Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Legions Found at US Retail

Picked up Springload and Starscream from Target this morning.

Yet, still no sign of weaponizer mini cons....

Ironhidensh wrote:Yet, still no sign of weaponizer mini cons....

Me neither, just wave 1 and 2... still. Makes me really sad

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Yet, still no sign of weaponizer mini cons....

Me neither, just wave 1 and 2... still. Makes me really sad

but i thought you were happy bout something today

Bumblebeevis21 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Yet, still no sign of weaponizer mini cons....

Me neither, just wave 1 and 2... still. Makes me really sad

but i thought you were happy bout something today

Oh I am, just sad for the lack of weaponizer minicons

Along with the first US sightings of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force figures, two Seibertronians have sent along their reviews of two new figures from the line! First up, Scottimus Prime with frog-like Decepticon Springload.



And next, chuckdawg1999 with fellow Legion class wavemate Starscream.

Starscream is our first look at the Combiner Force sub-line of RID, a scaled down version of the previously released warrior class figure. Transformation is fun, and I'm impressed with how solid the jet mode is. Definitely worth a pick up.

I really need that Springload. It is an awesome little legion

Wait... imagine: a hoard of Springloads rising against the Autobots like one of those 12 plagues of biblical proportions! Almost like Shajaki's Sweeps!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Wait... imagine: a hoard of Springloads rising against the Autobots like one of those 12 plagues of biblical proportions! Almost like Shajaki's Sweeps!

And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Wait... imagine: a hoard of Springloads rising against the Autobots like one of those 12 plagues of biblical proportions! Almost like Shajaki's Sweeps!

And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

...Now I really want to buy a Spring-hoard

Sabrblade wrote:Blastwave has Bludgeon's head instead of the one seen in his artwork.

I can't STAND that. Takes me from zero to PO'd in less than a second.

Counterpunch wrote:I can't wait for the inevitable Takara redeco of the Combiner Force into the Multi-Force.

And here we have the first example of a pretool Counterpunch!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Yet, still no sign of weaponizer mini cons....

Me neither, just wave 1 and 2... still. Makes me really sad

Don't even get me started on that. I guess the previous minicons didn't sell well and stores aren't carrying the newer waves.

Sabrblade wrote:And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

I'm sorry, I have to...
DORADUS, I'VE COME TO BARGAIN.

ToxicSmoke wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

I'm sorry, I have to...
DORADUS, I'VE COME TO BARGAIN.

I get your joke, but I'm not certain you got mine.

Sabrblade wrote:

ToxicSmoke wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

I'm sorry, I have to...
DORADUS, I'VE COME TO BARGAIN.

I get your joke, but I'm not certain you got mine.

i got both of them

The official Transformers Facebook page has shared a new video, and we get our first full-on look at the upcoming warrior class Transformers: Robots in Disguise Soundwave figure! As the clip says, the toy takes several generations of Decepticon communications officer design tips, from Transformers: Prime to G1, via recent RID incarnations and War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron cues. Check it out below!

Weird how there's no sound for the video.

I like the boxart, but the fact TFP Soundwave now has a faceplate gives an extremely different feel to his character.

It's weird how they completely exclude Cybertron and Animated Soundwave as if they seem to have never existed. And this irritates me.

So weird their is no SOUND for SOUNDWAVE!

Sabrblade wrote:

ToxicSmoke wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And with every one of them screaming to the heavens "LEAD ME TO DORADUS!"

I'm sorry, I have to...
DORADUS, I'VE COME TO BARGAIN.

I get your joke, but I'm not certain you got mine.

Don't worry, I did.

Yeah...what's up with the faceplate on the artwork? It's more logical that the show model would use the Prime Soundwave head that's on the toy.

Eh, screw it, the toy looks amazing. I'm sure Takara will show it up, but I don't care. For once, Hasbro dun gud. Now let's see that Blurr.

Gallifreyan Autobot wrote:It's weird how they completely exclude Cybertron and Animated Soundwave as if they seem to have never existed. And this irritates me.

They skipped the film version too. They skipped every incarnation. It's just the oldest Soundwave vs. the newest Soundwave.

