The Energon Pub

[Skritz]

I found Brunt's retool/redeco!

[Sabrblade]

Certain TFWiki contributors are really good at taking parts of pictures out of context. See the claim that LG-EX black convoy's stock photo/packaging shows silver painted forearms (it's just camera flash, he has really shiny plastic in that area). I'd agree with Va'al's opinion that that's just bad lighting on soundwave rather than something even powdered concrete regarding soundblaster, but wouldn't discount the possibility for the future, especially from takara.

The worst one i saw from tfwiki was the claim that Movie the Best Soundwave came with a missile (while he had no gun to fire it from). For months i thought i had thrown it away by mistake but in reality he came with no accessories.

Speaking as a longtime TFWiki contributor, bear in mind that a lot of new users tend to jump the gun on things that they edit and don't adequately reflect the greater standard of accuracy that the Wiki tends to strive for. And sometimes bits of misinformation just slip through the cracks, as can happen on any news site.

Cool, could you correct what we are talking about then?

Just point me in the right direction.

[Nemesis Primal]

Certain TFWiki contributors are really good at taking parts of pictures out of context. See the claim that LG-EX black convoy's stock photo/packaging shows silver painted forearms (it's just camera flash, he has really shiny plastic in that area). I'd agree with Va'al's opinion that that's just bad lighting on soundwave rather than something even powdered concrete regarding soundblaster, but wouldn't discount the possibility for the future, especially from takara.

The worst one i saw from tfwiki was the claim that Movie the Best Soundwave came with a missile (while he had no gun to fire it from). For months i thought i had thrown it away by mistake but in reality he came with no accessories.

Speaking as a longtime TFWiki contributor, bear in mind that a lot of new users tend to jump the gun on things that they edit and don't adequately reflect the greater standard of accuracy that the Wiki tends to strive for. And sometimes bits of misinformation just slip through the cracks, as can happen on any news site.

Cool, could you correct what we are talking about then?

Just point me in the right direction.

The issue is mostly fixed now, as the "Soundblaster" has already been removed and I was just legitimately unaware that Countdown was announced. It's really just a question of what wave Red Alert is coming in, as the site is assuming he's part of Wave 2 because he was revealed through Brunt.

[Manterax Prime]

Scamper needs to be a deluxe.

But Metroplex came with Scamper already.

[ZeroWolf]

Brunts head reminds me of something (aside from stormbringer)... Ah that's it! His head is a cylone from battlestar galactica!

[Rainmaker]

Siege is looking absolutely stunning, I can't believe we've managed to go from Prime Wars to this. The jump in molded detail combined with the battle damage looks amazing. I feel like there's something wrong, this isn't the kind of quality we normally expect from Hasbro.

[Hellscream9999]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

That's what I thought he was based off of, I for one, am always down for some stormbringer love, that makes 3 stormbringer figures now

[ZeroWolf]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

That's what I thought he was based off of, I for one, am always down for some stormbringer love, that makes 3 stormbringer figures now

Three? I know if TR astrotrain but what's the other one?

[Hellscream9999]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

That's what I thought he was based off of, I for one, am always down for some stormbringer love, that makes 3 stormbringer figures now

Three? I know if TR astrotrain but what's the other one?

generations/universe jetfire, going way back

[Sabrblade]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

That's what I thought he was based off of, I for one, am always down for some stormbringer love, that makes 3 stormbringer figures now

Three? I know if TR astrotrain but what's the other one?

generations/universe jetfire, going way back

Classics Jetfire.

[Skritz]

Siege is looking absolutely stunning, I can't believe we've managed to go from Prime Wars to this. The jump in molded detail combined with the battle damage looks amazing. I feel like there's something wrong, this isn't the kind of quality we normally expect from Hasbro.

I very much believe it is because of Prime Wars (and a slight price raise it seem) that figure quality has improved. Combiner Wars, for all the whining about mold reuse, was apparently quite the hit and it does seem like Titans Return did well too. Poor POTP seems like it got the short end of the stick, however.

