Transformers Tiny Turbo Changers Series 3 Found at US Retail

I've never even seen Wave 2 round me here in the UK. Still lots of Wave 1.

Some big (yet also small) Transformers toy news slipped through everyone's fingers at SDCC 2018. The 4th series for the Tiny Turbo Changer line was fully revealed with a handful of the line on display. With Seibertron being the first place to fully reveal series 3, it only makes sense we also give you the full scoop on series 4. The big theme here is that while these are all movie designs, many seem to have a G1 deco. There are also some fully new molds which have their movie deco and some toys for the Bumblebee movie such as Bumblebee himself, Shatter and Dropkick in his two alt modes.

So without further ado, here is the entire roster:





So to clarify that is

Volkswagon Movie Bumblebee
Optimus Prime in G1 deco
Dropkick from Bumblebee movie in chopper mode
Swoop (movie Strafe)
Grimlock in gold (G1) deco
Soundwave in G1 deco
Dropkick from Bumblebee movie in car mode
ROTF Megatron
Dragonstorm
Scorn
Ratchet in G1 deco
Shatter from Bumblebee movie in car mode

Bumblebee, Swoop/Strafe, ROTF Megatron, Dragonstorm and Scorn are all new molds while the rest are redecos.

Below are close up images of the ones they had on display which were ROTF Megatron, Optimus, chopper Dropkick, Soundwave, Scorn, Shatter and Bumblebee. You can click on any of the images below to see much more in our SDCC 2018 Gallery for these Tiny Turbo Changers.

I kinda saw the G1 repaints coming, and I love the new dinobots, and the new Bee is suoer cute, but seriously when will we get Jazz?

-Crossfire- wrote:Wait waitwaitwaitwait.

SWOOP?

So is Strafe not available anymore, or has the character always supposed to be Swoop despite Hasbro saying he was a distinct person?!

Getchur crap together Hasbro lol

I guess they're retconing the name now that they have it back. Back around the time of AoE's development they lost the use of the name (though they deny it) leading to Hasbro using names like Strafe and Ptero until last year for PotP.

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The 4th series of Transformers Tiny Turbo Changers had been found in the US at several stores like Smith’s Marketplace and Target for $2.99. In Canada, they have been found at Walmart, today, for the same price. However, the codes have not been reported on his site yet. We have them now, which is quite helpful to those who only want a specific character. You will notice that this wave is particularly tied to the Bumblebee movie, and we now know why it includes a blue movie Soundwave.

A Autobot Ratchet
B Grimlock
C Dragonstorm
D Dropkick
E Scorn
F Bumblebee
G Chopper Mode Dropkick
H Soundwave
I Optimus Prime
J Dinobot Swoop
N Megatron
P Shatter

Here are images of the ones I picked up today in both modes with mini reviews for those curious.

Swoop

It's cool how any notion of the pteranodon dinobot being called Strafe is dropped here. While the robot mode looks stellar, the alt mode is really lacking. It does not help that they chose for the pteranodon to have a walking pose rather than a flight pose where the wings are outstretched.










Megatron

I like this one quite a bit. the bot mode is tall and imposing with nice sculpting all around. The alt mode exaggerates the visible head syndrome of the character model but it does so in an adorable. It's funny how this is very vertical for a toy I always assumed as more on the wide side (like a turtle). The transformation is surprisingly more involved than the other toys and even more odd than that, its torso can split and yet that aspect never comes into play for the transformation.












Dragonstorm

This is my favourite of the bunch. A lot of love went into the detail. They did not go cheap, giving us three sculpted dragon heads, that can be posed. The transformaton is cute and very effective. The two modes do look different enough from one to the next.










Volkswagen Bumblebee

Super cute in both modes! But the transformation is very lackluster. The front of the car splits into arms and you split his legs 1 milimeter.








Scorn

I like him more than others since I do not mind the dino mode as much. I like how the dino head fits onto the back spines to make a nice continuation. The waist articulation is fun and comes into play for the transformation. It's basically the most streamlined version of the AOE deluxe.

After BotBots hit the market, few wondered whether the Tiny Turbo Changers would ever make a comeback. Well, they did, once again under the Movie Edition label, Series 5, thanks to a tip from D-Maximal Prime. These pictures of the Series 5 figures come from Wilton Wong on Facebook, as seen here and here.

In Series 5, there is:
Autobot Topspin (new mold based on his appearance in Dark of the Moon)
Scorponok (new mold, with a robot based on the his '07 and Revenge of the Fallen toys)
Long Haul (new mold)
Optimus Prime (new mold based on his appearance in the Bumblebee film)
Megatron (new mold, with a blend of his Prime Wars Trilogy design and the movie aesthetic, possibly based on how Megatron was to appear in the Bumblebee film)
Arcee (new mold based on her appearance in Revenge of the Fallen)
Autobot Hound (rerelease or slight redeco of Series 1 Hound)
KSI Sentry (rerelease or slight redeco of Series 1 Soundwave, as a KSI Sentry)
Crankcase (rerelease or slight redeco of Series 2 Berserker, as Crankcase)
Shadow Spark Megatron (purple redeco of Series 2 The Last Knight Megatron, "Shadow Spark" was used on The Last Knight Optimus toys that doubled as him floating in space and as Nemesis Prime)
Iron Forge Steelbane (blue redeco of the Target 3-pack Steelbane)
Cliffjumper (red redeco of Series 4 Bumblebee film Bumblebee, as Cliffjumper, similar to Speed Cliffjumper)

We see in-hand images of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Cliffjumper, Long Haul, and Arcee, along with pictures of the box.

So thoughts on these upcoming figures? Tell us in the Pub forums below!

I wonder if that Scorponok would fit in with main line figures by any chance.

Almost in scale Arcee!

Nice. Still on the other side of the country, but it's showing up. Glad I just got all of S4.

Cliffjumper looks like he doesn't want to be there and OP and Megs look perfect