Robots in Disguise (2015) Warrior Class Sighted At US Retail

My wife just asked me what I want for Christmas and now I have an answer. Hope they arrive on the east coast soon enough.

I have no interest in RID, but I am interested to see what characters Funpub can work these molds into for the classics verse down the line.

I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

Rated X wrote:I have no interest in RID, but I am interested to see what characters Funpub can work these molds into for the classics verse down the line.

Speaking in regards to Fun Pub, they destroyed the Classicsverse back in 2012. SG Ultra Magnus orchestrated its destruction. All that's left is a reality-displaced planet Earth and whatever few Cybertronian survivors were on it at the time.

Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

Yes and no.

For RID, which is the kids line, yes, Warrior is the new Deluxe Class. The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers and there are no Leaders, but we do get Legion Class back.

For Generations/Combiner Wars, they will have no Warrior Class and will stick to the usual Legends, Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Classes.

I know it's confusing, hopefully this helps to clear it up a bit.

MightyMagnus78 wrote:These things are crap! but now we get this garbage.

RID = Rubbish In Da'box!

In agreeance.

Hoping HasTak only creates Deluxe and smaller toys for this newer Rid toy line. Prefer CW and Generations grab all the Voyagers, Ultras, Leaders and bigger 2015 to 2016 TF toys.

Fearing the inevitable Supreme, Ultimate and leader toys for Bumblebee in 2015 through 2016

Autobot032 wrote:

Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

Yes and no.

For RID, which is the kids line, yes, Warrior is the new Deluxe Class. The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers and there are no Leaders, but we do get Legion Class back.

For Generations/Combiner Wars, they will have no Warrior Class and will stick to the usual Legends, Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Classes.

I know it's confusing, hopefully this helps to clear it up a bit.

Awesome, ty

Autobot032 wrote:

Spleenzorio wrote:I've been out of the loop for a while, is the warrior class the new deluxe?

The 3-Steps are the new Voyagers

I probably know less than you, But I'm seriously hoping not.

Was guessing that the 2015 Rid line would have a similar set up like AOE did. Where HasTak had some easier assortments for youngers kids and some more complicated assortments for older kids.

Speculating the 3-steps are not the main Voyagers for the 2015 Rid line. Think these are for the much younger kids. With more complicated 2015 Rid Voyagers getting made.

A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

Sabrblade wrote:A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

Just saw this on my Facebook feed, funnily enough.

Though, is it just me, or does the face look very masculine?

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:A preview of something to come from the fandom's good customizing buddy Cheetimus Primal:

Just saw this on my Facebook feed, funnily enough.

Though, is it just me, or does the face look very masculine?

The whole thing looks way too masculine to me but hey, if the Cybertropn series can have a gender-beder in Override I say let them do whatever with this one. Yeah, I know the Override character was a matter of mixing things up between east and west (and the west messed it up, no great surprise there) whereas this one started out in the states but I was trying to be nice and give the folks at Hasbro an easy out.

Awww, hell with it. Yeah, they made her too butch. Hasbro screwed up.
I like that she isn't "dainty" and overly feminine looking like the Arcee and various Arachnia figures have been. Better to bring across that female roles can be tough and bad-ass than to make them so stereotypical but yes, they should have made her face more feminine looking.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Alot of people seem to be pegging Steeljaw as the main villain, however it seems like Underbite is the big bad. My suspicion is that Steeljaw will be an Autobot convert

I got that feeling as well, and I don't know if it's just my bias for wolves or there's something about the design of the character that hints at him being more noble than his initial Decepticon allegiance, but I'd love to see him have a change of heart too. Of the new Decepticons, he seems the least "monstery" in bot mode. Also, G1 Steeljaw is an Autobot, and Hasbro has generally been trying to keep names with their original factions post Armada, even if the characters themselves are reimagined compared to their original depictions. Maybe his name is a hint for us of what's to come story-wise for the new cartoon?

By the way, is it just me, or does Underbite's Kreon bare more than a passing resemblance to G1 Galvatron?

They're already doing that with Grimlock though.

