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News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:14 pm

I'm sad that I couldn't get into the customs class, but I'm glad I managed to score a custom painted Jazz at a fraction of what the kit was going for on eBay.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:15 pm

El Duque wrote:

I submit this for the next caption contest! :lol:

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:43 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
El Duque wrote:Longarm was this year's highly sought after custom class figure. This Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz repaint came with a custom G1 Shockwave head and blaster. Unfortunately Seibertron didn't make it out of the class with the custom blaster, with any luck a replacement can be secured and the gallery will of course be updated.
Perhaps when that happens (if not sooner), maybe some additional comparison pics with Alternators Shockblast could be added as well?

Seibertron wrote:I would like to do some comparison pictures of that ... maybe in due time. Just trying to get these galleries posted. While Botcon ended for most people 15 or 16 days ago, I've still been working on BotCon stuff non-stop. I've got about 80 hours or so into these 15 galleries during the past 2 weeks. I just need to get them posted at this point. I really want to put BotCon 2012 to bed ... tired of working on BotCon stuff for the past 4 weeks or so (was working on the BotCon 2010 galleries before BotCon 2012).

I'd also like to do comparisons with the original versions of all of these toys (i.e. G1 Overlord, Metalhawk, e-Hobby Road Rage, "Diaclone" Ultra Magnus, Universe Treadshot, G1 Spinister, G1 Octopunch, and Action Master Kick-Off but I just didn't have time to do all of that).

I need to turn my focus back to current toys such as the Transformers Prime figures so that I can get their galleries posted in the next week or two.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:44 pm

Seibertron wrote:I accidentally left the cannon in the custom class room when I left and didn't realize it until later that night. Haven't had a chance to contact Raven yet for a replacement. If I'm able to get an extra cannon, I'll be sure to update the pictures accordingly.

Just sent an email off to Raven to see about getting a replacement cannon.

by **RiddlerJ** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:35 pm

Hasbro should just sell different character heads so we can customize current figures into whoever we wanted. I would buy bags of Shockwave heads and Classics figures to make Shockwave's clone army.

by **Screamfleet** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:32 pm

Chaoslock wrote:NOW I want a 3rd party to copy that Shockwave!

Or hasbro should mass release it.

(wouldn't be the first time an exclusive got mass released...)

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:06 pm

mattyc1007 wrote:
El Duque wrote:

I submit this for the next caption contest!

Yeah, kiddies don't look.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:36 pm

Stormrider wrote:
mattyc1007 wrote:
El Duque wrote:

I submit this for the next caption contest!

Yeah, kiddies don't look.

Quite the Darkmount. That was a gimme, oh well.
Oh, in case you don't know what a gimme is:
In golf, a gimme is a shot that the other players agree can count automatically without actually being played.
When a player has only a very short putt left to play, other players may grant a gimme (i.e. one stroke is counted), but the ball is not actually played. A gimme is a time-saving convention under the tacit assumption that the putt would not have been missed—e.g. when the ball is only a few inches from the hole.

/innuendo

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:14 pm

What did the custom blaster for the figure look like? I thought it just comes with Jazz's old blaster from RTS.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:03 pm

Mindmaster wrote:What did the custom blaster for the figure look like? I thought it just comes with Jazz's old blaster from RTS.

It's a resin Shockwave style cannon that has a ball joint on the end. You had to paint it.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:05 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:What did the custom blaster for the figure look like? I thought it just comes with Jazz's old blaster from RTS.

It's a resin Shockwave style cannon that has a ball joint on the end. You had to paint it.

That sounds pretty neat. Hope you're able to get your hands on it. Love to see how it would look on him!

by **Hotrodimust** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 pm

The only figure I want out of all these is shattered glass prime but I wanna take a maketoys battle tanker head and pant it to match because I hate the head that comes on the figure. As far as gigatron goes his head is to blochish for that body it looks funny to me and I can stand metal hawks face. I feel like I'm looking at a dollar store robot and I hate that whole mold to begin with its a horrible transformer with a horrible transformation. Other than that the rest of the figures are ok but not worth that much money IMO

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue May 15, 2012 9:18 pm

After hours behind the the lens and in front of the computer Seibertron has finally closed the book on the BotCon 2012 exclusive galleries. The final figures to get the gallery treatment:

Kick-Over, tired of the Action Master scene he "kicked" the Nucleon habit and regained his ability to transform. A repaint/remold of the RtS Special Ops Jazz mold with a brand new head sculpt.
Spinister joins the Classic universe in the form of a HFTD Tomahawk featuring the Takara exclusive DOTM Vortex head mold.
Shattered Glass Optimus Prime has lost a little weight since he debuted in the 2008 BotCon boxset. He now utilizes the RtS G2 Optimus Prime mold.
Octopunch may be a Shattered Glass figure but he retains enough of his G1 Pretender shell's color scheme to sneak onto your Classics shelf. This guy is a repaint of HFTD Seaspray.

As usual the full high quality galleries can be found at the links below.

Kick-Over (Deluxe Class, Exclusives)
Convention & Club Exclusives

Spinister (Deluxe Class, Exclusives)
Convention & Club Exclusives

Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass) (Deluxe Class, Exclusives)
Convention & Club Exclusives

Octopunch (Exclusives, Voyager Class)
Convention & Club Exclusives

News Credits: 11 · by **joevill** » Tue May 15, 2012 10:54 pm

mattyc1007 wrote:
El Duque wrote:

I submit this for the next caption contest!

I laughed so hard when I saw this!

