New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure

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eBay seller spx_toys has posted an auction for the upcoming Botcon Dreadwind figure. You can view the original auction here on eBay.com.

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Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139406)
Posted by Nemesis_Apoc on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:22pm CDT

solid. can't wait to get this bad boy in the mail

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139409)
Posted by 1337W422102 on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:22pm CDT

Yuck.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139415)
Posted by Windracer on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:28pm CDT

...Meh?

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139417)
Posted by Skowl on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:29pm CDT

PG-13 joke...

Damn it... Botcon exclusives are like really high-class hookers: the more they're beautiful, the more they're expensive!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139419)
Posted by Tammuz on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:30pm CDT

Yum!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139420)
Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:30pm CDT

Fugly. The mold is already bad to start with, and now they give it a bad deco. Way to go.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139439)
Posted by --B-- on May 28th, 2007 @ 2:52pm CDT

Decent, but not worth the money it would take to get it.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139449)
Posted by Talous on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:01pm CDT

As cool as this one would look on the shelf next to Jetfire it isnt justifying the price. Maybe if I was a lot closer to a con location and not out in the middle of nowhere.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139450)
Posted by 1337W422102 on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:02pm CDT

Skowl wrote:PG-13 joke...

Damn it... Botcon exclusives are like really high-class hookers: the more they're beautiful, the more they're expensive!

By that rationale, this one should be cheaper than Randy's mother.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139455)
Posted by Seibertron on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:08pm CDT

megatroptimus wrote:Fugly. The mold is already bad to start with, and now they give it a bad deco. Way to go.

I think it looks awesome. Great update to a classic character. Will have to pull out the Dreadwind/Darkwing and Buster/Hydra toys in the very near future.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139457)
Posted by Repugnus on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:10pm CDT

Freaking awesome!!!
:grin:

My only complaint is that the shoulders should be green. It would make it more true to the original toy, and also liven up the deco a bit.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139471)
Posted by Nico on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:27pm CDT

A little bland to me...

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139473)
Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:28pm CDT

Nico, t'as oublié comment écrire "JE ME SOUVIENS" dans ton petit drepeau... il manque un S.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139476)
Posted by Tigertrack on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:29pm CDT

Looks great! A nice way to reuse a fantastic mold...

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139484)
Posted by TFBuyer on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:43pm CDT

Anyone else thing that thing could use a Decepticon symbol or two? And is that the rubsign just behind the cockpit?

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139489)
Posted by 1337W422102 on May 28th, 2007 @ 3:48pm CDT

megatroptimus wrote:Nico, t'as oublié comment écrire "JE ME SOUVIENS" dans ton petit drepeau... il manque un S.

Je lui a déjà dit ça, mais il m'a ignoré...

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139500)
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on May 28th, 2007 @ 4:06pm CDT

Not great, not bad either. If this was on a retail shelf I'd skip it and just get Jetfire.

Being part of a Botcon set and storyline makes it a bit more appealing, but not much. I'm actually more excited about the other seekers than this figure, but I still prefer Dreadwing to BugByte.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139530)
Posted by featofstrength on May 28th, 2007 @ 4:40pm CDT

that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139534)
Posted by Robinson on May 28th, 2007 @ 4:48pm CDT

1337W422102 wrote:
megatroptimus wrote:Nico, t'as oublié comment écrire "JE ME SOUVIENS" dans ton petit drepeau... il manque un S.

Je lui a déjà dit ça, mais il m'a ignoré...

Como?

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139600)
Posted by proximus on May 28th, 2007 @ 5:50pm CDT

megatroptimus wrote:Fugly. The mold is already bad to start with, and now they give it a bad deco. Way to go.

Why exactly do you hate the mold so much? I think it's a bang on homage to a classic character (jetfire that is). My only fault with it is his balance. The playability is spectacular.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139610)
Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2007 @ 5:53pm CDT

Oh that's nasty!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139613)
Posted by TheMuffin on May 28th, 2007 @ 5:57pm CDT

I'm sorry but that is just horrible. If it wasn't for nostalgia most others would be saying the same thing. The paint clashes horribly and looks extremely bland.

proximus wrote:My only fault with it is his balance. The playability is spectacular.

