BotCon 2012 Coverage: New Galleries! Bot Shots, Panels, Dealer Room, and More

There's the Bot Shots. I will take 1 of everything please. I hope they come out with another Decepticon launcher to balance out the teams. Perhaps Shockwave to be Ironhides opposite. Interesting that the 3 packs are coming as 2 of one faction and 1 of the other where the first 2 3-packs were an Autobot pack and a Decepticon pack.

I've got 3 version of the Optimus mold already, but I really want the chase Optimus. The clear blue looks nice. I'm also surprised to see that Thundercracker isn't a straight up repaint of Starscream, and has a different facial expression and chest detail.

The only thing I see in the Bot Shot's gallery I might skip is the Matrix Battle set. I'd like Brawl in green, but not sure I want another Megatron and Optimus launcher, and another BB.

for those of you who collect botshots.. do you play with them? or display them? or both? or fiddle around with them? i just never quite understood the appeal to collectors.

i get that they're a little neat, but for me, it's not worth the money.

speaking of money.. i've never seen dealer room prices before.. but some, in not all, of those prices seem just a bit ridiculously high.. is there a reason for this? .. or is that standard in the market today? .. i haven't trolled ebay in a while cause i haven't needed anything.. but when i did, the prices weren't nearly this high.

TimothyR wrote:for those of you who collect botshots.. do you play with them? or display them? or both? or fiddle around with them? i just never quite understood the appeal to collectors.

i get that they're a little neat, but for me, it's not worth the money.

speaking of money.. i've never seen dealer room prices before.. but some, in not all, of those prices seem just a bit ridiculously high.. is there a reason for this? .. or is that standard in the market today? .. i haven't trolled ebay in a while cause i haven't needed anything.. but when i did, the prices weren't nearly this high.

I'm in the same boat as you, but there were a few translucent ones that caught my eye. I think I might have to pick them up if I see them for cheap.

Couple of weird BotShots, opaque green seeker (Anyone know who that is), Shockwave is not a Superbot.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Couple of weird BotShots, opaque green seeker (Anyone know who that is), Shockwave is not a Superbot.

Prime Skyquake, I believe.

I recognize some of those handsome fellas... Optimus Prime has never looked better.

kirbenvost wrote:

TimothyR wrote:for those of you who collect botshots.. do you play with them? or display them? or both? or fiddle around with them? i just never quite understood the appeal to collectors.

i get that they're a little neat, but for me, it's not worth the money.

For me they're fun to just display and fiddle around with. They're cute and the spring-loaded transformation is fun. Playing the actual game is about as fun as you would expect...it's Rock-Paper-Scissors. So pretty boring. But they're just fun to have around, relatively cheap, and strangely addictive.

I want most of these! The only thing that's bugging me is that they're putting all the desirable repaints (green Brawl, opaque Shockwave) in multipacks with characters I already have... Maybe they're trying to get kids into trading them, but realistically, no one wants another Prime launcher or Bumblebee if they already have one... and collectors already have one.

Well, at least the Shockwave pack isn't that bad. Blue Brawl and Chase Ironhide are 2 figures I'm fine with adding to the lot if it means getting Shockwave.

I agree with owning another Optimus launcher. They only way I really see myself wanting another Optimus launcher is 1) a completely clear version or 2) Nemesis Prime with some actual teal paint apps to look like Scourge. I don't want the less paint apps version they are putting in that 4 pack. If it was a clear (or silver) Megatron and a clear Optimus, I'd bite.