Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed!

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Are you feeling the Generation Two vibe? The official Botcon website has been updated with the first glimpse at one of the officlal Botcon Exclusives! We get a G2 (Generation Two) incarnation of Pyro from the Universe Inferno Mold as Generation Two Spark! Check out the funkiness below!

With this preview, it is confirmed that the 2010 Botcon Theme will be Generation Two!

From 1984 to 2006, Earth was the biggest, baddest battlefield of the Great War. But after the Rebirth,
Galvatron and the Nebulan Lord Zarak beat it, takin' the fight to Nebulos and other civilized worlds beyond. Sure 'nuff, Optimus Prime and the rest were right on their afterburners, leaving only a skeleton crew to man Autobot City against future Decepticons attacks.

As we fought across space a new generation of Transformers arose on Earth, boosted by experimental human and Nebulan science and given the spark of life through technology reverse-engineered from Vector Sigma. Ol' Terra Firma was home to a whole new "Second Generation" led by an Autobot who sees this planet not only as a place to defend, but as the place he considers home!

While things were pretty peaceful for a time, we all know that can only last for so long. And now, through the magic of the Cybernet space cube, the BotCon enhanced stories of the Transformers...Generation 2: Redux!

That's right, Generation 2 returns! While we usually reveal the names of each character in the BotCon brochure, we have decided to give you your first sneak peak right here with..."Autobot Spark," Leader of the Generation 2 Autobots!

Keep it at Seibertron.com for the fastest Transformers news on the net!

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Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056908)
Posted by DavidT on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:23pm CDT

Damn! My eyes... so bright! Hold on... Let me put my sunglasses on!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056909)
Posted by Atomatron on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:23pm CDT

wow,

maybe i wont go to Botcon after all.

wtf man? id be down with neon purple or yellow, but this is too much.

ask me again tomorrow, i will effing love it i bet.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056910)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:31pm CDT

It's so freaking funky!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056911)
Posted by Mkall on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:32pm CDT

oh yeah!

I'm so thrilled I'm going this year

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056918)
Posted by Cheetron on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:43pm CDT

I don't know what's wrong with me. I like this one a lot. Crazy colors... crazy me? Now I really have to save the moolah.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056920)
Posted by Chaoslock on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:45pm CDT

Bring in the clowns!!! :lol:

Can't...

stop...

laughing... :lol:

I know Pyro had a similar color shame (the red is tooooooooooo bright on this one!) but this mold with this colors just looks too funny. :lol:

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056925)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:50pm CDT

G2, the original Universe line. Repaints and rainbow colors.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056928)
Posted by Nekoman on March 22nd, 2010 @ 4:57pm CDT

I think I'll have someone pick me up a bagged figure this year!

How much do the bagged figures usually cost?

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056930)
Posted by Tirade on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:00pm CDT

Glad to hear G2 is the theme this year! That makes me very happy (although disappointed I won't be able to attend). I actually like this Botcon Pyro. Very nice homage to the original. Can't wait to see if he has a new head. I think this year's Botcon is going to have better exclusives than last year.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056932)
Posted by Atomatron on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:05pm CDT

isnt this technically #1? never saw a pic of the first reveal

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056934)
Posted by Mkall on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:09pm CDT

Nekoman wrote:I think I'll have someone pick me up a bagged figure this year!

How much do the bagged figures usually cost?

295 for a bagged set

I think

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056935)
Posted by Liftgate on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:11pm CDT

Egh.

I wasn't a huge fan of the nutty colors when the G2 line was around and more than a decade later I'm still not. Good molds during G2? Yes. Colors and decals? No. And this thing here looks like Rainbow Bright got a hold of it. I'd almost be embarrassed to travel clear to Florida for this. ::sigh::

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056937)
Posted by Jenus on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:15pm CDT

Wow! I really hope the next figure they show off is much better than this one if not I might just have to pass on the Botcon set once again.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056940)
Posted by Tigertrack on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:19pm CDT

That is excellent! Great mold, cool character!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056942)
Posted by Tirade on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:21pm CDT

Liftgate wrote:Egh. I wasn't a huge fan of the nutty colors when the G2 line was around and more than a decade later I'm still not. Good molds during G2? Yes. Colors and decals? No. And this thing here looks like Rainbow Bright got a hold of it. I'd almost be embarrassed to travel clear to Florida for this. ::sigh::

Decade later? More like 15-20 years later. G2 has not been around for some time.

As for the garish colors, that is G2's trademark.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056945)
Posted by LiKwid on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:24pm CDT

Ugggh...The more I see of what's going to be offered the less i want to go...

