More BotCon 2012 Gigatron In-Hand Images (Update: Full Gallery Now Available)

That color scheme is so bad it's good. The more I see this thing the more I want it.

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Im glad Im going to Botcon this year and looking forward getting this figure.

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I couldn’t really see the images well because there is no way to remove that damn SOPA advertisement that covers every page on the website you click on. And it stays in the middle of the screen no matter how far you scroll down. I am anti-SOPA, but forcing everybody to view this ad on every page overlapping the articles is as bad as SOPA itself.

_Anshin_ wrote:

Rated X wrote:On topic:

Im glad Im going to Botcon this year and looking forward getting this figure.

Off topic:

I couldn’t really see the images well because there is no way to remove that damn SOPA advertisement that covers every page on the website you click on. And it stays in the middle of the screen no matter how far you scroll down. I am anti-SOPA, but forcing everybody to view this ad on every page overlapping the articles is as bad as SOPA itself.

If you look at the bottom right (at least for me) you will see an exit button. Click on it and it removes the ad.

AHHHHH...I found it. THANKS !!!

Like I said before, Im all for the fight against censorship. But I dont deal with congress. It was congress who created the bill in the first place so e-mailing most of them is like preaching to the choir. Especially my congressman who is republican and does not want to hear from democrats like me.

I don’t fear SOPA because ALL politicians use Facebook and Twitter who don’t support this bill. Also E-Bay and Youtube is too big to battle on capital hill. It’s the cyber equivelint to a mom and pop store trying to take on Wal-Mart. Not gonna happen.

But isnt it ironic how so many people that bashed KOtoys on behalf of Hasbro are now rallying against an "anti-piracy" bill ???

Rated X wrote:
Like I said before, Im all for the fight against censorship. But I dont deal with congress. It was congress who created the bill in the first place so e-mailing most of them is like preaching to the choir. Especially my congressman who is republican and does not want to hear from democrats like me.

I don’t fear SOPA because ALL politicians use Facebook and Twitter who don’t support this bill. Also E-Bay and Youtube is too big to battle on capital hill. It’s the cyber equivelint to a mom and pop store trying to take on Wal-Mart. Not gonna happen.

But isnt it ironic how so many people that bashed KOtoys on behalf of Hasbro are now rallying against an "anti-piracy" bill ???

Two different things totally, so no it is not ironic to me.

As for the bill, you may want to sit down and read the SOPA and PIPA bill a bit more. It isn't so much mom and pop vs walmart, but the Movie Industry and RIAA vs Seibertron.

What will end up happening is the quiet disappearance of sites that may be the next Youtube (Vimeo for example). This bill also has an affect on sites outside of the United States. Imagine Bay getting a hair in the wrong place and filing a petition against KOtoys for having an image of Bumblebee that looks similar to the movie version. That site could be taken down without due process. The time and money it takes to bring the site back up and the loss in revenue could mean death for that site all because of a single image that may or may not have been from his movie.

If this Bill had gone into effect a few years ago, we wouldn't have a YouTube at all. It would have been shut down because of Viacom.

Not fearing it because you are relying on people that are voting on the same technology that they use and don't understand is the equivalent of trusting your best friend to drink and drive because he likes his car and knows to stop at red lights.

I don't hate it, but whenever someone makes a better homage this figure will be going into the box from which it came.

That head is too big.

Rated X wrote:I couldn’t really see the images well because there is no way to remove that damn SOPA advertisement that covers every page on the website you click on. And it stays in the middle of the screen no matter how far you scroll down. I am anti-SOPA, but forcing everybody to view this ad on every page overlapping the articles is as bad as SOPA itself.

That's the point of the blackouts ... it's to demonstrate what could happen if such legislation were passed. Imagine there being no Seibertron.com, no Transformers fansites, no YouTube, etc. The blackouts are all meant to demonstrate what could happen. Seibertron.com reaches 30,000+ people per day, over 500,000+ unique people per month. Participating in the blackout is my way of informing, educating, and helping the users of this site and to help protect your rights, my rights, and the future of the Internet and Seibertron.com.

I seriously considered not making the site accessible today but decided against it because I wanted all of you to have a place to be able to discuss SOPA and PIPA, and I don't think a 100% blackout was fair to the site's advertisers. I think I came up with a good solution that was a fair compromise.

Fair enough gothsaurus ...

I'm not opposed to the use of this mold for Overlord. I don't think it's the best choice, but we don't know what molds they were able to pick from. This might have been the best of the available molds.

With that said, I think the head looks terrible. Well, to be specific, the nose is terrible. It's too long or too flat. If you block out his nose with your finger, you'll see that the overall design of the head is OK. It's just the nose that's screwed up.

I'm curious why TCC and BotCon has had such a difficult time with some head molds over the past five or six years (i.e. Astrotrain (sketches were awesome but the final product was not), Beast Megatron's inverted eyes (the black part), Counterpunch's head too small, etc). It seems like some of these are rushed, or they're not given the chance to be corrected, or there isn't enough time left on the table to handle corrections, or something.

I'd love to know more about that side of the business so that I can speak more educated about why this happens.

The only one I like is the ultra magnus figure..as for the rest.. (Maybe the soundwave too.. looks pretty good)

I wonder if part of Soundwave's problem was the bright-light-flash from the front. With better lighting, maybe the chin will roll of, shading come in across the bottom, and it look more normal.

All things considered. Maybe a better photo shoot with dramatic lighting might make the publics impressions of these toys change for next year (?) Hmmmm.


Oh yeah. Gigatron.... looking good there, Gigatron.