NYCC 2014 Coverage - Transformers Robots in Disguise Figure Class Descriptions and Official Images

So I get that that Prime's new mode includes his trailer as part of the robot mode, now making him larger. For god's sake WHY does Hasbro still hang his huge feet off the back of his vehicle mode??? You really couldn't hide them inside the TRAILER???

Promising stuff.

So it seems like the resin Grimlock prototype we saw before is the 'three-step changer' version, huh?
What's next, Hasbro? Four-step and five-step transformers?

MR Optimus Prime wrote:So I get that that Prime's new mode includes his trailer as part of the robot mode, now making him larger. For god's sake WHY does Hasbro still hang his huge feet off the back of his vehicle mode??? You really couldn't hide them inside the TRAILER???

Maybe there's a bigger figure coming, suiting your wishes a bit better.

AutobotyMaximus wrote:So it seems like the resin Grimlock prototype we saw before is the 'three-step changer' version, huh?
What's next, Hasbro? Four-step and five-step transformers?

I can live with the simple stuff with those regulr deluxes coming our way. Those look nice.

It's only me or the plastic on these figures feels cheap? And again steeljaw as a Decepticon

no cyberverse, but atleast legions has returned. and concidering what they have, yeah. i'm happy the small transformers is back

i cannot wait to add these babies to by cyberverse collection. even though they seem to be back from square one, whut? no weapons?? ugh. no commanders. UGH. no playsets? DOUBLE UGH! oh well, i guess i should be greatful that these small tfs are back. and not a bad line up. hope to get that sharkticon.

its back to transformers for me in 2015

I do find the Three Step changer Grimlock transformation kinda cool. The T-Rex head splitting at the jaw to become different legs.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:I do find the Three Step changer Grimlock transformation kinda cool. The T-Rex head splitting at the jaw to become different legs.

I agree, out of all of these, that's the one I would like most, even if it is a simpler transformation. What worries me though is that there are no signs of voyagers so far (unless the 3 step ones is what replaces that class), or of any transformer requiring more than 10 steps to transform. That being the case, everything we see here so far is very bulky (Strongarm for instance).

At least I can SEE car parts / alt mode parts in robot modes, and KNOW they turn into cars, etc.

Four different classes of figure and all of them seem to have simplicity in mind.

I don't mind Hasbro aiming for simplified designs in order to appeal more to kids, but I wouldn't mind at least one class of more complex figures. Hopefully we'll get one or two of these characters in the Generations line, as the designs are pretty cool. Especially like having a fembot that hasn't got the usual slender body type.

"Deluxe" Strongarm is pretty cool. Not sure on the rest.

warriors. come out to plaaaaaaay.

i guess those are the deluxe? anyway they look pretty good. as i thought. not a great show but some decent toys.

I like the possibility here that it might all be maxed at "Deluxe" here.. Fall of Cybertron was majority deluxe figures and was in my opinion one of the best lines to date!

Not sure about this line yet, the TV show looks promising, but with Combiner wars and some of the other Generations still to release... Not to mention any Master Piece figures they decide, my wallet is eaten...

nope.

i am really tempted to use deluxe prime as either star convoy or galaxy convoy

Why does the legion Optimus look a gazillion times better than this Optimus????????? By the Allspark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


for reference [img][http://i.imgur.com/Wnt7dQC.jpg][/img] The superior legion figure



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The "Warrior class" Optimus

Autobot tap out wrote:i am really tempted to use deluxe prime as either star convoy or galaxy convoy

Do not use this mold. Use the far better legion class mold It will make a better star convoy mold

http://i.imgur.com/Wnt7dQC.jpg (legion optimus)


Forget about the warrior class optimus.

Warrior Class Strongarm and Grimlock are my favorites out of this batch.

Weirdwolf "the wolf guy" changes to a car????????????Hmm,not bad.

Lockdownhunter wrote:Why does the legion Optimus look a gazillion times better than this Optimus????????? By the Allspark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


for reference The superior legion figure








The "Warrior class" Optimus

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Honestly I don't think Warrior class Optimus looks that bad. I just hope he gets a bigger toy that puts him in slightly better vehicle mode scale and neatens up the transformation a bit. He does have a very Star Convoy vibe to him, which I like. The Japanese fans will probably love that (IIRC, Star Convoy was very well-liked in Japan, albeit not to the degree of Star Saber).

Delta Magnus wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:Why does the legion Optimus look a gazillion times better than this Optimus????????? By the Allspark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


for reference The superior legion figure








The "Warrior class" Optimus

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Honestly I don't think Warrior class Optimus looks that bad. I just hope he gets a bigger toy that puts him in slightly better vehicle mode scale and neatens up the transformation a bit. He does have a very Star Convoy vibe to him, which I like. The Japanese fans will probably love that (IIRC, Star Convoy was very well-liked in Japan, albeit not to the degree of Star Saber).

Thanks a lot!!!!!!You rock I am really let down badly by Warrior class Optimus.Oh,did I mention that Legion class OP is more cartoon-accurate than his Warrior counterpart.

Lockdownhunter wrote:Why does the legion Optimus look a gazillion times better than this Optimus????????? By the Allspark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


for reference [http://i.imgur.com/Wnt7dQC.jpg][/img] The superior legion figure



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The "Warrior class" Optimus

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Leatherback wrote:It's only me or the plastic on these figures feels cheap? And again steeljaw as a Decepticon

Boy, do I sure feel jealous that you got to personally handle these figures in real life to know exactly what their plastic quality feels like.

william-james88 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:Why does the legion Optimus look a gazillion times better than this Optimus????????? By the Allspark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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The "Warrior class" Optimus

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Thanks too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RID is such a joke. Do really need another cartoony line of robots that have no noses but have creepy eyebrows that make them look like pedophiles ? Couldnt Hasbro just turn the generations line into a cartoon instead ? I would love to see an end to all these Bay inspired cartoon spoofs.

Rated X wrote:RID is such a joke. Do really need another cartoony line of robots that have no noses but have creepy eyebrows that make them look like pedophiles ? Couldnt Hasbro just turn the generations line into a cartoon instead ? I would love to see an end to all these Bay inspired cartoon spoofs.

Maybe YOU think it's a joke. I for one look forward to it, and I'm sure they'll be plenty of kids who enjoy it, just like there were plenty of kids who enjoyed G1, Beast Wars, the Unicron Trilogy and Animated. Collectors aren't the target demographic for this series.

Also, an animated Generations series would be way too cost-prohibitive. The IDW comics can get away with being more adult-orientated because, well, they're comics, and thus are much less expensive to make. Animation costs a fortune to produce, and the target demographic of, say, and animated adaptation of the IDW comics, would be too small to justify the immense costs of animating it. It might work in Japan, where animation is much more widely accepted and the animation age ghetto doesn't really exist, but in the US it just wouldn't work.

I do not see myself purchasing any of the RID figures shown here. Maybe the show will change my mind once I see it, like animated did.

So far though, these look pretty lame.

Leatherback wrote:It's only me or the plastic on these figures feels cheap? And again steeljaw as a Decepticon

How do you know how they feel?

So was that Bumblebee we saw a while ago a Warrior class figure?

I'm digging the Warrior Class Grimlock, He'd be sweet repainted as Overkill. The Optimus and Strongarm are less interesting to me. I am not a fan of Strongarm's hands being trapped in kibble.
I'm excited to see what the other WArrior Class figures look like.

Hmm. I'd hate to dismiss an entire line just because of this relatively short preview... but I want to dismiss the entire line because of this preview.
The large badges, the simplified designs, the overabundance of automobiles, most characters looking like tweaks of Prime Shockwave -- don't like it.


Of course, there's still the sharky dude.

I'm a bit bummed that she (Strongarm) is in no way designed (proportions, head sculpt, features) to be a female character. The toy could have easily been a Ratchet or other guy character with another paint job. With the other Generations femmebots being such a huge win, seeing another female come out without ANY feminine feature is a bummer. (IMHO.)

(But that said, I'll probably still opt to buy at least SOME figure of her and a couple others... being the first real version of the character we've gotten.)

K.O. Star Convoy

that wolf headed guy to me looks a lot like the Prime Vehicons when you look at his over all body structure

Rated X wrote:RID is such a joke. Do really need another cartoony line of robots that have no noses but have creepy eyebrows that make them look like pedophiles ? Couldnt Hasbro just turn the generations line into a cartoon instead ? I would love to see an end to all these Bay inspired cartoon spoofs.

There it is: The undeniable link between sexual preference, eyebrows and the lack of noses.

I have a really big beef with this line so far. And it's too bad since I am usually very fond of what Hasbro puts out (an upgraded Armada Starscream? great! A transforming Arcee with G1 traits for only 15$?Amazing!) but this line is making me very very sad as I believe Hasbro is really using it to draw a line in the sand between kids and collectors.

I am of course referring to the emphasis on easier transformations with the taglines of it being 1-step, 3-step or less than 10 steps. While many os us aren't happy at that emphasis with the AOE line, at least we got some decent transformers. All the dinosaurs were as complex as dinosaur alt modes have ever gotten, and there were some fun truck/car molds which I found had great detail in both modes (my favourite is Drift). So the actual Deluxes, Voyagers and 1 of the leader figures were still complex and detailed enough for collectors, while fun for kids, and they were a nice attempt at portraying the details we saw on screen. And for younger kids you had the smash and change ones and the 1-step toys.

