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Cobotron wrote:Oooooooooooooooooooo?

Seriously guys. RID toys. Go!

searches random stores, mostly futilely for Cyclone Mini-Cons. Patiently waits for RiD Combiners, that's about all I got.

If all that other stuff could be moved, yeah that would be great, I'd love to continue it elsewhere. Thank you.

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Cobotron wrote:RID toys. Go!

*doesn't have any RiD toys*

...dangit!

I've got non-Weaponiser Dragonus!

He's not that great but I like him to some sort of degree!

The Mini-cons in general have been a joy so far. I've got Sandsting, Ratbat and Divebomb and even with their minimal articulation they're just so much fun. I need to get myself a Dragonus, a Back and possibly an Airrazor (if I can get one separately). Maybe even Glacius and Swelter. Hell, I want them all!

I dunno. Teeny tiny robots scratch a very specific itch.

Eh, my main problem is that he can't do anything. If he could move his arms and head a little or if he could turn into some sort of accessory for a larger figure. And I don't mean a vaguely torpedo-esque shape being fired underwhelmingly by a brick.

It's why I want the Weaponiser version. Sure he's got a weird edgy new colour scheme going on, but dammit, he can be a gun for Bruticus now!

Black Hat wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Cobotron wrote:RID toys. Go!

*doesn't have any RiD toys*

...dangit!

I've got non-Weaponiser Dragonus!

He's not that great but I like him to some sort of degree!

The Mini-cons in general have been a joy so far. I've got Sandsting, Ratbat and Divebomb and even with their minimal articulation they're just so much fun. I need to get myself a Dragonus, a Back and possibly an Airrazor (if I can get one separately). Maybe even Glacius and Swelter. Hell, I want them all!

I dunno. Teeny tiny robots scratch a very specific itch.

I got my Airazor from a deployer Fracture on sale for $9 on ebay, so i'd take a peek there!

All the deployers that were readily available (Drift in either color, Fracture, and Overload) have been super cheap, as stated above $9 recently on Amazon & HTS, though I don't think they are there now, but yu can probably find them by other means relatively inexpensively.

Carzybolt on the other hand...ugh....why he was never released in the U.S. still puzzles me to this day, as is the case with *most* Cyclones.

o.supreme wrote:All the deployers that were readily available (Drift in either color, Fracture, and Overload) have been super cheap, as stated above $9 recently on Amazon & HTS, though I don't think they are there now, but yu can probably find them by other means relatively inexpensively.

Carzybolt on the other hand...ugh....why he was never released in the U.S. still puzzles me to this day, as is the case with *most* Cyclones.

Crazybolt and the weaponizers are a sore point for me. I really wanted them but could never see them

I wasn't that miffed about the Weaponizers not showing up in the states, or at least my part, until I saw the show.

I had to pester some random Canadian dude to find them for me.
I'm very thankful for random Canadians.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Crazybolt and the weaponizers are a sore point for me. I really wanted them but could never see them

agreed 100%. I wonder why that is part of the reason why they don't have packed-in toy catalogues anymore 9well as well as a cost-cutting measure and the prolific nature of the internet).

But as futile as it seems, I can distinctly remember in the 80's, whether I collected them or not, seeing pretty much EVERY Transformer, GI Joe, MOTU etc... at some point in a store. Now, there is a good chance some might not even be released in a particular region or country.

Its even more frustrating when you go to Hasbro's website, all the product descriptions are there, then you get this: "this product is not available for purchase in your area"....and I'm like...why? And Hasbro customer service has no intelligent answer to this question.

I actually called asked them why they had dozens of Combiner Wars box sets collecting dust on toys shelves in Canada, when they could sell well in the United States...I got put on hold and disconnected.

Thanks to Cobo, the previous discussion about a more mature Transformers cartoon has been given its own topic.

Well there are some Crazybolts around in the UK - but the postage to USA/Canada etc.. would be pretty expensive if sent boxed. it's probably nearly as cheap to buy a Japanese one.

So I just got the new rid windblade (with the face mask) to custom into something else, but I absolutely love it! It's actually a good figure with an amazing deco. And while combiner hunters windblade will remain my definitive windblade. This new girl, Wingsaber (duh), will be a happy addition to my fembots.

RAR wrote:Well there are some Crazybolts around in the UK - but the postage to USA/Canada etc.. would be pretty expensive if sent boxed. it's probably nearly as cheap to buy a Japanese one.

Actually its surprisingly much cheaper to get a Takara one...

https://www.amazon.com/Takara-Tomy-Tran ... =crazybolt

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Dis ... =crazybolt

o.supreme wrote:

RAR wrote:Well there are some Crazybolts around in the UK - but the postage to USA/Canada etc.. would be pretty expensive if sent boxed. it's probably nearly as cheap to buy a Japanese one.

Actually its surprisingly much cheaper to get a Takara one...

https://www.amazon.com/Takara-Tomy-Tran ... =crazybolt

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Dis ... =crazybolt

With the added bonus of the Takara one actually looking like how the character is supposed to look like.

