The BotCon 2013 toys are...

[reillyd]

I must have those Rainmakers, but $200+ on ebay is just out of my range. Grrr... I really hope they put them up in thee store, but its a big risk to take that they dont.

[UltraMarginal]

Not sure if all Hoist's have this problem but other than the shoulders, my one also has a problem with the auto-morph, specifically, when converting to robot mode the torso can't rotate around enough to sit flush with the waist (it's off by about half a cm). Not only that, I can't get him back into vehicle mode as his head is too big!! I took him to the 2nd custom class today and two of the staff had a go at transforming him, they couldn't do anything with him and just said to bring Hoist to the info booth on Saturday for a fix / swap over / whatever. Love, love loooove the head mould on Hoist - hope they can get him sorted!

I've always found when transforming this mold back to vehicle that you need to hold two internal beams apart (they are spring loaded) to allow parts to swing through without interferance. it's quite tricky and not mentioned in the instructions.
I'll try to remember to dig out my kup tonight and take some photos. I'll be home late though so it'll probably be your morning before I get anything up here.

Following up. Here is a link to my photo bucket
http://s1123.photobucket.com/albums/...UltraMarginals Transformers collection/generations kup

It's the grey bits that make up the side of the waist that get in the way.
I hope this helps. Otherwise change it over for another while your there. And enjoy the rest of the show.

[Doubledealer]

Following up. Here is a link to my photo bucket
http://s1123.photobucket.com/albums/...UltraMarginals Transformers collection/generations kup

It's the grey bits that make up the side of the waist that get in the way.
I hope this helps. Otherwise change it over for another while your there. And enjoy the rest of the show.

Thanks for the help UltraMarginal. I've got two of the Kup mould at home but none of them have the problems this one does. They'll either somehow fix it or just replace it on Saturday (assuming the automorph gimmick problem is unique to mine).

[UltraMarginal]

Thanks for the help UltraMarginal. I've got two of the Kup mould at home but none of them have the problems this one does. They'll either somehow fix it or just replace it on Saturday (assuming the automorph gimmick problem is unique to mine).

If anyone is having any issues with their Botcon hoist, I found a useful posting on Seibertron

it seems one possible issue is a part within the chest being installed in the wrong orientation in the factory.

[UltraMarginal]

No worries. As long as it gets sorted out for you. I remember the first time I transformed it after a year and it took me ten minutes to figure out what I was doing wrong.