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News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:58 pm

Comparing my Springer in hand to the previous two pics, Springer's head seems wider mostly because of the two spikes running along the sides of his cheeks towards the back of his head, which slightly angle outward from both the left and right sides of his head. Without those spikes, his and Battletrap's heads appear to be roughly the same width.

As for how high the head is set on the neck, the Battletrap pic seems to have the head tilted all the way up to let the head look forward for a better shot of it from the camera, whereas the Springer pic has the head slightly tilted down forward to give the impression of it being lower. But in reality, Springer's head can be tilted just as high up as Battletrap's head is as seen in the first pic.

In other words, both heads are pretty much the same width and same height placement.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:33 am

Either I have a thing for bots with a blue and white color scheme, or the Rattrap mold looks so much better as Packrat

News Credits: 12 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:15 am

Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:19 am

GuyIncognito wrote:Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

They're production samples, not final.

News Credits: 3647 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:06 am

To those who noticed that something is off with Battletrap's head, there does appear to be something off. The pics that will be in my gallery look like the head isn't pushed down all the way on the ball joint or something like that. I didn't notice it while I was taking the pictures and I don't have the figure in hand to see if it's something that can be fixed or adjusted. In the photo below, you can clearly see that there is clearance underneath the head.

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It seems the bottom of Springer's head is flush with the top of his neck, whereas there is clearance on Battletrap's upper neck where you can see the bottom of the ball joint. Hopefully this can be corrected with an easy fix or adjustment to the final figures.

News Credits: 293 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:28 pm

Welcome to another Seibertron Exclusive Gallery featuring upcoming Botcon 2015 Exclusive: "The Muscle" Battletrap! The gracious Pete Sinclair of Funpub gave us access to some of this years exclusive figures to show off to our followers. Battletrap has already received some attention today, but being the demanding fellow he is he's grabbing us once more. He tries to hold on to his G1 Duocon heritage, incorporating the helicopter/all-terrain-vehicle/robot from his predecessor Generations Springer. Browse the gallery for in depth shots, and stay tuned for our next exclusive Botcon 2015 gallery figure!

Convention & Club Exclusives Battletrap "The Muscle"

Please note that these figures are production samples. Final products may differ from the items shown in these galleries.

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:30 pm

HAHA, I was right, something was off with Battletrap's head!

News Credits: 3 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:32 pm

I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:52 pm

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ? :-?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:54 pm

The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:55 pm

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

News Credits: 3647 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:45 pm

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

News Credits: 8 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:31 am

Rated X wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:18 am

Too much blue.
I'd prefer if they gave him red optics and a silver face.
The original toy was bland looking. You'd expect an expensive update to look better

News Credits: 60 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:03 am

Sabrblade wrote:
LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product
It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:48 am

bah wrong thread - ignore

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:10 am

Flashwave wrote:
Rated X wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Botcon Dreadwind went up when the Renderform add on set became available for TRU Darkwing. Everybody wants the pair. Mastershooter Collectibles also did a very limited run of targetmasters for them in the colors of the G1 Powermaster figures.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:53 am

Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:00 am

Rated X wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

I'm constantly impressed by the strenght of the stick and the deternmination you beat dead horses with.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:06 am

fenrir72 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product
It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

Ah crud, I thought this was the other thread when I posted that. Ignore. :oops:

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:13 am

The most recent Seibertron.com gallery is not the next reveal from the Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon set, but rather an exclusive from the G.I. Joe Con in Springfield, IL and revealed almost a year ago: Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker This exclusive "G.I. Joe and the Transformers" set will be sold by both the Transformers Collector's Club and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club.

Special thanks to Pete Sinclair from the Transformers Collector's Club for letting Seibertron.com have an exclusive preview of this exciting set.

Convention & Club Exclusives Marissa Faireborn

Convention & Club Exclusives Afterbreaker

Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:03 am

Va'al wrote:Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker

Um.. Afterburner?

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:05 am

I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

News Credits: 1082 · Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:46 am

Kind of a plain Jane figure. The bike looks cool, not calling it Afterburn is awesome, 'cause then he can be something else-- in combiner wars. Not that he couldn't be in both spots. One more for the GI joe and Transformers set.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sat Apr 18, 2015 7:06 am

Va'al wrote:I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

I haven't seen it myself, but I've seen TFWiki refer to the figure as Afterbreaker on Twitter and apparently the April/May club mag does as well. Possible the name Afterburner was unavailable and had to be renamed. Still better than some of replacement names we've seen recently.

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