The Energon Pub

DARKAGEIS wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:WTF?! Why are they so expensive?
I know there exclusives, but still!

Oh whayt I may have to post the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-Movie- ... dZViewItem

sweet baby primus!

60 quid even before shipping! no thank you!

You can paint a turd gold, but it's still a turd.


Congrats both Waaaghlord and Insurgent with yer gains!


I expect pics of the awesome Jizaitoys Cyclonus ASAP matey!




Just waiting for the blasted issue 3 of the tf magazine to come out. I have to wait till the 15th (or was it the 13th? hmmm...)


I can happily say that not buying lots of food at college today has had no negative effect on me. Which means it's full go ahead to building the WS pot at maximum warp.

Since Dough bot hasn't been online to answer me query yet, I'm just gonna go ahead and assume £20 will cover purchase and delivery.





Good to hear ye've finished yer collection Insurgent! But ye know ye can't stop there! You must buy more!

Sonray wrote:did i hear somewhere that TRU are selling leader class prime for 20 quid?

No, no. Must stay focused. Do not seize this oppurtunity to get something cheap. Stick with Wingsaber.




If I wasn't getting robovision Prime, I'd go with the leader version. But he's just too bulky looking for my liking.



Oh, and Arrghh.

So TRU are selling leader classes for £20? Doesnt say so on their site....

Sonray wrote:So TRU are selling leader classes for £20? Doesnt say so on their site....

Maybe it's an instore dealio?
It's happened the opposite way round before now.

Or maybe particular stores can't shift things like the leaders, and so are forced to drop the prices a bit?

The Master Blaster wrote:

Sonray wrote:So TRU are selling leader classes for £20? Doesnt say so on their site....

Maybe it's an instore dealio?
It's happened the opposite way round before now.

Or maybe particular stores can't shift things like the leaders, and so are forced to drop the prices a bit?

Aargh! It had better be true, I've got me birthday coming up in seven days! No chance of any TF goodness from me parents though... But I should gets lots of money from relatives and then I be off to TRU! Or Ebay...

Optimus Frimal wrote:

The Master Blaster wrote:

Sonray wrote:So TRU are selling leader classes for £20? Doesnt say so on their site....

Maybe it's an instore dealio?
It's happened the opposite way round before now.

Or maybe particular stores can't shift things like the leaders, and so are forced to drop the prices a bit?

Aargh! It had better be true, I've got me birthday coming up in seven days! No chance of any TF goodness from me parents though... But I should gets lots of money from relatives and then I be off to TRU! Or Ebay...

Arrr, I hate it when parents refuse to buy tfs.

They always give in though

The Master Blaster wrote:
Arrr, I hate it when parents refuse to buy tfs.

They always give in though

They do?? Someone should tell myn that, I have to buy my own, yet they still complain whenever I come home with a new one...

Oh, btw, has anyone seen Booster x10 around? I'v looked everywhere, including TRU, no luck. Oh aye, almost forgot the arrgh!

Tangent wrote:

The Master Blaster wrote:
Arrr, I hate it when parents refuse to buy tfs.

They always give in though

They do?? Someone should tell myn that, I have to buy my own, yet they still complain whenever I come home with a new one...

Oh, btw, has anyone seen Booster x10 around? I'v looked everywhere, including TRU, no luck. Oh aye, almost forgot the arrgh!

Found Booster X10 and Zoom Out 25X by accident this morning. In Asda (lower earley) of all places!

I'm determined not to get real gear figures now.

Must.save.for.MPs!


Sad to hear your parents hassle you over tfs.



Me ma loves the alternators and titanium figures.


I guess I'm lucky like that. But then again her brother- my uncle- had tfs as a kid. It's just a shame they got rid of his tfs before I could get hold of them. It woulda owned to get hold of his Optimus Prime!

In Asda you say? Reet, I shall have to go check asap!!

My uncle used to have TFs as a kid, alas they are no-more. He still collects comics, he's got over 10,000, and some are really rare, so im not allowed to look . You would think my parents would be a little more understanding lol!

The best thing to do is expect your parents to be a real pain in the ass. Then, there is no way for them to disapoint!

Either they'll be the pain in the ass you were prepared for, or they'll be more decent.





I'm so glad my parents don't interfere with my collecting.
Come to think of it, I've only spent £500 or so, so it's not exactly like I've spent a bomb on my collection.

£500? You be rich! I only spent about £150, I'm a total cheapskate, whenever I have to hand money to someone my heart tightens up Probally a good thing really, seen as I have no job...Unless I have a stroke

Tangent wrote:£500? You be rich! I only spent about £150, I'm a total cheapskate, whenever I have to hand money to someone my heart tightens up Probally a good thing really, seen as I have no job...Unless I have a stroke

lol Nah, I've been collecting since the beast wars began.


I don't like giving money out willy-nilly, since I too am jobless.




Looks like Dough-bot's put Wing Saber on hold for me. Thank ye plenty matey!

Now for a week of intense money-saving action action action!

Damn, and here's me having just spent £150 on a single figure last night. You guys are making me feel as guilty as the bank manager always manages to.

Tangent wrote:

The Master Blaster wrote:
Arrr, I hate it when parents refuse to buy tfs.

They always give in though

They do?? Someone should tell myn that, I have to buy my own, yet they still complain whenever I come home with a new one...

Oh, btw, has anyone seen Booster x10 around? I'v looked everywhere, including TRU, no luck. Oh aye, almost forgot the arrgh!

