by craggy » Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:47 pm
TBH I prefer the Botcon exclusives to be somewhat niche characters. G2 certainly fits with that idea. The Seekers debacle seems to have left a bad taste in everyone's mouths, as those who didn't get to complete their set felt hard done by first, then those who did get the Botcon set felt cheated when the same characters were released in Japan, and now the new Thrust has more complaining.
I don't mind variations on classic characters (Shattered Glass, the vehicle mode BW characters, etc) but giving us somewhat definitive versions of classic G1 guys in extremely limited editions is a bit of a slap in the face to those who can't attend or don't have redonculous amounts of spare cash.
I've seen a fair few con exclusives that I'd really like, but I like them not making characters that I'd feel are "needed" for a complete updated G1 cast. I also like when there's a clear theme, which the Games of Deception set didn't really have IMO. A bunch of G2 homages that we'd never be likely to see outside of customs by people who have too much time on their hands? That's great. A bunch of toon-accurate versions of characters we almost all grew up on? Not so much.
assembling a Neo-G1/TF:TM cast. Please PM if you have (or know of) the following at a reasonable price: Classics or Henkei Astrotrain, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, or 3rd Party iGear Ratchet and Ironhide.
Also looking for Universe Repugnus and Overbite, Frostbite and Longhorn and any Webdiver toys.