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Another piece of Botcon information for all you Transformers fans headed that way. We have received an update notifying us of more hotel rooms now available in the host hotel and the message has been mirrored below.

Hello members!

This just in from the hotel: They had another group release hotel rooms so if you are not staying at the host hotel, you can change your reservations, so give them a call:
800-The-Galt (800-843-4258) or 502-589-5200!

See you this week in Louisville!


Brian

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Across time and space, the three Convoys, Big Convoy, Lio Convoy, and Beast Convoy, unite to show off their stuff and prove their mettle! Evil Destrons beware, for it's a jungle out there!

Thanks to Botcon on Twitter we get our first reveal! They revealed that the Custom Class Figure will be Ratchet and Medix. And according to their tweet you can get 5 different decos to chose from including one deco that lets you build a different character! Check out the Tweets from Botcon and images mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in Botcon news and updates!

You're first BotCon 2016 reveal... Custom Class Ratchet & Medix! A total of 5 different builds to choose from!

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) April 6, 2016

4 Ratchet builds and a Medix option. Class attendees get to select two sticker sheets as part of the class.

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) April 6, 2016

Well, so much for CW Bluestreak. But I have a question for you guys (might ask the podcast this), are these figures considered official by fans? I know they are licensed, but do fans see them as official as other toys distributed by hasbro? Like will we nd up seeing this SG Ratchet in the TF Wiki?

I don't understand why anyone believed the Bluestreak rumor in the first place. FP specifically stated that the CC figure would have a new head, and Prowl's head extremely similar to Bluestreak's, so it wouldn't to make a new one.

As for the figure itself, I was right on it being Ratchet, and it's really cool that you have five options for it.

the one on the left looks the best

Damn, was really hoping for a mainline release of a CW Ratchet eventually... oh well, aftermarket prices are gonna be fuuuuuuun.

We now have a Generations Rescue Bot!

Kurona wrote:Damn, was really hoping for a mainline release of a CW Ratchet eventually... oh well, aftermarket prices are gonna be fuuuuuuun.

Leftovers will be found on the club's website. Unpainted of course, since this is a custom class and the whole point is you have to paint it yourself. You also have to be a club member to purchase it.

I'll vouch for N. I remember him calling it as Ratchet.
I'm relieved it's not Bluestreak. Unlikely, but maybe will see him down the road.
Love that Ratchet head sculpt.

Hmmmm... If only the combiner peg is white, yea I think that'll look better.

welp, there is the Ratchet. Nice head though

mooncake623 wrote:Hmmmm... If only the combiner peg is white, yea I think that'll look better.

Ya, good point. That would look better.
The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

That's pretty cool. I've never been to botcon and I've always wondered what is used to paint these. I've always been scared the paint would just smear.

Heck if black paint is an option you could totally make a very IDW prowl out of that.

Cobotron wrote:I'll vouch for N. I remember him calling it as Ratchet.

I never stated it on Seibertron, but I been predicting Ratchet since the reveal of Terrorsaur shot down my Red Wing hopes.

Neato.

I assume the other exclusives will be revealed today as well?

Autobot N wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'll vouch for N. I remember him calling it as Ratchet.

I never stated it on Seibertron, but I been predicting Ratchet since the reveal of Terrorsaur shot down my Red Wing hopes.

Well then I be trippin'.
Good news is, you were right!

If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Yup, that is correct. The session only gives you the stickers you choose to apply. Meaning that you will still be able to get the stickers and figure packaged together with the leftovers on their site later.

But i have a question guys, does this mean that there will now be a new entry for toys in the TF Wiki for:

Rescue Bots Medix
SG Ratchet
G1 Ratchet
G2 Ratchet

?

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Class attendees I've spoken to stated that the pre-assembled figure does NOT include the stickers. They've also never included the stickers for them in the past.

Midnight_Fox wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Class attendees I've spoken to stated that the pre-assembled figure does NOT include the stickers. They've also never included the stickers for them in the past.

From what we've seen on upcoming toys. It seems stickers are making a come back. Botcon has been doing some game changers lately with some stuff so it's not improbable that they may include sticker sheets.

