Transformers Robots in Disguise Warrior Scorponok In-Hand Images

He looks so weird, but in a good way. I am really liking him and I cannot wait for him and Windblade to join my shelf

I foresee many customs/digibashes for this guy.

He's a sweet looking figure. So far he appears to be another strong release for the RiD cons. The only bad RiD con so far is Steeljaw.

Scorponok looks cool as shit, I want that figure!

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:...he even includes the ability to place his beast mode head over his regular robot head.

Mutant mask? Scorponok looks okay so far. I don't want to be the bad grape in the vine, but I can't make any final judgments before I see Takara's Scorponok.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

Yeah I noticed that paint as well. He looks great. Very original for a scorpion transformer. What I find very interesting is how his bucaneer like sabr becomes his stinger.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:Scorponok looks cool as SHIZZLESNIT, I want that figure!

Did you notice how good some of his paint apps are? He looks cool figure wise, paint wise, and transformation wise. I'm excited too!

Yeah I noticed that paint as well. He looks great. Very original for a scorpion transformer. What I find very interesting is how his bucaneer like sabr becomes his stinger.

He really is a unique bugger and I love it. The skinny legs look a bit weird to me, but overall he is a darn good looking guy

Scorponok looks awesome, can't wait to get him, wonder why we haven't seen any pics of him with his boxing gloves on...

I can't get over those chicken legs!

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Yeah, they are very extreme. Its because for this toy, it seems the designers wanted to give something very new with having the limbs not be anything repeated from the alt mode (which is very hard to do with beasts), so he ends up having a lot of kibble in the back and on his shoulders with small arms and legs that can tuck away easily in alt mode. It was a bold decision and I give it merrit but I do admit that it would have probably been better to integrate some more alt mode into the limbs. I will still get this guy though, I am a sucker for original designs.

But if someone wants an awesome transforming Scorpion bot, Beast Wars Scorponoc offers an excellent and very modern transformation.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SeventhSage wrote:I can't get over those chicken legs!

Yeah, it takes a certain type to be able to easily get past them; they are fairly extreme in his case though

Yeah, they are very extreme. Its because for this toy, it seems the designers wanted to give something very new with having the limbs not be anything repeated from the alt mode (which is very hard to do with beasts), so he ends up having a lot of kibble in the back and on his shoulders with small arms and legs that can tuck away easily in alt mode. It was a bold decision and I give it merrit but I do admit that it would have probably been better to integrate some more alt mode into the limbs. I will still get this guy though, I am a sucker for original designs.

But if someone wants an awesome transforming Scorpion bot, Beast Wars Scorponoc offers an excellent and very modern transformation.

I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

Hellscream9999 wrote:I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

They look like biomechanical hooks to me, in the style of soemthign you would find on insects like the praying mantis:



His legs look a lot like praying mantis legs too.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I love the design, loved the extreme's they went to in rotf and beast machines, so this is great - though, I would like to know just what his arms are supposed to be, tentacles? And to be fair, he can wear his claws as boxing gloves, so that's partial integration

They look like biomechanical hooks to me, in the style of soemthign you would find on insects like the praying mantis:



His legs look a lot like praying mantis legs too.

Hooks for arms... he's way more hardcore than animated lockdown was

Thanks to the Action Robo Facebook page, we have confirmation that the 7th wave of Robots in Disguise toys have begun showing up in international stores! Action Robo found the new wave in Hong Kong, and the wave features Autobots Windblade and Power Surge Optimus Prime and Decepticon Scorponok, whom we had just recently got some new in-hand images of. With Wave 7 now showing up internationally, we can expect the wave to start showing up around the rest of the world very shortly. The lull in new Transformers is ending folks, so brace your wallet and your display cases!

Sadly my eyes keep veering over to the new wave of marvel legends. Those look nice

lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

Can't wait to get my hands in those deceptions! I think the other two are a pass

Anyone else notice Prime still comes with his axe?

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Anyone else notice Prime still comes with his axe?

