Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy

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Lots of random Transformers Rise of the Beasts news to get to and they all relate to the mass market toys aimed at kids. Thanks to TF fan in the know Silver Optimus, we have some news regarding one of the more enigmatic listings we've had in the line: Beast Mode Bumblebee. Three full containers of just this toy arrived in ports, so we know it's coming and in big amounts. And we also know that it is 2 per case, meaning that it will be a big toy, like other Transformers toys packed 2 per case (leader class bots). So expect Beast Mode Bumblebee to be a big ticket kid friendly toy, similar to the Power Charge Bumblebee we got in the Bumblebee movie toyline. We still have no idea what animal it turns into.

Speaking of Bumblebee, the same source states that the one steps made for the Rise of the Beasts toyline have been repackaged to be in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee toyline. This is a bit more unexpected since these toys are the type that we find everywhere during a movie line, ever since Age of Extinction. It could be that the ones released now will be in that Target exclusive line while they will be rereleased in the actual Rise of the Beasts toyline next year. We'll see if these pop up before the end of the year, and there is some excitement for them since that would be a way for us to see the movie designs early.

Lastly, there is a new listing for ROTB Flex Changers. Hasbro does have a Bend and Flex subline it uses for other properties so it could simply be that they will be incorporating Transformers characters into it. Some of the toys in this line already have transforming elements, like vehicles turning into armour.
The specific listings for these are:
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Flex Changers Cheetor (Hasbro Code: F4639)
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Flex Changers Nightbird (Hasbro Code: F4638)

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Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2145784)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 29th, 2022 @ 3:53pm CDT

Didn't we know about the flex changers listings, like, weeks (maybe months) ago? I just remember submitting it....

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2146459)
Posted by william-james88 on October 4th, 2022 @ 6:47pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Didn't we know about the flex changers listings, like, weeks (maybe months) ago? I just remember submitting it....

Like I said, we need help with the news. So if you find a story you'd like posted or shared with the community, write an article here (in your own words) and send us the link so we can refine it and post it.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2146461)
Posted by william-james88 on October 4th, 2022 @ 7:02pm CDT

The "Big" Hasbro investors event was today but sadly, there wasn't much in it for fans. There was indeed a trailer for Rise of the Beasts but it was a closed door event, it wasn't released for the general public. There were a few slides pertaining to Rise of the Beasts. They unveiled Optimus's "new" look, which is mostly the look we had already seen both in Bumblebee and in previously revealed merchandise. The big difference are those plates above his chest windows.

We also have a very tiny image of a mock up for the display in the toy aisle for the ROTB toyline, with a big Optimus cutout. Hasbro is going hard on merchandise and toys for both the ROTB film and Earthspark, as can be seen on one of the slides below. Both toylines are aimed at children, while there will be some ROTB characters in the Studio Series line that older fans can also enjoy alongside kids.

Speaking of Earthspark, it was confirmed that the show will have a second season coming as well, and the same slide showing us the ROTB cutout also has out first look at Spin Changer Optimus' alt mode. And in other Transformers media news, they confirmed that there is still an animated Transformers movie coming out in 2024. We have selected the images and slides that may be of importance below. Some of the images come from TFW2005.com.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2146469)
Posted by TulioDude on October 4th, 2022 @ 8:46pm CDT

Saw this on some Youtbe comments; nice to see that Optimus is still doing similar poses as before.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2146483)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 4th, 2022 @ 10:35pm CDT

I have hopes for the animated '24 movie.

RoTB will be a streaming viewing in a couple of years, I just don't have any enthusiasm for it at all. So far only Scourge intrigues me. Maybe future reveals will change that.

Pretty much same with Earthspark. If I like it once it's out, I might get into it. So far, no vibes at all, good or bad.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2146487)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 4th, 2022 @ 10:45pm CDT

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2147453)
Posted by william-james88 on October 19th, 2022 @ 11:06pm CDT

While so far we have seen Smash and Change Optimus Prime in stores, we just got news that there will be at least 2 more toys like this coming out for the Rise of the Beasts (or Cyberverse line). Whichever line they are packaged in, they will definitely be the Rise of the Beasts designs, at least the preliminary ones. Thanks to a report from Silver Optimus, we know we will get a Rhinox and Optimus Primal done in the same gimmick/style. It will be interesting to see how animals are done in this gimmicky transformation of smashing down a figure. Below are the listings for the toys in this subgroup. They are all currently on US shores though we do not know when Primal and Rhinox will appear at retail.

