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News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:15 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:so thats what hasbros doing with all the left over stock, pretending its something new & hoping itll actually sell this time. The AoE one is still warming shelves what makes them think this wont join its brother for the long haul? If it was a brand new mold or even a remolded AoE one i could understand but a straight up repaint, yeah good luck with that especially since it doesnt even come with a figure to activate the gimmicks.

And also sells for the exact same price.

..."But it's Robots in Disguise!"

Say what you will, it still works for the younger crowd. >:oP

News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:40 pm

Well - durned if they weren't still there on the shelf as of today. If anybody really, REALLY wants to get RiD Stomp and Chomp Grimlock early, then hop onto your private lear jet and zip out to the Orem, Utah Toys R Us store where you can pick up TWO of them which are on the shelf at this very moment for $79.99 US.

SOMEBODY'S gonna get a stern talking to after this, I'll wager...

Also at the store are several 5 Step Megatronus figures, as well as several 'Clash Of' RiD deluxes, including Sideswipe and Bumblebee....

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:50 pm

Well, this was sudden. On the very same day that Toysrus has a listing for Robots in Disguise Stomp n' Chomp Grimlock, which finally revealed this figure, we have a store sighting. Shockwave7 spotted this big guy at the Orem, Utah Toys R Us store. Here is what he had to say about his discovery:

Shockwave7 wrote: If anybody really, REALLY wants to get RiD Stomp and Chomp Grimlock early, then hop onto your private lear jet and zip out to the Orem, Utah Toys R Us store where you can pick up TWO of them which are on the shelf at this very moment for $79.99 US.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:51 pm

Shockwave7 wrote:

This so needs to be used on a regular basis, even featured :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:54 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:This so needs to be used on a regular basis, even featured

Its been featured http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-robots-in-disguise-stomp-n-chomp-grimlock-found-in-the-us/33792/.

News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:55 pm

My apologies for the extra "N" in 'ANNNOUNCED'

I guess I was in a hurry to post....

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:58 pm

Shockwave7 wrote:My apologies for the extra "N" in 'ANNNOUNCED' I guess I was in a hurry to post....

Shock was that great, huh? Keep it as is

News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:00 pm

Thanks for posting. I'm not an RiD collector, but I won't stand in the way of anyone who is.

I guess I should also say again that this thing was there in that store for two WEEKS before I posted these pictures today. I just didn't know that they hadn't announced yet. Go figure.....

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:01 pm

Even though I just KNOW this one will shelfwarm as hard as the original, I like these colors better for some reasons.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:29 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even though I just KNOW this one will shelfwarm as hard as the original, I like these colors better for some reasons.

Likewise.

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I am mildly amused that the earlier Robots in Disguise was a brand that included repaints from earlier lines (like the Scourge/Bludgeon toys) and eventually became a brand to release "Whatever".

If you combine Adventures and RID-15 you have a line that includes; Movie, Animated, Classics/Combiner Wars & Prime Moulds in a single line.

I found that sort of ironic.

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:40 pm

Overpriced piece of crap which will shelfwarm and collect dust.

By far the most purely stupid re-release of a mold I've ever seen.

News Credits: 419 · by **Bronzewolf** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:32 pm

And the award for quickest at-retail find goes to..... :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:56 pm

Now if only they could get the good toys out that fast!

william-james88 wrote:You mean unlike these dinobots being released under the Generations line?

I guess, I dunno. I was under the (completely uneducated) assumption that Movie designs by the actual Movie crew were off-limits in non-Movie lines, and that Platinum Edition (that's what the G1 guys are, right?) might be juuuuust skirting the edge there due to being "special edition" instead of being in a new line entirely.

*wonders if they could reuse non-vehicle toys like Shockwave and Laserbeak*

by **Shuttershock** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:05 pm

I find it funny this mold hasn't got a Trypticon deco. Seems appropiately big and monstrous for it.

News Credits: 419 · by **Bronzewolf** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:08 pm

Shuttershock wrote:I find it funny this mold hasn't got a Trypticon deco. Seems appropiately big and monstrous for it.

