Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus

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Around 10 days ago or so, Amazon.com had a listing for Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force Team Combiner Galvatronus for the retail price of $29.99. That listing has since gone away, but yours truly was able to get a hold of one of the figures before the price skyrocketed, and with the figure now in hand, I would like to tell you all how the team combiners truly are an underrated gem in Transformers.

We will start with the individual robots first, before getting to the combined mode at the end. Up first, the arm bots and the female fliers of the group: Cyberwarp (yellow) and Skyjack (green). These 2 figures are interesting because they are very different from the Ultra Bee and Menasor arm limbs, which all use the exact same skeleton but with different parts. These 2 ladies actually roll up into their jet modes, and in robot mode they have a rake-ish jet nose behind their heads. The coloring is nice on them, even if there isn't much in the way of paint. The robot modes are alright, better than the other arm bots, and the jet modes are pretty cool as well.

Next up are the leg bots, the big bruisers Riotgear (red) and Treadshock (green). These molds transform the exact same as the Menasor leg bots, but they are a lot bigger and I really like the vehicle modes. These things are big wheeled bulky bruisers, and they remind me some of Bulkhead. I really enjoy them both, and I really with the Menasor legs were this size. Menasor would looks so much better with the bigger legs.

Up next is the torso bot, Cyclonus. Continuing his new combiner abilities, first granted by Combiner Wars Cyclonus/Galvatronus, this Cyclonus is a great torso bot, probably the most convincing of the 3 torso bots. The jet mode is pretty sleek, and the purple is rich and a really nice plastic color. Robot mode is pretty good too, though he continues the Motormaster trend of not having actual hands, and his robot mode head is a bit low in this mode. Overall though, he really isn't that bad, quite a decent, spiky bot with an interesting transformation.

Here we have Cyclonus with his team. I think they look pretty good together, and it's kind of cool to see a Hasbro combining Cyclonus finally get a team, since only the Takara Unite Warriors line had given him a team so far. These were some good choices, and overall I think this is the best of the 3 in terms of individual team members.

And now we finally get to the combined mode, which is a pretty sweet looking thing. Cyclonus has his shoulders swivel up and a new super Cyclonus head slams down over top of his regular head. I really like the legs on the combined form, and they are definitely my favorite of the line. The arms are cool looking, but the hands are a bit of an issue. They are really nice and spiky, but when he holds his gun, he can't really close his hands, so it looks weird for him to hold his weapon.

Speaking of the gun, here it is. It is a pretty decent mold, and he stands out as the other 2 combiners only have swords, so it's the only ranged weapon given to a combiner in the line. It can be held in robot mode and stores on top of Cyclonus in jet mode. It can peg into that same slot for jet mode in combined mode on Galvatronus' back, but mine will not stay.

Finally, here we have Galvatronus with Menasor and Ultra Bee. Check them all out together!

In summary, the Combiner Force subline really has been an underrated line. The crash combiners have been really fun, and the team combiners are pretty great too. All 3 definitely have something new and interesting to offer, and for smaller $30 combiners that aren't that complex and can't pose much but still transform, don't have leaning or stability issues. and can be combined and decombined quickly, they are pretty good.

Overall, Galvatronus to me is the more creative in terms of individual team members, while Menasor has the best overall combined mode and combined mode head and Ultra Bee is personally the coolest of the 3. They are all good figures, and between them cost less than a regular Combiner Wars combiner. they also gave us our first and second ever 5 bot combiners (Drift as a sword in the show counts!) that have both male and female transformers in them, which is pretty neat!

Final conclusion: pick up at least one of these guys. They are worth it, and they are lots of fun.

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Credit(s): D-Maximus_Prime @Seibertron

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Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915526)
Posted by Kyleor on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:00pm CDT

These RID combiners are *really* awful looking in this size, they really should have been made warrior size-ish at the smallest.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915531)
Posted by Flashwave on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:29pm CDT

I ok at the arms' vehicle modes and all I see is Trypticon's spaceship mode

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915572)
Posted by Tresob on October 9th, 2017 @ 8:34pm CDT

After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915574)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on October 9th, 2017 @ 8:39pm CDT

I got Galvatron because I like Galvatrons in general, but they really missed the opportunity to make the Sweeps limbs once again. I know, this isn't G1. Still, it'd have made me like this toy a lot more.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915576)
Posted by Kurona on October 9th, 2017 @ 9:19pm CDT

Tresob wrote:After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

Not Animated or Prime? :???:

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915583)
Posted by primalxconvoy on October 9th, 2017 @ 10:26pm CDT

I can see these easily being OSKOs made by Wei Jiang in the future.