I didn't at first but it's definitely in there.(I too was a little more focused on the Marvel Legends ). It is probably in the same steel mold as some other parts needed for Prime so they decided to release it as well.

william-james88 wrote:

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

Bisk and Ratchet are in the next wave, Wave 8

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Slashercon wrote:lol I was looking at the Marvel Legends on the side too. I really want that Electro. the only RID figures here that intrigue me are Scorponok and Windblade.

bisk should also be part of this wave

Bisk and Ratchet are in the next wave, Wave 8

Oh well I guess I will have to settle with just scorpnok. I really need to see that Takara windblade before i make up my mind about picking the Hasbro one. The mold is fine but it has no painted detail.

Am I the only one that doesn't really get what all the fuss for Bisk is about? I'm not entirely sure why everyone's crazy for it...

Can't wait for Ratchet tho

Bisk is a robot lobster with massive claws made from the whole front of his muscle car mode, he is a gamer at heart and everything is spoken as if it were a game, he has big googly eyes and he is orange. How can anyone not get the fuss about Bisk (He's basically the greatest thing ever)

Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box. If it weren't for the kabuki makeup, I'd honestly think it was a different character. Even still, if someone told me this was a different cityspeaker, I'd believe them.

Lucky Logician wrote:Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box.

Oh, it does, sculpting-wise. It's just there's so much unpainted red plastic and little-to-no other colors on the figure that most of the figure's resemblance to the character model is lost or obscured by how monotone the deco is.

That's why most who want a decently-colored RID Windblade are waiting to see what Takara's Adventure Windblade will look like.

I know Hasbro tends to be cheap with the paint aps, but this line has been especially miserable.

Noideaforaname wrote:I know Hasbro tends to be cheap with the paint aps, but this line has been especially miserable.

Agreed though I will say that Megatronus and Fracture are on equal footing with Takara in terms of paint apps. I was thinking of getting them in the HLJ sale but when comparing to Hasbro, they didnt seem that much better. The paint is just arranged differently and in different places. And Quillfire isnt that bad either, Hasbro's take and colour mix is interesting. But for the rest, its a little sad.

Lucky Logician wrote:

Geez. I'm sorry for all you Windblade fans out there. They really phoned it in on this toy; the figure looks nothing like the art on the box. If it weren't for the kabuki makeup, I'd honestly think it was a different character. Even still, if someone told me this was a different cityspeaker, I'd believe them.

If Hasbro's people read through the boards as I'm told they do, then they need to start taking notes about shit like this.

Ya'll need to do a better job with these decos. It's a shame that we're back to the point in 2002 and 2003 where the solution is just to import in order to get nice looking figures.

Back with Classics, Generations, HftD, etc...there was an objective choice about how the figures were decoed, but now, the non-Japanese markets are really getting inferior product.

All eyes on the conversion rate boy'os.

Counterpunch wrote:
Back with Classics, Generations, HftD, etc...there was an objective choice about how the figures were decoed, but now, the non-Japanese markets are really getting inferior product.

All eyes on the conversion rate boy'os.

I love you counterpunch, you say it like it is and I totally agree. At least for Windblade here But man, did you see the difference with Thunderhoof?



Makes me want to cry.

Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

DeathReviews wrote:Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

Dear Death, I highly recomend Fracture. I think you will very much like him.

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Scorponok is pretty much the only RID figure I've seen that I may want to procure....

Dear Death, I highly recomend Fracture. I think you will very much like him.

I second that with a Thunderhoof to boot

Fellow UK-based robot fan Hashim has sent us a sighting of the officially licensed Dickie Toys Transformers: Robots in Disguise die-cast vehicles priced at £2.97 and an R/C Bumblebee at £24.97 - all found in Asda. If you're in the market for these, with their light-up Racer feature, it looks like the assortment has Sideswipe, Strongarm, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, check them out below!

I don't think I've ever seen a trailerless RiD Optimus before.

Those die-cast cars are interesting, I really like that Prime cab. Are they HotWheels/MatchBox sized or larger? What is it that actually lights-up, the whole interior with the windshield & windows, or just the head-lights? The packaging almost makes it look like the wheels are the feature. Also, are these a UK or Euro exclusive or might some USA e-tailers have these for sale as well?

