The Energon Pub

[cheeser82]

I have waited all year for a pic of the Wreck-Gar figure. And now that I've finally seen one...

It's awesome. It is officially my favorite TF, and I haven't bought it yet.

[[JRX]]

Leo Prime: It's great they went to the trouble of remolding the head, but why the hell didn't they paint him like Lio Convoy?!

100% agree about the head sculpt. Ligerjack was a pretty great figure, but his head would be far from suitable for Lio Convoy.

As far as colors go, I'm taking the "wait and see" approach. Need I remind everyone of the recent Cyclonus fiasco? Moral of the story: These early photos are not the best indicator of the final product's color scheme.

Why cant they just release the Lio Convoy figure

Does anyone actually own Lio Convoy? Sure... he looks great, but his transformation is all kinds of messed up. Specific example? Gravity is pretty much the only thing that keeps his shoulders resting on his toro!

[Primacron's Little Helper]

It's a good day for dinobots - Dinobot and Overkill preordered. I think Dinobot looks awesome (his eyes actually look like the eye from the Beast Wars logo!) and for me, the Grimlock mold suits Overkill better.

Not sure about Leo Prime but it's at least a way of getting the mold for a sensible price.

As some others have said, Overload's a bit too similar to Dropshot but Smokescreen's a gotta have.

[TM Waspinator]

I was worried about what Dinobot might look like after reading multiple accounts about it and having seen Cheetor's lanky proportions. But I'm actually really impressed with the Dinobot mold, so much so that I'm not even cheesed about the shamelessly inaccurate deco (even though I should be). And it looks like the missile is shaped like his sword, so he'll probably be able to hold it! I will definitely pick this one up. I'll probably pick up the Henkei version too, assuming it's colors are more show accurate.

I haven't picked up a single Animated figure yet, but Waspinator, Samurai Prowl, and Wreck-Gar all look awesome. I may have to pick them up too!

[diosoth]

Leo Prime = bought.

Dinobot... so, how'd a tan & brown character get a toy that's black & gold, anyway?

[Solrac333]

PASS on everything except Smokescreen.

[DMSL]

Wreckgar is supercool, i never thought i would get a garbage truck toy, but i will be getting this one! Glad to see he is a Voyager Class. Smokescreen is ace he'll be mine as well.

Lugnut? PASS, instead of a repaint Hasbro should give us a damn Leader Class version, i'd buy that in a heartbeat.

[ShGarland_1383]

The garbage truck alt mode really fits for Wreck-Gar

Leo Prime: It's great they went to the trouble of remolding the head, but why the hell didn't they paint him like Lio Convoy?!

Would have been better to release Lio Convoy itself. Head remold of leobreaker; good. Traditional "Prime" deco; bleh, it should have been Lio Convoy deco. Best though would have been a legit release of the real Lio Convoy.

[rpetras]

Let's see, for me:

ANIMATED
Wreck-Gar~ Awesome, can't wait!
Atomic Lugnut~ Much cooler than expected, but still a voyager = pass
Waspinator~ Awesome! Nice design
Samurai Prowl~ Been waiting for this one!

UNIVERSE
Dinobot~ Beat wars = pass
Smokescreen~ Nice, will need reprolabels though
Leo Prime~ Meh. Maybe on sale. My cybertron prime needs another gauntlet thingy
Overload~ A clever bit of parts swapping with Dropshot should yield a nice Roadbuster.

[TFBuyer]

Let's see, for me:

ANIMATED
Wreck-Gar~ Awesome, can't wait! Ditto!
Atomic Lugnut~ Much cooler than expected, but still a voyager = pass Pass as well
Waspinator~ Awesome! Nice design Double Awesome!
Samurai Prowl~ Been waiting for this one! Ditto again!

UNIVERSE
Dinobot~ Beat wars = pass Maybe...if I have some $$ laying around...Smokescreen~ Nice, will need reprolabels though I'll take it as is!
Leo Prime~ Meh. Maybe on sale. My cybertron prime needs another gauntlet thingy Uh...no.
Overload~ A clever bit of parts swapping with Dropshot should yield a nice Roadbuster. Another nada.

Thanks for doing the leg work!

[Sowndwave76]

I will definitely get 2 Smokescreens.
Not sure I like the look of him as much as Silverstreak, but he's pretty sweet none-the-less.

