New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots

Sunday, June 28th, 2015 4:33PM CDT

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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

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Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704046)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 28th, 2015 @ 4:38pm CDT

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

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704051)
Posted by Mkall on June 28th, 2015 @ 4:46pm CDT

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

...until Botcon 2015

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704053)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 28th, 2015 @ 4:50pm CDT

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

...until Botcon 2015

They just all look so nice :-x

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704094)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 28th, 2015 @ 6:53pm CDT

Fantastic toys, aren't they?

Ryan, if you own or ever plan to get the original Diaclone figures that these pilots and the Storm Rider drone are based on, and want to later update the galleries with comparison pics, here's a chart with all of them plus the others that all the Diaclone homage toys from this year were based on:

Source: https://twitter.com/p2099/status/611777982454087680

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704100)
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 7:23pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:Curse this set and it's over-priced-ness

I know...

At first all I wanted (well, needed) was the yellow/green SG Waspinator. But the preview of this gallery and the full one convinced me how much love they put into these Wasps. I want them all. But DAMN that price :-(

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704111)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 28th, 2015 @ 7:41pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Curse this set and it's over-priced-ness
I know...

At first all I wanted (well, needed) was the yellow/green SG Waspinator. But the preview of this gallery and the full one convinced me how much love they put into these Wasps. I want them all. But DAMN that price

Yeah, I would say for 8 figures, it's worth it, but unless they swapped the stupid-cheap rubber for something that doesn't make me want to burn the mini-waspies, I will be saving my money for CW wave 3 (whenever HTS gets them instock :-x

)

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704130)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 28th, 2015 @ 9:15pm CDT

THAT is a terrifying swarm of angry rainbow Waspinators!

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704133)
Posted by megatronus on June 28th, 2015 @ 9:30pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:THAT is a terrifying swarm of angry rainbow Waspinators!

Pride!

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704137)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 28th, 2015 @ 9:46pm CDT

megatronus wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:THAT is a terrifying swarm of angry rainbow Waspinators!

Pride!

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704162)
Posted by Seibertron on June 28th, 2015 @ 11:01pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Fantastic toys, aren't they?

Ryan, if you own or ever plan to get the original Diaclone figures that these pilots and the Storm Rider drone are based on, and want to later update the galleries with comparison pics, here's a chart with all of them plus the others that all the Diaclone homage toys from this year were based on:

Source: https://twitter.com/p2099/status/611777982454087680

I don't have much interest in chasing down Diaclones for the sake of doing comparisons for these guys. If I found some for a steal, maybe, but I'd really rather finish my Takara G1 collection first.

What I am interested in knowing is where I can find out if the Reflector pilot is actually called Spy-Eye (as in the Go-Bot, which I read elsewhere on our forums) and if the Diaclone pilot which it homages is a good guy or a Waruder and who the original pilot it homages is.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704167)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 28th, 2015 @ 11:15pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:What I am interested in knowing is where I can find out if the Reflector pilot is actually called Spy-Eye (as in the Go-Bot, which I read elsewhere on our forums) and if the Diaclone pilot which it homages is a good guy or a Waruder and who the original pilot it homages is.

On the first page that Burn Out and Lift-Ticket appear in the comic, Lift-Ticket is holding the red Reflector in camera mode and refers to it as "Spy-Eye". I'd give the page number, but the comic lacks page numbers and I wouldn't know which page to consider "Page 1" (the cover, the inside cover, or the next page with the story's beginning).

Lift-Ticket's line of dialogue reads "Hrm, the signals that are being detected by Spy-Eye... without a doubt."

Sadly, the little guy doesn't seem to appear on any other page in the comic.

As for whether the name is a reference to the GoBot, or what the nature of the Diaclone toy it homages is, I know not, but can keep looking into it.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704173)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 28th, 2015 @ 11:55pm CDT

Well, looks like finding out what Diaclone toy Spy-Eye is based on was easier than I thought. It's the Powered Suit, a biosuit that the little (good guy) Diaclone pilot figures could be put into and wear.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704184)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 29th, 2015 @ 1:23am CDT

anybody else catch how the pilots are named after the Dreadnoks? kinda noticed as i was looking at the gallery titles

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704224)
Posted by megatronus on June 29th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT

It always tickles me to see just how deeply Transformers were influenced by mecha.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704267)
Posted by Rated X on June 29th, 2015 @ 11:42am CDT

Is the price really that bad ? Its 4 figures. Split the price in 4 and they come out to $42.50 each plus shipping. Pretty good for an exclusive compared to millions publishing or Tokyo toy fair exclusives prices.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704278)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 29th, 2015 @ 12:05pm CDT

I mean, you can say 4x the price of a deluxe, for a deluxe and a rubber piece of crap is a good deal - as compared to more outlandish figures' prices; but to everyone on even the most lax budget, it's a rather horrendous price >:oP

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704313)
Posted by megatronus on June 29th, 2015 @ 1:23pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:I mean, you can say 4x the price of a deluxe, for a deluxe and a rubber piece of crap is a good deal - as compared to more outlandish figures' prices; but to everyone on even the most lax budget, it's a rather horrendous price

So don't buy it. These are limited exclusives, and are priced accordingly. I sympathize with those who are priced out of instant gratification, but I don't see the point in constantly bellyaching about it.

These will most likely lower in price/value as time goes on. Patience.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704512)
Posted by Va'al on June 30th, 2015 @ 1:16am CDT

We continue here at Seibertron.com to bring you galleries from the 2015 edition of BotCon, as we delve into the smaller world of Kre-O - and the Earth's Most Wanted set from the event! Acting as a counterpart to the Cybertron Most Wanted full figure boxset, this souvenir set includes Kreons for Nightbird, Autobot Spike, Dr Arkeville, Robot Master, Sentinel Prime and Headmaster, gathered from different fictions and continuities of the Transformers franchise. Check out some previews below, and click on any of the images for the full galleries!

BotCon Exclusives Nightbird

BotCon Exclusives Autobot Spike

BotCon Exclusives Dr. Arkeville

BotCon Exclusives Robot Master

BotCon Exclusives Sentinel Prime

BotCon Exclusives Headmaster

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704513)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 30th, 2015 @ 1:19am CDT

Man, the paint/tampo work on these kreons is just terrible.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704536)
Posted by zwann on June 30th, 2015 @ 4:33am CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Man, the paint/tampo work on these kreons is just terrible.

Agreed on that. That's just the major turnoff for me with the Kreons. Their paint apps tampograph are just so poorly done and aligned. This here, looks like somebody designed them with a frickin Sharpie pen.

Hasbro should really QC these Kreon. The best tampo I ever had with Kreons was Jarugar from series 8 i think. That was superb. Colors are nice, well aligned and sharp. That proves they could do it.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704571)
Posted by Shuttershock on June 30th, 2015 @ 7:48am CDT

My my, first G.B. Blackrock now Donny Finkleburg? What's next, Buster Witwicky?

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704580)
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 30th, 2015 @ 8:26am CDT

These are really... yikes. The actual designs look rather primitive with how reliant they are on straight lines, then the printing itself has a bunch of errors like smudging, chipping, and not fully covering a surface.

Seriously, just compare them to THIS:

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704600)
Posted by Lockdownhunter on June 30th, 2015 @ 9:25am CDT

The paint.................

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704679)
Posted by Seibertron on June 30th, 2015 @ 1:12pm CDT

Aside from the yellow paint for Nightbird's eyes and a few other minor flaws on the rest of these guys, I don't see all of the major flaws that are deserving of the comments above. With macro photography, the flaws in all Transformers toys paint jobs is brought into extreme focus. It is the bane of my existence as I try to find as near perfect specimens of each toy to photograph. The smallest flaws on these toys are brought out unfortunately by my up close and personal photography. The flaws aren't nearly as noticeable when held in hand versus under my camera lens.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704691)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 30th, 2015 @ 2:05pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:Aside from the yellow paint for Nightbird's eyes and a few other minor flaws on the rest of these guys, I don't see all of the major flaws that are deserving of the comments above. With macro photography, the flaws in all Transformers toys paint jobs is brought into extreme focus. It is the bane of my existence as I try to find as near perfect specimens of each toy to photograph. The smallest flaws on these toys are brought out unfortunately by my up close and personal photography. The flaws aren't nearly as noticeable when held in hand versus under my camera lens.

Yeah, because all the other kreons you've photographed looked like crap. Oh wait, they looked fine, and the botcon kreons look like crap. Not even the past 2 years sets looked this bad. So this was either a QC issue which still further reinforces the rumor the club doesn't pay for it despite what they say. Or they gave up on this set. Either way, you don't have to rationalize the clubs mistakes, I know you want to be closer, but still.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704693)
Posted by Seibertron on June 30th, 2015 @ 2:18pm CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Aside from the yellow paint for Nightbird's eyes and a few other minor flaws on the rest of these guys, I don't see all of the major flaws that are deserving of the comments above. With macro photography, the flaws in all Transformers toys paint jobs is brought into extreme focus. It is the bane of my existence as I try to find as near perfect specimens of each toy to photograph. The smallest flaws on these toys are brought out unfortunately by my up close and personal photography. The flaws aren't nearly as noticeable when held in hand versus under my camera lens.

