New Galleries: Robots In Disguise Gold Armor Grimlock, Night Ops Bumblebee, and 1-Step Optimus Prime

Am I the only one who's really not excited by that "G1" Grimlock? I was interested when I first heard the rumors, but after seeing that it's movie colors, not G1 colors, I lost all interest. Don't need an orange Grimlock

I'm ok with this. These looks fairly decent

Those yellow wheels look dumb :/

Anyone know if they fixed the robot mode arm issue on Warrior Grimlock along with the new colors?

I wonder if Takara is going to do more of a proper gold on him...

I like that you can make him a psuedo dino headed monster too...


Gold Armor Grimlock

helli0n wrote:I wonder if Takara is going to do more of a proper gold on him...

I like that you can make him a psuedo dino headed monster too...


Gold Armor Grimlock

Dude, that's just freaky...

Our latest offering for the Seibertron.com high-quality toy galleries comes from the Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure line, and their multipack box sets. Specifically, we're looking at the TAV VS03 Phantomjaw and Strongarm set, featuring redecos of the Steeljaw and Strongarm figures, which you can find, respectively, here and here.

Click on any of the images below to view the full galleries, showing off comparisons to view the deco differences, posability and features of the Autobot and Decepticon set!

Transformers Adventures Phantomjaw










Transformers Adventures Strongarm

With the red paint on Phantomjaw's claws, it looks like he just killed something!

They look gorgeous

SillySpringer wrote:With the red paint on Phantomjaw's claws, it looks like he just killed something!

I think it's more to evoke a light bar without just casting it in translucent plastic.

Phantomjaw is simply awesome.

The basic Steeljaw figure while good on it's own is so much better in these colors. So glad I skipped the standard release for this pack.

I could do without the multicolor scan logos though....

Wish the steeljaw mold had slightly more defined/better-developed articulation, as it is, those shoulders/elbows are kinda terrible to look at

Editor wrote:Phantomjaw is simply awesome.

The basic Steeljaw figure while good on it's own is so much better in these colors. So glad I skipped the standard release for this pack.

I could do without the multicolor scan logos though....

Agreed. That paint job is badass

Yet more Transformers: Robots in Disguise galleries grace the shores of Seibertron.com, with latest addition Mega Optimus Prime! This is but one of the larger figures for the ex Autobot leader, and comes as part of the Hyperchange Heroes three-step side of the toy line. Check it out below next to some of the other Optimus Primes.

In addition, we are also happy to present some more Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure figures, filling out some Decepticon ranks with the Japanese decos of Steeljaw, Gregevor (male con repaint of Strongarm), plus Autobot cast members Grimlock and Bumblebee! All figures available for your perusal by clicking on any image below, of course.

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Mega Optimus Prime










Transformers Adventures Gregevor








Transformers Adventures Steeljaw








Transformers Adventures Bumblebee








Transformers Adventures Grimlock

Seibertron.com is proud to present our newest toy galleries, this time featuring the 2015 RID (Robots In Disguise) cartoon characters!

New Galleries: Minicon Deployers Fracture with Airazor and Drift with Jetstorm

Drift, the Samurai and Fracture, the...well, random nasty Decepticon (voiced by none other than Kevin Pollak!) compete head to head with their Mini-Con partners in tow. Each bot is dangerous on their own, but deadly when together!

The Deployer figures do fully transform from robot mode to vehicle and back, although it tends to be heavily simplified and is built around the launcher and it's gimmick. What gimmick, you ask? Well deployment of the Mini-Cons, of course!

In vehicle mode, Drift launches Jetstorm out of the nose of his car form to send him blazing (literally, I might add!) into battle! Because of this, Drift's car mode tends to suffer visually, where as Fracture wins this round because of his altmode being that of a hoverbike, he comes with a sidecar that doubles as his deployment launcher!

While the articulation and transformations are simplified, it is the first Deluxe Class sized Fracture we've received in the toyline, so far and much like Drift, you have to buy him to obtain the Mini-Con he's partnered with. (They're worth it. Fun little buggers!)

That's not all! Collect the entire waves of Mini-Cons for form Energon beasts using their translucent armor pieces! Wave 1 creates what seems to be an Energon tiger, while bits of wave 1 and most of the armor from wave 2 creates a shark! Who knows what wave 3 has in store, but it's going to be fun to see! (I personally cannot wait. These are fun little gadgets, both the Deployers and the Mini-Cons. Throw in the extra of Energon build a figure and you're in for a treat!)

Enough from me, on with the show! Click on any of the images below to be taken to each figure's respective gallery:

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Drift








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Jetstorm






Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Fracture








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Airazor





Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Not feeling these guys.

I will be sad if this is the only Warrior-scale Fracture we get. I love the character and wish he had a better toy. I like the character so much I'd go out and buy this in a heartbeat if I could remove the deployer attachment without having to use tools.

As is, saddened by missed opportunity.

I don't want Drift, just Jetstorm....
Fracture I like a little bit better, still want him more for the Mini-Con.

Also, shouldn't Slipstream be the one packaged with Drift? I seem to remember Jetstorm not like Drift that much.

Autobot032 wrote:Drift, the Samurai and Fracture, the...well, random nasty Decepticon

Bounty hunter.

Then again, so too was Drift a bounty hunter as well.

The overbearing gimmick, the lack of articulation, looking kinda like they couldn't decide on being main line or Construct-Bots, those are all pretty bad. But truth be told I think it's more damning the little guys can't plug into the big bots' arms.



.... and Drift STILL doesn't have his 'stache in the right color.

Noideaforaname wrote: But truth be told I think it's more damning the little guys can't plug into the big bots' arms.

It really is. I thought both Drifts should have tabs on his arms for Mini-Cons. I mean really, that's basically how Slipstream and Jetstorm travel. Same with Airazor and Divebomb. With Fracture that might be slightly harder to pull off though 'cause of the way they designed him. But with the Drifts? No excuse. Its a pair of small tabs on his fore-arms, that look to me like they end up as his car doors. At least on the deluxe figure.

I heard somewhere that any Mini-Con is compatible with either deployer, can any verify that?

If they weren't complete bricks, I'd be all over these guys

I (finally!) found wave 1 yesterday on my way home from work, and I picked up Divebomb on a whim. He's so cool! Not only are the colors fantastic, he's just a fun little guy to fiddle with. The clear energon bits are a big win for me, the effect is great in both modes.

Would it be nice if they had at least basic arm swivels? Yeah, but I knew what I was getting when I grabbed it, I just wanted to snag one to check out. It's won me over on the mini-con portion of the line for sure.

The deployers on the other hand... well they're kinda terrible. I don't plan to pick up either of them, but I sincerely hope we get a proper deluxe Fracture at some point down the line.

RAcast wrote:I (finally!) found wave 1 yesterday on my way home from work, and I picked up Divebomb on a whim. He's so cool! Not only are the colors fantastic, he's just a fun little guy to fiddle with. The clear energon bits are a big win for me, the effect is great in both modes.

Would it be nice if they had at least basic arm swivels? Yeah, but I knew what I was getting when I grabbed it, I just wanted to snag one to check out. It's won me over on the mini-con portion of the line for sure.

The deployers on the other hand... well they're kinda terrible. I don't plan to pick up either of them, but I sincerely hope we get a proper deluxe Fracture at some point down the line.

They're not just 'kinda', they definitely are terrible. It would have been cool, if it had been a slot launcher in they're chest, and were also satisfying voyager class figures; but, as they are - definitely garbage

The warriors look very good. The deployers are ok, but I wish they weren't all bricks

Rounding out the deluge of new galleries for Robots in Disguise and Transformers Adventures toys comes the three most recent Takara Warrior Class figures: Drift, Sideswipe and Jazz! It is very interesting how the Takara deco can either really improve the figure, like in the case of Jazz' vehicle mode (you have to see it to believe it) or a different shade of plastic, like with Sideswipe and Drift. Take a look and let us know which of these is worth importing! All figures available for your perusal by clicking on any image below, of course.