Anyway, the jets look like nothing if the sort, but the cars look like the one that came with Trypticon. I think some grey jets with extra colour for the arms (from Superion) and purple repaints of Rook would work as limbs for CW Cyclonus now.

Any customisers up for the challenge?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915585)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 9th, 2017 @ 10:46pm CDT

Kurona wrote:
Tresob wrote:After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

Not Animated or Prime?

Pretty sure he meant engineering-wise.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915590)
Posted by President-prime on October 9th, 2017 @ 11:25pm CDT

I don't see how these are underrated by adults. Well, kids can't rate this stuff or respond, for that matter. You can't underrate something that looks like a knock-off, or looks like a piece of shit (sorry for the language). If you think $30 is worth this piece of garbage, I'd rather have one good voyager or deluxe figure at the same price point. At least I can appreciate the enginuity. you know some of my combiner wars combiners are around $30 at Ross or TJ Maxx. Anyways, sorry for the ranting. They just look ugly. Seriously though. Do you really want to put these things in your collection?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915592)
Posted by SG Roadbuster on October 9th, 2017 @ 11:30pm CDT

these look terrible. and they take up shelf space that could otherwise be going to Generations/TLK Voyagers and leaders.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915607)
Posted by Insurgent on October 10th, 2017 @ 2:41am CDT

As a birthday treat, i decided to go for my first rid toy. And as watching series 2 finally reminded me i actually like strongarm, i ordered the tav version of her first figure. Since it was the dame price as hasbro stuff. So when it turns up, I'll have my first figure of this line. Who will join my classics autobot shelf. What are other peoples opinions on this figure? Does it hold up after 2 years?

And if there is a designated tav thread... Eh. I couldn't be bothered to go looking.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915617)
Posted by Windsweeper on October 10th, 2017 @ 5:50am CDT

The gun reminds me of G1 Cyclonus' oxidizing laser.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915654)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 10th, 2017 @ 9:54am CDT

President-prime wrote:Seriously though. Do you really want to put these things in your collection?

Yes, I actually did. I like combiners, and these guys are really fun guys. They are about voyager-ish sized, which I think is a good size for them, and as was said, they are fairly G1-ish in their engineering, with the torsos being more advanced and the limbs less so, but they are still pretty fun.

And saying you got a combiner on sale for $30 really isn't a fair comparison to these guys. That was a massive sale because they would not sell.

Also, something that's funny: the review for Galvatronus, which was posted about an hour or so after the Grotusque review, has a significantly larger amount of views.

Now if they had made these combiners in a more Combiner Wars styled fashion, with warriors or such, they would have been better, but much more expensive. As a line for kids, the cheaper and smaller combiners worked, and I still enjoy them. I find them to be more creative and a bit better than any warrior or legion we got this year. They kinda went flat there

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915720)
Posted by william-james88 on October 10th, 2017 @ 2:49pm CDT

Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915859)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 11th, 2017 @ 1:25am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

I would doubt it since Bee and Motormaster didn't have hands or anything I'd consider a hint of hands. Don't forget the arms can't swing forward.

PS, I hate you D-Maximus.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915901)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 11th, 2017 @ 9:53am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

Yeah, Cyclonus and Motormaster do not have hands. Bee does, but his arms can't swing forwards and they can't hold anything, and neither can MM or Cyc, so they're useless. You can say that the pin where the combiner ports swing out kinda look like hands, but that's about it.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:PS, I hate you D-Maximus.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915915)
Posted by william-james88 on October 11th, 2017 @ 11:04am CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

Yeah, Cyclonus and Motormaster do not have hands. Bee does, but his arms can't swing forwards and they can't hold anything, and neither can MM or Cyc, so they're useless. You can say that the pin where the combiner ports swing out kinda look like hands, but that's about it.

Ok so how does one enjoy a robot who has no hands?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915924)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 11th, 2017 @ 11:37am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

Yeah, Cyclonus and Motormaster do not have hands. Bee does, but his arms can't swing forwards and they can't hold anything, and neither can MM or Cyc, so they're useless. You can say that the pin where the combiner ports swing out kinda look like hands, but that's about it.

Ok so how does one enjoy a robot who has no hands?

Like I said, the pins look close enough, and these figures are primarily meant for combined mode, so that's usually where I keep them. And they're not collector oriented, and I still enjoy simple goofy guys like this who may not have all the posability and parts that a standard generations figure has, so I can make due with imagining the pins are hands, for the small amount of time they are in robot mode

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1915955)
Posted by ScottyP on October 11th, 2017 @ 12:51pm CDT

Insurgent wrote:And if there is a designated tav thread... Eh. I couldn't be bothered to go looking.

TAV has been dead for about a year so this is fine

As for Strongarm, probably the second best of the first wave of Warrior molds behind Bee. I think it does the job very well, and the version you picked up has a very super nice paint job!

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1916002)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2017 @ 6:09pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Hey D-Max, I didnt know Cyclonus didnt have hands in robot mode, does he have slots of some markings making it look like the extremity of the arms are hands? And can he hold weapons in them?

Yeah, Cyclonus and Motormaster do not have hands. Bee does, but his arms can't swing forwards and they can't hold anything, and neither can MM or Cyc, so they're useless. You can say that the pin where the combiner ports swing out kinda look like hands, but that's about it.

Ok so how does one enjoy a robot who has no hands?

The same way one enjoys Beast Wars Air Hammer.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1916045)
Posted by Insurgent on October 12th, 2017 @ 1:17am CDT

ScottyP wrote:
Insurgent wrote:And if there is a designated tav thread... Eh. I couldn't be bothered to go looking.
TAV has been dead for about a year so this is fine

As for Strongarm, probably the second best of the first wave of Warrior molds behind Bee. I think it does the job very well, and the version you picked up has a very super nice paint job!

Cool. Happy to hear she's a good choice.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1916222)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 12th, 2017 @ 10:50pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:
Insurgent wrote:And if there is a designated tav thread... Eh. I couldn't be bothered to go looking.
TAV has been dead for about a year so this is fine

As for Strongarm, probably the second best of the first wave of Warrior molds behind Bee. I think it does the job very well, and the version you picked up has a very super nice paint job!

I was under the impression that TAV was on hiatus until after the movie

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1916313)
Posted by Va'al on October 13th, 2017 @ 2:13pm CDT

Regular source of news Scottimus Prime has sent images our way of the recently released Galvatronus set from the second wave of Transformers Robots in Disguise Combiner Force spotted at the Lake Grove, NY, Toys'R'Us store! The set, featuring Skyjack, Treadshot, Cyberwarp, Cyclonus and Riotgear, was already found by the Seibertron.com community in Ontario, Canada, too - as you can see from the Sightings database right here - so do flag it up if you come across anywhere else on your travels.

Make sure to also check out our pictorial review of the set of figures, which you can find here, and happy hunting!

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1916360)
Posted by WreckerJack on October 13th, 2017 @ 9:20pm CDT

I may not care for these too much but I will say that Cyclonus has a kinda grumpy/cute face.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917092)
Posted by Deathsanras on October 17th, 2017 @ 9:29am CDT

So what happened with this?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917098)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 17th, 2017 @ 10:11am CDT

Deathsanras wrote:So what happened with this?

I've honestly no idea. that Ultra Bee really doesn't look like he did in the show, the arms are backwards, and the sword is clearly not Drift here. It may have been something very early, but in the comments from the show creators, Menasor was the combiner they had chosen from the outset to do, so....

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917105)
Posted by Kurona on October 17th, 2017 @ 10:18am CDT

Maybe they just chose Galvatronus over Bruticus, or they originally intended to have Bruticus as a third combiner but dropped him early?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917113)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 17th, 2017 @ 10:42am CDT

Preliminary art/ideas rarely reflect the final product.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917173)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 17th, 2017 @ 3:19pm CDT

Deathsanras wrote:So what happened with this?

So that's where Bruticus came from. That said, it looks like nothing more than a mere pitch, a very rough representation of a concept for executives to decide on. Bruticus was probably used because he's more well-known, plus he's the only shown Combiner in the "Aligned" continuity that the games and Prime are part of. Just to have something more concrete you know?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917181)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 17th, 2017 @ 5:17pm CDT

You know, that Bruticus does look a little like his Transformers Online design run through a RID cartoon aesthetic.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917505)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 19th, 2017 @ 11:04am CDT

This video is from last year, but has it been seen before?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917640)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 20th, 2017 @ 1:25pm CDT

I was thinking about figures we're still waiting on and wanted to check, are we supposed to get one-step versions of Starscream and Cyclonus?

