Interesting. Did he put them up again without the watermarks?
Botbots Appreciation thread!
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Good pictures up on Amazon as well.
With the addition of a 5mm hole, some of those Pet Shop Boys would make good "Beast Wars Minicons."
With the addition of a 5mm hole, some of those Pet Shop Boys would make good "Beast Wars Minicons."
My one complaint is that they seem to have settled into the less-detailed paint application type faces that had started to become the norm in the last wave.
Edit: I guess I should say single-color. The old faces weren't necessarily more detailed, but often used a couple of colors to make the details pop more. Back in the first few series, the Hamster would have looked more like Rhinox's little brother here:
Edit: I guess I should say single-color. The old faces weren't necessarily more detailed, but often used a couple of colors to make the details pop more. Back in the first few series, the Hamster would have looked more like Rhinox's little brother here:
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Wouldn't the pets just be new BW toys?
Though why a suburban mall pet store has an African black spitting cobra needs to be further investigated.
Though why a suburban mall pet store has an African black spitting cobra needs to be further investigated.
Still processing all this awesome on too little sleep, but it looks like we have the usual 24 singles, 5-packs and 8-packs, just now split up between 5 teams overall. Two split up in the 5-packs, two split up in the 8-packs, and one (Oil Slicks, apparently oil-covered redecos) scattered across all of them. Is that right?
If so, this seems like a more contained series, which I appreciate ("75 characters" versus the glut we had before). I hope the Amazon exclusivity isn't going to cause problems. Blind packing and ordering sight-unseen are a rough combo, and with reduced availability that's even less fun. And I already need to figure out how to unload those vehicles.
Still, loving these. That Autobot logo is a definite get. And the toyline that gave us a pet rock, a mug of hot chocolate, a pizza slice, and a stapler continues to be the gift that keeps on giving, now offering a 90s mouse, a toilet brush, a straight-up poo pile, and a freaking turkey.
If so, this seems like a more contained series, which I appreciate ("75 characters" versus the glut we had before). I hope the Amazon exclusivity isn't going to cause problems. Blind packing and ordering sight-unseen are a rough combo, and with reduced availability that's even less fun. And I already need to figure out how to unload those vehicles.
Still, loving these. That Autobot logo is a definite get. And the toyline that gave us a pet rock, a mug of hot chocolate, a pizza slice, and a stapler continues to be the gift that keeps on giving, now offering a 90s mouse, a toilet brush, a straight-up poo pile, and a freaking turkey.
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KREMZEEK!
Cosplaying as Megatron!!
And turns into a hugging GUN!!!
Cosplaying as Megatron!!
And turns into a hugging GUN!!!
Yes! A lot of these are absulutely fantastic, but that one may be the best of the bunch.
I'm glad the "oil slick" finish for some of the characters weren't ditched from that rumor, I still love that aesthetic for a color scheme.
That purple spaceship is The Gobot "Odd Ball" unless somebody tells me otherwise.
There were some cheeky lil' references on the BotBots revealed today; not only the Transformers brand with Kremzeek and Megatron on a genericized-to-be-legally distinct Star Wars Han Solo blaster but also to the Hasbro/WotC-owned Dungeons & Dragons!
The dragon head icon being from the D&D logo was immediately obvious, but I'm having trouble placing the other two. I don't think they're from D&D (at least not 5e), and they don't seem to line up with anything from MtG or Hero Quest based on my Google searches.
The dragon head icon being from the D&D logo was immediately obvious, but I'm having trouble placing the other two. I don't think they're from D&D (at least not 5e), and they don't seem to line up with anything from MtG or Hero Quest based on my Google searches.
Also, I do wonder if they ever actually produced the series 6 that the online catalog from last year was promoting.
Not that BotBots have been completely consistent, but the aesthetics in this particular series are weird. Realistic cat that contains a cartoon crazy cat lady, neither of which fit with the established robot style. Or the actual BotBots cartoon.
Mad Butcher!
Little Green Man! ...in barf?
Feels like they forgot to add a proper head here....
It's just Spud Muffin again.
The bone's got a real unusual bot mode.
XENOMORPH GRAPES
Only available in $40, $60, $70 sets?! Yeesh. $15 for an 8-pack where you only wanted one or two was bad enough.
EDIT: And they don't come out for another full year. Friggin' hell.
Couple more things I've noticed that I love:
1 - The snake from the pet store group is totally a stealth Cobra-Kai crossover
2 - That Atari joystick from the video game group is on-point, and represents a large part of my childhood (yes, I know I'm old.)
Looking forward to these when they eventually do come out.
1 - The snake from the pet store group is totally a stealth Cobra-Kai crossover
2 - That Atari joystick from the video game group is on-point, and represents a large part of my childhood (yes, I know I'm old.)
Looking forward to these when they eventually do come out.
I've noticed both Shopkins and Grossery Gang, the two blind bag brands that were around when a lot of BotBots was probably being conceptualized, also fell into the "we're running out of ideas, let's make actual animals" trappings for later seasons for inanimate object-heavy lines.
GIVE ME THOSE VEHICLES RIGHT NOW. Immediately ordered those. Debating the rest but i might. But those vehicles are just perfect.
Those are retail cases. the $70 is for an entire case of the blind packed singles. The 60 is for a shipping box of the large multipacks like a Target would receive, etc.
Why they are only selling them this way is shrug. It's a weird choice. But the product descriptions seem clear.
-ZacWilliam, also yes the aesthetics of some of them are very removed from previous sets in a way that makes me wonder if a new designer was put on some of their faces and such.
Question - Does anyone know what the playing card repaint with the skull is meant to be? My first thought was Tarot, but I'm not sure that's it.
-ZacWilliam, he looks interesting regardless.
-ZacWilliam, he looks interesting regardless.
Where's Waldo has gone in a direction I can not follow...
Edit: Where's Waldo? Well, HE sure doesn't want to know...
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