BotCon 2007 Attendee Exclusive Mirage Photogallery Online Now!
Monday, July 16th, 2007 11:03AM CDT
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Posted by Flashwave on July 16th, 2007 @ 11:13am CDT
Posted by Skowl on July 16th, 2007 @ 11:20am CDT
I still think Classics Mirage is one of the best Transformers toys ever made.
Posted by Bug_Byte on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:00pm CDT
Posted by City Commander on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:06pm CDT
Talk about beating a dead horse...
Posted by Ramrider on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:28pm CDT
Bug_Byte wrote:I just wish he had some sort of paint app.
Why?...
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:47pm CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Bug_Byte wrote:I just wish he had some sort of paint app.
Why?...
Actually I've got to agree. Since they ended up doing him in a mix of clear and solid blue rather than all clear or a mix of clear and clear blue plastic I don't think he's a convincing 'invisible' figure. The only extra detail on him's the rubsign that stands out like a sore thumb. With mine I'm tryimg to figure out a way of putting a white Autobot logo on his leg and some sort of 'frosting' effect in white over most of the areas that are blue on the original. I could handle him being plain if he was more transparent, I just think that with the blue they used he needs a little something else.
Posted by soundwave13c on July 16th, 2007 @ 12:59pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on July 16th, 2007 @ 1:03pm CDT
soundwave13c wrote:i got to one of those
$80 and a visit to eBay will achieve all your goals!
Go for a win!
Posted by Massdestruction on July 16th, 2007 @ 1:50pm CDT
Ramrider wrote:Looks nice. Can't understand why they didn't just do him clear, though.
I kinda wish he could have been clear instead of blue too, but then the regular plastic parts would seem out of place. I think the regular plastic pices were necessary in the high stress areas since the transparent plastic is somewhat fragile. So all blue was probably for the best. After all look at how awful BT-18 looks with the clear plastic and the black and blue regualr plastics.
Posted by Seibertron on July 16th, 2007 @ 1:50pm CDT
But you know what? For a 100% free figure that the fine folks at BotCon/Master Collector don't even need to do for us, I really can't complain. I had fun playing around with the lighting while doing the gallery of this figure so I'll take it for what it is. A free bonus figure thanking me for coming to BotCon 2007. I'd much rather see the free figure be something like this than a figure like Flamewar (Botcon 2005 Arcee repaint) or Tigatron (BotCon 2006) that is a must-have to complete a set or collection. Of course, that would also blow my whole theory about why it's an incredibly great idea to have extremely desirable figures be exclusives at the convention (i.e. to get people to actually go! it's a brilliant marketing strategy regardless if you like it or not).
Posted by Counterpunch on July 16th, 2007 @ 2:05pm CDT
Massdestruction wrote:I feel this Mirage was a good addition to the boxed set. When you think of the theme "Games of Deception", Mirage''s invisibility makes him a perfect player in the games. Also, why should Japan be the only ones to get an invisible Mirage (Binaltech BT-18).Ramrider wrote:Looks nice. Can't understand why they didn't just do him clear, though.
I kinda wish he could have been clear instead of blue too, but then the regular plastic parts would seem out of place. I think the regular plastic pices were necessary in the high stress areas since the transparent plastic is somewhat fragile. So all blue was probably for the best. After all look at how awful BT-18 looks with the clear plastic and the black and blue regualr plastics.
Agreed.
That BT looks like crap.
Posted by ChromedomeMK2 on July 16th, 2007 @ 2:19pm CDT
Posted by 1337W422102 on July 16th, 2007 @ 2:32pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on July 16th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT
1337W422102 wrote:Ryan, man, you should have taken some photos of the Classics Decepticons going about their business, unaware of Mirage lurking in the background or something. That would have been funny!
I thought that too.
Or Dreadwind putting a gun to his head.
'gotchabitch!'
Posted by fabiobasile on July 16th, 2007 @ 5:32pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 16th, 2007 @ 9:17pm CDT
I posted some links abot the BotCon toys in a forum some time ago, but whatever, they look way better here!
Now give me TerrorGator