Toy Review - BotCon 2010 toys

[griffin]

Toy Review:
Pre-reg set - Spark/Pyro, Clench, Breakdown, Streetstar/Streetwise, Sky-Byte
Attendee Figure - Slice/Slicer
Big pair - Doublepunch, Turbomaster/Scorch w/ Ravage
Small pair - Cindersaur, Rapido
3-pack - Airshark, Landshark, Skyshark

Series - BotCon 2010
Sub-line - Timelines, Generation 2 Redux
Size - Deluxe to Voyager
New/remould/redeco - redecos and remoulds
Wave - (6)
Released here - No (June in America)
Approximate Retail Price - $500
Alt-modes - Spark/Pyro (rescue vehicle), Clench (tank), Breakdown (sportscar), Streetstar/Streetwise (police car), Sky-Byte (shark), Slice/Slicer (sportscar), Doublepunch (Scorpion), Turbomaster/Scorch (offroad) w/ Ravage (cassette), Cindersaur (dinosaur), Rapido (race car), Airshark (shark), Landshark (shark), Skyshark (shark).
Main Colours - See below
Main Accessories - Numerous

[tinyJazz]

I really like this set. Then again, I really like any Classics/Universe repaints - and apparently so do a lot of other tf collectors - so it was a winner from the start anyway!

I don't have Slice... Slicer, or the Sharkticons - not bothered because the molds aren't particularly strong IMO.

The Best:
Double Punch, Spark (Sir Pyro Ignatius Spark. teehee!) and dino Cindersaur look fantastic on display. More pink on tfs I say!
DP's "gigantic hover jet mode" looks like a huge, highly-poisonous, predatory bird-thing. Awesome!

Not so good - but still good?
I'm not sure I like the mold for Sky-byte, but I can't think of a better one so it still works with the set.
SG Ravage < eHobby/kissplay Glit. Seriously, it just looks like he got blue carpet-burn on his legs.
Also, Streetstar doesn't really have lights, so you just have to pretend he's got the retro flip-up style lights and mechanical failure.

Apparently this (neon-coloured transforming cars) is the kind of thing mum would have bought for my bro when he was a kid. :/ I think I got plastic dinosaurs or something.

Thanks to TheHandsomeCrab and Griffin for the souvenir sets
Thanks to ebay guy for the box set: still waiting for my feedback :/

[blackoptimus]

Wasn't there G2 Sideswipe too? Or how was that obtained and was it official?

[griffin]

Gen2 Sideswipe was indeed a figure for this year, but was limited to just 50 units, in the Customising Classes.
(two classes of 25 - each get a bag of bits, to paint and build the toy like a model kit)

[kup]

Gen2 Sideswipe was indeed a figure for this year, but was limited to just 50 units, in the Customising Classes.
(two classes of 25 - each get a bag of bits, to paint and build the toy like a model kit)

Are the customized toys part of the official Botcon toy line of the respective year? I ask since it is pretty much being made by an individual who is making it from parts than something Hasbro/club is actually selling as a product.

[griffin]

It's officially produced by Hasbro/TT's factory... the only difference is the enthnicity of the person assembling it...

[kup]

It's officially produced by Hasbro/TT's factory... the only difference is the enthnicity of the person assembling it...

If the person has to paint it by hand then each figure becomes unique and of varying quality. What I am getting at is that the toy becomes more of a group kitbash sponsored by Hasbro rather than an actual collector toy so I am not sure how this works as far as a collectable 'exclusive' toy goes.