BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives!

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 9:20PM CDT

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Mirage is a clear blue Classics Mirage.

Rumored other set for tommorow is Alpha Trion (Vector Prime Repaint) and WeirdWolf (Cybertron Snarl Repaint) as well as Huffer (Cybertron Armorhide repaint) and Springer (Cybertron Defense Hot Shot Repaint)!

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Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187948)
Posted by NebulanFree on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:22pm CDT

Neat...?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187955)
Posted by Robinson on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:27pm CDT

Pics?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187957)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:29pm CDT

Robinson wrote:Pics?

http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=10925

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187958)
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:29pm CDT

Awesome! Getter, where are you and how are you finding this stuff out? I'm here in Providence and have not been able to find out much of anything yet.

And if you know about Mirage, well what about the other figs?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187961)
Posted by Flux Convoy on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:31pm CDT

Pic is up on the front page. I have to say...why? I don't understand the choice. We already got Mirage in Classics. It does look nice and it's free so I can't really complain I guess. I had hoped for something else though. Also Weirdwold is rumored? Again, why? Why not Elita 1 instead? I'm a touch disappointed with those choices. Oh well. the weekend will be fantastic regardless of those. Hope to meet more Seibertronians this year.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187963)
Posted by TFBuyer on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:31pm CDT

Well, as cool as that is, it's not a must-have like completing the seeker set. Still completely satisfied with my non-attendee Primus package! A neat piece, though.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187967)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:32pm CDT

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Awesome! Getter, where are you and how are you finding this stuff out? I'm here in Providence and have not been able to find out much of anything yet.

And if you know about Mirage, well what about the other figs?

We had early pick up in the convention center at 9:30 tonight.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187969)
Posted by JTKranix on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:33pm CDT

eBay here I come!

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187975)
Posted by Vega on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:36pm CDT

Why couldn't Huffer, Springer, and Elita-1 have been Collector's Club exclusives instead of Botcon exclusives? Now they will be impossible to get.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187979)
Posted by Flux Convoy on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:37pm CDT

Vega wrote: Why couldn't Huffer, Springer, and Elita-1 have been Collector's Club exclusives instead of Botcon exclusives? Now they will be impossible to get.

Impossible? No. Expensive? Yes.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187983)
Posted by Vega on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:40pm CDT

They will probably be over $100 a figure! I really like them and I would be willing to pay a good deal more than they would be in stores, but that is simply way too much.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187985)
Posted by g2grimmy64 on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:40pm CDT

Huffer's prolly a repaint of cyb Armorhide, Springer's prolly a slight repaint of en Bulkhead. Not familiar w/ Weirdwolf, does Seibertron have him in teh gallery?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187989)
Posted by Skowl on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:42pm CDT

I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187992)
Posted by Vega on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:43pm CDT

Actually, the comic preview on the Collectors Club website shows that Springer is a repaint of Cyb
Hot Shot, and Weirdwolf is a repaint of Cyb Snarl. You are correct in assuming that Huffer is a Cyb Armorhide repaint.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187995)
Posted by Skowl on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:44pm CDT

I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection, they're just impossible to get.

Oh, and...

Springer = CD Hotshot
Elita-1 = Thunderblast
Huffer = Armorhide
Weirdwolf = Snarl (Cybetron one... the wolf... duh.)

Sorry, double post, clicked "quote" instead of "edit".

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187996)
Posted by Sentinel Pax on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:44pm CDT

I think the Weirdwolf is a repaint of Cybertron Snarl. That's what it looked like in the comic we saw, at least. I think Springer is supposed to be Cybertron Defense Hot Shot, but, again, I could be wrong on that.

ARG! Skowl, you're too fast.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (187999)
Posted by g2grimmy64 on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:46pm CDT

always knew that fig would make a good Huffer repaint

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188004)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 9:50pm CDT

Skowl wrote:I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection, they're just impossible to get.

Oh, and...

Springer = CD Hotshot
Elita-1 = Thunderblast
Huffer = Armorhide
Weirdwolf = Snarl (Cybetron one... the wolf... duh.)

Sorry, double post, clicked "quote" instead of "edit".

