So BotCon had several panels yesteday, so here's a round up

Hasbro Panel

This presentation showed off some of the toys for the Fan Subscription service 3, as well as talking about production problems with Scorponok from this years BotCon set.

Rescue Bots

1. Rescan Dinobot Optimus Prime
2. Rescan Dinobot Bumblebee
3. Rescan Dinobot Blades
4. Dinobot Chase
5. Dinobot Boulder
6. Optimus Primal

Hero Mashers

1. Soundwave
2. Slug (as dinosaur)
3. Electronic Optimus Prime
4. Electronic Grimlock
5. 2-Pack with Bumblebee and Strafe

Kre-o

1. Custom Kreons Strafe, Slug, Grimlock and Scorn
2. Grimlock Unleashed set (out at retail currently)
3. Free TRU promo item Father/Son Building Event June 28th with Optimus and Grimlock
4. Universal Evac 4-Pack with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Evac, and Megatron (Fall 2014)

Age of Extinction

Power Battlers Wave 3.0

1. Grimlock
2. Galvatron
3. Slug
4. Snarl (not in movie)
5. Lockdown

Power Battlers Wave 4.0

1. Vehicon (not in movie, based on the black car from the movie sets)
2. High Octane Bumblebee
3. Junkheap (Waste Management truck)
4. Helicopter Drift

1-Step Changers

1. Galvatron
2. Slug
3. Decepticon Steeljaw (wolf character from movie)
4. High Octane Bumblebee 

1-Step Changers Wave 4.0

1. Strafe
2. Chevy Rally Car "Rollbar" (not in movie)
3. G1 Prowl
4. ROTF Megatron

Age of Extinction Generations

1. Lockdown (with gun face)

Wave 3.0

1. Deluxe Bumblebee
2. Snarl (not in movie), fins separate and combine with his tail)
3. Hot Shot from the Crosshairs mold (designed to look liek Tracks)

Leader 2-Pack

1. Grimlock with Optimus
2. Prime with different deco (fall 2014)
3. Autobots United 5-Pack with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Hound and Drift
4. Breakout Scene 3-Pack: white Optimus Prime (Farmageddon), Rollbar, and Deluxe Crankcase

SDCC Exclusives

1. G1 Dinobots set with Strafe, Grimlock, Slug, and Snarl (Hasbro working on Sludge and Snarl in G1 colours)
2. Matthew Reinhart designed the pop-up set. Unfolds in 1 move.
3. Till All Are One Tour Pack: War was started by break-up of this band. 
4. Tour posters, back stage pass, stickers, and more!

Legends Wave 4.0

1. Nemesis Prime with Spinister
2. Cliffjumper (with new head) with Suppressor

Deluxe Wave 5.0

1. Chromia (new bike mold)
2. Arcee as G1 car

1. Voyager Brainstorm (Headmaster)

2015 Preview

1. All-New Packaging Style specifically for Generations
2. Legends Voyager and Leader itesms include character specific collector cards, deluxe items include full color comic

Legends Wave 1.0

1. Powerglide
2. Thundercracker
3. Windcharger from the Tailgate mold
4. Bombshell

1. Voyager Optimus Prime (not based off an actual truck)

Leader 1.0

1. Megatron Tank looks like his G1 self, G1 cartoon torso, has working rubber treads, sticker sheet, can make Autobot Megatron
2. Armada Megatron (looks like remold from Megatron)

Planning to make more Generations Leader Class

Masterpiece

1. Sideswipe
2. Bluestreak (in Takara colors from original Masterpiece release)

Deluxe not shown ... 16 coming
4 Legends shown, 7 coming

Generations 2015

Theme- Combiners, a silhouette of Superion was shown

So BotCon had several panels yesteday, so here's a round up

Fun Pubs - Transformers Collectors Club Round Table

This presentation showed off some of the toys for the Fan Subscription service 3, as well as talking about production problems with Scorponok from this years BotCon set.

* Generation One Krok from Generations IDW Megatron (sports a new head and comes with Gatoraider, a redeco of the crocodile Arms Micron)

* Generation 2 Starscream from Classics Starscream

* Nacelle from the Classics Seeker mold, this toy has the Starscream head but with Thursts wings and is painted like the original concept toy (red, white, blue)

* Serpent O.R. from Takara's Generations Ratbat (who is G.I. Joe Serpentor homage and an homage to Devils Due Comics' GI Joe vs. the Transformers crossover series)

* Zap with G.B. Blackrock from Generations Bumblebee mold and is an homage to a canceled Block Town toy line that Takara was going to come out with in 1995. Blackrock is a Kreon companion for Zap.

* Tarantulas from the Junkion mold, and will be accompanied by Prime Airachnid's Arms Microns

A seventh mystery figure to be shipped with the sixth and final figure.

Sadly we could not make it over to Botcon again this year, we will be at both Auto Assembly and Roll Out Roll Call here within the UK though, so as we will not be bringing you live coverage ourselves here is a round-up of some articles / image galleries covering the events thus far.