Yeah, because all the other kreons you've photographed looked like crap. Oh wait, they looked fine, and the botcon kreons look like crap. Not even the past 2 years sets looked this bad. So this was either a QC issue which still further reinforces the rumor the club doesn't pay for it despite what they say. Or they gave up on this set. Either way, you don't have to rationalize the clubs mistakes, I know you want to be closer, but still.

I'm sure you meant well with your statement but please don't pull that card on me again. I do not deserve that.

In addition, you haven't seen enough photographs of mine of the Kre-o line to know whether or not the rest look just as flawed or not since I only photographed the first wave or two of products 3 years ago. I haven't photographed any of the Microchangers since the preview wave.

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.ph ... type=exact

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704754)
Posted by DeadCaL on June 30th, 2015 @ 4:16pm CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:

Why sir, is that a bat'leth attached to your head?

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1704755)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 30th, 2015 @ 4:18pm CDT

DeadCaL wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:

Why sir, is that a bat'leth attached to your head?

It indeed is. Not surprising since Kre-O covers not only Transformers, but Battleship, G.I. Joe and Star Trek as well

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705341)
Posted by Va'al on July 2nd, 2015 @ 4:54am CDT

The latest offering in the Seibertron.com galleries in the post-BotCon 2015 weeks features some more Diaclone homages in the shape of Burn-Out and Lift-Ticket, and their pilots. These two figures are the previously 'leaked', so to speak', redecos of Generations Skids and Hoist, the former featuring a black paintjob, and the latter sporting a full red makeover - and the pilots, Dia and Cline, are repurposed from the Targetmasters that came with deluxe Scoop, Holepunch and Caliburst.

Check out a preview from the new galleries below, and click on any of the images to access the full works!

BotCon Exclusives Dia Pilot

BotCon Exclusives Cline Pilot

BotCon Exclusives Lift-Ticket

BotCon Exclusives Burn Out

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705351)
Posted by RhA on July 2nd, 2015 @ 5:54am CDT

Lift-ticket. He's a wrecker and HE'S GOT A HOOK.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705352)
Posted by Va'al on July 2nd, 2015 @ 5:59am CDT

RhA wrote:Lift-ticket. He's a wrecker and HE'S GOT A HOOK.

That's an elevator (BrEng='lift') pitch if I ever heard one.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705362)
Posted by steve2275 on July 2nd, 2015 @ 7:09am CDT

hoist and trailbreaker fan he must be

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705402)
Posted by Rated X on July 2nd, 2015 @ 8:42am CDT

I cant wait for mine to arrive. I ordered em from the club finally. I also bought an extra X2 add on kit for lift ticket. Sure the gun is a brighter yellow but who gives a crap? I love diaclone homages. Somebody needs to do a black ironhide and blue trailbreaker. I heard the club is done with diaclone now, no future plans for it. Maybe e-hobby can get the ball rolling ?

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705403)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 2nd, 2015 @ 8:42am CDT

I do like the colors for those molds. it works nicely!

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705420)
Posted by jogunwarrior on July 2nd, 2015 @ 9:05am CDT

Love the black Skids

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705423)
Posted by ScottyP on July 2nd, 2015 @ 9:09am CDT

Seibertron wrote:With macro photography, the flaws in all Transformers toys paint jobs is brought into extreme focus.

A little late to the party, but this, all the way.

Exhibit "The only example I'm posting right now":

Man, look at that running silver paint on his chest, the nick in the red around the Minicon port, the messy gate mark on the right arm, the small chips and inconsistently masked red on the front of the boat, and the tarnish on the metal assembly pin.

Except then get it in hand and it looks flawless. My camera isn't even nearly as nice as Ryan's (I've seen it, and mine, albeit a DSLR as well, is like a Fischer Price My First Camera next to it). I can only imagine how bad Kreons would look if I did it, whether they came from the club or from retail.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705426)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2015 @ 9:12am CDT

What's more is that Burn Out is (piloted by) a female.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705431)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 2nd, 2015 @ 9:15am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:What's more is that Burn Out is (piloted by) a female.

Very interesting and cool point

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705447)
Posted by ScottyP on July 2nd, 2015 @ 9:27am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:What's more is that Burn Out is (piloted by) a female.

