First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images

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Thanks to our friend Starscream for dropping by and providing us for some early look at the BotCon 2014 Botcon comic. Take a look at the images we've mirrored below for you and keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in BotCon news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

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UPDATE:

Seibertron.com Member ScottyP just dropped by with some Official Botcon souvenir info. So looks like the rumors are confirm? Join the discussion on ourSeibertron.com forums

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Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583577)
Posted by Bed Bugs on June 19th, 2014 @ 12:56am CDT

Back of comic says Souvie Sets are like this:
Knights 3 Pack (Alpha Trizer, Apelinq, Flareup)
Pirates 2 Pack (Shockaract, Sixshot)
Clones 2 Pack (Pounce and Wingspan)

Names aren't confirmed, but you get the drift.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583580)
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on June 19th, 2014 @ 1:02am CDT

Who's the hotty next to primal ?

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583596)
Posted by Flashwave on June 19th, 2014 @ 3:18am CDT

Fender Bender wrote:Back of comic says Souvie Sets are like this:
Knights 3 Pack (Alpha Trizer, Apelinq, Flareup)
Pirates 2 Pack (Shockaract, Sixshot)
Clones 2 Pack (Pounce and Wingspan)

Names aren't confirmed, but you get the drift.

Pounce... and Wingspan??? God this convention is getting better and better. Curious about Sixshot too.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583598)
Posted by The Thuggernaut on June 19th, 2014 @ 3:26am CDT

Props to Cheetimus for making his own custom Alpha Trizer and Decepticon clones Pounce and Wingspan before these were ever even conceived or announced as Botcon Exclusives!

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583601)
Posted by Va'al on June 19th, 2014 @ 4:10am CDT

Thanks to our team currently enjoying BotCon, we get a look at the full exclusive boxset of figures, including Devcon, Ferak, Scorponok and Olin Zarak, Cannonball and (Fire Guts) Ginrai, plus the custom class figure Primal Prime and the attendee exclusive Flamewar! Check out some shots below, and the full gallery here - and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more BotCon news.

Pirate Scorponok + Olin Zarak from Energon Scorponok with new head
Knight Devcon from Generations Scourge
Knight Ginrai from Henkei Optimus Prime
Pirate Cannonball from Transformers Prime RID Ratchet
Pirate Ferak + Tornado from Reveal the Shield Cyclonus and Nightstick

Flamewar - attendee exclusive, from Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Arcee

Primal Prime - custom class figure, from Cybertron Optimus Prime

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583606)
Posted by Va'al on June 19th, 2014 @ 4:42am CDT

In more BotCon coverage news, after the gallery of the exclusive figures for this year's event, we get to take a look at the characters' bio cards and tech specs! Check out the full ongoing gallery here, and a preview look below.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583607)
Posted by crossblades on June 19th, 2014 @ 4:42am CDT

wow, is that a free little lord zarak? or does he attach to scorpy?

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583610)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2014 @ 4:52am CDT

Well this could've gone allot better for someones first toy

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583613)
Posted by Samsonator on June 19th, 2014 @ 5:20am CDT

crossblades wrote:wow, is that a free little lord zarak? or does he attach to scorpy?

He's the head, the Energon Scorponok mold was retooled for this release to allow a Headmaster to connect to it, and then they retooled encore Spike to be a new Zarak, and it looks AWESOME!

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well this could've gone allot better for someones first toy

Derpcon, anyone?

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583614)
Posted by Trikeboy on June 19th, 2014 @ 5:22am CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well this could've gone allot better for someones first toy

Is that correctly transformed? Gotta say I'm not impressed. Are you sure the chest can't get higher? Scorponok is still the best of this set.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583616)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2014 @ 5:36am CDT

One, the neck is over extended, its part of the neo classics scourges original tooling so the head can extend in vehicle mode like in the original movie.

Two, the eyes are to small and close together, the nose is long and narrow, and mouth is more of blob representing lips that are eschew

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583621)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 19th, 2014 @ 7:09am CDT

So according to this, Scorponok/Zarak is not the boss of the Pirates, Cannonball is. I was under the impression that while Cannonball was the Captain, and his crew included only himself and Ferak with Tornado, it was actually Zarak/Scorponok who had the final word. Looks like Zarak/Scorponok is just a common crew member of the Pirates.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583622)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 7:30am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:

So according to this, Scorponok/Zarak is not the boss of the Pirates, Cannonball is. I was under the impression that while Cannonball was the Captain, and his crew included only himself and Ferak with Tornado, it was actually Zarak/Scorponok who had the final word. Looks like Zarak/Scorponok is just a common crew member of the Pirates.

