The Energon Pub

[Bumbled]

Don't know if this has been posted yet, looked for it but couldn't find so here is the news.

Red Rooster has just began to sell Transformer toys, I got a Bumblebee one today.

[Robzimus Prime]

Awesome... I had heard that they were out, but I haven't been to RR yet.

Is BB any good?

[*Soundwave*]

What is Red Rooster?

[Bumbled]

It is a place like any other Fast Food restaurant but I think it is only in AUS.

[Autobot032]

http://www.redrooster.com.au/

Nothing on the toys promotion though.

[Bumbled]

I know I couldn't find anything on it either but I don't they have updated yet because they only just started this yesterday.

[Robzimus Prime]

What's the quality of your Bumblebee like?

[Bumbled]

Would you guys like a picture of him... he looks better than the Burger King ones.

[Bumbled]

Sorry for the double post I had problems editing the last post... but anyway here he is :


Red Rooster Bumblebee


Red Rooster Bumblebee with other Bumblebee's


Red Rooster Bumblebee with some of our colection

Sorry about the size...

[Robzimus Prime]

Cool - thanks for the pics!


So he doesn't transform huh?! That's disappointing!

[i_amtrunks]

Well he looks better than the Burger King toys already, even though I really dont like the whole "figure in a figure" gimmick, its what the McDonalds TMNT toys had too.

And I checked out Penrith Red Rooster on Monday, no advertising or anything for the meal, maybe Burger King has made sure they cannot advertise?

[Bumbled]

They are beginning to advertise on tv so yeh keep a look out.

Plus the Burger King toys can't transform and their toys are crap. Red Rooster has the better deal if you ask me.

[i_amtrunks]

Got Bumblebee last night, they had posters up, and are running a DS comp, but I think you actually have to buy a kids meal to enter it.

Im surprised by the level of detail in the smaller robot mode figure, he's not painted great, but it matches Hasbro's standards at the least. The robot figure sits in the car mode easily, and can actually sit like a driver of the car.
Car has a pullback action, which is a great little gimmick, that isnt utilised enough I reckon.

Easily worth the $2.50 or whatever it costs.

Still to come is Megatron (horrible), Starscream (horrible) Frenzy (interesting) and Prime (okay). Might be one more, but I cannot remember.

[Bumbled]

Yeh, I think there was one Ironhide.

These toys are much better than Burger Kings.

[Elita One]

Thankyou very much for the info. I was wondering if and where the movie toys would be. Im right there is a Red Rooster in Shepparton, never thought of checking there. Well when school goes back I know where Im going for lunch.

[1337W422102]

Hey Bumbled, about your Deluxe movie Bumblebee: the inside of his front wheels have notches in them. There are tabs on his shoulder. The tab on the shoulder fits into the notch on the wheel, locking them in place, allowing the missiles to point forward. Try it. Why does everyone miss that step? It was in the instructions....

So about this Red Rooster toy... it's Bumblebee driving Bumblebee?? Paradox!

[spiritofcat]

This brings a new meaning to the word Shellformer!
Looks pretty cool though. I still think I might pick one up.

[Scream]

I just picked up Scorpy and Ratchet from BK, BK Ratchet is just like the Red rooster BB.

[Bumbled]

Lol yeh, the bad thing about Red Rooster is that they don't have as much different toys as Burger King.

[i_amtrunks]

New figure should be out on Wednesday.
Not sure who though.

Really wish they released all of them at once.

-EDIT-
Also there are ads on the Tv for the Red Rooster meals, saw one on the weekend while flicking through an ad break in the Collingwood/St Kilda game.

Seems Starscream is the only one who kind of Transforms, Frenzy shoots discs from his alt mode, while Megatron and Optimus seem to be more or less similar to Bumblebee.