I finally got my box set yesterday and read the comic. Fun little book, and she looks very Samus-like in that panel about 2-3 pages from the end where she's holding her helmet off to the side. I dug it.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705491)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 2nd, 2015 @ 10:33am CDT

RhA wrote:Lift-ticket. He's a wrecker and HE'S GOT A HOOK.

"Wrecker" is often associated with tow-trucks like this in Japan. In fact, the Diaclone is called "4WD Wrecker Type" and RiD 2001 Tow-Line is called "Wrecker Hook" in Car Robots. It's more in the sense carrying off wrecks rather than actually causing them.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1705651)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2015 @ 6:58pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RhA wrote:Lift-ticket. He's a wrecker and HE'S GOT A HOOK.

"Wrecker" is often associated with tow-trucks like this in Japan. In fact, the Diaclone is called "4WD Wrecker Type" and RiD 2001 Tow-Line is called "Wrecker Hook" in Car Robots. It's more in the sense carrying off wrecks rather than actually causing them.

Funnily enough, "Wrecker Hook" is also the name of one of Tow-Line's main attacks in the RiD 2001 dub.

And the dub kinda went a little overboard with this attack name since he called it out just about every time he used his hook in his debut episode, when he only called it out once in the Car Robots version of the episode (during the fight at the episode's end).

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1707328)
Posted by Va'al on July 8th, 2015 @ 5:59pm CDT

Our second offering for the day, in terms of Seibertron.com exclusive photo galleries, is another haul from BotCon 2015, and another homage to the Diaclone line that preceded Transformers: General Optimus Prime and Sgt Hound!

The two figures sport some heavy military decos, with Generations Roadbuster now in camo green and Scoop in white and grey (plus a new head too), while still keeping the two Targetmaster minicons. Check them all in the image selection below, and click on any of them to access the full galleries for each!

BotCon Exclusives General Optimus Prime

BotCon Exclusives Sgt Hound

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1707347)
Posted by Mkall on July 8th, 2015 @ 6:50pm CDT

I think that these two are my most favourite of this year's exclusives.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1707391)
Posted by Tigertrack on July 8th, 2015 @ 8:52pm CDT

I like them, but I think Zaptrap and Lift Ticket and Burnout are mine favs.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1711768)
Posted by Seibertron on July 21st, 2015 @ 1:19pm CDT

This topic has been moved to our new Transformers Collectors' Club and BotCon Forum which you can find at the following link: transformers-collectors-club-and-botcon-forum-f235.php

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1712424)
Posted by Flux Convoy on July 23rd, 2015 @ 11:53am CDT

Sergeant W.A.L.T. is an instant win for me. I enjoy the nods to fans. Especially when the fan is a friend.

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1714751)
Posted by Va'al on July 31st, 2015 @ 8:20am CDT

Following yesterday's news from the Transformers Collectors' Club about their crossover G.I. Joe sets of Afterbreaker and Marissa Faireborn, and Old Snake with Stealth B.A.T. from earlier this year being available in their store, Seibertron.com is proud to present a browsing opportunity for those of you uncertain whether these are figures you want in your collection!

The galleries, accessed by clicking on any of the images, show the characters in a variety of poses and display options, including the retro-style packaging, and offer comparisons with previous G.I. Joe and Transformers themed crossovers. Take a look below!

Convention & Club Exclusives Old Snake

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

Convention & Club Exclusives Marissa Faireborn

Convention & Club Exclusives Afterbreaker

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1714817)
Posted by Seibertron on July 31st, 2015 @ 11:56am CDT

That group shot of all of the GI Joe vs Transformers toys from the past 3 or 4 years took quite a while to setup, plus required an extra trip to my warehouse to collect all of those figures. The shot turned out nice! Interesting seeing all of those toys together, even if fictionally it doesn't really make sense. Even Combiner Wars Viper made an appearance! I thought about tossing the horrid Titanium Megatron in there, but since he's Cobra related through the bio only (and because the toy is one of the worst Transformers toys ever), I decided to omit him.

I really wanted to do a shot with the G1 and/or Generations versions of Old Snake with Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, Springer and Arcee (Generations version would have to do double duty), but decided it would be best to save that for when we get the full set of upcoming toys from "Only Human".

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1714839)
Posted by cloudballoon on July 31st, 2015 @ 1:26pm CDT

Great photos as always, and this gallery is just a ton of fun to go through, thanks for the effort!

Re: New Galleries: BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Drones and Pilots (1714866)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on July 31st, 2015 @ 3:18pm CDT

Indeed, great galleries. Thanks for doing them.

If I wasn't convinced to buy them before, this would do it. :APPLAUSE: