The Energon Pub

[Nick_Rapitis]

"We'll put all our valuable time and effort into making this figure now. Get it as movie accurate as physically possible because it's what the fans have all been waiting for. They're going to love this!"

*whine* The paint is all wrong!

Give him shorter arms!

Where are his thrusters?

Really guys, this thing is awesome. If it bothers you that much then don't buy it. When the movie came out I figured it would be damn near impossable for them to get any movie-accurate toys out of it, and I've been right for the most part, this is probably as close as they'll get and I would love to give them money for their effort.

Uh... not that I'd pay people for doing a half-decent job on something else like fixing my car or building a home, but you know what I mean. XD

the leader Prime is very nice/accurate as well as HA BB...IMO they are way more accurate than this SS...maybe if they fix the paint i'll have a different opinion...gonna get it either way though

[Starscream217]

WOW I HAVE TO GET HIM!!!! Paint job could of been better i think but overall this mold for Starscream is just AWESOME I love his Robot Mode thank god Hasbro still made him have his sleek Jet Mode just like his Voyager version!
Now this looks like a must have! i'm buying first day it hits the stores

[Convotron]

Looks very nice!

I'm loving the leg design. My only concern is possible stability issues due to the small feet.

[Sunstar]

I just has fangasm! Must have.. Will have.. Icanhas?!

[Rated X]

Looks great !!! A definate must buy !!! Now if we could just get a repaint without those annoyong tattoos.

[kirbenvost]

Wow. Epic is indeed the word to describe it. I probably won't be buying it because he's a little out of scale IMO (well, not really, but compared to G1 and my space limitations), and not G1 enough (so sue me, my collection is based on it :p ), but that is one impressive piece of work.

I actually hope they don't repaint it in G1 colors...because I already have a huge expensive Starscream in my collection!

[Autobots....FIRE!]

Love it!

Shame about the colours but I guess these might not be final? It just looks unfisnished instead of a bad colour selection. I hope his knee/ankle joints are nice and stiff, as this thing looks like it could topple.

[Stockade]

id rather see a leader Fallen so that it would be more to scale with the other figures...or a huge ass demolisher would be nice!

A huge ass leader class Fallen along with Megatron, now that would be awesome!!!

[Doubledealer93]

HOLY SH!T! he is huge! but no jets on his back. oh well! he makes up for it in detail and good articulation! but im going to repaint him. there is too much detail that cant be seen.

[Swiftknife24]

I notice that the missile arm attaches to the folded-back left hand, rather than converting from it...Oh well, can't have everything!

I'm still loving the figure! If they did a Premium version of this and a non-tattooed (movie 1) paint, then I'd get them both!

[Megatron Wolf]

Decent looking figure but ill wait till its onsale. Havent bought a leader figure for full price in over 3 years.

[Requiem Prime]

So pretty. So very pretty...

I've never agreed with this Starscream's proportions, and yet there's something compelling about this guy. The actual model isn't too bad and he does strike me as a badass (don't tell me if he's really a chump, I never saw the second movie and would like to keep the dream). Every iteration has only gotten better each time.

The first movie's toy was a good approximation. Y'know, in a weapons for hands kind of way. I'm still feeling non-buyer's regret for not getting the deep space version too.

The ROTF voyager cleaned him up in nearly every way. His sacrifices felt more like a size-class thing than design issue. I bet the toy designers were just as bothered by it as we where because we got this wonderful wonderful thing coming.

I'd have to say I can't imagine them doing a better job. Leader Screamer is much better proportioned because he compacts beautifully, looks dizzyingly complex (oh-boy), has multiple joints in his hands, and a big ol' arm cannon that... detaches when he's not using it? Where'd it go?

[Ravage XK]

Yes please, I'll take one thank you.

I think that if they gave ever character this kind of leader treatment then they would have many hits on their hands. Starscream looks as great.

If I had to make a negative comment it would be that a design this awesome deserves a paint job to match, I'm talking detail. I think the head could use more painted detail. If I were Hasbro I wouldnt want to leave it looking half finished. I'd also like to see him with a more weathered metal look but if this is what we are going to get then I wont complain.

[Gutter Bunny]

Greatly looking forward to seeing what our artists can do with this one.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Great fig, overall, but IMO the back view of the Voyager's thruster area looks much better (except for the hand kibble, of course) compared to the Leader's cluttered chunkiness (then again, how many of us would pose a TF's alt mode ass-in-front? ). Plus, the Voyager class has a more streamlined and proportionate body, overall.

That said, the lack of thruster kibble on the Leader still makes it miles better than the Voyager.

The bot mode totally rules over Voyager, too. I'd say at least 90% accurate.

IMO, this is likely to be as good as it'll ever get for a Bayverse Starscream...unless they come up with a Supreme Class. Highly doubt it, but never say never.

BTW, I noticed a purple Decepticon symbol on a squarish button on both alt mode and bot mode. Sound effects button, maybe?

[DevastaTTor]

Would love it if the tattoos were gone. Hope Takara releases a "premium" version which I'm sure they probably will. With a mold this great, I doubt the can resist giving it the paint apps it deserves.

[Knightmare10880]

I really love the way he looks, has there been a release date announced for him yet.

[Blurrz]

I really love the way he looks, has there been a release date announced for him yet.

First Half of 2010... I could give a guess and say it'll be March-May 2010.

[Rodimus_light]

What no buzzsaw?

XD

[vectorA3]

anyone complainin about this figure is high...... Hope it's not > $40

[LeL]

I'm hoping this comes with two missle launchers, as so that they can be attatched to the underside of the wings. Remove the static missles and blades off the launcher so in robot mode they double as jet engines. this would make Leader Class Starscream look 100%, giving him additional missle launcher will make the jet mode more leathal and after the deployment of missles he's ready transform and get up close for the fight.

please give us one more missle luancher please

[Darclipto]

I'm hoping this comes with two missle launchers, as so that they can be attatched to the underside of the wings. Remove the static missles and blades off the launcher so in robot mode they double as jet engines. this would make Leader Class Starscream look 100%, giving him additional missle launcher will make the jet mode more leathal and after the deployment of missles he's ready transform and get up close for the fight.

please give us one more missle luancher please

I think this guy is a genius! It is supposed to come with 2 missiles... so maybe it does come with 2 launchers! If you look closely at it, it does look like the gun's barrel is a jet engine...

[LeL]

I doubt that Hasbro are going to add or change the launcher this late in the production line, but I can dream... and thanks for the input (I'm not a genius... I just love my jets).

I would love to see this Starscream reach his potential like what they did with Optimus Prime.

[Blurrz]

Figures seen early before the release date are not taken out of package, they're taken through other means. Starscream will come with 2 Missile Launchers. Heck, he could be painted black. Nothing is finite.

[Darclipto]

I hope your right... would make perfect sense...