Images for Mega Mighties Optimus and Heatwave + Sightings Online and at Retail

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While this is for an audience younger than most fans coming ot this site, Hasbro was rather excited about these new Mega Mighties toys. This was a line where all the big names from their various toy lines would be reinterpreted as cute super deformed action figures for kids. These were a more stylistic take than their Titan heroes which were rather static looking and expressionless. While Hot Shot and Bumblebee were part of the first batch, we are getting new Transformers themed toys with Optimus prime and Rescue Bots heatwave. Not all retailers have these yet as they are rather new. Optimus and heatwave were found at Walmarts in Canada, as part of a new Rescue Bots display for the holiday season. Optimus is also available on Amazon.com for $11.99..

You can see stock images and a image of the Walmart display below.

Credit(s): Amazon

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Re: Images for Mega Mighties Optimus and Heatwave + Sightings Online and at Retail (2045101)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 20th, 2019 @ 5:20pm CST

Even as a cute expressive figure, Heatwave remains a grumpy gus.

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Posted by Stargrave on November 22nd, 2019 @ 12:59pm CST

From Decoys to Action Masters, we all know Transformers are so cool that even non-transforming Transformers are worth our attention. Thanks to an update from Hamley's of London we've learned of the new wave 2 of Rescue Bots Academy mini figures characters. Included in the blind bagged wave 2 are Wedge, Hotshot, Optimus Prime, Medix, Hoist, Bumblebee, Whirl, and Chase. Like the wave prior each character has two poses making a total of 16 different figurines, each at 6.5 cm tall. Are you a completist who's gotta catch 'em all? Need little characters to help populate your city bots? Share your thoughts with us in the forum. Enjoy the images and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

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Posted by Bounti76 on November 26th, 2019 @ 2:10pm CST

Coming right along with news of MP-49 Black Convoy being listed at BigBadToyStore, we have a new listing for the younger fans of the franchise, in the form of case assortment for Wave 3 of the Rescue Bots Rescan series, due in January. What's interesting about this listing is that two characters, Medix and Chase, have new molds. In this listing from site sponsor Entertainment Earth, we can see that Chase has the new altmode of a drag racer car, and Medix is now an offroad vehicle. Click on any of the iamges to be taken to the listing

The listing states that these will be available in January, so maybe these new figures will be a late Holiday gift for someone on your list? Let us know what you think!

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Posted by Flashwave on November 27th, 2019 @ 9:26pm CST

Is it me or has Rescue Bots gotten all the cool alt modes Generations is afraid of? I mean, a friggin' Funny Car? I want a dragster Funny Car. Give me Blurr as that. The Quinjet. Uou know who would work as a Quinjet. a Tomahawk Motorcycle? Meanwhile all we get is G1 with knees.

Edit: no. I'm not done. Seriously, ater Siege3, I want this creative team. They arent afraid to take risks, or pull a slip out of a hat and say "Okay, now who could we turn into THIS vehicle? To hell with what they were, let' s go with what they WILL BE. It doesnt have to be bonkers, but I want Classics back, whem it was all NEO G1. /soapbox

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 2nd, 2019 @ 7:48pm CST

Flashwave wrote:Is it me or has Rescue Bots gotten all the cool alt modes Generations is afraid of? I mean, a friggin' Funny Car? I want a dragster Funny Car. Give me Blurr as that. The Quinjet. Uou know who would work as a Quinjet. a Tomahawk Motorcycle? Meanwhile all we get is G1 with knees.

Edit: no. I'm not done. Seriously, ater Siege3, I want this creative team. They arent afraid to take risks, or pull a slip out of a hat and say "Okay, now who could we turn into THIS vehicle? To hell with what they were, let' s go with what they WILL BE. It doesnt have to be bonkers, but I want Classics back, whem it was all NEO G1. /soapbox

I agree with this.

Generations needs to embrace some of the wacky that Rescue bots has given us

Re: Images for Mega Mighties Optimus and Heatwave + Sightings Online and at Retail (2051736)
Posted by Stargrave on February 8th, 2020 @ 10:56pm CST

2019 wasn't a bad year for Hot Shot. Aside from his Generations Selects Transformers: Cybertron exclusive version he saw several of his Rescue Bots Academy likeness released. Thanks to a head's up fro our own ScottyP we've learned the latest Transformers Rescue Bots Academy Hot Shot has popped up on the Hasbro website. This is the larger sized assortment that sells for $14.99, with this particular toy looking similar to the Hot Shot previously found in the recent Academy Rescue Team 4-pack (just larger and with some slight difference in deco). From the website description:

"Selected to become a Rescue Bots Academy trainee by none other than Optimus Prime himself, Hot Shot is the hero of the team!

