BotCon 2013 Coverage: Transformers Generations

Excellent poses on that Metro, guys!

But am I the only one who pictured him more in statuesque poses and covered in mini-cons? I don't know why, but Metroplex always seemed so large and massive that I feel he shouldn't move all that much, or at the very least move slowly and in well-thought-out actions.

I'm pretty pumped that the Generations line is seeing so much action! But I guess that's to be expected with the 30th anniversary around the corner!

That Megatron looks BADASS! Bummed he's a tank and not a gun... but I doubt we'll ever see a proper gun alt mode again, anyway!

Mindmaster wrote:Can't wait to start seeing Thrilling 30 toys in retail. Thundercracker, Hoist, Trailbreaker, Orion Pax, and several of the Legends Targetmasters especially.

Will there be new reveals later on in BotCon?

Yes, there will be new product reveals tomorrow. Saturday is the big day at BotCon.

Nice poses! I knew this guy could handle some action

Just hope I can snag the SDCC exclusive. Hope you guys keep us updated on when HTS plans on having them!

El Duque wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Can't wait to start seeing Thrilling 30 toys in retail. Thundercracker, Hoist, Trailbreaker, Orion Pax, and several of the Legends Targetmasters especially.

Will there be new reveals later on in BotCon?

Yes, there will be new product reveals tomorrow. Saturday is the big day at BotCon.

Awesome, that's all I needed to know. I couldn't remember if BotCon did reveals or not.

Tomorrow will be a fantastic day for me; I love reveals, especially ones for the Classics (and other affiliated) lines!

G1 Legacy wrote:Also, just to clarify...the glass cases seem to be missing deluxe class versions of stealth jet megatron (partnered with Orion Pax) that we saw @ New York toyfair, and no Generations Ratbat? I'm a little surprised.

Generations Megatron is in there, he's just not posted in the story, but he's in the full gallery


And Ratbat is only a Takara figure thus far. If Hasbro announces him tomorrow, then he may appear in the display area.

Metroplex looks cool, but I can't believe they didn't paint his face at all. Kinda really needs some silver on there. Looking forward to new reveals tomorrow!

Like a lot of you, I'm going to try my best to get the SDCC Metroplex from HTS. If it's really only $149.99 plus s+h, that's not bad at all. I'm also very curious what the Predacon Rising exclusive might be.

I like a lot of the Thrilling 30 deluxes: Orion Pax and Megatron, especially. I like how Bumblee looks, but I noticed the one in package didn't have the black stripes on his chest/hood/etc. whereas the car and bot on display did. Even the packaging shows the black stripes. I'm very curious which we'll actually see. Nearly every Bee released since the first TF movie has had black stripes, so that would be very odd if he's plain.

Can't wait to see what's revealed later today!

kirbenvost wrote:Speaking of Bumblebee, the yellow plastic they used looks pretty cheap, and his headlights are now completely painted over when they had a transparent layer before. Oh well, I suppose we're luck there's paint at all. Still looks pretty good and I'll get him anyway.

I'd get this mold as any other character. Not Bumblebee. I prefer my Generation One Bumblebee to be the humble, old car, not a snazzy, eye-catching one.

Thundercracker on the other hand looks pretty great. I think he actually has more paint apps than Starscream.

Oh yeah, Thundercracker is one of the crown jewels in these images. Now if Hasbro compliments Thundercracker and Starscream with a Skywarp of their own (hopefully later on today they will reveal so), I would be so over that.

wilcosu35 wrote:that metroplex does look nice, but bbts is selling them over there? sjeesh, the hasbro version isn't even on their website

I think it's a "first come, first serve" thing going on. SDCC will be doing the same thing I believe, and one of the raffle prizes for Charticon 2013 is Metroplex.

Why is it so hard for me to believe that Thundercracker is actually being released?