, unless you were counting the cassettes as well, then of course, everything evens out after wave 5...for the moment

[SpikeyTigertron]

Well autobots pulled ahead of the decepticons... guess that’s why the first combiner goes to them!

Even after the battle squad comes out though, Autobots outnumber the cons 14 to 10, unless you were counting the cassettes as well, then of course, everything evens out after wave 5...for the moment

Yeah.... that occurred me about the cassettes after I posted. That’s a good question though.... should they count? I know hasbro has then I’m in the same category... and they’re not exactly target masters.... so?

[SpikeyTigertron]

Might have to get out my old Dreamwave encyclopedia again (did they ever trade paperback that?) but... we got ratbat frumble and half of the off-road patrol with orange semi and grey jeep/suv?

[SpikeyTigertron]

They better do dirtboss and the monster trucks

[sol magnus]

Might have to get out my old Dreamwave encyclopedia again (did they ever trade paperback that?) but... we got ratbat frumble and half of the off-road patrol with orange semi and grey jeep/suv?

They did. In two volumes.

[o.supreme]

(did they ever trade paperback that?)

IDW did reprint the DW sourcebooks.... they collected all 8 issues into 2 volumes. I'm glad I have them, though sadly they are long OOP (I have the original 8 issues also, but the TPB's are an easy reference).

I was hoping at some point IDW would do another set of Guidebooks for new characters and Japanese characters not included in the original. But a lot of fans wanted all new profile books seeing as how IDW changed so any of the characters. It would have been quite cumbersome, which is probably why IDW chose not to go there. Of course, now with IDW being completely rebooted again...who knows.

[SpikeyTigertron]

Might have to get out my old Dreamwave encyclopedia again (did they ever trade paperback that?) but... we got ratbat frumble and half of the off-road patrol with orange semi and grey jeep/suv?

They did. In two volumes.

Oh, may have track those down.

Would be cool if they talked idw into it again

[SpikeyTigertron]

What other combiner teams do you think we’ll get? What are the chances the blackbird team is another sword lol

[SpikeyTigertron]

(did they ever trade paperback that?)

IDW did reprint the DW sourcebooks.... they collected all 8 issues into 2 volumes. I'm glad I have them, though sadly they are long OOP (I have the original 8 issues also, but the TPB's are an easy reference).

I was hoping at some point IDW would do another set of Guidebooks for new characters and Japanese characters not included in the original. But a lot of fans wanted all new profile books seeing as how IDW changed so any of the characters. It would have been quite cumbersome, which is probably why IDW chose not to go there. Of course, now with IDW being completely rebooted again...who knows.

At they very least they could use the War for Cyberton trappings and have short bios with stat ratings. Update the Micromasters with weapon modes (if they must). I adore the instructions have them, but a source book with it all in one place would be slick. Could flesh out the rank insignia that I don’t believe we’ve had explained?

[SpikeyTigertron]

Wonder if we’ll get Raiden/six build/ etc before this is over. Bonus points, they’re big enough to hold the other Micromaster weapons

[o.supreme]

Wonder if we’ll get Raiden/six build/ etc before this is over. Bonus points, they’re big enough to hold the other Micromaster weapons

I have mixed feelings here. It sounds odd, but I'd really like *if* there were any re-releases of Micromaster Combiner teams from Operaton Combinaton, that they be scaled up to match the current CW/PotP combiner system. The issue is, since they all have 6 members, that each one wojuld lose a member, or be relegated to a legends class as some form of accessory.

I would be OK, however if the Micromaster OC combiner teams stayed small If they could do THIS:

[SpikeyTigertron]

Wonder if we’ll get Raiden/six build/ etc before this is over. Bonus points, they’re big enough to hold the other Micromaster weapons

I have mixed feelings here. It sounds odd, but I'd really like *if* there were any re-releases of Micromaster Combiner teams from Operaton Combinaton, that they be scaled up to match the current CW/PotP combiner system. The issue is, since they all have 6 members, that each one wojuld lose a member, or be relegated to a legends class as some form of accessory.

I would be OK, however if the Micromaster OC combiner teams stayed small If they could do THIS:

Is that one of the micro combiners taking a piece out of Bruticus? I’m a little confused because there is a black and white “combiner” shuttle.

[ZeroWolf]

Still waiting for Battle Gaia and Guard City redecos Takara...

[SpikeyTigertron]

Still waiting for Battle Gaia and Guard City redecos Takara...

Is battle Gaia different from Baligus,

[Sabrblade]

Wonder if we’ll get Raiden/six build/ etc before this is over. Bonus points, they’re big enough to hold the other Micromaster weapons

I have mixed feelings here. It sounds odd, but I'd really like *if* there were any re-releases of Micromaster Combiner teams from Operaton Combinaton, that they be scaled up to match the current CW/PotP combiner system. The issue is, since they all have 6 members, that each one wojuld lose a member, or be relegated to a legends class as some form of accessory.

I would be OK, however if the Micromaster OC combiner teams stayed small If they could do THIS:

The impression I always had was that the Micromaster Six-Combiners merged to form average- or slighty-taller-than-average-sized guys.

Sixliner (the first of these combiners) in particular didn't seem to be that much bigger than a normal TF.

In particular, when Sixliner is held captive by False Convoy, he looks to be about the same size as Optimus's original body (who, in said body, was a pretty tall guy, but not gigantic), since False Convoy is an evil copy of Optimus in his old body.

[ZeroWolf]

Wonder if we’ll get Raiden/six build/ etc before this is over. Bonus points, they’re big enough to hold the other Micromaster weapons

I have mixed feelings here. It sounds odd, but I'd really like *if* there were any re-releases of Micromaster Combiner teams from Operaton Combinaton, that they be scaled up to match the current CW/PotP combiner system. The issue is, since they all have 6 members, that each one wojuld lose a member, or be relegated to a legends class as some form of accessory.

I would be OK, however if the Micromaster OC combiner teams stayed small If they could do THIS:

Is that one of the micro combiners taking a piece out of Bruticus? I’m a little confused because there is a black and white “combiner” shuttle.

Thats the Micromaster Combiners putting their power with Guard City (a Defensor redeco) to destroy Battle Gaia (a Bruticus redeco) its from the Japanese only Operation Combiner toyline which also saw Metroplex redecoed in to the Decepticon Metro Titan. I can't remember if the story was told through story pages like the Return of Convoy was

[SpikeyTigertron]

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sixwing

Huh.... didn’t know the combiner kibble combined into a jet... that’s slick