Nail on the head. The lack of a pivot on his upper thigh kills the posability of the figure and made me really dislike it. Otherwise I would love it to death and call it the best thing since online porn.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139657)
Posted by Fang Wolf on May 28th, 2007 @ 6:16pm CDT

That's hidious. Realy horrid repaint. Even hasbro has done better.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139671)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on May 28th, 2007 @ 6:26pm CDT

Right now the bid is $60.99..

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139678)
Posted by Skowl on May 28th, 2007 @ 6:30pm CDT

1337W422102 wrote:
megatroptimus wrote:Nico, t'as oublié comment écrire "JE ME SOUVIENS" dans ton petit drepeau... il manque un S.

Je lui a déjà dit ça, mais il m'a ignoré...

C'est parce qu'il n'est pas un vrai francophone...

...pauvre petit

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139690)
Posted by i_amtrunks on May 28th, 2007 @ 6:48pm CDT

The colour scheme works well, but There is not enough of the mint green and purple, and far too much white in alt mode. Robot mode fares much better.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139697)
Posted by Stormrider on May 28th, 2007 @ 6:52pm CDT

The coloring and head mold look great.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139853)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 28th, 2007 @ 8:41pm CDT

if anything they should make a robotech skull leader veritech repaint.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139869)
Posted by Roboto750 on May 28th, 2007 @ 8:54pm CDT

I think it's a great mold and a creative repaint/retool in acurate colors. Can't wait for Botcon!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139885)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on May 28th, 2007 @ 9:03pm CDT

I'm gonna give it a solid BLAHH

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (139909)
Posted by Bugbite on May 28th, 2007 @ 9:18pm CDT

I love the new head!! I think it looks great!

Coincedently, I'm getting the set. Did anyone that was able to get the set not like the figure.

Seriously, I like this figure and can't wait to see it in person.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140115)
Posted by Bonger on May 29th, 2007 @ 1:50am CDT

featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be? :???:

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140130)
Posted by Anonymous on May 29th, 2007 @ 2:45am CDT

Bugbite wrote:I love the new head!! I think it looks great! Coincedently, I'm getting the set. Did anyone that was able to get the set not like the figure.

Seriously, I like this figure and can't wait to see it in person.

I'm getting the set, but he's getting dumped off. I just wanted the seekers.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140166)
Posted by Burn on May 29th, 2007 @ 4:04am CDT

Darryl Kerrigan wrote:Tell 'em they're dreamin'!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140169)
Posted by Leonardo on May 29th, 2007 @ 4:09am CDT

Bonger wrote:
featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be?

I was thinking the same thing.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140176)
Posted by Bonger on May 29th, 2007 @ 4:23am CDT

Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:
featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be?

I was thinking the same thing.

I see the same issue with Bugbite. The original was a Bumblebee repaint. Why would this one be any different? I'd be upset if the colors on either were any different. They may have not been my ideal choice of character to represent with the last batch of Classics. However, given the 2 characters chosen, the figures are a pretty accurate representation.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140215)
Posted by Exulted Unicron on May 29th, 2007 @ 6:28am CDT

I like that...its an awesome redeco of a forgotten figure

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140239)
Posted by Bonger on May 29th, 2007 @ 7:00am CDT

Exulted Unicron wrote:I like that...its an awesome redeco of a forgotten figure

Must be quite the forgotten figure since some people don't seem to know what color scheme him and bugbite are supposed to be. ;-)

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140257)
Posted by Counterpunch on May 29th, 2007 @ 7:18am CDT

Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:
featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be?

I was thinking the same thing.

Why pass up the opportunity for petty complaining?

Seriously, this toy should have been colored black. They should have used black detailing, all black weapons, and transluscent black for the eye piping.

That and they should have taken out all of the gimmicks and just gone with the 1042 standard points of articulation.

