Official Images of Transformers: Robots in Disguise One Step Soundwave

william-james88 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:
Having to split the Transfomers area three ways (RID, TR, TLK) certainly can't help.

We now have proof that has absolutely nothing to do with it. If stores wanted to stock the shelves, they could. It's just toy products like any other, all part of a hasbro order. If anyone has doubts, check these pics of consistently stocked shelves from various stores in my area including the latest toys for all 3 lines:

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I must still protest this. There are very few instances where this has proven to be true, and most of them come from Canada or a major city where a TFW guy takes pictures for sightings. There may be proof, but for 90%+ of us, it is no where close to being true

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:
Having to split the Transfomers area three ways (RID, TR, TLK) certainly can't help.

We now have proof that has absolutely nothing to do with it. If stores wanted to stock the shelves, they could. It's just toy products like any other, all part of a hasbro order. If anyone has doubts, check these pics of consistently stocked shelves from various stores in my area including the latest toys for all 3 lines:

brag-or-cry-about-your-retail-transformers-section-t106967s350.php#p1903604

brag-or-cry-about-your-retail-transformers-section-t106967s350.php#p1904234

brag-or-cry-about-your-retail-transformers-section-t106967s350.php#p1904307

I must still protest this. There are very few instances where this has proven to be true, and most of them come from Canada or a major city where a TFW guy takes pictures for sightings. There may be proof, but for 90%+ of us, it is no where close to being true

The question was never whether it would look like this for all of us, it was just whether it could work or not. So all you need is one example to see that it is probable and that the problem does not lie in the fact that its 3 lines occupying one brand's shelf space.

And we dont only have one example, we have an entire north american country with the same stores as the US showing its possible as well as other stores in the US in certain areas. If handling 3 lines was truly impossible, then you would have no examples, let alone all that has been shown. So that means that having to stock 3 lines is not the main factor. Let me ask you people this, were your walmarts and TRUs well stocked when there were only 2 lines? So before the movie line? was everything up to date all the time for those 2 lines? If not, then that means there was mismanagement (or lack of dedicated support) on their part all along and adding a third line does not factor into any distribution woes.

I dont remember anyone in the US saying in january that their stores were well stocked with all of TR wave 3, a time before we had the movie line and only had two lines to deal with. I instead remember heavy frustration and worry that toys might never come or waves might be skipped. So same as usual. Since this was before a third line factored into anything, then that means having 3 lines was not related and is not related. The stores that were well stocked and managed continue to be so and the ones that weren't continue to suck. I have never seen anything to suggest otherwise.

By the way, here are some pictures of the Team Combiners that I picked up. They are both really cool and it is hard to place one over the other; they're both really fun! Also, the yellow on Bee is far less bright in person, it looks much better

There seems to be the impression that stores in my area have trouble selling multiple subbrands at the same time.

For example they'd sell TLK legions but not the RID ones as well.

One of the best aspects of the Robots in Disguise line is it's mission to keep the fan favourite Legion class alive. The latest new Legion class figure, Twinferno, has been found at retail in Singapore at Toysrus. The back tells us he is 7 steps so only 1 step less than the warrior class version. Another good news is that his case comes with a repackage of Groundpounder who was skipped in certain areas of the world. This information comes to us from TFW2005 user darkavenger.

Ooh! I hope he'll be a bit better than the Warrior because I like the idea of a crazy twin-headed dragon samus ship.

one step less than the warrior class. that one step is probably the part where you straighten the wings in vehicle mode. most of the step will practically the exact same. but still, this legion class actually looks neat. might pick it up if it ever show up over here.

bacem wrote:one step less than the warrior class. that one step is probably the part where you straighten the wings in vehicle mode. most of the step will practically the exact same. but still, this legion class actually looks neat. might pick it up if it ever show up over here.

I thought it would be the step with his toes.

What is it with Hasbro putting only one new Character in a wave - sometimes not even repaints but all re-releases and just one single newbie.

It's weird. 2 should be the minimum.

I really hope they do something nice for the UK market like actually release Legion Bisk.

They could have also have made a Legion Thermidor pretty easily too or even a Purple & Green Blurr.

They could show some more effort at least. They claim RID isn't dead yet - but with the final batch of the show being so small I'd be very surprised if they put even as much of a push into winding it up as they did into Predacons Rising.

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I wish Hasbro wasn't being so cheap with their cartoons now - as what I'd actually like is a cartoon based on the unusued content for the cancelled Transformers Universe game (and perhaps the Japanese MMO) that would be a semi-sequel to Prime/RID too but with a return to the TF Prime art style.

One bad thing I have to say about Combiner Force is how they've been packaging the One-Step and Hyperchange figures. The open front is terrible to store and leaves the figure open to damage.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:One bad thing I have to say about Combiner Force is how they've been packaging the One-Step and Hyperchange figures. The open front is terrible to store and leaves the figure open to damage.

Open to theft too.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:One bad thing I have to say about Combiner Force is how they've been packaging the One-Step and Hyperchange figures. The open front is terrible to store and leaves the figure open to damage.

Open to theft too.

Sadly that too.

