Amazon.com has listed a bunch of new Transformers Rescue Bots releases, including two possible new waves of figures with playsets, although the specifics are currently unclear on exactly what is involved.
The sets that are listed are:
- Rock Crawler Bumblebee Ps Figures and Playsets
- Chase the Police Bot Ps Figures and Playsets (Chase here is noted to be a motorcycle)
- Heatwave Classic Ps Figures and Playsets (Heatwave here is a race car)
- Salvage Cement Truck Ps Figures and Playsets
- Blades Ps Figures and Playsets (this version of Blades is a VTOL jet)
- Bumblebee Rescan Rd Ps Figures and Playsets (yes, a second Bumblebee, this time a sports car. He’s listed for August and has a higher product number suggesting he is a different wave)
Each set is priced at $9.99, which places them $5 less than previous flip racer figure and playset packs, but also at the same price as current, playset-less Rescan series Rescue Bots. We suspect that these are in fact new releases in the Flip Racers subline, possibly with less elaborate playsets than the ones that were released last year.
Also newly listed on Amazon – and already out in US stores – is a Flip Racer Speedster Boulder, which takes the construction themed Rescue Bot and turns him into a nice, bulky muscle car. We’ve got official images for this one via Walmart – check them out, attached to this post.
CoktimusPrime
If that's a question for me then yes I can only guess the 2 little kids be about 4 years young or less. It was at lunchtime on a school day so I can only assume they haven't reached the age of prep school.
Oniconvoy
I assume they were older than the recommended age of 3-4 years old?
CoktimusPrime
I was at the toy section of Kmart the other day & a mom asked her 2 little boys if they'd want a Flip Racers. "Nah, them sucks" was their response. It's no wonder their hasn't been further waves in Oz.
griffin-of-oz
Ah… when they said race car, I was guessing it was a traditional "race" type car, like in the 3-pack. I didn't realise there was a new hotrod car version that was already out.
(we didn't get wave 2 here, so this third wave figure probably won't show up here either… I'll have to jump on Amazon for one then)
Jalaguy
Speedster Boulder is a new mould, different to the monster truck one from the multipack, and has already been found at US retail:
Rescue Bots Toy Thread – Page 3 – Transformers Discussion – The Allspark Forums
There's an Entertainment Earth listing for his wave and he does seem to be the only new release in it.
griffin-of-oz
Amazon America has just listed seven new Rescue Bots toys, but no images yet.
One is another of the Flip Racers (the tiny vehicles that transform when you stand them up) – race car Boulder (just like with the wave 2 single packs, this one sounds like it is just a single-pack release of the 3-pack Boulder toy, which could mean that the other two from that set (Quickshadow and Heatwave race car) could be released with Boulder in this third wave as well.
Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bot Speedster Boulder Playskool Action Figure – US$5.99
The rest of the new listings all have "playset" in their titles, but the price is only a dollar more than the transforming Rescue Bots toys… so either the playset is just the packaging looking like a diorama and these are full-size RB toys, or these are a new smaller size of transforming Rescue Bots toys packed with a mini-playset. (or maybe these are just Flip Racers with new playsets)
If these are regular sized toys, they all appear to have new alt-modes, with some based on modes seen in the Flip Racers series.
E0147 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Rock Crawler Bumblebee Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
E0148 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Chase the Police Bot Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
E0149 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Heatwave Classic Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
E0150 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Salvage Cement Truck Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
E0151 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Jet Blade Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
This one could be part of a second wave, as it has a much higher Hasbro product number, and is noted on Amazon as being released AUGUST 1ST 2018.
E2725 – Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Bumblebee Rescan Rd Ps Figures and Playsets – US$9.99
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