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News Credits: 9 · Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:06 pm

Tomarts action Figure digest magazine has revealed the look of the BotCon 2008 Shattered glass Box and now the collector's club has officially released the image!

http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08figures.cfm

*Edited for new information.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:22 pm

I saw one of those last week, the boxart looks great! I can't wait to get mine.

To bad all the pictures inside of the magazine are all angles we have seen though.

News Credits: 129 · Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:23 pm

I'll check to see if we can news this...

News Credits: 10 · Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:32 pm

Counterpunch wrote:I'll check to see if we can news this...

In the TFW2005 thread, Pete@Botcon spoke out against it. He said magazine scans should not be posted.

News Credits: 972 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:29 am

Lapse Of Reason wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:I'll check to see if we can news this...

In the TFW2005 thread, Pete@Botcon spoke out against it. He said magazine scans should not be posted.

Which is odd, seeing as its not a TFCC owned Publication, just a general toy magazine...

Unless Tomarts didnt have permission to print them in the first place.

Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:02 am

Now, thats a nice looking box.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:07 am

i_amtrunks wrote:
Lapse Of Reason wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:I'll check to see if we can news this...

In the TFW2005 thread, Pete@Botcon spoke out against it. He said magazine scans should not be posted.

Which is odd, seeing as its not a TFCC owned Publication, just a general toy magazine...

Unless Tomarts didnt have permission to print them in the first place.

I don't think he can do anything about it. Besides, it was front paged at TFW2005.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:53 am

I never meant for these to bring anger or disapproval. I apologize to anyone who is disappointed that I posted these. I only had good intentions.

Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:46 pm

And we appreciate it....I am drooling to get my boxed set now...only a week and a half away!!!!

Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:24 pm

I want this so bad....

News Credits: 10 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:24 pm

Optimist_Prime wrote:I never meant for these to bring anger or disapproval. I apologize to anyone who is disappointed that I posted these. I only had good intentions.

I'm glad you did. I saw it at TFW and was about to reprt it here until I saw you beat me to it.

Cool box art. Very dark. I like it.

News Credits: 972 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:50 pm

Optimist_Prime wrote:I never meant for these to bring anger or disapproval. I apologize to anyone who is disappointed that I posted these. I only had good intentions.

No anger or disapproval from us here at all.
Thankyou for posting the images for the members here.

The only anger is coming from the Botcon people, and if they dont want people to see previews of their stuff, perhaps they shouldn't let other toy magazines print their pictures?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:46 am

i_amtrunks wrote:
Optimist_Prime wrote:I never meant for these to bring anger or disapproval. I apologize to anyone who is disappointed that I posted these. I only had good intentions.

No anger or disapproval from us here at all.
Thankyou for posting the images for the members here.

The only anger is coming from the Botcon people, and if they dont want people to see previews of their stuff, perhaps they shouldn't let other toy magazines print their pictures?

Thank you, that makes me feel a little better about how this all went down.

News Credits: 1082 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:27 am

I'm not sure they are angry, but they are right, magazines cannot be scanned and shared on the internet, it is against the publication laws. If they could why would anyone go buy a magazine? They's just take turns ponying up the dough, and then post the magazine online.

Sharing it where not everyone can see it unless they make a purchase of the magazine--or know the person who bought the magazine and look his/hers-- is one thing, buying it and sharing it for millions to see--people who might have bought it on their own-- that is the part I think is being poo-pooed.

News Credits: 32 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:31 am

Very dark. I can't wait till BotCon.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:18 pm

It's official now:

http://www.botcon.com/botcon08/08figures.cfm

FunPub has the images posted on their site.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:25 pm

Awesome

News Credits: 1014 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:29 pm

This is one set of figures that I was not, and am still not, able to buy that may haunt me the rest of my days.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:32 pm

First Gen wrote:This is one set of figures that I was not, and am still not, able to buy that may haunt me the rest of my days.

Good thing that they didn't include a 'Ghost of Starscream' figure.

News Credits: 1082 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:43 pm

Edited first post with official image and link, as well as, the news post.

Looks great! Not hard to tell that it is Milne.

Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:09 pm

I thought DonFig was doing the art this time around?

Looks dramatic whoever drew it.

News Credits: 337 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:45 pm

That boxart is pretty wicked, who ever drew it did a awesome job.

News Credits: 3646 · Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:02 pm

Just for the record, we shouldn't be posting pictures from American toy magazines of items that those magazines have exclusive access to. Hasbro and/or Fun Publications give exclusive access to those maagazines to help boost magazine sales. Time after time we have been contacted by magazines such as Toy Fare to remove scanned images that have been posted on Seibertron.com.