Yup. Tornado actually clued us in on that through his Datalogs. He mentions that Zarak is up in arms over not knowing what Cannonball is planning before the Transwarp jump.

Edit: Man, I hope eBay prices go down after more people have their stuff in hand. I'd really like to grab more than just a set of the Clones.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583631)
Posted by Optimizzy on June 19th, 2014 @ 8:37am CDT

Damnit. I really like that Flamewar. I didn't really care for the rest, had they put her in the lineup I would have been more interested. I guess I'll be searching for ebay in a month or two.

Man..Should've gone.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583652)
Posted by megatronus on June 19th, 2014 @ 9:24am CDT

Is it weird I have no interest in Scorponok? He's cool and all, but that Energon mold is son inflexible. I have a feeling we'll see some Generations incarnation of Scorponok in a year or two, just based on the before market prices of this guy alone.

Hoping that means there are people who only want Scorponok from this set. Should give me an opportunity to pick up the other 4 figures in the box set economically.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583657)
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on June 19th, 2014 @ 9:36am CDT

megatronus wrote:Is it weird I have no interest in Scorponok? He's cool and all, but that Energon mold is son inflexible. I have a feeling we'll see some Generations incarnation of Scorponok in a year or two, just based on the before market prices of this guy alone.

Hoping that means there are people who only want Scorponok from this set. Should give me an opportunity to pick up the other 4 figures in the box set economically.

I still wish I had my energon scorpinok but I would be thrilled if they were sold individually in regular retail expecially scopinok and Olin and girani ( however its spelt

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583670)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:14am CDT

So we already have a bit of a spoiler concerning Shokaract and his BotCon toy:

Yup, that's Shokaract's original toy, and the McGuffin he's holding? The Matrix of Conquest. Not related to the Dead Matrix. :-B

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583724)
Posted by shockblast2 on June 19th, 2014 @ 12:34pm CDT

And what do these have in common?

$$$$$$$$

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583728)
Posted by optimarcus on June 19th, 2014 @ 12:40pm CDT

Anyone doing trades this afternoon?

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583742)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 19th, 2014 @ 1:23pm CDT

Midnight_Fox wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:

So according to this, Scorponok/Zarak is not the boss of the Pirates, Cannonball is. I was under the impression that while Cannonball was the Captain, and his crew included only himself and Ferak with Tornado, it was actually Zarak/Scorponok who had the final word. Looks like Zarak/Scorponok is just a common crew member of the Pirates.

Yup. Tornado actually clued us in on that through his Datalogs. He mentions that Zarak is up in arms over not knowing what Cannonball is planning before the Transwarp jump.

I didn't read those. :oops:

I didn't think someone as powerful as Scorponok would take shit from anyone.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583743)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 19th, 2014 @ 1:32pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:

So according to this, Scorponok/Zarak is not the boss of the Pirates, Cannonball is. I was under the impression that while Cannonball was the Captain, and his crew included only himself and Ferak with Tornado, it was actually Zarak/Scorponok who had the final word. Looks like Zarak/Scorponok is just a common crew member of the Pirates.

Yup. Tornado actually clued us in on that through his Datalogs. He mentions that Zarak is up in arms over not knowing what Cannonball is planning before the Transwarp jump.

I didn't read those. I didn't think someone as powerful as Scorponok would take shit from anyone.

Also keep in mind Wings follows the G1 cartoon timeline for the most part in which Scorponok was lifeless, but we get a small comic reference with the Headmaster figure: Olin Zarak, son of Lord Zarak and brother to Llyra.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583748)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 1:50pm CDT

I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583753)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:05pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

ಠ_ಠ

If you're finding yourself attracted to robot females capable of transforming in a comic, you need more cold showers. :lol:

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583763)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:14pm CDT

Mindmaster wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

ಠ_ಠ

If you're finding yourself attracted to robot females capable of transforming in a comic, you need more cold showers.

Yeah, I think there's something wrong with me.

Back in the land of normal stuff, it looks like this comic ties the "Descent Into Evil" set in with the 3H-era Botcon comics, and possibly puts the Wings Universe in the same continuity as bot of those. I feel continuity headaches coming on.

Also, speaking of confusion, Alpha Trizer? Is he Alpha Trion with a new name, or is he a new guy who's similar to Alpha Trion but is a separate individual?

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583771)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:41pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

ಠ_ಠ

If you're finding yourself attracted to robot females capable of transforming in a comic, you need more cold showers.

Yeah, I think there's something wrong with me.