[X3ROhour]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

Who needs hands when you have CLAWS?
Although this would be retooled into Strika, because why not?

the CLAMPS!!

CLAMPITY CLAMP

[william-james88]

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

That's what I thought he was based off of, I for one, am always down for some stormbringer love, that makes 3 stormbringer figures now

Three? I know if TR astrotrain but what's the other one?

generations/universe jetfire, going way back

There is also Titanium Fallen which uses the Stormbringer Megatron design.
And Sabr, seems like someone was listening in, they corrected the MB soundwave blurb.

[Wolfman Jake]

We still haven't seen Siege Prowl yet, but we know he's around since he's been on the posters and artwork. What we do know is that he'll have some Cybertronian writing on him instead of "Police" and/or "Highway Patrol." We know that's happening with Red Alert as well because of the promotional shots of his 3D render. His Cybertronian glyphs probably read "Fire Chief" or "Fire Department" or something. Anyway, I wonder if Hasbro is thoughtful enough to include a few stickers with such figures to cover up the Cybertronian script with traditional English "Police" and "Fire Chief" signage.

[ZeroWolf]

We still haven't seen Siege Prowl yet, but we know he's around since he's been on the posters and artwork. What we do know is that he'll have some Cybertronian writing on him instead of "Police" and/or "Highway Patrol." We know that's happening with Red Alert as well because of the promotional shots of his 3D render. His Cybertronian glyphs probably read "Fire Chief" or "Fire Department" or something. Anyway, I wonder if Hasbro is thoughtful enough to include a few stickers with such figures to cover up the Cybertronian script with traditional English "Police" and "Fire Chief" signage.

Or they may retool the figures alt mode for a future line to be earth based

[Skritz]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

[Sabrblade]

And Sabr, seems like someone was listening in, they corrected the MB soundwave blurb.

[Decepticon Stryker]

And Sabr, seems like someone was listening in, they corrected the MB soundwave blurb.

No. Bad Sabr. Bad. Now I'll have that stuck in my head for the rest of the month.

[Flashwave]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would buy all of those over Sideswipe if they did that. I dont want a sideswip ewithout a Sunstreaker, but the others, hell yeah

[Wolfman Jake]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would buy all of those over Sideswipe if they did that. I dont want a sideswip ewithout a Sunstreaker, but the others, hell yeah

What about Combiner Wars or Unite Warriors Sunstreaker? That's who I'll be pairing with Siege Sideswipe. The two Lambo Bros. are supposed to look very different in robot mode.

[Flashwave]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would buy all of those over Sideswipe if they did that. I dont want a sideswip ewithout a Sunstreaker, but the others, hell yeah

What about Combiner Wars or Unite Warriors Sunstreaker? That's who I'll be pairing with Siege Sideswipe. The two Lambo Bros. are supposed to look very different in robot mode.

The design is that it's a way different. And to be honest, I really don't like the combiner wars sunstreaker figure anyway. If we got in the Jazz mold repainted as Sideswipe, I might be more open to that idea, but it's just going to take a lot for me to want to replace the Classics/Generations versions of the characters with a mismatch-ed set. With Hasbro's G1 accurate bot mode directive doubt a repaint would happen and I dont think a front-to-back flip of the mold is possible or even desirable.

I do like the dun Sideswip has though. And I might get Red so I can experience the mold

[Emerje]

Finally caught up on this thread. Work has been crazy, had to do a 16 hour shift Thursday and a 10 hour shift Friday so I was way behind. Basically I want everything we've seen so far, I'm super excited about this line. Not crazy about Soundwave's hovercraft mode, but it looks like a tape deck fan mode should be do-able. His gun seems to unfold into something that resembles a microphone.

Well, to be fair I consider Brunt to be an 'original design' since the original Brunt was a non-transformign accessory whereas this guy has a really cool and unique robot mode. So that's at least one half-new thing in this line so far, no?

