The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:17 pm

o.supreme wrote:I've been careful to check for the accessories, just no card with my Ractonite, I even got the white sheet with the legal verbiage. oh well no big deal.

There was no card on the side of the insert, as shown above? Its not with the instructions and legal white sheet.

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:31 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.

Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:50 am

sol magnus wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.

Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.

They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.

May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:15 am

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.

Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.

They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.

May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?

Not just that, now we have loads of annoying plastic circles. That plastic could have gone to making the packaging windows a bit bigger and way less messier to open the figure.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:24 am

blackeyedprime wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.

Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.

They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.

May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?

Not just that, now we have loads of annoying plastic circles. That plastic could have gone to making the packaging windows a bit bigger and way less messier to open the figure.

I hear you about the circles. I get why, they're like washers, and with how those tight plastic ties can cut (I think that's how my Paleotrex got chipped)...

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:04 pm

Opened Kingdom Megs, and he's actually surprisingly heavy.

He's heavier than SS 86 Grimlock. The softer rubbery skin adds heft I guess. The side clip on the side of his waist is surprisingly tight to get in.

The T-Rex mode is a bit too panel, but it works over all. The robot mode is great. The Transformation is a bit annoying to get everything lined up properly, and only a few panels actually tab in. Tail arm is just sitting there....

Also, he's a bit hard to pose, his knees are a tad loose se he bends backwards.

Overall he's a good figure, but not. one I can see myself messing with too much. Unlike SS Hot Rod and Grimlock which are tons of fun, or even Kingdom Primal.

News Credits: 1 · by **just_aCloud** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:15 pm

Does Rhinox have 5mm hard points? Hard to tell from the pix. I know Primal doesn't (right?) so I don't want to end up unhappily surprised.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pm

just_aCloud wrote:Does Rhinox have 5mm hard points? Hard to tell from the pix. I know Primal doesn't (right?) so I don't want to end up unhappily surprised.

None of the beasts do

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:28 pm

aronjlove wrote:None of the beasts do

I assume you mean the BW characters in their alt modes? I believe in their robot modes they do have a couple 5mm ports, although far fewer than the original series characters. I've seen pics of Paleotrex armored up on Blackarachnia, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:26 pm

o.supreme wrote:
aronjlove wrote:None of the beasts do

I assume you mean the BW characters in their alt modes? I believe in their robot modes they do have a couple 5mm ports, although far fewer than the original series characters. I've seen pics of Paleotrex armored up on Blackarachnia, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal.

Yes, sorry. There's a couple on the bots but they are hidden in beast mode.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:28 pm

just_aCloud wrote:Does Rhinox have 5mm hard points? Hard to tell from the pix. I know Primal doesn't (right?) so I don't want to end up unhappily surprised.

Depends on what you mean by 5 mm hard points; particularly 3mm vs. 5mm and hard point versus port. They do not appear to have the 3 mm hard points used for attaching the blast effects other than on the tips of any guns. They also do not have the 5 mm ports on the beast modes, but do have some on their bot mode wherever it doesn't interfere with the beast mode.

So I guess the answer would be no regardless of what you meant.

News Credits: 1 · by **just_aCloud** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:05 pm

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:12 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.

Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.

They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.

May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?

Sell more toys that way.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:21 pm

just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:25 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.

Apparently, Optimus can wear the bone armor like in the picture but with the Fossilizer's limbs wrapped around the neck like a necklace, or around the torso like shoulder straps.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:36 pm

just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.

I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:47 pm

o.supreme wrote:
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.

I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.

One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:35 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.

I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.

One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.

I tried that too, only problem I had was that ractonites ball-jointed neck can't support the weight of the torso

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:39 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:Welcome back to another episode of "I pay way more attention than Hasbro does too much attention to the WFC numbering system"! On today's episode: We've now seen every figure from WFC-K01 to WFC-K30...and then we jump to Tricranius as WFC-K39, meaning K31-K38 are unaccounted for. Theoretically 6 of those 8 numbers could be the Wave 4 figures, but Hasbro tends to put exclusives in a middle chunk of the numbering system and then end with the last retail wave, so those 8 are presumably exclusives (assuming Hasbro doesn't SKIP A NUMBER AGAIN).

In terms of exclusives that should be coming, we've had a mix of rumors/leaks for (not including the Golden Disc figures, in case they aren't numbered like the Galactic Odyssey sets):
-Sideswipe & Nightprowler
-Mirage & BW2 Skywarp
-Whatever the Kingdom 4-pack contains
-BW Grimlock? (He was initially rumored to come with Sideswipe, whether he's still in the cards we don't know)

If those 3 multipacks individually number the figures they come with (like the Siege Target exclusives & Fan Vote set), then that's all 8 figures. If at least one of them has one number for the whole set, not each figure (like the Earthrise exclusives), then we've for certain got exclusive figures coming we still don't know about.

I could be totally off but my initial guess is that 31-32 will be wave 4 Core Class ( no leaks as far as I know). 33-36 are wave 4 Deluxe (Pipes, Shadow Panther, Slammer, Waspinator) 37- Voyager Tigatron, and 38;the Walgreens exclusive Sideswipe. Some of the numbers may be variable, but that's my guess
All other exclusives will be 40 and up.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:44 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.

There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.

I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.

One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.

I tried that too, only problem I had was that ractonites ball-jointed neck can't support the weight of the torso

Eh, once I get Wingfinger or a redeco of that mold I'll fix up something less... messy?

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:21 pm

Picked up Dinobot today and I gotta say, he's a pretty good figure. The raptor hands are somehow worse in hand, but the robot kibble seems to be better imo. I also didn't know about the spring loaded neck piece. Kinda reminds me of the Siege Seeker mold's knees

News Credits: 1 · by **just_aCloud** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:08 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.

I weep over the lack of built-in BONE ARMOR compatibility!! And not getting a sabertooth Maximal either.