Autobase Aichi - http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-3844.html

TFW2005 Exclusives Figure Display - http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2014-exclusive-figure-display-photos-180427/

Seibertron: Exclusives Image Gallery - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/botcon-2014-pirates-vs-knights-souvenir-exclusive-gallery/30594/

Seibertron: Club Store Image Gallery - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/botcon-2014-coverage-club-store-gallery/30593/

Several new auctions have appeared on eBay for the Botcon 2014 exclusive Flamewar figure. These figure is a redeco of the Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Arcee deluxe figure who's colour schema is based on the Botcon 2005 attendee exclusive.  You can view the images below as well as all of the Botcon images after the jump.

The auction listings can be found Botcon 2014 Flamewar.

Fun Pub have announced, via email, that the non-attendees pack for Botcon 2014 are now sold out.  Below you will find a copy of their announcement

"Non-Attending registrations now sold out. If there are any leftover attending sets we will turn them into non-attending sets (closer to the event) as we must keep those in stock for fans that want to travel to the event.

So, if you don't get a non-attending set now, we will let you know in the future when (if any) additional sets become available."

BotCon has shared with us the following about the guest announcement:

Joining us at BotCon 2014 is the writer behind what has quickly become one of the most celebrated ongoing Transformers comic series of all-time, IDW’s Transformers MTMTE. With that, we are thrilled to announce that British writer JAMES ROBERTS will be our guest this year in Pasadena. He will be on hand all weekend for autographs, panels and hanging with fans from around the world! You won’t want to miss this rare opporutunity to meet James and to discuss his amazing work which has brought a new level of excitement to Transformers comic fiction!

Click the Guests menu link to view his bio and keep checking back as there is so much more news, toy reveals and show information to be announced!

Fun Publications have posted the image of their latest Botcon 2014 figure to be revealed and it is Scorponok!  The toy is a recolour of the Energon Scorponok, decoed up to look like the Generation One figure but with sa special suprise in the form of a brand new Headmaster head! That's right the head is Olin Zarak who is made from the Encore Spike figure that was, of course, released with Fortress Maximus in Japan but with a new face plate to look like Scorponok.  As big fans of G1 Scorponok this toy is now a must buy for us as the colour scheme alone makes it an awesome homage but the new head just finishes it off.

"@BotCon: The first Headmaster in 25 years... Scorponok w/ Olin Zarak #PVK #BotCon2014 http://t.co/uEV7c6vsP8 pic.twitter.com/lsgdMvPimo" sweet!

— Transformers Toys (@transformertoys) April 3, 2014

Botcon have revealed their third exclusive figure from the 2014 convention boxset as Devcon.  Devcon is a retool of the Generations Scourage figure and will be relased as another member of the "Knight" faction.  Devcon is based on the character from the Generation One cartoon episode "The Gambler" and has been a planned exclusive at two previous Botcons, the most recent being in 2005 when he was going to be released as a recolour of Energon Slugslinger when 3H still held the license.  They lost their license and so that incarnation of the toy was never released.  The original Botcon figure was going to be a recolour of the Machine Wars Mirage toy. They toy was also not released but a handpainted mockup, painted by a former Hasbro lead deco painter, was made and photographed for the Botcon website. It use to be owned by the Hartmans but they sold the figure to us back in December 2008 where it has been featured in a toy gallery ever since.

Fub Publication have updated the Botcon website with the second reveal for this years exclusive set. The character is called Ferak, a recolour of the Transformers Universe Cyclonus figure, who comes with his partner Tornada, a recolour of Nightstick. Both are members of the Decepticon Squadron X and join Cannonball as the reveals thus far for the Botcon exclusive.

The Botcon 2014 website has been updated with a placeholder page where the official images of this year set will be revealed confirming that the set will contain 3 "pirates" and 2 "knights".

Botcon have tweeted out the first official image of Cannonball the first figure in the 2014 set.  The toy is a recolour of Transformers Prime Ratchet but with a new head which is based on Cybertron Red Alert who was previous recoloured into Cannonball in a previous years Botcon set

Below is the tweet they sent out.

Before we ask who is the Navigator, let's show you who the Captain of the Star Seekers is! #PVK pic.twitter.com/VaBzlCXIPR

— Transformers: BotCon (@BotCon) February 7, 2014

In an reply to one of the posts the TFCC have confirmed that this will be the only Transformers Prime figure used in the boxset (they replied to another tweet to specifically state boxset meaning that you can expect at least one more Transformers Prime figure in the bagged sets.) but also hinted (so treat it as confirmed) that there will be Classics and Energon figures also used.

The Transformers Collectors Club have revealed that the theme for this years Botcon, Botcon 2014, will be Pirates Vs Knights.

The BotCon 2014 reveals begin this issue! Pirates vs Knights is the theme, and a selection of amazing characters and molds are what fans will get at this years 30th anniversary celebration! Issue 55 will give fans there first look at Cannonball, Captain of the Star Seekers! Stay tuned to BotCon.com for more details!

In addition to the BotCon reveals, we kick off our “Thrilling 30” coverage with two great pieces, an article by Jim Sorenson and an interview with Flint Dille. We also have the Prologue to the 2014 Club story “Alone Together”. The story will focus on Rampage and Transmutate in a whole new way, in a VERY different universe. We think you will all enjoy this brand new take on these classic characters.