The Energon Pub

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:23 am

As posted via Enline Design's facebook page.

Okay everyone.. as the TF fandom is known for strong opinions, please understand this is a PROTOTYPE to test fit. The details are much more refined and transformation will be a bit different. This is set "A"-COW CATCHER of a TWO part set called "BRUTE DEFENSE". COW CATCHER actually has 12 a 12 point transformation. It works for HASBRO/TAKARA ONSLAUGHT/BRUTICUS and also is compatible with the AWESOME FP UPGRADES.

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:09 am

Good idea, just too darn big!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:38 am

Interesting, but I do agree it's on the big side. That probably won't stop me from getting it if the price is right though.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:49 pm

Looks really out of place.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:56 pm

I agree with the others, nice but to darn big.
Looks lie it interferes with the arm articulation.

by **Rated X** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:44 pm

Very nice but way too damn big.

L.O.D. workshop:

Listen to the boards. Everyone wants this for their Fansproject Bruticus so shrink it while you are still in the early development stages. I want a chest shield but I dont care about the cow catcher if it's going to affect the proportions of the chest shield. Personally I could care less if it intergrates with the vechicle mode. Fansproject Bruticus is already a parts former like the original G1 toy.

by **necr0blivion** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:15 pm

Seems alright, but now I'm curious about "Set B"...

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:35 am

Updated prototype

Welcome to seeing the creative progress of artists working together. Prototype Il BRUTE DEFENSE pt.1.. This is much closer to the final version. Requires the ONSLAUGHT to be turned around at the waist and the arms to be swapped.

by **Rated X** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:14 am

daimchoc wrote:Updated prototype

Welcome to seeing the creative progress of artists working together. Prototype Il BRUTE DEFENSE pt.1.. This is much closer to the final version. Requires the ONSLAUGHT to be turned around at the waist and the arms to be swapped.

Looks much better but could stand to be trimmed a couple more centimeters. But Im not feeling the idea of "arms having to be swapped". Are you referring to the FP connectors or Onslaught's actual robot arms ? Having to disassamble Onslaught to make him into a permanant torso is not a favorable option. Try to fix that. Also I hope "Set B" is G1 heads for Onslaught, Vortex, and Brawl. I would buy that set even if the chest plate isnt to my liking.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:30 am

You know what? I never thought Colossus needed a chest shield. He already has that hunk of truck sticking out already. And I'm not too keen on swapping arms. Wouldn't that make Onslaught untransformable into a seperate robot? At least without reswapping the arms ... if you have to do that much just for a shield, it isn't really worth it.

And you know what? Someone should just make three new bots to replace the Hasbro ones, that's what. Everyone loves Colossus anyway and "Swindle" and "Blast off" are pretty much perfect.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:47 pm

I think it means turn Bruticus's torso 180 degrees, then swap the arms so they look proper.

I could be wrong though.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:51 pm

...

Yeah, that makes a lot more sense than what i thought ...

by **Rated X** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:47 pm

Mkall wrote:I think it means turn Bruticus's torso 180 degrees, then swap the arms so they look proper.

I could be wrong though.

So youre saying Vortex would be Bruticus right arm and Blast off his left ?

by **Mekatron** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:10 pm

Rated X wrote:
Mkall wrote:I think it means turn Bruticus's torso 180 degrees, then swap the arms so they look proper.

I could be wrong though.

So youre saying Vortex would be Bruticus right arm and Blast off his left ?

Hahahah... man you guys are dense sometimes. If you turn Bruticus' torso 180 degrees (with the arms connected), it will put Vortex on the right and Blast Off on the left, which is incorrect. You will need to remove them and swap them to make Bruticus proper again.

by **Rated X** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:48 pm

Mekatron wrote:
Rated X wrote:
Mkall wrote:I think it means turn Bruticus's torso 180 degrees, then swap the arms so they look proper.

I could be wrong though.

So youre saying Vortex would be Bruticus right arm and Blast off his left ?

Hahahah... man you guys are dense sometimes. If you turn Bruticus' torso 180 degrees (with the arms connected), it will put Vortex on the right and Blast Off on the left, which is incorrect. You will need to remove them and swap them to make Bruticus proper again.

In other words this is just a crappy idea. I say screw the cow catchers and just make a smaller chest shield that fits on in 3 seperate pieces. Somebody on the TFW2005 Radicons blog did a custom shield once. Im gonna try to find the link...

Edit:

I couldnt find the one I was looking for but I found 2 cool ones that are smaller and in better proportion with the figure. Maybe he could use these for ideas.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons- ... tread.html

http://www.toynova.com/showthread.php?2 ... t-shield...

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:50 pm

According to Encline... Part B is rumored to be....

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:41 pm

I had heard of a third party group tackling the remaining Combaticons. I wonder if it was this project.

Although it may not be. I mean ... they could just make a whole new Onslaught and incorperate the shirld more elegantly.

by **Mekatron** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:05 pm

Yeah... those customs look great. The new crotch piece is totally unnecessary.... I'm perfectly happy with Brute's crotch. Why does it feel like I'm in the Uranus thread???

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:33 pm

daimchoc wrote:According to Encline... Part B is rumored to be....

OMG.. A decent Brawl figure would kick so much ass..

by **Rated X** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:06 am

I would love a new Brawl !!! But if thats the case please make a cartoon accurate vortex and onslaught as well. Im so tried of onslaughts football head, Takara could have at least fixed that in their exclusive repaint.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:32 pm

c/o Encline, pre-orders will be coming up soon.... We hope to see some colored test shots soon too.

by **Rated X** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:40 am

Prototypes before pre-orders please. But this does have my attention...

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:16 pm

A chest plate for the ROTF Bruticus. Can be used as a cow catcher for Onslaught in alt mode.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:00 am

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=215&t=91379&hilit=l.o.d.+workshop

by **Yotsuyasan** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:34 am

I have to say, now that I own myself a Bruticus (thanks to Takra's and Fansproject's re-releases), I find the idea of this accessory somewhat superfluous. Bruticus already has a chest plate, made up of the front of Onslaught's truck with the sides splayed out. And with the new crotch piece that Fansproject's set supplies, which is color-matched with the chest area, it really does capture the look of the G1 toy's chest piece nicely. And everything there already integrates nicely into the vehicle mode, while frankly this "cowcatcher" idea just -- to me, at least -- looks damn foolish.

To people who do like it... More power to you, and I hope you enjoy it! However, I just think it is silly. Really, the only further add-on I would want to see for Bruticus would be better heads for Onslaught, Vortex, and Brawl. (Brawl could be tricky, however... It might need to maintain the guns to ether side of the head for the sake of the vehicle mode, but I suppose it could do that and still have a better looking face between those guns.)