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by Bumblevivisector » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:58 pm
So the actual theme this year is any prior Transformers line with "Machine" in the name.
Well, at least the theme isn't technically Beast Machines, and I'm all for rehabilitating its few decent characters by working them into other areas; Strika's brief but awesome turn in Animated reaffirmed her as the first and best choice for this treatment.
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by RAcast » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:01 pm
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Strika? With an awesome head sculpt? And out of the Generations Warpath mold?!
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by JelZe GoldRabbit » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:01 pm
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You know, her lack of faction symbols raises an interesting question. Before becoming a Vehicon General in Beast Machines, she was one of the greatest generals of all time next to Obsidian, with her prime directive being the protection of Cybertron. Would that make actually Machine Wars Strika an Autobot, despite her Animated incarnation being a Decepticon?
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by Sabrblade » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:06 pm
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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You know, her lack of faction symbols raises an interesting question. Before becoming a Vehicon General in Beast Machines, she was one of the greatest generals of all time next to Obsidian, with her prime directive being the protection of Cybertron. Would that make actually Machine Wars Strika an Autobot, despite her Animated incarnation being a Decepticon?
More than likely, especially considering that this is Wings Universe, which retconned this pink bot into being pre-G1 Strika:
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by PrymeStriker » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:19 pm
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Strika wishes us a Happy Valentines Day!
Transformer's Facebook page jumped right on it.
Transformers Facebook Page wrote:Machine Wars Strika, the latest reveal from the 5-figure box set available exclusively at
http://www.botcon.com, stopped by our page to wish all of you bots and cons out there a very Happy Valentine's Day!
Share this with YOUR Valentine and then check out her ALL-NEW toy here:
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2013/bc13exclusives.cfm
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by Rated X » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:20 pm
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Right now some Shapeways guy is designing an Impactor head for this body.
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by Mkall » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:49 pm
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Unexpected, but AWESOME!
Makes me wonder if we'll see an Obsidian too.
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by Nemesis Maximo » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:03 pm
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That head sculpt is baller!
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by Bounti76 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:08 pm
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Well, well! This is a most excellent surprise. Adding another fembot is always good in my eyes. And I actually like the choice of mold used for this, as Strika has always been a bit bulky.
Alos, judging just from the comments above, it seems that this is the first Botcon toy this year that's gotten majority positive reaction.
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by RAcast » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:13 pm
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Bounti76 wrote:Well, well! This is a most excellent surprise. Adding another fembot is always good in my eyes. And I actually like the choice of mold used for this, as Strika has always been a bit bulky.
Alos, judging just from the comments above, it seems that this is the first Botcon toy this year that's gotten majority positive reaction.
Extremely so.
Though I have to say that Hoist got a lot of hate for no good reason, he looks fantastic.
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