SDCC 2014 Coverage - Official Hasbro Product Images: Kre-O Battle Changers
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Posted by Va'al on July 26th, 2014 @ 7:30am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 26th, 2014 @ 7:36am CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on July 26th, 2014 @ 7:40am CDT
And the G1-style color break up looks a LOT better than the Movie colors for Slog.
Posted by dedcat on July 26th, 2014 @ 8:01am CDT
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on July 26th, 2014 @ 8:27am CDT
Posted by robbii123 on July 26th, 2014 @ 8:28am CDT
Posted by Searchlight on July 26th, 2014 @ 8:48am CDT
Posted by BERSEKAEL on July 26th, 2014 @ 9:20am CDT
this guys on 3" tall format. NOW!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2014 @ 9:26am CDT
Want, WANT, WANT!
Posted by shajaki on July 26th, 2014 @ 9:42am CDT
so... whats all the talk about toys falling apart right out of the box or a year later? its been some time since thats happened to me, and ive been buying (both domestic and import) figures pretty heavily the past few years. honestly most of my issues come from 3rd party figures.
Posted by SoundwaveFan on July 26th, 2014 @ 9:45am CDT
Just catching up. Sunstorm hasn't actually showed up on the US TRU site has he?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2014 @ 9:51am CDT
SoundwaveFan wrote:Hey all,
Just catching up. Sunstorm hasn't actually showed up on the US TRU site has he?
Why U no check out the local stores? Currently, it's Sandstorm and Rhinox. Sandstorm and Rhinox everywhere. (At least, in Canada.)
Posted by SoundwaveFan on July 26th, 2014 @ 10:21am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:SoundwaveFan wrote:Hey all,
Just catching up. Sunstorm hasn't actually showed up on the US TRU site has he?
Why U no check out the local stores? Currently, it's Sandstorm and Rhinox. Sandstorm and Rhinox everywhere. (At least, in Canada.)
I took a stroll through a couple lately but nothing. Looking for MPs in store has been a PITA for me.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 26th, 2014 @ 10:28am CDT
shajaki wrote:so... whats all the talk about toys falling apart right out of the box or a year later? its been some time since thats happened to me, and ive been buying (both domestic and import) figures pretty heavily the past few years. honestly most of my issues come from 3rd party figures.
Trash-talk and hot air. Don't be lured into those nightmare stories
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2014 @ 10:29am CDT
SoundwaveFan wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:SoundwaveFan wrote:Hey all,
Just catching up. Sunstorm hasn't actually showed up on the US TRU site has he?
Why U no check out the local stores? Currently, it's Sandstorm and Rhinox. Sandstorm and Rhinox everywhere. (At least, in Canada.)
I took a stroll through a couple lately but nothing. Looking for MPs in store has been a PITA for me.
Oh, SUNstorm.
I dunno about the USA, but the Canadian release is set for around the end of August. THIS TIME, I may actually see a goddamn MP in a Québécois TrU officially... Aside from that completely unexpected and lone MP-Grimlock I managed to snatch instantly. 100$+15% of taxes was an unexpected blow to my budget. The rent will have to wait!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 26th, 2014 @ 10:41am CDT
You want Scout class Dinobots?BERSEKAEL wrote:Hey Hasbro, do you really want to increase your selling?
this guys on 3" tall format. NOW!
Posted by Evil Eye on July 26th, 2014 @ 11:20am CDT
*notices chrome back spikes*
Where do I sign?
Posted by Down_Shift on July 26th, 2014 @ 11:24am CDT
Effffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 26th, 2014 @ 12:00pm CDT
LOST Cybertronian wrote:We have updated the Transformers Age of Extinction Galleries to include various new product on the showroom floor. Included in this update is the Platinum Edition Breakout battle, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and Grimlock, Autobots United 5-pack, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and more. Check out the new gallery images by clicking below.
What's up with the "Vehicon" on display there? I thought it was going to be a redeco of DOTM Crankcase, but he looks unchanged. Did they not have the actual product on hand and put in Crankcase as a stand-in?
Posted by Madeus Prime on July 26th, 2014 @ 12:22pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:LOST Cybertronian wrote:We have updated the Transformers Age of Extinction Galleries to include various new product on the showroom floor. Included in this update is the Platinum Edition Breakout battle, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and Grimlock, Autobots United 5-pack, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and more. Check out the new gallery images by clicking below.
