The Energon Pub

[Flashwave]

Two Questions:
For those of you finding the 35th Anniversary WalMart Displays, are they being put up in or bear the Toy Aisles or as part of a Christmas Display elsewhere in stores? None of my Walmarts are showing aby opeb spaces ob their endcaps so I dont know if I am walking past my Springer or if he's not beibg put out yet.

2)
For those who already have Soundblaster: Convince Me. I like the deco colors and with Frenzy and Ratbat coming, I like the optiin of the double chest door. But frankly, I believe tgat Soundwave mold to be the worst toy out of Siege by far, and one of the worst figures in recent memory. Sure, the bot mode looks great, but the engine pods not only fall off the supports if you so much as go outside and sneeze, but those supports just as easily come off if you try to reattach the ebgines. At least with Ironhide you could brace the leg panels and/or angle them just right so they didnt get clipped and knockef off, there is bo hope of fixing these for Soundwave. And for what? A Flying Brick thing of an alt node that doesnt make sense on its own let alone as an alt mode for Soundwave. Its a figure I will never ve transforming, the frustration ain't worth the end product.

So my question is: Did thry fix the engine issue with Soundblaster? Is he worth my time? Or am I gonna be dissappointed again in a $30 action master?

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Two Questions:
For those of you finding the 35th Anniversary WalMart Displays, are they being put up in or bear the Toy Aisles or as part of a Christmas Display elsewhere in stores? None of my Walmarts are showing aby opeb spaces ob their endcaps so I dont know if I am walking past my Springer or if he's not beibg put out yet.

I was looking around my local one like an idiot, until I found them by poking around the halloween clearance and holiday shopping aisles. They should be in the area with the larger toys that the regular toy aisles won't accommodate.

[Rodimus Prime]

The display at my store is on the main aisle in front of the toys/video games. So it's close enough to the toys department.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Found a Bluestreak in the Halloween aisle tonight! Glad I got a tip to check there, they had a gold mine of figures in that aisle

[william-james88]

Found a Bluestreak in the Halloween aisle tonight! Glad I got a tip to check there, they had a gold mine of figures in that aisle

You still have a haloween aisle? I thought they would replace it wuth Christmas asap.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Found a Bluestreak in the Halloween aisle tonight! Glad I got a tip to check there, they had a gold mine of figures in that aisle

You still have a haloween aisle? I thought they would replace it wuth Christmas asap.

Halloween clearance. At mine they happen to share space with the xmas deco aisles.

[Wolfman Jake]

My local Walmart already took down their Transformers endcap display. They just stuffed everything that was on it into the Transformers section in the regular toy aisles, and I mean STUFFED. The pegs were overflowing with Bluestreak and Wave 3 figures. The Voyager spots on the shelf were STACKED with all of the regular retail Siege Voyagers except for wave 1 Optimus Prime and the upcoming Apeface. Even the area over head was stacked with extra Siege figures. I don't know why they gave up on the display so soon. It couldn't have been up for more than a week.

[Flashwave]

My local Walmart already took down their Transformers endcap display. They just stuffed everything that was on it into the Transformers section in the regular toy aisles, and I mean STUFFED. The pegs were overflowing with Bluestreak and Wave 3 figures. The Voyager spots on the shelf were STACKED with all of the regular retail Siege Voyagers except for wave 1 Optimus Prime and the upcoming Apeface. Even the area over head was stacked with extra Siege figures. I don't know why they gave up on the display so soon. It couldn't have been up for more than a week.

I'm afraid one of my stores has dobe the same thing. Ibhave yet to find the End Cap Display in Indiana anywhere but one of my kocal haunts has more than a dozen Megatrons, Thundercrackers, abd a lone Starscream crammed into a single row and the pegs are full. I half wondered if they trief to put outbthe Stock without the Display. No sign of Springer, the only one I kinda want, and even then I really want to see hom in store before spendibg money because I really like the T30 one and my limited display space ain't big enough for the two of them. But I mayvjust order him and be done with it.

Two Questions:
For those of you finding the 35th Anniversary WalMart Displays, are they being put up in or bear the Toy Aisles or as part of a Christmas Display elsewhere in stores? None of my Walmarts are showing aby opeb spaces ob their endcaps so I dont know if I am walking past my Springer or if he's not beibg put out yet.

I was looking around my local one like an idiot, until I found them by poking around the halloween clearance and holiday shopping aisles. They should be in the area with the larger toys that the regular toy aisles won't accommodate.

Nobluck there. My stores have a bunch of stuff like tgat by the Bikes but no joy there either, and aisle displays of toys running from Electronics to Automotive and even stuff going down the main aisle towards the checkout, so it really feels like they could he everywhere... Or nowhere

[no-one]

I don't know why they gave up on the display so soon. It couldn't have been up for more than a week.

