New Wave 3 Minicons Found in The United Kingdom

America, I hope you are looking at our news

I must admit I didn't actually buy them, just took a picture in-store - that's why they're lying on top of a ton of minion plushies (euch). Not the sort of thing I wanna buy is all.

But they are there, and that is what counts

Erm, these have been available since before botcon.

Tweeted you a pic of these earlier in the week too:-

Yep, we actually posted news and a review about them about 2 months ago: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... iew/35173/

It's the individual packs that are remaining difficult to find

Cool not sure anyone has reported this yet, but the Japanese Mincons with the pegs come with a little extra plug which attaches them to the sprue. This is the same size/shape as the connector on the back of the Minicons and it can be used to connect the plugs on to the standard connectors on Prime Deployer/Delux toys.









Hopefully people wont have thrown them out.

Neurie wrote:Cool not sure anyone has reported this yet, but the Japanese Mincons with the pegs come with a little extra plug which attaches them to the sprue. This is the same size/shape as the connector on the back of the Minicons and it can be used to connect the plugs on to the standard connectors on Prime Deployer/Delux toys.

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Hopefully people wont have thrown them out.

You just saved mine from the trash but I don't see how the connector would connect to a proper Mini-Con port on toys from past lines. The rectangle sized hold wouldn't accommodate the traditional ports, or any 5mm peg for that matter.

These were in asda when I got my legends Shockwave almost a month ago,I didn't realise it was newsworthy

Allenspurs wrote:These were in asda when I got my legends Shockwave almost a month ago,I didn't realise it was newsworthy

Yep, the minicons in particular have had scarce sightings. If you find something though and you don't think we newsed it or anything, feel free to drop it in a thread or reports news up there in the top right corner! If we have it, we just have more proof; if we don't, everyone else now knows about it!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Allenspurs wrote:These were in asda when I got my legends Shockwave almost a month ago,I didn't realise it was newsworthy

Yep, the minicons in particular have had scarce sightings. If you find something though and you don't think we newsed it or anything, feel free to drop it in a thread or reports news up there in the top right corner! If we have it, we just have more proof; if we don't, everyone else now knows about it!

Sure,will do. If I had known these were rare I would have shared.

Just in case there's any left, it was asda Park royal and they had the whole wave

Allenspurs wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Allenspurs wrote:These were in asda when I got my legends Shockwave almost a month ago,I didn't realise it was newsworthy

Yep, the minicons in particular have had scarce sightings. If you find something though and you don't think we newsed it or anything, feel free to drop it in a thread or reports news up there in the top right corner! If we have it, we just have more proof; if we don't, everyone else now knows about it!

Sure,will do. If I had known these were rare I would have shared.
Just in case there's any left, it was asda Park royal and they had the whole wave

Well we did let people know we were looking for them when word first got out they were at Asda. It just took a while for someone to send a picture. But we did let people know, we knew they were out since at least early june and I personally asked for a picture to be sent: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101922&p=1795527&hilit=asda#p1795527

Got Ratbat and Sandsting today. Ratbat is awesomely hilarious- I really dig his colours, and he just looks so cute standing on his wings. A shame he can't do a convincing flight pose though. Sandsting is so neon it hurts, rocking Evangelion Unit 01 colours except somehow far more painful to look at. He's definitely the runt of the two, with a slightly blobby scorpion mode and rather unimpressive torpedo mode, but I still love him.

The armoured forms are awful though.

Thanks to Wilton Wong on Facebook, we have our first in-hand images of the upcoming Robots In Disguise Warrior Scorponok figure! Scorponok is a brand new mold based on the Season 2 baddie who showed that he was the muscle and he could be in charge. Scorponok features a transformation different from pretty much every other Scorponok ever, and while housing a slight backpack with his scorpion tail and no real hands, he does appear to be a solid figure and he even includes the ability to place his beast mode head over his regular robot head. Check out the images mirrored below and let us know what you think in the comments section, and as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

He looks so weird, but in a good way. I am really liking him and I cannot wait for him and Windblade to join my shelf

I foresee many customs/digibashes for this guy.

He's a sweet looking figure. So far he appears to be another strong release for the RiD cons. The only bad RiD con so far is Steeljaw.

Scorponok looks cool as shit, I want that figure!

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...he even includes the ability to place his beast mode head over his regular robot head.

Mutant mask? Scorponok looks okay so far. I don't want to be the bad grape in the vine, but I can't make any final judgments before I see Takara's Scorponok.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

Yeah I noticed that paint as well. He looks great. Very original for a scorpion transformer. What I find very interesting is how his bucaneer like sabr becomes his stinger.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

Yeah I noticed that paint as well. He looks great. Very original for a scorpion transformer. What I find very interesting is how his bucaneer like sabr becomes his stinger.

He really is a unique bugger and I love it. The skinny legs look a bit weird to me, but overall he is a darn good looking guy

Scorponok looks awesome, can't wait to get him, wonder why we haven't seen any pics of him with his boxing gloves on...

I can't get over those chicken legs!

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Yeah, they are very extreme. Its because for this toy, it seems the designers wanted to give something very new with having the limbs not be anything repeated from the alt mode (which is very hard to do with beasts), so he ends up having a lot of kibble in the back and on his shoulders with small arms and legs that can tuck away easily in alt mode. It was a bold decision and I give it merrit but I do admit that it would have probably been better to integrate some more alt mode into the limbs. I will still get this guy though, I am a sucker for original designs.

