Official Images - Transformers Robots in Disguise Hero Mashers Optimus, Strongarm, Bisk, and More

shajaki wrote:As we saw with the New York Toy Fair 2015, it appears the Transformers Playskool Hero Mashers line is keeping the direction of the new "Robots in Disguise" cartoon. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Steeljaw have already been released in Canada, and will continue with Optimus Prime, Strongarm, and Clampdown. There's new official pics of the last three below!

Additionally, Amazon Canada has other Hero Masher listings for Quillfire, Thunderhoof, Fracture, Bisk (under the Bixk typo), Jazz, and Drift. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

I know Steeljaw, Bumblebee and Sideswipe are now available in Ireland, saw them in Tesco but I didn't take any photos

shajaki wrote:As we saw with the New York Toy Fair 2015, it appears the Transformers Playskool Hero Mashers line is keeping the direction of the new "Robots in Disguise" cartoon.

"Playskool"?

Hasbro better watch out !

Play with this Too is coming to take over the hero mashers industry over !

I wasn't going to buy into RID. I absolutely refused. In fact, even when I bought Grimlock, Steeljaw and Strongarm, I had buyer's remorse. Quite a bit of it. Grimlock and Steeljaw really won me over and after awhile, it turned out to be Strongarm that I play with the most. I do love a good shellformer when it looks good in both modes and she pulls it off quite well.

Then I bought Drift. I'm hooked on Warrior Class. Except for Optimus. He really is the one I won't buy. I've watched videos, I've seen images, and he's just completely unappealing to me altogether.

I even bought into the One-Steps. Fixit is AMAZING. Underbite is actually quite good as well, and it helps that he's an awesome character on the show.

I hate to admit it, but I'm going to keep buying these figures. They have just the right balance on almost everything. Compromise from animation model to figure, transformation complexity and even articulation.

Impressive considering it's the kid's line.

Ha. I remember when you were disappointed in Strongarm. I'm glad to hear you've changed your tune. I was real hesitant at first too, but I am really enjoying this line as well. Drift is fantastic right? Simple and fun transform and really nice in both modes.

Rated X wrote:Hasbro better watch out !

Play with this Too is coming to take over the hero mashers industry over !

I enjoy the Hero Mashers as new-school Action Masters. These RiD ones should be a good chance to get some more of these cool Decepticons that they probably won't touch in the actual lines of transforming product.

Rated X wrote:Hasbro better watch out !

Play with this Too is coming to take over the hero mashers industry over !

I have ZERO desire to own a single Hero Masher, but I'd go out of my way to buy them and rub it in the faces of Play With This Too.

All that time spent telling us 3rd parties are basically evil, "Buy Hasbro!" and giving us all a bunch of noncommittal answers at 'cons, only to run as fast as they can to make their own company ripping off their former employers and NOW it's okay to 3rd party all night long.

Screw them.

Also, we've gotten some really killer crap as of late and I have to wonder if the new team is responsible for it and if so, was it the PWTT team that was holding us back? (At least to some degree, I know Hasbro has the final say and they're no saints.)

Just pure crap.

Sorry fellas, but who or what is Play With This Too?

Cobotron wrote:Sorry fellas, but who or what is Play With This Too?

A third party company that, unlike other third parties, is actually comprised of many former Hasbro employees, which makes Play With This Too seem pretty hypocritical in its own existence.

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Sorry fellas, but who or what is Play With This Too?

A third party company that, unlike other third parties, is actually comprised of many former Hasbro employees, which makes Play With This Too seem pretty hypocritical in its own existence.

Aha, I see. This does sound hypocritical. Thanks.

Why is Play With This Too being brought into this discussion? Do they have something to do with Hero Mashers?

GuyIncognito wrote:Why is Play With This Too being brought into this discussion? Do they have something to do with Hero Mashers?

They don't, but I guess they are superficiously similar to HM, so the original post made a comparison and... well nature took its course.

Shuttershock wrote:so the original post made a comparison

It did?

shajaki wrote:As we saw with the New York Toy Fair 2015, it appears the Transformers Playskool Hero Mashers line is keeping the direction of the new "Robots in Disguise" cartoon. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Steeljaw have already been released in Canada, and will continue with Optimus Prime, Strongarm, and Clampdown. There's new official pics of the last three below!

