The Energon Pub

by **Toyotus Superion** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:10 am

Bonger wrote:
Toyotus Superion wrote:
Sonray wrote:
Ariannus wrote:After what I spent on my MP-05 I haven't been able to bring my self to open it yet. Is it in any danger if I leave it alone, or do I need to open it and do something about it now?

Whats the point in spending so much money on something and then not using it? Thats like buying a PS3 and never opening the box.

I will never understand you MISB collectors.

A toy not played with is a toy not loved. Only Admired.

Hmm, I am not normally anti MISB as I have a good numkber of those myself. However, in the cases of mine, you can se the oty inside.

I never understood the point of keeping any of the MPs MISB when you can't even see whats inside.

You can get the same effect by just buying an empty box, and saving a cpl of hundered bucks.

I do not mean to sound critical. I am quite curious as to how you resolve the issue of not being able to see the item with wanting to keep it MISB in your head.

Thats sorta what I was thinking. I always open the box. But if the box can be displayed (a bubble on card) then I keep it to put the fig back in and just hang it on the wall to save some space. Though with TF I toss out all the boxes. They take up too much space. Only SW and GI joe get to chill on the wall.

News Credits: 1 · by **0ctane** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:21 pm

I like opening my masterpieces, 20th OP and alternators/BTs because I can pose them and they are real feats of engineering. The only things i keep MISB are the G1 reissues because I don't play with toys anymore and thats essentially what the 80's figures are. not much poseability etc. I collect the reissues for nostalgia's sake.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:41 pm

Sonray wrote:I will never understand you MISB collectors.

Different yolks for different folks. I am an avid MISB collector. For the ones I want to display I simply buy a double of it. Problem solved.

by **A'Arab Zaraq** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:37 pm

So are we looking at a recall? Or a reissue pending rectification?

:???:

by **neliz** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:38 pm

A'Arab Zaraq wrote:So are we looking at a recall? Or a reissue pending rectification?

It's a Japanese toy.. not an American one..

by **Sonray** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:08 pm

A'Arab Zaraq wrote:So are we looking at a recall? Or a reissue pending rectification?

Niether id imagine.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:17 pm

I just got around to checking mine, and it seems fine... I hope it doesn't start rusting on me.

by **Primus C-00** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:10 pm

Call me stupid but the completionist in me still want's to buy this toy for my Megatron shelf.

Any post purchase advice? Do I coat the mentioned parts with some kind of paint, clear coat or wd40/similar barrier method?

Or is it just a matter of simple non-chemical polishing now and then?

:???:

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:26 pm

Primus C-00 wrote:Call me stupid but the completionist in me still want's to buy this toy for my Megatron shelf.

Any post purchase advice? Do I coat the mentioned parts with some kind of paint, clear coat or wd40/similar barrier method?

Or is it just a matter of simple non-chemical polishing now and then?

The later.

by **Sonray** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:41 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Primus C-00 wrote:Call me stupid but the completionist in me still want's to buy this toy for my Megatron shelf.

Any post purchase advice? Do I coat the mentioned parts with some kind of paint, clear coat or wd40/similar barrier method?

Or is it just a matter of simple non-chemical polishing now and then?

The later.

latTer

by **Primus C-00** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:53 pm

Many thanks.

by **magnusupreme** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:33 pm

where did you get your megs?

by **Sonray** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:58 pm

I hope this problem doesnt occur to the other figures in the MP range, especially Prime.

News Credits: 97 · by **Savage** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:46 am

I finally checked my Megs, and his feet don't seem to have rust, persay, but they are looking a bit tarnished. I picked mine up at BotCon, so it hasn't really been that long.

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:35 pm

Counterpunch wrote:First try a tarnish cloth, the kind that you would use on a band instrument to simply wipe the junk off.

Best of luck! Crisis averted.

Yer a genius! I assume something like silver Polish will help here?

by **Evil FurryCon** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:51 pm

Well... It's been what... almost a month since this plague
begun and in certain light I see some rustlike brown ****
on the side and back of Meg's feet again. Toes are still
shiny and fine!

Have been careful not to touch his feet all this time...
Haveta check again on daylight...

Time for more soft polishing and CRC I suppose! =/
Keep an eye on yers!

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:59 pm

ive kept my megs in the box so i dont know hows he's doing

.... but are you guys sure that he's rusting, and not tarnishing? tarnishing is more common when you touch metal because of the oils in your hand. just a thought.... i dont have a solution either.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:12 pm

tom brokaw wrote:ive kept my megs in the box so i dont know hows he's doing .... but are you guys sure that he's rusting, and not tarnishing? tarnishing is more common when you touch metal because of the oils in your hand. just a thought.... i dont have a solution either.

That's what I wrote like 3 times in this thread...no one listened though.

by **lrahaman** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:30 pm

hmmm... I'm getting mine with the second production that Takara is putting out around December (see the latest BBTS newsletter). I wonder if they addressed this issue on the new wave?

by **a7x666** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:49 pm

im getting one from this upcoming wave aswell and i hope mine doesnt rust.

News Credits: 1 · by **0ctane** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:02 pm

Ok I think i'm gonna change the title of the thread to megs' tarnishing problem before CP bursts an artery

I think it is a Tarnish problem as the brown areas on mine havn't gotten darker. (yeah I know i'm lazy, I'll get down to polishing it later.)

by **ljonesj** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:25 pm

its a case of the cosmic tarnish my prime is still great sorry to hear you guys are having issues with your megatons

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:48 pm

Rise of the dead and buried zombie thread.
Run for the hills!!!!.

Is this a record for a zombie thread? 4 years?

by **joesaysso** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:16 pm

ljonesj wrote:its a case of the cosmic tarnish my prime is still great sorry to hear you guys are having issues with your megatons

You know, I hate to be that guy but what school system teaches people to write and type with no punctuation? Your post looks absolutely ridiculous. If you are going to exhume a thread that dies four years ago, the least you could do is use a frickin period at the end of your sentence.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:35 pm

joesaysso wrote:
ljonesj wrote:its a case of the cosmic tarnish my prime is still great sorry to hear you guys are having issues with your megatons

You know, I hate to be that guy but what school system teaches people to write and type with no punctuation? Your post looks absolutely ridiculous. If you are going to exhume a thread that dies four years ago, the least you could do is use a frickin period at the end of your sentence.

and his posts not relevant

Sorry, couldn't resist the bad grammar!