Ditto on all counts. We got the best ever repaint out of that mold already anyways  

 

This is one of those cases I can't really complain, it seems about a 50/50 as to which one people think is a better choice. As a repaint of a wheeljack homage E downshift makes perfect sense.

My own leaning towards C Downshift is that aside from a better looking head and my own preference for the toy and dislike of the majority of Autbot Energon deluxes, the alt mode has a tough looking vibe that matches both Slicers bio and also his exosuits vehicle mode. Still from the one photo I like what has been done.

 

So...a working theory is that it's Shattered glass Wheeljack that looks like Slicer thereby having the molded Autobot symbol make perfect sense and and fitting with the G2 aesthetic of this years Botcon toys?

 

While its true that Cybertron Downshift is the better toy, SG Wheeljack being based on the Downshift mold is already established. It would be pointless to have gone with a different toy for this, even a better one.

 

True but ony relevant if they set out to make SG Wheeljack, if the initial idea was Slicer then either mould should have been under consideration.

 

I guess a SG Wheeljack would be cool. I'd rather get a G2 Slicer instead. And a possible Generations Wheeljack deserves a new mold.

 

Where is Botcon this year?

 

Your house, I'll bring the potatoe salad!!
 

Botcon.com

 

True, it's not 100% yet, but it's certainly looking that way. As others have said, Energon Downshift has a molded-in Autobot symbol. That would make the SG repaint way more likely than just "G2" Slicer. Granted, FP has done something like this once before-- DoFP Rhinox-- but at least there they just said that he loved the older version of their own faction. Justifying an Autobot symbol on a Decepticon would be much tougher.

 

Didnt FP fix the molded emblem on Jetfire to make him into Astrotrain? smoothed over or something?

 

I was gonna bring that up earlier, but Hasbro may have already done it when they were gonna do Spacewarp...

 

Good point, so the tooling may have already been there, thus it would not be an added expense. Well then a SG Wheeljack seems like a good candidate for this item. We could still possibly bet a G2 Slicer from Cyb DS. If this is the case then we would be getting SG Wheeljack and G2 Slicer from two distinct molds, that is a win in my book!

 

Yes and no. Yes to all the rest, but it's not necessarily fitting with the G2 aesthetic, so much as quite possibly being part of a "backfill" pairing of figures. Though it does happen to be rather loudly colored if the robot mold holds true to the Slicer toy.

 

I'd prefer this, but my wallet doesn't