#BotCon2016 Hasbro Confirmation - Last BotCon with Fun Publications

Wonder if Botcon will still happen even if under a new format.

Any thoughts on who the next license holder will be?

Botcon in its current format sounded fun from the perspective of being with a bunch of other Transformers fans. I wish I'd been able to go to one.

As it is, I hope that whatever Hasbro does, it will still be a good time- that it will improve on what FunPub did right, and fix the things that seemed to consistently be below par. I'd love to see a convention style format, but even if it's more of a larger presence at SDCC and NY Toy Fair, I'd be okay with that, too. I'd hate to see it end altogether- 23 years is a long time for a convention dedicated to a toyline.

Am I allowed to bring camera?

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Have Botcon retools ever gotten mass retail release? The only one I can think of is the Devcon-headed Scourge in the recent Platinum set for Titans Return and... uh... Platinum set.

But these arent botcon retools. They are Hasbro toys released at Botcon. Didnt the classic seekers get a release at botcon first to eventually see mass retail?

Well Thundercracker is a straight-up recolour and I'm pretty sure Hasbro's coneheads had very different engineering to those from botcon.

The Coneheads are not different at all. They have different wings. They are still the Classics Seeker mold, and are arguably better than the Botcon ones because of their wings.

That Reflector camera is laughably bad. It looks like a fan mode, not like something intended at all. The robots look ok, but that camera is shit.

EDIT: I think the only thing dumber is the filter that turns a legit word into shit.

Dagon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Have Botcon retools ever gotten mass retail release? The only one I can think of is the Devcon-headed Scourge in the recent Platinum set for Titans Return and... uh... Platinum set.

But these arent botcon retools. They are Hasbro toys released at Botcon. Didnt the classic seekers get a release at botcon first to eventually see mass retail?

Well Thundercracker is a straight-up recolour and I'm pretty sure Hasbro's coneheads had very different engineering to those from botcon.

The Coneheads are not different at all. They have different wings. They are still the Classics Seeker mold, and are arguably better than the Botcon ones because of their wings.

That Reflector camera is laughably bad. It looks like a fan mode, not like something intended at all. The robots look ok, but that camera is SHIZZLESNIT.

EDIT: I think the only thing dumber is the filter that turns a legit word into SHIZZLESNIT.

You're just jealous you didn't come up with it first.

Dagon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Have Botcon retools ever gotten mass retail release? The only one I can think of is the Devcon-headed Scourge in the recent Platinum set for Titans Return and... uh... Platinum set.

But these arent botcon retools. They are Hasbro toys released at Botcon. Didnt the classic seekers get a release at botcon first to eventually see mass retail?

Well Thundercracker is a straight-up recolour and I'm pretty sure Hasbro's coneheads had very different engineering to those from botcon.

The Coneheads are not different at all. They have different wings. They are still the Classics Seeker mold, and are arguably better than the Botcon ones because of their wings.

That Reflector camera is laughably bad. It looks like a fan mode, not like something intended at all. The robots look ok, but that camera is SHIZZLESNIT.

EDIT: I think the only thing dumber is the filter that turns a legit word into SHIZZLESNIT.

Yes, I know they're still the classics seeker mold. I'm saying they didn't have the same retooling by Hasbro as in Botcon, hence they weren't re-released from Botcon.

Kurona wrote:Yes, I know they're still the classics seeker mold. I'm saying they didn't have the same retooling by Hasbro as in Botcon, hence they weren't re-released from Botcon.

This is really interesting and something I did not know. Which version of the retooling do people preffer?

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Yes, I know they're still the classics seeker mold. I'm saying they didn't have the same retooling by Hasbro as in Botcon, hence they weren't re-released from Botcon.

This is really interesting and something I did not know. Which version of the retooling do people preffer?

As said above generally people prefer the HasTak retooling - as do I. For me the icing on top is the ability for Thrust's VTOLs to peg on and off, allowing a degree of customization.

Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Dagon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Have Botcon retools ever gotten mass retail release? The only one I can think of is the Devcon-headed Scourge in the recent Platinum set for Titans Return and... uh... Platinum set.

