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I really hope those aren't the final colors for Bruticus, and I hope Hasbro tells if they are or not soon. The sculpt is pretty nice though.

As for the rest, Shockwave looks amazing, Jazz is okay but could use some black or other paint detail or something, and Prime is pretty meh. Some of the sculpt is good but we really didn't need Fatimus 2.0.

Botshots... I wish that green Brawl was available separately. I really don't want to add yet another Bumblebee to my collection just to get him... or Prime, for that matter.

Prime... wake me up when they show something new.

Burn wrote:FOC Bruticus ... yeah, combiner fail again. Why are they having so much trouble getting combiners right these days when they had such great success in the past?

I'm willing to overlook the colors, I mean, I've seen and own worse. The proportions are definitely odd, but again, nothing new.

...it's those friggin' connectors that bother me. These giant flip out PCC blocks that are sitting there in plain sight for no conceivable reason. I'd think they'd go out of their way to hide them when they're so unsightly.

...buuuuut noooo.

Exactly! And really, Onslaught isn't bigger than the rest of them?

Colours can be ignored because of the massive engineering fail. What's that Hasbro? You don't like learning from the past? You just like to keep bumbling through?

Burn wrote:Exactly! And really, Onslaught isn't bigger than the rest of them?

Colours can be ignored because of the massive engineering fail. What's that Hasbro? You don't like learning from the past? You just like to keep bumbling through?

Where is Counterpunch with that Hasbro dropping the ball pic, when we need him?!

Onslaught should tower over them, really. He's what? An armored...weapons platform or something? Brawl should be close in size, because he's a TANK. Vortex and Blast-Off seem to be reasonably sized, due to them being smaller vehicles, but the sizes just...ARGH!

Although, Blast-Off's cockpit windows give me the impression that he would be a rather sizable craft. Perhaps a cargo ship or a troop transport. Vortex should be the smallest, yet he matches them. All of them.

Megatron Wolf wrote: So far seems like the lamest botcon ever, well news wise anyway.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure the people there are having fun, but there isn't the fanfare there usually is. I think squashing 3rd parties out really
broke some of the fun of what should be a big party.

On to the figures. I only checked out the FOC stuff, all the other stuff is really uninteresting. I like 'em all so far. Jazz is winning in the new toy dept, for me at least. I don't even care about the colors on Bruticus, it's a kids toy first and he looks like fun. Prime has grown on me and Shockwave, well, hes' definitely the weakest of the bunch (that last bit is sarcasm)

Oh man, Kreo Swindle! As much as I liked Legos when I was a kid (and, quite frankly still do, but I don't still buy them often), none of the Kreo stuff has caught my eye until now. That Swindle is just too good to pass up!

I still can't get behind the blue limbs on Jazz though, it just doesn't have the same aesthetic. *shrug* I DO however like Optimus quite a lot; it reminds me of the War Within design, which only got the terrible Titanium figure which I haven't bothered to pick up. This makes me happy that they're re-using the basic design.

As for FOC Bruticus, I don't hate it, quite frankly I have no issues with the color scheme. If I have an issues, it's the weird lankyness, but I'm holding off judgement until we have an in-hand review.

Autobot032 wrote:Where is Counterpunch with that Hasbro dropping the ball pic, when we need him?!

Most likely in the same hotel bar Lysoby and the rest of them are.

Burn wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Where is Counterpunch with that Hasbro dropping the ball pic, when we need him?!

Most likely in the same hotel bar Lysoby and the rest of them are.

They'd hate me. Total teetotaler. I'm a water guy. I've even cut soda out of my diet.

I'd totally love to see one or more of them either hungover or slightly intoxicated and go to the panel. The questions. Ohh...the questions.

I'm no better really. Might have a drink once or twice a year.

Friend Delicon on Facebook and help me and robofreak spam his wall. We'll make it a new BotCon tradition for the staff who didn't make it there.

DISCHARGE wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote: So far seems like the lamest botcon ever, well news wise anyway.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm sure the people there are having fun, but there isn't the fanfare there usually is. I think squashing 3rd parties out really
broke some of the fun of what should be a big party.

On to the figures. I only checked out the FOC stuff, all the other stuff is really uninteresting. I like 'em all so far. Jazz is winning in the new toy dept, for me at least. I don't even care about the colors on Bruticus, it's a kids toy first and he looks like fun. Prime has grown on me and Shockwave, well, hes' definitely the weakest of the bunch (that last bit is sarcasm)

you like jazz over shockwave?

i think i like shockwave a bit more.. and i really want to get my hands on the new prime.

i just wish jazz had a little darker blue, and more red.