The Energon Pub

by **Crosshairs** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:38 pm

Hey guys, a friend of mine gave me a $50 BBTS voucher and im wondering what to use it on. Ive already decided on getting TFP Hot Shot and Arcee, which leaves me with $22.02. Any ideas on good (non-Prime) TFs i could buy with that?

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · by **Wasp-shot23** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:11 pm

Crosshairs wrote:Hey guys, a friend of mine gave me a $50 BBTS voucher and im wondering what to use it on. Ive already decided on getting TFP Hot Shot and Arcee, which leaves me with $22.02. Any ideas on good (non-Prime) TFs i could buy with that?

I would pre-order as much of the asian exclusive stuff as I could.
Or get DOTM figures that didn't come out here... Darksteel perhaps?

Aaaand I wouldn't have gone for Arcee when she's in most shops now...

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:08 pm

I'd go with some Arms Microns or something. You can probably pre-order a few of the little single packed Microns.

News Credits: 2 · by **NovaSentinel** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:06 pm

You should probably wait around a bit and try and find Arcee in stores (maybe Hot Shot as well). If you don't have any luck, it's still there, but otherwise there's loads of harder to get stuff, like DOTM Wheeljack

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:55 pm

Forbiddon Planet is surposed to have Prime RID wave 3 I will have to check tomoz I need a Vehicon

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:30 pm

Just the one?

News Credits: 2 · by **NovaSentinel** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:32 pm

Haha yeeah

I wonder who's idea it was to put one vehicon per case? does hasbro think he won't sell? C'mon! you can't just have one Steve!

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:33 pm

NovaSentinel wrote:Haha yeeah I wonder who's idea it was to put one vehicon per case? does hasbro think he won't sell? C'mon! you can't just have one Steve!

Your damn right my friend I want atleast 3

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:37 pm

Let's say at least one for now.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:54 pm

Anyone for some cheap HA Basics? Just browsing the Home Bargains site and spotted these http://www.homebargains.co.uk/products/ ... gures.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · by **Wasp-shot23** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:59 am

waaaaghlord wrote:Anyone for some cheap HA Basics? Just browsing the Home Bargains site and spotted these http://www.homebargains.co.uk/products/ ... gures.aspx

I'd heard about the offers in home bargains stores of these guys, a fiver each, but I don't have a store near me... Which makes this annouing that you have to buy all 4 at once...

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:10 am

Va'al wrote:Let's say at least one for now.

Don't worry I am no Scalper I will leave you one

by **Crosshairs** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:06 pm

Transformers: Uprising is back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZFl_qK ... ture=g-upl

Im only getting Hot Shot and Arcee from BBTS so i can save real money for getting that Lego Deadpool Chopper set.
Also, i entered the BBTS shopping spree giveaway thingy of awsum, which means i can save MOAR monies

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:31 pm

Wasp-shot23 wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:Anyone for some cheap HA Basics? Just browsing the Home Bargains site and spotted these http://www.homebargains.co.uk/products/ ... gures.aspx

I'd heard about the offers in home bargains stores of these guys, a fiver each, but I don't have a store near me... Which makes this annouing that you have to buy all 4 at once...

nice! I saw the HAs in my local HB. Didn't look at the price, since the only ones on display didn't appeal to me, or I already had them. Might go back to look for Whirl though. They also had the DOTM Ark set for a tenner.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · by **Wasp-shot23** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:25 pm

Crosshairs wrote:Transformers: Uprising is back! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZFl_qK ... ture=g-upl

Im only getting Hot Shot and Arcee from BBTS so i can save real money for getting that Lego Deadpool Chopper set.
Also, i entered the BBTS shopping spree giveaway thingy of awsum, which means i can save MOAR monies

Hrm... I never use BBTS, simply cos they're too expensive, their shipping coasts are astronomical...
Might enter that giveaway thing, but I bet there's some rule that says you can't win it outside the US or they'll apply exchange rate to the equivalent amount of moniesworth you win...
There are simply easier people to deal with over here like toyzandgamez or kapow.
Or amazon...

by **Crosshairs** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:57 pm

Wasp-shot23 wrote:
Crosshairs wrote:Transformers: Uprising is back! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZFl_qK ... ture=g-upl

Im only getting Hot Shot and Arcee from BBTS so i can save real money for getting that Lego Deadpool Chopper set.
Also, i entered the BBTS shopping spree giveaway thingy of awsum, which means i can save MOAR monies

Hrm... I never use BBTS, simply cos they're too expensive, their shipping coasts are astronomical...
Might enter that giveaway thing, but I bet there's some rule that says you can't win it outside the US or they'll apply exchange rate to the equivalent amount of moniesworth you win...
There are simply easier people to deal with over here like toyzandgamez or kapow.
Or amazon...

The entrance form on Facebook has a list of countries (UK included), so you can enter. It would be pretty douchebag like if they put all those countries on the list then say 'S0Z U N0 CAN 3NT3R L0L'. And i thought i may as well enter seeing as my friend has connections with BBTS

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:00 pm

Crosshairs wrote:Transformers: Uprising is back! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZFl_qK ... ture=g-upl

Im only getting Hot Shot and Arcee from BBTS so i can save real money for getting that Lego Deadpool Chopper set.
Also, i entered the BBTS shopping spree giveaway thingy of awsum, which means i can save MOAR monies

Um Hotshot and Arcee are meant to be in Forbiddon Planet so don't waste your voucher on them

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:12 am

my Arms Micron capsule toys arrived from Kapow today.
Prime is very nice, because he's a cool little robot and an awesome gun. Bumblebee isn't such a great bot, although his legs are nice. Weapon mode is okay, but he's so yellow, I think Hasbro has used some kind of Pavlovian training to make me hate yellow.
Got 2 of the lizards, one pink, one black. They're not bad as beasts, and the weapon mode looks okay as either a gun or an axe type thing. The snake is probably the coolest weapon, looking like some kind of chainsaw staff, but could be used as a gun too. Beast mode is fine, although I wish the whole thing was a little more sturdy. Have popped the tail/handle piece off a dozen times trying to either transform him or put him into a larger figure's hands.

Will get another Prime and snake at some point if they keep them in stock, probably, next time I make an order. Which won't be too long I don't think.

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:08 pm

I went to manchester Forbiddon Planet today and they had sold out off RID Vehicon :sad:

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:23 am

Rodimus Minor wrote:I went to manchester Forbiddon Planet today and they had sold out off RID Vehicon

so they did have it in at one point? Nice. FP using US stock though, right? It's not any indication that wave will be on a wider UK release?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:27 am

TRU seem to be having massive clearance sales on DOTM Cyberverse Commanders.
Maybe trying to reduce stock to put out new waves..?

(One can hope..)

by **Lockdown91** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:53 am

I think all DOTM stock should be put on clearance, that'd help shift it :/

My toys r us last time I went in still had a whole section left, and it was still full price. Any Entertainers i've been too are still expensive, only pushing DOTM deluxes to £10

If they put them down some more they'd be gone quicker, though the entertainer would probably only push deluxes down to £6.50 like they did reveal the shield and some ROTF toys that sat there til these new Transformers Prime toys came out :/

I may pop in to Forbidden Planet in Liverpool on Monday and see if they have anything new, though the last time I went it was scarce of any transformers to be honest, they had a couple of bumblebee Deluxes and about 2 legion class and that was about it. Hopefully they'll have restocked and gave Transformers a whole new section to itself like it deserves.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:02 am

In other news, I have uploaded the beginning of a photofunny:
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/the-amazing-adventures-of-dennis-bruce-t87493.php

Have a look and let me know!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:25 am

Sorry for the extra post, but I just found something in town.

Anyone interested in a Masterpiece Rodimus for £30?

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:13 am

craggy wrote:
Rodimus Minor wrote:I went to manchester Forbiddon Planet today and they had sold out off RID Vehicon

so they did have it in at one point? Nice. FP using US stock though, right? It's not any indication that wave will be on a wider UK release?

Hope so. The more I see of the Vehicons, the more of a want they are becoming!
There is an Entertainer, Toys R Us and a large ASDA in Milton Keynes so I may try and kill three birds with one stone (or several 'cons with one Energon sword)!

By the way, there is a new Argos catalogue out next month so I'd expect maybe Wave 2/3 of Transformers Prime to be included? /:)