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News Credits: 1 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:05 pm

This year's set is weak.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

No new head. Kind of disappointed, but the diving bell head would've been hard to pull off given the clearance restrictions of the mold.

I'm surprised it's shattered glass. The colours are fairly accurate to his G1 self.

Not as excited as I was when first seeing the mold, but he'll be a welcome addition to my collection nonetheless.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:10 pm

Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:11 pm

definitely not nearly as sad at missing out on this guy as I could have been.

News Credits: 32 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:21 pm

SG Octopunch: Friend to ducks everwhere.

This is really pathetic. I mean he looks barely any different from Seaspray. It looks like some lazy custom someone threw together in one night.

News Credits: 1082 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:25 pm

I think it looks good for a repaint with no remold. I would have liked a remold though. Better choice for Octopunch is still the PCC commander.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:01 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.

What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

News Credits: 767 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:05 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:12 pm

Am I the only one here who's getting tired of shattered glass? One botcon of it was enough, lets move along now. I'd honestly be okay with an octopunch figure, even a straight repaint of seaspray, but why shattered glass?

Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:26 pm

I was excited... for this. Very much disappointed, will I ever find a decent Classics Octopunch someday?

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:43 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.

Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments? :lol:

Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:47 pm

Did Octopunch have some strange rivalry with Quickswitch? Why does he have his colors :???:

*released the same year maybe?"

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:51 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.

Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments?

Rampage and Divebomb aren't repurposed toys.

And Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing don't have toys.

Though, I also forgot to mention Ratchet.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:10 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.

Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments?
Rampage and Divebomb aren't repurposed toys.

And Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing don't have toys.

Though, I also forgot to mention Ratchet.

Ok, Ok, I concede >:oP

Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:11 pm

If they wanted to do a Decepticon Pretender, I think Submarauder or Finback would've been better since they transformed into aquatic vehicles. There is nothing here in either mode that really connects to Octopunch.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:13 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:If they wanted to do a Decepticon Pretender, I think Submarauder or Finback would've been better since they transformed into aquatic vehicles. There is nothing here in either mode that really connects to Octopunch.

There's already a Shattered Glass Submarauder. He's a Micromaster (Mini-con redeco toy, though).

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:24 pm

Wow, what a disapointment.

Looks like this years sets gonna be cheap to pick up on ebay after the con it seems.

As for last years thundercracker, he is done in the Actionmaster Euro exclusive deco that came with a exo suit\jet which you guys in the 'States never got, same with Slicer who originally came with a battery operated chariot/exosuit. Got my boxed one signed by the voice actor round here some where.

News Credits: 226 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:35 pm

Neurie wrote:Looks like this years sets gonna be cheap to pick up on ebay after the con it seems.

nah, between blind faithing fanboys and a market that is use to elevated prices, it won't change.

News Credits: 1452 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:51 pm

Why are two penguins facing each other?

I'm done.

:BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 7 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:55 pm

They're not penguins, they're duckies. Trufax.

Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:24 pm

AH HA!!! I knew that Decepticon symbol looked red, Jelze! So, SG Octopunch eh? Interesting concept, but it would have been nice had they changed the head sculpt.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:33 pm

El Duque wrote:I'm cool with this since my Sea Spray mold has been displaced by iGear's Spray.

FracturedKoi wrote:Am I the only one here who's getting tired of shattered glass? One botcon of it was enough, lets move along now. I'd honestly be okay with an octopunch figure, even a straight repaint of seaspray, but why shattered glass?

Jeez what an upset for most fans it seems on Octopunch. My true Seaspray is iGear's cuz I couldn't get over that lame HFTD rep. But Deep Dive was awesome for this mold and he's just bad-ass transporting Hailstorm in alt mode.

IMO it has been a hit and miss with this years BOTCON set but better to have figures that are SG and classics/generations molds than another crappy Animated set like last years. Knowing my luck now watch next years be Animated molds again so there it is. But I can't imagine what this Octopunch will go for in price but I wouldn't give 2 bits for this...'nuff said! :VEHI: