Oriental Trading (a US novelty distributor) used to have 'em in every color and theme imaginable.

 

At a Hasbro warehouse sale going on this week:
Hasbro Warehouse Sale

 

Envy is a sin and Prime Roller is the enabler.

 

If you don't mind paying hideous shipping fees Series 3 are easily available in the UK.

 

no Lawn Leagues in there...

 

Not with so many repaints in Series 3.
When it was clear we weren't getting the Lawn League in the States, I made the decision to stop going all in on being a completist and just go after the ones that I really liked and the rest would be bonuses. Hasbro just can't get these (or most Transformer) out at brick and mortal anywhere near me, so I'm not going to be too worked up if I miss stuff. I'd probe more upset if they were bothering to do media and I had favorite characters from a cartoon that I wanted. That's literally why they are still making characters from 1984 in every other TF line, so you'd think they'd know enough to do that here too. Shrugs.

 

Snarl is looking for some rare meat.

 

White
mallard colors which is green/white/brown
Blue/white/brown
Hot pink
Blue
Black/white
The Duck Hunt colors: blue/white/purple and brown/black
Polka dot
Tye-dye
Stripes
Metallics
Go crazy and do whatever colors you want!

 

I had a thought If anyone actually wants a set of Series 3 Singles either all 24 or the 17 Unique Characters & lives in a place that can't get them.
I can get them and if you don't want the shipping box that would reduce the weight and if you don't want the packets that would reduce the weight even further to a negligible amount. They'd Cost about $2.50 each / (slightly below £2 each locally) and postage would vary depending on what method of shipping was wanted and how many of them. But posted loose in a small box it would be fairly low. PM me if anyone want a quote for postage with how many you might want and what level of packaging you'd want retained.

One note UK packaging doesn't contain the folding top flap the asian/usa boxes have. I can I think also get Series 1 for the same price. (series 2 is unfortunately sold out) If that is of any interest let me know - if someone wants to pay paypal personal and pay the crossborder currency fees then there would be no additional cost if they want an commercial invoice then there would be a small additional fee as this is cost price so I'd have to pass that charge on. Just thought I'd offer anyway.

 

run Unilla!

 

Have only ever seen those at ToysRus.
And there’s still a bunch at TRUs.

At the sale, nobody was going for the Botbots. A lot of collectors were curious as to what I was looking at, seemingly quite unaware what they even were!
Most collectors here though or more strictly into the higher-end stuff. I remember Bot Shots and Kreons not garnering much interest either with the adult collectors.

 

“I come in peace.”

 

Hey, it's Wall-E!
Seriously, that thing looks almost identical to an Alpha-Bot. We bought a set of Alpha-Bots for our kids a few years ago and they're actually pretty neat.

 

Reminds me of Short Circuit minus the treads.

 

Nice place you have here. Shame if anything were to happen to it.

 

not surprised, the line is definitely aimed at kids interests but I can't resist the unique transforming objects...

just wish that Amazon put up the Lawns so I can put that hole in my collection to bed...

 

The goggles are one of my favs now! My wife works in a lab and when I showed them in alt form, she was like "Oh, cute." And then when I transformed him, I started going "Johnny Five is alive!" and she wanted one lol

 

Almost feel bad for posting these, but I still think it’s better to share them. I found some Series 4 blind pack Bots last week at my local Target. I got ten of them and so far I like what I’m seeing.

I still need to find more Bots from Series 3, but here we are with Series 4. Gotta love Hasbro distribution and retailers being picky about what they stock. So far my favorite new tribes are....

.....the Magic Tricksters and.......

.....the Science Alliance.
I’m not really that excited for Winner’s Circle Gold bots. For the most part, they’re all just repaints of many of the same molds that have come before. But I got the only one I was interested in.


Liquid Gold is a nice new mold for this gimmick. But the rest of the ones I got are really nice new molds too.

Goggly Spy P.I., the binoculars from the new Wilderness Troop tribe. Kinda tricky to stand with the heavy right side, but he’s got a cool look to him.

Zwonkey Donkey is a piñata from the Season Greeters tribe. Love the molded texture and look of this bot. Just wish some of the colors from the alt mode carried over to this mode. That’s a lot of pink.

Swapbox 16 from the new Retro Replays tribe is too cool. Love the old school gaming style on this one. Love the expression on this one too.

Snorg the Conqueror, also from Retro Replays, is just frickin’ adorable. Get an old school G1 Beastbox vibe from him.

Whoopsie Cushion from the Magic Tricksters is fun, but his big feet make it awkward to pose.

The Great Mumbo Bumblo truly is great. The transformation is actually more intricate than I first thought and I really like it.

King Cheats looks like he belongs on stage in Vegas. Very nice sculpt and design on this bot with great, bright colors.

Starscope is a really unique new BotBot. Very fun design and love the deep purple color.

Face Ace is probably my favorite of this whole bunch. Another great unique design and transformation. Looks like he could be related to Wall-E, and my most favorite thing about him....

Almost his whole body is light-piping. Looks so cool and just adds to why he’s my favorite. He actually reminds me of kind of a mix between Wall-E and E.T.

Im still really loving the BotBots, just wish it was easier to find them. It’s too bad Walmart stopped carrying them. I know they’re available on Amazon, but I prefer to find them in person to lessen the risk of getting doubles or ones I don’t want out of the 5 and 8-packs.
But still, this is a nice start for Series 4.

 

Niece just surprised me with a Blind pack BotBots and I got this mini T-Rex! He's pretty cool for what he is but I must resist the urge to jump down another rabbit hole lol.!



Cheers! 

 

i love the playing cards and magician's hat. a part of me thought they'd be running out of ideas when it comes to botbots but nope! this is the best line going.