Robots In Disguise 2015 toys - general/group comments, review links & official pics

[Paulbot]

Played with all four first wave Warriors today. Bumblebee's my favourite but each of them have their flaws - mostly in the form of kibble getting in the way of poseability. Sizewise they are fine, small deluxe size, not too far off TFPrime Deluxes actually. A few extra paint apps wouldn't be bad too. They are a good sample of apparently the most prominent show characters so I'm keeping me but don't think I'll get too many more. Drift looks interesting in robot mode and Sideswipe might be another get.

PS All but Grimlock were mistransformed in packaging. Bumblebee's shoulders slouched, Steeljaws arms not extended, Strongarm's back kibble around her legs.

[GoktimusPrime]

I got the first wave of Warriors and One-Step Changers today. Thankfully for free courtesy of a friend in the U.S.

Grimlock is the only Warrior I've opened so far, and I've posted my thoughts in the relevant review thread. I've opened the One-Step Changers and my thoughts are:

• Underbite: Rubbish. Transforms from a ... umm... something with wheels to a... umm... something with a mouth and ... are those legs? The spring loaded transformation gimmick is prone to popping out if you don't squeeze in at the exact location.

• Bumblebee: Better than I expected and pretty cool for a One-Stepper; I like how the the toy can transform back and forth from a 'standing' position, giving it a certain air of realism

• Strongarm: Very interesting transformation, but disappointing robot mode.

• Sideswipe: Same "switchblade" concept that we saw w/ AoE High Octane Bumblebee and car-Drift, but the joints on mine are rather stiff so that it doesn't quite flick in and out all the way. Not sure if this is just isolated to my figure or an actual design flaw -- anyone else experiencing this?

[Bidoofdude]

Looking at the warriors and the cartoon, Strongarm looks pretty good. Bumblebee's decent, but missing that bulk he has in the show. If I get any toy from this show at all, it'll likely be Strongarm.

[Sinnertwin]

I'm going the Takara TAV and TED route with these guys.

[griffin]

Only a couple of weeks left to go until the flood of the Japanese toys... but for now, more of the Hasbro One-Steps.

Wave 2 has Grimlock, Steeljaw, and the remaining main cast member to not have a toy in the first wave of toys, Fixit.

Engineering for these can be quite impressive to do a complete transformation in one step, so the gimmick might be simple on paper, but the design and application of the
gimmick is nothing to be easily dismissed.
Unfortunately, the resulting modes can suffer to achieve that transformation... some with massive kibble.

Grimlock - great transformation, from decent dino to a robot mode that doesn't have any kibble sticking out. I was very impressed at how it just folds in on itself to transform.
Fixit - the toy and alt mode was never going to be anything spectacular, but it is good to finally get the last of the Autobot main cast. Robot mode has a fair bit of
kibble at the back though.
Steeljaw - transforms like you are shelling a crab, but unfortunately it means that "shell" is sticking way out the back to represent the tail that the other Steeljaw toys
have (their tails are small and thin, this one is big and flat).



(ignore the shelf label, as the gimmick toys will go on a separate shelf when this shelf gets too crowded for all RID toys to fit on it)

[crankcase76]

I too have ordered the TAV stuff, just wondering when they are going to do Sideswipe?

[GoktimusPrime]

I'd really see more of the Decepticons being released as transformation action figures, and not just those Tiny Titans PVCs.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Got Underbite the other day. Pretty crap, even for a one-step changer. You can plainly see his face side on when in his Cybertronian tank mode