But if someone wants an awesome transforming Scorpion bot, Beast Wars Scorponoc offers an excellent and very modern transformation.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Yeah, they are very extreme. Its because for this toy, it seems the designers wanted to give something very new with having the limbs not be anything repeated from the alt mode (which is very hard to do with beasts), so he ends up having a lot of kibble in the back and on his shoulders with small arms and legs that can tuck away easily in alt mode. It was a bold decision and I give it merrit but I do admit that it would have probably been better to integrate some more alt mode into the limbs. I will still get this guy though, I am a sucker for original designs.

But if someone wants an awesome transforming Scorpion bot, Beast Wars Scorponoc offers an excellent and very modern transformation.

I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

Hellscream9999 wrote:I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

They look like biomechanical hooks to me, in the style of soemthign you would find on insects like the praying mantis:



His legs look a lot like praying mantis legs too.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

They look like biomechanical hooks to me, in the style of soemthign you would find on insects like the praying mantis:



His legs look a lot like praying mantis legs too.

Hooks for arms... he's way more hardcore than animated lockdown was

Thanks to the Action Robo Facebook page, we have confirmation that the 7th wave of Robots in Disguise toys have begun showing up in international stores! Action Robo found the new wave in Hong Kong, and the wave features Autobots Windblade and Power Surge Optimus Prime and Decepticon Scorponok, whom we had just recently got some new in-hand images of. With Wave 7 now showing up internationally, we can expect the wave to start showing up around the rest of the world very shortly. The lull in new Transformers is ending folks, so brace your wallet and your display cases!

Sadly my eyes keep veering over to the new wave of marvel legends. Those look nice

lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

Can't wait to get my hands in those deceptions! I think the other two are a pass

Anyone else notice Prime still comes with his axe?

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Anyone else notice Prime still comes with his axe?

I didn't at first but it's definitely in there.(I too was a little more focused on the Marvel Legends ). It is probably in the same steel mold as some other parts needed for Prime so they decided to release it as well.

william-james88 wrote:

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

Bisk and Ratchet are in the next wave, Wave 8

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

Bisk and Ratchet are in the next wave, Wave 8

Oh well I guess I will have to settle with just scorpnok. I really need to see that Takara windblade before i make up my mind about picking the Hasbro one. The mold is fine but it has no painted detail.

Am I the only one that doesn't really get what all the fuss for Bisk is about? I'm not entirely sure why everyone's crazy for it...

Can't wait for Ratchet tho

Bisk is a robot lobster with massive claws made from the whole front of his muscle car mode, he is a gamer at heart and everything is spoken as if it were a game, he has big googly eyes and he is orange. How can anyone not get the fuss about Bisk (He's basically the greatest thing ever)

Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box. If it weren't for the kabuki makeup, I'd honestly think it was a different character. Even still, if someone told me this was a different cityspeaker, I'd believe them.

Lucky Logician wrote:Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box.

Oh, it does, sculpting-wise. It's just there's so much unpainted red plastic and little-to-no other colors on the figure that most of the figure's resemblance to the character model is lost or obscured by how monotone the deco is.

That's why most who want a decently-colored RID Windblade are waiting to see what Takara's Adventure Windblade will look like.

I know Hasbro tends to be cheap with the paint aps, but this line has been especially miserable.

Noideaforaname wrote:I know Hasbro tends to be cheap with the paint aps, but this line has been especially miserable.

Agreed though I will say that Megatronus and Fracture are on equal footing with Takara in terms of paint apps. I was thinking of getting them in the HLJ sale but when comparing to Hasbro, they didnt seem that much better. The paint is just arranged differently and in different places. And Quillfire isnt that bad either, Hasbro's take and colour mix is interesting. But for the rest, its a little sad.

Lucky Logician wrote:

Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box. If it weren't for the kabuki makeup, I'd honestly think it was a different character. Even still, if someone told me this was a different cityspeaker, I'd believe them.

If Hasbro's people read through the boards as I'm told they do, then they need to start taking notes about shit like this.

Ya'll need to do a better job with these decos. It's a shame that we're back to the point in 2002 and 2003 where the solution is just to import in order to get nice looking figures.

Back with Classics, Generations, HftD, etc...there was an objective choice about how the figures were decoed, but now, the non-Japanese markets are really getting inferior product.

All eyes on the conversion rate boy'os.

Counterpunch wrote:
Back with Classics, Generations, HftD, etc...there was an objective choice about how the figures were decoed, but now, the non-Japanese markets are really getting inferior product.

All eyes on the conversion rate boy'os.

I love you counterpunch, you say it like it is and I totally agree. At least for Windblade here But man, did you see the difference with Thunderhoof?



Makes me want to cry.

Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

DeathReviews wrote:Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

Dear Death, I highly recomend Fracture. I think you will very much like him.

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

Dear Death, I highly recomend Fracture. I think you will very much like him.

I second that with a Thunderhoof to boot

Fellow UK-based robot fan Hashim has sent us a sighting of the officially licensed Dickie Toys Transformers: Robots in Disguise die-cast vehicles priced at £2.97 and an R/C Bumblebee at £24.97 - all found in Asda. If you're in the market for these, with their light-up Racer feature, it looks like the assortment has Sideswipe, Strongarm, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, check them out below!

I don't think I've ever seen a trailerless RiD Optimus before.