Kre-O Transformers Battle Changers Short - Arcade

Snarl love JaAm, Grimlock love FoOsBaLl.

And this why Me Grimlock not allowed in arcades ever again!

OMG THAT IS HILARIOUS!

I didn't know Grimlock liked arcade games! XD

Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

My name is Gary! ;_;

Man I feel sorry for Gary.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

Don't worry, it was Steve.

Sabrblade wrote:Don't worry, it was Steve.

No, Not Steve! I liked him! (Not as much as Gary) But still, NOOOOO!!

A friend is gonna go to SDCC and this seriously makes me consider asking him to get me the Class of '85 boxset!

Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

o.supreme wrote:Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

The RiD 2015 Bumblebee set has been found at some TJ Maxx stores here and there. Yet to see one myself. None of the others, however :/

That Elite Optimus Prime, yeah that's elusive, I have never even seen a listing for one on ebay. Wonder if one of our Canadian members could confirm it actually came out?

Thanks ScottyP, I'll keep an eye out. But here on the left coast even some things like the Kre-O Boxes at Family Dollar, or Series 2 AoE Microchangers showing up at Dollar Tree are elusive, even though we have plenty of those stores. I took my family to Oregon about a month ago, and found some Cityville Kreon's at one Dollar Tree, that was the closest I ever came, thankfully I got AoE Series 2 set a while back on eBay.

The elusiveness of that Canadian Elite Optimus Prime baffles me as well. At the U.S. event in June where the Dinobot Ride was given away, my kids each got one, and I actually got 2 to leave sealed. The TRU I went to seemed to have plenty of extras, I wonder what happened to them? One Canadian seller on eBay told me (take this with a grain of salt), that the Elite Optimus Prime was given strictly ONLY to children. Whether that is true or not, I cannot say, but it does provide one possible theory, though I would think even some loose ones might have appeared on ebay. But yes, if anyone out there can confirm if the event did in fact take place (I assume since all the TF sites reported it), and if anyone has this Kre-O, additional details would be appreciated. Thank you

Not only can I confirm that the Elite Optimus was released, I actually have two of them. (quick edit: don't ask, I don't plan to sell.)

The TRU by my place had multiple events that day, with a LEGO one being the main attraction. When I headed in around 1PM the events were all being cleaned up, and it took checking with three different staffers to find one who had any idea that those where also being given out. She checked the back and handed me two of them.

In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

Editor wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

Aww man, I'm so jealous. Here's to hoping US retailers un-discontinue the line.

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less.

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less.

o.supreme wrote:

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less.

Where did I say that the Canadian market couldn't care less? I know a few people that were pissed when they found out the event happened after the fact, and also missed out.

Please don't marginalize your fellow fans for something that a retailer mismanaged.

And as far as keeping the product away, Canadians got shafted on the GIJoe line, the only release after the first wave up here was the 2nd blind bag set.

You see where I bolded your text "for an event with little to no fanfare."

I assumed you meant there were hardly any interested fans at the event. If you meant it was TRU that was poorly promoting it, then I apologize. At the U.S. event in July, there were tons of kids and parents at my local TRU, and I don't know if there was any promotion at all. Still they had literally hundreds of the things to give away, thus the reason you see so many on eBay etc...

Of course because I am about a 15 hour drive away from the closest Canadian TRU (which coincidentally would be the one in Vancouver). I imagine in my mind all these 2015 RiD 2015 Kre-O sets just warming shelves, as the AoE ones did in both U.S. & Canada since they produced way too many. Of course you would be the one to know. I only collect Transformers Kreo-O, so I wouldn't be aware of any limitations from other lines, but many U.S. fans missed out on other waves, because they were so obscurely produced.

No this was purely a dropped ball by TRU. My TRU is 1/2 block away so I head in a couple days a week on my way home to check for anything new, (new releases usually arrive in short supply) and while the LEGO event for the same day was well advertised, I only found out about the Elite giveaway because of a posting on a fan site. Chatting with a few other local collectors who hit up the other TRU's around Vancouver, it sounds that most spotlighted the LEGO event, which in a sad way does make sense as those do pack the store.

