Transformers Robots in Disguise Wave 7 Found at Hong Kong Retail

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...

This hapened

william-james88 wrote:This hapened

"No! I refuse to let this hinder my destiny of finding Doradus! I will not be denied!"

william-james88 wrote:This hapened

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Kicking myself, a few weeks ago an eBay seller had Warrior Power Surge Prime, Windblade, and Scorponok in hand. I tried emailing them to inquire about a deal on shipping, they never responded and the figs sold out.

Our Seibertron.com moderator Cobotron has spotted not only some Titans Return figures, but also the new Transformers: Robots in Disguise Power Surge Bumblebee and Sideswipe at the Toys R Us in Council Bluffs. If you're in the market for the bigger bots from the animated series, these came out a couple of days ago, so happy hunting!

Make sure to flag up any new sighting in our database and boards, too, to help out fellow collectors.

So? Power Surge Sideswipe has been here for the past few weeks

Raintime Rainmaker wrote:So? Power Surge Sideswipe has been here for the past few weeks

Did you report it? Because I presume this is the first reported sighting of the figure, hence it being newsed.

That Bot wrote:

Raintime Rainmaker wrote:So? Power Surge Sideswipe has been here for the past few weeks

Did you report it? Because I presume this is the first reported sighting of the figure, hence it being newsed.

No, I don't have anything to take a picture of it.

I'm kinda iffy on these. I think I'd like Sideswipe more for the sword

Another toy sighting from Cobotron (via his brother) in the Transformers Robots in Disguise later waves - as Power Surge Optimus Prime shows up on the shelves of the Glendale, CA, Toys R Us store, for $49.99! The new version of the big bot comes with lights, sounds, and the power up action brought on by the minicon application. Check out photo proof below, and make sure to flag any new sightings in our database and forums, too!

Watched a video review of this guy. More for people who are into simple transformers, or people who only want it for the robot mode. For real, there are gobots with more involved transformations.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:For real, there are gobots with more involved transformations.

Despite the Hanna-Barbera cartoon's lower quality than the G1 Transformers cartoon (though, it wasn't pure garbage as it did have a few episodes and characters that were genuinely good), the GoBots toy molds were generally well done for the time, so it's not really a bad comparison to make.

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:For real, there are gobots with more involved transformations.

Despite the Hanna-Barbera cartoon's lower quality than the G1 Transformers cartoon (thoughm it wasn't pure garbage as it did have a few episodes and characters that were genuinely good), the GoBots toy molds were generally well done for the time, so it's not really a bad comparison to make.

True enough. The toys can be pretty awesome. Like Tux. Still waiting on someone to do a custom of him using the TF:P Knockout figure!

Dr Va'al wrote:Another toy sighting from Cobotron (via his brother) in the Transformers Robots in Disguise later waves - as Power Surge Optimus Prime shows up on the shelves of the Glendale, CA, Toys R Us store, for $49.99! The new version of the big bot comes with lights, sounds, and the power up action brought on by the minicon application. Check out photo proof below, and make sure to flag any new sightings in our database and forums, too!

I didn't realize this was news. TRU in Mishawaka has had this guy for a couple of weeks now.

Ironhidensh wrote:I didn't realize this was news. TRU in Mishawaka has had this guy for a couple of weeks now.

If you see something thats new to you in a store and that you havent seen on the boards, then its always good to take a chance, take a pic and let us know.

Also, I think Gobots are just as good as G1 TF toys. They have more diecast too!

william-james88 wrote:Also, I think Gobots are just as good as G1 TF toys. They have more diecast too!

Was also easier to smuggle them around in your pocket when you go to movies, grocery shopping with your parents, to church, and many other places! Try fitting Optimus Prime in your pocket!