Botcon have posted details of their next convention exclusive figure on their website. The second of the 2014 exclusive toys is Ferak with his partner Tornada, a white redeco of Universe Cyclonus with Nightstick. A former member of the Decepticon Squadron X, Ferak has now joined Cannonball’s crew of pirates! Check out these reveal images and see what you think of this latest Botcon exclusive.
Botcon 2014 will be held over the weekend of 19-22 June 2014 in Pasadena, California. Full details are available on the Botcon website – check it out to find out more.
Primal Sabbath
Yeah, and I don't know how many people would be okay with the considerable price hike the troop builder would take for having to use so many different paint apps and plastic colors. Last year's was okay, because only 1 molded color changed, but the paint apps remained the same throughout the 3.
Vexwing
I wouldn't worry, it's a very unlikely prediction. This mold is way too new to be available to FunPup, and it's being used for a Takara release as well. Plus the different paint apps between the three would inflate the price considerably.
Of course the price on the troop builder has still inflated considerably, Botcon 2009's Sweeps set was a deal, back then the troop builder was like $60. C'est la vie.
xZAOx
Just remove the ellipses and "looked":
Pirate Troop Builder Digibash by Air-Hammer on deviantART
Personally – I hate it. Not because it's bad per-se, but because I'm so sick of FP doing seekers. I don't want a new seeker mold that they make 5000 repaints of.
G.B. Blackrock
Link doesn't work.
BScorpinok75
Just saw a cool digibash of Armada Starscream mold made into Cybertron Brimstone, Energon Divebomb, and Beast Wars Lazorbeak as a theoretical "Pirate Troop Builder" Pirate Troop Builder Digibash by Air-Hammer on deviantART looked pretty cool in my opinion, so though l'd share the link…
Thundershot
I hope you're right. That I can deal with…
G.B. Blackrock
At a guess, we'll probably see Axiom Nexus for some time to come, precisely because it provides such a useful framing device. That said, stories focusing on Axiom Nexus politics may well be a thing of the past.
Thundershot
I love (Marvel) Exiles style teams, but I can't stand the politics of Axiom Nexus. I'd even prefer a mixed universe team if they went to a reality that isn't Axiom Nexus.
Vexwing
Why the hate for Axiom Nexus? I always thought it was a really great framing device for bringing together disparate parts of the mythos. How else are you going to have a TSS mix of aligned, animated, and classics characters have any sort of interaction in setting that makes any lick of sense?
Weirdwolf
Have no idea who Ferak is, but I love that mold and the color scheme is nice.
RedAlert Rescue
Yep Roadgrabber – still works – I'm glad someone posted that as the shape of that nose of the car was making a buzzing noise in my brain – now I know why.
Thundershot
This set would be after Machine Wars but before Beast Wars DOFP.
I think finishing it off could be a good idea. I kinda like the new comic and I hope it's gonna be the new club continuity going forward. We could have a mix of all kinds of characters.
Just please no more Axiom Nexus…
Primal Sabbath
It makes perfect sense, however I was hoping this year's would be after Machine Wars.. We all know that story has yet to wrap, but he also said that once the new TCC members only site launched that there would be a healthy amount of prose fiction, so that might be where everything clears up…
But it WOULD be nice to get some fiction between BW & BM… Maybe in 2016
BScorpinok75
Wonder if l was digging too deep, too soon…
Thundershot
Ah! So I did remember correctly! I knew Pete had said somewhere that 2014 would be the last foray into the Wings Universe and I believe fits between Botcon 2013 and 2006.
Found it!
He didn't specifically say 2014 was the ???? but putting two and two together made sense… This podcast pretty much confirms it.
Primal Sabbath
I saw where (I guess it was you) asking them why it was removed, and what the response was… Although I fear that this year will end up like MW with there being more characters, than figures to match. Leaving us with another "figures to be continued, never again" set.. But we'll see.
Also not sure if any of you caught the podcast Pete was on tonight, but he touched on how this year's story, last year's story, and 09's story will all make a little bit more sense when pieces together. And that's a plus for me.
BScorpinok75
What do you guys think it meant that my comment on FB asking Tornado if he had any recent dealings with any Targetmasters, Pretenders, Cyberjets or Gobots was removed from his timeline????
mrduce1018
yeah, if the blues are different, it can work.
WhiteMocha
I think it works very well, actually. The jet mode is a spitting image, and the robot mode is pretty darn close too. Really the only thing it's missing are Triggerhappy's conspicuous bronze X-Wing-style shoulder engines. I do hope we get this repaint someday.
BScorpinok75
^^ As long as the shade of blue isn't the same as TCs, the secondary and tertiary colors are different enough as well as highlights and who knows if it were to happen maybe a new head would differentiate gthem further…