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News Credits: 4 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:40 am

the swordfish shark dude from on the japanese bw series might be good.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:56 am

craggy wrote:the swordfish shark dude from on the japanese bw series might be good.

Sharp Edge? I have him, he's fun

Just read Pete's tweet and we have 5 Knights, 5 Pirates and a Decepticon Rogue to guess (one member has said it could be Axor). The Troop Builders I know will be called Maraudicons, as those were (a) Cannonball's troops in the Wings Universe

And I already have an idea for BH Knock Out: a G2 colored Mirage. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:14 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:the swordfish shark dude from on the japanese bw series might be good.

Sharp Edge? I have him, he's fun

Just read Pete's tweet and we have 5 Knights, 5 Pirates and a Decepticon Rogue to guess (one member has said it could be Axor). The Troop Builders I know will be called Maraudicons, as those were (a) Cannonball's troops in the Wings Universe

And I already have an idea for BH Knock Out: a G2 colored Mirage.

What's your reasoning for wanting a G2 Mirage made out of BH Knock Out?

News Credits: 241 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:21 am

njb902 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:the swordfish shark dude from on the japanese bw series might be good.

Sharp Edge? I have him, he's fun

Just read Pete's tweet and we have 5 Knights, 5 Pirates and a Decepticon Rogue to guess (one member has said it could be Axor). The Troop Builders I know will be called Maraudicons, as those were (a) Cannonball's troops in the Wings Universe

And I already have an idea for BH Knock Out: a G2 colored Mirage.

What's your reasoning for wanting a G2 Mirage made out of BH Knock Out?

This pictorial

News Credits: 1 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:25 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
njb902 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:the swordfish shark dude from on the japanese bw series might be good.

Sharp Edge? I have him, he's fun

Just read Pete's tweet and we have 5 Knights, 5 Pirates and a Decepticon Rogue to guess (one member has said it could be Axor). The Troop Builders I know will be called Maraudicons, as those were (a) Cannonball's troops in the Wings Universe

And I already have an idea for BH Knock Out: a G2 colored Mirage.

What's your reasoning for wanting a G2 Mirage made out of BH Knock Out?

This pictorial

I can see where you're coming from now. That could work, I don't know if I'd get it, but it's far from a bad idea.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:48 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Another question: should we limit ourselves to Animated, Prime and Generations molds exclusively? Some Beast Wars molds can also be used, as Ultra Mammoth and Thrustinator have shown. If anything, Transmetals 1 and 2 would be perfect.

Don't forget the certain ROTF, 2010, and DOTM molds the club can use.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:53 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Another question: should we limit ourselves to Animated, Prime and Generations molds exclusively? Some Beast Wars molds can also be used, as Ultra Mammoth and Thrustinator have shown. If anything, Transmetals 1 and 2 would be perfect.
Don't forget the certain ROTF, 2010, and DOTM molds the club can use.

Those too... in short, no shortage of molds there. :lol:

Can't wait for Cannonball's reveal in the upcoming issue, the mold alone should be interesting enough.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:31 am

This just popped into my head, with the molds for movie Highbrow and RTS Lugnut for the henchmen.

News Credits: 1452 · Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:23 pm

Probably "Knights" of Cybertron, as in members of the Lost Light. Maybe..

Rodimus remold from RID Vehicon
Rung from Animated Prowl
Red Alert from RID Smokescreen
Drift from RID Wheeljack
Ratchet from Gen Perceptor

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:18 pm

Blurrz wrote:Probably "Knights" of Cybertron, as in members of the Lost Light. Maybe..

Rodimus remold from RID Vehicon
Rung from Animated Prowl
Red Alert from RID Smokescreen
Drift from RID Wheeljack
Ratchet from Gen Perceptor

But those guys aren't the Knights of Cybertron. They're looking for them.

And with this theme being so original it would a prime opportunity to create all new characters.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Sabrblade wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Probably "Knights" of Cybertron, as in members of the Lost Light. Maybe..

Rodimus remold from RID Vehicon
Rung from Animated Prowl
Red Alert from RID Smokescreen
Drift from RID Wheeljack
Ratchet from Gen Perceptor
But those guys aren't the Knights of Cybertron. They're looking for them.

Plot twist: by searching for the Knights of Cybertron, they fulfill the prophecy and become the Knights of Cybertron.

News Credits: 15 · Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:07 pm

Mkall wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Probably "Knights" of Cybertron, as in members of the Lost Light. Maybe..

