The Energon Pub

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:35 pm

Wasnt in time for Refraktor, but I did get this two minutes away from work during lunch -

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:37 pm

So I just opened Greenlight and ran her through all of her forms. I knew they changed her forarms, but damn it janks up the transformation. But that mold never rolled anyway because of the back nipples. But I felt I was doing something wrong when trying to transform her into a car and pulled out the box and noticed something doesn't match up?

Hasbro, you so cray :lol:

She does look good with the other green bot of the week though.

Even on my third version of the mold I still like Greenlight. The colors are so nice and that green windshield and other translucent parts are so lovely.

Speaking of Hasbro and crazy, anyone else notices that Daz(z)lestrike turns into a Shadownsteel Iceblade with flame effect?

Play nice now you two!

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:59 pm

carytheone wrote:But I felt I was doing something wrong when trying to transform her into a car and pulled out the box and noticed something doesn't match up?

Uh, the packaging still shows the old torso part. But what did feel wront while transforming her? #-o

carytheone wrote:Speaking of Hasbro and crazy, anyone else notices that Daz(z)lestrike turns into a Shadownsteel Iceblade with flame effect?

Into a wot?

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:03 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:Uh, the packaging still shows the old torso part. But what did feel wront while transforming her?

The arms in alt mode. The "cuffs" awkwardly slide over other parts. It feels wrong and incorrect. The instructions don't help much as it almost makes it seem they should slide inside the wheel well. Not that she'll ever be in alt mode again.

Typo, shadowsteel iceblade.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:12 pm

carytheone wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:Uh, the packaging still shows the old torso part. But what did feel wront while transforming her?
The arms in alt mode. The "cuffs" awkwardly slide over other parts. It feels wrong and incorrect. The instructions don't help much as it almost makes it seem they should slide inside the wheel well. Not that she'll ever be in alt mode again.

But this mold's alt mode looks so nice :shock:

I only bought Moonracer and Novastar for their vehicle and arm modes.

Typo, shadowsteel iceblade.

As the SIEGE figures all have 5 mm ports on the underside of their feet it's a pity you can't rotate Lionizer's head the other way round or otherwise you could actually give a bot iceskates now with having two of the mold :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:31 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:But I felt I was doing something wrong when trying to transform her into a car and pulled out the box and noticed something doesn't match up?

Uh, the packaging still shows the old torso part. But what did feel wront while transforming her?

carytheone wrote:Speaking of Hasbro and crazy, anyone else notices that Daz(z)lestrike turns into a Shadownsteel Iceblade with flame effect?

Into a wot?

Shadow steel Iceblade... yet it has a flame effect? :???:

Ok Hasbro...

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:50 pm

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Shadow steel Iceblade... yet it has a flame effect?

Ok Hasbro...

Well Lionizer turns into a RS Firesteel Saber so maybe the effects are mixed up?

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:57 pm

carytheone wrote:
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Shadow steel Iceblade... yet it has a flame effect?

Ok Hasbro...
Well Lionizer turns into a RS Firesteel Saber so maybe the effects are mixed up?

Or just their names. I don't think the light green of Daz(z)lestrike works well with an ice themed character.
And now I get why you put the z into brackets.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:58 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:And now I get why you put the z into brackets.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:05 pm

carytheone wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:And now I get why you put the z into brackets.

carytheone wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:Speaking of Hasbro and crazy, anyone else notices that Daz(z)lestrike turns into a Shadownsteel Iceblade with flame effect?

Into a wot?
Typo, shadowsteel iceblade.

You learned from the "best" :BOWDOWN:

*no offense/just fooling around

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:17 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Shadow steel Iceblade... yet it has a flame effect?

Ok Hasbro...
Well Lionizer turns into a RS Firesteel Saber so maybe the effects are mixed up?

Or just their names. I don't think the light green of Daz(z)lestrike works well with an ice themed character.
And now I get why you put the z into brackets.

Do you mean the names of the characters or the names of the sword types? I can see the latter, but not the former. Although, Dazzlestrike's minor color touch works better for an ice sword than what Lionizer's body color is supposed to be. Which is to say, orange.

I see the slash that comes with Lionizer as more of a generic "moving air" slash effect.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:19 pm

I've played a lot of RPGs over the years and it's never a bad idea to dual wield status effects 8-)

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:42 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Shadow steel Iceblade... yet it has a flame effect?

Ok Hasbro...
Well Lionizer turns into a RS Firesteel Saber so maybe the effects are mixed up?

