BotCon GoldBug Revealed!

Friday, February 15th, 2008 3:45PM CST

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Here are the first images of BotCon GoldBug, a slight remold (the head) and recolor of Cybertron HotShot!

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Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632780)
Posted by TheMuffin on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:47pm CST

Oh man I am loving that. Head color is a bit odd but I really like it.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632781)
Posted by shortround on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:47pm CST

Well goldbug kind of looks like movie edition stealth bumblebee.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632782)
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:48pm CST

I kinda like that.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632784)
Posted by GetterDragun on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:54pm CST

Thanks Counterpunch! I credited you.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632785)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:55pm CST

I wasn't expecting much after seeing Prime, but this has me saying "well, god dam"

I like it alot.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632786)
Posted by Bed Bugs on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:56pm CST

Reminds me of Black Movie Bumblebee:
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/img/ne ... ebee-1.jpg

I like it.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632792)
Posted by DISCHARGE on February 15th, 2008 @ 3:59pm CST

shortround wrote:Well goldbug kind of looks like movie edition stealth bumblebee.

That's what I was thinking. I'm still not wowed by the figures I've seen. I hoped Goldbug would have been gold chrome. Hopefully the Cons will be better.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632793)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:00pm CST

that is awesome! the original goldbug had a blue head.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632795)
Posted by Tigertrack on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:02pm CST

I was hoping for a little bit of a more 'gold' color than there is, but this is certainly acceptable.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632797)
Posted by Skowl on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:03pm CST

Ugh, that head just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the body, and the colours are a mess.

C'mon Botcon guys, this is a great, unique idea for a set - you can do better than this.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632798)
Posted by Ultra Magnus on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:04pm CST

Hmmm... Not enough "Gold" for me... His Head is... BLUE? Ah, whatever. Good to see them use the name again.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632800)
Posted by King Henrik on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:05pm CST

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:that is awesome! the original goldbug had a blue head.

yeah at first i was like "what the heck... why does he have a blue head?" but then the little icon in the news story with g1 goldbug jogged my memory. i like him much better than prime

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632802)
Posted by Rijie on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:07pm CST

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I kinda like that.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632803)
Posted by Immortal Starscream on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:08pm CST

i honestly didnt see this coming, i expected the mold to be used for another character, but with that being said, me likey

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632813)
Posted by imotron on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:14pm CST

What have we done, first Animated, now this... oh well, at least I still have some hopes coming with Classics 2.0... enjoy it if you are going to buy it

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632817)
Posted by Talous on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:16pm CST

That looks pretty cool. Very much like Stealth Bumblebee

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632820)
Posted by Tekka on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:19pm CST

It is nice. Very nice.

If Bumblebee/Goldbug were evil he would probably be sleek and shiny just like this, it's something that screams pride and vanity. Like the Evil Prime deco shows he is much more interested in causing havoc and getting into a fight than he is taking care of things, even his own body work.

Truth be told however I was hoping that Evil Bumblebee/Goldbug would be the Classics mold with a new head that I could get instead of normal Bumblebee. Looks like I will not need to cancel my Bumblebee order afterall though.

Still, looks very nice. I hope those who get him enjoy him to the extreme.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632823)
Posted by kirbenvost on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:21pm CST

Hmm, cool I actually like it. Fortunately not enough to want it, because I'll never be able to get these botcon figs.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632835)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:37pm CST

Prime was a big whopping "Meh" for me, but this is absolute badassery! Too bad I'm not going and can't afford it on the secondary market. But *shrugs* at least I have my complete set of Classics Seekers

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632836)
Posted by Wheeljack35 on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:38pm CST

Oh please...

Thats Goldbugs head allright but on Hot Shots body?

Why didn't they just use classics Bumblebee instead?

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632840)
Posted by First Gen on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:41pm CST

Blue head just is NOT working for this piece.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632842)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:42pm CST

Makes me glad I am passing on this set.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632844)
Posted by Agent 007 on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:45pm CST

Wow that's pretty good. He looks better than prime

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632850)
Posted by GetterDragun on February 15th, 2008 @ 4:56pm CST

Skowl wrote:Ugh, that head just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the body.

