The Energon Pub

by **Megs for pres** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:22 am

So I went to walmart,meijers,toys R us and a few other stores this A.M. in yet another fruitless search to procure transformers for my collection.
My walmarts, all four, have been COMPLETELY BARREN of transformers of any kind for over three weeks now. (Anyone else having this problem and if so whats the deal?)
Meijers and Toys R Us have them, but they have been picked through and all that remains is the typical wall flowers that plague all of our stores.
I did however see something new. A beast wars Optimus prime.
He looks really friggin awesome! If I didnt already have classics voyager prime I would have snatched him up immediately!
Im glad this figure is out because now people can have a sweet G-1 looking prime to add to their classics collection without paying ebay prices for voyager classics prime.
The only problem is that he has neon green joints and even neon green glass!!
I have noticed that hasbro has consistently cheapened the looks of their classics figures with the application of neon joints, pin striping, details, etc,
I wonder why? If I had to guess, Id say that hasbro believes that classics figures are going to cater primarily to us fans who are in the grand scheme of things limited in number.
To combat that problem I believe hasbro thinks that adding neon flashy colors is a way to draw attention to figures that kids would otherwise have no interest in.
I believe that the figures in question are strong enough to stand on their own, free of neon colors. After all, they attracted our attention as children and again as adults,so why not give them a chance?
I look at the neonized figures in question and then I look at their Japanese counterparts that have almost perfect G-1 color schemes and I have to frown because if I want to own a G-1 colored figure I have to go ebay and with ebay come ebay prices.
Most times the neon colors IMO either ruin, or severely cripple the figure. Voyager classics megs, fall of cyber onslought, beast wars prime and universe galvatron to name a few.
Then theres the other figures that dont have neon colors but are still colored awfully and an otherwise great figure is ruined as a result. Those figures, as with the neonized figures, have Japanese counterparts with great color schemes that make all toe difference.
Heres hoping that hasbro will some day follow suit with takare and give our figures proper G-1 colors.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:16 pm

Megs for pres wrote: I did however see something new. A beast wars Optimus prime.

Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime. Beast Wars is a different toyline and continuity with a different Optimus.

He looks really friggin awesome! If I didnt already have classics voyager prime I would have snatched him up immediately!

Well, you can never have too many Optimi.

Disclaimer: not mine.

The only problem is that he has neon green joints and even neon green glass!!

The term most popularly used, and may be official, is translucent.

I have noticed that hasbro has consistently cheapened the looks of their classics figures with the application of neon joints, pin striping, details, etc,

Beast Hunters Optimus isn't a Classics figure. And I don't know of many Classics figures with translucent joints, pins stripped, lacking details, etc.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:34 pm

the translucent parts are neon green in colour though, don't try to correct someone by pointing out a different aspect of something. Kinda like saying "Optimus Prime has a blue helmet" and then telling him "no, he had a grey faceplate". the two are not mutually exclusive.

the plastic that makes up TFP BH Optimus' windows is both translucent (being that it's no opaque, light travels though it) and neon green (it's a really bright green colour)

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:40 pm

craggy wrote:the translucent parts are neon green in colour though,

Oh, really? I didn't notice that. :roll:

don't try to correct someone by pointing out a different aspect of something.

I was suggesting the use of the term translucent on his wording of "neon green glass." I wasn't correcting him. >:oP

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:47 pm

oh, fair enough then. it wasn't really clear to me. Maybe this thread could be moved to an off-topic section and it could be the official "I don't understand what you're saying" thread?

by **Optimus Eeyore** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:34 pm

But really has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:28 pm

Optimus Eeyore wrote:But really has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

exactly!

by **Megs for pres** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:39 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Megs for pres wrote: I did however see something new. A beast wars Optimus prime.

Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime. Beast Wars is a different toyline and continuity with a different Optimus.

He looks really friggin awesome! If I didnt already have classics voyager prime I would have snatched him up immediately!

Well, you can never have too many Optimi.

Disclaimer: not mine.

DAMN!! LOL @ OPTIMI!

But your missing the beast hunter prime. You gonna get him as well!
Also, What is that blaster looking prime back there to the right? Never seen him before...

I know that beast hunter prime isnt technically classics, but he sure does look the part. I cant think of another prime short of voager classics that would fit the part better.
Even voyager transformers prime optimus Dosent loo that close to G1.
The morew I think on it the more I believe Im gonna buy that optimes and just paint in his glass. Im going to need to look into the megatron that surely has been released with that prime as well.
Hopefully ,megs looks as good as prime.

by **RAcast** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:43 pm

Megs for pres wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Megs for pres wrote: I did however see something new. A beast wars Optimus prime.

Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime. Beast Wars is a different toyline and continuity with a different Optimus.

He looks really friggin awesome! If I didnt already have classics voyager prime I would have snatched him up immediately!

Well, you can never have too many Optimi.

Disclaimer: not mine.

DAMN!! LOL @ OPTIMI!

But your missing the beast hunter prime. You gonna get him as well!
Also, What is that blaster looking prime back there to the right? Never seen him before...

On the far right? Why, that's G2 Hero Optimus Prime! It's an absolutely fantastic mold!

Remember the Generations Ultimate Giftset from a few months ago? And how the Optimus in that set was deco'd in dark blue and red? Well THAT deco was based on the unreleased redeco of G2 Hero Optimus, called "Combat Hero" Optimus Prime.