The Energon Pub

So... all you lucky people over there at Botcon, I was just wondering. Well, I know they have Hasbro panels with Q & As, so I'm curious if anyone thought to ask Hasbro about any of the following:

Will they be doing any figures based on:

Animated Arcee

Animated Omega Supreme.

Many of us heard the rumour about a Supreme-class Omega Supreme, and it's killing me - I just want it to be true. Arcee, well so far she's really just a minor cameo character, but with the G1 accuracy, she made quite a splash. Even if they only did her character in the Activator class, I'd be happy.

Speaking of which, any news on any additional Activator moulds?

I dunno if Botcon's still going on or if there'll be any other Q&As with Hasbro representatives, but if there's any oppertunity, could someone be a buddy and mention it? I figure if nothing else, it might show them the demand is there.

There's always tomorrow, lad. Mark my words, Hasbro is saving its magnum opus, Masterpiece Grimlock for the final day. If not, I will personally run around the streets of Brussels stark-naked.

Oh yeah, some other stuff I was thinking about:

Animated Legends class:

Have they said anything along the lines that this is definately not happening, or is there still that possibility? If they did do Omega Supreme, some Legends class figures might be just the thing to add that size contrast to make him look just that extra bit more 'supreme'.

It also might be interesting to do other more unconventional stuff in legends class, like human figures with their robot assistants, like tutor bots and garbage bots etc. Or I was thinking last night, a transforming version of Headmaster that's to scale with deluxe Sentinal and Voyager Bulkhead. Or for that matter they could do a disembodied Megatron head, or the proto-version of Soundwave.

Encores:

What about encoring some G1 Headmasters? Vintage one command a pretty steep price these days.

Glitcher wrote:There's always tomorrow, lad. Mark my words, Hasbro is saving its magnum opus, Masterpiece Grimlock for the final day.

Oh yeah... I knew there was something else on the 'ultimate-dream-come-true' list!

I don't think that Animated will get the Legends treatment.
The appeal of Animated is that updated, slick, styling,
and that class really forces parts into blocky molds.

But, of course, I'm probably wrong...
I'd rather that money and energy be put into making more reg. deluxe/voyager figures for that line.

i too have been anxiously waiting to hear ANYTHING about the Masterpiece line....Grimlock, Thundercracker, anything..........Please!!

I'll be happy to hear confirmation about an MP Grimlock...
But for some reason, I'm really hoping for a Supreme class Omega for Animated.

Now if both happen, I WILL work a summer job.

Another question that might be worth asking is will any of the non-transformer animated characters be reproduced in toy form? I'm not really sure if that'd be best handled in something akin to the movie's "screen battles" series, or as posable action figures.

I wouldn't mind a Sari, or Prof Sumdac, or Headmaster figure if done right. Of course I'd have no use for Angry archer figure no matter how good the job.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I don't think that Animated will get the Legends treatment.
The appeal of Animated is that updated, slick, styling,
and that class really forces parts into blocky molds.

But, of course, I'm probably wrong...
I'd rather that money and energy be put into making more reg. deluxe/voyager figures for that line.

Well I kinda hope you are wrong. But the way I see it, they've managed to cover almost all the bot characters so far. The only exceptions that come to mind being Arcee and a pre-arachnid Elita One.

I just hope they don't try to pad the line with non-screen characters like they did on the movie line. Though if they must, it might be nice if they did remaining dinobots in that style.

Well, the MP Grimlock and Thundercracker have been confirmed apparently, and I remember seeing on another Website(ACtoys?) that Omega Supreme is due to come out in the third or fourth wave of the Animated series. Here's hoping these come out sooner than later!

Oh well, no further news so far on animated. At least we know we're getting Grimlock.

Megatron's Lapdog wrote:I remember seeing on another Website(ACtoys?) that Omega Supreme is due to come out in the third or fourth wave of the Animated series. Here's hoping these come out sooner than later!