Because Walmart I've seen them do that pretty frequently. Also every square inch of floor/shelf space is a potential money earner. It's Xmas time, stuff the shelves and move out the other promotional end caps and merchandise. Rinse repeat.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Two Questions:
For those of you finding the 35th Anniversary WalMart Displays, are they being put up in or bear the Toy Aisles or as part of a Christmas Display elsewhere in stores? None of my Walmarts are showing aby opeb spaces ob their endcaps so I dont know if I am walking past my Springer or if he's not beibg put out yet.

I was looking around my local one like an idiot, until I found them by poking around the halloween clearance and holiday shopping aisles. They should be in the area with the larger toys that the regular toy aisles won't accommodate.

Nobluck there. My stores have a bunch of stuff like tgat by the Bikes but no joy there either, and aisle displays of toys running from Electronics to Automotive and even stuff going down the main aisle towards the checkout, so it really feels like they could he everywhere... Or nowhere

Within the christmas shopping aisles there's a section with bigger toys, that's where I found them, not the general big toy aisle.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Found a Bluestreak in the Halloween aisle tonight! Glad I got a tip to check there, they had a gold mine of figures in that aisle

You still have a haloween aisle? I thought they would replace it wuth Christmas asap.

Yep, lots of leftover cheap candy!

Also, picked up Ratchet and bluestreak over the past 2 nights. Ratchet was a huge surprise, it's the first Walgreens exclusive I have ever actually seen in stores, which was awesome!

As for the toys, haven't messed around too much, but Bluestreak is wonderfully painted and Ratchet is really cool, I like the new molded parts, and Nautica will appreciate her wrench

[TF-fan kev777]

Have we seen/heard anything about Apeface's Amazon page disappearing? Like anything from Hasbro or even Amazon? Because I have Apeface pre-ordered on there, and haven't actually gotten any notification saying it's cancelled, but I'm also worried they may end up just not sending out copies to people who pre-ordered with them

I wouldn't be too worried yet. This happened before on something transformers that I pre-ordered from them, but I don't remember which one. The page was eventually restored and I ended up getting whichever one it was on time. I would keep an eye on the ship date (mine says November 15th release, arriving November 17th.) If they miss that date, then I would pre-order from Hasbro Pulse if you have a premium membership, or add something else you would end up buying anyway to get above $70 for free shipping.

Alright, fair enough. The only other time I've ordered anything from Amazon was Punch/Counterpunch so I was just concerned, but thanks for the quick reply

So I just cancelled my Spinster and Crosshairs pre-order with Amazon in favor of Hasbro Pulse, since Pulse is saying ready to ship December 1st, and Amazon says January 1st.

However, I did notice something weird with the Amazon pre-order for Apeface. No, the Amazon Listing isn't fixed and still says page not found, and according to Amazon I'll still be getting him on November 19th.

I noticed that according to the original pre-order, they only had him as $24.99 instead of $29.99. I wonder if that has something to do with them removing his Listing from their site? In any case, I guess next week will tell if I'm going to be abandoning the Amazon order for Hasbro Pulse on Apeface as well, or if Amazon will come through, even without a current Listing.

[o.supreme]

Greetings All! Sorry I haven't been around much lately, super busy at work. However I did want to share a couple of pics I got from my friend who is an EMT for the Stockton CA Fire Department. Ratchet is now on duty with him full time

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[Wolfman Jake]

Glad your friend likes his gift, o.supreme! I know he's an EMT, but since he works for the Stockton, CA FD, would you get him an Earthrise Inferno figure next year so Ratchet can have a buddy?

[o.supreme]

Glad your friend likes his gift, o.supreme! I know he's an EMT, but since he works for the Stockton, CA FD, would you get him an Earthrise Inferno figure next year so Ratchet can have a buddy?

Funny you should mention that. He actually purchased PotP Inferno for his kids (he has 3 boys ages 11,9, and 7) The 7 year old is pretty brutal with his toys, needless to say it didn't last long, and the 11 year old, who is good friends with my son, was pretty upset. I don't know if I'd gift it, but if he wants one bad enough I'm sure he'll get it.

Part of the reason i felt compelled was because it was a Walgreens exclusive. The causal toy enthusiast isn't going to think of a Drug Store when shopping for toys. If there is a Voyager Inferno, I'm hoping it will be a regular retail release.

[Wolfman Jake]

I'd be surprised if Inferno wasn't in the regular retail line-up for Earthrise. Fire trucks are ALWAYS a sure sell for kids.

[chuckdawg1999]

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I'd be surprised if Inferno wasn't in the regular retail line-up for Earthrise. Fire trucks are ALWAYS a sure sell for kids.

