Botcon Sky-Byte and friend revealed

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

TFW
Reveals two more Botcon
toys - Sky-Byte and Gnaw. (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/first-images-of-botcon-2010-sky-byte-and-gnaw-169635/)

Seibertron.com
Also has pictures of these
Sharkticon repaints. (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-botcon-figures-skybyte-and-gnaw-sharkticon/18500/)

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[Omega Supreme]

I dig the Gnaw repaint, not a huge fan of the Sky-Bite though.

[BigPenney]

:( My poor wallet. :(

As with all the other Botcon figures, I am loving these, especially Gnaw. :)

[Sky Shadow]

<Drool.> I want both of these more than any of the others so far. Except *maybe* Spark.

Looks like it's really not so much of a G2 theme, though.

[Lint]

Ol bitey looks awesome! it's like this mold was made for him.

The robot mode anyway :p

[kup]

<Drool.> I want both of these more than any of the others so far. Except *maybe* Spark.

Looks like it's really not so much of a G2 theme, though.

Yeah, I agree. I like these repaints but I don't know where the 'G2' comes in.

[Lord_Zed]

Despite being a sharkesque mold I don't think it suits Gnaw, but Skybyte fits a tee.

[Hursticon]

You see, I'm not terribly struck by either but if I had to choose out of the 2 I'd definitely go with Gnaw though, I feel by now Gnaw should have his own Classics/Universe 2.0/Generations Mold but at any rate, lol, I'll never be able to afford any of the Botcon figures past or present. :(

[GoktimusPrime]

Neither terribly strike me either, but if I had to choose one I'd go for Sky Byte.

[Hursticon]

Neither terribly strike me either, but if I had to choose one I'd go for Sky Byte.

Just out of curiosity Goki, why Sky-Byte? are you a fan of RiD/Car Robots?

[Deonasis]

Most people say this is a great energon mould and I like the homages but I wish there was more contrast (esp. in the teal and magenta) in the colours, the bright colours are looking very pastel.. ish in most botcon pics so far.

[Sky Shadow]

Just out of curiosity Goki, why Sky-Byte? are you a fan of RiD/Car Robots?

Sky-Byte is a must have for me too.

Sky-Byte is one of the most unique bad guys in a quarter of a century of Transformers. He likes poetry, singing, takes personality tests, is desperate for approval and approaches everything in insanely creative ways. He's been a major character in three dozen Transformers episodes and yet he's only ever had one toy that was never released in Australia, incidentally. (And it's a recolour of one of the worst moulds in Transformers history, with a beast mode that can only swim around in circles).

Gnaw is a generic Sharkticon who vaguely did something once with Wheelie in the Dreamwave comics and has already had one decent toy that was released in Australia.

Gnaw might be a nice bonus, but releasing the character of Sky-Byte in a decent mould is just fantastic.

[Hursticon]

I know what you mean about Sky-Byte's Beast mode as I've got the Beastwars figure, lol, that is one thing I did feel when I first got hold of the figure was that he seems permanently fixed on chasing his tail. :p

[i_amtrunks]

Well Skybyte was a repaint I think many of us were expecting since the original toy's release.

This is a great repaint though, another fantastic toy I'll likely never own. :D

[dirge]

Sky-Byte's much improved mouldwise over the plagued-with-sh*tty-tolerances TMII Cybershark, and has a much better paint job, to boot. Which isn't to say I'm not keen on the homage to such an awesome character.

[GoktimusPrime]

Just out of curiosity Goki, why Sky-Byte? are you a fan of RiD/Car Robots?
What Sky Shadow and dirge said pretty much summed it up. :)

[Bartrim]

The first toys I like from this set so far...

[optimus1]

G1 Gnaw in a G2 theme set?? Well at least he suits his new mold, but would have been better in a potential future 86' Movie themed Botcon/Exclusive set

[Zippo]

About time these got some repaints, though I never did pick up the mold. Not a fan of the colour choices on either and a strange pick for a G2 set.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

More pics of Gnaw (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/more-images-of-botcon-sharkticon/18551/)