The Energon Pub

[Sigma Magnus]

So...who wants to translate the Cybertronian (or is it Japanese...I cant tell...) on Stakeout's Car Door, being so obvious this time around, I would hope it would not be something offensive to some, or at least it could be caught in time for Hasbro to make the change...

If the thing I read on Twitter was right, it just says police.

[Bonfireben]

Chromia would be my pick of the bunch. Lets hope she doesn't get short packed like Moonracer did. Still never found that figure

If you’re still wanting a Moonracer you can find her on eBay and Amazon for around $20 shipped if you are patient and check for a few days (the price fluctuates a little). HTS has her in stock sometimes for $17 but you’d have to pay shipping if you don’t order more stuff.

[Wolfman Jake]

So...who wants to translate the Cybertronian (or is it Japanese...I cant tell...) on Stakeout's Car Door, being so obvious this time around, I would hope it would not be something offensive to some, or at least it could be caught in time for Hasbro to make the change...

It says, "I'm with Her."

[Burn]

It's cute seeing the Micromasters back though but each patrol seems to have lost half of it's members?

I'll go out on a limb and say they'll be later waves.

So...who wants to translate the Cybertronian (or is it Japanese...I cant tell...) on Stakeout's Car Door, being so obvious this time around, I would hope it would not be something offensive to some, or at least it could be caught in time for Hasbro to make the change...

Everything is offensive to someone these days.

[o.supreme]

Everything is offensive to someone these days.

I'm offended by that statement (j/k)...but I was hoping it read "Holi" as a little nod to the Japanese characters name.

[Skritz]

Clearly it says Hashtag Not My President.

Man, is every writing of Cybertronian on a figure going to get people paranoid that it's some coded message?

[o.supreme]

For Some people it's Paranoia, for me, I'm just trying to save Hasbro some $$$, and avoid having to see stories about this blow up all over the fandom

[Skritz]

For Some people it's Paranoia, for me, I'm just trying to save Hasbro some $$$, and avoid having to see stories about this blow up all over the fandom

Trust me, with Hasbro's political leaning (as with all companies these days) they're not going to get a repeat of the MAGA Jazz any time soon. That one slipped under their radar and I bet the execs and important people are still kicking themselves in the balls that one of their figure had an endorsement for Donald Trump.

I'm pretty sure they now got people whose sole job is to doublecheck this **** rather than risk endorsing Trump by accident. The only reason this controversy got swept under the rug and didn't cost a shitton of $$$ for Hasbro is that compared to comics, movies or TV show the toys generate way less buzz in social media.

[DecepticonFinishline]

There is an official Transformers Facebook page and Instagram account, but did you know there was an Instagram account for Hasbro Pulse as well? Well they do, and it turns out this is where they uploaded all the Transformers Seige official renders.

Below you will find the official images for:

Hound

Battle Master Lionizer (who was Action Master Rad's weapon)

Micromasters two packs Battle Patrol, Race Patrol, Rescue Patrol.

COG - Weaponizer partsformer

Ironhide

Chromia (who does not combine)

Leader class Ultra Magnus, which is a White Prime cab with armor

Which of these do you like best? Let us know!

Then WHAT. WAS. THE. F___ING. POINT. IN. EVEN. USING. THIS. MOLD.

Everything else looks pretty cool, though. And that's coming from someone that would prefer Transformers don't come with weapons. Those firing effects are going DIRECTLY into a ziplock bag.

[Skritz]

Well, she's at least visually consistent?

[mordhelm]

Where is the confirmation that she does not combine?

[DecepticonFinishline]

Well, she's at least visually consistent?

She is. But it doesn't make up for all the sacrifices that Elita-1's design had to make in order to combine. Just so that they could give us a Chromia, from a combining mold, that doesn't combine. It feels like a decision made with malice....

[Burn]

Then WHAT. WAS. THE. F___ING. POINT. IN. EVEN. USING. THIS. MOLD.

No need to **** self-censor yourself, that's what the **** word filter is for.

And that's coming from someone that would prefer Transformers don't come with weapons. Those firing effects are going DIRECTLY into a ziplock bag.

Weapons in general or weapons that shoot stuff that's easily lost/choked on?

[Emerje]

So, uh... What's Magnus doing with an Earthen altmode while everyone else gets Cybertronian ones?

Everybody? He's about as Earthen as Optimus and Sideswipe (and most of the Micromasters). Chromia, Ironhide, and COG so far are the only ones that are truly Cybertronian looking.

Speaking of Magnus, I'm calling this now: 2021 retool in the third leg of War for Cybertron into RID 2001 Magnus for the 20th anniversary. I don't know exactly what that would look like, maybe scrap the inner white prime in favor of more parts to pair with a Leader RID Optimus with proper small bot and big bot forms and able to make Omega Prime. I don't think it's impossible.