As far as the RiD sets, you can erase that thought right away. Most didn't show up at TRU, and were found at Walmart and locally at London Drugs (likely with stock that was originally set for Canadian Target locations) they definitively are not shelf warming up here.

[sarcasm] It's a 15 hour drive, but why not come visit the land above the 49th, and revel in our left over AOE stock and dwindling Kreon Warriors supply.[/sarcasm]

No it is a different world as far as buying at retail up here, but if you have questions feel free to ask.

Much obliged, thank you so much. I do have a friend that lives in Bremerton WA, he opened his own comic shop. I've been telling him for 3 years I'm going to make it up there for a visit. But its looking more like a summer 2016 event. If I do, I'll be sure to have passport ready and make a run for the northern border.

A trip to Bremerton should be pretty nice, I've met a couple people from there, plus it's just a boat ride from Seattle where I seriously have not been able to get to as much as I would like.

If you are already heading to the PacNorWest for a week or two, it wouldn't be a bad add-on if your plan was to come up. Even if checking our local main comic, hobby, & toy shops you can make a pretty full day or week-end out of it.

I think they need to release a Kre-o version of Burn or Va-al.

Stuartmaximus wrote:I think they need to release a Kre-o version of Burn or Va-al.

Seibertron and the TCC proudly present the Botcon 2016 Kreon gift set "Seibertron Mod All=Stars"

Great news for US Kre-O fans out there, the Bumblebee Disc Demolisher Kre-O set has been found at US Retail.






Hold the phone, isn't this line not planned for a US release at all? Well, it certainly seems that way for traditional "Big Box" retail, but while out at the comic shop today I also stopped next door into a TJ Maxx store in Raleigh, NC and picked up this set for a measly $9.99 plus tax! This is not only discounted from MSRP, but also much better than recent secondary market prices for this set.

This set had first been seen in Canada several months ago, and has possibly been at discount retail in the US for a few weeks as well. Will this be a harbinger of future sightings of more Robots In Disguise Kre-O product, or could this just be a one-off order that's made its way to discount chains? Time will tell, but if you see other RiD Kre-O sets at US retail, be sure to let our News Crew know here, and if you see this particular set locally be sure to let your fellow collectors know in your local Sightings Thread.

Thank you. I know where I am headed after work. Thanks

I have seen this set in the Peoria, Illinois area as well. I'm not into Kre-o anymore but noticed it was new. I think it was TJ Maxx but it could also been 1 of 2 ROSS stores in the area. This was two weeks ago when I found Age of Extinction Junkheap in a crushed package. I was happy to find one.

~reluctantyouth~

I've tried looking at my TJ Maxx with no luck. Granted it's toy section's an utter mess, so they may very well have it, just buried under a bunch of other junk.

I'm more interested in... well, just about any other RiD set. The humanoid Kreons don't do the bestial Decepticons any favors, and Clampdown in particular doesn't really look like himself. Plus this one has Bumblebee, blech.

Got my SDCC kreons in the mail today, EEEEEE!!!

Got my SDCC set yesterday as well.

And.... went to 2 TJ Maxx locations in my area. The first one DID in fact have one RiD Bumblebee Disc Demolishor set which I quickly snatched up ($9.99 as indicated above). They also had one AoE Dinobot Charge set for $7.99, not that great a deal, but odd considering my TRU's still have several of these.

The other TJ Maxx only had two of the AoE Dinobot Charge sets. So I can confirm one sighting/purchase for California/Sacramento. They are out there. Good Hunting everyone else.

I am curious to see if someone finds a RiD set other than the BB one.

I often ponder if I should ever open my SDCC set. My set from last year still hasn't been opened either

Editor wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:I think they need to release a Kre-o version of Burn or Va-al.

Seibertron and the TCC proudly present the Botcon 2016 Kreon gift set "Seibertron Mod All=Stars"

hey! that could work

Editor wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:I think they need to release a Kre-o version of Burn or Va-al.

Seibertron and the TCC proudly present the Botcon 2016 Kreon gift set "Seibertron Mod All=Stars"

I chuckled my way off the chair just now.

Va'al.

And I say this with sincerity...

You are welcome.

Va'al wrote:

Editor wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:I think they need to release a Kre-o version of Burn or Va-al.

