That big BotCon 2005 news, updates & information thread
That big BotCon 2005 news, updates & information thread
The exclusives:
Aside from the seven figure set (Deathsaurus [RiD Megatron remold], Chromia [Energon Arcee remold], Ironhide [Energon Tow-Line remold], Fallback [Energon Strongarm repaint], Ricochet [G2 Hooligan repaint], Buzzclaw [BW Buzzclaw repaint] and Dirge [another BW Buzzclaw repaint]), the following exclusives exist:
LINK
Flareup (Energon Arcee remold)
Ratchet (Energon Tow-Line remold)
Available loose, but must be purchased as a two-pack for $65.00.
Pics of Flareup and Ratchet
Virulent Clones (2x BW Buzzclaw repaint)
Available loose, but must be purchased as a two-pack for $35.00.
Additionally, for buyers of the "Primus package", there is an eighth figure they will get additionally to the seven-figure set:
Flamewar (another Energon Arcee remold).
TFormers gallery of the BotCon 2005 exclusives
More TFormers pics of exclusives
TFormers gallery of Hasbro giveaway LoC Ramjet
TFW 2005 gallery of Hasbro giveaway LoC Ramjet
The BotCon 2005 exclusive comic "Descent into Evil" has been reviewed by Ben Yee... who wrote the comic.
http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/botcon/descent/
Galleries & News:
Cybertron:
Scouts:
NEW: Swindle is a redeco of Hardtop. Slated for a January 2006 release.
NEW: Swerve is a redeco of Clocker. Slated for a January 2006 release.
Road Storm's US name confirmed as Lugnutz. Slated for a March 2006 release.
Deluxes:
Downshift confirmed. Slated for a February 2006 release.
Exigeyser's US name is given as Cybertron Defense Hot Shot. Slated for a February 2006 release.
Voyagers:
Dark Liger Jack will come to the US as Nemesis Breaker. Slated for a June 2006 release.
Ultras:
First Gunner's US name is given as Cybertron Defense Red Alert. Slated for a November 2005 release.
Legends of Cybertron:
A third wave confirmed, consisting of Vector Prime, Red Alert (upgrade), Galvatron (Megatron repaint) and Soundwave.
Similar to the Skywarp repaint of LoC Starscream given out at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro were handing out a Ramjet repaint of LoC Starscream this time.
Universe:
The Overbite & Repugnus, Bonecrusher & Scavenger and Long Haul & Hightower two-packs are confirmed to be Target exclusives now. Slated for a March 2006 release.
Reissues:
Commemorative Seriex IX Astrotrain is confirmed too. But will be the last Hasbro reissue for the time being, because he was already halfway done when TRU decided to abandon the reissues.
Dealer room setup
Alternators:
Optimus Prime (Dodge Ram SRT-10) - slated for a May 2006 release.
Mirage (Ford GT) - slated for a June 2006 release.
Ricochet (black Subaru Impreza redeco with gold flames)
Rollbar (orange Jeep Wrangler redeco)
Official pictures "live" from BotCon:
Thursday night registration
Thursday night MSTF with M Sipher and Doug Dlin
More pics of the Friday preview.
TFormers gallery of Hasbro display
TFW2005 gallery of the Hasbro display
TFormers gallery of Cybertron Swindle & Swerve
Allspark gallery
TFW2005 gallery of Hasbro new product unveiling
Transtopia's gallery
Botcon.com's gallery of Hasbro's products
Panels:
TFW2005 recap of Alvarez' "Rare Toys" panel
TFormers recap of Alvarez' "Rare Toys" panel
TFW2005 recap of "Hasbro & Takara working together" panel
TFormers recap of "Hasbro & Takara working together" panel
TFormers recap of voice actors panel
TFW2005 recap of IDW "Transformers Return to Comic Books" panel
TFW2005 recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
TFormers recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
Transfandom's recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
Tformer's IDW Comics panel
Tformer's recap of Hasbro's filler/new series
TFW2005's recap of Hasbro's filler/new series
Aside from the seven figure set (Deathsaurus [RiD Megatron remold], Chromia [Energon Arcee remold], Ironhide [Energon Tow-Line remold], Fallback [Energon Strongarm repaint], Ricochet [G2 Hooligan repaint], Buzzclaw [BW Buzzclaw repaint] and Dirge [another BW Buzzclaw repaint]), the following exclusives exist:
LINK
Flareup (Energon Arcee remold)
Ratchet (Energon Tow-Line remold)
Available loose, but must be purchased as a two-pack for $65.00.
Pics of Flareup and Ratchet
Virulent Clones (2x BW Buzzclaw repaint)
Available loose, but must be purchased as a two-pack for $35.00.
Additionally, for buyers of the "Primus package", there is an eighth figure they will get additionally to the seven-figure set:
Flamewar (another Energon Arcee remold).
TFormers gallery of the BotCon 2005 exclusives
More TFormers pics of exclusives
TFormers gallery of Hasbro giveaway LoC Ramjet
TFW 2005 gallery of Hasbro giveaway LoC Ramjet
The BotCon 2005 exclusive comic "Descent into Evil" has been reviewed by Ben Yee... who wrote the comic.
http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/botcon/descent/
Galleries & News:
Cybertron:
Scouts:
NEW: Swindle is a redeco of Hardtop. Slated for a January 2006 release.
NEW: Swerve is a redeco of Clocker. Slated for a January 2006 release.
Road Storm's US name confirmed as Lugnutz. Slated for a March 2006 release.
