Sabrblade wrote:Rated X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Rated X wrote:Isnt the whole idea behind Botcon repaints to give fans obscure characters that Hasbro/Takara wont ?
Toys Hasbro/Takara won't? Yes. Only obscure toys? Not necessarily.
And this wouldn't be a Classics version of Megatron. It would be just a brand new Megatron in and of itself, like how the Megatrons of Beast Wars, RID 2001, Armada/Energon/Cybertron, the movies, Animated, and Prime all were.
The Club doesn't cater specifically to Classics collectors. That's never been its main priority.
I respectfully disagree. Almost everything Funpub has released since 2005
Lemme stop ya right there for a sec. Classics didn't come out until 2006, and during which time it was just a filler line made to buy time for the upcoming movie toys and not meant to continue past 2007 (this is why the BotCon 2007 set was a means to finish off the Classics line). Fun Pub's first exclusives were in 2005 (like you said), which was before Classics even existed. So what exactly was Fun Pub trying to do at the time back then when Classics neither existed nor was meant to be as big as it would become a few years later?
Still "Classics" in a sense, by the sheer argument the 2005 and 2006 were still based on the whole G1 universe, despite not being called "Classics". G1 characters still got updated (Fallback, Deszaras, Ironhide and Ratchet), and were expanded upon, most notably showing pre-Beast Wars forms in the 2006 set.
As a matter of fact, many G1 characters got new forms or alternate universe counterparts for BotCon ever since FunPub took the helm. 3H took to inventing new and original (meaning they lack a base character, thus don't homage anyone) characters each year, except for:
- 2001 Arcee
- 2001 Tigatron
- 2002 Cyclonus
- 2003 Sideswipe & Sunstreaker
Do note, that this shouldn't be taken as FunPub catering to Classics-collectors exclusively, otherwise we wouldn't have the Animated, Shattered Glass and soon the Beast Wars: Uprising figures. BotCon offers more than just updates of G1(-based) characters that Hasbro will not touch.
The resident Rewind... well, half of one
- Jelze Bunnycat =:3
Looking for:
- TR Furos (Hardhead's head) and Crashbash (lost him
)
- PotP Punch head
- TR Galvatron right arm (the gun one)
- CW Brake-Neck/UW Wildrider, CW Offroad
- TR Twinferno & Grotusque
- Greenlight, Lancer and PotP Elita-1 (plus repro Victorion hands and feet?)