Seibertron and the TCC proudly present the Botcon 2016 Kreon gift set "Seibertron Mod All=Stars"

I chuckled my way off the chair just now.

I'd be more inclined to buy that if Fun Pub charged a reasonable price for it

Greetings All,

I apologize is this was brought up in earlier pages of this thread however... Concerning the SDCC exclusive Yearbook sets for the past 2 years. Last years "Class of 84" was a nice surprise. However I think this years "Class of 85" was an even bigger surprise considering the Kre-O line for 2015 basically, with a few anomalies aside, is not available in the United States.

Now I think most fans will agree, the original Toy line was at its strongest though 1986 (basically the 3rd year of toys)- 1986 was the year the animated movie came out, and the TV series had a 3rd season that followed suit, however many fans dropped off after this. I myself collected toys through 1987 (mostly because of Fort Max), but after that I was done, additionally with the TV series coming to an end in North America, support for the toys dwindled, even though they limped on until 1990.

Now, all that being said. I am *somewhat* anticipating a "Class of 86" set for next year, although I wont be too disappointed if it doesn't happen. Still... If it does, who do you think will be in it? Here are my predictions (sayings are probably totally off but whatever, I was never on the schools yearbook committee for a reason)

Blurr Fastest Athlete
Broadsides Loves to Get Away from It All
Cyclonus Most Loyal
Eject Most Shy
Galvatron Most Changed
Hot Rod/Rodimus Most Likely to Succeed
Hotspot Team Player
Hubcap Most Cases of Mistaken Identity
Kup Best Memory
Metroplex Big Man on Campus
Motormaster Grease Monkey
Octane Best Negotiator
Onslaught Most likely to join the Military
Rewind History Buff
Razorclaw Most Enthusiastic
Runabout Best Twin
Runamuck Second Best Twin
Sandstorm Most Friendly
Scourge Best Suited for Middle Management
Sharkticon Loves to Eat
Silverbolt Well Grounded
Skylynx Most Undecided
Springer Most Jealous
Swerve Late Bloomer
Tailgate Loves to tell stories
Trypticon Least Mobile
Unicron Most Chaotic
Ultra-Magnus Most Inspired
Wheelie Best Poet
Wreck-Gar Down in the Dumps

o.supreme wrote:Greetings All,

I apologize is this was brought up in earlier pages of this thread however... Concerning the SDCC exclusive Yearbook sets for the past 2 years. Last years "Class of 84" was a nice surprise. However I think this years "Class of 85" was an even bigger surprise considering the Kre-O line for 2015 basically, with a few anomalies aside, is not available in the United States.

Now I think most fans will agree, the original Toy line was at its strongest though 1986 (basically the 3rd year of toys)- 1986 was the year the animated movie came out, and the TV series had a 3rd season that followed suit, however many fans dropped off after this. I myself collected toys through 1987 (mostly because of Fort Max), but after that I was done, additionally with the TV series coming to an end in North America, support for the toys dwindled, even though they limped on until 1990.

Now, all that being said. I am *somewhat* anticipating a "Class of 86" set for next year, although I wont be too disappointed if it doesn't happen. Still... If it does, who do you think will be in it? Here are my predictions (sayings are probably totally off but whatever, I was never on the schools yearbook committee for a reason)

Blurr Fastest Athlete
Broadsides Loves to Get Away from It All
Cyclonus Most Loyal
Eject Most Shy
Galvatron Most Changed
Hot Rod/Rodimus Most Likely to Succeed
Hotspot Team Player
Hubcap Most Cases of Mistaken Identity
Kup Best Memory
Metroplex Big Man on Campus
Motormaster Grease Monkey
Octane Best Negotiator
Onslaught Most likely to join the Military
Rewind History Buff
Razorclaw Most Enthusiastic
Runabout Best Twin
Runamuck Second Best Twin
Sandstorm Most Friendly
Scourge Best Suited for Middle Management
Sharkticon Loves to Eat
Silverbolt Well Grounded
Skylynx Most Undecided
Springer Most Jealous
Swerve Late Bloomer
Tailgate Loves to tell stories
Trypticon Least Mobile
Unicron Most Chaotic
Ultra-Magnus Most Inspired
Wheelie Best Poet
Wreck-Gar Down in the Dumps

