Hasbro is kind to send us their official Product Description press release for Transformers: Robots In Disguise toyline for the year 2017.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, returning for its third season in Spring 2017, will be COMBINER FORCE themed, with the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS taking the battle between good and evil to new heights with the introduction of COMBINERS – teams of Transformers who combine forces to create larger, more powerful bots. BUMBLEBEE and the AUTOBOT team must learn how to fight the DECEPTICONS when combined with one another and truly work as one!
New for Spring 2017, favorite Transformers are truly ‘more than meets the eye’ with the addition of new CRASH COMBINER and ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures. Slam together the CRASH COMBINER figures to form a new bot and partner up ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures to create a bot and imagine new, enhanced abilities. Then in Fall 2017, can create bigger, more powerful characters with the TEAM COMBINER figures. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE mobile game and scan each figure into the app. Each figure is imprinted with a scannable shield that when scanned into the app unlocks that character for battle action!
Check out the complete Press Release, after the jump. You can also check out all the official images right here and check out our Toy Fair 2017 showroom pics right here.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE 2017 PRODUCT INFORMATION
Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE line features fun play patterns and a fresh new style, based on the hit animated series TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, returning for its third season in Spring 2017, will be COMBINER FORCE themed, with the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS taking the battle between good and evil to new heights with the introduction of COMBINERS – teams of Transformers who combine forces to create larger, more powerful bots. BUMBLEBEE and the AUTOBOT team must learn how to fight the DECEPTICONS when combined with one another and truly work as one!
New for Spring 2017, favorite Transformers are truly ‘more than meets the eye’ with the addition of new CRASH COMBINER and ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures. Slam together the CRASH COMBINER figures to form a new bot and partner up ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures to create a bot and imagine new, enhanced abilities. Then in Fall 2017, can create bigger, more powerful characters with the TEAM COMBINER figures. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE mobile game and scan each figure into the app. Each figure is imprinted with a scannable shield that when scanned into the app unlocks that character for battle action!
New TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE products for Spring 2017 include:
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE CRASH COMBINER Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $14.99/Available: Spring 2017)
What happens when kids crash and combine forces with 2 characters in the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE animated series? They get a 2-bot CRASH COMBINER figure! Kids can combine forces with each new CRASH COMBINER figure in one easy step to get right into the action and imagine powering up for battle. Crash these figures with other CRASH COMBINER figures to form different 2-bot combinations (additional figures are each sold separately). Kids can choose to crash and combine forces with BUMBLEBEE and SIDESWIPE to create BEESIDE or OPTIMUS PRIME and STRONGARM to create PRIMESTRONG. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a character! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE ACTIVATOR COMBINER Figure Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available: Spring 2017)
Kids can power up their favorite bots with the new ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures, based on the hit TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE animated series! By combining the ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures, fans can activate awesome popout battle modes, including combining BUMBLEBEE and STUNTWING to activate flight mode or STRONGARM and TRICKOUT to activate a super power boost. Activate these figures with other ACTIVATOR COMBINER figures (additional figures are each sold separately). Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a character! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE LEGION CLASS Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $5.99/Available: Spring 2017)
In the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Combiner Force animated series, Bumblebee and his heroic team of AUTOBOTS must unlock the secrets of combination to combat DECEPTICONS that are bigger and badder than they have faced before. Fans can now join the action by combining forces with TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE LEGION CLASS FIGURES, smaller-scale figures that feature classic TRANSFORMERS conversion. Each 3-inch figure converts from robot to alternate mode and back in less than 10 steps. With a variety of characters to choose from, fans can bring home and collect some of their favorite characters from the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE animated series. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a token! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE 1-STEP CHANGERS Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $9.99/Available: Spring 2017)