That Wreckgar is impressive as well, so if I have any extra money when I see him... Most likely a buy.

The rest = pass.

[Down_Shift]

Am I the only one that wanted Waspinator to be his Cybertron hotrod mode instead of an actual wasp?

I personally don't care for the figure. Prowl on the other hand looks to be bigger then Grimlock with all that armor on.

[Bumblebeast]

Wreck Gar: HE'S SO CUTE !!!!! I'm getting mine.

Lugnut: Meh. I wish he was a voyager, bigger than Megatron. I like the origina purple and green, so this one is dissapointing.

Waspinator: Mine !

Samurai Prowl: Mine !

Dinobot: Awesome. I don't even know the character, but i'll get it anyways.

Leo Prime: Looks huge ! Must be mine.

Overload: Meh. Looks overloaded.

[Dagon]

Ok, here goes.
I like Wreckgar, Waspinator and the Lugnut repaint. The rest of these look like ****. That Scattershot is a great figure but that is a pretty ugly paintjob. Universe Prowl is a figure that I think is junk, so I'm not interested in other versions. Samuari Prowl and Leo Prime just don't matter to me.

Sorry team, just saying.

[Savage]

Waspinator, Wreck-Gar, and Dinobot are pure win.

[Gandalf]

I'm not fond of the Animated show or toys. The only ones that interest me in the least are the upcoming Blurr and maybe Jazz, only for lack of Universe versions.

Wreck-Gar: Looks good, but the annoying silliness of the character overrides the decent toy and the awesomeness of Weird Al for me. I'll wait for a Universe motorcycle of him.

Waspinator: Finally an Animated character who doesn't look strange with a gigantic jaw. Decent, but pass.

Dinobot: Better than expected. Possible purchase; depending on the final product.

Overload: This will probably be the most shelf-warming of the Universe line. Pass.

Leo Prime: I was hoping for a new mold of Lio Convoy. I was expecting a Lio Convoy colored Leobreaker. Judging by this photo, we get neither. I have Nemesis Breaker, and was underwhelmed by this mold. PASS!

Smokescreen: Looks great! However, I was never that familiar
with Smokescreen, and I already have Prowl and just bought Bluestreak today. Semi-reluctant pass.

[Bonger]

I'm not a fan on animated and the stylized figures. However, that Wreckgar is pretty damn awesome.

Must.....not.....cave and break....the seal......

I know how it is, cave in and buyon, and the next thing I've got them all.

Damn, i think I might cae when I see this one on a shelf. IMO, best animated figure yet, on a conceptual level.

[Nickolai]

Wreck-Gar and Leo Prime are definite buys for me. Wreck-gar because that mold just looks great and the Leo Prime because, and I suspect many other people feel the same, he will be a color-match Savage Claw Mode for Cybertron OP.

Overload - Jeez. Yuck. I love the mold but this is essentially the same color as Dropshot. Back to back whoring of the same mold? At least paint it red, fer crying out loud.

Smokescreen looks awesome. What mold is that? A brand new one? Or Prowl?

[Wreckgar]

Wreck Gar: I dont collect Animated, but looks great none the less.

Lugnut: Dont collect Animated or pointless 'same charatcer' recolours.

Waspinator: A little baffled... He's a car in the cartoon... I guess maybe he gets a wasp alt mode in season 3

Samurai Prowl: See Wreck Gar

Dinobot: Not a Beast Wars fan, so not interested.

Leo Prime: I'll wait for Razorclaw (now that there's a version of this mold with a semi-appropriate head, surely it HAS to happen).

Overload: Huh? I guess this must be a completely new character. G1 Overload was a blue lorry cab with car carrier trailer, Armada was a red armoured trailer thingy. I'm not aware of a green tank baring this name existing before. Will I get him? Well as G1 Universe is all I'm collecting at the moment, it's possible. Pretty low priority though.

[Auto Bot]

Wreckgar looks really good. Much prettier than the cartoon version. Impressive.

Smokescreen paintjob is nice. I hope the actual toy will be painted like this.

Smokescreen is repaint of Prowl.

