Transformers: Robots in Disguise Sideswipe and Windstrike Battle Pack Available Now

Is Windstrike a remold of Lancelon (or other way around) or is it a new mold?

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Is Windstrike a remold of Lancelon (or other way around) or is it a new mold?

It's safe to say some RiD Mini-Cons reuse transformations without being retools. Seems to happen a lot these days...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Is Windstrike a remold of Lancelon (or other way around) or is it a new mold?

It's safe to say some RiD Mini-Cons reuse transformations without being retools. Seems to happen a lot these days...

Been happening since G1. Just look at the throttlebots.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Fellow Seibertronians, while it's been available for a little while now, we are now bringing you a friendly heads-up that the new Transformers Robots in Disguise Sideswipe and Windstrike Battle Pack is now available on Amazon, it's also possible that it has made it's way to other retailers as well. So take a minute to check out the images of it below to refresh yourself on this figure, and be sure to let us know if you are planning on picking this figure up, or have seen it already.

Saw him with Strongarm, but opted for the lady instead. My boys like her character better.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Is Windstrike a remold of Lancelon (or other way around) or is it a new mold?

It's safe to say some RiD Mini-Cons reuse transformations without being retools. Seems to happen a lot these days...

A lot of the torpedo minicons share the same transformation while having completely new parts, so they could just share engineering, as was said, and it is not too uncommon

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Is Windstrike a remold of Lancelon (or other way around) or is it a new mold?

It's safe to say some RiD Mini-Cons reuse transformations without being retools. Seems to happen a lot these days...

Been happening since G1. Just look at the throttlebots.

Even further back than that with Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Bumper.

Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

He was there? I only saw Bisk a week or 2 ago and I've been keeping up to date

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

He was there? I only saw Bisk a week or 2 ago and I've been keeping up to date

But even then, just buying that one figure would still incur shipping costs no? And yeah, it is weird that Hasbro wouldnt list those wave 3 and 4 minicons, especially since they werent so hot at big box retailers.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

He was there? I only saw Bisk a week or 2 ago and I've been keeping up to date

But even then, just buying that one figure would still incur shipping costs no? And yeah, it is weird that Hasbro wouldnt list those wave 3 and 4 minicons, especially since they werent so hot at big box retailers.

It would, but then I could buy it with other items to get the free shipping, or I could get it off the HTS Ebay store, which offers free shipping on everything over $0.99

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

He was there? I only saw Bisk a week or 2 ago and I've been keeping up to date

But even then, just buying that one figure would still incur shipping costs no? And yeah, it is weird that Hasbro wouldnt list those wave 3 and 4 minicons, especially since they werent so hot at big box retailers.

If they weren't hot at big box retailers, what hope would they have of selling them on hts? wave 1 and 2 are still warming their digital shelves, besides, they don't get everything that's released...

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Something that has really disappointed me is that they never even put the wave 3 or 4 minicons up on HTS, and Crazybolt isn't there and is no where to be found, and they put up legion Bisk but no Groundpounder, and they are no where to be seen either at retail.

I really hoped to get those guys, but even HTS so far is letting me down, along with the stores I go to. I know that the minis appeared elsewhere but around here they were no where to be seen.

groundpounder was there, but they sold out of him, and took his post down while they were cleaning the site a couple weeks back, I've seen a a buncha times though, looks alright

He was there? I only saw Bisk a week or 2 ago and I've been keeping up to date

But even then, just buying that one figure would still incur shipping costs no? And yeah, it is weird that Hasbro wouldnt list those wave 3 and 4 minicons, especially since they werent so hot at big box retailers.

If they weren't hot at big box retailers, what hope would they have of selling them on hts? wave 1 and 2 are still warming their digital shelves, besides, they don't get everything that's released...

If no one ordered them then Hasbro would have overstock and maybe resort to selling it through their own retail outlet HTS.

Fellow TF Fan MrNeurie wrote to us to let us know that the Weapon Mini-cons that make up the 5th wave of Robots in Disguise Mini-cons were found in the UK at Toys R Us. This wave includes Slipstream, Lord Doomitron, Bashbreaker and Tricerashot. These have yet to be found in the US, so let us know if ever you come across them.

Anyone else agree that two recolored Bashbreakers would make a good Rumble and Frenzy?

I'm ready for some weaponizers!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm ready for some weaponizers!

Better book a flight to the UK

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm ready for some weaponizers!

Better book a flight to the UK

Come to Canada, its quicker

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm ready for some weaponizers!

Better book a flight to the UK

Come to Canada, its quicker

ooh, you guys are lucky too, I'd love me a Bashbreaker, but, I might hold out for a version

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'd love me a Bashbreaker, but, I might hold out for a version

He's a con in the 4 pack, but doesn't come with the clear parts unfortunately.

Hellscream9999 wrote:ooh, you guys are lucky too, I'd love me a Bashbreaker, but, I might hold out for a version

Well now its you who is lucky, because you guys already have that figure. He comes exclusively in the 4 pack



Canada hasnt gotten that 4 pack yet.

That Duel Cannon mode Minicon slightly resembles Prime Bumblebee's forearm blasters - I thought.

I am a champion of this line for its innovative designs and thankfulness for still delivering traitionally complex transformations in the warrior class, but I wont argue with anyone about them being small. I was playing with some toys yesterday and then I put them side by side and



Thats a scout class next to Quillfire.

I don't think that's too bad since Quillfire's supposed to be kind of on the short side.

Agreed. Quillfire and Steeljaw are the shorter stockier warriors by a fair bit, so that's not really surprising to me

Steeljaw is short and stocky?


Can't say it's the impression I got from him.
To be fair this is the first time you could really compare heights and Primus above was he a hulking monster.

I was talking about the toy. It is really short

Yeah, I'm with Kurona. Steeljaw may squat a lot, but he's overall quite massive in his stature.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was talking about the toy. It is really short

Ah okay, misread. Thought you were saying his toy being short and stocky was justified by him being the same in the show or something.

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was talking about the toy. It is really short

Ah okay, misread. Thought you were saying his toy being short and stocky was justified by him being the same in the show or something.

Oh no no no no no, not by a long shot. Steeljaw deserved a better size than what he got truly. And he is a good character and a great design

Shame there is yet to be Overscaled KO RID Decepticons. I get the impression there isn't any plans to make any more Overscale RID KO's if they couldn't even be bothered to repaint the existing moulds (excluding the simplified ones). Steel Jaw would have been nice to have a bit bigger, as would Quillfire & Megatronus too.

With the apologies for the double post - curious things are afoot in RID land

https://t.co/YZz6QizPpf

Regarding Minicons being renamed, Some odd pull your figures to pieces subline and other News CO the app.

Maybe the Enigma of Combination is gonna be found in the cartoon.

Judging from the pictures...Energon-style two-bot combination? And on closer inspection, I think there's a lot of partsforming involved...

Remember that time we newsed a new Trademark application involving "combiner force?" Well, it appears as though we finally have our answer as to what this is meant to be.

Thanks to Seibertronian RAR we have news from the Transformers: Robots In Disguise mobile app that combiner force will actually be a new subline within the greater Robots in Disguise toyline. Among the things revealed by the game are characters and some maps.

Considering how reliable the game is for the toyline characters, it appears as though there are 3 new names Robots in Disguise fans should become aware of: Combiners, Crash Combiners, and Activators. We don't have any information about what the Combiners line will be yet, though it does feature the standard main cast of Autobots. Crash Combiners seem to be a new name for Power Battlers, or something similar to it. Activators appear to be a new name for minicon-like characters.

Among the new characters shown off are Skyhammer, Great Byte, Stuntwing and Trickout. Check out the screenshots below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

“The War rages on, but we have a new weapon against the enemy. The COMBINERS are one of the the largest, most powerful robots on the team. Our victory is assured?” – Optimus Prime

That would be quite a thing if they ended up as the Energon styled powerlinx design

Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe now appear to share a very similar body shape; something similar to CW Skydive and Firefly. Also note the massive kibble Bumblebee has on his legs, that implies a gimmick to me.

Kurona wrote:Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe now appear to share a very similar body shape; something similar to CW Skydive and Firefly. Also note the massive kibble Bumblebee has on his legs, that implies a gimmick to me.

Yeah, now that I look closer, they literally share the skeleton. And I'm thinking the energon route

Neat, I always liked Energon's combination. Just needed to be done a bit better...hopefully these don't disappoint.

Okay, I like the look of Skyhammer, and I want a recipe of Greatbyte into Skybyte.

Fascinating stuff, I am very interested in seeing how this all pans out. Gonna need some awesome 's, the same, lame 's aren't gonna cut it with me

First of all Autobot shark plane.

Secondly I'm looking forward to seeing Skyhammer in the show outside of a few minicons everyone who has shown up in this game playable wise has or will have some role in the show even Scatterspike and Paralon who I thought would just be redecos have shown up in the season 3 trailer.

We honestly need more new main characters in shows like Strongarm and Bulkhead (not their characters or traits specifically but I mean mostly show original characters)

Skyhammer at least is probably going to be a recurring character like Wheeljack in Prime or he could be one of the characters on Cybertron since Optimus, Ratchet and Windblade were going there to face the council at the end of Season 2.

"Primestrong"? "Beeside"? One thing comes to mind:

FUSION... HAH!

Looking at them more closely, I have a feeling the Crash Combiners are non-transforming figures, but can swap body parts like the current Hero Mashers. And the Combiners proper should be akin to the Energon Powerlinx Autobots aka Victory Multiforce.

And speaking of Multiforce, does anybody think Skyhammer is based on WingWaver?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Primestrong"? "Beeside"? One thing comes to mind:

FUSION... HAH!

Looking at them more closely, I have a feeling the Crash Combiners are non-transforming figures, but can swap body parts like the current Hero Mashers. And the Combiners proper should be akin to the Energon Powerlinx Autobots aka Victory Multiforce.

And speaking of Multiforce, does anybody think Skyhammer is based on WingWaver?

Fusion is seriously one of my favorite words.

I figured the crash combiners would be the new hero mashers of sorts. But I really look forward to the possibility of powerlinxers. I want that very badly if done right.

And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

I want to see what all this is going to come to. I'm kinda stoked!

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Oh my.....

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Yeah, Ultra Pretenders were nothing more than Transformer Matryoshka dolls. Shame both Skyhammer and Roadblock suffer from GPS...

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

I want to see what all this is going to come to. I'm kinda stoked!

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Oh my.....

It was oodles of fun

Primestrong? Beeside?

If they utilize these piss poor shipping titles in the show, I swear to f**king God.....