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Sabrblade wrote:

Bed Bugs wrote:The box set is literally called "Rise of the Predacus"

No it isn't. Kindly read the title of this thread, which is visible at the top every post.

Dawn or rise. Doesn't matter the term. Point being it's the beginning story of the Tripredacus Council, not necessarily the beginning of the Predacon faction.

Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

G.B. Blackrock wrote:

Bed Bugs wrote:I just think that it's very unlikely that a group that is able to combine, especially in a Botcon set, and especially because the combined forms head will be remolded, that we won't see the combiner in action fighting something.

The council isn't going to lower itself to combine with their 2 agents because they enjoy it. They are going to need to do it to fight something that is just as strong.

That's fine. One of my theories is that this isn't set in the "Wings" universe (it might be), but rather the "Beast Wars Uprising" universe. In either universe (but especially in Uprising) it's pretty easy to imagine a scenario where they combine to battle the last remnants of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance that are the Maximals' and Predacons' forebears, thus paving the way for the New Order.

If they used toy colors, I'd be inclined to think it was this new Uprising Universe. I'm thinking Wings Universe since they opted for show colors on the Council.

Also inclined to believe that with Uprising being G1 vs. Beast Wars, that the Ravage in this set wouldn't be working for the Predacons. So again, I'm thinking Wings Universe.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

We've been over this before with someone else, son.

Sky Lynx is not a daggum Silverbolt retool!!!!

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

Skylynx is not a remold. He's 100% new.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Barely different?





Hardly.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

No he won't. Sky Lynx is a new mold.

Wow, now THAT is boring and lazy.

Sabrblade wrote:

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Barely different?





Hardly.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

No he won't. Sky Lynx is a new mold.

So we either have wildly different ideas of what the word "Hardly" means or you're pretty blind given that the only differences I see are a different head and a slightly different chest, Yeah they're pretty different alright

As for Sky Lynx....you may be right about that. I thought when it was announced though they said it was an extensive retool of Silverbolt using the main body (undercarriage) as the base for sky lynx but after looking at it again...yeah I'm not sure. So if you're right then fair enough.

Still sick of the repaints/retools. a few is fine but this is WAY too much. I'm getting Bruticus and Sky Lynx but I may pass on the Optimus Maximus guys and the Wave 6 stuff as well.

Bed Bugs wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bed Bugs wrote:The box set is literally called "Rise of the Predacus"

No it isn't. Kindly read the title of this thread, which is visible at the top every post.

Dawn or rise. Doesn't matter the term. Point being it's the beginning story of the Tripredacus Council, not necessarily the beginning of the Predacon faction.

For what it's worth, on this we agree. I'm not as ready to assume your interpretation of how that comes to pass, but I do agree that this is about the characters who will become the Council, first and foremost.

Wheeljack808 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Barely different?





Hardly.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

No he won't. Sky Lynx is a new mold.

So we either have wildly different ideas of what the word "Hardly" means or you're pretty blind given that the only differences I see are a different head and a slightly different chest, Yeah they're pretty different alright

As for Sky Lynx....you may be right about that. I thought when it was announced though they said it was an extensive retool of Silverbolt using the main body (undercarriage) as the base for sky lynx but after looking at it again...yeah I'm not sure. So if you're right then fair enough.

Still sick of the repaints/retools. a few is fine but this is WAY too much. I'm getting Bruticus and Sky Lynx but I may pass on the Optimus Maximus guys and the Wave 6 stuff as well.

I am SO with Wheeljack808 on this. A new color scheme and head/bits and bobs of the chest do NOT make this wildly different, especially compared to some of the remolds I've seen.

Beast Wars is getting screwed by this.

Experimenting with Cyclonus, you can get sort of a robot lobster thing going, though I think it works better with Cyclonus's mold than Scattorshot's mold (Scattorshot's tail is going to look weird as the lobster's nose).

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Wheeljack808 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wheeljack808 wrote:Doesn't matter whether its out yet or not, its still coming.

Worst of all this is barely different from Scattershot

Barely different?





Hardly.

Wheeljack808 wrote:Also don't forget that Sky Lynx will be a retool of this mold as well (albeit a VERY extensive one)

No he won't. Sky Lynx is a new mold.

So we either have wildly different ideas of what the word "Hardly" means or you're pretty blind given that the only differences I see are a different head and a slightly different chest, Yeah they're pretty different alright

As for Sky Lynx....you may be right about that. I thought when it was announced though they said it was an extensive retool of Silverbolt using the main body (undercarriage) as the base for sky lynx but after looking at it again...yeah I'm not sure. So if you're right then fair enough.

Still sick of the repaints/retools. a few is fine but this is WAY too much. I'm getting Bruticus and Sky Lynx but I may pass on the Optimus Maximus guys and the Wave 6 stuff as well.

I am SO with Wheeljack808 on this. A new color scheme and head/bits and bobs of the chest do NOT make this wildly different, especially compared to some of the remolds I've seen.

Beast Wars is getting screwed by this.

I'm with Sabrblade. The paint apps are vastly different (at least in robot mode).

I dont get it, how are any of these inferior to the effort brought to these sets:

william-james88 wrote:I dont get it, how are any of these inferior to the effort brought to these sets:

Yeah I agree plus William is always right with those bsing some of the best boxsets just look at them...

Sabrblade wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:Can someone fan mode the alt mode it a lobster ish thing

Scattershot's not out yet.

But the silverbolt is XD Its the same mide scattorshot just has remolded parts, some new parts a new head and paint scheme still the same mold but anyway I would like to see some kind of fan mode

All I can, and will, say is this:

In robot mode, Scattershot is just Silverbolt with a new head. It's the vehicle mode that makes the difference between the two. Period. By the by, this leads to further support the theory of the parts being built into the mold from the beginning.

And I'm glad FunPub went with the Scattershot parts, it makes him just that more unique. As for the likeness to Scattershot himself: while they make use similar colors, they're not exact, different in brightness and hues, plus they're in different areas and ratios.

Starsaber468 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:Can someone fan mode the alt mode it a lobster ish thing

Scattershot's not out yet.

But the silverbolt is XD Its the same mide scattorshot just has remolded parts, some new parts a new head and paint scheme still the same mold but anyway I would like to see some kind of fan mode

I really think that is expecting too much. And it never happened before.
What I meant before with my images (thanks for the vote of confidence by the way) was just to show that the previous years were just repaints too, sometimes with new heads. So I dont get why this being repaints is the big negative being taken away.

Would you guys have preffered show accurate colours of the original BW Tripecidus combiner? Would that have even worked?

william-james88 wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:Can someone fan mode the alt mode it a lobster ish thing

Scattershot's not out yet.

But the silverbolt is XD Its the same mide scattorshot just has remolded parts, some new parts a new head and paint scheme still the same mold but anyway I would like to see some kind of fan mode

I really think that is expecting too much. And it never happened before.

Well, there is a minor precedent for a fan mode being "officially" used by Fun Pub. Punch/Counterpunch uses a leg transformation for Punch's robot mode that originated with fans. (That mode has certain difficulties, of course, in not really being able to stand on its own)

What I meant before with my images (thanks for the vote of confidence by the way) was just to show that the previous years were just repaints too, sometimes with new heads. So I dont get why this being repaints is the big negative being taken away.

I know that some folks are newer than others of us, but I really do think that any comments complaining about the fact that club/convention exclusives are (and always have been, and always will be) reused/recolored/retooled molds reflects a failure to understand or respect what is possible with the resources at FunPub's disposal. There's really no excuse not to know by now that this is how things work.

william-james88 wrote:Would you guys have preffered show accurate colours of the original BW Tripecidus combiner? Would that have even worked?

I wouldn't think so, as the combiner never appeared. The similar Tripledacus (as in "triple") did appear in the Beast Wars II anime, but they were nothing more than a stereotypical Mexican mariachi band

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Would you guys have preffered show accurate colours of the original BW Tripecidus combiner? Would that have even worked?

I wouldn't think so, as the combiner never appeared. The similar Tripledacus (as in "triple") did appear in the Beast Wars II anime, but they were nothing more than a stereotypical Mexican mariachi band

And Maximals as well.

Sabrblade wrote:

Genericon #378 wrote:Do we need a Ravage deluxe?

His Beast Wars Metals toy was a Deluxe.

I think that was his point man. We already have that toy.

Still don't agree with the decision to go red. Whether their bodies did glow red or it was bc of the light(with an animation error on the bodies), they were clearly not red when they walked into the room. I would have preferred those colors over bright saturated red.

Time for me to give this thread a break. I can't add anything to it other than negativity. I hate to bash anything BW replayed but this does literally nothing for me. What a bummer.

Wow... Seaclamp looks like he's missing his helmet. Is it possible they photoshopped only one part of the render? Because that head is tiny compared to the teaser image:




The Hot Spot fan modes are awesome. That thing could totally be a lobster and/or scorpion. I'd love to see something to better justify the Scattershot mold choice, official or not.

Doctor McGrath wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Genericon #378 wrote:Do we need a Ravage deluxe?

His Beast Wars Metals toy was a Deluxe.

I think that was his point man. We already have that toy.

By that logic, every BotCon 2006 toy of the same size class (or of comparable size class) as their original BW toy is unneeded.

Doctor McGrath wrote:Still don't agree with the decision to go red. Whether their bodies did glow red or it was bc of the light(with an animation error on the bodies), they were clearly not red when they walked into the room. I would have preferred those colors over bright saturated red.

So, a set of solid dark gray toys, then?

megatronus wrote:Wow... Seaclamp looks like he's missing his helmet.

What helmet?

Sabrblade wrote:

Doctor McGrath wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Genericon #378 wrote:Do we need a Ravage deluxe?

His Beast Wars Metals toy was a Deluxe.

I think that was his point man. We already have that toy.

By that logic, every BotCon 2006 toy of the same size class (or of comparable size class) as their original BW toy is unneeded.

Doctor McGrath wrote:Still don't agree with the decision to go red. Whether their bodies did glow red or it was bc of the light(with an animation error on the bodies), they were clearly not red when they walked into the room. I would have preferred those colors over bright saturated red.

So, a set of solid dark gray toys, then?

Yeah, I was pretty much looking at it from the perspective of, "You know what we don't have? A Ravage that turns into a Lamborghini. Problem solved." Which I wouldn't have thought was a problem before I saw the figure, but afterward, yeah, definitely needed that.

(Still kind of kicking myself for getting the Corvette Ravage but not the Jaguar Ravage.)