RID Kre-O and Kreon Battle Changers Hitting Marshalls and TJ Maxx

Posted by LOST Cybertronian Sep 15, 2015 at 10:35pm CDT 40,750 views

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Things have been a little dry for Kre-O fans in the U.S. during 2015. Now they are starting to look up as we've been getting reports of RID Kre-O and Kreon Battle Changer sets hitting Marshalls and TJ Maxx in the U.S.

Podcaster ScottyP sent us images of the Transformers RID Optimus Prime Beast Blaster set for $14.99 and in the background you can see the Bumblebee Disc Demolisher set. He found these at Marshalls in Raleigh, NC.

Transformers News: RID Kre-O and Kreon Battle Changers Hitting Marshalls and TJ Maxx

Seibertronian Noideaforaname posted an image of the Kreon Battle Changer Ratchet Vs Soundwave set he purchased at TJ Maxx. More Battle Changer sets reported to be found at TJ Maxx include Optimus Prime Vs Megatron, Hound and Shockwave. These were all found at $7.99.

RID Kre-O and Kreon Battle Changers Hitting Marshalls and TJ Maxx

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Comment by LOST Cybertronian Sep 15, 2015

You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

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Comment by ScottyP Sep 16, 2015

LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.

Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

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Comment by ScottyP Sep 16, 2015

Stopped at the TJ Maxx next to my local comic shop during lunch hour, nabbed the Strongarm Capture cruiser. Also saw the Sideswipe RiD set, Battle Changers OP vs Megs set, and the individual Battle Changers of Grimlock, Hound, and Shockwave. Guess it's a safe bet that all 2015 Kreo is going to/has hit Market Six, only thing still unconfirmed is the Kreon Warriors (wouldn't bet on seeing Wave 1 at this rate) and RiD Custom Kreons.

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Comment by LOST Cybertronian Sep 16, 2015

ScottyP wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.
Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

I bought the Optimus Prime Vs Megatron set and prime constantly falls apart while transforming.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Sep 16, 2015

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.
Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

I bought the Optimus Prime Vs Megatron set and prime constantly falls apart while transforming.

Prime is bad. Bumblebee is a little better. The only other one I would want is Starscream. I've heard some of the builds are a little better but you also can't man handle them

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Comment by zodconvoy Sep 17, 2015

I picked up OP v Megs at Retrocon this passed weekend for $16. My kids spent all weekend playing with them and the DBZ & Ninja Turtles Lego figures I got there too. They may not be aesthetically the best but they're the perfect size to fight Vegeta and Shredder. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for the others. If they knew there was a Grimlock one, my girls would never let me rest until I find it!

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 17, 2015

There is a Ross & a Marshalls right next to each other near my work, and another Marshalls near my home. I found several of the Battlechangers (Grimlock, Hound, BB, and Ratchet v SW) and several of the BB disc Demolishers. Sadly I already have the BB Disc Demolisher, and I am not interested in the battle Changers, becase they don't have a "True" Kreon Build. But I'll still keep checking back. I still need 3 of the 5 RiD Kreon Build sets (Optimus, Sideswipe, & Strongarm)

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 17, 2015

The RID Optimus vs Underbite set is loads of fun. I recomend it to anyone who likes Kreo!

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Comment by ScottyP Sep 17, 2015

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:You must have an infinite amount of patience to transform those Battle Changers or at least some glue. They are frustrating to say the least.
Really? I don't think they're always intuitive by any means but I haven't had any trouble.

I bought the Optimus Prime Vs Megatron set and prime constantly falls apart while transforming.

Prime is bad. Bumblebee is a little better. The only other one I would want is Starscream. I've heard some of the builds are a little better but you also can't man handle them

Man, so weird. I can see having trouble with them, but just moving things gingerly and watching the positioning of the ball joints has made it pretty easy on mine. Maybe some had some crud parts included.

o.supreme wrote:There is a Ross & a Marshalls right next to each other near my work, and another Marshalls near my home. I found several of the Battlechangers (Grimlock, Hound, BB, and Ratchet v SW) and several of the BB disc Demolishers. Sadly I already have the BB Disc Demolisher, and I am not interested in the battle Changers, becase they don't have a "True" Kreon Build. But I'll still keep checking back. I still need 3 of the 5 RiD Kreon Build sets (Optimus, Sideswipe, & Strongarm)

I think if you like Kreo in general, their not having a traditional Kreon build shouldn't stop you. I'd recommend one of the cooler sets like Shockwave, Starscream, or Grimlock to try out. If you still don't like 'em, only out $8 at that point, and you could always re-box it and return it.

william-james88 wrote:The RID Optimus vs Underbite set is loads of fun. I recomend it to anyone who likes Kreo!

Yes, very much so. Underbite is probably my favorite non-Kreon Kreo thing they've ever put out.

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 17, 2015

ScottyP wrote:I think if you like Kreo in general, their not having a traditional Kreon build shouldn't stop you. I'd recommend one of the cooler sets like Shockwave, Starscream, or Grimlock to try out. If you still don't like 'em, only out $8 at that point, and you could always re-box it and return it.

No worries there. Although I am collecting these with the goal of obtaining all the individual Kreon mini figures, my son loves the sets. We are building a huge display with Lego's as a base. My son gets all the sets, so I'm sure he would enjoy the Battle Changers, they just aren't a priority right now. With the 2015 RiD items so hard to come by, these findings in the U.S. at greatly discounted princes, are very much welcomed.

