The Energon Pub

News Credits: 129 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:43 pm

Go here for details and download:
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon10/disneybrochure.pdf

Spark, Clench, Streetwise, Breakdown, and most importantly Skybyte will make up the box set.

Set cost is $305 for Club members, $375 for non-members.

At BotCon 2010, an Autobot will step forward to lead this NEW
Generation! The Autobot SPARK, as he is called by those closest to
him, was the first in this new Generation. Alongside SPARK is the
Protectobot STREETWISE who doesn’t know when to quit. He has
definitely received an upgrade from Generation 1 including an all new
color scheme!
Not to be outdone, the Decepticons have their own “next generation” as
well led by CLENCH, a con with an outlaw attitude, and with Stunticon
help from the always suspicious BREAKDOWN. The Decepticons are
ready to take the war to a whole new level! And now, they have found
just the robot to help them do it!
The Predacon General SKYBYTE has discovered a way to refine a
mysterious substance known as Forestonite. By itself, the substance is
harmless. But SKYBYTE has found a way to manipulate its properties,
and the Decepticons are all to eager to use it on... themselves? What
does this substance do and what effects will it have on the Transformers?
All will be revealed this summer at BotCon 2010.

News Credits: 487 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:49 pm

So I guess this is where we start guessing on the toys being used on the three characters we don't know about.

Streetwise = Classics Prowl
Clench = ?
Sky Byte = Energon Sharkticon

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:11 pm

:)

News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:30 pm

Awesome. I hope this comes back around to the Massachusetts/New England area sometime in the next few years.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:32 pm

Finally some INFORMATION!!!!!!!!

Bravo Cp...I forsee a cold beverage in your future!!!

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:26 pm

So, general admission is only on Saturday and Sunday? I can't tell what events are happening on those days.

And what about the dinner? Is that free or not?

Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:30 pm

Ha Ha! I knew Clench was gonna be one of the exclusives.

Somebody suggested that, most likely, the Onslaught mold will be used.

News Credits: 16 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:51 pm

Glad the order forms aren't up. That leaves me time to think about which ticket to get - the one with the toy set or not. :-?

News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:52 pm

Yeah, if Clench-lossus isn't Onslaught, I can't think of any recent mold that would make sense, since they certainly won't do another 'con repaint of Classics Optimus.

Though if Animated molds were allowed to bleed in, Bulkhead would fit the bill, or Ultra Magnus, whose vehicle mode seems likely inspired by the original Pyro.

Animated molds in blinding G2 colors: why let KOs hog that market?

I'm a tad disappointed that R.I.D. Skybite is being somewhat nonsensically included instead the Cybertronian army finally getting some overdue toys. Maybe we'll get a Jhiaxus, Rook, or Mindset, but not in the box. I'm just not following the R.I.D. connection here: because like G2, it sported Combaticons in strange colors, Spychangers/Gobots, and the Laser Optimus Prime mold? Not that the toys will disappoint, but I'm just not getting the angle of this Botcon's stab at a storyline. Am I missing somthing?

News Credits: 104 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:11 pm

Well there goes BotCon for me. Just too darn expensive to attend.

News Credits: 23 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:27 pm

SkyByte we all know what that mold will be, yeah for E Sharkticon mold. Love it!! Can't wait to see how he looks. And I guess I'm the only one not wanting Clench from Onslaught. I want Clench from RiD Scourge! :grin:

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Oddly enough, I'm most excited by Streetwise for some reason.

Can't wait to see more.

News Credits: 5749 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm

I'll be glad when they finally get the registration up!

News Credits: 609 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:21 pm

So, did they cut the size of the customizing classes in half?

Great, that makes things even harder.

News Credits: 97 · Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:26 pm

Sabrblade wrote:So, general admission is only on Saturday and Sunday? I can't tell what events are happening on those days.

And what about the dinner? Is that free or not?

General Admission gets you into the convention center on Saturday and Sunday. This gives you access to the Sales Room, autograph lines, and (i think) the Panels. As for which events are taking place at which times on those days, you will have to check the schedule at the convention for that.

General Admission is not allowed to attend the Saturday Night Dinner. Only Primus Package holders and their Minicons. No Protoforms or General Admissions.

News Credits: 20 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:40 am

Savage wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, general admission is only on Saturday and Sunday? I can't tell what events are happening on those days.

And what about the dinner? Is that free or not?

General Admission gets you into the convention center on Saturday and Sunday. This gives you access to the Sales Room, autograph lines, and (i think) the Panels. As for which events are taking place at which times on those days, you will have to check the schedule at the convention for that.

General Admission is not allowed to attend the Saturday Night Dinner. Only Primus Package holders and their Minicons. No Protoforms or General Admissions.

I attended the dinner in 2008 as an Iacon attendee. I'm sure it has to be either of those to attend.

News Credits: 3649 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:35 am

This sealed the deal. I just dug through my containers of boxed Transformers to find my MIB stickers unapplied Spark and Colossus (aka Pyro and Clench) to do galleries. It's funny how I own all of the G1 Transformers (minus a few remaining European and Japanese exclusives) and want to do galleries of all of them, yet only do galleries of the G1 figures generally when they become relevant again. This strategy has brought me to more and more of those figures that I didn't expect to do in the natural progression of galleries over the years. Glad that I have an excuse to do Pyro and Clench finally.

