Transformers: Robots in Disguise Titan Guardians Wave 2 and Coin Banks Spotted at US Retail

Via YouTube user Ancient Robot, we have a look at the commercial ad for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force toyline, featuring the two combiners of Ultra Bee and Menasor - and embedded below for your viewing pleasure! You probably already have the toys by now, too, but here it is.

RAR wrote:What is it with Hasbro putting only one new Character in a wave - sometimes not even repaints but all re-releases and just one single newbie.

It's weird. 2 should be the minimum.

I really hope they do something nice for the UK market like actually release Legion Bisk.

funny you should say that
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/r ... k.1120967/

warrior class Thermidor spotted in Tesco for a tenner(we'll...a penny less)

Starting to hope we get drift in crash combiner form, although he would have been ideal to be the counterpart coming with Grimlock, instead of a third Optimus.

We have a bit of Transformers Robots in Disguise news. Firstly, Walmart.ca has had bios for the newest warrior toys of Thermidor, Bludgeon and Twinferno. We cannot find these on the packaging since the space is occupied by the instructions.

Here are the bios:

Decepticon Bludgeon is a dangerous and masterful warrior. Sharp as a knife on the battlefield, the ferocious samurai uses his mighty swords to pull off the ultimate surprise ambush on the Autobots.

Lobstercon Thermidor will do anything to become the captain of his ship again. Forced to become a regular crewmate, the Decepticon scavenger remains crusty over that freelootin’ Captain Scuttle who pilfered his prized ship from him. Plundering for useful weapons and tech, Thermidor scours the universe, clawing for his next opportunity to take revenge.

As Autobot Twinferno might say, “Great minds think alike”-- at least when it comes to destroying Decepticons. The flying warrior has two minds that barely agree on anything, but that only fuels his fire for demolishing the enemy. When Autobot Twinferno is in dragon mode, he breathes fire from two heads. It’s double the trouble for the Decepticons!

While these latest warrior toys have not been found in the US yet (nor listed anywhere online), they have been found in the UK and are currently on sale at Tesco for £ 9.99.



This came to us from fellow Seibertronian Stuart Maximus who also told us that the latest legion class wave, which includes Blurr, has also been found in the UK.

Happy hunting for fellow UK fans!

"Scuttle" could have been an early name for Clawtrap.

'Lobstercon' is a kind of fraud perpetrated by unscrupulous fishmongers.

I also found this wave at Smyths and Asda. Got them at Asda for nearly £18

So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

ThunderThruster wrote:Starting to hope we get drift in crash combiner form, although he would have been ideal to be the counterpart coming with Grimlock, instead of a third Optimus.

So do I, though Primelock is a pretty sweet name I will give it that.

I saw Twinferno & Bludgeon in ASDA as well - they also had in a whole bunch of other Transformers types they don't usually have - shoved in a corner including The Last Knight Wave 2 *and 1?* (unless it's some sort of refresh)
Everything they had was crazy expensive though so I just bought a Bludgeon.

Who is kinda fun - even if his sword is a bit short.

I really wanna get Bludgeon ever since WJ dropped the idea that he fits into an Animated display well. Makes me want a couple other toys from this line, really...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

But what if they're right and WE'RE wrong?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Microraptor wrote:So Twinferno IS a dragon? Then what's with all the jet stuff?

Never take such bios seriously as they're written on the fly and riddled with errors.

But what if they're right and WE'RE wrong?

Not gonna happen

Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

And while this is not 100% confirmed, this is how he will be displayed in my collection:



Hanging around from my light fixtures

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

And while this is not 100% confirmed, this is how he will be displayed in my collection:



Hanging around from my light fixtures

RADICAL!!!

Anyone see these yet?

Found these at a Walgreen's in Menifee, CA tonight.



Transformers Value Figure 6 inch AST



Looks like there's supposed to be a total of six, maybe in two waves. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Steeljaw show up on each other's boxes while Grimlock and Strongarm show up on those boxes.





Also, this Walgreen's has a brand new buy two, get one free promo at the $6.99 price point.

Rysquad wrote:Anyone see these yet?

Yup, just check he previous page transformers-robots-in-disguise-products-combiner-force-and-more-t101922s6975.php#p1907880

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Now I know we had that Twinferno review by Will some time back, and I will not deny that Twinferno is pretty simplistic, but the flame accessories that can go in his hands and feet make him so much fun!

I am always overjoyed when fans have more fun than what I anticipated, it means I kept the hype down enough for everyone to have the joy of discovering a toy's fun all on their own

It did so well the first time here's another look at Crash Combiners. These are the new figures in Wave 3.

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/chuck-s-reviews-transformers-robots-in-disguise-combiner-force-crash-combiners-part-2-p1912898.php#p1912898

Considering the cartoon is coming to an end, do you think we will still get the Combiner Force Bruticus that was teased?