What am i saying....It'll take a few "cold beverages" to willingly buy this one but hey why not LoL...

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056947)
Posted by Chaoslock on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:25pm CDT

Tirade wrote:As for the garish colors, that is G2's trademark.

And Beast Machines'...

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056950)
Posted by Liftgate on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:29pm CDT

Tirade wrote:Decade later? More like 15-20 years later. G2 has not been around for some time.

As for the garish colors, that is G2's trademark.

Ok, it's been about 15 years. I knew it was between 13-15 years, but I wasn't exactly sure, that's why I said more than a decade.

And I know it was G2's trademark, that's why I only ever purchased afew of them.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056952)
Posted by Liftgate on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:33pm CDT

Oh, and I can't believe no one's said this, but The Killing Jar.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056953)
Posted by Nekoman on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:34pm CDT

Mkall wrote:
Nekoman wrote:I think I'll have someone pick me up a bagged figure this year!

How much do the bagged figures usually cost?

295 for a bagged set

I think

Can you buy them separately?

With the amount I get from my parents I couldn't afford that. :-(

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056954)
Posted by Tirade on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:35pm CDT

Liftgate wrote:
Tirade wrote:Decade later? More like 15-20 years later. G2 has not been around for some time.

As for the garish colors, that is G2's trademark.

Ok, it's been about 15 years. I knew it was between 13-15 years, but I wasn't exactly sure, that's why I said more than a decade.

And I know it was G2's trademark, that's why I only ever purchased afew of them.

Sorry to make it sound like I was jumping all over your post. I saw the decade ago bit and G2 did not come to my mind. When I think of a decade ago, Car Robots/Robots in Disguise comes to mind. The G2 toys seem so long ago for me.

I loved most of the G2 molds (repaints and all), so I treasured most even if the paint decos were rather odd.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056960)
Posted by FlamingDeth on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:47pm CDT

This thing is hideous and I love it.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056975)
Posted by Mkall on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:53pm CDT

Nekoman wrote:
Mkall wrote:
Nekoman wrote:I think I'll have someone pick me up a bagged figure this year!

How much do the bagged figures usually cost?

295 for a bagged set

I think

Can you buy them separately?

Only on ebay I'm afraid

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056978)
Posted by Giant Purple Griffin on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:58pm CDT

The locale this year is very convenient for me and I am a huge fan of the G2 toys so I am very, very, very tempted to make this my first BotCon....ack but my bank account will hate me! :lol:

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056980)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:59pm CDT

Pretty interesting, and I love the irony of Pyro being a fire truck now.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056982)
Posted by ang3l3s on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:02pm CDT

THE 80'S are so back with this as proof.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056986)
Posted by Liftgate on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:10pm CDT

Tirade wrote:Sorry to make it sound like I was jumping all over your post.

Nah, don't worry about it. Decade does look kinda funny, I should have looked up the number of years before I posted that. I think my issue with G2 really might stem from the lack of fiction or their true place in the TF timeline. If they could have explained the bizarre colors then maybe I could accept it a bit better. The G2 comic was just a continuation of G1, but if I remember right, Furman continued to use the characters in their G1 colors for the most part, so that's of little help. I dunno, tell us they're from the Killing Jar dimension or something, anything!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056991)
Posted by Solrac333 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:18pm CDT

Eeesh. Even at the time, I didn't see the point of G2. I-)

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056992)
Posted by Zeds on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:23pm CDT

You got to be frackin kidding me! April Fools! Has to be!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1056994)
Posted by First-Aid on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:28pm CDT

Don't bright color combinations like that cause seizures in small children during clinical testing?

...and we see here why GENERATION 2 never really sold very well...

:BOOM:

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057003)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:58pm CDT

One word...

ick.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057009)
Posted by --B-- on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:14pm CDT

Wow. Just, uh. Wha? Huh? I just can't form the words to describe my confusion. After wanting to go to Botcon for so long, I get to go and THIS is what will be in the set? What a waster of a great mold.

At least I can sell it to make up the cost of the trip.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057012)
Posted by Counterpunch on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:24pm CDT

This is pretty cool actually.

I'm getting hyped.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057015)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:26pm CDT

I use to love the G2 coloring as a kid. Even GI Joe had a neon color scheme at the time.

Only as an adult I realized how horrible they are :lol:

I think the theme is great for nostalgia.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057017)
Posted by goshjosh95 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:38pm CDT

I think the Inferno mold fits Pyro well!

I wonder if we'll get to see his bot-mode soon... hoping that he has an Optimus Prime-like head resculpt.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057018)
Posted by Aluus on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:39pm CDT

I suppose i'm gonna be the only asshole here that points out Pyro is his "G1" name (he kinda came out in Europe in between 1 and 2) and in the G2 line he was called Spark...