Additionally, Amazon Canada has other Hero Masher listings for Quillfire, Thunderhoof, Fracture, Bisk (under the Bixk typo), Jazz, and Drift. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:so the original post made a comparison

It did?

shajaki wrote:As we saw with the New York Toy Fair 2015, it appears the Transformers Playskool Hero Mashers line is keeping the direction of the new "Robots in Disguise" cartoon. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Steeljaw have already been released in Canada, and will continue with Optimus Prime, Strongarm, and Clampdown. There's new official pics of the last three below!

Additionally, Amazon Canada has other Hero Masher listings for Quillfire, Thunderhoof, Fracture, Bisk (under the Bixk typo), Jazz, and Drift. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Sorry, the original post that brought up PWTT.

Sabrblade, please check your PMs. Thank you.

Here's a pic of Clampdown correctly assembled:



Looks much better, IMO.

Autobot032 wrote:Sabrblade, please check your PMs. Thank you.

I don't see anything new.

Sabrblade wrote:Here's a pic of Clampdown correctly assembled:



Looks much better, IMO.

Autobot032 wrote:Sabrblade, please check your PMs. Thank you.

I don't see anything new.

Please try again.

Question on RiD 2015 Warrior class Bumblebee: Is there a trick to getting his sword to click in where it's supposed to in vehicle mode? Or is it one of those it's supposed to fit but actually doesn't?

Kyleor wrote:Question on RiD 2015 Warrior class Bumblebee: Is there a trick to getting his sword to click in where it's supposed to in vehicle mode? Or is it one of those it's supposed to fit but actually doesn't?

Only one side has the holes for the tabs to peg into so if it's not fitting one way turn it over. Hope that helps.

Drift looks like he won't even stand on his own feet, WTH!

Leader_Ultra_Magnus wrote:Drift looks like he won't even stand on his own feet, WTH!

If you are talking about Warrior Drift, he is pretty awesome. He can stand on one foot.
Go back to the top of page 44 to see.

Got Warrior Drift and Prime today. Drift is great and probably my favorite in the line so far, though I still really do like Warrior Bee. Prime is ok, I really like the transformation despite the simplicity but the truck mode is disappointingly brick-like (maybe a cab swivel and the feet actually folding in would help). Bot mode is good on him for the size, though articulation isn't the best. Would have loved to see this design with even a Generations Voyager's budget. Guess it's not too late for that by any means, but no sign of that so far.

Official Images of Robots in Disguise Legion Class Fixit and Underbite have been posted along with the toys' listings at online retailer Toywiz. This is the second figure that will be released for both of these characters who were only available as one step figures so far. The website states that these will be shipping in April. Mirrored images can be found below.

DARN! I just picked up flippy step fix-it. Legion would be better suited next to the warrior class figures. Oh well, One step is still kinda fun. First one Ive ever picked up. It's neat and cute how the mechanism works. It's funny, the paint apps on the legion look nicer.

Aaaaand we're waiting for this Fixit.

RhA wrote:Aaaaand we're waiting for this Fixit.

Smart move.

william-james88 wrote:Official Images of Robots in Disguise Legion Class Fixit and Underbite have been posted along with the toys' listings at online retailer Toywiz. This is the second figure that will be released for both of these characters who were only available as one step figures so far. The website states that these will be shipping in April. Mirrored images can be found below.

*sigh* We're never getting a big Underbite, are we? It's Prime Insecticons all over again.

It's a shame because I all the Decepticons thus far, but do far only Steeljaw is getting the Warrior treatment.

i still dont see why we need one steps when we have legions, they are easy to transform but still look amazing & have playability. Im not a fan of RiD but the legions have looked pretty damn good so far and the few ive picked up have been great. I say hasbro should scrap the one steps & put that money into making the remaining lines better.

Megatron Wolf wrote:i still dont see why we need one steps when we have legions, they are easy to transform but still look amazing & have playability. Im not a fan of RiD but the legions have looked pretty damn good so far and the few ive picked up have been great. I say hasbro should scrap the one steps & put that money into making the remaining lines better.

