The Energon Pub

mooncake623 wrote:

Wow this picture is nuts

I took one look at my Colossus next to me, and then another look at the available storage space on my shelf. Yep, totally nuts

mooncake623 wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:I'm just waiting for the Swindle to come out. Patiently waiting.

Are you in for the whole set? or just a swindle?
I'm thinking maybe I'll just buy one of the bots, but they're all so big I don't know what to scale it with. Maybe just buy an Onslaught.. but I don't know I'll probably be disappointed if I have him and not be able to ever combine it.

I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus. I'm just going to use Warbotron's Jeep as MP Swindle until there's an official one but the whole Bruticus is just too damn big for me. If anyone gets screwed and ends up with a Warbotron that they can't find a Swindle leg for, I am sorry.

Haha, I miss your all Swindle signature.

zodconvoy wrote:I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus.

That. Is. AWESOME!

megatronus wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus.

That. Is. AWESOME!

Drop a pic...this I gotta see !

megatronus wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus.

That. Is. AWESOME!

Yeah it is!

Blurrz wrote:Haha, I miss your all Swindle signature.

I still have them in my Photobucket library but do you mean this one:



Or this one:

zodconvoy wrote:

megatronus wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus.

That. Is. AWESOME!

Yeah it is!

Blurrz wrote:Haha, I miss your all Swindle signature.

I still have them in my Photobucket library but do you mean this one:



Or this one:

I like it !!! Maybe in the future you can get the platinum version to replace roadbuster. Question...is it true that the whole swindle sig fad started on tfw2005 as a subliminal diss to funpub ? Somebody told me it was inspired by the credit card thing. They got my card for $200 lol...

Rated X wrote:I like it !!! Maybe in the future you can get the platinum version to replace roadbuster. Question...is it true that the whole swindle sig fad started on tfw2005 as a subliminal diss to funpub ? Somebody told me it was inspired by the credit card thing. They got my card for $200 lol...

Even though the figure is technically Roadbuster, its colors are that of Robots In Disguise Rollbar, a Swindle repaint. I like the green to balance out the G2 Swindle's bright color. Plus, I spent way too much on Takara Swindle and G2s Swindle and Onslaught already.

Every one of my sigs since I joined back in '07 have been some sort of Swindle which is hopeful the least hipster sounding way of saying I've been doing it since before it was cool. In fact, I've actually seen my original "Vote Swindle" sig used on TFW (I even had someone ask permission to use it which is kinda rare on the internet in general) and that was before the Club Card Con debacle. Basically, I really like Swindle, he was one of the only Decepticon combiner characters to actually get real characterization, and I really do want to see him get in the Hall of Fame.

Yeah i gotta admit swindle has personality. Octane also had a similar personality. I forgot about rollbar in R.I.D. Isnt impactor the only deco in the set that isnt a homage to the original ruination ?

Rated X wrote:Yeah i gotta admit swindle has personality. Octane also had a similar personality. I forgot about rollbar in R.I.D. Isnt impactor the only deco in the set that isnt a homage to the original ruination ?

Impactor is the only one who go his own colors, probably due to the fact that he never had a figure before.

Sorry picture dump...

daimchoc wrote:Sorry picture dump...

That knee joint looks a tad thin to be supporting all that weight up top, don't ya think?

TF Upgrader shared some images by Guancheng Photo .

I don't like how the crotch plate is restricting so much movement in the the elbow

Looks awesome and the price is right. I just wish it fit better with Herc. Herc looks like a shrimp next to this guy.



Not the best pic, but just to put this guy in perspective next to Ares.

zodconvoy wrote:
I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus. I'm just going to use Warbotron's Jeep as MP Swindle until there's an official one but the whole Bruticus is just too damn big for me. If anyone gets screwed and ends up with a Warbotron that they can't find a Swindle leg for, I am sorry.

That is made of win. Where's the 'like' button here?

As for this guy... he looks nice, but he's way too big for me. The Crossfire II set FP put out for Energon Bruticus is perfect for my needs. If you folks want him, go right ahead. But he's not for me.

Autobot Genocide wrote:I don't like how the crotch plate is restricting so much movement in the the elbow

It appears to be on a pin joint, so it probably does not restrict movement.

rpetras wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:I don't like how the crotch plate is restricting so much movement in the the elbow

It appears to be on a pin joint, so it probably does not restrict movement.

Yeah your right . i thought it looked like the purple part was one piece connected to the brown piece under neath but the side flaps are on that pin joint

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:
I'm a character collector and I get every Swindle. Let me put is this way: I have an all-Swindle combiner made up of FOC's retail Swindle, Takara's version, the G2 one, Roadbuster (who is in RiD Rollbar's colors), and G2 Onslaught (yellow & purple is close enough) that I call Commerce Maximus. I'm just going to use Warbotron's Jeep as MP Swindle until there's an official one but the whole Bruticus is just too damn big for me. If anyone gets screwed and ends up with a Warbotron that they can't find a Swindle leg for, I am sorry.

That is made of win. Where's the 'like' button here?

Thank you!

Review!

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=227&t=99294&p=1560503&hilit=Warbotron#p1560503

mooncake623 wrote:Review!

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=227&t=99294&p=1560503&hilit=Warbotron#p1560503

Hehe, I was just about to post that link !

I actually cancelled my preorders for the Warbotron set. I've been struggling with waning enthusiasm for collecting lately so I cut a ton of my preorders, mostly for 3rd party stuff (so far TFC's not-Predacons are the only ones I haven't cancelled and the last 3rd party combiner I did purchase was FP's not-Menasor) and these guys were amongst the first to go. While they really do look to be well made and well sculpted, the size is bugging me just a bit and something just isn't clicking for me with this set's look in combined mode. Maybe my mind will change once I see all the other bots in color combined, but something about their not-Bruticus mode just falls flat for me.

xyl360 wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I actually cancelled my preorders for the Warbotron set. I've been struggling with waning enthusiasm for collecting lately so I cut a ton of my preorders, mostly for 3rd party stuff (so far TFC's not-Predacons are the only ones I haven't cancelled and the last 3rd party combiner I did purchase was FP's not-Menasor) and these guys were amongst the first to go. While they really do look to be well made and well sculpted, the size is bugging me just a bit and something just isn't clicking for me with this set's look in combined mode. Maybe my mind will change once I see all the other bots in color combined, but something about their not-Bruticus mode just falls flat for me.

I hit that point about a year ago. I only got the first two not-Stunticons and sold them off, along with FP's Superion and Bruticus, and bothe versions of Maketoys Giant. My Classics collection just got too big and I lost interest so I started selling them off. This one is just too big for me to have wanted back then anyway. I'm focusing on MP's now so just give me my Swindle and call it a day.

zodconvoy wrote:

xyl360 wrote:I actually cancelled my preorders for the Warbotron set. I've been struggling with waning enthusiasm for collecting lately so I cut a ton of my preorders, mostly for 3rd party stuff (so far TFC's not-Predacons are the only ones I haven't cancelled and the last 3rd party combiner I did purchase was FP's not-Menasor) and these guys were amongst the first to go. While they really do look to be well made and well sculpted, the size is bugging me just a bit and something just isn't clicking for me with this set's look in combined mode. Maybe my mind will change once I see all the other bots in color combined, but something about their not-Bruticus mode just falls flat for me.

I hit that point about a year ago. I only got the first two not-Stunticons and sold them off, along with FP's Superion and Bruticus, and bothe versions of Maketoys Giant. My Classics collection just got too big and I lost interest so I started selling them off. This one is just too big for me to have wanted back then anyway. I'm focusing on MP's now so just give me my Swindle and call it a day.

Yeah, I'm slowly drifting to that point. I'm still getting quite a bit of Generations stuff because I'm excited about a lot of the new figures coming out, especially the Beast Wars stuff and some of the new G1 homages (Swerve and Cosmos are AWESOME), but the only line I'm truly focused on without fail is MP (Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Magnus are all mine).

how big is bruticus supposed to be?

right now i have fansprojects bruticus and menasor next to tfc hercules. and i like devastator being a lottle bigger than the other combiners. only one i feel should be bigger is predaking, which is why ive started collecting ares.

xyl360 wrote:Yeah, I'm slowly drifting to that point. I'm still getting quite a bit of Generations stuff because I'm excited about a lot of the new figures coming out, especially the Beast Wars stuff and some of the new G1 homages (Swerve and Cosmos are AWESOME), but the only line I'm truly focused on without fail is MP (Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Magnus are all mine).

Yeah the only reason I get Generations anymore is because I read the comics. I wouldn't have gotten Skids and I wouldn't be getting Swerve and Tailgate if it wasn't for MTMTE. I like MTMTE a lot better than RiD so I left Scoop on the shelf the one time I found it.

EDIT: Except for Beast Wars. I loved that show and the cast is small enough to keep getting.

shajaki wrote:how big is bruticus supposed to be?

right now i have fansprojects bruticus and menasor next to tfc hercules. and i like devastator being a lottle bigger than the other combiners. only one i feel should be bigger is predaking, which is why ive started collecting ares.

From the comparison pics in this thread, Warbotron is going to dwarf everything else we've seen thus far. Sounds like that might kill it for you.