New RID 3-Step Blizzard Strike Drift Kmart Reveal

Was there a normal-colored 3-step Drift at some point that I never saw?

Blizzard strike ? What a joke. Night Ops, Stealth, Toxic Slime, all these "themed" repaints are stupid as hell. Cant they use the money instead to make one Decepticon that isn't part of 1 3 step, 5 step, or shampoo bottle kiddie line ? Or was the wolf guy the only deluxe class con this TV show gets ?

Love the deco, screw the figure, slap that on a seeker, or some other cuz that deco is

Eh, I guess he'd do as a RID15 Devcon.

Am I just seeing things, or are those two different head sculpts?


X - I'm just playing evil capitalist empire devil's advocate here, but why spend more money to make more money when we can just make more money without spending any?

Agreed, That is a cool looking deco though.

blizzard strike? wtf? is this a batman action figure?

griftimus prime wrote:blizzard strike? wtf? is this a batman action figure?

Mr. Freeze better watch out, Drift ain't afraid to kill 'im

Cobotron wrote:



Am I just seeing things, or are those two different head sculpts?


X - I'm just playing evil capitalist empire devil's advocate here, but why spend more money to make more money when we can just make more money without spending any?

Agreed, That is a cool looking deco though.

Because silly themed repaints dont make money...especially kiddie simplified molds. The shelves are warm enough already. They dont need insulation too.

Cobotron wrote:Am I just seeing things, or are those two different head sculpts?

I think that's just droopy head syndrome.

griftimus prime wrote:blizzard strike? wtf? is this a batman action figure?

Also, Cobotron, would your argument for capitalism still work if this is a new mold? Because thats what this seems to be.

BJ wrote:Also, Cobotron, would your argument for capitalism still work if this is a new mold? Because thats what this seems to be

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It is? You sure?
If so, then well of course not.

For the record I don't really care either way.
Hence, "devil's advocate".

When will the simplified toys stop!? Although this figure does kick some ice! (1997 George Clowney Batman flashback)

Cobotron wrote:

BJ wrote:Also, Cobotron, would your argument for capitalism still work if this is a new mold? Because thats what this seems to be

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It is? You sure?
If so, then well of course not.

For the record I don't really care either way.
Hence, "devil's advocate".

I see, and yes that is the big joke with this figure. They are releasing this deco before we actually have a 3 step drift. Hence this is the first mold of 3 step drift we are getting. I find that awesome in a strange fun way.

william-james88 wrote:I find that awesome in a strange fun way.

I agree, strange and awesome. Maybe since Drift got the deployer treatmeant, the didn't want to flood the shelves with orange Drifts. So there would be some variety. I dunno.

I find this strange but I find this 3-step looks amazing and the paint scheme is really awesome. i love it!

So, how are you all liking the Robots in Disguise line so far? Had enough of the non transforming toys geared at younger audiences? No? Well great, because here are two brand new figures for you: Transformers Robots in Disguise Titan Heroes Autobot Drift and Grimlock. These make up wave 3 of the RID Titan Heroes.

Here are their descriptions from the Kmart website (where they are not currently available):

Gear up for big and tall Transformers action with this Autobot Drift figure! This mighty Autobot Drift warrior stands 12 inches tall and he's got the power to pound any enemy into scrap. Scanning his badge unlocks his character in the Transformers Robots in Disguise app! (Device not included.) Whether the combat is real or virtual, he's just the fighter for the wildest Transformers adventures!

Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.
• Autobot Drift Transformers figure stands 12 inches tall
• Collect them all (each sold separately)
• Scan the figure’s badge to unlock the character in the Transformers Robots in Disguise app (device not included)

Gear up for big and tall Transformers action with this Grimlock figure! This mighty Grimlock warrior stands 12 inches tall and he's got the power to stomp any enemy into dust. Scanning his badge unlocks his character in the Transformers Robots in Disguise app! (Device not included.) Whether they combat is real or virtual, he's just the fighter for the wildest Transformers adventures!
• Grimlock Transformers figure stands 12 inches tall
• Collect them all (each sold separately)
• Scan the figure’s badge to unlock the character in the Transformers Robots in Disguise app (device not included)

Here's a positive spin. I would gladly let my kid take these out to the sand box, that way the real transforming guys wouldn't get all messed up.

Cobotron wrote:Here's a positive spin. I would gladly let my kid take these out to the sand box, that way the real transforming guys wouldn't get all messed up.

I never thought about that. That is actually very brilliant! Sandbox transformers!

Cobotron wrote:Maybe since Drift got the deployer treatmeant, the didn't want to flood the shelves with orange Drifts. So there would be some variety. I dunno.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-robots-in-disguise-titan-heroes-autobot-drift-and-grimlock-revealed/33749/

What was that about not wanting too much orange?

Rated X wrote:Because silly themed repaints dont make money...especially kiddie simplified molds. The shelves are warm enough already. They dont need insulation too.

Well then you will be happy to see that none of the two newly revealed titan hero toys are repaints

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Here's a positive spin. I would gladly let my kid take these out to the sand box, that way the real transforming guys wouldn't get all messed up.

I never thought about that. That is actually very brilliant! Sandbox transformers!

That's IT! CALL HASBRO MARKETING!!!

william-james88 wrote:What was that about not wanting too much orange?

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Here's a positive spin. I would gladly let my kid take these out to the sand box, that way the real transforming guys wouldn't get all messed up.

I never thought about that. That is actually very brilliant! Sandbox transformers!

That's IT! CALL HASBRO MARKETING!!!

william-james88 wrote:What was that about not wanting too much orange?

Someone must not have heard that orange is the new black

...and more stuff for clearance

BERSEKAEL wrote:...and more stuff for clearance

Dude, I've seen these warm clearance shelves


(talk about screw-ups )

Hellscream9999 wrote:

BERSEKAEL wrote:...and more stuff for clearance

Dude, I've seen these warm clearance shelves


(talk about screw-ups )

Clearance shelves get cold too....

Rated X wrote:Cant they use the money instead to make one Decepticon that isn't part of 1 3 step, 5 step, or shampoo bottle kiddie line ?

Logical fallacies in your argument aside...

I'd settle for a few more that ARE 1/3/5-steps! Or Legion! Aside from the Mini-Cons, there are a grand total of FIVE Decepticons getting toys in this line. And only two of them, Steeljaw and Thunderhoof, have the "metal furry" look that makes the RiD 2015 Decepticons different (Megatronus and Fracture are normal robots, and Underbite has a beast mode instead of a robot mode like Sky Lynx or the G1 Cassettes did). There are so many interesting designs and we're getting nothing for any of them. I want a Springload, damn it.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Rated X wrote:Cant they use the money instead to make one Decepticon that isn't part of 1 3 step, 5 step, or shampoo bottle kiddie line ?

Logical fallacies in your argument aside...

I'd settle for a few more that ARE 1/3/5-steps! Or Legion! Aside from the Mini-Cons, there are a grand total of FIVE Decepticons getting toys in this line. And only two of them, Steeljaw and Thunderhoof, have the "metal furry" look that makes the RiD 2015 Decepticons different (Megatronus and Fracture are normal robots, and Underbite has a beast mode instead of a robot mode like Sky Lynx or the G1 Cassettes did). There are so many interesting designs and we're getting nothing for any of them. I want a Springload, damn it.

there was a listing a while back that there will be a one step springload.

K-Mart still sells transformers? News to me, the only one still open in my area hasn't restocked since before Christmas.

skidflap wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Rated X wrote:Cant they use the money instead to make one Decepticon that isn't part of 1 3 step, 5 step, or shampoo bottle kiddie line ?

Logical fallacies in your argument aside...

