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News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:06 am

Lockdownhunter wrote:That is why the Legion class version is better.No faux windows hanging around in alt mode.

BTW,I wonder whether this is mistransformed.Hopefully it is.

I find fake rake worse than fake windows for this particular toy. I find a Fake rake undermines the creativity of the character's design.

News Credits: 639 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:37 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.

Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:19 am

3-step Thunderhoof again hits my sweet spot. First Optimus, now this guy... Well... Guess I gotta hunt this guy down when he shows up.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:42 am

ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.
Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

Wait what?! They do that?!

News Credits: 639 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:48 am

william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.
Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

Wait what?! They do that?!

They have done that in the past, though not with RiD toys specifically, but that is enough for me to avoid it

Also a sign this is a premature listing: the scan code on him is not recognized by the app.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:08 am

ScottyP wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.
Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

Wait what?! They do that?!
They have done that in the past, though not with RiD toys specifically, but that is enough for me to avoid it

Also a sign this is a premature listing: the scan code on him is not recognized by the app.

Well that is an odd thing that I didnt mention in the article: this 3 step Thunderhoof wasn't/isn't in the app. I believe that is the very first revealed RID toy since the app came live that didnt first appear there (which makes sense since the whole deal is that every toy would be scan-able). He also wasnt on any preorder listings. He really is out of the blue.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:19 am

So the lesson is, don't shop Kmart online. But thanks for the leak!

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:07 pm

ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.
Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

This happened to me. Not with this toy but during HFTD. Basically they have the store staff filling orders and they just grab whatever is on the shelf. Customer Service is a pain too.

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:50 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I did good? I can haz cookie? Seriously though it looks like this figure transforms the same way as the one-step changer. Also as a reminder, DO NOT ORDER FROM KMART! That is all.
Yeah I pondered it but then remembered that they probably don't actually have it, just the listing, and I'd end up getting another Bumblebee or something.

This happened to me. Not with this toy but during HFTD. Basically they have the store staff filling orders and they just grab whatever is on the shelf. Customer Service is a pain too.

I had a similar experience trying to order Generations figures on their website in 2011. They basically tried to fill my order with shelf warming figures at the time. Thankfully I was able to get a full refund. However, I will still find my way to the actual brick and mortar stores to try my luck at what I may find.

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:55 pm

Also, I really want that 3-Step Thunderhoof.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:18 am

Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:41 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form

I dont find it weird, I think it adds variety.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:19 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Stuartmaximus wrote:Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form

I dont find it weird, I think it adds variety.

Aye true

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:08 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:All these and not another new ? Steeljaw does not even get a repaint.
He did in Japan.

Phantomjaw

I can confirm that he is awesome!

Well,he looks weird.

News Credits: 639 · by **ScottyP** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:38 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form

Man, US distribution on this stuff is just not like it is elsewhere. We get no Kre-o (aside from a trickle into discount women's clothing stores), no sign of the TRU exclusives yet, no deployers yet, one wave behind the UK on Warriors, and barely any Minicons out and about. They should rename the line "Transformers: Hey US fans, this is what we always put the UK fans through. Fun, right?"

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:51 am

ScottyP wrote:
Stuartmaximus wrote:Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form
Man, US distribution on this stuff is just not like it is elsewhere. We get no Kre-o (aside from a trickle into discount women's clothing stores), no sign of the TRU exclusives yet, no deployers yet, one wave behind the UK on Warriors, and barely any Minicons out and about. They should rename the line "Transformers: Hey US fans, this is what we always put the UK fans through. Fun, right?"

I can, as you imagine, very much sympathise with you. But from the CW side of things.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:38 am

ScottyP wrote:
Stuartmaximus wrote:Argos website have the minicon deployers....Drift & Fracture! as well as mega Optimus Prime(Smyths Toys have those on their website too).

