Botcon 2007 Exclusive BugBite Revealed

(*obligatory redundant Botcon seekers argument here*)

oh, wait.

Who wants to bet this guy comes screaming out of the Botcon set commanding a hefty $15-20 price tag wherever he goes? $10? Maybe?

I was really hoping for a purple helmet and remolded face. Without either, this guy bores me.

EDIT: I don't know about anybody else, but when I look at Bugbite, I hear the "One of these kids is not like the others" song from Sesame Street.

Front paged and credited!

I seen this one coming, I just didn't think it would look this good!

I think this is the only one of the set I actually care for, mainly because it's not a character we've seen done to death like the seeker repaints.

Love the purple decals!

i´m starting to think the best Botcon exclusies were the Beast Machines and Beast War ones

Well it turned out better than I would've figured. At least it's not a solid white figure. Still not who I would've chosen to command the Strongest of the Decepticons, though his quote suggests some sort of mind control is at play.

it's not bad, but I was hoping it wasn't this obvious. Now is Dreadwind going to be another seeker or jetfire?? I thought seeker before but now my money is on Jetfire!

Predictable, albeit, but it is a nice exclusive. I was thinking it was going to be just plain white, but the tribal symbols are a really nice touch.

Those ricer lines turn me off. Not digging them.

I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

I happen to like it. Alot of long time collectors knew that when the Botcon registration form said Bugbite as one of the characters it would be a Bumblebee repaint. This being no suprise he looks really cool in my book.

I'm on the Dreadwing/Dreadwind = Jetfire bandwagon myself. It would certainly fit appropriately with the Decepticon airforce and rumor of one of the exclusives being a voyager size figure.

If Dreadwing is the Jetfire mold then that might make it up to some people for the absolutely crappy distribution of Jetfire. Of course I have Jetfire so that would be sinply a bonus for me!

Anyways Bubite looks awesome in my book!

One reprolabel Decepticon insignia on the roof and he will be set!

CyberTooth wrote:I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

Grimlock, Mirage, Hotrod, Astrotrain & Megs have not gotten the repaint treatment yet (Assuming Dreadwing is the Jetfire mold). So the question is will any of those figures be the mystery figure(s)? Or will folks lucky enough to be able to go get treated to a real suprise and end up with Classics Sunstorm?

Ultra Prime wrote:

CyberTooth wrote:I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

Grimlock, Mirage, Hotrod, Astrotrain & Megs have not gotten the repaint treatment yet (Assuming Dreadwing is the Jetfire mold). So the question is will any of those figures be the mystery figure(s)? Or will folks lucky enough to be able to go get treated to a real suprise and end up with Classics Sunstorm?

How would sunstorm be counted as a treat?
He's not even a real charecter.

lol. That might be one of the most horrible looking figures I've ever seen.

I have already made my feelings clear on the potential existence of a Botcon Sunstorm and what I will do to everyone involved in its production, so I'll not repeat it here.

Bugbite looks excellent! He's the first one of the bunch I'm tempted to keep. Fear the evil hatchback!

-Nick

Not suprised and not interested.

Pearl white?

Interesting...

So many great characters out there and everyone wants Sunstorms and Nemesis Primes.

I had my own train of thought but it died when I ran outta molds. Nothing new I suspect.

Prime-Motormaster
Mirage-Dragstrip
Hotrod-Breakdown
But as I said, I ran dry at Deadend and Wildrider.
And besides, if they don't combine they really lose their charm.

Caelus wrote:(The) rest of the body should be the same color as the head.

It looks like his body is molded in white, but his head in another color and then white paint applied.

I am slightly disapointed in this. Atleast the paint job is ok IMHO.

It would have been great if the Wave Crusher was remolded into a weapon, but the color scheme is quite satisfactory, largely due to the use of transparent purple plastic.

I dig it.

Plastic looks cheap, if only because of the horrible choice of colour. The mauve/lavender purple doesnt help at all, although the design itself is not too shabby.
My least favourite of the Botcon molds we have seen, but I am happy to see that he does not have any of Thundercracker's blue paint on him anywhere.

Why not make a REAL cliffjumper instead?

Yeah, I also figured it would be based on Bumblebee's classic mold... but I like it!

Meh. The other Decepticons are going to pick on him.

Still psyched about this set! And there's a certain appeal to the smallest guy being in charge--maybe a Napoleon complex? Anyway, sort of neat to think of this guy hovering in the background while his seekers skirt past him and pelt Autobots with laser fire.

Still cool--still excited!

Can you believe me I was expecting this guy to be a Seeker? XD

did this come as a suprise to anyone. Bumblebee was cool, Cliffjumper was meh, this one sucks. all purple would look cool but not lavender

He would have been better with a weapon in my book, and a cool decepticon symbol. More sinister looking face also. Oh well, I'll eventually get him, and make a weapon for him.

Redimus wrote:

Ultra Prime wrote:

CyberTooth wrote:I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

Grimlock, Mirage, Hotrod, Astrotrain & Megs have not gotten the repaint treatment yet (Assuming Dreadwing is the Jetfire mold). So the question is will any of those figures be the mystery figure(s)? Or will folks lucky enough to be able to go get treated to a real suprise and end up with Classics Sunstorm?

How would sunstorm be counted as a treat?
He's not even a real charecter.

He's not? He was the main villain in some of the Dreamworks comics. He has a slew of toys. And yes, he even has a brief cartoon appearance.

You know, I figured that this would happen. Not the Bumblebee repaint as we all saw that coming, but with the amount of people who got all bent out of shape about the Seekers, Dirge especially not getting remolded wings and how crappy that was, I just knew that the Bumblebee repaint was going to get everyones' love instantaneously.
I'm still going to order an away package, but this has got to be the worst figure I have ever seen. We have pages and pages of how much Dirge sucks because they didn't make 'prper' wings for him, and this load of junk doesn't have a remolded anything, and must be the cheapest look Exclusive figure I've ever seen. I mean, I try not to be as negative as many when repaints and stuff come out and I try to not be so dour about Hasbro and stuff, but considering that somebody found fault with the Botcon Thrust because he had the big Ramjet bombs instead of null rays, I find it hard to believe that this thing with its scribble-y 'paint' job is going to be so well recieved in light of so many people thinking that the Seekers stink for some reason.
Oh well, I like the rest of the set, but this figure blows. Still gonna try an' order me a set though

I like him more than I thought that I would. He's not a character that I'm very interested in, but I thought he was going to just be plain white. He's not incredibly exciting, but not bad.

A very nice job on this years only exclusive that doesn't have me seeing red!

it looks mexicanized

CyberTooth wrote:I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

Considering that comic cover we saw, I don't think we're going to see Classics repainted for the con-exclusive figures. Ultra Magnus (already released) was shown leading a squad of Cybertron-repaints: Springer from C.D.Hotshot, Huffer from Armorhide, and Elita-One from Thunderblast. C-Grimlock and some of the Classics-Minicons were also shown.

I'm shocked...no really, i am


i like it though.

This supposed to be the year of the seekers....it should've been sunstorm instead of the bumblebee mold. What a piece of crap.

God I hope we don't get another damn Sunstorm. Though I'm not a huge fan of the deco on this guy I like the mold and should be interesting to see how they characterize him in the comic. For me its really the characters that make the toys.

Which is why I hate Sunstorm. He's a overpowered character with very little depth to him. Though I do love orange on TFs so he always leaves me enjoying the look of his figures but still hating them.

Awesome

All this figure did was confirm that I did indeed just pay $400 CDN for 3 seekers. Regardless of what they do with the Dreadwind figure, he'll still just be a bigger space-filler than lil' Bugbite is since neither of those characters mean anything to G1 or the Classics as we know them.

It's a shame this wasn't an 'all or nothing' boxset. Having 3 characters that matter with 2 that mean exactly squat is what makes it a hard pill to swallow.

