BotCon 2014 Coverage: Club Store gallery
Thursday, June 19th, 2014 9:53PM CDT
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Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:07pm CDT
And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:12pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Botcon toys are starting to show up on ebay, and some of them have pictures...
And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.
It's been confirmed its Cybertron Brimstone on other sites.
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:18pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Botcon toys are starting to show up on ebay, and some of them have pictures...
And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.
It's been confirmed its Cybertron Brimstone on other sites.
Posted by Rated X on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:21pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:30pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:35pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Looks like the Decepticon Clones are Jet Vehicons. Nice to see them released stateside... though I'd rather just have some generic Jet Vehicons, these will do.
Actually, it looks like one jet and one car.
It also looks like they have arms microns, and the car has the version of the gun from the RiD Vehicon release in addition to his arms micron.
Posted by megatronus on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:36pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:megatronus wrote:Looks like the Decepticon Clones are Jet Vehicons. Nice to see them released stateside... though I'd rather just have some generic Jet Vehicons, these will do.
Actually, it looks like one jet and one car.
It also looks like they have arms microns, and the car has the version of the gun from the RiD Vehicon release in addition to his arms micron.
Yea - you're right, one Jet one car. I guess Pounce and Wingspan wouldn't make sense if both had wings...
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:39pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:50pm CDT
Posted by durroth on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:00pm CDT
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:13pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:28pm CDT
UltraPrimal wrote:Anyone know if they have Depth Charge, Rampage, and Transmutate at the Club store? I might try and find someone to middleman them for me if they're cheap enough.
If that doesn't work out for you, Depth Charge and Transmutate are available at the club's online store, so you could probably get someone to order them from there for you if you asked around.
Posted by xyl360 on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:47pm CDT
It's funny that this year, just as with last year's set (the Rainmakers (Welcoming Committee), the show-exclusives were the only ones to interest me and the ones in the boxed set were a flop or at least not worth paying the prices. I mean I get that Scorponok and Devcon in particular have been requested like crazy and were definitely excellent choices for exclusives, especially with the custom Headmaster head for Scorponok and all, but I just wasn't convinced that I needed to have them in my collection. That said, all these 3H Beast Wars characters were absolute must haves for me. I've got all of their original versions already, but most of these are really awesome, and in the case of Alpha Trion it's the closest I'll ever come (short of a custom) to the 3H Botcon repaint that could've been but never was save for a single sample:
edit: I just realized that even Devcon was planned that final year before 3H went under:
So given that, plus Apelinq, Primal Prime and Shokoract (and any others who might have appeared in/been featured in the 3H Wreckers/Botcon fiction) it seems that in addition to being the 30th anniversary celebration for Transformers, it's also sort of a homage to the 3H days sort of giving them their dues for being the previous guys running Botcon I guess.
For the curious, there's a whole article about these never released 3H exclusives with pictures and info here on TFormers. They also have pics of the display cases from this year's Botcon showing off all of this year's exclusives, including the show-exclusives but I won't post those since I expect Seibertron has their own that they intend to post for the news feed.
Posted by mooncake623 on June 20th, 2014 @ 12:12am CDT
xyl360 wrote:Well, I caved. I totally bought a bunch of Botcon exclusives off of ebay just now.
A little early no? I feel like prices is at it's highest now, before everyone else gets a chance at it to flip
Posted by xyl360 on June 20th, 2014 @ 12:24am CDT
mooncake623 wrote:xyl360 wrote:Well, I caved. I totally bought a bunch of Botcon exclusives off of ebay just now.
A little early no? I feel like prices is at it's highest now, before everyone else gets a chance at it to flip
Actually it wasn't too bad. The price I got for getting all of them together was considerably lower than trying to buy each set individually so I don't figure the prices will drop by that much, particularly for some of these that you know people are gonna be snatching up like crazy (such as the Clones).
Posted by durroth on June 20th, 2014 @ 1:08am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on June 20th, 2014 @ 3:04am CDT
Featuring Pirates Clone Pounce, Clone Wingspan, "The Hunter", and Brimstone and Knights Ape-Linq, Flareup, and Alpha Trizer. (You might be wondering "What about the Kreos?" Those will be online this weekend.)
Pounce is a redeco of the PRID Vehicon mold
Wingspan is a redeco of the Arms Micron Jet Vehicon mold
"The Hunter" is a redeco/remold of the PRID Megatron mold
Brimstone is a redeco of the FOC Air Raid mold
Ape-Linq is a redeco of the of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary/Cybertron Optimus Prime/Primal mold
Flareup is a redeco of the PRID Arcee mold
and finally, Alpha Trizer, which is a redeco of the PRID Thundertron mold.
You can click on the names above to see the galleries of the origin figures.
You've seen this year's exclusive boxset tech specs, which you can see again here, and now it's time to see the attendee figures and their techspecs as well!
Coming to you right from Pasadena, CA, Seibertron.com is proud to present Pirates Vs. Knights Attendee Souvenir gallery!
Click on any of the images below to be taken to the full gallery:
Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!
Posted by The Thuggernaut on June 20th, 2014 @ 3:24am CDT
Posted by xyl360 on June 20th, 2014 @ 3:26am CDT
Posted by wolverinetodd on June 20th, 2014 @ 7:24am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 7:34am CDT
As someone who army built the hell out of the various Vehicon releases, I may get two more sets down the road.
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 20th, 2014 @ 8:02am CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on June 20th, 2014 @ 8:06am CDT
Of course, they could've really blown minds by using the molds for both sets of Autobot and Decepticon clones, suggesting they're all clones of the same robot.
Posted by Optimizzy on June 20th, 2014 @ 8:20am CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 20th, 2014 @ 8:34am CDT
Also on a side note, is odd that the Kreons this year are figures unrelated to the boxset? Last years machine wars termination kreons were parallel to the figures from the box set, this year they're all previous exclusives, which makes me think a botcon 20th set would've been better than the transformers 30th.
Posted by rpetras on June 20th, 2014 @ 8:36am CDT
xyl360 wrote:That seems to be a recurring theme for the past couple years or so. The attendee-only figures beat out the boxed set figures.
That's the truth! I couldn't care less about most of the set figures, Scorponok excluded. But even Scorpy is skipable because the energon version is good enough for me.
The Clones, and the bikes are the "must buys" for me.
Shockoract, Alpha Triser and Brimstone are all pretty nice too.
Not must haves, but all quite nice.
Posted by megatronus on June 20th, 2014 @ 9:05am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 9:11am CDT
megatronus wrote:I could see myself going for all the attendee figures except Apelinq. These guys seem to be fairly popular, but I'll wait for all the hubbub to die down and see if they go on sale at the major retailers and the Club Store.
Something tells me they're not gonna have many(or any) left to sell on the club store.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 20th, 2014 @ 9:47am CDT
And the Clones I could easily see being originally produced by Wings Jhiaxus, maybe commissioned by Cannonball. Igu being included is icing on the cake.
Alpha Trizer, Apelinq and Hunter are all must-haves... *sob*
Posted by Rated X on June 20th, 2014 @ 9:52am CDT
But those clones...ugh. How could funpub not give them proper heads instead of vehicons ? Im pretty sure a 3rd party will make proper heads. The yellow shockwave repaint just sucks because the mold sucks to begin with. Alpha Lion (or whatever his name is) is a joke. I know theres a still a heavy demand for the 2007 botcon alpha trion, but cmon thats thing dont cut it as a place holder. Flareup looks good, but its basically an orange arcee. Maybe if they had done a fembots 3 pack it would have been worth picking up. But im happy with the 2005 versions. I actually like the black crab, but I 60 dollar like him, not 125 dollar like him. Apelinq...I dont really care about. I want to keep my beast wars collection simple. I dont regret my decison of skipping botcon this year. I did Pasadena in 2011 so its not like I missed any adventuring out thrre. Alot of money saved on hotel, airfare, and high priced California food.
Posted by El Duque on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:20am CDT
Posted by Dagon on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:23am CDT
Rated X wrote:Im shocked by the love these crappy character choices are getting. I only bought the non attendee box set and grabbed Flamewar on ebay. I also had took a gamble on the class figure before knowing what it was in my preorder, but kind of like it for the clear red plastic. He will be my rabid hate plauge ape. 75 bucks on that was a fair deal.
But those clones...ugh. How could funpub not give them proper heads instead of vehicons ? Im pretty sure a 3rd party will make proper heads. The yellow shockwave repaint just sucks because the mold sucks to begin with. Alpha Lion (or whatever his name is) is a joke. I know theres a still a heavy demand for the 2007 botcon alpha trion, but cmon thats thing dont cut it as a place holder. Flareup looks good, but its basically an orange arcee. Maybe if they had done a fembots 3 pack it would have been worth picking up. But im happy with the 2005 versions. I actually like the black crab, but I 60 dollar like him, not 125 dollar like him. Apelinq...I dont really care about. I want to keep my beast wars collection simple. I dont regret my decison of skipping botcon this year. I did Pasadena in 2011 so its not like I missed any adventuring out thrre. Alot of money saved on hotel, airfare, and high priced California food.
I kind of agree with you, but just not with so much of a vitriol I think. I think a lot of the choices, mold and character wise, are just dull. Yes, I see what they did, and I understand that their referencing 3H/old Fun Pub OC's is one of those things we're expected to be beside ourselves with awe and wonder at, but to me, it just makes a random jumble of a set more random and jumbled.
I think all the toys look very nice, add on wise; the box set is still real weak to me. I think the bikes look great, and I think the Clones look good, but to me they don't work. I think the Vehicon heads actually work into a fiction where the two guys are supposed to be clones, but to me they just look like white Vehicons. That Alpha Trion is just stupid.
I get the idea that this set was a way better sounding idea than it was a practice. It's like Fun Pub's own little Generations line, but for me at least, it just didn't work out.
Posted by TheVenocWarlord on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:35am CDT
Though, they are all knocked over!
The Vehicon Clones look awesome. Only thing I really want, though Ape-Linq is tempting, because, Beast Wars.
That last Grimlock is massive. Adult Collector sticker on it too!
Really want to see what else is in store! I love exclusives.
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:39am CDT
Posted by rpetras on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:40am CDT
If I can cancel my preorder for the Takara import, that would be good.
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:41am CDT
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:41am CDT
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:42am CDT
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:42am CDT
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:43am CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:50am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
Megatron Wolf wrote:so was that one display just not set up or did they fall over? Is it an actual set or just a random display, seems odd that they'd bring back crankcase seeing as how he was killed. Also who is the 3rd one there? I dont recognize the alt mode and the robot mode is to obscured to make enough out.
The 3rd figure is apparently Generation Skids as the AoE Rally car. It's meant to be the scene where the feds pull up(Crankcase) and OP escapes by driving through the barn door.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 20th, 2014 @ 10:56am CDT
Posted by megatronus on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:00am CDT
I am surprisingly excited by this voyager Drift. Those swords look to be made of rigid plastic - not floppy!!! Plus, the remolding (i.e. the shoulders) really helps accentuate the samurai look. This guy will very probably be my next desk-former.
Dagon wrote:Rated X wrote:Im shocked by the love these crappy character choices are getting. I only bought the non attendee box set and grabbed Flamewar on ebay. I also had took a gamble on the class figure before knowing what it was in my preorder, but kind of like it for the clear red plastic. He will be my rabid hate plauge ape. 75 bucks on that was a fair deal.
But those clones...ugh. How could funpub not give them proper heads instead of vehicons ? Im pretty sure a 3rd party will make proper heads. The yellow shockwave repaint just sucks because the mold sucks to begin with. Alpha Lion (or whatever his name is) is a joke. I know theres a still a heavy demand for the 2007 botcon alpha trion, but cmon thats thing dont cut it as a place holder. Flareup looks good, but its basically an orange arcee. Maybe if they had done a fembots 3 pack it would have been worth picking up. But im happy with the 2005 versions. I actually like the black crab, but I 60 dollar like him, not 125 dollar like him. Apelinq...I dont really care about. I want to keep my beast wars collection simple. I dont regret my decison of skipping botcon this year. I did Pasadena in 2011 so its not like I missed any adventuring out thrre. Alot of money saved on hotel, airfare, and high priced California food.
I kind of agree with you, but just not with so much of a vitriol I think. I think a lot of the choices, mold and character wise, are just dull. Yes, I see what they did, and I understand that their referencing 3H/old Fun Pub OC's is one of those things we're expected to be beside ourselves with awe and wonder at, but to me, it just makes a random jumble of a set more random and jumbled.
I think all the toys look very nice, add on wise; the box set is still real weak to me. I think the bikes look great, and I think the Clones look good, but to me they don't work. I think the Vehicon heads actually work into a fiction where the two guys are supposed to be clones, but to me they just look like white Vehicons. That Alpha Trion is just stupid.
I get the idea that this set was a way better sounding idea than it was a practice. It's like Fun Pub's own little Generations line, but for me at least, it just didn't work out.
I like most of the attendee stuff, but not enough to go out and buy them for the post-Botcon inflated eBay prices. The only things I think I'm going to try and get right out the gate are Cannonball, Fire Guts Ginrai, and Shockaract.
BTW, since the Club decided to use EVERY PRIME ARCEE MOLD this year, I'm surprised they didn't do something like this for Shokaract:
Posted by Dagon on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:03am CDT
megatronus wrote:...a large quote with pictures....
The Ginrai is nice, but for me it's mainly because the figure is such a good one. The character or deco for Botcon, I'm not that impressed, but the actual pictures of it make it look better than I'd originally thought.
And yeah, personally I think Shockract would be more interesting had he been the Sharkticon Megatron mold. As it stands, he's not interesting at all.
Posted by MenaceRX on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:04am CDT
Posted by Siger on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:06am CDT
Posted by Madeus Prime on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:11am CDT
Anybody notice the Sonic Rally? (AKA Hot Shot?)
Either way, I love boxsets and these look really cool. Might grab the one pictured above (Note they're replacing the Humanicons for DOTM Crankcase's)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:16am CDT
megatronus wrote:BTW, since the Club decided to use EVERY PRIME ARCEE MOLD this year, I'm surprised they didn't do something like this for Shokaract:
Looks really good! To be fair, using the already available Rampage makes more sense economically. It also makes the Hunter's evolution to Shokaract all the more drastic.
Posted by Primeultimus on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:22am CDT