Agreed. More Cyberverse PLEASE!

I hate to say it but those legion figures don't look good, especially compared to the one-step changers. Both look to have weak vehicle modes that aren't going to be stable at all.

I was just Transforming my Warrior Bumble Bee and his head popped off into it's two pieces. I pegged it back together just fine, and noticed it seems like there should be a screw there.

Could anyone who has him look at the back of his head and tell me if yours has a screw holding the two halves together?

I don't want to work through all of these pages, sorry, too many without knowing where to look.

But I do have a couple of questions:
1)Are we getting Deluxe (Warrior now, right?)scale version of the guy with antlers (name escapes me), Underbite, Bisk and Hammerstrike?

2)Is this toy line exclusively huge 3-step changers, Deluxes, 1-step changers and legions? Are we getting Voyagers?

NuclearConvoy wrote:I don't want to work through all of these pages, sorry, too many without knowing where to look.

But I do have a couple of questions:
1)Are we getting Deluxe (Warrior now, right?)scale version of the guy with antlers (name escapes me), Underbite, Bisk and Hammerstrike?

2)Is this toy line exclusively huge 3-step changers, Deluxes, 1-step changers and legions? Are we getting Voyagers?

From what we've seen and heard from recent announcements:

1) Most of the Decepticons that get toys are going to be legions or one-steps. There's a bigger toy for Fracture, but it appears to mainly serve a Minicon launching gimmick.

2)Those do appear to be the size ranges. Voyagers are comparable to 3-steps with little to no articulation.

So from all that, it appears that Warrior class is the most complicated they're going to get, which is a shame because I'd love to have a poseable big Grimlock or Underbite to scale with the others.

Shuttershock wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:I don't want to work through all of these pages, sorry, too many without knowing where to look.

But I do have a couple of questions:
1)Are we getting Deluxe (Warrior now, right?)scale version of the guy with antlers (name escapes me), Underbite, Bisk and Hammerstrike?

2)Is this toy line exclusively huge 3-step changers, Deluxes, 1-step changers and legions? Are we getting Voyagers?

From what we've seen and heard from recent announcements:

1) Most of the Decepticons that get toys are going to be legions or one-steps. There's a bigger toy for Fracture, but it appears to mainly serve a Minicon launching gimmick.

2)Those do appear to be the size ranges. Voyagers are comparable to 3-steps with little to no articulation.

So from all that, it appears that Warrior class is the most complicated they're going to get, which is a shame because I'd love to have a poseable big Grimlock or Underbite to scale with the others.

Seriously? That is lame. These Decepticon designs are some of the most exciting designs I have seen in a long time. They just click with me, and I want decent toys because I have to be increasingly picky for my budget and space concerns.

I feel like this toyline, without a full cast of warrior class Decepticons, is going to see very little of my money. I have Steeljaw and he is one of the most fun toys I have had in ages.

Nuc Convoy,
I totally agree with you on the Decepticon thing. Their designs are just killer. I am really hoping for more Con Warrior Class toys. Especially, Thunderhoof (antler guy).
If you get the chance though, check out Drift. He's really cool.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:I don't want to work through all of these pages, sorry, too many without knowing where to look.

But I do have a couple of questions:
1)Are we getting Deluxe (Warrior now, right?)scale version of the guy with antlers (name escapes me), Underbite, Bisk and Hammerstrike?

2)Is this toy line exclusively huge 3-step changers, Deluxes, 1-step changers and legions? Are we getting Voyagers?

From what we've seen and heard from recent announcements:

1) Most of the Decepticons that get toys are going to be legions or one-steps. There's a bigger toy for Fracture, but it appears to mainly serve a Minicon launching gimmick.

2)Those do appear to be the size ranges. Voyagers are comparable to 3-steps with little to no articulation.

So from all that, it appears that Warrior class is the most complicated they're going to get, which is a shame because I'd love to have a poseable big Grimlock or Underbite to scale with the others.

Seriously? That is lame. These Decepticon designs are some of the most exciting designs I have seen in a long time. They just click with me, and I want decent toys because I have to be increasingly picky for my budget and space concerns.