PrymeStriker wrote:Eh, screw it, the toy looks amazing. I'm sure Takara will show it up, but I don't care. For once, Hasbro dun gud. Now let's see that Blurr.

Watch them go show-accurate by painting a faceplate on which ends up looking as good as when they used paint to 'remove' CW/UW Drag Strip's slit teardrop eyes.

I really don't think the box art is automatically indicative of how Soundwave will look in the cartoon. Remember how wildly unlike the cartoon model Steeljaw's box art was?

Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 was lucky enough to get ahold of the latest Robots in Disguise warriors, and was nice enough to share with us his review for new Autobot Stormshot! Stormshot is an all new mold which is heavily based on a combiner wars Aerialbot mold, minus only the combiner port and featuring a tighter backpack, and features a pretty good paint job of red, white, and blue. Stormshot is schedule for release along with wavemates Drift and Blastwave at the very beginning of 2017, so stay tuned for those guys to start showing up in stores!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stormshot is the first Warrior Class figure I was able to get from the Combiner Force sub-line of RID. Robot mode is very cool looking, with a nice red, white, and blue color scheme. Transformation is satisfying, although I'm concerned about stress marks on some ports. Overall, Stormshot just might be my favorite figure from RID thus far.

Boy, they sure are getting their mileage out of that leg transformation.
He looks good though. Simple and fun. Dig his robot mode.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Dude17943 wrote:Does anybody else have problems with Warrior Bisk not holding together in vehicle mode? I recently got him and his right claw doesn't peg in at all.

i have that issue to. For mine, his left claw does not like staying tabbed in.

Same for me, same goes for the blue from wave 3 of tr, I don't even know how to fix the problems either

So I kinda have a fix for this issue; transform the arm that's giving you trouble alone, then close the hood on that half, then combine the hood parts and then transform the arm that doesn't give you trouble, and that should work out better, although it's not perfect.

It's a shame this guy is so simple when RiD's transformations were getting pretty impressive. The wing/cockpit section is pretty unique tho.

Still, it's a great looking figure and it's much better disguised than your normal Aerialbot thanks to the hands tucking in and the shoulders looking like fuselage.

Nik Hero wrote:So weird their is no SOUND for SOUNDWAVE!

They should make a Soundwave boombox. They would make a mint.

I want Stormshot retooled into Protectobot Skyfeather!

Nik Hero wrote:I want Stormshot retooled into Protectobot Skyfeather!

..... Yessssss

Due to a new listing on Entertainment Earth for the entire Wave 10 of the Robots in Disguise (2015) toyline, we have a breakdown of which figures will be included in the wave in which quantities. The new figures - new Autobot mold Stormshot, a redeco of Drift in his IDW colours and a pre-deco of Bludgeon called Blastwave - are unfortunately shortpacked as well as the previously TRU-exclusive Starscream; with unchanged previous releases Grimlock and Strongarm taking up half the case.

2x TRA RID WARRIOR GRIMLOCK
2x TRA RID WARRIOR STRONGARM
1x TRA RID WARRIOR STARSCREAM
1x TRA RID WARRIOR BLASTWAVE
1x TRA RID WARRIOR STORMSHOT
1x TRA RID WARRIOR AUTOBOT DRIFT

Don't forget to tell us what you think in the forums!

Wouldn't it make more sense to double up on at least one of the new figures? I get it Hasbro wants to make sure kids coming into the show can still get their main characters, but I'd think more kids have their main characters already and would want new stuff. Collectors would want the new stuff too, although they're not the target audience. Just a thought.

have you meet hasbro yet

this assortment is f$%&ing stupid. Grimlock and Strongarm were both in wave 1. which came out in december of 2014. these toys are literally 2 years old. anyone who actually wanted one, be they collector or child has had ample time to procure them.

Consider the re-releases "second chances" for the one who have been waiting for more Decepticons to appear in the line. Some actually did wait.

Putting Strongarm and Grimlock back on the shelf makes sense. They sell and their show appearances haven't really changed. I imagine we'll see these shortpacked figures in later waves in higher quantities to coincide with (presumably) some actual appearances in the show.