It's not supposed too.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632853)
Posted by Jaz-Zen on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:00pm CST

I'm sorry, but that is awesome. I love it. Of course, black and yellow usually ARE awesome.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632868)
Posted by Prime Evil on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:31pm CST

Do you people not read news? I don't know how everyone thinks that Goldbug was gonna be used with the Cls BB mold. This has been stated on other sites as well. Not only that, but I'm glad that they didn't use the same mold that they have already used last year. Each years set should be different from the previous year. We have a 4 lines to go through in A/E/C and Cls. Hopefully, they'll avoid a good part of Armada...

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632872)
Posted by Autobot032 on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:37pm CST

STEEEEERIKE TOOOOOOO!!!!

Prime was bad, worse than this.
Still, this isn't one of BotCon's better figures.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632882)
Posted by Tigertrack on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:47pm CST

Looking at the chest--it looks like an ant's head: yellow mandibles, black eyes, and silver 'cheeks'.

Purposely done? Happy accident? Or is it the wine I am drinking?

*EDIT: I am quite happy that the rumor of Cyb Hot Shot used as the mold is true. It is much better than the Classics BBee mold, and is different like the original G1 BB is a different mold than the G1 Goldbug!

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632887)
Posted by Solrac333 on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:50pm CST

Vehicle mode looks better than the robot mode. I think.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632891)
Posted by prowl13f on February 15th, 2008 @ 5:54pm CST

Great idea gone bad. Prime was too femine colored to look anybit EVIL. And Goldbug, I mean that's awesome that they're using the Goldbug name/character, but it doesn't look Decepticon enough...or is that Autobot enough?

But maybe the rest will shock and awe us.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632920)
Posted by Blurrz on February 15th, 2008 @ 6:39pm CST

Damn.. that looks sweet. And it's Animated Style too.!

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632936)
Posted by Thunder_breaker on February 15th, 2008 @ 6:58pm CST

You guys are PRICKS! Whining because he has his G1 head! Seriously! This is how he looked! You act like they owe you something, but they don't! Botcon is a gift that a lot of great franchises don't even get and you have the nerve to complain! That toy is awesome! I so wanna go this year but i can't! It makes me sick to hear you all whining!

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632945)
Posted by Counterpunch on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:03pm CST

This figure rates as "Hot Sex" on the coolness gauge.

The blue head and details were genius.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632963)
Posted by Autobot032 on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:12pm CST

Thunder_breaker wrote:You guys are PRICKS! Whining because he has his G1 head! Seriously! This is how he looked! You act like they owe you something, but they don't! Botcon is a gift that a lot of great franchises don't even get and you have the nerve to complain! That toy is awesome! I so wanna go this year but i can't! It makes me sick to hear you all whining!

Thank you. Thank you for giving me a reason to report you.

Don't call us pricks, don't call us whiners. We're entitled to our opinions, just like you, difference is...we don't try and use our opinions so they offend others. (which you seem to enjoy)

Take some of your own advice and quit whining.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632966)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:14pm CST

Counterpunch wrote:This figure rates as "Hot Sex" on the coolness gauge.

The blue head and details were genius.

Truth incarnate.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632970)
Posted by OptitronPrime on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:16pm CST

I like it and I'm glad there's no stupid battle damage like o Prime. Hopefully Jazz turns out cool

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632975)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:21pm CST

Somewhat unrelated topic, if Takara had done the same for Orion Pax, you know, slightly remolded Blurr's haed and stuck in in Kup's body, now that would have been a near accurate replica.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (632976)
Posted by --B-- on February 15th, 2008 @ 7:25pm CST

It's nice, just not hundreds of dollars nice.

I for one like the blue, but to each their own.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633001)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on February 15th, 2008 @ 8:10pm CST

Thunder_breaker wrote:You guys are PRICKS! Whining because he has his G1 head! Seriously! This is how he looked! You act like they owe you something, but they don't! Botcon is a gift that a lot of great franchises don't even get and you have the nerve to complain! That toy is awesome! I so wanna go this year but i can't! It makes me sick to hear you all whining!

Name calling is not cool around here.
We are entitled to our opinions and if we do not like it we can express them without forcing them on others.

