The Energon Pub

[TF-fan kev777]

Whoo-Hoo!!!!! At long last! Ordered 2, hoping for 1 of each.

[TF-fan kev777]

Not sure if this is news worthy or not, but I spotted the Botbots unboxing gumball machine 10-packs (6-packs really) at Target today so they appear to have arrived at US retail.

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[STngAR]

Although i dont collect these, i think the designs and concepts they come up with are great. I mean, come on a push mower bot... brilliant!

[Glarryg]

Although i dont collect these, i think the designs and concepts they come up with are great. I mean, come on a push mower bot... brilliant!

Yup, that's Grass Guzzler. I love how he's getting his engine-butt cooled off by the watering can (Nozzlesnot) in the pic at the top of the package.

Glarryg

[william-james88]

Fellow Seibertronian TF-fan kev777 has found the Botbots series 4 special multi packs Target. For those unaware, there are two different Claw Machine boxes and two different Gumball Machine boxes. Each has five regular BotBots, four stickers, and one rare Gold BotBot.

Not sure if this is news worthy or not, but I spotted the Botbots unboxing gumball machine 10-packs (6-packs really) at Target today so they appear to have arrived at US retail.

If you have found them, share your sightings with our community in the sightings section and on our boards in your region related thread.

[dryxler]

I’ve been avidly collecting Botbots and I grabbed two of the Claw and two of the Gumball from Amazon, since each set has two assortments, for a total of four different ones. I wound up with two sets of identical ones, so I only had one assortment of each and two I didn’t need. I was thinking of returning them and I went to Target and the two I needed were there! I got the ones I had but didn’t need and swapped them for what I found, so my set of four was complete. They were all gone quickly.
Be warned that the price is $20, which is more than $3 each for six Botbots per box. And yeah stickers are cool but I don’t wanna pay extra for them. Not a good value. But each set is necessary if you want ALL of Series 4. Only two in each box are visible, with only one in each box visible that’s different from the other assortment. And there’s codes under the box too that are different. After getting the 24 blind packs and these four sets I’m over halfway through with series 4. Waiting on the 5 and 8 packs to hit shelves so I can sift through them and not gamble with online randomness. I made a checklist using the Botbot list on tfwiki and I’m ready to pick and choose.

[Hellscream9999]

I’ve been avidly collecting Botbots and I grabbed two of the Claw and two of the Gumball from Amazon, since each set has two assortments, for a total of four different ones. I wound up with two sets of identical ones, so I only had one assortment of each and two I didn’t need. I was thinking of returning them and I went to Target and the two I needed were there! I got the ones I had but didn’t need and swapped them for what I found, so my set of four was complete. They were all gone quickly.
Be warned that the price is $20, which is more than $3 each for six Botbots per box. And yeah stickers are cool but I don’t wanna pay extra for them. Not a good value. But each set is necessary if you want ALL of Series 4. Only two in each box are visible, with only one in each box visible that’s different from the other assortment. And there’s codes under the box too that are different. After getting the 24 blind packs and these four sets I’m over halfway through with series 4. Waiting on the 5 and 8 packs to hit shelves so I can sift through them and not gamble with online randomness. I made a checklist using the Botbot list on tfwiki and I’m ready to pick and choose.

Can you share a breakdown maybe with pics, that would be newsworthy, or at least worthy to add to the story already, I wanted to grab them but was unsure of the contents

[TF-fan kev777]

I’ve been avidly collecting Botbots and I grabbed two of the Claw and two of the Gumball from Amazon, since each set has two assortments, for a total of four different ones. I wound up with two sets of identical ones, so I only had one assortment of each and two I didn’t need. I was thinking of returning them and I went to Target and the two I needed were there! I got the ones I had but didn’t need and swapped them for what I found, so my set of four was complete. They were all gone quickly.
Be warned that the price is $20, which is more than $3 each for six Botbots per box. And yeah stickers are cool but I don’t wanna pay extra for them. Not a good value. But each set is necessary if you want ALL of Series 4. Only two in each box are visible, with only one in each box visible that’s different from the other assortment. And there’s codes under the box too that are different. After getting the 24 blind packs and these four sets I’m over halfway through with series 4. Waiting on the 5 and 8 packs to hit shelves so I can sift through them and not gamble with online randomness. I made a checklist using the Botbot list on tfwiki and I’m ready to pick and choose.

Can you share a breakdown maybe with pics, that would be newsworthy, or at least worthy to add to the story already, I wanted to grab them but was unsure of the contents

I've got all 4 already, and if you want to complete the whole series, you will end up needing both claw and both gumball variants as well. Tfwiki has you covered as far as what is in each package of all the the Series 4 packs.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_BotBots

[TF-fan kev777]

Amazon has the Series 4 8-packs up, but curiously has also upped the price to $16.49. Looks like I'll be waiting to find them at Target.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Bot ... 8VX61EV9WR

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Bot ... 62&sr=8-16

[TF-fan kev777]

Whoo-Hoo!!!!! At long last! Ordered 2, hoping for 1 of each.

Sigh, got 2 of the same. Ordered 2 more, hopefully at least one of them will be for the one I don't have and then I can return the 2 extras to Kohls. The 2 I have are the ones with The Pollinator and Mucker Von Digs, and I was bummed that I didn't see Grass Guzzler, but then I remembered he's in the blind pack bubble on this one, so yeay! He was the one I was looking forward to most!

Also, heads up to anyone with Amazon returns at Kohls, my wife was actually pleased the last time we had to do the Amazon return game. When she returned them at the Amazon kiosk at our Kohls, they have her a 25% off her next purchase at Kohls coupon. Not sure if that is an every time kind of or just some random luck, I guess we'll find out on Tuesday when the next 2 8-packs arrive.

[TF-fan kev777]

So I completed Series 1.5 this week and noticed something on the instructions I wasn't sure if anyone else pointed out yet. It looks like Hasbro is considering these as part of Series 1 if the instructions are considered official. Take a look at the instructions that came with the Lawn League 8-pack. Notice at the top the increased the number of bots for Series 1 to account for the Lawn League and Bakery Bites. And at the bottom, they included each of the tribes for the checklist.

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[SGMLordMirage]

Spotted these at a local Target in Virginia. Already posted them in my state sighting but just sharing on here.

SGM

[Loops-90]

I love the BotBots. They have great designs. But has anybody else noticed something odd about Smore N'More? Does her anatomy seem like it's more pose-able than it maybe should be?

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Separate note. I love Crumbly Yumbly so much. Just a really solid and clean design. I also love his bio on the Transformers sight. I relate so much.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

That is an interesting one! Smores looks like it is pretty dang posable, more so than others.

I still need to buy the science kits

[Starscream]

Series 5 botbots for sale and some for preorder!!

https://collecticontoys.com/collections/botbots-series-5

[TF-fan kev777]

Series 5 also in stock on Entertainment Earth.

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/prod ... /hse3494dd

[william-james88]

Within the past two weeks, this new series of Botbots has been quietly making its way across the world and now we rounded up all the news about it, just to get us all up to date.

For starters, this 5th series continues the gold rush games and the bubble will be yellow (chartreuse). It is made up of redecos, retools and new molds with new themes like air travel and asian food.

TF-fan kev777 found them on Entertianment Earth:

After seeing Starscream post in the botbots thread about an online retailer having some Series 5 in stock and on pre-order, I checked entertainment earth and they have the 8-packs in stock as well along with photos and the new tribe names.

The generic travel group is the Frequent Flyers and the generic Asian food group is the Hibachi Heats

The website has its wires crossed though, since the orders for what they call wave 5 are here but the listings with mages of wave 5 are here. That later listing, even though wrongly named, has the right info pertaining to series 5 inside.

The 5 packs were found at Target in the US within this time as well and bearytrek wrote in to let us know (that is his photo we see below). Those are the Party Favors and Los Deliciosos teams.

Series 5 was first found in the UK before any official announcement.

[ScottyP]

Apparently the crossed wires are because the cases for these are labeled series 4. This has led to some speculation (I stress that it's just speculation) that this wave wasn't even supposed to ship to retail until April.

[Stargrave]

As part of the Hasbro Toyfair preview press release we have a nice surprise, the reveal of the new Botbots tribes! From Botbots series 5, participating in the Goldrush Games, meet the Frequent Flyers, the Hibotchi Heats, the Cardio Clique, the Party Favors, and Los Deliciosos! And as part of this special unveiling is also the reveal of the series 6 Surprise Inside box sets with Treasure Chest and, yep, Toilet. Read on for the full details and enjoy the images too. As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

BotBots Goldrush Series 5 Tribes

Transformers: BotBots Series 5 Collectible Blind Box Mystery Figure (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $2.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Hidden inside each TRANSFORMERS BOTBOTS blind box is a little mystery figure with a big personality! Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each blind bag randomly includes 1 of 24 available characters in series 5. Reveal the mystery figure waiting inside! You can collect 60 characters in series 5. Convert and see what bot you got!