What's up with the "Vehicon" on display there? I thought it was going to be a redeco of DOTM Crankcase, but he looks unchanged. Did they not have the actual product on hand and put in Crankcase as a stand-in?
Looks like it.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 26th, 2014 @ 12:24pm CDT
Same thing happened at BotCon. They had an unchanged Crankcase there too instead of the Vehicon redeco.Wolfman Jake wrote:LOST Cybertronian wrote:We have updated the Transformers Age of Extinction Galleries to include various new product on the showroom floor. Included in this update is the Platinum Edition Breakout battle, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and Grimlock, Autobots United 5-pack, Platinum Edition Optimus Prime and more. Check out the new gallery images by clicking below.
What's up with the "Vehicon" on display there? I thought it was going to be a redeco of DOTM Crankcase, but he looks unchanged. Did they not have the actual product on hand and put in Crankcase as a stand-in?
Though, speaking of this Vehicon, this, along with the Power Battler Vehicon, makes the Cemetery Wind vehicles as the bases for the AOE Vehicons, rather than anything produced by KSI.
Posted by User897 on July 26th, 2014 @ 12:33pm CDT
RiD inferior.
Seriously, I am actually excited about combiners for the first time in years! That RiD crap is, well, crap.
Posted by megatronus on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:07pm CDT
Do we have a timeline on that? Normally they put up the listing the week after SDCC, right?
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:14pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Ordered 2 Sludges... now I just need to be on my game when the SDCC Dinobot set hits HasbroToyShop...
Do we have a timeline on that? Normally they put up the listing the week after SDCC, right?
Consult your supernatural fortune-telling medium of choice, because no one can predict when SDCC toys hit HasbroToyShop with any kind of informed opinion or even an educated guess. It will happen at some point that will not be announced beforehand, and everything worth having will be sold out in minutes, long before you see the news hit any website.
Posted by Hero Alpha on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by hinomars19 on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:53pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Trash-talk and hot air.
There's a new Decepticon duo right there
Seriously, I haven't experienced any falling apart on toys ever.Not even the notorious offenders
Sludge seems to have missed out on the clear plastics? Am I right? I can't see any.
As for all these cool reveals, it's harder and harder to get excited when not even Rhinox and co are in my stores. Even AoE generations have been shafted completely. My Tesco and Argos have nothing but the simple gimmick stuff. The only way to find AoE Gen. toys was a TRU in London (I stayed there recently) Other than that the latest Generations to be there are the Optimus and Bumblee legends figs with the minicons. They still had an FoC Sideswipe! Forget these combiners, I still need to find Swerve, cosmos, whirl and Rattrap
Posted by Madeus Prime on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:55pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on July 26th, 2014 @ 1:56pm CDT
hinomars19 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Trash-talk and hot air.
There's a new Decepticon duo right there
Seriously, I haven't experienced any falling apart on toys ever.Not even the notorious offenders
Sludge seems to have missed out on the clear plastics? Am I right? I can't see any.
As for all these cool reveals, it's harder and harder to get excited when not even Rhinox and co are in my stores. Even AoE generations have been shafted completely. My Tesco and Argos have nothing but the simple gimmick stuff. The only way to find AoE Gen. toys was a TRU in London (I stayed there recently) Other than that the latest Generations to be there are the Optimus and Bumblee legends figs with the minicons. They still had an FoC Sideswipe! Forget these combiners, I still need to find Swerve, cosmos, whirl and Rattrap
Cosmos may have my vote for figure of the year. Seriously, he's near-perfect IMHO. Totally worth buying him off ebay or some other after-market if you can get a reasonable price.
Posted by Madeus Prime on July 26th, 2014 @ 2:05pm CDT
megatronus wrote:hinomars19 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Trash-talk and hot air.
There's a new Decepticon duo right there
Seriously, I haven't experienced any falling apart on toys ever.Not even the notorious offenders
Sludge seems to have missed out on the clear plastics? Am I right? I can't see any.
As for all these cool reveals, it's harder and harder to get excited when not even Rhinox and co are in my stores. Even AoE generations have been shafted completely. My Tesco and Argos have nothing but the simple gimmick stuff. The only way to find AoE Gen. toys was a TRU in London (I stayed there recently) Other than that the latest Generations to be there are the Optimus and Bumblee legends figs with the minicons. They still had an FoC Sideswipe! Forget these combiners, I still need to find Swerve, cosmos, whirl and Rattrap
Cosmos may have my vote for figure of the year. Seriously, he's near-perfect IMHO. Totally worth buying him off ebay or some other after-market if you can get a reasonable price.