Back in the land of normal stuff, it looks like this comic ties the "Descent Into Evil" set in with the 3H-era Botcon comics, and possibly puts the Wings Universe in the same continuity as bot of those. I feel continuity headaches coming on.

Also, speaking of confusion, Alpha Trizer? Is he Alpha Trion with a new name, or is he a new guy who's similar to Alpha Trion but is a separate individual?

Confusing it even more: Apelinq's Journals that are being found by Tornado mention the Universe War and 3H Wreckers(Devcon was a former Wrecker, the new Wrecker's ship is named after a deceased member named Rodimus, etc.) and that THIS Devcon, Primal Prime, maybe Apelinq, and Alpha Trizer were involved in it, meaning that they may not be native to Wings in the first place.

Apelinq is even having memories of 3H's version of Omega Point, which everyone was supposed to have forgotten(except Primal Prime, who had to have his mind wiped by Vector Sigma) because Shokaract was erased from the timeline.

My theory: at the end of the Universe War, the Wreckers weren't actually returned to their home universe and instead wound up in Wings, which was similar enough at that point that they were able to be slotted in with no paradoxes or they merged with their counterparts and their memories altered to adjust to the differences.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583772)
Posted by RiddlerJ on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:41pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

ಠ_ಠ

If you're finding yourself attracted to robot females capable of transforming in a comic, you need more cold showers.

Yeah, I think there's something wrong with me.

It's that shot of her leaning over the wall.

The artist knew what he was doing. :grin:

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583776)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:49pm CDT

Mindmaster wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:I know this is gonna sound weird, but Flareup is looking kinda sexy in that comic...

ಠ_ಠ

If you're finding yourself attracted to robot females capable of transforming in a comic, you need more cold showers.

To be fair, the Windblade artist makes Windblade look VERY armored human.

Finding Windblade cute because her face is drawn so amazingly is my not so secret shame.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583780)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:53pm CDT

Ripped this off of Facebook. Flamewar scares me. :-s

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583786)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 3:11pm CDT

LoL at the Cyberkeys as part of her payment/loot.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583828)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 4:36pm CDT

RiddlerJ wrote:It's that shot of her leaning over the wall.

The artist knew what he was doing.

Thank you for saying that so I didn't have to.

Midnight_Fox wrote:LoL at the Cyberkeys as part of her payment/loot.

I swear it looks like she's about to eat them. Or possibly snort them.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583857)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 6:05pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:LoL at the Cyberkeys as part of her payment/loot.

I swear it looks like she's about to eat them. Or possibly snort them.

She's so gonna put them in a kiddie pool and bathe with 'em like Cartman.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583865)
Posted by helli0n on June 19th, 2014 @ 6:44pm CDT

IMG_7755v.jpg

Classic meets new... :lol:

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583876)
Posted by triKlops on June 19th, 2014 @ 7:24pm CDT

Looking forward to getting my Iacon set after the con.
Flamewar really looks sweet for a repaint; Primal looks cool but hasn't sold me completely, will wait until better flicks surface to reserve judgement.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583879)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 7:35pm CDT

triKlops wrote:Looking forward to getting my Iacon set after the con.

Same.

Can someone let us know the prices at the booth? I'd heard ~$140 for the 3-pack and $50 for the Kreo pack, but not sure on the others.

Edit: Found it:

Knight 3-Pack $139
Clones $95
Pirate 2-pack $82
Kre-O 6-pack $50

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583900)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 19th, 2014 @ 9:50pm CDT

So with Seibertron and ScottyP and crew at Botcon right this very moment, they would like to share with everyone via some photos of the Club Store. Take a look at the images mirror below and enjoy!

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583907)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:07pm CDT

Botcon toys are starting to show up on ebay, and some of them have pictures...

And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583908)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:12pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:Botcon toys are starting to show up on ebay, and some of them have pictures...

And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.

It's been confirmed its Cybertron Brimstone on other sites.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583912)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:18pm CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Botcon toys are starting to show up on ebay, and some of them have pictures...

And I'm only mentioning this because the guy that people seem to think is based on Energon Six Shot looks to me like he's actually a homage to Cybertron Brimstone.

It's been confirmed its Cybertron Brimstone on other sites.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583915)
Posted by Rated X on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:21pm CDT

Take some pictures of the exclusives. Im assuming you guys bought the Golden Ticket to skip the lines. (my apologies if you didn't) Theyre all over e-bay already, but mostly bagged pictures. Give us some good pictures tonight.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583918)
Posted by megatronus on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:30pm CDT

Looks like the Decepticon Clones are Jet Vehicons. Nice to see them released stateside... though I'd rather just have some generic Jet Vehicons, these will do.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583919)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:35pm CDT

megatronus wrote:Looks like the Decepticon Clones are Jet Vehicons. Nice to see them released stateside... though I'd rather just have some generic Jet Vehicons, these will do.

Actually, it looks like one jet and one car.

It also looks like they have arms microns, and the car has the version of the gun from the RiD Vehicon release in addition to his arms micron.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583921)
Posted by megatronus on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:36pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
megatronus wrote:Looks like the Decepticon Clones are Jet Vehicons. Nice to see them released stateside... though I'd rather just have some generic Jet Vehicons, these will do.

Actually, it looks like one jet and one car.

It also looks like they have arms microns, and the car has the version of the gun from the RiD Vehicon release in addition to his arms micron.

Yea - you're right, one Jet one car. I guess Pounce and Wingspan wouldn't make sense if both had wings...

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583923)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:39pm CDT

There's some decent pics on TFW.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583926)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 10:50pm CDT

Does anyone have a schedule? I'd like to know about when I can expect news on what.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583928)
Posted by durroth on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:00pm CDT

... the kreons this year are micro changers?! I... I need that set. I hope they have some in the TFCC store after the con is over

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583931)
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:13pm CDT

Anyone know if they have Depth Charge, Rampage, and Transmutate at the Club store? I might try and find someone to middleman them for me if they're cheap enough.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583933)
Posted by Zeedust on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:28pm CDT

UltraPrimal wrote:Anyone know if they have Depth Charge, Rampage, and Transmutate at the Club store? I might try and find someone to middleman them for me if they're cheap enough.

If that doesn't work out for you, Depth Charge and Transmutate are available at the club's online store, so you could probably get someone to order them from there for you if you asked around.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583934)
Posted by xyl360 on June 19th, 2014 @ 11:47pm CDT

Well, I caved. I totally bought a bunch of Botcon exclusives off of ebay just now. Oddly enough, the ones I wanted/purchased were all the figures not included in the boxed set. I didn't go for Scorponok, Ginrai or any of the others. I snagged Flamewar, the three 'Knights', the two 'Pirates' and the two Clones. I'm also gonna snag a Primal Prime once one comes up that's already been painted (and painted well at that). If a few days or so go by without any painted/customized Primal Primes showing up, then I'll just snag one of the unpainted ones and attempt it myself. I just wish it included the paints so I wouldn't have to worry about color matching.

It's funny that this year, just as with last year's set (the Rainmakers (Welcoming Committee), the show-exclusives were the only ones to interest me and the ones in the boxed set were a flop or at least not worth paying the prices. I mean I get that Scorponok and Devcon in particular have been requested like crazy and were definitely excellent choices for exclusives, especially with the custom Headmaster head for Scorponok and all, but I just wasn't convinced that I needed to have them in my collection. That said, all these 3H Beast Wars characters were absolute must haves for me. I've got all of their original versions already, but most of these are really awesome, and in the case of Alpha Trion it's the closest I'll ever come (short of a custom) to the 3H Botcon repaint that could've been but never was save for a single sample:

edit: I just realized that even Devcon was planned that final year before 3H went under:

So given that, plus Apelinq, Primal Prime and Shokoract (and any others who might have appeared in/been featured in the 3H Wreckers/Botcon fiction) it seems that in addition to being the 30th anniversary celebration for Transformers, it's also sort of a homage to the 3H days sort of giving them their dues for being the previous guys running Botcon I guess.

For the curious, there's a whole article about these never released 3H exclusives with pictures and info here on TFormers. They also have pics of the display cases from this year's Botcon showing off all of this year's exclusives, including the show-exclusives but I won't post those since I expect Seibertron has their own that they intend to post for the news feed.

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583942)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 20th, 2014 @ 12:12am CDT

xyl360 wrote:Well, I caved. I totally bought a bunch of Botcon exclusives off of ebay just now.

A little early no? I feel like prices is at it's highest now, before everyone else gets a chance at it to flip

Re: First look at the 2014 BotCon comic images (1583943)
Posted by xyl360 on June 20th, 2014 @ 12:24am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:
xyl360 wrote:Well, I caved. I totally bought a bunch of Botcon exclusives off of ebay just now.

A little early no? I feel like prices is at it's highest now, before everyone else gets a chance at it to flip

Actually it wasn't too bad. The price I got for getting all of them together was considerably lower than trying to buy each set individually so I don't figure the prices will drop by that much, particularly for some of these that you know people are gonna be snatching up like crazy (such as the Clones).

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