In the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Combiner Force animated series, Bumblebee and his heroic team of AUTOBOTS must unlock the secrets of combination to become more powerful robots combat DECEPTICONS that are bigger and badder than they have faced before. Join Bumblebee and his team to help them chase down DECEPTICONS with these figures that change between modes in 1 quick step! TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE 1-STEP CHANGERS let fans experience the “Wow!” of simple conversion with some of kids favorite TRANSFORMERS characters. Each figure converts from robot to alternate mode in 1 quick step. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a token! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE 3-STEP CHANGERS Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available: Spring 2017)
In the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Combiner Force animated series, Bumblebee and his heroic team of AUTOBOTS must unlock the secrets of combination to become more powerful robots and battle DECEPTICONS that are bigger and badder than they have faced before. Join Bumblebee and his team and help them chase down DECEPTICONS with these figures that change between modes in 3 smooth steps! TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE 3-STEP CHANGERS let kids experience some of their favorite Transformers character’s conversion. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a token! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE WARRIOR CLASS Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $14.99/Available: Spring 2017)
In the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Combiner Force animated series, Bumblebee and his heroic team of AUTOBOTS must unlock the secrets of combination to become more powerful robots and battle DECEPTICONS that are bigger and badder than they have faced before. These TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE WARRIORS Class figures allow fans to join Bumblebee and his team and help them chase down DECEPTICONS! WARRIORS Class figures are larger-scale figures that feature classic Transformers conversion and awesome weapon accessories. Each figure converts between robot and alternate mode and back in fewer than 10 steps. Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a token! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
New TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE products for Fall 2017 include:
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE TEAM COMBINERS Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/Available: Fall 2017)
Unleash the power of an entire team of Transformers figures at once when kids combine them together to build one giant robot figure! Based on the hit TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE animated series, TEAM COMBINER packs let kids combine multiple figures together to create an even more invincible, super-robot figure! Choose to combine Bumblebee’s core AUTOBOT team to form ULTRA BEE TEAM COMBINER or combine DECEPTICON figures to form MENASOR TEAM COMBINER or GALVATRONUS TEAM COMBINER. The universal joint system means each figure works with other TEAM COMBINER figures or CRASH COMBINER figures, so kids can build their own Combiner robot! Download the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE app to your digital device, then scan the shields on the figure to unlock a character! Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
The Kup
I just rewatched the episode where Thermidor gets his big moment and now I really want him.
Robogeek28
Wouldn't Deluxe Soundwave's mold make a good Heatseeker?
worldsgreatest
I'm way more excited for this 'bricktastic garbage' than most of the Generations reveals. This stuff looks pretty awesome.
BigRed
They share a similar transformation, but the mold is completely new, not a single detail matches up.
LeonSteamhawk
Took them long enough to make Thermidor! Now we just need the other show-only repaint characters added. Heatseeker looks nice as well, if he is a Strongarm retool I've got no problems with that as while I don't have her I loved the Ratchet version.
As for the combiners, most of them don't interest me. However Motormaster looks decent for some reason, and I am strangely fascinated by Mario and Luigi Riotgear and Treadshock's design.
Jormad
Ooh, these will be great for my younger relatives, so they don't touch my more expensive stuff, and they'll have something to play with that doesn't look terrible.
SG Roadbuster
is it just me, or is legion Heatseeker a retool of legion Strongarm?
The Kup
Yep, definitely picking up Heatseeker. (Oh, and it looks like he has an eyepatch on his left eye)
PrimalSoundwave1101
Heatseeker looks like a techonlogical Badass , don\'t know about you but it could be retooled into roadbuster ( I\'m just saying)
MrSoundmeister
Actually, a warrior Cyclonus would not be satisfactory for me… Maybe if they make a Voyager-sized "Hypersurge" figure that can have a CW compatible Combiner feature however…
Purple Heart
It'll be a TRU exclusive for two months before a mass retial version comes out. Neither will have an accurate deco.
RodimusZero
Really hoping for a Warrior Cyclonus, c'mon, Hasbro…
Oniconvoy
Yeah. That's Thermidore, not Twinferno. And legion Windblade. Are we expecting another Warrior for her?
MrSoundmeister
Yeah, And i guess they could retool that Arms Micron Air Vehicon to make Shadelock, And Roughedge out of Prime Smokescreen (Just a new head and a few newer accessories, Considering that Smokescreen is the closest thing to the Museum guard models.) Basically, Complete Starscream's Brigade before we get to the Warrior versions (Hoping for them being CW backwards compatible) of the Stunticons and "The Cyclonus Council" limb bots. Sadly considering the line is reaching it's last legs, the warrior limbs might not happen.
MartyFeeb
I hate Blurr with that dopey RB face. I'm trying to like it, but I can't. Also, that Cyclonus looks so bad, I'm sorry they even bothered!
Part of it is it's cheaper to make these 3-step toys (less parts), so Hasbro prefers them. In addition, they usually have some obnoxious spring gimmick that's theoretically harder to knock off. Finally, Hasbro has researched (supposedly) that children like quick changes, not transformations that take 20 minutes and require an online guide.
