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BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed

Posted by El Duque Feb 8, 2013 at 1:23pm CST 34,067 views

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Comment by Noideaforaname Feb 8, 2013
The warping effect is pretty cool (if limited to the wings and tail fins).
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Comment by Rated X Feb 8, 2013
So Dirge gets repainted as Skywarp ? :BANG_HEAD:
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Comment by Nemesis Maximo Feb 8, 2013
It looks cool...but I wish they wouldn't use movie-verse toys as "classics" characters.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Feb 8, 2013
Wow that's ugly. RoTF has been out for nearly 4 years, and somehow I managed to miss this toy altogether, this is my 1st time seeing that mold. I do believe I've found a mold more repulsive than movieverse Starscream.
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Comment by GuyIncognito Feb 8, 2013
I never cared for that mold. Would have rather seen them use the ROTF Breakaway mold, which I think is an awesome jet mold.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 8, 2013
GuyIncognito wrote:I never cared for that mold. Would have rather seen them use the ROTF Breakaway mold, which I think is an awesome jet mold.


But a bad looking bot mode. RotF Dirge is the better choice here IMO. Just think of him as Classics with a lot of (unnecessary) detail. :lol:

And it looks like El Duque needs more coffee, as it's Skywarp, not Dirge. ;)
Re: BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed (view post)
Comment by Mkall Feb 8, 2013
I've hated movie molds since the day they started. This will be one of the few Botcon figures I'll not display.
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Comment by Genocide G2.0 Feb 8, 2013
I wish they had made this mold a bit taller and sorted the arm kibble out it's far far too short not to say that would have saved it but it would have helped , i like the colour and over all look it's just a shame about the molds shit bits. i still wouldnt buy it.
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Comment by Manterax Prime Feb 8, 2013
I have HFTD Jetblade and let me say, WORST JETFORMER MOLD EVER!!!!
In robot mode that is. Vehicle mode is superb. And, I'll give Skywarp this. Nice head sculpt.
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Comment by El Duque Feb 8, 2013
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And it looks like El Duque needs more coffee, as it's Skywarp, not Dirge.


You have no idea, just got into NYC for Toy Fair.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 8, 2013
El Duque wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And it looks like El Duque needs more coffee, as it's Skywarp, not Dirge.


You have no idea, just got into NYC for Toy Fair.


I'm sorry :( Hope you'll make it out there alive.

I have RotF Dirge and Gen. Sergeant Kup right here next to eachother, and Dirge is short! I don't think he's the worst jet mold out there, mind you. Makes me wonder who they'll pick for Megatron/Megaplex.

O, Thundercracker as Freebee :D
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Comment by Nemesis Destron Feb 8, 2013
Okay that's 2 for 2 not so impressive Botcon releases so far, but there is still hope says I! :VEHI:
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Comment by MightyMagnus78 Feb 8, 2013
With that paint scheme he looks very G1 Jetfire-esque?
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 8, 2013
MightyMagnus78 wrote:With that paint scheme he looks very Jetfire-esque?


Just a bit, even the original looked like that:

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Re: BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed (view post)
Comment by DevconSupreme Feb 8, 2013
:-x Complete garbarge man! None of the fan-club exclusives are ever breath taking let alone worth the price they ask. Machine Wars was a terrible line like G2 was in my opinion.
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Comment by Megatron Wolf Feb 8, 2013
could've picked a better mold, dont get me wrong ROTF dirge is a great figure but out of all the jet molds we've had over the years there are far better ones to use.
Re: BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed (view post)
Comment by osubreeze Feb 8, 2013
Wow. Very shiny.

With 2 figures out now, what I thought would happen might be. The "Machine Wars" having Movie style robots versus "Classics" style.

I'm quickly becoming less impressed with this set.

However, per the Botcon and TFCC Twitter feed, they said this one may not impress. Look for the 3 - 5 molds.

So they say.
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Comment by dedcat Feb 8, 2013
MW Skywarp was repainted to BWII Dirge, now Movie Dirge gets made into MW Skywarp. clever.

I remember this being one of the more enjoyable movie molds play-wise, so I'm not terribly upset.

I would have liked some retooling to make it a bit less 'movie-esque.' At the very least, some normal hands.

I'm holding out hope that Thundercracker gets his own unique mold, even though the original was a Skywarp repaint.

Overall, it is a good looking toy and I really dig the head sculpt. But please, no more retooled movie as classics figures. (Especially Breakaway!)
Re: BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed (view post)
Comment by Flux Convoy Feb 8, 2013
Looks fine to me. It's a mold I don't have too. He might not spend his time in bot bode but I bet his jet mode is nice. I'm actually surprised at the mold choices so far. I kinda like that.
:BOT:
Re: BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp Revealed (view post)
Comment by Blurrz Feb 8, 2013
That is one mold that does not deserve to be in a box set
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