Another Rise of the Beasts Reveal with 3 Step Optimus Primal + Images of the Main Line Packaging

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Hasbro is releasing more Rise of the Beasts toyline content to showcase upcoming product. Today we have new videos showing the transformation for the Smash and Change Optimus Primal and transforming Bumblebee mask.

This makes it the 4th Optimus primal toy and Bumblebee toy revealed in the mainline so far, though we know they will each get more toys.

These simpler toys, like Primal, sold well in the past as they offer larger toys with quick conversions for kids, we'll see if that trend continues with the introduction of Beast Wars characters for a new generation.

Also, thanks to Twitter user Azalben, we have an image showcasing the packaging for this toyline.

Transformers News: Another Rise of the Beast Reveal with 3 Step Optimus Primal + Look at the Packaging of the Main Line

This photo showcases the folowing toys:
Beast Battle Masters Cheetor
Beast Battle Masters Rhinox
Beast Battle Masters Skullcruncher
Battle Changers Optimus Prime
Battle Changers Bumblebee
Battle Changers Rhinox
2-in-1 Optimus Prime Blaster
Beast Combiners 2-Pack Arcee & Silverfang
Beast Combiners 2-Pack Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher
Beast Combiners 2-Pack Bumblebee & Snarlsaber
Beast Combiners 2-Pack Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher
Beast Weaponizers 2-Pack Optimus Prime & Chainclaw
Beast Weaponizers 2-Pack Optimus Primal & Arrowstripe
2-in-1 Bumblebee Mask
2-in-1 Optimus Primal Mask
Beast-Mode Bumblebee
Smash-Changers Optimus Prime

Another Rise of the Beast Reveal with 3 Step Optimus Primal + Look at the Packaging of the Main Line

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Re: Another Rise of the Beasts Reveal with 3 Step Optimus Primal + Images of the Main Line Packaging (view post)

Comment by King Kuuga Feb 3, 2023

william-james88 wrote:

I hate these videos. Either make your content horizontal or vertical, Hasbro. Don't make it horizontal and then letterbox it into a vertical resolution. I fullscreen these videos on my 2k monitor and I get a small window of video. If I were on my phone and turned them sideways to get more video I'd get worse results. Pick a damn orientation. Every device can already fill in the blank space if a video doesn't fit the screen, so why are they trying to force the issue?

anyway the toys look nice I guess. I'll be eagerly waiting for reviews of these masks to see what people say about them.

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Comment by Brokebot Feb 3, 2023

noctorro wrote:It sucks, because now I have to save up money again.

Somehow, I doubt it. Most of that will likely be in a discount bin or an Ollie's at less than half it's original price.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 3, 2023

Brokebot wrote:
noctorro wrote:It sucks, because now I have to save up money again.

Somehow, I doubt it. Most of that will likely be in a discount bin or an Ollie's at less than half it's original price.

And you know this how? :-?

Most liquidators I've seen don't carry that much, really, and even then only later waves.

For the record, if they sell, obviously people and kids are enjoying them. So let them.

Me, eh... haven't bought anything Movie except for the Constructicons, missing Overload and Skipjack.

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Comment by transformers_va Feb 3, 2023

These look... awful. Hasbro's stock is tanking, they're laying off employees, and *these* are what they're producing? :HEADHURTS:

Wonder how long these are going to be peg/shelf-warming...

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Comment by Emerje Feb 3, 2023

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Brokebot wrote:
noctorro wrote:It sucks, because now I have to save up money again.

Somehow, I doubt it. Most of that will likely be in a discount bin or an Ollie's at less than half it's original price.

And you know this how? Most liquidators I've seen don't carry that much, really, and even then only later waves.

For the record, if they sell, obviously people and kids are enjoying them. So let them.

Also not all of us have access to an Ollie's or a Ross. I have a couple T.J.Maxx stores I can go to, but they were a total bust when it came to Transformers last year.

Emerje

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Comment by AcademyofDrX Feb 3, 2023

transformers_va wrote:These look... awful. Hasbro's stock is tanking, they're laying off employees, and *these* are what they're producing? Wonder how long these are going to be peg/shelf-warming...

This is a really good call-out, because I read an investor note with a "sell" recommendation, and they specifically said they were negative because fansite crybabies don't like the looks of Hasbro's kids' media tie-in products. You should have a CNBC show, I can recommend a production contact if you're interested.

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Comment by Bumblevivisector Feb 3, 2023

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Brokebot wrote:
noctorro wrote:It sucks, because now I have to save up money again.

Somehow, I doubt it. Most of that will likely be in a discount bin or an Ollie's at less than half it's original price.

And you know this how? Most liquidators I've seen don't carry that much, really, and even then only later waves.

And if it's TFs that older fans actually want, you usually have to be at Ollie's the day they put it on the shelf. Don't be fooled by the army of Zack Storm figures who've staked out their pegs for half a decade now.

