The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:34 am

I'll just say Kapow is insane with their customer service. Super fast delivery all the time. And once, my order was missing one of those Prime blasters. I contacted them, and not only did they send a replacement out, but included a little solid version of those scouting force refloctor guys in camera mode. Which I thought was nice of them.

Oh.... the conversation moved on.

If we have a new brand manager, do you think he'll be more interested in trying to get products distributed?

News Credits: 15 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:35 am

Insurgent wrote:I'll just say Kapow is insane with their customer service. Super fast delivery all the time. And once, my order was missing one of those Prime blasters. I contacted them, and not only did they send a replacement out, but included a little solid version of those scouting force refloctor guys in camera mode. Which I thought was nice of them.

Oh.... the conversation moved on.

+1 Like.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:39 am

Norwich.

Sainsbury's has RID stuff, with buy two for £20 on Warriors. No CW.
Wilkinson has some RID stuff. No CW.
Langley's (Entertainer) little RID. No CW.

Ugh. Trying Argos.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:14 am

Ravage XK wrote:
Insurgent wrote:I'll just say Kapow is insane with their customer service. Super fast delivery all the time. And once, my order was missing one of those Prime blasters. I contacted them, and not only did they send a replacement out, but included a little solid version of those scouting force refloctor guys in camera mode. Which I thought was nice of them.

Oh.... the conversation moved on.

+1 Like.

+2. It's moved on but it still stands. They forgot to send an item once and I swear I got it before they could possibly have read the e-mail mentioning the fact. No extra postage charge, customer satisfied, future business guaranteed.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:28 am

Agreed, Andy and charlotte do wonders with their customer service and general everything about them. They're also the reason prices at AA are standardised once the dealer room is open!

In toy news, Norwich is devoid of Combiners. :/

News Credits: 1350 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:32 am

MrO from your sig are you saying Dg has moved on to pastures new?

News Credits: 14 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:36 am

Oddimus Prime wrote:I want a Sgt Bulkhound that I dont have to pay £40 for!
*disgruntled Brit noises*

http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=23&p=1615&t=TF4_AoE_Hound.html
Delivered to the UK would be approx. £16ish? :-?

Roll on pay day!

News Credits: 15 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:44 am

Thats a dirty KO!

News Credits: 14 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:50 am

Ravage XK wrote:Thats a dirty KO!

It could be our only (affordable) option?

News Credits: 5 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:14 am

ZeroWolf wrote:MrO from your sig are you saying Dg has moved on to pastures new?

They'll learn. I think you know the next obvious place to look. It begins with 't' and ends with 'fw2005'.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:18 am

I spoke too soon!

TRU Norwich has CW Thundercracker, Windcharger and Bombshell.
Two cases of CW deluxe wave 1, and a buttload of Voyagers.

As a result, I have 4/5ths of a Superion now.

Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:33 am

Spotted CW Wave 1 Deluxes and Legends in Asda, wasn't paying masses of attention, so couldn't say if they're stocking the Voyagers.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:41 am

Va'al wrote:I spoke too soon!

TRU Norwich has CW Thundercracker, Windcharger and Bombshell.
Two cases of CW deluxe wave 1, and a buttload of Voyagers.

As a result, I have 4/5ths of a Superion now.

Yay! Go you

I was just going to say that down here I have gone from not being able to find any CW stuff, to ACTUALLY tripping over a case of deluxe at my local Sainsburies. Like seriously. I had to steady myself on the shelf.

From the trip, not the shock.

What is everyone's verdict on RiD stuff? I picked up the "Warriors" but on the whole they just feel a little... cheap? To put it another way, the Upscaled Beasts from Beast Hunters were better quality. More solid and less empty. Ugh I dunno, they look kinda cool, but I opened them, transformed them a couple of times. Staged a small scale skirmish on the living room sofa with accompanying noises (Brrrrrrrrmmmmm Roar! Grrrrr! Pew Pew! etc.) and then I put them somewhere. I'm not sure where. The worrying thing is I don't care if I figure out where.