Grimlock is starting as a Decepticon? Are you sure about that? I know Prime took a lot of liberties with the aligned continuity as begun with War for Cyberton, Fall of Cybertron, and/or Exodus, but Grimlock is an Autobot in those stories. That would be quite the retcon to ignore that or somehow turn him into a Decepticon and then back again to satisfy the heel-to-face trope, especially when you can do that with a new character.

I like that Grimlock but he needs a sword, I hope Takara does something interesting with the RID line, more Arms Microns would be nice.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Alot of people seem to be pegging Steeljaw as the main villain, however it seems like Underbite is the big bad. My suspicion is that Steeljaw will be an Autobot convert

I got that feeling as well, and I don't know if it's just my bias for wolves or there's something about the design of the character that hints at him being more noble than his initial Decepticon allegiance, but I'd love to see him have a change of heart too. Of the new Decepticons, he seems the least "monstery" in bot mode. Also, G1 Steeljaw is an Autobot, and Hasbro has generally been trying to keep names with their original factions post Armada, even if the characters themselves are reimagined compared to their original depictions. Maybe his name is a hint for us of what's to come story-wise for the new cartoon?

By the way, is it just me, or does Underbite's Kreon bare more than a passing resemblance to G1 Galvatron?

They're already doing that with Grimlock though.

Grimlock is starting as a Decepticon? Are you sure about that? I know Prime took a lot of liberties with the aligned continuity as begun with War for Cyberton, Fall of Cybertron, and/or Exodus, but Grimlock is an Autobot in those stories. That would be quite the retcon to ignore that or somehow turn him into a Decepticon and then back again to satisfy the heel-to-face trope, especially when you can do that with a new character.

Pretty sure it's safe to say that Hasbro doesn't care what they do with the whole aligned continuity thing. And yeah, Grimlock starts as a Decepticon. His faction symbol is on both his shoulders.

Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Another interesting point: it DOES look like Underbite may be the defacto Decepticon leader, as some have already speculated, and not Steeljaw. He seems to be the major threat of what must be the pilot episode.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Another interesting point: it DOES look like Underbite may be the defacto Decepticon leader, as some have already speculated, and not Steeljaw. He seems to be the major threat of what must be the pilot episode.

Well, since this is a direct sequel series to Prime, I think it's safe to say that not all the Decepticons would have animal robot modes anyway.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Weird. The aligned continuity is a joke now. It looks like Grimlock is a Decepticon for all of 5 seconds. Plus, he doesn't even fit with the other Decepticons' motif. His robot mode is humanoid with an animal alt mode. The Decepticons so far in this series are all anthropomorphic bot modes with vehicle alt modes. Is this all playing off of the fact that Grimlock was incarcerated in the IDW comics?

Tbh it was never super tight knit to begin with. The amount of plot holes between WFC/FOC and Prime is staggering. Throw in the books and there are even more. Covenant of Primus doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't really fix anything either. Additionally, the aligned Universe already -has- a Grimlock - the same one you see in FoC got an official comic series. Like, quite a decent run (I think 12 issues or so if you count all three minis). This Grimlock is nothing like that, unless they retcon it to an insane degree. Last we saw of the already established FoC Grimlock, he was on Cybertron fighting Predacons with the other Dinobots helping rebuild the planet, and Ultra Magnus had just left them to go join Team Prime on Earth.

In other words, I'm only looking at RiD 2015 as a spiritual successor to TF:Prime, and not a direct sequel, despite that being the "official" place it holds in canon. It's easier that way Don't tell Sabr and Jelze though

Back to the toys, I am seriously impressed by Hasbro right now on distribution. The last two movie lines of toys over stayed their welcome on shelves and were way overproduced. It seems like they were ready for retailers to run out of movie stuff over the busy holiday season, and were prepared at the distributor level to replenish them with new product lines instead of more of the old. Good stuff, and hopefully this means Combiner Wars is just on the horizon here in the US!

these REALLY look like upscaled legends figures, especially in person.. they're basically upscaled legends with elbow and knee joints.. for $15.. wonderful.

no thanks.

Video reviews for the newly released and spotted Transformers: Robots in Disguise figures are obviously coming in like a flood, and the next one we have lined up for you is Hyperchange Grimlock - thanks to fellow Seibertronian BCPrimal!

