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SDCC 2011: Mattel Exclusives Announced
SDCC 2011: Voltron: Defender of the Universe coming to XBLA and PSN in October
SDCC 2011: LEGO gets both the DC and Marvel licenses
SDCC 2011: Marvel Legends returns with Wave 1 lineup
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony exclusive poster
SDCC 2011: Preview Night Image Dump
SDCC 2011: Venture Bros. go 3 3/4 inch with BifBangPow
SDCC 2011: MOTU Classics 2011 vehicle is the Wind Raider
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Toynami
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – 6 inch Star Wars figures spotted at ThreeA booth
SDCC 2011: IDW Comics making Transformers #81 happen in 2012
SDCC 2011: Amazing Spider-man movie teaser poster
SDCC 2011: Exclusive Star Wars XBox 360 with Kinect bundle
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – MOTU Classics
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Four Horsemen’s FanEx Raven and Outer Space Men
SDCC 2011: Talia Al Ghul confirmed for Batman: Arkham City
SDCC 2011: Drive Red Band Trailer
SDCC 2011: New Batman: Arkham City trailer featuring The Penguin
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Ghostbusters
SDCC 2011: Marvel Announces Day and Date Digital Releases
SDCC 2011: Mortal Kombat Legacy Panel, DLC and final episode
SDCC 2011: Jim Lee talks about DC Universe Online and new DLC
SDCC 2011: Risk gets the MGS Treatment
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony Display and Exclusive Toys
SDCC 2011: Want a 92? TV? Find the Voltron Lions!
SDCC 2011: Speilberg’s Terra Nova Pilot Debut
SDCC 2011: New Info from the Walking Dead Game
SDCC 2011: The Dark Knight Returns And Other DC Animation
SDCC 2011: Last Airbender: Legend of Korra Trailer Released
SDCC 2011: Avengers Concept Art And Teaser Posters
SDCC 2011: Olivia Munn Cosplays as Sailor Moon
SDCC 2011: Haywire official trailer
SDCC 2011: Knights of Badassdom trailer
SDCC 2011: Voltron Force Exclusive Sizzle Reel
SDCC 2011: America’s Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry Kicked Out of Comic-Con for Sexy Æon Flux Cosplay
SDCC 2011: Clips From the Napoleon Dynamite Animated Series
SDCC 2011: Mattel’s Mattypalooza panel
SDCC 2011: Toy Masters movie trailer

There was a table in the Botcon dealer room, to which, I kept going back. They had very reasonable prices on domestic hasbro releases and some third party items that were not outrageous. One of the third party items I kept eyeing were a couple recently released headmaster figures in the likeness of Soundwave and Optimus Prime. Not only did these figures become heads for headmaster-compatible figures, but they also had an alternate mode.

Robot mode. Alternate Mode. Headmaster Mode. But wait, there is more! These figures come with a small plate that allows one to form the head of the other figure’s robot mode. Its a pretty crazy and neat concept, but does it work well?

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When I purchased Top Spin and Twin Twist in the dealer room on Friday, I also noted a bag filled with translucent and clear knock-offs of the Laserbeak and Rumble/Frenzy cassette molds. The bag was labeled five dollars each and contained seven different cassettes. Four Laserbeaks and three Rumbles. I took a mental note of the bag and decided if I was still thinking about it Saturday, I would go back and see if they were still there and sure enough they were. I decided to just pick up the whole bag since they were small and my purchasing has been limited so far.

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I found Trailcutter on a table in the dealer room. He was loose and in a box with about twenty other Trailcutters. He is one of the classics legends figures that I just assumed I’d never find at retail, so when I saw him my interest was definitely piqued.

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The first table I walked up to on Friday had these two figures sitting on it in plastic bags. Top Spin came with his chrome weapon and was marked $3, while Twin Twist included his chrome weapon, instruction booklet and tech spec. Twin Twist was marked $5. Both figures seemed to be in pretty good shape. I picked them both up and handed the dealer exact change.

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This year at Botcon 2011 we tracked down the incomparable Sean Long, star of the Internet, and got him to take some time off from making Transformer videos that only show his hands and asking questions at panels to share a cool story with Ernie, bro.

But wait! Back in 2009 we also got a chance to interview Sean Long, but never used the clip out of laziness! The audio quality is, in a word, shitty. The only person you can really make out is Caren who’s not actually in front of the camera. If only I had a mic port on my camera… Enjoy this blast from the past!

The theme of Botcon 2011 was Transformers Animated and as a huge fan of the series, I made sure I picked up all the convention exclusives. This year’s attendee exclusive was an Animated version of IronFist using the Animated Ironhide/Ratchet mold with a brand new head. IronFist was never in Transformers Animated, but his big claim to fame was his starring role in IDW’s recent Last Stand of the Wreckers comic. I’m sure due to naming rights, most likely with Marvel, the tech spec does not actually use the name IronFist (though the comic book does), it actually uses Fisitron, the pseudonym, under which, IronFist wrote his chronicles of the Wreckers’ adventures.

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I figured that it would be fun to do some mini-reviews on some of the items I picked up at Botcon this year.

Grapple was an interesting item that I picked up mid way through Saturday. My intent was to purchase the Transformers Reveal the Shield (RtS) Solar Storm Grapple. I have a policy of sticking with the American versions for the most part. I am not much of a stickler about variations in color schemes so the cheaper choice has been my traditional choice. The biggest variance between the two version is the United (Japanese) version has an orange head while the RtS (American) release had a black head. The orange head is ‘anime-accurate’, as the kids say these days. It also differentiates him a bit more standing next to Universe Inferno. The RtS version’s black head is actually faithful to the original toy, so that version does have a basis in “reality”.

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