We have the final figure revealed from the Botcon 2015 Surprise Egg reveals. If you don’t want to know more, then stop reading now.
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Bass X0
I hope we do get the spider shell at some point. We can't have that one while we already have Pretender Starscream.
Bogatan
I'll be amazed if the shell isnt reused too.
And I agree Oilmaster tops Scorponok only in technical terms and I suppose ambition.
If they had gotten their hands on the original shell and been able to use that then it would have been different, for me at least.
A lateral move? Not sure if its another pretender I sort of hope it isnt Spidershell. I'd personally be more interested in say a new classic Pretender Starscream shell used for a legends Starscream mould in G2 colours and Thundercracker in Actionmaster colours and Skywarp in Machine Wars. Or a Classic Bee inspired shell for Bumblejumper. You get the idea.
Oh or Bludgeons shell and repaint the legends Megatron/Warpath mould. I'd kind of love that actually.
G.B. Blackrock
Interesting perspective. IMHO, Oilmaster tops Scorponok in one way only: technical achievement. It's a leap forward beyond anything FunPub has done before. No disputing that.
But I'm simply not interested in a new Pretender. Scorponok tops Oilmaster in all categories that matter to me.
I'm extremely curious, however, in what Pete thinks of as a "lateral movement" (that, apparently, doesn't intend to "top" Oilmaster). Personally, I'd see a reuse of this shell or a creation of the other Double Pretender as both being "more of the same," whereas I'd think "lateral movement" would mean "something totally different." But I can't speak for Pete.
(For what it's worth, I fully expect to see this shell reused, purely because of the probable need to recoup costs. I just don't see it as being in the "lateral movement" category.)
And, Pete, I'm totally on board for new Action Masters! I may be the only one, but you'll have a sale with me!
Scaleface
Interesting hint in this interview with Pete from BotCon. Pete said Oilmaster was done to top Scorponok from the year before. He was asked if they have any plans to "top" Oilmaster next year. He said they don't plan to top him, but there will be something as a "lateral movement" next year, possibly in the Subscription Service. So possibly either the other deco of the gorilla shell, or the spider shell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WhNeCTRd7w
Ikkstakk
Bonus figure in TFSS 3.0?
Autovolt 127
That seems likely.
Scaleface
I wonder if we are also getting SG Swerve from this mold from TFCC.
Pretty close.
Predakwon
Wow, that's so great that it's a new mold. If this was a mass release I'd totally get it.
WishfulThinking
For what it's worth, it does look like it has a head swivel. That's one more point of articulation over the G1 predecessors.
Omegax80
I'll trade off either a 2009 or 2010 BOX set to get my hands on a loose bagged set if anyone is able to do that. These look like great figures.
Autovolt 127
I still can't believe this is a BotCon exclusive….wow.
shellformer
I doubt that Oilmaster even can be successful enough for Hasbro to decide to do pretenders full on like they're doing combiners. I don't mean that he's bad, I mean that he's part of an expensive set aimed at a small group. If they had some sort of direct order tier of transformers that were still not much more expensive than their retail counterparts and were available globally then Oilmaster could be a real enough gauge for whether doing a one-off would be feasible. As it is the sample size is too small for anything other than Botcon-scale production runs.
chaosanderson
so any speculation about what the secondary market price is going to end up being for Oilmaster… trying to decide if its worth the $ to get the boxset when really all I care about is the one fig. Battletrap is ok but if I go It'll end up being a good 1k out of my pocket
Bed Bugs
One would think that if the box set is the Outlaws, that the police force chasing them wouldn't be far behind…..
BScorpinok75
+ 1 or at the least a tease or hint… …
SG Roadbuster
So Pete, any chances of you guys revealing the souvenir figures before the show?
Ikkstakk
While I like where your head is at, I think it will be a long, long time before FunPub's budget for these things will be high enough to do Pretender shells with full articulation. If Oilmaster is outrageously successful and well-received, we have a much better chance of Hasbro dusting off the concept and giving us full-articulation Pretender shells.
Mirage232
While I always thought the idea of Pretenders was silly, (even back in G1) this is still pretty damn awesome. If Botcon is now in the business of making Pretender shells, perhaps next year they can consider giving us an updated Bludgeon shell using the legends class Megatron/Warpath figure as the core robot? That would be pretty sweet.
Bass X0
The brochure is up.
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/StCharles2015.pdf
WishfulThinking
Confirms my thoughts that the talk in the video about the toy needing more work at the factory was about the paint job.