The Energon Pub

by **MGrotusque** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:40 pm

I'm totally enamored with that paint scheme. I'm about to pull the trigger and grab one but before i do i'm curious if anybody has one and is it as amazing in person as it looks in pictures?

I can wrangle one up at a decent enough deal so it won't be too bad of a hit on the wallet. But i thought i'd just ask around and see what the general consensus is with the QC and whatnot.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:51 am

No pics but some say it uses the updated molds.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:30 am

I'm surprised by the lack of attention that guy got after it's release.

by **MGrotusque** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:37 am

Yeah......it appears that he's not a very popular release with most folks.

I reckon it's the egregious price tag that turns everybody off. Which is very understandable. Plus he's not too loveable as a character either.

But he looks damn good!

by **WolfDawg** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:40 am

I bought him for Christmas (well, my wife did). I gave a brief review of the figure as well as pics in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=83287&p=1329580#p1329580

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:07 pm

monstergrotusque wrote:Yeah......it appears that he's not a very popular release with most folks.

I reckon it's the egregious price tag that turns everybody off. Which is very understandable. Plus he's not too loveable as a character either.

But he looks damn good!

Or it could be nobody cares because he serves no purpose beyond looking kinda cool. If it were a $12 deluxe, sure, but for over two bills, you need to have more purpose than just looking neat. That's why I got rid if Black Convoy. He looks pretty sweet, which is why I originally bought him, but he just didn't serve any real purpose...and took up a lot of space. Kinda feeling the same about MP Ghost Starscream, too. He at least has a bit more purpose, but I question if it's enough to warrant the space he takes up...I already know the answer is no, but unfortunately I can't get back anywhere near what I paid for him.

by **SpacerAM2** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:42 pm

I call him, Mp Garthimus Knight! He's the evil twin of Mp Rodimus Prime.

by **MGrotusque** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:01 am

Kibble wrote:
Or it could be nobody cares because he serves no purpose beyond looking kinda cool. If it were a $12 deluxe, sure, but for over two bills, you need to have more purpose than just looking neat. That's why I got rid if Black Convoy. He looks pretty sweet, which is why I originally bought him, but he just didn't serve any real purpose...and took up a lot of space. Kinda feeling the same about MP Ghost Starscream, too. He at least has a bit more purpose, but I question if it's enough to warrant the space he takes up...I already know the answer is no, but unfortunately I can't get back anywhere near what I paid for him.

Agreed.....i'm over it. If he was a deluxe i'd buy the hell outta that figure.

Thanx for saving me 200 bucks dude.

by **dinogeist** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:37 am

RhA wrote:I'm surprised by the lack of attention that guy got after it's release.

Kibble wrote:
monstergrotusque wrote:Yeah......it appears that he's not a very popular release with most folks.

I reckon it's the egregious price tag that turns everybody off. Which is very understandable. Plus he's not too loveable as a character either.

But he looks damn good!

Or it could be nobody cares because he serves no purpose beyond looking kinda cool. If it were a $12 deluxe, sure, but for over two bills, you need to have more purpose than just looking neat. That's why I got rid if Black Convoy. He looks pretty sweet, which is why I originally bought him, but he just didn't serve any real purpose...and took up a lot of space. Kinda feeling the same about MP Ghost Starscream, too. He at least has a bit more purpose, but I question if it's enough to warrant the space he takes up...I already know the answer is no, but unfortunately I can't get back anywhere near what I paid for him.

I don't mind a black colored TF toy,as long as it has a decent persona & not just their to be a 1/2 of a 1-D Persona. I kinda like some of my TF toys with fleshed out 3-D persona's.

I use to love black repaints but got tired extremly quickly of the very bland black & grey colors applied to the mold. I sold off all my black colored recolors at a convention I go to & i'm often a dealer in my state.

Personally,A black colored repaint should look better than the original first colors & not worse. IMHO,MP Rodimus Prime in his first colors clearly looks better than the black+grey+blue repaint.

IMHO,If your a Rodimus Prime fan & you've only got $200 bucks to buy one colored version. IMHO,Your gonna want the colored version that matches the 1986 TF Movie/season 3.

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:42 am

Masterpiece Black Rodimus: the G2 Ramjet For the New Millenium.... (and why do so many evil Transformers prominently display teal coloration, anyway?)

I might buy one for like $30 if it gets blown out eventually, it doesn't seem to be very popular.