Transformers Adventures Drift








Transformers Adventures Sideswipe








Transformers Adventures Jazz

I mean come on!


Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery


Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery

william-james88 wrote:I mean come on!


Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery


Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery

Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)

I am still not over that heavy retooling spent on those 3 step changers.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)

I am still not over that heavy retooling spent on those 3 step changers.

Yup, just remember that every time you wonder where all the 's are


It may be a little vicious (yet, probably true), but between these easy-things, and the existence of a superior simple series, I just think the rid'15 easy-things have 'corporate suit decision' scribbled all over them

Sideswipe and Drift are also significantly different. Different shades or "oranges" on Drift and "reds" on Sideswipe. Sideswipe also has different text and the black in his vehicle mode is replaced with red on Takara's version. Sideswipe's wheels are also different. Drift has red paint on his vehicle mode doors, plus his goatee is painted.

Seibertron wrote:Sideswipe and Drift are also significantly different. Different shades or "oranges" on Drift and "reds" on Sideswipe. Sideswipe also has different text and the black in his vehicle mode is replaced with red on Takara's version. Sideswipe's wheels are also different. Drift has red paint on his vehicle mode doors, plus his goatee is painted.

Yeah, TT's Drift is staggeringly better on all accounts (especially his face)

How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.

Seibertron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.

I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.

I personally find that Drift has some slightly better detail that does push him over Hasbro, but I like hasbro sideswipe better. I like the black parts, and the blue rims just don't do it for me to top hasbro

Seibertron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.

Mine held and are still holding well, so hopefully yours is as good

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.

I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.

I love how Takara did that on a few of them and I would have loved if they did it on Jazz. The metallic blue in the wheels on TAV 21 Prime is really awesome.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?

Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold

The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.

I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.

I love how Takara did that on a few of them and I would have loved if they did it on Jazz. The metallic blue in the wheels on TAV 21 Prime is really awesome.

Yeah, it would have really fleshed him out as a figure more, or really, colored rims on all of them, either the tron circle, or silver rims. I don't care that it may not be show accurate, but, really, I hold that as a fault of the show, rather than the figures.

Continuing the latest gallery theme here on Seibertron.com, prepare your optics to receive some more Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure figures. Our latest lineup sees the giraffetastic Toys'R'Us exclusive Optimus Prime, TAV07 Roadblock (not green Generations Scoop, we swear) TAV06 Underbite and TAV05 Fixit.

Click on any image below to check out the full works, including comparison shots with Hasbro equivalents where possible and more!

Transformers Adventures Toys'R'Us Prime






Transformers Adventures Roadblock








Transformers Adventures Targetmaster






Transformers Adventures Fixit








Transformers Adventures Underbite

Heh, funny coincidence, I just found my Roadblock a few hours ago in a box of stuff unopened. Well, he was unopened anyway.

Emerje

I can't believe how much I like that silly Optimus redeco.

RAcast wrote:I can't believe how much I like that silly Optimus redeco.

I know

& it's in giraffe colours

Pity it doesn't have a long neck! lol

Ah Prime, what a colorful deco you have

We have yet more galleries here on Seibertron.com featuring the recent releases in the Transformers: Robots in Disguise line, and its Clash of the Transformers sub-line too! Check out below Sideswipe from the former's Hyperchange class, and the Allspark Teal powered-up Hyperchange Bumblebee and Optimus Prime from the latter. Click on any of the images to view the full galleries, with more poses, comparisons and cross-links to the rest of the series, too.

Clash of the Transformers Optimus Prime












Clash of the Transformers Bumblebee








Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Sideswipe

I personally find that black and red Optimus to be very appealing. It looks very nice

And with only a couple of weeks left the the season finale, for the US at least, of Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Seibertron.com is proud to present an entirely unrelated gallery of one of the characters newly reintroduced to the TFverse in this iteration: Megatronus, in the 5-Step exclusive to Toys'R'Us Clash of the Transformers figure! Click on any of the images below to view the full gallery, as usual, and let us know what you make of this toy in the Energon Pub.

Clash of the Transformers Megatronus

Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure

Same here.

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure

Same here.

I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient