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News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:34 pm

BigBadToyStore.com is now taking pre-orders for the 2009 Botcon box set "Wings of Honor". The 5 figure set includes Kup, Thunderclash, Flak, Landshark and Scourge designed in the "Elite Guard" style recently introduced in Transformers: Animated. The set is priced at $399.99 and scheduled for release sometime in June. Click the link below to place your pre-orders at BBTS for this amazing set.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

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by **Hard Hacker** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:01 pm

Handy.

If only I had the money to buy it though. The price seems a tad high, even for a Botcon set.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:02 pm

HOW MUCH!!

Wow, thats a lot of cash for such a nasty looking bunch of bots.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:14 pm

I'm lucky enough to get this set straight from the source

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:22 pm

Wow, for once I have nearly all the Botcon molds- sold Cyb Sideways a while back. $400 is WAY too much for this set IMHO; those are good molds, but not worth $80 each. You could prob get the original molds all painted to match by a good customizer for less than that.

And why is it called "Wings of Honor" if only one of them has wings? Is it because the Elite Guard logo coud be said to have wings on it?

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:23 pm

Mkall wrote:I'm lucky enough to get this set straight from the source

With a little help from a certain handsome fellow from the US making a 2,500 mile assist... :grin:

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:27 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Mkall wrote:I'm lucky enough to get this set straight from the source

With a little help from a certain handsome fellow from the US making a 2,500 mile assist...

Well, the box set I got via an Iacon package. I'm counting on my "certain handsome fellow" to help fill in the gaps...

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:33 pm

Considering what Botcon sets often sell for, $400 is actually quite cheap for a pre-order.

Whether people spend the money is another story.

News Credits: 97 · by **Savage** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:40 pm

I suppose this is good news for folks who aren't attending and miss out on the Iacon Package. $400 is better than buying a Set off ebay at a later date (though, that varies with popularity of the Set). I'm still not thrilled over this Set anyway.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:45 pm

80 bucks for any of these figures?

Not in hell.

If this would be on clearence for 1/10th of the price, maybe, but this set for 400 is a joke.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blackstreak** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:26 pm

Heh, now we know why all the non-attending sets are gone. BBTS took them all.

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:23 pm

There are some years I say "That's actually tempting"-this year I just say "SUCKERS!"

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:30 pm

DevastaTTor wrote:There are some years I say "That's actually tempting"-this year I just say "SUCKERS!"

So, I'm stupid for getting the set? or stupid for liking the mold/decos? :???:

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:34 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
DevastaTTor wrote:There are some years I say "That's actually tempting"-this year I just say "SUCKERS!"

So, I'm stupid for getting the set? or stupid for liking the mold/decos?

Well, I guess that really depends on where you get it. I just wouldn't pay more than the BotCon asking price for it. I can't see paying inflated aftermarket price for this set... but that's just me.

It's like Genkei Strafe, if you like it, it's worth it. Definitely not for me though.

by **glazer** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:56 pm

allright! talking about throughin your money out the window- there must be alot of people wih money to burn- if you want those! at 400 - that is a high price for some paint apps.-still -maybe i don't have room to talk. I just sent BBTS $164.00 for henkei drige and thrust - but those guys are little more then paint apps.-not to mention to complete the six seeker set......to each there own-- or my fav. one mans junk is another mans treasure... :-P

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:08 pm

glazer wrote:allright! talking about throughin your money out the window

I prefer to throw mine out the window... but again, that's just me.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:22 am

Ravage XK wrote:HOW MUCH!!

Wow, thats a lot of cash for such a nasty looking bunch of bots.

OMG...you couldn't pay me a fraction of that so-called amount they are charging to take those home...just call them the new "Hororcons" B-)

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:16 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:HOW MUCH!!

Wow, thats a lot of cash for such a nasty looking bunch of bots.

OMG...you couldn't pay me a fraction of that so-called amount they are charging to take those home...just call them the new "Hororcons"

That's the kind of closed minded attitude which ensures I have the opportunity to own cool things that you will never own.

...and should you change your mind and seek the toys out eventually, yours is the kind of attitude which allows me to sell the things you once dismissed at outrageous mark-ups.

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:12 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Nemesis Destron wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:HOW MUCH!!

Wow, thats a lot of cash for such a nasty looking bunch of bots.

OMG...you couldn't pay me a fraction of that so-called amount they are charging to take those home...just call them the new "Hororcons"

That's the kind of closed minded attitude which ensures I have the opportunity to own cool things that you will never own.

...and should you change your mind and seek the toys out eventually, yours is the kind of attitude which allows me to sell the things you once dismissed at outrageous mark-ups.

Every year we go through this with people. "Boy, do these figures SUCK! What a horrible set!"

Then after the Con people are willing to pay siz arms, two legs and a spleen for them.

Oh well.

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:54 am

I preordered 1 set is it worth the investment ?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:58 am

nemesis-prime wrote:I preordered 1 set is it worth the investment ?

Given that the price of these custom sets usually balloon up 100% within a month of them being released I'll say yes.

Also the set itself looks cool.

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:59 am

Mkall wrote:
nemesis-prime wrote:I preordered 1 set is it worth the investment ?

Given that the price of these custom sets usually balloon up 100% within a month of them being released I'll say yes.

Also the set itself looks cool.

Cool..That will be one month i wont pay rent ..LOL

News Credits: 4 · by **typh0id** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:04 pm

Delicon wrote:Every year we go through this with people. "Boy, do these figures SUCK! What a horrible set!"

Then after the Con people are willing to pay siz arms, two legs and a spleen for them.

Oh well.

Well I certainly don't have anything against anyone who wants them enough to pay crap-tons of money for them...

But personally, I think they are all ugly as hell and the odds that one day I'm suddenly going to change my mind on that enough to be even remotely willing to sell body parts for them, are slim enough to be virtually non-existant...

But then again, I'm also not someone who will pay 2-3x as much for a henkei figure just because it has a few more details in the paint-app than the universe counterpart...\

You guys who want these, knock yourselves out...But I will always be able to find better figures to frivilously spend that kind of money on...

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:41 pm

typh0id wrote:But personally, I think they are all ugly as hell

Ugly...

That's what I don't get.

All of these figures are at the very least, well decoed. How exactly, is Flak an ugly figure?

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:28 pm

To each their own, but I certainly don't think these figures are ugly.

However, I don't think they interest me nearly enough to be worth convention set prices. If they were released as regular figures, at regular prices, my opinion might be different.

For me, I don't mind paying large amounts of cash on figures I feel are worth it. Henkei Thundercracker was well worth $80 IMO, however, any figure from this set does not look worth $80. They're still good figures, just not that good.