New Gallery: BotCon 2015 Battletrap "The Muscle"

I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Rated X wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Too much blue.
I'd prefer if they gave him red optics and a silver face.
The original toy was bland looking. You'd expect an expensive update to look better

Sabrblade wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

bah wrong thread - ignore

Flashwave wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Botcon Dreadwind went up when the Renderform add on set became available for TRU Darkwing. Everybody wants the pair. Mastershooter Collectibles also did a very limited run of targetmasters for them in the colors of the G1 Powermaster figures.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

Rated X wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Botcon has the worst marketing strategy ever. They should just reveal everything including the convention exclusives the day before registration goes live. They should be like "this is what we got, come n get it". My favorite reveal will be when the exclusives start showing up on Taobao a month before the convention.

I'm constantly impressed by the strenght of the stick and the deternmination you beat dead horses with.

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Where's Jazz? Please clarify?

Ah crud, I thought this was the other thread when I posted that. Ignore.

The most recent Seibertron.com gallery is not the next reveal from the Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon set, but rather an exclusive from the G.I. Joe Con in Springfield, IL and revealed almost a year ago: Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker This exclusive "G.I. Joe and the Transformers" set will be sold by both the Transformers Collector's Club and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club.

Special thanks to Pete Sinclair from the Transformers Collector's Club for letting Seibertron.com have an exclusive preview of this exciting set.

Convention & Club Exclusives Marissa Faireborn








Convention & Club Exclusives Afterbreaker

Va'al wrote:Marissa Faireborn and Afterbreaker

Um.. Afterburner?

I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

Kind of a plain Jane figure. The bike looks cool, not calling it Afterburn is awesome, 'cause then he can be something else-- in combiner wars. Not that he couldn't be in both spots. One more for the GI joe and Transformers set.

Va'al wrote:I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

I haven't seen it myself, but I've seen TFWiki refer to the figure as Afterbreaker on Twitter and apparently the April/May club mag does as well. Possible the name Afterburner was unavailable and had to be renamed. Still better than some of replacement names we've seen recently.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Va'al wrote:I know, I'm waiting for confirmation on this. I knew Afterburner, but Seibertron asked us for Afterbreaker.

I'll edit in case.

I haven't seen it myself, but I've seen TFWiki refer to the figure as Afterbreaker on Twitter and apparently the April/May club mag does as well. Possible the name Afterburner was unavailable and had to be renamed. Still better than some of replacement names we've seen recently.

Emerje

And better than "Afterblast"

I don't call it transformer unless it transforms take deluxe transformer bike with new head and paint call it after burner there you have it

The Transformers club is getting GI Joes. The GI Joe club is getting Transformers. The Botcon set is getting lame SG repaints mixed in with G1, Beast Wars, and who knows what else ? Did Funpub relocate from Texas to Colorado ? They sure are smoking some good s**t lately.

The name "Afterbreaker" appeared in both the latest TCC magazine issue and on the Collectors Club Twitter. It seems they tried to use the "Afterburner" name at first, but couldn't, and so went for an alternative.

Afterbreaker doesn't roll off the tongue very well. It sounds too fragmented and makes little sense. The two words don't sound well together BUT.....it is what it is.

That hair is killing me. Either she has vast quantities of hair spray or she has a constant gale hitting her from her right side.

Sabrblade wrote:The name "Afterbreaker" appeared in both the latest TCC magazine issue and on the Collectors Club Twitter. It seems they tried to use the "Afterburner" name at first, but couldn't, and so went for an alternative.

The real problem is the fandom actually acknowledges these silly name changes done for legal reasons.

If John Smith in New York cant sue Mrs. Smith in Florida for naming her newborn son John, what makes fictional characters names any different ? As silly as it sounds, I can legally name my child "Afterburner".

It's a freakin word ! Unless another company has already produced a transformable robot toy named "Afterburner" there should be no basis for a lawsuit. Funpub shouldn't be scared of "Afterburner Tampons" or "Afterburner Personal Lubricant" or whoever was the last company to print the word "Afterburner" on a cardboard box.

Rated X wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The name "Afterbreaker" appeared in both the latest TCC magazine issue and on the Collectors Club Twitter. It seems they tried to use the "Afterburner" name at first, but couldn't, and so went for an alternative.

The real problem is the fandom actually acknowledges these silly name changes done for legal reasons.

If John Smith in New York cant sue Mrs. Smith in Florida for naming her newborn son John, what makes fictional characters names any different ? As silly as it sounds, I can legally name my child "Afterburner".

It's a freakin word ! Unless another company has already produced a transformable robot toy named "Afterburner" there should be no basis for a lawsuit. Funpub shouldn't be scared of "Afterburner Tampons" or "Afterburner Personal Lubricant" or whoever was the last company to print the word "Afterburner" on a cardboard box.

Trademarks work a bit differently than that. Put short, the fact they changed his name means that:

a.) another toy company has gotten hold of the name, thus are the only ones allowed to use it. Doesn't matter what kind of toy, it's still in the same category as Transformers is. Your examples would actually be perfectly legal as they fall in different categories, but that may eventually lead to scenario b.
b.) being a common word in every day use (it's an engine component), the word may have become "generic", meaning it has no more distinguishable market value. Such words can no longer be trademarked and some have fallen victim to it.

On the flipside, it could simply be Hasbro's desire to keep "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers" names separate, since this is still a G.I. Joe-based set. That's supposedly the main reason why Gen. Junkyard was renamed "Junkheap", as there's a "Junkyard" in G.I. Joe. and the name is more closely associated with that line.

I heard that they try not to release the same characters that may feature in the main lines but I'd be surprised if a combiner wars afterburner was to appear so I don't think its the case here. Anyway if it doesn't transform probably better that they didn't use afterburner's name.

I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

They'll email us when it's available.

Or another member who got the email before others will announce it to the rest of the fandom first.

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

They'll email us when it's available.

Or another member who got the email before others will announce it to the rest of the fandom first.

Thanks. *Crosses fingers* I want this one SO badly.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

They'll email us when it's available.

Or another member who got the email before others will announce it to the rest of the fandom first.

Thanks. *Crosses fingers* I want this one SO badly.

I think you're safe since a LOT of fans previous decried this set for being a G.I. Joe with a Transformer that doesn't transform.

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

They'll email us when it's available.

Or another member who got the email before others will announce it to the rest of the fandom first.

Thanks. *Crosses fingers* I want this one SO badly.

I think you're safe since a LOT of fans previous decried this set for being a G.I. Joe with a Transformer that doesn't transform.

The club doesn't seem to be helping that out. I finally got my magazine in the mail and the ad for the set doesn't even name Afterbreaker. It simply says "Marissa Fairborn 4" figure comes with motorcycle, weapon, and jetpack on a blister card with character file card". Poor Afterbreaker has been downgraded to simply being an unnamed motorcycle rather than a character.

Emerje

Desslok2201 wrote:That hair is killing me. Either she has vast quantities of hair spray or she has a constant gale hitting her from her right side.

Never draw attention to the hair! This is obviously a holomatter avatar.

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I joined the TFCC for this figure. I want her SO badly. How do subscribers know when she's up for pre-order, an e-mail? I got one for another exclusive. Sorry, I just don't wanna miss out on Marissa.

They'll email us when it's available.

Or another member who got the email before others will announce it to the rest of the fandom first.

Thanks. *Crosses fingers* I want this one SO badly.

I think you're safe since a LOT of fans previous decried this set for being a G.I. Joe with a Transformer that doesn't transform.

Legit thanks for the assurances. But still, just nervous because I've never bought anything from the Club. So with my lukc I'd screw something up. And you never know if it'll sell out or not.

I so hope Spike, Sparkplug, Chip and Carly get made, too. They SO deserve some love.

if you just want 1 figure, it'd be cheaper to get it from the aftermarket than paying for every subscription figure just to get it

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:if you just want 1 figure, it'd be cheaper to get it from the aftermarket than paying for every subscription figure just to get it

It's not a subscription figure.

We've seen the video reveal of the fourth BotCon 2015 exclusive box set Boss figure, we've seen a preview of the comic featuring it - why not take a look at our galleries showing off both the main dish and the sides? Check out below the big bad himself (in one incarnation), using the Transformers Prime Silas Breakdown mold, never available in the US until now: Megatron - and the microns Scalpel, Boombox and Heavyweight! Click on any image below for the full works.

Convention & Club Exclusives Megatron "The Boss"












Convention & Club Exclusives Scalpel






Convention & Club Exclusives Boombox






Convention & Club Exclusives Heavyweight

For all the grief i've given the figures, i can safely say thus far, all of the botcon 2015 box figures, in my opinion have been okay. Heck, it's more than okay, it's adequately satisfactory. But that's the problem, these figure to me feel average unspectacular even. I find the problem I have is there's no direction, and yes I know the lack of direction is the direction, but that doesn't work unless of course the Boxset was meant to be Dada as all hell, but even then it doesn't go far enough. It really feels these should be TFSS figures instead of a boxset. Now Oilmaster might change that seeing as it's supposed to be better than 2014's scorponok, but as Scotty P said, this side of releasing a unproduced mold, it might be fun but it won't really be the end all be all of club exclusives. Now the polybag figures are probably going to be great, I always find that a weak boxset has great companion pieces.

Yea, this is thoroughly unremarkable.

A sort-of homage to movie 3 Megatron has no use in my collection.

I already have a movie-accurate voyager version of that character, and lots of versions of CHUG Megatron to choose from.

While the deco itself looks very nice, I would have no place to display this figure.
I'm certainly not interested in paying exclusive prices for it.

I sure am glad I'm one of the few who doesn't collect CHUG for the sake of a CHUG collection. This figure will be for me what it is, and can/will go wherever I want it to go.

The chrome bumper and 'fixed' head kinda defeat the whole homage. And one of those Minicons should've been Igor. Really, it feels like like they had an awesome idea going but then just HAD to go "G1" with a bunch of things...

Amelie wrote:Thinking about it more - Megatron is an excellent Botcon figure - a limited edition recolour of a mold that was never even released in the 'States. It really doesn't get much more exclusive than that, save for actually doing an entirely new figure.

Technically, you are right. But in the age of internet retail, saying this mold never got a US release is a bit of an overstatement. Anybody in the US who wanted this mold just bought the Takara version online. Additionally, nothing about Botcon "exclusives" are actually exclusive to Botcon. Chinese retailers were selling "Attendee Only" Flamewar figures that never made it to Botcon last year. The word "exclusive" has become one big joke. But I have no issues with that because the downfall of true "exclusives" has helped make this hobby grow bigger, stronger, and more popular than ever.

This Megatron reminds me of these 2:

This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

skidflap wrote:This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Rated X wrote:

skidflap wrote:This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

It's Breakdown proper, with Silas Breakdown's grill. The club stated they wanted to save the Silas aspect of Silas breakdown for a future G.I joe themed exclusive.

This Megatron looks great, and I'm very excited about this toy set so far. Funpub said they'd have something on par with last year's Scorponok, and I'm guessing this was supposed to be it. In my eyes it's not on the same level, but I'm still happy with it.

Rated X wrote:I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Silas Breakdown has this piece in the chest that show Silas controlling Breakdown's body


Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery