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News Credits: 3 · by **No One** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:12 pm

Look, CAR parts, I can tell it actually turns into a car. Sideswipe looks pretty good here.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:25 pm

Not bad at all.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:30 am

Doesn't do it for me like 3 step Thunderhoof or Prime. Not enough color/cool design going on. He looks okay, but that's about it.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:49 pm

Hope his head isn't in a perpetual state of looking downwards. Bee is plagued by that and Mega Optimus is finicky.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:34 pm

ScottyP wrote:Hope his head isn't in a perpetual state of looking downwards. Bee is plagued by that and Mega Optimus is finicky.

I did try and push it back up, but it wouldn't go. I didn't know it was an epidemic, I just assumed it was just a bum figure. Probably safe to assume Sideswipe is just perpetually down in the dumps then.

Like LegendaryAntiHero on Facebook · by **LegendaryAntiHero** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:58 pm

I'm looking forward to the fully articulated voyager/leader Optimus Takara is going to make

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:47 am

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I'm looking forward to the fully articulated voyager/leader Optimus Takara is going to make

Me too! And he looks to be at least leader size, which is fun. He will be coming out at the end of this month

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:49 am

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I'm looking forward to the fully articulated voyager/leader Optimus Takara is going to make

Me too! And he looks to be at least leader size, which is fun. He will be coming out at the end of this month

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:58 am

For that one fan out there who isn't tired of more news on the Three Step Changers, here is something for you. While he was first seen at SDCC 2015, we now have the official images for Transformers Robots in Disguise Three Step Changer Night Ops Bumblebee. He is a redeco of the original three step changer and not of the retooled Clash of the Transformers version.

This come from Entertainment Earth.

From SDCC 2015

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:09 pm

Here are some in hand images of ToysRUs Exclusive Robots in Disguise Clash of the Transformers Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe. These are allspark blue infused redecos of Robots in Disguise Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe attempting to mirror their deco in the season one finale.

These have yet to be found in the US.

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:14 pm

Thanks for the pics. These guys look awesome.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:20 pm

So, Will, how about the Sideswipe arm/shoulder problem thingy? Was it fixed on that one or is it the same?

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:39 pm

This whole line sux @$$ IMO but this OP looks cool for my money. The all black ax could be better but I'm over it...'nuff said! :VEHI:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:43 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:So, Will, how about the Sideswipe arm/shoulder problem thingy? Was it fixed on that one or is it the same?

Same, its pretty terrible. However, his arms are stopped by his chest unless you do it on purpose to pull them out. So not the intended peg, but he can still do some neat poses.

News Credits: 1 · by **Puhonix** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:12 am

So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:24 am

Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:14 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:23 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!

Haha, nice

You know, we joke around about this product line but it is selling quite well everywhere I go. And I havent even contributed to it since I buy the Takara versions instead. There are very few wave 1 and 2 warriors left anywhere, and the toysrus I took those COTF redecos from only has those redecos for the most part, which is technically the latest ones to come out.

News Credits: 1 · by **Puhonix** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:06 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

That's fantastic news! When do we expect these to come out?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:08 pm

Puhonix wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

That's fantastic news! When do we expect these to come out?

Sadly, there is no estimated release date. Hasbro even said we have seen all that is coming out this year for the line so it might have to wait about 4 months (since the first RID toys last year came out before christmas).

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:56 pm

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?

Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.

Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!

Haha, nice You know, we joke around about this product line but it is selling quite well everywhere I go. And I havent even contributed to it since I buy the Takara versions instead. There are very few wave 1 and 2 warriors left anywhere, and the toysrus I took those COTF redecos from only has those redecos for the most part, which is technically the latest ones to come out.

I can back that up. I've been rounding out my warriors and some of them wave 1's are getting pretty scarce. I have been seeing a lot of Jazz and Sideswipe at retail though. So, I guess that is good. Now bring on them warrior 'Cons!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:15 pm

Hey Carytheone, I was gonna give you some proof to back up our statements and while I do have it, something interesting came up. So Walmart has more Combiner Wars deluxes than RID Warrior figures:

BUT Toysrus now has that RID Clash of the Transformers promotion with the exclusives, so there is not one single combiner wars deluxe left and instead it is all exclusive figures as far as the eye can see, check it out.

Toysrus appears to be pretty confident in their alliance with the Robots in Disguise line. Not only do they have exclusives in the Legends, Warrior, 3 Step and Ultra classes but these exclusives are worldwide, including Japan's Toysrus stores, where those same exclusive figures are distributed by Takara. An exclusive sublne this wide is unprecedented. While this subline is not found in the US yet, it is very prominent in Canada, with Toysrus displaying the subline and line as a whole in prominence. Below are pictures of this display and you can get some in hand images of the exclusive Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe here. Toysrus appears to be calling this marketting oush "Autobot August"! The promotion has nothing to do with discounted prices though.

The other sides of the display area had other Robots in Disguise products.

And the Transformers aisle had those Toysrus Exclusives as far as the eye could see.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:17 pm

Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:25 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...

Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:33 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...

Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?

Nope. Same old wave 1 or 2 without any voyagers or the scouts that matter, meaning Grooves and Blackjack.