The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I have finally done it, I have completed the late wave Beast Hunter upsized deluxes and voyagers!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

The FE Optimus mold is really good, glad I finally got this guy

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I am getting closer and closer to completing my Prime Predacons. I truly do regret not getting them when they came out, but I feel like I appreciate them more now than I would have

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I had 2 fantastic finds last weekend at TFcon. Got a Hunter Ratchet for $30, and then found a complete Go! ExPrime for $50! Both are so awesome, and I am loving them.

I have always kinda wanted Ratchet, and these colors are great. I adore the mold, i adore this tooling, and these colors are great.

ExPrime is so weird, but I love it too. He's weird, but charming, and his head sculpt is amazing. I may now need to get the Go! guys he combines with.

[Emerje]

ExPrime is so under rated! He has one of the best bullet train modes in Transformers and playing around with him can produce a much better dragon mode than the official one.

You at least need Kenzan (the police car) and Gekisoumaru (the lion) to get ExPrime's two configurations.

I really love this line, all of the beasts are great retools, all of the combiners are interesting if not a little fiddly to mess with, but they did some truly fun things with it. Only thing I really need to get are the Deluxe figures, but I made it a point to pick up Hunter Ratchet as soon as he showed up in the Magna Convoy comic in Megatron's cape (predating his repurpose as Green Megatron, they really planned things out early) while he was still cheap for like 1,500 JPY on Mandarake.

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He went from unwanted to highly desirable pretty quickly thanks to those comics. If anyone cares about the connection between that figure and Megatron it's repurposed as the final form of G1 Megatron after Green Megatron absorbs G1 Megatron's spark through the magic of Angolmoise Energy nonsense.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I need to mess with ExPrime more, he is really fun.

I will need more of the Go! line too. I started watching some reviews, and while the combiners are wonky, I would not mind trying them out

[Emerje]

I need to mess with ExPrime more, he is really fun.

I will need more of the Go! line too. I started watching some reviews, and while the combiners are wonky, I would not mind trying them out

I picked up a second Kenzan so I can display a few different configurations together, but I also have the black versions which are the ones I want to display with Exprime. I'd love to pick up 3 of each figure, they used to be really cheap on Mandarake, but they've become scarce.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I gotta say, Optimus ExPrime is a super cool dude





And he completes the trilogy of Primes



And, with some new additions, the new Aligned shelves

[Emerje]

Hell yeah! Love ExPrime!

Emerje

[Overcracker]

After cleaning a mess of a battery leak, I can finally review it.

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[D-Maximal_Primal]

Gotten some aligned continuity stuff lately, and gave some more a little bit of love.

First up, I got 5/6 of the dark energon guys off a buddy, super excited for them. Wheeljack and Prime are my 2 favorites.








I also gave some love to the old RiD2015 Stormjet. Still a solid fun little jet

[Emerje]

I saw Stormjet one time in stores and regret not getting him. I was sure he'd show up in more places and be easier to find being a new characters. But nope, super rare.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I saw Stormjet one time in stores and regret not getting him. I was sure he'd show up in more places and be easier to find being a new characters. But nope, super rare.

Emerje

I am still surprised the mold was only ever used once and only released in 1 wave

[Overcracker]

Mainline Cliffjumper.

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[Rodimus Prime]

So is this figure different than the 1 from the 4-pack?

[TF-fan kev777]

So is this figure different than the 1 from the 4-pack?

If you mean the AotP Target 4-pack, then yes. This is the original mold from the Transformers Prime toyline.

[Overcracker]

So is this figure different than the 1 from the 4-pack?

This is the original 2012 mainline deluxe Cliffjumper. It is not the new individual release of the Target exclusive Cliffjumper that came in the 4-pack.
That one is based of the Lagacy Chase figure.

This one here is now 15 years old.

So is this figure different than the 1 from the 4-pack?

If you mean the AotP Target 4-pack, then yes. This is the original mold from the Transformers Prime toyline.

Yup. It’s confusing because there was also the First Edition which is also a different mold to this one,

[Rodimus Prime]

Ok. I thought this was the new single release of the AoTP figure.

[Overcracker]

Today, it’s TF Prime Starscream. A Marvel of engineering. Which seems to not have extended to the weapon storage in Jet mode.

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[Nemesis Destron]

I think the powers really need to update a new Prime Hot Shot and that awesome Go Hunter Ratchet!

Hot Shot was a bit weak with that BB mold and they could do better Now! And Hunter Ratchet is a great figure but a lame weapon but I fixed that!!!

Finally RID Cliffjumper (not to me) is a great figure over all. I even managed to bend those stupid horns inward on the hood which looks way better and armed with a better weapon....'nuff said!!!

[Overcracker]

I think the powers really need to update a new Prime Hot Shot and that awesome Go Hunter Ratchet!

Hot Shot was a bit weak with that BB mold and they could do better Now! And Hunter Ratchet is a great figure but a lame weapon but I fixed that!!!

Finally RID Cliffjumper (not to me) is a great figure over all. I even managed to bend those stupid horns inward on the hood which looks way better and armed with a better weapon....'nuff said!!!

Would not mind a new Prime Hotshot with a waist and ankles, but it’s never going to be its own mold. It’s always gonna be BB first.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I think the powers really need to update a new Prime Hot Shot and that awesome Go Hunter Ratchet!

Hot Shot was a bit weak with that BB mold and they could do better Now! And Hunter Ratchet is a great figure but a lame weapon but I fixed that!!!

Finally RID Cliffjumper (not to me) is a great figure over all. I even managed to bend those stupid horns inward on the hood which looks way better and armed with a better weapon....'nuff said!!!

Would not mind a new Prime Hotshot with a waist and ankles, but it’s never going to be its own mold. It’s always gonna be BB first.

Which is just fine. If anything, Hot Shot has given Hasbro/TakaraTomy more reason to be able to make Prime Bumblebee, with a pretool option present.

And I just now realised Hot Shot has another option as well:

Sure, he's more of a Tracks homage, but the blue color and goggles may be all that's needed. Shadow Striker has shown they're more than willing to mix.

[Overcracker]

I think the powers really need to update a new Prime Hot Shot and that awesome Go Hunter Ratchet!

Hot Shot was a bit weak with that BB mold and they could do better Now! And Hunter Ratchet is a great figure but a lame weapon but I fixed that!!!

Finally RID Cliffjumper (not to me) is a great figure over all. I even managed to bend those stupid horns inward on the hood which looks way better and armed with a better weapon....'nuff said!!!

Would not mind a new Prime Hotshot with a waist and ankles, but it’s never going to be its own mold. It’s always gonna be BB first.

Which is just fine. If anything, Hot Shot has given Hasbro/TakaraTomy more reason to be able to make Prime Bumblebee, with a pretool option present.

And I just now realised Hot Shot has another option as well:

Sure, he's more of a Tracks homage, but the blue color and goggles may be all that's needed. Shadow Striker has shown they're more than willing to mix.

Yep. We know how hasbro loves their retools. Also it gives them the option of making the most extreme BB ever conceived again: