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The 2015 Robots in Disguise toyline, like its accompanying cartoon, is aimed at a slightly younger audience than previous Transformers mainlines, slotting neatly between the preschool Rescue Bots series and the preteen/older-fan-aimed Generations. It features a mixture of easy-to-transform figures and more "traditional" figures with multi-step conversions across an incredible number of price points, with a heavy focus on core characters.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Hasbro Robots in Disguise toyline
- 2.1 General retail
- 2.1.1 "Standard" line
- 2.1.1.1 Legion Class
- 2.1.1.2 Warrior Class
- 2.1.1.3 Single-pack Mini-Cons
- 2.1.1.4 Mini-Con Deployers
- 2.1.1.5 Mini-Con Battle Packs
- 2.1.1.6 Mini-Con multi-packs
- 2.1.2 Simple transformation
- 2.1.2.1 One-Step Changers
- 2.1.2.2 Three-Step Changers / Hyper Change Heroes
- 2.1.2.3 Crash Combiners
- 2.1.2.4 Team Combiners
- 2.1.2.5 Activator Combiners
- 2.1.2.6 Large-scale figures
- 2.1.1 "Standard" line
- 2.2 Exclusives
- 2.1 General retail
- 3 TakaraTomy Adventure toyline
- 3.1 Adventure Series
- 3.2 Easy Dynamic Series
- 3.3 Exclusives
- 4 Merchandise
- 5 Notes
- 6 References
Overview
The overarching gimmick for the line is special faction symbol "Shields", which can be scanned with the accompanying Robots in Disguise app to temporarily unlock the toy for use in-game.
Yellow is the new black.
The line had an impressive three subline imprints. At general retail, the line's additional gimmick for 2016 was Mini-Con Weaponizers, with the focus being on Mini-Cons that could turn into weapons for the larger figures to wield. For 2017, it was the more expansive Combiner Force, with the focus on, obviously, combining robots, either as two-component super robots, combining five robots into a traditional Combiner, or a gimmick-activating Mini-Con with a larger partner. Both saw the subline branding and overall packaging design extended to all price points regardless of their relevance to the subline gimmick, including packaging variants of unchanged re-releases of existing figures. In addition, Toys"R"Us had the exclusive Clash of the Transformers subline, a mix of redecos, retools, and a few all-new sculpts, which overlapped with Mini-Con Weaponizers in 2016, with the toys being co-branded as part of both subline imprints.
What's particularly remarkable in this case is the sheer longevity of some figures, to a degree not really seen since the days of Generation 1: Despite having already been succeeded by the usual redecos in many instances (as has been the
standard for pretty much every line since Beast Wars), figures of the more prominent characters were frequently re-released in the new packaging styles for the general retail subline imprints listed above. Although toys being carried over into subsequent waves and being given packaging
variants for the sake of uniform packaging design isn't an unusual occurrence by itself, the shift from "same-character redeco" to "re-release of the original deco" is noticeable, especially with toys continuing to ship in their original decos over two years after their original release, some of them even having been available in three different packaging styles over the course of the series!
Hasbro Robots in Disguise toyline
General retail
"Standard" line
This is, admittedly, a bit of an arbitrary distinction we're making, but given the sheer amount of product across more price-points than virtually any line in the past has featured, some sorting is in order. These are the more "traditional" toys in "traditional" size classes that the older fanbase would be more likely to care about.
Legion Class After being relegated to limited-release redecoes for most of 2014, the Legion size class returns in full. The Cyberverse branding has been dropped, along with the larger Commander pricepoint.Wave 1
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| Wave 3
| Wave 4
| Legion Fixit (awww!) | ||||
Wave 5
| Wave 6
| Wave 7
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Wave 9
| Wave 10
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Wave 13
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The wave that includes Cyclonus and Heatseeker was skipped entirely in the United States. While it has been released in numerous international markets such as Asia, Canada, Australia and Europe, stores in the US only received the subsequent wave that includes Twinferno but not those other two. And unlike that latter wave, the Cyclonus/Heatseeker wave has never even solicited to US-based online retailers.
