New Botcon Figures! Sky-Byte and Gnaw / Sharkticon!

I was told a week or so ago that the troop builder set this year would be Sharkticons repainted out of e-Sharkticon.

I really like that Sky-byte! He'll be the figure to get for sure down the road.

Wow, yeah I really like Gnaw/Sharkticon! Almost enough to pick him up...

So... awesome...

Really wish the Predacon symbol wasn't so large, but I'll make do.

Really... awesome...

Ah, Sky-Byte, my favorite character from TF: RID. Very cool mold for him indeed.

those robot modes work really nicely. i like it

Down_Shift wrote:I was told a week or so ago that the troop builder set this year would be Sharkticons repainted out of e-Sharkticon.

I really like that Sky-byte! He'll be the figure to get for sure down the road.

And who told you that? Hmmm?

What if they pull a Scourge/Sweeps? So Gnaw is one figure and then the Sharkticons are 3 slightly different recolorings of the same figure. I'd buy them! Heck, if they made a 3 pack of green ones and called them the Alligatorcons I'd buy them too!

This is so awesome! I'm jumping up and down! Now all they need to do is a Depth Charge repaint of the same mold and I'll be so happy!

Not concerned with Gnaw, but wow, Sky-byte looks decent.

UltraPrimal wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:I was told a week or so ago that the troop builder set this year would be Sharkticons repainted out of e-Sharkticon.

I really like that Sky-byte! He'll be the figure to get for sure down the road.

And who told you that? Hmmm?

What if they pull a Scourge/Sweeps? So Gnaw is one figure and then the Sharkticons are 3 slightly different recolorings of the same figure. I'd buy them! Heck, if they made a 3 pack of green ones and called them the Alligatorcons I'd buy them too!

This is so awesome! I'm jumping up and down! Now all they need to do is a Depth Charge repaint of the same mold and I'll be so happy!

You know who and you know the reason I wasn't allowed to say anything

Ontario WHAT! ha ha ha.

UltraPrimal wrote:What if they pull a Scourge/Sweeps? So Gnaw is one figure and then the Sharkticons are 3 slightly different recolorings of the same figure. I'd buy them! Heck, if they made a 3 pack of green ones and called them the Alligatorcons I'd buy them too!

Actually I suspect that Sky-Byte is the single figure and Gnaw will be the troop builder.

Now the question remains... should I try for 6 of them again this year like I did with the Sweeps?

Sky-Byte looks nice, not that interested in the Gnaw version. If I want to build a Sharkticon army I would just assume get those three-packs from I-gears if they ever get around to making them that is.

Love them both, and I'm sure they'll make Prime Evil very happy.

Mkall wrote:

UltraPrimal wrote:What if they pull a Scourge/Sweeps? So Gnaw is one figure and then the Sharkticons are 3 slightly different recolorings of the same figure. I'd buy them! Heck, if they made a 3 pack of green ones and called them the Alligatorcons I'd buy them too!

Actually I suspect that Sky-Byte is the single figure and Gnaw will be the troop builder.

Now the question remains... should I try for 6 of them again this year like I did with the Sweeps?

Yeah, that's probably what they'll do. Sky-Byte is the Scourge and Gnaw/Sharkicon is the Sweeps of this years set.

I know I regret not buying more than 3.

From the moment it was known that Sky-Byte was in the convention set, I had a sneaking suspicion he was gonna be the Energon Sharkticon mold. Glad to see both A, that I was right, and B, the he's sporting a new Sky-Bytey head. Three cheers for that one!
(insert three cheers)

Now onto Gnaw/Sharkticon/Seaking... I am impressed how well that colour works for the figure. Great to see such fantastic uses of a severely underused and totally awesome mold (that I must look into getting one day... oh how I regret not buying the only Energon Sharkticon that ever graced store shelves in my backwater little town)

Wow! VERY nice!

I am not a fan of that Sharkticon mold, but they both look nice....Color me impressed!

Sky-Byte is okay, but I really am sort-of digging those gaudy colors on Gnaw!

I WANT THAT SKY-BYTE!!!

Though, why are they both mistransformed in altmode? They look less "sharky" like that.

Blurrz wrote:Bright beautiful sharks,
exclusives are expensive,
Why do I bother?

Beautiful XD

I doubt Sharkticon'll be an army builder, though. It'll probably be packaged with one of other exclusives we've seen/heard about as an add-on set, maybe Rapido from Uni2.0 Prowl or Double Punch from Energon Scorponok?

Nice to see they're including beast-esque molds nowadays, too.

Awesome-sauce. I wonder why they have alt-modes mistransformed like that in the pics? I definitely want to pick up a Gnaw/Sharkticon... Anyone going to Botcon wanna help a fella out?