That's not to say I don't 100% agree with you; I just wanted to offer a counterpoint.
But the thing that rings most out of what you said is that about the smart devices and how it isn't the 80s anymore. That's exactly right… yet, I get the feeling Hasbro hasn't fully embraced this. However, they are branching off into mobile gaming (quite heavily), and there's rumor/speculation about toys-to-life being in the pipeline. Ergo, all of these idiotic variations/choices of 1 character may be a transition into the future, where Hasbro will dramatically cut back on making so many toys (there's just more money in media/technology, I suspect).
When you see all these 3P companies springing forth, and the high prices? Yeah, you should consider the deeper meaning: toy purchasing is quickly becoming a collector thing (at least if it's consistent purchases). I have no doubt the future will have movie toys for whatever Summer blockbuster is out that year… but the idea that kids will continue buying the toys past that Summer? I suspect it's an old paradigm that no longer fits our current situation. Partially, we can blame technology; or we can blame a poor economy (certainly it's no coincidence that the toy industry exploded in the 80s, back when the economy was GOOD!).
Anyway, you can't blame Hasbro for trying to stay relevant to children – that's always been their goal. According to McDonald's, when your business is down, you introduce new items to try and attract your customers back; when business goes back up, you reduce your menu. We're seeing Hasbro desperately add McRib's and healthy salads to an audience that is going to Subway. Just my
Also, NERF is doing well, and Hasbro also makes licensed toys like Marvel. There's always a strong incentive to own the toy brand, but all that means is that Hasbro has to invest heavily in the current model of selling toys: making Summer blockbusters. And incidentally, that's exactly the plan for TFs! The best hope for collectors is that one day the movie-verse and G1/BW/whatever merge in a meaningful way. But by supporting Paramount and Bay, Hasbro has made it clear they have little interest in preserving G1 or BW in a meaningful way. Literally EVERY TF RELEASE will be delayed by the movie-verse stuff this year, the real goal of Hasbro.
Gnaw, one of my favorite characters, is an absolute GHOST. I'm going to channel this frustration (and I urge everyone else to do the same): save your money; shop elsewhere. The only way Hasbro will even notice your disappointment is if you refuse to buy movie-verse toys.
BB Shockwave
Well, that\'s a relief, at least we will have some proper toys of the Combiners in not-combining form…. because the Team Combiner version frankly, looked terrible.
Thermidor is soooo bought, love that mold and the character too. Now come on Hasbro, if you could re-make Windblade (and still mess up her colors), then you can make a Scatterspike with a new head, too.
Rated X
I totally agree with you on the non articulated toys being garbage. I don't have kids, but I have plenty of friends and co-workers who do. These 5-7 year olds play with smart phones and have no need for dumb toys. Back in the eighties, every character got one standard figure geared towards all ages. Now a days, we get a soap bottle Bumblebee for ages 1-3, a one step changer Bumblebee for ages 3-5, a 3 step changer Bumblebee for ages 5-7, a deluxe Bumblebee for ages 7-12 and a Masterpiece Bumblebee for teens and adults. I think that's a bit too much. I understand its not the eighties, but I think we can do without the Leigons/Legends, one steppers, 3 steppers and dumb gimmick toys that warm the shelves. All they do is eat a huge chunk out of Hasbro's budget that could be used to either give us more on screen characters in toy form or improved quality and paint apps on the existing deluxe/voyager/leader figures from their respective lines. I can understand the soap bottle style rescue bots for ages 1-3, but I think all the mid level stuff is pointless garbage. Kids are smart, stop treating them like they're stupid. I'm not expecting a 5 year old to be able to transform complex ROTF figures, but if a 5 year old cant figure out how to transform a deluxe class Bumblebee, I put that on the parents. Spend more time playing with your kids and help them enhance their hand eye coordination and critical thinking skills. Don't use the excuse that kids are too dumb to enjoy the main lines. Teach them. They learn quick. They're smarter than you think they are. Lazy parents make lazy children.
DeletedUser_119270
@Tony_Bacala the thread should be in Robots in Disguise 201x News,not Robots in Disguise from 2001.Thanks.
jru42287
That blue-lobster thing looks interesting.
RazorclawX
I don't know about the rest of you, but three of those Legion Cyclonus figures would make a decent Cyclonus Armada.
I'm the most excited for Thermidor and his new head.