The Energon Pub

Rodimus Prime wrote:
As for the beasts not having the ports to accommodate the fossilizers, I wonder if it was just a shortsight Hasbro's part or it was a decision to keep the animal aesthetic intact.

All the TlDr aside, I'm both glad and disappointed that the beasts don't have "combat ports". Glad for clean bots, sad for no bone armors.

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

sol magnus wrote:Who else in Kingdom isn't from Season One of Beast Wars?

Nobody but Shadow Panther (who was still released in Japan's season 1 line), the Fossilizers, and the G1 guys.

Transmutate's in Selects so she doesn't count as part of the main line.

Beast Wars had three seasons:

• Season 1 - normal organic beast modes
• Season 2 - Transmetals and Fuzors
• Season 3 - Transmetal 2s

Kingdom's main line has no toys of characters/character bodies from Seasons 2 or 3.

Okay. It's been a while since I've watched Beast Wars. So, got me there.

But it still doesn't refute that Inferno [fire truck] was somehow not a logical inclusion given the facts of the mold and other anecdotal evidence we've gotten about how we got Beast Wars at all.

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

Season 1 was about double length compared to the later seasons: 26 Episodes (23 if you combine two-parters) compared to the usual 13. Inferno was introduced in Episode 18, so he definitely feels like a Season 2 character but he's still technically Season 1.

With that said Hasbro may consider Inferno to be different from the Season 1 characters introduced earlier (Airrazor was only introduced three episodes prior, however).
Or maybe they're testing the waters for semi-realistic bugs n such before attempting Inferno, if Blackarachnia and Waspinator sell well, they'll probably consider Tarantulas and Inferno (and rumour has it that Tarantulas is already on the table for post-Kingdom).

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

Season 1 was about double length compared to the later seasons: 26 Episodes (23 if you combine two-parters) compared to the usual 13. Inferno was introduced in Episode 18, so he definitely feels like a Season 2 character but he's still technically Season 1.

With that said Hasbro may consider Inferno to be different from the Season 1 characters introduced earlier (Airrazor was only introduced three episodes prior, however).
Or maybe they're testing the waters for semi-realistic bugs n such before attempting Inferno, if Blackarachnia and Waspinator sell well, they'll probably consider Tarantulas and Inferno (and rumour has it that Tarantulas is already on the table for post-Kingdom).

I think we might have got Inferno, if his name wasn't actually Inferno

Why does Huffer's gun split in two???

ZeroWolf wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

Season 1 was about double length compared to the later seasons: 26 Episodes (23 if you combine two-parters) compared to the usual 13. Inferno was introduced in Episode 18, so he definitely feels like a Season 2 character but he's still technically Season 1.

With that said Hasbro may consider Inferno to be different from the Season 1 characters introduced earlier (Airrazor was only introduced three episodes prior, however).
Or maybe they're testing the waters for semi-realistic bugs n such before attempting Inferno, if Blackarachnia and Waspinator sell well, they'll probably consider Tarantulas and Inferno (and rumour has it that Tarantulas is already on the table for post-Kingdom).

I think we might have got Inferno, if his name wasn't actually Inferno

Why would the name matter? We got Inferno and his name is Inferno.


Or do you mean, it would be confusing to have 2 Infernos in the same line?

aronjlove wrote:Why does Huffer's gun split in two???

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You can use them as rails, but I agree it's kind of silly.

aronjlove wrote:Why does Huffer's gun split in two???

IMG_20210319_115001.jpg

To peg onto the sides of the truck mode and give him a sort of Pickup truck bed along with the claw shield.

Ok, yeah, I guess it works.

To be fair, he looks like a better pickup truck than Kup ever has.

Overcracker wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

Season 1 was about double length compared to the later seasons: 26 Episodes (23 if you combine two-parters) compared to the usual 13. Inferno was introduced in Episode 18, so he definitely feels like a Season 2 character but he's still technically Season 1.

With that said Hasbro may consider Inferno to be different from the Season 1 characters introduced earlier (Airrazor was only introduced three episodes prior, however).
Or maybe they're testing the waters for semi-realistic bugs n such before attempting Inferno, if Blackarachnia and Waspinator sell well, they'll probably consider Tarantulas and Inferno (and rumour has it that Tarantulas is already on the table for post-Kingdom).

I think we might have got Inferno, if his name wasn't actually Inferno

Why would the name matter? We got Inferno and his name is Inferno.


Or do you mean, it would be confusing to have 2 Infernos in the same line?

The latter, might be different if they were in different size classes but that would likely cause complaints by itself...

Might just mean the 'Scavenger' name ends up getting used again.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Three, Inferno [the ant] isn't a 'season one Beast Wars' character IIRC.

Yes he is.

Season 1 was about double length compared to the later seasons: 26 Episodes (23 if you combine two-parters) compared to the usual 13. Inferno was introduced in Episode 18, so he definitely feels like a Season 2 character but he's still technically Season 1.

With that said Hasbro may consider Inferno to be different from the Season 1 characters introduced earlier (Airrazor was only introduced three episodes prior, however).
Or maybe they're testing the waters for semi-realistic bugs n such before attempting Inferno, if Blackarachnia and Waspinator sell well, they'll probably consider Tarantulas and Inferno (and rumour has it that Tarantulas is already on the table for post-Kingdom).

I think we might have got Inferno, if his name wasn't actually Inferno

Why would the name matter? We got Inferno and his name is Inferno.


Or do you mean, it would be confusing to have 2 Infernos in the same line?

The latter, might be different if they were in different size classes but that would likely cause complaints by itself...

Good point.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Might just mean the 'Scavenger' name ends up getting used again.

Good option yes.

It's basically like how Hasbro renamed Throttlebot Chase "Roadburn" and Micromaster Barricade "Runner".

Galvatron's cannon mode pics.

Why do I get the feeling a retool into Straxus is pending?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Why do I get the feeling a retool into Straxus is pending?

I hadn't thought about that, but that would be awesome!

People said the same thing about the TR figure, and yet...

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Why do I get the feeling a retool into Straxus is pending?

Now that would be amazing! The Galvatron figure is acceptable, but his chest is too big, by the looks of these shots the cannon will also be too big. And there is also the unnecessary battle damage. This figure needs to be retooled and redecoed into Straxus and maybe even Jhiaxus.

Rodimus Prime wrote:As for the beasts not having the ports to accommodate the fossilizers, I wonder if it was just a shortsight Hasbro's part or it was a decision to keep the animal aesthetic intact.

Airrazor has 6 ports to accomodate fossilisers, that's plenty.

I’m liking that canon mode...
After watching the movie tonight I’m convinced this figure is too Purple. While there were a few scenes where he looked a bit on the Purple-side, overall most had him Blue-Violet, & leaning towards the Blue side of that.
But it doesn’t really bother me about this figure.
I really don’t think he’s going to disappoint...
In fact, I remember being surprised at how much I ended up liking Cyclonus in-hand... It was quite a bit more than expected... I wouldn’t doubt a repeat if that same thing happens with Galvatron.
It’s not going to bother me at all dropping $50 for this one!

Extended cannon mode with the arm/gun piece looks awful but I'm wondering if that is for a gun mode with shockwave being too small to use as a gun for anyone other than a toddler.

Not so sure I'm sold on normal cannon mode either, hopefully it has more than one good mode or I might have to wait for RED or Super7 classics.

ScottyP wrote:Overall this is really close to a great Galvatron, just not quite there. It looks nearly perfect from the waist down!

Minus the waist which is too small! At least the crotch piece is ... the purple piece that should go out to the gray pieces that flank the sides of his hips. Why does that piece stop and show the black underneath?

Seibertron wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Overall this is really close to a great Galvatron, just not quite there. It looks nearly perfect from the waist down!

Minus the waist which is too small! At least the crotch piece is ... the purple piece that should go out to the gray pieces that flank the sides of his hips. Why does that piece stop and show the black underneath?

I wonder. Is that going to seriously detract from your enjoyment of the figure overall?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:He couldn't be a leader, it would be too small for him and not do him proper justice.

I don't know ... if he had the bulk of Studio Series Leader Class Overload, I think it'd be just fine.