The Energon Pub

I found this while looking for pics of Bludgeon:

http://tformers.com/transformers-upcomi ... /news.html

A new Mudflap toy? Ughh. At least you won't have to give up a lot of money for the Japanese Black Soundwave.

Also the guys on TFW found a Wal-mart list that some of you may find interesting.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys ... 8fe92feab7

*suddenly sees the amount of Black Soundwave pre-orders dropping*

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:*suddenly sees the amount of Black Soundwave pre-orders dropping*

Good, maybe I can finally get one!

This is no substitute for Chara Soundblaster.

I will be buying them all. I can't wait for JA Ironhide and Bludgeon. Dirge looks awesome. I knew NEST BB was an exclusive. Tuner Mudflap looks surprisingly good. I'm sure there'll be a Tuner Skids too.

Other than the red cannons, what's different between this and the first Cannon BB?

Armorhide is made of Toxic Crusader Win.

I bet that Legends Prime is going to be a 2 pack with an unchanged Jetfire in combined mode.

That's what I thought but they are really different from each other:








So I guess it depends on your choice of Soundwave, including the one in the Nemesis set and the original one you have four options.

I can't wait for Voyager Bludgeon. The face does look cartoony in the promo photo but I don't mind it and I'll reserve final judgment for seeing the actual toy in person.

JA Ironhide looks great, mainly because of being laden down with weapons. I still don't like the lightning motif or the painted over windshield. I'm hoping the grey used for the front bumper remains a metallic grey in the production toy but it's unlikely. I really dig the armoured door retooling.

Armorhide looks good to me. I love the 07 Landmine mold and Armorhide's colours look suitable for the attack buggy design.

Dirge...a Conehead at last! Very interesting.

The recolours of Soundwave and Mudflap look strangely appealing to me. The garish colours works on those molds but obviously the colours of promo photos will differ from the actual production toys.

New Animated toys too! Armor Up Optimus and Battelfield Bumblebee!

http://www.tformers.com/transformers-fi ... /news.html

Member star_ling has reported that TFormers has received official images of several upcoming ROTF figures, including a black Soundwave repaint, Breakdown, Jungle Attack Ironhide, the black Depth Charge repaint (called Sonar) and several others.

Click here to see them all

dirge looks cool

Hmm...

Gotta admit some of these look cool.

The only ones I'll be getting are Knock Out (who I can't find ANYWHERE), maybe Armorhide, and the new Legends Sideswipe.

Does Tuner Mudflap's design look familiar to anyone?

And that Nest Bumblebee's eyes are too big, he looks younger than I've ever seen him, except for Animated. Still, an overall good design.

Bludgeon, Dirge, and Breakdown will be mine!!!

Nemesis Rodimus wrote:New Animated toys too! Armor Up Optimus and Battelfield Bumblebee!

http://www.tformers.com/transformers-fi ... /news.html

The Star Convoy homage looks pretty neat.

Is it just me, or does Breakdown bear an odd resemblence(robot mode) to Energon Downshift?

http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Downshift/downshift.htm

I'll betcha that'll be the inevitable repaint.

Tuner Mudflap? Anyone care to explain...?

Gotta love Ejector! Need the toaster!

OMG! i want that repaint of landmine! and the scouts! and dirge! holy crap! cant wait for them!

Ironhide, Bludgeon, Dirdge, Soundwave, Sonar & Breakedown all look frakin awesome. Cant wait for those. The rest not so much. Well maybe cannon bumblebee since it has the missiles and battlemask.

More?
I'm gonna be poor after this.

so what's the release dates for these?

Well for me it would be Bludgeon, Legends wheelie for this batch only. Would have gotten the ironhide but I already have the ROTF version of it and will not spend extra $$ on the retool and repaint. I haven't gotten Ratchet yet so I hope he gets the same treatment as Ironhide and when that happens I'm gonna get him. Also waiting for HA Barricade, man I'm gonna be so broke..

no Flare-up/Moonracer yet? at least they have Bludgeon there (yay!) which by the way looks a bit like G1 Brawl. (redeco anyone?)

Wheelie is finally at the right "size" and i'm really gonna get Ironhide and "Canon Bumblebee"

I have to say Dirge is a must-get for me, and a whole lot of other figures on that page.

Blurrz wrote:I'll actually be getting N.E.S.T. Bumblebee and Black Soundwave. New Cannon Bumblebee, along with Poop coloured clown Mudflap can die in a fire. The Voyagers are nice, but I've got 3 versions of that Ironhide mold, while Bludgeon will be a very good addition, depending on how the figure turns out. Scouts are okay... although Rollbar doesn't need to look like a vasoline bottle.

Why does the Soundwave repaint have to come in a 2pack? I can't decide on whether this Soundwave is better than the eHobby one.

Bludgeon, Dirge, Armorhide, Sonar, Brakedown, N.E.S.T. Bumblebee(since I don't own ANY Bumblebee from any line, might as well get one that at least has a decent paint job), & J.A. Ironhide are definite gonna gets. I kind of like the Soundwave/Soundblaster but i've got the original and I think it looks better, just the shades and the flaming lowrider paintjob throw it off for me. Ejector is one of my favorite figures from the ROTF line, i'm so glad I was able to find him. If you don't have him, get him he's awesomeness in a toasty shell. I think that him, Ransack, & Scalpel(I know the legs have issues, but they can be fixed quite easily and without ruining value) are the best scouts so far released.

EDIT: I just noticed that Bludgeon looks very, very close to the way he looks in All Hail Megatron #16. BEAUTIFUL

Bludgeon? Yes.
Night Boat? Probably.
Armorhide? WTF colors yo?
Dirge looks pretty rad. Not for me to have, but still, he's cool looking.

The rest is completionist fodder.