New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Exclusive Megatron with Scalpel, Boombox, and Heavyweight

For all the grief i've given the figures, i can safely say thus far, all of the botcon 2015 box figures, in my opinion have been okay. Heck, it's more than okay, it's adequately satisfactory. But that's the problem, these figure to me feel average unspectacular even. I find the problem I have is there's no direction, and yes I know the lack of direction is the direction, but that doesn't work unless of course the Boxset was meant to be Dada as all hell, but even then it doesn't go far enough. It really feels these should be TFSS figures instead of a boxset. Now Oilmaster might change that seeing as it's supposed to be better than 2014's scorponok, but as Scotty P said, this side of releasing a unproduced mold, it might be fun but it won't really be the end all be all of club exclusives. Now the polybag figures are probably going to be great, I always find that a weak boxset has great companion pieces.

I sure am glad I'm one of the few who doesn't collect CHUG for the sake of a CHUG collection. This figure will be for me what it is, and can/will go wherever I want it to go.

The chrome bumper and 'fixed' head kinda defeat the whole homage. And one of those Minicons should've been Igor. Really, it feels like like they had an awesome idea going but then just HAD to go "G1" with a bunch of things...

Amelie wrote:Thinking about it more - Megatron is an excellent Botcon figure - a limited edition recolour of a mold that was never even released in the 'States. It really doesn't get much more exclusive than that, save for actually doing an entirely new figure.

Technically, you are right. But in the age of internet retail, saying this mold never got a US release is a bit of an overstatement. Anybody in the US who wanted this mold just bought the Takara version online. Additionally, nothing about Botcon "exclusives" are actually exclusive to Botcon. Chinese retailers were selling "Attendee Only" Flamewar figures that never made it to Botcon last year. The word "exclusive" has become one big joke. But I have no issues with that because the downfall of true "exclusives" has helped make this hobby grow bigger, stronger, and more popular than ever.

This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

Rated X wrote:

skidflap wrote:This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

It's Breakdown proper, with Silas Breakdown's grill. The club stated they wanted to save the Silas aspect of Silas breakdown for a future G.I joe themed exclusive.

Rated X wrote:I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Silas Breakdown has this piece in the chest that show Silas controlling Breakdown's body


Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

It's nice to finaly see this mold in North America but this is so frusterating. I just want a Prime breakdown. This makes me want to revist and pick up the last 2-3 Transformers Prime characters I don't own.

Only room for two figures in the box, I wonder if that means no figure for the mystery purple guy?

Emerje

I'm sad that the halberd isn't as blue as the promo shots