The Energon Pub

News Credits: 7 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:23 am

Reduced prices are back on Beast Hunters stuff at Tesco until 2/10/13. Grabbed Smokescreen and Soundwave for £9.50 each. Looks like the Predacons Risng stuff is included this time, shelf tag but no stock for the combiner set at £16. My local has never had any of the other exclusives on the shelf though, so will need somebody with a bigger store to confirm if the rest of the exclusives are marked down.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:11 pm

Ravage XK wrote:My MP Acid Storm was delivered yesterday. I may have saved £5 but there was no packing at all and it was just dumped in a delivery bag. Its damaged of course so will take it to the local TRU to be replaced. I sent TRU an email explaining my disgust.

My MP SW arrived from TRU UK today, but it was shipped in the Hasbro MP SW shipping box. Seems to be pot luck as to if they send it in a box or in a postal bag I'm afraid.
My TRU UK MP OP arrived in a Hasbro shipping box as well

News Credits: 15 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:18 pm

Yes, my Soundwave also came in its carton box which I thought was excellent. I'm not so annoyed about Acid Stroms box any more and I am tempted to just open it rather than get it replaced, it is just a box after all and I plan to keep the figure.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:25 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:Reduced prices are back on Beast Hunters stuff at Tesco until 2/10/13. Grabbed Smokescreen and Soundwave for £9.50 each. Looks like the Predacons Risng stuff is included this time, shelf tag but no stock for the combiner set at £16. My local has never had any of the other exclusives on the shelf though, so will need somebody with a bigger store to confirm if the rest of the exclusives are marked down.

I'll try to check tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:20 pm

Yes indeed, EVERY TF tesco have to offer is reduced.
Sky Lynx and all deluxes are £9
Darksteel is £15, voyagers are £16
Commander 2 pack is £11
Constructbots elites are £11
Commanders are £6 and while the shelf may not show, legions are £3.75
Abominus is £16 too I think.

Look for a sexy end of aisle display

News Credits: 4 · Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:38 pm

sweet. my mum actually texted me about these today, but "theyre on offer" didn't mean a whole lot to me. looks like I did right in not picking up Darksteel and Syklynx yet. Don't regret Abominus, because it's still a nice set of 5 bots that you can stand on each other in beast mode to make a vaguely stable combiner.

News Credits: 15 · Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:35 am

Nice offer from Tesco, if I was into beast bots I'd be collecting quite a few clubcard points today.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:51 am

I managed to pick up deluxe Dreadwing from a larger Tesco's today, he was already reduced to £9.50 but I had a 'price match' coupon so he only cost me £1.39! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 6 · Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:05 pm

Endcap is at my tesco too! Picked up the abominus set. Narrowly resisted picking up 'Thunderclash Prime' due to sentimental value.

More interestingly however, I carried on hunting today and a plentiful haul was had. First off, this is from my local comic shop who are independently run, but owned by forbidden planet. Sitting on the pegs next to Grimwing and Magnus (who I also bought, Magnus is the most fun I've had in a long time.)

Beast Hunters Deluxe Wave 4
Despite that price being higher than retail, I still nabbed it, can confirm it's a european version due to the lack of 'tales of the beast hunters' on his instruction sheet.
Staff here confirmed the voyager crate this wave is 1 Prime, 1 Grimwing, 2 Magnus. So no shockwaves yet I'm afraid.

Next, moved on to the entertainer after picking up a shadow bee on clearance, I moved on to TRU. I picked up bumblebee and trailcutter, no sign of hoist or thundercracker though,, just wave 1.

More interestingly though, I spotted FOC wave 3. 2 sideswipes and an ultra Magnus.

Also, the construct-a-bots 2 pack

and at the checkout I found these Blind Bag Microns.

Today was a fine day for my shelves, not so fine for my wallet, but hey, I've completed my screen accurate Season 3 team prime!

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:05 pm

That's a lot of 'new' stuff on shelves!

News Credits: 1 · Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:19 am

I want those wave 4 deluxes!

News Credits: 6 · Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:50 am

MightyMagnus78 wrote:I want those wave 4 deluxes!

They had 2 cases worth at least, and the staff said they'd been flying off shelves all morning. I expect they'll be showing up everywhere soon enough.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:23 am

Nice find on the Wave 4 Deluxes.

The Wave 3 FoC's showing up seems weirdly timed as I was just asking if anyone had seen them last week lol.

Annoyingly they didn't have any of at Toys R Us Chatham this morning, I might just order them off of the website before they vanish.

Chatham did have a bunch of MP Soundwave and Acid Storms, 4 Soundwaves on the and another unopened case waiting to go out. Also had a few MP Optimus' left.

My Local Asda also had Wave 3 Deluxes of Beast Hunters.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:50 am

MemphisR56 wrote:Today was a fine day for my shelves, not so fine for my wallet, but hey, I've completed my screen accurate Season 3 team prime!

