BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Jet Mode Revealed

Meh. Hoist is growing on me, but this one is boring.

Noideaforaname wrote:Love the warping effect, but not much else.

Agreed. However I don't display my TFs in vehicle mode, so he'll be in the box.

Maybe they would have been better off just retooling the original molds. Other than a lack of head articulation, those figures hold up pretty well against their modern counterparts.

So far, no interest in owning this set.

Oh, Geez! Kill it! Kill it with fire! Or at least take it away and give me the obvious and eventual pre-BW Waspinator repaint.

Bumblevivisector wrote:Maybe I'd feel different if I had either MW Skywarp

Trust me, I own MW Thundercracker and if anything it's actually made me do even more of a double-take when I saw this failure of a figure.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Lots of hate for this mould eh?

I actually like the Dirge version, if not for the elbow/palms being oriented monkey-style.

Agreed. I like looking at this as an upgraded Skywarp. I've always liked this mold and now I like it even more. I don't give a hoot about his vehicle mode not looking like the original, as the original, along with all the other Machine Wars figures look like cheap pieces of dollar store crap.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:The warping effect was poorly executed imo. It just looks like his paint has been torn away to me.

Also, why wasn't this revealed with the robot mode? It never hit me until now.

For Botcon, they shoulda made it something like this. Come on botcon, make those "collector" figures actually worth something.

I will say this... I remember when trolling through Kay-B Toy store and seeing Machine Wars YEARS after they were released STILL on the shelf. Even back then before I really became a true collector I thought "What a bunch of crap!"

I recently went and looked at the galleries on here to make sure my memory wasn't failing since Botcon decided to pay Machine Wars homage...Nope, STILL crap. SOOooooo, I find it facinating they are trying to get us to buy something that little to none of us have affection for. I am all for reimaging a character, but the bastardizations Machine Wars created of our beloved characters even way back then were laughable. The ONLY redeming figures I recall are...

- Optimus: The mold overall is pretty cool, but that face...ugh, NOT OP.
- Soundwave: Cool Overall, but they could've colored him more like G1
- Sandstorm: Personally, I don't ever remember seeing this mold, but looking at it now, I am impressed...I would be interested in seeing Botcon do that one.
- Starscream: Overall cool mold, but personally it irks me that he got the badass mold and Megs got that crap dollar store mold.

So after that little tirade, count me in on the "haters" of this years exclusives...Not that I am going to waste money buying them anyways...Honestly, they could've found something better for Botcon and did these MW homages as a Generations exclusive to TRU or Amazon. Just my two cents for what its worth.

5 years in a row of disappointing BotCon sets. I'm seeing a pattern here which is unfortunate because I feel like a lot of thought and love went into the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 sets (even though it appears the 2005 set has become less popular over the years as fans have found other replacements for Ironhide and Ratchet and even though I personally dislike the whole Shattered Glass idea it was still a fun idea for ONE year prior to it being overused).

I personally liked the "G2 Redux" set but think they missed an opportunity. If nothing else, it would've been a much better "G1.5" set, because that's what most of it was sans Breakdown and Streetstar. It wasn't much of a G2 set with the heavy hitters being G1 Europe characters. You needed black Sideswipe, blue or teal Grimlock and a few others to sell it properly as a G2 set.

The sell-out of a set does not mean that it is popular, especially when you are dealing with limited runs of 1,500+ for some figure sets or sets that are basically required to be purchased in order to enjoy the entirety of the convention because of what is available for Primus packages versus the other packages.