The Energon Pub

[jsmith41]

I finally have a movie haul to report. Last night I picked up RV Prime, along with Wreckage & Longview. I'm happy with all three, though parts of Prime kept falling off. Wreckage is very cool, if I had artistic talent, he could be a cool Megatron repaint.

[noob]

think we need a roll call, lots of new faces here these days! anyone new in the AA/Canton area?

sadly i have done ZERO shopping for movie toys so far (don't worry rc13, we gots your robovision prime covered).

[RodimusConvoy13]

thanks, noob. You seem to have been AWOL lately. Been busy? Are you tired? or as they say over here in the Emerald Isle, "feeling a bit knackered?"

[Tigertrack]

I ordered the McQuarrie CIV exclusives too. I mean when you get everyone but those it seems kind of dilly right? Besides who will fight your 'Darth' if not the 'Luke'?

[JTKranix]

I ordered the McQuarrie CIV exclusives too. I mean when you get everyone but those it seems kind of dilly right? Besides who will fight your 'Darth' if not the 'Luke'?

A buddy of mine that lives in Virgina said that the Father's Day 2 Pack started showing up at his local Wal-Mart for $10. Anyone see these in Michigan yet, I went to the Okemos Wal-Mart last night and they didn't have any.

[Rijie]

I found a McQuarrie Chewbacca today at the DB TRU. I also picked up the Jawa/Droid set, just cause it is the best Jawa I've ever seen.

The movie toys are for the most part, awesome. I'm really enjoying Leader Prime, RV Prime, Ratchet(can't wait for that repaint!) right now.

I finally opened my Megatron yesterday. He's...alittle annoying. He does look cool in bot mode, and the ship mode is actually pretty cool, nice sound effects and lights, like Prime. But what is annoying is the lack of both head and waist articluation, which severly hampers his overall evil potential.

Basically, if he had those things, then he would be a truly magnificent toy. He looks fantastic, but it just feels like wasted potential.

But I pretty much love everything else, so it's forgivable.

[RodimusConvoy13]

arrrghghgh!!! I want it to be saturday night so I'm back in the states and can buy movie toys!!!!!!

I also can't wait to get back to air conditioning. none of the hotels over here have it, so it gets really hot and stuffy in the rooms. and I can't wait to use green money! it's all pink and blue over here.

oh yeah.. and food with taste! I don't think they have spices here

[ionacus]

anyone else here wondering if we are gonna see a voyager movie megatron? it only seems fair that there is already so many primes, that we should see more megatrons.

[JTKranix]

I am so pissed right now.

The two sets of Wal-Mart exclusive Robot Heroes I ordered came. Wal-Mart smashed the boxes to make them fit into an undersized box.

I linked the picture below, it's large.

LINK

I decided I am going to keep ordering one with overnight shipping. Eventually I'll get one C9+ to keep MISB or they can keep eating the shipping cost over and over and over and over until I'm happy.

[jimi04]

Man that sucks JTK.

By the way, is the Desert 2 pack at TRU with Blackout and Scorponok the same exact figures as the Voyager Blackout and Deluxe Scorponok? Scorponok looks identical, but wasn't certain on Blackout. I figured I'd save some $ and buy the two pack instead of Scorpy and BO separately.

[JTKranix]

Man that sucks JTK.

By the way, is the Desert 2 pack at TRU with Blackout and Scorponok the same exact figures as the Voyager Blackout and Deluxe Scorponok? Scorponok looks identical, but wasn't certain on Blackout. I figured I'd save some $ and buy the two pack instead of Scorpy and BO separately.

Yup, they are the exact same ones.

The Bumblebee/Barricade Wal-Mart exclusive are the same as the deluxe class ones too, just a tad cheaper.

[JTKranix]

I doubt anything will come of this but I sent Hasbro an email about Wal-Mart not stocking movie toys, not stocking exclusives and just the poor distrubtion.

I also sent Wal-Mart an email about how disappointed I was in the condition my Decepticon Sneak Attack sets came in along with links to various receipts showing how much money I choose to spend with Wal-Mart, over $3000.00 this year alone on toys.

[sparty2304]

I doubt anything will come of this but I sent Hasbro an email about Wal-Mart not stocking movie toys, not stocking exclusives and just the poor distrubtion.

I also sent Wal-Mart an email about how disappointed I was in the condition my Decepticon Sneak Attack sets came in along with links to various receipts showing how much money I choose to spend with Wal-Mart, over $3000.00 this year alone on toys.

it may do something...I talked to the girl who works for hasbro and she puts the toys out at TRU, WalMart, and target in my area...she was super awsome willing to go look in the back to find things that were not out yet. So they may need to get on their employee to get on putting toys out....Never hurts to try.

[Rijie]

I say screw it, lets all get together and file a class-action suit. Tell them we are tired of their exclusives never actually showing up in-store. We want compensation for gas, time, and crappy employeee attitudes. It's a form of discrimination. We can to to the Supreme court if we have to!

Or, we could all just get together one weekend, and go from WM to WM, burning each one down until the pyre can be seen from outer space. And we can all hold hands and sing while watching. And whne the cops show up, we'll just tell them that we have been delegated by the people to do some "housecleaning".