[dr_n00b]

smokescreen - too colorful in robot mode. silverstreak is the one for me of this mould.

wreck-gar - despite waves of enthusiasm, the character on the show was pretty rediculous, shallow, and not interesting. the toy looks like a complete backformer, with the entire trash bin on his back - which might have been ok on the show, but on a toy it will most likely be out of proportions. honestly, just look at it - the only truck part on the front of the robot is the bumper.

waspinator is ok. not excited about him, but maybe if the character on the show turns out alright...

atomic lugnut - JAFR, prefer the original.

leo prime - head mould looks awesome, mould itself is pretty good. colors are a little off, to plain (only colors and very little paint apps), and the two colors selected are too neon according to the picture. pass for me.

dinobot - not into the beast era, sorry.

overload - JAFR, and a really bad one.

finally, the only one i could have been excited about - samurai prowl - which is just bloody awesome. gotta love armors - but ffs, why release an inferior figure, and then release this piece of awesome?! i'm so disapointed i got regular prowl now, with his stupid useless traffic light. since its the same bike, i'm not buying the same toy twice.

so it looks like i'll be waiting for movie 2.0 or maybe saving my cash for MP-08.

[Bumblethumper]

Am I the only one that wanted Waspinator to be his Cybertron hotrod mode instead of an actual wasp?

I personally don't care for the figure.

Are you the only one? Absolutely not. I thought Wasp's hotrod mode was badass!

I hate complaining about this stuff, I really do. I'm also tired of complaining about little things like repaints etc. It's just so frivolous.

But here it's like Derrick Wyatt handed them this perfect opportunity for a mold that could be easily retooled into Cybertronian Bumblebee and Cliffjumper - repaints that I would welcome with open arms(and open wallet), and they pass on it. Here was a giftwrapped opportunity, and they just toss it in the trash. - When you consider all the truly pointless and unwarranted repaints they foist on us, I find that maddening. Given how badly Black Arachnia shelfwarmed, I don't even know that it's good business sense to do another arthropod. Though granted, they do have plenty of cars.

As for the Waspinator toy itself, I think the alt mode is bad, and the transformation is dull. As a wasp, it's terrible. Looks as much like a grasshopper. I do like it in bot mode though, it's a pretty sharp character design. It's actually fairly good as things go, but I just feel like here's a figure I could live without, cheating me out of 3 figures I really did want.

On an optimistic note, I hope they will still consider doing a Cybertronian Bumblebee/Wasp/Cliffjumper.

[Covenant]

I call the Overload what it is; total bs. We keep getting excuses on why such'n'such tank character didn't get this figure or that size, the most recent being Galvatron who is admitted to have been designed for Voyager but down-sized to Deluxe. In that big Q & A that just came along not too long ago they say the reason for this was that the Universe line already has too many tank or tank-like Voyager/Ultras out there.

And now?

Now they re-re-release a mold they had just re-released with a new paint job for the Universe line, damn near same colors even. Come on!

If Hasbro's got such a jones to get that mold out there, how about doing so with original name & colors from the Cybertron line (they're doing it with that Cyb Prime & whatever-else two-pack, right?) so folks out there who never managed to pick up Scattershot at retail and still want him (*ahem*) don't have to head to ebay or BBTS and pay the rediculous prices usually listed.

[Bumblethumper]

I call the Overload what it is; total bs. We keep getting excuses on why such'n'such tank character didn't get this figure or that size, the most recent being Galvatron who is admitted to have been designed for Voyager but down-sized to Deluxe. In that big Q & A that just came along not too long ago they say the reason for this was that the Universe line already has too many tank or tank-like Voyager/Ultras out there.

small distinction... I believe they said that while they would've liked to do a larger class Galvatron, once the figure was actually going through the design process it was never anything other than a deluxe.

I don't mind this Overload repaint, as long as I can ignore it. But it seems like bad timing with having just repainted the same mold. I don't want those things clogging shelves while I'm waiting for better stuff to show up.

[GuyIncognito]

ANIMATED
Wreck-Gar = AWESOME mold, even though the truck is a bit too cute

Atomic Lugnut = LOVE IT, much cooler than the purple/teal color, which I'm glad I didn't buy now

Also...
Waspinator looks cool, and I love Samurai Prowl


UNIVERSE
Dinobot & Smokescreen = meh. Dinobot's OK; don't care for the Smokescreen/Prowl mold

Leo Prime = kind of cool, I don't know what to think of him

Overload = nice; I've been wanting this mold, but I'm glad I didn't buy the baby-poo-yellow version that's warming the shelves in the stores now; this repaint is much better