RustedCross wrote:Considering the cartoon is coming to an end, do you think we will still get the Combiner Force Bruticus that was teased?

Most likely not. The only figures teased that aren't out yet are crash combiners Primelock and Saberclaw, and those were seen once at a show. Heck, the final wave of warriors is out in Canada at least with no tease for new ones. And the final legion figures have yet to show up either.

They've sort of dropped the ball with the last wave or 2 for the line. I'm worried i'll never seen Primelock or Saberclaw, and I really want both

A new listing has appeared on Amazon.com for Transformers Robots in Disguise Legion Class Twinferno! The small figure is actually the second time the character has appeared in the RID line, the first being his Warrior class toy.
While he is currently unavailable at Amazon, the placeholder listing does give us our first look at the stock photography for the figure.
Check out those photos below, and please let us know in the forums below if you spot this toy at retail!

Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'll 2nd that Kurthy. This looks like the better iteration.

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

kurthy wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

Makes sense.

Also, Galvatronus and Dragbreak are available at amazon for retail prices:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... +dragbreak?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... alvatronus?tag=seibertron07-20&

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

Makes sense.

Also, Galvatronus and Dragbreak are available at amazon for retail prices:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... +dragbreak?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... alvatronus?tag=seibertron07-20&

Would that be the first retail US offering of galvayronus then? If so that would be newsworthy.

ok...off the back of the latest episode...when are we getting the garishly yellow camo modes of Thunderhoof, Steeljaw, Quillfire and Underbite?

That part surprised me a little -- the camo-scanning was supposed to be this technique the Primes had taught Optimus, but now even some random criminals are able to do it with no fuss or surprise. Guess they just don't care.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

Makes sense.

Also, Galvatronus and Dragbreak are available at amazon for retail prices:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... +dragbreak?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... alvatronus?tag=seibertron07-20&

Would that be the first retail US offering of galvayronus then? If so that would be newsworthy.

hopefully & eventually he'll turn up at Argos, seeing as they've had him pictured in their catalogue for a while now

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

kurthy wrote:Pretty sure I'm going to like this one better than the warrior class.

I'm not really sure how, other than being cheaper: the 2 molds transform exactly the same way. Though if these colors end up being the "real" colors those might be a bit better too

Exactly, I'm much more willing to accept simplistic transformations at $5 and fits in the palm of my hand range than I am at the $15 range.

Makes sense.

Also, Galvatronus and Dragbreak are available at amazon for retail prices:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... +dragbreak?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Rob ... alvatronus?tag=seibertron07-20&

Dragbreak is still there, but Galvatronus is now at $50 plus shipping, so he went pretty fast for that batch

Kurona wrote:That part surprised me a little -- the camo-scanning was supposed to be this technique the Primes had taught Optimus, but now even some random criminals are able to do it with no fuss or surprise. Guess they just don't care.

I'm guessing their "benefactors" must have given them an upgrade.

bluecatcinema wrote:

Kurona wrote:That part surprised me a little -- the camo-scanning was supposed to be this technique the Primes had taught Optimus, but now even some random criminals are able to do it with no fuss or surprise. Guess they just don't care.

I'm guessing their "benefactors" must have given them an upgrade.

True, and that's what I was thinking at first... but then Bumblebee and co. don't really react with surprise at the fact they can do it. It's like they're reacting to the idea that they can transform or use laser guns.

Bronzewolf wrote:A new listing has appeared on Amazon.com for Transformers Robots in Disguise Legion Class Twinferno! The small figure is actually the second time the character has appeared in the RID line, the first being his Warrior class toy.
While he is currently unavailable at Amazon, the placeholder listing does give us our first look at the stock photography for the figure.
Check out those photos below, and please let us know in the forums below if you spot this toy at retail!

Looks pretty neat. I'll probably grab this and the Warrior class version. I like the looks of both of them.

Toy Wiz was steadily raising the price as their stock of Galvatronus dwindled. Don't be 100% sure that Amazon had Galvatronus. My gut tells me people are going to get one of the other combiner sets.

These delicious looking cookies were discovered on a Facebook group. They were found at Fiesta Mart in Texas if you would like to try one. As you can see they come in your choice of faction symbols. If you manage to try these, feel free to let us know how they were!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Toy Wiz was steadily raising the price as their stock of Galvatronus dwindled. Don't be 100% sure that Amazon had Galvatronus. My gut tells me people are going to get one of the other combiner sets.

You had better be wrong. My package shipped and is expected Saturday, and it had better have Galvatronus

C is for cookie. That's good enough for me!

Now we can have literal Decepti-Crumbs!

Around 10 days ago or so, Amazon.com had a listing for Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force Team Combiner Galvatronus for the retail price of $29.99. That listing has since gone away, but yours truly was able to get a hold of one of the figures before the price skyrocketed, and with the figure now in hand, I would like to tell you all how the team combiners truly are an underrated gem in Transformers.