Weird thing is....the Fracture deployer is his Cybertronian cycle form....While the one step is his earth form
Man, US distribution on this stuff is just not like it is elsewhere. We get no Kre-o (aside from a trickle into discount women's clothing stores), no sign of the TRU exclusives yet, no deployers yet, one wave behind the UK on Warriors, and barely any Minicons out and about. They should rename the line "Transformers: Hey US fans, this is what we always put the UK fans through. Fun, right?"

From the video reviews of those Deployers I've seen...they're not getting great reviews....so I wouldn't get too disheartened

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:01 pm

Well, that came out of nowhere. things escalated quickly...

Still, NEED WARRIOR THUNDERHOOF!!!

That is all

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:21 pm

Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:45 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

Yeah, especially since they spent some extra dollars (quite a bit I would assume) on retooling the 3 steps. That feels like such a waste to me. I dont mind 3 steps, but I dont feel the target audience would take notice of these changes.

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:54 am

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

Yeah, especially since they spent some extra dollars (quite a bit I would assume) on retooling the 3 steps. That feels like such a waste to me. I dont mind 3 steps, but I dont feel the target audience would take notice of these changes.

We can only hope that Takara makes proper versions of Bee/Swipe/Strongarm with their Supreme Mode and Battle Mode figures in the Adventure line.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:58 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

Yeah, especially since they spent some extra dollars (quite a bit I would assume) on retooling the 3 steps. That feels like such a waste to me. I dont mind 3 steps, but I dont feel the target audience would take notice of these changes.
We can only hope that Takara makes proper versions of Bee/Swipe/Strongarm with their Supreme Mode and Battle Mode figures in the Adventure line.

But dont we already know that they are just using the sideswipe and bumblebee Hasbro toys for those? Or do you suppose they will make another attempt at the concept?

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:01 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

Yeah, especially since they spent some extra dollars (quite a bit I would assume) on retooling the 3 steps. That feels like such a waste to me. I dont mind 3 steps, but I dont feel the target audience would take notice of these changes.
We can only hope that Takara makes proper versions of Bee/Swipe/Strongarm with their Supreme Mode and Battle Mode figures in the Adventure line.

But dont we already know that they are just using the sideswipe and bumblebee Hasbro toys for those? Or do you suppose they will make another attempt at the concept?

We know they're releasing the Hasbro versions for the Japanese release of "Clash of the Transformers", but the Supreme Mode and Battle Mode toys are something else in the main TAV line. For instance, Optimus we know is getting a retool of his large figure to resemble his finale upgrade, which is a separate release of the smaller CotTFs Warrior figure. So Japan is getting what the West is getting plus their own stuff that we're not getting.

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:47 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Also, cause I just caught this: Op, Sides and Bee look pretty cool with the season finale armor. Now if only they had done a slight bit of retooling...

Yeah, especially since they spent some extra dollars (quite a bit I would assume) on retooling the 3 steps. That feels like such a waste to me. I dont mind 3 steps, but I dont feel the target audience would take notice of these changes.
We can only hope that Takara makes proper versions of Bee/Swipe/Strongarm with their Supreme Mode and Battle Mode figures in the Adventure line.

But dont we already know that they are just using the sideswipe and bumblebee Hasbro toys for those? Or do you suppose they will make another attempt at the concept?
We know they're releasing the Hasbro versions for the Japanese release of "Clash of the Transformers", but the Supreme Mode and Battle Mode toys are something else in the main TAV line. For instance, Optimus we know is getting a retool of his large figure to resemble his finale upgrade, which is a separate release of the smaller CotTFs Warrior figure. So Japan is getting what the West is getting plus their own stuff that we're not getting.

All I really want is to see them get the proper retooling to go with the paint job, plus Strongarm (they seem to be forgetting her....) I personally loved the Hunter armor upgrade, so I wants

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:27 pm

Howdy fellow Seibertronians! Robots in Disguise Three-Step Changers Sideswipe has been spotted at Target in Baton Rouge, LA by yours truly. This particular Target seems to be a hotbed for RID sightings. Sideswipe, like others in the Three-Step Changers series was tagged and verified at $19.99 USD.

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