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A heavily photoshopped image of the Vehicle mode of Strika has been released by FunPub.
The Autobot symbol on the side means that this Machine Wars story of theirs is either set before Beast Machines, or is in an alternate dimension (which is the main theme of their Club/BotCon story universe).
Pretty sure the tweets suggest it's Pre-Beast Machines. Kind of makes sense of you think of it as there was Beast Wars and Machine Wars and then the sequel to both was Beast Machines.
Anyway, another Beast Machines character has been added to the box set: Obsidian.
Kinda figures that obsidian would be following strika, and now I have a fair idea what the story is going to be. I don't like the green I would of prefered the show colours. And I don't like that obsidian is now bigger than strika but the only alternative that I can think of at the moment would be the tomahawk or pcc searchlight molds. Out of them I think searchlight would of worked better than this one.
That leaves only one spot in the set if they continue with the four deluxe and one voyager trend, I think it'll be sandstorm using tomahawks mold
Oh wow, that works really well as Obsidian. I'm not sure if I like or dislike that they're using the toy colours over the cartoon colours, but he looks really nice either way.
The last figure is "Clone Army Commander Megaplex" but no picture yet.
The description from the BotCon brochure suggests there will not be an Optimus Prime toy, and that there's an army of Skywarp clones. (I'd expect the troop builder then to be that toy mold.)
I'm familiar with Strika not being overly feminine but she had her own design so I could accept that, I just don't think the Warpath mold works for her but I must admit I haven't been impressed with any of the Botcon offerings this year:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Quickstrike
The overly bright Obsidian alt-mode has now been put up on the BotCon site.
I've updated the first post with the five toys, for easy reference later.
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2013/bc13megaplex.cfm
Dreadwing mould for Mrgaplex. Must admit, did not see that coming. Thoughts anyone??
That's beautiful.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by CHILENO20
Interesting choice - the jet mode is largely the same as the original Megaplex (based off an F-22 Raptor)
Was thinking about not getting it this year but now.......
Who is going this year? Can I order with anyone? I dont mind about the box.
Well that's weird. There are Megaplex-y things about him but just not enough for me to actually see him as Megaplex.Quote:
Originally Posted by CHILENO20
All up, it's not a bad set. I do still really like Strika and Obsidian.
Hm, about the only ones that I would be even remotely interested in would be Strika, and well that's it really. I like the warp paintjob that skywarp has, whether they manage to pull it off nicely on the actual toy though is another matter.
Megaplex? interesting, but I think it should have had a new head, that head isn't anyway Megatron-esque in the slightest.
I actually didn't mind the ROTF version of Dirge - but then G1 Dirge was my first ever TF back in the day so I may be somewhat biased :)Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
+1 on the first part, as a transformer who turns into a fairly realistic looking Harrier jet (as opposed to another Eagle or Raptor, I found ROTF Dirge a quite reasonable and enjoyable mold all things considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
The last of the Boxset toy images has been posted up - Megaplex in jet mode.
I was hoping for a redeco of a certain Screamer, but he's... ok. Not interested this time.:(;)
Anyone seen the mock-up box art for the set?
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2013/bc13box.cfm
Waaaaant! Want now! :eek:
The first box-set with a window. Not sure how that will work out since they use very thick cardboard for the boxes (so a window would have a fairly deep depression, unless they are using thinner cardboard for the lids this year).
It looks lazier to me... having just a single character art on the box with a window, eliminating the need for a good bit of artwork (and only featuring just one of the 12 toys for this year).
And what's the point of having a window that only ends up showing off one and a half toys inside.
FunPub have updated their site with new Obsidian images, with the darker colour scheme featured on that box mock-up. The colours are more cartoon accurate, compared to the toy colours the original images were based on.
I like the look of the box, enough. But I prefer Obisidan's original colour reveal.
Well, the artwork is ok, but what a boring setup. you'd think if they want to show the toys off a bit they'd have the window showing a few more off. You get all of Obsidian, a bit of Strika and a wing of Skywarp?
It's apparently mimicking the Machine Wars box style, but well, it just looks boring. I think you see more foam than toys there as well.
Lol, on the side of the box they have "Hi tech battle machines convert to giant robots." And the main "Hi tech battle machine" is based on a WW2 aeroplane.:rolleyes:
Via TFCC we have production sample image of Strika
I think the white paint on the wing tips ruin the warp effect of skywarps wings...
Strika looks nice, but I really like Warpath, so they con't go very wrong there.
And one of Obsidian
Finished samples of the remaining pair - Hoist and Megaplex... and a group shot, with a reminder that today is/was the last day for pre-registering.
All remaining sets will be available at the convention.