Little heroes ages 3 and up can imagine going on daring mission with one of their favorite Transformers Rescue Bots Academy characters! Designed with Easy 2 Do conversion and sized right for small hands, the Hot Shot toy converts from robot mode to vehicle mode and back again in 1 simple step! In bot mode, the Hot Shot figure features a fun, button-activated “Splash Blaster” rescue tool, inspired by the one featured in the animated series. Boys and girls will love pretending to race to the rescue with this 6-inch collectible Transformers toy robot!

Also look for other Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Academy action figures to build a rescue team. (Other figures each sold separately. Subject to availability.)

Manufactured under license from TOMY Company, Ltd.
Transformers Rescue Bots is a trademark and copyright of Hasbro.

• Includes figure.

• 2-IN-1 RESCUE BOTS ACADEMY TOY: Little heroes can enjoy twice the fun with 2 modes of play, converting this Hot Shot action figure from an off-road vehicle to a robot and back again
• AS SEEN IN THE TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS ACADEMY TV SERIES: Kids can imagine racing to the rescue with this Hot Shot toy, inspired by the Transformers Rescue Bots Academy show
• EASY TO DO: Designed with Easy 2 Do conversion preschoolers can do, this figure makes a great gift. With 1 easy step, kids ages 3 and up can convert this Rescue Bots Academy toy from robot to vehicle
• RESCUE TOOL: The fun and oversized Hot Shot converting toy robot features a fun, button-activated rescue tool, as seen in the Transformers Rescue Bots Academy animated series
• COLLECTIBLE TOYS: Look for other Playskool Heroes Transformer Rescue Bots Academy toys to assemble a rescue team (Other figures each sold separately. Subject to availability.)
• Figure scale: 6 inches

• Ages 3 and up
• WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD– Small parts may be generated. Not for children under 3 years."

Will you be picking up this Hot Shot for the junior collectors in your Ark? As always share your thoughts in the forum and be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

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Posted by Deathsanras on April 30th, 2020 @ 10:34am CDT

Bounti76 wrote:And now, something intended for the younger Transformers fans. Via online listings from Smyth's Toys, in the U.K., we have two new playsets of Rescue Bots Wedge, and Hoist. While the two individual toys look to be different molds, the "Command Center" parts of these playsets seem to be simple remolds of each other. They also share a light up feature in the crane arm of each Command Center.

There's no word on when these sets will be available in the U.S. (a quick search of Amazon didn't show any listings for these), but keep your eyes peeled if you're a fan of this line. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the latest in Transformers news!

I look forward to these being single-packed without the trailer (per Heatwave, Chase).

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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2020 @ 3:07pm CDT

The new mold of Rescue Bots Chase, released now under Rescue Bots Academy, has been found in both the US and Canada. In Canada, he was found at a Toysrus in Montreal for $15 while in the US he was found at a Walgreens in North Carolina for $14. This is a new mold for Chase the Police Bot as he is now a drag racer. I actually purchased this for my two year old and thus I have some more pictures for you.

The size is similar to a deluxe, the same size of other Rescue Bots its size in the previous line before the rebranding. While he turns into a Drag Racer rather than a police car, and thus less show accurate, I can attest that my kid did not care. This new mold actually fixes a lot of design aspects from the original. The robot mode looks better as it is more proportionate and defined rather than just look like the alt mode parts slightly more apart from each other. Also, the original's transformation mechanism broke up the blue of the alt mode but here it's all concealed within the toy. So both modes look great. I really like the headsculpt where he has a nice police cap. The transformation is as simple as ever,very quick and effective, recreating the rapidity seen onscreen. All you have to do is flip down the spoiler and it's done. Here are images below compared to previous Rescut Bot toys and other one steps.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 14th, 2020 @ 4:13pm CDT

This turbo-cop look pretty cool!

Also, 15$CAN? Based on the US price, is that on sale or is this a new low price for this line?

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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2020 @ 4:20pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:This turbo-cop look pretty cool!

Also, 15$CAN? Based on the US price, is that on sale or is this a new low price for this line?

