First Transformers Robots in Disguise Kre-o set sighting at Canadian retail

gangster soundwave and starscream... man, that hair. THAT HAIR.

I didn't realize Kre-O designs were outsourced to begin with. Where can I learn more about this topic?

As I mentioned before I'm pretty sure I spotted those at the Wal-Mart out here, but I didn't get a good look at them. I could tell there was a restock but I only had time to check for CW at the time as we were running late, and I'm pretty much sticking to the Kreon packs only. The Battle packs were there as well.

That Bot wrote:I didn't realize Kre-O designs were outsourced to begin with. Where can I learn more about this topic?

If you haven't already this is a good place to start.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/KRE-O

These actually look pretty fun! Why do they get so much flak? They're not taking themselves seriously, why should we?

MaverickPrime wrote:These actually look pretty fun! Why do they get so much flak? They're not taking themselves seriously, why should we?

I dont think they are getting that much flak. I like the quality on these, they do indeed look fun, and they are at a cheaper price point than Lego.

The part that gets me is the Kre-o figure for Underbite. Its like the robot mode if his Robot mode on the show was another robot's beat mode.

MaverickPrime wrote:These actually look pretty fun! Why do they get so much flak? They're not taking themselves seriously, why should we?

Because children's playthings are SERIOUS BUSINESS to certain parts of this fandom.

Due to concern that new or current Kre-o Transformers products won't be released in the United States, but have been showing up elsewhere such as Canada (such as the Kre-o Robots In Disguise products and other products shown at Toy Fair 2015 and NYCC 2014, I asked Hasbro about the current status of the Kre-o Transformers products. Earlier this afternoon, Hasbro provided Seibertron.com with an official statement regarding everyone's favorite building block toys!

Hasbro wrote:As of this moment, there are no plans for the 2015 KRE-O Transformers: Robots in Disguise line, currently available in Canada, to be available for purchase in the U.S. However, we do have some exciting KRE-O special edition items planned for San Diego Comic-Con, and we look forward to sharing details about those soon, as well as more news about the future of the KRE-O brand.

Is that a Kre-O Trypticon??

megatronus wrote:Is that a Kre-O Trypticon??

I'm assuming that's Robots In Disguise Underbite

Seibertron wrote:

megatronus wrote:Is that a Kre-O Trypticon??

I'm assuming that's Robots In Disguise Underbite

If that is from the same set I believe it is, yes that should be Underbite.

Please let it be a sequel set to the Class of '84!!!

Editor wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

megatronus wrote:Is that a Kre-O Trypticon??

I'm assuming that's Robots In Disguise Underbite

If that is from the same set I believe it is, yes that should be Underbite.

Oh that's sad if it where trypticon I buy it on site look forward to see kreo city tranaformer, transformer with cowboy hat and smokestacks.........

Good. Whatever country is getting them can have em lol.

But on a serious note, im sure the reason is based on business. Kreo sales spoke for themselves in the US. Many store shelves kept nice and warm during the height of the kreo outbreak. Kreo figures are too small for little kids, and too dumb for older kids. Its a very bizarro niche market for people who like to collect cute things. Maybe the MLP or hello kitty crowd bought into it. Its the Asian market I guess...

Rated X wrote:Good. Whatever country is getting them can have em lol.

But on a serious note, im sure the reason is based on business. Kreo sales spoke for themselves in the US. Many store shelves kept nice and warm during the height of the kreo outbreak. Kreo figures are too small for little kids, and too dumb for older kids. Its a very bizarro niche market for people who like to collect cute things. Maybe the MLP or hello kitty crowd bought into it. Its the Asian market I guess...

The only response I will give to this is that while it is true that the US currently is not getting the newer Transformers Kreo sets, there have been other sets like everything after the first set of GIJoe Kreo that wasn't made available because it was only set to the States. It's a calculation of return.

I have bought a lot of Kreo, and I certainly is not because they are cute. Yes it is based on Business, and yes these may be niche, but I would think the bigger fact is that they believe they feel they can not compete in the US aisles against the LEGO juggernaut of Avengers, Star Wars and possibly the new Jurassic Park/World series that's coming out then any cute overlying factor.

Still can't believe Hasbro is making newer toys for this line. As so many brick and mortar stores in my area Haven't carried any Kreo products in years.

In my area within a 70 miles driving distance. Noticed all of the Targets, Walmarts, Kmarts and Kohl's. Have stopped carrying Kreo for years.

Only Toysrus brick and mortar stores are carrying a low supply of Kreo toys.

Wondering if Toysrus and some online sites. Offer enough orders to keep the Kreo line from getting canceled.