A great Skybite, what with that mold being less bogged down in kibble, but am I the only one who saw that color scheme and thought it was supposed to be Thunderwing before doing a double-take?

Also, I wonder if one of the Sharkticons will be all purple to make it look like the Nemesis, which the "shark-spaceship" alt mode was loosely based on?

The Sharkticons (if they are in fact an army builder set) are the only BUY I've seen come out of this Botcon thus far.

Still holding out hope for a Metalhawk!

robot forms are cool, not to crazy but the alt mode though.

I like the Sharkticon but Sky-Byte really sucks....

I saw the Sweeps pictures from last year. "Troop Builder" sounds like such a cheap way to make money out of the weak. Nothing wrong with buyting 2 or 3 clones but do they have to insult you by making 5 or six clones that look the same except for minor details ???

I love how the different colours make them look like two completely different toys.

I would like both but I doubt I would get even one version.

LeRn 2 tRaNsFoRm!

It's a pity these guys are exclusives, otherwise I might be interested.

Sky-Byte yes, Gnaw no.

I'm surprised how well the mold works for Sky-Byte.

Surprises me it's taken this long for Sharkticon to be repainted as Sharkticon to be honest...

What's going on with the arms in these pictures? I like the way their placed on the energon version. I hope I can get Gnaw, the way I was able to get Elita-1 and Razorclaw last year. Although I'd hoped the G1 based deco would have been...I dunno if I should say lighter or brighter...or maybe that it turned out more organic than what I would have hoped...anyway, I'd still buy this guy from the TFCC after botcon if it's possible.

Edit:

Diem wrote:Surprises me it's taken this long for Sharkticon to be repainted as Sharkticon to be honest...

Me too, a little bit. I'm more surprised (as well as disappointed) that it ended up being a botcon exclusive though. While I'm grateful it was done at all... a botcon exclusive? Really?

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Love them both, and I'm sure they'll make Prime Evil very happy.

Yesshhhh, yeesssh! Ima happy. You likey too?

Actually knew about these and yes folks, Sharkticon WILL be the troop building set. If I recall last year, the Sweeps went for $55 for all three, so I thiink this will be close to that. I'm actually surprised, but I really love how the Sharkticons look and well, I might try and grab a 2nd set this year. Shoulda done that with the sweeps last year and I kinda regret that I didn't while they were cheaper.

I guess I like them, but I can't quite figure out what they are trying to do with the alt mode.

Are they trying to make it look more animal-like? Are they just mistransformed.

Are they somehow trying to mimic the Sharkticon arms or something in the alt mode of this?

Hmmm...alt mode does not fit too well for Sharkticons, but the robot mode does. Skybyte should be in the 'regular transformation' as it is pretty shark-like.

I think the alt mode needs some big eyes painted in it for the Sharkticons...

I don't like them very much...

Am I the only one who thinks they might be fake? They don't have G2 style symbols and they're not Universe molds like all the others.

Julie85 wrote:I don't like them very much...

Am I the only one who thinks they might be fake? They don't have G2 style symbols and they're not Universe molds like all the others.

If you read the brochure, it said Predacon Sky-Byte, meaning the shark from RiD. The box set is the only thing that ties into the main theme, the souvenirs occasionally don't, Alpha Trion and 2009 Razorclaw for their years for example.

And Sky-Byte couldn't be any happier. Finally some recognition for the poor shark

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And Sky-Byte couldn't be any happier. Finally some recognition for the poor shark

I'm not sure...it looks like he's serving under yet another grumpy Onslaught repaint...

Diem wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And Sky-Byte couldn't be any happier. Finally some recognition for the poor shark

I'm not sure...it looks like he's serving under yet another grumpy Onslaught repaint...

O, the irony of it all...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If you read the brochure, it said Predacon Sky-Byte, meaning the shark from RiD. The box set is the only thing that ties into the main theme, the souvenirs occasionally don't, Alpha Trion and 2009 Razorclaw for their years for example.

And Sky-Byte couldn't be any happier. Finally some recognition for the poor shark

It is the 10th anniversary of Robots in Disguise. Hell, Beast Wars had a in store reissue series for its 10th so RiD's getting the shaft!

Alpha Trion was 2007, Elita-1 was 2009. Just being picky

I remember Sky-Byte (and the RiD cartoon in general) vaguely. I missed most of the episodes due to work. It needs a DVD Boxset NOW! If it doesn't skyrocket in price, I'll pick him up but the Sharkticons come first! Not interested in the G2 set at all. More for you guys!

EDIT: Guys, if Hasbro screws up altmode transformations for there official pictures what makes you think that a factory worker who stole them to sell on the internet is going to do it right? They're OBVIOUSLY miss transformed!