He's a Handsome wee Beastie in Car mode - bit odd in beast mode - but the car is lovely - accurate or not I think the Hasbro one is sexy looking in car mode especially after some minor attacking with a paint brush on the wheels etc... There is an appealing almost Lockdown like aspect to it.

I guess the best I could do for an American/Canadian on a western one is about £24.00 shipped in it's box in a box - bit less if the box is just wrapped in brown paper and bubble wrap and a lot less if sent loose.

I can probably get a couple though - as could other people they are about especially in B&M

It's kind of a conundrum....I actually like the look of the car mode on the Hasbro one more, but why the *beast mode* transform design for the mouth is different from the TT one is so weird to me.

With Hasbro you get a white Hammer mini-con (I already have the individual Orange Hammer)
With TT you get a green Ransack (which I don't have, but I do have 2 backtracks...) man this is confusing...

My son is actually the one who likes the deployers and mini-cons. But its such a cluster the more I look into it. The first 2 waves, everything was fine. Then with all the cyclones we had the issue of not finding most them, then 4-packs that were mostly repaints, but some we didn't have, then the show going way out in left field with "Slicedice"...yeah, its not fun.

Seibertronian Chuckdawg1999 has sent us his latest review for the Robots in Disguise one-step changers Sideswipe and Drift! Drift is another use of the butterfly transformation while Sideswipe is an all new mold. You'll find Chuck's thoughts below along with the review!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:While there's a large number of fans who just can't get behind the concept of simplified figures, the RID One Step changers make for interesting desk toys. Drift is done in the butterfly opening style which if I'm honest, has been way overused. Sideswipe, features a fantastic new transformation that I hope to see more of in the future.

Hopefully somewhere will still be stocking the RID lines after the Movie toys come out. I expect having two legion lines is going to cause some trouble though - unless the Movie one replaces the RID one - which would annoy me a lot as I still need to get Legion Bisk and frankly I'd like a Legion Thermidor too.

They showed some newer ones at Australian Toyfair and so It looks like they are going to be making both at the same time - but darn is the supermarkets never going to order both. So one of them is going to be hard to get. same with the onesteps too.

I am hopeful Sideswipe (Transformation 3) will show up before the line gets canned. as I don't much appreciate having to import onesteps.

Crazybolt was released in the US, with Entertainment Earth having stock for a few very brief moments and walmart.com had them in stock (sold by themselves and not a marketplace seller) for about two days back in the fall? This is nitpicking, I realize, as it was effectively not released here in the scope of things


So new Warriors arrived from HTS yesterday. For the new molds, I thought Blurr was a bunch of fun but the poseability is limited. I enjoy Soundwave quite a bit, but objectively, many of you won't. The alt mode is strange, it has visible hands in said mode, and some parts don't quite move around as seamlessly as they could. Personal taste on the design and transformation scheme has me pretty positive on it, but if I put on the critical toy nerd hat it doesn't hold up well. Anyone else pick these up?

yep.

ScottyP wrote:Crazybolt was released in the US, with Entertainment Earth having stock for a few very brief moments and walmart.com had them in stock (sold by themselves and not a marketplace seller) for about two days back in the fall? This is nitpicking, I realize, as it was effectively not released here in the scope of things


So new Warriors arrived from HTS yesterday. For the new molds, I thought Blurr was a bunch of fun but the poseability is limited. I enjoy Soundwave quite a bit, but objectively, many of you won't. The alt mode is strange, it has visible hands in said mode, and some parts don't quite move around as seamlessly as they could. Personal taste on the design and transformation scheme has me pretty positive on it, but if I put on the critical toy nerd hat it doesn't hold up well. Anyone else pick these up?

I got both yesterday as well. They are both good and fun, but not the winners of the line to me.

soundwave feels a little lighter than I'd like, and his chest looks a bit too big in robot mode. I love the design but I wish it was a little denser and a little less... chesty.

And Blurr, yeah the posability feels off, and I think his shoulders are a bit too high.

They are alright and lots of fun, but they aren't the Thunderhoofs and the Fractures of the line

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:They are alright and lots of fun, but they aren't the Thunderhoofs and the Fractures of the line

That's a very succinct and effective way to describe them. Good, but not great like the ones you mentioned and Bisk.

ScottyP wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:They are alright and lots of fun, but they aren't the Thunderhoofs and the Fractures of the line

That's a very succinct and effective way to describe them. Good, but not great like the ones you mentioned and Bisk.

It's actually kind of funny that Blurr, Ratchet, and Windblade are the only Autobots I've bought in the past year. It's been ruled by the Rid cons

I really wish the new wave info would drop so I can find out if I need to import a Bisk & Ratchet warrior class or not.

Picked up Blurr and Soundwave.

I actually really like Blurr. No waist swivel, but poseable nonetheless, and a fun transformation.

MrBlack wrote:Picked up Blurr and Soundwave.

I actually really like Blurr. No waist swivel, but poseable nonetheless, and a fun transformation.

I saw this exact picture on that Facebook page you have and liked it! It is coo.