New Bumblebee Rescue Bots Academy Toy Sighted

Posted by ZeroWolf Feb 18, 2021 at 6:09pm CST 36,668 views

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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.

Transformers News: New Bumblebee Rescue Bots Academy Toy Sighted

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?

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New Bumblebee Rescue Bots Academy Toy Sighted

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Comment by TulioDude Feb 18, 2021

Nice toy
From some angles,he seems upset.

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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 18, 2021

The evergreen design has reached another toyline.

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Comment by william-james88 Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by Nexus Knight Jun 11, 2021

Aww, cool, they're bringing this back.

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Comment by TulioDude Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by william-james88 Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by Rysquad Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by cloudballoon Jun 11, 2021

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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Comment by primalxconvoy Jun 13, 2021

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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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 13, 2021

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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Comment by primalxconvoy Jun 13, 2021

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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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 13, 2021

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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Comment by william-james88 Jun 21, 2021

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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Comment by Emerje Jun 21, 2021

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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Comment by primalxconvoy Jun 21, 2021

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

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Comment by Emerje Jun 22, 2021

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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Comment by primalxconvoy Jun 22, 2021

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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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 22, 2021

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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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 22, 2021

Bumblebee is a raptor, not a T-Rex.

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