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News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

BigBadToyStore is selling several sets of the Botcon Souvenir figures for cheaper than they would be on ebay at the moment. If you missed out, get them before they're gone. Quantities are fewer than 100 each!

Banzai-Tron and Skyquake for 119.99
Razorclaw and Elita-1 for 129.99
The Sweeps for 159.99
Leozack for 89.99

Get them before they're gone!

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:59 pm

Those are really good prices, Especially for Leozack and the Sweeps.

Oh and Mkall you have a typo, Banzai-tron and Skyquake are $119 not $199

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Firebird wrote:Oh and Mkall you have a typo, Banzai-tron and Skyquake are $119 not $199

Whoops, must've been channeling ebay. Fixed

Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:17 pm

3 Sweeps? I am so over those.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:45 pm

Well, i'm getting the "Wings of Honor" boxset from BBTS already so I just added Leozack to the preorder. I already got the rest on eBay. Still, this will be my first complete Botcon set so WOO-HOO!

News Credits: 10 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:47 pm

I really need to be more patient. I overspent by about $100 total compared to what I already bought from eBay.

Oh well. Hopefully I'll make a few $$$ on the extra boxed and loose sets I ordered.

News Credits: 5749 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:35 pm

Well I would have loved to have ordered the Sweeps, but they sold out almost instantly. Anybody got a set for sale shoot me a PM.

News Credits: 1452 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:04 pm

Those Sweeps are selling out like hot cakes. One of the best Army Building ideas... too bad their brethren along with Scourge are going to be sold out and practically untouchable on the secondary market.

Sigh..

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:21 pm

Blurrz wrote:Those Sweeps are selling out like hot cakes. One of the best Army Building ideas... too bad their brethren along with Scourge are going to be sold out and practically untouchable on the secondary market.

Sigh..

Yeah, it's always kind of surprised me that Hasbro hasn't released a G1 Scourge in the Universe line. Heck, he's a natural army-builder. Make him a deluxe to go with Cyclonus, and I'd buy at least 3 myself. And I don't army-build. It seems to me that he'd probably be one of the better-selling figures in the line, just on that basis alone.

News Credits: 8 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:25 pm

It's comforting to know that the human body can survive on just 1 kidney. I'm gonna have to grab the sweeps..

edit: Never mind, sold out.. :sad:

News Credits: 5749 · Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:28 pm

Blurrz wrote:Those Sweeps are selling out like hot cakes. One of the best Army Building ideas... too bad their brethren along with Scourge are going to be sold out and practically untouchable on the secondary market.

Sigh..

Tell me about it, I'm getting the boxset and would love to have the sweeps to go with Scourge. Oh well guess I can hope for a Henkei release some day.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:53 am

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I really need to be more patient. I overspent by about $100 total compared to what I already bought from eBay.

Oh well. Hopefully I'll make a few $$$ on the extra boxed and loose sets I ordered.

Right? Dammit... I overpaid about $100 compared to BBTS prices... But you can never tell how fast these guys will sell out, so at some point, you have to pull the trigger... that's my line for justification of overpaying :lol:

For those who don't know, here's the actual Botcon prices (as told to me by an attendee:

Razorclaw + Elita: $80
Banzai-tron + Skyquake: $70
Sweeps (set of 3): $50
Leozak: Free

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:06 am

All bbts care about is thier profit margin on top of what they paid for them, its a business and not normally a scalp tastic retailer.

saying that theryre were plenty of dealers with the sweeps for sale at the Con, mainly for between 100-150.

The prices normally settle don after the con after the initial frenzy dies down and then people realise how much they actually paid, how much were those Botcon Europe exclusives going for directly after the con huh? And how much are they worth now.

If your happy with the price thats what matters, you always take the risk on the secondary market

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:10 am

Elita 1...can someone please tell me what mold was used for her? Thanks! B-)

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:21 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:Elita 1...can someone please tell me what mold was used for her? Thanks!

Cybertron Thunderblast
http://www.unicron.us/tf2005/toypix/thunderblast1c.jpg

News Credits: 5 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:37 am

All right I have a question about Elita-One. Does she have a new head? In the Games of Deception comic she has a much squarer, more G1 head but on the '09 litho she has the more rounded Thunderblast head. I can't really tell from the pictures but I know Razorclaw has a new head. I've already got them coming from eBay but I just want to know ahead of time.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:47 am

zodconvoy wrote:All right I have a question about Elita-One. Does she have a new head? In the Games of Deception comic she has a much squarer, more G1 head but on the '09 litho she has the more rounded Thunderblast head. I can't really tell from the pictures but I know Razorclaw has a new head. I've already got them coming from eBay but I just want to know ahead of time.

No head remold for Elita-1, but as far as 'stock' heads go, this one is fairly representative or her looks, IMO.

News Credits: 5 · Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:06 am

HighPrime wrote:No head remold for Elita-1, but as far as 'stock' heads go, this one is fairly representative or her looks, IMO.

That's cool. Yeah, it still looks like her so I'm not complaining.

Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:47 pm

I bought Razorclaw and Elita which was my main concern, I was hoping to get Banzitron and Skyquake but now that set is sold out...in fact I think only Leozack is still available as far as add-ons go...