BotCon 2012 "Evil Autobot" Tracks Revealed

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL BE MINE ROAD RAGE! I LURVS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the - that head with it's medieval British knight crest does not match the obviously modern aspects of his car body!

In all seriousness, the Track/jack mold is great, and this red is Fabulous. The Bludgeon toy's always been sweet, despite Gigatron's head being odd. I also finally got around to playing with G2 Prime's great toy for his eventual insertion into the Battle Tanker. If the Treadshot as Warpath turns out to be true, and Metalhawk falls into the Thunderbolt/Sky Shadow or Silverbolt molds, this may be the first BotCon box set I try to get. Non-attending, like.

Wreckgar wrote:If I get this set, then I don't care if it IS a valuable convention exclusive, Road Rage is getting proper red Autobot symbols stuck over those silly purple ones

Don't forget red lipstick.

Yes! Road Rage! My only complaint is that she doesn't look too feminine, but that's more an issue with the mold itself. And yeah, Reprolabels red Autobot logos for the stupid purple ones.

What are you guys talking about... I put red lipstick on ALL my transformers. Errrrrr.... I mean, disregard that.

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

To be frank, a black Tracks was kind of out of the question with the upcoming Runabout, which used the retooled Wheeljack mold. They would have been too similar, wouldn't you say?

And I hate it that they keep teasing me like that. First it's because I can't go to Dallas anymore due to lack of funds (I really have to stop saying that) and now the toys are turning out great! It's like they're saying "You can't come and get us, neener neener"

Arlekkin wrote:I'm starting to hate Fun Publications for releaseing Japanese exclusive characters as Shattered Glass ones.... It's making it difficult for Hasbro or Takara to release them at normal retail

Gigatron (Overlord) and Metalhawk are Classics, not Shattered Glass. If you're talking about Road Rage into SG Tracks, such an obscure character wouldn't have sold that well anyway.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

To be frank, a black Tracks was kind of out of the question with the upcoming Runabout, which used the retooled Wheeljack mold. They would have been too similar, wouldn't you say?

And I hate it that they keep teasing me like that. First it's because I can't go to Dallas anymore due to lack of funds (I really have to stop saying that) and now the toys are turning out great! It's like they're saying "You can't come and get us, neener neener"

$1,500 gets you into BotCon, hotel and airfare. You can cut those costs down by carpooling with other fans, sharing hotel rooms, selling duplicate exclusives, etc. Over the course of a minimum of 9 months between BotCons, that's only $39 per week that you'd have to set aside in order to go. Where there's a will, there's a way!

You're right about a black version of Tracks, though that could've cut costs down further. When I wrote my original post, I was thinking Drift used the same mold but that is not correct, hence my comment about SG Drift (who will also be red). Perhaps they'll do a black Tracks as the attendee "freebie".

"Road Rage" Tracks will give me an excuse to bust out e-Hobby Road Rage and Crosscut though. Hm ...

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... not feeling this one, especially after SG Drift. I was hoping for the black version of this mold. Ah well. Can't please everyone! I hope this set is the end of SG. Evil Autobots and Heroic Decepticons just aren't my thing.

To be frank, a black Tracks was kind of out of the question with the upcoming Runabout, which used the retooled Wheeljack mold. They would have been too similar, wouldn't you say?

And I hate it that they keep teasing me like that. First it's because I can't go to Dallas anymore due to lack of funds (I really have to stop saying that) and now the toys are turning out great! It's like they're saying "You can't come and get us, neener neener"

$1,500 gets you into BotCon, hotel and airfare. You can cut those costs down by carpooling with other fans, sharing hotel rooms, selling duplicate exclusives, etc. Over the course of a minimum of 9 months between BotCons, that's only $39 per week that you'd have to set aside in order to go. Where there's a will, there's a way!

Does that include a whopping $1,000 for two trans-Atlantic tickets for me and my wife? I have my in-laws for accomodations, then there's the question my work allowing me off, since my wife likes to spend weeks in the US

Like it or not... it's easier and cheaper for them to strike while the mold is on the presses. (The molds are the size of a semi truck — large chunks of heavy metal — and are stored at various warehouses off-site. A pain to locate, move, assemble.)

If they can crank out a few in different colors on the same run, we all benefit = much cheaper. The also lose the molds, and have them damaged. Even though it's anti-climactic getting a few similar molds at a time, it's better than taking a chance on it never happening.

Yeah, gimmie all those seekers at once in a box. I don't wanna wait years for that Skywarp that may never come out.