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News Credits: 21 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:36 am

tehy should kept primes gun black are these going to be sold in stores?

Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:29 am

I already have the Prime and megs and mirage and Lock. Not a huge fan of repaints but i love the boxes. My only Question is how much extra will we be paying for a box. Deluxes at Voyager prices?

News Credits: 129 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:31 am

Seibertron wrote:
tigertracks 24 wrote:I guess we are also past the 'Botcon exclusives cannot be done' stage, because Overkill was a Botcon Class Creation two years ago. I am almost certain this one will be in colors a little different, but yeah, I think the wall may have crumbled on that little motto.

I don't think the customs figures really count (at least in my opinion). They're kitbashes to demonstrate how to make a figure. I'd be more than happy to see those get made into actual figures, which apparently we're getting to see at last.

Agreed. I don't think the customs are a part of the "BotCon" brand. Aren't they Stesselman's pet project essentially?

News Credits: 194 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:11 am

Damn,

Couldn't find that awesome Admiral Kirk screaming repaints picture. So, this is the next best thing.

REPAINTS!

I thought maybe if I get that out early, things will stay calm :grin:

The Prime doesn't look that different, but I definitely like Megatron. Very cool. I'm quite curious about these figures now.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:11 am

Damn it! I already custom painted the originals to look more G1. I won't need these.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:17 am

Prime and Megs: "New packaging, same product. Losers." It would have been so much better to re-release the Classics Voyager Megs and Prime in that packaging, those deluxe molds FAIL.

Overkill and Dragstrip: Gotta see them to judge them, but those boxes alone are enough to buy each of the two.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:18 am

Nice packaging! So Hasbro-takes-hint-from-Takara! Very nice!

Megs and Dragstrip will be mine for sure!

Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:02 pm

The original Hasbro Classics are still much better than these.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:07 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Now this IS interesting...

Indeed!

Megs looks very nice in those colors, even though I already have all the molds, for this series. I will undoubtedly pick up Prime and Megs. Even though I despise Megs's Arm gimmick, the colors and the box alone make up for it.

Prime will forever stay in Robot mode, inside his box.

I might get Overkill. Dragstrip, probably not.

But the boxes are 100% Collector aimed.

If only Hasbro had picked better molds for the Special Editions.

Still its a nice thought on their part.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:14 pm

Megs, Prime and Overkill are up on HTS

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByCategory.htm?CD=121&BR=496&SBR=695

Originally created for the Asia market, they've become HTS exclusives - making it unlikely that I'll be getting any of them as they probably wont make it to our HTS.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:27 pm

Now, if we could only get Dragstrip and Wildrider on HTS, then we'd be in business!!!

Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:05 pm

If they fixed Megatron's foot flaw, then he's a yes.

Overkill is the one I'm most interested in.

News Credits: 387 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:11 pm

I’ll be getting all but Prime.

I hope these aren’t too limited…

News Credits: 32 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:12 pm

--B-- wrote:Now, if we could only get Dragstrip and Wildrider on HTS, then we'd be in business!!!

Damb, right! The Henkei Wildrider is ridiculously expensive and not all that inspired. I hope if Hasbro does a version they make him look like Wildrider and not a straight Rodimus repaint. And no online stores carry him. Just eBay. :-x

I will definitely be picking all of these up except Optimus, he's just not that different.

Now if they'd release the BotCon 06 souvenirs at retail, I'd be a very happy man. If they're releasing a BotCon figure that used to be limited to about 30, why not?

News Credits: 129 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:14 pm

UltraPrimal wrote:Now if they'd release the BotCon 06 souvenirs at retail, I'd be a very happy man. If they're releasing a BotCon figure that used to be limited to about 30, why not?

Custom Class figures aren't actual BotCon toys.

(99% certain on this)

Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:19 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
UltraPrimal wrote:Now if they'd release the BotCon 06 souvenirs at retail, I'd be a very happy man. If they're releasing a BotCon figure that used to be limited to about 30, why not?

Custom Class figures aren't actual BotCon toys.

(99% certain on this)

They're listed on the Transformers wiki, so it's not really a kitbash ether.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:51 pm

Classics Mirage as Dragstrip?

Crasher/Fracture is going to get a twin brother!

News Credits: 129 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:52 pm

Hard Hacker wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
UltraPrimal wrote:Now if they'd release the BotCon 06 souvenirs at retail, I'd be a very happy man. If they're releasing a BotCon figure that used to be limited to about 30, why not?

Custom Class figures aren't actual BotCon toys.

(99% certain on this)

They're listed on the Transformers wiki, so it's not really a kitbash ether.

That...authenticates nothing.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:15 pm

Ooh, I'd take Overkill. Never thought that mold worked for Grimlock, but I can live with it as a minor character.

News Credits: 97 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:23 pm

Sledge wrote:That G1-coloured Megatron looks really nice.

QFT.
He's probably the only one of these four that I'll pick up. I'm a sucker for any Megatron with a G1 color scheme.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:26 pm

jazzrules wrote:Originally created for the Asia market, they've become HTS exclusives - making it unlikely that I'll be getting any of them as they probably wont make it to our HTS.

Just emailed HTSUK to ask.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:27 pm

can't believe 3 of the 4 are up already. ok and ds are the only two i'm interested in and at least one is ordered now. can't justify money for that those poopy megs and ops molds

Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:06 pm

Megatron might be worth getting along with Overkill. I'd like to see more pics of Dragstrips but there's he's not available on HTS. :-(

News Credits: 21 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:22 pm

looks like my question has been answerd looks to me these wont be selling in stores nothing against grimlock i dont like the pain theme on him call me old fashiond but when it comes to to transformer figures i like the oringal colors more than the repaints.

unless if the repaint version is much better than the original like cybertron evac, or breakaway as hotshot repaint those i liked.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:36 pm

I got the 2-pack Prime and Megs from Wal-Mart for $10 total last year. These repaints are not bad but I'm not sure about spending $16 plus tax and shipping to get one.