Or just their names. I don't think the light green of Daz(z)lestrike works well with an ice themed character.
And now I get why you put the z into brackets.

Do you mean the names of the characters or the names of the sword types? I can see the latter, but not the former.

I meant the characters' ones but yes, the weapon's names would work even better considering Dazzlestrike's name.

Although, Dazzlestrike's minor color touch works better for an ice sword than what Lionizer's body color is supposed to be. Which is to say, orange.

But I don't go after what a character's color is supposed to be. Or does Lionizer look orange to you when you look at him? :HALUC:

So just exchange the weapons' names and everything is fine :DANCE:

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:15 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:\Or does Lionizer look orange to you when you look at him?

No, he does not look orange to me (yet, anyway. *looks at paints*). What he does look like is a cool sword for PotP Slash:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:55 pm

Gemstonegemini wrote:If you'll allow me, I'd like to gush for a few minutes about SMASHDOWN

Nice! Smashdown looks like so much fun, I want to get a few of her and have multiple hammers and a minotaur by itself.

also, reflector still out of stock. Ugh it is gonna be so hard to find a 3rd

News Credits: 2 · by **Microbot** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:58 pm

Damn! Refraktoris the hardest to find for me!!! I hope amazon save me! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:00 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ugh it is gonna be so hard to find a 3rd

Isn't that the truth :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:01 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Nice! Smashdown looks like so much fun, I want to get a few of her and have multiple hammers and a Minotaur by itself.

I just double-checked TF wiki to be sure about Smashdown, but I haven't seen the instructions myself yet....Doesn't seem to indicate that this is a female....Just curious what the source of this was?

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:02 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Gemstonegemini wrote:If you'll allow me, I'd like to gush for a few minutes about SMASHDOWN

Nice! Smashdown looks like so much fun, I want to get a few of her and have multiple hammers and a minotaur by itself.

also, reflector still out of stock. Ugh it is gonna be so hard to find a 3rd

This wave has barely hit yet. People are getting too anxious. I’ve seen Wave 2 in droves. Wave 3 will eventually populate.

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:06 pm

Finally found Springer, sitting there all lonely on a shelf in Walmart here in Virginia. Besides seeing the one at the Target in NC, that has been it on my side of the world!

SGM

by **Inactive_____** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:06 pm

o.supreme wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Nice! Smashdown looks like so much fun, I want to get a few of her and have multiple hammers and a Minotaur by itself.

I just double-checked TF wiki to be sure about Smashdown, but I haven't seen the instructions myself yet....Doesn't seem to indicate that this is a female....Just curious what the source of this was?

Honestly, I kinda love the idea that she's female. I always want more femme bots that aren't traditionally feminine.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:08 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:\Or does Lionizer look orange to you when you look at him?

No, he does not look orange to me (yet, anyway. *looks at paints*).

I like your attitude :lol:

What I want is a retool of Lionizer with a chainsaw blade. His body in weapon mode looks so much like the engine/drive part of a chainsaw.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:09 pm

carytheone wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ugh it is gonna be so hard to find a 3rd
Isn't that the truth

Why oh why did they throw 2 Hounds into this case?

Gemstonegemini wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Nice! Smashdown looks like so much fun, I want to get a few of her and have multiple hammers and a Minotaur by itself.

I just double-checked TF wiki to be sure about Smashdown, but I haven't seen the instructions myself yet....Doesn't seem to indicate that this is a female....Just curious what the source of this was?

Honestly, I kinda love the idea that she's female. I always want more femme bots that aren't unnecessarilly feminine.

As far as I know, Smashdown is genderless so far, but I like to think of Smashdown as a she, it makes sense to me and would be really awesome

News Credits: 1 · by **Brokebot** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 5:19 pm

Ok, I gots my Greenlight today, and it got me to wondering. . . :-?

The Walmarts are overrun with Chromia pegwarmers that are practically worthless to me as Hasbro saw fit to strip her of her combiner post. Has anyone come up with a weapon mode for her that the Combiner can carry, like the extra Seacon? Seems a shame to let her go as she seems like she should be part of the team, but there's no place for her.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:23 pm

Brokebot... With the Female Autobots squad the combining is just a bonus feature. Why can't you want Chromia her for her own sake?

And I realized why she's not a combiner (beyond just combiners not being part of the SIEGE retail line): The new C.O.M.B.A.T-compatible feet with ankle tilts. HasTak presumably did not want to try also cramming a combiner hand/foot port in there in addition to the C.O.M.B.A.T foot platform ports.