BotCon 2013 Exclusives Mini-Gallery (includes all 14 figures and the Kre-o Machine Wars set)
Friday, June 28th, 2013 12:17AM CDT
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We've spent tonight plowing through a mini-gallery of the 14 exclusive toys and 5 Kreons that you can only get exclusively at BotCon 2013, most of which belong to this year's Machine Wars theme. The 14 figures that you can get at BotCon are Strika, Obsidian, Megaplex, Hoist, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Electrons, Sandstorm, Mirage, Starscream, Sunstorm, Bitstream, and Hotlink. Blastcharge (the recolored Strika) is this year's custom class figure. The 5 figure Kre-o set that you can get contains 5 figures of the characters from the Machine Wars box set. Check out our gallery of this year's exclusives by clicking on any of the images below or by clicking here.
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Posted by mooncake623 on June 28th, 2013 @ 1:07am CDT
Posted by Banjo-Tron on June 28th, 2013 @ 1:12am CDT
Posted by data81 on June 28th, 2013 @ 1:17am CDT
Posted by gavinfuzzy on June 28th, 2013 @ 1:48am CDT
mooncake623 wrote:so.... whatsup with the name of the rainmakers? What happen to acid storm? is hotlink suppose to be the air warrior seeker? a bit confused there but I want it
As someone pointed out in another thread, this guys are not the rainmakers per say.
The rainmakers, are the neon coloured dudes from "Divide and Conquer"
The bright yellow one is NOT Sunstorm, as claimed by hasbro a few years back.
These guys are a homage to the seeker group with no name from G1's 1st episodes.
"Rainmakers" were probably used for trademark reasons or just as something identifiable.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:01am CDT
Mirage's art is just way too thin. Yeesh.
So yeah, I feel Starscream and Electrons, both toy and bio (despite Electro's not mentioning Gold Plastic Syndrome for shits and giggles. Bad, FunPub, bad!), are probably the best out of all the other exlusives.
Off topic question: do they normally do new Transformers reveals at BotCon? I haven't had coffee in a while, so my mind's a little kaput. Oh, the irony...
Posted by Mindmaster on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:04am CDT
data81 wrote:No one noticed the severe amount of typos on BItstreams tech spec?
Only thing I caught was "technology genius", where it should be "technological genius". I don't see anything out of the ordinary.
Posted by data81 on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:09am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:11am CDT
data81 wrote:The numbers are all wrong...or am I seeing things?
Oh, the numbers? Thought you meant the bio itself, as in grammatical errors.
I have no idea if they're off, sorry.
Posted by Period on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:49am CDT
Posted by Banjo-Tron on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:59am CDT
data81 wrote:The numbers are all wrong...or am I seeing things?
Yep, you're totally right! I initially though that the graphic was right and the numbers wrong because a speed of 7 seems a little low for a seeker, but then I noticed that Hotlink's speed is only 6!
Posted by Henry921 on June 28th, 2013 @ 3:08am CDT
I have to see if he's in the comic and what chassis he's using. It may be worth the time tracking down the original mold and including it with the team. The Stalker mold aged pretty well... the only thing I don't like about it is the chest cavity.
Or there's always customs...
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 28th, 2013 @ 3:40am CDT
Posted by Nemesis Destron on June 28th, 2013 @ 5:31am CDT
Posted by DMSL on June 28th, 2013 @ 5:49am CDT
Like someone pointed out this exclusive set is an entirely different group of seekers. Still they look good so i might get them.
I can live without all the others.
Posted by wolverinetodd on June 28th, 2013 @ 6:10am CDT
data81 wrote:No one noticed the severe amount of typos on BItstreams tech spec?
I noticed the word "from" was missing. As in "removed from the cyber world."
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 28th, 2013 @ 8:39am CDT
Electrons is oddly attractive to me as well, for some reason.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 28th, 2013 @ 10:42am CDT
As for the others, I'm less excited about the movieverse ones, but Mirage, Electro, Strika, Blastcharge and Hubcap are definitely nicely done. And adding Electro to the G2 Botcon lineup will be a thing of beauty.
Lastly, I have to add... it's funny how many people are complaining Starscream isn't a giant. I saw that as a MAJOR flaw to the originals. Prime was tiny, Starscream was 5 times taller than the other figures. Megaplex was a feeble "Cyberverse" size. They were all insanely out of proportion and clearly molds not intended for those characters at all — in color, head sculpt, face plates, size, or just about any aspect besides general vehicle form of jet, truck, etc.
I think this set — with jets all at the same size — remedies a decade long botch job. I'm VERY glad they made the seekers the same size, and Megaplex larger. They will display together nicely, and maybe the subscription service will throw us one of the missing characters like Soundwave.
All that said — and while Machine Wars is an odd line with varying degrees of nostalgia from the fans — I have to say I have a special memory about it. It was the one line I found ON SHELF at one visit, purchased in entirety, and walked out of KayBee into the mall with the whole line IN ONE GIANT BAG. Sheesh, I have no idea why they had a bag that big. It was massive. Clearly, the stuff of dreams to any kid.
Posted by deliciouspeter on June 28th, 2013 @ 12:00pm CDT
Posted by Mkall on June 28th, 2013 @ 12:45pm CDT
Oh well, that's the nature of the game.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:46pm CDT
What's the matter Hoist? Your arms look droopy.
I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Posted by Machinewarries on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:49pm CDT
(I REALLY, REALLY LIKE THAT RAINMAKERS, JUST A INTEAD BUY )
Posted by gothsaurus on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:50pm CDT
Also like that the seekers are a bit more standard G1 looking in their art.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:53pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Hoist forgot to pay some dues to Black Shadow and the Space Mafia, so they had a little... visit with him.
Posted by G1 Legacy on June 28th, 2013 @ 2:55pm CDT
Aw, curse you Hasbro for making this a Botcon exclusive.
Translation: super expensive.
this could have been released in stores as a Target OR TRU exclusive, as a way to compete with Takara's re-release of the seekers box set. God bless it, this hobby is SO expensive, especially this year it seems.
Posted by Henry921 on June 28th, 2013 @ 8:21pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Hoist forgot to pay some dues to Black Shadow and the Space Mafia, so they had a little... visit with him.
Now I want to see a BotCon set with Black Shadow and the Space Mafia.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 28th, 2013 @ 8:23pm CDT
Henry921 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Hoist forgot to pay some dues to Black Shadow and the Space Mafia, so they had a little... visit with him.
Now I want to see a BotCon set with Black Shadow and the Space Mafia.
Get to it, FunPub.
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 28th, 2013 @ 11:05pm CDT
Henry921 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Hoist forgot to pay some dues to Black Shadow and the Space Mafia, so they had a little... visit with him.
Now I want to see a BotCon set with Black Shadow and the Space Mafia.
We already got Black Shadow in the Generations line under the name Sky Shadow.
Posted by Breakdown318 on June 29th, 2013 @ 12:38am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 29th, 2013 @ 12:46am CDT
Breakdown318 wrote:Oh wow, I am trying to have enough money for all the masterpieces and now here comes classics rainmakers for over 200$!
I believe BBTS has the Rainmakers up for about $140. Preorder, that is.
But hey, we always have the CHMS Seekers. Speaking of, I'm actually considering getting a few of those as stand-ins. After all, the Seekers were the Vehicons of Generation One!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 29th, 2013 @ 1:44pm CDT
Manterax Prime wrote:Henry921 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I see, your shoulders are misassembled on all your copies, yet all Electrons are fine?
Hoist forgot to pay some dues to Black Shadow and the Space Mafia, so they had a little... visit with him.
Now I want to see a BotCon set with Black Shadow and the Space Mafia.
We already got Black Shadow in the Generations line under the name Sky Shadow.
And there's no Space Mafia. His function is Space Gangster, "Mafia" was a translation-goof. I still want to see a Generations Blue Bacchus though.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 29th, 2013 @ 1:55pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I still want to see a Generations Blue Bacchus though.
Would go very well with my Generations Black Shadow.
Posted by gothsaurus on July 1st, 2013 @ 9:22am CDT
Point being, it makes great sense to still buy all of them. I mean, they're G1 first season characters. You know you want them!!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 1st, 2013 @ 10:04am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I'd also note... everyone keeps erroneously calling these the Rainmakers, but they're not. They're the three seekers with flame throwers in the first episode, and they match in colors exactly. The Rainmakers show up in a later episode and have neon colors including green.
Point being, it makes great sense to still buy all of them. I mean, they're G1 first season characters. You know you want them!!
FunPub called them Rainmakers as well and we're going by that, despite them not actually being the Rainmakers we know and love.
Posted by gothsaurus on July 1st, 2013 @ 10:13am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on July 1st, 2013 @ 3:12pm CDT
Posted by gothsaurus on July 2nd, 2013 @ 9:57am CDT
Or... Firestarters. Hmmmm.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2013 @ 1:40pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 2nd, 2013 @ 1:51pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All Hoists had the shoulder misassembly.
And none of the Electros? What the hell happened there?
Posted by Mindmaster on July 2nd, 2013 @ 1:57pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:All Hoists had the shoulder misassembly.
And none of the Electros? What the hell happened there?