Midnight_Fox wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Class attendees I've spoken to stated that the pre-assembled figure does NOT include the stickers. They've also never included the stickers for them in the past.

Is it a random draw you you get with the preassembled figure?

william-james88 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Class attendees I've spoken to stated that the pre-assembled figure does NOT include the stickers. They've also never included the stickers for them in the past.

Is it a random draw you you get with the preassembled figure?

I've never seen or heard of the preassembled figures coming with them(none of mine nor any of the ones I've painted on commission had them), so no clue.

They may have changed it this year, but as I said, the classes are being told they don't come with them and the class attendees are only getting the G1 set and their choice of one other set since the non-G1 sets were made in much smaller quantities.

william-james88 wrote:But I have a question for you guys (might ask the podcast this), are these figures considered official by fans? I know they are licensed, but do fans see them as official as other toys distributed by hasbro? Like will we nd up seeing this SG Ratchet in the TF Wiki?

Of course they're official. Every class figure has ended up on the Wiki.

SG Ratchet already existed anyway - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(SG)

william-james88 wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Yup, that is correct. The session only gives you the stickers you choose to apply. Meaning that you will still be able to get the stickers and figure packaged together with the leftovers on their site later.

But i have a question guys, does this mean that there will now be a new entry for toys in the TF Wiki for:

Rescue Bots Medix
SG Ratchet
G1 Ratchet
G2 Ratchet

?

I imagine so seeing as how they have entries for other custom class figures such as Galva Convoy and G2 Sideswipe. Also I'm not aware of a G2 Ratchet. I see

Marvel Comics Ratchet
G1 Ratchet
Prime Ratchet
SG Ratchet
Medix

Where are people getting "G2 Ratchet" from? Was it stated by the customization class? Because I'm not even aware that there were ever plans for Ratchet to be rereleased in the 90s.

Kurona wrote:Where are people getting "G2 Ratchet" from? Was it stated by the customization class? Because I'm not even aware that there were ever plans for Ratchet to be rereleased in the 90s.

He has a G2 autobot symbol, so he is G2 ratchet (isn that how G2 works?)



Also Powerglde proved hat you dont need to be planned to have a G2 version of yourself:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:If anyone that's at the class happens to have leftover Ratchet and/or Medix stickers, I'm willing to buy them off you!

I thought it was paint, and the Stickers are included for the non-attendee custom class figure. I could be wrong.

Class attendees I've spoken to stated that the pre-assembled figure does NOT include the stickers. They've also never included the stickers for them in the past.

Well that sucks

So many options...!

Cobotron wrote:The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

They are equal parts strange and wonderful. I have to say, I'm just a little bit jealous of this figure.

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

They are equal parts strange and wonderful. I have to say, I'm just a little bit jealous of this figure.

Which one?

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

They are equal parts strange and wonderful. I have to say, I'm just a little bit jealous of this figure.

Which one?

The one with the un-painted Rachet head and that neato hard candy transclearant HFG2000!

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

They are equal parts strange and wonderful. I have to say, I'm just a little bit jealous of this figure.

Which one?

The one with the un-painted Rachet head and that neato hard candy transclearant HFG2000!

At least that narrows it down. I now know you arent jealous of the Medix figure.

The five options pictured are, from left to right, Marvel G1 Ratchet, Cartoon G1 Ratchet, G2 Ratchet, SG Ratchet, and Medix.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:The translucent HFGs and weapons are strange and wonderful though.

They are equal parts strange and wonderful. I have to say, I'm just a little bit jealous of this figure.

Which one?

The one with the un-painted Rachet head and that neato hard candy transclearant HFG2000!

At least that narrows it down. I now know you arent jealous of the Medix figure.

Personally I'm not liking any of the default suggested decos. If I was getting one, I'd pick the G1 flavor, bring him home in vanilla and IDW the helsinki out him at my leisure.

I have a hard time applying stickers, painting a figure frightens the perfectionist in me. I'd never be happy and wouldn't be able to leave good enough alone.

But at least I'd have a sweet G1 sticker set to never apply.