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057020)
Posted by Varia31 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:43pm CDT

And thus, it was decided that Sweet Tooth would not be driving his trademark ice cream truck in this year's Twisted Metal competition, but rather the new crazy clown truck, with an all new cannon on the top of the vehicle that automatically aims a foes!

...........................................................

Okay, seriously, that is one TACKY paint job! O_o

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057025)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:50pm CDT

Aluus wrote:I suppose i'm gonna be the only asshole here that points out Pyro is his "G1" name (he kinda came out in Europe in between 1 and 2) and in the G2 line he was called Spark...

I never said it was Pyro.. just that it looked like Pyro.. but yes, it is 'Spark'. Guess I'll change the post since if you were confused then that means everyone else is too.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057029)
Posted by Aluus on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:02pm CDT

Sorry. I don't mean to be a dick. Pyro's a better name, but it's doubtful he'll get called that. Not if they're staying true to the G2 theme.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057032)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:08pm CDT

Aluus wrote:Sorry. I don't mean to be a dick. Pyro's a better name, but it's doubtful he'll get called that. Not if they're staying true to the G2 theme.

Hey man don't worry about it. It's called 'Autobot Spark', says so after the italicized paragraph on their website;

http://www.botcon.com/BotCon10/

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057035)
Posted by It Is Him on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:17pm CDT

Hmm. I'm not sure what to think about this one.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057036)
Posted by Jetstorm92210 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:18pm CDT

Hey, I totally saw this coming!!
Behold, Disco Inferno!!!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057037)
Posted by Prime Evil on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:19pm CDT

This is so blindingly awesome I can't stand it. Something that the mainstream market wouldn't want, but is great for a collector like me. I think this could be one of my more favored botcon sets...depending on the rest of the toys.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057046)
Posted by Savage on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:37pm CDT

Liftgate wrote:The G2 comic was just a continuation of G1, but if I remember right, Furman continued to use the characters in their G1 colors for the most part

Nope, Prime, Megatron, and Sideswipe were all depicted with their G2 color schemes. Not sure about Ramjet, if he even made an appearance. All the original-to-G2 characters were also drawn to match their figures. The Dinobots were shown in their original colors, however, as opposed to blue Grimlock, green Slag, red Snarl, etc.

Hmmm, on that note, a blue Grimlock from the Classics mold would be really fun.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057064)
Posted by Prime Riblet on March 22nd, 2010 @ 10:10pm CDT

Yuck.....

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057067)
Posted by Kibble on March 22nd, 2010 @ 10:19pm CDT

Always love when I have absolutely no interest in an overpriced fig...it's when it's beautiful that it's a bummer. In this case it's definitely the former!

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057083)
Posted by Rated X on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:03pm CDT

Damn this one is more dissappointing than the last...

And besides the aweful colors, since last year the set was all autobots (I think) shouldnt this year be all decepticons ???

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057084)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:07pm CDT

Rated X wrote:Damn this one is more dissappointing than the last...

And besides the aweful colors, since last year the set was all autobots (I think) shouldnt this year be all decepticons ???

We've seen character #2 out of like 12. And Botcon 2009 had an even number of Decepticons and Autobots, if you count the Sweeps as individuals then there's actually more Decepticons than Autobots.

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057087)
Posted by Darkman20xx on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:17pm CDT

My God. Looks like the backgrounds that were used behind Max Headroom. Neon colors are definitely things that need to stay in the 80's time capsule. Are they going to make the next figure acid washed?

If they revisit G2 and don't make a shiny reflective BB and CJ along with a black Sideswipe this botcon set will so be a "fa-fa-fa-fail".

Re: Botcon Theme Confirmed and Exclusive Repaint #2 Revealed! (1057088)
Posted by Rated X on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:23pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:
Rated X wrote:Damn this one is more dissappointing than the last...

And besides the aweful colors, since last year the set was all autobots (I think) shouldnt this year be all decepticons ???

We've seen character #2 out of like 12. And Botcon 2009 had an even number of Decepticons and Autobots, if you count the Sweeps as individuals then there's actually more Decepticons than Autobots.

Im new to all this and this will be my first and probally only Botcon cause its in my home state. But if Im correct, the 2009 Botcon Primus Package set (Pasidena California) consisted of 5 autobots. They give you more than 5 figures with purchace of a primus package ???

If you have a minute, can you list all the figures that one who purchased the 2009 primus package would get guarenteed ??? (not counting any bonus figures given to those in the right place at the right time or raffle winners)

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