Transformers: BotBots Series 5, 5-Pack -- Mystery 2-In-1 Collectible Figures (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $9.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each 5-Pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures: 2 from the themed packs such as the CARDIO CLIQUE, PARTY FAVORS or LOS DELICIOSOS, and 3 from other themed teams. Lots to collect and 1 hidden character to discover inside each pack! Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! You can collect all 60 characters in series 5. Available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 5, 8-Pack -- Mystery 2-In-1 Collectible Figures (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $14.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each 8-Pack includes 8 BOTBOTS figures: 2 from the themed packs such as the FREQUENT FLYERS and HIBOTCHI HEATS, and 6 from other themed teams. Lots to collect and 1 hidden character to discover inside each pack! Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS
toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! You can collect all 60 characters in series 5. Available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Toilet (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Toilet surprise unboxing pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Use the plunger accessory to plunge out the 10 surprises inside one at a time. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Treasure Chest (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Treasure Chest surprise unboxing pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Dig through treasure chest to discover the 10 surprises inside. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I love that Pinata!

[william-james88]

Seibertron now has a whole gallery with fresh new images and views of the Transformers Botbots display from the 2020 Toy Fair. Here we get clearer views and different angles for wave 5 which is also part of the Gold Rush Games and finally includes a toilet bowl Botbot.

We have official descriptions after the images for those who want all the info possible.

You can go to the entire gallery here or click on any image to be brought there. And you can click here to see all the different galleries we have for Toy Fair 2020.

BotBots Goldrush Series 5 Tribes

Transformers: BotBots Series 5 Collectible Blind Box Mystery Figure (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $2.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Hidden inside each TRANSFORMERS BOTBOTS blind box is a little mystery figure with a big personality! Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each blind bag randomly includes 1 of 24 available characters in series 5. Reveal the mystery figure waiting inside! You can collect 60 characters in series 5. Convert and see what bot you got!

Transformers: BotBots Series 5, 5-Pack -- Mystery 2-In-1 Collectible Figures (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $9.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each 5-Pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures: 2 from the themed packs such as the CARDIO CLIQUE, PARTY FAVORS or LOS DELICIOSOS, and 3 from other themed teams. Lots to collect and 1 hidden character to discover inside each pack! Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! You can collect all 60 characters in series 5. Available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 5, 8-Pack -- Mystery 2-In-1 Collectible Figures (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $14.99 / Available: April 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! Each 8-Pack includes 8 BOTBOTS figures: 2 from the themed packs such as the FREQUENT FLYERS and HIBOTCHI HEATS, and 6 from other themed teams. Lots to collect and 1 hidden character to discover inside each pack! Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS
toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! You can collect all 60 characters in series 5. Available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Toilet (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Toilet surprise unboxing pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Use the plunger accessory to plunge out the 10 surprises inside one at a time. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Treasure Chest (Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020) Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner's Circle tribe hidden inside select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Treasure Chest surprise unboxing pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Dig through treasure chest to discover the 10 surprises inside. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on HasbroPulse.com.

[Seibertron]

Here is our video of Transformers BotBots from Seibertron.com's YouTube Channel

[TF-fan kev777]

Amazon has the Series 5 8-packs up for pre-order with a ship date of April 1st. They have them both for $14.99 each, which is a relief since they have the series 4 8-packs for $16.49 for some weird reason.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... 11&sr=8-21

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... 11&sr=8-19

[Omegatrion84]

Greetings all. Fellow Seibertronian TF-fan kev777 has let us know that the Botbots series 5 8-packs featuring the Frequent Flyers and Hibotchi Heats are now available on Amazon for pre-order! The 8-packs are priced at 14.99 USD each with a release date of April 1st and can be found at the links below.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... 11&sr=8-21

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... 11&sr=8-19

The Frequent Flyers bots are themed as items you might take with you while traveling such as a backpack, sun glasses, camera (that is slightly reminiscent of Reflector color-wise) and travel pillow, while the Hibotchi Heats are food themed bots you might come across at a hibachi style restaurant as the names suggest.

With pre-orders going live it shouldn't be too long until we start seeing the series 5 8-packs pop up at brick and mortar retail as well. Keep your eyes peeled!

Have you pre-ordered these sets? Are you ready to add even more of these wacky characters to your ever growing Botbots collection? Let us know in the comments below and keep it tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers needs!

[TF-fan kev777]

Found the wave 5 8-packs on a target run for groceries yesterday.

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