The Hasbro Transformers Facebook page has posted some artwork showcasing the fan-made Combiner, Victorion! Due for a release later this year, Victorion is an all-female team of Autobot allies known as the Torchbearers. The artwork shows the combined form of Victorion, and five out of the six characters who form her in vehicle mode. The five shown are helicopter twins Stormclash and Skyburst, sports cars Jumpstream and Dustup, and team leader Pyra Magna, who is the fire engine. The sixth member of the group, Rust Dust, is notable by her absence.
Check out the artwork in all its glory, attached to this post.
Lady Slipstream
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…-victorion-unboxing-video-3.html#post13445543
Pics of the figures in-hand.
Thundershot
Oh. Wow.
Looking forward to them, but it looks like they have less paint apps..
T-Hybrid
"Rust Renegades" is interesting. I like the idea of "Renegades" as a name for the team but I've grown accustomed to "Torchbearers".
General Magnus
You win an Internet.
idkwdya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KglNFlFz9w4
This just surfaced. Interesting.
MyTea Boc
I'm more interested to see the botcon toys that aren't in the box set.
Maybe a Flywheels to go with last years battletrap? Fingers crossed.
As for Victorion's colours, I love them. As Rosewater pointed out, they'll look good in any G2 collection.
Thundershot
I want it too, but because they insisted on non-toy colors for the trio, I'm not excited about as I would be if they were toy accurate colors.
T-Hybrid
The only reason I'm not buying Predacus is because TFC's Poseidon is dropping around the same time and the only thing I love more than Beast Wars is Piranacon.
Matt_M
I think you're the first person I've come across that's jazzed for the Botcon set. Shine on, you crazy diamond.
rosewater
The colors are dope as is. With a shelf covered in G2 combiners, she'll fit right in. I wouldn't change a thing.
shumworld
I still hope this color deco is smoking of april fools joke.
Hanzkaz
I was joking – I think. Besides, what I was suggesting was that that the Prime and Hot Spot molds were designed for male and female characters in advance.
In other words, a Prime-based Victorion would be typically displayed with the chest closed – getting the picture? – and CW Groove was actually originally designed as an 'add-on' for a female version of Hot Spot.
You know these Hastak designers, always thinking ahead………
T-Hybrid
No. Because the Prime and Hot Spot molds were both available as part of the Fan poll even before the gender was confirmed.
[Wing_Saber-X]
haha, that's actually pretty brilliant!
and.. of course plausible… knowing Takaratomy..