While Combiner Force Dragbreak, made up of Dragstrip and Wildbreak, from Robots in Disguise has been found at Walmart back in early July, these toys still havent reached anywhere near saturation and many fans have yet to own them or even see them. Well, Scottimus Prime has informed us that he has now found these at Target on Long Island. The other combiner force teams of Shocknado (Shock Drive and Warnado) and Lunar Force Prime Strong have also been found at Toysrus by both Scotty P and Scottimus Prime. So hopefully that means these toys will be reaching you soon. For those unaware of these toys, we have included some reviews of them below the images of these sightings.

They had all 3 of the newest ones in an ASDA I was in recently - the purple guys are very purple. I would have bought them if they'd been under £15.00 but I'm not paying £17.99 for them when they will be all over the online toystores sales in a few weeks (october/november at the latest).

I'm glad they are making a few more though - I'd love to get another dozen of them - the more they make the more useful they get.

I still wish the UK would get it's own tailored refresh warrior wave with all the things we missed out on or got understocked.

Really what is wrong with these people never re-issuing Jazz.

I'd guess it's because they already have a ton of Autobot Cars to sell, and Jazz hasn't shown up in fiction since his original episode.

I think the Lunar Prime repaint is the case mate to these new crash combiners. Here's a thought, what if the Prime/Strongarm set is a pre-tool for a Motormaster/Heatseaker release? Even better, the Stunticon set is redone as Optimus Prime and the Autobots. How about that?

I have Strongarm fatigue.

She's now outstayed her welcome - it would be as bad if they repainted her - or released her with a different weapon or battle mask - but the same one over and over is now boring to me.

I wanted Jazz, Ratchet, Scatterspike, Bisk to break up the monotany of another refresh leading to another re-release of Strongarm & Grimlock (again).

Why not re-release Steeljaw - even Thunderhoof has only been refreshed once. But some of the toys never. Considering Grimlock has been out so many times i've lost count - I don't think it's unreasonable to way - "Hey how about sliding in a Jazz or Bisk for a change".

Besides Grimlock and Strongarm are going to sell slower than a new toy would... at least until they have a sale offer on them.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I think the Lunar Prime repaint is the case mate to these new crash combiners. Here's a thought, what if the Prime/Strongarm set is a pre-tool for a Motormaster/Heatseaker release? Even better, the Stunticon set is redone as Optimus Prime and the Autobots. How about that?

There's no new tooling to Lunar force Prime Strong, it's just different plastic and paint colours.

However it does appear that the Optimus that comes as part of PrimeLock is either a retool or new mold, consider the different combined mode; head, shoulders & waist-plate.

ThunderThruster wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I think the Lunar Prime repaint is the case mate to these new crash combiners. Here's a thought, what if the Prime/Strongarm set is a pre-tool for a Motormaster/Heatseaker release? Even better, the Stunticon set is redone as Optimus Prime and the Autobots. How about that?

There's no new tooling to Lunar force Prime Strong, it's just different plastic and paint colours.

However it does appear that the Optimus that comes as part of PrimeLock is either a retool or new mold, consider the different combined mode; head, shoulders & waist-plate.

I think he's talking about the molds in general, and I don't really see it. Optimus is a long-nose truck, while Motormaster is the cab-over-engine type, and Heatseeker lacks the lightbar. So far retools for Crash Combiners are limited to the robot forms with new heads and chest.

Cannot wait to see Dragbreak.

Course I really cannot wait for Primelock and Saberclaw. I love the simple combining gimmicks.

On that note, Ultra Bee is my favorite RiD figure of the year so far. The warriors have lacked some stuff this year, moving away from the con designs of the past year and a half, and Bee is just so much fun. and the very concept of him is really cool too.

So yes, if you get a combining figure, get Ultra Bee

Lookie what I just found at my local Walmart:

Via fellow Seibertronians Tresob and Bounti76 we have some news on a line of Transformers: Robots in Disguise toys that had yet to make it to US retail: 6 inch mini non-transforming titans of the main Autobot cast! A first wave of these Titan Guardians came out through Market Six two years ago, but Grimlock and Strongarm are an apparent second wave that hadn't made it stateside yet.

Along with them, both users also spotted some Optimus Prime and Bumblebee coin banks - all of which is pictured below from Walgreens stores, check it out!

The figures appear to be about five-six inches tall (give or take...it was hard to scale them). They have minimal paint-apps and arm articulation (but not leg articulation).

Not included in the picture were Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. I don't know what the distribution is, but I saw two Sideswipes and two Grimlocks.

These figures ring up at $6.99 each.

The Titans are about deluxe size, and only included the main Autobot cast. Coin banks were Optimus and Bumblebee only. I included a picture of them all together with a lingering Chromedome so you could get an idea of the size.

Via YouTube user Ancient Robot, we have a look at the commercial ad for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force toyline, featuring the two combiners of Ultra Bee and Menasor - and embedded below for your viewing pleasure! You probably already have the toys by now, too, but here it is.

RAR wrote:What is it with Hasbro putting only one new Character in a wave - sometimes not even repaints but all re-releases and just one single newbie.

It's weird. 2 should be the minimum.