I'd settle for a few more that ARE 1/3/5-steps! Or Legion! Aside from the Mini-Cons, there are a grand total of FIVE Decepticons getting toys in this line. And only two of them, Steeljaw and Thunderhoof, have the "metal furry" look that makes the RiD 2015 Decepticons different (Megatronus and Fracture are normal robots, and Underbite has a beast mode instead of a robot mode like Sky Lynx or the G1 Cassettes did). There are so many interesting designs and we're getting nothing for any of them. I want a Springload, damn it.

there was a listing a while back that there will be a one step springload.

I hope that actually comes through.

I wouldn't mind a Terrashock either, or a Ped for that matter. Or most of them, really...

Perhaps even a Scowl, though admittedly he's not really in the "metal furry" category.

I want a 2-pack of Warrior Class Groundpounder and Legion Class Headlock.

Which Decepticons got Earth Modes - Not very many ?

Perhaps those ones should be prioritised along with ones who feature in more than one episode.

If that already covers the ones we have had so far then it's time to broaden it out - I can't say what's best though as I've have not seen the show enough to know who is who in that regard.

I don't have time for a proper post, but I spotted the wave 5 legion figures at a couple Targets in south Louisiana today.

Ultra Magnus and Patrol Mode Strongarm.

Keep your optics peeled if these are on your want list.

If I was a kid, I'd use that Drift as a stand-in for Unicron. That's...the best I can come up with with regard to praise.

glorbes wrote:If I was a kid, I'd use that Drift as a stand-in for Unicron. That's...the best I can come up with with regard to praise.

It's okay, you don't have to praise this junk

Anybody in the mood for some Sightings news? Fellow Seibertronians Carytheone and ScottyP have found the latest Robots in Diguise Legion figures:

Carytheone wrote:Spotted RID Legion Ultra Magnus at Target in Baton Rouge, LA for $5.99

Spotted Patrol Mode Strongarm at another Target. She was probably at the other Target, but I didn't know this deco was a thing.

Target in Slidell, La for $5.99

ScottyP wrote:RiD Legion Patrol Mode Strongarm and Night Ops Bumblebee at Target in Wake Forest, NC. Implies that Alpine Strike Sideswipe is also out, but wasn't here.

RAR wrote:Which Decepticons got Earth Modes - Not very many ?

Perhaps those ones should be prioritised along with ones who feature in more than one episode.

If that already covers the ones we have had so far then it's time to broaden it out - I can't say what's best though as I've have not seen the show enough to know who is who in that regard.

Technically, isnt the only decepticon with an Earth mode One Step Fracture? Because there is no indication that any decepticon scanned an earth vehicle once they escaped. I mean fixit has them all in his computer from the time they were on his ship and they look the same as we see them when they are on earth. So technically none of them on the show have earth modes.

I'd like to point out that I was wrong to imply in my email to news staff that Alpine Strike Sideswipe is out. Looks like Target is getting Wave 5 cases, and AS Sideswipe is (so far) only in Wave 4 cases.

It also looked like the Target I was at today had skipped Wave 5 of the one-steps (which has the new Gold Armor Grimlock and Patrol Mode Strongarm) and went straight to Wave 6 which is all repacks of various Wave 1-4 things.

Beat me to it! Found a ton of these at the Spokane target!

RAR wrote:Which Decepticons got Earth Modes - Not very many ?

Perhaps those ones should be prioritised along with ones who feature in more than one episode.

If that already covers the ones we have had so far then it's time to broaden it out - I can't say what's best though as I've have not seen the show enough to know who is who in that regard.

How about prioritizing the ones who are show in more than one mode _at all_? Some of them, infuriatingly, din't even get that.

I remember during Beast Wars the number of Maximals and Predacons released was basically even. What happened since then to convince Hasbro to skimp on the bad guys?

Sales reports.

Ah, those Targets have gotten rid of the color-coded toy sections too, I see.

Cobotron wrote:Sales reports.

This line does seem to be rather blatantly sales-driven, doesn't it? Not that it ever wasn't all about sales, but looking back at previous lines we've gone from rotating the entire cast (G1), upgrading characters with entirely different toys (Beast Wars), selling the main character a billions times over but still attempting some form of diversity (Movie/Prime), to now just selling the main characters a billions times over and to hell with diversity.

