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As Botcon 2010 comes closer we see more and more of what will be there. New images have surfaced off Chinese auction site Taobao of the possible Botcon Sharkticon figure we reported on here. The new images are larger and provide a properly transformed alternate mode. To view the source click here.

What a cutie!

aye, tis pretty awesome. and kinda looks like a shark. which is weird.

edit: is the date on the photos in 2007 on purpose?

I don't know. I'm not really excited about it.

I hope this guy's available through the TFCC the way Elita-1 and Razorclaw were. I wasn't very impressed the last time I saw pics (though I said I'd be willing to buy this guy then as well, I think), but this time we have better pics.

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craggy wrote:aye, tis pretty awesome. and kinda looks like a shark. which is weird.

edit: is the date on the photos in 2007 on purpose?

Dunno about the date, but the fact that his alt-mode does kinda look like a shark (when they don't frak up the arms, like they did in the other pics I've seen) is part of the reason why I like this guy. Didn't buy the mold when it was out during Energon, but when that version was repackaged for U1.0 and I was able to find it I made a point of buying.

Ha, funny thing is, I have the Energon version of this mold, but as G1 Sharkiticon? Double surprise! I didn't even know this was coming out!

Mindmaster wrote:Ha, funny thing is, I have the Energon version of this mold, but as G1 Sharkiticon? Double surprise! I didn't even know this was coming out!

This is like the second post I've seen about it. Other announced 2 usages of the E-Sharkticon mold, the other being Sky-Byte. Both are good usages of the mold IMO. Still hating the way they mis-transformed the arms in the original pics, though.

It looks like they are trying to reach the female audience with this one. Too many pastel colors and if you add a mane and tail you can comb, it would look like something from the "My Little Pony" toy line. I appreciate the homage to the original Sharkticon Gnaw, but less pink and more slightly darker gray could have done that.

ShGarland_1383 wrote:I hope this guy's available through the TFCC the way Elita-1 and Razorclaw were.

It's unlikely because you have to consider that the Sweeps were the comparable set from last year and they sold out in a day.

Counterpunch wrote:

ShGarland_1383 wrote:I hope this guy's available through the TFCC the way Elita-1 and Razorclaw were.

It's unlikely because you have to consider that the Sweeps were the comparable set from last year and they sold out in a day.

Yeup. I don't do multiple purchases, but this is a set (3 per set) that I'll want two of! Something about troop builders that I really love. Seekers, Sweeps, these sharkticons.

Ugh. Just... ugh.

I guess I am going to wait until next year and hope the theme and figures are more to my taste.

wolverinetodd wrote:It looks like they are trying to reach the female audience with this one. Too many pastel colors and if you add a mane and tail you can comb, it would look like something from the "My Little Pony" toy line. I appreciate the homage to the original Sharkticon Gnaw, but less pink and more slightly darker gray could have done that.

You don't know much about G2, do you?

SJ21 wrote:Ugh. Just... ugh.

I guess I am going to wait until next year and hope the theme and figures are more to my taste.

You're not gonna go now buddy?

GetterDragun wrote:

wolverinetodd wrote:It looks like they are trying to reach the female audience with this one. Too many pastel colors and if you add a mane and tail you can comb, it would look like something from the "My Little Pony" toy line. I appreciate the homage to the original Sharkticon Gnaw, but less pink and more slightly darker gray could have done that.

You don't know much about G2, do you?

Aside from the fact G2 does not mean "after the movie?" Sharkticon was still G1, another odd one out along with Sky-Byte.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

GetterDragun wrote:

wolverinetodd wrote:It looks like they are trying to reach the female audience with this one. Too many pastel colors and if you add a mane and tail you can comb, it would look like something from the "My Little Pony" toy line. I appreciate the homage to the original Sharkticon Gnaw, but less pink and more slightly darker gray could have done that.

You don't know much about G2, do you?

Aside from the fact G2 does not mean "after the movie?" Sharkticon was still G1, another odd one out along with Sky-Byte.

he's also less pink than the original Gnaw/Sharkticon toy.

Is it just me, or does the molding around the eyes and angle of the camera make Sharkticon look REALLY concerned about the hungry-looking Doraimon behind him?

Blurrz wrote: I wonder if this figure will be a 3-pack like the Sweeps..

I'd really like to know this too. I hope so. I don't need or want more than 3 cuz that's the magic number. Uh, for me that is. Anyone else want 30 of em? Knock yourself out, just wait til I've bought mine.

Flux Convoy wrote:

Blurrz wrote: I wonder if this figure will be a 3-pack like the Sweeps..

I'd really like to know this too. I hope so. I don't need or want more than 3 cuz that's the magic number. Uh, for me that is. Anyone else want 30 of em? Knock yourself out, just wait til I've bought mine.

It's a three pack/troop set ala the sweeps. I'm going for 2 sets!!

Prime Evil wrote:

Flux Convoy wrote:

Blurrz wrote: I wonder if this figure will be a 3-pack like the Sweeps..

I'd really like to know this too. I hope so. I don't need or want more than 3 cuz that's the magic number. Uh, for me that is. Anyone else want 30 of em? Knock yourself out, just wait til I've bought mine.

It's a three pack/troop set ala the sweeps. I'm going for 2 sets!!

That's confirmed?

Flux Convoy wrote:

Prime Evil wrote:

Flux Convoy wrote:

Blurrz wrote: I wonder if this figure will be a 3-pack like the Sweeps..

I'd really like to know this too. I hope so. I don't need or want more than 3 cuz that's the magic number. Uh, for me that is. Anyone else want 30 of em? Knock yourself out, just wait til I've bought mine.

It's a three pack/troop set ala the sweeps. I'm going for 2 sets!!

That's confirmed?

Insider knowledge.

Man, I was hoping it wouldn't be in 3-pack...isn't it easier to get ahold of single figures? I imagine most sellers will be offering the whole set together.

kirbenvost wrote:Man, I was hoping it wouldn't be in 3-pack...isn't it easier to get ahold of single figures? I imagine most sellers will be offering the whole set together.

What would be wrong with selling off the other two?

kirbenvost wrote:Man, I was hoping it wouldn't be in 3-pack...isn't it easier to get ahold of single figures? I imagine most sellers will be offering the whole set together.

Perhaps we can find a third party that wishes to split a set three ways....?

I ain't into army-building or any of that...I just want one!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Man, I was hoping it wouldn't be in 3-pack...isn't it easier to get ahold of single figures? I imagine most sellers will be offering the whole set together.

What would be wrong with selling off the other two?

Nothing at all, I just figured it would be more common to keep them in the baggies, since a lot of people have an obsession with sealed things.

Pyrostrata wrote:Perhaps we can find a third party that wishes to split a set three ways....?

I ain't into army-building or any of that...I just want one!

Yeah, same here... well, perhaps if there's one more person who wants only one!