Here's a look at the new Hyper Change Grimlock from the new Transformers RID line. Grimlock transforms in 3 steps and has very limited articulation. The detail and paint job is very well done and younger kids will love this Grimlock. Please rate, comment and subscribe!

Anyone reviewed 1 step BB and Strongarm?Baltmatrix has!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgYnq-c ... pJ7LIABdJQ

That's one original transformation for that big Grimlock. Sure, he's a brick, but a FUN brick. I may pick him up if the price is right.

Lockdownhunter wrote:Anyone reviewed 1 step BB and Strongarm?Baltmatrix has!

I would recommend to watch this for his opinon on underbite. It seems the one reviewed before where underbite did not lock in was a factory error.

ScottyP wrote:Tbh it was never super tight knit to begin with. The amount of plot holes between WFC/FOC and Prime is staggering. Throw in the books and there are even more. Covenant of Primus doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't really fix anything either. Additionally, the aligned Universe already -has- a Grimlock - the same one you see in FoC got an official comic series. Like, quite a decent run (I think 12 issues or so if you count all three minis). This Grimlock is nothing like that, unless they retcon it to an insane degree.

You know what the really sad thing is? Mairghread Scott was both a writer for TF: Prime and one of the main writers for both the Rage of the Dinobots comics and the Prime Beast Hunters comics that each worked their darnedest to mend as much continuity patch ups as possible between WFC/FOC and Prime... and yet she's also gonna be a writer for RID, in which we have this new Grimlock, after all her efforts to not only flesh out and develop the one from WFC/FOC but also implant it into the world of the Prime cartoon in as believable and feasible as possible. All that work she did to make things work, and then they go and give us a brand new take on Grimlock that completely poops all over her fine work.

But... then again... as it's a few years between Prime and RID, this could either be a whole new guy who happens to have the same name as the old Grimlock, or it's the old Grimlock having been fully brainwashed or something. I dunno, I just pray that there's some explanation. It's all "wait and see" at this point.

ScottyP wrote:Last we saw of the already established FoC Grimlock, he was on Cybertron fighting Predacons with the other Dinobots helping rebuild the planet, and Ultra Magnus had just left them to go join Team Prime on Earth.

That was in Rage of the Dinobots. The last we saw of FOC Grimlock was in the Prime Beast Hunters comics, in which he did a lot on Cybertron and eventually reunited with Team Prime in a post-Predacons Rising scene and went to help build the Cybertron settlement New Spark.

ScottyP wrote:Back to the toys, I am seriously impressed by Hasbro right now on distribution. The last two movie lines of toys over stayed their welcome on shelves and were way overproduced. It seems like they were ready for retailers to run out of movie stuff over the busy holiday season, and were prepared at the distributor level to replenish them with new product lines instead of more of the old. Good stuff, and hopefully this means Combiner Wars is just on the horizon here in the US!

I concur. This is the shortest movie line of the four and it managed to get just about everything on the market it set out to release. And right as the next line's toys are ready to come out, this movie's line isn't keeping them held back this time. Kudos.

Sorry to those who already saw this pic elsewhere but I wanted to share it with those who had not seen it yet.

I dont think I need a new green t-rex grimlock, I will stick with the one I already have.

Can understand taking away the complex transformations, so more younger kids can transform the toys. Taking away articulation just seems like a cost cutting budget thing.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Can understand taking away the complex transformations, so more younger kids can transform the toys. Taking away articulation just seems like a cost cutting budget thing.

More or less. Especially for those bigger toys who will sell for 20-25$ instead of 30$. Articulations make the transformation more complicated because setting the limbs a certain way add one or several more transformation steps.

Just a side note: any one else notice that the name is "Robots In Disguise" and the idea is Bumblebee wasnts his team to be in hiding...yet NONE of them look like Earth cars?

What are you talking about? I drive my Truckasaurus to work every morning!

Heckfire wrote:Just a side note: any one else notice that the name is "Robots In Disguise" and the idea is Bumblebee wasnts his team to be in hiding...yet NONE of them look like Earth cars?

They still look like cars, that's all that matters. Do you honestly expect any alien-looking car to transform into a robot?

Fellow Seibertronian Lockdownhunter has pointed out that Balmatrix's RID one step changers review covers the entire wave one release, including Strongarm and Bumblebee. It should be noted that unlike what was first shown in an earlier review, Underbite's "robot mode" does lock in.



