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News Credits: 10 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:58 am

The Botcon official Facebook page has released a video showing us the 1st Botcon 2012 exclusive figure: Gigatron.

Here is the video

Gigatron appears to be a repaint of NEST Bludgeon with a new head mold.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:05 am

Starscream, or Grimlock rather, has revealed the first figure in the exclusive 2012 BotCon "Invasion" boxset! Check out the video embedded below to get your first look at Gigatron, who is a repaint of ROTF Voyager Bludgeon with brand new head sculpt. A mold chosen to reference Overlord's Gigatank component.

News Credits: 905 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:09 am

BotCon has just revealed the first exclusive toy figure for BotCon 2012 - Gigatron.
BotCon managed to invite the Decepticons Air Commander Starcsream and Dinobots Leader Grimlock for the reveal.

Gigatron is a repaint of the Transformers NEST Bludgeon.

Check out the video clip below:

Stay tuned to Seibertron, for all your updates on BotCon 2012.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:11 am

Ok, color me surprised.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:11 am

Just realised Gigatron is actually the American name for Overlord.

So this IS our classics Overlord. :lol:

Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:16 am

A blue and white Bludgon...wasnt this guy supposed to be a plane ???

News Credits: 10 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:17 am

OMG!!! I love ROTF Bludgeon, he is my Classics Bludgeon now I have the replacement head. Can't wait for more reveals.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:18 am

I guess this brings light to the non licensed movie figure debate. I dig, just hope the swords aren't bendy plastic.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:22 am

new paint scheme looks cool
i wonder if HR will do a special upgrade kit for this

Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:23 am

I'm not digging this at all. The head just doesn't fit the body. Aside from Soundwave, this was the only figure I was interested in. Guess I'll save some money this year.

News Credits: 767 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:27 am

Rated X wrote:A blue and white Bludgon...wasnt this guy supposed to be a plane ???

No, well kinda. He was a plane and a tank that combined into one large bot that could also turn into a base.
I'm liking this, I hope HR will make a set for this, with Powermasters and replacements for the bendy swords.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:28 am

Just noticed the new head. Also, Gigatron/Overlord has a plane and tank mode, but there is nothing with that so they had to choose one fig.

they got the toy colors spot on in my opinion.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:43 am

OK, I love it, I need it, I don't want to go to Botcon. Anybody planning on selling theirs? I'll pay for it before you go. :grin:

News Credits: 3 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:50 am

I think a black Mini-Con drone would have topped this off. Not bad though.

Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:55 am

at least it does not have a skull for a head. bludgeon is a stupid concept.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:09 pm

griftimus prime wrote:at least it does not have a skull for a head. bludgeon is a stupid concept.

You should change your name to "pessimist prime"

News Credits: 20 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:18 pm

So..... what the hell kinda laptop do you think Starscream uses? Looks like an Apple with a custom backing. Seems like the kind of laptop he'd use. Though why he'd use an Apple product and not something Cybertronian... or Dell, is beyond me.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:18 pm

IMLTHO the samari theme of bludgeon dosn't fit overlord well.

besides, didn't they say "NO" to movie-verse figures?

News Credits: 17 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:20 pm

Talk about unexpected, never would have thought of Bludgeon as Overlord, kinda weird I mean, that Bludgeon doesn't really work as anyone else in my eyes, especially not someone with a design so unique like Overlord, At least you'd get a cool rendition of the Giga Tank.

El Duque wrote:
griftimus prime wrote:at least it does not have a skull for a head. bludgeon is a stupid concept.

You should change your name to "pessimist prime"

I agree.

News Credits: 14 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:21 pm

So... This year's BotCon is Classics vs. Shattered Glass... Correct? Over lord is not a Shattered Class figure, right? So, does this mean that the Bludgeon/Banzaitron mold can be considered Classics mold, right? (FYI, I put Lockdown and Axor in my Classics collection after the appearance in the Drift comic.)

Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:26 pm

News Credits: 3 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:28 pm

News Credits: 7 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:01 pm

Wow... that's a piece of slag. Even Universe Superion would have made a better Overlord.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:02 pm

This is absolute horsesh*t!! A total disgrace to the G1 giant in every possible sense and one of my grails. The fact that they chose one of the crappiest molds to one of the crappiest films ever spewed by Hollywood still proves that HasTak still has great morons at their marketing tables. WTF seriously?? This disgrace sits along side Classics Galvatron. Christ what the f*ck is next?! :BOOM:

News Credits: 1 · Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:10 pm

Love the color scheme and the head. But considering the head for LSotW had a Greco-Roman inspiration and this head seems to follow suit; it feels odd atop a very samurai body. It isn't very... in-character?

Having said that, this is still a solid figure. If they could swap out the katana and wakizashi with a more western sword and dagger, it would look a lot better.