BotCon 2012 Exclusive Gigatron Head Shot (Update: More Images Added Including Alt Mode)

Whatever thoughts I may have on the overall figure, I gotta admit that's a nice head.

Looks like it's the handpainted model though.

Whoa!! That is ridiculous! What a crappy halfassed effort on Hasbro's part.

Seriously.....it's garbage. I can't ever suspend disbelief enough to ever think that this is or ever could be Overlord/Gigatron.

Like others have said. Looks like i'll have to hope for a third party to make a proper Gigatron.

Lord knows Hasbro can't figure it out. Lazy bastards.

Well I never did like the Bludgeon mold anyways, so that makes this easy to pass. The Ultra Magnus repaint of G2 Prime could be sweet especially if make toys redid the trailer. But unless I see something fantastic Im skipping. Horrible first figure by the way.

El Duque wrote:Wonder how Hasbro's all new original mold for 2013 Overlord will look compared to this? (sarcasm)

I hear you on that. We should be getting word on our new classics 2012 Stunticons while we're at Botcon too!

Now that I see the face up close I don't like it. It has that traditional Botcon eyes look I'm not really fond of. The tank mode however it perfect.

bvzxa wrote:While the homage is ok using the Bludgeon/BanzaiTron mold, this is really just Giga. Why they put "tron" at the end to confuse people I don't know because Giga"tron" was Megatron's name in CarRobots/RID.

There is no "tron" anywhere, it's just Giga (tank), Mega (jet), merge into Overlord. I like it and I don't like it. This is as bad as making Galvatron from Evac/Blades. For once make a real toy with limited numbers. I have a feeling the door prize will be Mega "not tron" maybe?.

Wow they released pics this early which means the Botcon staff has been lurking amid speculation.

Fun Fact:

Takara "Super Collection Figure" Overlord = Hasbro "Heros Of Cybertron" Gigatron.

They're the same dude.

Starscream and Grimlock made him look good.

But the new pics ... at first I wasn't impressed with the head. Then I saw the head with the rest of the body and got less impressed, then I saw the alt mode.

Yeah ... so glad I stopped caring about BotCon figures the first year FunPub took over.

Burn wrote:Starscream and Grimlock made him look good.

But the new pics ... at first I wasn't impressed with the head. Then I saw the head with the rest of the body and got less impressed, then I saw the alt mode.

Yeah ... so glad I stopped caring about BotCon figures the first year FunPub took over.

I second this...

I for the most part don't care for thus don't buy any botcon convention/club toys.

To me their just glorified repaints of molds I already have.

The only two botcon toys I thought looked decent thus bought was Cyclonus using the beastmachines ultra sized jetstorm toy mold. Deathauras using the Rid megatron 6 changer toy mold.

BTW,I just got off work,I saw the bot pics of botcon 2011 Gigatron earlier today. I didn't realize they released tank mode pics today. I guess i'll check out the tank mode pics of gigatron in a few minutes.

Lastly,why I love the HFTD Bludgeon toy mold. and I love the masterforce overlord character & 1988 toy. I think using the hftd bludgeon mold for 1988 overlord/gigatron was a awful choice. IMHO,Animated blitzwing would have been the better mold to use for overlord/gigatron. as animated blitzwing has a jet & tank mode. I also think energon voyager jetfire & voyager cliffjumper would have made decent overlord toys. all that needed to be done to energon cliffjumper is swap out the top alt mode pieces for tank turrent pieces.

Mkall wrote:It's a nice figure, but IMO it's not the Overlord I was hoping for. Sadly I guess I'll have to wait for an eventual 3rd party to make a proper one.

HOWEVER! I'm surprised it hasn't been thought of yet; has anyone considered that a plane homaging Overlord's plane half might be one of the attendee-only figures?

Oh if that is, im completely not buying the boxset. I cannot attend the con and im not going for the Iacon pack just to realise they ripped me off Overlord's other half.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

monstergrotusque wrote:Whoa!! That is ridiculous! What a crappy halfassed effort on Hasbro's part.

Not really fair to blame Hasbro for this, they had nothing to do with it. Hasbro made the mold for Bludgeon which worked like a charm. This is all pretty much Fun Pub.

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

Chaoslock wrote:That's no homage, that's blasphemy.
Overlord was a:
- baseformer
- triplechanger (quintiple if we count the separate vehicle modes as two and the united vehicle mode as another)
- double powermaster
- duocon
- bada$$

now, that mold is not even close.

Is there any mold that would make a decent homage?