Hopefully this review along with our galleries can give you a good idea of what this line has to offer. Check back throughout the week for more galleries covering wave one!

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Toysrus.com now has the Robots in Disguise One Step Changers Wave One in stock at 9.99$ a piece. Bumblebee, Underbite, Sideswipe and Strongarm are available. Although the listing does call them warriors, this is not in reference to their toy class.




Make sure to check back often as we will be updating our Robots in Disguise 2015 gallery page with more toys from wave one all week.

Thought it may be note worthy from a distribution standpoint,
I saw these RID One Step Changers at a TRU in Council Bluffs, Iowa this past Friday.
I did not purchase any , as they don't necessarily "float my boat", but it seems we will be seeing this line widespread sooner than later.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Heckfire wrote:Just a side note: any one else notice that the name is "Robots In Disguise" and the idea is Bumblebee wasnts his team to be in hiding...yet NONE of them look like Earth cars?

They still look like cars, that's all that matters. Do you honestly expect any alien-looking car to transform into a robot?

This is where the suspension of disbelief comes in, obviously for copyright reasons they can't make the toys look 100% accurate to earth vehicles.

IJK Productions is a fellow fan who uses his YouTube channel to review Transformers and he's shared his review of Robots In Disguise Warrior Class Strongarm with us. Is she as good as Grimlock or even better? Only way to know is by watching the embed below!

Hey all. Id just figure that I'd tell you that I've uploaded a video review of Transformers RiD Warrior class Strongarm. Link here -

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Actually, after reading Ben Yee's review of Steeljaw, I will pick him up on sight. And dont worry of that caption picture, it will stay there for a looooong time.

william-james88 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Actually, after reading Ben Yee's review of Steeljaw, I will pick him up on sight. And dont worry of that caption picture, it will stay there for a looooong time.

Just take the "no" part.Steeljaw is awesome in cartoon.In toy form,he is OK and my second favourite after Green Grimlock.

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

what a "G1-ner" (?) like me wants is a quality action figure.

i want something that isn't super simple, super hollow, tiny, and isn't $15-$17.

don't worry because of combiner wars?.. huh? those figures are just as hollow and just as simple.

third parties? yeah, because i want to have to spend that kind of money on a figure. no thanks.

masterpiece figures.. sure, i love them, but there are what, 3 new molds each year?.. yeah, that's definitely going to quench my need for new figures.

i LOVED animated, and i LOVED the figures, they were fantastic.

i thought TFP was great, and most of the toys were exceptional.

so... why can't we have that?.. why is EVERYTHING made for really young kids?.. and don't say "because they're toys" because every other franchise gets an adult oriented collector(ish) sub-line to go along with their little kids toys.

we have spider man legends figures, guardians of the galaxy legends figures, captain america legends figures, x-men legends figures, and star wars has their black series which contains figures in both 4" and 6" scales.. so.. where is transformers version of the black series?

generations certainly isn't that.. not anymore anyways.. those black series utilize modern articulation, the new generations figures are all lacking ankle and wrist joints. the star wars figures are sculpted and painted with accuracy in mind.. generations is sculpted and painted as cheaply as possible.

it's just not fair that all of these other franchises have recognizable adult oriented figures. .. and don't try to tell me that that's what masterpiece figures are for.. masterpiece figures are the equivalent of the sideshow star wars figures.. you get a few of them a year and they're fairly expensive. and masterpiece when it comes to hasbro is like playing pin the tail on the donkey.. who the hell knows what their plan is or if they even have one.

so.. i don't think it's too much to ask to get decent figures from this show.. i don't think it's too much to ask for a gigantic company like hasbro to not completely ignore a portion of their fan base.

check out the toy aisles this holiday season.. TMNT figures are moving like crazy.. the transformers section barely gets any attention. looks like something isn't working.

TimothyR wrote:
we have spider man legends figures, guardians of the galaxy legends figures, captain america legends figures, x-men legends figures, and star wars has their black series which contains figures in both 4" and 6" scales.. so.. where is transformers version of the black series?

generations certainly isn't that.. not anymore anyways.. those black series utilize modern articulation, the new generations figures are all lacking ankle and wrist joints. the star wars figures are sculpted and painted with accuracy in mind.. generations is sculpted and painted as cheaply as possible.

