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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:14 am

BotCon has revealed the final figure in this year's convention exclusive "Invasion" boxset, Metalhawk. The figure is arepainted version of Generations Deluxe Thunderwing with a newly sculpted head. The figure's robot mode is intended to resemble Metalhawk's Pretender shell. Images mirrored below.

Here's the full list of BotCon 2012 "Invasion" figures:

Here's a piece of Metalhawk character art from the Heroic Autobot facebook page:

News Credits: 3 · by **Fistful of Energon** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:18 am

Just seems...wrong? :lol:

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:18 am

Dat face...

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:21 am

I don't particularly hate him, but I'd jump at the chance for someone to make a robot head for him.

News Credits: 23 · by **Prime Evil** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:21 am

Not that I mind the human face, but it just seem to me as if Metalhawk needs to hit up the stairmaster. Wishing he was a lil more...IDK, chiseled looking in the face.

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:38 am

Well, looks better than I thought it would be but... d'oh, I still wish it was his inner robot body with the Cyclonus mold!

by **Swindle01** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:39 am

ok let me see if i got this straight -
Hasbro forces kotoys to closed down - a ko company that actually give fans what they want (sunstorm/rainmakers/clear convoy/dia convoy ect ect) but yet hasbro give us bullshit like this?

a god awful craptastic gigatron that looks as if a child has put another toys head on a different toys body - a god awful ultra magnus that looks as if it was made up while someone was having a fit - and now 'who ate all the pies' metalhawk....ffs dont they stop half way when making these guys and say 'errr maybe we should start again or do somert better'

christ i always felt energon prime looked like a fat bastard but now metalhawk too? i guess we can now put metalhawk/E-Prime together and start making a FAT BOTS CLUB

i mean just look at metalhawk! he looks so fat that if he tried to transform theres no way in hell that fat gits gona take off the ground

News Credits: 1 · by **Galvatron X** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:05 pm

LOL. That's wacky-looking.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:07 pm

Wow, FunPub did it again, another head that had potential and they managed to let it look horrible.

The rest of the figure looks great though.

Swindle01 wrote:ok let me see if i got this straight -
Hasbro forces kotoys to closed down - a ko company that actually give fans what they want (sunstorm/rainmakers/clear convoy/dia convoy ect ect) but yet hasbro give us bullshit like this?

a god awful craptastic gigatron that looks as if a child has put another toys head on a different toys body - a god awful ultra magnus that looks as if it was made up while someone was having a fit - and now 'who ate all the pies' metalhawk....ffs dont they stop half way when making these guys and say 'errr maybe we should start again or do somert better'

christ i always felt energon prime looked like a fat bastard but now metalhawk too? i guess we can now put metalhawk/E-Prime together and start making a FAT BOTS CLUB

i mean just look at metalhawk! he looks so fat that if he tried to transform theres no way in hell that fat gits gona take off the ground

Get over it.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:09 pm

Swindle01 wrote:ok let me see if i got this straight -
Hasbro forces kotoys to closed down - a ko company that actually give fans what they want (sunstorm/rainmakers/clear convoy/dia convoy ect ect) but yet hasbro give us bullshit like this?

blah blah blah

Hasbro doesn't create the Botcon designs.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:10 pm

Just another bucket of hot garbage we've been forced to look at :SICK:

. Gundam...least you could stare at Robocop with his helmet off and not risk puking up then swallowing right back down again and he was a cyborg for christ-sake! :VEHI:

News Credits: 3 · by **FracturedKoi** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:24 pm

Just...*sigh*. Well, at least I can say that's money I've saved this year. No, wait, I can't...just blew it all on G1 Star Saber D=. At least that figure looks good though, unlike this hot, juicy, steamy pile of poop that is this year's BotCon set.

To hearken back to a note from a previous post...I'd almost rather see Hasbro, Takaratomo, or whomever is responsible for BotCon exclusives contract out the KO companies that did all the very high quality "reissues" that were sold on KO Toys website! I'll admit that I did buy a couple, and they display damn well! Granted, if I ever part with them, I'll go out of my way to make sure it's known that they aren't real or original...but I digress....

If we could see some of those fine molds just reused officially, even as exclusives, I'd eat that up like candy!

News Credits: 1 · by **Marcdachamp** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:31 pm

I'm not a giant Metalhawk fan or anything, but... I think it looks kinda good. Really faithful.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:44 pm

Tiny robot heads are less noticeable than tiny human heads.

It's okay, but just okay.

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:46 pm

HahahaahHAHAHAA! Wow. :APPLAUSE:

On your mark, get set, terrible. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:47 pm

In robot mode this figure wouldn't look out of place in the Masters of The Universe series.

As far as the entire boxset goes, whomever at TFCC thought this would be a "must have" must be new to the world of Transformers.

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:00 pm

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:10 pm

This May be out of place but can I just Say "Derp"

by **AutobotCliffjumper** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:12 pm

I like the bot mode.....but the face...looks nothing like the concept art. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:14 pm

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heroic-Autobots/236980943041104

Pretender Commander: Metalhawk
Base of Operations: The Skyhammer, Japan

by **AutobotCliffjumper** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:18 pm

Sabrblade wrote:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heroic-Autobots/236980943041104

Pretender Commander: Metalhawk
Base of Operations: The Skyhammer, Japan

I hope it ACTUALLY looks closer to this than the botcon official picture,

by **Court Jester** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:21 pm

Dood... is that...

Is it Rob Riggle from the Daily Show and that movie Step Brothers?

"Sweet-ass gift, Botcon..." *high-five*

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:27 pm

Court Jester wrote:Dood... is that...

Is it Rob Riggle from the Daily Show and that movie Step Brothers?

"Sweet-ass gift, Botcon..."

Mother of god I think your right it's uncanny the resemblance

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:45 pm

again why are they using the pretender shell for the inspiration?

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:51 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Court Jester wrote:Dood... is that...

Is it Rob Riggle from the Daily Show and that movie Step Brothers?

"Sweet-ass gift, Botcon..."

Mother of god I think your right it's uncanny the resemblance

Dude, thats the sound of my mind being blown...