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Smash Changer Optimus Prime
Hasbro Code: F4642
Alternate Hasbro Code: F8067
Product Name: TRA MV7 Smash Changer Optimus Prime
Alternate Product Name: TRA Cyberverse Smash Changer Optimus Prm
EAN: 5010993958474
Alternate EAN: 5010994183769
Case Breakdown: 3 Per Case

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Smash Changer Rhinox
Hasbro Code: F4643
Product Name: TRA MV7 Smash Changer Rhinox
EAN: 5010994113643
Case Breakdown: 3 Per Case

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Smash Changer Optimus Primal
Hasbro Code: F4641
Product Name: TRA MV7 Smash Changer Optimus Primal
EAN: 5010993958801
Case Breakdown: 3 Per Case

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149548)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 19th, 2022 @ 9:03pm CST

A very SHORT video review of Airaizor:

https://youtube.com/shorts/DfOOKFeeGlM?feature=share

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149552)
Posted by william-james88 on November 19th, 2022 @ 10:23pm CST

Brett Rothe has posted a quick transformation video of Rise of the Beasts deluxe Airazor on youtube. They reached out to us directly to inform us and we thank them for the heads up. The transformation is quite ingenious since it completely removes a large chunk of the wings from the robot mode by having a part of them become the robot mode legs. This would have been a better transformation for making both Kingdom Airazor and Terrorsaur more cartoon accurate since their robot modes on the show had their wings either reduced or completely removed.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149553)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 19th, 2022 @ 10:29pm CST

"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149562)
Posted by ZeroWolf on November 20th, 2022 @ 3:32am CST

Sabrblade wrote:"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

You know everyone likes to blame him for everything despite their being many, many hands in the pot. The only major script decisions people can blame on him is Revenge of the Fallen since he finished the script due to the writers strike of 08

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149580)
Posted by Actar on November 20th, 2022 @ 2:11pm CST

There's already a transformation video/review on YouTube!

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149582)
Posted by william-james88 on November 20th, 2022 @ 2:17pm CST

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149585)
Posted by william-james88 on November 20th, 2022 @ 2:39pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

You know everyone likes to blame him for everything despite their being many, many hands in the pot. The only major script decisions people can blame on him is Revenge of the Fallen since he finished the script due to the writers strike of 08

He's always been the face of those movies and he has chosen it to be that way. So I get why people keep blaming him for everything.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149586)
Posted by ZeroWolf on November 20th, 2022 @ 2:44pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

You know everyone likes to blame him for everything despite their being many, many hands in the pot. The only major script decisions people can blame on him is Revenge of the Fallen since he finished the script due to the writers strike of 08

He's always been the face of those movies and he has chosen it to be that way. So I get why people keep blaming him for everything.

Now does this mean it can also be seen as him shielding everyone (even if inadvertently) from the abuse?

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149587)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 20th, 2022 @ 2:53pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

You know everyone likes to blame him for everything despite their being many, many hands in the pot. The only major script decisions people can blame on him is Revenge of the Fallen since he finished the script due to the writers strike of 08

He's always been the face of those movies and he has chosen it to be that way. So I get why people keep blaming him for everything.

Now does this mean it can also be seen as him shielding everyone (even if inadvertently) from the abuse?

Nah, just as yet another example of people needing one single scapegoat to focus on because paying attention to the multiple(!), more obvious causes is so not done

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149595)
Posted by william-james88 on November 20th, 2022 @ 4:43pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"What Was Michael Bay thinking when he made the original Transformers series?"

Bay did not make the movie designs. He was not the sole person in charge of everything.

You know everyone likes to blame him for everything despite their being many, many hands in the pot. The only major script decisions people can blame on him is Revenge of the Fallen since he finished the script due to the writers strike of 08

He's always been the face of those movies and he has chosen it to be that way. So I get why people keep blaming him for everything.

Now does this mean it can also be seen as him shielding everyone (even if inadvertently) from the abuse?

It's not intentional, but we know he doesn't mind getting the blame for it. He's beyond it all as is demonstrated with him still involved with the brand and films while not shying away from letting us know.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2149598)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 20th, 2022 @ 5:06pm CST

If RoTB ends up the sub-par production I expect it to be, I won't be blaming Bay much, just a little. I think he deserves the majority of the blame for RoTF only. The other films are equally the result of everyone's efforts.

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2150761)
Posted by william-james88 on December 6th, 2022 @ 9:37am CST

The collectible retailer site Zavvi had a banner image up which has since been taken down, promoting the new Transformers toys for Rise of the Beasts. On it we see Battletrap and Bumblebee figures. This is our first look at the new Bumblebee toy and while it seems to have a similar level of detail to previous Studio Series toys, there are two lines with movie deluxes coming out at a similar time, so it's not confirmed in which line he will be released. While we see Bumblebee in his robot mode, we can tell that his alt mode is the off road Camaro which he becomes later in the film.

There are a few newsworthy bits to take from this single picture. Firstly, the head sculpt features parts not seen on Bumblebee's head in the trailer, which include his antennas and side vents. So that means that either he had not finished transforming in the trailer, or that this face sculpt is based on an older character model.

Also, these being official renders means that their announcement is soon. Or at least, one would hope since we had renders of a new Hatchet and Hound figure for months and they are still not revealed. So we'll see.

Let us know what you think of this new toy and if you'd add it to your collection!

Re: Rise of the Beasts Flex Changers, One Steps and Big Beast Mode Bumblebee Toy (2150776)
Posted by Overcracker on December 6th, 2022 @ 11:12am CST

Hatchet still looking really nice.

BB, looks like they took Bumblebee Movie BB and mashed it up with 2007 Bay Movie BB and got this.

It looks fairly simple though.

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