Elita-1 might not be a figure as it is now a Target Exclusive:
https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fgp%2Fdetail.html%2Fre%20...%20B000RL2E88%3C%2Fa%3E

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188021)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:05pm CDT

GetterDragun wrote:
Skowl wrote:I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection, they're just impossible to get.

Oh, and...

Springer = CD Hotshot
Elita-1 = Thunderblast
Huffer = Armorhide
Weirdwolf = Snarl (Cybetron one... the wolf... duh.)

Sorry, double post, clicked "quote" instead of "edit".

Elita-1 might not be a figure as it is now a Target Exclusive:
https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fgp%2Fdetail.html%2Fre%20...%20B000RL2E88%3C%2Fa%3E

Isn't there an Elita-1 figure in the TFCC comic that would be a repaint of Thunderblast, though?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188024)
Posted by Flux Convoy on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:05pm CDT

GetterDragun wrote:
Skowl wrote:I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection, they're just impossible to get.

Oh, and...

Springer = CD Hotshot
Elita-1 = Thunderblast
Huffer = Armorhide
Weirdwolf = Snarl (Cybetron one... the wolf... duh.)

Sorry, double post, clicked "quote" instead of "edit".

Elita-1 might not be a figure as it is now a Target Exclusive:
https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fgp%2Fdetail.html%2Fre%20...%20B000RL2E88%3C%2Fa%3E

Ah, but that's also a completely different mold than what's depicted for the comic. I would assume that figure is coming later as a club exclusive just like Airazor was.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188036)
Posted by Nemesis_Apoc on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:18pm CDT

oh man.... my gut is really starting to hurt cuz i didn't get to go this year....

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188038)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:20pm CDT

Flux Convoy wrote:
GetterDragun wrote:
Skowl wrote:I haven't even seen Weirdwolf yet and I already want him.

Every year it's the same. Cool exclusives, and I don't have single one in my collection, they're just impossible to get.

Oh, and...

Springer = CD Hotshot
Elita-1 = Thunderblast
Huffer = Armorhide
Weirdwolf = Snarl (Cybetron one... the wolf... duh.)

Sorry, double post, clicked "quote" instead of "edit".

Elita-1 might not be a figure as it is now a Target Exclusive:
https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fgp%2Fdetail.html%2Fre%20...%20B000RL2E88%3C%2Fa%3E

Ah, but that's also a completely different mold than what's depicted for the comic. I would assume that figure is coming later as a club exclusive just like Airazor was.

We were told that one of the characters might not be one of the figures, and on the ack of our tickets it says "AW" and "HS" where they stamp out that you bought your set.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188046)
Posted by Bug_Byte on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:28pm CDT

how much was each set?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188068)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:45pm CDT

Bug_Byte wrote:how much was each set?

I think I paid $279 and the loose set was $179.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188071)
Posted by Tigertrack on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:46pm CDT

Add On sets confirmed... next news item!

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188073)
Posted by Bug_Byte on June 27th, 2007 @ 10:47pm CDT

oops...sorry I should of specified.

I mean the souvenir sets. Did the have a price?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188093)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:01pm CDT

Bug_Byte wrote:oops...sorry I should of specified.

I mean the souvenir sets. Did the have a price?

Not yet.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188110)
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:12pm CDT

why would springer be a repaint of CD hot shot?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188136)
Posted by metalformer on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:23pm CDT

Clear Mirage sounds interesting but we need a "clearer: picture (i.e. him out of the bag). The other exclusives are very relevant to my interests! I am not susprised Armorhide got recolored as Huffer since the mold fits him well! I think I have thought about sucha a possiblity. WeirdWolf is certainly a nice choice for a repaint.

Talking 'bout repaints, what happened to those Cybertron recolors of the G1 Predacons? Would like to see pics of them.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188137)
Posted by SoooTrypticon on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:23pm CDT

Well, I liked the Snarl mold. I may have to hunts the ebays for this one (:

edit:
Predacon repaints? Cybertron? DO tell! I always thought Scourge was a nice homage to Predaking.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188185)
Posted by cellshock on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:50pm CDT

I'm very thankful that all these characters are the BotCon exclusives since I have zero desire to add more repaints of leftover molds to my collection and call them "Classics". This just saved me a LOT of time & money on eBay

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188188)
Posted by Bonger on June 27th, 2007 @ 11:52pm CDT

Freaking FABULOUS!! I really wanted a certain yellow seeker, but THIS is most definately a worthy substitute.

