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"Dawn of the Predacus" BotCon 2016 Cicadacon Preview

Posted by william-james88 Oct 21, 2015 at 10:20am CDT 26,260 views

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Fellow Seibertronian and Fun Pub member TF_JW has posted a fun link on our Official Transformers Collectors' Club and BotCon Forum:

TF_JW wrote:Cicadacon reveal preview! The toy mock up itself will be put online tomorrow

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1068889553151503&substory_index=0&id=247519665288500

According to the preview image posted below, it seems Cicadacon will be a repaint of Skydive (also shown below) and the full reveal will be shown tomorrow on Botcon's site. Since Cicadacon is forming a limb, this means that Sea Clamp will be forming the torso. Which mold do you think will be used? Let us know in the Discussion!

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Re: "Dawn of the Predacus" BotCon 2016 Cicadacon Preview (view post)

Comment by Optimizzy Oct 21, 2015

Whats he going to be, straight up red and silver? On a straight redeco? Not as interesting

If I had to choose between this and the subscription figures, I'd pick the subscription. More varied and interesting. I hope there will be enough to get in singles. I'd want just the limbs really.

I agree with the Twincast, should have done Dawn of Futures Past 2.

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Comment by steals_your_goats Oct 21, 2015

I fear that this is going to look too similar to their windsweeper

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 21, 2015

I'm glad they got Skydive's head... but was really hoping it would have been attached to Air Raid's body. I guess they couldn't mix and match them like what was done for 2006 Dinobot using the Armada Hoist head on the Cybertron Longrack body.

But I see why they went with Skydive for Cicadacon. That head is a close enough match to the cartoon head.

Though, now this means that Sea Clamp is the torso. On one hand, it makes sense for him to be the biggest one since his toy was the biggest of the three. On the other hand, however, Sea Clamp's toy formed the legs and waist of the combiner rather than the torso. And with this set being so heavily based on the show, Sea Clamp was the smallest of the three in the show, with Cicadacon being the biggest. Hrmm.

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2015

Sabr, I really dont think its a perfect science. Already there is the idea that theeir red tint might be a combination of their real colour and the red light, plus there is the idea of merging the alt modes with those of the original toys and going from a 3 character to a 5 character combiner. It's not going to all work out perfectly.

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 21, 2015

william-james88 wrote:Sabr, I really dont think its a perfect science. Already there is the idea that theeir red tint might be a combination of their real colour and the red light, plus there is the idea of merging the alt modes with those of the original toys and going from a 3 character to a 5 character combiner. It's not going to all work out perfectly.

I really don't know what this is in response to.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Oct 21, 2015

Well, that answers that question: "5 new heads" includes the Combiner head :lol:

:lol:

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Sabr, I really dont think its a perfect science. Already there is the idea that theeir red tint might be a combination of their real colour and the red light, plus there is the idea of merging the alt modes with those of the original toys and going from a 3 character to a 5 character combiner. It's not going to all work out perfectly.
I really don't know what this is in response to.

Just in response to your puzzlement over who was chosen as the bogger bot and how that makes sense looking at tit one way but not another. and I am saying there is no way this set would have made perfect sense.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Oct 21, 2015

Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 21, 2015

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

I don't think any of the torsos are a good enough fit for Sea Clamp, to be honest. :-|

:-|

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Oct 21, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

I don't think any of the torsos are a good enough fit for Sea Clamp, to be honest.

Crazy idea: Hot Spot, just because he sprays water.

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

I don't think any of the torsos are a good enough fit for Sea Clamp, to be honest.

And I would find it really odd if the Club would give us 2 Hotspot molds for their combiners. I mean they did give us 2 tarantulus figures back to back but that's the character. I would doubt that with 3 bombiner torsos, we would get the second twice. I really dont see him with the Superion Torso so I guess menasor would be the one. He does have big powerful arms.

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 21, 2015

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

I don't think any of the torsos are a good enough fit for Sea Clamp, to be honest.

Crazy idea: Hot Spot, just because he sprays water.

You know, that was the only reasoning I too could think of for Hot Spot as Sea Clamp. Even though we're getting Onslaught for Thunder Mayhem, I feel as though Hot Spot would be the least inappropriate fit, as I really can't see Sea Clamp as being either a truck or a jet.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 21, 2015

And with that the torso talk begins a new. I'm not really sure which way this could go, considering the jet mode doesn't really work, firetruck is already being used for thunder mayhem and the truck mold is the weakest of the 3. who knows.....

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Now the question remains, which mold is suitable for the torso? It has to be armored (to an extent) and possibly suitable to go in water... Onslaught again?

I don't think any of the torsos are a good enough fit for Sea Clamp, to be honest.

Crazy idea: Hot Spot, just because he sprays water.
You know, that was the only reasoning I too could think of for Hot Spot as Sea Clamp. Even though we're getting Onslaught for Thunder Mayhem, I feel as though Hot Spot would be the least inappropriate fit, as I really can't see Sea Clamp as being either a truck or a jet.

It is the mold I see sea clamp with most as well but not so much about the water connection but more because it is made on the long side.

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Comment by Mr O Oct 21, 2015

Oh god...

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Oct 21, 2015

Nice, wish the colors were based on the toys instead.

Though, all this talk of water is interesting, as I don't think cybertron has water, so seaclamp wouldn't need/have an aquatic alt mode, would he?

I could see him being a vehicle like onslaught :-?

:-?

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 21, 2015

Mr O wrote:Oh god...

Just fold down the ladder to make it less scorpion-like and more lobster-like.

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Oct 21, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
Mr O wrote:Oh god...
Conversely:

Just fold down the latter to make it less scorpion-like and more lobster-like.

THIS.... IS.... AMAZING :michaelbay:

:michaelbay:

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Comment by Mr O Oct 21, 2015

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:

THIS.... IS.... AMAZING

Hell yeah!

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Comment by ZeroWolf Oct 21, 2015

That scarily works quite well

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