It Is Him wrote:Funpub already apologized to everyone for the G2 Sideswipe screw-up at Botcon. Their explanation was that they have the same guy host the class every year, he asked to do the Sideswipe mold that year and they obliged. When they saw the finished product, their reaction was (I paraphrase) "Oh Sh**, we didn't realize it would be THAT cool," and they promised to make a different G2 Sideswipe another time that would be available to more people.
Wait, so it was a totally newly colored set of pieces and they did't think it would be cool. It's technically a black variant of an existing toy, it would complete the neo-G2 set with a major character.
Oh yeah, why would anybody want that?
Thanks, they never apologized to me. It was probably info in a panel that I missed.
Counterpunch wrote:
Well, it's a G2 Animated Sideswipe from the Hot Rod mold...
so, ymmv.
While that's cool and all, and it'll be Breakdown with G2 Sideswipe paint job which I will like the idea of, it does NOT replace the fact that I do not have a black variant of one of my favorite molds unless I pay $800 for it. Let's see, 4 car payments, one plastic toy...
What am kind of liking from what I am seeing, is them fleshing out Animated with more G1-inspired Colored bodies. I could accept this as Botcon exclusives for awhile.