The official Botcon homepage has updated with the first image of the fifth and final figure in this year’s boxed set, Megaplex. Megaplex in a left-field shocker is a redeco of Transformers Prime Dreadwing / Skyquake. He sports a silver deco with green and teal detailing.
Head on over to the Botcon homepage to check it out.
With the reveal of Megaplex we know the complete set of five figures in the Botcon 2013 Machine Wars Termination set. They will be:
Megaplex from Transformers Prime Dreadwing
Skywarp from Revenge of the Fallen Dirge
Obsidian from Hunt for the Decepticons Highbrow
Strika from Generations Warpath
Hoist from Generations Kup
BigPhill
Problem is that FP would essentially be rehashing a figure they've already done, in the shape of BotCon 2006 Darksyde Megatron.
Autovolt 127
I wish we had gotten this but with Soundwave from Defense Red Alert.
Bass X0
I don't think it matters if a large toy now has a small toy. G1 Skyquake had Energon Starscream's mold as his new toy at Botcon. I'd rather have an appropriate mold than keeping the same size.
Hmm… I would have
Optimus Prime – Deluxe Energon Rodimus (new head based on 1997 Machine Wars toy)
Megatron – Voyager Prime Dreadwing – (new head based on 1997 Machine Wars toy)
Starscream – Ultra Universe Silverbolt (new head based on 1997 Machine Wars toy)
Soundwave – Deluxe Generations WFC Soundwave
Each would have 1997 Machine Wars color schemes. Even if it is the same bunch of characters we keep getting, the color schemes would make them unique.
Strika is the third Deluxe, same as the one we are getting.
Shatterpoint
I actually think it looks pretty good, the Dreadwing head sorta looks like a Prime version of Megaplex's boxart head: http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/1/14/MegaplexArt1.jpg
Micronautsdeep
I like the mold and the colors, but wish they had a different head mold to make it more unique a figure. Some kind of different weapon would have been nice too.
BScorpinok75
Alt mode is looking good but not good enough to change my mind on passing on the figure.
Billzilla
Yeah, Skyquake was definitely solicited instead of Dreadwing- with pictures showing Skyquake's deco, even- back before either of them came out. Then for some reason they switched it to Dreadwing before release and bumped his bro to the end of the line. Probably because Dreadwing turned out to be far more important in the show.
They did the same thing with Ironhide. Originally they solicited and showed him, but when he came out it was Kup.
Either Hasbro is getting really good at making last-minute changes or the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. Neither would shock me.
Fallout
was it really? huh. well i figure the original tooling would be the decider since it'd be available sooner so plans are made for it first, probably.
Billzilla
Bad news- they already said he'd be coming with the powerizer weapon, they just didn't specify whose… though they're similar enough that it doesn't matter much, it'd be nice if it was the SQ gun since he's so much harder to get.
And I mean, really, it could be a worse weapon. Optimus, Bulkhead, Starscream.. those were all god-awful. Dreadwing and Skyquakes aren't half-bad once you lock them into gun mode and paint them a decent color. Presumably Funpub will handle the "paint a decent color" part of it. Black would be just fine.
LordGigaIce
Hopefully neither. Those Powerizer weapons were terrible.
videriant
Hard to say. Skyquake was originally slated to be released first and then got bumped so one can argue that he is the original tooling. Not that original tooling really is the decider.
Fallout
i wonder if it'll have skyquake's gun or dreadwing's. i'd presume dreadwing's since it's the original tooling.
LordGigaIce
If this figure had a Megatron-esque head it would be a must have for me. As is, it's an easy pass.
Autovolt 127
Megaplex's been to prison.
Galaxy Convoy
Dreadwing and Skyquake came with both, so it stands to reason that Megaplex will too.
Maetel
i thought they tweeted it's gonna be the ass-cannon instead of the sword?
oxidative
This is what popped in my head when I first saw the alt mode:
Gammatron 64
Vehicle mode looks like a jet that's in prison circa 1900.
Galaxy Convoy
Looks a lot better in alt mode. The black stripes really help. Sadly, it's the robot mode that kinda fails. That flat shade of grey just makes it look so…dull and boring.