Botbots series 6 revealed

[griffin]

Series 5 have only just started to be found (with a release date of April), and now we have official reveals of some of Series 6 (https://news.tfw2005.com/2020/02/21/transformers-botbots-series-5-goldrush-games-new-surprise-unboxings-brand-new-tribes-official-images-405886).

Just like series 4, the 6th series will have a couple of specially themed 10-packs, with 6 pods having toys and 4 pods having stickers.

One is a Pirate Treasure Chest, while the other is... a toilet, complete with plunger stick to pull out the (poo) brown pods.


Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Toilet
(Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020)Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life
as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the
Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad
dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner’s Circle tribe hidden inside
select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert
between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Toilet surprise unboxing
pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Use the plunger accessory
to plunge out the 10 surprises inside one at a time. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold
separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and
share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on
HasbroPulse.com.
Transformers: BotBots Series 6 Surprise Unboxing: Treasure Chest
(Ages 5 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: August 1, 2020)Not long ago, a glowing mist of Energon hit a shopping mall and the ordinary objects inside came to life
as little converting TRANSFORMERS robots, called BOTBOTS! Now, BOTBOTS tribes are competing in the
Goldrush Games, a competition to see which tribes are the most mischievous! Imagine joining the mad
dash to grab the gold by trying to find rare gold trophy bots from the Winner’s Circle tribe hidden inside
select packs! Who will grab the gold? Collectable BOTBOTS figures are around 1-inch tall and convert
between 2 fun modes—a robot and a random object—in 3 to 5 easy steps! This Treasure Chest surprise
unboxing pack includes 5 BOTBOTS figures, 1 rare gold BOTBOTS figure, and 4 stickers. Dig through
treasure chest to discover the 10 surprises inside. Look for other BOTBOTS assortments (each sold
separately, subject to availability) to build a collection of BOTBOTS toys to discover, play with, trade, and
share! There are 190 BOTBOTS to collect in 2020, which are available at most major toy retailers and on
HasbroPulse.com.



(the link also has official images for some of series 5 as well)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/022210.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/022211.jpg

[i_amtrunks]

Easily the most creative and liberal toy line that?s ever come out of the transformers brand. I just wish that we?d get stocked properly and that we didn?t get so many doubles in the multi packs and single packs. Going on the massive failure of the larger botbot sets (just like pretty much any super sized blind pack toys) I am guessing that we will only see these sets on Amazon/ toyworld/ specialist toy stores.

[griffin]

Product listings have been found in America from the Walmart or Target computers (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/01/04/new-transformers-product-numbers-for-2021-botbots-monopoly-transformers-and-studio-series-426959), of what is either series 6 (delayed from their August 2020 release), or series 7 (either series 6 was cancelled, or is still coming out before these ones).



TRA Botbots vehicle multipack AST (4 case) Product Number: F0477 -MSRP $19.99
TRA Botbots Blindbox (24 case) Product Number: F0717 – MSRP: $2.99
TRA Botbots 8 Pk AST (8 case) Product Number: F0478 – MSRP: $14.99
TRA Botbots 5 Pk AST Product number: F0718 – MSRP: $9.99
TRA Botbots Vehicle Pizza Product Number: F0639 – MSRP: $19.99
TRA Botbots Vehicle Controller – Product Number: F0640 – MSRP: $19.99
TRA Botbots 8 Pk Pet – Product number: F0768 – MSRP: $19.99
TRA Botbots 8 Pk Janitors closet Product number: F0769 – MSRP: $19.99
TRA Botbots 5 Pk Aming store Product number: F0832 – MSRP: $9.99
TRA Botbots 5 Pk Food court Product number: F0833 – MSRP: $9.99
TRA Botbots 5 Pk Skate shop Product number: F0834 – MSRP: $9.99
TRA Botbots 5 Pk Sugar shocks Product number: F0835 – MSRP: $9.99

[griffin]

The post above this one might actually be for series 7, as the checklist sheet for Series 6 has just been found, and it's themed groups don't match up to the packs listed above.
The checklist sheet is on the Hasbro website here (https://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/DAD2D6781C4311DDBD0B0800200C9A66/C912A48478CE4AF691EB49CD21673275.pdf), but is mirrored here if it is taken down (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/01/24/transformers-botbots-series-6-goldrush-games-online-catalog-427800) (if series 6 was indeed cancelled/skipped, as it was meant to be out 6 months ago).

Apparently very few new moulds are/were in series 6.

[Tha_Phantom]

Yay, more BotBots! I was beginning to miss those wacky little fellas.

[griffin]

Some bad news for any Botbots fans in Australia... there are no plans to import and distribute anymore in Australia through Hasbro Australia. They got stuck with a lot of old stock after a major retailer pulled out of a big deal at the last minute (before Covid), and we will see more of the older waves showing up at discount stores throughout the year.
So we ended up missing out on some of the series 4 (blue ones), and most of series 5 (yellow ones)... and they are horrible to track down online and purchase, as you can't select the packs you need, and end up getting a lot of spares.

It was mentioned that Botbots will continue this year as a toyline from Hasbro, but the local branch couldn't say anything more than that, because Hasbro America has to be the ones to officially reveal (or confirm) new products.