Nice haul Sir, nice haul!

I want to complete my screened characters throughout all three seasons retaining a decent scale (Voyagers/Deluxe) so hopefully my list
below covers everyone, but if Im missing anyone please add to it!

Optimus Prime [Voyager]
Ratchet [Deluxe]
Arcee [Deluxe]

Although the Cyberverse figure may scale better?
Bulkhead [Voyager]
Bumblebee/Shadow Bee [Deluxe]
Wheeljack [Deluxe]
Smokescreen [Deluxe]
Ultra Magnus (Optimus Prime retool) [Voyager]
Cliffjumper [Deluxe]
Tailgate

Perhaps a repaint or custom of the Cliffjumper mold?

Megatron [Voyager]
Starscream [Deluxe]
Soundwave [Deluxe]
Knockout [Deluxe]
Airachnid [Deluxe]
Breakdown [Voyager]
Skyquake [Voyager]
Dreadwing [Voyager]
Shockwave [Voyager]
Hardshell

There only seems to be a Cyberverse scaled figure which is too small?
Bombshock

As above?
Vehicon (Ground Force) [Deluxe]
Vehicon (Air Force) [Deluxe]
Predaking [Ultra or Voyager]
Darksteel [Voyager]
Skylynx [Deluxe]
Makeshift

Perhaps a custom could be made from a white Wheeljack and a Dark Energon Wheeljack, part swapped to give the appearance of him phasing into the copy of Wheeljack!!

Unicron [Voyager]
Scraplets [Dr Wu 3rd Party]

The humans (if needed) I believe have been more or less covered with the Entertainment Packs?

All covered or am I missing someone...?

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:58 pm

All covered or am I missing someone...?

Jet Vehicon General?

For Makeshift you could always get the Dr Wu WJ head without the face plate?

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:52 pm

What ho, lads! Just found some wave 3 kreons in me asda. Quite unexpected. I've never seen any wave 2 ones anywhere.
I took a punt and got Kickback. To be honest, all the ones in this wave look pretty good... Seawing would have been the last on my list though.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:37 pm

More kreos I need to be hunting? Jesus, Just when I was one away from having all the current UK released microchangers. My wallet can't take much more this month. I suppose the wave 2 combiners will show up now.

Haven't decided if I should get a second set of wave one yet so that I can display the individuals alongside their respective gestalts.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:56 pm

MightyMagnus78 wrote:
All covered or am I missing someone...?

Jet Vehicon General?

For Makeshift you could always get the Dr Wu WJ head without the face plate?

Oh yes, the white vehicon!

Not sure about just a head swap for Makeshift, may have to watch the episode again for inspiration!

Just checked clips with a shadowy Makeshift before transformation into Wheeljack and also clips of a shadowy Tailgate! :-?

Surprised Hasbro with all their repaints havent done a Tailgate from the Cliffjumper mold!

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:11 pm

Surprised Hasbro with all their repaints havent done a Tailgate from the Cliffjumper mold!

Well we did get a cyberverse Tailgate...

But yeah you would have thought Hasbro could have easily made a deluxe Tailgate from the PRiD CJ mold.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:40 pm

Hows about Zombie Cliffjumper?

News Credits: 15 · Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:02 am

Woolworths have a sale on a few Prime figures and a couple of others.

Voyager Megatron and Bulkhead are £15, Prime is £17.50 and Starscream is £12.50. Optimus Maximus is £18.50.

Rescue Bots Fire Station and Garage are now £22.50 and the MV3 Cyberverse Ark Set is £17.50.

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:19 am

Woolworths is still alive?!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:10 am

Hi all

Just popped into Tesco in Woolwich and picked up Abominus for £11! Grimwing was also £11. All deluxes were £6.50 and the Cyberverse 2 pack was only £4.50!

The advertising around the section said "Transformers Beast Hunters 25% off" unless I am totally mad isn't that 50% off? Or perhaps it was 25% off the 25% off that there was already... Either way, Bargain!

Can't guarantee it wasn't a mistake though, but went through the till fine.

I'll post a pic of the receipt when I get back home!

News Credits: 15 · Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:13 am

Va'al wrote:Woolworths is still alive?!

Only online.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:30 pm

Oddimus Prime wrote:Hi all

Just popped into Tesco in Woolwich and picked up Abominus for £11! Grimwing was also £11. All deluxes were £6.50 and the Cyberverse 2 pack was only £4.50!

The advertising around the section said "Transformers Beast Hunters 25% off" unless I am totally mad isn't that 50% off? Or perhaps it was 25% off the 25% off that there was already... Either way, Bargain!

Can't guarantee it wasn't a mistake though, but went through the till fine.

I'll post a pic of the receipt when I get back home!

Now that is exciting.