Deluxes:
Downshift confirmed. Slated for a February 2006 release.
Exigeyser's US name is given as Cybertron Defense Hot Shot. Slated for a February 2006 release.
Voyagers:
Dark Liger Jack will come to the US as Nemesis Breaker. Slated for a June 2006 release.
Ultras:
First Gunner's US name is given as Cybertron Defense Red Alert. Slated for a November 2005 release.
Legends of Cybertron:
A third wave confirmed, consisting of Vector Prime, Red Alert (upgrade), Galvatron (Megatron repaint) and Soundwave.
Similar to the Skywarp repaint of LoC Starscream given out at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro were handing out a Ramjet repaint of LoC Starscream this time.
Universe:
The Overbite & Repugnus, Bonecrusher & Scavenger and Long Haul & Hightower two-packs are confirmed to be Target exclusives now. Slated for a March 2006 release.
Reissues:
Commemorative Seriex IX Astrotrain is confirmed too. But will be the last Hasbro reissue for the time being, because he was already halfway done when TRU decided to abandon the reissues.
Dealer room setup
Alternators:
Optimus Prime (Dodge Ram SRT-10) - slated for a May 2006 release.
Mirage (Ford GT) - slated for a June 2006 release.
Ricochet (black Subaru Impreza redeco with gold flames)
Rollbar (orange Jeep Wrangler redeco)
Official pictures "live" from BotCon:
Thursday night registration
Thursday night MSTF with M Sipher and Doug Dlin
More pics of the Friday preview.
TFormers gallery of Hasbro display
TFW2005 gallery of the Hasbro display
TFormers gallery of Cybertron Swindle & Swerve
Allspark gallery
TFW2005 gallery of Hasbro new product unveiling
Transtopia's gallery
Botcon.com's gallery of Hasbro's products
Panels:
TFW2005 recap of Alvarez' "Rare Toys" panel
TFormers recap of Alvarez' "Rare Toys" panel
TFW2005 recap of "Hasbro & Takara working together" panel
TFormers recap of "Hasbro & Takara working together" panel
TFormers recap of voice actors panel
TFW2005 recap of IDW "Transformers Return to Comic Books" panel
TFW2005 recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
TFormers recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
Transfandom's recap of Hasbro new product unveiling
Tformer's IDW Comics panel
Tformer's recap of Hasbro's filler/new series
TFW2005's recap of Hasbro's filler/new series
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
- Knightdramon
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Originally posted by Knightdramon
Wow. Even more Arcees, Tow-lines and Buzzclaws. I'd kill for that Deathsaurus though.
We've seen test shots of all these exclusives except for Deathsaurus...
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
The first image gallery:
Dealer room setup
First bit of news: Cybertron Swindle & Swerve!
Swindle is a redeco of Hardtop.
Swerve is a redeco of Clocker.
Commemorative Seriex IX Astrotrain is confirmed too.
Dealer room setup
First bit of news: Cybertron Swindle & Swerve!
Swindle is a redeco of Hardtop.
Swerve is a redeco of Clocker.
Commemorative Seriex IX Astrotrain is confirmed too.
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Official pictures "live" from BotCon:
Thursday night registration
Thursday night MSTF with M Sipher and Doug Dlin
Thursday night registration
Thursday night MSTF with M Sipher and Doug Dlin
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Review of this Year's BotCon comic "Descent into Evil" by Ben Yee... who wrote the comic.
http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/botcon/descent/
For those wondering:
Bumblebee is based on the unused Alternators design.
http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/botcon/descent/
For those wondering:
Bumblebee is based on the unused Alternators design.
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
- RID Scourge
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Morbo is surprised and pleased at the return of Swindle, even as a Hardtop repaint. For this, Hasbro has earned a small place of honor for when they are ultimately destroyed!
Swerve is a good repaint, though not a must-have for Morbo.
Flamewar is a name just begging for trouble. What, Firestar (even Autobot Firestar) too much work? I WILL DESTROY YOU!
Lastly, puny human Ben Yee reviewing is own work stinks rotten human feces.
Swerve is a good repaint, though not a must-have for Morbo.
Flamewar is a name just begging for trouble. What, Firestar (even Autobot Firestar) too much work? I WILL DESTROY YOU!
Lastly, puny human Ben Yee reviewing is own work stinks rotten human feces.
Pretty sure Toy Biz has Firestar tied up for Marvel. Of course, could probably confirm and search that on TARR but I'm lazy.Originally posted by TFVanguard
What, Firestar (even Autobot Firestar) too much work? I WILL DESTROY YOU!
Lastly, puny human Ben Yee reviewing is own work stinks rotten human feces.
Eh, he's hyping his own work. What writer wouldn't pitch their own work?
It's kind of interesting the way he's doing it, and I'm sure other people will review it.
Confirmation: Nemesis Leobreaker coming to the US.
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.ph ... opic=82858
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.ph ... opic=82858
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Originally posted by Nevermore
Talk Like A Pirate Day was on Monday...
Morbo is not a pirate! Morbo is a television news announcer!
Yeah, but since she's not a robot, and the marketing is different.. trademark restrictions SHOULDN'T apply. Of course, in our lawsuit-happy world...Pretty sure Toy Biz has Firestar tied up for Marvel. Of course, could probably confirm and search that on TARR but I'm lazy.
Yeah, but he should stick to the pitch. I wouldn't review my own work like that - but I would have someone ELSE review it an post the review if its favorable.Eh, he's hyping his own work. What writer wouldn't pitch their own work?
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