Poor Chromia, once again a heavy retool of a figure from another Transformers line.

I hope Lionizer shares his mold with Catgut and that we may possibly get a Treadshot in the line (maybe a leader Shockwave retool, whatever he turns out like).

Emerje

[Aimless Misfire]

Chromia doesn't combine? Are you sure? Why would Hasbro bother to remove that feature? Looking at both modes it doesn't look like it's necessary to remove it.

[Skritz]

Chromia doesn't combine? Are you sure? Why would Hasbro bother to remove that feature? Looking at both modes it doesn't look like it's necessary to remove it.

Presumably for the sake of a 'clean start': no gimmick interaction with the previous trilogy.

[Aimless Misfire]

Chromia doesn't combine? Are you sure? Why would Hasbro bother to remove that feature? Looking at both modes it doesn't look like it's necessary to remove it.

Presumably for the sake of a 'clean start': no gimmick interaction with the previous trilogy.

That's stupid as hell! But not surprising coming from Hasbro.

Yet they can keep the 5mm holes across all lines.

Well, back to my original plan, buy 2 more Moonracer's & make a custom Arcee & Chromia to go with Elita-1. I want another all female combiner.

[durroth]

For a mold that made so many weird and terrible decisions in PotP, chromia definitely ends up with a smoother alt mode than the previous two, but I don't see any reason to replace the old one with this one. I love Ultra Magnus. I think they found a good balance between weird cybertronian armored truck and something recognizable. Ironhide looks pretty good, Cog looks amazing.

[Victinoko]

Ultra Magnus: A must buy, I LOVE the whole RID2001 thing going on.

Hound: I love the robot mode, but the vehicle mode is eh. i'd have to see it in person, or just get him at a discount

Chromia: Nice, but i'll pass, I have other priorities.

Cog: I have to get him for Fort Max and the whole "armouring up" thing

Micro Masters: I need every. single. one.

Ironhide: I like him.

[-Kanrabat-]

Chromia doesn't combine? Are you sure? Why would Hasbro bother to remove that feature? Looking at both modes it doesn't look like it's necessary to remove it.

Presumably for the sake of a 'clean start': no gimmick interaction with the previous trilogy.

That's stupid as hell! But not surprising coming from Hasbro.

Yet they can keep the 5mm holes across all lines.

Well, back to my original plan, buy 2 more Moonracer's & make a custom Arcee & Chromia to go with Elita-1. I want another all female combiner.

There's one more deluxe fembot coming out. So hold on for that one. I already have 2 Moonracers and I'm waiting for that next girl to buy 2 of. Then I'll customise the doubles.

[Mr.MicroMaster]

Chromia isn't too bad looking ,but it's disappointing that she doesn't combine. Cog is a cool little guy and I love how many guns his alt-mode has. I defiantly can't wait to get Hound he looks real nice I like that he has what looks like a drum feed machine gun. His alt-mode is pretty rockin. Ironhide is awesome to put it simply anyway. Even though I have Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus I'll defiantly pick up this one as well. It is so cool that he comes with a white prime to armor up. Lionizer is sweet little sword. I'll proably give him too Sideswipe. I'm defiantly going to pick up all the Micromasters patrols. Hopefully will get the other half of team we all ready have.

But I have one question Hasbro where are the Decepticons at.

[chuckdawg1999]

Everything in this line looks awesome. Far better than POTP. I'm most excited for the micromasters and Cog, thank goodness I eventually got a For Max. Speaking of Cog, didn't each vehicle have its own name and the combined robot was Cog?

[bacem]

Magnus. They could have just repainted the optimus mold for the cab, so they only need to design new trailer. But no, they actually put extra effort and gives us different cab as well. And then homage it to RID 2001? Oh heck yea! Magnus is definitely on my list up there.

[ricemazter]

Hmmmm...I think I'm satisfied plenty with my Combiner Wars Magnus. I prefer the CW headsculpt and generally comic accurate body (less boxy). I also prefer having a Minimus Ambus over a white Optimus inside.

I'm conflicted on Ironhide. At first glance, I don't really like how tall the headsculpt is with the protruding crest (again, I'm a comics guy).

Sideswipe and Hound look excellent, and that Optimus looks like he could be THE Optimus my neo g1 collection has been waiting for. So far, I've been using the CW Prime, but this guy's proportions look so much better! I wonder how he'll look next to TR Megatron and PotP Grimlock.

[Ultra Markus]

so i take it that the micromasters come in two packs does it mean we will see the other half of those teams later