The Energon Pub

by **gothsaurus** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:42 am

This is a perfect Botcon exclusive. Great color scheme, good mold choice, new character, obscure diaclone homage. So much win. If this comes through for this year, I will gladly pick one up. This will make an excellent addition to the ole Diaclone shelf. Truly excellent.

News Credits: 11 · by **primalxconvoy** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:42 am

I TOLD you more Diaclones were coming to Botcon.

Wait until you see the Waspinators! What does the FOX say?

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:43 am

I like it.

THIS I would go out of my way to get.

So, this is the first botcon 2015 item I'm interested in.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:46 am

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Alternatively he could be called "Screech", after the RotF Mudflap-inspired redeco of the G1 toy.
Screech needs the Crosscut head.

Did Skids ever keep his correct head in the Marvel comics? Maybe Screech, who's technically an alternate universe Skids, could be suffering the same problem :lol:

gothsaurus wrote:This is a perfect Botcon exclusive. Great color scheme, good mold choice, new character, obscure diaclone homage. So much win. If this comes through for this year, I will gladly pick one up. This will make an excellent addition to the ole Diaclone shelf. Truly excellent.

Whoa, let's not get ahead of ourselves: everything is labeled RUMOR for a reason. All we have is a black Diaclone-inspired Gen. Skids, nothing else. Maybe it's indeed for BotCon, maybe it's an abandoned concept (like that Waspinator out of BotCon 2013 Skywarp was).

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:05 am

Nemesis Skids? :-s

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:10 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:This is a perfect Botcon exclusive. Great color scheme, good mold choice, new character, obscure diaclone homage. So much win. If this comes through for this year, I will gladly pick one up. This will make an excellent addition to the ole Diaclone shelf. Truly excellent.

Whoa, let's not get ahead of ourselves: everything is labeled RUMOR for a reason. All we have is a black Diaclone-inspired Gen. Skids, nothing else.

Which is why he said "If this comes through..."

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:29 am

Some have suggested that he could be Flatline.

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:55 am

Sabrblade wrote:Some have suggested that he could be Flatline.

But Flatline is based on Trailcutter not Skids

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:56 am

Sabrblade wrote:Some have suggested that he could be Flatline.

Which one? The closest match would be the IDW one, but he's based on Gen. Trailcutter. Next is the Movie one, from the IDW comics, then there's the one from the Transformers Universe game.

Thing is, all of them are

, though the IDW one turned neutral.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:59 am

leokearon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Some have suggested that he could be Flatline.

But Flatline is based on Trailcutter not Skids

True, but would a black redeco of Trailcutter really be that enticing (or that different from the original)?

And given this is Axiom Nexus we're dealing with here, it wouldn't specifically have to be the IDW G1 universe version of Flatline. For all we know, it could be a Robots in Disguise 2001 universe version of Flatline, or a Unicron Trilogy universe version of Flatline. Or an Aligned universe version of Flatline.

by **gothsaurus** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:32 pm

I definitely like the notion of it being a new character.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:39 pm

More pics - http://www.weibo.com/1999295217/ChHlgfaaB?from=page_1005051999295217_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime#_rnd1431538680186

Man, this thing looks NICE!

No visible insignia, though. :-?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:43 pm

Sabrblade wrote:More pics - http://www.weibo.com/1999295217/ChHlgfaaB?from=page_1005051999295217_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime#_rnd1431538680186

Man, this thing looks NICE!

No visible insignia, though.

That does play into him being IDW Flatline, as he's currently neutral I believe.

I think a comparison is in order:

by **RiddlerJ** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:35 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Who could it be, though?

Who else? Shattered Glass Skids
They'd have to make him veeeeeeeery interesting in his bio if he's just SG Skids.

Stepper at least had a zany deco that was all kinds of cool-looking.

And I'd have kinda preferred a SG Skids to use one of the red decos instead:

Maybe they're saving the red redeco for Hoist.

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by **gothsaurus** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:43 pm

We can only hope!! I've been wanting to do those trailbreaker and hoist repaints for a while now. They look great.

by **Rated X** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:48 pm

It's a CHUG scaled Diaclone, so I must have it. I could care less who Funpub says he is in their comic. It's a shame we cant get Diaclone Bluestreak though. Thats the one deco I want. Have no interest in MP scale though.

by **Ginrai Minor** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:34 pm

Rated X wrote:It's a CHUG scaled Diaclone, so I must have it. I could care less who Funpub says he is in their comic. It's a shame we cant get Diaclone Bluestreak though. Thats the one deco I want. Have no interest in MP scale though.

Yup, classics collections make you crazy like that. I'd pay 100 bucks or a little more for a diaclone Bluestreak if it existed....but I will grab as many obscure decos as possible...I just have missed out on some that have disgustingly inflated prices now.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:36 pm

To follow up from the previous news about an additional BotCon figure, showing the Generations Skids mold in a Trailcutter/breaker-esque / Diaclone Skids redeco, weibo user Lost-Zzl has added a small selection of higher quality photos of the figure. Check them out mirrored below, and let us know your thoughts in the Energon Pub!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:40 pm

With the lack of faction symbols I'm going with new guy from the Diaclone universe to match the box set. I doubt they were just forgotten.

Emerje

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:42 pm

Emerje wrote:With the lack of faction symbols I'm going with new guy from the Diaclone universe to match the box set. I doubt they were just forgotten.

Emerje

Or the neutral-aligned Flatline

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:51 pm

Emerje wrote:With the lack of faction symbols I'm going with new guy from the Diaclone universe to match the box set. I doubt they were just forgotten.

Emerje

Diaclone had no sentient robots at all. Just piloted mechs.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:52 pm

I posted the first story this morning, and my opinion was kinda just an indifferent "huh... neat". But with these new images.... I'm really diggin him. Like REALLY.

Is it accurate to the original Diaclone? I mean, did the Diaclone have a mouth or faceplate?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:55 pm

shajaki wrote:I posted the first story this morning, and my opinion was kinda just an indifferent "huh... neat". But with these new images.... I'm really diggin him. Like REALLY.

Is it accurate to the original Diaclone? I mean, did the Diaclone have a mouth or faceplate?

It mainly depended on the color:

Humanoid Face (Skids)
Blue
Red
Black

Faceplate (Crosscut)
Red
Silver

by **Stryfe Convoy** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:38 pm

I'd buy that in retail. That looks pretty nice.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:56 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Emerje wrote:With the lack of faction symbols I'm going with new guy from the Diaclone universe to match the box set. I doubt they were just forgotten.

Emerje

Diaclone had no sentient robots at all. Just piloted mechs.

In the IDW comics Alpha Trion mentions the "Diaclona Tribe" on Cybertron so the idea of a universe where Cybertron is populated by sentient Diaclones isn't much of a stretch.

Emerje