Video Reviews - Transformers Robots in Disguise Scorponok and Windblade
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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on July 26th, 2016 @ 5:25am CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on July 31st, 2016 @ 4:21pm CDT
The exact issue is in snapping his tractor cab together.
Posted by Cobotron on July 31st, 2016 @ 9:03pm CDT
I remember having a similar issue the first couple of times I TFed him too. Is it the main tabs that hold his legs together that are giving you trouble?
Posted by Ironhidensh on August 1st, 2016 @ 1:47pm CDT
Posted by Cobotron on August 1st, 2016 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2016 @ 2:10pm CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:I found the problem.
Do you have the receipt to bring it back to the store?
Posted by Tyrannacon on August 1st, 2016 @ 2:14pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 1st, 2016 @ 5:44pm CDT
Anyone know if this is Generations Legends sized?
Posted by Ironhidensh on August 1st, 2016 @ 6:03pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:I found the problem.
Do you have the receipt to bring it back to the store?
Nope. Bought it while traveling on vaca, and tossed the receipt with other travel trash. Ah well, guess he stays in robot mode.
Kurona wrote:
Anyone know if this is Generations Legends sized?
Kinda in between legends and deluxe size.
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2016 @ 7:18pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Anyone know if this is Generations Legends sized?
Legends sized.
Posted by Kurona on August 1st, 2016 @ 7:48pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:Anyone know if this is Generations Legends sized?
Legends sized.
Definitely Generations sized, right? Like, Swerve and Windcharger and Groove and not the Legion size RiD has for some reason kept?
Posted by Cobotron on August 1st, 2016 @ 8:17pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 1st, 2016 @ 8:44pm CDT
edit: never mind, just saw your picture. Helps a lot, thanks!
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:46pm CDT
So close to having the old Basic/Scout class size back.
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:56pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:The RID Commander class are all just a tad bigger than the Legends. Just a tad.
Playing with that toy right now, I love all that articulation in that size.
Posted by Nemesis Destron on August 2nd, 2016 @ 12:22am CDT
Will we see a Takara release of Grimlock with those awesome shine paint apps? Thanks in advance.
Posted by Counterpunch on August 2nd, 2016 @ 9:19am CDT
Thoughts?
Posted by william-james88 on August 2nd, 2016 @ 9:31am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else get TAV Hyper Surge Optimus?
Thoughts?
Aside from the deco, is he any different to the Hasbro version?
Posted by Counterpunch on August 2nd, 2016 @ 9:35am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else get TAV Hyper Surge Optimus?
Thoughts?
Aside from the deco, is he any different to the Hasbro version?
He screams in Japanese...
Posted by william-james88 on August 2nd, 2016 @ 9:41am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:william-james88 wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else get TAV Hyper Surge Optimus?
Thoughts?
Aside from the deco, is he any different to the Hasbro version?
He screams in Japanese...
But yeah I asked so that people who own the mold could also reply with their thoughts, especially since this is the Hasbro thread.
Posted by Kurona on August 2nd, 2016 @ 9:42am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:william-james88 wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else get TAV Hyper Surge Optimus?
Thoughts?
Aside from the deco, is he any different to the Hasbro version?
He screams in Japanese...
I don't know if that's better or worse
Posted by Va'al on August 3rd, 2016 @ 8:01am CDT
Remember, if you come across new toys, make sure to flag them up in our regional boards, and in the Sightings database to help out fellow fans and collectors.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 3rd, 2016 @ 10:45am CDT
Posted by RAR on August 3rd, 2016 @ 2:11pm CDT
John Warden (or the guy interviewing him) even forgot it existed (as they did Rescue Bots too) in the recent Forbes interview.
Well I say interview more like a press release pretending to be an interview.
Posted by william-james88 on August 3rd, 2016 @ 2:23pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:lol, wasn't aware this sighting was news, posted them in the Illinois sightings thread a week or two ago
Dont you have access to the news admin page for quick searches?
But its ok, many found him before too, like Ironhidensh, but nobody thought to report them.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 5th, 2016 @ 12:14pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 5th, 2016 @ 12:17pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I am so sad for the toyline. Those minis ended up at TJMAxx and such? Damn. and then finding these guys is so hard anywhere and the distribution sucks. I really want these guys, but just can't find them!
The molds of most minis were available in other ways right? Like Hammer is with Crazybolt and Back is with Battlepack Grimlock. And the others are in that 4 pac with weapon slipstream. If one skips wave 3 and 4, is tehre a mold that we wouldnt have?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 5th, 2016 @ 12:19pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I am so sad for the toyline. Those minis ended up at TJMAxx and such? Damn. and then finding these guys is so hard anywhere and the distribution sucks. I really want these guys, but just can't find them!
The molds of most minis were available in other ways right? Like Hammer is with Crazybolt and Back is with Battlepack Grimlock. And the others are in that 4 pac with weapon slipstream. If one skips wave 3 and 4, is tehre a mold that we wouldnt have?
