The Energon Pub

[Bounti76]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

[Xenos Prime]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

[Bounti76]

:saint:

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

Not to mention the 1st female Titan! Even IDW didn't do that! Though I always thought Carcer could be female, considering Elita was in charge. I don't remember if it was ever stated what Carcer's pronoun was.

Carcer turned out to be Vigilem, who's male. The first female Titan in Transformers history was Lodestar, in IDW 2018, though in that fiction, Cargohold is a female Titan who's older than Lodestar.

[blackeyedprime]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.

[Rodimus Prime]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Wasn't that only in the comics, though? In the cartoon it was Teletran-1. I don't remember WFC homaging comics much, especially not with something so pricy and high-profile. Which is probably why we never got the Last Autobot redeco, even though the Ark's face looks like it.

[ZeroWolf]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

[william-james88]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.

I wouldn't expect much retooling.

[blackeyedprime]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.

I wouldn't expect much retooling.

Nope also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either

[SpaceEagle]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.

I wouldn't expect much retooling.

Nope also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either

A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.

[ZeroWolf]

Fingers crossed Dinobot #6 is an Ankylosaurus.

Wouldnt really matter if it wasn't as they are going to need serious retooling to pull off dinoking anyways.

I wouldn't expect much retooling.

Nope also not expecting a pretender shell for core class Grimlock or Dinokings bots either

A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.

That and the price point issues had they made shells, they certainly wouldn't be at the core price point anyway

[SpaceEagle]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

[Bounti76]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

[SpaceEagle]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

It would totally be equally as interesting methinks, and honestly would've given us a female combiner. The body shape could still work with just a head swap.
Methinks TLA being more memorable and being a giant robot already helped him win in the end, but I do agree that Auntie would've been interesting as well.

[Sabrblade]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

It would totally be equally as interesting methinks, and honestly would've given us a female combiner. The body shape could still work with just a head swap.
Methinks TLA being more memorable and being a giant robot already helped him win in the end, but I do agree that Auntie would've been interesting as well.

And yet, had they made the Ark into Auntie, I can hear all the rabid cartoon fans crying out "SCREW THE COMICS! TELETRAAN IS NOT A GIRL!!!"

[Bounti76]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

It would totally be equally as interesting methinks, and honestly would've given us a female combiner. The body shape could still work with just a head swap.
Methinks TLA being more memorable and being a giant robot already helped him win in the end, but I do agree that Auntie would've been interesting as well.

And yet, had they made the Ark into Auntie, I can hear all the rabid cartoon fans crying out "SCREW THE COMICS! TELETRAAN IS NOT A GIRL!!!"

Then I would have pointed out that Teletraan is Mainframe's alternate mode, and everyone could win.

[SpaceEagle]

IMO the face looks somewhat feminine. Which means the Nemesis could be a female, which I think would be awesome.

Fembots are always welcome in my collection!

I still think the Ark's face should have been Auntie, since she's the operating AI for the ship.

Then it would have lost the Last Autobot reference they were going for. I could see the last autobot being the priority with the character being in the last G1 Marvel comics issue

Gonna be honest I didn't even know who Auntie is but I definitely remember The Last Autobot. I know I'm just one person but I feel like from the reviews I've watched more people know about TLA rather than Auntie.

Fair points, though Auntie was the Ark's AI in the first issue or two of the Marvel run, and she shows up again in Regeneration One. So technically, she and the Last Autobot probably had about the same amount of fiction, but the Last Autobot's was much more well known.

It would totally be equally as interesting methinks, and honestly would've given us a female combiner. The body shape could still work with just a head swap.
Methinks TLA being more memorable and being a giant robot already helped him win in the end, but I do agree that Auntie would've been interesting as well.

And yet, had they made the Ark into Auntie, I can hear all the rabid cartoon fans crying out "TELETRAAN IS NOT A GIRL!!!"

Hah, yeah, I forgot manchildren would probably grind a few gears about it.
I mean we can't even have a fembot without there being blatant boobs and buttocks sometimes or else someone will say it's not "girly enough".
I do think Auntie's more antagonistic behaviour might've also affected the decision, though. At least from a quick read at her TFWiki page.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

The Last Autobot also matches better with the "surprise savior" role

[Jelze Bunnycat]

They weren't kidding with Sludge in his write-up

I will say this: if they do end up making Dinoking... New heads are a must!

[primalxconvoy]

A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.

They could make the "inner robots" as Primeasters for inside the main bots.

Edit: - Wrong OP.

[blackeyedprime]

Hah, yeah, I forgot manchildren would probably grind a few gears about it.
I mean we can't even have a fembot without there being blatant boobs and buttocks sometimes or else someone will say it's not "girly enough". :lol

It would have to come with blonde combable hair though for the moment it scanned earth and thought the vehicles were the sentient life form.

[SpaceEagle]

A shame honestly, I really liked the old Pretender shells. I'm guessing kids wouldn't "get it" much like before.

They could make the "inner robots" as Primeasters for inside the main bots.

Edit: - Wrong OP.

That would be quite fun. I wonder if HasTak probably exhausted the concept to try it again, they did give us TR Twin Twist again but I feel like that was because they didn't want to make a new mold for him.
I did love the tiny Pretenders a bunch, though.
Would be nice if there were core class inner bots that had larger shells...but it seems HasTak would rather just mesh the robot and shell together nowadays.

[primalxconvoy]

I did love the tiny Pretenders a bunch, though.
Would be nice if there were core class inner bots that had larger shells...but it seems HasTak would rather just mesh the robot and shell together nowadays.

I think that would be a great idea. The "Shells" could even be sold as separate transforming or parts-forming armour that the core-class figures could interact with. There's perhaps enough G1 Pretender characters (original, beasts, classic, combiners, double, etc) to kickstart or "bulk-up" such an endevour). It might encourage me to buy some core class in the future (apart from Daniel).

[SpaceEagle]

I did love the tiny Pretenders a bunch, though.
Would be nice if there were core class inner bots that had larger shells...but it seems HasTak would rather just mesh the robot and shell together nowadays.

I think that would be a great idea. The "Shells" could even be sold as separate transforming or parts-forming armour that the core-class figures could interact with. There's perhaps enough G1 Pretender characters (original, beasts, classic, combiners, double, etc) to kickstart or "bulk-up" such an endevour). It might encourage me to buy some core class in the future (apart from Daniel).

I feel like the concept would work great for the Mega Pretenders, since HasTak could then get away with selling them individually since the shells can transform too.
They could totally get away with releasing something like Grimlock's or Starscream's shell since there's core class figures for them (well, Grimlock is on the way), and the partsforming armour is a perfect reason to explain why robots are hiding inside them!

[Sabrblade]

Then I would have pointed out that Teletraan is Mainframe's alternate mode, and everyone could win.

The Last Autobot also matches better with the "surprise savior" role

While true, the Netflix cartoon did treat the Ark's robot mode as a robot mode for Teletraan.

[twitchybristles]

I might have to pick up Tarn and Bludgeon just because something about the mold really just works for me. Especially if Bludgeon ends up getting a treatment with this mold, mostly bc I'm an easy mark for comic nostalgia.