WOW, WOW, WOW. Well done. I like that a LOT.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188301)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:06am CDT

Weirdwolf? Son of a bitch i want one.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188327)
Posted by waaaaghlord on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:21am CDT

Just a thought, but when they place a production order for these it must be far enough in advance that they don't know how many attendee vs non attendee packs they're going to sell. In theory doesn't that mean that there should be some spare Mirages floating around somewhere? What happens to those?

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188332)
Posted by Bonger on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:27am CDT

Well, the number of Primus packages was finite. So, one would assume that the attendee figures were ordered in the same number.

OR, they destroy the extras as they do with Pro sports shirts and caps for the losing team of a major event.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188530)
Posted by GetterDragun on June 28th, 2007 @ 8:03am CDT

waaaaghlord wrote:Just a thought, but when they place a production order for these it must be far enough in advance that they don't know how many attendee vs non attendee packs they're going to sell. In theory doesn't that mean that there should be some spare Mirages floating around somewhere? What happens to those?

Good point. Here is what I *think* will happen. The clear Mirage will be on e-bay nad have similar prices to last years free figure. Clear Mirage is also given away to the people tha volunteer at BotCon as a Thank you gift. For the seekers, I think you will see a lot of them on e-bay as most people had a boxed and a loose set and most were talking about selling them. The problem will be the purchaseable exclusives, these are ging to be the high priced ones on e-bay.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188752)
Posted by bionic_radical on June 28th, 2007 @ 12:02pm CDT

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FBOTCON-2007-ATTENDE%20...%20dZViewItem%3C%2Fa%3E%3F

cool, but 500 dollars is a bit pricey to pretend that mirage is invisible.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188791)
Posted by Maldroth on June 28th, 2007 @ 12:30pm CDT

right now there is high prices but it may come down as more are put up.

Clear Mirage would be cool but isn't a must have for me, not Alpha Trion on the other hand...hope that its has high priced and hard to find as last years Megatron and the previous Ratchet.

Really want Trion but don't want to fight ebay.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188854)
Posted by Maximus_Blade on June 28th, 2007 @ 1:18pm CDT

mirage is the worst mold in the classic line in my opinion and I dont think cheap clear plastic will save it hence it makes sense for it to be a "thank you" gift. But I must say the rest of the 07 botcon are very nice.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188919)
Posted by Cybertron Optimus on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:00pm CDT

Great Looking Mirage repaint.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188926)
Posted by Hotrod on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:05pm CDT

I like Mirage a lot :grin:

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (188953)
Posted by kirbenvost on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:18pm CDT

I'm not a big fan of clear plastic figs.

THat $500 eBay price is absolutely disgusing, especially considering the damned thing was free.

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (189017)
Posted by tacogrande on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:12pm CDT

I wish all the botcon exclusives were like this Mirage. I don't mind the springer or weirdwolf either, but Huffer! C'mon, everyone knew that figure was Huffer. I bought the blue one, great figure, but I was waiting for a Huffer repaint and of course it's a botcon exclusive. This one especially ticks me off because they're releasing a black armorhide at target, why couldn't that one have been orange? I almost hope they don't continue classics now, I'd have a huge gap in my collection between the seekers, trion, and now huffer. Whatever, just whatever.

I'm happy for those of you who get to go to botcon though, have fun!

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (189053)
Posted by Vile MK III on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:41pm CDT

Awwww man. I thought it was gonna be Sunstorm. ;-;

Re: BotCon News: Free Figure is Clear Mirage! Also Rumors of Other Exclusives! (189480)
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on June 28th, 2007 @ 8:50pm CDT

It would have been better if he was really CLEAR, not transparent blue. Clear clear would make the illusion of being invisible more believeable that way...but oh well, at least there are still more Classics..........even if they are see through...........

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