New KreO Kits Found At Retail

A032- Those may be decent for just getting bricks in the same colors as Kreons. Did you pick those up to take a look at?

Lol, the price sticks make it look like don't have arms.

I saw these in a Big Lots in Los Angeles, but with Cliffjumper and Barricade on the boxes, for $5 each. I didn't get them.

The Barricade and Cliffjumper versions are repacks of the original sets. So maybe these aren't just random parts?

Too bad these aren't any of the new stuff. Kre-O has basically stopped here since the first AoE wave. It's nice to see signs of it coming back, but these aren't really anything I need or want.

Noideaforaname wrote:The Barricade and Cliffjumper versions are repacks of the original sets. So maybe these aren't just random parts?

Too bad these aren't any of the new stuff. Kre-O has basically stopped here since the first AoE wave. It's nice to see signs of it coming back, but these aren't really anything I need or want.

Oh nice. I'll grab one or both of those sets if I see 'em.

Anybody have an image of what parts are in the Megatron and Bee boxes?

According to a post on FB complete with screen cap of the email from Hasbro, Kre-O is done in the US and the new sets for RID will be released in Canada only.

I'd buy these for $5 just to get the random bricks.

The Kreon is just a bonus.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:According to a post on FB complete with screen cap of the email from Hasbro, Kre-O is done in the US and the new sets for RID will be released in Canada only.

Huh, I saw that Kre-o sets looked to be restocked at Wal-mart on the week-end but didn't take that close a look at them, maybe I should have.

Battle Changers Wave 2 are available on eBay, Hound and Soundwave. I'm not touching them since I wanna wait for Drift, and to see if the builds are a little more stable.

Courtesy of the tf_tf Twitter account, we have a look at the second wave of blind bagged Transformers Kreon Warriors, which includes the known robot cast donning more outfits and themed sets - featuring Gladiator and Pirate Optimus Prime, Samurai and Wild West Megatron, Army and Knight Bumblebee, Knight and Wiseguy Soundwave, Wiseguy and Ninja Starscream, and Samurai and Wild West Hound. Check them out mirrored below!

Those are pretty cool

LOL...I can see why they cancelled this line in the US. Transformer pirates......really? LOl... I mean come on. Megatron has a damn handkerchief around his mouth. Yep, because no one would suspect Megatron to rob banks and tie women to railroad tracks. I am surprised he doesn't have a handlebar mustache........

I surely hope they fired the moron that came up with this idea.

Ok Canada bros, anyone that can hook me up on Wave 1? I can also trade for stuff that may be hard to find up your way

Just in case you weren't SURE that Soundwave was a gangsta.

Shuttershock wrote:Just in case you weren't SURE that Soundwave was a gangsta.

Heh, it's like they couldn't decide what to call the "Wiseguy" versions and just used the multi-language format to give them EVERY name.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Just in case you weren't SURE that Soundwave was a gangsta.

Heh, it's like they couldn't decide what to call the "Wiseguy" versions and just used the multi-language format to give them EVERY name.

I can also appreciate "Far Quest Hound". Sounds like a sci-fi series.

Oh my god:

No only does Soundwave come with Laserbeak, the little minion is made out of wood!
("Wiseguy" SW comes with a normal Laserbeak, btw)


It's too bad these have been discontinued over here, I'd have happily bought these up even without knowing which ones I'd get.

Noideaforaname wrote:Oh my god:

No only does Soundwave come with Laserbeak, the little minion is made out of wood!
("Wiseguy" SW comes with a normal Laserbeak, btw)


It's too bad these have been discontinued over here, I'd have happily bought these up even without knowing which ones I'd get.

And here I thought Sir Soundwave would come with Bubo.

shockblast2 wrote:LOL...I can see why they cancelled this line in the US. Transformer pirates......really? LOl... I mean come on. Megatron has a damn handkerchief around his mouth. Yep, because no one would suspect Megatron to rob banks and tie women to railroad tracks. I am surprised he doesn't have a handlebar mustache........

I surely hope they fired the moron that came up with this idea.

*sigh* Some people just hate fun. ^

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL...I can see why they cancelled this line in the US. Transformer pirates......really? LOl... I mean come on. Megatron has a damn handkerchief around his mouth. Yep, because no one would suspect Megatron to rob banks and tie women to railroad tracks. I am surprised he doesn't have a handlebar mustache........

I surely hope they fired the moron that came up with this idea.

*sigh* Some people just hate fun. ^

Quite.

Stars cream strikes me as the type of ninja who yells "BANZAAAI!"

This is as interesting as Star Trek TMNT from the 90s.

Love how they're integrating the Star Trek and DnD Kreon pieces with these to just have some fun. The Wave 3 AOE Dinobot Custom Kreons were similar in that regard. Kind of neat to have these Knight looking dudes in with the others. Plus they've reused the same helmet pieces so many times now it's nice to have some on the shelf that stand out, at least for now.

I'm not surprised at all the line's dead over here, just disappointed.

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL...I can see why they cancelled this line in the US. Transformer pirates......really? LOl... I mean come on. Megatron has a damn handkerchief around his mouth. Yep, because no one would suspect Megatron to rob banks and tie women to railroad tracks. I am surprised he doesn't have a handlebar mustache........

I surely hope they fired the moron that came up with this idea.

*sigh* Some people just hate fun. ^

Agreed. I really like these guys. I mean, if I was to be honest I think Kreons are up there with all the other non-transforming transformers and I don't collect them. But these guys are pretty cool and imaginative. I'm sad to see they won't be available in the U.S.

At a push I'd say the Megatron Samurai looks kinda cool (or it would if it was a full size figure, even a GI Joe sorta thing and not a cutesy kreon, and besides it's really weird that Megatron has had a couple of Bludgeon-like toys if you read the G2 comics) but it still just seems like yet more dumbing down and dilution of the Transformers brand. But maybe I'm just still annoyed from that visit to a toy store a while ago where I asked if they had any Transformers and they showed me to a shelf that pretty much just had kreons, those AoE sparkydinoriders and the tall bricky titan figures. And then I wept for a few minutes upon leaving the store.

That Laserbeak.... no words.... Must have.

Everybody loves cosplay. I wonder if they will come up with anything for Arcee?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:At a push I'd say the Megatron Samurai looks kinda cool (or it would if it was a full size figure, even a GI Joe sorta thing and not a cutesy kreon, and besides it's really weird that Megatron has had a couple of Bludgeon-like toys if you read the G2 comics) but it still just seems like yet more dumbing down and dilution of the Transformers brand. But maybe I'm just still annoyed from that visit to a toy store a while ago where I asked if they had any Transformers and they showed me to a shelf that pretty much just had kreons, those AoE sparkydinoriders and the tall bricky titan figures. And then I wept for a few minutes upon leaving the store.

I certainly understand your frustration.

Where can I buy these? I need them so bad.

Transformers Robots in Disguise (2015) Kre-O Sets have been spotted at retail in Walmart in Montreal, Canada, by yours truly.

The sets found were:

sideswipe roadway rundown



bumblebee disc demolisher



strongarm capture cruiser



underbite jepack takedown




These may have been spotted in the wild before, but no one contacted us to let us know. So please, if you see something that can potentially be front page news, please contact us with pictures.

On a kre-o side note, the battlechangers have also been found here for a while but since it was never posted yet, I thought I could also mention it here. Since these sets are no longer in the Transformer aisle, they can easily be missed and this is just a reminder that they are around.

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.