Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave

Posted by Va'al Dec 28, 2013 at 8:36am CST 63,770 views

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Here's a look at something different in the toy section: Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave in their Playskool Heroes incarnations! Courtesy of the Smyths toy store website, we have a look at the robot modes of the two characters, which seem to reveal new alt modes for the characters, possibly a monster truck and a boat - will this be accurate to the new chapter in the series? Take a look below!

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Your little hero will save the day with this Rescue Bots hero! It's easy for his little hands to convert his Optimus Prime figure from fierce robot warrior mode to monster truck mode. Then he can roll his Optimus Prime monster truck over any kind of terrain! He'll love converting his robot warrior back and forth for awesome Transformers adventures!

Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years of age due to small Parts.

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Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by T-Macksimus Dec 28, 2013

Cool! I need to get off my butt and add a few Primes from this line to my Optimus collection. Some of them are actually REALLY tough looking in their bot mode and a lot more appealing than the BH figures. And by "Tough" I'm not talking about the actual physical durability of the toy. These are made for 4 year olds so of course they are tough in that respect. I meant that they just look bad-ass.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Sabrblade Dec 28, 2013

If these aren't in the show, I've no interest in them.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by TGDweezl Dec 28, 2013

Bah, they are only available in GB. Can anyone recommend a good site where I can acquire these for my step son?

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Va'al Dec 28, 2013

BBTS had them a while back...

Here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
They seem to be out of stock though.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by TGDweezl Dec 28, 2013

That's not the same thing as those posted. Of course, there's no image on BBTS to begin with.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Autobot Megatron Dec 28, 2013

So is that supposed to be the BH body of Prime?

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Sabrblade Dec 28, 2013

Autobot Megatron wrote:So is that supposed to be the BH body of Prime?

Could be. Could be some other body. As far as Hasbro seems concern with the Aligned continuity, aesthetics really do not matter to them.

For instance, the new Covenant of Primus book has artwork set on Cybertron back during the Great War, in which Optimus, Megatron, Ironhide, and Lugnut all have Earth bodies while everyone else is in their WFC/FOC bodies.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by El Duque Jan 9, 2014

Thanks to Entertainment Earth we a look at Playskool Heroes Transformers: Rescue Bots Rescan Bumblebee, plus the the line's packaging. We got our first look at these new figures late last month when Smyths Toy Store posted official images of Optimus Prime and Heatwave. Check out the new image and wave details below:

Transformers Rescue Bots Rescan Figures Wave 1 Set:
Welcome the Rescue Bots!
These Transformers are here to save the day!
Set includes Heatwave, Rescan Optimus, and Rescan Bumblebee.
There aren't any Decepticons around, so it's time for the Rescue Bots to save the day. Under the command of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, this crack squad of robots is here to help save the world and give kids great big chunky transforming toys to play with! They measure about 6 1/2-inches tall in robot form. Ages 3 to 7.

This Transformers Rescue Bots Rescan Figures Wave 1 Set contains 3 individually packaged Transformers toys (subject to change):
1x Heatwave
1x Rescan Optimus
1x Rescan Bumblebee

Age: 3 - 7
Size: 6 1/2-inches tall

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by PrymeStriker Jan 9, 2014

I wonder if these new vehicular modes will be in the second season? :-?

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Sabrblade Jan 9, 2014

Bee as a motorcycle, huh? That's new.

PrymeStriker wrote:I wonder if these new vehicular modes will be in the second season?

If not, then I don't need/want'em.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Bumblevivisector Jan 9, 2014

Sabrblade wrote:Bee as a motorcycle, huh? That's new.

PrymeStriker wrote:I wonder if these new vehicular modes will be in the second season?
If not, then I don't need/want'em.

I'm with you on the other two, but have we ever had a Bumblebike before? (Besides actual bicycles with Bumblebees on them) To me, he has potential as a Junkion Bay fanboy.

And, not surprisingly, he transforms an awful lot like Armada Sureshock. Maybe this will end up being confirmed as Bumblebee's sister when it gets a Japanese release? Oh, what fun havoc Rescue Bots could still wreak on Aligned Continuity before it's done...

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by shockblast2 Jan 10, 2014

Why in the world did they pick Optimus and Bumblebee as two of the three in wave one? Why not try picking the bots that are actually featured in the show? I could see one out of three, but this is silly. Wave one should be Blades, Boulder, or Chase replacing either Optimus or Bumblebee.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by PrymeStriker Jan 10, 2014

shockblast2 wrote:Why in the world did they pick Optimus and Bumblebee as two of the three in wave one? Why not try picking the bots that are actually featured in the show?

Optimus & Bumblebee are featured in the show.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Sabrblade Jan 19, 2014

OMG, DINOSAUR RESCUE BOTS!!!!!!!! :KREMZEEK:

Look at the "Fantasy scene" image in the upper-left on the back of the packaging:

Full size

This image comes from 2chan, BTW.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by El Duque Jan 19, 2014

Thanks to Seibertron.com member Sabrblade for pointing out this recent posting over on 2Chan, an image of the cardback for the upcoming Transformers: Rescue Bots Rescan Heatwave figure. In addition to giving us a good look at Heatwave's new fireboat alt mode, the fantasy scene reveals some really interesting characters. There appear to be three dinosaur Transformers! All three appear to have vehicle modes, the most obvious being the brontosaurus who transforms into a firetruck. There's also a yellow triceratops and red/blue tyrannosaurus. It's likely that Hasbro will be pushing as much dino-themed merchandise as they can to ride the hype wave the Transformers: Age of Extinction Dinobots will almost certainly generate.

Could these possibly be new characters that we will see in the long waited Transformers: Rescue Bots season two. Check em out below.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Sabrblade Jan 19, 2014

Look closely and we see that Cody is operating the Brachiosaurus' water cannon.

And, is that a T-Rex with devil horns?! And in Optimus's color scheme?! :KREMZEEK:

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Bumblevivisector Jan 19, 2014

Oh yeah, they're probably trying to directly compete with VTech's Switch & Go Dinos, which have been out for a year or two already.

And with a big Dinobot-centric movie out this summer to remind everyone that they've been doing transforming dinosaur robots for almost 3 decades now, the timing makes it look more like VTech ripped Transformers off, even though they've never really done a team of toddler-friendly dinosaurs with vehicle alts before.

Clever girl, Hasbro. Clever.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Mindmaster Jan 19, 2014

Well, I guess we can thank Matt Tieger and Fall of Cybertron for saving the Dinobots. Without them, we wouldn't be getting goodies such as this coming down the pipe.

Sabrblade wrote:And, is that a T-Rex with devil horns?! And in Optimus's color scheme?!

Huh, so it is.

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by Flashwave Jan 19, 2014

Pressing qwuestion: Is the orange and white flying jet the same re-imagining that turned Heatwave into a boat Being applied to Blades?

Re: Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime and Heatwave (view post)

Comment by TFU2014 Jan 19, 2014

If you look closely Chase has almost spine-like police lights. This is a possibility that they may be making the Rescue-Bots dinbots. As well as the Optimus-Colored dino this very well may be Optimus himself. Bumblebee looks different too the left hand seems to be a claw. That Broncheosuarus (<sorry if I spelled that wrong) with Heatwaves color scheme may br Heatwave also. you can also see the water coming out his mouth..... Heatwave=Firetruck=Waterhose=Broncheo's Mouth???????????????????????

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