New Galleries: Transformers Robots In Disguise Mini-Cons Wave 3 Forth, Swelter, Hammer, Blizzard Strike Slipstream

Swelter is a lot less awesome than his art implies...

Forth's an amusing little roly poly gremlin, though.

Noideaforaname wrote:Swelter is a lot less awesome than his art implies...

Forth's an amusing little roly poly gremlin, though.

I have his moldmate Back, and he is an awesome little dude. Really kinda cute but also fun too

Is there any indication that these minicons also have an extra energon animal you can do?

If not, I guess I will just stick to the first 2 waves and then go with the weapon ones.

william-james88 wrote:Is there any indication that these minicons also have an extra energon animal you can do?

If not, I guess I will just stick to the first 2 waves and then go with the weapon ones.

I was just going to ask the same thing, but seeing as how Slipstream is a repaint, the energon parts are exactly the same. I'm not sure if it will be possible, unless his lion head armor forms the head of a new animal. In which case, that would be some true technical designing genius, and a lot of forethought.

Additionally...though Swelter is pretty much a repaint of Divebomb, his energon parts on the arms are slightly different. So I guess we wont know until somebody gets these in hand, or Hasbro tells us something.

So, looks like Drift's team is all set for some dead-of-winter action... in the continuity where we know TF's don't function well in extreme cold...

Glarryg

Glarryg wrote:So, looks like Drift's team is all set for some dead-of-winter action... in the continuity where we know TF's don't function well in extreme cold...

Glarryg

As seen in day-before-yesterday's episode, even.

Forth looks like a great little figure, and if they ever show up near me I'll army-build him, but...Back and Forth.

BACK AND FORTH.

Whoever is doing the names for these guys seriously needs firing.

Delta Magnus wrote:Forth looks like a great little figure, and if they ever show up near me I'll army-build him, but...Back and Forth.

BACK AND FORTH.

Whoever is doing the names for these guys seriously needs firing.

I though it was really funny and cute.

I hope one of the Hammer minicons is just called "Time".

At least fire the platinum guy before the naming guy,

Delta Magnus wrote:Forth looks like a great little figure, and if they ever show up near me I'll army-build him, but...Back and Forth.

BACK AND FORTH.

Whoever is doing the names for these guys seriously needs firing.

I just instantly thought of Buck in Ice Age 3 and got a chuckle out of it.

these are dumb. Why couldn't we have better Arms micron Figures/accessories?

khrome wrote:these are dumb. Why couldn't we have better Arms micron Figures/accessories?

I think these are way better than the arms microns we got before.

How does this look like an octopus (speaking of looking dumb):



And remember these? I would rather we dont go back to this:



But if you liked them, thats cool.

william-james88 wrote:

khrome wrote:these are dumb. Why couldn't we have better Arms micron Figures/accessories?

I think these are way better than the arms microns we got before.

How does this look like an octopus (speaking of looking dumb):



And remember these? I would rather we dont go back to this:



But if you liked them, thats cool.

I kinda get the sentiment, at least the microns made epic weapons, if the mini-cons at least had ball-jointed shoulders and thighs, I'd like them way more

Hellscream9999 wrote:


I kinda get the sentiment, at least the microns made epic weapons, if the mini-cons at least had ball-jointed shoulders and thighs, I'd like them way more

Look at that Bumblebee in this pic and it's weapon mode and letme know if it looks epic to you.

hint hint, its not

Also, while the octopus did make a decent pile driver weapon for Frenzy and Rumble, you only got one per figure. I cannot express how much that blows.

I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Eh, I dunno. If Back and Forth were sold together it wouldn't bother me so much, but them being sold separately kinda kills the joke.

As for the naming guys, there are still some seriously terrible names for some of these guys. Lord Doomitron would be bad enough for a Big Bad, but for a Minicon?

Hammer and Anvil on the other hand is great.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:


I kinda get the sentiment, at least the microns made epic weapons, if the mini-cons at least had ball-jointed shoulders and thighs, I'd like them way more

Look at that Bumblebee in this pic and it's weapon mode and letme know if it looks epic to you.

hint hint, its not

Also, while the octopus did make a decent pile driver weapon for Frenzy and Rumble, you only got one per figure. I cannot express how much that blows.

It kinda reminds me of armada terradive - who was awesome... til the soft plastic cracked where the claw attaches to the body

They weren't all great, but they were refreshingly different, and they look a lot cooler than the dumb, upcoming sword mini-con and his doofy face chillin' on the side of the sword.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Am I missing something with this joke? Wouldnt it be Hammer and Sickel?

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Am I missing something with this joke? Wouldn't it be Hammer and Sickle?

