San Diego Comic Con 2014 Transformers Set Revealed: Kreon Class of 1984

Now THIS is gonna garner some attention!

Lots of toy-accuracy going on with these. Blue Bluestreak, visor-eyed Brawn, face-masked Bumblebee, visor-eyed Gears, gray-eyed Hound, visor-eyed Huffer, silver-visor Jazz, blue eye-masked Mirage, mouthplated Perceptor, silver-eyed Rumble and Frenzy, yellow-eyed Skywarp, yellow-visored Soundwave, red-visored Trailcutter, red-eyed/blue-mouthplated Ultra Magnus, visor-eyed Wheeljack, visor-eyed Windcharger, and a lot of other odds and ends.

Very cool to get a proper Shrapnel. The one out now (red diaclone homage) just doesn't count.

Also at $2 a Kreon, that's a fantastic price.

Mindmaster wrote:The next and final San Diego Comic Con 2014 exclusive has been revealed, and will give lovers of Kreons a run for their money: Kreons Class of 1984! Thanks to io9.com we have a look at this exclusive pack of thirty Kreons, new entries being Rumble, Frenzy, Gears, Sunstreaker, Shrapnel, and Ultra Magnus! This set also features little extra accessories, including among them a boombox and cassette tapes. The price for this set is reported to be $59.99. Images of the set have been mirrored below!

I like this Aww yea I wonder what the class of 86-89 will be probably has post movie character headmasters target masters pretenders power masters and ones that originated from Japan

Friggin awesome set; excellent value for money as well!

This set doesn't make sense. If it were the class of 84 it should be the original 18 autobots and 14 decepticons.

Nice price point thought. Too bad it barely makes up for the admission and the rest of the costs associated with going.

shockblast2 wrote:This set doesn't make sense.

A set of 30 of the most beloved/iconic G1 characters that includes all of the 1984 cast (minus the three non-humanoid ones) doesn't make any sense?

No Reflector no sale sorry hasbro >:oP

No Bluestreak, no Reflector, and no Skyfire.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:No Bluestreak,

Top-row, second one from the left, between Arcee and Brawn:

Aren't Arcee and Magnus technically "Class of '86?" Nonetheless, I WANT THIS.

If it were the class of 84 it should be the original 18 autobots and 14 decepticons.

I would have gone for that as well. But Magnus and Arcee are pretty cool additions.

ScottyP wrote:Very cool to get a proper Shrapnel. The one out now (red diaclone homage) just doesn't count.

Also at $2 a Kreon, that's a fantastic price.

yeah, that shrapnel is getting the red one's parts, since they're inexplicably going with something other than those pincers. the improved seekers look great, skrapnel and sideswipe are mixed up, but that's not a major issue. my only real complaint is that they dont seem to have included a red pair of the pieces they're using as piledrivers, so we could use rumble as rumble instead of frenzy I'm not saying I'm right, just that the choice should be up to the user!

My god, that is a beautiful set! All those Kreons, mini-Rumble and Frenzy, original toy accuracy, mullets, floppy discs, rubik's cubes, brick cell phones, VHS tapes, and at an absolute steal! Too bad it'll no doubt sell out long before I could possibly even think "buy."

On the flip side, there are a LOT of repeat characters...

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER MADE except for MP-10

I will be buying this.

EDIT: Oh my god Sunstreaker has a mullet. A FRAGGING MULLET.

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:This set doesn't make sense.

A set of 30 of the most beloved/iconic G1 characters that includes all of the 1984 cast (minus the three non-humanoid ones) doesn't make any sense?

To be fair Sabr, if you look at the accessories, Buzzsaw, Laserbeak and Ravage *ARE* included in cassette form.
Also the only thing *REALLY* confusing me is why Shrapnel is using smokestacks instead of pincers. I hope they fixed this for the official release

durroth wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:This set doesn't make sense.

A set of 30 of the most beloved/iconic G1 characters that includes all of the 1984 cast (minus the three non-humanoid ones) doesn't make any sense?

To be fair Sabr, if you look at the accessories, Buzzsaw, Laserbeak and Ravage *ARE* included in cassette form.
Also the only thing *REALLY* confusing me is why Shrapnel is using smokestacks instead of pincers. I hope they fixed this for the official release

Good eye!

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:No Bluestreak,

Top-row, second one from the left, between Arcee and Brawn:

Huh, I thought that was Smokescreen. I wish they'd make Bluestreak grey again.

I hope that some versions of the characters that are seen in this set makes it into some of the main line toys. I would love to get some cassette pals for my Kreon Soundwave.

Wow! that is nice. I want this. That is a lot of value.

Do they have these for sale even if you can't attend?

sabrigami wrote:Do they have these for sale even if you can't attend?

SDCC exclusives, if there are any stock left after the convention is over, is put on Hasbro Toy Shop usually the following Monday. I imagine this and the Dinobots set selling out really quickly.