I like your points but there is something I would like to add. I do not find it fair to compare Transformer toys to regular action figures. The costs involved with a transformer toy are not just paint aps and plastic usage. There is an additional engineering cost that no other figure sold at retail has, at least not to that level. TF toys do much more than any other figure you mentioned by being able to incorporate 2 totally different play styles. The product's life cycle from inception to distribution is thus longer than most other toys sold on the same aisle. I get that this line looks like a set back from Prime and I agree fully. But I dont find the other comparisons to other toylines fair because this is apples and oranges to me. It's more fair to compare to a previous line (If you compare this to Cybertron/Galaxy force, your head would explode).

And regarding the price, the Legends Marvel figures and Star Wars Black series sell for as much or more than Deluxe figures so the price statement was not a fair point. I would like them cheaper too, sure, but the increase in price is affecting all toys, not just TFs. I remember when marvel Legends first came out (the first line up had Cap, Iron Man and Hulk), and they were only 10$, it was a glorious time indeed. But those days are long gone. Tfs are still cheapest in the states as compared to anywhere else in the world. Unless you want to pay the same 25$ Japanese people pay for a deluxe that has better paint aps. Actually, that's my answer. You want the black series equivalent of Transformer figures, just get the Takara versions at 25-30$ US a figure.

As far as Hasbro's concerned, the Warriors and Legions are the collector-oriented toys.

But if it's any consolation, Rescue Bots doesn't have any collector-oriented toys despite Hasbro being well aware of that series having a fairly reasonably-sized adult-aged fanbase that they have yet to capitalize on. That line has transformable toys that aren't show-accurate, non-transformable toys that are show-accurate, but not a single show-accurate transformable toy. The closest there is to being one is Boulder's original toy, but that's only due to his animation model being the least-altered from the toy's design. But it was still changed.

william-james88 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Actually, after reading Ben Yee's review of Steeljaw, I will pick him up on sight. And dont worry of that caption picture, it will stay there for a looooong time.

I would not pick up Steeljaw right away, the legion figure maybe but the Warrior class no. Besides needing the tail to stand up it doesn't have elbows and is in a permanent hunch pose.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Actually, after reading Ben Yee's review of Steeljaw, I will pick him up on sight. And dont worry of that caption picture, it will stay there for a looooong time.

I would not pick up Steeljaw right away, the legion figure maybe but the Warrior class no. Besides needing the tail to stand up it doesn't have elbows and is in a permanent hunch pose.

Your last point there seems appropriate for a werewolfish character, though. He's hunched over and ready to pounce!

Wolfman Jake wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:AWESOME!!!!! I mean your review of course Strongarm is OK but nothing really super awesome about her
We all miss the FE line.While simplifying may be good, it kinda degrades the standard of the toys.But to all TF Fans(especially G1-ners) do not worry,be happy!You still have 3rd party toys,MPs ,and Combiner Wars.

Oh,by the way,why is the caption picture still the same?

Actually, after reading Ben Yee's review of Steeljaw, I will pick him up on sight. And dont worry of that caption picture, it will stay there for a looooong time.

I would not pick up Steeljaw right away, the legion figure maybe but the Warrior class no. Besides needing the tail to stand up it doesn't have elbows and is in a permanent hunch pose.

Your last point there seems appropriate for a werewolfish character, though. He's hunched over and ready to pounce!

Not when it effects balance and basic movement.

We have seen, so far, three of the four members of the first wave of Warrior class toys from the slowly but suddenly released Transformers: Robots in Disguise line. If you want to head back to Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock, click on those links - or head below to check out the video review for the first Decepticon of the bunch, thanks to fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999: Steeljaw.

It's two more figures from Wave 1 of RID! Bumble is fun with a pleasant transformation but Steeljaw just doesn't work on any level, the marbleized blue plastic is nice though. If you can only get one go with Bumblebee.

Your audio has improved!
So clear and easily understood!!!!!!

a little work i might get those elbows moving i was on the fence about these but these figures intrigue me now

checked amazon and those prices are way way way outrageous ill wait till they hit the shelves