BotCon Drag Strip Officially Unveiled

Wow.

That's pretty hideous, IMHO.

I'm offically out for Botcon this year.

Wow... that's... well... lame.

Outside of being yellow and purple and having a spoiler there's really no similarity to G1 Dragstrip. I wouldn't even qualify it as an homage, let alone a recreation. Plus the colors just look bad on that mold.

Also, I'm wondering whether I should think it's funny or offensive that they dressed a male transformer up as a female transformer and named it "Dragstrip".

Sick. And not in any good way.

*snort* O my god... The name couldn't have fit any better

I would have preferred Lockdown as Dragstrip - tall, creepy, thin, lanky. Wildrider from Arcee would have been hot. Yes, I said it.

They really should have used Blurr.....

Hmmmm, I guess there aren't going to use the Blurr mold for this set after all. Guess 2 yellow Blurr figures would be a stretch in one years time.

Interesting that Dragstrip is female. any chance she has a back story like that of IDW Arcee

BattleRoller23 wrote:They really should have used Blurr.....

Would have been my guess too.

Anybody else getting a Waspinator vibe looking at that, or is just me?

thats horrible, even with a remolded head it would still be horrible. Blurr would've made a much better dragstrip.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Wildrider from Arcee would have been hot. Yes, I said it.

Wow, and I was worried about whether Dragstrip was an inappropriate name for a female character...

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Anybody else getting a Waspinator vibe looking at that, or is just me?

I see Beast Machines Thrust so, in a way, it's not just you.

A Female Dragstrip?? or is he just in Drag

Wheeljack35 wrote:A Female Dragstrip?? or is he just in Drag

She's confirmed a she.

Looks like Drag Strip got a oil change during his retirement from g1

Pretty crazy-ass color scheme and, the last time I checked, Drag Strip wasn't a chick! Oh well, it doesn't bug me too much. I like the mold, so it's OK I guess.


Ehhhhh, I don't know about this BotCon set. I mean, each figure individually is kinda cool, but they don't form Menasor, so the figures just don't do too much for me.

Now if they did...now we're talking!

Botcon Tweet wrote:@JoshGorfain She's all woman!

...until the makeup comes off

I gotta admit that I lol'd at this one

NO... Not for me.

I'm beginning to suspect that the fandom is in universal agreement that these should have never become Botcon exclusives. Could I see them as being an exclusive for a retail outlet? yes, but it seem kinda strange that we're getting them for Botcon.

I thoroughly enjoyed getting AEC and Classics repaints/remolds for Botcon, but this is just another way of thinking outside the box.

There's is one thing to notice. I'm beginning to think that they used Arcee for Dragstrip fro a reason and not just because of the word drag in the name. Notice how she's significantly smaller than the others? Dragstrip by tradition is one of Menasor's arms so they might have opted to use a lighter figure for a possible combination gimmick?

The idea of a combiner coming out of this set is very unlikely though, but it is a nice thought to entertain. The only reason I'm thinking that's a possibility though is FP insistence on Motormaster being revealed last. It's very possibly that the Leader Class Ultra Magnus mold was retooled to allow some semblance of a combiner. Heck even Optimus would work.

I do plan on getting this set mostly so I can make an upgrade set for it. If FP doesn't make them combine then I plan on making something that will.

Overall, I'm curious to see what the rest of the team will look like.

So she a Drag and a stripper....lol
I think they should at least remold the head a lil bit

I actually love it.

BOOM BABY!

Called it!

I stick by my other picks too