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News Credits: 5749 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:53 am

Also from HobbyBrinquedos we have news and images of a new line of Transformer themed Mr. Potato Head products. Mr. Potato Head Optmus Prime & Grimlock and Mr. Potato Head Mash Ups Optimus Prime, Starscream, and Grimlock. All appear to be G1 inspired. Check out the images mirrored below.

Mr. Potato Head Optimus Prime & Grimlock

Mr. Potato Head Mash Ups Optimus Prime and Starscream

Mr. Potato Head Mash Ups Bumblebee and Grimlock

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:56 am

Well I'm going to have some more office goodies.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:04 am

Hey, the Bumblebee one has his G1 toy's battle mask.

Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:08 am

That Grimlock potato head is Epic!

Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:16 am

Now these i have to buy

Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:58 am

Its stuff like this thats the reason Hasbro is such a joke. Back in the 80s they didnt waste plastic on crap like this.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:00 am

Rated X wrote:Its stuff like this thats the reason Hasbro is such a joke. Back in the 80s they didnt waste plastic on crap like this.

Quit being such a Grinch. These are cute toys. And Hasbro wasted MOUNTAINS of plastic on crap like this in the 80s.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:27 am

Yea, I'm getting 2 of those Grimlocks, one for the kids, and one for the office.

News Credits: 9 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:28 am

Directives: Seek out. Purchase. Love.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:31 am

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Directives: Seek out. Purchase. Love.

You win the Internet for the day! :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:32 am

UM weird things happening with the boards lately, weird things.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:47 am

Well, crap ...bought.

News Credits: 5 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:04 am

Well these look way more interesting than the toys we've seen so far :lol:

If I'm able I'd love to have a potato Grimlock. I do hope they're using the smaller potato bodies rather than the full sized ones. I don't have the space or money to devote to something so different than anything else I have, so something smaller would be perfect. Also I'm interested to know what pun they'll come up with for Grimlock's name

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:51 am

Rated X wrote:Its stuff like this thats the reason Hasbro is such a joke. Back in the 80s they didnt waste plastic on crap like this.

Cuz they didn't have the money to spend on doing things like this. Nor were the ideas of doing these things existent back then. They weren't the creative and moneymaking powerhouse that they are today, by comparison.

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:44 pm

Deceptopack.jpg

They sure made good use of plastic back in the 80s.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:45 pm

I sure hope these are out before easter, they'd make great basket stuffers.

Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:07 pm

I find it ridiculous how some grumpy ass adult transformers fans are badmouthing hasbro for producing toys aimed at younger children/fans hmm last i checked hasbro is a toy company dont expect them to make figures aimed for more mature fans all the time they have to think of all the demographics and really a lot of the new stuff ive seen are already on my list including the grimlock mr potato head

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:12 pm

TheGlynreaper wrote:I find it ridiculous how some grumpy ass adult transformers fans are badmouthing hasbro for producing toys aimed at younger children/fans hmm last i checked hasbro is a toy company dont expect them to make figures aimed for more mature fans all the time they have to think of all the demographics and really a lot of the new stuff ive seen are already on my list including the grimlock mr potato head

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:55 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:
Deceptopack.jpg

They sure made good use of plastic back in the 80s.

So wait a second... Hasbro made cheap crap like this in the 80's (or licensed the brand to others to do so), and yet they didn't go bankrupt and the TF brand wasn't killed? Wow, it's almost as if... as if there's room in the market for more than just collector-worthy figures! Is that possible? Could I even be so bold as to suggest that all this "crap" merchandise actually HELPS INCREASE the popularity of and interest in Transformers? Nah, that would be ridiculous. We all know the only way Hasbro and TFs can survive is by catering to the small slice of their market represented by adult collectors, as they have since 1984.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:56 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:
Deceptopack.jpg

They sure made good use of plastic back in the 80s.

So wait a second... Hasbro made cheap crap like this in the 80's (or licensed the brand to others to do so), and yet they didn't go bankrupt and the TF brand wasn't killed? Wow, it's almost as if... as if there's room in the market for more than just collector-worthy figures! Is that possible? Could I even be so bold as to suggest that all this "crap" merchandise actually HELPS INCREASE the popularity of and interest in Transformers?

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:
Deceptopack.jpg

They sure made good use of plastic back in the 80s.

So wait a second... Hasbro made cheap crap like this in the 80's (or licensed the brand to others to do so), and yet they didn't go bankrupt and the TF brand wasn't killed? Wow, it's almost as if... as if there's room in the market for more than just collector-worthy figures! Is that possible? Could I even be so bold as to suggest that all this "crap" merchandise actually HELPS INCREASE the popularity of and interest in Transformers?

Yes indeed it does ... per my discussion with Jerry Jivoin/Hasbro last summer at SDCC: the profits from Transformers branded products goes back into the brand itself. Things like Construct-Bots profits goes back to the Transformers brand. If I recall correctly, the exceptions are Kre-o (which goes back into the Kre-O brand) and Rescue Bots (which goes back into the Playskool Heroes brand). I imagine Mr Potato Head products that are branded as Transformers goes back into the Potato Head division, but if Hasbro is doing good, then that should mean that the Transformers brand is doing good. In theory, the more things that sell like Battle Masters, the more we get things like Masterpiece Soundwave and Generations Metroplex. More sales equals more profits which goes back to R&D and various budgets.

News Credits: 409 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:10 pm

I liked Mr. Potato head better when he smoked a pipe.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:14 pm

Stormrider wrote:I liked Mr. Potato head better when he smoked a pipe.

Now that he turns into a truck, he can make even more of all the smoke he wants.

News Credits: 104 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:23 pm

I am really digging that Grimlock Mr. Potato head...

News Credits: 15 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:43 pm

Those look great, but I've got enough 2014 desktoys to buy.

Sabrblade wrote:
Stormrider wrote:I liked Mr. Potato head better when he smoked a pipe.
Now that he turns into a truck, he can make even more of all the smoke he wants.