The Energon Pub

by **SonicWave** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:58 pm

New generations stuff just turned up in my local tru. They had deluxe Orion pax, Megatron, bee and trail... Runner? Cutter? And voyagers Soundwave and Grimlock. Go git em.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:33 pm

Has MP Thundercracker shown up in the UK yet?

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:51 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Has MP Thundercracker shown up in the UK yet?

No, never seen one.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:16 pm

Ravage XK wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Has MP Thundercracker shown up in the UK yet?

No, never seen one.

Nope, nothing here either.

MP Optimus has, and Rodimus before him.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:53 am

Dead Metal wrote:Has MP Thundercracker shown up in the UK yet?

Dont you be stirring things up Mr Metal, we're a touchy bunch of island dwellers dont you know! :lol:

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:11 am

Dead Metal wrote:Has MP Thundercracker shown up in the UK yet?

I HAD to go to the US to get mine!!

by **Lockdown91** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:49 am

My local Toys r Us in Warrington had the new IDW wave of generations, picked up an Orion Pax to custom into a Perceptor seeing as I couldn't find a cheap RTS one on Ebay

They also had Grimlock and Soundwave. Might buy Grimlock if the price drops.

They also had the beast hunters ultimate optimus and they had the constructobots ironhide, the triple changer bumblebee, and the optimus/megatron two pack, can't remember the prices as i wasn't that interested in them but I think they were around the same price as Argos is selling them for.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:32 am

Damn, then I'll have to wait for Takara to make one, hoped this would come out just like all the other Hasbro MPs before him (save for G1 coloured Shitscream). Not paying aftermarket prices for that thing, especially not concidering all the stupid deco choices on him.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:32 pm

Just had my 4 IDW deluxe figures delivered by Toys R Us and I'm sorry to say they are not the versions as shown on their website, they do not come with comics!

Annoyed and returning them.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:39 pm

Ravage XK wrote:Just had my 4 IDW deluxe figures delivered by Toys R Us and I'm sorry to say they are not the versions as shown on their website, they do not come with comics!

Annoyed and returning them.

We've been saying for a while that we're not getting the comics, did you not see those posts?
Sorry you're disappointed though..

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:00 pm

Va'al wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Just had my 4 IDW deluxe figures delivered by Toys R Us and I'm sorry to say they are not the versions as shown on their website, they do not come with comics!

Annoyed and returning them.

We've been saying for a while that we're not getting the comics, did you not see those posts?
Sorry you're disappointed though..

No, didn't see them. That's a real shame, TRU should change their images.

If that is the case then suppose I will keep them, cheers for the info.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:05 pm

It might be a licensing issue, with Titan (I think) having the UK comic rights. There were problems getting the IDW Doctor Who stuff over here a few years back. Or it could just be cost cutting.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:18 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:It might be a licensing issue, with Titan (I think) having the UK comic rights. There were problems getting the IDW Doctor Who stuff over here a few years back. Or it could just be cost cutting.

I recently found out that Hasbro has all the rights on the international market. Still waiting on a reply about these ones.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:16 pm

no comics means a pass for me. I've got most of them in digital, but was looking forward to physical copies. If the price of the comic was taken off the price of the figure I'd maybe be ok with it...but it's bloody not, is it?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:21 am

Is £12.99 what other deluxes cost, too?

Craggy, you will be able to get the comics collected in the TPB Dark Prelude, if you want them in print form!

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:26 am

With the discount at TRU they cost £11.74 each plus they do send you a 10% discount code off the next order, though it seems its only valid for a month.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpsGhost** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:21 am

Va'al wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:It might be a licensing issue, with Titan (I think) having the UK comic rights. There were problems getting the IDW Doctor Who stuff over here a few years back. Or it could just be cost cutting.

I recently found out that Hasbro has all the rights on the international market. Still waiting on a reply about these ones.

It might have something to do with the UK getting the euro version, as it has 13 languages on the packaging.
This means they cannot print the comic in all 13 languages, thus no comic

I imported the US versions of MT, OP and BB. Picked up the UK/Euro TC in TrU.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:55 am

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:
Va'al wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:It might be a licensing issue, with Titan (I think) having the UK comic rights. There were problems getting the IDW Doctor Who stuff over here a few years back. Or it could just be cost cutting.

I recently found out that Hasbro has all the rights on the international market. Still waiting on a reply about these ones.

It might have something to do with the UK getting the euro version, as it has 13 languages on the packaging.
This means they cannot print the comic in all 13 languages, thus no comic

I imported the US versions of MT, OP and BB. Picked up the UK/Euro TC in TrU.

I've asked them about that too, as I know of plenty of willing translators (me! me! me!) that could work into at least half of those languages. Fan-sourcing would be a great idea in this case, as we're all over the place.

Get one for each language who has already read the English version, and get them (me!) to translate them into their own. Done.

(Sigh.. not as easy as that, but you know.. worth dreaming about..)

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:03 am

I can see why printing them might be an issue, as they can barely manage to distribute stuff at all to some European countries, let alone the right localised pack-in comics...maybe a code for a digital version of the comic? That'd be better than nothing.

by **Lazer Geek** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:39 am

Toys R Us have you know who and the shelf warmer in waiting up on their website...

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Masterpiece-Soundwave%280104864%29?searchPosition=2

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Masterpiece-Acid-Storm%280104638%29?searchPosition=1

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:22 pm

Lazer Geek wrote:Toys R Us have you know who and the shelf warmer in waiting up on their website...

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Masterpiece-Soundwave%280104864%29?searchPosition=2

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Masterpiece-Acid-Storm%280104638%29?searchPosition=1

Excellent, both shall be mine.