Similar, to Shattered Glass Tracks, no real surprises here. We’ve seen Shattered Glass Soundwave on numerous occasions before and he’s always portrayed with this mold. He will not come with his yellow bandana, but it will be available for purchase separately from the club. Logistically speaking regarding the toy’s production, that makes a lot of sense. Speaking from a fan’s perspective, I can guarantee that move will cause a lot of frustration. In a stranger turn of events, the Cold Slither logo appears on Soundwave’s alt mode. Cold Slither is a GI Joe reference. In the old GI Joe show, the Drednoks masqueraded as a rock band called Cold Slither.

 

Botcon just updated with the latest figure reveal for their upcoming exclusive convention set of figures. Shattered Glass Tracks has been revealed. As expected, he uses the Reveal the Shield Tracks mold and features the E-Hobby exclusive Road Rage paint scheme. No real surprises here, but still a nice piece to get confirmation on.

What do you think of the reveal? Let us know in the comments!

 

First review in quite some time. Enjoy!

First a caveat. This figure is really Overlord. Hasbro or the club do not have the rights to call him that, though, so they have given him the name Gigatron instead. He is using the Voyager Bludgeon mold from the NEST Revenge of the Fallen line. It appears that it will look pretty good in tank mode, but it looks really strange for such a powerhouse of a character to be using a samurai styled robot mode. I think the Straxus/Skullgrin mold may have been better suited even the scale would have been too small. The new head looks pretty good to me.

 

Its also relevant to note that this is the first movie line figure to be used as a Botcon exclusive. What do you fans think? Let us know in the comments!

UPDATE: Some newer official images surfaced.

  

Here’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, by David Kaye using the voice of Beast Wars Megatron.

Update: Keep reading to see a fan made animation of Megatron that goes along with these words.

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This news hits a little close to home. A global labor rights group has published a PDF declaring that Jet Fair, a manufacturing company in China, has been running a factory remarkably below standard work conditions. The group that has released the PDF is called the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights. Some of the accusations levied against the Jet Fair factory include, but are not limited to: excessively long work hours, rat-infested and bed bug-ridden dormitories, overly restrictive rules regarding behaviour, sub-standard food, safety violations and poor pay. This particular factory is the location where the new Transformers Prime figures are being assembled.

Hasbro is a company that works very hard to maintain its reputation as responsible corporate citizen and a globally conscience company. This report clearly aims to tarnish that reputation, true or not, and you can expect swift reaction from the company to right it’s course. The report definitely seems to finger Hasbro as the responsible party for this instead of blaming Jet Fair, which seems more than a little unfair.

The PDF laying aim at the Hasbro partner can be seen here: PDF

I was worried these clips would stop coming after the initial launch of the line this summer, but I’m delighted to say a new holiday themeed KREO stop motion clip has been released. Watch it above and let us know what you think of these adorable clips and the KREO construction brand in the comments.

A reminder to all collectors, today is MattyCollector Day for December 2011.

The following items will be on sale on MattyCollector.com at Noon Eastern Standard Time:
MOTUC Demo-Man
MOTUC Wind Raider
MOTUC Battleground Evil-Lyn
DCU Legion of Super Heroes 12 Pack (reissue with burst*)
DCUC Wave 19 Sandman I
DCUC Wave 19 The Atom I
DCUC Wave 19 Modern Kobra
DCUC Wave 19 Hawkman Classic
DCUC Wave 19 Magog
DCUC Wave 19 Star Girl
JLU 3-Pack: Goldface / Evil Star / Kyle Rayner
JLU 3-Pack: Angleman / Firestorm / Killer Frost
JLU 3-Pack: Heatwave / The Flash / Mirror Master
Ghostbusters™ 6″ Vigo with painting (included with 2011 Club Ecto-1 subscriptions)
Ghostbusters™ II 12″ Winston Zeddemore and Peter Venkman Set
Ghostbusters™ II 12″ Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler Set
8″ Guy Gardner
8″ John Stewart
8″ Kyle Rayner
8″ Sinestro