The Energon Pub

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:55 am

Cobotron wrote:Well, well, well. Look who bought a Backstop.

I actually like him because he's so stupid. And I love rhinos. Good thing he was like a dollar though, right?

The way I see it, I got bonzaitron for less than 4$ and the rest are free

News Credits: 295 · Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:46 am

Bunch of crickets. The thrift shop had tons of stuff but no TFs. Was fun anyways.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:17 pm

Went on a big TF hunt today but it yielded nothing. For TFs at least. Scored some stuff for the family though.

But there was one cool thing related to giant japanese robots: this book found at the thrift shop.

People have been talking about these 70s robots on the site lately and also asking me what affinity I have with them, well Grendizer is a big deal in Quebec. He is the national giant robot, the one everyone knows (well, until the TF movies came), but he definitely feels like our own thing. Since the french market did create a whole new name for him, where we know him as Goldorak.

And I found his book. But I didnt buy it, because I already have it, as does every Quebec household it seems. Just wanted to share some Goldorak

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:13 am

I've always heard it was huge in Italy, too, under the name Goldrake. These just didn't take off in America. We had Shogun Warriors, but they didn't get a lot of media exposure, just a Marvel comic (that Marvel had to license themselves) that tried to tie three of them together and the Force Five anime series that Mattel helped produce to promote Shogun Warriors, but for some reason didn't actually call it Shogun Warriors. No real surprise that Hasbro was always able to beat out Mattel when it came to promoting their toys.

Emerje

News Credits: 295 · Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:14 pm

Crickets again. Fred Meyer was picked over worse than Target is. There were 2 Berserkers and one Crowbar. Was hoping to find Ratchet but no dice. I don't know what it is about this area but the distribution SUCKS.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:03 pm

Went to my local wal-mart in pursuit of PotP Wave 2. The transformers section looked like it was hit by a tornado; all deluxes, voyagers, leaders, warriors, and premiere edition figures were gone. They did have some Studio Series deluxes, so I got to see ratchet, crowbar, and dinkybee in person. With the timing and state of things, next time will probably be a lot better!

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:11 pm

Latebrus-K wrote:Went to my local wal-mart in pursuit of PotP Wave 2. The transformers section looked like it was hit by a tornado; all deluxes, voyagers, leaders, warriors, and premiere edition figures were gone. They did have some Studio Series deluxes, so I got to see ratchet, crowbar, and dinkybee in person. With the timing and state of things, next time will probably be a lot better!

So your saying all Premier Editions Berserkers were sold out at your walmart?

News Credits: 1 · Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:20 pm

william-james88 wrote:So your saying all Premier Editions Berserkers were sold out at your walmart?

Pretty sure, but I may have gotten so used to seeing them that I thought they were part of the shelf. :-?

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:08 pm

Latebrus-K wrote:
william-james88 wrote:So your saying all Premier Editions Berserkers were sold out at your walmart?

Pretty sure, but I may have gotten so used to seeing them that I thought they were part of the shelf.

Its ok, I will take that as a no and next time someone says movie toys dont sell, I will give him your example of completely sold out TLK movie toys :twisted:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:29 pm

I haven't seen most TLK stuff since since it all went on clearance in February. A few weeks ago I remember still seeing some Voyager Megatrons and Grimlocks hanging around, but I'm pretty sure they're gone now. Looking this morning at the Walmart near work the only things on the pegs were from PotP and RID, I was moving stuff around because the pegs were a total mess. :lol:

The Studio Series stuff is just sitting on the shelf because there's nowhere else to put them.

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:12 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Latebrus-K wrote:
william-james88 wrote:So your saying all Premier Editions Berserkers were sold out at your walmart?

Pretty sure, but I may have gotten so used to seeing them that I thought they were part of the shelf.

Its ok, I will take that as a no and next time someone says movie toys dont sell, I will give him your example of completely sold out TLK movie toys

Not *completely*, they still had some turbo changers, a couple legions, and an actual legion of those dancing Sqweeks statues. Knight Armor was gone though, replaced with what I think were RiD activators. Really should have taken a picture, this was the strangest mass-retail shelf I’ve seen in ages! :lol:

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:06 pm

The thrift stores i visited mostly had junk, but it was still interesting.

And I did find something pretty good at the very end

Oh and Emerje, I finally found a vulture with his head. Oddly enough, it is very tightly held on there so I dont really get it.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Apr 22, 2018 3:02 am

william-james88 wrote:Oh and Emerje, I finally found a vulture with his head. Oddly enough, it is very tightly held on there so I dont really get it.

Huh, I wonder if they just aren't being pushed on all the way at the factory and shaking loose in transit?

Emerje

News Credits: 41 · Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:31 am

That Tailgate for 2 Loonies is an AWESOME SCORE, Will. Even if he comes in a bag of trash! :lol:

That's the kind of thing that makes repeated empty-handed trips to the thrift store worth it.
Is he in decent shape? He looks it.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:45 am

Cobotron wrote:That Tailgate for 2 Loonies is an AWESOME SCORE, Will. Even if he comes in a bag of trash!
That's the kind of thing that makes repeated empty-handed trips to the thrift store worth it.
Is he in decent shape? He looks it.

Yeah he is

News Credits: 4877 · Sun May 13, 2018 10:32 pm

So I went hunting and I dint fond much TF related. Winners (TJMAx) is all dried up and while our local national dollar chain is stepping up their game and becoming more of a 5 below, the only thing TF related there were KOs. But they got a really nice selection of Star Wars 2 packs for 4$ Canadian.

News Credits: 295 · Wed May 16, 2018 9:15 pm

Nothing but a broken old bumblebee movie fig at the thrift shop. Didn't bother with a pic.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu May 17, 2018 12:49 am

Found this cooler at Sam's Club. Hasbro really should broaden their trademark.

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Does not turn into a robot, I checked.

Emerje

News Credits: 41 · Thu May 17, 2018 10:32 am

Emerje wrote:Does not turn into a robot, I checked.

Emerje

But it does Transform an ordinary day into a PARTY! :DANCE:

News Credits: 295 · Thu May 17, 2018 2:54 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Emerje wrote:Does not turn into a robot, I checked.

Emerje
But it does Transform an ordinary day into a PARTY!

Beer not included. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 4877 · Tue May 22, 2018 10:36 am

Found lots of fun stuff

Sadly, those one step RID toys were missing limbs. That sucked since I only found out after I bought them.

Also, I found these suicide sqaud toys at Dollarama for 4$ each, which is an amazing price.