Warrior Class The newly-named "Warrior" assortment is broadly similar to the traditional Deluxe Class, but somewhat simplified for greater accessibility. As such, their MSRP is slightly lower than contemporary Deluxe figures in the Generations line.Wave 1
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| Wave 3
| Wave 4
| Warrior Class Bumblebee | ||||
Wave 5
| Wave 6
| Wave 7
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Wave 9
| Wave 10
| Wave 11
| Wave 12
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The wave that features Twinferno as the only new figure was only released in the United States. In all other international Hasbro markets, the wave in which Bludgeon and Thermidor debuted alongside Twinferno was available from the get-go, in most cases long before even the Twinferno-only wave was released in the US.
Single-pack Mini-Cons Featuring single-step transformations, Mini-Con alt-modes are meant to augment larger toys. The first four waves work with the larger "Deployer" figures (see below), forming projectiles (Autobot Buzzsaws, Decepticon Torpedoes, and mostly-Decepticon spheroid Cyclones) the larger toys can launch via pressure mechanisms. Replacing the "Deployer" Mini-Cons at the price point, Weaponizers transform into, well, weapons that can he held by or mounted on larger figures via 5 mm posts. They are mostly one-step-transformations, but a few have extra pull-out parts needed to complete the process. All Mini-Cons include a number of clear-plastic accessories, packaged on the sprue, which can be pegged into various sockets on their bodies. The first two waves of figures' accessories can be combined with those from their wavemates to form an "energy animal": a Mini-Con armor lion for Wave 1, and a Mini-Con armor shark for Wave 2. The rest? Nope. Following the release of the second wave, waves 3 and 4 of the single-pack Mini-Cons arrived notoriously late at retail in the United States, and then only at clearance chains. The Weaponizer Mini-Cons were never found at US retail at all. In some other markets, the first Weaponizer wave was found long before wave 4 of the original assortment (due to being, well, separate assortments), and wave 2 of the Weaponizers was only released in a very small number of markets.Wave 1
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| Wave 3
| Wave 4
| Mini-Con Slipstream | ||||
Weaponizer Wave 1
| Weaponizer Wave 2
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Wave 1
| Wave 2
| Wave 3
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Wave 1
| Wave 2 | Wave 3
| Battle Packs Optimus Prime |
Mini-Con 4-Pack (1)
| Mini-Con 4-Pack (2)
| Mini-Con 4-Pack (3)
| Lord Doomitron | |||||
Mini-Con Mega-Pack
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Simple transformation
With its larger focus on the younger set, Robots in Disguise produced a lot of toys with either very simple transformations, or no transformation at all.
One-Step ChangersSub-Deluxe-scale figures with (mostly) single-step transformations, as advertised. As a consequence of the assortment's longevity, numerous characters have received two or even three all-new figures by 2017.Wave 1
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| Wave 3
| Wave 4
| One-Step Thunderhoof | ||||
Wave 5
| Wave 6
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Wave 9
| Wave 10
| Wave 11
| Wave 12
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Wave 1
| Wave 2
| Wave 3
| Wave 4
| Three-Step Grimlock | ||||
Wave 5
| Wave 6
| Wave 7
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Wave 9
| Wave 10
| Wave 11
| Wave 12
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Wave 1
| Wave 2
| Wave 3
| Wave 4
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Wave 1
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Part of the Combiner Force third-year series, these Deluxe-ish-level toys have extra "assault vehicle" modes (akin to the "Stealth Force" of the past) that are activated by plugging in their packed-in Mini-Con partner.
Wave 1
| Wave 2
| Wave 3
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Power Surge
| Titan Changers (Wave 1)
| Titan Changers (Wave 2)
| Misc
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Exclusives
Toys"R"Us
A pretty sizable subline imprint of exclusives, a mix of redecos, retools and even some wholly-new molds. The line-up was released in Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, except for Warrior Class Megatronus, who was only released in the US, and the "Decepticon Island Showdown" set, which was not released in Europe.