I'm willing to agree with this. I am also willing to say that Artfire will be a selects release or exclusive of some sort

[Wolfman Jake]

Seibertron.com forum member and frequent contributor, chuckdawg1999, has brought us a video review of the latest and last wave of Battle Masters from the Transformers Generations: War for Cybertron Trilogy - Siege line, due out by the end of 2019! One of the featured figures is Singe, another classic G1 Targetmaster partner for Spinister, along with Shrute (née Hairsplitter), who was available in the Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron Multipack, an Amazon.com exclusive released earlier this year. Deluxe Class Spinister himself will be showing up any time now in the final Deluxe Class wave for Siege. Our old pal Chuck shows off Battle Master Singe compared to his Autobot mold mate Firedrive, noting the paint differences and new "blast effects," redecoed in green from Battle Master Aimless. The other new figure is none other than Rung, a newer Transformers character who debuted in IDW's Transformers comics from over the past decade and a half. This is an all new mold, not shared with any other Battle Master, and the face sculpt is an amazing likeness to the character as portrayed in the IDW comic books. Enjoy Chuck's video below:

What? You want MORE coverage on Battle Masters Rung and Singe!? Look no further than our own Seibertron.com toy galleries! We've got a nice set of photos for both Rung and Singe, showing off their robot modes, weapon modes, and comparisons with other Transformers figures. Just click on the highlighted links or the example pictures below to get started. While you're at it, check out the galleries here for other upcoming Siege Wave 5 releases as well!

Transformers Generations: War for Cybertron - Siege is quickly coming to a close. Which of the last wave of figures will you be adding to your collections this holiday season? Got any in mind as a gift for friends or family? Let us known in the comments that follow, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest new on all things Transformers!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I'd be surprised if Inferno wasn't in the regular retail line-up for Earthrise. Fire trucks are ALWAYS a sure sell for kids.

I'm willing to agree with this. I am also willing to say that Artfire will be a selects release or exclusive of some sort

So far, most molds have seen a retool being released, some of them being "legacy retools" (based on the original G1 toys. So Sideswipe into Sunstreaker will not happen, Red Alert already fills that role). I can see this being continued in Earthrise, so Inferno and Trailbreaker will almost definitely happen, with Exhaust (Wheeljack) and Hubcap (Cliffjumper) as more than decent bonuses.

That said, with Barricade as a "Decepticon Prowl made out of Smokescreen", this presents a grand opportunity to be cheeky and make a "(G2) Decepticon Smokescreen out of Prowl":

[AcademyofDrX]

So far, most molds have seen a retool being released, some of them being "legacy retools" (based on the original G1 toys. So Sideswipe into Sunstreaker will not happen, Red Alert already fills that role). I can see this being continued in Earthrise, so Inferno and Trailbreaker will almost definitely happen, with Exhaust (Wheeljack) and Hubcap (Cliffjumper) as more than decent bonuses.

Forget about Exhaust, the Marlboro Bot. It's time for Slicer!

[Deadput]

Forget about Exhaust, the Marlboro Bot. It's time for Slicer!

Exhaust has the cooler head though, I would prefer him over Slicer personally not that I'm opposed to them making a Slicer since he's cool to.

[Wolfman Jake]

Forget about Exhaust, the Marlboro Bot. It's time for Slicer!

Exhaust has the cooler head though, I would prefer him over Slicer personally not that I'm opposed to them making a Slicer since he's cool to.

Slicer would be easier for Hasbro and Takara to do, just because it's a straight up repaint. Marlboro is a little tougher, not only because it requires a head retool, but also because they have to strike a delicate balance between the original Diaclone "Marlboro Wheeljack" deco and what is legally allowed in Hasbro markets, given that the original deco is trademarked by Philip Morris, and that it is a "children's toy" that references tobacco products. Takara had a HELL of a time releasing Masterpiece Exhaust a few years ago, and selling it outside of Japan was even more of a hassle for third party sellers like TFSource and BBTS.

[Sabrblade]

Forget about Exhaust, the Marlboro Bot. It's time for Slicer!

Exhaust has the cooler head though, I would prefer him over Slicer personally not that I'm opposed to them making a Slicer since he's cool to.

Slicer would be easier for Hasbro and Takara to do, just because it's a straight up repaint. Marlboro is a little tougher, not only because it requires a head retool, but also because they have to strike a delicate balance between the original Diaclone "Marlboro Wheeljack" deco and what is legally allowed in Hasbro markets, given that the original deco is trademarked by Philip Morris, and that it is a "children's toy" that references tobacco products. Takara had a HELL of a time releasing Masterpiece Exhaust a few years ago, and selling it outside of Japan was even more of a hassle for third party sellers like TFSource and BBTS.

Yeah, after that fiasco, I'd really be surprised if Hasbro would ever touch another Exhaust toy with a ten foot pole.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Forget about Exhaust, the Marlboro Bot. It's time for Slicer!

Exhaust has the cooler head though, I would prefer him over Slicer personally not that I'm opposed to them making a Slicer since he's cool to.

Slicer would be easier for Hasbro and Takara to do, just because it's a straight up repaint. Marlboro is a little tougher, not only because it requires a head retool, but also because they have to strike a delicate balance between the original Diaclone "Marlboro Wheeljack" deco and what is legally allowed in Hasbro markets, given that the original deco is trademarked by Philip Morris, and that it is a "children's toy" that references tobacco products. Takara had a HELL of a time releasing Masterpiece Exhaust a few years ago, and selling it outside of Japan was even more of a hassle for third party sellers like TFSource and BBTS.

Yeah, after that fiasco, I'd really be surprised if Hasbro would ever touch another Exhaust toy with a ten foot pole.

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