The big reveal for the 2011 BotCon Exclusives has begun. Just moments ago the BotCon webpage was updated with information for this year’s show it has been revealed that the 5 figures that make up the convention set will be Transformers Animated Stunticons!
Furthermore, the first figure reveal is up on the page, and the figure is Dead End! You can see images of this figure based off of the original Animated Jazz toy by clicking on the thumbnail, and visit the official BotCon site by clicking here.
Update – There was also an interesting picture posted to the BotCon Twitter feed, showing the color sheet for Animated Dead End. You can check it out by clicking on the thumbnail, or by clicking here.
tehKOREANdude
i think djw said that the image in the generations book has nothing to do with the botcon set.
it's been confirmed that one of the souvenir figures will be the mysterious officer 800-12 that will be featured in the botcon comic this year.
sh002
anyone know what the extra figure will be yet? what about shattered glass sari?
blurr69
good story + combiner = happy
Karhukjnsi
I'm with him, I'm not too big on combiners anyway.
The only ones I actually LIKE are Defensor and Predaking, and even still, I prefer the team made of individuals instead of "the gestalt pieces".
tehKOREANdude
to all the combining hubbub, DJW stated on WTF@TFW that he's big on teams being characterized as individuals (hence swindle being a solo show). He doesn't want people to see the Stunticons and just say "where's menasor". It's about developing each character individually, something I think has been done perfectly with this set. I never bothered to learn each individual stunticon's name. Prior to this, i just thought of them as either stunticons or menasor. But now, i know all of them, and care about them individually when I see them in comics or the G1 cartoon.
Insane Galvatron
Don't know why I couldn't think of those. lol. Speaking of which, where's my Ultra class Motormaster dangit!?
sh002
thanks airfox. they could still combine in fiction. think out of the box rude critics.
airfox
Couldn't sh002 be hoping they combine in fiction?
I hope the fiction acknowledges that … even if it's in the last page after the Stunticons are defeated and they're being rebuilt with Menasor in mind (think a schematic in a screen on your mad scientist of choice's lab).
-airfox
Gryph
There's also Universe Silverbolt, Legends and Titaniums Menasor and the Universe Legends combiner leader 5-pack.
muffinhunter
They don't. You can stop hoping. It's 100% true that these toys will not combine.
Tiller
Are people really this dense?
There are no major retools outside of heads to these molds. Second of all, none of the molds were even meant to combine in the first place as they represent other characters entirely. Third, combiners don't exist in Animated save for the Jet Twins, who are also the only flying Autobots. Forth, these would be hundreds of dollars more expensive if they did.
Geez. Use your heads a little people.
Sy-Rein
Plus Dead End, DeceptidragStrip and Swindle in Alternators. HotSpot(zone?) in the Titanium line. Plus a few others but there has never been an entire team until now that doesn't combine.
sh002
here's to hoping they combine
Insane Galvatron
Not the whole team, but certain individual members. We've had Swindle in Animated, Onslaught in Universe, and Dragstrip in Classics.
sh002
has there ever been a transformers toyline of a gestalt team that didn't combine?
RageTreb
I gotta be honest, if all those stolen Dragstrips somehow meant I could get a Botcon set for cheaper on the secondary market, I can't say I'd have that much of a problem with it. >_>
But we all know they'll still be expensive as hell.
Foster
Yeah, confirmed by the Club people to not be a male in drag. Earlier in this mega-thread.
I wonder who drew the short straw and had to look up her skirt.
sh002
wow that's a lot of dragstrips. wildrider's colors look nice.
hey since dragstrip is female, could the character possibly be male dressed as a female, hence the name dragstrip? probably not.
Fe 26
how would one buy those?
I know some might look down on it, but it would be nice for people who only want the fembot to have an option to buy just her
Sol Fury
These are probably the extras for exchanges that get made, but even so it sucks, because it means there's less stock available for swaps if there's a flaw. Granted that could be addressed by being stricter in the definition of what they'll accept as a return. We've all heard stories of returns being made for silly things like a tiny dot of paint, and not real things like a smear of white in the wrong place or a head glued solid.