Transformers: Energon & Beyond

[JediTricks]

Stop unduly picking on SWTFs, you've had your ample say on the matter in general. (that's really more a broad statement than a directed one.)

[Chaddymac]

Chaddy, that's awesome, where did you find him? It better not have been Duarte Target.

Found them at the Target in Culver City. That place has been a mess for weeks. There was just the two, as well.

[plasticfetish]

The other day was new magazine day, and so here's some scans for you guys...

[Tycho]

Another Opitimus Prime? This one looks pretty good. What collection, scale is it?

Who is the other guy? Don't tell me it is a SW Transformer that turns into the Death Star?

[El Chuxter]

My guess would be Primus, the god of the Transformers and arch-enemy of Unicron the Chaos-Bringer, who sacrificed himself to destroy Unicron by trapping them both in barren planetoids. Only it didn't work quite as planned, and we got Cybertron (and Primus' children, the Transformers) and a big ol' planet-eatin' SOB.

[Tycho]

I am a dork and was just thinking how cool it would be to have a Transformer turn into the ZZ Top car!

What other famous rock n roadsters could they do?

[El Chuxter]

They could make a James Dean who transforms into a battle-damaged, uh, whatever type of car it was that he drove.

[JediTricks]

Thanks for the 411 Chaddy, I hope I track that one down today.

Thanks for the scans PF, THS Convoy looks pretty good, but I still don't know about the forearms and the alt mode. THS (Transformers Hybrid Style) Convoy painted: http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=5472
http://www.fantofan.jp/news/mag/figureking/fk96-6.jpg

[Tycho]

So what is he? 20th Anniversary Prime repainted or made with metal and they added a trailer? I need to find out if you can buy that trailer separately. I think you could from some source but it escaped me while I was in the hospital.

And I have only Sunstreaker here. I have to find my other T's in storage.

[El Chuxter]

I found two new Alternators today: Rollbar and Ricochet. I wasn't even aware of these, but there they were. (It's somewhat rare for figures to completely sneak up on me anymore. )

Rollbar is a orange repaint of Swindle, and Ricochet is a black Smokescreen with a mediocre fire effect. I couldn't justify getting these at $20 each. They didn't look stellar in vehicle mode, and robot mode, well, I can't have three figures that look exactly alike standing together.

A simple head swap or name change could've done it, though. Like if the Swindle repaint were green, yellow, and silver, and named Brawn, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat. But I don't remember the original Rollbar very well at all (Throttlebot, right?), and don't remember Ricochet at all. So these stayed on the shelf.

I have a feeling many will think like me, and these will be easier to find than most other recent Alternators. Shoot, Sunstreaker may have been Viper #3, but it was based on an Autobot we know and love.