I think he's saying that he likes those names

Of all the galleries to start up a fun discussion on the ol' Energon Pub, these were not the ones I thought would accomplish that. Four more to go and then it's on to the 4 2-Pack Battle Packs.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Am I missing something with this joke? Wouldnt it be Hammer and Sickel?

Hammer and Anvil= Blacksmithing. Iron work. Specifically a lot of heat and then brutal beating.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I kinda get the sentiment, at least the microns made epic weapons, if the mini-cons at least had ball-jointed shoulders and thighs, I'd like them way more

Look at that Bumblebee in this pic and it's weapon mode and letme know if it looks epic to you.

hint hint, its not

Also, while the octopus did make a decent pile driver weapon for Frenzy and Rumble, you only got one per figure. I cannot express how much that blows.

Arms Microns had all those crazy (sometimes crazy-awesome) weapon combinations with sometimes equally awesome names.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Am I missing something with this joke? Wouldn't it be Hammer and Sickle?

I think he's saying that he likes those names

This guy nailed it, as did this guy:

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I love the names. they are getting some good ones (and some good jokes) in there. Lest we forget Hammer and Anvil

Am I missing something with this joke? Wouldnt it be Hammer and Sickel?

Hammer and Anvil= Blacksmithing. Iron work. Specifically a lot of heat and then brutal beating.

I love the names, and some of them are pretty cool

Sabrblade wrote:Arms Microns had all those crazy (sometimes crazy-awesome) weapon combinations with sometimes equally awesome names.

I there a link to those? I have several arms microns and I dont know what I could do with them aside from the space cross bow and a GIANT SWORD!

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Arms Microns had all those crazy (sometimes crazy-awesome) weapon combinations with sometimes equally awesome names.

I there a link to those? I have several arms microns and I dont know what I could do with them aside from the space cross bow and a GIANT SWORD!

Indeed. The Wiki has you covered, listing every single official weapon combination (but sadly is lacking in pages and/or pics for some of them) - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arms_Micron

Delta Magnus wrote:BACK AND FORTH.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...(and some good jokes) in there...

Am I missing something with this joke?

It's obscure...

))<>((

forever

carytheone wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:BACK AND FORTH.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...(and some good jokes) in there...

Am I missing something with this joke?

It's obscure...

))<>((

forever

You forgot something

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:BACK AND FORTH.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...(and some good jokes) in there...

Am I missing something with this joke?

It's obscure...

))<>((

forever

You forgot something

Actually, I didn't. But let's keep this between Me and You and Everyone We Know

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:BACK AND FORTH.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...(and some good jokes) in there...

Am I missing something with this joke?

It's obscure...

))<>((

forever

You forgot something

Actually, I didn't. But let's keep this between Me and You and Everyone We Know

Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you are correct. I am sorry.

Fellow Seibertronians, today, we bring you 4 new galleries from TakaraTomy's hodgepodge collection that is: The Adventure Series. Below you can check out galleries of TAV16 Bombshell, TAV17 Shrapnel, TAV19 Powerglide and TAV20 Cosmos. Check 'em out and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Transformers Adventures Cosmos










Transformers Adventures Powerglide










Transformers Adventures Bombshell










Transformers Adventures Shrapnel

They all look pretty sweet, just as sweet as their hasbro counterparts

Is it just me, or does Powerglide look depressed in his boxart?

Sigma Magnus wrote:Is it just me, or does Powerglide look depressed in his boxart?

Yes he does.

Also, I want to point something out that may not be known by all. A BIG difference between the TAV insecticons and the Hasbro generations ones is that Takara molded circles in their chests to acomodate the stickers.

I think they were deigned with Transformers G1 in mind, but why add them to the Transformers Adventure lineup

Transformers fan wrote:I think they were deigned with Transformers G1 in mind, but why add them to the Transformers Adventure lineup

Nice to see a fellow whovian.

Well, Takara is simply considering the TAV line a catch all line to issue a bunch of figures. There's animated redecos, older generations figures and these here. I agree that they should be more for the legends line but Takara is marketting for kids here with the interactivity so I guess they think that market is more lucrative for these figures.

william-james88 wrote:

Transformers fan wrote:I think they were deigned with Transformers G1 in mind, but why add them to the Transformers Adventure lineup

Nice to see a fellow whovian.

Well, Takara is simply considering the TAV line a catch all line to issue a bunch of figures. There's animated redecos, older generations figures and these here.

Though, the bios given to each Adventure toy peg them as characters native to Adventure's continuity. Adventure Lockdown, for instance, isn't the same guy as Animated Lockdown.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Transformers fan wrote:I think they were deigned with Transformers G1 in mind, but why add them to the Transformers Adventure lineup

Nice to see a fellow whovian.

