The Energon Pub

[Lunatic Prime]

Crosshairs, I will be picking him up. Dunno if I'd rather have had a tr Kup repaint but at least this way I get the new mold to differentiate the character (repainted Kup figure would have been a bit too similar to orion pax) and I can really pass on Iron hide/ratchet just to have the mold and stick to the third party figures for them.

[Emerje]

Crosshairs, I will be picking him up. Dunno if I'd rather have had a tr Kup repaint but at least this way I get the new mold to differentiate the character (repainted Kup figure would have been a bit too similar to orion pax) and I can really pass on Iron hide/ratchet just to have the mold and stick to the third party figures for them.

I'm guessing those are the pics you were going for, I just got them off Twitter instead.

But we actually know what an official one would look like if it were to happen thanks to the Legends comic.




Emerje

[gothsaurus]

What head is on this custom? Thanks in advance.

[Nemesis Maximo]

While it’s cool that Astrotrain is gonna be pretty big, I’ll be sticking with the TR figure. I just really appreciate the design they chose for the voyager.

I’m disappointed in Apeface; I wasn’t exactly expecting to be very excited if we ever got him because of how GEEWUN pandering John Warden is, but man oh MAN do I hate the whole GEEWUN BUT WITH KNEES thing. Ah well. I’m glad the people that want him can get him, I just don’t want him.

I’ll probably end up getting Spinister though, gotta complete my Scavengers:

[Bounti76]

She was only available to preorder via a wishlist trick at first, and was finally listed and available for sale on Monday, but since she's an Amazon Prime exclusive, Prime shipping means that Greenlight, one of the most highly anticipated figures of the Siege line, has already arrived in some fans' homes! One of those fans is yours truly, and I've taken the liberty of taking several in hand pictures, to help you, fellow Seibertronians, decide if she's a good fit for you.

Greenlight debuted in the G1 cartoon episode "The Search for Alpha Trion" as one of the Female Autobots, a group of resistance fighters left on Cybertron. While she didn't have any speaking lines, or even a name, for that matter, she still showed up in several scenes. That was pretty much it for her until a quarter-century later, when a text story from Fun Publications in 2010 not only had her as a part of the story, but also gave her the name of Greenlight. After that story, it was another long hiatus for her until she showed up as a member of the Cybertronian colony of Carcer in IDW's previous 2005-18 continuity. She's shown up in IDW's rebooted continuity as well, so it looks like she's here to stay.

History lesson aside, let's get to the pictures!

To start with, she's a remold of the Moonracer/Firestar mold, with a new head, new forearms and hands, and a striking bright green and pale yellow color scheme that's straight out of the G1 cartoon. Her head sculpt is fantastically cartoon accurate, just like her mold-mates' heads.



She even has her little elvish ears!

And, unfortunately, the large backpack.



It doesn't hinder her posing, as most of the backpack is hollow.

She looks great next to her mold-mates in car mode, and has a distinctive enough deco to stand out, regardless of color.










This mold has been used three times now, but thankfully, shows no signs of degradation. The joints on my copy are just as tight as on the first iteration. This allows for some excellent action poses.





As shown above, she also comes with Dazzlestrike, a slight repaint of the Battlemaster Lionizer. Just a touch of matching green on Dazzlestrike's blade and voila! A new character. Her Battlemaster partner does come with a new flaming effect part that attaches to the blade, and it looks really cool.

So in my humble opinion, Greenlight is worth picking up. She and Dazzlestrike cost just as much as each of the individual figures would, despite being an exclusive. There's no mold degradation, the colors and paint app layouts are nice and distinctive, and this is her first toy, despite appearing in fiction for over 34 years! (I have a thing for obscure fembots). My only nitpick is that her new forearms and fists are molded in such a way that they kind of clip over the rear fender pieces, rather than tabbing in as on Moonracer or Firestar. Granted, those pieces don't tab in very well... the fists, too, can't move (they're a solid piece now) so they hang very low.

So that's about it for Greenlight.... oh wait, she IS a retool of a Power of the Primes mold, and NOT Siege Chromia, so that does mean that she has two other modes, as.....

....a combiner arm....



... and a combiner leg.



Speaking of combiner limbs, though she has the capability and combiner hand, there's no indication of that in her instructions. However...I have taken the liberty to finish off this article with the following mini story I've titled "How Orthia Came To Be". Enjoy, and let us know your thoughts on this figure below!

"Elita One, help! I'm stuck in this box!"


"Female Autobots, I need your help!"



"Yo."



"Let's get her out of there!"



