Taobao has listed an auction for what appears to be a test shot of the upcoming Botcon 2012 Exclusive, Gigatron. Two new images appear of the figure in tank mode. This figure uses the Revenge of The Fallen Bludgeon mold as a base and features a new head inspired IDW’s Last Stand of The Wreckers’ interpretation of Overlord.
This figure will be available in Botcon 2012 Invasion Boxset. Botcon will be held April 26th-29th in Dallas, Texas. Check out the new images by clicking the title bar and then jump over to the boards to discuss.
Hollywood Hoist
My apologies for misunderstanding your post. I certainly didn't to mean to say you're wrong, but based how I interpreted your post, say how I think FP would react.
T4mercustomz
Well I know there's problems with the choice of mold but I'm not gonna stop till I get one of these
Billzilla
/facepalm
You seem to not understand what I was saying whatsoever. I never said funpub would collaborate with a third party.
What I said was anyone (be that funpub, hasbro or a third party) who wanted to do an Overlord figure should make a completely different figure. The Bludgeon repaint works fine as a robot mode for the gigatank, but not as the base for a bludgeon duocon. No upgrade set- regardless of who manufactured it- would be able to make it look anything like the canon depiction of Overlord.
Honestly I think people just come to this forum to tell others they're wrong, regardless of what that person actually said.
Hollywood Hoist
FP will not do business with a third party company for their figures. If a third party did do a Overload figure that certainly wouldn't stop FP from doing their own legit Overload.
Frognal
And this http://www.tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bf/Guiltaur.jpg
Billzilla
I think the implication was that someone ELSE, be it Has/Tak or a third party, make an entirely new Overlord figure rather than someone (funpub or whoever) wasting effort attempting to upgrade Botcon Gigatron.
And I concur. I'm perfectly happy with Botcon Gigatron as he is. As far as I'm concerned it's the heretofore unseen bot mode of the gigatank. Any attempt to "upgrade" him would be misguided, he shares too few design elements with the canon depiction of Overlord.
If you're looking for Overlord, your efforts are better spent hoping for/working on an actual Overlord figure. I would be all over a Megajet figure next year, too. My suggestions are terradive or movie thrust.
Dinodigger97
They can't.
Unless you want Botcon to be rushed and poorly set up.
And the box set would most likely just be the "new mold'' and,if lucky,a Scout repaint.
Do you want that?
Bumblebee765
This is actually the only BotCon figure I really want. I love Last Stand of the Wreckers, so once I complete my Wreckers roster I may have to track Overlord down…
Naztok
Definitely. What this needed was some proper shading to make the details pop.
Whoever took those first pics used way too much flash.
I'm hoping that's why Metalhawk's face looked so washed out.
But another part of me's not wanting that, cuz then I'd have to buy them.
DecepticonSpike
Bludgeon (SG) – Transformers Wiki
ThaConqueror
Hate to be Captain Bubble-Burster, but SG Bludgeon does exist…as a repurpose of RiD Bludgeon…and as a cowboy. Which makes sense given how many samurai films were adapted into Westerns.
Stepper
If comparing SG Bludgeon,sorry but will prefer this Gigatron
knoted
Even though Bludgeon is a cool movieverse toy, this 'Overlord' is a horrible version.
Nemesis251
I like the cut of your jib, sir. Pirate Bludgeon………I believe that would work.
BB Shockwave
They could have done Shattered Glass Bludgeon. Replace a leg with a peg, add a pirate hat… I dunno what SG Bludgeon is like, but hey, everyone likes pirates!
BB Shockwave
Animated Megatron has quite a few elements of that design…
metrotitan
I bit on a set, even though I know I'll regret it when a ton of people will have these figures sitting on ebay and not selling in April. Oh well…..I figure SG Tracks would have been hard to get in any case…….
Ikkstakk
^ Stepper, meet grunge, who says (in the Gigatron thread)
Sounds like a match made in the heart of the AllSpark to me.
Stepper
What a pity because am only interested in SG Tracks & Threadshot