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:27 am

I'd love a Classics Spinister, and whilst the Botcon version is pretty good, it's not enough. I'd get it if it were retail, but can't see me spending ebay money on it. Kick-Off, on the other hand, is amazing. Best repaint of this mold yet. Noticed it in the line-up of the Longarm gallery, and glad it's getting its own. I could see myself spending the extra to have this one.

Shattered Glass Prime didn't really do it for me in the Voyager mold, which I like much better, so this one is just a waste to me. And Ducktopunch is, like Spinister, nowhere near close enough to the character I'd want to get, looks quite nice though.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:24 am

Screamfleet wrote:
Chaoslock wrote:NOW I want a 3rd party to copy that Shockwave!

Or hasbro should mass release it.

(wouldn't be the first time an exclusive got mass released...)

Oh CHMS where art thou?

Hasbro would definately be winning with this as a mass release, they couldn't get it wrong (unless they failed to add the blaster on his left arm)!

For all us Shockwave lovers heres one of my fave versions, Alternator Shockwave (Shockblast)!

by **RiddlerJ** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:13 am

As much as I want that figure to work, SG Octopunch really needed a remolded head to pull off the character. This just doesn't do it for me.

Actually, looking at the breathing mask, the Sea Spray mold has me wondering. With a few new parts to make the alt mode a starship instead of a hovercraft, could this figure be used for Omega Surpreme? :-?

by **Hotrodimust** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:31 am

robotmel wrote:
Screamfleet wrote:
Chaoslock wrote:NOW I want a 3rd party to copy that Shockwave!

Or hasbro should mass release it.

(wouldn't be the first time an exclusive got mass released...)

Oh CHMS where art thou?

Hasbro would definately be winning with this as a mass release, they couldn't get it wrong (unless they failed to add the blaster on his left arm)!

For all us Shockwave lovers heres one of my fave versions, Alternator Shockwave (Shockblast)!

Not for nothing but this figure sucks as shockwave. And people are charging $1000 for it that's nuts I hope no one is paying that price and it's not so much the body of the figure it's the head and the blaster just looks cheap

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:00 am

Hotrodimust wrote:Not for nothing but this figure sucks as shockwave. And people are charging $1000 for it that's nuts I hope no one is paying that price and it's not so much the body of the figure it's the head and the blaster just looks cheap

That's because those pieces are cheap. They're cast from resin and aren't from hasbro

by **Hotrodimust** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:35 am

Mkall wrote:
Hotrodimust wrote:Not for nothing but this figure sucks as shockwave. And people are charging $1000 for it that's nuts I hope no one is paying that price and it's not so much the body of the figure it's the head and the blaster just looks cheap

That's because those pieces are cheap. They're cast from resin and aren't from hasbro

I'm gonna make a custom shockwave now lol I'll post pics when I'm
Done

by **RAcast** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:28 am

RiddlerJ wrote:Actually, looking at the breathing mask, the Sea Spray mold has me wondering. With a few new parts to make the alt mode a starship instead of a hovercraft, could this figure be used for Omega Surpreme?

Hmm, it would be entirely doable to make him G1 Omega's tank chunk, but I don't know if you could pull off a starship...

Unless of course you mean TFA Omega Supreme, in which case Voyager Seapsray is a dead ringer for it.

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:40 pm

robotmel wrote:
Screamfleet wrote:
Chaoslock wrote:NOW I want a 3rd party to copy that Shockwave!

Or hasbro should mass release it.

(wouldn't be the first time an exclusive got mass released...)

Oh CHMS where art thou?

Hasbro would definately be winning with this as a mass release, they couldn't get it wrong (unless they failed to add the blaster on his left arm)!

For all us Shockwave lovers heres one of my fave versions, Alternator Shockwave (Shockblast)!

Myself I still don't understand why people want this Shockwave, through Hasbro means of otherwise, I mean, we're getting a perfectly good Shockwave a few months from now, one that looks all Shockwave and not just the head and arm cannon, so why's there still this need for a wider release of this one? :oops:

by **MINDVVIPE** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:43 pm

Shockwave as an rx-8 is kinda gay. If anything (car), he would be an Jaguar xj220 or something killer like that.

by **Hotrodimust** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:43 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:
robotmel wrote:
Screamfleet wrote:
Chaoslock wrote:NOW I want a 3rd party to copy that Shockwave!

Or hasbro should mass release it.

(wouldn't be the first time an exclusive got mass released...)

Oh CHMS where art thou?

Hasbro would definately be winning with this as a mass release, they couldn't get it wrong (unless they failed to add the blaster on his left arm)!

For all us Shockwave lovers heres one of my fave versions, Alternator Shockwave (Shockblast)!

Myself I still don't understand why people want this Shockwave, through Hasbro means of otherwise, I mean, we're getting a perfectly good Shockwave a few months from now, one that looks all Shockwave and not just the head and arm cannon, so why's there still this need for a wider release of this one?

I'll answer this because that shockwave is part of the foc game and they want a shockwave based on a classis design even know that the foc one would work because he never had an earth mode

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:43 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:Myself I still don't understand why people want this Shockwave, through Hasbro means of otherwise, I mean, we're getting a perfectly good Shockwave a few months from now, one that looks all Shockwave and not just the head and arm cannon, so why's there still this need for a wider release of this one?

I'm with you there. It looks really nice, and the Jazz toy is a great base for a lot of different characters, but the Shockwave we are getting appears to be a superior representation of the character. I'd rather see Kick-Off get mass released.