
Thanks to 2005 Board member shadow panther for giving us the heads up of his sighting of the new Buzzworthy Bumblebee Crash Combiners Primelock And Bumblegrim at US retail.
These figures were first found in Canada without any prior announcement, and now they were found at a Target in Milltown, New Jersey. Primelock is a new redeco of the RID Crash Combiners Optimus Prime & Grimlock 2-pack while Bumblegrim is a curious mix of a Crash Combiners Bumbleside Bumblebee redeco (originally packed with Sideswipe) with a blue redeco of the aforementioned Crash Combiners Grimlock.
Update: We have some in-hand images of the toys courtesy of 2005 Board member Vector Oracle
Happy hunting!
Vector Oracle
So basically the TF equivalent of T and T?
Sunbow Prime
no
setientshoebox
(in grimlock's g1 voice) g1 grimlock: hmmm me not know where megatron is (in foc grimlock's voice) foc grimlock: GGRAAAGH ME GRIMLOCK, ME KING!
g1 grimlock: NO, ME! foc: ME! g1: ME!
Cardion
Grimlock & Grimlock would make for a great title for a 1980's detective tv show.
setientshoebox
RID 2015 is bad, but the worst part about these two sets, is that you can\'t combine grimlock and grimlock into grimlock, which I feel is a missed opportunity
Nevermore
No, the new subline imprint of Cyberverse/Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures is "Dinobots Unite". Buzzworthy Bumblebee is sort of a "best of" line that covers Studio Series, War for Cybertron Trilogy, Cyberverse, the Bumblebee movie line, RID 2015 and even AOE.
RKillian
They're such a mishmash. Cyberverse ran into Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures ran into Buzzworthy Bumblebee with similar branding and reused toys. Bringing in junk from the tail end of RID2015 doesn't do anything to change that impression.
Plus when you go to store and all you see, every single time, is this dusty junk because absolutely everything else is cleared out, it's like all last year where grocery stores were full of off-brand Mexican versions of everything just to have something on shelves.
Oniconvoy
Exactly. Why would there be a plan for a best-of line like Buzzworthy Bee aside from, well, spotlighting Bee.
Cyberverse is doing just fine.
Nevermore
Cyberverse or Buzzworthy Bumblebee?
RKillian
Does the Cyberverse line have anything resembling a coherent plan or is it just whatever crap they have lying around and can shove in a clip-art box on short notice?
Gee Won 1984
Looks like they are playing chicken, sitting on shoulders and all.
Bass X0
Can Grimlock’s arms fold back so they aren’t just hanging down in his combined mode?
Black Convoy
Thanks for sharing! Adding those to the first post and to the news story.
Vector Oracle
I got you covered:
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@Black Convoy
@Peaugh
sunburn
These actually look pretty cute, and pretty fun. I\'ve been looking to add more to my Aligned Collection anyway, which is, at the moment, pretty miniscule. However, I bet the current prices for them are a little unreasonable, so I\'ll just wait it out and swoop in once they inevitably go on sale like the Core Class Bumblebee set.
caitlindevi
They called the optimus/grimlock combiner \'Primelock\'
They could have gone with \'Locktimus Grime\'!
Valkyrieboi84
On the bright side, at least we get a G2 Aligned Continuity Grimlock…
TFXProtector
Oh, no… They actually fired up RID2015 molds again?? Yeesh. I think these might sell, initially, as a curiosity but they'll end up sitting in a clearance bin before it's all over with.
rikaldomario
No worries, I looked at the pic so fast I assumed it was after you had already bought them at your house
. My bad
omegafix
Oh im sorry, i passed on them.