It's not that I want different molds, it's that I want to finish the minicon pairs. I want forth to go with my back, I want Swelter and Glacius so I have that pair, and I need Ransack to go with Backtrack, so it's more me finishing the show minicon pairs
Posted by william-james88 on August 5th, 2016 @ 1:19pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I am so sad for the toyline. Those minis ended up at TJMAxx and such? Damn. and then finding these guys is so hard anywhere and the distribution sucks. I really want these guys, but just can't find them!
The molds of most minis were available in other ways right? Like Hammer is with Crazybolt and Back is with Battlepack Grimlock. And the others are in that 4 pac with weapon slipstream. If one skips wave 3 and 4, is tehre a mold that we wouldnt have?
It's not that I want different molds, it's that I want to finish the minicon pairs. I want forth to go with my back, I want Swelter and Glacius so I have that pair, and I need Ransack to go with Backtrack, so it's more me finishing the show minicon pairs
Arent Back and Forth the same toy though? Do you have pics to show the differences between them?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 5th, 2016 @ 2:57pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I am so sad for the toyline. Those minis ended up at TJMAxx and such? Damn. and then finding these guys is so hard anywhere and the distribution sucks. I really want these guys, but just can't find them!
The molds of most minis were available in other ways right? Like Hammer is with Crazybolt and Back is with Battlepack Grimlock. And the others are in that 4 pac with weapon slipstream. If one skips wave 3 and 4, is tehre a mold that we wouldnt have?
It's not that I want different molds, it's that I want to finish the minicon pairs. I want forth to go with my back, I want Swelter and Glacius so I have that pair, and I need Ransack to go with Backtrack, so it's more me finishing the show minicon pairs
Arent Back and Forth the same toy though? Do you have pics to show the differences between them?
I have the Back that came with Grimlock, I want the individual Forth since the paint jobs are reversed basically
Posted by Mr Skram on August 5th, 2016 @ 7:12pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 5th, 2016 @ 9:51pm CDT
Technically, there are no actual toys of Forth yet. See the following for an explanation of the confusion:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I am so sad for the toyline. Those minis ended up at TJMAxx and such? Damn. and then finding these guys is so hard anywhere and the distribution sucks. I really want these guys, but just can't find them!
The molds of most minis were available in other ways right? Like Hammer is with Crazybolt and Back is with Battlepack Grimlock. And the others are in that 4 pac with weapon slipstream. If one skips wave 3 and 4, is tehre a mold that we wouldnt have?
It's not that I want different molds, it's that I want to finish the minicon pairs. I want forth to go with my back, I want Swelter and Glacius so I have that pair, and I need Ransack to go with Backtrack, so it's more me finishing the show minicon pairs
Arent Back and Forth the same toy though? Do you have pics to show the differences between them?
I have the Back that came with Grimlock, I want the individual Forth since the paint jobs are reversed basically
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Back
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Forth
Back's Wiki article wrote:Prior to the toy's release, there was quite a bit of confusion regarding single-packed Back's name. Some online retailers initially solicited the figure under the names "Decepticon Backfire" or "Kickback". Whilst the figure was subsequently named as just "Decepticon Back" in official Hasbro solicitations, stock photos of the toy in packaging and in the Robots in Disguise mobile game, further confusion arose when the figure's North American packaging sported the name "Decepticon Forth", as did the listing on the official Hasbro.com website. International releases, including Hong Kong, Australia and Europe, still sport the "Back" name. Eventually both versions were even found side by side at the same store in the US… and then Hasbro released a Mini-Con Mega-Pack sporting an unchanged re-release of the figure, again named "Decepticon Forth". With the Robots in Disguise cartoon having presented Forth as a very different-looking character, this wiki currently treats that name for the figure as an error, though we can't help but notice that Hasbro seems to keep quite literally going back and forth with the figure's name.
Forth's Wiki article wrote:For reasons unknown, the North American packaging of Back's single-packed toy labels him as Forth, which led to a whole heap of confusion between the characters until their cartoon debut.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 5th, 2016 @ 10:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 5th, 2016 @ 10:10pm CDT
Dunno what's taking Hasbro so long to get on the ball with making an actual Forth toy that isn't just Back with Forth's name.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I just want a second one so I have the pair
I mean this dragon right here? This looks awesome. Give us a toy of this dragon, Hasbro!
Posted by RAR on August 6th, 2016 @ 6:50pm CDT
I only rarely see Minicons for sale and frankly they cost to much at £7.00 each. (especially with the lack of paint and lack of Articulation in them).
They are more like a £4.50 price toy. The gift sets are much better value - so hopefully some of them will show up - i do think it's a shame though that they didn't keep the parts frame on all versions as it would be nice to get the accessory parts in enough colours to make multiple coloured lion/sharks.
Hopefully more stuff will begin to show up after September.
Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2016 @ 7:02pm CDT
RAR wrote:Well I got Warrior Class Windblade, Scorponok & Power Surge Optimus Prime - pleasingly quickly in the UK - now the question is will the Legion Class, One steps and Minicons show up too.
