Botcon 2012 - Shattered Glass G2 Prime!
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 11:10AM CDT
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Posted 3 days agoPosted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2012 @ 11:11am CDT
Wait...
Hold it! What's that rubsign doing there? Is that another one of those KO's?
Posted by Mkall on March 13th, 2012 @ 11:19am CDT
Posted by WolfDawg on March 13th, 2012 @ 11:24am CDT
This will probably only appeal to the fans who don't have the original SG Prime. I have the KOLD Double Shattered Glass Prime figure and it works just fine in my small SG collection. This seems like a waste of time to me.
Bring on the SG Junkions in Insecticon colors dammit!
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on March 13th, 2012 @ 11:31am CDT
Posted by necr0blivion on March 13th, 2012 @ 11:32am CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:01pm CDT
necr0blivion wrote:I hope this is a custom. We already have SG Prime in a better mold! I'd rather have a new mold or character, but oh well.
True I have seen a few like this. However this really looks to be Legit and I don't like. god I hate that mold
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:19pm CDT
Posted by triKlops on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:21pm CDT
interested to find out more about the pic
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:25pm CDT
Posted by necr0blivion on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:36pm CDT
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if they have the mold available to them, they may as well make it a new SG Prime. It's good for people who don't have SG Prime and don't want a KO of it.
I think people who want SG Prime want the Classics version; I'd rather buy (and do own) a KO of that figure than get a new version of SG Prime.
Now, if they wanted to do a Nemesis, I'd be down for it even though I'm not a big fan of the mold. With SG Ultra Magnus utilizing this mold, I just don't think another SG is necessary.
Posted by Mkall on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:41pm CDT
IgnikaMarcus wrote:I'm pretty sure Octopunch is the freebie for this year. If this is part of a souvenir set I'll be surprised.
Voyager figures aren't the freebie figs. Whichever the freebie fig will be, it'll be a deluxe figure.
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:53pm CDT
Posted by Slick_Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:56pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2012 @ 12:58pm CDT
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:00pm CDT
Edit: ninja'd by the post above
Posted by Slick_Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:16pm CDT
Posted by T-Macksimus on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:24pm CDT
Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:30pm CDT
T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.
Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.
It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:35pm CDT
IgnikaMarcus wrote:T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.
Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.
It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?
It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.
Posted by WolfDawg on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:37pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:IgnikaMarcus wrote:T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.
Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.
It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?
It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.
Did the original SG Prime have a purple Autobot logo that was a different shade than the actual figure?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:41pm CDT
WolfDawg wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:IgnikaMarcus wrote:T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.
Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.
It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?
It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.
Did the original SG Prime have a purple Autobot logo that was a different shade than the actual figure?
O you bet:
The shade of purple on that SG G2 Prime is slightly too light, then again purples and blues are notoriously hard get right, much less to properly photograph.
Are we the only ones who noticed the rubsign?
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:48pm CDT
Oh, that was you. Nevermind.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2012 @ 1:51pm CDT
IgnikaMarcus wrote:Second or third guy who posted saw the rubsign and deemed the figure fake as well.
Oh, that was you. Nevermind.
I mean the site as a whole.
Posted by Manterax Prime on March 13th, 2012 @ 2:00pm CDT
Posted by Heavy B on March 13th, 2012 @ 2:40pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on March 13th, 2012 @ 3:05pm CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on March 13th, 2012 @ 3:41pm CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Betcha it's legit.
Exactly it's shitty enough to be a Botcon toy this year.
Posted by Mkall on March 13th, 2012 @ 3:42pm CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Betcha it's legit.
Never bet against Counterpunch.
You will lose.
Posted by bionic_radical on March 13th, 2012 @ 3:56pm CDT
I hope you guys can't get enough of the Black Shadow mold...
Posted by ILL-Star on March 13th, 2012 @ 4:56pm CDT
Posted by Tranzilla on March 13th, 2012 @ 7:50pm CDT
GetRightRobot wrote:Also posted on Planet Iacon's Facebook page today is a surprise image of Botcon 2012 Exclusive Shattered Glass Optimus Prime. Or so we assume based on the color scheme. This SG Prime is delivered via the Transformers Reveal the Shield G2 Prime. It has not been indicated of this will be an Exclusive add-on figure or this year's freebie. Check out the image below or click here to view Planet Iacon's Facebook page.
Lost opportunity of Shattered OP and Magnus set using the WFC Optimus mold if this is true.
Posted by Delicon on March 13th, 2012 @ 7:53pm CDT
Mkall wrote:You will lose.
Posted by alexison on March 13th, 2012 @ 8:55pm CDT
Posted by gavinfuzzy on March 13th, 2012 @ 10:27pm CDT
(It was speculated awhile back that we would be getting a SG prime from this mold)
Notice how boxset Ultra Magnus, who shares the same mold, does not have the rubsign
However, this prime does. Probably a really good custom, the real thing probably features the battle scars from the 08 one.
Posted by ausbot on March 13th, 2012 @ 10:38pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 14th, 2012 @ 12:36am CDT
Posted by emeraldbeacon on March 14th, 2012 @ 1:04am CDT
Just my two cents.
Posted by RhA on March 14th, 2012 @ 2:06am CDT
Posted by robotmel on March 14th, 2012 @ 2:59am CDT
Blah blah, rub sign, blah blah, legit...?
Never mind blooming Shattered Glass, what ever happened to a Scourge repaint of this Laser Prime mold?
My Battle Tanker needs some tall, dark and evil right now!!!
Posted by Mkall on March 14th, 2012 @ 3:01am CDT
robotmel wrote:>:oP
Blah blah, rub sign, blah blah, legit...?
Never mind blooming Shattered Glass, what ever happened to a Scourge repaint of this Laser Prime mold?
My Battle Tanker needs some tall, dark and evil right now!!!
You think FunPub would be foolish enough to release such a wanted item at Convention-Exclusive rarity/prices?
Yeah they've done some boneheaded stuff in the past but in this case they learned from Botcon '07 Thundercracker.
If the Club does anything with scourge, it'll be one of their Club Exclusive Figs.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 14th, 2012 @ 4:54am CDT
Mkall wrote:robotmel wrote:>:oP
Blah blah, rub sign, blah blah, legit...?
Never mind blooming Shattered Glass, what ever happened to a Scourge repaint of this Laser Prime mold?
My Battle Tanker needs some tall, dark and evil right now!!!
You think FunPub would be foolish enough to release such a wanted item at Convention-Exclusive rarity/prices?
Yeah they've done some boneheaded stuff in the past but in this case they learned from Botcon '07 Thundercracker.
If the Club does anything with scourge, it'll be one of their Club Exclusive Figs.
Besides, remember that supposed store listing with figures a while back? One of them was a Deluxe Scourge, which could be the Laser Prime repaint (maybe even a Sweep repaint, I don't know). Still, take that with a grain of salt as we haven't heard anything from it since.
Just to be clear, I am open to the idea of this being legit (I know better than to fight CP), but wouldn't exclude the idea of a KOLD (Knock-Off Lucky Draw) release either.