Megazarak wrote:My favourite of the new figure(s) shown was definitely the Mini-Con team. They ooze a ton of personality as a team (I don't know about anyone else, but the moment I saw them a whole story about what they're all about and who they are popped into my head) AND they can combine! They have got me really excited and are one of my favourite things shown at SDCC so far. Also really happy we're seeing more Mini-Cons again, and as a 3-pack no less, just like the old days.
Yeah, the Mini-Cons were one of the stars of the show. There's no doubt about it that I'll be picking them up.
EDIT: Guys, guys, I just had an epiphany: despite probably not by name, but what if these Mini-Cons, by bio and spirit, are the Transformer/Mini-Con versions of none other than *wait for it* .... Rad White, Carlos Lopez, and Alexis Thi Dang?!
Think about it: the tank Mini-Con (Carlos) is brash and headstrong, but brave and courageous; the jet Mini-Con (Rad) is definite leadership material, and the assault helicopter Mini-Con (Alexis), with feminine features in mind, though tiresome of her sometimes boneheaded friends, is loyal and one hell of a computer analyst.
Genius, I tell you. Pure, unadulterated GENIUS!
The 2 newly revealed Deluxes also impressed me quite a bit. Armada Starscream quickly became a favourite of mine after watching the show (yes his character was a textbook cliché, but he was cool nonetheless, just like Energon Scorp!) but by that time he was long gone from stores. The best I managed to get was Thundercracker, which was still technically him in the show, but it wasn't the same. Getting a chance to get an awesome new mold of him is really fun (sure I could have eBayed the Armada figure, but the figure failed to impress).
...Are... are you me? I also own Thundercracker (but not Starscream) only because I never found Starscream himself.
If they managed to sneak Swindle in there (or perhaps in another Mini-Con team if that doesn't cost out or whatever), that'd be pretty great.
I really hope that Hasbro is secretly making a little Swindle Mini-Con to go along with him. If not, I've always got third party companies to look up to. Hell, they probably could even engineer a wing upgrade kit to go along with Swindle, a left wing that is capable of transforming into a sword for Starscream to wield.