Also, much as I like Ollie's, they're largely just in the eastern third of the contiguous U.S., just barely creeping west into Texas. They've served me well in Michigan, but IDK if my relatives in Illinois have even heard of them.

I wish T.J.Maxx, Marshall's, and Tuesday Morning were still reliable for overstock TFs, but those days seem to be years gone by now. I saw some of those Dinobot dual-combiners in TJM just before Christmas, but the last time I actually bought TFs there was pre-pandemic (and also Cyberverse, but from Year 1).

Point is, don't let the hindsight bias of that one toy you forked over $30 for and then saw for $10 a few months later convince you to ignore an entire line at MSRP when it hits the shelves. All the figures you end up paying double for on Ebay will more than offset 1 or 2 flukes that show up en masse next year in an unexpected outlet.

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Comment by transformers_va Feb 3, 2023

AcademyofDrX wrote:
transformers_va wrote:These look... awful. Hasbro's stock is tanking, they're laying off employees, and *these* are what they're producing? Wonder how long these are going to be peg/shelf-warming...

This is a really good call-out, because I read an investor note with a "sell" recommendation, and they specifically said they were negative because fansite crybabies don't like the looks of Hasbro's kids' media tie-in products. You should have a CNBC show, I can recommend a production contact if you're interested.

Cry-babies? Hahahaha get a life... look, I've been a collector for about 40 years now, and have close to 4,500 Transformers... if you can say the same, or even close to, I might listen to your opinion about these, but I get the feeling you can't. If you think these ROTB toys are good, you might want to look into go-bots instead, because Transformers are more than you deserve.

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Comment by Razorbeast88 Feb 3, 2023

transformers_va wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
transformers_va wrote:These look... awful. Hasbro's stock is tanking, they're laying off employees, and *these* are what they're producing? Wonder how long these are going to be peg/shelf-warming...

This is a really good call-out, because I read an investor note with a "sell" recommendation, and they specifically said they were negative because fansite crybabies don't like the looks of Hasbro's kids' media tie-in products. You should have a CNBC show, I can recommend a production contact if you're interested.
Cry-babies? Hahahaha get a life... look, I've been a collector for about 40 years now, and have close to 4,500 Transformers... if you can say the same, or even close to, I might listen to your opinion about these, but I get the feeling you can't. If you think these ROTB toys are good, you might want to look into go-bots instead, because Transformers are more than you deserve.

No amount of owned transformers or years collecting gives you any business telling anyone else what they do and don't deserve. If all you're gonna do in this discussion is b!tch and moan might as well stick to the toyline discussions that you actually like

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Comment by transformers_va Feb 3, 2023

Razorbeast88 wrote:No amount of owned transformers or years collecting gives you any business telling anyone else what they do and don't deserve. If all you're gonna do in this discussion is b!tch and moan might as well stick to the toyline discussions that you actually like

I love people who are so quick to try and silence others... it's so telling. Hey genius, you do know conversations are best when it includes all sides/views, not just the ones that fit.

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 3, 2023

transformers_va wrote:Cry-babies? Hahahaha get a life... look, I've been a collector for about 40 years now, and have close to 4,500 Transformers... if you can say the same, or even close to, I might listen to your opinion about these, but I get the feeling you can't. If you think these ROTB toys are good, you might want to look into go-bots instead, because Transformers are more than you deserve.

What the hell is wrong with Gobots? They are way better than some of the stuff Hasbro was putting out at the time, like Throttlebots. And I have around the same amount of TFs as you (though I am including my Gobots). If you want to keep up, you'll have to buy these ROTB toys

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Comment by AcademyofDrX Feb 3, 2023

transformers_va wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:No amount of owned transformers or years collecting gives you any business telling anyone else what they do and don't deserve. If all you're gonna do in this discussion is b!tch and moan might as well stick to the toyline discussions that you actually like
I love people who are so quick to try and silence others... it's so telling. Hey genius, you do know conversations are best when it includes all sides/views, not just the ones that fit.

Everyone can speak, but only those with thousands of toys have authority, got it. I apologize for implying you were a crybaby, and I will go a step further and never engage with your posts again.

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Comment by Brokebot Feb 3, 2023

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Brokebot wrote:
noctorro wrote:It sucks, because now I have to save up money again.

Somehow, I doubt it. Most of that will likely be in a discount bin or an Ollie's at less than half it's original price.

And you know this how? Most liquidators I've seen don't carry that much, really, and even then only later waves.

For the record, if they sell, obviously people and kids are enjoying them. So let them. Me, eh... haven't bought anything Movie except for the Constructicons, missing Overload and Skipjack.

Personal observation. The majority of TF's that ever show up here are from the kid's lines as opposed to the collector's lines, and they never move until the bulk of them disappear at once. I admit I've never been there when they go, so I am making the bold assumption that roving bands of 6 year olds flush with grandma money aren't forming raiding parties in Walmart's toy isle.