We will start with the individual robots first, before getting to the combined mode at the end. Up first, the arm bots and the female fliers of the group: Cyberwarp (yellow) and Skyjack (green). These 2 figures are interesting because they are very different from the Ultra Bee and Menasor arm limbs, which all use the exact same skeleton but with different parts. These 2 ladies actually roll up into their jet modes, and in robot mode they have a rake-ish jet nose behind their heads. The coloring is nice on them, even if there isn't much in the way of paint. The robot modes are alright, better than the other arm bots, and the jet modes are pretty cool as well.









Next up are the leg bots, the big bruisers Riotgear (red) and Treadshock (green). These molds transform the exact same as the Menasor leg bots, but they are a lot bigger and I really like the vehicle modes. These things are big wheeled bulky bruisers, and they remind me some of Bulkhead. I really enjoy them both, and I really with the Menasor legs were this size. Menasor would looks so much better with the bigger legs.







Up next is the torso bot, Cyclonus. Continuing his new combiner abilities, first granted by Combiner Wars Cyclonus/Galvatronus, this Cyclonus is a great torso bot, probably the most convincing of the 3 torso bots. The jet mode is pretty sleek, and the purple is rich and a really nice plastic color. Robot mode is pretty good too, though he continues the Motormaster trend of not having actual hands, and his robot mode head is a bit low in this mode. Overall though, he really isn't that bad, quite a decent, spiky bot with an interesting transformation.













Here we have Cyclonus with his team. I think they look pretty good together, and it's kind of cool to see a Hasbro combining Cyclonus finally get a team, since only the Takara Unite Warriors line had given him a team so far. These were some good choices, and overall I think this is the best of the 3 in terms of individual team members.





And now we finally get to the combined mode, which is a pretty sweet looking thing. Cyclonus has his shoulders swivel up and a new super Cyclonus head slams down over top of his regular head. I really like the legs on the combined form, and they are definitely my favorite of the line. The arms are cool looking, but the hands are a bit of an issue. They are really nice and spiky, but when he holds his gun, he can't really close his hands, so it looks weird for him to hold his weapon.









Speaking of the gun, here it is. It is a pretty decent mold, and he stands out as the other 2 combiners only have swords, so it's the only ranged weapon given to a combiner in the line. It can be held in robot mode and stores on top of Cyclonus in jet mode. It can peg into that same slot for jet mode in combined mode on Galvatronus' back, but mine will not stay.





Finally, here we have Galvatronus with Menasor and Ultra Bee. Check them all out together!







In summary, the Combiner Force subline really has been an underrated line. The crash combiners have been really fun, and the team combiners are pretty great too. All 3 definitely have something new and interesting to offer, and for smaller $30 combiners that aren't that complex and can't pose much but still transform, don't have leaning or stability issues. and can be combined and decombined quickly, they are pretty good.

Overall, Galvatronus to me is the more creative in terms of individual team members, while Menasor has the best overall combined mode and combined mode head and Ultra Bee is personally the coolest of the 3. They are all good figures, and between them cost less than a regular Combiner Wars combiner. they also gave us our first and second ever 5 bot combiners (Drift as a sword in the show counts!) that have both male and female transformers in them, which is pretty neat!

Final conclusion: pick up at least one of these guys. They are worth it, and they are lots of fun.

These RID combiners are *really* awful looking in this size, they really should have been made warrior size-ish at the smallest.

I ok at the arms' vehicle modes and all I see is Trypticon's spaceship mode

After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

I got Galvatron because I like Galvatrons in general, but they really missed the opportunity to make the Sweeps limbs once again. I know, this isn't G1. Still, it'd have made me like this toy a lot more.

Tresob wrote:After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

Not Animated or Prime?

I can see these easily being OSKOs made by Wei Jiang in the future.

Anyway, the jets look like nothing if the sort, but the cars look like the one that came with Trypticon. I think some grey jets with extra colour for the arms (from Superion) and purple repaints of Rook would work as limbs for CW Cyclonus now.

Any customisers up for the challenge?

Kurona wrote:

Tresob wrote:After looking at these images, I am declaring Combiner Force to be the true spiritual successor of G1. It shall henceforth be known as Neo-G1.

Not Animated or Prime?

Pretty sure he meant engineering-wise.

I don't see how these are underrated by adults. Well, kids can't rate this stuff or respond, for that matter. You can't underrate something that looks like a knock-off, or looks like a piece of shit (sorry for the language). If you think $30 is worth this piece of garbage, I'd rather have one good voyager or deluxe figure at the same price point. At least I can appreciate the enginuity. you know some of my combiner wars combiners are around $30 at Ross or TJ Maxx. Anyways, sorry for the ranting. They just look ugly. Seriously though. Do you really want to put these things in your collection?