Remember in the US, that TRU is suppose to have Kre-o as an exclusive.

Since it came out, I have always been underwhelmed by Kreon TF's. I suspect that the main reason was that a non-TF division was making Tf toys (just like the ill-fated Titanium, SW/Marvel Crossover toys, too), but it isn't an excuse.

Takara made some pretty cool "Myclone" TF minifigs several years ago and numerous official and unofficial third party companies have made SD style TF figures and "non-transforming" Tf figures and vehicles sucessfully.

In Japan, aboutr 12 years ago, I saw some great Lego style figures. Each one transformed into a robot (from an animal, car or other thing, pending on the team they were in), came with a pilot minifig AND combined with others into a GESTAULT.

Kreons, should have transformed just as well, as there really was no excuse for the awful first generation "non-transforming" sets we got. Failing that (perhaps Hasbo didn't want one toyline canabalising sales from another?), they could have done more to sell the minifigs (sans all of the silly "weapon racks, etc") as collectors items (like the Myclones). I was really interested in the Comicon set myself, but couldn't get hold of it. Keyring versions (like Lego have), tshirts, special artist versions (Bape?), etc.

For the kids, they could have made great mechsuits and vehicles, by taking a leaf out of the Lego/Anime knockoff things (not the Ninja one, the other one) and looking back at the Actionmaster playsets.

Regardless of my ideas, I think it's fair to say that Hasbro have demonstrated a sizeable omount of inexperience in this field, with a product that still has lots of potential.

Kre-O couldn't seem to catch a break. The Kreons proved to be quite popular, and given how commonplace brick-based minifigures are they should've done really good --and the customizability should've been another win-- but for whatever reasons most retailers just wouldn't bite. Even trying new formulas didn't help. And indeed these historical and transformable figures are so far removed from the standard Kreon I doubt many Kre-O fans would even want them.


Though truth be told Kre-O did have a nice run. Making the 9 major G1 Combiner teams is no small feat.

I wonder what the fate of Kreo is gonna be here in Mexico, we only got the AoE stuff, nothing else, not even the blind packed releases or the combiners, just the new AoE guys

The Micro changers were all that I ever bought and I thought they were good, for what they were. At the time Kre-O launched Spinmaster released the Ionix brick system and that was by far a better transforming brick, that ultimately failed too. I bought a great deal of the GI Joe sets since those were vehicles that will probably never be released in the 4" line. Unfortunately my interest in Kre-O died with a sudden stop when I had to break down a bunch of sets to decorate for Christmas, and they were stopping with the codes on the blind bags. Lego has too much of a hold on the toy isles, and a vocal fan base that will shout down any other brand.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The Micro changers were all that I ever bought and I thought they were good, for what they were. At the time Kre-O launched Spinmaster released the Ionix brick system and that was by far a better transforming brick, that ultimately failed too. I bought a great deal of the GI Joe sets since those were vehicles that will probably never be released in the 4" line. Unfortunately my interest in Kre-O died with a sudden stop when I had to break down a bunch of sets to decorate for Christmas, and they were stopping with the codes on the blind bags. Lego has too much of a hold on the toy isles, and a vocal fan base that will shout down any other brand.

I wouldn't say Ionix was really better. It had a great deal of potential, but they never did anything with it.

I only bought one Ionix set, the mini HTTYD Toothless figure when Target had it on clearance, and to be completely honest, I was really not impressed by the build or the overall part quality.

I could have grabbed a bunch of those sets on the cheap, but that one set turned me away from them quickly.

Editor wrote:I only bought one Ionix set, the mini HTTYD Toothless figure when Target had it on clearance, and to be completely honest, I was really not impressed by the build or the overall part quality.

I could have grabbed a bunch of those sets on the cheap, but that one set turned me away from them quickly.

I was thinking more of the Tenkai Knights bricks. They were 2x4 bricks that could turn into humanoid forms, those would've been perfect for the Micro Change line

Editor wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

megatronus wrote:Is that a Kre-O Trypticon??

I'm assuming that's Robots In Disguise Underbite

If that is from the same set I believe it is, yes that should be Underbite.

Box image:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Editor wrote:I only bought one Ionix set, the mini HTTYD Toothless figure when Target had it on clearance, and to be completely honest, I was really not impressed by the build or the overall part quality.

I could have grabbed a bunch of those sets on the cheap, but that one set turned me away from them quickly.

I was thinking more of the Tenkai Knights bricks. They were 2x4 bricks that could turn into humanoid forms, those would've been perfect for the Micro Change line

Yep, they used the same system as Tenkai Knights on their How to Train your Dragon and Pokemon lines.