Again IMHO I think he looks like ass and it makes me glad I did not purchase an Iacon set this year (last years was so far superior IMHO)..

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633006)
Posted by Wheeljack35 on February 15th, 2008 @ 8:23pm CST

Thunder_breaker wrote:You guys are PRICKS! Whining because he has his G1 head! Seriously! This is how he looked! You act like they owe you something, but they don't! Botcon is a gift that a lot of great franchises don't even get and you have the nerve to complain! That toy is awesome! I so wanna go this year but i can't! It makes me sick to hear you all whining!

I like the head its very G1ish but it doesn't go with that body

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633022)
Posted by Relic Dinobot on February 15th, 2008 @ 8:54pm CST

Head's a shade or two to bright a blue but otherwise I'm really impressed. I think I'm almost jealous of the people getting this set now. Can't wait to see Jazz and Grimlock now.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633032)
Posted by TFBuyer on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:09pm CST

Cyber Bishop wrote:Again IMHO I think he looks like ass and it makes me glad I did not purchase an Iacon set this year (last years was so far superior IMHO)..

Well, it makes me feel better to have the site admin on my side...I was starting to think I couldn't post around here in these threads...

It's a neat idea, and maybe it will grow on me, and this is completely moot now that Iacon packages are gone for non-attendees....but I'm just not feeling this set. Glad so many others seem to be enjoying it, though. Maybe if I like one of the future pieces I can pick one up off a member...

It still gets me that packages are sold out with only 2 figures being shown so far... :???:

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633035)
Posted by TheMuffin on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:15pm CST

I'm starting to worry that they'll run out of boxsets before I can register on Wednesday.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633066)
Posted by Autobot Snake Eyes on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:47pm CST

That looks pretty sweet.

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633069)
Posted by Firebird on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:53pm CST

Goldbug looks better than I thought he would.

I can't wait to get my boxset!

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633070)
Posted by MagnusPrimal on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:57pm CST

I'm not going to botcon, and I don't like exclusives, but so far, I like this set. Not thrilled with the colors on Prime, but it's a good mold, and Goldbug looks great!
This is shaping up to be a nice set, especially when you consider the convention-only figures (even though, I guess technically they're not part of the set).

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633071)
Posted by UltraPrimal on February 15th, 2008 @ 9:59pm CST

Goldbug looks pretty badass. I agree that he does look an ALOT like Stealth BB. He's even got the AllSpark blue. Which kind of sucks since there are 2 figures, although different molds, are very similar in color scheme and character. It kind of ruins the exclusivity. The blue head was jarring to me at first, but it's starting grow on me. He sure has alot of black on him. More black than gold. Maybe they should call him Blackbug instead.

I see they have a pic of Prime in vehical mode up now too. It almost saves the figure for me. Still pissed that we got this and ComicCon got Nemesis Prime. :-x

I like the motto. "Till All Are Gone." They just squeeze the G in there. Funny how I never thought of that. They'll probably explain in the comic why Prime is so heavily damaged and Goldbug looks like new. Maybe he's ultimately defeated in a big brawl like the Battle of Autobot City. :-?

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633095)
Posted by imotron on February 15th, 2008 @ 10:28pm CST

One of the biggest complains will be eBay prices for those unlucky ones :sad:

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633123)
Posted by Bugbite on February 15th, 2008 @ 10:44pm CST

I like Goldbug, but not enough to buy the set. I'm glad I decided to skip this set (and have cash to buy a Takara Starscream and Astrotrain plus all of the Classics 2.0 and a SDCC Nemesis Prime) to everyone that bought the set, hope you like it. But it's nowhere near as good as last years.

P.S. Prime is really bothering me, it's such a bad paint job on a great mold.

(sorry for the extra rant but he's the ugliest figure I've seen in a long time)

Re: BotCon GoldBug Revealed! (633553)
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on February 16th, 2008 @ 10:54am CST

I don't see why everybody is making such a big deal about the blue head. Go look at G1 Goldbug. If you don't think it looks good on this body, well, that is your opinion. The only thing that bothers me is the size of those bulging red eyes. Blue head doesn't bother me one bit.

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