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Sabrblade wrote:

Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?

I dunno. The person who posted it (also for fun) didn't say.

Well, it would explain why his head isn't Megatron-y.

Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?

EDIT: It is Burcham, just saw the signature on the last panel. The image seems to be titled MWPrequel. Are you sure it's not going to be part of the comic?

Well played FunPub. Well played.

Va'al wrote:EDIT: It is Burcham, just saw the signature on the last panel. The image seems to be titled MWPrequel. Are you sure it's not going to be part of the comic?

That's what the guy who posted it said.

Unless he was trying to throw us off.

Either way, I'll make no assumptions until official confirmation says one or the other.

SNAP!

I didn't realize it at the time because he was using a screenname, but the person who posted the pic originally was Josh Burcham himself.

But, as I said, it's just a pic made for fun, rather than official.

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Va'al wrote:Nice echo of Milne's Megatron: Origin, there!

Is it Burcham's art, or someone emulating him?

I dunno. The person who posted it (also for fun) didn't say.

Well, it would explain why his head isn't Megatron-y.

This production sample makes the head look more Megatron-y than ever. I still see Dreadwing when I look at this guy, but he looks more like an original character than he did during the first reveal.

Much as I hate to admit it, Megaplex is starting to appeal to me...

Sabrblade wrote:Also, this particular Tweet seems very mysterious - https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/344110441900953600

Megaplex and his clone army will look very sharp displayed together. Megaplex, Skywarp, XXXX and XXXX all will be revealed at #BotCon2013

We know one of those is Thundercracker, but the other one is new.

I'm hoping for Thundercracker and a Dirge in Waspy colors from that mold.

gothsaurus wrote:hey xyl360.... pics or it never happened.

Seriously, would love to see a pic of the customs you did. It's... well... KINDA pertinent.

Here you go:


Sorry the camera on my phone kinda sucks, but it's all I got.

hmm... really needs more paint in robot mode.

Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

gothsaurus wrote:Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

He added the purple. The chest piece is of the original Beast Machines toy. The Japanese version retained the retooling done for Universe Nemesis Strika, which added an

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Having trouble telling what changes you've made (probably the camera phone) — though it seems shinier, for sure. I can see some extra silver trim, I think. (?) Any hints?

He added the purple. The chest piece is of the original Beast Machines toy. The Japanese version retained the retooling done for Universe Nemesis Strika, which added an

Bingo !

I purpled her up, that's all . Not one of my most extensive customs/repaints, but she works well enough for my purposes.

Yeah, that shade of purple does look really nice.

Courtesy of the BotCon Twitter account, we have production sample images of the final figure from this year's convention exclusive Machine Wars: Termination box set: Hoist. Check out the mirrored images below!

FunPub, you're not fooling anyone: it's Electro painted black. But I still like him.

Okay, if we don't see a gold repaint of this, I'll be really disgruntled.

Too bad.

This makes a better Trailbreaker than the upcoming Trailcutter.

DIfferent head than what we saw previously. I'm not sure I like it better though. come on Electro repaint!

Two eyes instead of a visor. Weird.

And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their leisure, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

Obvious Electro is obvious.

I like this head better than the preproduction, photoshopped one.

Like I said before, because of the recent production samples, I'm more inclined to like the set. Skywarp still needs a better mold, though.

Sabrblade wrote:And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their expensive, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

Whoa, somebody got off the wrong side of the bed.

Curious to see if a head swap is possible. Might buy an extra and Trailbreaker-cize him. LOL.

Still, looks good. Can't complain about a black Botcon figure or a nice head sculpt... or a G2 Electro repaint, which I'm sure we can bank on. (plus maybe that yellow dude... uh.... Hubcap... and/or Tow Line, who could go on a shelf with the TFCC Side Burn and SkyByte.) I'm thinking this mold will turn out to be a good choice for the convention.

All things considered, I'll be really disappointed if we don't see a Mirage and Prowl. That's an underused mold and would be some decent looking figures. They could even throw out an insane G2 version as well, ha ha ha.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And, inb4 "He should have been the Cybertron Armorhide/BotCon Huffer or Movie Longarm/ROTF Hoist mold" complaints, TOO BAD! Neither of those molds were readily available for Fun Pub to use! The Unicron Trilogy molds are old and worn out, and Paramount holds part of the license to Movie Longarm's mold. Fun Pub couldn't use either at their expensive, so this is what they had available to work with. Don't like it? Fine. But, don't like cuz it's not what you wanted? DEAL WITH IT!

No one's even forcing you to get/keep this guy. Sell him off to someone who wants him if you feel so inclined.

Whoa, somebody got off the wrong side of the bed.

Agreed. Now I actually do feel like bitching about this guy not having the right head.

But I can't, because it reminds me of how Soundwave's noggin was drawn in Marvel U.S. #10, an issue with a special place in my heart. Oh, and non-GPS Electro repaint FTW! C'mon 3rd party light-up sword upgrade!

*buys set... leaves Skywarp and movie bots in vehicle mode*

I think this one actually looks better in final production mode.

Also, I don't know who Electro is...

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Also, I don't know who Electro is...

The most infamous case of Gold Plastic Syndrome. Seriously, even if you look at him funny, he crumbles to dust.