Oh and I don't want a Sgt Bulkhound enough to sully my collection with a dastardly KO!

FOR SHAME ROBOTMEL!

News Credits: 5 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:33 am

The Warriors are certainly not cheap. They are cool and fun and waaaayyyy overpriced. Sainsbury's 2 for £20 is probably the best value we'll see until the late-Summer boot-sales. If you only get one, I'd suggest Strongarm; she's like a Rubik's cube that you're never quite sure you've finished.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:41 am

Oddimus Prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:I spoke too soon!

TRU Norwich has CW Thundercracker, Windcharger and Bombshell.
Two cases of CW deluxe wave 1, and a buttload of Voyagers.

As a result, I have 4/5ths of a Superion now.

Yay! Go you

This feels weird, and amazing. I haven't bought a toy in a shop for a loooooong time, and went round several today, and then this happened:

News Credits: 14 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:33 am

Oddimus Prime wrote:Oh and I don't want a Sgt Bulkhound enough to sully my collection with a dastardly KO! FOR SHAME ROBOTMEL!

Hasbro vs United Kingdom: Transformers Wars! :michaelbay:

Im sure if Michael Bay was a true Brit we would have seen all the various AoE waves including the Voyager Hound and Galvy which I would have bought, but alas...

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:53 am

I keep seeing Combiner wars pretty much everywhere. The only thing I haven't got is Legend Wincharger and that's only because I don't really like the look of him that much.

I just hope we don't have to wait as long for wave 2 as we did with the AOE deluxes.

News Credits: 1350 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:18 pm

I'm jealous of your alpha Bravo-ness Va'al. Though I did find a much cheaper place to get my transformers comics from, far cheaper then forbidden planet and I can get variant covers as well

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:22 pm

I call that my local comic shop!

I just had to return Firefly to TRU, posting about it in Toy Haul/Combiner Wars thread.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:57 pm

It pleases me to see someone else with great Alpha Bravo love. Sure, I'll replace him with Slingshot when he comes out, but he's still always gonna have a place in my collection. Love that pose you have him in.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:02 pm

Insurgent wrote:It pleases me to see someone else with great Alpha Bravo love. Sure, I'll replace him with Slingshot when he comes out, but he's still always gonna have a place in my collection. Love that pose you have him in.

The Pose of Joy!

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:38 am

Thinking of clearing out some movieverse stuff that I like, but have no space for in my cabinet or shelves.
None of these will be available until I get to Italy and back (April-ish) but would there be interest in:

- ROTF Soundwave
- Battle Blade Bumblebee
- Battle Blades Optimus Prime
- Leader Starscream
- HA Jazz

There may be more, but this is what I'm considering for now!

News Credits: 6 · Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:05 am

Is it just me or are his ears just wrong? :-?

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:52 am

I'm undecided about cyclonus. May just skip it and save for Ultra magnus instead.

Finally picked up alpha Bravo today, teesside park toys'r'us were restocked on all wave 1 deluxes and voyagers. They had all of wave 1 legends but 1. No powerglide. Which sucks as I wanted him as well.

Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:47 am

Crankcase79 wrote:Is it just me or are his ears just wrong?

Not feeling him at all. I think the only positives about this Cyclonus is that he's a Voyager size, so will scale a bit better with UT's Mania King and that he's a combiner. Neither of which are high on my list, to be honest. Couldn't care less about him being a combiner and I don't mind the height of my RTS Cyclonus as he's one of the taller deluxe figures. I like having Galvatron and Megatron tower above most.

This Cyclonus is just too bulky for me. Cyclonus always had a more humanoid, sleeker physique and the Classics version just nails it in both forms.

Ultra Magnus is number 1 on the wishlist right now, followed by the Protectobots and Devestator. I'll admit, I'd rather Devestator not be as big as he is, but since he's the original combiner, and was always the biggest, I don't mind.