BotCon 2013 toy reveals

[i_amtrunks]

Not liking the mould choice for Skywarp. Colours look alright, very similar to the original if memory serves, but movieverse Dirge was a piece of poo as a figure. Guess it is better than the movie versions of Fearswoop or Thrust...

With another of each of the two (so far) revealed figures to be released as repaints (Hubcap and TC) this is looking to be a very weak set except for the MW diehards.

Personally i dislike the idea of movie figures being used again as they were so poor the first time around, but if its on a weak botcon series, I guess that's better than on something interesting, with previous fiction based on it !

[Paul Agnew]

This thread is concerned about the unveiling of the new toys. The other Botcon thread doesn't seem to have been touched since the 2nd feb.

If it were the second of February in 2012, then I would gladly agree with you regarding it being inactive. However, the February in question is 2013, the same February we are currently inhabiting.

Furthermore, the other thread indeed has not been touched since the second (and having a second thread doesn't help, mind). This new thread was made on the eighth. Five days passed. Not too sure about anyone else, but a thread does not become 'inactive' after five days. Five month, sure, but five days? Really?

To top it off, sure this thread is for unveiling new toys, but so did the first; as a number of comments were made over there concerning the unveiling of Hoist, a BotCon 2013 toy.

All new toys as they show their faces make their way into here. 1 thread, as opposed to other years where iirc a thread was made for each figure or something.

Except for Hoist, which I put over into the original BotCon thread, for the sole purpose as to not create a second discussion atop of the first, and hopefully avoid a situation like this.

[griffin]

If it were the second of February in 2012, then I would gladly agree with you regarding it being inactive. However, the February in question is 2013, the same February we are currently inhabiting.

Furthermore, the other thread indeed has not been touched since the second (and having a second thread doesn't help, mind). This new thread was made on the eighth. Five days passed. Not too sure about anyone else, but a thread does not become 'inactive' after five days. Five month, sure, but five days? Really?

To top it off, sure this thread is for unveiling new toys, but so did the first; as a number of comments were made over there concerning the unveiling of Hoist, a BotCon 2013 toy.



Except for Hoist, which I put over into the original BotCon thread, for the sole purpose as to not create a second discussion atop of the first, and hopefully avoid a situation like this.

See my post above as to why we need different topics for the more active news items like BotCon.
The toys topic generates the most interest, so needs its own.
The theme topic is a short-lived one that deals more with speculation than news, so is likely to remain dormant, now that everyone has had their say.
The Events/Guests topic will be ongoing from when the brochure is released, right up until the convention (for all the last-minute guests they announce).
Having one topic would have hundreds of comments posts, making it impossible to find the news updates buried in dozens and dozens of pages.
But having three topics means that we won't have the news section padded out with dozens of topics that may only get a couple comments.

This is the best balance - few enough to keep all the current news items on the first News page, while not having so few that we have to keep answering people who ask something that has already been posted.
Yes, there will be an overlap on occasions with news topics, but the main focus is there for other people to target later. (the example you used only occurred because the unveiling of the theme involved showing off a toy before the actual toy reveals occurred, which needed its own topic, but hadn't been created yet)

[Paul Agnew]

See my post above as to why we need different topics for the more active news items like BotCon.

For the record, I did read your post and reasoning, and was going to make a comment along the lines of "What, because people don't have the attention span to read a topic more than five pages long?" (and that was not a swipe at anyone, more a comment on how society wants everything fast these days, nor have a website hold their attention for more than a few seconds), followed up by "Why not make a new post in the thread, and then go back and update the very first one?". As it can be seen, one of the above was already answered by the time I had finished reading, so I didn't reply.

Having one topic would have hundreds of comments posts, making it impossible to find the news updates buried in dozens and dozens of pages.

A little off-topic, but there are other discussions on this Forum which run for 'hundreds of comments' and 'dozens of pages' (Transformers Questions By Fans, Action Pose Thread, etc.). Wouldn't this also pose a similar problem, but on a more personal scale (i.e. updates from other members)?

Yes, there will be an overlap on occasions with news topics

Had a quick look at the Global News page a few minutes ago, and I cannot dignify it with a reponse.

[griffin]

A little off-topic, but there are other discussions on this Forum which run for 'hundreds of comments' and 'dozens of pages' (Transformers Questions By Fans, Action Pose Thread, etc.). Wouldn't this also pose a similar problem, but on a more personal scale (i.e. updates from other members)?

Yes it happens, and people miss stuff... but non-news topics are often less active, making it less of an occurrence for people to miss a non-comment posting.
It's confusing, but statistically, this has worked to satisfy most (not all... but most).

[griffin]

Jet mode of Skywarp has now been revealed by FunPub.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Jet mode of Skywarp has now been revealed by FunPub.

Hmm, judging by the lines and that purple bit, I suspect Translucent parts to indicate a warp effect. THAT I find interesting. the rest, not very much at all.

[Paulbot]

Machine Wars Strika revealed. A Warpath repaint with new head.

Fair to say no one was expecting her!

[Sharky]

Fair to say no one was expecting her!

because really she has nothing to do with machine wars.....unless they are incorporating vehicons to fil out the cons....

[CHILENO20]

Fair to say no one was expecting her!

My exact thoughts, the limit on characters I guess has forced them to think outside the box. Finally an excuse to make a toy out of her I suppose.