Well, Takara is simply considering the TAV line a catch all line to issue a bunch of figures. There's animated redecos, older generations figures and these here.

Though, the bios given to each Adventure toy peg them as characters native to Adventure's continuity. Adventure Lockdown, for instance, isn't the same guy as Animated Lockdown.

Yes, definitely but for fans picking these toys up, I dont think they are stopping from buying these because the bios dictate that these insecticons are different characters an thus cant be on their shelves with their other classics toys.

I feel the bio is more of a way to incorporate these toys within the app/continuity rather than the toys being mae to be part of this app/continuity. Similarly to how they did their Legends line. Sure, there is a legends universe where they all fit together, but that's just a cute side extra for fun rather than be a fully developped universe created inorder to sell these toys. What I am saying here is that in both cases, the toys come before the fiction rather than being a product of it.

I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

Well, TakaraTomy did say they wanted to change directions with the Legends line, maybe that's part of it? Or maybe singles are logistically easier to plan releases for?

At any rate, given that the Legends-sized figure come in twos, how would you have paired them? We have:

Bombshell
Shrapnel
Powerglide
Cosmos/Adams
Blackjack/Runabout
Groove/Override

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

Well, TakaraTomy did say they wanted to change directions with the Legends line, maybe that's part of it? Or maybe singles are logistically easier to plan releases for?

At any rate, given that the Legends-sized figure come in twos, how would you have paired them? We have:

Bombshell
Shrapnel
Powerglide
Cosmos/Adams
Blackjack/Runabout
Groove/Override

I'd have either done three VS packs of one Bot and one Con each, or one Insectrons set, one Minibots set, and one VS pack of the Blackjack/Runabout mold vs. the Groove/Override mold.

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

But that still doesnt explain why TAV 31 Black Shadow was not released in the Legends line.

While we have already covered Wave 3 of the Transformers Robots in Disguise Mini-Cons, we have yet to give you galleries of the Wave 2 offering. This wave consisted of Ratbat, Beastbox, Velocirazor, and Sandsting. Collecting all four gave you the necessary pieces to put together a cool energon shark figure. This is the last wave to give such a bonus and it is surprising that this feature was not shown in the instructions when it seems well thought out and well executed. These minicons work with either Deployers Drift or Fracture depending on the shape.

Transformers: Robots In Disguise Ratbat










Transformers: Robots In Disguise Sandsting










Transformers: Robots In Disguise Velocirazor










Transformers: Robots In Disguise Beastbox

I love these minicons

Sandsting reminds me of Nautilator!

I almost bought Ratbat but held off. The fact that you couldn't spread his wings was a huge turn off. He looks like a simian, not a bat.

RiddlerJ wrote:I almost bought Ratbat but held off. The fact that you couldn't spread his wings was a huge turn off. He looks like a simian, not a bat.

Yeah, the non-existent articulation has lowered this entire line to the level of a pitiful joke for me

Hellscream9999 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:I almost bought Ratbat but held off. The fact that you couldn't spread his wings was a huge turn off. He looks like a simian, not a bat.

Yeah, the non-existent articulation has lowered this entire line to the level of a pitiful joke for me

I'd definitely pick up some of these if the articulation was increased, like Sandsting and Ratbat

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

That is ironic that they don't want the legends line to have legends anymore...

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think the question is: why not release them under the Legends line? They are obviously 'G1' enough for it, and TT released other continuity figures under that banner too (primal, slipstream, etc.)

I guess Takara, for some reason, doesn't want the Legends line to have any figures smaller than Deluxe class anymore. Maybe the Swerve & Tailgate 2-pack didn't do so hot or something.

That is ironic that they don't want the legends line to have legends anymore...

Well, now they seem to have changed their mind about that since the Legends line will be getting Legends class Titans Returns molds in it.

Having overcome that milestone 4000 gallery mark, Seibertron.com is now on its way up towards that 5000 gallery trophy, and to help bring us up to speed we are proud to show off our latest gallery: Robots In Disguise Legion Class Ratchet and Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime! These tiny little titans that everyone knows and loves thanks to the Season 2 finale as well as Transformer: Prime both get the legends class treatment, with Optimus being the typical blue deco we all know and love, and Ratchet is a retool of Strongarm, as his warrior toy shall be too. You can reference the toys with their previous versions, with Strongarm being HERE and Prime's warrior toy being HERE

It's good to see everyone excited about our first RID Ratchet figure. Glad everyone's keeping their levels in check. I mean, it's just a Legion figure guys. Calm your levels of excitement down!