I feel like this toyline, without a full cast of warrior class Decepticons, is going to see very little of my money. I have Steeljaw and he is one of the most fun toys I have had in ages.

Looks like the decent toy budget went to Combiner Wars this year. Which is an amazing line, don't get me wrong, but it seems to be consolidating anything with even vague complexity.

I just hope RID isn't in for another round like AoE, with almost no Decepticons, entire subsections devoted to simpler, gimmicky designs and doomed to be pegwarming for months on end.

Well while Age of Extinction didn't have much to offer as far as Decepticons to make toys out of, RID actually does. And wasn't the entire point of creating the Decepticons, back in the 80s, to give kids people for their good guy toys to fight with? Is that not appealing anymore?

Cobotron wrote:Nuc Convoy,
I totally agree with you on the Decepticon thing. Their designs are just killer. I am really hoping for more Con Warrior Class toys. Especially, Thunderhoof (antler guy).
If you get the chance though, check out Drift. He's really cool.

I saw Drift, I think he looks really good but the colours aren't terribly appealing. On twitter I saw an amazing repaint of RID2015 Drift in -- can I call him G1? -- Comic book Drift colours and it looked amazing. The mold has potential for certain.

I also think I may get Grimlock. I'm not entirely sold on his design, but it looks to be both fun and solid, and I can always not call him Grimlock. Think we'll get a redeco in G1 colours?

It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons. The autobots in this line so far barely manage budge my interest-o-meter. But the 'cons send that needle flying *schwing*

Once I figured out how to get Steeljaws elbows to fully click into place he hasn't left my desk. So damned dynamic. He reminds me, because of the claw weapons, colourscheme, and the sci-fi truck design, of Cybertron Brushguard -- and that is one of my favourite little guys, so nostalgia factor is good -- but this toy, Steeljaw, is amazing. Like 300% improved. Bigger, better articulation, no giant missile tube sticking out of his back (I know its for idiot proofing the toys, but still, why must these missiles be SOOOOO long all the gtime).

If they could make Warrior-class toys of the entire Decepticon cast they would guarantee more pirchases from me -- and in Toronto these guys are priced at 19.99 for a Warrior at TRU. Just let that sink in a minute. Generations was 16.99, Combiner Wars is 17.99 and RID2015 is 19.99 for the same "size-class". This is breaking my toy buying heart.

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

PrymeStriker wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

As it stands we have at least two more coming up: Fracture and "Megatronus". The rest seem to be either Legion or One-Step.

PrymeStriker wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

No official word, just deductions based on what has been revealed through various conventions and press releases. That's all we have to go by.

I just picked up RiD Steeljaw and Strongarm today

PrymeStriker wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

Well all we know from Toy Fair is we are getting Warrior Class Sideswipe and Jazz. That doesn't mean there aren't more coming though.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

As it stands we have at least two more coming up: Fracture and "Megatronus". The rest seem to be either Legion or One-Step.

Based on looking through the Transformers RID app and what can be unlocked by scanning toys etc. then the decepticons all really have limited forms/modes whereas the Autobots all have way too damn many variations. Almost all of these are directly based on the design difference between size classes and are named after them.

If Warrior-class is the only "real" class of transformers toys we are getting (I am using "real" to indicate a certain level of complexity, detail and scale) then based on the way things are looking there won't be a significant amount of the con characters in that scale.

I'm not saying for certain, but it is looking that way. The "One-Step" toys actually feel like an insult to -- not only my adult self -- the entire reason i fell in love with Transformers as a kid. Through my life TF toys got more complex, more detailed etc. and these all look terrible, have seriously limited articulation etc. and, worst of all, don't teach any puzzle solving skills, its a push-button solution that really only has one way to move the parts. One-Step TFs are the antithesis of TFs IMO.

This line to me feels like it will be a major letdown when it has so much going for it as a design aesthetic and concept...

I love, love, love, love my Steeljaw warrior-class toy. I would buy every one of the Decepticon designs I have seen from RID2015 thus-far in this size class. But I would rather buy an actual brick than buy a 1-step TF.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:It's a serious shame to hear that there are no plans for more Warrior class Decepticons.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where did you hear that?

