BotCon 2014 Pirates Vs Knights Souvenir Exclusive Gallery
Friday, June 20th, 2014 3:07AM CDT
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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!
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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
Posted by Dagon on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:22am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: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:
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.
Yeah, and it's probably also a matter of there being a number of large figures this year as well. Thundertron and Skorpanok are pretty big, and 'vehicle' mode on that Megatron is fairly wide. The Voyager Sharkticon Megs would have been a far better choice, but I can see that it probably wasn't the most feasible.
Hell, size was such an issue that they couldn't even make a decent sized head for that Rampage, after all.
Posted by Zeedust on June 20th, 2014 @ 11:33am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: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.
I think Noji is included too. I'd be interested in seeing what these versions of Igu and Noji look like transformed.
Posted by Doubledealer93 on June 20th, 2014 @ 12:49pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on June 20th, 2014 @ 1:10pm CDT
I want Apelinq too, but I've been usung Universe/Cybertron Primal foir that honor for a while, so no hurry. The rest, all inpressive figuesa, and I can't believe how low some of the boxset figs are going for (30 for Cannonball? Sheesh) were I at a Botcon, I'd be enjoying every one of them. But I'm not, so I must be picky-choosey
Posted by Zeedust on June 20th, 2014 @ 1:56pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on June 20th, 2014 @ 1:58pm CDT
Bumblebee looks better with each new picture. I'm impressed.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 20th, 2014 @ 2:01pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Is it just me or is it weird that while the pirates are Star Seekers, the knights get a new faction symbol but no faction name at all?
The name of the "faction" or rather sub-group is "Cybertronian Knights", not to be confused with "Knights of Cybertron" on which the group seems to be based.
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on June 20th, 2014 @ 3:43pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 20th, 2014 @ 4:21pm CDT
1) BotCon 2000: redeco of Transmetal Optimus Primal
2) OTFCC 2004: retool of Armada Rollout
3) BotCon 2014: redeco of Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal
If we're counting BotCon 2004, he's tied with Breakdown.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 20th, 2014 @ 4:31pm CDT
The Masterpiece figures Hasbro will be pumping out this year will be Prowl, Sunstorm, and a reissue of Grimlock. The pair of SDCC exclusives for next month are the Knights of Unicron set and the Dinobots set, which was revealed yesterday. Check out the preliminary images below, and view the remainder of the galleries by either clicking the links above or the images below!
Posted by Mindmaster on June 20th, 2014 @ 4:42pm CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 20th, 2014 @ 4:56pm CDT
I can't put into words how in love with that figure I'm in.
Posted by LeL on June 20th, 2014 @ 5:02pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 20th, 2014 @ 5:10pm CDT
View the preview gallery below, then view the full gallery of Age of Extinction's Generations and Robots in Disguise galleries at their respective links!
Posted by KirbyForce1 on June 20th, 2014 @ 5:30pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 20th, 2014 @ 5:37pm CDT
Not much new for Rescue Bots. However, Dinobots Bumblebee, Boulder, Chase, and a smaller version of Optimus Primal were on the scene! View the gallery for the Rescue Bots here!
Next we have some Kre-O! Not much was shown, though we have some nice looks at upcoming Micro-Changers and the Grimlock Unleashed set. The Kre-O gallery can be viewed here!
Finally, we come to the Loyal Subjects, makers of the super adorable Super Deformed Transformers. The Loyal Subjects will be featuring new three-packs available at San Diego Comic Con 2014: Shattered Glass Dinobots, Autobot Cars, and Decepticon Coneheads! The Shattered Glass Dinobots set will include Grimlock, Snarl, and Slag; the Autobot Cars set will feature Generation 2 Sideswipe, Smokescreen, and a translucent Mirage (imitating an invisible effect); and the Decepticon Coneheads will feature translucent versions of, you guessed it, Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge! Their gallery can be viewed here.