Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus

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Fellow Seibertronian gema brings the final pictorial review of BotCon 2015 exclusives, as confirmed by a recent report from the event here - featuring the Generations Roadbuster redeco into Generation 2 General Optimus Prime, in green camo! Check out thoughts and photos below, and head here for more.

The paint apps and finishing is nicely done and detailed. Even the rims are fully painted.
Not sure about the others but when I first saw him, the camo itself is not enough to identify him. Luckily, the G2 Autobot logo narrowed down the search.

While the original G2 version transformed into a dumper truck, having a new version of General Optimus Prime that transform into a fully weaponize off-road vehichle is not really a bad choice (personally).

Personally, the alt mode is just okay for me, not bad but not great either. But I'm really surprised how the robot mode turn out to be with G2 General Optimus Prime's paint scheme.

Not only he has the same star on the chest just like the unreleased G2 version, the head sculpt does resembles the original mold which can explain why Roadbuster mold was chosen in the first place.

The quality of the figure is pretty much the same as previous variants and the joints are even tighter than my Generations Roadbuster.

Credit(s): Black Plastic Life

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Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699775)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:17am CDT

Flares everywhere.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699780)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:29am CDT

I want those bugs

Adding Reflector in the mix was probably forced, bumping up the value to the standard Scout-Deluxe grey area, and being gang-molded with Skrapnel. :-?

btw Anybody notice that the bio card has no faction symbol of any kind:

Zaptrap himself is more like an animal, with Beet-Chit as his master or "pilot". They have to be from the Diaclone universe, now part of the Cymond cluster along with other TF-related franchises (like Microman, Yuusha/Brave and even Starriors). Can't wait to see the other Souvenirs.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699789)
Posted by ScottyP on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:59am CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:So I guess we're not getting a Flywheels from Generations Blitzwing after all.

Some members of funpub have said, on other sites, that they either dislike the mold, or find it too "difficult".

They don't want to mess with the crap shoulder engineering. I'm good with it.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699794)
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:06am CDT

I think General OP is the best-looking version of the Roadbuster mold, by far.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699797)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:15am CDT

Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699800)
Posted by Tranzilla on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:17am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.

I was just going to call him MicroX.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699802)
Posted by ScottyP on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:23am CDT

Tranzilla wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.

I was just going to call him MicroX.

Ooh, yeah, I like that idea.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699803)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:27am CDT

ScottyP wrote:
Tranzilla wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.

I was just going to call him MicroX.
Ooh, yeah, I like that idea.

Also, the red makes him resemble Spectro:

Happy accident

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699805)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:31am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.

The name supposedly comes from the comic, and those who have it say he works with the Diaclone guys, so his toy is a good guy but comes with bad guys.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699810)
Posted by ScottyP on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:50am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.
The name supposedly comes from the comic, and those who have it say he works with the Diaclone guys, so his toy is a good guy but comes with bad guys.

Good guys, bad guys - going off where we've seen some of these decos in the club comic, this was all just SG without being SG, wasn't it?

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699812)
Posted by It Is Him on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:58am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I want those bugs Adding Reflector in the mix was probably forced, bumping up the value to the standard Scout-Deluxe grey area, and being gang-molded with Skrapnel.

btw Anybody notice that the bio card has no faction symbol of any kind:

Zaptrap himself is more like an animal, with Beet-Chit as his master or "pilot". They have to be from the Diaclone universe, now part of the Cymond cluster along with other TF-related franchises (like Microman, Yuusha/Brave and even Starriors). Can't wait to see the other Souvenirs.

I'm super into this as a warudaros homage. This definitely makes the set for me. At first I was disappointed the freebie wasn't a deluxe, but this is pretty much perfect

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699859)
Posted by Seibertron on June 18th, 2015 @ 11:11am CDT

ScottyP wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.
The name supposedly comes from the comic, and those who have it say he works with the Diaclone guys, so his toy is a good guy but comes with bad guys.
Good guys, bad guys - going off where we've seen some of these decos in the club comic, this was all just SG without being SG, wasn't it?

