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BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:54 am
by El Duque
BotCon has tweeted an image of the BotCon 2012 custom class figure, Shattered Glass Longarm! The figure is a purple redeco of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz. Check him out below.

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Re: BotCon 2012 Customization Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:00 am
by craggy
looks like a cool toy. Classics version of Binaltech/Alternators Shockwave.

Re: BotCon 2012 Customization Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:00 am
by EdabanG
:grin: I want one really bad. I just refuse to pay after market prices. :CON:

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:06 am
by GuyIncognito
Why in the world would they call it Longarm? That makes absolutely no sense. Unless there's some fiction/continuity I'm not aware of where Longarm is a sports car instead of the usual crane? The only Longarm I'm aware of that's NOT a crane is the 2007 Movie version, but even there they made him a tow truck so at least he still had an extending arm (in other words, a LONG ARM) with a hook. :BANG_HEAD: :BANG_HEAD: :BANG_HEAD:

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:10 am
by craggy
since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:14 am
by AutobotMR2
Truth be told, I'm not too sure how to feel about this. We Will just have to wait and see I guess.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:14 am
by Swindle01
isnt that just that awful painted figure cheetimus primal did?

looks pretty much like its his custom

Re: BotCon 2012 Customization Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:17 am
by Ravage XK
craggy wrote:looks like a cool toy. Classics version of Binaltech/Alternators Shockwave.



Thats what I first thought. Change the head and you are there, maybe one hand too.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:17 am
by gavinfuzzy
Pretty plain... Like someone mentioned, its probably the Evil Longarm posing as Shockwave to enter the ranks of the Decepticons...

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:26 am
by Jelze Bunnycat
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.


Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy :-$

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:44 am
by craggy
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.


Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy :-$

sigh. yes, I already figured that out, just hadn't felt the need to spell it out quite so obliquely for the slow kids at the back trying to chew their GoBots heads off.
Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

Of course, I'd forgotten about that, it kinda makes Longarm's disguise pointless. Unless this is what he looks like pre-disguise? In which case, Shattered Glass is making less and less sense as time goes on. Still, nice colours on a great toy, I wouldn't turn one down. Not gonna be scouring the aftermarket for one mind you, I might be Scottish, but I'm no Scrooge McDuck.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:56 am
by RiddlerJ
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.


Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy :-$

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.


Makes you wonder why they just didn't offer a repaint of Shockblast as SG Shockwave.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:10 am
by Jelze Bunnycat
RiddlerJ wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.


Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy :-$

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.


Makes you wonder why they just didn't offer a repaint of Shockblast as SG Shockwave.


Why not use Energon Six Shot instead? ;)

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:14 am
by Lord Onixprime
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.


Or it is the heroic Decepticon infiltrating the Evil Autobot ranks (Makes more sense that Shockwave is still posing as Longarm, than Longarm as Shockwave).

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:20 am
by nemesis-prime
looks cool..havent been posting in a while dealing with bad medical issuse

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:30 am
by Heavy B
Wow, this seems pointless

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:31 am
by zodconvoy
It's the same basic deal as Animated Cheetor: "How many homages can we fit into one figure?" Ani Cheetor was Beast Wars and TransTech in an Animated figure. This one is just on the surface Animated and Alternators in a Classics figure and that's without even knowing the back story they gave him!

Stuff like this is why I love being a Club member, they come up with the coolest new ideas from the history of Transformers!

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:32 am
by Sabrblade
Maybe he's a separate autonomaton operated remotely by SG Shockwave.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:39 am
by Autobot032
Did anyone else notice the car is missing it's driver's side front wheel and seems to be floating?

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:33 am
by Rated X
Finally for once a custom class figure nobody really cares about. Still hoping for CHMS versions of G2 Sideswipe and Minerva since they have both the molds. But Longarm ??? Waste...

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:37 am
by Sabrblade
According to TFWiki, SG Longarm is captain of the SG Autobot Autotroopers, and is going undercover posing as G1 Shockwave to investigate the conflict between the Classicverse and the Shatteredverse.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:39 am
by Kibble
Looks pretty slick, I think. Something I can easily live without, but I think it looks really cool.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:45 am
by Mykltron
Longarm? I see no long arms.

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:49 am
by Rated X
Sabrblade wrote:According to TFWiki, SG Longarm is captain of the SG Autobot Autotroopers, and is going undercover posing as G1 Shockwave to investigate the conflict between the Classicverse and the Shatteredverse.



These script writers must really be smoking some good bud when they do SG storylines...

Re: BotCon 2012 Custom Class Figure Revealed! Shattered Glass Longarm

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:10 pm
by triKlops
pretty cool conceptual thinking behind this one
i will be interested to find out more backstory to this as Botcon is so close