Noideaforaname wrote:Ah, those Targets have gotten rid of the color-coded toy sections too, I see.

Cobotron wrote:Sales reports.

This line does seem to be rather blatantly sales-driven, doesn't it? Not that it ever wasn't all about sales, but looking back at previous lines we've gone from rotating the entire cast (G1), upgrading characters with entirely different toys (Beast Wars), selling the main character a billions times over but still attempting some form of diversity (Movie/Bumblebee), to now just selling the main characters a billions times over and to hell with diversity.

Yeah, I've thought all along that this entire line screams of corporate interference. From the easy brick $hits to the non-existent diversity, this line is quickly becoming the pile of trash I figured it would if things didn't change

I was wondering if allocating funds to the new Star Wars has any baring? Cut here, so we can spend there.

Cobotron wrote:I was wondering if allocating funds to the new Star Wars has any baring? Cut here, so we can spend there.

"And you better tell those dudes in Japan to remember that damn parts count for Devastator!"

What I dont like about this though is that now there will be no indication that Cons sell. Because there arent enough anymore to base those numbers on. If these autobots are all parents can buy, then that is what they will buy and then hasbro will say "hey, it works". And it will be an infernal cycle.

Although this is nothing new to toylines. Look at all those Batman toylines where you get batman in 10 different suits and one joker figure. I do get why though and I have seen it first hand: nobody wants to give a villain as a gift.

I remember looking for toys once and an old lady was looking at Spider-man toys. She then asked me for help since she didnt know what to get. She knew her grandson liked spider-man but he already had a spider-man toy and she was lost. She didnt want to give him a villain alone either. So I told her to get vs pack so that her grandson could get some variety. I did mess up once though when I was in grade school and assumed a kid already had a spidey and got him a venom toy for his birthday. Only to realize later that he didnt have a spider-man toy (what kind of childhood is that?!)

Optimus and Bumblebee are now so recognisable that if a relative is shopping with the idea of transformers in mind, those are the two they will be looking for. I did like how the 4th film tried to make Grimlock as prevalent, for the sake of some variety, at least in the general public's idea of the brand.

RAR wrote:Which Decepticons got Earth Modes - Not very many ?

Thunderhoof


Clampdown


Fracture


Springload


Ped


Quillfire


While he hasn't transformed in the show, Malodor's altmode kibble looks particularly Earthen


Vertebreak turns into a subway train, but I can't find a decent screengrab of it.

Groundpounder


Headlock


Razorpaw


Spinhead


Transit

Sabrblade wrote:

RAR wrote:Which Decepticons got Earth Modes - Not very many ?

Clampdown

Wait, you mean to tell me cybertron hasn't caught on to the incredibly stylish wood-paneling for their alt modes

If those are earth modes then why do they look that way on Fixit's records in the Alchemor?

william-james88 wrote:If those are earth modes then why do they look that way on Fixit's records in the Alchemor?

Animation cost-cutting measures?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:If those are earth modes then why do they look that way on Fixit's records in the Alchemor?

Animation cost-cutting measures?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:If those are earth modes then why do they look that way on Fixit's records in the Alchemor?

Animation cost-cutting measures?

That's probably close, they (hasbro, probably) probably didn't prepare for fiction-creating by giving the 's pre-earth modes; so in the absence of any reference, and maybe not knowing what to do for them (or not being allowed to create random modes), the studio just slips the earth modes in, and hopes that nobody questions it too much.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:If those are earth modes then why do they look that way on Fixit's records in the Alchemor?

Animation cost-cutting measures?

That's probably close, they (hasbro, probably) probably didn't prepare for fiction-creating by giving the 's pre-earth modes; so in the absence of any reference, and maybe not knowing what to do for them (or not being allowed to create random modes), the studio just slips the earth modes in, and hopes that nobody questions it too much.

No it's just a cost cutting measure. It was done on Beast wars, it was done on Prime, it's being done here.