New Galleries: Club Subscription 2.0 Timelines Chromedome and Stylor

Take note that Stylor comes misassembled with the arms and lower legs swapped, but the galleries have him fixed.

Good job on the swaps, was that all you had to do, Seibs?

most importantly though, stylor comes with the wings and backpack assembled correctly.Only complaint with this figure, besides mine coming with the head of the pin that keeps the rotating forearm piece on missing from one of the arms (sent back for replacement) is the wheeljack mold's lack of rotation in the elbow/forearm area. But it's such a great mold otherwise, and chromedome just OWNS it.

Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?

Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?

He looks more like Devcon, so... You're just over-tired

Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?

Oompa-Loompa or not, he's damn happy to see you.

My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

I updated the gallery for Eject to include his bio card

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ct/3370/1/

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

shajaki wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

shajaki wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

shajaki wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced

Actually I heard the same thing about Quality Control. I experience a much higher percentage of problems with the Club exclusives and BotCon figures than I do with regular retail figures.

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

shajaki wrote:

FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!

why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?

Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that

A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced

Actually I heard the same thing about Quality Control. I experience a much higher percentage of problems with the Club exclusives and BotCon figures than I do with regular retail figures.

I thought of this just now: with production runs downsized from regular retail, isn't it possible for the QC to be downsized (but not eliminated) as well? I'm reminded of the whole Henkei Thundercracker and Skywarp debacle, which were similar in nature and had QC mishaps up the wazoo. True, Universe Starscream was indicative of things to come, but those two releases and only those two truly stand out.

An upcoming exclusive set featuring "Old Snake" and a pair of Stealth Battle Android Troopers was revealed during the G.I. Joe Collector's Club panel at this weekend's G.I. Joe Con in Springfield, IL. This exclusive "G.I. Joe and the Transformers" set will be sold by both the Transformers Collector's Club and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club.

We are proud to present an extensive gallery of both figures and their accessories. Special thanks to Pete Sinclair for letting me photograph these figures at G.I. Joe Con to share with all of you here on Seibertron.com.

Please note that these figures are production samples. Final products may differ from the items shown in these galleries. Additional information about this set will be available later this year.


Convention & Club Exclusives Old Snake






Convention & Club Exclusives Stealth Battle Android Troopers (B.A.T.s)

This should have been the colors for beast hunters shockwave. I purposely did not pick it up because the color scheme was so bad :/

Soundwave just looks so badass in that deco. I'd buy it if I had a place for it. Still visually appealing, though.

PrymeStriker wrote:Soundwave just looks so badass in that deco. I'd buy it if I had a place for it. Still visually appealing, though.

Ditto, it's fantastic looking, but I personally wouldn't have the use for such an expensive figure, although if this ends up going down the price drain like Circuit did, I'd snag it.

Must be a good time to be a fan of both series'!

Seibertron was at G.I. Joe Con and we are proud to present an extensive gallery of the first revealed Botcon 2015 figure Packrat! We get up close and personal with the blue rodent, and notice he still keeps Battletrap close by and that we have MUCH more coming for you in the future! *wink*wink*

Special thanks to Pete Sinclair for letting us photograph these figures to share with all of you here on Seibertron.com. Please note that these figures are production samples. Final products may differ from the items shown in these galleries. Keep scrolling to see them, and don't let your optics stray to far as there's more on the way!

Convention & Club Exclusives Packrat "The Thief"

"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Maybe

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

Maybe

Do you neither confirm nor deny it?

The blue on the rat doesn't do it. Battletrap, however, looks far more awesome then I thought he would.

I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

RhA wrote:Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

To be fair it's A.M silas breakdown as neo classics/prime/aligned(?)bark at the moon, hobo with a shotgun megatron. Speculated. It's speculated to be the hobo with a shotgun. So, hey, at least its not the what 5th club figure starring breakdown as breakdown. Well until the club gets it's hands on CW breakdown.

Is it me or does it look like both Packrat and Rattrap are doing "jazz hands" in that 2nd picture?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

RhA wrote:Botcon using Breakdown? How refreshing.

To be fair it's A.M silas breakdown as neo classics/prime/aligned(?)bark at the moon, hobo with a shotgun megatron. Speculated. It's speculated to be the hobo with a shotgun. So, hey, at least its not the what 5th club figure starring breakdown as breakdown. Well until the club gets it's hands on CW breakdown.

And I'm betting it's a matter of time untill they do G2 Defensor and Menasor. I'm betting in about a year.

FWIW, Packrat's colors seen here are very probably not final.

