Quote Originally Posted by Bidoofdude View Post
I might wait until it goes down a teeny weeny bit. So it's basically a shellformer?
A Pretender Shell and a Shellformer are two entirely different things. Here, read these links:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mega_Pretender
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shellformer

Energon Omega Supreme is more like (IMHO) a Mega Pretender shell.

Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Zed View Post
My experience of the Omega Supreme mold (before I sold the old one) is that is basically made up of a weird space train, and a square battleship who both look like half a robot lying sideways. Stand them up and connect them add the head (it's separate) and presto you have a big robot.
Yep... pretty much. So like a Mega Pretender shell it has a pretty underwhelmingly craptastic transformation, but in the humanoid mode it's purpose is to house a small Transformer on the inside - in Omega Supreme's case, Fatimus Prime. Here's what Omega Supreme looks like when Mega Pretender Shelling Fatimus.

Did you also have the Power Rangers theme song running in your head when you looked at that?

Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Zed View Post
While I admit the new head, arm and non mismatched colour scheme do improve the look of this mold, it's never going to be much fun to transform or look good in alt mode.
^Exactly this. No redeco or repaint can really "uncrappify" a poor toy. If I didn't already own Energon Omega Supreme, I'd happily splash out on this toy to add to my Classicsverse collection. But I already have the Energon mould, and I can't justify getting it again.