Botbots wave 4 revealed/found at retail!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Hotconvoy, Nov 2, 2019.

  1. Feralstorm

    Feralstorm Good Morning, Weather Hackers! TFW2005 Supporter

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    Wave 3 is orange.

    Going by color wheel theory, I predict a hypothetical wave 5 and 6 will be yellow and purple, respectively. :) 
     
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  2. Beastbot X

    Beastbot X Old skool. In a lot of ways.

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    Thanks a ton for your help! You got everyone the first poster found-- whatever 18 is, it's impossible to figure out until someone else finds No. 18.
     
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  3. Beastbot X

    Beastbot X Old skool. In a lot of ways.

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    Woah, woah, woah, just realized something.

    If the checklist is now TWO-sided, where are the instructions for the Botbot in the pack? @Hotconvoy do they have two pieces of paper in those balls now?
     
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  4. Hotconvoy

    Hotconvoy Well-Known Member

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    Well they do have two papers...
    But it's this... :confused: 
    20191103_024107-1.jpg 20191103_024101-1.jpg


    So there are no instructions!
     
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  5. Hotconvoy

    Hotconvoy Well-Known Member

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    I'll try to take some pics of them tomorrow...
    And a maybe a video review in a few days!
     
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  6. Beastbot X

    Beastbot X Old skool. In a lot of ways.

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    Thanks for the info. That... does not bode well for the future possibility of chase or randomized figures...

    Plus it might just confuse younger kids...
     
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  7. Hotconvoy

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    It does not!... :confused:  :( 
     
  8. Max Tower

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    A large Virtual Cookie to whomsoever can find a place that uses the in-store displays and photographs the box sides.
     
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  9. Hotconvoy

    Hotconvoy Well-Known Member

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    In the US it's pretty much only Wal-Mart that does that, but these are being found at Target and they hang them on metal rods.
     
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    I love the boxes for the art, especially because alt modes are included but unless you order a full case, it's really hit or miss trying to find one in a store, let alone one that isn't cut up.
     
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    The UK stores always have them on shelves in the card display (a display which is slightly different to the Hasbro USA one) I've only seen one store hang them up, but they put them with the Transformers and not downstairs with the blind bag - (if they'd been smart they'd have ordered double and put them in both places).

    Series 1 was reasonably easy to find for a while & Series 3 is very common in the UK now - series 2 is almost impossible to find more than the odd one... so much so I'm likely going to have to go through the hassle of importing the ones I need from America (though I was able to find the Blind pack series 2 and the odd 5 pack the 8 Packs just didn't really show up in big numbers) I would guess that was because there was stll some Series 1 in the system at that point and by the time they were looking to reorder Series 3 was out - and I don't think Hasbro imported much of it - there is a small hope that the Green bubbles might show up in low end stores though - as they do sell some similar things like Shopkins quite often.


    Now what I found interesting is that ARGOS in the Uk is reducing some of their Cyberverse line and all their Botbots - suggesting that they want to get rid of both in preparation for the new products. so they should likely have series 4 in for January (though if they are bright enough to change the catalogue images is a whole other question).

    P.s.

    I guess they wanted to make them harder to open to prevent theft - but thieves can still shove a finger in the gap at the base of the bubble and tear the whole face of the card clean off, makes it rather hard to open the packets cleanly though for those who wanted to keep the packets in something approaching decent condition.
     
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    According to the Wiki page, Eye-Goon is the missing one on the list. If anyone can verify that, it would be be great.
     
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    I wonder if the Golden Videogame Controller is a purposeful reference to Nintendo doing Gold Controllers every so often ?
     
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    You the man!

    Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the new molds? Any stand-outs?
     
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  15. Hotconvoy

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    Later.... ;) 
     
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    I want them all.
     
