New Galleries: Robots In Disguise Warrior Class Blizzard Strike Drift, Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime

We recently brought you galleries for the Warrior class counterparts of these figures, but for comparison, other than the images already present in those, check out below Seibertron.com's latest additions to the Transformers: Robots In Disguise photo bank, with 3-Step Blizzard Strike Drift, Thunderhoof, and Night Ops Bumblebee!

Simpler version in the line, in both articulation and transformation, these figures literally do what they say in the title, and change in three steps, though are also known under the Hyperchange Heroes monicker. In addition, Bumblebee is the inevitable black redeco of a previous figure, found here.

And just because one (of several) Thunderhoof isn't enough, also included in the update is Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TED-12 Thunderhoof, the Japanese counterpart to the Hasbro One-Step. Check out the comparisons, poses, pics and more by clicking on any of the images below!

Transformers Adventures Thunderhoof










Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Thunderhoof










Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Night Ops Bumblebee










Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Blizzard Strike Drift

Because Hasbro didn't paint them the comparison shots on Thunderhoof are useful for pointing out the black hooves on the 3-step Changer and the Warrior Class you'd otherwise maybe not notice when they are not picked out with paint as is the case with the Legion and the 1-Step most people would have been more likely to have seen or handled up to this point.

Continuing our Robots in Disguise galleries, we now present some of the most anticipated figures of the entire line: Warrior Class Megatronus and Fracture. While both had two toys from other classes previously out (which you can see in the images below), all fans were waiting for these more traditional releases. These two start off the year almost as a statement that Hasbro is aware of the lack of Decepticons in the line and aims to rectify that. These two figures are a good example to show that there are still toys which can interest collectors in a line made predominantly for younger fans. Let us know what you think of these and if you have had a chance to pick them up yet, or if you now plan to!

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Megatronus












Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Fracture

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Megatronus is an awesome toy. Haven't got Fracture yet but Megs is a must get

I have both, and if Megatron is a must get (which I am not denying) than Fracture is a "must rush out of my house and drive to every single store until you find it!"

Today's update in the ever-growing Seibertron.com galleries brings us back to Transformers: Robots in Disguise and the new incarnation of the Minicons - entirely different from those of old, and using both old and new names! In this particular gallery feature, we see the first wave of Mini-Cons Slipstream, Divebomb, Sawback, & Dragonus, two Autobots and two Decepticons, intended to be used with Deployer figures Drift and Fracture.

Slipstream and Divebomb are directly from the show, in their vaguely humanoid robot forms, while wolf-like Sawback and unsurprisingly dragon-esque Dragonus are expansions to the Deployer figures. In addition, each Mini-Con pack comes with coloured clear plastic armour pieces, applicable to a variety of figures outside of the one the come with, and can combine with other pieces for an entirely new teeny tiny robo-creature. Check it all out by clicking on any of the images below!

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Slipstream








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Divebomb








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Dragonus








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Sawback

I'm undecided about them even after spending last week photographing all of them except for the ones that come in the Battle Packs. One improvement would have been to have had Mini-Con ports for the sake of legacy, some needed more paint apps, some just needed some consistency (i.e. Sawback can't stand in his disc alt mode when he has the accessories attached, whereas the rest look like spaceships or other types of armored assault vehicles), and some just needed their factions flipped (i.e. Beastbox who had no business being an Autobot, especially with Ratbat in the same wave). The "ball" shaped ones were oddly more appealing to me, moreso than the others, and I'm assuming that's because they remind me of the Microchange Meteor guys who became the Beast Wars Eggs and were also later used in the KISS Players line.

DMax, you rang? And yes, I do love these little guys. I think they are fun and "cheap" pick ups. I started with just trying to get the show versions and it quickly escalated.

I'm not a purist for the most part and I'm starting to match up some of the odd ones with other figures as lil tag along toadies. For example: the Scorch Strike Beastbox is chilling with Gen Wreck Gar, they match up quite nicely. Sandsting is with a bunch of random insecticons.

I also find the rolly polly ones to be the most fun. Backtrack has all of my love right now his energon weapons really make the figure.

A Kmart near my home is closing, so all their toys were 20% off. I got for my son 2 Decepticon mini-cons he did not already have -Dragonus(the last of the first wave) and Sandsting from the newer assortment. -I had no idea about this:



My son was totally excited (especially now that Dad's advice about "keeping all the little parts where you can find them" has paid off)

My only question is---this appears to be an intentional design, not a fan build. How would one come to know this existed if it were not in any instructions anywhere? I would think, somewhat like the Marvel "build-a-figure" action figures, this would have added incentive to collect them all. It was just chance (well really my sons desire to have them all), that we got them.

I've built both the lion and shark; no way it's by mistake. Seems like a waste of a "gotta catch 'em all" marketing strategy on Hasbro's part.

It would have been pretty cool if they could have employed a more generic/universal connector system to encourage more creative play.

As it stands I Have the two energon beasties built, some of the armor/weapons pegged in and the rest in a tin.

o.supreme wrote:"Shark"? -Is this a build from the newer Minicons, or is this also something that can be built with the first wave?

Wave 1 and 2. I wanna say wave 1 builds the lion and wave 2 builds the shark.