But this line is all about simplifying transformation. To the point where the toys do not look like their animation models. Grimlock's robot mode for instance has so many different leg configurations in the toys that I have no idea what his legs will look like on the show (is it his mid section and back? one beast arm on each leg? 2 beast arms on one with the jaw split?). And by making the deluxes simpler to transform, they end up looking like blocks of alt mode kibble. Strongarm doesnt even have hands for crying out loud!

I have no complaints about the show itself, the esthetic, the target audience, or how some characters look (fembot or not) but I am so sad to see that so far this show's characters will not be well presented in toy form. This is almost the opposite of the Animated series. The great triumph was that the styles we thought were clearly drawn first by animators, were actually replicated with the toys. But this... isn't the show made to sell the toys?! So why don't you sell toys that look like the show?!

Why can't Hasbro just stick to size class naming conventions, what size are the LEGION and WARRIOR class supposed to be? Are the Legion the same size as the Prime Legion figures or closer to the Generations Legends class and is warrior supposed to be the new deluxe?

leokearon wrote:Why can't Hasbro just stick to size class naming conventions, what size are the LEGION and WARRIOR class supposed to be? Are the Legion the same size as the Prime Legion figures or closer to the Generations Legends class and is warrior supposed to be the new deluxe?

It would seem Legion refer to the smallest as before with Cyberverse Legion and Warrior should be Deluxe Class for RiD 2015. In a row, we're getting:

Generations
Legends Class
Deluxe Class
Voyager Class
Leader Class

Robots in Disguise 2015
One-Step Changers
Three-Step Changers
Legions
Warriors
Titan Heroes
Titan Guardians

I think I'll be saving a lot of $$$ on these lines.

So Warrior=Deluxe in this line?

leokearon wrote:Why can't Hasbro just stick to size class naming conventions, what size are the LEGION and WARRIOR class supposed to be? Are the Legion the same size as the Prime Legion figures or closer to the Generations Legends class and is warrior supposed to be the new deluxe?

I was wondering something similar. They say legion class, but they seem to be more like the "Commander Class"

Also, I noticed in the pictures taken by Seibertron that there is a WOLF Deluxe that we dont have in the official hasbro pics, as well as a few 3-step changers (I see a big Optimus, Bumblebee and Strongarm in the background)

welcometothedarksyde wrote:So was that Bumblebee we saw a while ago a Warrior class figure?

This guy? For sure. IA shared characteristic this time around with the simple transformation is how the hands do not articulate/rotate. And this figure fits that bill.

Yeah, it does drive me crazy that we lost our consistent size class names. It's funny how the fan base generally ignores the current classes and sticks with the least confusing versions... ala basic, deluxe, etc. I did like the introduction of Titan class. Hope they do more bots that size.

But agreed. After seeing most of the RID line shown here, I can't help but say I'll pass on a lot of it. It has that look as if a "super-hero-like robot shape" has been molded on the bottom of each car... not so much like parts of the vehicles actually MAKE the robot body parts.

Given, I'm sure a lot of these are the lower end kid toys. I'll be open minded as more of the line is revealed.

and hey... that bee looks pretty darn good. Will get that deluxe.

Here is an official photo of Robots in Disguise (2015) Drift.

Ooh, beat me to the punch.

gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, it does drive me crazy that we lost our consistent size class names. It's funny how the fan base generally ignores the current classes and sticks with the least confusing versions... ala basic, deluxe, etc. I did like the introduction of Titan class. Hope they do more bots that size.

But agreed. After seeing most of the RID line shown here, I can't help but say I'll pass on a lot of it. It has that look as if a "super-hero-like robot shape" has been molded on the bottom of each car... not so much like parts of the vehicles actually MAKE the robot body parts.

Given, I'm sure a lot of these are the lower end kid toys. I'll be open minded as more of the line is revealed.

I am sorry to be such a downer but I want to warn you that there is a great chance you won't get more complex conversions, at least at this size class. The evidence is in the description:

TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE WARRIORS Assortment
(Ages: 6 & up /Approx. Retail Price: $14.99/Available: Spring 2015)
Each TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE WARRIORS figure features a character from the all new animated series, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, coming to Cartoon Network in 2015. Warrior figures feature updated puzzle play for fans that want the classic TRANSFORMERS experience. These highly detailed figures are great for collectors and kids as they convert from robot to vehicle in 10 steps or less. High articulation means more action play, as kids can pose their figures and play out their favorite battles from the new animated series. Each sold separately.

I think this is them telling us, this is as good as it gets. I would highly recomend not being too hopeful or you will get dissapointed.

And sorry bluecatcinema

The Description for "Titan Class"? The Titan Heroes and Guardians are those "shampoo bottles", non-transforming, only moving arms (and possibly legs) and hardly any paint. It's not Metroplex Titan Class.