Even though the face doesn't seem like a Decepticon, I still really like it! I'm glad I'm getting this set! Can't to see the rest of the box set and the "extra" exclusives! Maybe we'll get a Megatron painted as Megaplex or something. If they decide to do Galvatron, I hope there's a new head sculpt at the least!

meh. i think the only reason that people will buy the set is for the seekers.

cellshock wrote:All this figure did was confirm that I did indeed just pay $400 CDN for 3 seekers. Regardless of what they do with the Dreadwind figure, he'll still just be a bigger space-filler than lil' Bugbite is since neither of those characters mean anything to G1 or the Classics as we know them.

It's a shame this wasn't an 'all or nothing' boxset. Having 3 characters that matter with 2 that mean exactly squat is what makes it a hard pill to swallow.

Dreadwind is a G1 character though. He didn't appear in the G1 toonof course, but he was in the Marvel comics.

Not going to miss buying Thundercracker and Dirge. In the case of Dirge, the ramjet deco was much better. Really want Thrust but like I've said I can't afford to drop more than $300 for just one figure. I really like the Classics Bumblebee mold and plan on getting the Cliffjumper repaint in a few days. I feel like Xibit got his hands on one of the Bumblebee/Cliffjumper mold though, and took it to Gas or whatever that place is called now to have it pimped out.

Redimus wrote:How would sunstorm be counted as a treat?
He's not even a real charecter.

Is he less real than Bugbite?

Seibertron wrote:

Redimus wrote:

Ultra Prime wrote:

CyberTooth wrote:I would say a Jetfire repaint is likely. There's yet to be 20 buck [retail] figure in the lot.

Now then... which classics molds have they yet to reuse for the "must be there to spend too much money on" exclusives? I suppose they'll most likely be Autobots though to maybe balance things back out.

Grimlock, Mirage, Hotrod, Astrotrain & Megs have not gotten the repaint treatment yet (Assuming Dreadwing is the Jetfire mold). So the question is will any of those figures be the mystery figure(s)? Or will folks lucky enough to be able to go get treated to a real suprise and end up with Classics Sunstorm?

How would sunstorm be counted as a treat?
He's not even a real charecter.

He's not? He was the main villain in some of the Dreamworks comics. He has a slew of toys. And yes, he even has a brief cartoon appearance.

And real enough of a character to everyone else that I hear constsnt cry to have classic figure made for him.

tentagil wrote:

cellshock wrote:All this figure did was confirm that I did indeed just pay $400 CDN for 3 seekers. Regardless of what they do with the Dreadwind figure, he'll still just be a bigger space-filler than lil' Bugbite is since neither of those characters mean anything to G1 or the Classics as we know them.

It's a shame this wasn't an 'all or nothing' boxset. Having 3 characters that matter with 2 that mean exactly squat is what makes it a hard pill to swallow.

Dreadwind is a G1 character though. He didn't appear in the G1 toonof course, but he was in the Marvel comics.

Yeah I know who Dreadwind is - a Decepticon Powermaster jet that combined with Darkwing (or whatever his name was). My point is that he was such a secondary background character compared to the current crop of Classics that his appearance in this boxset is entirely for the sake of filling some space. Fact is that they are reaching with this Jetfire repaint, and Dreadwind happened to be the name they chose for it. Even repainting & slightly remolding Rodimus into Sideswipe or whoever else would have made a lot more sense imo... even though I don't necessarily agree with it. At least that's keeping with some sort of theme, whereas Bugbite & Dreadwind are purely filler for the sake of adding more Cons to the mix.

That's all I meant :)

cellshock wrote:My point is that he was such a secondary background character compared to the current crop of Classics that his appearance in this boxset is entirely for the sake of filling some space.

I disagree about him being "such a secondary character" - Dreadwind wasn't just in the comics, he was in the comics quite a lot. Probably more than Astrotrain. And heck, assuming they only used Classics molds, you know the other possible choices would have been just as obscure.

Nevertheless, he is almost pointless without his drinking buddy Darkwing and I agree he is mostly in there to fill space.