"Almost there, Greenie!"


"Yay, she made it!"
"Thanks ladies!"


"Now I just need to get my kitty out. Come on, Dazzy!"


"Wait, Dazzy, nooo! Why did you jump up there? How are we going to get Dazzlestrike down?"



"I have an idea! Female Autobots? Transform, and COMBINE!"




"Wait, Chromia, why aren't you in arm mode?"
"Ask Hasbro!"


"Da**it, Hasbro! We'll just have to do it one armed since Lancer isn't here... yet. Finish combining!"

"Orthia is online!"


"Come to me, Dazzlestrike. That's it... just a bit more!"





"Wait, SERIOUSLY?? Cats!



FIN

[blackeyedprime]

The tr Kup repaint could have worked well with a vehicle nose coloring, slight shoulder remold and wheels on the arms. If hasbro ever gets round to selling blaster effects they should do some stick on wheels for the characters that are missing them :p

[Emerje]

What head is on this custom? Thanks in advance.

Missfire's/Aimless' face plate on Kup's Flintlock Titan Master. The figure itself is a Kup repaint, you can see the teal in his hands.

Emerje

[Decepticon Llorrac]

https://youtu.be/4-UImv5TF0I

[Papa_prime]

I'm loving all of these. Apeface looks great, I can't wait to get Spinister, and I'm digging Crosshairs as well. Don't know why some people are fussing about it being a repaint. Um, hello? It's Hasbro? He's getting a new head sculpt and that's fine. For me though, it's all about that Astrotrain. He's always been a favorite of mine and I can't wait to get him. Love the scale as well.
Wonder if there's a chance that Hasbro will reuse that mold with some remolding here and there to make a leader sized Broadside that has a jet mode that isn't doofy? I'd love to have a large one for my Wreckers collection.

[Nathaniel Prime]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

[william-james88]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

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You can post it all here.

[Nathaniel Prime]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

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You can post it all here.

I guess that's true too

[o.supreme]

Guess I found my stand-in Masterpiece Astrotrain. But what’s the “Astroforce”...?.

[TF-fan kev777]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

iedclhnmxv631.jpg

You can post it all here.

I guess that's true too

And the Awesome Poses and Pictures thread, I've posted some previous siege silliness there. I have some plans for Shocky and a few Brunts myself, just need to find a 3rd Brunt first.

[sol magnus]

I want every one of this new wave. Not seeing what's so bad about Crosshairs. I like it. The only thing I would have done is change the weapon.

[Cobotron]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

iedclhnmxv631.jpg

You can post it all here.

You can totally post stuff like that here, and should!
But there was this photo challenge thread started by carytheone at the onset of Siege. It was fun but kind of petered out. It would be cool to revive though.

[Lunatic Prime]

Crosshairs, I will be picking him up. Dunno if I'd rather have had a tr Kup repaint but at least this way I get the new mold to differentiate the character (repainted Kup figure would have been a bit too similar to orion pax) and I can really pass on Iron hide/ratchet just to have the mold and stick to the third party figures for them.

I'm guessing those are the pics you were going for, I just got them off Twitter instead.

But we actually know what an official one would look like if it were to happen thanks to the Legends comic.

Looks like somebody doesn't like the competition

Emerje

But the custom is better TO ME at least because it resembles the characteristics of the G1 original more.

[Lunatic Prime]

Do we have a separate Siege customization thread? Because I really want to see what we can come up with in this line, because stuff like this is hilarious.

THAT. LOOKS. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!
I just don't like all the visible screw holes and 5 mm ports but it kind of fits the background
Maybe some new type of camo

[bacem]

So, what was the point of greenlight's new arm? There are no hinge on her wrist, which makes her fist hangs out a bit more than the other, and they don't put extra articulation too, it is just one molded piece, so what gives? Does it makes her more screen accurate or something?

[ZeroWolf]

Could be a method of cutting costs

[Cyberpath]

No interest in these figures, Bounti, but I enjoyed your review.

[Wireless_Phantom]

It's kind of subtle but her chest plate is also retooled! She's quite fun. I'm really hoping now though that the Lancer has painted hubcaps to match Novastar, who is the only other version of the mold with painted hubcaps.

[Albatross250]

Emerje

Wait a second,a bit off-topic but who is that Full-tilt in Yellow?

[Microbot]

... thank God I don't like these women autobot...they are really ugly....it's really hard to make good fembot?

[sol magnus]

Emerje

Wait a second,a bit off-topic but who is that Full-tilt in Yellow?

Sureshot, I would imagine.