Botcon 2010 theme: Generation 2 - Redux (figures revealed)

[kup]

Is it just me, or do these two exclusive redecoes look absolutely hideous?

Yeah they are disgustingly bad and that's why they are awesome!

[dirge]

Breakdown is hideous... I like (:

[Seraphim Prime]

I'm a little bit disappointed that Pyro didn't get a new head. To me that was what would have carried the allusion to the character, now it just kinda looks like Inferno playing dress up, which is a shame because the rest of the paint job does an amazing job of alluding to Pyro.

I would have taken a new head for Pyro over seeing G2 Breakdown. But that's probably because Pyro means more to me than Breakdown does, whereas Breakdown means more to BotCon and more of the older fans.

[kup]

I'm a little bit disappointed that Pyro didn't get a new head. To me that was what would have carried the allusion to the character, now it just kinda looks like Inferno playing dress up, which is a shame because the rest of the paint job does an amazing job of alluding to Pyro.

I would have taken a new head for Pyro over seeing G2 Breakdown. But that's probably because Pyro means more to me than Breakdown does, whereas Breakdown means more to BotCon and more of the older fans.

Same here. I would have preferred Pyro to get the new head instead of Breakdown but I am still excited about the theme of the toys.

[BigPenney]

Breakdown joins Autobot Spark in the Botcon 2010 Box Set, which will be available at the convention, which runs from June 24 to June 27, 2010.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...lusive-169443/

That is beautiful.
I don't know why but I love that head sculpt and I can't stop staring at it.
My wallet is crying just thinking about how much this set is going to cost me.

[griffin]

I've been checking the Botcon website twice a day recently for the registration forms, but still nothing.
Today they've put up the brochure though, saying that registration is still some time away.

http://www.botcon.com/BotCon10/disneybrochure.pdf

Some interesting tidbits from the brochure:

Characters and toys confirmed to be in the set - Pyro, Breakdown, Clench, Streetwise, and... Skybyte???

Primus (attending) Package and Iacon (non-attending) Package - US$305 (members), US$375 (non members).
Additional loose set - US$210 (limit of 400, for Primus and Iacon registrations only)

No Guests announced yet (no surprise there, as FunPub have always had it as a last priority element, so often have recycled guests)

Only one pre-Con tour this year,allowing people have the 'extra day' for using the Walt Disney park. The pre-Con tour this year is the Kennedy Space Centre (NASA), which I'll be looking forward to. Costs an extra $110.

So, Clench, Streetwise and Skybyte....
Clench should be a different mould to Spark, as I'd expect Streetwise to have the Breakdown mould, and the pack wouldn't have two redeco pairs. Skybyte... Cybertron Sharkticon toy perhaps?

[Paulbot]

So, Clench, Streetwise and Skybyte....
Clench should be a different mould to Spark, as I'd expect Streetwise to have the Breakdown mould, and the pack wouldn't have two redeco pairs. Skybyte... Cybertron Sharkticon toy perhaps?

I would have thought Streetwise would be a black Prowl. Saves them having to find police lamps for the vehicle mode.

Sky-byte is quite an odd choice for the set's theme.

[Saintly]

So is the theme name Generation 2: Redux? or is it something else?

Thread title update?

[griffin]

Yeah, they probably would use the Prowl mould for the different mould. But the Henkei (Red) Alert version of the Breakdown mould had police roof lights on it, so is still an option if they wanted to cheapen up with redecos.

I wonder if their wording of 'all new colour scheme' for Streetwise means that they aren't having his Gen2 colour (black and red), or just means different to his more known colour of white.

If the former, it could mean that a Gen2 Sideswipe is also going to be released this year, which would be black and red, and they don't want two toys looking the same.

For those interested, G2 Streetwise's colours:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G2_Mena...2_Defensor.jpg

[Sky Shadow]

I would have thought Streetwise would be a black Prowl. Saves them having to find police lamps for the vehicle mode.

This makes sense. I guess it's an excuse to use that mould or Henkei Red Alert's, otherwise G2 Streetwise is a strange choice of exclusive, since he has relatively boring colours.

And Sky-Byte will be great if he's Energon Sharkticon in Sky-Byte colours... it's intriguing if he's being retconned into the G2 (and thus - basically - G1) universe. I wonder if his motto will be a haiku?