Where is he in the comic? I want to make sure I get the "factions" right when I do group shots this afternoon.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699862)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 18th, 2015 @ 11:17am CDT

Man I wish I could vote. -_- Favorite Character: Prowl. Best Combiner: Devastator. I casted my opinions. >:oP

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1699896)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 18th, 2015 @ 12:37pm CDT

Wow, FunPub is clever.

I just found out that Burnout and Lift-Ticket aren't new names, rather they're two characters from the G.I. Joe franchise. Not for nothing, as Henshin Cyborg, Microman and Diaclone are all descended from our G.I. Joe.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700021)
Posted by Mr_Autobot411 on June 18th, 2015 @ 5:13pm CDT

hmm not as f'ugly as i thought it would be.

still gonna pass, but he looks good. Enjoy him to the ppl that get him

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700057)
Posted by Seibertron on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:28pm CDT

So you want some pics of the all-new BotCon 2015 souvenir exclusives!?!? Check them out exclusively at Seibertron.com! We just posted a mini gallery of the full roster of Botcon 2015 Souvenir exclusives that you can only get when you attend the convention in St. Charles, IL this weekend. This gallery includes images from our upcoming galleries of the Waruder Drones, the G2 Autobots, the Diaclone homages, and a set of adorable little Kreons! Once you've had a chance to take in all of the images in this mini-gallery, make sure to stop by the Seibertron.com Energon Pub forums to share your thoughts about these exclusives by clicking here and make sure to check out the full galleries when they're posted next week along with images of the toys included with the box set.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700062)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:44pm CDT

aw I was hoping the pink one would be more unique in character. It's interesting they used one of the new head budgets for G2 SGT hound, yet the head doesn't appear anywhere else. Maybe they're saving it for the TFSS like with breakdown?

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700066)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:49pm CDT

Those look pretty cool. I like em

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700071)
Posted by RiddlerJ on June 18th, 2015 @ 7:55pm CDT

That's a lot of Waspinators.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700077)
Posted by ScottyP on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:00pm CDT

Looking good! Very glad to have these secured. Love the horde of mini guys.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700082)
Posted by StellaMiniCon on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:13pm CDT

Looks cool!

Any possible chance we could get a photo of the mini-comic that came with the Kreon's as well? Thanks in advance!

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700090)
Posted by padfoo on June 18th, 2015 @ 8:40pm CDT

Pretty cool exclusives, I wish I was into some of these more obscure characters and figures.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700099)
Posted by Super Megatron on June 18th, 2015 @ 9:02pm CDT

I want that Robot Master SOOOOOO bad.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700112)
Posted by Mechastrike on June 18th, 2015 @ 9:28pm CDT

BY PRIMUS IT'S A SWARM!!!! LOL!

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700123)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 18th, 2015 @ 10:13pm CDT

Those Waruder Drones look exquisite; Really anxious to get them, does anyone know how fast they might sell out, if at all? I need these in my life!

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700130)
Posted by BERSEKAEL on June 18th, 2015 @ 10:36pm CDT

NO LEGION CLASS :sad:

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700143)
Posted by Breakdown318 on June 18th, 2015 @ 11:06pm CDT

anyone know if i can purchase the Diaclone 2 pack as a general admission person?

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700190)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2015 @ 12:24am CDT

Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.
The name supposedly comes from the comic, and those who have it say he works with the Diaclone guys, so his toy is a good guy but comes with bad guys.
Good guys, bad guys - going off where we've seen some of these decos in the club comic, this was all just SG without being SG, wasn't it?

Where is he in the comic? I want to make sure I get the "factions" right when I do group shots this afternoon.

