The Energon Pub

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:56 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:Constructbots triple changers down to £12.49 at Toymaster, should be nation wide.

I'm sure it would be if there was a toymaster in my county...

News Credits: 7 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:23 pm

There's certainly less of them about than there used to be. There's only technically one in my no horse little town because the newsagent is affiliated.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:51 pm

Picked up 2014 Voyager Predaking...

Nothing simple about him.

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:04 pm

Thass a lorra dragens.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:17 pm

Va'al wrote:Thass a lorra dragens.

Yeah they really look great together to. I wasn't going to get him, but I was that impressed with voyager Prime that I decided to take a gamble and boy is he great.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:18 pm

Double post :-x

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:19 pm

I am almost intrigued enough, though I am quite partial to my Voyager Predaking, especially after taking time to repaint it.. :-?

I'll see what comes up!

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:33 pm

Va'al wrote:I am almost intrigued enough, though I am quite partial to my Voyager Predaking, especially after taking time to repaint it..

I'll see what comes up!

He's certainly worth getting. The original voyager was nice but wasn't big enough IMO. While the 2014 voyager is as big as Beast Fire but half the price. He also scales better to.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:26 am

hi guys,

Not toy related but just found out Bumblebee is going to be at Newcastle upon tyne comic-con this weekend
http://www.newcastlefilmandcomiccon.com/index.html

http://showmastersonline.com/forums/ind ... opic=83568

and thought this would be the best place to post

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:14 pm

just need a few more beast formers.....

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News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:02 pm

If anyone comes across this at TKmaxx could you please hook me up with a set pretty, pretty please

News Credits: 14 · Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:46 am

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:If anyone comes across this at TKmaxx could you please hook me up with a set pretty, pretty please

Will keep an eye out!

Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:17 pm

Smyths in Barnet had Skystalkers. Old toy I know, but I only mention this because it is the first time I have ever seen one in a shop, and I have been looking all over for new Transformers since October! I almost bought it, but he was full price and I already have Skylynx and I don't do recolours unless they are reduced or excellent characters. Very nice icy blue though! I'd pay £8. They also had the big voyagers, but Prime was very ugly and Predaking was on a shelf at least three metres high and as much as I like climbing, it didn't look safe.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:56 pm

Not a sighting per se but this guy finally arrived last week...

Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:52 am

Well since i have all the prime beast hunters commander class, deluxe class and voyager class sets i just need to look out for the newer variants of voyager predaking and optimus prime as it feels there isnt going to be any new fall of cybertron figures released anytime soon in the uk well have to put up with this until may i guess when all those age of extinction figures get released

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:35 pm

robotmel wrote:
SkyWarpsGhost wrote:If anyone comes across this at TKmaxx could you please hook me up with a set pretty, pretty please

Will keep an eye out!

Cheers chum

Checked 4 TKs around here, and no luck

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:41 pm

Has anyone seen wave 3 of the microchangers about? Managed to grab half of them when they appeared in Asda briefly last year but they have seemingly dropped off the face of the planet.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:05 pm

Tescos have the massive Beast Hunters OPrime reduced to £25. I caved and bought him as he wasn't much more than a voyager.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:06 pm

Takara Waspinator arrived and Exprime with MP G2 Swipe got out of customs!

YAY!

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:09 pm

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:
robotmel wrote:
SkyWarpsGhost wrote:If anyone comes across this at TKmaxx could you please hook me up with a set pretty, pretty please

Will keep an eye out!

Cheers chum

Checked 4 TKs around here, and no luck

Nothing in Norwich, either. Nor Microchangers, for that matter. :-?

Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:18 pm

Great news uk transformers fans whilst looking through retailer forbidden zones website it informed me that on the 30th march wave 7 of the generations/ foc figures will be avaiable in stores whilst waves 8 and 9 will be released 20th april also released on the 13 july is the 5th and 6th waves of the generations legends line so looks like things are looking up

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:06 pm

Thought I'd post this in here as no one else will have a clue what Woolworths was lol

I've never owned a Frenzy (FIB

) until today when Encore 21, 19 and 17 arrived. Upon opening I noticed the amount of die cast parts Frenzy and Rumble have, which really surprised me.
I bought a cassette two pack (Rumble and Ravage on a blister card) about 18 years ago ('96 ish) from Woolworths. Until now I never had another to compare it too. Anytime I saw pictures they had stickers etc which I just guessed I'd chucked by accident with the packaging. Upon comparing the Encore Rumble I was surprised to find that the one I'd bought from Woolworths was a KO. The Encore figure has die cast feet, elbows and shoulder joints, the KO is all plastic. Even the spur marks are in different places, which again leads me to believe its a KO

Encore on the left VS KO on the right

I always thought the Autobot rub sign was a factory mess up. Sorry I couldn't get it to show up better.

The difference in mold quality is gob smacking

Metal vs plastic hinges

Pins etc are different

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:08 pm

Well, they did go bankrupt..

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:25 pm

Just makes me wonder how many Supermarkets etc back in the day passed KOs off as official. The packaging etc is all very official looking from what I remember.

News Credits: 4 · Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:53 pm

There are at least 3 known variations of Rumble/Frenzy including metal, non metal, tapo and stickers.

Woolworths ended up with a buttload of Chinese reissues in the 90s which is what your Rumble may well be.

The vast majority of the fakes(excluding Mexican and Italian forgeries were very blatant and of poor quality. Personally I think you have the Chinese reissue there instead of fake.

I have seen a few shops, including orbital, passing off Chinese reissues and greek fakes as real original 85 issues as they don't know what they are.