I'm loving Gnaw and I've been wanting a repaint of that mold as this or anything decent since....forever. Or Energon, whatever. Not real keen on the Sky-Byte head but he's decent enough. I actually hoped he'd keep the original head sculpt. So, Clench and the Sharkticons are looking to be my favorites revealed so far.

Flux Convoy wrote:I'm loving Gnaw and I've been wanting a repaint of that mold as this or anything decent since....forever. Or Energon, whatever. Not real keen on the Sky-Byte head but he's decent enough. I actually hoped he'd keep the original head sculpt. So, Clench and the Sharkticons are looking to be my favorites revealed so far.

Yeah, I kinda feel the same way about Sky-Bytes head. Not hating it, but I thought it would look a lil better. But the Sharkticons!! That's gonna be awesome. They look better then I could have imagined, aaaaand I'm glad they kept the original head mold for this repaint. Fits better IMO.

really like the Sharkticon(s). A lot! $60 or so for 3? I'd buy them if I was there.

Sky-Byte, not so much, although it is a good update for the character, the head in particular, I preferred his BW:TM2 colours.

Mkall wrote:Counterpunch has found two VERY interesting auctions over at Taobao.com for two new Botcon 2010 figures.

I'm sure he found them over at the Allspark first since I was actually searching through TaoBao for Botcon figures and found them, then posted it on the front page of the Allspark a good half an hour before this topic was made.

Any way, these figures look great.

I don't know... Gnaw looks good, and G2-ish (but not in-G character-good, just in place of the other molds), but Skybyte looks out of place with the bright purple-blue colours of other figures, and that he is the same mold as a troopbuilder cheapens it. He should have a bigger mold - Energon Mirage perhaps?

Powered Convoy wrote:

Mkall wrote:Counterpunch has found two VERY interesting auctions over at Taobao.com for two new Botcon 2010 figures.

I'm sure he found them over at the Allspark first since I was actually searching through TaoBao for Botcon figures and found them, then posted it on the front page of the Allspark a good half an hour before this topic was made.

Any way, these figures look great.

Swamp Thing and Man-Thing situation I'd bet.

Botcon Gnaw also reminds me of Skalor of the Seacons with those colors and being sharks

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DavidT wrote:Botcon Gnaw also reminds me of Skalor of the Seacons with those colors and being sharks

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I thought Overbite was the shark. Skalor was a piranha.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Skalor was a piranha.

Coelacanth, not piranha.

I want that Sky-Bite! Him and the Breakdown fig are the only ones I have any interest in. Since I can't afford to make it to Botcon, they'll just be added to my list of wishful thinking.

I may be able to make it to BotCon this year (may, as in, I'm still not sure). But, I won't have the money to register for any attendance pachkage. Meaning, that I won't be receiving the G2 Redux box set.

While I'm really not interested in Spark, Clench, Breakdown, and Streetstar,... I WANT THAT SKY-BYTE!

Is there any possible way that I could get my hands on that Sky-Byte at BotCon without having to get the other four figures with it? And without having to pay for it in gold?

Sabrblade wrote:I may be able to make it to BotCon this year (may, as in, I'm still not sure). But, I won't have the money to register for any attendance pachkage. Meaning, that I won't be receiving the G2 Redux box set.

While I'm really not interested in Spark, Clench, Breakdown, and Streetstar,... I WANT THAT SKY-BYTE!

Is there any possible way that I could get my hands on that Sky-Byte at BotCon without having to get the other four figures with it? And without having to pay for it in gold?

I think they have an organ donation/selling room available outside the dealer room.

Sabrblade wrote:I may be able to make it to BotCon this year (may, as in, I'm still not sure). But, I won't have the money to register for any attendance pachkage. Meaning, that I won't be receiving the G2 Redux box set.

While I'm really not interested in Spark, Clench, Breakdown, and Streetstar,... I WANT THAT SKY-BYTE!

Is there any possible way that I could get my hands on that Sky-Byte at BotCon without having to get the other four figures with it? And without having to pay for it in gold?

You can have mine for a song...and yer soul!!

tigertracks 24 wrote:I think they have an organ donation/selling room available outside the dealer room.

I might wish to take full advantage of that, although many of my organs are a bit....used.

--B-- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I may be able to make it to BotCon this year (may, as in, I'm still not sure). But, I won't have the money to register for any attendance pachkage. Meaning, that I won't be receiving the G2 Redux box set.

While I'm really not interested in Spark, Clench, Breakdown, and Streetstar,... I WANT THAT SKY-BYTE!

Is there any possible way that I could get my hands on that Sky-Byte at BotCon without having to get the other four figures with it? And without having to pay for it in gold?

You can have mine for a song...and yer soul!!

Any song?

Cool! I love the Sky Byte!