Orders are Live for Transformers Collectors Club Exclusive Cheetor and G2 Ramjet

blue death

I haven't gotten mine yet but has anybody else gotten ship notices for Cheetor yet?

I believe the preorder page had something or other about june 15. like "they'll ship within 4 weeks of june 15" or something

they also said iacon packages will ship 4 weeks after the convention.

still want my Side Burn first…

Sweet! Should I expect to get a shipping email, or just wait for the box to arrive?

ryanlb

So, Botcon's over now, right? Shouldn't Ramjet (and Side Burn) be shipping soon?

Ramjet started shipping yesterday.

Abrogate

The 2010 set did use a lot of guys that weren't G2, but every figure that was sold that year appeared in the comic. Razorclaw, Elita One, and Alpha Trion did -not- appear in the included comics for their years. But they did appear in comics for other years (Razorclaw in the "plot twist" cliffhanger of 2006, Elita as a main character in 2007, Alpha Trion in the Club Magazine Transtech and Shattered Glass comics, but not in a Botcon comic).

Galvatron will have also appeared in the Magazine SG comics. Actionmaster Thundercracker would, presumably, just be a bone for the fans (unless him and Ramjet appear in future comics from the G2 storyline, but so far Punch hasn't been used anywhere so it's not a guarantee)

And for the other Club exclusives, most of them didn't appear in comics, but they did appear in the Club's text stories:
Nightbeat had his own comic
Astrotrain was both the star of his own Cybertron story and also appeared as his SG self in those stories.
Airazor pulled similar double-time, appearing in both her own BW story (which also featured Flamewar from the 2005 set), and in the Transtech stories.
Piranacon appeared in a Classics-themed story (which also included random Hasbro repaints like Storm Cloud and Movie Wal-mart Crankcase).
All of the Nexus guys appeared in the continuing storyline until Dion's release, and he and Side Burn became featured players in Wings of Honor.
SG Cyclonus appeared in, of course, the SG comics
Cheetor, of course, is one of the stars of this year's comic

So, yes, Punch will be the only one without fiction, barring how Thundercracker and Ramjet end up. And yes, this has digressed far from the original "Alpha Trion wasn't in the 2007 comic" point. (Well, Punch appeared in the Botcon 2010 youtube commercial, if that counts for something? Technically, so did Ramjet!)

Airazor was also in the 2006 comic, helping Unit 2 (Tigatron) chase after the Preds.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. All the characters on that page were originally meant as jokes, using existing exclusives in SG color schemes. But, at the time, they never intended to re-use exclusives, so Classics Thundercracker into SG Thundercracker wouldn't have been on their radar. Now, however, it could be considered his first appearance  

The 2010 set did use a lot of guys that weren't G2, but every figure that was sold that year appeared in the comic. Razorclaw, Elita One, and Alpha Trion did -not- appear in the included comics for their years. But they did appear in comics for other years (Razorclaw in the "plot twist" cliffhanger of 2006, Elita as a main character in 2007, Alpha Trion in the Club Magazine Transtech and Shattered Glass comics, but not in a Botcon comic).

Galvatron will have also appeared in the Magazine SG comics. Actionmaster Thundercracker would, presumably, just be a bone for the fans (unless him and Ramjet appear in future comics from the G2 storyline, but so far Punch hasn't been used anywhere so it's not a guarantee)

And for the other Club exclusives, most of them didn't appear in comics, but they did appear in the Club's text stories:
Nightbeat had his own comic
Astrotrain was both the star of his own Cybertron story and also appeared as his SG self in those stories.
Airazor pulled similar double-time, appearing in both her own BW story (which also featured Flamewar from the 2005 set), and in the Transtech stories.
Piranacon appeared in a Classics-themed story (which also included random Hasbro repaints like Storm Cloud and Movie Wal-mart Crankcase).
All of the Nexus guys appeared in the continuing storyline until Dion's release, and he and Side Burn became featured players in Wings of Honor.
SG Cyclonus appeared in, of course, the SG comics
Cheetor, of course, is one of the stars of this year's comic

So, yes, Punch will be the only one without fiction, barring how Thundercracker and Ramjet end up. And yes, this has digressed far from the original "Alpha Trion wasn't in the 2007 comic" point. (Well, Punch appeared in the Botcon 2010 youtube commercial, if that counts for something? Technically, so did Ramjet!)

Waverider

It may happen, but I think it still against eBay policy. But if everybody's happy, I guess it's OK to both parties.

Still sucks if a bad seller decides to prey on people.

I would recommend people wait to purchase these on the aftermarket. There were a lot made (hopefully we see numbers at some point) and I do imagine that some people will find deals at a lower price. (PCP selling at 110 a few times on ebay comes to mind).

RubberChicken

The listing itself violates eBay's presale listing policy which states:

"Guarantee that the item will be available for shipping within 30 days from the purchase date. Be sure to clearly state this information in your listing."

The seller indicated in the listing when the item would be available, and it is not within 30 days. But then, eBay needed to take action before the buyer won and paid.

Preorders of items happens a lot on ebay. way over 30 days. I had a few where my order was filled 6 months later.

Roufuss

I thought Botcon usually kept all the figures of the same theme? Like last year was G2, 2008 was Shattered Glass, etc.

Am I just wrong? I'd be disappointed if AMTC was one of the souvenir figures only because I figured we'd be getting a couple more Animated retools (besides Cheetor's partner.)

Saves me money, if it turns out to be true.

Yes, usually they do. Or to say it another way… Sometimes they don't.

In 2009 the Razorclaw/Elita-1 2-pack was not part of the "theme", or at least not part of that story. They were figures that went with the 2006 and 2007 Botcon themes/stories.