Rodimus remold from RID Vehicon
Rung from Animated Prowl
Red Alert from RID Smokescreen
Drift from RID Wheeljack
Ratchet from Gen Perceptor
But those guys aren't the Knights of Cybertron. They're looking for them.

Plot twist: by searching for the Knights of Cybertron, they fulfill the prophecy and become the Knights of Cybertron.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:37 pm

Seemed like an interest twist... till we got Shyamalam'd.

News Credits: 6 · Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:52 am

Mkall wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Probably "Knights" of Cybertron, as in members of the Lost Light. Maybe..

Rodimus remold from RID Vehicon
Rung from Animated Prowl
Red Alert from RID Smokescreen
Drift from RID Wheeljack
Ratchet from Gen Perceptor
But those guys aren't the Knights of Cybertron. They're looking for them.

Plot twist: by searching for the Knights of Cybertron, they fulfill the prophecy and become the Knights of Cybertron.

Doesn't Drift actually say that's how he expects it to end in one issue?

News Credits: 462 · Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:20 am

One BotCon 2014 figure confirmed: Cannonball is Prime RID Deluxe Ratchet with a new head based on the Cybertron character.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:38 am

I'm starting to get excited about this set now. This might be the first BotCon set I buy. Not to say this is the first BotCon set I've WANTED - I'd like to have all of them if I could - but this might be the first one I'm willing to shell out the $$ for.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:26 am

Having finally gotten my TCC magazine issue #55, it sounds like all/most of the TFs in Cannonball's crew will be former members of Squadron X. So, not so much pirates as "old Marvel G1 characters who had no toys" like Straxus and Jhiaxus were.

I think it's pretty safe to say that Tornado will another toy.

News Credits: 6 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:52 am

Sabrblade wrote:Having finally gotten my TCC magazine issue #55, it sounds like all/most of the TFs in Cannonball's crew will be former members of Squadron X. So, not so much pirates as "old Marvel G1 characters who had no toys" like Straxus and Jhiaxus were.

Okay, so then, for reference:

Macabre - Purple, fairly robust build with flying alternate mode.
Tornado - Silvery, blue, thin build - presumably turns into something fast?
Fang - Big green blocky brick of a guy with a pile-driver fist, and covered in spikes.
Earthquake - Red dozer-bladed vehicle of some sort.
Triton - Green and gold with what sounds like a slimy personality and aquatic alternate mode.
Ferak - White air-warrior, alt looks like a flying wing type thing.
Crosscut - Gold and green aerial gunship type thing?

I'd be very confident that Ferak could be done from the Thrilling 30 Megatron/Dreadwing bomber body. Fang seems like he could be made from TF:Prime Breakdown, though it's hard to imagine Hasbro adding all the distinctive spikes.

Of course, I'm also looking at my Predacon shelf, and oddly seeing:
Predaking => Macabre (wings and spikes in the right places)
Ripclaw (or Bakudora) => Fang (the toy does have spikes and fangs)
Grimwing & Blackbeak => Earthquake & Triton?
Vertebreak => Crosscut
Skystalker => Ferak/Tornado

News Credits: 462 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:46 am

Additional pics of their Marvel designs:

Macabre:

Tornado:

Fang:

Earthquake:

Triton:

Ferak:

The guy who Ferak's robot mode in IDW was based on:

Crosscut:

News Credits: 6 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:01 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Additional pics of their Marvel designs:

Macabre:

I take it back, Macabre looks more like Bakudora than like Predaking. And he looks a LOT like Bakudora.

Big cannon, the wings are molded the same way, spikes in the same general places...

News Credits: 462 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:25 pm

Some are clamoring for Macabre to be made from Generations Black Shadow:

News Credits: 6 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:32 pm

I don't actually have a copy of photoshop, but here's a quick color map I did in PowerPoint, based on that first image you provided:

Slapdash Macabre.jpg

And for kicks:

Slapdash Macabre White.jpg

News Credits: 4 · Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:41 pm

Black Shadow's not bad, but I like Bakudora as Macabre. Very nice. Well...horribly ugly actually, but, accurate.

News Credits: 251 · Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:38 pm

I dunno... I kinda like Black Shadow as Macabre, but that's just me.

News Credits: 23 · Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:41 pm

I'm shocked they didn't use the BH design of Ratchet for Cannonball. I think a super-van with a huge-ass turbine on it's back would've been a more fun design of Cannonball.