The Energon Pub

Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:41 am

personally, id probably go £600 tops for a max, but depending on any special circumstances, or if i do have lots of spare cash, then i may splash out a bit more. But id like to see Takara reissues him, even putting like a £200 price tag on him or something, they know theyd sell as many as they make. Its just stupid how much the damn things go for. (saying that, i prefer the colouring on brave maximus.)

On another note, i bought Cybertron Metroplex and WW titanium Megs today. Also picked up Spotlight Mirage.................man it is shockingly bad

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:10 am

thanks for the heads up on spotlight mirage!

yeah, Fort max needs a major reissue treatment, so the fans can get some of that badness!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:16 am

just read the discussion on the comics forum, they all seem to like it. Maybe i read it wrong ro something because it just felt like a big case of 'wtf was that all about'

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:26 am

tbh, i probably wouldnt have picked up thie mirage spotlight anyway, as i've never really been i fan of his! Magnus and hot rod on the other hand....

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:32 am

now i love Hot Rod, but Magnus ive always found to be a bit meh, however, i thin kthose 2 were the best spotlights ive read. (and ive read them all except prime and galvies.)blasters and ramjet were both very good too

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:37 am

having pickedup both prime and galvatron, i'd recommend getting both, they are both, in my opinion, must haves from the spotlight series!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:38 am

yeah ive ordered spotlight v2 from amazon, im still waiting for it to turn up, its coming from the usa with the 86 movie soundtrack, so ill have it in the next 2 or 3 days i expect.

There arent ANY brave max's on evay dammit lol

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:52 am

there are no brave maximus available, but there is a fort max available:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Transformers-G1-f ... m153.l1262

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:53 am

yeah, ive been drooling over that one for a few days, check this one out though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/G1-JAPANESE-FORTRESS-MAXIMUS-C-114-MISB_W0QQitemZ170198526302QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4696QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:57 am

so its MISB, and jaanese so it comes with the sword, but that price is abso-friggin-lutly riduclous! back in the 80's these things sold at around £80. Damned corprate society!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:01 am

thats what i mean about reissuing the damn things to stop jerks like this ripping off real fans, because i can see some git buying this and holding on to it for a few more years when it'll probably gonna be worth even more :-x

cmon hasbro/takara its easy enough to put a stop to it, reissue the damn thing, the great unwashed would love you forever!!!!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:15 am

maybe, (for all the good it'll do us) we should start a petition on the subject!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:21 am

might draw a bit of attention to the subject, im just not sure ive got enough patience to deal with the idiots who have all these big toys and use it as an elitest thing. I think it is something hasbro/takara could do something about, and would change people opinions about them, because lets be honest, there isnt much hasbro loving going on atm is there lol

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:28 am

Pottermus_Prime wrote:might draw a bit of attention to the subject, im just not sure ive got enough patience to deal with the idiots who have all these big toys and use it as an elitest thing. I think it is something hasbro/takara could do something about, and would change people opinions about them, because lets be honest, there isnt much hasbro loving going on atm is there lol

yeah , i agree that alot of people do see it as an elitest thing. and as for noy much love for hasbro, look at the title of the thread!

in HMW, how good is the x-ray lser weapon thing that costs 1,500 energon?

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:36 am

well at one time all my bots had x rays. but i was informed by pretty much everyone that using fists works just as well so im not sure. seemed to work ok for me, but no better than being weaponless.

Yeah, i dont have any love for hasbro, but at the end of the day, they are a company, and all they see when they look at us little people is dollar/pound signs. So what they should do is wisen up and see that if they put an extra few quid into research and look at what most fans want, they will make more money, because i dont know about you, but theres very little left in the shops i want to buy, im going to be an ebay hunter for a long while, which means theres another customer hasbro has lost for a while. Reissues are cheap, easy, and if you release a popular enough figure, its a license to make money, which i believe fort max/scorpy/metroplex/trypticon would be. Plus, it might make us think they aint such a bunch of tossbags. As for the elitest thing, it really annoys me.

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:44 am

agreed!

Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:48 am

hey, is the armarda powerlinx (final battle prime thingy) optimus prime a decent bit of kit??? someones just txt me, saying he can get me a MISB for £50 if i want it

Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:05 pm

do you mean armada prime, where his trailer combines with him, or energon (superlink) prime where the components inside his trailer 'powerlink' with him, or the energon prime that can powerlink with the other autobots?

News Credits: 4 · Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:06 pm

Well, I picked up Spotlight Mirage today - I like it, but I wish it had tied into the ongoing in some way.

Also, if you didn't know about it being set in an alternate universe then it probably did seem a bit confusing.

Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:08 pm

armarda prime, this version hes a blackish colour, and sparkplug is gold chrome, i just told him id take him anyway, i quite like armarda prime, but i gave mine to my little brother.

I gathered it was in a different universe, but i didnt know why or when that came about, something ive missed from dev?

News Credits: 6 · Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:18 pm

Armada Primes is worth it if you're a big fan of the mould.

£50 seems a bit steep for the powerlinx version (I got mine for a fiver from a local WW some time ago), but it can be argued that it is quite an old figure now, and is MISB nonetheless. Corona Sparkplug rocks too. I love him in maroon and gold.

Worth getting if you have that kinda cash sitting around.

Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:19 pm

yeah, i just paid the guy via paypal, im a fan of most of the armarda stuff tbh

News Credits: 4 · Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:42 pm

Pottermus_Prime wrote:I gathered it was in a different universe, but i didnt know why or when that came about, something ive missed from dev?

Nope - its just set in an alternate universe. This is the only spotlight that doesn't fit into the ongoing story at all (which disappoints me slightly).

News Credits: 2 · Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:46 pm

That seems a bit weird to put in a different universe like that when the others aren't.

Tesco in Cardiff now has more Allspark Power Legends, I forgot which ones though. Sorry.

News Credits: 6 · Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:00 pm

I consider Prime to be one of the best pieces to come out of Armada.

I'm glad I own both the normal and powerlinx versions, because he truly does look awesome.