The Energon Pub

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:52 am

Dead Metal wrote:Universe Galvatron is awesome! I love it and the quility has reassured me to buy Hasbro classics.

so he's actually alrite? was gona get him, but i've herd so many bad things, like **** fallin off etc, did;nt think i'd bother

News Credits: 767 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:00 pm

Electron wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Universe Galvatron is awesome! I love it and the quility has reassured me to buy Hasbro classics.

so he's actually alrite? was gona get him, but i've herd so many bad things, like **** fallin off etc, did;nt think i'd bother

He is actually really good.
His transformation is insanely complicated (that just really fits his character) has a lot of detail but also quite a bit of back kibble.
Stuff dose fall off from him if you force the things into doing stuff they shouldn't be doing, like pulling on his legs.

He could use a bit more articulation in his feet to let the poses look better.

If this would have ended up in Voyager class as they had intended it to be this would have been the best of the Universe line.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:10 pm

hmmm thanks dm, i'll consider him, suppose i'll need him to go with the awesome cyclonus

i have to say i prefer the hasbro one to the henkei, even though u love the henkei chromed targetmaster

the reli bright pinky/purple isnt doing nethin for me

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:12 pm

Just goes to show, it's americans. Them and their big ham-club hands to mess with things.

All they do is moan about quality. My City Commander's neck is fine, and the paint on my prowl and bluestreak is immaculate. It's just the yanks.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:14 pm

I'm not a huge fan of Uni Galvatron, although I do have a plan for him when my Classics Cons get to a stage where I split them between larger and smaller scales. SE Megatron, Tit Soundwave, Uni Galvatron and Jizai Cyclonus will share a shelf with 2 sets each of the Energon Constructicon and Combaticon recolours(combiners still to acquire), Tit Soundwave is currently alongside Henkei Megatron and would hopefully be replaced by the ML version, still not 100% on picking that one up though, and for a larger Galvatron among the main Classics Con shelves I'd be looking to pick up a SL Galvatron General with Henkei Cyclonus and possibly a couple of Uni Cycloni as his 'Armada'.

If he'd been a Voyager rather than a Deluxe, as I believe was the plan in the early stages of development, he would have wound up a better and probably far more solid toy. As is he's just a bit too fussy and over complicated (in design terms rather than challenging transformation) for the size. The orange on the Hasbro version is over pronounced, more dark grey would have been fine. I've not seen the Henkei up close but I really can't imagine liking the extent of the chrome with where it's placed on the figure.

He's not terrible but also nowhere near excellent imo. Fine for a low runger filling up space in a line that would be a take or leave type character (I don't expect the best every time out after all) but a disappointment given that it's Galvatron. Overall I prefer my Takara reissue in his lovely lilac and with his Matrix bling.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:19 pm

I found a bunch of my Armada stuff today while clearing up. I didn't realize how many minicons I had they're taking over.

Henkei Red Alert looks good I think I'll Buy him when he's released.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:22 pm

i personnaly love the look of henkei redalert, and smokescreen there defo buys

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ntid=12528

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ntid=12529

mite order sum stuff in a lil bit off xybertoys, need some henkeis

got my student loan through monday so yay

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:54 pm

I'm defo getting henkei red alert, but I think I can live with universe smokescreen.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:34 pm

anyone here know wht type of universe tf's argos have? im lookin for silverstreak and blades ya see?

also i'm lookin for oddsey, i still wanna trade and he seems to have dissappeared, i'm thinkin of puttin out a missing ad on the local milk cartons but, i don't know wht he looks like :-(

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:03 pm

I do believe Blades is available at argos right now, and I'm assuming bluestreak will be; if he's not, he's available at tru.

oddsey's probably busy fulfilling is role as the missus

Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:05 pm

Who knows where is the best website to buy universe and animated?
xybertoys is good for henkei but they dont really sell any hasbro stuff

News Credits: 5 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:06 pm

It's so nice to see people pay attention to me.

I posted about buying Bluestreak a couple of weeks ago.

Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:15 pm

I haven't read the last 2 weeks of posts if your talking to me

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:27 pm

Sledge wrote:It's so nice to see people pay attention to me. I posted about buying Bluestreak a couple of weeks ago.

I shall assume I was drunk when I checked up in here at the time. I wouldn't intentionally miss out anyone

As for your question chronic, I honestly don't know. Usually I just pick that sorta stuff up from the ol brick n mortar.

Kapow maybe?
Who're you hunting?

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:30 pm

Sledge wrote:It's so nice to see people pay attention to me. I posted about buying Bluestreak a couple of weeks ago.

alrite alrite, jus wanted to know about blades in particular

sorry to of made u feel slightly annoyed

i mite go shoppin friday so we'll see wht it brings up in da hunt, so gents

the hunt....................is ON!!!

Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:31 pm

universe, 2 pac's, special ed, legends, nemisis prime, combiners and a bunch of animated aswell

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:32 pm

To the hunt!

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:37 pm

combiners are awful, animated is crap

special ed's are cool and the comic two packs i'm hopin tescos are gettin them in

chronic leave me sum lovin viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48307

nemi prime is cool, shadow CC is so tempting

News Credits: 5 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:42 pm

I've heard Blades is out, but I'm gonna wait until Argos drop the price of Universe Voyagers again. Yeah, I'm cheap, but I bought Sideswipe, Ironhide and Bluestreak at full price, so they've already had an extra £9 out of me. Wondering if we'll see the combiners and 2 packs in the UK. Me wants the Springer/Ratbat pack. Not sure about the Dirge/Roadbuster one, I'm not too bothered about either of the figures in that pack.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:54 pm

Sledge wrote:I've heard Blades is out, but I'm gonna wait until Argos drop the price of Universe Voyagers again. Yeah, I'm cheap, but I bought Sideswipe, Ironhide and Bluestreak at full price, so they've already had an extra £9 out of me. Wondering if we'll see the combiners and 2 packs in the UK. Me wants the Springer/Ratbat pack. Not sure about the Dirge/Roadbuster one, I'm not too bothered about either of the figures in that pack.

£9 outta ya lol, RRP sledgey boy, wht happens is argos go down in the recession, thats one more crappy managed tf port to call at

yeh i want springer and ratbat, and roadbuster, but not dirge eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:55 pm

I only want Roadbuster so if someone wanted to go halfs with me?

News Credits: 6 · Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:01 am

Roadbuster's the only one I care for out of the lot. Energon bulkhead makes a far better springer, and we've got a dirge already.
Ratbat's pretty nice lookin, especially after his role in megatron origins. But I don't do cons, so meh.

Bored now. Hope jazz turns up today, if not silverbolt (the latter probably being wishful thinking).

News Credits: 6 · Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:35 am

Huzzah!

Good ol' posty popped round about an hour ago, and gave me silverbolt and jazz as I'd hoped he would! =D

While both are fantastic, silverbolt is better than jazz. Jazz just seems too limited in articulation and a little fiddly lining up his arm panels on route to alt mode.

But silverbolt is great. The colours are the universe version are just dandy, and he looks sooo g-wunny! =D

News Credits: 2 · Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:30 am

I got Activator Thundercracker from argos and of course they bring the one I don't want first (Patrol Bumblebee). Thundercracker looks good but I wish he was a dark blue instead of purple.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:47 am

so u'd recommend silverbolt CC? i was gonna pass cause he looks way to simplistic, care to do i lil pro's a con review for us?

btw play.com have blaster and heavyload for £15 each, was thinkin of picking up galvatron for a tenner, cause of dms advice

whts everyones opinion on henkei prowl? does anyone here have him?

i got the 2.0 release but he just doesnt feel rite to me