I really hope they do something nice for the UK market like actually release Legion Bisk.

funny you should say that
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/r ... k.1120967/

warrior class Thermidor spotted in Tesco for a tenner(we'll...a penny less)

Starting to hope we get drift in crash combiner form, although he would have been ideal to be the counterpart coming with Grimlock, instead of a third Optimus.

We have a bit of Transformers Robots in Disguise news. Firstly, Walmart.ca has had bios for the newest warrior toys of Thermidor, Bludgeon and Twinferno. We cannot find these on the packaging since the space is occupied by the instructions.

Here are the bios:

Decepticon Bludgeon is a dangerous and masterful warrior. Sharp as a knife on the battlefield, the ferocious samurai uses his mighty swords to pull off the ultimate surprise ambush on the Autobots.

Lobstercon Thermidor will do anything to become the captain of his ship again. Forced to become a regular crewmate, the Decepticon scavenger remains crusty over that freelootin’ Captain Scuttle who pilfered his prized ship from him. Plundering for useful weapons and tech, Thermidor scours the universe, clawing for his next opportunity to take revenge.

As Autobot Twinferno might say, “Great minds think alike”-- at least when it comes to destroying Decepticons. The flying warrior has two minds that barely agree on anything, but that only fuels his fire for demolishing the enemy. When Autobot Twinferno is in dragon mode, he breathes fire from two heads. It’s double the trouble for the Decepticons!

While these latest warrior toys have not been found in the US yet (nor listed anywhere online), they have been found in the UK and are currently on sale at Tesco for £ 9.99.



This came to us from fellow Seibertronian Stuart Maximus who also told us that the latest legion class wave, which includes Blurr, has also been found in the UK.

Happy hunting for fellow UK fans!

"Scuttle" could have been an early name for Clawtrap.

'Lobstercon' is a kind of fraud perpetrated by unscrupulous fishmongers.

I also found this wave at Smyths and Asda. Got them at Asda for nearly £18

So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

ThunderThruster wrote:Starting to hope we get drift in crash combiner form, although he would have been ideal to be the counterpart coming with Grimlock, instead of a third Optimus.

So do I, though Primelock is a pretty sweet name I will give it that.

I saw Twinferno & Bludgeon in ASDA as well - they also had in a whole bunch of other Transformers types they don't usually have - shoved in a corner including The Last Knight Wave 2 *and 1?* (unless it's some sort of refresh)
Everything they had was crazy expensive though so I just bought a Bludgeon.

Who is kinda fun - even if his sword is a bit short.

I really wanna get Bludgeon ever since WJ dropped the idea that he fits into an Animated display well. Makes me want a couple other toys from this line, really...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

But what if they're right and WE'RE wrong?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

But what if they're right and WE'RE wrong?

Not gonna happen

Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

And while this is not 100% confirmed, this is how he will be displayed in my collection:



Hanging around from my light fixtures

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

And while this is not 100% confirmed, this is how he will be displayed in my collection:



Hanging around from my light fixtures

RADICAL!!!

Anyone see these yet?

Found these at a Walgreen's in Menifee, CA tonight.



Transformers Value Figure 6 inch AST



Looks like there's supposed to be a total of six, maybe in two waves. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Steeljaw show up on each other's boxes while Grimlock and Strongarm show up on those boxes.





Also, this Walgreen's has a brand new buy two, get one free promo at the $6.99 price point.

Rysquad wrote:Anyone see these yet?

Yup, just check he previous page transformers-robots-in-disguise-products-combiner-force-and-more-t101922s6975.php#p1907880

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

I am always overjoyed when fans have more fun than what I anticipated, it means I kept the hype down enough for everyone to have the joy of discovering a toy's fun all on their own

It did so well the first time here's another look at Crash Combiners. These are the new figures in Wave 3.

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/chuck-s-reviews-transformers-robots-in-disguise-combiner-force-crash-combiners-part-2-p1912898.php#p1912898

Considering the cartoon is coming to an end, do you think we will still get the Combiner Force Bruticus that was teased?

RustedCross wrote:Considering the cartoon is coming to an end, do you think we will still get the Combiner Force Bruticus that was teased?

Most likely not. The only figures teased that aren't out yet are crash combiners Primelock and Saberclaw, and those were seen once at a show. Heck, the final wave of warriors is out in Canada at least with no tease for new ones. And the final legion figures have yet to show up either.

They've sort of dropped the ball with the last wave or 2 for the line. I'm worried i'll never seen Primelock or Saberclaw, and I really want both

A new listing has appeared on Amazon.com for Transformers Robots in Disguise Legion Class Twinferno! The small figure is actually the second time the character has appeared in the RID line, the first being his Warrior class toy.
While he is currently unavailable at Amazon, the placeholder listing does give us our first look at the stock photography for the figure.
Check out those photos below, and please let us know in the forums below if you spot this toy at retail!

Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'll 2nd that Kurthy. This looks like the better iteration.

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

kurthy wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

Makes sense.

Also, Galvatronus and Dragbreak are available at amazon for retail prices:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... +dragbreak?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... alvatronus?tag=seibertron07-20&