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News Credits: 251 · Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:17 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?
I dunno. The person who posted it (also for fun) didn't say.

Well, it would explain why his head isn't Megatron-y. :lol:

News Credits: 241 · Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:17 pm

Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?

EDIT: It is Burcham, just saw the signature on the last panel. The image seems to be titled MWPrequel. Are you sure it's not going to be part of the comic?

Well played FunPub. Well played.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:26 pm

Va'al wrote:EDIT: It is Burcham, just saw the signature on the last panel. The image seems to be titled MWPrequel. Are you sure it's not going to be part of the comic?

That's what the guy who posted it said.

Unless he was trying to throw us off.

Either way, I'll make no assumptions until official confirmation says one or the other.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:18 pm

SNAP!

I didn't realize it at the time because he was using a screenname, but the person who posted the pic originally was Josh Burcham himself.

But, as I said, it's just a pic made for fun, rather than official.

Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:25 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?
I dunno. The person who posted it (also for fun) didn't say.

Well, it would explain why his head isn't Megatron-y.

This production sample makes the head look more Megatron-y than ever. I still see Dreadwing when I look at this guy, but he looks more like an original character than he did during the first reveal.

Much as I hate to admit it, Megaplex is starting to appeal to me...

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:58 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Also, this particular Tweet seems very mysterious - https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/344110441900953600
Megaplex and his clone army will look very sharp displayed together. Megaplex, Skywarp, XXXX and XXXX all will be revealed at #BotCon2013
We know one of those is Thundercracker, but the other one is new.

I'm hoping for Thundercracker and a Dirge in Waspy colors from that mold.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:59 am

gothsaurus wrote:hey xyl360.... pics or it never happened.

Seriously, would love to see a pic of the customs you did. It's... well... KINDA pertinent.

Here you go:

Sorry the camera on my phone kinda sucks, but it's all I got.

Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:23 am

hmm... really needs more paint in robot mode.

Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:13 am

Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

:grin:

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:20 am

gothsaurus wrote:Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

He added the purple. The chest piece is of the original Beast Machines toy. The Japanese version retained the retooling done for Universe Nemesis Strika, which added an

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:23 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

He added the purple. The chest piece is of the original Beast Machines toy. The Japanese version retained the retooling done for Universe Nemesis Strika, which added an

Bingo

!

I purpled her up, that's all

. Not one of my most extensive customs/repaints, but she works well enough for my purposes.

Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:26 am

Yeah, that shade of purple does look really nice.

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:27 pm

Courtesy of the BotCon Twitter account, we have production sample images of the final figure from this year's convention exclusive Machine Wars: Termination box set: Hoist. Check out the mirrored images below!

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:31 pm

FunPub, you're not fooling anyone: it's Electro painted black. But I still like him.

Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:37 pm

Okay, if we don't see a gold repaint of this, I'll be really disgruntled. >:oP

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:29 pm

Too bad.

This makes a better Trailbreaker than the upcoming Trailcutter.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

DIfferent head than what we saw previously. I'm not sure I like it better though. come on Electro repaint!

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:51 pm

Two eyes instead of a visor. Weird.

And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their leisure, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

News Credits: 251 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:57 pm

Obvious Electro is obvious.

I like this head better than the preproduction, photoshopped one.

Like I said before, because of the recent production samples, I'm more inclined to like the set. Skywarp still needs a better mold, though. >:oP

News Credits: 241 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:57 pm

Sabrblade wrote:And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their expensive, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

Whoa, somebody got off the wrong side of the bed. :shock:

Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:01 pm

Curious to see if a head swap is possible. Might buy an extra and Trailbreaker-cize him. LOL.

Still, looks good. Can't complain about a black Botcon figure or a nice head sculpt... or a G2 Electro repaint, which I'm sure we can bank on. (plus maybe that yellow dude... uh.... Hubcap... and/or Tow Line, who could go on a shelf with the TFCC Side Burn and SkyByte.) I'm thinking this mold will turn out to be a good choice for the convention.

All things considered, I'll be really disappointed if we don't see a Mirage and Prowl. That's an underused mold and would be some decent looking figures. They could even throw out an insane G2 version as well, ha ha ha. :DANCE:

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:02 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their expensive, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

Whoa, somebody got off the wrong side of the bed.

Agreed. Now I actually do feel like bitching about this guy not having the right head.

But I can't, because it reminds me of how Soundwave's noggin was drawn in Marvel U.S. #10, an issue with a special place in my heart. Oh, and non-GPS Electro repaint FTW! C'mon 3rd party light-up sword upgrade!