BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted

Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 11:00am CST

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With a peculiar choice of timing, as a lot of people not in the US are probably still/already celebrating the arrival of the New Year, the official BotCon Twitter account and the official website have 'revealed' this year's theme for the convention exclusive set. It looks like you'll be hunting for Cybertron's Most Wanted in 2015 - a set of supposedly five figures nicknamed The Thief, The Muscle, the Loose Cannon, The Bounty Hunter and The Boss!

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Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634488)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:02am CST

A second year in a row of lawbreaking protagonists.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634489)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:03am CST

HAH! Called it!

So we'll get a 5 figure boxset... What would Blue Bacchus fall under?

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634490)
Posted by ScottyP on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:04am CST

So, no actual, useful information. Just speculation fuel. Their hype trains have gone from kind of sad to downright annoying.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634494)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:06am CST

Another Tweet - https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/550336580872044544

Later this afternoon we will be revealing the Universe the 2015 story takes place in.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634496)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:08am CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:HAH! Called it!

Ahem.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634498)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:12am CST

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:HAH! Called it!
Ahem.

My inability to read and as well as how you and I think alike is disturbing...

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634503)
Posted by Counterpunch on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:17am CST

Cool.

A Guardians of the Galaxy boxset.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634504)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:19am CST

Counterpunch wrote:Cool.

A Guardians of the Galaxy boxset.

And you just instantly made this set all the more desirable for me.

In other words, you counterpunched me into wanting more.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634507)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:27am CST

Yup, that's definitely a theme. It's better than "Pirates v Knights (2014)" which was dumb. Yes they were pirates versus knights, but that's not a theme, those are bullet points about the theme. Anyhow, I think the club would be happier of they came out and said "We've been watching allota the Steve Buscemi show, and while we can't make theme on Cybertronian Prohibition, we can make it it about gangsters and the mafia". Because that would be more badass so far than what appears, thus far, to be thugs, that are thrust into a position where they have to be the antiheroes and save the world. If they keep going the criminal route, I want it to be about bad people doing bad things, no heroics.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634520)
Posted by gothsaurus on December 31st, 2014 @ 11:58am CST

I dunno... based on my enjoyment of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, Han & Chewbacca.... some not-quite-good-guys doing good in the end might come out to be a decent story. I'm optimistic.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634524)
Posted by Madeus Prime on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:00pm CST

Counterpunch wrote:Cool.

A Guardians of the Galaxy boxset.

Gah! You beat me to it!

Either way, sounds awesome, I'd love to see some lesser known characters, such as:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Blue Bacchus

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634528)
Posted by durroth on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:04pm CST

Me am grootlock!

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634532)
Posted by gothsaurus on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:14pm CST

Regarding last year's set... I was a little lukewarm until I got the assortment of Renderform accessories in matching colors. The gold, bronze, and silver swords look especially nice with all the pirates. Definitely made the whole team snap into focus. The knight weapons are equally nice, but work better with the larger figures like Convoy and Alpha Trion.

I'd totally recommend them if there are any left in stock.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634534)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:17pm CST

what are the odds that "The Muscle" will be TFP:RID Breakdown's toy? That would be awesome.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634535)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:17pm CST

what are the odds that "The Muscle" will be TFP:RID Breakdown's toy? That would be awesome.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634539)
Posted by WiseMan on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:34pm CST

Here's my wild guess.

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters toys, based in the Beast Wars: Uprising TFCC universe.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634548)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 31st, 2014 @ 12:54pm CST

So they're going with the outlaw theme because the location is Chicago? Or is that just coincidence?

Also, I'd like to see a set consisting of a team of characters, much like the Stunticons from 2011, regardless of which molds they use. Considering the theme, this would be a great representation of the Combaticons.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634592)
Posted by CrankyOldTruck on December 31st, 2014 @ 2:51pm CST

gothsaurus wrote:I dunno... based on my enjoyment of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, Han & Chewbacca.... some not-quite-good-guys doing good in the end might come out to be a decent story. I'm optimistic.

Between their description and you mentioning Han and Chewie, I now have the Star Wars novel "Scoundrels" stuck in my mind. That having been said, the bar is now raised pretty darn high. They are going to be hard pressed to impress me with whatever selection they have in store for us but I have to say that I'm still liking the general theme. I'm just not too keen on everyone getting all excited over using this, that & the other Prime figures for their selection. I think there are still plenty of Classics/Generations/Movie figures that could be repurposed and even some Cybertron series figures that could see another go. I'm not at all a fan of the Prime or TFA figure lines so even if I'm liking the basic idea, I'll totally pass on getting the sets if they are mostly TFA/TFP figures.

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634602)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2014 @ 3:26pm CST

Another Tweet with a request that could result in a little something for us - https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/550391961010466816

This gets retweeted 250 times u get a preview of the comic! The backdrop for the story. Deal? http://BotCon.com

Re: BotCon 2015 Theme Revealed: Cybertron's Most Wanted (1634604)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 31st, 2014 @ 3:37pm CST

Figures the setting would be Nexus 208.0 epsilon... Which basically means the gloves are officially off: Axiom Nexus is the New York City of the multiverse, a real melting pot.

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