Interestiny enough, Brunts design is not original. It is Don Figuera's design of the droids in Stormbringer down to almost every detail of the robot mode.

Just wait for the potential Slammer repaint, that should be totally accurate if they make one. Brunt really is one heck of a parts former, having to remove his legs to form his canon.

I'm thinking of a few other potential repaints and extensive retools that could be possible with some of the new molds we've seen.

For starters I'd like to see a future box set of the Reflector trio in their original toy colors. The new figure transforms the same way as the original figure did so it should be easy enough. Add on some new heads a flash and he'd be a great update.

Megatron would be a very easy Armada Megatron retool having similar transformation features. Warden did say we're getting some Armada figures in the future.

This one's a little out there and should be looked at as more of a shared transformation than a retooling. Starscream into Vector Prime. The way the legs bend underneath (albeit backwards) and the arms just fold back make this very possible.



Also, is that a trigger?

trigger kibble?

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Emerje

[Ultra Markus]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would buy all of those over Sideswipe if they did that. I dont want a sideswip ewithout a Sunstreaker, but the others, hell yeah

What about Combiner Wars or Unite Warriors Sunstreaker? That's who I'll be pairing with Siege Sideswipe. The two Lambo Bros. are supposed to look very different in robot mode.

The design is that it's a way different. And to be honest, I really don't like the combiner wars sunstreaker figure anyway. If we got in the Jazz mold repainted as Sideswipe, I might be more open to that idea, but it's just going to take a lot for me to want to replace the Classics/Generations versions of the characters with a mismatch-ed set. With Hasbro's G1 accurate bot mode directive doubt a repaint would happen and I dont think a front-to-back flip of the mold is possible or even desirable.

I do like the dun Sideswip has though. And I might get Red so I can experience the mold

If they do a seige Jazz this is how it should be

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[blackeyedprime]

...anyone have any idea why TFWiki claims that we're getting a Soundblaster repaint from the just-revealed Soundwave, that Red Alert is part of Wave 2, and that Countdown comes with Omega Supreme? Was all that confirmed at the panel? I know people were speculating about Omega turning into Countdown's rocket base, but I didn't think that was confirmed anywhere, and I didn't think we got anything official regarding Red Alert outside of that Brunt picture. I guess a case could be made that Red Alert has to be in Wave 2 for him to be in Brunt's advertising, but the rest of that just seems like wild claims unless I've missed something.

Everything that we know was said on the panel but also in conversations with the various press people present. For Micro Master Countdown specifically, we have confirmation that it will fit in the tank that forms the head and upper chest of Omega Supreme from the panel stream. See here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... uzz/42179/
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As for Soundblaster, an image has been making the rounds claiming to be the redeco.

The purplish reflection on the cassette bay reminds of visionaries vehicles/prisons. Starting to like the alt mode a bit more now. Usually bad lighting has the opposite effect on figurees

[Skritz]

Know what would be an interesting thing to see? One of the more obscure Sideswipe redeco: Clamp Down, Deep Cover or Tigertrack. Unlikely but it would be pretty cool nonetheless.

I would buy all of those over Sideswipe if they did that. I dont want a sideswip ewithout a Sunstreaker, but the others, hell yeah

What about Combiner Wars or Unite Warriors Sunstreaker? That's who I'll be pairing with Siege Sideswipe. The two Lambo Bros. are supposed to look very different in robot mode.

The design is that it's a way different. And to be honest, I really don't like the combiner wars sunstreaker figure anyway. If we got in the Jazz mold repainted as Sideswipe, I might be more open to that idea, but it's just going to take a lot for me to want to replace the Classics/Generations versions of the characters with a mismatch-ed set. With Hasbro's G1 accurate bot mode directive doubt a repaint would happen and I dont think a front-to-back flip of the mold is possible or even desirable.

I do like the dun Sideswip has though. And I might get Red so I can experience the mold

I would not be surprised this 'series' has a Sunstreaker. If not in Siege then the next part of the trilogy.