The Energon Pub

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:30 am

With Toys R Us currently doing 3 for 2 on RID toys, what would people say are the best 3 Warrior class RID figures that they carry? Thanks.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:15 am

The only one I haven't felt bad about yet is Grimlock.
But people have good feelings towards Drift, too.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:17 am

Va'al wrote:The only one I haven't felt bad about yet is Grimlock.
But people have good feelings towards Drift, too.

Cheers Va'al, Grimlock is on my list and Drift is tempting.

Was about to submit the TRU sale as news....newsworthy?

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/toys/browse/pr ... 188+104011

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:43 am

Yeah, I'll news us that.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:44 am

Hurrah!!

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:18 pm

Saw Legend Fixit today in Tesco. If anyone's interested. I know I wasn't for £7.

I keep wanting to get the new Thunderbird 2 toy. Loved my old matchbox set in the 90's, and the new redesigns are extremely well done, keeping them true to the originals but with just enough of an enhancement to make them interesting. But everytime I pick the toy up in the shop, the plastic quality makes me put it down. It feels really cheap and nasty plastic on the thing. I don't think it's just me being spoiled with the die cast of my originals, it has a very hollow sound when you tap it. Shame, cos I absolutly love TB2.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:18 am

Despite not having any signs out on display the TRU 3 for 2 offer is in store. I got RID Grimlock (G1 colours), Drift and due to lack of anything else I got Sideswipe free.

Haven't bought any mainline figures for a while now and probably won't again. They are fun I suppose but they feel really cheap.

Chatham TRU have plenty of Generations Roadbuster and 1 or 2 Skybytes going for £12ish.

News Credits: 1 · by **Primacron's Little Helper** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:25 pm

Found Jetfire for 19.99 at B&M so finally picked him up, I assume he's been cleared to that price everywhere now.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:29 pm

CW Magnus is shelfwarming now, Smyths Toys near me have 100's of those in!

still no sign of Warrior Class Megatronus yet! even though TRU have the big 5 Step in.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 5:42 am

News Credits: 6 · by **MemphisR56** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:07 am

Smyths again, eh?

They got the first combiner wars stuff last year too.

Might be the place to keep an eye on around December for future years. :-?

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:45 pm

well i'm still crossing those fingers that we may see CW Sky Lynx sometime in January within physical stores! yes far fetched i know! + i know people will justifiably state that Hasbro isn't in the business of skipping so many Waves just to give us something within a Wave or two further down the line first! but! you could then argue that they DID skip Wave 2 in physical stores in the UK......& went straight to Wave 3!

hey! if i'm wrong i'm wrong!

but i'm keeping a close eye on TFW2005's UK sightings page(they update more constantly than anyone else!......sorry Seibertron) around about January time.

News Credits: 6 · by **Crankcase79** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:20 am

Picked up Combiner wars wave 4 Sunstreaker from Smyths in Leeds this morning, he was the only wave 4 toy and a guy who worked there suggested him and his box mates were only put out last night. Somebody cleaned out the other wave 4s before I got there. They must be new to smyths as Sunstreaker wasn't in their system so they scanned a protectobot so they could sell him to me.

They also had generations springer, sandstorm, blitzwing et al for £10 each for those who still haven't taken the plunge.

Anybody know when we might be seeing Onslaught and the combaticons in store? I know kapow have got them in.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:53 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:but i'm keeping a close eye on TFW2005's UK sightings page(they update more constantly than anyone else!......sorry Seibertron) around about January time.

That's down to the UK members on the site, really. There is a more active community of die-hard toy Brits over on TFW.

As you all know: any UK sighting, I'm happy to post it on the front page here!
I just need photo proof.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:33 am

Va'al wrote:
Stuartmaximus wrote:but i'm keeping a close eye on TFW2005's UK sightings page(they update more constantly than anyone else!......sorry Seibertron) around about January time.

That's down to the UK members on the site, really. There is a more active community of die-hard toy Brits over on TFW.

As you all know: any UK sighting, I'm happy to post it on the front page here!
I just need photo proof.

well i checked Smyths near me & no sign of CW Leader Skywarp! so it would be rather remiss to post about something on the front page that isn't out in EVERY Smyths Toys within the UK quite yet.

News Credits: 8 · by **JoeIsNotCool** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:32 am

For Christmas I got 2 new additions to the collection! Combiner Wars Blast Off and Devastator (possibly more Combaticons coming who knows)! Incredibly happy, however, one little snag related to Devastator...

The part on Long Hauls leg that comes down to form Devastators knee, there is a hinge that opens up to make that section wider, however the side that connects to Mixmaster had a hinge, but no pin? So the piece just fell right out, and theres no pin in the box at all. Not sure whats going on here, so we are possibly returning it and exchanging for another. Has anyone else had this problem?

Aside from that, really happy with the figure; dwarfs everything else I own though

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:37 pm

still no sign of CW Sky Lynx yet? i heard it was supposed to be out Jan/Feb sometime! god knows where though?

by **Spotter5** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:14 pm

Toys R Us York had the Optimus limb bots (Sunstreaker, Ironhide et al) in before Christmas. Also, Smyths York had CW Ultra Magnus in. I was suprised as since it opened all it had was RiD trash.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:10 am

Smyths also have CW Wave 4 deluxe's on their website now!

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/sear ... profile=UK

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:32 am

I'm more interested in trying to find the combaticon wave at the moment...

News Credits: 2 · by **Oddimus Prime** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:05 am

ThunderThruster wrote:I'm more interested in trying to find the combaticon wave at the moment...

I have an awful feeling the Combaticons will be the next skipped wave... I mean, looking at the evidence, most stores still have Wave 3. Only a few have Wave 4 even though they have been around for a few months. Wave 4 Voyagers have still not appeared.

I don't want to be all doom and gloom... but you know... I'm a British Transformers collector!

Has anyone got any useful Hasbro contacts to confirm or deny?

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:11 am

ThunderThruster wrote:I'm more interested in trying to find the combaticon wave at the moment...

well Forbidden Planet seem to have those in!

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by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:14 am

Don't Forbidden Planet normally import their stocks and jack up the prices?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:24 am

ThunderThruster wrote:Don't Forbidden Planet normally import their stocks and jack up the prices?

Yup.

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:31 am

The imports thing isn't a major issue to me, all though I have grown fond of the collector cards over comics, but the price gouging that really bugs me with Forbidden Planet