I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

Noideaforaname wrote:I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

Noideaforaname wrote:
I realize I'm talking about a blue rat with gold paws and a head that doesn't at all resemble a real rat's, but that white rump looks really weird.

He's got snow in his BUTT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

I want to like Battletrap, I really do, it's a great way to homage the Duocons, but I can't not see Mirage when I look at him. The paintwork needs to be LESS uniform.

This redecoed Soundwave is amazing! I love those colors.

megatronus wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I think packrat is a little too, vanilla, I think it's because of how primary he is. Personally, I find that the 97 version looked allot more glossy, mostly due to the plastic, than this ones' mat blue finish. Also Batlletrap's head, looks tiny, sort of. It's a little out of proportion and small, club standard issue, but it wouldn't look that bad if springer/sandstorm's neck weren't so long.

Also i'm going to guess the the blocked out figure is either SG Ricochet or whatever they're using breakdown for. You can not confirm nor deny it!

I think the Battletrap head is a fine size - looks to be about the same size as Springer's head, at any rate, and that works fine. Fine fine fine.

Hopefully, the neck issue is just a matter of perspective/photo angle...

Springers head is slightly wider and set lower by like a millimeter

I can see Battletrap's head being set a bit higher, but the width looks about right.

Comparing my Springer in hand to the previous two pics, Springer's head seems wider mostly because of the two spikes running along the sides of his cheeks towards the back of his head, which slightly angle outward from both the left and right sides of his head. Without those spikes, his and Battletrap's heads appear to be roughly the same width.

As for how high the head is set on the neck, the Battletrap pic seems to have the head tilted all the way up to let the head look forward for a better shot of it from the camera, whereas the Springer pic has the head slightly tilted down forward to give the impression of it being lower. But in reality, Springer's head can be tilted just as high up as Battletrap's head is as seen in the first pic.

In other words, both heads are pretty much the same width and same height placement.

Either I have a thing for bots with a blue and white color scheme, or the Rattrap mold looks so much better as Packrat

Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

GuyIncognito wrote:Both figures appear to have a number stamped on their (robot) face in gold. Is that because these are prototypes, or is that part of the figure design, like some obscure reference?

They're production samples, not final.

To those who noticed that something is off with Battletrap's head, there does appear to be something off. The pics that will be in my gallery look like the head isn't pushed down all the way on the ball joint or something like that. I didn't notice it while I was taking the pictures and I don't have the figure in hand to see if it's something that can be fixed or adjusted. In the photo below, you can clearly see that there is clearance underneath the head.



It seems the bottom of Springer's head is flush with the top of his neck, whereas there is clearance on Battletrap's upper neck where you can see the bottom of the ball joint. Hopefully this can be corrected with an easy fix or adjustment to the final figures.

Welcome to another Seibertron Exclusive Gallery featuring upcoming Botcon 2015 Exclusive: "The Muscle" Battletrap! The gracious Pete Sinclair of Funpub gave us access to some of this years exclusive figures to show off to our followers. Battletrap has already received some attention today, but being the demanding fellow he is he's grabbing us once more. He tries to hold on to his G1 Duocon heritage, incorporating the helicopter/all-terrain-vehicle/robot from his predecessor Generations Springer. Browse the gallery for in depth shots, and stay tuned for our next exclusive Botcon 2015 gallery figure!

Convention & Club Exclusives Battletrap "The Muscle"











Please note that these figures are production samples. Final products may differ from the items shown in these galleries.

HAHA, I was right, something was off with Battletrap's head!

I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:The head sculpt looks fine. I hope it looks better on the final product

It's the same Jazz headsculpt that we've always gotten.

Sabrblade wrote:"TOP SECRET" being a third figure hidden behind the black censor screen, perhaps?

For the record, the "top secret" guy is NOT Stepper. I can't launch the gallery yet but hopefully next Thursday or the following Thursday I can.

Rated X wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I tried a Botcon box set once, the 'days of deception' one with all the seekers in it. Then they put out Dirge, Thundercracker and Thrust generations figures, making the box set worthless. Since then I've avoided the novelty repaints....

So you had the seekers first and enjoyed them for over a year before Takara gave everyone else a chance to enjoy them ?

Ever checked the ebay prices on Dreadwind and Bugbite ? I paid $300 and $160 and the prices haven't gone down. You got your moneys worth.

I was floored when I saw what Bug Bite was going for. couldn't part with mine, but was awful tempted to. And Dreadwing, what's got his price so high? Are there that many fans of him?

Too much blue.
I'd prefer if they gave him red optics and a silver face.
The original toy was bland looking. You'd expect an expensive update to look better