New Gallery: BotCon 2015 Packrat "The Thief"

"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Maybe

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Maybe

Do you neither confirm nor deny it?

The blue on the rat doesn't do it. Battletrap, however, looks far more awesome then I thought he would.

I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

RhA wrote:Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

To be fair it's A.M silas breakdown as neo classics/prime/aligned(?)bark at the moon, hobo with a shotgun megatron. Speculated. It's speculated to be the hobo with a shotgun. So, hey, at least its not the what 5th club figure starring breakdown as breakdown. Well until the club gets it's hands on CW breakdown.

Is it me or does it look like both Packrat and Rattrap are doing "jazz hands" in that 2nd picture?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

RhA wrote:Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

To be fair it's A.M silas breakdown as neo classics/prime/aligned(?)bark at the moon, hobo with a shotgun megatron. Speculated. It's speculated to be the hobo with a shotgun. So, hey, at least its not the what 5th club figure starring breakdown as breakdown. Well until the club gets it's hands on CW breakdown.

And I'm betting it's a matter of time untill they do G2 Defensor and Menasor. I'm betting in about a year.

FWIW, Packrat's colors seen here are very probably not final.

I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

Noideaforaname wrote:I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

Noideaforaname wrote:
I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

He's got snow in his BUTT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

I want to like Battletrap, I really do, it's a great way to homage the Duocons, but I can't not see Mirage when I look at him. The paintwork needs to be LESS uniform.

This redecoed Soundwave is amazing! I love those colors.

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

Springers head is slightly wider and set lower by like a millimeter

I can see Battletrap's head being set a bit higher, but the width looks about right.

Comparing my Springer in hand to the previous two pics, Springer's head seems wider mostly because of the two spikes running along the sides of his cheeks towards the back of his head, which slightly angle outward from both the left and right sides of his head. Without those spikes, his and Battletrap's heads appear to be roughly the same width.

As for how high the head is set on the neck, the Battletrap pic seems to have the head tilted all the way up to let the head look forward for a better shot of it from the camera, whereas the Springer pic has the head slightly tilted down forward to give the impression of it being lower. But in reality, Springer's head can be tilted just as high up as Battletrap's head is as seen in the first pic.

In other words, both heads are pretty much the same width and same height placement.

Either I have a thing for bots with a blue and white color scheme, or the Rattrap mold looks so much better as Packrat

Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

GuyIncognito wrote:Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

They're production samples, not final.

To those who noticed that something is off with Battletrap's head, there does appear to be something off. The pics that will be in my gallery look like the head isn't pushed down all the way on the ball joint or something like that. I didn't notice it while I was taking the pictures and I don't have the figure in hand to see if it's something that can be fixed or adjusted. In the photo below, you can clearly see that there is clearance underneath the head.



It seems the bottom of Springer's head is flush with the top of his neck, whereas there is clearance on Battletrap's upper neck where you can see the bottom of the ball joint. Hopefully this can be corrected with an easy fix or adjustment to the final figures.

Welcome to another Seibertron Exclusive Gallery featuring upcoming Botcon 2015 Exclusive: "The Muscle" Battletrap! The gracious Pete Sinclair of Funpub gave us access to some of this years exclusive figures to show off to our followers. Battletrap has already received some attention today, but being the demanding fellow he is he's grabbing us once more. He tries to hold on to his G1 Duocon heritage, incorporating the helicopter/all-terrain-vehicle/robot from his predecessor Generations Springer. Browse the gallery for in depth shots, and stay tuned for our next exclusive Botcon 2015 gallery figure!

Convention & Club Exclusives Battletrap "The Muscle"











Please note that these figures are production samples. Final products may differ from the items shown in these galleries.

HAHA, I was right, something was off with Battletrap's head!

I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Rated X wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Too much blue.
I'd prefer if they gave him red optics and a silver face.
The original toy was bland looking. You'd expect an expensive update to look better

Sabrblade wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

bah wrong thread - ignore

Flashwave wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Botcon Dreadwind went up when the Renderform add on set became available for TRU Darkwing. Everybody wants the pair. Mastershooter Collectibles also did a very limited run of targetmasters for them in the colors of the G1 Powermaster figures.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

Rated X wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

I'm constantly impressed by the strenght of the stick and the deternmination you beat dead horses with.

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

Ah crud, I thought this was the other thread when I posted that. Ignore.

The most recent Seibertron.com gallery is not the next reveal from the Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon set, but rather an exclusive from the G.I. Joe Con in Springfield, IL and revealed almost a year ago: Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker This exclusive "G.I. Joe and the Transformers" set will be sold by both the Transformers Collector's Club and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club.

Special thanks to Pete Sinclair from the Transformers Collector's Club for letting Seibertron.com have an exclusive preview of this exciting set.

Convention & Club Exclusives Marissa Faireborn








Convention & Club Exclusives Afterbreaker

Va'al wrote:Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker

Um.. Afterburner?

I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

Kind of a plain Jane figure. The bike looks cool, not calling it Afterburn is awesome, 'cause then he can be something else-- in combiner wars. Not that he couldn't be in both spots. One more for the GI joe and Transformers set.

Va'al wrote:I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

I haven't seen it myself, but I've seen TFWiki refer to the figure as Afterbreaker on Twitter and apparently the April/May club mag does as well. Possible the name Afterburner was unavailable and had to be renamed. Still better than some of replacement names we've seen recently.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Va'al wrote:I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

I haven't seen it myself, but I've seen TFWiki refer to the figure as Afterbreaker on Twitter and apparently the April/May club mag does as well. Possible the name Afterburner was unavailable and had to be renamed. Still better than some of replacement names we've seen recently.

Emerje

And better than "Afterblast"

I don't call it transformer unless it transforms take deluxe transformer bike with new head and paint call it after burner there you have it

The Transformers club is getting GI Joes. The GI Joe club is getting Transformers. The Botcon set is getting lame SG repaints mixed in with G1, Beast Wars, and who knows what else ? Did Funpub relocate from Texas to Colorado ? They sure are smoking some good s**t lately.

The name "Afterbreaker" appeared in both the latest TCC magazine issue and on the Collectors Club Twitter. It seems they tried to use the "Afterburner" name at first, but couldn't, and so went for an alternative.

Afterbreaker doesn't roll off the tongue very well. It sounds too fragmented and makes little sense. The two words don't sound well together BUT.....it is what it is.

That hair is killing me. Either she has vast quantities of hair spray or she has a constant gale hitting her from her right side.

Sabrblade wrote:The name "Afterbreaker" appeared in both the latest TCC magazine issue and on the Collectors Club Twitter. It seems they tried to use the "Afterburner" name at first, but couldn't, and so went for an alternative.

The real problem is the fandom actually acknowledges these silly name changes done for legal reasons.

If John Smith in New York cant sue Mrs. Smith in Florida for naming her newborn son John, what makes fictional characters names any different ? As silly as it sounds, I can legally name my child "Afterburner".

It's a freakin word ! Unless another company has already produced a transformable robot toy named "Afterburner" there should be no basis for a lawsuit. Funpub shouldn't be scared of "Afterburner Tampons" or "Afterburner Personal Lubricant" or whoever was the last company to print the word "Afterburner" on a cardboard box.