Transformers Kre-O

Via Hedgehog’s Corner website we have stock images of a new Transformers Kre-O Universal Studios Exclusive Kreon 4-pack third version.

This a new variant of this Universal exclusive Kreon pack which includes Megatron, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and N.E.S.T Sentry. This character replaces Evac from the other previous variants.

Thanks to the information shared by convoy84 and Nevermore, we can also confirm that this means that the Universal Studios Transformers The Ride gift shop is no longer selling Evac figures. Other related merchandising to the character is still available though.

Click on the bar to see the mirrored images of this new set after the jump. Then join to the discussion on the 2005 Boards for images of the previous packs as well as all information related to them.

We thought Kre-O was over, but apparently we were wrong. Some new images posted on Facebook by Eddy Melendez and reposted by Autobase Aichi have revealed a new series of Robots in Disguise themed custom Kreons. There are four characters in the assortment: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, and Sideswipe; and each of the four comes in three different flavors: Armor Up, Blizzard Strike, and Night Strike. This essentially means each set has three different decos, the parts with each set are the same. According to Autobase Aichi’s report, these were produced in December 2016 but are only just coming to light now, and it’s noted the source is the same as the previous Battle Changers report – so these too might be creeping into Dollar General stores?

Check out the images of the sets attached to this post.

The Kre-O line continues! Albeit, via dollar store locations! If you’ve been on the virtual hunt for the latest Kre-O Battle Changers figures, Dollar General stores may be your best bet to lock them down. According to a post by user in the closed Facebook Group for TF-wiki Fans, he has found the new Ironhide and Megatron figures at a Dollar General store in Ceres, California.

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We’ve learned that a seller on Taobao has listed several sets of previously unreleased Kre-O Warrior figures. The Kre-O Warriors took various Transformers characters – in this case, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Ultra Magnus, Megatron, and Starscream – and case them as various warriors from across various historic civilizations. What we are seeing here is a previously unseen – and most likely cancelled – third assortment of the Warriors.

Also on show is a similarly cancelled or released in limited numbers Soccer Bumblebee, who was probably intended as an event giveaway like the Winter Optimus Prime.

None of these are known to have had a release, and with no official word on Kreo for over a year now, are presumably not going to see a mass release going forward.

The Kre-O Transformers line might be on the backburner right now, with no new releases planned, but for Kre-O collectors, we can report what might possibly be the next best thing. The Kre-O Microchangers Wave 1 and 2 have been reissued, and with the new issue comes a host of alterations to the base figures. These alterations include changes to the moldings of the parts, along with changes to the tampographed decos.

The new issue of the Microchangers, found in Family Dollar and Dollar General, use the new 2015 Kreon body style, which is completely different to the body used on the original release of these figures. Changers include featuring raised hands like a Lego Minifigure, shorter height, flat arm ends, shorter arms, shorter legs, and maybe even smaller heads. In other words, the figures seem slightly smaller overall.

If you missed these guys originally, this will be a great way to pick them up. If you’re a completest, this will probably be a nightmare – since none of the new blind bags have ways to identify the contents. There’s some shots comparing the two versions along with more information, courtesy of M Sipher on Twitter.