Robots in Disguise Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock Sighted at US retail

It is pretty stealthy, actually. Disguising himself as Bumblebee to trick more parents into getting him for their kids' christmas.

Fellow Seibertronians, Scottimus Prime Toy Hunter Productions was on the hunt at a Target in Commack, within Long Island New York, and found the new 3 Step Drift and Energon Boost Bumblebee. This Drift is unique in that it is the first 3 Step version of the character with his original deco. The first 3 Step figure was the 'Blizzard' themed deco and featured a different head. This Drift has a new head based on the original design of his face. And Bumblebee has blue highlights... So check them out and let us know what you think of them - or if you've seen them - in the comments below.

We've got some huge news for you today, Seibertronians! User Mindmaster has alerted us to an article on the website Io9, Where they revealed a majority (if not all) of the toys coming out in the Robots In Disguise Spring 2017 wave! The big news here is most of the new figures are classic characters no one expected to be included in RID2015, so this is a surprise certainly coming out of left field for most.

Spanning all size classes, characters like Blurr, Bludgeon, Cyclonus and, most importantly, Soundwave will be joining the cast sometime in the future! The toys also have some interesting new gimmicks, such as Activator Combiner Soundwave, who comes with a Laserbeak who turns into a small weapon, with "Deploying Battle Cannons". This calls back to the similar Minicon Deployers that are currently included in this line. Take a look at all of the images of the new toys down below and tell us in the comments what you think of these new incarnations of classic Transformer Characters!


Warrior Class













Legion Class







3-Step



1-step



Activator Combiners Soundwave

Someone in Hasbro REALLY likes Twinferno, huh? First being the only Monsterbot to get the Generations treatment and now this. I'm getting a John Warden Deluxe Vehicles vibe here

While this all looks majorly badass, I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it. RiD 2015 used to mostly be it's own thing with the recent Starscream harkening back to the past so much being a big surprise, but what made it so great is that it was unique. Now it feels like the toyline's starting to overflow with G1 influence when before it was packed with originality and new characters. Don't get me wrong, I still prefer these G1 characters to what RiD has put out and I'm excited for most of these figures - especially that Soundwave holy shit - but... I dunno. It's starting to feel like RiD's uniqueness is starting to fade and mesh in with everything else.

When the Bludgeon mold was revealed at NYCC he was a Bot and had a different name. So we're getting two, or they changed their mind?

And I agree Kurona. Although these look fun, I wouldn't mind the line staying the course of originality it was on.

Warrior Class
Starscream
Bludgeon
Blurr
Soundwave
Twinferno
Skywarp

Legion
Blurr
Cyclonus
Starscream

Of note is that the Warror Starscream is a regular retail release, and thus may have some changes from the TRU Clash version. As for Bludegon, I'm going to assume he's a redeco of Blastwave, as I don't see any of the others revealed earlier.

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:The one article said Hasbro is making designs inspired by G1...that's not all that new, and Titans Return is a much better example of that...

I was groaning at the article the whole way through. Acting as if this is the first time there's been full-on G1 influence... meanwhile, there is literally a direct remake of the G1 Soundwave toy in a Titans Return Leader box, original alt-mode (or at least a close approximation of it), cassette partners and all.
"The warrior class features some of the largest figures in the RiD line" oh come on

And now I'm reading the comments.

blaaaaaargh

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:The one article said Hasbro is making designs inspired by G1...that's not all that new, and Titans Return is a much better example of that...

I was groaning at the article the whole way through. Acting as if this is the first time there's been full-on G1 influence... meanwhile, there is literally a direct remake of the G1 Soundwave toy in a Titans Return Leader box, original alt-mode (or at least a close approximation of it), cassette partners and all.
"The warrior class features some of the largest figures in the RiD line" oh come on

And now I'm reading the comments.

blaaaaaargh

Run, Blaster! Save yourself!

...welp, I'm back from the comments section. *Hides in a cardboard box*

...so, the new toys look cool. Wonder how Soundwave and Cyclonus will factor into the show, if at all.

william-james88 wrote:Dont read the comments! You are still so young!

Eh, I've seen worse. At least some are trying to educate people.