Kre-O Transformers Battle Changers Short - Arcade

Posted by Va'al Jun 15, 2015 at 11:21am CDT 22,451 views

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Following a previously established trend of advertising Kre-O products via stop-motion animation, the official Transformers Facebook page has shared another short clip featuring everyone's favourite grumpy dinobot [url]Grimlock[/url] from the Battle Changers line (check out a pictorial review here)! Could this be another indication that maybe these will eventually be found at wider release..? In the meantime, check out the embedded clip below.

Nothing gets Grimlock all riled up and his oil boiling like that impossible, unbeatable level in a videogame.

KRE-O Transformers — Arcade
Nothing gets Grimlock all riled up and his oil boiling like that impossible, unbeatable level in a videogame.
Posted by TRANSFORMERS on Monday, 15 June 2015

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 15, 2015

Snarl love JaAm, Grimlock love FoOsBaLl.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 15, 2015

And this why Me Grimlock not allowed in arcades ever again! :lol:

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Comment by DedicatedGhostArt Jun 15, 2015

OMG THAT IS HILARIOUS! :lol:

I didn't know Grimlock liked arcade games! XD

Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 15, 2015

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 15, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

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Comment by DedicatedGhostArt Jun 15, 2015

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

My name is Gary! ;_;

Man I feel sorry for Gary.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 15, 2015

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

Don't worry, it was Steve.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 15, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:Don't worry, it was Steve.

No, Not Steve! I liked him! (Not as much as Gary) But still, NOOOOO!!

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Comment by MaverickPrime Jun 15, 2015

A friend is gonna go to SDCC and this seriously makes me consider asking him to get me the Class of '85 boxset!

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Comment by o.supreme Jul 29, 2015

Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

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Comment by ScottyP Jul 29, 2015

o.supreme wrote:Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

The RiD 2015 Bumblebee set has been found at some TJ Maxx stores here and there. Yet to see one myself. None of the others, however :/

That Elite Optimus Prime, yeah that's elusive, I have never even seen a listing for one on ebay. Wonder if one of our Canadian members could confirm it actually came out?

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Comment by o.supreme Jul 29, 2015

Thanks ScottyP, I'll keep an eye out. But here on the left coast even some things like the Kre-O Boxes at Family Dollar, or Series 2 AoE Microchangers showing up at Dollar Tree are elusive, even though we have plenty of those stores. I took my family to Oregon about a month ago, and found some Cityville Kreon's at one Dollar Tree, that was the closest I ever came, thankfully I got AoE Series 2 set a while back on eBay.

The elusiveness of that Canadian Elite Optimus Prime baffles me as well. At the U.S. event in June where the Dinobot Ride was given away, my kids each got one, and I actually got 2 to leave sealed. The TRU I went to seemed to have plenty of extras, I wonder what happened to them? One Canadian seller on eBay told me (take this with a grain of salt), that the Elite Optimus Prime was given strictly ONLY to children. Whether that is true or not, I cannot say, but it does provide one possible theory, though I would think even some loose ones might have appeared on ebay. But yes, if anyone out there can confirm if the event did in fact take place (I assume since all the TF sites reported it), and if anyone has this Kre-O, additional details would be appreciated. Thank you

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Comment by Editor Jul 31, 2015

Not only can I confirm that the Elite Optimus was released, I actually have two of them. (quick edit: don't ask, I don't plan to sell.)

The TRU by my place had multiple events that day, with a LEGO one being the main attraction. When I headed in around 1PM the events were all being cleaned up, and it took checking with three different staffers to find one who had any idea that those where also being given out. She checked the back and handed me two of them.

In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

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Comment by ScottyP Aug 1, 2015

Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

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Comment by Editor Aug 2, 2015

ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

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Comment by RAcast Aug 2, 2015

Editor wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

Aww man, I'm so jealous. Here's to hoping US retailers un-discontinue the line.

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Comment by o.supreme Aug 3, 2015

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less. :BANG_HEAD:

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Comment by o.supreme Aug 3, 2015

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less. :BANG_HEAD:

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Comment by Editor Aug 3, 2015

o.supreme wrote:
Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less.

Where did I say that the Canadian market couldn't care less? I know a few people that were pissed when they found out the event happened after the fact, and also missed out.

Please don't marginalize your fellow fans for something that a retailer mismanaged.

And as far as keeping the product away, Canadians got shafted on the GIJoe line, the only release after the first wave up here was the 2nd blind bag set.

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Comment by o.supreme Aug 3, 2015

You see where I bolded your text "for an event with little to no fanfare."

I assumed you meant there were hardly any interested fans at the event. If you meant it was TRU that was poorly promoting it, then I apologize. At the U.S. event in July, there were tons of kids and parents at my local TRU, and I don't know if there was any promotion at all. Still they had literally hundreds of the things to give away, thus the reason you see so many on eBay etc...

Of course because I am about a 15 hour drive away from the closest Canadian TRU (which coincidentally would be the one in Vancouver). I imagine in my mind all these 2015 RiD 2015 Kre-O sets just warming shelves, as the AoE ones did in both U.S. & Canada since they produced way too many. Of course you would be the one to know. I only collect Transformers Kreo-O, so I wouldn't be aware of any limitations from other lines, but many U.S. fans missed out on other waves, because they were so obscurely produced.

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