Spy-Eye is on the first page to feature Burn Out and Lift-Ticket. It's in camera mode being held by Lift-Ticket.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700193)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2015 @ 12:33am CDT

Oh wow, looking through the gallery; I love that pink waspy so much. It's like late 80's early 90's waspinator. He's not 80's, but not 90s. Like G2 but not. Dated, but wonderfully so. for the sake of character, I shall dub him "New Jack Swing" Waspinator.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700214)
Posted by jay5 on June 19th, 2015 @ 3:02am CDT

A couple interesting items in that set of conference specials.

So which two-pack is which on the etailer pre-orders pages?

Is the one with OP and Hound the $129 or the $139 pack? I'm guessing the latter.

Too pricey for me.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700254)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 19th, 2015 @ 7:53am CDT

So, If a train leaves Pittsburgh traveling west at 60mph and another train leaves Denver traveling east at 75mph, which one hits a Waspinator first?

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700277)
Posted by Trikeboy on June 19th, 2015 @ 9:08am CDT

What a weak set of fiģures. I'm glad I didnt go now and saved that outrageous ticket price. I can get Battletrap solo from ebay. I'm guessing the club will make flywheels available as a TFCC subscription to elicit more money from us.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700283)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 19th, 2015 @ 9:27am CDT

Trikeboy wrote:What a weak set of fiģures. I'm glad I didnt go now and saved that outrageous ticket price. I can get Battletrap solo from ebay. I'm guessing the club will make flywheels available as a TFCC subscription to elicit more money from us.

I wouldn't count on it. The Club has said that the Blitzwing mold is hard to work with, I'm guessing with the shoulder problems and the color layout.

Homages to the old (Diaclone for Lift-Ticket and Burnout, as well as Dia and Cline) and the canceled (Sgt. Hound and General Optimus Prime) are automatically cool in my book. Love how the bios are done, especially for the Waruder with every variation called out and given names:

Mudfighter with Thrasher (Fox Kids Transmetal homage)

Paralyzer with Buzzer

Parasite with Ripper (Halloween Horrorcon homage)

Storm Rider with Crusher

Any significance to those names? Another couple of G.I. Joe throwbacks like Lift-Ticket and Burnout?

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700294)
Posted by Optimizzy on June 19th, 2015 @ 10:03am CDT

Maybe I'm just getting old. But I look these figures and I think, "man, those are neat." Would I buy them in a store? Probably not. In fact, I probably wouldn't go out of my way to get them. But they are transformers. And I love them for it.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700307)
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 19th, 2015 @ 10:30am CDT

I quite like that yellow Waspinator, would be my first choice if I could have any of them (even over retail/show-accurate Waspinator).
The white/pink one is surprisingly attractive, too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Any significance to those names?

Apart from "Storm Rider", they all sound like generic wasp-related names.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700309)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 19th, 2015 @ 10:33am CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:I quite like that yellow Waspinator, would be my first choice if I could have any of them (even over retail/show-accurate Waspinator).
The white/pink one is surprisingly attractive, too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Any significance to those names?

Apart from "Storm Rider", they all sound like generic wasp-related names.

... and I just read that the Waruder pilots' names are taken from G.I. Joe as well, from the Dreadnok biker gang to be exact.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700390)
Posted by Tigertrack on June 19th, 2015 @ 1:40pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:I quite like that yellow Waspinator, would be my first choice if I could have any of them (even over retail/show-accurate Waspinator).
The white/pink one is surprisingly attractive, too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Any significance to those names?

Apart from "Storm Rider", they all sound like generic wasp-related names.

... and I just read that the Waruder pilots' names are taken from G.I. Joe as well, from the Dreadnok biker gang to be exact.

Indeed, thrasher, ripper, buzzer, are Dreadnoks.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700392)
Posted by Tigertrack on June 19th, 2015 @ 1:43pm CDT

Tigertrack wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:I quite like that yellow Waspinator, would be my first choice if I could have any of them (even over retail/show-accurate Waspinator).
The white/pink one is surprisingly attractive, too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Any significance to those names?

Apart from "Storm Rider", they all sound like generic wasp-related names.