Yeah, so far all we have on that is ACtoys. But in my mind they are somewhat discredited, since they originally called Sentinel as a voyager, and Blitzwing as a deluxe. I think it's just wishful thinking from a fan site.

A Supreme Omega Supreme would probably be just too awesome to happen for real. But seriously did no one even ask Hasbro about this? What's wrong with you people!

Animated Arcee should be coming (concept sketches from what I understand). And there was a sketch for animated perceptor.

Geekee1 wrote:Animated Arcee is coming. And there was a sketch for animated perceptor.

... fer real?

Like you heard this from official Hasbro sources?

Bumblethumper wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:Animated Arcee is coming. And there was a sketch for animated perceptor.

... fer real?

Like you heard this from official Hasbro sources?

I wasn't in these particular panels, but was told this by two fellow board members who were.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I'll be happy to hear confirmation about an MP Grimlock...
But for some reason, I'm really hoping for a Supreme class Omega for Animated.

Now if both happen, I WILL work a summer job.

Even if this doesn't happen you should do that anyway!

Think about it, you could take your best girl to dinner and share a root beer float.

That would make your Pop proud as he reads the days paper while enjoying a pipe.

You could even go the extra mile and get a nice set of blinders so you don't have to see Glitchers naked ass.

Summer jobs are fine, fun, and build good character

What will Perceptor's alt. mode be??????????????????????????????????
I suppose some sort of vehicle.
Maybe an aircraft, but I hope not.

Geekee1 wrote:

Bumblethumper wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:Animated Arcee is coming. And there was a sketch for animated perceptor.

... fer real?

Like you heard this from official Hasbro sources?

I wasn't in these particular panels, but was told this by two fellow board members who were.

hey, then that's awesome news! Always wanted an Arcee.

I hope we get some kind of news one way or the other about Omega Supreme sometime soon.

Liege Evilmus wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I'll be happy to hear confirmation about an MP Grimlock...
But for some reason, I'm really hoping for a Supreme class Omega for Animated.

Now if both happen, I WILL work a summer job.

Even if this doesn't happen you should do that anyway!

Think about it, you could take your best girl to dinner and share a root beer float.

That would make your Pop proud as he reads the days paper while enjoying a pipe.

You could even go the extra mile and get a nice set of blinders so you don't have to see Glitchers naked ass.

Summer jobs are fine, fun, and build good character

Well, I usually work one, but we'll see.
I think I have a few potential gigs that would build a little character.
And my collection.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I'll be happy to hear confirmation about an MP Grimlock...
But for some reason, I'm really hoping for a Supreme class Omega for Animated.

Now if both happen, I WILL work a summer job.

Even if this doesn't happen you should do that anyway!

Think about it, you could take your best girl to dinner and share a root beer float.

That would make your Pop proud as he reads the days paper while enjoying a pipe.

You could even go the extra mile and get a nice set of blinders so you don't have to see Glitchers naked ass.

Summer jobs are fine, fun, and build good character

Well, I usually work one, but we'll see.
I think I have a few potential gigs that would build a little character.
And my collection.

Gigs and Character, I know you may think I don't know I'm talking about, but back when I was a kid, why, they use to call me Dixie Cup Dean

But hey, don't listen to me, heres a word from respectably endorsed fellow teens.

There on the Ball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY8YIn5okX8

Wait, are you being serious about this advice?

Sowndwave76 wrote:Wait, are you being serious about this advice?

Well, if you need to ask, you need to ask yourelf, do you want to end up like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxfxfh9w44g

Oh I know it's pretty today, but let us always remember tomorrow's hindsight is always 20/20.

I work extra jobs during the summer because I'm a teacher.

I believe Omega Supreme in the Animated show was confirmed by the old 'play dumb' routine. And since they are making all the show robots, i would be a foregone conclusion, but no nothing official was said.

As for the human Animated figures, they were mentioned and HASBRO is trying to find the right place and time for them. It is on their high priority list.

What why a transforming Headmaster, doesn't the one that comes with Bulkhead transform?

Oh and I just hope Hasbro lets the show makers get a go with combiners!