I only rarely see Minicons for sale and frankly they cost to much at £7.00 each. (especially with the lack of paint and lack of Articulation in them).
They are more like a £4.50 price toy. The gift sets are much better value - so hopefully some of them will show up - i do think it's a shame though that they didn't keep the parts frame on all versions as it would be nice to get the accessory parts in enough colours to make multiple coloured lion/sharks.
Hopefully more stuff will begin to show up after September.
I thought the UK was up to date on minicons. Kurona reported seeing weapon dragonus months ago. Those still haven't shown up in north America yet.
Posted by Kurona on August 6th, 2016 @ 7:06pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:RAR wrote:Well I got Warrior Class Windblade, Scorponok & Power Surge Optimus Prime - pleasingly quickly in the UK - now the question is will the Legion Class, One steps and Minicons show up too.
I only rarely see Minicons for sale and frankly they cost to much at £7.00 each. (especially with the lack of paint and lack of Articulation in them).
They are more like a £4.50 price toy. The gift sets are much better value - so hopefully some of them will show up - i do think it's a shame though that they didn't keep the parts frame on all versions as it would be nice to get the accessory parts in enough colours to make multiple coloured lion/sharks.
Hopefully more stuff will begin to show up after September.
I thought the UK was up to date on minicons. Kurona reported seeing weapon dragonus months ago. Those still haven't shown up in north America yet.
I, uh, reported the non-weapon one.
Posted by Ironhidensh on August 6th, 2016 @ 7:56pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 6th, 2016 @ 8:00pm CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:Are we talking about the new weaponizer minicon 4pk? Because that is out in North America. I saw it in North Carolina this week.
Which post are you talking about? I think there were 2 different cases being discussed
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 6th, 2016 @ 9:27pm CDT
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on August 6th, 2016 @ 10:53pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If anyone finds the minicons individual release Forth/Back, Swelter, Glacius, and Ransack, I am willing to work on a deal to get those 4 guys. I want to get the 4 but am running out of options to find them
eBay doesn't have them? I'd try. Looking on the Hasbro website as well if I were you. If I see anything online then I'll let you know.
Posted by RAR on August 7th, 2016 @ 12:21am CDT
One big Tesco and one big Sainsburys in 3 counties is the only place I know that sells them. (all wave 1) and all £7.00 each still. I did see them reduced to £5.40 once but even that was pricey I thought.
They are also out of stock online on The Entertainer too.
I don't see many Rescue Bots either as the main places to buy them I don't have except 50 miles away from me.
Posted by jay5 on August 11th, 2016 @ 12:50am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 11th, 2016 @ 7:33am CDT
jay5 wrote:Has anyone found RiD Scorponok or Paralon in U.S. ToysRUs stores yet? Paralon's been out in Canada for weeks now and Scorponok from overseas, but they're naturally all priced absurdly high because they aren't out in the States yet.
I wouldn't expect them in the states for a few more weeks. Usually takes a lot of time before they come here from when they first show up overseas. And who knows about Paralon though, considering it showed up in Canada almost completely by surprise
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on August 11th, 2016 @ 7:34am CDT
jay5 wrote:Has anyone found RiD Scorponok or Paralon in U.S. ToysRUs stores yet? Paralon's been out in Canada for weeks now and Scorponok from overseas, but they're naturally all priced absurdly high because they aren't out in the States yet.
I'm looking for a lot of the newer RID warriors figs and haven't had any luck. I live in Upstate NY. If find anything I will be sure to post asap.
Posted by william-james88 on August 11th, 2016 @ 12:21pm CDT
jay5 wrote:Has anyone found RiD Scorponok or Paralon in U.S. ToysRUs stores yet? Paralon's been out in Canada for weeks now and Scorponok from overseas, but they're naturally all priced absurdly high because they aren't out in the States yet.
They are now at walmart in Canada. I just found them but didnt have my camera. Will go back to take a pic tomorrow and news it unless someone beats me to the punch.
Posted by william-james88 on August 12th, 2016 @ 12:59pm CDT
Canada already got the Scorponok and Power Surge Optimus Warrior mold through the Clash of the Transformers line at Toysrus (which also has yet to appear in the US).
Wave 7
Wave 8
Posted by Kurona on August 12th, 2016 @ 1:01pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 12th, 2016 @ 1:03pm CDT
Kurona wrote:God I can't wait for Ratchet. Perfect for a MTMTE display.
I dont foresee him coming out till the tail end of the year.I didnt know he was 2 waves down the line. And I want that wave badly for Bisk!
Posted by Kurona on August 12th, 2016 @ 1:04pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:God I can't wait for Ratchet. Perfect for a MTMTE display.
I dont foresee him coming out till the tail end of the year.I didnt know he was 2 waves down the line. And I want that wave badly for Bisk!
Can't say I mind; gives me plenty of time to save up and get him.