Here's hoping that this Pyro figure, that has never been transformed or removed from its packaging, doesn't suffer too badly from GPS. Keep your fingers crossed. I just want to do a gallery of him. I don't care if he breaks later down the road as long as I've got pics of him in perfect condition.

News Credits: 97 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:37 am

Flux Convoy wrote:
Savage wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, general admission is only on Saturday and Sunday? I can't tell what events are happening on those days.

And what about the dinner? Is that free or not?

General Admission gets you into the convention center on Saturday and Sunday. This gives you access to the Sales Room, autograph lines, and (i think) the Panels. As for which events are taking place at which times on those days, you will have to check the schedule at the convention for that.

General Admission is not allowed to attend the Saturday Night Dinner. Only Primus Package holders and their Minicons. No Protoforms or General Admissions.

I attended the dinner in 2008 as an Iacon attendee. I'm sure it has to be either of those to attend.

Um...Iacon is the non-attending package.

News Credits: 17 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:24 am

. . .so. . .energon skybyte is gonna be a botcon exclusive. . . :BOOM:

EDIT:ooh AND a posable repaint for clench too?! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1452 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:30 am

cannonfodder4000 wrote:. . .so. . .energon skybyte is gonna be a botcon exclusive. . .

There was no Energon Sky-byte. You must mean Sharkticon. Skybyte was from RID, in which it was a repaint of Cybershark from BW. Since that mold is from 10+ years ago, I doubt they're going to use it. It'll for sure have to be Energon Sharkticon.

I wasn't expecting Skybyte at all, but hey I guess I'll take it.

cannonfodder4000 wrote:EDIT:ooh AND a posable repaint for clench too?!

What's wrong with that? Clench is badass.

News Credits: 17 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:56 am

Blurrz wrote:
cannonfodder4000 wrote:. . .so. . .energon skybyte is gonna be a botcon exclusive. . .

There was no Energon Sky-byte. You must mean Sharkticon. Skybyte was from RID, in which it was a repaint of Cybershark from BW. Since that mold is from 10+ years ago, I doubt they're going to use it. It'll for sure have to be Energon Sharkticon.

I wasn't expecting Skybyte at all, but hey I guess I'll take it.

cannonfodder4000 wrote:EDIT:ooh AND a posable repaint for clench too?!

What's wrong with that? Clench is badass.

yeah i meant a repaint of energon sharkticon into skybyte which i always thought would be a great idea for a repaint

and i think clench is badass too but i didnt want to pay 150 bucks to get a posable version of him

Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:59 am

So it's officially a G2-themed set that doesn't include any characters that were actually part of G2?

I guess I can see the logic of lumping in some European G1 stuff, but what the heck is the point of doing G2 versions of Breakdown or Streetwise? "Hey, this is what it might look like if we'd repainted these guys in garish colors too"? At least if they'd remade actual G2 concepts there would be some nostalgia attached to the ugliness.

I'm a little disappointed, I guess. I came of age in the G2 era, so I was excited to see those toys get some love.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:11 am

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:So it's officially a G2-themed set that doesn't include any characters that were actually part of G2?

I guess I can see the logic of lumping in some European G1 stuff, but what the heck is the point of doing G2 versions of Breakdown or Streetwise? "Hey, this is what it might look like if we'd repainted these guys in garish colors too"? At least if they'd remade actual G2 concepts there would be some nostalgia attached to the ugliness.

I'm a little disappointed, I guess. I came of age in the G2 era, so I was excited to see those toys get some love.

If you did a little looking around, you'd know that G2 Protectobots and Stunticons were planned, but were unreleased: only Breakdown was released as the very first BotCon exclusive back in 1994. For your enjoyment:

Generation 2 Protectobots
Blades
First Aid
Groove
Streetwise

Generation 2 Stunticon
Breakdown

Plus, Spark and Clench were both G1 and G2, in 1993 and 1994 respectively. SkyByte is the only odd one out. I wonder if his bio will have a haiku in it.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:14 am

does anybody know if you have to have joined the club prior to march 16 to get the discount or is it that just to get the freebie figure for the year?

News Credits: 2 · Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:24 am

Bumblevivisector wrote:Yeah, if Clench-lossus isn't Onslaught, I can't think of any recent mold that would make sense, since they certainly won't do another 'con repaint of Classics Optimus.

Though if Animated molds were allowed to bleed in, Bulkhead would fit the bill, or Ultra Magnus, whose vehicle mode seems likely inspired by the original Pyro.

Animated molds in blinding G2 colors: why let KOs hog that market?

I'm a tad disappointed that R.I.D. Skybite is being somewhat nonsensically included instead the Cybertronian army finally getting some overdue toys. Maybe we'll get a Jhiaxus, Rook, or Mindset, but not in the box. I'm just not following the R.I.D. connection here: because like G2, it sported Combaticons in strange colors, Spychangers/Gobots, and the Laser Optimus Prime mold? Not that the toys will disappoint, but I'm just not getting the angle of this Botcon's stab at a storyline. Am I missing somthing?

i think it is their attempt at a joke concerning the toys that came in the latter half of the series(Cryotek
Megabolt
Jhiaxus
Dreadwind & Smokejumper)that had no fiction of their own so thier fiction was eventually shoehorned into the Universe line.convoluted,yesss.