I was never sure if I'd see these sets released in the US but with a commercial popping up on Hasbro's YouTube channel there may be some hope yet. Optimus Prime is a fun build but keep in mind that the Transformation may be a bit fiddly causing parts to pop off.
And, like Chuck said in his video, Canada... I've seen that wave on display at the nearest TRU for over a month.Noideaforaname wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened to the 6th wave of Kre-O? The one with Blackarachnia, Seaspray Gears. Did they show up anywhere?
Asia.
I've also seen a lot of these in the last month or two... people really need to start telling me when I'm walking past rare findschuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm really happy we'll be seeing these at mass retail. I was starting to think they were going to be canceled.
Samsonator wrote:And, like Chuck said in his video, Canada... I've seen that wave on display at the nearest TRU for over a month.Noideaforaname wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened to the 6th wave of Kre-O? The one with Blackarachnia, Seaspray Gears. Did they show up anywhere?
Asia.I've also seen a lot of these in the last month or two... people really need to start telling me when I'm walking past rare findschuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm really happy we'll be seeing these at mass retail. I was starting to think they were going to be canceled.
RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened to the 6th wave of Kre-O? The one with Blackarachnia, Seaspray Gears. Did they show up anywhere?
Samsonator wrote:And, like Chuck said in his video, Canada... I've seen that wave on display at the nearest TRU for over a month.
I've also seen a lot of these in the last month or two... people really need to start telling me when I'm walking past rare finds
Samsonator wrote:Something distressing I noticed in that Battle Changers commercial. The Kre-O website it gives at the end is kre-o.ca. ".ca" is the typical suffix for Canadian websites...
Noideaforaname wrote:RiD, these transforming ones, the Cowboy Optimus/Knight Megatron/Pirate Starscream things... anything post-AoE.
When next I pop out to a TRU I'll keep my eyes peeled.chuckdawg1999 wrote:If you see Starscream and Grimlock let me know
After Prime I wasn't sure about The Bee but I have to say the build was nicer resulting in a solid bot with decent articulation. As mentioned in the video care should be used while transforming the arms as I don't feel the shoulder balls are made of the sternest stuff. Bumblebee is a much better kit overall and I would recommend it over Optimus as a first purchase.
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I have been asked to post my review of Battle Changers Grimlock here. So I shall!
I was surprised to find Kre-O Battle Changers Grimlock at my local Toys R' Us during my Boxing Day toy store rampage.
Grimlock was released in Canada in late 2014, although they are listed as not being available until Spring 2015. Hasbro seems to be doing some wacky things with their release dates when Canada and the UK get releases BEFORE the US does. Grimlock is an 82 piece set who's colours more match the Age of Extinction toy than the G1 toy. This doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. He stands roughly 10cm (4in) tall in dino mode, and there's no storage for his weapon, unless you want to stick it in his tiny dino hands (which I do).
Grimlock transforms exactly as you'd expect him to. The head and sides of the dino mode are attached to the same spinal component and all fold back and down. His lower portion swings forward to form legs and feet, and the dino legs twist at the knee to form his robot arms. Pretty standard in terms of a recognizable G1 accurate Grimlock transformation!
His robot mode stands just shy of 9cm (3 1/2 inches), and looks exactly how a Kre-O Grimlock should! Again, the colour looks more like AoE Grimlocks' colours, but that doesn't bother me one bit. The helmet actually bothers me a little more with the fact that, instead of using a new helmet design, they use one of the generic Kre-O helmet designs. I guess I can't be TOO mad at that since it still looks like the guy, though.
The face and torso have tampographed details while the sword, shoulders, and the grey pieces on the sides of the shins have stickers. They're alright stickers, I was honestly reluctant to put them on at first, because I thought he'd look better with them off, but nah, he looks better this way! The articulation is surprisingly awesome! I wish all regular Transformers were as bendy as him!
In relation to other Kre-O figures, I'd say he's the right size! They come up to about thigh level to him. I'm one of those nut bars who like things to be a certain scale to each other, and I think this scale works for Kre-O Grimlock!
I saw Optimus, Bumblebee, and Starscream at the Toys R' Us as well. I knew Grimlock was also going to be released with them, but I didn't see him until after I started digging. He was buried in the back of the shelf. Good thing I found him or I might have had to settle for getting one of the ones I was less enthusiastic for. First world problem averted!
Pick him up when you see him. After seeing Bumblebee and Optimus, I'd say this one is definitely the winner of the first wave. Hopefully there'll be more releases after this. I'd love to see Megatron given the same treatment!
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Really? I was thinking that these would be released closer to the TV debut of the RID cartoon. I'm surprised these were supposed to be out soon.
Noideaforaname wrote:Slapping that SEIBERTRON.COM on someone's pic review? *smh*
Noideaforaname wrote:Looks like they combined just about every Drift into that one. Colors/chest based on MtMtE, triple changer like Movie, minions like RiD.
