The Energon Pub

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:05 pm

Hey guys,

My Youtube subscriptions page showed a new video review by Peaugh. He seems to have gotten a hold of some of the new Powercore combiners. Specificly Bombshock and the Combaticons.

Check it out here

News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:16 pm

Still LAME!!! They will probably still try and get $30 or $40 out this set I bet, and they might be worth $15 at most...

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News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:41 pm

DavidT wrote:Still LAME!!! They will probably still try and get $30 or $40 out this set I bet, and they might be worth $15 at most...

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The MSRP has already been announced as $20.

News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:43 pm

Still too much...it's just a scout size figure with oversized non-transforming minicons

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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:48 pm

Peaugh has gotten hold of the upcoming Transformers Power Core Combiners, PCC for short, Bombshock with Combaticons and has decided to post a video review of this set.
You can view the video ether by clicking here or just by scrolling down.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDmmjoIkKnU[/youtube]

Stay tuned to seibertron.com for all your Transformers related news!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:51 pm

Heh, he's got knees and shoulderd. That's pretty cool

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:05 pm

Mkall wrote:Heh, he's got knees and shoulderd. That's pretty cool

Yea but man do his arms suck.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:29 pm

I don't see too much difference between these guys and the Energon Combiners. Kneww articulation? Check. No elbows? Check. (Although Smoulder looks like he might have elbows just because of how he works).

But they're much cheaper than the Energon combiners, so that's a plus for those who like 'em. So far I'm not seeing anything I like tho.

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:33 pm

he's got the video for searchlight/backwind up too. I kinda like these guys. can't wait to see smolder
:KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:35 pm

I somehow get the feeling that these could be decent for the price, and are definatly kid friendly. If/when these hit tv commercials, my sons will be all about them.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:50 pm

No individual robot mode, pass
Ugly face, pass
Arm popping out during transformation, pass
Looks like having balance issue, pass

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:52 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Mkall wrote:Heh, he's got knees and shoulderd. That's pretty cool

Yea but man do his arms suck.

Yeah, but no worse than the energon limbs before FansProject. I've gotten used to them.

De-sensitized as it were.

News Credits: 1 · by **Vectorshot** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:07 pm

It's obvious that Hasbro is trying to save money. The drone idea in my opinion is LAME. The combiner modes look like crap. The makers need to take note of these fan groups and what they are doing. I can see Fans Project coming out with some add ons for this new line that will put Hasbro to shame.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:16 pm

Vectorshot wrote:The makers need to take note of these fan groups and what they are doing.

Not really. The Fan groups are by the Collector, for the Collector. These toys are by a toy maker, for kids. Sometimes it amazes me that Hasbro even listens to us at all considering how most collectors treat them.

by **Aluus** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:18 pm

Yeah. I'm really NOT impressed with the Power Core Combiners so far, especially after the detail of the figures in the ROTF line. Some of the deluxes in that line were just awesome (looking at you Lockdown.) Even the SCOUTS had better transformations than these do. To me these are just hasbro trying to sell people a lower quality product hidden behind a gimmick

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:20 pm

First-Aid wrote: Sometimes it amazes me that Hasbro even listens to us at all considering how most collectors treat them.

Ain't that the truth. We are, collectively, a bunch of whiny little brats.

by **mechabooks** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:25 pm

Eh..I still intend to get this set at the least. I like the look of the PCC Bombshock with combiners.

by **ang3l3s** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:52 pm

The lowest i will go is those rotf repaints and no lower, now i will have money saved for older figures i missed.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:59 pm

DavidT wrote:Still too much...it's just a scout size figure with oversized non-transforming minicons

Wow, what needs to be done to please you?

Anyways I think everyone knows my opinion on PCC's already. This line was made for me and I'll collect it like no other.

News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:07 pm

Blurrz wrote:
DavidT wrote:Still too much...it's just a scout size figure with oversized non-transforming minicons

Wow, what needs to be done to please you?

Anyways I think everyone knows my opinion on PCC's already. This line was made for me and I'll collect it like no other.

They could make better figures or not make them at all

I was excited when we first heard about these coming out, and now that I see them, they are hideous!

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News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:58 pm

It's obvious that Hasbro is trying to save money. The drone idea in my opinion is LAME. The combiner modes look like crap. The makers need to take note of these fan groups and what they are doing. I can see Fans Project coming out with some add ons for this new line that will put Hasbro to shame.

maybe fan projects wont have to make an add on set for this combiner if there add on set for energon bruticus can combine with this series teh nthey can save some money & time & only make an add on kit for pcc superion but any other way it may or may not happen fans projects would have to make 4 new bots for these combiners if thats the case combiners have crappy looking limbs but nnot as bad as enrgon combiners i can deal with these combiners with out an add on kit but energon differnt situation.

ill still buy tehm if fp decides to make kit for this seriesi buy it if not i can deal with it

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:13 pm

Oh by Primus. Let's all drop the thought train that if something isn't 100% perfect, then some 3rd party will make it better. Don't like it, don't buy it. If you buy something with the sheer hope that FP will make something for it, then you're sending the wrong message to Hasbro.

IMO of course, but there are far better and cooler things that FP, ImpToys, etc can do instead of wasting time on the PCC figures.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:51 pm

I LOVE YOU PEAUGH!!!!!!! DEATH TO THOSE WHO ARE UNBELIEVERS!!!!!!! Now you see why he's my favorite reviewer!!! 8-}

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:46 pm

I like the concept of drones turning into limbs for a super mode but the execution here is lacking - those limbs look terrible. One can understand it if it doesn't look too flash because it needs to have a bot mode and a limb mode but these don't, they just go from being a vehicle to an arm or whatever and they do it poorly.

by **JRFitzpatrick7** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:22 am

Blurrz wrote:
Wow, what needs to be done to please you?

Anyways I think everyone knows my opinion on PCC's already. This line was made for me and I'll collect it like no other.

i believe you and i will both be collecting this line like no other. 2 OF EVERYBODY!!