RID Minicon and Roleplay weapon official images

With the recent release of the Mega 3-step Optimus here that promotes interacting with the RID Minicons (disc & torpedo mini-bots), it was expected that they would be out soon, and the Deployers (Drift & Fracture) have just been found in Singapore.

At the same time some online stores have posted up eight Minicons, plus two roleplay weapons (one of which we've seen revealed before).

The Minicons could be in two waves of four in some countries, as one site is listing them as a group of eight, while RK has the first four in stock only... so for now, I'll list them as their separate waves in case they do come out here separately (so that people don't try hunting in vain for the second four).

Wave 1 Minicons...
- Divebomb (Decepticon/torpedo - purple/red bot)
- Dragonus (Decepticon/torpedo - green dragon)
- Sawback (Autobot/disc - dark blue wolf)
- Slipstream (Autobot/disc - red/black bot)

Wave 2 Minicons...
- Beastbox (Autobot/disc - black/orange gorilla)
- Ratbat (Decepticon/torpedo - maroon bat)
- Sandsting (Decepticon/torpedo - purple scorpion)
- Velocirazor (Autobot/disc - blue raptor)

Roleplay weapons...
- Bumblebee Blaster (car to dart launcher gun)
- Decepticon Hunter (sword to dart launcher gun - like the sword in TF4)

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I saw Drift and Fracture on the shelves here in HK last week too but kind of figured they had been out for a while which is why I didn't post about them. They're retailing here for between HK$180 and HK$210 depending on where you go.

Haven't seen the minicons sold separately yet though.

Might have to look at that Decepticon Hunter sword if it comes out here. My son has the Optimus TF4 plastic sword and has almost worn it out he loves it so much but I've not been able to find another to put away as a replacement...

Are these a natural evolution of the FoC cassettes? Do they auto-transform on impact?

Velocirazor and Ratbat shall be mine!
The rest I don't care about.

In-hand images of the first wave of Minicons, and a photo of the second wave... along with something that was only announced by Hasbro at BotCon - each wave has extra pieces (from the sprue of armour parts) that combine together to build a bonus beast. A lion from wave 1 and a shark from wave 2.

Interesting.

What are they supposed to transform into?

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

Interesting.

What are they supposed to transform into?

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The Decepticons turn into 'Torpedoes' and the Autobots into 'Buzzsaws'

One of the two RID Roleplay weapons have been found in Singapore - the Decepticon Hunter sword.