It's the price it's been for this class for the past 4 years or so. It just didnt go up when other toys did. I guess because its part of a different section.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 14th, 2020 @ 4:37pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:This turbo-cop look pretty cool!

Also, 15$CAN? Based on the US price, is that on sale or is this a new low price for this line?

It's the price it's been for this class for the past 4 years or so. It just didnt go up when other toys did. I guess because its part of a different section.

Maybe it's price-increase PTSD.
Because those really sky-rocketed since a few years. Especially at Walmart, where some toys are 3 to 5$ more than other places for random reasons.

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Posted by Flashwave on June 14th, 2020 @ 5:10pm CDT

Is this new? I thought we'd seen chases a dragster before? Or is this just taking a long time to get out

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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2020 @ 5:59pm CDT

Flashwave wrote:Is this new? I thought we'd seen chases a dragster before? Or is this just taking a long time to get out

Taking a long time to get out

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 14th, 2020 @ 6:06pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Flashwave wrote:Is this new? I thought we'd seen chases a dragster before? Or is this just taking a long time to get out

Taking a long time to get out

Maybe the you-know-what didn't help.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 14th, 2020 @ 6:18pm CDT

Aha, so it's yet another use of Blurr's transformation mechanism/skeleton.

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Posted by Rysquad on July 18th, 2020 @ 12:36am CDT

william-james88 wrote:The new mold of Rescue Bots Chase, released now under Rescue Bots Academy, has been found in both the US and Canada. In Canada, he was found at a Toysrus in Montreal for $15 while in the US he was found at a Walgreens in North Carolina for $14. This is a new mold for Chase the Police Bot as he is now a drag racer. I actually purchased this for my two year old and thus I have some more pictures for you.

The size is similar to a deluxe, the same size of other Rescue Bots its size in the previous line before the rebranding. While he turns into a Drag Racer rather than a police car, and thus less show accurate, I can attest that my kid did not care. This new mold actually fixes a lot of design aspects from the original. The robot mode looks better as it is more proportionate and defined rather than just look like the alt mode parts slightly more apart from each other. Also, the original's transformation mechanism broke up the blue of the alt mode but here it's all concealed within the toy. So both modes look great. I really like the headsculpt where he has a nice police cap. The transformation is as simple as ever,very quick and effective, recreating the rapidity seen onscreen.

Sweet. My five year old son has kind of aged out of Rescue Bots - he's moved on to some Cyberverse and WFC Trilogy. I hate seeing the larger Rescue Bots - they should all be Rescan sized! :lol:

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Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2021 @ 6:07pm CST

Greetings Seibertronians! Site owner, Seibertron made a discovery recently on a trip to a Target store in Arlington Heights, Illinois, that of a new Bumblebee figure into the Rescue Bots Academy toyline! The figure was priced at $14.99 and features the simplistic transformation scheme that is the hallmark of the line, being that it is aimed at younger children, just beginning their journey into the franchise.

This Bumblebee comes with an action feature where one of the wheels near his shoulder swings down to act like a saw blade.

What do you think? Would you pick this up for the budding little Transformers fan in your life? Think that Hasbro should revisit some of the Rescue Bot/ Rescue Bot Academy designs in the Generations line?

Shout out in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

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Posted by TulioDude on February 18th, 2021 @ 10:34pm CST

Nice toy
From some angles,he seems upset.

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Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2021 @ 11:15pm CST

The evergreen design has reached another toyline.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 11th, 2021 @ 10:42am CDT

Rescue Bots is now the longest running show in Transformers history and it is now a mainstay in both preschool programming and preschool toys. However, it's been a while since there was a major restock of new product in the line and Hasbro is going to answer the demand soon. They are rereleasing all their dinosaur related rescue Bot toys under a subline with new decos. The line is called Transformers Rescue Bots: Dinobot Adventures and it coincides with the Dinobot centric line and movie coming from Cyberverse. Below you will find images for Rescan 3-Pack: Predaking, Grimlock, and Snarl, Dinobot Optimus Prime 2-Pack, Dinobot Bumblebee 2-Pack, and the Optimus Prime T-Rex.

The photos were found by the TFW2005 fansite.

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Posted by Nexus Knight on June 11th, 2021 @ 10:54am CDT

Aww, cool, they're bringing this back.

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Posted by TulioDude on June 11th, 2021 @ 11:23am CDT

Nice to see Predaking again,I wonder if what his backstory will be.

Day 528 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2021 @ 12:17pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:Nice to see Predaking again,I wonder if what his backstory will be.

He was last seen on good terms with the Autobots back in Predacons Rising.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 11th, 2021 @ 12:57pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
TulioDude wrote:Nice to see Predaking again,I wonder if what his backstory will be.
He was last seen on good terms with the Autobots back in Predacons Rising.

I really like that this continue the trend of the Rescue Bots coexisting with the Prime/RID characters.

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Posted by Rysquad on June 11th, 2021 @ 1:35pm CDT

My son's pretty much aged-out of Rescue Bots but these new ones are pretty sweet looking. We may need to pick up that three-pack!

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Posted by cloudballoon on June 11th, 2021 @ 3:30pm CDT

These TF:RB toys are far cooler looking than the Cyberverse gimmick lines that're also aimed for the younger audience.

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Posted by primalxconvoy on June 13th, 2021 @ 1:35am CDT

Optimus and Bumblebee tf from bots to trexes and the other Dinobots tf from bots to dinosaurs but Grimlock transforms from trex to...a motorbike?

*sigh...*

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 13th, 2021 @ 3:37am CDT

primalxconvoy wrote:Optimus and Bumblebee tf from bots to trexes and the other Dinobots tf from bots to dinosaurs but Grimlock transforms from trex to...a motorbike?

*sigh...*

Kids don't care about that kind of thing. Sometimes I think we as adult collectors over-care about it :-?

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Posted by primalxconvoy on June 13th, 2021 @ 3:44am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Optimus and Bumblebee tf from bots to trexes and the other Dinobots tf from bots to dinosaurs but Grimlock transforms from trex to...a motorbike?

*sigh...*

Kids don't care about that kind of thing. Sometimes I think we as adult collectors over-care about it

And many kids don't care if the toys were bricks, but here we are, with articulated toys.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 13th, 2021 @ 4:13am CDT

Rescue Bot toys are articulated?
My comment was more on the idea that characters had to be a certain way etc... No one should care that grimlock turns into a bike, it's fun.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 21st, 2021 @ 11:27am CDT

When we revealed the upcoming Rescue Bots products coming our way, many thought it would be smart to rerelease the small Rescue Bots dino figures as Dinobot redecos. It works well since the main Rescue Bot characters had been given the same alt modes as the G1 Dinobots. So now we have Snarl, Sludge, Slug and Swoop to join Grimlock who was already part of Rescue Bots. These are older molds but they are perfect for younger kids. Each transforms quickly but satisfyingly for kids and each has a fun action feature, like Swoop flapping his wings. These are a great way to give your young kids some G1 Dinobots that they can play with and have fun with, I know my 3 year old loves them. We also have more stock images for the other upcoming toys part of this Dinobots Adventures subline.

These images come from Autobase Aichi.

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Posted by Emerje on June 21st, 2021 @ 10:24pm CDT

They really should have saved one of those Optimus repaints/repacks for Grimlock. It's weird that they all turn into bots except for him. Or better yet, make a new one.

Emerje

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Posted by primalxconvoy on June 21st, 2021 @ 10:42pm CDT

That's what I said here a while back. Glad I am not the only one!

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Posted by Emerje on June 22nd, 2021 @ 12:32am CDT

primalxconvoy wrote:That's what I said here a while back. Glad I am not the only one!

I remember you saying that and it only got stranger as they added more Dinobots.

Emerje

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Posted by primalxconvoy on June 22nd, 2021 @ 12:36am CDT

Emerje wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:That's what I said here a while back. Glad I am not the only one!

I remember you saying that and it only got stranger as they added more Dinobots.

Emerje

Poor Grimlock.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:02am CDT

Again, I don't think the target audience are going to give a flying monkey. These are meant for young children...not us. Besides which, I think I might see why there isn't a grimlock OK his own (unless he's getting a new toy that isn't ready for release yet) look at Bumblebee's trex mode and it's colours...don't they look familiar? Hasbro won't want too similar looking toys on the shelf, especially the same alt mode. Now you might ask, but why bee over Grimlock I hear you ask? Because kids love Bumblebee, it's that simple.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2021 @ 9:44am CDT

Bumblebee is a raptor, not a T-Rex.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 10:04am CDT

*squints* you appear to be correct

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Posted by william-james88 on June 22nd, 2021 @ 10:55am CDT

Emerje wrote:They really should have saved one of those Optimus repaints/repacks for Grimlock. It's weird that they all turn into bots except for him. Or better yet, make a new one.

