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News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:13 pm

I like it.

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:39 pm

worth the weight

News Credits: 5 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:59 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Agreed. People get sick. Family issues. That stuff always comes first. We shouldn't get venomous without knowing what happened.

After all, it's just a buncha toys.

Overuse of icons! Woohoo.

But FunPub is notorious for making "promises" and then backpedaling... I wouldn't be bothered if this happened once in a blue moon, but it's very consistant. And for a company that has been putting on TWO conventions for over a decade, this is ridiculous... if you said you're going to do a weekly reveal, do a weekly reveal. If you can't commit to that then do surprise reveals. We're already 2 days "late" because of an Easter egg gimmick that takes 7 minutes to film, a few minutes to add text and music to, and a few more to upload. If you can't make a simple video, then just upload the stock photos...
My problem with them is not that I don't get to see a figure right away (I couldn't care less about that), but more of their awful business practices. Somebody really needs to kick Pete out of the social media chair... he's always saying "this will happen then" and then provides some excuse as to why they couldn't deliver on time. It's exhausting. They're almost as bad as Glenn... at least he tried

News Credits: 54 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:14 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:worth the weight

Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:15 pm

Someone on the news crew wrote this article? >:oP

Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:15 pm

Ummmm....

Shouldnt we be getting the new reveal instead of pics of last weeks reveal ?

I was under the impression that sll 5 "egg" videos were filmed at once and would be released every week ?

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:18 pm

shockblast2 wrote:Someone on the news crew wrote this article?

Yes, and believe it or not, it was FunPub that was (almost a week) late with putting up Battletrap's page. Trust me, I checked.

Still, better late than never >:oP

News Credits: 293 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:20 pm

shockblast2 wrote:Someone on the news crew wrote this article?

Since it's news, yeah it was written up as news. That's shocking? So far all there is (of Battletrap) is our gallery teaser and screencaps of the video. Not sure why anyone would complain about this.

Rated X wrote:Shouldn't we be getting the new reveal instead of pics of last weeks reveal ?

Can't control how and when FunPub releases things. But there's *supposedly* a new reveal video slated for today.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:28 pm

shajaki wrote:
Rated X wrote:Shouldn't we be getting the new reveal instead of pics of last weeks reveal ?
Can't control how and when FunPub releases things. But there's *supposedly* a new reveal video slated for today.

I just hope they don't release it during Prime Time, I'm not staying up till 3 am CET.

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:31 pm

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News Credits: 6188 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:40 pm

Via their official Twitter account, the team at BotCon have announced their third character in the exclusive event box set 'Cybertron's Most Wanted'. Joining Packrat and Battletrap, we take a look at the toy in the orange egg - The Loose Cannon! To find out who the latest addition is, check out the embedded video below.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:44 pm

HAH! Called it, SO Called it! :DANCE:

News Credits: 293 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:45 pm

Huh. I don't follow Botcon fiction, but how does a SG character fit in with those guys?

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:50 pm

Meh, close enough to Ricochet.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:54 pm

shajaki wrote:Huh. I don't follow Botcon fiction, but how does a SG character fit in with those guys?

If you watched the whole video, you'd hear his bio and how he came in Axiom Nexus, where the story takes place.

And slight correction on my call: it's the same inspiration I was right on, but of course, FunPub had to decide to throw a curve-ball and make them separate characters.
So that would mean that the flashback from the BotCon 2012 comic was this guy, and not the other... :-?

News Credits: 9 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:55 pm

So by most wanted, are they actually trying to make a team with these guys, or is it simply going to be, "hey we were asked for these, so here you go."?

Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:57 pm

It's a bit of a surprise, but I have to say... any use of the Jazz mold (and any addition to the SG cast) ... I'm quite pleased with. I'm liking all three so far. :-?

News Credits: 293 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:03 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
shajaki wrote:Huh. I don't follow Botcon fiction, but how does a SG character fit in with those guys?
If you watched the whole video, you'd hear his bio and how he came in Axiom Nexus, where the story takes place.

Ah! Watched it on mute so's not to disturb the wife and her stories :lol:

Who ordered the screencaps?

News Credits: 656 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:06 pm

SG Stepper - whatever. As good as that mold is, and it is really good, it's time to calm down with the uses of it. What is this, number 9?

Just to be a total hypocrite, repaint number 10 of Nightstick is pretty cool. But again, more blue. Blue everywhere.

Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:11 pm

SG Ricochet ? How lame. This has gotta be the dud of the set. If it gets any worse im out. Ill just by the duocons on ebay and save shelf space.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:14 pm

And the BotCon 2012 reference is right here:

Sure it's a retcon, but eh, it works.

ScottyP wrote:SG Stepper - whatever. As good as that mold is, and it is really good, it's time to calm down with the uses of it. What is this, number 9?

1. RtS Special Ops Jazz
2. United Autobot Jazz
3. BotCon 2012 SG Treadshot (alternate head)
4. BotCon 2012 Kick-Over
5. BotCon 2012 Longarm
6. United Stepper
7. Generations Ultimate Gift Set Autobot Jazz
8. SG Stepper

Just to be a total hypocrite, repaint number 10 of Nightstick is pretty cool. But again, more blue. Blue everywhere.

Number 12

News Credits: 123 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:21 pm

SG

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:26 pm

ScottyP wrote:SG Stepper - whatever. As good as that mold is, and it is really good, it's time to calm down with the uses of it. What is this, number 9?

Generations G2 Jazz is the best use of the mold [-(

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:37 pm

Knew it would be a red Jazz, but did not see them coming with making it a different character from the already established SG Ricochet. So now the G1 guy gets two SG universe counterparts.

Upon revealing the name, at first I was like "HUH?!"

But after seeing the robot mode deco, and hearing the bio, I am interested.

Of particular note is something the bio mentioned about a run in with some GoBots that led Stepper to be sent to Axiom Nexus. This bit of info actually refers to some apocryphal Club fiction. I say "apocryphal" because the story it alluded to has yet to be released. Back at BotCon 2013, the TCC Raoundtable Panel had announced a new text story that was to be called "Spatiotemporal Challengers", written by Andrew Hall, and illustrated by Hayato Sakamoto. This story would have focused on the GoBots who had previously appeared in the TCC prose story "Withered Hope", as that story had left the GoBots plot thread dangling and unfinished. From what little has been said about this story, it was to have had the GoBots having some adventure that would have led them to the SG universe, which we see here being alluded to in this Stepper toy's bio. But as of this typing, the story has still not been released. But hopefully this bio's alluding to it could be a sign of its finally getting put online to read.

Although, I get the feeling that the "Most Wanted" double-meaning title doesn't refer to this guy being "wanted" by the fans (like Packrat and Battletrap were), but instead "wanted" to be made by the Club itself. So this one figure could be seen as the Club throwing itself a bone for a little harmless indulgence. And it really is harmless since, come on, this thing does still look really cool, so it's not like we're getting shafted here as we're still getting a cool-looking figure out of this.

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:40 pm

Sabrblade wrote: come on, this thing does still look really cool, so it's not like we're getting shafted here since we're still getting a cool-looking figure out of this.

I disagree, it looks like a cheap redeco, even by the clubs standards. There's nothing special about him besides he's SG.