But these arent botcon retools. They are Hasbro toys released at Botcon. Didnt the classic seekers get a release at botcon first to eventually see mass retail?

Well Thundercracker is a straight-up recolour and I'm pretty sure Hasbro's coneheads had very different engineering to those from botcon.

The Coneheads are not different at all. They have different wings. They are still the Classics Seeker mold, and are arguably better than the Botcon ones because of their wings.

That Reflector camera is laughably bad. It looks like a fan mode, not like something intended at all. The robots look ok, but that camera is SHIZZLESNIT.

EDIT: I think the only thing dumber is the filter that turns a legit word into SHIZZLESNIT.

You're just jealous you didn't come up with it first.

No, I just think it's stupid.

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Mindmaster wrote:

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Shouldn't they Also have revealed tfss 5.0?

steals_your_goats wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Shouldn't they Also have revealed tfss 5.0?

Club panel yesterday was just about the magazine and the BotCon comic. TCC Roundtable today (3pm EST) is where it's at - we'll be there!

steals_your_goats wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Shouldn't they Also have revealed tfss 5.0?

That will likely be today. Yesterday's one was the Magazine/Comic panel. Today's is the Roundtable.

Dr Va'al wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Shouldn't they Also have revealed tfss 5.0?

Club panel yesterday was just about the magazine and the BotCon comic. TCC Roundtable today (3pm EST) is where it's at - we'll be there!

Oooooooh.

Man, I feel dumb.

Phill_D wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Phill_D wrote:Has anyone posted any details from the Club panel yesterday? I can't find anything.

Same, I wanted to read up what was discussed there.

Shouldn't they Also have revealed tfss 5.0?

That will likely be today. Yesterday's one was the Magazine/Comic panel. Today's is the Roundtable.

Ah okay, thanks

Ya know what really frustrates me about this, is that for years and years, one of my life long ambitions was to go to a Botcon. Every year, i either was effected by financial crisis, or health issues, or the con was too far away for me to travel. Now, i'll never have that opportunity. I'm really kinda destroyed by this news, and i hope that some sort of "Transformers" con comes back in it's place. I really want to go to one of these at least one time in my life.

I know its not a big deal to everyone else who has either had the privilege to go, or generally doesn't care, but the convention means alot to me.

At the Aaron Archer panel. Turns out he's the man behind Armada, a line of brightly colored Batman figures, and most of Hasbro's Jar Jar product. Very interesting.

Psychography wrote:At the Aaron Archer panel. Turns out he's the man behind Armada, a line of brightly colored Batman figures, and most of Hasbro's Jar Jar product. Very interesting.

That was an already known fact.

Ask about Orson's World and see what his opinion on the situation with that was.

Apparently the SD74 thing on Armada Hoist is due to him taking a key to (and having some fun with) a crane in San Diego after getting wasted with Judd Nelson at an "adult establishment"

Anyone going to Botcon is pretty lucky but lat night, there were a few special 100 who were extra lucky. At the Stan Bush adn Vince Dicola concert, 100 limited edition Transformers The Movie CDs were available. Our own xRotorstormx got herself a copy and took some images to show us.

william-james88 wrote:Anyone going to Botcon is pretty lucky but lat night, there were a few special 100 who were extra lucky. At the Stan Bush adn Vince Dicola concert, 100 limited edition Transformers The Movie CDs were available. Our own xRotorstormx got herself a copy and took some images to show us.

That's not a CD, that's a vinyl LP set. It's pretty clear from the labels in the photos.

Is it a CD or record?

Huh...it's not a CD, it's Vinyl...

I never really understood the side stuff, can anyone explain it to me?

Wish I could have one (not on Vinyl though), but most of it is free on Youtube.

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Huh...it's not a CD, it's Vinyl...

I never really understood the side stuff, can anyone explain it to me?

Wish I could have one (not on Vinyl though), but most of it is free on Youtube.

The sides are which side of each disc on which the music is recorded. It's pretty straightforward.