I love these,

Heres my crack at a few:

Blurr Captain of the track team
Broadsides Lost the most weight
Cyclonus Coolest Facial Hair
Eject Football Team Mascot
Galvatron Most likely to need anger management
Hot Rod/Rodimus Most enthusiastic
Motormaster Most Disliked
Octane Most likely to be imprisoned for theft
Rewind Head of the film club
Razorclaw Animal Lover
Sandstorm Foreign exchange student
Scourge Has "one of those faces"...
Sharkticon Most easily led
Skylynx Most eloquent speaker
Springer Football Team Quarterback
Swerve Most disruptive in class
Tailgate Best imagination
Unicron Biggest eater
Ultra-Magnus Hall Monitor
Wreck-Gar Biggest Netflix Addict

Thanks to a tip from almightymaximus (at TFW2005), I found the Rathcet VS Soundwave set at TJ Maxx!

This includes Frenzy, Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage. All for $8, not bad.


TJ Maxx also had:
Battle Changer HOUND -- also $8, even though it's just one figure
AOE Drift, Slag, and Vehicon -- $8
RID Bumblebee VS Crab Cons -- $10

Noideaforaname wrote:Thanks to a tip from almightymaximus (at TFW2005), I found the Rathcet VS Soundwave set at TJ Maxx!

This includes Frenzy, Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage. All for $8, not bad.


TJ Maxx also had:
Battle Changer HOUND -- also $8, even though it's just one figure
AOE Drift, Slag, and Vehicon -- $8
RID Bumblebee VS Crab Cons -- $10

Heard about those sets showing up there. Nice score

I've been really curious about those sets. do they contain the parts to just build a kreon? I was considering getting the ratchet/soundwave set and a grimlock set to fill holes.

I checked TJ Maxx again last Sunday. My local store had 4 of the RiD BB Disc Demolisher sets.

I have seen online however a few of the Underbite sets show up cheap from sellers in NY. has anyone seen these in a US retail yet??

MemphisR56 wrote:I've been really curious about those sets. do they contain the parts to just build a kreon? I was considering getting the ratchet/soundwave set and a grimlock set to fill holes.

Haven't opened mine yet, but from what I gather there are no extra parts to make a regular Kreon, and the torso and legs have been redone in such a way that makes them incompatible with regular Kreons.

Things have been a little dry for Kre-O fans in the U.S. during 2015. Now they are starting to look up as we've been getting reports of RID Kre-O and Kreon Battle Changer sets hitting Marshalls and TJ Maxx in the U.S.

Podcaster ScottyP sent us images of the Transformers RID Optimus Prime Beast Blaster set for $14.99 and in the background you can see the Bumblebee Disc Demolisher set. He found these at Marshalls in Raleigh, NC.





Seibertronian Noideaforaname posted an image of the Kreon Battle Changer Ratchet Vs Soundwave set he purchased at TJ Maxx. More Battle Changer sets reported to be found at TJ Maxx include Optimus Prime Vs Megatron, Hound and Shockwave. These were all found at $7.99.

You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

Stopped at the TJ Maxx next to my local comic shop during lunch hour, nabbed the Strongarm Capture cruiser. Also saw the Sideswipe RiD set, Battle Changers OP vs Megs set, and the individual Battle Changers of Grimlock, Hound, and Shockwave. Guess it's a safe bet that all 2015 Kreo is going to/has hit Market Six, only thing still unconfirmed is the Kreon Warriors (wouldn't bet on seeing Wave 1 at this rate) and RiD Custom Kreons.

ScottyP wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

I bought the Optimus Prime Vs Megatron set and prime constantly falls apart while transforming.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

I bought the Optimus Prime Vs Megatron set and prime constantly falls apart while transforming.

Prime is bad. Bumblebee is a little better. The only other one I would want is Starscream. I've heard some of the builds are a little better but you also can't man handle them

I picked up OP v Megs at Retrocon this passed weekend for $16. My kids spent all weekend playing with them and the DBZ & Ninja Turtles Lego figures I got there too. They may not be aesthetically the best but they're the perfect size to fight Vegeta and Shredder. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for the others. If they knew there was a Grimlock one, my girls would never let me rest until I find it!