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    Since there are a lot of names to remember, I like to make these lists for each series:

    1. Pop O' Gold (gold popcorn)
    2. Miss Mixed (green bag of trail mix)
    3. Starscope (purple & black telescope)
    4. Hiptoast (beige & green toast)
    5. Snotty Stem (blue & pink flower pot)
    6. Zwonkey Donkey (pink piñata)
    7. Liquid Gold (gold blender)
    8. Cypops (pink & blue lollipop)
    9. Milton (purple & white candy)
    10. Movie Munchster (red ticket roll)
    11. Whirlderful (teal electric mixer)
    12. Rolley Doughley (white rolling pin)
    13. Pressure Punk (grey pressure cooker)
    14. Burrito Favorito (white burrito)
    15. Chef Nada (beige empanadas)
    16. Snorg the Conquerer (orange hand radio)
    17. Swapbox 16 (blue handheld game console)
    18. [pending confirmation] Eye-Goon (brown microscope)
    19. The Great Mumbo Bumblo (black top hat)
    20. King Cheats (white playing cards)
    21. Whoopsie Cushion (red whoopee cushion)
    22. Disaster Master (blue tent)
    23. Goggly Spy P. I. (army green binoculars)
    24. Face Ace (blue safety goggles)

    -Skitter Chatter (red & white wind-up teeth)
    -Zanzabar (blue fortune orb)
    -Bretzel (brown & yellow pretzel)
    -Fizzkick (blue soft drink)
    -Lumidope (green & black flashlight)
    -Blurray Murray (white 3D glasses)
    -Critically Complained (black movie camera)
    -Game Older (grey & purple game cartridge)
    -Pop N. Lock (blue portable stereo)
    -Loudoutsky (black record player)
    -Mr. Memory Banks (blue cassette recorder)
    -Mr. Business Esquire (beige old mobile phone)
    -Bemyne (pink & light blue valentine/love hearts candy)
    -Incog-Eggo (yellow Easter egg)
    -Flare Devil (grey & blue fireworks rocket)
    -DJ Fudgey Fresh (blue & brown chocolate bar)
    -Grandma Crinkles (blue wrapped candy)
    -Frostfetti Frostyface (beige piece of birthday cake)
    -Fancy Flutter (purple & pink macaron)
    -Smore N’ More (beige & white s’more)
    -Crumbly Yumbly (brown chocolate chip cookie)
    -Suavé Verde (green chilli sauce bottle)
    -King Cubano (brown Cuban sandwich)
    -The Cobbler (yellow & green corn cob)
    -Lunchador (yellow tomale)
    -Cam the Man (grey & blue digital camera)
    -Doc Kit (army green survival kit)
    -Ranger Lampton (yellow & green outdoor lamp)
    -Rusty Von Cleave (black & beige hatchet)
    -Aday (red apple)
    -Tricitrustops (orange dino)
    -Peary Peculiar (green pear)
    -Peels the Monkey (yellow banana)
    -Dr. Flaskenstein (blue beaker)
    -Bogusaurus Rex (teal potted plant dino)
    -Roarista (black coffee machine dino)
    -Heat Freak (blue iron)
    -Crabby Grabby (red sofa)
    -Windbag (yellow vacuum)
    -Game Golder (gold game controller)
    -Goldenberry D’uhnut (gold donut)
    -Goldsferatu (gold cupcake)
    -Goldface (gold football)
    -Gold Dexter (gold pencil)
    -Goldie Rock (gold rock dino)

    Not sure if all of the alt modes are correct, especially the South American foods and a couple of the retro gear ones.

    *edit: makes more sense that Lunchador is a tomale rather than a humita.
     
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  18. BB Shockwave

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    I meant the usual picture where the botbots are running around in the mall, which is usually on the other side of the checklist.

    How would the wiki know? I have not seen any other news site post about these before... So not sure where they would get the info from.
    Btw, thanks to the OP for the codes. It seems one of the "Lucky Drawn" gold ones can be easily found via the code this way.

    In Hungary we only had Wave 1 in full, then Müllers started getting Wave 2 singlepacks a few months ago, but we have yet to see any 5/8packs. Oddly, we did get Arcade Renegades last month, as well.
     
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    Is the macaron a fish or a bat?

    The pinata is cute but I don't like the colors.

    I like the handheld.

    The ice cream cone clown is awful.
     
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  20. Max Tower

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    I was joking when I said Chef Nada was a Cornish Pastie - it turns out I was actually kinda right (by a fluke of fate) as supposedly The Cornish Miner took the idea with them to Mexico and Peru and it caught on and it's now very popular and known as 'paste' (I guess that isn't said like Tooth Paste) so that is what Chef Nada likely is.

    Another fun point is the Movie Chef uses the Cubaba Sandwich as a plot point.

    So two points I have to wonder is why would there be a Mexican food chain called ""Nada"" & does that have anything to do with Chef nada's name - or is it saying they like to swim or are Chef of Nothing.

    I'm a bit puzzled that the context of that one is a bit lost on me.
     
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