Botcon Toy Announcement hints

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  1. TM2 Dinobot, Mar 31, 2015
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  2. PoweredConvoy, Mar 31, 2015
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    The Thief one refers to BotCon 1997, the Loose Cannon BotCon 2012, and the Bounty Hunter BotCon 1996.

    No ideas about the others.

    Randy
     
  3. Deceptigtar, Mar 31, 2015
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    still 2.5 months away, no reveals and no registration yet.

    ugh.
     
  4. Shatterpoint, Mar 31, 2015
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  5. Edgewise, Mar 31, 2015
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    With how Joe-con registration went, I hope registration does not start soon.
     
  6. SG Roadbuster, Mar 31, 2015
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    a thief from 97, would almost certainly be Packrat.
    Bounty hunter from 96, possibly antagony? she's a hunter working for Shockaract after all.....
    loose cannon from 2012......ya got me coach. i cant think of anyone
     
  7. Edgewise, Mar 31, 2015
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    Packrat's confirmed. Botcon 1996 had Onyx Primal. Antagony & Vicegrip were 1998.
     
  8. Ikkstakk, Mar 31, 2015
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    Well, that seems to be a major hint that the Bounty Hunter is Onyx Primal.
     
  9. ACMagnus, Mar 31, 2015
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    June 28, 2011 was the day Dark of the Moon premiered in theaters. Could The Boss be a DOTM character?
     
  11. Shatterpoint, Mar 31, 2015
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    Well there is a small purple egg, so maybe Antagony is a repaint of Legends Shrapnel or something.

    The only loose cannon from 2012 I can think of is Prime Wheeljack.

    Sentinel Prime maybe? There is that yellow egg and he is usually yellow.
     
  12. Ikkstakk, Mar 31, 2015
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    I think 591-9687 is Pete's phone number. Call it and he'll tell you who the other figures are. :lol  Quick, what's the Dallas area code?! :lol 
     
  13. payres, Mar 31, 2015
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    Yes, but these icons are showing what seems to be further hints at each toy than just the description.

    The new info/hint on the thief lines up with it being Packrat, which is now confirmed.

    Anyway...

    So the purple egg definitely looks smaller. Blue, green and yellow all look about the same size, but to me the orange egg looks a little bigger. So orange one is the voyager of the set? Purple one possibly a "legends" or older scout mold? Or just a more compact deluxe?
     
  15. Knightsword, Mar 31, 2015
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    Well Sentinel Prime was yellow in the original teaser trailer for DOTM.

    Though I'm not sure what mold they would use...the Hot Spot mold would be perfect but that's not even out yet.
     
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    DOTM Voyager with a less "Movie" headsculpt?
     
  18. T4mercustomz, Mar 31, 2015
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    Isn't it still licensed?
     
  19. Thelonicon, Mar 31, 2015
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    Yeah. The Sentinel Prime firetruck alt mode is a licensed vehicle mode in all versions of the toy, and therefore is off-limits for Botcon repaints/remolds.
     
  20. Jalaguy, Mar 31, 2015
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    After a bunch of discussion RE: the numbers and the fuzzy pictures on the Allspark, we came to the conclusion that:

    The Muscle = Battletrap, from Springer - he's from 1987 and his Japanese ID no. was D-96. He also appeared in Transformers #80, which was published May 1991.

    The Loose Cannon = SG Ricochet, the red RTS Jazz - he appeared briefly in the BotCon 2012 comic, using the RTS Jazz design (albeit in different colours).

    The Boss = DOTM Megatron, the tan Silas Breakdown - the first six numbers are DOTM's release date and Megatron is a tan truck with a big cowcatcher in that film. Dunno about the 484.

    The Bounty Hunter = Oilmaster, the blue/grey Swerve - Oilmaster and the other Double Pretender had their prototypes displayed during BotCon 1996, and his inner robot was blue and grey with wheels in the "Badlands" comic.
     
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