Botcon 2014 Figure Reveals

[Paulbot]

If they hadn't already done Doublepunch, I suspect they would have done Black Zarak for his Zone pirateyness. If they can recolour anyone into Halfshell, Scylla, Coelagon, Terrormander or Sea Phantom they should do that too. And if they have access to the Armada Starscream Generations mould yet, I suspect they'll try to make a Skywarp from it.

Airachnid is apparently a bad toy but she would make a good Scylla. Female (check) and multiple extra legs in robot mode (check).

[UltraMarginal]

I honestly get the impression that the "G1 ness" of Scorponok is very much an effort on their part to call out the 30 year anniversary.

[Sky Shadow]

I honestly get the impression that the "G1 ness" of Scorponok is very much an effort on their part to call out the 30 year anniversary.

I'm sure they will do something, but calling a ten year-old toy in a twenty-seven year-old deco a thirtieth anniversary homage would be like forgetting your wife's birthday and covering it up by giving her stuff you find lying around the house.

[Deonasis]

"calling a ten year-old toy in a twenty-seven year-old G1 deco a thirtieth anniversary" of Transformers and specifically G1 is fine.

[Sky Shadow]

"calling a ten year-old toy in a twenty-seven year-old G1 deco a thirtieth anniversary" of Transformers and specifically G1 is fine.

BotCon has done G1 decos every year for the past decade. Last year they did the Rainmakers, the year before they did Metalhawk and Gigatron, the year before they did the Stunticons and Minerva, the year before they did the Sharkticons, the year before that they did ten G1 decos, the year before that they used four G1 decos, the year before that they used eight G1 decos, two the year before that, and six the year before that. To say that doing a single toy in a 1987 colour scheme this year is to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary is ridiculous.

[Deonasis]

BotCon has done G1 decos every year for the past decade. Last year they did the Rainmakers, the year before they did Metalhawk and Gigatron, the year before they did the Stunticons and Minerva, the year before they did the Sharkticons, the year before that they did ten G1 decos, the year before that they used four G1 decos, the year before that they used eight G1 decos, two the year before that, and six the year before that. To say that doing a single toy in a 1987 colour scheme this year is to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary is ridiculous.

Yikes all that is true! I guess the fandom wanting the particular deco for the last 10 years makes this more special than some others listed. Some homages were very much shoe-horned and none have gone to similar lengths of like incorporating a G1 headmaster into the design. It seems like extra effort has gone into this figure and that makes it feel more special than all previous exclusives to me. The Vector Sigma inclusion was similar but not quite in the same league.

[Sky Shadow]

Some homages were very much shoe-horned and none have gone to similar lengths of like incorporating a G1 headmaster into the design. It seems like extra effort has gone into this figure and that makes it feel more special than all previous exclusives to me.

I think that's fair enough, and it's definitely great when they actually use G1 moulds like this Nebulan, Glyph, Tap-Out or the Shattered Glass eHobby set. And it's definitely a very cool idea to use a G1 head and deco the toy accordingly. I just get irked when HasTakTomFunPubEtc do the same things they always do and claim it's to celebrate something or other. Like giving thirty fairly random (and in two cases fairly identical) toys 'special' anniversary numbers.

[Deonasis]

Like giving thirty fairly random (and in two cases fairly identical) toys 'special' anniversary numbers.

NOW THAT did really grind my gears. The sticker is the only thing special about "Thrilling 30".

[UltraMarginal]

would it be fair to say that Botcon is a celebration of Transformers as a whole every year?

I'm starting to wonder if they're ever going to reveal the final figure and put out the brochure before the con actually starts. haven't heard a thing in over a week from them.

[griffin]

The GIJoe Con was on last weekend, so EVERYTHING is put on hold for 2-3 weeks... which they should have communicated to their Transformers followers, considering the schedule of BotCon info at the moment. Or at the very least, have a series of updates or tweets ready to send out so that it doesn't look like something is wrong from the radio silence (considering their past, it's easy to assume the worst when we hear nothing from them).