OK, I'll ask, do the figures Transform?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:OK, I'll ask, do the figures Transform?

If they're anything like the regular retail Kre-Os, then they should. I mean, they actually fall apart and you have to put them back together into their alt modes, but it's still changing from 1 form to the other.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:OK, I'll ask, do the figures Transform?

If they're anything like the regular retail Kre-Os, then they should. I mean, they actually fall apart and you have to put them back together into their alt modes, but it's still changing from 1 form to the other.

They look to be the regular non-transforming Kreons rather than Micro Changers, due to a lack of a noticeable amount of excessive kibble parts that enable transformation.

that's not of course going to stop me from replacing the micro changers that have corresponding figures in this set with these. Because that arcee and shrapnel at least are much better than the blind bagged ones. Brawn... might be? I dunno. Trailcutter probably is better than his set figure, but isn't there another one of him in series 6?

Mindmaster wrote:

sabrigami wrote:Do they have these for sale even if you can't attend?

SDCC exclusives, if there are any stock left after the convention is over, is put on Hasbro Toy Shop usually the following Monday. I imagine this and the Dinobots set selling out really quickly.

Awwwww. that kinda sucks Guess I may as well erase this awesome hunk of Kreon goodness from memory. Thanks for the info

Wow, I really could've used this six months ago when I was trying to Ebay most of these guys.

I am a little disappointed that they haven't attempted Ravage and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw yet (I mean in robot mode). There are the animal helmets now. They could probably whip up something simple.

RiddlerJ wrote:Wow, I really could've used this six months ago when I was trying to Ebay most of these guys.

I am a little disappointed that they haven't attempted Ravage and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw yet (I mean in robot mode). There are the animal helmets now. They could probably whip up something simple.

I don't know about Laserbeak/Buzzsaw but they could do a great Beast Wars Ravage

we need more BW kreons period. really hoping 2017 sees a 20th anniversary beast wars boom

Pfft. Wait, that's actually kinda cool since they're all together in one place. Eh, can still get the same effect with a poster of them all.

Those Kreons look very cool and it is priced very well

I love the idea of this set though I think I would like it a bit more if it had stayed true to the theme. Either a "More Than Meets The Eye" Class of 1984 set (only with characters from the original first 3 parter) or a Season 1 Class of 1984 set that included all of the characters from Season 1, including the humans Spike, Sparkplug, Chip Chase and Dr Archevil as well as the Constructicons, Devastator, Jetfire, Shrapnel, Bombshell, Kickback and Reflector.

Seibertron wrote:I love the idea of this set though I think I would like it a bit more if it had stayed true to the theme. Either a "More Than Meets The Eye" Class of 1984 set (only with characters from the original first 3 parter) or a Season 1 Class of 1984 set that included all of the characters from Season 1, including the humans Spike, Sparkplug, Chip Chase and Dr Archevil as well as the Constructicons, Devastator, Jetfire, Shrapnel, Bombshell, Kickback and Reflector.

That's what I thought it was going to be when I read the headline.

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:This set doesn't make sense.

A set of 30 of the most beloved/iconic G1 characters that includes all of the 1984 cast (minus the three non-humanoid ones) doesn't make any sense?

What are you talking about? Cast of what? The TF cartoon came out in 84 and last time I checked Arcee, Ultra Magnus, the Insecticons, and others were NOT introduced until later on. Years later for some. There were 18 original autobots and Perceptor wasn't one of them. Neither was Arcee. And theya re missing four or five of the 18. Not to mention almost half of the original decepticons, including the seekers.

Now, care to explain what in the hell you are talking about when you say "original cast"??

shockblast2 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:This set doesn't make sense.

A set of 30 of the most beloved/iconic G1 characters that includes all of the 1984 cast (minus the three non-humanoid ones) doesn't make any sense?

What are you talking about? Cast of what? The TF cartoon came out in 84 and last time I checked Arcee, Ultra Magnus, the Insecticons, and others were NOT introduced until later on. Years later for some. There were 18 original autobots and Perceptor wasn't one of them. Neither was Arcee. And theya re missing four or five of the 18. Not to mention almost half of the original decepticons, including the seekers.

Now, care to explain what in the hell you are talking about when you say "original cast"??

All of the original 1984 characters are included in this set, plus five additional post-1984 characters who are likewise beloved/iconic. They did get all of the originals in there, and topped them off with five more dudes for extra goodness.

If you really want to be pedantic, Hauler and the Reflector crew are missing. But Hauler never transformed in his sole appearance, and Reflector could be presented by a camera accessory. >:oP

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If you really want to be pedantic, Hauler and the Reflector crew are missing. But Hauler never transformed in his sole appearance, and Reflector could be presented by a camera accessory. >:oP

And neither had a toy in 1984. The toyline dictated who belonged to which year, not the cartoon.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Wow, I really could've used this six months ago when I was trying to Ebay most of these guys.