And just for kicks:

Did they use the 2x4 bricks for the humanoid characters? Those were the only ones I was thinking about.

Honestly Chuck I can't say.

I do believe that the larger sets did include Hiccup and such but after the disappointment for how under developed Toothless was beyond the use of the transforming brick and decent head piece, that I didn't bother taking that close a look. (just checked Google images, yes they did)

I can also say that the Pokemon Ash set was indeed using the same humanoid brick the Knights were based on, as I almost bought one but decided against it.

Kreon Warriors Collection 2 have dropped around here. Bought a few packs to try for Soundwave but no dice.

That said if you like the crazier looking Kreons you will want Wise guy Starscream.

Via Gizmodo's Toyland Blog, we have our first images of another 2015 SDCC Transformers exclusive, a Kre-O "Kreon Class of 1985" set.

Toyland had this to say about the set:

Toyland Blog wrote:And like last year’s Transformers Class of 1984, the KREON Class of 1985 will first be available as a $60 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive either at HasbroToyShop.com, or at booth #3213 at the convention.

This set looks to have many new Kreons for G1 characters that haven't yet seen that treatment, such as Astrotrain, Cosmos, Blaster, the other four Dinobots and many more, plus more definitive versions of characters such as Seaspray and Jetfire. We've mirrored the images of the set below.









Kre-O may not have survived the realm of mass retail, but it lives on through this convention exclusive. This year's San Diego Comic-Con takes place July 9th through July 12th at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

Sound off Seibertronians, are you excited to see this set as a follow-up to last year's really cool Class of 1984 set? Having anxiety about the exclusivity? Maybe more flashbacks to High School is a really bad thing to you? Let us know by replying to this post, and keep it locked in here to Seibertron for all the latest as we approach a busy convention season!

This thing looks like a must get since I have the 1984 one.

Like last year's set, there's a few I'd like but a bunch I don't need because I already have the character in some fashion. Still, an awesome set!

Noideaforaname wrote:Like last year's set, there's a few I'd like but a bunch I don't need because I already have the character in some fashion. Still, an awesome set!

For sure, though there are cases like Seaspray where the one here is sooo much cooler than the HftD inspired Kreon that came out last year.

Noideaforaname wrote:Like last year's set, there's a few I'd like but a bunch I don't need because I already have the character in some fashion. Still, an awesome set!

but it looks good as a set in packaging. I've never actually open mine so it really doesn't matter which i had before and which I didn't.

If I saw this in a store I would totally be down for it. As an SDCC exclusive I will not even consider paying the inevitably inflated cost.

NuclearConvoy wrote:If I saw this in a store I would totally be down for it. As an SDCC exclusive I will not even consider paying the inevitably inflated cost.

If you can snag it on Hasbro Toy Shop, it's a really good deal. Kreons are generally about $3 retail. This has 30 of em, so for $60 that math works out to being quite a good deal.

I love the captions underneath!

Snarl- Most likely to skip class

Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Marcdachamp wrote:Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Swoop is Strafe now? I thought that was just his AoE counterpart of sorts. What's G1 Technobot Strafe called now then?

Can someone please list all the captions with their respective kreons in a post? Kinda blurry.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Swoop is Strafe now? I thought that was just his AoE counterpart of sorts. What's G1 Technobot Strafe called now then?

Strafe as well.

BlueBefore wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Swoop is Strafe now? I thought that was just his AoE counterpart of sorts. What's G1 Technobot Strafe called now then?

Strafe as well.

Am having flashbacks to Swoop Vs Divebomb fighting over names back in the Marvel UK comics.

MUST HAVE.

Following a previously established trend of advertising Kre-O products via stop-motion animation, the official Transformers Facebook page has shared another short clip featuring everyone's favourite grumpy dinobot [url]Grimlock[/url] from the Battle Changers line (check out a pictorial review here)! Could this be another indication that maybe these will eventually be found at wider release..? In the meantime, check out the embedded clip below.

Nothing gets Grimlock all riled up and his oil boiling like that impossible, unbeatable level in a videogame.

Snarl love JaAm, Grimlock love FoOsBaLl.

And this why Me Grimlock not allowed in arcades ever again!

OMG THAT IS HILARIOUS!

I didn't know Grimlock liked arcade games! XD

Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

My name is Gary! ;_;

Man I feel sorry for Gary.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

Don't worry, it was Steve.

Sabrblade wrote:Don't worry, it was Steve.

No, Not Steve! I liked him! (Not as much as Gary) But still, NOOOOO!!

A friend is gonna go to SDCC and this seriously makes me consider asking him to get me the Class of '85 boxset!