New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Exclusive Megatron with Scalpel, Boombox, and Heavyweight

For all the grief i've given the figures, i can safely say thus far, all of the botcon 2015 box figures, in my opinion have been okay. Heck, it's more than okay, it's adequately satisfactory. But that's the problem, these figure to me feel average unspectacular even. I find the problem I have is there's no direction, and yes I know the lack of direction is the direction, but that doesn't work unless of course the Boxset was meant to be Dada as all hell, but even then it doesn't go far enough. It really feels these should be TFSS figures instead of a boxset. Now Oilmaster might change that seeing as it's supposed to be better than 2014's scorponok, but as Scotty P said, this side of releasing a unproduced mold, it might be fun but it won't really be the end all be all of club exclusives. Now the polybag figures are probably going to be great, I always find that a weak boxset has great companion pieces.

Yea, this is thoroughly unremarkable.

A sort-of homage to movie 3 Megatron has no use in my collection.

I already have a movie-accurate voyager version of that character, and lots of versions of CHUG Megatron to choose from.

While the deco itself looks very nice, I would have no place to display this figure.
I'm certainly not interested in paying exclusive prices for it.

I sure am glad I'm one of the few who doesn't collect CHUG for the sake of a CHUG collection. This figure will be for me what it is, and can/will go wherever I want it to go.

The chrome bumper and 'fixed' head kinda defeat the whole homage. And one of those Minicons should've been Igor. Really, it feels like like they had an awesome idea going but then just HAD to go "G1" with a bunch of things...

Amelie wrote:Thinking about it more - Megatron is an excellent Botcon figure - a limited edition recolour of a mold that was never even released in the 'States. It really doesn't get much more exclusive than that, save for actually doing an entirely new figure.

Technically, you are right. But in the age of internet retail, saying this mold never got a US release is a bit of an overstatement. Anybody in the US who wanted this mold just bought the Takara version online. Additionally, nothing about Botcon "exclusives" are actually exclusive to Botcon. Chinese retailers were selling "Attendee Only" Flamewar figures that never made it to Botcon last year. The word "exclusive" has become one big joke. But I have no issues with that because the downfall of true "exclusives" has helped make this hobby grow bigger, stronger, and more popular than ever.

This Megatron reminds me of these 2:

This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

skidflap wrote:This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Rated X wrote:

skidflap wrote:This is actually a clever use of the breakdown mold. i am a fan of the DOTM version of Megatron and this is done real well.

However, I do have a question, since this mold is the silas version, does it still have the silas piece or was it removed for this version?

I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

It's Breakdown proper, with Silas Breakdown's grill. The club stated they wanted to save the Silas aspect of Silas breakdown for a future G.I joe themed exclusive.

This Megatron looks great, and I'm very excited about this toy set so far. Funpub said they'd have something on par with last year's Scorponok, and I'm guessing this was supposed to be it. In my eyes it's not on the same level, but I'm still happy with it.

Rated X wrote:I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Silas Breakdown has this piece in the chest that show Silas controlling Breakdown's body


Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

Rated X wrote:I thought the "Silas version" of this mold consisted of a new head and a black paintjob ? What "Silas piece" are you talking about ?

Silas Breakdown has this piece in the chest that show Silas controlling Breakdown's body


Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

Transformers Arms Micron Silas Breakdown Gallery

Which in turn is based on this from the cartoon:

It's nice to finaly see this mold in North America but this is so frusterating. I just want a Prime breakdown. This makes me want to revist and pick up the last 2-3 Transformers Prime characters I don't own.

The latest addition to the Seibertron.com toy photogalleries sees the recent Transformers Collectors' Club membership incentive for 2015 - the big bad who used to be good, Nova Prime! This is a retool and redeco of the Generations Deluxe Orion Pax figure, the figure sports white, black, gold and teal, an alberd, a gun, and will probably attempt to establish a Primacy in your collection once displayed.

