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Thanks to Amazon we have word of a new upcoming Transformers book, the Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia. As one would expect based on the title the book is all about the popular Transformers Kre-O construction line, and comes packed with a special Orion Pax figure. It's priced at $15.52 and scheduled to release May 13th, 2014.

Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia: With Special Figure

Master your Transformers KRE-O knowledge with this ultimate encyclopedia! From the legendary Optimus Prime and the brave Bumblebee to the treacherous Starscream and the evil Predaking, this complete collector's guide to all the KRE-O figures is sure to short-circuit all Transformers fans. Includes special Orion Pax figure!

Product Details
Age Range: 6 and up
Grade Level: 1 and up
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: LB Kids (May 13, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031627819X
ISBN-13: 978-0316278195

About the Author
Brandon T. Snider has authored the award winning Dark Knight Manual as seen in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Forbes and Wired. He's also written for Comedy Central and penned books featuring pop culture's most famous characters such as Superman, Spider-Man and The Muppets. His personal hero is Optimus Prime and he one day dreams of meeting the famous Autobot leader and having him sign his autograph book.

Did we know about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Fami ... im_sbs_b_1

The legendary Optimus Prime and the brave Bumblebee to the treacherous Starscream and the evil... Predaking? You'd think Megatron would get that spot in the little blurb, and not the Combiner (or possibly even the Prime character).

Curious to see how this --and the Orion Pax Kreon-- turns out.

I'm really starting to dislike that Megatron is slowly being replaced by Predaking. Not at all.

Mindmaster wrote:I'm really starting to dislike that Megatron is slowly being replaced by Predaking. Not at all.

I think that's just because Beast Hunters is their current "thing" and they want to push that. As soon as the BH cartoons end and the BH line ends, I bet the focus will shift back to Megatron.

At least, I HOPE that's the case. I hope they're not thinking about phasing out Megatron because they think it's easier to sell a dragon as a kid's toy than it is to sell a tank (basically an oversized gun) as a kid's toy. That would make me a sad panda. It wouldn't shock me, though.

GuyIncognito wrote:Did we know about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Fami ... im_sbs_b_1

Pretty sure it's these guys:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ies/25977/

Cool; got the book on my order list now.

"about the popular Transformers Kre-O"....

Dear God, I hope they aren't TOO "popular".

I'm throwing this out there again: these toys are cheap to make and very profitable to sell. That's fine, I have no problem with Hasbro making a cheap buck... I guess.

But when you buy the odd character here and there, it's guaranteeing said character does not get a TF proper.

Think about it, Kreo, Botshots, Bionicle TF... they're quick ways to extend trademarks/registrations. Especially the individual Kreo guys - Hasbro will NEVER make toys out of those guys (i.e. classic TFs) because they no longer have to.

I think if these offshoot lines could fail disastrously, Hasbro would focus more on the classic TF's (be it Prime, movie, G1, or whatever).

No offense to those of you who genuinely like Kreo: but HUGE offense toward the "completionists" with an OCD complex about owning every iteration of a character, no matter how insignificant or Kreo he may be!

GuyIncognito wrote:I think that's just because Beast Hunters is their current "thing" and they want to push that. As soon as the BH cartoons end and the BH line ends, I bet the focus will shift back to Megatron.

But this book is due out next May. With Target already ditching the special endcap for "Predacons Rising" and TF4 coming out sometime near that date I can't see Hasbro still plugging Beast Hunters then.

The last few years don't seem to have been all that kind to our favorite Buckethead. Denied a "Leader" or such large-scale figure in both DotM and Prime, no appearance at all in the FoC part of Generations, and now he's noticeably absent from this book's blurb. Not a good trend.

Noideaforaname wrote:the Orion Pax Kreon

Do we even know it's a Kreon? Could be a buildable figure.

Manterax Prime wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:the Orion Pax Kreon

Do we even know it's a Kreon? Could be a buildable figure.

Considering the fact that it comes free with a book and the book is only $12, I'm pretty sure they're not giving away a $10-$15 toy. I think it's pretty safe to assume it's a Kreon.

Amazon has updated their listing for the previously announced Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia with an image revealing it's exclusive Orion Pax Kreon figure. It's priced at $15.52 and scheduled to release May 13th, 2014. Image mirrored below.




Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia: With Special Figure

Master your Transformers KRE-O knowledge with this ultimate encyclopedia! From the legendary Optimus Prime and the brave Bumblebee to the treacherous Starscream and the evil Predaking, this complete collector's guide to all the KRE-O figures is sure to short-circuit all Transformers fans. Includes special Orion Pax figure!

Product Details
Age Range: 6 and up
Grade Level: 1 and up
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: LB Kids (May 13, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031627819X
ISBN-13: 978-0316278195

About the Author
Brandon T. Snider has authored the award winning Dark Knight Manual as seen in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Forbes and Wired. He's also written for Comedy Central and penned books featuring pop culture's most famous characters such as Superman, Spider-Man and The Muppets. His personal hero is Optimus Prime and he one day dreams of meeting the famous Autobot leader and having him sign his autograph book.

Well, that certainly adds to the appeal! I might consider picking this up if I see it and the book is entertaining enough.

Stupid exclusive figure making me order book

Kreons look weird with noses.

I'm actually far more interested in the book than the Kreon. Hopefully more of those wonderfully silly bios that far too few Kreons have.