All Initial Gimmick Toys from the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line have been found in the US

Posted by william-james88 Mar 29, 2023 at 11:21pm CDT 38,940 views

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Boom and just like that, your toy aisles now have a whole new assortment of Transformers toys. We have reports from many collectors that they have now found all gimmick toys already revealed by Hasbro for the Rise of the Beasts line. There is more to come of course, like further waves and further classes, but those have not been revealed by Hasbro yet. The Beast Weaponizers 2-Pack and the Battle Channgers (which includes Rhinox, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) have been found at Meijer stores. The individual targetmasters, like Cheetor and Rhinox, are appearing at Targets. The image below is from Shane Shane.

We still have yet to see the mainline voyagers, individual deluxes or one steps, but none of those have been revealed by Hasbro yet.

Transformers News: All Initial Gimmick Toys from the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line have been found in the US

We will post reviews when they come in. For now, we have one for the Beast Weaponizer 2-packs.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If there's one gimmick in the ROTB main toyline that will attract collectors it's the Beast Weaponizers, small robotic animals that turn into weapons like blasters, swords, crossbows, and chainsaws; the last two are featured here with Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime. Both Primal and Prime are basic figures but feature more articulation than the Beast Combiner figures, which makes them a bit more fun. The Weaponizers remind me of the Arms Micron era of Transformers and complement the larger robots well. Between the two I feel Optimus Prime is better due to having more articulation and a more pronounced alternate mode.

All Initial Gimmick Toys from the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line have been found in the US

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Mar 29, 2023

Don't worry folks, Chuck Daddy has you covered!

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Comment by Bumblevivisector Mar 30, 2023

Well, that packaging makes the Rhino-Vulcan look even more...BAD-ASS!

"Boy, lead gets hot inshide deshe rhinos...'

Definitely picking up at least one!

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Comment by JazZeke Mar 30, 2023

william-james88 wrote:Some images are being shared across social media of voyager Optimus Primal from the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line. While the images do show us the entire figure, most images show it mistransformed or in mid transformation. We do have an ok look at the bot mode but it's not the same with the alt mode. It does seem like the idea of the transformation is that there is a head swap, like the Kingdom toy, and there are different chest panels for the gorilla and bot mode.

This is meant to be in the first wave of voyagers from the main line while the Rhinox and Optimus Prime wave we saw would be wave 2. But we'll see if that's still the case since wave assortments can change.

Man, I don't wanna sound overly negative, but this is such a boring design. It really annoys me just how monotone Primal is. How do they expect audiences to follow the action when Optimus is just gonna be a blur of solid black?

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 30, 2023

Makes me wonder what will be "leader" about the Studio Series version of Primal. >:oP

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Comment by Emerje Mar 30, 2023

-Kanrabat- wrote:Makes me wonder what will be "leader" about the Studio Series version of Primal.

The number of weapons probably...

Emerje

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Comment by griftimus prime Mar 30, 2023

hard pass

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Comment by Siger Mar 30, 2023

LOL yeah I don't think I'll pay current Hasbro prices for a headflip bot that looks as plain as this. PASS!

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 30, 2023

Siger wrote:LOL yeah I don't think I'll pay current Hasbro prices for a headflip bot that looks as plain as this. PASS!

Honestly, I didn't expect more, the design from ape to humanoid robot has always been prone to being a headflip bot. The SS leader will be the same as to some extent. Though the legs have transformation too and we don't see that in these pics. I think only the MP went out of its way to give a fully new transformation for Primal.

As for looking plain, fully agree, though that's more of an issue towards the film's design team. It's basically just recreating this:

Not sure if I'll buy this.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Mar 30, 2023

Right now I'm looking at three Primals, two from the movie line and the Authentic. Each has a different deco that reminds me of a previously released toy. The Authentic reminds me of the OG Primal, the Beast Armor reminds me of the reddish-brown Universe repaint, and the Weaponizer is based on the movie look. It'll be interesting to see how many more looks we get for Primal in the main line.

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 30, 2023

This is par for the course for the live action movies. If you're not a sleek street vehicle, you get no snazzy paint job. Instead, you get variations of gray, tan, brown, and other muted color shades.

