BotCon 2012 Coverage - Gallery Updates: Airachnid, Dead End, Dreadwing, and More!

At least the mechtech weapon is colourmatched to Dreadwing. Still not a fan of mechtech.

Not loving Airachnid, just way to much kibble. Dreadwing is awesome though can't wait to get him. Dead End and Bumblebee are just meh.

I hope that Airachnid's propeller blades/spider legs are removable, and a third-party company makes more accurate, double-triple blades that turn into actual, long spider legs which we could use instead.

Dreadwing is gorgeous. Although...is his Mechtech ANOTHER modified version of Powerizer Optimus' weapon? I just hope he can hold it upside down, to slightly resemble his Gatling cannon.

And still nothing on Breakdown, Swerve, Jet Vehicon, and Gaea Unicron. Maybe SDCC will show more...

I was really looking forward to Airachnid, but that figure looks terrible. I can't really tell whats going on with her arms, but it looks like something you'd find on a cyberverse figure.

Dreadwing looks great, that's bought on sight.

I actually like Dead End, I might pick him up on clearance since I've already got Wheeljack.

Man that Bruticus still looks ugly as hell. At least colors aren't that bad, but I'm not very sad if it will be somekind of a limited hard to get release only. I just don't believe anymore that it would be mistransformed in every damn picture. Mayde it just looks crappy. The only decent thing is his torso and head. This seems to be rather quiet year what comes to official toys. For me MP-10 hasbro version is the highlight of this bunch and I already have him. Well...I suppose I can save money for the next year unless there will be some interesting 3rd party stuff available for me.

Airachnid could be better, but Im still buying it because there aren't many female Cons.

Dead End is my favorite of the bunch. Always liked the character, and it kinda looks like a Shattered Glass Prime Wheeljack, IMO.

Dreadwing is perfect, except for the gun. I hate the new Mechtech weapons; most of the DOTM ones were OK, but so far all these ones suck.

Bumblebee repaint is pointless.

I like the Voyager Soundwave, but since I already have the deluxe, I'll wait for the Soundblaster repaint.

And I'm just gonna get the regular Combaticons, not the SDCC box set. Too much money for me; I'd rather have a brightly colored one for about $50, rather than one with different colors thats double the price. Not worth it.

I really REALLY dislike the standard colors of Bruticus. They look awful and those bright colors make it such an eye sore to me. The regular version's colors will make him stand out from all of the other FOC figures shown so far. No thanks! This means I'll be springing for the SDCC version. I do agree with what someone said earlier though that the vivid colors at least draw the eye away from some it's flaws.

Dreadwing is the only one of the new Prime figures that is exciting.

Overall, I'm fairly impressed with all of the FOC figures (see Bruticus complaint above). But I'm on the fence about Voyager Soundwave. He just seems to close to the deluxe version. Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt). Oh well, this will save $$ since SDCC Bruticus will probably cost a lot. I'm torn though because Soundwave is one of my favorite characters!

Lord Onixprime wrote:

Rhinox23 wrote:Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt).

Why wouldn't he be the standard Voyager price point?

I actually don't have any real reason to say that he would be more than $20. It just seems like Hasbro would market him at a slightly higher price because he comes with so much more than most voyagers who usually just come with a crappy mechtech/weaponizer thing. I hope I am wrong though! If that is the case then I'll be adding to my Soundwave collection!

Airachnid- yikes (and I don't mean in a good way). I'm guessing she's not that popular of a character so why spend the money on a voyager class? If they had though I think a few things could have happened:

1. She would be a triple-changer
2. She would actually have fully articulated legs/propellers (would be sweet to transform her in the form where she's in robot mode but walks with her spider legs)

Oh well Dreadwing looks sweet. I still haven't seen any of season 2 but he seems like a cool character. I would have liked to see a fully painted Breakdown but I trust he'll be shown in time. Found a cyberverse class Breakdown at the store and as long as they keep his show colors his voyager will be BOSS

To hell with how many legs she's meant to have: Airachnid looks pretty good to me. I'll have one of them. Personally I think fans would be less disappointed if they stopped thinking about her as a triple-changer. I mean, does anyone regard RoTF Rampage as a quad-changer or Beast Machines Jetstorm as a triple-changer? Dead End I have no interest in unless he appears in the series. Dreadwing is perfect but for the the stupid weaponizer weapon. Come on 3rd parties, help us out.