Botcon 2015 - Chicago June 18-21

[griffin]

Looks like we might have some more at-show toys revealed (to go with the black DLX Skids and army camo VOY Roadbuster)... four different decos of the GEN DLX Waspinator toy.

Three are likely to be the three pack, while the fourth could be in a 2-pack with something else if these four have a major role in their comic story. (like the Scourge and Sweeps in 2009)

The left one looks to be based on the Foxkids Transmetal Waspinator (which FunPub had as its , while the one on the right has similar colours to the 2005 BotCon Virulent Clone (if true, the last two years have had a lot of BotCon homage toys).

The middle two have very familiar colours, but I can't quite put my finger on what they are trying to look like.

Some speculation on other sites include Beeline (BotCon Doublepunch's bee) or BW Inferno for the one on the right... Bugbite or Bugly for the white/pink one... unreleased Halloween Horrorcon Waspinator for the dark purple/black one.

[griffin]

I can't shake the feeling that the purple/black one looks like something from the JP Beast Wars era... or RID-2010/Car Robots Megatron.

[UltraMarginal]

are there seekers that these colour palettes approximate? waspinator carried Starscreams ghost for a while...

[fatbot]

They've stated on Twitter that registration, when it finally goes up, will be in business hours. I'm guessing 9am local time, which works out to be midnight Sydney time

[griffin]

That's not unusual, as they usually start at the end of their business day, which is early morning for us. Most years it seems to start at about 7-11am our time... which would be in the afternoon in Texas.

So it certainly isn't much help them "narrowing it down" to their business hours, as that's still a third of the day.

[CHILENO20]

Looks like we might have some more at-show toys revealed (to go with the black DLX Skids and army camo VOY Roadbuster)... four different decos of the GEN DLX Waspinator toy.

Three are likely to be the three pack, while the fourth could be in a 2-pack with something else if these four have a major role in their comic story. (like the Scourge and Sweeps in 2009)

The left one looks to be based on the Foxkids Transmetal Waspinator (which FunPub had as its , while the one on the right has similar colours to the 2005 BotCon Virulent Clone (if true, the last two years have had a lot of BotCon homage toys).

The middle two have very familiar colours, but I can't quite put my finger on what they are trying to look like.

Some speculation on other sites include Beeline (BotCon Doublepunch's bee) or BW Inferno for the one on the right... Bugbite or Bugly for the white/pink one... unreleased Halloween Horrorcon Waspinator for the dark purple/black one.

I'm pretty sure the one on the left is meant to represent SG Waspinator, definately want that one. Hmmm, does that mean that maybe SG Megatron may be made?

[griffin]

The three page preview of the Convention Comic has been released, and even though it has a heap of characters running around, there is only one being blacked out... so you can probably guess that none of the others that aren't already toys, will be toys this year.

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

[griffin]

Apparently the blacked out character on the third page was originally just a silhouette, but was quickly changed to be a bigger black block, because people were identifying it as the GEN DLX Scoop mould... which would confirm the rumour of a "Gen2 Hound" being done to partner with the "Gen2 Optimus" Roadbuster toy that was leaked a few weeks back.

So that's 7 so far leaked... plus the blue/grey Chopshop targetmaster (which would be paired with someone). And if Flywheels is included, that's another at-show toy, leaving just two left unknown (there are usually 9 at-show toys - two 2-packs, a 3-pack, the attendee figure, and Custom Class toy).

27 days till the start (according to the countdown clock on the BotCon site)... and still no registration.
Between this last-minute registration (for dealers and attendees), the ban on 3rd party products creating a backlash after two years of allowing it, having no rooms at the hotel or in the ones across the road, and being in the middle of no where (impacting on walkin numbers)... I can see this BotCon being very quiet this year, and a much smaller dealer room (because dealers need time to organise themselves, and if registration is too last minute, some will just not bother).

[griffin]

26 days to go, and still no word on if registration will be soon, or even this week.

Todays update is for the hat and t-shirt for this year, plus a group shot of the boxset toys.

[fatbot]

26 days to go, and still no word on if registration will be soon, or even this week.

Todays update is for the hat and t-shirt for this year, plus a group shot of the boxset toys.

https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/601516866583007232

the claim is tomorrow, if true, I reckon about 6am Sydney time