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Comment by Siger Mar 30, 2023

william-james88 wrote:
Siger wrote:LOL yeah I don't think I'll pay current Hasbro prices for a headflip bot that looks as plain as this. PASS!

Honestly, I didn't expect more, the design from ape to humanoid robot has always been prone to being a headflip bot. The SS leader will be the same as to some extent. Though the legs have transformation too and we don't see that in these pics. I think only the MP went out of its way to give a fully new transformation for Primal.

As for looking plain, fully agree, though that's more of an issue towards the film's design team. It's basically just recreating this:

Not sure if I'll buy this.

Yep, I love my Masterpiece Primal so I really have no reason to buy other versions that doesn't excite me. I'll wait and see if review videos could change my mind.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Mar 30, 2023

Did anybody notice the big differences in the deco on the packaging for the Beast Alliance figures and the actual toys? I just noticed today that Sawback was supposed to be a more "Real" brown rather than the turquoise and silver we got.

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Mar 30, 2023

Looks like ROTB will be rereleasing some of the BB Energon Igniters in updated packaging!

I missed out on some of those legends class ones (Barricade and Evasion Prime), so I'm glad I'll get another shot at them

It honestly just makes me really happy to see those original movie renders still in use! :michaelbay:

ROTB Barricade.jpeg

ROTB Bee.JPG

ROTB Megatron.jpg

EDIT: Also a very strange repaint of Ironhide as Battletrap:

ROTB Battletrap 1.png

ROTB Battletrap 2.png

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Mar 30, 2023

That repaint of Ironhide kinda works as Battletrap.

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Comment by JazZeke Mar 31, 2023

Sabrblade wrote:This is par for the course for the live action movies. If you're not a sleek street vehicle, you get no snazzy paint job. Instead, you get variations of gray, tan, brown, and other muted color shades.

While that was true for the Bay movies, I didn't think it was unreasonable to hope that a reboot would mean more visually distinctive designs, especially after the aesthetics in Bumblebee and the reuse of Optimus' Bumblebee design.

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 31, 2023

JazZeke wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This is par for the course for the live action movies. If you're not a sleek street vehicle, you get no snazzy paint job. Instead, you get variations of gray, tan, brown, and other muted color shades.

While that was true for the Bay movies, I didn't think it was unreasonable to hope that a reboot would mean more visually distinctive designs, especially after the aesthetics in Bumblebee and the reuse of Optimus' Bumblebee design.

Bay's still around as a producer, and all of the other people who were in charge during his films are still in charge with this one.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Mar 31, 2023

I'm surprised we're not getting a Primal at every price point in the first wave.

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 31, 2023

JazZeke wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This is par for the course for the live action movies. If you're not a sleek street vehicle, you get no snazzy paint job. Instead, you get variations of gray, tan, brown, and other muted color shades.

While that was true for the Bay movies, I didn't think it was unreasonable to hope that a reboot would mean more visually distinctive designs, especially after the aesthetics in Bumblebee and the reuse of Optimus' Bumblebee design.

That's the point. These designs not being visually distinctive is Paramount and Hasbro's way of tieing this film with the others, visually (we've known this since we saw the design for Bumblebee). They never explicitly said it was a reboot and are not ready to give up Bayverse. They still wish to operate within it but devoid of storytelling restrictions.

So basically, this film could be a fun stand alone film, but the timeline is a mess that should not be looked into too much. If you want a full new look and a definite divorce from Bayverse, this ain't it.

Case in point, check out the renders they are using for the toys :lol:

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 31, 2023

Lots of news for the Rise of the Beasts toyline. While the line is supposed to be released internationally on April 10th, many stores are stocking them earlier. And that gives us a look at toys we didn't even know were coming out.

So we have rereleases of toys from the Bumblebee line, which you can see below. One of the more interesting ones is an Energon Igniters Ironhide redeco which is labelled as Battletrap. It does have a render of Bayverse Ironhide though. We also see Bayverse Megatron on the rerelease of the ROTF Megatron toy from the Bumblebee line.

In similar news, we have our first look at the deluxes in individual packaging with Airazor. The box art is pretty cool since the image takes up two sides creating for a fun effect when stocking boxes, as you can see below.

And lastly, we have more shots of voyager Optimus Primal in bot mode. Two of the shots below are from a private event/exhibition in Australia and we thank Ozformers for the images.