The Energon Pub

Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:15 pm

the $30 shipping was when i ordered G1 punch/Counterpunch, the classics magnus skywarp pack and a host of other G1 figures, it was a fair sized order, but it was money well spent!

Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:32 pm

ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

This is the second time this has happend to me!!

Finaly get hold of an Omega Supreme at a good price (slightly damaged) and they go and re-issue him! :sad:

And he was on the likely to never be released list. :-x

...Well I don't mind that much, its nice to see that Takara are not going down the route of the same few bots that have been re-issued to death. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:16 am

Mr O wrote:Sorry if this has been mentioned but Pounland has Ko undersized and weird coloured Constructicons, three for a pound and they're pretty good. No Devastator parts except his gun though, Longhaul and Mixmaster are in original colours.

Edit- there's a d missing from this, so here it is

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How undersized are we talking?

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:32 am

Insurgent wrote:
Mr O wrote:Sorry if this has been mentioned but Pounland has Ko undersized and weird coloured Constructicons, three for a pound and they're pretty good. No Devastator parts except his gun though, Longhaul and Mixmaster are in original colours.

Edit- there's a d missing from this, so here it is

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How undersized are we talking?

They're about legends size.

News Credits: 6 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:49 am

ThunderThruster wrote:the $30 shipping was when i ordered G1 punch/Counterpunch, the classics magnus skywarp pack and a host of other G1 figures, it was a fair sized order, but it was money well spent!

That sounds like great shipping to me! UM&SW normally ship for about £8- £12 alone, so that's just splendid!

To BBTS!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:22 pm

Mr O wrote:
Insurgent wrote:
Mr O wrote:Sorry if this has been mentioned but Pounland has Ko undersized and weird coloured Constructicons, three for a pound and they're pretty good. No Devastator parts except his gun though, Longhaul and Mixmaster are in original colours.

Edit- there's a d missing from this, so here it is

d.

How undersized are we talking?

They're about legends size.

Far too small for my interests. Perhaps they'll get reissued in the encore line at some point.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:29 pm

New Argos cat is out.

Not a lot of new stuff though.

Only thing of real interest is the Movie Screen Battles @£19.99. :-?

No new Alts, only got Wheeljack left in cat, but he has been reduced to £14.99. :-x

I'll put up some scans of the pages shortly.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:51 pm

Question for you guys: Is about £10 for 100% complete G1 Ravage and the same price for 100% Ratbat worth it, including shipping from Canada?

How much should cassetticons go for? I'm something of an Ebay n00b, having only used it once before.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:20 pm

Insurgent wrote:Question for you guys: Is about £10 for 100% complete G1 Ravage and the same price for 100% Ratbat worth it, including shipping from Canada?

How much should cassetticons go for? I'm something of an Ebay n00b, having only used it once before.

I'd say they are KO's. (or reissues, as some sellers call 'em) Especially if the Ratbat still has his ears. :-?

I picked some up a while back that are really good quality for KO's.
What is the item number? I'll have a look and give you my opinion.
Don't worry, I'm not interested in 'em myself!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:46 pm

New catalogue scans as promised.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:00 pm

Well, Alt Jazz's reprolabels arrived today - he now looks even cooler than before.

Oooh - 1st look at the new catalogue eh! Wonder if the allspark power figs will be anywhere tomorrow, they're the only things I'll be interested in getting.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:21 pm

ahh but you know what'll happen it'll be the same old fig's for ages, i remember when classics was listed, all they had was cybertron skywarp and unicron for ages!

thanks for the scans oddsey

News Credits: 4 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:24 pm

DARKAGEIS wrote:ahh but you know what'll happen it'll be the same old fig's for ages, i remember when classics was listed, all they had was cybertron skywarp and unicron for ages!

thanks for the scans oddsey

Yeah, but maybe one of the 4 Argos' in York will have new stock. I'll go and have a look anyway. Especially as there's hardly any TFs available anywhere.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:36 pm

FOUR!!!!

wow, i have 3 stores in town that sell tf's and they have slag all! on the bright side im finally gonna get my movie ironhide!

News Credits: 4 · Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:45 am

DARKAGEIS wrote:FOUR!!!!

wow, i have 3 stores in town that sell tf's and they have slag all! on the bright side im finally gonna get my movie ironhide!

Yeah, we have a ridiculous number of Argos'. However, the only other places we have that sell TFs are TRU and the supermarkets.

Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:57 am

Shops don't seem to be able to cut it anymore. I've turned to teh internet for most of my tf needs now. I had hoped places like TRU and WW could feed my need, but they just don't get the right stuff in; or when they do, it's a long time after they should've. That and, as always, distribution is truly whack.

I think ebay sellers will be getting most of my my moolah from now on.

Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:38 am

i now what you guys mean about the shops not having the right TFs in at the right time!
but i dont care cause i've picked up a deluxe classics megatron (the singular tank) for £12 from forbidden planet. withany luck i'll be able to pick up mirage next week!

News Credits: 6 · Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:08 pm

Nice buy. People knock that mold, but I'm quite fond of it. If his spinning arm stayed on better it'd be excellent. Luckily, with the way he's been designed, it's possible to just glue it in place without ruining the toy.

I love my Mirage. Top stuff that man.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:29 pm

Not sure how many of you are aware of this, but Tesco are no longer selling Alts. Any stock they have left is on clearance at £9.99 but be quick, all the one in York had was 1 Silverstreak.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:29 pm

oddsey wrote:
Insurgent wrote:Question for you guys: Is about £10 for 100% complete G1 Ravage and the same price for 100% Ratbat worth it, including shipping from Canada?

How much should cassetticons go for? I'm something of an Ebay n00b, having only used it once before.

I'd say they are KO's. (or reissues, as some sellers call 'em) Especially if the Ratbat still has his ears.
I picked some up a while back that are really good quality for KO's.
What is the item number? I'll have a look and give you my opinion.
Don't worry, I'm not interested in 'em myself!

Thanks, but people have bidded on them and thanks to the stupidity of banks, it'll be too late before I can get my paypal up and running. :-x

Soundwave will have to go that little bit longer with only Laserbeak.

On the plus side, Animated double is waiting for me to watch. Thrill of the hunt and the missed (someone says it's 'banned' (:|

) Total Meltdown, so that will put me in good mood before my final two exams tomorrow and Tuesday.

Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:41 am

hey i just posted in another thread and was directed here, is there anywhere better than the like of amazon.co.uk or toys r us to get the tf's i want to collect??? I see all these cool ones on the net, and i wait and i wait and never see them anywhere??? is it just the fact that we get the raw end of the stick over here, or am i looking in the wrong places??? is it best to import or what?????????
Sooooooooooooo frustrating trying to find the ones i like lol

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:03 am

Waylander III wrote:hey i just posted in another thread and was directed here, is there anywhere better than the like of amazon.co.uk or toys r us to get the tf's i want to collect??? I see all these cool ones on the net, and i wait and i wait and never see them anywhere??? is it just the fact that we get the raw end of the stick over here, or am i looking in the wrong places??? is it best to import or what?????????
Sooooooooooooo frustrating trying to find the ones i like lol

That all depends which TFs you are wanting to collect. If you post a list then we'll be able to help you better. To answer your final question though, yes we do get the raw end of the stick - hence the name "Official Disgruntled Brits".

News Credits: 6 · Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:48 am

Hey, welcome mate :-P

Yeah, we really do get the raw end of the stick here. What pisses me off is the like of the Michingders or whatever bitching about getting a better range and distribution

I hate whiny Americans.

Anyways, yeah there are a few places online that are pretty good for tf buying, but a list is where it's at when it comes to help. Post up your wants list and we'll go about finding them for you.

Of course, remember that ebay's your friend. Most of the time. It can be a bitch, but for availability there is pretty much no where better.

Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:18 pm

just looking over xyber toys and found a few on there and ive used ebay a few time before got stiffed a couple of times by the damn thing never turning up :sad:

but a few off the top of my head are

G1 Blaster
G1 Omega Supreme (was this ever reissued?? im fairly sure i read it had been somewhere)
Superion + Menasaur (the origional ones all 10 tf's dont think its been reissued)
also liked the MP3 Soundwave is £59 a decent price for that piece of kit?
basically any G1 tf

News Credits: 6 · Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:26 pm

G1 Blaster I don't know about. For G1 Omega Supreme, I'd check out http://www.BBTS.com.

Superion and Menasaur, dunno I'm afraid. My Superion was a mediocre KO.

£59? Does that include shipping? Sounds fair to me, but I'm not 100% sure (my bro bought this one rather than me).