Toy Review - BotCon 2010 toys

[GoktimusPrime]

Got Cindersaur today. Man he's ugly! The mould also just screams of Megatron and doesn't evoke Cindersaur to me at all. But ironically, as Megatron this mould doesn't appeal to me at all (I passed up the previous versions of this mould). I wish they'd at least retooled the head... ah well.

I'm happy with the toy, but I must admit that a large part of the appeal is the exclusivity... but there's no way I'd pay a big premium for it - so I'd say only get it if it's "cheap" (i.e. not massively inflated).

[kup]

At first, after seeing photos of it and not being that fond of the mold, I thought I was going to hate him, specially when I am not a fan of the mold. When it came with Rapido, I was thinking of selling him but upon opening and after a good look, It begun to really grow on me and liked it, specially the beast mode.

The Robot mode is indeed too Megatron but I really like the dinosaur mode and Cindersaur has grown on me a lot. Now I wish to get the other G2 Firecons to complete the set

Here are some close up pics for your reference:

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I quite like this years set, more than I thought I would originally. So far I ahve only had a look at Sky-Byte and Breakdown, both of whom I think are awesome!

Breakdown's head is great and the colours actually work quite well. Sky-byte is just fab. I liked the sharkticon mould from the times of energon and here with the colours it works well. Plus I can now use my Energon Shrkticon as a minion (not a fillet minion).

Are Landshark, skyshark and seashark (?) the same colour, or are they slightly different like last years Sweeps?

[kup]

I quite like this years set, more than I thought I would originally. So far I ahve only had a look at Sky-Byte and Breakdown, both of whom I think are awesome!

Breakdown's head is great and the colours actually work quite well. Sky-byte is just fab. I liked the sharkticon mould from the times of energon and here with the colours it works well. Plus I can now use my Energon Shrkticon as a minion (not a fillet minion).

Are Landshark, skyshark and seashark (?) the same colour, or are they slightly different like last years Sweeps?

I was also pleasantly surprised by this set. At first I thought it would just be ok but it's actually very good, much better than last year's. For me at least the toys are far more impressive in person than in pictures.

[GoktimusPrime]

Are Landshark, skyshark and seashark (?) the same colour, or are they slightly different like last years Sweeps?

Another reason why I'm glad Transformers won over Machine Men. Could you imagine if those toys were called Landman, Skyman and Seaman?!?

[Paulbot]

Are Landshark, skyshark and seashark (?) the same colour, or are they slightly different like last years Sweeps?

Last year's Sweeps were slightly different? I thought the only difference was the biocard?

[griffin]

Both sets of three figures are identical to each other - it was their way of producing a larger run (cheaper) without needing to sell more sets.
The only thing different is the biocards. Sweeps and Sharks had different names, bios and stat numbers.

[Paulbot]

Phew. That was one of my hestitations in selling my set of Sweeps individually but I was sure apart from the bio card (which also and very slight difference in the art of each Sweep) they were the same.

I'd have liked to get Turbomaster and Double Punch as there were the best of this year's range (along with Sky-Byte) but I couldn't justify so much money on repaints. Pyro, Clench and Breakdown are nice ideas, but theme didn't live up to the potential IMHO.

[Lint]

Sky-byte is pure love. The energon sharkitcon mold suits him perfectly and the paint applications are just delicious.