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 3, 2023

King Kuuga wrote:I hate these videos. Either make your content horizontal or vertical, Hasbro. Don't make it horizontal and then letterbox it into a vertical resolution. I fullscreen these videos on my 2k monitor and I get a small window of video. If I were on my phone and turned them sideways to get more video I'd get worse results. Pick a damn orientation. Every device can already fill in the blank space if a video doesn't fit the screen, so why are they trying to force the issue?

Just so we have all the facts, these videos are not from Hasbro directly. These are vertical uploads of transformation videos uploaded by the Cybertron 21 facebook page. It makes them easier to share. Their original format, not on youtube, would not have bene verticle.

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 3, 2023

Brokebot wrote:Personal observation. The majority of TF's that ever show up here are from the kid's lines as opposed to the collector's lines, and they never move until the bulk of them disappear at once. I admit I've never been there when they go, so I am making the bold assumption that roving bands of 6 year olds flush with grandma money aren't forming raiding parties in Walmart's toy isle.

Stores will flush out toys to get rid of them for room, for sure. But just because you constantly saw kids toys, it doesn't mean it was always the same and none ever sold. With Cyberverse, the same toys were rereleased 5 times in slightly different packaging, so that big wall of kids' toys was always being refreshed throughout the tenure of the toyline. Only the later waves made it to ollies and such, while a majority sold at the primary market. Not just that, but the bulk of sales is only at one month in the year, so odds are sales appear stagnant when it' just the standard cycle.

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Comment by Razorbeast88 Feb 3, 2023

transformers_va wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:No amount of owned transformers or years collecting gives you any business telling anyone else what they do and don't deserve. If all you're gonna do in this discussion is b!tch and moan might as well stick to the toyline discussions that you actually like
I love people who are so quick to try and silence others... it's so telling. Hey genius, you do know conversations are best when it includes all sides/views, not just the ones that fit.

Hey genius, you can have opposing views in a conversation without being a d!ck about it. Agree to disagree or whatever, But telling people they don't deserve to collect because they disagree with you is pretty stupid. And you wanna talk about silencing others.

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Comment by transformers_va Feb 3, 2023

william-james88 wrote:What the hell is wrong with Gobots? They are way better than some of the stuff Hasbro was putting out at the time, like Throttlebots. And I have around the same amount of TFs as you (though I am including my Gobots). If you want to keep up, you'll have to buy these ROTB toys

There's nothing "wrong" with GoBots. I actually have many of mine from childhood, and still enjoy them. The difference is with quality of materials and intricacy of transformation. The Transformers are just far superior in both aspects.
Impressive collection!

I don't know if I can convince myself to buy these though... maybe on deep discount?

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Comment by transformers_va Feb 3, 2023

Razorbeast88 wrote:Hey genius, you can have opposing views in a conversation without being a d!ck about it. Agree to disagree or whatever, But telling people they don't deserve to collect because they disagree with you is pretty stupid. And you wanna talk about silencing others.

Hey genius, when you have one person insinuating that you're a crybaby, and another telling you that you're bitching and moaning, it puts a person on the defensive (a.k.a. being a d!ck")... adjust how you approach people, and you might get a different result. With that being said, do you have anything constructive to add to the conversation, or do you only jump in to try and shut others down?

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Feb 3, 2023

OK folks, time to put a cap in that conversation.

Gatekeeping by saying your opinion means more based on the amount of time you've been collecting or the number of bots you own is offputting and just plain rude.

Remember just because you hate something with this kind of vitriol does not mean others cannot enjoy it. there are many tastes, none of them are wrong.

But you should not be an asshole about it either. And that is what I am seeing, and what I am formally stopping now. Next comment along the lines will not be so nice.

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Comment by Brokebot Feb 3, 2023

Razorbeast88 wrote:
transformers_va wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:No amount of owned transformers or years collecting gives you any business telling anyone else what they do and don't deserve. If all you're gonna do in this discussion is b!tch and moan might as well stick to the toyline discussions that you actually like
I love people who are so quick to try and silence others... it's so telling. Hey genius, you do know conversations are best when it includes all sides/views, not just the ones that fit.

Hey genius, you can have opposing views in a conversation without being a d!ck about it. Agree to disagree or whatever, But telling people they don't deserve to collect because they disagree with you is pretty stupid. And you wanna talk about silencing others.

Everyone needs to calm the hell down. Several of us don't like what we see, won't be buying, and predict poor sales. Others think they're looking at the best thing since Beanie Babies and can't wait to burn the rent money on all they can get their hands on. I, as a member of the former group, hope all the members of the latter group experience all the joy your hearts can handle on those figures. Maybe if enough of these things sell, the brand won't die off like it did before.

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