Stormshot being a completely new mold Autobot with no references to previous characters suggests to me he's gonna be a new Autobot on the show so I'm betting he'll pull more appearances in future waves. At the very least most of them should be shortpacked in other waves.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Consider the re-releases "second chances" for the one who have been waiting for more Decepticons to appear in the line. Some actually did wait.

Which would be me. I literally just got into the line a couple weeks ago, nabbing Windblade, Paralon, and Thunderhoof (granted, only got the first two as makeshift stand-ins), and I am considering getting that Strongarm now...

I wouldn't have minded a Patrol Strongarm deco at all for the Warrior toy mould - the Blue version again is a bit superfluous. Grimlock might even be considered a problem if they follow this wave set up in the UK as Sainsbury's just got a refresh wave that included him.

I would have though bringing Steeljaw back would have made more sense. Not to mention it's bad assortment planning to include multiples of the same character at the same time as it just increases the likely hood one of them won't sell as well.

I thought when they did that with Bisk & Ratchet it was kinda Bizarre enough.

RAR wrote:I wouldn't have minded a Patrol Strongarm deco at all for the Warrior toy mould - the Blue version again is a bit superfluous. Grimlock might even be considered a problem if they follow this wave set up in the UK as Sainsbury's just got a refresh wave that included him.

I would have though bringing Steeljaw back would have made more sense. Not to mention it's bad assortment planning to include multiples of the same character at the same time as it just increases the likely hood one of them won't sell as well.

I thought when they did that with Bisk & Ratchet it was kinda Bizarre enough.

Now that I think about it, now that regular non-animal Decepticons are released, what are the chances of us getting a Rollbar?

I just want Skunkticons!

Has the newer wave release of Grimlock had its exploding elbows fixed?

Sabrblade wrote:Has the newer wave release of Grimlock had its exploding elbows fixed?

I've been hearing it has

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 was lucky enough to get ahold of the latest Robots in Disguise warriors, and was nice enough to share with us his review for new Autobot Stormshot! Stormshot is an all new mold which is heavily based on a combiner wars Aerialbot mold, minus only the combiner port and featuring a tighter backpack, and features a pretty good paint job of red, white, and blue. Stormshot is schedule for release along with wavemates Drift and Blastwave at the very beginning of 2017, so stay tuned for those guys to start showing up in stores!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stormshot is the first Warrior Class figure I was able to get from the Combiner Force sub-line of RID. Robot mode is very cool looking, with a nice red, white, and blue color scheme. Transformation is satisfying, although I'm concerned about stress marks on some ports. Overall, Stormshot just might be my favorite figure from RID thus far.

groovy!

hope the head can turn 180 for alt mode.

otherwise?

groovy

Scottimus Prime has reached out to us with his video showing the transformation for Blastwave. You get to see the similarities and changes to Megatronus, which share the same base mold. This is great for fans of the upcoming Bludgeon toy since this is the same toy but in an autobot deco.

As if a Bludgeon would allow an Autobot walking around with an identical body...

so....the hands dont fold away like they did on Megatronus?

The latest Deluxe and Legion wave for Robots in Disguise is slowly making its way across the US. For the deluxes, which include Alpine Drift, Stormshot and Blastwave, they have now also been found at Target (the images below are from Palatine, IL).

Target also now has the latest Legion wave, which includes Satarscream and Springload (the ones below were found in Okemos, MI). And if you dont have a Target or TRU in your area no worries, these anticipated legion toys are now on Amazon too. You can get Springload here and Starscream here.

Sabrblade wrote:Has the newer wave release of Grimlock had its exploding elbows fixed?

I never opened the Warrior Grimlock I bought as I happened to buy the KO one and pick up the 3 step around the same time at a carbootsale so I never got around to opening the warrior one. If I see one in revised packaging then I might give it a try - but would I be brave enough to bend the elbows though - hard to say.

I like the look of that plane and it's nice Starscream is getting a regular release version too - I would hope RID has a bit longer legs now though as I would really hope they get around to doing Thundercracker before the line dies as incomplete seeker sets drives me crazy.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Has the newer wave release of Grimlock had its exploding elbows fixed?

I've been hearing it has

I bought the Wave 8 or 9 or whatever repack in the Weaponizer packaging, same problems

Out of curiosity, have you guys tried the fix I showed in my video on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel? Simple fix that negates this problem.