I am a little disappointed that they haven't attempted Ravage and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw yet (I mean in robot mode). There are the animal helmets now. They could probably whip up something simple.

I don't know about Laserbeak/Buzzsaw but they could do a great Beast Wars Ravage

I was think they could build them along the lines of how they did beast modes for some other characters like the Predacons. They wouldn't be perfect but at least they would be represented.

Mindswipe in different colors would make a great Ratbat. I found that if you remove the waist/leg piece, the claws attached to the hands are in perfect placement for the bat feet. If I was a better customizer, I would've made one myself by now.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If you really want to be pedantic, Hauler and the Reflector crew are missing. But Hauler never transformed in his sole appearance, and Reflector could be presented by a camera accessory. >:oP

And neither had a toy in 1984. The toyline dictated who belonged to which year, not the cartoon.

According to who? If they were in the cartoon in 1984-85 (season 1) then they belong in the class of '84.

Hauler was in an episode? Which one?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hauler was in an episode? Which one?

He first "appeared" in More than meets the Eye, part 1.

Well, not exactly as he's more like Grapple with his yellow. It's possible Grapple was originally meant for release in 1984 but was pulled. Grapple proper would debut in the Season 2 episode Dinobot Island pt. 1, followed by his spotlight episode The Master Builders. That leaves his Season 1 cameo retconed into Hauler (Grapple's originally planned name). He also "appears" in The Five Faces of Darkness pt. 4 alongside the other Constructicons, though (like Gravedigger) it was due to another retcon, but that was the basis for his toy colors.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If you really want to be pedantic, Hauler and the Reflector crew are missing. But Hauler never transformed in his sole appearance, and Reflector could be presented by a camera accessory. >:oP

Sunstorm, Bitstream, and Hotlink should be in the set too if we want to go by that standard.


I wonder. Would anyone want a Kreon set of just all the seekers or not?

This franchise need more Cybertronians with mullets.

Don't know if anyone else caught this, but starscream has a megatron pistol.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If you really want to be pedantic, Hauler and the Reflector crew are missing. But Hauler never transformed in his sole appearance, and Reflector could be presented by a camera accessory. >:oP

And neither had a toy in 1984. The toyline dictated who belonged to which year, not the cartoon.

According to who? If they were in the cartoon in 1984-85 (season 1) then they belong in the class of '84.

The toyline came first. It mapped out and decided who would appear in the fictions for each year. It's not like they first made characters for the show and then made toys of them afterward. The cartoon just decided to do a little early advertisement for some of the following years' toys now and then to get people excited about the next year's assortments of product. The cartoon relied on the toyline to be the backbone of the brand. Without the toys, we wouldn't have had the cartoon or the comics.

Anybody catch that the Kreo packaging is like a yearbook

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:According to who? If they were in the cartoon in 1984-85 (season 1) then they belong in the class of '84.

The toyline came first. It mapped out and decided who would appear in the fictions for each year. It's not like they first made characters for the show and then made toys of them afterward. The cartoon just decided to do a little early advertisement for some of the following years' toys now and then to get people excited about the next year's assortments of product. The cartoon relied on the toyline to be the backbone of the brand. Without the toys, we wouldn't have had the cartoon or the comics.

So the Arcee, Perceptor and Magnus toys were out in '84? And the Diaclones don't count, because they weren't technically the Transformers toys. They were just based on them. I can count Magnus, as he is the repaint of Prime (the white cab used in the Kreo set is, anyway) but the other 2?

Rodimus Prime wrote:So the Arcee, Perceptor and Magnus toys were out in '84? And the Diaclones don't count, because they weren't technically the Transformers toys. They were just based on them. I can count Magnus, as he is the repaint of Prime (the white cab used in the Kreo set is, anyway) but the other 2?

I already covered this. This is the 1984 cast, plus five additional beloved/iconic characters, who were probably included to make the number of Kreons an even 30 for the anniversary.

im Very excited for that G1 colors dinobot set coming out, and the ark playset packaging. i wonder how sturdy it is, because id love to display my classics autobots on it

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So the Arcee, Perceptor and Magnus toys were out in '84? And the Diaclones don't count, because they weren't technically the Transformers toys. They were just based on them. I can count Magnus, as he is the repaint of Prime (the white cab used in the Kreo set is, anyway) but the other 2?

I already covered this. This is the 1984 cast, plus five additional beloved/iconic characters, who were probably included to make the number of Kreons an even 30 for the anniversary.

I know that. My objection is this shouldn't be called the "Class of '84" if there are characters from later represented.

So, between this set, the Rock Band, and the G1 Dinos, could SDCC 2014 be a good contender for having the best SDCC TF exclusives ever?

Sabrblade wrote:So, between this set, the Rock Band, and the G1 Dinos, could SDCC 2014 be a good contender for having the best SDCC TF exclusives ever?

Eh... last year's exclusives were better. My opinion, of course. Only thing I remotely like is the Dinobots set. The rest of it is "meh" to me.