... and I just read that the Waruder pilots' names are taken from G.I. Joe as well, from the Dreadnok biker gang to be exact.

Indeed, thrasher, ripper, buzzer, are Dreadnoks.

Whoops, and at least the Paralyzer and Mudfighter are vehicle names for GI Joe.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700404)
Posted by ScottyP on June 19th, 2015 @ 2:02pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guys, I may have found the name of the Reflector redeco: Spy-Eye. If it sounds familiar yet a bit lame, you'd be right as that's the name of a Super Gobot:

Spy-Eye on TFU.info.
The name supposedly comes from the comic, and those who have it say he works with the Diaclone guys, so his toy is a good guy but comes with bad guys.
Good guys, bad guys - going off where we've seen some of these decos in the club comic, this was all just SG without being SG, wasn't it?

Where is he in the comic? I want to make sure I get the "factions" right when I do group shots this afternoon.

My comment was referring to the Red Hoist and Purple-ish Swerve (and maybe Black Skids) toys being seen in a club magazine comic a few months back as Evil Autobots hanging out with SG Rodimus.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700489)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on June 19th, 2015 @ 4:15pm CDT

I pre-ordered the 'Cybertrpn's Most Wanted' and Prime/Hound set. But beyond that, not really my cup of tea. All those who ant and get them, legit kudos to you and I sincerely hope you enjoy.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700499)
Posted by ScottyP on June 19th, 2015 @ 4:23pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:Those Waruder Drones look exquisite; Really anxious to get them, does anyone know how fast they might sell out, if at all? I need these in my life!

That set has the highest price tag and and had the most number of pieces made this year, at least for the souvenirs (2,000). I'd say it has the greatest chance of not selling out merely based on those two factors, but you never know. Rainmakers were made in greater numbers a few years back and sold out faster than anything else in that set.

Breakdown318 wrote:anyone know if i can purchase the Diaclone 2 pack as a general admission person?

I'm 99% certain General Admission can buy from the Club Store, but only after all preregistered con-goers have had a chance to go through the line.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700512)
Posted by Madeus Prime on June 19th, 2015 @ 4:29pm CDT

Yeah, I could care less that the Waruders are named after G.I. Joe characters, I want my Multiversal Waspinator Corps!

(yeah, I've got issues, for some people it's Optimus' or Starscreams, for me, it's Waspinators)

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700516)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 19th, 2015 @ 4:33pm CDT

@ScottyP

Thanks, for the reassurances; I'll be there tomorrow, but I really have my heart set on that set.

I guess if someone wanted to grab me one, this would be an interesting way to learn how pm's work.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700654)
Posted by shajaki on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:22pm CDT

Tumbler user Walky has uploaded an image of a FunPub teaser, with simply five sets of eyes and the words "Mayhem Returns" for the Club Roundtable panel on Saturday. Speculation is that it could be the next Transformers Figure Subscription Service based on G1's "Mayhem Attack Squad", so stay tuned for more developments because Botcon 2015 is just getting started!

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700657)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:29pm CDT

Flywheels. please. No excuse, seriously.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700662)
Posted by Autobot N on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:39pm CDT

I wonder what the (seemingly) yellow Roadbuster is.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700663)
Posted by Blozor on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:40pm CDT

I'm pretty sure those are the Dinobots' eyes.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700664)
Posted by Autobot N on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:42pm CDT

Blozor wrote:I'm pretty sure those are the Dinobots' eyes.

Well, Dinobots don't usually have yellow or purple eyes.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700665)
Posted by Mkall on June 19th, 2015 @ 8:44pm CDT

This intrigues me greatly. Tomorrow's reveal panels can't come soon enough.

Re: Pictorial Review - BotCon 2015 Transformers Exclusive G2 General Optimus (1700771)
Posted by ryanisawesome124 on June 19th, 2015 @ 11:05pm CDT

i thought this would be the combaticons :V

but then i realized 4 out of 5 of them have visors....

we will see,won't we?

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