Aargh! Thar be the same problem here matie. Me dad took one look at me birthday list and groaned so loudly that ye could hear it in America I'm sure Aargh!

waaaaghlord wrote:Damn, and here's me having just spent £150 on a single figure last night. You guys are making me feel as guilty as the bank manager always manages to.

Yowsers.


I assume that's V2 Cyclonus?


Don't you worry. As soon as I get a paying job, every single last penny will be going towards tfs.


Hell, my grants for year two of Uni are already destined to get me THS 1 and 2, and a couple of other expensive things I have my eyes on.




Don't be ashamed. Be proud!

The Master Blaster wrote:I assume that's V2 Cyclonus?

Yep indeedy. I was hoping that he'd come in closer to £120, but I'd been out drinking all afternoon and felt a little impatient. I'm sure that they'll be getting listed once a week for a while like the anime coloured ones, but hey 'pay to play', right?

That guy and the Galvatron kit are going to have to be my last big spends for a while. I've only got another couple of weeks work assured and then it's a case of whatever needs doing around the nursery until the season fully dies off. I'll be back to it in February if I haven't picked up anything permanent by then, and there's always something or other that turns up over winter, so it's not all bad. It would be nice if I could get more than just the seasonal contract out of them next year though. Over the last couple of years I've become a pretty core member of staff and even get my own skivvies when we're really busy in mid to late spring.

back to the parent thing, my mum begrudingly buys me figures but she'll mostly go dwon the statue/plaque side of things.

last xmas she got me the autobot wall plaque and primus, she only got me primus due to the fact she couldnt get the 'con one. did manage to get the 'con one about 6 months later so when i get my new place they'll take pride of place on my wall.

though whenever she sees me buy any, usually any time i go see her as shes got a toys r us and a FP down the road (only reason i go sometimes, ssshhh!) i get the "saving some money" speech. she accepts that its my main hobby/addiction plus im 26 so she cant say to much

waaaaghlord wrote:

The Master Blaster wrote:I assume that's V2 Cyclonus?

Yep indeedy. I was hoping that he'd come in closer to £120, but I'd been out drinking all afternoon and felt a little impatient. I'm sure that they'll be getting listed once a week for a while like the anime coloured ones, but hey 'pay to play', right?

That guy and the Galvatron kit are going to have to be my last big spends for a while. I've only got another couple of weeks work assured and then it's a case of whatever needs doing around the nursery until the season fully dies off. I'll be back to it in February if I haven't picked up anything permanent by then, and there's always something or other that turns up over winter, so it's not all bad. It would be nice if I could get more than just the seasonal contract out of them next year though. Over the last couple of years I've become a pretty core member of staff and even get my own skivvies when we're really busy in mid to late spring.

He's worth. He'll only go up in price from here.


It's always a shame when you have to cut back on tf buying.
Not too bad for me though. I'm used to going long periods without new tfs.



You naughty Darkageis.


Abusing your wuvly mother like that


For the greater I always say. That's why I go shopping with my mother. Cos TRU's next door, and the Sainsburys we go to normally has pretty good tf stock.

hey if you lived in carlisle the dryest transformer city ever youd take advantage to!!!

to help you all feel sorry for me here is a list of the toy shops in my town

carlisle toys & hobbies

list ends

and they havent had anything TF wise for ages, i have to rely on stores like argos, asda woolworths and tesco for my TF's if it wasnt for my trips to mums i wouldnt have my leader prime and megs, primus or a few others i cant remember right now

Well I live between two small towns, and all their shops are always sold out. I know there cannot be that many colecters where I live, and the kids round here are superchavs and only like beating each other up n football, so I have absoluty no idea where they all go....

I have to drive miles n miles to TRU, so I hardly ever go, I would love to ebay, but I know I would spend all my limited moneys in a week.

It's a hard choise, food, clothes, or TFs, whats a girl to do?

i dont know if anyone is interested or wether this is old news but the tesco near me just got this in


the legend 4 pack with movie prime and megatron and cybertron prime and megatron. i forget exactly how much it was but it was like £6.99

Tangent wrote:Re: boosterx10 - In Asda you say? Reet, I shall have to go check asap!!

If you can't find one let us know - I'm sure I can pick one up for you (Yes - I'm getting tf buying withdrawal, ok!)

My parent's don't dare comment on me buying Tf's - My Dad's into radio controlled planes and hele's and has a room full of them - at least with my hobby I don't end up with broken bit's of tf's in a bag after a bad day

Rodentus Prime wrote:

Tangent wrote:Re: boosterx10 - In Asda you say? Reet, I shall have to go check asap!!

If you can't find one let us know - I'm sure I can pick one up for you (Yes - I'm getting tf buying withdrawal, ok!)

My parent's don't dare comment on me buying Tf's - My Dad's into radio controlled planes and hele's and has a room full of them - at least with my hobby I don't end up with broken bit's of tf's in a bag after a bad day

Oh that would be ace if you dont mind! If I still cannot find one in a few days I might have to ask you to help me out Glad to see your parents dont mind about Tfs, although it is a shame about all the dead planes

Tangent wrote:Oh, btw, has anyone seen Booster x10 around? I'v looked everywhere, including TRU, no luck. Oh aye, almost forgot the arrgh!

I've seen them at Junners and my Tesco. Even my Woolies. I want one but am about to start selling so I have thus far resisted.