As it stands we have at least two more coming up: Fracture and "Megatronus". The rest seem to be either Legion or One-Step.

Based on looking through the Transformers RID app and what can be unlocked by scanning toys etc. then the decepticons all really have limited forms/modes whereas the Autobots all have way too damn many variations. Almost all of these are directly based on the design difference between size classes and are named after them.

If Warrior-class is the only "real" class of transformers toys we are getting (I am using "real" to indicate a certain level of complexity, detail and scale) then based on the way things are looking there won't be a significant amount of the con characters in that scale.

I'm not saying for certain, but it is looking that way. The "One-Step" toys actually feel like an insult to -- not only my adult self -- the entire reason i fell in love with Transformers as a kid. Through my life TF toys got more complex, more detailed etc. and these all look terrible, have seriously limited articulation etc. and, worst of all, don't teach any puzzle solving skills, its a push-button solution that really only has one way to move the parts. One-Step TFs are the antithesis of TFs IMO.

This line to me feels like it will be a major letdown when it has so much going for it as a design aesthetic and concept...

I love, love, love, love my Steeljaw warrior-class toy. I would buy every one of the Decepticon designs I have seen from RID2015 thus-far in this size class. But I would rather buy an actual brick than buy a 1-step TF.

It's especially galling when most if not all the Cons this time around appear to be bigger than the Bots, but the toys don't scale appropriately (a la Prime Insecticons). I love Underbite as a character, but I'm disappointed that he only comes in dog size compared to the nicer figures.

I think it has something to do with how the show is set up. With that many Decepticons to capture, I can't help but feel they'll be more like "Monsters-of-the-Day/Week" as done in Japanese tokusatsu, like Super Sentai (or Power Rangers if you will) and Kamen Rider, thus won't get that much screen time, or play a significant part in the story.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think it has something to do with how the show is set up. With that many Decepticons to capture, I can't help but feel they'll be more like "Monsters-of-the-Day/Week" as done in Japanese tokusatsu, like Super Sentai (or Power Rangers if you will) and Kamen Rider, thus won't get that much screen time, or play a significant part in the story.

That is probably the case, though a few leaked images seem to suggest that characters like Fracture and Thunderhoof might become recurring antagonists along with Steeljaw.

NuclearConvoy wrote: worst of all, don't teach any puzzle solving skills, its a push-button solution that really only has one way to move the parts. One-Step TFs are the antithesis of TFs IMO.

I'm riding in the boat right next to you.

NuclearConvoy wrote:it has so much going for it as a design aesthetic and concept...

Coming to terms with the fact that media may be the best option to enjoy this line, opposed to my preferred method of toys. At least the show is entertaining.

NuclearConvoy wrote:]I love, love, love, love my Steeljaw warrior-class toy. I would buy every one of the Decepticon designs I have seen from RID2015 thus-far in this size class.

Amen!

Shuttershock wrote:That is probably the case, though a few leaked images seem to suggest that characters like Fracture and Thunderhoof might become recurring antagonists along with Steeljaw.

There is certainly something going on here. I like it. I'm holding on to hope that this will bode well for the Warrior Class. This year isn't over yet.

I want to have hope for the Warrior Class. These designs have me excited to the level of Animated. I honestly have not felt like the aesthetic has been given such bold new life since then. It's trying something really interesting with the Decepticons in this series, and succeeding very well.

Head of Hasbro Marketing for the Transformers brand at Hasbro , Jerry Jivoin, confirmed in the interview that there will be more warrior class decepticons released as the show progresses.
Think about it, the show is there to sell toys and they already put their main characters at the front end to make sure that they sell first. When the decepticons will have more recurring roles, they will be released. No point in having mass market decepticons on the shelves that arent yet in the show much.

Also, another interview stated that this line is meant for younger children and only the warrior class would have figures that might appeal to fans. The line for fans and older children is generations.

Instead of separating different age groups through classes within lines, they are separating age groups by toylines. Simply put, the reason why fans may find this line unapealing is because it was not made with them (or even 12 year old kids) in mind, same with Rescue Bots.