Seriously.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140316)
Posted by sparkofchaos on May 29th, 2007 @ 8:44am CDT

eeeew, what a way to ruin the good mold! but i guess there's not much you can do with the colors if dreadwing is what you want. But i think they could have picked a mold that is slimmer in design that might go better with the colors--maybe one of the seekers.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140337)
Posted by Counterpunch on May 29th, 2007 @ 9:18am CDT

sparkofchaos wrote:eeeew, what a way to ruin the good mold! but i guess there's not much you can do with the colors if dreadwing is what you want. But i think they could have picked a mold that is slimmer in design that might go better with the colors--maybe one of the seekers.

exactly!

Absolutely no one would have complained about that.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140338)
Posted by Leonardo on May 29th, 2007 @ 9:20am CDT

sparkofchaos wrote:eeeew, what a way to ruin the good mold! but i guess there's not much you can do with the colors if dreadwing is what you want. But i think they could have picked a mold that is slimmer in design that might go better with the colors--maybe one of the seekers.

I think the last thing this set - nay, this line - needs is another Seeker!

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140395)
Posted by Roboto750 on May 29th, 2007 @ 10:16am CDT

Bonger wrote:
Exulted Unicron wrote:I like that...its an awesome redeco of a forgotten figure

Must be quite the forgotten figure since some people don't seem to know what color scheme him and bugbite are supposed to be. `

Yeah, I've been noticing a lot of this too. It's kind of sad in a way...

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140396)
Posted by TheMuffin on May 29th, 2007 @ 10:17am CDT

Bonger wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:
featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be?

I was thinking the same thing.

I see the same issue with Bugbite. The original was a Bumblebee repaint. Why would this one be any different? I'd be upset if the colors on either were any different. They may have not been my ideal choice of character to represent with the last batch of Classics. However, given the 2 characters chosen, the figures are a pretty accurate representation.

And there lies the problem. If you saw this figure and didn't know it was supposed to be Dreadwind, you would think it looks horrible. It's certainly not visually appealing unless you're color blind...So why pick Dreadwind for the Jetfire repaint? It's not like he's the only G1 character that was some kind of plane type vehicle. And I sure as hell know there were ones that had better colors. That scheme looked fine on the G1 figure, but when translated over to a completely different toy it just looks bad.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140416)
Posted by Dagon on May 29th, 2007 @ 10:41am CDT

Leonardo wrote:
sparkofchaos wrote:eeeew, what a way to ruin the good mold! but i guess there's not much you can do with the colors if dreadwing is what you want. But i think they could have picked a mold that is slimmer in design that might go better with the colors--maybe one of the seekers.

I think the last thing this set - nay, this line - needs is another Seeker!

Leo, that's crazy talk. You can never have enough Seekers.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (140608)
Posted by bionic_radical on May 29th, 2007 @ 1:34pm CDT

Winning bid: US $137.50. tack on the 38.00 shipping bill. $175.50. forget the color scheme, THAT makes me want to puke.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (141267)
Posted by Bugbite on May 29th, 2007 @ 10:27pm CDT

New auction up with more pics.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FTRANSFORMERS-2007-BOTCON-EXCLUSIVE-DREADWIND-FIGURE_W0QQitemZ270125394823QQihZ017QQcategoryZ753QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem%3F

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (141272)
Posted by TheMuffin on May 29th, 2007 @ 10:30pm CDT

Your sig is too large.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (141327)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 29th, 2007 @ 11:47pm CDT

Well instead of looking like Rick Hunters VF-1S it now looks like Ben Dixons VF-1A from the OVA "Do You Remember Love." Glad I was able to score the set.

Re: New pictures of upcoming Botcon DREADWIND figure (141375)
Posted by Doctor Paragon on May 30th, 2007 @ 12:54am CDT

Counterpunch wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:
featofstrength wrote:that color scheme makes me wanna puke.

I saw a couple of similar esponses to the above.

Umm, this confuses me. It is the same color scheme as the original. What gives and what color scheme did you think Dreadwind would be?

I was thinking the same thing.

Why pass up the opportunity for petty complaining?

Seriously, this toy should have been colored black. They should have used black detailing, all black weapons, and transluscent black for the eye piping.

That and they should have taken out all of the gimmicks and just gone with the 1042 standard points of articulation.

Seriously.