Check out the full gallery by clicking on any of the images below, and let us know what you think of the new version of the mold, before the arrival of the next one with Lio Convoy!


Convention & Club Exclusives Nova Prime

Only room for two figures in the box, I wonder if that means no figure for the mystery purple guy?

Emerje

I really like this mold. It's really amazing what a little paint and a new head can do.

I didn't realize these pictures were from seibertron galleries at first. I've got what may be a dumb question. Are the galleries a team project or are the work of just Seibertron?

I'm sad that the halberd isn't as blue as the promo shots

carytheone wrote:I really like this mold. It's really amazing what a little paint and a new head can do.

I didn't realize these pictures were from seibertron galleries at first. I've got what may be a dumb question. Are the galleries a team project or are the work of just Seibertron?

The galleries are just the work of yours truly.

Seibertron wrote:

carytheone wrote:I really like this mold. It's really amazing what a little paint and a new head can do.

I didn't realize these pictures were from seibertron galleries at first. I've got what may be a dumb question. Are the galleries a team project or are the work of just Seibertron?

The galleries are just the work of yours truly.

Thanks, that's what I thought, I just wasn't sure. Apologies for all the drool you've had to clean up in the galleries.

Man, that head sculpt's really gummy.

Mkall wrote:I'm sad that the halberd isn't as blue as the promo shots

Looks about the same to me, just the background colour is different

carytheone wrote:Apologies for all the drool you've had to clean up in the galleries.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Man, that head sculpt's really gummy.

For me it's OK, not the sharpest, but could be worse.

The paint, however, is a disgrace for that price. This is the paint quality I find on $5 knockoffs from Family Dollar.



Emerje

Emerje wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Man, that head sculpt's really gummy.

For me it's OK, not the sharpest, but could be worse.

The paint, however, is a disgrace for that price. This is the paint quality I find on $5 knockoffs from Family Dollar.



Emerje

Mercifully, mine wasn't quite so lacking. Just a few white paint flecks; the rest of the 'horn' was painted black.

Hey Ryan, can you tell what color his Autobot symbol is inside the blue windshield? I'm trying to figure out if this guy is supposed to be SG or not.

Also, I love the final shot with some of the other Ark-1 crew members. Though, what about Scourge, Straxus, Tailpipe (the DOTM Human Alliance Basic could stand in), and Grindcore (United EX Tankmaster could stand in)?

Sabrblade wrote:Hey Ryan, can you tell what color his Autobot symbol is inside the blue windshield? I'm try to figure out if this guy is supposed to be SG or not.

Also, I love the final shot with some of the other Ark-1 crew members. Though, what about Scourge, Straxus, Tailpipe (the DOTM Human Alliance Basic could stand in), and Grindcore (United EX Tankmaster could stand in)?

I've read the comics and don't even remember those guys sharing time with Nova Prime so we'll pass on that shot. Not saying that they didn't ... just not major enough players to warrant my time trying to make that shot. I can either work on that shot or I can work on the gallery of Combiner Wars Cyclonus today. Cyclonus takes precedent.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hey Ryan, can you tell what color his Autobot symbol is inside the blue windshield? I'm trying to figure out if this guy is supposed to be SG or not.

Also, I love the final shot with some of the other Ark-1 crew members. Though, what about Scourge, Straxus, Tailpipe (the DOTM Human Alliance Basic could stand in), and Grindcore (United EX Tankmaster could stand in)?

I've read the comics and don't even remember those guys sharing time with Nova Prime so we'll pass on that shot. Not saying that they didn't ... just not major enough players to warrant my time trying to make that shot. I can either work on that shot or I can work on the gallery of Combiner Wars Cyclonus today. Cyclonus takes precedent.

Oh, you were going by interaction scenes they shared directly with Nova. Okay. That makes sense.

I guess it is true that not all of the Ark-1's crew were seen in the same room as Nova in the comics.

Looks very nice, but a voyage would've looked more imposing, still, he'll most likely get an add on kit, so

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hey Ryan, can you tell what color his Autobot symbol is inside the blue windshield? I'm try to figure out if this guy is supposed to be SG or not.

Also, I love the final shot with some of the other Ark-1 crew members. Though, what about Scourge, Straxus, Tailpipe (the DOTM Human Alliance Basic could stand in), and Grindcore (United EX Tankmaster could stand in)?

I've read the comics and don't even remember those guys sharing time with Nova Prime so we'll pass on that shot. Not saying that they didn't ... just not major enough players to warrant my time trying to make that shot. I can either work on that shot or I can work on the gallery of Combiner Wars Cyclonus today. Cyclonus takes precedent.

The following frame is the whole reason I ended up getting the HA Tailpipe figure, but he only features in the one comic, and you can barely see Scourge and Grindcore in the background.



Just need to track down that Tankmaster vs Marine Master pack (for Grindcore and Manta Ray stand ins) and I'll have the whole Ark 1 crew

My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

megatronus wrote:My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

Or find a Hyper Novae, people on eBay will probably try and sell The club's Nova prime for a similar price. Yes that's hyperbole.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

Or find a Hyper Novae, people on eBay will probably try and sell The club's Nova prime for a similar price. Yes that's hyperbole.

I was never interested in Hyper Novae. I'm way over the Battler Tanker concept.

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

Or find a Hyper Novae, people on eBay will probably try and sell The club's Nova prime for a similar price. Yes that's hyperbole.

I was never interested in Hyper Novae. I'm way over the Battler Tanker concept.

I wasn't talking about the toy from the conceptual gimmick level, just for the "Nova Prime" aspect.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

Or find a Hyper Novae, people on eBay will probably try and sell The club's Nova prime for a similar price. Yes that's hyperbole.

I was never interested in Hyper Novae. I'm way over the Battler Tanker concept.

I wasn't talking about the toy from the conceptual gimmick level, just for the "Nova Prime" aspect.

The gimmick kills it for me. It's hard to un-see.

Also, did you change your avatar between your first post and this one? Gnarly.

Looking forward to the forthcoming TCC Lio Convoy gallery. In addition to pics of him with other uses of the Orion Pax mold and previous Lio Convoy toys, I hope we'll see some pics of Lio Convoy with his (former) boss TFSS Eject.

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

megatronus wrote:My Nova Prime arrived in the mail today, and I admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed.

He's a bit loose all around, and the head, while OK, doesn't scream of the Nova Prime we wanted.

He'll look really good on the shelf, and I don't regret buying him. But if you're on the fence, I would wait for a sale or just skip this one.

Or find a Hyper Novae, people on eBay will probably try and sell The club's Nova prime for a similar price. Yes that's hyperbole.

I was never interested in Hyper Novae. I'm way over the Battler Tanker concept.

I wasn't talking about the toy from the conceptual gimmick level, just for the "Nova Prime" aspect.

The gimmick kills it for me. It's hard to un-see.

Also, did you change your avatar between your first post and this one? Gnarly.

Honestly, the only thing I notice about is the legs. Also I change my avatar allot, but since 2150, it's been Vladimir's greatest hits.

As the registration deadline for BotCon 2015 approaches, Seibertron.com is swelling with pride (heh) at the new installment of our toy galleries: Transformers Collectors' Club Deluxe Lio Convoy! The figure is a redeco of the Deluxe Generations Orion Pax, using a lionesque pattern of white, red, grey and gold, plus a new headsculpt too.

Lio Convoy is but one of the Orion Pax repurposes, as we have already seen and featured a gallery for Nova Prime a while back, and a third purple iteration seems to be teased on the box for the latter. In the meantime, click on any image below to view the full gallery, which includes comparison shots with Nova Orion and previous versions of Lio Convoy too!

