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BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby Blurrz » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:02 pm

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To start of this year's coverage of BotCon 2012 from Dallas, TX, the first gallery we have is from the Customizing Class. Early this Wednesday, our own Seibertron traded in his camera for a paintbrush. He got to work on the 2012 Customizing Class figure, Longarm. From the Reveal the Shield Jazz figure, Longarm's name homages Animated Longarm, while looking much like his Generation One self. The gallery features everything related to Longarm, and the hard working people who get to cherish their exclusive figure. All 34 images can be seen by clicking the links throughout the story, or the images below.

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Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more BotCon 2012 Coverage throughout the week.
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby daimchoc » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:16 pm

Would it be possible to get some instructions? I have an extra Jazz that I'd like to make into LongArm as well. Thank you in advance.
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby Autobot032 » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:16 pm

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Hmm. The Shockwave head looks much nicer than I expected. I'm still not sure on the choice of figure body, but the head's nice.

...9-5? The class is a full 8 hours??
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby craggy » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:18 pm

there's no way it will take 8hours to cut if off a sprue, stick the appropriate parts together and do a tiny bit of colouring. people getting paid pennies manage to do it a lot quicker, fully fed and awake Botconners should surely be quicker!
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby Autobot032 » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:19 pm

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craggy wrote:there's no way it will take 8hours to cut if off a sprue, stick the appropriate parts together and do a tiny bit of colouring. people getting paid pennies manage to do it a lot quicker, fully fed and awake Botconners should surely be quicker!


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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby AutobotMR2 » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:20 pm

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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby DISCHARGE » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:43 pm

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I wonder if the FOC Shockwave head will fit Jazz so people will be able to make their own.

The class looks like fun
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby daimchoc » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:28 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Hmm. The Shockwave head looks much nicer than I expected. I'm still not sure on the choice of figure body, but the head's nice.

...9-5? The class is a full 8 hours??



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http://www.collecticon.org/2012/01/awes ... ns-botcon/


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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby WolfDawg » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:31 pm

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This is definitely a little confusing. I mean, the figure looks awesome, but I don't get the character association. He's shattered glass Longarm...that looks exactly like a Classic-ized Alternators Shockwave? This just seems like a case where fiction didn't need to be applied to a character. They should have just said "Hey, we're turning Jazz into Shockwave and giving him a new head" and been done with it.
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Re: BotCon 2012 Coverage - Longarm Customizing Class

Postby Blurrz » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:31 pm

Motto: "The Wreckers. Weird brain bullets. Impossible odds... It doesn't get much better than this."
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daimchoc wrote:Would it be possible to get some instructions? I have an extra Jazz that I'd like to make into LongArm as well. Thank you in advance.


Unfortunately the fans who get to go to the class are given sprues that are already colored appropriately from the factory. As in they don't start from a RTS Jazz from scratch, but rather pieces that are likely purple and light grey. I bet most of the time in the class is spent nailing in pins which is quite the pain!

Also never realized you were a user on the boards, Daimchoc. Just want to thank you for helping out with the news for a very long time :)
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