I'm forced to disagree, Whirl is un-vincible!
Posted by shajaki on July 26th, 2014 @ 2:21pm CDT
hinomars19 wrote:There's a new Decepticon duo right thereJelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Trash-talk and hot air.
Madeus Prime wrote:I'm forced to disagree, Whirl is un-vincible!megatronus wrote:Cosmos may have my vote for figure of the year. Seriously, he's near-perfect IMHO. Totally worth buying him off ebay or some other after-market if you can get a reasonable price.
while i like the whirl figure... those thin plastic knee joints are TERRIFYING. so much so, that i posed him right out of the box and never plan on moving those joints again.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2014 @ 2:27pm CDT
hinomars19 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Trash-talk and hot air.
There's a new Decepticon duo right there
Allow me to steal that idea.
They will also combine together to do two different super modes! I'll use some Energon leftovers and...
Gotta get to work!
Posted by MenaceRX on July 26th, 2014 @ 3:31pm CDT
See the set listed on Ebay for 240, 60 less then BBTS though so thats not bad. Still not worth 240 to me though, and then you have to get the other one off amazon separately.
Posted by TF_PFoz on July 26th, 2014 @ 4:27pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on July 27th, 2014 @ 12:27am CDT
Madeus Prime wrote:megatronus wrote:Cosmos may have my vote for figure of the year. Seriously, he's near-perfect IMHO. Totally worth buying him off ebay or some other after-market if you can get a reasonable price.
I'm forced to disagree, Whirl is un-vincible!
Rhinox has my vote, it's probably the closest thing we'll ever get to a Masterpiece BW figure.
Posted by Code3 on July 27th, 2014 @ 10:40am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on July 27th, 2014 @ 10:50am CDT
Code3 wrote:Wow! How disappointing! Hasbro and Michael Bay have destroyed Transformers so much and now they come up with more garbage. No more G1 anything! Now I know why the vintage items costs so much when Hasbro comes up with crap! You would think for the 30th anniversary that they would have come up with something to honor the G1 series. If your like me and love G1, your screwed! The SDCC items look like crap too but I guess people love to buy crap these days. I feel sorry for kids that have to grow up now with crap like this. When I grew up in the 80's I had so many quality choices of toys and tv shows to watch that supported the toys, now everything is recycled into some new creative design that has nothing to do with the original idea. Sad, just sad! I will not buy any of this new trash, G1 for me and if I have to dish out the cash for it, then so be it.
You were saying?
Posted by Hero Alpha on July 27th, 2014 @ 10:58am CDT
Code3 wrote:Wow! How disappointing! Hasbro and Michael Bay have destroyed Transformers so much and now they come up with more garbage. No more G1 anything! Now I know why the vintage items costs so much when Hasbro comes up with crap! You would think for the 30th anniversary that they would have come up with something to honor the G1 series. If your like me and love G1, your screwed! The SDCC items look like crap too but I guess people love to buy crap these days. I feel sorry for kids that have to grow up now with crap like this. When I grew up in the 80's I had so many quality choices of toys and tv shows to watch that supported the toys, now everything is recycled into some new creative design that has nothing to do with the original idea. Sad, just sad! I will not buy any of this new trash, G1 for me and if I have to dish out the cash for it, then so be it.
I am really confused by this. I am a G1 guy and the new Superion and Menasor are sweet looking. I mean they are like a 30 something Transformers fan's wet dream lol. The generations stuff(not AoE) is great for G1 fans, but I guess that's just me.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 27th, 2014 @ 11:04am CDT
Code3 wrote:Wow! How disappointing! Hasbro and Michael Bay have destroyed Transformers so much and now they come up with more garbage. No more G1 anything! Now I know why the vintage items costs so much when Hasbro comes up with crap! You would think for the 30th anniversary that they would have come up with something to honor the G1 series. If your like me and love G1, your screwed! The SDCC items look like crap too but I guess people love to buy crap these days. I feel sorry for kids that have to grow up now with crap like this. When I grew up in the 80's I had so many quality choices of toys and tv shows to watch that supported the toys, now everything is recycled into some new creative design that has nothing to do with the original idea. Sad, just sad! I will not buy any of this new trash, G1 for me and if I have to dish out the cash for it, then so be it.
That's exactly the opposite reaction I've had to the Transformers showcases at SDCC. The combiners are full of G1 appeal, lovingly, not lavishly, modernizing the original characters and concepts for the most part. They've got competent robot, alt, and limb modes, torsos of a larger size class than the limbs, Scramble City style customizability, hands and feet as separate pieces of the gestalt modes (how much more G1 can that be, honestly?) and now, they've taken the old concepts a step further with "honorary" team members who become weapons or armor for the main teams' gestalt modes. Heck, Hasbro finally remembered that the Aerialbots are rivals to the Stunticons, NOT the Combaticons. I'm very excited to see what comes next in the "Combiner Wars."
The G1-themed AoE Dinobot set is just bursting with G1 goodness too. The AoE Dinobots turned out pretty well, and giving them the G1 deco treatment and putting them in a box that transforms into Mount St. Hillary on the front on the Ark, complete with Teletran 1 on the back, is more than most fans could ask for in an SDCC exclusive.
Posted by shajaki on July 27th, 2014 @ 11:38am CDT
he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 27th, 2014 @ 12:12pm CDT
Code3 wrote:Hello, I'm new here. Also, I'm either trolling or my nostalia goggles are one miles thick!
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 27th, 2014 @ 12:19pm CDT
shajaki wrote:he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
Maybe Code3 is shockblast2's new ALTmode. See wut I did thar?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 27th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:shajaki wrote:he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
Maybe Code3 is shockblast2's new ALTmode. See wut I did thar?
Guys, I think we should just ignore Code3 from now on.
You know, before we get Burned.
Posted by Mindmaster on July 27th, 2014 @ 12:43pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:shajaki wrote:he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
Maybe Code3 is shockblast2's new ALTmode. See wut I did thar?
Guys, I think we should just ignore Code3 from now on.
You know, before we get Burned.
Or Va'al'd. Or Mindmaster'd. Depending on who you annoy the most.
Now. Please stay on topic. We shouldn't have to step in a second time. Please don't push the wrong buttons.
Posted by Madeus Prime on July 27th, 2014 @ 2:05pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Heck, Hasbro finally remembered that the Aerialbots are rivals to the Stunticons, NOT the Combaticons. I'm very excited to see what comes next in the "Combiner Wars.".
Excellent point, I've always seen it like this:
Menesor - Superion
Bruticus Maximus - Defensor
Abominus - Computron
Posted by Burn on July 27th, 2014 @ 2:58pm CDT
shajaki wrote:he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
-Kanrabat- wrote:Code3 wrote:Hello, I'm new here. Also, I'm either trolling or my nostalia goggles are one miles thick!
Wolfman Jake wrote:shajaki wrote:he a friend of yours shockblast?Code3 wrote:negative gobbledy gook
Maybe Code3 is shockblast2's new ALTmode. See wut I did thar?
Good work guys. You screwed the thread over. I see any more garbage like this and warnings will be issued.
Frankly -Kanrabat-, you should get one now. Getting tired of having to pull you up.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 27th, 2014 @ 3:26pm CDT
After all, this is an all-encompassing thread for SDCC Transformers news in general, so anyone not aware of that who clicked to comment on just one news post might think that this topic is just for that particular bit of news.
So, yeah, I'm betting he was talking about the SDCC Dinobots in all their Movieverse mold glory (or leack thereof, from his point of view).
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 27th, 2014 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 27th, 2014 @ 3:56pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hey, any more news on the various Stinger toys? Today is the last day of the con, right?
The only Stinger I've seen so far is the TF Prime Legends Smokescreen repaint. Found it at walmart at... 8.50$+taxes!
What the flying hell?!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 27th, 2014 @ 4:00pm CDT
Unless TakaraTomy comes through with making one of their own independently of Hasbro in their Movie Advanced Series line.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 27th, 2014 @ 4:05pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hey, any more news on the various Stinger toys? Today is the last day of the con, right?
The only Stinger I've seen so far is the TF Prime Legends Smokescreen repaint. Found it at walmart at... 8.50$+taxes!
What the flying hell?!
Knock Out, not Smokescreen. Aside from him there's the RotF Legends Sideways repaint and the One-Step Changer. All exclusive to Walmart supposedly as the One-Step has appeared at Target of all places.