[Rijie]

Sweet! I went to the TJMaxx in Allen Park today, and found Sig 6 Snake Eyes w/ Cammo Quad!! They only had two, I bought both, and they were only $10 each!

This piece is not supposed to be hitting the major retailers at all, allegedly the idea was scrapped mid-production, but some of them made it into the market. I've only heard of them showing up sporadically at KBs so far, but I guarantee they'll be in the $25-35 range there.

So, if anyone is looking for one of these, check the TJMaxx in your area, the price can't be beat, and he'll be a rare find in the long run! They are also carrying Duke w/Quad, I imagine he's be in the same price point.


Woohoo!

[jsmith41]

Sweet find, I'll have to check that out on the way home from work.

Has anyone heard when the 25th Anniversary line is hitting? The Joe site says June, but I was wondering if anyone has heard specifics.

[RodimusConvoy13]

Only 25 hours and I should(knocks on wood) be back home. I'm ready for some movie toys!! PQP's got my Robo Vision Prime. Ironhide and Blackout are in my car at the airport. Can't wait to pick up a leader class prime, a laserbeak, and some robot heroes.. plus what ever else strikes me.
Ireland has been pretty cool, but I can't wait to leave the land of green to go back to a land that uses green money

[Tigertrack]

Blackout = BO... I love it!

[God Magnus]

Sweet! I went to the TJMaxx in Allen Park today, and found Sig 6 Snake Eyes w/ Cammo Quad!! They only had two, I bought both, and they were only $10 each!

This piece is not supposed to be hitting the major retailers at all, allegedly the idea was scrapped mid-production, but some of them made it into the market. I've only heard of them showing up sporadically at KBs so far, but I guarantee they'll be in the $25-35 range there.

So, if anyone is looking for one of these, check the TJMaxx in your area, the price can't be beat, and he'll be a rare find in the long run! They are also carrying Duke w/Quad, I imagine he's be in the same price point.


Woohoo!

Wait, TJMaxx has toys?! You can't wear toys!!!

[JTKranix]

I ordered the McQuarrie CIV exclusives too. I mean when you get everyone but those it seems kind of dilly right? Besides who will fight your 'Darth' if not the 'Luke'?

A buddy of mine that lives in Virgina said that the Father's Day 2 Pack started showing up at his local Wal-Mart for $10. Anyone see these in Michigan yet, I went to the Okemos Wal-Mart last night and they didn't have any.

rebelscum.com has this listed as a Wal-Mart Exclusive. I'm getting tired of having to really go out of my way to find these damn Wal-Mart Exclusives.

[Rijie]

Sweet! I went to the TJMaxx in Allen Park today, and found Sig 6 Snake Eyes w/ Cammo Quad!! They only had two, I bought both, and they were only $10 each!

This piece is not supposed to be hitting the major retailers at all, allegedly the idea was scrapped mid-production, but some of them made it into the market. I've only heard of them showing up sporadically at KBs so far, but I guarantee they'll be in the $25-35 range there.

So, if anyone is looking for one of these, check the TJMaxx in your area, the price can't be beat, and he'll be a rare find in the long run! They are also carrying Duke w/Quad, I imagine he's be in the same price point.


Woohoo!

Wait, TJMaxx has toys?! You can't wear toys!!!

But I wore my Optimus Voice changer just yesterday...

They are kind of like Sears or Kohl's, they have a small sections of toys back in the corner, usually sort of sloppily piled up.

It was one of those great finds...I saw Duke /w Quad immediately, right next to those green-case, DVD versions of the Destro wave. No Cammo Quad, then, I scouted around brifly and saw him down on the lower shelf a few feet away, just the back of his box. Noted the price and was even happier.

So I grabbed him, and proceed to leave, when I saw another sitting on a table right next to the toys. SA-nag!

Man I love that, and I had only read that morning that they were being found there. Swift triumph!

[JTKranix]

I found wave 1 Saga Legends 2007 at TRU in Jackson this morning. They only had Darth Vader, C-3PO, Yoda, R2-D2, Clone Trooper (ROTS) and Darth Maul. They are all mine now

I also found some Allspark candy at the Jackson Kmart. It's the same as Energon Cube candy but has movie art. Kind of neat.

[RodimusConvoy13]

well, I made it back to the states, barely(long story). I went out to target and picked up leader prime, swindle, bonecrusher, longview, booster x10 and all the robot heroes except for the jazz pack and the unicron pack. I didn't see those two. leader prime is awesome! can't wait to get my robovision from PQP.
ughh.. I have no idea what time it is

[tfpredaking]

Well, I made the Hasbro tour drawing for Botcon, but RC13 didn't, should I give it up so I don't leave him hangin'... or do I go because I'll probably never get the chance again?

Also, I noticed Ryan who runs seibertron.com got in as well, so that would be cool since I know him.

So confused on what to do my head hurts

[tfpredaking]

Oh yeah, is anyone here Pete Watson? He's the only other Michigander to make make the tour via the drawing.

Did anyone else get in originally without having to sweat out the drawing?