In addition to the few Hasbro new announcements from the Transformers brand panel today at BotCon 2016 in Louisville, KY, we also have the official stock images of the products in the lines discussed, inlcluding Titans Return, Robots in Disguise, Platinum Edition Autobot Heroes, Alt-Modes and Computron (with Scrounge!). You can find the galleries by clicking on the images below!

As a bonus round, you can also check these out in motion, with the dulcet tired tones of yours, Britalian, truly, in the embedded Seibertron.com video, too.

vegetacron wrote:Ya know what really frustrates me about this, is that for years and years, one of my life long ambitions was to go to a Botcon. Every year, i either was effected by financial crisis, or health issues, or the con was too far away for me to travel. Now, i'll never have that opportunity. I'm really kinda destroyed by this news, and i hope that some sort of "Transformers" con comes back in it's place. I really want to go to one of these at least one time in my life.

I know its not a big deal to everyone else who has either had the privilege to go, or generally doesn't care, but the convention means alot to me.

Dont worry, these events wont end. Botcon, that specific con, will end but there are still a bunch of TF shows all over the states. Plus Hasbro is rpesent at both NYCC and SDCC, you can go to those.
AND word on the street is Hasbro will be running these shows from now on and make them more filled with activities, kinda like Star Wars celebration. So dont worry, you can a) still assist product reveals at other shows and b) still participate in whatever Hasbro plans next.

Thanks for the heads up! Wish I could snag this version along with my previous versions. Note to the author of this article: Please update to read "Limited Edition vinyl LP." If you look at some of the pix,the cover sticker reveals that it's pressed on 180 gram vinyl. This refers to the (vinyl thickness in particular and) extra weight of the record itself.

Alpha Dominus wrote:Thanks for the heads up! Wish I could snag this version along with my previous versions. Note to the author of this article: Please update to read "Limited Edition vinyl LP." If you look at some of the pix,the cover sticker reveals that it's pressed on 180 gram vinyl. This refers to the (vinyl thickness in particular and) extra weight of the record itself.

I changed it in the news article, thanks!

What are these new deformed Transformers.

I.Want.Now.

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:What are these new deformed Transformers.

You mean the "Alt Modes" toys with the big heads? IIRC they're gonna be either blind bagged or blind boxed.

vegetacron wrote:Ya know what really frustrates me about this, is that for years and years, one of my life long ambitions was to go to a Botcon. Every year, i either was effected by financial crisis, or health issues, or the con was too far away for me to travel. Now, i'll never have that opportunity. I'm really kinda destroyed by this news, and i hope that some sort of "Transformers" con comes back in it's place. I really want to go to one of these at least one time in my life.

I know its not a big deal to everyone else who has either had the privilege to go, or generally doesn't care, but the convention means alot to me.

You're not alone. I've been to a couple and regret not going to this one, it was even close to me. I hope Hasbro picks up the ball with this and runs with it, or at the very least expands into other Comic Cons, or SOMETHING, but there's nothing like a convention full of like minded fans.

I want the convention to keep going so that way some day I can go to one

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I want the convention to keep going so that way some day I can go to one

Same boat, brother. We're in the same boat.

The wait is on for someone to perform a quality rip :3

What, no robot modes for the individual Titan Masters?

bluecatcinema wrote:What, no robot modes for the individual Titan Masters?

Not yet at least.

After packing up our hauls to head home, carytheone and I put some combined brain power on Reflector to figure out how he "works".



Then we got weird on it.

Surveillance Crab Mode


Microchange Crab Mode


Fun times!

Hey, I remember that, good times!

Cobotron wrote:After packing up our hauls to head home, carytheone and I put some combined brain power on Reflector to figure out how he "works".

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Then we got weird on it.

Surveillance Crab Mode
[img]CrabbyCrab![/img]

Microchange Crab Mode
[img]MICROcrab![/img]

Fun times!

Awesome stuff Cobotron I hope to pick one of those sets up from the TFCC web-store this week! I HOPE!!

Oh wow, that famed mode actually looks pretty good in your pics, much better put together than the model on display at BotCon.

I want one sooooooo bad...

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Oh wow, that famed mode actually looks pretty good in your pics, much better put together than the model on display at BotCon.

I want one sooooooo bad...

