2005 Boards member Brazilian has tipped us off to a new item being offered exclusively through Wal Mart – a set of various board games. It comes with 4 small figures of Optimus Prime, Prowl, Bumblebee and Bulkhead. The games include Checkers, Tic Tac Toe, a 100 pieces puzzle and an original Transformers Animated board game. Brazilian has set up a website with pictures which you can view here, we have also mirrored the images in event of the site going down.
Beastbot X
Okay, got it… honestly, if you're getting it for the original Animated board game… don't. It's probably the lamest TF board game yet. Basically your goal is to get through the board and beat Megatron first. You spin the spinner and move a set number of spaces every turn. You get a card at the end of every turn, which can give you stuff like stronger attacks or maybe an extra turn. 5 or 6 times along the way to Megatron, there's a battle with a certain character. You first pick a card (UTTERLY pointless, as it makes no difference gameplay wise and with the exception of the Dinobots and Meltdown [who has one Colossus Rhodes card mixed in instead], it's always the same character you fight in a battle). Then you and an opponent spins. Whoever has the highest number wins the battle, though you can spend cards to make your attacks stronger (and honestly, unless you roll a really low number and your opponent a really high number, you'll win, given that you can play cards but the person playing the enemy in the battle can't– there's even "Allspark" cards scattered throughout the deck that make you automatically win the battle). This continues until you get to Megatron, and basically you have to win 6 "normal" battles in a row to defeat him, and whoever kills him first wins. That's it, that's as deep as the game gets.
Blurrz
TF Board games are good… the past Armada one was fantastic, although it's dissapointing that this Animated one only has 4 figures.
Moonscream
I know what my nephew is getting for Christmas or his birthday now!
–Moony
Emperor Zarak
Demands a game with bot and con pieces
olddirtyogre
Yeah, I found this at a local Walmart and posted about it 5 days ago in the Nevada sightings section. Funny how it is mentioned now, but whatever.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-sightings/87154-nevada-transformers-sightings-3.html
MR.UPGRADER
Hey! I saw that at wal-mart yesterday! Its pretty cool!
Gears
Saw this today at the Torrance, CA walmart.
Beastbot X
Checkers and Tic-Tac-Toe aren't what I'm getting it for, it's the figurines and the original board game. Given that it looks like it comes several different kinds of cards and a spinner that does more than just move your figure X number of spaces, that looks like it might be fun.
Yup, I still have it somewheres. Played it twice though and never played it again. Way too simplistic, and the boards were pitifully small. Imagine playing chess with one row of empty spaces between both sides, and you get the idea of how small the boards were.
Joe Moore
Armada Board Game
Spider Striker
There was an Armada board game?
Gingerchris
Nice box, but I'd probably only buy it for the figures, and there'll doubtless be Animated Robot Heroes coming soon anyway.
The Armada board game was better for figures.
Joe Moore
I am going to buy this. Not the biggest fan of animated, but I can't pass up a cool looking board game.
Maximo Prime
dude these are perfect to go with the (still-unconfirmed) Animated Omega Supreme! i might have to pick these up.
starkiller80
Saw this at Walmart in Rohnert Park, CA last night. It was with the action figures.
Megatronwp38
I saw that yesterday at wal*mart. Almost got it just to get front paged lol. It was in they toy Isle at my walmart.
Sideswipe80
Is this located in the toy or board game sections of Walmart? I was at Walmart yesterday and didn't see it in the toy section.
Railguard
No offense, I don't care about board games, I just want to find some TF toys!!!
Optimus Peev
I spotted this tonight in San Antonio.
Color me underwhelmed.
At first I thought it was cool (simply because of the unexpected discovery) and as I was waiting in line to get it I just kept staring at it knowing that I was about to drop $20.00 for four figurines that look like they belong in a gumball machine. Yeah, the games included sure seem neat enough and TFA themed stuff is always cool in my book, but seriously…tic tac toe and checkers are games that I have not played since I was in my pre-teen years.
Nice display piece I guess…but I think I will pass on this one altogether.
GW_Freak
I saw that the other day for like 20 bucks on the bottom shelf by SUPREME Prime.
Beastbot X
I'm planning on getting this myself, so if I find it and no one else has posted good pics of the thing by then, I'll get some nice pics and descriptions up.