AutobotAlvaron wrote:Those die-cast cars are interesting, I really like that Prime cab. Are they HotWheels/MatchBox sized or larger? What is it that actually lights-up, the whole interior with the windshield & windows, or just the head-lights? The packaging almost makes it look like the wheels are the feature. Also, are these a UK or Euro exclusive or might some USA e-tailers have these for sale as well?

Hey, it's Hashim here. The die-cast cars are Hot Wheels sized. On the underside of each vehicle, there is a sort of translucent sculpt of that character's face, for example, Sideswipe's car has a sculpted image of his face on the underside, and this is what lights up. This is cool because when you press the button, it stays lighted up for a few seconds and when you put the vehicle on a surface, it looks like the vehicle has neon lights! As far as I know, the Autobots all have blue lights. I've heard there is also a Steeljaw in this wave. And finally, I believe this is a Euro exclusive. I bought the Sideswipe car and if you want, I'll take some pictures and put it on my Instagram account, which is @Optimusprime809. Thanks for the questions!

Kurona wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a trailerless RiD Optimus before.

Hashim here. Yeah, I thought he looked a little weird XD

Optimusprime809 wrote:

Kurona wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a trailerless RiD Optimus before.

Hashim here. Yeah, I thought he looked a little weird XD

Hey Hashim! Giving you news credit for the story right now.

I've now gotten my son the all unique warrior class figs, deployers, minicons, and the 3 step OP. I really like the warrior class figs, but one thing really disappoints me, no minicon pegs on the warrior class figures. There were even a few places where I thought there was a peg, but it turned out to be the wrong size. Like there's two paired pegs on Jazz's arms to lock his arms in place, but they're just a little too big for pegs. It would have seemed liked such an easy thing to tweak some of the designs to include the minicons, especially drift and fracture (drift cold just alter the side mirrors). They both feel incomplete without being able to equip their little buddies.

And thunderhoof, best farm-themed transformer ever! Complex, but fun and intuitive. I may take that from my son's collection and put it on my desk at work.

I agree with the whole not able to mount the minicons thing. Drifts arms look a bit naked without them

kurthy wrote:I've now gotten my son the all unique warrior class figs, deployers, minicons, and the 3 step OP. I really like the warrior class figs, but one thing really disappoints me, no minicon pegs on the warrior class figures. There were even a few places where I thought there was a peg, but it turned out to be the wrong size. Like there's two paired pegs on Jazz's arms to lock his arms in place, but they're just a little too big for pegs. It would have seemed liked such an easy thing to tweak some of the designs to include the minicons, especially drift and fracture (drift cold just alter the side mirrors). They both feel incomplete without being able to equip their little buddies.

And thunderhoof, best farm-themed transformer ever! Complex, but fun and intuitive. I may take that from my son's collection and put it on my desk at work.

It would make sense for Hasbro to include pegs in the new Warrior figures, the ones with the new packaging.

Dr Va'al wrote:

Optimusprime809 wrote:

Kurona wrote:I don't think I've ever seen a trailerless RiD Optimus before.

Hashim here. Yeah, I thought he looked a little weird XD

Hey Hashim! Giving you news credit for the story right now.

Thanks Doc! Sorry the pics are a bit blurry and I didn't take more pictures from different angles, this is my first rodeo!

That R/C Bumblebee looks cool, hopefully it works well too. If there's a Strongarm R/C car I hope it comes with, or Third Part makes a Grimlock trailer.

Kyleor wrote:That R/C Bumblebee looks cool, hopefully it works well too. If there's a Strongarm R/C car I hope it comes with, or Third Part makes a Grimlock trailer.

Aww that'd be awesome!

I don't know this old Lego Duplo trailer worked pretty good.

Cobotron wrote:I don't know this old Lego Duplo trailer worked pretty good.

Genius

Yyyyyeah, there's some things we rely on Third Parties for and some that are kind of unnecessary. Figures of obscure characters that likely won't get made any time soon? Check. Upgrades for figures like Perfect Effect's Combiner Wars kits? Check. Better weapons like the Third Party TFP Dreadwing weapon to replace the weird weaponizer thing and rubber sword he came with? Check.
... a flat slab on wheels with a piece of cloth. Probably not something you'd pay more than a couple quid for.
Now if you're talking his Crane disguise, there's something Third Parties could come in handy for...