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917646)
Posted by william-james88 on October 20th, 2017 @ 1:45pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was thinking about figures we're still waiting on and wanted to check, are we supposed to get one-step versions of Starscream and Cyclonus?

No, there is no record of that that I know of. But the US is still missing the latest legions.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917706)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 20th, 2017 @ 9:36pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was thinking about figures we're still waiting on and wanted to check, are we supposed to get one-step versions of Starscream and Cyclonus?

No, there is no record of that that I know of. But the US is still missing the latest legions.

And the deluxes sorta

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917708)
Posted by william-james88 on October 20th, 2017 @ 9:49pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was thinking about figures we're still waiting on and wanted to check, are we supposed to get one-step versions of Starscream and Cyclonus?

No, there is no record of that that I know of. But the US is still missing the latest legions.

And the deluxes sorta

Yeah and those might never come. The next wave the US is getting according to Entertainment Earth doesnt even have Bludgeon and Thermidor, just Twinferno.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917713)
Posted by william-james88 on October 20th, 2017 @ 10:52pm CDT

The Robots in Disguise legion class as a whole has been one of the highlights from the line. It kept the legion (previously known as legends) class alive and brought in fresh ideas and designs along with innovative transformations, especially for the size class. It was also a good way to get several characters at a similar scale and get a really nice team of Decepticons (as you will see below) without resorting to simpler/gimmick figures.

Cyclonus and Heatseeker are perfect additions to this stellar lineup.

Heatseeker reuses the Strongarm and Ratchet transformation scheme but the mold is all his own with two great looking modes that have unique looks. My favourite part is how all the red from the robot mode gets centralized in vehicle mode along with the killer headsculpt. There is some really minutious detail there with an immaculate spec of blue paint to show his monocle and bring out his Kopaka Nuova look. He also has articulated feet, which Strongarm and Ratchet don't have.

Cyclonus really blew my mind though. He retains his super sleek altmode but does something no other Cyclonus toy has ever done: show no signs of a robot mode underneath. Through some brilliant engineering, he ends up hiding every detail from his torso in alt mode. Minus the arms, of course, and it is to bad that they don't end up more compact in alt mode. However, they do peg in securely and do blend in with the cybertronian nature of the vehicle.

A large chunk of the alt mode is folded very neatly on his back in robot mode, but it does en up giving him extra crests behind his helmet. You will see in the images that you can always pose him with that backpack lowered to get rid of that look.

Speaking of posing, he has far more articulation than most other legion classes in the line (probably the most articulation) with his transformation giving him knees and his arms being on ball joints like Legion Starscream and Windblade.

He has a great colour scheme too, with two purples alternating in different areas, one being that rich deep purple you only see in the sweetest grape drinks.

My main issue with him is the headsculpt. It just looks too cute and animated, like it belongs in a show for much younger kids. Comparing his headsculpt to Heatseeker would have you believe they were from completely different shows. But aside from that, he is awesome for me.

I am glad to welcome them both to my team of Decepticons!

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917725)
Posted by Kyleor on October 21st, 2017 @ 8:10am CDT

Heetseeker's vehicle mode looks like Steeljaw and Strongarm had a kid.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if someone already did that in some fanfiction or fanart.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917727)
Posted by zatara1701 on October 21st, 2017 @ 10:13am CDT

Cyclonus has a silly-ass grin on his face... Not quite the stoic leader I am used to, not that I want to pick this one up. Just gonna leave it for the kids if I see it, since I stopped watching RID after season 1.

At first I enjoyed it to a point, then it went so far off from Prime I honestly didn't care about the characters, the story or anything else...just kinda faded from my mind.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917739)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on October 21st, 2017 @ 1:35pm CDT

I doubt since the series is nearly finished that we'll get a new Bulkhead toy(since he's in the new episode) + it would just look like the previous Bulkhead release anyway

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917741)
Posted by william-james88 on October 21st, 2017 @ 2:03pm CDT

Fellow Seibertronian Mindmaster has some good news for Transformers: Robots in Disguise fans. He found Warrior Twinferno at a Toysrus in Wilmington, NC. However, he only found Twinferno which is a good indication that this is the wave that only has Twinferno as a new figure, with the rest being repacks, and not the wave including Bludgeon and Thermidor. Let us know if ever you find Bludgeon or Thermidor and good luck on the hunt.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1917777)
Posted by --B-- on October 21st, 2017 @ 7:37pm CDT

Had a chance to fiddle with this mold at Hascon, and I was not impressed. Feels flimsy and has a very weak alt mode.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918051)
Posted by RustedCross on October 23rd, 2017 @ 1:25pm CDT

I can see them doing a redeco of Soundwave into Bulkhead.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918054)
Posted by Rysquad on October 23rd, 2017 @ 1:39pm CDT

Toys R Us in Murrieta, CA have Menasor and Galvatronus in stock. Picked up both.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918514)
Posted by Rysquad on October 26th, 2017 @ 4:59pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Cyclonus really blew my mind though. He retains his super sleek altmode but does something no other Cyclonus toy has ever done: show no signs of a robot mode underneath. Through some brilliant engineering, he ends up hiding every detail from his torso in alt mode. Minus the arms, of course, and it is to bad that they don't end up more compact in alt mode. However, they do peg in securely and do blend in with the cybertronian nature of the vehicle.

A large chunk of the alt mode is folded very neatly on his back in robot mode, but it does en up giving him extra crests behind his helmet. You will see in the images that you can always pose him with that backpack lowered to get rid of that look.

I would love a Cyberbattalion version of that Cyclonus!

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918518)
Posted by Rysquad on October 26th, 2017 @ 5:02pm CDT

Target has sales going from now through 11/22 (Wednesday before Thanksgiving).

The Target Toy Book is going out now. There's a $10 Target car with $50 toy purchase offer on the back of the Toy Book.

https://www.bfads.net/Target-2017-Toy-Book-Posted

Starting on Sunday 10/29 through 11/11, texting TOY to Target (827438) will get you a 25% a single toy (or sporting good or kids' craft) item. It's probably one coupon per phone number so you probably can't get one each day. Also, starting on 11/1 through Thanksgiving, there will be a daily deal on a toy each day. I can't recall if any Transformers toys popped up there on last year.

Specific to Robots in Disguise Toys:

Transformers Robots In Disguise Combiner Force Activator Combiners $16.99 (Reg. 19.99)

Transformers Rid Force Team Combiner $24.99 (Reg. 29.99)

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918769)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on October 28th, 2017 @ 6:46pm CDT

It's a pity there's to be no more toys coz the shows about to end coz I would've loved toys of those Cybertron Police with the nifty cybertron hovercar alt modes

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918929)
Posted by william-james88 on October 29th, 2017 @ 11:30pm CDT

The Transformers: Robots in Disguise line has really been all over the place with distribution depending on the country with toys being outright skipped. When the US started getting a wave containing only one Twinferno with no Bludgeon or Thermidor, which was different than what every other country got, people feared for the worst. Well, we have some good news for fans of the line and those looking for either that Bludgeon or Thermidor. We have our first US listing of the wave including those two at Entertainment Earth. There it states that this wave is due out in December 2017. It also gives a content of the case where we see which toys are being repacked along with the new figures.

Case of 8 individually packaged figures includes:
1x TRA RID WARRIOR BUMBLEBEE
1x TRA RID WARRIOR GRIMLOCK
1x TRA RID WARRIOR STRONGARM
1x TRA RID WARR POWER SURGE OPTIMUS PRIME
2x TRA RID WARRIOR AUTOBOT TWINFERNO
1x TRA RID WARRIOR DECEPTICON BLUDGEON
1x TRA RID WARRIOR THERMIDOR

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918944)
Posted by worldsgreatest on October 30th, 2017 @ 6:36am CDT

Up for PO @ BBTS too:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/V ... ails/63962

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/V ... ails/63957

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/V ... ails/63952

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918947)
Posted by WreckerJack on October 30th, 2017 @ 7:27am CDT

Between the smiling Cyclonus and Thermidor's silly grin I think hasbro has targeted my weakness for cute things. I'll probably wait till they show up at retail of course.

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1918948)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 30th, 2017 @ 7:47am CDT

Seen that Bludgeon and Twinferno in Asda and Toys R Us in Cambridge UK for about £18 each. Not my thing at all but there ya go

Re: Pictorial Review for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Galvatronus (1919047)
Posted by Prime Target on October 30th, 2017 @ 6:13pm CDT

Hah! this wave made it to us Aussies first 8-)