Emerje

I think its because there's already grimlock in the RB line. And Grimlock, so far, does not transform into a humanoid robot at any time.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 11:29am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:They really should have saved one of those Optimus repaints/repacks for Grimlock. It's weird that they all turn into bots except for him. Or better yet, make a new one.

Emerje

I think its because there's already grimlock in the RB line. And Grimlock, so far, does not transform into a humanoid robot at any time.

Interesting, does he appear in any of the cartoons?

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Posted by william-james88 on June 22nd, 2021 @ 11:40am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:They really should have saved one of those Optimus repaints/repacks for Grimlock. It's weird that they all turn into bots except for him. Or better yet, make a new one.

Emerje

I think its because there's already grimlock in the RB line. And Grimlock, so far, does not transform into a humanoid robot at any time.

Interesting, does he appear in any of the cartoons?

Yeah, he is one of the mentors in Rescue Bots academy, so he even has character centric episodes. And he remains a t-rex at all times. And he is his G1 lookinng self in that mode. So that's why he is not a redeco of a toy that was previously another character, like the other toys, at least it's what I reckon.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2021 @ 12:04pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:They really should have saved one of those Optimus repaints/repacks for Grimlock. It's weird that they all turn into bots except for him. Or better yet, make a new one.

Emerje

I think its because there's already grimlock in the RB line. And Grimlock, so far, does not transform into a humanoid robot at any time.

Interesting, does he appear in any of the cartoons?

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 1:03pm CDT

As I never caught up on rid 2015 did they ever disclose why the decepticon Grimlock used that name?

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2021 @ 1:08pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:As I never caught up on rid 2015 did they ever disclose why thay con used the name Grimlock?

"why thay con used"?

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 1:11pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:As I never caught up on rid 2015 did they ever disclose why thay con used the name Grimlock?
"why thay con used"?

Sorry, I mistyped. Dealing with full on covid so I'm a bit scatter brained. Edited my original post for a bit more clarity.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2021 @ 1:20pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:As I never caught up on rid 2015 did they ever disclose why the decepticon Grimlock used that name?

Hasbro simply wanted the Dinobot in the show to be Grimlock, even though he was originally conceived by the showrunners to be a brand new red Stegosaurus character. But with AOE out at the time, Hasbro wanted to capitalize on that movie's release by having the big name recognition of Dinobot T-Rex Grimlock spread across the board and requested the RID 2015 showrunners change their new Dinobot character into a new Grimlock.

This Grimlock then became the one seen in RBA despite the obvious G1-based redesign he was given as part of the brand's new implementation of evergreen designs.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 1:24pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:As I never caught up on rid 2015 did they ever disclose why the decepticon Grimlock used that name?
Hasbro simply wanted the Dinobot in the show to be Grimlock, even though he was originally conceived by the showrunners to be a brand new red Stegosaurus character. But with AOE out at the time, Hasbro wanted to capitalize on that movie's release by having the big name recognition of Dinobot T-Rex Grimlock spread across the board and requested the RID 2015 showrunners change their new Dinobot character into a new Grimlock.

This Grimlock then became the one seen in RBA despite the obvious G1-based redesign he was given as part of the brand's new implementation of evergreen designs.

Right, I see, thanks for the explanation

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 24th, 2021 @ 8:03pm CDT

I adore those. I should really get that motorbike Grimlock

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Posted by william-james88 on July 11th, 2021 @ 8:18am CDT

Well that didn't take long. We just learnt of brand new Rescue Bots products coming out way and the ones people were most excited about have been found at Canadian retail. These are part of the Dinobots Adventures subline and are redecos to turn previously released Resce Bot toys into G1 Snarl, Sludge, Slag and Swoop. Those were some of my kid's favourite toys and since he had misplaced some of the original releases (because he is 3) you can bet your bottom dollar we took some home with us. All four have a quick conversion and a simple but satisfying action gimmick in dino mode. Slag does require some shaving of the plastic to make the one step transformation easier to do. This specific sighting is from a Toysrus in Montreal Canada. Unlike other Rescue Bots toys, these were not in the Playskool section but rather the main Transformers section.