TFCC Botcon 2016 theme - Dawn of the Predacus

[griffin]

The artwork is here on Facebook, while the toy will be revealed tomorrow.

[Krayt]

Pics are up, but can't get to post on work comp to share....

Anyway, Red and silver Skydive mould....

I'm disappointed.... Cicadacon was head and chest.... wanted it to be the torso...

Money on Hotspot mould for the final

Cicadacon on BotCon website.

[UltraMarginal]

so they made a comment in the last month or so about having 5 new heads, I guess that means the combiner head is also new. given this reveal.

[kup]

I think we can expect this to be another set that doesn't get sold out.

I commend them on the theme idea but they should have backed away from it when the avaliable molds did not fit the characters at all. A new 'G2' theme would have been better or even Euro G1. At the very least, they could have continued the 'Dawn of Future's Past' 2006 theme and given us Terrorsaur and other more suitable BW characters that never made it to the show in 'Cybertronian' modes.

[Trent]

Why am I not surprised this set is turning out to be a letdown?

[griffin]

I think we can expect this to be another set that doesn't get sold out.

I commend them on the theme idea but they should have backed away from it when the avaliable molds did not fit the characters at all. A new 'G2' theme would have been better or even Euro G1. At the very least, they could have continued the 'Dawn of Future's Past' 2006 theme and given us Terrorsaur and other more suitable BW characters that never made it to the show in 'Cybertronian' modes.

A continuation of the 2006 theme would have been a lot better, with Cybertronian modes, but the problem with FunPub is that they have to produce about 15 toys for each convention, which means whole new themes because that's way too many to "finish off" a previous theme like the 2006 DOFP set.
It was a problem that 3H never had, which gave us 2-4 year arcs of stories and characters, making it more enticing to keep coming back or following the events, just to finish the story or collect the set of related characters (like the BW toys from 97-00 and the Wreckers toys for 01-02).


A set of Predators Vs Turbomasters, as combiners would have been doable (and awesome)... with the Optimus toy as Thunderclash and the Silverbolt/Cyclonus toy as Skyquake, and the eight limbs as each of the smaller Euro toys.
It almost seems obvious, but maybe FunPub decided against it after the poor showing of 2013 Machine Wars and the 2010 Euro/G2 sets... which were both fringe, semi-obscure elements of the fandom.
Given the right marketing, it could have worked as a BotCon set.

[MayzaPrime]

I think we can expect this to be another set that doesn't get sold out.

I commend them on the theme idea but they should have backed away from it when the avaliable molds did not fit the characters at all. A new 'G2' theme would have been better or even Euro G1. At the very least, they could have continued the 'Dawn of Future's Past' 2006 theme and given us Terrorsaur and other more suitable BW characters that never made it to the show in 'Cybertronian' modes.

I was hoping this was going to be the case when we got Tarantulas... I would have loved a Scorponok & Terrorsaur

[Verno]

I'm torn.

If FunPub hadn't done some kind of 'Beast Wars' inspired theme for BotCon next year, I'd have been supremely disappointed. However, given the toys that were available for FunPub to use as convention exclusives, perhaps a more G1-centric theme would have better suited the exclusives.

Ultimately, I've never felt any urge to get BotCon exclusives in the past, and this set won't change that.

[Deonasis]

Annnd Sea Clamp is from Silverbolt! I officially do not understand a single choice the TFCC club makes.

Reveal image: https://mobile.twitter.com/BotCon/st...65314610790401

[Verno]

Holy flying crustaceans, Batman!