To bring it all together, here are the 5 custom class exclusives:

Marvel G1 Ratchet



G2 Ratchet



Rescue Bot Medix



G1 Ratchet



There is also SG Rathet in this shot of all 5 toys:

Oh man, was this the practically for certain Combiner Bluestreak announcement, cuz I don't want to miss that. Boy, factor in the Hasbro deluxe Groove news of yesterday, and wooo, Seibertron.com batting 1000% again.

Wow, Ratchet is awesome! Translucent HFG?! Woooooo!!

itscramtastic wrote:Wow, Ratchet is awesome! Translucent HFG?! Woooooo!!

I think that's kind of weird, since none of the other hand foot guns are translucent. It's cool and all, and I do find it interesting, but none of the combiners have that, so it seems a little like maybe CW Ratchet is not actually supposed to be a part of any combiner team? ....Which itself seems odd, since apparently every Autobot in CW is now part of a combiner team?

I know the custom class figure is usually some real random thing, but this seems real .....pointless-ish? SG Ratchet is a neat idea though.

Ok, so I read up on another thread that this below is what will be given for those who bought the preassembled figure and this si what will be available online when they put the leftovers:



So no stickers and just the Ratchet head (not medix/first aid)

Dagon wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Wow, Ratchet is awesome! Translucent HFG?! Woooooo!!

I think that's kind of weird, since none of the other hand foot guns are translucent. It's cool and all, and I do find it interesting, but none of the combiners have that, so it seems a little like maybe CW Ratchet is not actually supposed to be a part of any combiner team? ....Which itself seems odd, since apparently every Autobot in CW is now part of a combiner team?

I know the custom class figure is usually some real random thing, but this seems real .....pointless-ish? SG Ratchet is a neat idea though.

The bios for everyone but SG Ratchet state they're expressly alt combiner limbs for the Protectobots for in case someone is unavailable.

Dagon wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Wow, Ratchet is awesome! Translucent HFG?! Woooooo!!

I think that's kind of weird, since none of the other hand foot guns are translucent. It's cool and all, and I do find it interesting, but none of the combiners have that, so it seems a little like maybe CW Ratchet is not actually supposed to be a part of any combiner team? ....Which itself seems odd, since apparently every Autobot in CW is now part of a combiner team?

I know the custom class figure is usually some real random thing, but this seems real .....pointless-ish? SG Ratchet is a neat idea though.

Unite Warriors Starscream comes with one right? So this is what we get in the U.S.

I do like the idea, you are right though. You'd have to use someone else's HFG to fit in better on a G1 Optimus based combiner. At least I would have to..

One of the G1 Ratchet bios says that Ratchet's combiner hand has healing powers, which would fit with the translucent look of it.

Also, the class exclusive accessory is an Enigma of Combination that can fit inside the chest of the CW Optimus/Motormaster mold.

william-james88 wrote:Well, so much for CW Bluestreak. But I have a question for you guys (might ask the podcast this), are these figures considered official by fans? I know they are licensed, but do fans see them as official as other toys distributed by hasbro? Like will we nd up seeing this SG Ratchet in the TF Wiki?

Trying to get the Transformers fandom to come to consensus on something? Sisyphus has it easy by comparison.

The Transformers wiki does list all of the customs Botcon's released, though!

I'm hoping fans can put together some high res scans to post of all the various stickers... for those who want to try customizing their assembled figures.

gothsaurus wrote:I'm hoping fans can put together some high res scans to post of all the various stickers... for those who want to try customizing their assembled figures.

I'm surprised Reprolabels hasn't yet tried making their own sets of BotCon custom class toy stickers for any of the previous years.

Sabrblade wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:I'm hoping fans can put together some high res scans to post of all the various stickers... for those who want to try customizing their assembled figures.

I'm surprised Reprolabels hasn't yet tried making their own sets of BotCon custom class toy stickers for any of the previous years.

Too much work, not enough payoff.

Sabrblade wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:I'm hoping fans can put together some high res scans to post of all the various stickers... for those who want to try customizing their assembled figures.

I'm surprised Reprolabels hasn't yet tried making their own sets of BotCon custom class toy stickers for any of the previous years.

Same. We could try spamming their fb page

I kinda really want one of those Ratchets. Super Jealous right now