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News Credits: 10 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:37 am

Ok, so I was screwing with the site and guess who I found....

LOL! I did the most obvious thing to temper with the file directory :lol:

Edit: Now its accessible by the public... but i swore it was not publicly released few minutes ago :lol:

Botcon's making me look like a derp when I say i screwed with their site.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:42 am

We so saw this coming, a Road Rage homage... and I called the Tracks reveal! It wasn't Ultra Magnus that was revealed, but Tracks!

Should we send in Side Burn? :lol:

News Credits: 387 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:52 am

Meh. If you consider what they were going for with this one, you can't get the execution wrong, and I don't think they did. I have no interests in this for being another SG figure though, I think this concept's been run into the ground at this point. I hope this set will be the last we see of it.

News Credits: 23 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:56 am

I think I was like 1 of 2 people who tweeted that they wanted to see SG Magnus. Who didn't see this look coming. Looks nice though and will go great with my SG shelf. Now show me Magnus and his new head DAMNIT!! :evil:

I'm just happy we are getting more SG!!

News Credits: 4 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:57 am

this was obvious, but it does look brilliantly garish. A definite improvement over Overlord.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

DAMN! SG Tracks AND a classics Road Rage, that's better then I expected.

I'm going to have to find a second one of these.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:02 pm

Even though I think this mold is starting to get worn out, I like it. I just may get this set after all........Just please let this mold end and get on with some new ones..........

News Credits: 187 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:32 pm

Released on the Official Botcon website today is the 2nd figure reveal for Botcon 2012, in Dallas TX. This Shattered Glass Autobot is Tracks and bears a striking likeness to Road Rage. Four more figures to be revealed in the Botcon 2012 Box set "Invasion". The images are mirrored below or head over to the Official Botcon 2012 website.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

dang, beaten by a couple minutes...

Still is an awesome figure though.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:43 pm

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL BE MINE ROAD RAGE! I LURVS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News Credits: 462 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:52 pm

Paint his insignia (and lips) red and call him a chick.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:55 pm

What the - that head with it's medieval British knight crest does not match the obviously modern aspects of his car body! :lol:

In all seriousness, the Track/jack mold is great, and this red is Fabulous. The Bludgeon toy's always been sweet, despite Gigatron's head being odd. I also finally got around to playing with G2 Prime's great toy for his eventual insertion into the Battle Tanker. If the Treadshot as Warpath turns out to be true, and Metalhawk falls into the Thunderbolt/Sky Shadow or Silverbolt molds, this may be the first BotCon box set I try to get. Non-attending, like.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:59 pm

If I get this set, then I don't care if it IS a valuable convention exclusive, Road Rage is getting proper red Autobot symbols stuck over those silly purple ones

News Credits: 462 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:12 pm

Wreckgar wrote:If I get this set, then I don't care if it IS a valuable convention exclusive, Road Rage is getting proper red Autobot symbols stuck over those silly purple ones

Don't forget red lipstick.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:15 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Wreckgar wrote:If I get this set, then I don't care if it IS a valuable convention exclusive, Road Rage is getting proper red Autobot symbols stuck over those silly purple ones
Don't forget red lipstick.

Not sure i'd go as far as that. My G1 Road Rage goes make-up free, so her upgraded form can too. Now if i could find a way to stick a faceplate on her... :-B

News Credits: 32 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:18 pm

Yes! Road Rage! My only complaint is that she doesn't look too feminine, but that's more an issue with the mold itself. And yeah, Reprolabels red Autobot logos for the stupid purple ones.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:20 pm

If it isn't Road Rage but indeed SG Tracks, we've known his bio for a while:

http://www.worlds-worst.com/worldsworst ... acks.shtml

Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:04 pm

What are you guys talking about... I put red lipstick on ALL my transformers. Errrrrr.... I mean, disregard that.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:09 pm

Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:19 pm

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

To be frank, a black Tracks was kind of out of the question with the upcoming Runabout, which used the retooled Wheeljack mold. They would have been too similar, wouldn't you say?

And I hate it that they keep teasing me like that. First it's because I can't go to Dallas anymore due to lack of funds (I really have to stop saying that) and now the toys are turning out great! It's like they're saying "You can't come and get us, neener neener" :sad:

Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:21 pm

I'm starting to hate Fun Publications for releaseing Japanese exclusive characters as Shattered Glass ones.... It's making it difficult for Hasbro or Takara to release them at normal retail

News Credits: 241 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:23 pm

Arlekkin wrote:I'm starting to hate Fun Publications for releaseing Japanese exclusive characters as Shattered Glass ones.... It's making it difficult for Hasbro or Takara to release them at normal retail

Gigatron (Overlord) and Metalhawk are Classics, not Shattered Glass. If you're talking about Road Rage into SG Tracks, such an obscure character wouldn't have sold that well anyway.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:28 pm

I just got Generations Wheeljack yesterday, now I realize why WJ has the extra waist/crotch swivel, Tracks uses that feature, pretty cost-effective way to make 2 figures.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:38 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

To be frank, a black Tracks was kind of out of the question with the upcoming Runabout, which used the retooled Wheeljack mold. They would have been too similar, wouldn't you say?

And I hate it that they keep teasing me like that. First it's because I can't go to Dallas anymore due to lack of funds (I really have to stop saying that) and now the toys are turning out great! It's like they're saying "You can't come and get us, neener neener"

$1,500 gets you into BotCon, hotel and airfare. You can cut those costs down by carpooling with other fans, sharing hotel rooms, selling duplicate exclusives, etc. Over the course of a minimum of 9 months between BotCons, that's only $39 per week that you'd have to set aside in order to go. Where there's a will, there's a way!

You're right about a black version of Tracks, though that could've cut costs down further. When I wrote my original post, I was thinking Drift used the same mold but that is not correct, hence my comment about SG Drift (who will also be red). Perhaps they'll do a black Tracks as the attendee "freebie".

"Road Rage" Tracks will give me an excuse to bust out e-Hobby Road Rage and Crosscut though. Hm ...

Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:40 pm

Botcon's choices don't affect Hasbro or Takara. They have to pick characters they have no plans to make for the next few years. I'm actually really thankful Botcon can throw us a bone and fill-in where some favorite awesome characters have been unused... and "missing" colorings for molds like Road Rage. Primo.

As for black Tracks being too similar to Runabout.... It's a big Classics shelf, my friend. Heh. (places two black cars at each end.) While they're close... the bang-for-the-buck of a black "corvette" is just awesome. Black and red sports cars for the set... can't go wrong.

Maybe it can be the short-run attendee exclusive. >:^D