The Energon Pub

Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:04 pm

Just a question. Has anyone seen these in other countries?
Because here in the Philippines, some toy stores have many of them.
Just want to know why Seibertron have no gallery of these. :-?

I'm about to buy them and my source before I buy is Seibertron's toy gallery.

News Credits: 609 · Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:13 pm

In Europe and South East Asia (particularly the Philippines and Malaysia), these were released under the Universe 2.0 line, but in the US they were folded into ROTF, with all new ROTF packaging.

I'm rather glad I'm not a package variant collector.

I also don't think Ryan's ever gotten around to posting galleries.

Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:25 pm

Razorclaw0000 wrote:In Europe and South East Asia (particularly the Philippines and Malaysia), these were released under the Universe 2.0 line, but in the US they were folded into ROTF, with all new ROTF packaging.

I'm rather glad I'm not a package variant collector.

I also don't think Ryan's ever gotten around to posting galleries.

Thanks.

Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:51 pm

I'm not sure how much they're going for right now, but theres always ebay.

News Credits: 14 · Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:30 pm

The problem with these is that they are exclusives. So they take longer to show up everywhere else.

I just recently found out that Superion is a Sears exclusive down here which is extremely strange as Sears doesn't get exclusives here usually.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:44 pm

I picked up the ROTF version of the Superion set. The legs need reconstructing to fix an assembly error, there's a post about it somewhere deep in the archives of this site, probably the kitbashing forums... Aside from the pink jet that everyone seems to hate (except for myself) they're great. I had never planned on owning the Superion set originally, something about it in Energon just put me off... but I have it now and no regrets.
Not a gallery, but I hope that helps.

- Sam

News Credits: 335 · Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:12 am

Well years ago when Seibertron did the original galleries for Superlink Superion, Buildtron and Bruticus there were mixed reviews.

I remember the news tag for Superion was something like "5 great robots make 1 awful super robot" or something to that effect.

Now better paint apps, known field fixes for problems like backwards knee joints and a much needed upgrade kit make Superion one of the best figures you can buy on a store shelf. Bruticus is awesome on his own, so I would recommend that as well.

In case you were wondering, here are the links to the old galleries:

Superion

Bruticus

Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:11 am

Yeah. Already have a Bruticus. Universe 2.0.

Universe 2.0 Bruticus and Superion are cooler than ROTF ones.No pink jets.
The Arm I can move it. The Arm was stiff. Can't move in the elbow part , right. I have a solution I'll send pics. The solution is : first, put out the tank's wheels. Then you'll have the feet. there you have it, movable arm on the elbow part. Second, the helicopter. Do the procedures in the manual. Then do not attach the arm to the foot part of Vortex. Pull up the the cockpit anywhere you like. There you have it. Move the feet. It,s like an arm with an elbow.

Well, uhm I made Swindle and Vortex the feet of Bruticus. They are much better feet. Then Blast Off and Brawl , hands of Bruticus.

I'm planning to buy Superion.Universe 2.0 one. Already saw it, It's cool.

News Credits: 36 · Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:31 am

Razorclaw0000 wrote:In Europe and South East Asia (particularly the Philippines and Malaysia), these were released under the Universe 2.0 line, but in the US they were folded into ROTF, with all new ROTF packaging.

For some reason in the UK (not sure about the rest of Europe), we got Superion in ROTF packaging as a mainstream release. We got so many of them they can still be found warming the shleves quite easily.

They were one of the first figs to be released here in JULY(!), making the chances of a ROTF Bruticus appearing very slim :sad:

News Credits: 241 · Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:58 am

Iron Rod wrote:Yeah. Already have a Bruticus. Universe 2.0.

Universe 2.0 Bruticus and Superion are cooler than ROTF ones.No pink jets.

They're the same, just different packaging. I'd say the pink is of the same nature as Tigerhawk's: it's whitish in certain lights.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:24 pm

I saw both of them here in canada at Zellars. Superion I got on sale, Bruticus for $10 less.

Fansprojects are a must unless you can kitbash hands for Superion yourself using his own parts. See the kitbash forum for that ... somewhere. FP is also making a Bruticus set which I gotta admit is something I'll buy. Bruticus is a fine robot, much superior to Superion, but he still lack elbows.

Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:15 pm

Yeah sorry about the pink jet. I thought what I saw was violet.
The pink jet looks fine, no complain.

So here are the pictures I said.

Bruticus.jpg

Bruticus M.jpg

Sorry about the bad quality.
Just used web cam

News Credits: 36 · Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:52 am

Iron Rod, just out of interest, what do those things cost you where you are?

Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:04 am

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Iron Rod, just out of interest, what do those things cost you where you are?

Here in the Philippines, it's 2500 pesos. But I bought it for only 800 pesos. Christmas sale. Best time to buy. You convert to dollar.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:31 am

Iron Rod wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:Iron Rod, just out of interest, what do those things cost you where you are?

Here in the Philippines, it's 2500 pesos. But I bought it for only 800 pesos. Christmas sale. Best time to buy. You convert to dollar.

PHP 2500 = US$ 54
PHP 800 = US$ 17

Now that's a steal.

Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:09 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Iron Rod wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:Iron Rod, just out of interest, what do those things cost you where you are?

Here in the Philippines, it's 2500 pesos. But I bought it for only 800 pesos. Christmas sale. Best time to buy. You convert to dollar.

PHP 2500 = US$ 54
PHP 800 = US$ 17

Now that's a steal.

Not really. Happens every Christmas here. I buy only when it's sale. I have four more Transformers figures. Movie Megatron, which is 3000 pesos. I only bought for 1500 pesos. TFA Megatron, also 3000 pesos. Only spent 2000 pesos. SE - 01 Optimus, 800 pesos. Bought only for 600 pesos. Inferno 600 pesos. Only for 400 pesos. I only started collecting Transformers toys last year (2008). First I collected Marvel toys. Uhm about 15 plus Marvel toys. Don't Know. But many. Then I got interested on Transformers. I'm only fourteen so I don't have much of a collection.

News Credits: 36 · Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:28 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Iron Rod wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:Iron Rod, just out of interest, what do those things cost you where you are?

Here in the Philippines, it's 2500 pesos. But I bought it for only 800 pesos. Christmas sale. Best time to buy. You convert to dollar.

PHP 2500 = US$ 54
PHP 800 = US$ 17

Now that's a steal.

Just as a comparison the ROTF Superion is priced at £29.99 here, it can be found more recently at the £19.99-£24.99 if you shop around. I'm not sure what the US prices are, but am assuming $29.99.

You got yourself a good buy there :APPLAUSE: