The Energon Pub

Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:31 pm

I'm a bot HMW player with bots spanning lvls 3-6. I'm AWC and have been for just under a year. I also have a hefty amount of spare energon I can donate to you bots should you need help there!

AWC's just a clan really - it's mostly about mucking in, helping each other out squeezing extra fun out of the game and when V2 happens we should be able to do tactical stuff through AWC also.

There's also talk about ressurecting "FightClub" which is a tournament thingy held at UK lunchtime (1pm-2pm).

I haven't been in Iacon since returning to the internet so I really should pay a visit - at least pay my bar bill anyway!

Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:57 pm

kewl, sounds good. hehe, got my first 3 bio's in me photo album now woot, all with AUTBOT symbols so :-P

to the cons out there

News Credits: 6 · Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:02 pm

I would highly recommend joining your local clan. It really adds to the Hmw experience.

Was it the Asda near the Odeon?

Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:50 am

Nope, the one in Donnington.

News Credits: 6 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:43 am

Right, cool, thanks mate.

To the hunt!

Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:45 am

lol, no probs, hope they still have them.

Ive just got all my tf's from up the loft which the other half made me put up there, and my g1 ultra magnus has badly yellowed, is there any way of getting him even resembling white again?? he is half white and half yellow :-(

News Credits: 6 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:19 am

Toothpaste?

I really dunno if it's possible to get him white again...

Try asking round the forum. There's usually someone in there who knows the answer...

News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:27 am

I've asked about removing yellowing before and unfortunately I was told there was no way to re-whiten the plastic (other than to paint over it).

I went to my Asda today - plenty of Landmines, Cliffjumpers and Camshafts - but they were £10 not £2

Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:42 am

The Asda up my main town centre is £10 as well. Either its just the Asda by me that has them at that price, or i was told the wrong price by the member of staff.

hehe, i love looking through all my old tf's, i think ive lost some instruction booklets when i moved house though :-(

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Im trying to make a checklist of all the bots ive got, but there are some wierd ones the missus picked up for me and i cant remember their names and the gallery only has the repaints of them lol. Simple task made hard lol

*Edit* Woot, finally found all the names, surprised myself, ive only got 42 left after the "parent incident". (not including minicons) Oh well, ive lots of bots left to collect, and ive FINALLY managed to transform my Metroplex, really impressed with him in scramble city mode, just wish i still had my aerialbots and stunticons protectobots and combaticons to go with it

ahh well. Btw, was The Fallen ever released over here?

Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:01 pm

Yellowing is a result of indirect sunlight so if you put it out in the sun (and please don't hold me responsible if something happens)in the direct light or right under a daylight lamp the yellowing should reduce. Some guys on my LEGO forums had some investigations and while TFs aren't made of ABS plastic the principal probably works.

News Credits: 6 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:04 pm

No, but I'm sure online dealers have him still.

Didn't go to Donnington today. Had to go pick my sis's glasses up, so went to Kidderminster and had pizza! :mrgreen:

Landmine and co are indeed widely available now. Plenty of them in Woolworths. I'll be going to Donnington tomorrow morn with me ma.

Here's my birthday list for this year:

Alternator Prowl- £31
Alternator Meister- £28
Super Smash Bros Brawl- £35
Battalion Wars II- £30
Velvet Revolver ticket- £32
THS Hybrid Convoy- £36
Alternator Skids- £27
Henkei! Transformers Grimlock- £15
TRU Reissue Inferno- £19

And I have approximately £103 left, and whatever I save up this month. I'll be buying it all in a fortnight's time. :grin:

So exposing them to more UV light will fix it?

That's really weird.

None of mine have gone yellowy at all :mrgreen:

News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:09 pm

Lord T wrote:Yellowing is a result of indirect sunlight so if you put it out in the sun (and please don't hold me responsible if something happens)in the direct light or right under a daylight lamp the yellowing should reduce. Some guys on my LEGO forums had some investigations and while TFs aren't made of ABS plastic the principal probably works.

Really? I thought yellowing occurred because a figure was left in direct sunlight, but the change wasn't noticeable until the figure was deprived of light

Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:55 pm

well i dunno. Man just been looking at some dude's overlord, he's really impressive. i was considering getting some KO battle cities off ebay or something to make a kinda cybertronish city thing lol

News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:46 pm

Dealer wrote:Here's my birthday list for this year:

Alternator Prowl- £31
Alternator Meister- £28
Super Smash Bros Brawl- £35
Battalion Wars II- £30
Velvet Revolver ticket- £32
THS Hybrid Convoy- £36
Alternator Skids- £27
Henkei! Transformers Grimlock- £15
TRU Reissue Inferno- £19

And I have approximately £103 left, and whatever I save up this month. I'll be buying it all in a fortnight's time.

That's an impressive list MB. I wish I could get that many TFs for my birthday.

With that leftover money you could purchase the many Animated figures that have popped up on our ebay since Thursday

News Credits: 6 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:59 pm

I'm gonna hold on till Animated hits the shops. I miss buying tfs in store

But I will definetly be buying animated with that money, no question.

Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:31 pm

Okay i live in the UK and here its semi-hard to find SOME transformers. I live in the north-east (in other words middlesbrough) today i went to the town (again its just what we say for middlesbrough) and i checked around in all stores that sell transformers heres what i found today

Woolworths: 2 Allspark camshaft figures, allspark landmine (which i bought ^^) 2 recon barricades, 2 voyager blackouts (and they look like the gimmick has been fixed!), a leader megatron, some real gears, like 300 movie legend megatrons and a very small number of other movie legend figures and a couple of jazz and frenzy robot replica's. Oh and a lot of cliffjumper and jazz cyber slammers

Argos: a allspark camshaft (hardly anything instock there -_-) and probably a couple of movie voyagers ^^

Forrbidean planet: 3 deluxe payloads, a deluxe dropkick, optimus and megatron unleashed turn table things, a bunch of robot replica's and fast action battlers frenzy and megatron

thats about all i found i didn't really check everything in argos but the allspark power line is DEFANTLY out in the UK now

post what you found in your area of the UK! (if you live in the UK!)

Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:52 pm

you cant beat the feeling of buying things in stores, especially transformers. Im gonna give Animated a miss. Really not felling them ata all

Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:08 pm

Stores? Bah! Full of commoners!

I think Animated look swish. But the arms look kinda skinny on a few of the toys, they might get breaked. Ok, this is me, they will get breaked, or melted :-(

Woah, I'm such a lightwieght...

News Credits: 6 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:31 pm

Lightweight? How so?

I'm going completionist on their asses :p

Getting leader Bulkhead and Megs though.
I feel like I should support tfs at retail.

Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:01 pm

Lightweight as in, what I just typed was illegiable to the naked eye, becasue I'v had a few. And it's taking a very long time, to work out how to make these words look nice. Duh

I like shopping, but I don't like when people look at me funny for buying loads of toys, I prefer the interwebs, where people just know I like toys and have my name and adress

Megs looks ace, I am sooo geting him :mrgreen:

News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:09 pm

Yeah, buying TFs in shops is good, but if there's loads of people around it puts me off a little bit.

I'm unsure which Animated figs I'm gonna get. Hopefully there's a Ratchet one coming out, cos I like the way he looks - but once I've bought one I'll probably end up getting 'em all.

Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:34 pm

Im proud of my hobby, im just one of those people who dont give a damn about what people think lol. I think its from growing up at school in the 90's being the only person into heavy metal etc, and 5-6 years of people shouting "greebo" at me lol. (man i miss that word hehe). You learn to say bollox.

News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:45 pm

Pottermus_Prime wrote:Im proud of my hobby, im just one of those people who dont give a damn about what people think lol. I think its from growing up at school in the 90's being the only person into heavy metal etc, and 5-6 years of people shouting "greebo" at me lol. (man i miss that word hehe). You learn to say bollox.

Yeah - its only when its children and their parents that I get bothered. That's why I like Fenwicks, cos its never particularly busy. The worst place is Argos - I hate having to wait with everyone cos you can see what everyone else is buying (and I'm quite judgemental, so I naturally assume everyone else is). Its even more embarrassing when I get served by one of the many dropouts I went to school with.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:49 am

Epicheroes really ought to take a good long hard look at themselves. Either they haven't really taken a look at the Transformers market or are just ignorant. On Amazon.co.uk they have Galaxy Force Flame Convoy at £99.99 and Backguild at £79.99.

I could easily get both right now for less than the price of Backguild, that mark up is just shocking. Perhaps the fact that i managed to score a Live Convoy from them for £25 on ebay has ruffled their feathers he he he.

Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:37 am

bollox to em i say, if some one sells me something and laughs, just ask em what's so funny, if they say anything, call their manager over lol. If you think about it, you could be buying those toys for anyone, they dont know if you have a lil brother (or if you live in telford by me, 17-18 is about the right age to have 3 or 4 kids lol). *Telford has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy anywhere in europe dont you know :lol: