Botcon theme is (SPOILER ALERT)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

What mold is that? Is it a kup repaint

Yeah, thats the generations Kup body.


Ooooh, I see the head now, before when I looked it looked like his face was a square with dots, but that's just his forehead.

Better, but still totally uninterested.

[Autocon]

Repaint as hubcap??

Im taking 40 40 Im taking 50 anyone for 60 do I hear 60?

[GoktimusPrime]

I wonder how many people who never gave a crap about Machine Wars before and skipped the entire line when it was shelfwarming for years, are suddenly gonna crawl out of the woodwork and proclaim themselves as "long time MW fans."

[Hursticon]

I wonder how many people who never gave a crap about Machine Wars before and skipped the entire line when it was shelfwarming for years, are suddenly gonna crawl out of the woodwork and proclaim themselves as "long time MW fans."

Not me, I own the only figure from the line that pertains to my interest & that's the way its going to stay.

[griffin]

I'm assuming we'll see

Reveal the Shield Tomahawk as Sandstorm (transforms largely the same way and has almost identical weaponry) (and then I can listen to people crying about how his legs look too much like movie TF legs again) (even though that wasn't true anyway)

Energon Starscream as Megatron and/or Megaplex (same kind of jet, similar transformation, although I'm not sure if Botcon is keen on mold re use as this mold was used a few years ago for the Wings of Destiny set)

Classics Mirage as Prowl and/or Mirage (unbelievably this excellent figure has not actually been used in a Botcon set yet)

If I recall, they don't re-use moulds for multiple BotCons. They'll reuse moulds for their store exclusives or membership toys, but since all three of those moulds have been used as BotCon toys already, I have this feeling that those three moulds are out... but if they are desperate, and are short on moulds that Hasbro approves, we could see recycling.

[SharkyMcShark]

Christ, I entirely forgot that Tomahawk was Spinister last year

[Paul Agnew]

5 posts to figure out it was Hoist. That's pretty good. Better than I had hoped, even.

I wonder how many people who never gave a crap about Machine Wars before and skipped the entire line when it was shelfwarming for years, are suddenly gonna crawl out of the woodwork and proclaim themselves as "long time MW fans."

Excuse me, but I for one actually preferred the Machine Wars toyline over the Beast Wars toyline back in the day. Not to say the Beasties were terrible or anything (far from it), but Machine Wars delivered my hankering for 'classic' characters I missed out on during the original run. It's also far easier for me to remember purchasing them over the Beasts.

Yeah, I can look back today and see the line for what it was, but for that year or two, it was Machine Wars all the way.

The only negative thing I have to say was disappointment realising there would be no CGI show to follow the line.

[Quickstrike]

I like Hoist and I hope we get an Electro out of that mold. Seems like that's what they're going for.

If I recall, they don't re-use moulds for multiple BotCons. They'll reuse moulds for their store exclusives or membership toys, but since all three of those moulds have been used as BotCon toys already, I have this feeling that those three moulds are out... but if they are desperate, and are short on moulds that Hasbro approves, we could see recycling.

They used the Classics Starscream mold at 2 Botcons.

[SharkyMcShark]

I wonder how many people who never gave a crap about Machine Wars before and skipped the entire line when it was shelfwarming for years, are suddenly gonna crawl out of the woodwork and proclaim themselves as "long time MW fans."

One of the great regrets of my TF collecting childhood was never being able to finish off that line. I had nearly every figure.

[griffin]

They used the Classics Starscream mold at 2 Botcons.

They used it in 2006 as Thundercracker... what other year did they use it?