BotBot's Spotted in Australia

[Vairn]

A friend of mine spotted these in the Toyworld, in Epping Plaza.

http://dragotech.net/Images/botbots.png

Small Pack $15
Large Pack $25

[Vairn]

how do I fix my typo in the thread title...


:eek::rolleyes::(

[DELTAprime]

^PM Griff or another admin.

[Vairn]

Blind Bags $5
http://dragotech.net/Images/botbots2.png

[reillyd]

The hunt begins. Does anybody know how the packing system works? Are the ones in the multipack the same as you find in singles? Or are they specific ones?

I was disappointed to find the multipack ooshies had only commons in the blind box - and that sometimes they were a duplicate with others in the same multipack.

Otherwise I think I am going to have a lot of duplicates to offload.... maybe someone should start a trading thread?

[i_amtrunks]

I think Griffin said that the multipacks have the same figure in the blindpack spot every time and that many of the multipack figures are exclusive to those packs.

All I know is I will be spending a lot on these, I bought some from Griffin and our entire household love them. My wife even gave me the go ahead to buy as many as “I” like. (Yet she and my three year old have barely put them down).

A trading post is a very good idea.

[Firestorm]

YES!! I’ve been going nuts waiting for these little guys to show up.
But just like with the Siege stuff, it looks like I will be better off buying them while I am overseas. But it’s going to be hell resisting these adorable weirdos for the rest of the month. ... maybe 1 single pack won’t break the bank.... just one... and maybe a 5 pack... or two....
I’m going to end up with so many of these things...

I’m also on board for the idea of a trading thread

[griffin]

The 5 and 8 figure Multi-packs have fixed sets of figures (including the hidden figure - it isn't a random figure... it is just a hidden figure).
The single packs have codes on the backs to know which one is inside... if you are looking for certain figures.


Also be aware that even though there are duplicates in various packs, there are some figures that are only found once in certain packs (which also goes for the single packs - not all 61 figures are released in the single packs, but some of them are only released in the single packs).
The codes and assortments can be found on the tfwiki page (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_BotBots). They even highlight the recommended sets to obtain, for a complete set while minimising the number of duplicates.

[i_amtrunks]

The 5 and 8 figure Multi-packs have fixed sets of figures (including the hidden figure - it isn't a random figure... it is just a hidden figure).
The single packs have codes on the backs to know which one is inside... if you are looking for certain figures.


Also be aware that even though there are duplicates in various packs, there are some figures that are only found once in certain packs (which also goes for the single packs - not all 61 figures are released in the single packs, but some of them are only released in the single packs).
The codes and assortments can be found on the tfwiki page (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_BotBots). They even highlight the recommended sets to obtain, for a complete set while minimising the number of duplicates.

Thanks Griffin, I was pretty confident that is what you had said but then I saw the doughnut in a different pack to the one I grabbed from you so I had some doubt. Although the doughnut is not a bad figure to get a double of!

[Autocon]

OMG!!!! There will be 190 characters released in 2019! And hasbro Aust giving us colour change info before anyone else. :p

So 250 in total to collect!!!!!!! Nuh im out i musnt collect *fingers eyes twitching*

[BigTransformerTrev]

Do we know if these will show up in Big W’s? I’d like to get my daughter some for her birthday in 12 days

[i_amtrunks]

Maybe check griffins sale page if he had any left. If they’ve just turned up in toyworlds there not much of a chance of them getting to retail chains like big w in a fortnight...

[KELPIE]

So sick of things turning up in "toy"wherevers.

There's no store with the word "toy" in its name within cooee of me :(

[M-bot]

A non-sighting sighting... Fountain Gate K-Mart had tags (marked as “not available) for single blind pack Botbots. So looks like at least one major chain will be getting this line.

[Gasaraki]

I can confirm that a freshly opened box of single blind packs will have numbers in order... #1-4 across the back row from L-R, finishing with #21-24 across the front most row.
I was looking for #13 and grabbed the left most pack on the 3rd row back and sure enough it was Rootwing. The # is printed right-side up on the back of the pack, to the right of the opening tab. Not sure what the sideways printed codes are running along the side of the pack, but the number is all you need for ID of the figure inside.

[griffin]

I can confirm that a freshly opened box of single blind packs will have numbers in order... #1-4 across the back row from L-R, finishing with #21-24 across the front most row.
I was looking for #13 and grabbed the left most pack on the 3rd row back and sure enough it was Rootwing. The # is printed right-side up on the back of the pack, to the right of the opening tab. Not sure what the sideways printed codes are running along the side of the pack, but the number is all you need for ID of the figure inside.


Yep... this was how I was able to quickly take out the five unwanted figures from a master carton at Kmart a few weeks back, to leave me with the 19 that I needed (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_BotBots) (they were in number order in the box, and I just looked at the printed numbers on the back).

[KELPIE]

Apart from a blink and you'll miss it appearance of Botbots at HobyCo CBD, I haven't seen any Botbots anywhere.

For something that's supposed to take on shopkins and the like, their distribution is terribly woeful. Their competitor is everywhere, from grocers and the post office, to dollar shops and stationary stores.

[i_amtrunks]

All but sold out at toymate penrith.

But agreed that distribution is awful. One box of the blind pack figures per
Kmart is laughable and the fact the multipacks are not available anywhere but the small independent toy stores is either an indictment of hasbros inability to sell their product to stores or their inability to arrange and deliver stock.

[Gasaraki]

Hey guys, just thought I'd share this here - the hole above the Mighty Muggs case fits BotBots pretty much perfectly, making for a very neat storage option :)

I've got 15 in there, so I reckon this would be good for about 35 easily!


https://i.imgur.com/DtZwFOZ.jpg