I'm sure everybody has a slightly different system. But I am trying to collect every unique individual Kreon Transformer (not collecting human characters) (i.e. I know Optimus w/ matrix was issued 3 or 4 different ways, I only wanted one of them).

My "Master List" currently shows 354 unique individual Transformers Kreons, of which I currently have 343, only 11 more to go woo hoo!

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Comment by RAcast Sep 18, 2015

Well I managed to find Soundwave vs. Ratchet earlier at a TJ Maxx, and I'm definitely not disappointed!

Ratchet really needs heels, but I like how he looks in robot mode, and his altmode is adorably boxy without be a square on wheels or (super) obviously a robot doing yoga.

With Soundwave, I'm a little less crazy about his altmode, it's a bit awkward, especially with the Cassetticon gang all aboard, but his robot mode? Oh I love it. I love everything about it, and then you add Laserbeak? It goes from good to great. And then you add Ravage and FRumble for a full on Super mode? It's GREAT, just so good! :APPLAUSE:

Well done, Hasbro. This whole concept is fantastic, and I hope they continue to do more of these.

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Comment by LOST Cybertronian Sep 19, 2015

RAcast wrote:With Soundwave, I'm a little less crazy about his altmode, it's a bit awkward, especially with the Cassetticon gang all aboard, but his robot mode? Oh I love it. I love everything about it, and then you add Laserbeak? It goes from good to great. And then you add Ravage and FRumble for a full on Super mode? It's GREAT, just so good! Well done, Hasbro. This whole concept is fantastic, and I hope they continue to do more of these.

Soundwave is definitely the winner of the bunch. It's also a great way to get Rumble and Frenzy Kreons if you don't have the SDCC Class of '84 set and who wouldn't love Kre-O builds of Ravage and Lazerbeak. The combining of them all is just icing on the cake.

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Comment by Glarryg Sep 19, 2015

Man, I hope my local Maxx/Marshall's stores get these; I miss Kre-o...

Glarryg

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 23, 2015

Found the Transformers RID Optimus Prime Beast Blaster set for $14.99 at the TJ Maxx near my work. They only had 1, but they had more of the BB sets, these seem to be almost plentiful now, at every TJ Maxx & Marshalls I go to. Now thankfully all I need are the two smaller RID sets (Strongarm and Sideswipe) Hopefully these will show up at a store near me soon.

Additionally, I did some research on the term "Market Six" since I had no idea what it meant. It appears Transformers fans are the only ones that use it anymore, but TF wiki has an interesting write up about it if anyone is interested.

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Comment by Noideaforaname Sep 23, 2015

Got this set purely for Frenzy and Rumble, but the Battle Changers themselves are pretty cool. Might have to grab Shockwave if I ever see him.

Only part that has trouble staying on is the "hood" on Ratchet's ambulance mode.

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 23, 2015

Noideaforaname wrote:Might have to grab Shockwave if I ever see him.

I guess Shockwave was released at some point, since I've seen them on eBay, but I've never seen Drift or Blitzwing anywhere.

Also I wonder about the Optimus & BB combiners that were shown at Toyfair. Admittedly, they did not look that great, I was just curious if these were just something that never went into actual production?

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Comment by Noideaforaname Sep 23, 2015

Shockwave definitely got released, people have reported buying them from TJ Maxx/Marshalls/etc.
I don't think Drift, Blitzwing, or those combiners ever got past the Toyfair displays.

... but with how Kre-O keeps popping up at discount stores, who knows?

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Comment by ScottyP Sep 23, 2015

o.supreme wrote:I guess Shockwave was released at some point, since I've seen them on eBay, but I've never seen Drift or Blitzwing anywhere.

Also I wonder about the Optimus & BB combiners that were shown at Toyfair. Admittedly, they did not look that great, I was just curious if these were just something that never went into actual production?

Shockwave and Hound were the last released so far.

Confirmed worldwide Kre-o releases so far in 2015 (excluding some promotional stuff I'm bound to forget about!):

Kreon Warriors Waves 1 and 2 (blind bagged)
Battle Changers Waves 1 and 2
Battle Changers "vs" sets
Robots in Disguise Building Sets (5 of them) and Custom Kreons (4 of them)
Botcon 2015 exclusive set
Market Six "Brick Box" releases, mainly repackages of 2011/2012 building sets with only Bumblebee and Megatron having anything new (redeco Kreon in each)
Market Six releases of some 2011 building sets in generic "Transformers" packaging
Takara Gashapon Kreons, so far only evidenced to be re-releases of some previous Hasbro Microchanger Kreons
AoE Dinobot Custom Kreon wave (may have released late 2014)
SDCC "Class of 1985" set
"Winter" Optimus Prime (Toyfair 2015 handout, thank goodness I got to go!)

So far "announced" but not released anywhere worldwide (that we know of):

Battle Changers Wave 3 - Triple Changers Drift and Blitzwing
Kreon Mini-con/Nightmare Fuel Combiners - Terrorcon Bumblebee Swarm Hivemind and Horrorcon Optimus Primal Clone Fury

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Comment by o.supreme Sep 23, 2015

That list seems pretty thorough, and accurate from what I've seen/read. I just thought that initially Battlechangers Drift & Blitzwing were also part of wave 2 (along with Hound & Shockwave), but obviously they aren't.