Toy Review - Rescue Bots Wave 1

[Bumbleb33]

Picked up BubbyBee today, very impressive with the quality and charm of the little fella. Wouldn't recommend at full retail, but with Target's current sale, he's worth a pickup

[GoktimusPrime]

I would only recommend the Deluxes IF cheap. These are crappiest^least interesting PlaySkool Transformers I've ever picked up - no where near as nice as the Go-Go-Go-Bots/TF Big Adventures or 1-2-3 Transformers or even My First Transformers. Bah. Damnit! Now I have that STUPID Go-Go-Go-Bots theme song in my head!! <headbutts wall>

The so-called "one step" transformation is actually not one step - because the feet have to flip out for Optimus Prime and Heatwave (don't know about Bumblebee - I don't have him)... so that's really two steps. And even the main "single step" transformation doesn't work as elegantly as say the Flipchangers -- which work a LOT better. So that was disappointing... I was hoping these toys would have like a simplified form of Flipchanger transformation, but not really.

The large electronic ones are a complete WOBTAM... don't even bother with them. Playsets don't interest me... neither do the basic figurines which just look like expensive accessory add-ons. Do these things even sell? They seem to be shelf-warming everywhere I go.

The Deluxes seem to sell like hotcakes though... they've been DAMN hard for me to find (I finally found them at my local Myer)

[bowspearer]

Wow I never thought I'd be the one to go into bat for Hasbro here, but I think people have missed a key point with these Transformers- namely their gimmick. Heck, until I watched the infomercial on the site tonight, I was completely oblivious to it too.

Hasbro have actually outdone themselves with the deluxes, although these are definitely aimed more at 3-5 year olds and are actually educational toys for kids of that age.

So what's the gimmick? Well the transformation on each of the deluxes is designed to strengthen and reinforce a different gross motor function, be it twisting, prying, pivotting a lever, pulling apart something or pushing.

At the same time, while articulation is non-existent, they're even created transformable weapons (making them like action masters which still transform).

Hasbro are idiots if they don't get the cartoon out here to back up the line. The designs are well thought out and fun for the target age, the designs are great, the transformations are great as a first transformer for little kids, while the transformations actually help with a child's development at that age.

I didn't actually think I'd be saying this any time soon, but well done Hasbro.