Much like real Kre-Os these gets have to be disassembled to transform them. They seems to be based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Barricade and Blackout/Vortex. Sets seem to sell for about $10 each, but are still a bit hard to find.









A video of a guy assembling the Blackout/Vortex toy:

Building Blocks Robot - YouTube

Changing to vehicle mode:

Building Blocks Robot transforming to air craft - YouTube

 

That's rather insistant, "Build our dream" and not "Build your dream".

Those poor kids... "Go on children, it's all right. Use your imagination..." **Smack** "YOU ARE NOT USING OUR MODEL GUIDELINE! YOU MUST CONFORM TO OUR PREDETERMINED STANDARDS FOR IMAGINATION!"

 

The worst part is that this one doesn´t even look good as robot like Kre-Os, and retain the same flaw which is not being able to transform withoutr rebuild everything up... I can take somne parts forming but as far as either this or Kre-Os go, I am better stocking on Lego parts and making my own transformers, better engineered, just need tiores now actually XD

 

Not fan of Kre-os at all, they are good material for customs though...

 

Anything in your hands is good material for customs Joey   Someday you will use real car parts for some custom  

 

Haha, thanks I'll be trying that someday.

 

Build our dream, because we don't wanna.  

 

Star Diamond has three new not-Kre-o sets out. These are larger sets than their first wave, and sell for about $25 each.

Doom Fighter:


Hurrican Warrior:


Mirage Fighters:


I also learned that their earlier not-Bumblebee is actually called Hornet! Nice name. Can anyone translate the other names?

 

Those look much better than the smaller ones, and the tank one looks really good.

 

both the tank and chopper look excellent chopper has gobot pathfinder's head

 

Here is something interesting. Seems the larger sets were sold already as just vehicles. They then added the a few parts and came up with robot mode.

 

Another one, Blade Warriors!

 

Chopper with wheels are coming soon.

 

I see that the larger Star Diamond are starting to show up on ebay and in online stores now.

 

you know, i thought those big ones looked familiar, i could of sworn i saw them at biglots, and after seeing Scaleface's post, now it's like, I DID!  

 

One reason they might look familiar is that many of the Star Diamond transforming sets were once released in sets as just vehicles. They took several existing military sets, added heads an some joints, and came up with robot modes. SO if you are the kind of guy who buys Chinese brick sets, you may already own them!

 

I'd be interested in the head castings for the larger sets.

 

I recently found some instruction scans for three of the larger molds.

 

About time some new models of the Star Diamond Transformers came out...

We have "Frenzy Warriors" who is not-Hound:

http://www.gadgetsdealer.com/product433630.html



"Flicker Warriors" is not-Mirage:

NO.81511 Plastic Building Blocks Flicker Educational Funny Toy for Children For Sale - Gadgetsdealer.com



"War Fire Warriors" is not-Erector:

http://www.gadgetsdealer.com/product431583.html

 

Flicker Warriors's...Warriors', whatever's, head looks like it would be good for a Kreo Soundwave custom