This is actually a really good idea. Not bad. :APPLAUSE:

get on it hasbro!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:30 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even though I just KNOW this one will shelfwarm as hard as the original, I like these colors better for some reasons.

Those colors are very fitting for him. I do really like them and the character himself!

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:18 pm

You could always Paint some Camo blotches on it and pretend it's Gigastorm.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:36 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even though I just KNOW this one will shelfwarm as hard as the original, I like these colors better for some reasons.

I like them better on RiD Grimlock. On Bayformer Grimlock, they kind of make him look like a big pickle.

Shame they didn't do this right. A reshell plust replacing the Optimus figure with Bumblebee or Sideswipe (or Minitron, but i don't dare even hope) rather than just throwing it out would have helped a lot here.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:01 pm

The more I think about it the more I'm shocked that Hasbro didn't think that kids might like to play with One steps as a group and not pay attention to what franchise they are from and as such they should have retained the metal pieces in them - don't you think ?

Even if they didn't at the time have a plan to use them in a Grimlock repaint there is the idea of "Imaginative play" to consider. not to mention they might still be making One-steps for years to come it would have given them a unifying theme and future proofed them.

Retaining the metal piece could have been a feature they could use or ignore as they chose too like how Minicons were sold as toys to slap onto other toys - or just sold as small toys with the Powerlinking never even mentioned or even appropriate in some cases.

Instead giving some more people a reason to buy an expensive toy they've given some people a reason not too. which to be honest is a bit disappointing.

Putting that aside though I do still think the toy looks far better in green.

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:50 am

That Stomp n'Chomp Grimlock is hilarious to look at. :lol:

News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:32 am

RAR wrote:I am mildly amused that the earlier Robots in Disguise was a brand that included repaints from earlier lines (like the Scourge/Bludgeon toys) and eventually became a brand to release "Whatever".

If you combine Adventures and RID-15 you have a line that includes; Movie, Animated, Classics/Combiner Wars & Prime Moulds in a single line.

I found that sort of ironic.

That's not irony. Coincidence and parallelism, sure, but not irony.

I do kind of wish this new grimlock at least had a new head, but it's not like I'm buying it either way. My friend brought up a point, though. This is the second big box item this year, and it might replace Devastator on shelves (at the places that carry both, which I think is only TRU). Not encouraging.

by **Glarryg** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 1:17 pm

I just saw a couple of these Grimlocks in Toledo, which is odd because it usually takes forever for anything to reach us.

Glarryg

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:21 am

I know I can only speak for my local area but the "zomg SHALFWERMER!" comments on this are hilarious to me. The AOE version of this thing moved once Christmas shopping season hit last year. I had planned on waiting to get it on clearance, but if I had, it would not have been available. I think this is a lazy, albeit incredibly smart release. Low production cost, probably not a crazy high number of units produced, easy money, and maybe some happy kids that didn't get the AOE one they wanted. Plus, another Dinosaur on the shelf in Q4 to compete with Jurassic World for the attention of the five kids in the US that won't be going Star Wars crazy.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:30 am

RAR wrote:You could always Paint some Camo blotches on it and pretend it's Gigastorm.

Well, that may be the best use for that thing.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:04 pm

That Bot wrote:That's not irony. Coincidence and parallelism, sure, but not irony.

For the sake of clarity;
Irony is used in previous statement in the follow senses :

"A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected."
" incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result;"

In other words I didn't 'expect' the RID Brand of 2015 to share that feature of odd ball repaints with the brand of 2001-2003.

I didn't mean it in the "Opposites" meaning :

"irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect."

Or

"the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning".

Those later meanings bare more resemblance to the tone of Sarcasm.
As I wasn't being sarcastic - I was commenting on an unexpected series of events and as such the usage is I feel perfectly valid.

If it helps you can take the intent of the original statement to be one of me commenting on something I found "amusingly incongruous" instead.