The cartoon may have ended, but that doesn't mean Hasbro won't still be pimping out the toys and characters for years to come. Each year the packaging for Rescue Bots changes, and this year the packaging has the sub-logo of "Classic Heroes Team" ... which Entertainment Earth is calling "All-Stars", so it could all just be existing characters. The first wave of Rescan bots for 2021 has the Bumblebee car and Optimus (trailer version) Truck, that are both minor redecos of previously released toys in the Rescan size class (according to my records, this 1st wave of CHT is wave 33 since that size class began, waaaay back in 2014). Entertainment Earth has their release date being February, but they were both in-stock on Amazon early last month, so could be out in stores by now as well. Hopefully they are releasing other toys this year under this new banner, and maybe some new molds. The longer this line lasts, the more fans will hound Hasbro to give us some GEN toys of Rescue Bots characters. .
I think we already knew about them, but they are out at retail, I saw them the other day at Target in Colorado!
That's great news. The show is still available on a few streaming sites, and from personal experience it was a gateway for my son to get interested before he started growing in to Cyberverse. Hopefully that'll be enough to keep the line afloat, or Hasbro wil figure out a way to keep a presence in that part of the toy department.
My biggest wish right now is for Studio Series Rescue Bots, the distinction being I'd like Generations-level engineering, but without adding unnecessary surface detail or making the color schemes less cartoony. I'd take what I can get if they ever choose to promote those characters to a mainline though. I'm still sad that they haven't found a way to release the large High Tide figure here (the submarine, not his combined mode), I hope that can happen somehow before they call it quits on the franchise.
I don't think that's going to happen for a while. Rescue Bots was all about non-violent problem solving. Not sure how you'd square that with a mainline release unless the story arc specifically focuses on that.
Im actually quite excited for these...after the post few generations lines, i could use a childish gimmick
news items is wrong. optimu sis from 2016 trailer: Optimus Prime Racing Trailer - Transformers Toys - TFW2005 released without trailer in 2018: Transformers: Rescue Bots Wave 18 And Rescue Guard Listing - Transformers News - TFW2005 2020 one is different figure
I got my kids the energize versions of the og team used from eBay and FB. The one I saw in target the other day is pathetic by comparison. Hollow trash compared to the solid figure from ten years ago.
I still need to track down the Bumblebee and High Tide from that release. At this point, though, it might be pretty tough. MIKE engledogg
prime and bee got some slight redeco not spotting anything new on heatwave or chase other than the packaging presumably blades and boulder will follow - maybe blades will finally get the lower part of his front bubble painted. found here: Heatwave Fire Engine Rescue Bots Academy Classic Heroes Team Playskool Transform | eBay Chase Police Rescue Bots Academy Classic Heroes Team Playskool Transformer 4.5" | eBay
