The 2010 set did use a lot of guys that weren't G2, but every figure that was sold that year appeared in the comic. Razorclaw, Elita One, and Alpha Trion did -not- appear in the included comics for their years. But they did appear in comics for other years (Razorclaw in the "plot twist" cliffhanger of 2006, Elita as a main character in 2007, Alpha Trion in the Club Magazine Transtech and Shattered Glass comics, but not in a Botcon comic).

Galvatron will have also appeared in the Magazine SG comics. Actionmaster Thundercracker would, presumably, just be a bone for the fans (unless him and Ramjet appear in future comics from the G2 storyline, but so far Punch hasn't been used anywhere so it's not a guarantee)

And for the other Club exclusives, most of them didn't appear in comics, but they did appear in the Club's text stories:
Nightbeat had his own comic
Astrotrain was both the star of his own Cybertron story and also appeared as his SG self in those stories.
Airazor pulled similar double-time, appearing in both her own BW story (which also featured Flamewar from the 2005 set), and in the Transtech stories.
Piranacon appeared in a Classics-themed story (which also included random Hasbro repaints like Storm Cloud and Movie Wal-mart Crankcase).
All of the Nexus guys appeared in the continuing storyline until Dion's release, and he and Side Burn became featured players in Wings of Honor.
SG Cyclonus appeared in, of course, the SG comics
Cheetor, of course, is one of the stars of this year's comic

So, yes, Punch will be the only one without fiction, barring how Thundercracker and Ramjet end up. And yes, this has digressed far from the original "Alpha Trion wasn't in the 2007 comic" point. (Well, Punch appeared in the Botcon 2010 youtube commercial, if that counts for something? Technically, so did Ramjet!)

 

I think AMTC was at least in that little 2-page April Fool's "Shattered Expectations" deal.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. All the characters on that page were originally meant as jokes, using existing exclusives in SG color schemes. But, at the time, they never intended to re-use exclusives, so Classics Thundercracker into SG Thundercracker wouldn't have been on their radar. Now, however, it could be considered his first appearance  

 

As for Thundercracker though, if we get more G2 fiction (which will probably happen eventually), we'll probably see him turn up.

 

Airazor was also in the 2006 comic, helping Unit 2 (Tigatron) chase after the Preds.

 

So, Botcon's over now, right? Shouldn't Ramjet (and Side Burn) be shipping soon?

 

Ramjet started shipping yesterday.

 

I have not got a shipping e-mail yet.

 

Sweet! Should I expect to get a shipping email, or just wait for the box to arrive?

 

both.

 

still want my Side Burn first...

 

I haven't gotten mine yet but has anybody else gotten ship notices for Cheetor yet?

 

I believe the preorder page had something or other about june 15. like "they'll ship within 4 weeks of june 15" or something

they also said iacon packages will ship 4 weeks after the convention.