BotCon brochure released. Details of the 2012 BotCon box set

[fatbot]

pics of "Evil Tracks"

http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...evealed/23570/




I like him, the head looks a bit dodgy, but he does look good.

[i_amtrunks]

This set is an easy pass.

You'd think that Funpub could get a better photoshopper or their toy mock ups...

[Paulbot]

Hopefully it's not that bright a blue. I'm disappointed they put a SG Autobot symbol on the hood on a join line. Will make it hard to repolabel it with proper Autobot symbols.

(some people think this is just a diaclone colour scheme but Tracks was released in these colours in G1 in limited European markets and was in these colours on the 85 back of box art)

[Doubledealer]

One Shattered Glass Botcon set? Sure, why not! It's something a bit different.

Two Shattered Glass Botcon sets? Fantastic! Well, fantastic for those who bought the previous Botcon set. :/ What about the other 99.99% of the Transformers fandom?

Overlord? I cringed as soon as I heard this was to be in the set. There is no current mold that can do this character justice. Not Octane, not Blitzwing and definitely not Bludgeon! I'm hoping it will be a case of Botcon Scourge all over again and we get the real deal a bit later down the track.

[Quickstrike]

Yep, that's Road Rage. Part of me wanted Tracks to be yellow, but this was always going to be the easy "2 for 1" redeco.

[kup]

Overlord? I cringed as soon as I heard this was to be in the set. There is no current mold that can do this character justice. Not Octane, not Blitzwing and definitely not Bludgeon! I'm hoping it will be a case of Botcon Scourge all over again and we get the real deal a bit later down the track.

Unfortunately, Hasbro is likely not to see Overlord as a 'marketable' character. I know that they have done such 'obscure' characters in the past but Hasbro isn't known for consistency just whims. The only thing you can count on are the regular bunch of characters they like to do like Bumblebee, Prime and made up characters for their movie repaints.

In the event that they actually make an Overlord, I am not sure if they would do the character justice like making him Legends class or something unsuitable like this Botcon toy.

I know some will see it as negative but I see it as realistic. The best chance when it comes to doing Overlord justice would be from a 3rd party. I hope that I am proven wrong but I am not counting on it.

[Sky Shadow]

I seem to be not amongst the masses in my thinking, but both revelations (Overlord and red Tracks) seem good to me. I'll also be happy with any toy in Metalhawk colours. All three of those are ridiculously expensive G1 toys - it's great that BotCon is releasing them at (ironically for exclusives) a fraction of what their original incarnations now cost. Shattered Glass Soundwave is an awesome recolour of an awesome mould (and a great character - my love for Shattered Glass Sir Soundwave is inversely proportional to my hatred of G1 Soundwave). And he wears a bandana! For me, it's looking like it's going to be a great boxed/bagged set - the best one since 2008.

[kup]

I seem to be not amongst the masses in my thinking, but both revelations (Overlord and red Tracks) seem good to me. I'll also be happy with any toy in Metalhawk colours. All three of those are ridiculously expensive G1 toys - it's great that BotCon is releasing them at (ironically for exclusives) a fraction of what their original incarnations now cost. Shattered Glass Soundwave is an awesome recolour of an awesome mould (and a great character - my love for Shattered Glass Sir Soundwave is inversely proportional to my hatred of G1 Soundwave). And he wears a bandana! For me, it's looking like it's going to be a great boxed/bagged set - the best one since 2008.

Why does he wear a bandana?

[Sky Shadow]

Why does he wear a bandana?

Because ponchos are so 2011. (Happy new year, Kup.)

I think I was wrong when I called it a bandana, it's more of a martial arts headband. And, in fiction, people always put those on just before they do something awesome. Shattered Glass Soundwave is always doing awesome things, so he's been wearing the headband ever since he first put it on when he got his new form in 2009. He's like Bruce Springsteen. Only awesomer.

[SharkyMcShark]

Unfortunately, Hasbro is likely not to see Overlord as a 'marketable' character. I know that they have done such 'obscure' characters in the past but Hasbro isn't known for consistency just whims. The only thing you can count on are the regular bunch of characters they like to do like Bumblebee, Prime and made up characters for their movie repaints.

In the event that they actually make an Overlord, I am not sure if they would do the character justice like making him Legends class or something unsuitable like this Botcon toy.

I know some will see it as negative but I see it as realistic. The best chance when it comes to doing Overlord justice would be from a 3rd party. I hope that I am proven wrong but I am not counting on it.

Yes unlike Megatron and Starscream who existed in real life.