Convention & Club Exclusives Lio Convoy

People seem really excited about this figure.

Seibertron wrote:People seem really excited about this figure.

I am! Won't be getting one any time soon cause... money

I know I'm really happy with it. I wasn't sure what to expect since I didn't get Orion Pax so this is my first real encounter with the mold. It's a very solid figure with great articulation. He is a little small, even smaller than RID Warrior Op. The paint (at least on mine) is very clean and the sculpt doesn't look "soft" like some people have complained about in photos. My favorite part is how the truck mode slightly resembles a lion head with the black nose and gold mane. It's a nice figure, easily one of the best sub figures they've come up with.

Emerje

Seibertron wrote:People seem really excited about this figure.

I love it. The headsculpt on mine looks really sharp with good paint apps, and a very striking shade of blue that no pics ever do any justice towards and which I actually find myself liking more than the blue used on the head of my Legend Commander Collection Lio Convoy.

It also helps that a good story can really help sell a figure, as Jim Sorenson really nailed the two prose stories this iteration of Lio Convoy starred in. I hope he (Jim) keeps going with more of the Uprising story.

My only, if any, issues I have with the figure are those that stem from it using the Orion Pax mold, of which I'm not that big a fan of. But between this and the Nova Prime version, both are the better versions of the mold compared the much more plain-looking Hasbro Orion Pax.

As far as this gallery is concerned, as I said before, no pics can do the head's vivid shade of blue proper justice, but you always give it your all and then some. I'm only a bit saddened to see no pics of TCC Lio Convoy with his (former) supervisor TCC Eject.

Turning the camera lens to the Transformers Collectors' Club subscription service 3.0 we get a very nice gallery of the 1st figure Carzap with Kreon G.B. Blackrock. Based on an unused concept that paired Transformers with Takara's Diablock building block line which was to be known as Blocktown in the post G2 era.

Carzap is a retool of the Generations Bumblebee mold which was also used for Generations Goldfire, Nightbeat as well as Goshooter which was a Million Publishing exclusive. To homage the building block aspect of Blocktown, Carzap comes with a Kre-O set that builds a gas pump which can be converted into a laser cannon. Click on any of the images to see the full gallery.

Convention & Club Exclusives Carzap








Convention & Club Exclusives G.B. Blackrock

I wouldn't mind adding a few more humans to my TF collection such as GB Blackrock but certainly not Kreons. I was fond of the Human Alliance figures though so does anyone know of any other toylines that have similar figures in size and articulation that I can just buy the human figures from to customise into TF humans? Actual HA figures would be far too expensive since would have to buy the whole robot set and end up with a ton of unneeded robots.

I want Carzap. Alot. Which is odd cause I have no connection to the figure other than loving G2.

In other Sunday news, we have some more BotCon exclusives to share with and beyond the Seibertron.com community - feast your optics on the swarm of the Waruder Marauders Drones and their pilots! The Diaclone inspired figures of Mudfighter, Storm Rider, Parasite and Paralyzer are all redecos of the Transformers Generations deluxe Waspinator, and come with their own Legends class Targetmaster Waspinator redeco too - click on any of the images below to view the full galleries, as usual, and get the buzz going in the Energon Pub.

BotCon Exclusives Waruder Mudfighter Drone








BotCon Exclusives Waruder Thrasher Pilot






BotCon Exclusives Waruder Storm Rider Drone








BotCon Exclusives Waruder Crusher Pilot






BotCon Exclusives Waruder Parasite Drone








BotCon Exclusives Waruder Ripper Pilot






BotCon Exclusives Waruder Paralyzer Drone








BotCon Exclusives Waruder Buzzer Pilot

Curse this set and it's over-priced-ness

I never have had a strong desire to Troop-Build the Waspinator mold...

...until Botcon 2015

Mkall wrote:I never have had a strong desire to Troop-Build the Waspinator mold...

...until Botcon 2015

They just all look so nice