If there's any left over (and guessing from the mixed reaction, there could be some left over), they'll go on sale on the Club's store (if you're a club member). They're like $62 a pop, so definitely a sweet deal compares to past souvenirs (compared to the 2014 ones I have, I should say)!

It was reported on Twitter that the Club sold off huge lots of the souvenirs to BBTS.

I guess with it being their last year, they wanted guaranteed sales over stock sitting unsold.
If they have sold them to BBTS then unsold stock is BBTS' concern not Fun Pub's.

Phill_D wrote:It was reported on Twitter that the Club sold off huge lots of the souvenirs to BBTS.

I guess with it being their last year, they wanted guaranteed sales over stock sitting unsold.
If they have sold them to BBTS then unsold stock is BBTS' concern not Fun Pub's.

Farts.

itscramtastic wrote:

Phill_D wrote:It was reported on Twitter that the Club sold off huge lots of the souvenirs to BBTS.

I guess with it being their last year, they wanted guaranteed sales over stock sitting unsold.
If they have sold them to BBTS then unsold stock is BBTS' concern not Fun Pub's.

Farts.

You know what I'm gonna do itscram? I am saying screw this and not play this game. I will instead wait for Takara to do something. We have seen that Takara can do their own thing and I dont see it out of the realm of possibility for them to do their own reflector with this mold. And if they made a box set of three, I am sure they would even go and retool the chest on one of them to have that circle. And if they dont, oh well, another (and better) reflector will come out someday. As was the case for any exclusive once representing a character like GDO Swerve and Springer, or Club Chromedome, or Club Rewind and on and on.

william-james88 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Phill_D wrote:It was reported on Twitter that the Club sold off huge lots of the souvenirs to BBTS.

I guess with it being their last year, they wanted guaranteed sales over stock sitting unsold.
If they have sold them to BBTS then unsold stock is BBTS' concern not Fun Pub's.

Farts.

You know what I'm gonna do itscram? I am saying screw this and not play this game. I will instead wait for Takara to do something. We have seen that Takara can do their own thing and I dont see it out of the realm of possibility for them to do their own reflector with this mold. And if they made a box set of three, I am sure they would even go and retool the chest on one of them to have that circle. And if they dont, oh well, another (and better) reflector will come out someday. As was the case for any exclusive once representing a character like GDO Swerve and Springer, or Club Chromedome, or Club Rewind and on and on.

I like the way you think WJ. It's funny how all of those figures you mentioned were replaced with newer better options. Time for some Cobotron-esque ninja-patience

Although I should include you in the ninja-patience master teachings now..

itscramtastic wrote:Although I should include you in the ninja-patience master teachings now..

Thank you young grasshopper.

william-james88 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Phill_D wrote:It was reported on Twitter that the Club sold off huge lots of the souvenirs to BBTS.

I guess with it being their last year, they wanted guaranteed sales over stock sitting unsold.
If they have sold them to BBTS then unsold stock is BBTS' concern not Fun Pub's.

Farts.

You know what I'm gonna do itscram? I am saying screw this and not play this game. I will instead wait for Takara to do something. We have seen that Takara can do their own thing and I dont see it out of the realm of possibility for them to do their own reflector with this mold. And if they made a box set of three, I am sure they would even go and retool the chest on one of them to have that circle. And if they dont, oh well, another (and better) reflector will come out someday. As was the case for any exclusive once representing a character like GDO Swerve and Springer, or Club Chromedome, or Club Rewind and on and on.

That's the one thing that annoys me about TFCC/BotCon exclusives, as much as I like how smart they are in their usages; for popular characters like Chromedome and Thundercracker and Thrust and et cetera they'd eventually get legit mass release sooner or later, it's just an inevitability of they aren't a niche character (great example would be this year's Unit-3/Under-3, or Alpha Trizer from 2014).

For those who were unable to attend BotCon 2016 and for those who want to relive the memories, Seibertron.com brings you a piece of the Stan Bush and Vince Dicola concert. Check out the video below for Bush and Dicola performing "The Touch" and "Dare" live. When you are done you can check our various galleries of BotCon 2016.