Legion 2-packs
| Warrior Class Wave 1
| Warrior Class Wave 2
| Warrior Class Wave 3
| Toys"R"Us-exclusive Megatronus | ||||
Three-Step Changers
| Mega Five-Step
| Power Heroes
| "Decepticon Island Showdown"
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Target
Robots in Disguise Collection (One-Step 6-pack)
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This 6-pack was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Canada and as a general retail release in Latin America (or at least in Brazil), and a year later also as a Target exclusive in Australia and as a Tesco exclusive in the United Kingdom.
TakaraTomy Adventure toyline
TakaraTomy's take on the line, dubbed "Transformers: Adventure" (トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー), generally features more paint operations per figure, and is filled out with a number of molds from other series, including Generations, Prime, Combiner Wars, and even Animated.
They have a similar scan-sticker gimmick to the Hasbro line, except the only thing they do in the app is mark them down in a collection checklist. The "imported" molds usually got minor retooling to accommodate the new stickers.
Beginning with wave 14, the figures were released in redesigned packaging under the Prime of Micron subline imprint.
Toys in italics are exclusive to the TakaraTomy line. This will not include the toys that are barely-changed versions of the then-recent toys brought in from the non-Robots in Disguise molds (aka "most of the blatantly-G1 characters").
Adventure Series
Wave 1 (3-21-2015)
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| Wave 2 (4-25-2015)
| Wave 3 (5-30-2015)
| Greejeeber | ||||
Wave 4 (6-27-2015)
| Wave 5 (7-25-2015)
| Wave 6 (8-29-2015)
| Wave 7 (9-19-2015)
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Wave 8 (10-24-2015)
| Wave 9 (11-14-2015)
| Wave 10 (12-19-2015)
| Wave 11 (1-30-2016)
| Micron Barithunder | ||||
Wave 12 (2-27-2016)
| Wave 13 (3-19-2016)
| Wave 14 (4-23-2016)
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Micron Series (4-29-2016)
| Wave 15 (5-28-2016)
| Wave 16 (6-25-2016)
| Wave 17 (7-23-2016)
| Nemesis Prime | ||||
Wave 18 (8-28-2016)
| Wave 19 (9-24-2016)
| Wave 20 (10-29-2016)
| Wave 21 (11-26-2016)
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Easy Dynamic Series
This "subline" of Adventure is made up of the 3-Step and 1-Step Changers that didn't get rolled into the normal line.
Wave 1 (3-21-2015)
| Wave 2 (4-25-2015)
| Wave 3 (5-30-2015)
| Wave 4 (6-27-2015)
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Wave 5 (7-25-2015)
| Wave 6 (8-29-2015)
| Wave 7 (9-19-2015)
| Wave 8 (10-24-2015)
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Wave 9 (11-14-2015)
| Wave 10 (1-30-2016)
| Wave 11 (2-27-2016)
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Exclusives
Retail/onlineTakaraTomy Mall
| Toys"R"Us
| Multiple outlets
| Optimus Prime Clear Ver. |
TV Magazine
| Transformers Generations 2015
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Merchandise
Titan Guardians 6-inch minimally-articulated action figures sold mainly through "budget" stores.Wave 1
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Wave 1
| Wave 2
| Wave 3
| Electronic Titan Heroes
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Series 4
| Series 5
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- Decepticon Hunter sword
- Bumblebee 2 in 1 Blaster
Notes
Hasbro said "Three-Step Changers" is the final name of the assortment. Apparently Hasbro didn't get the memo.
- The first year of the line lacked assortment names on the toys' packaging, which led to some confusion as to the "final" names of certain size classes, as several alternate working names have popped up through official channels.
- The "One-Step Changers" are identified as "One-Step Warriors" on multiple international versions of the Hasbro website, a name that popped up on several US retailers' sites as well... and briefly on the US Hasbro website.
- The "Three-Step Changers" (aka "3-Step Changers") are referred to as "Hyper Change Heroes" (or "Hyperchange Heroes") across multiple international Hasbro and individual retailer websites. Hasbro's PR releases all use "Three-Step Changers", and a Hasbro representative at BotCon 2015 (and later BotCon 2016) further confirmed that "Three-Step Changers" was supposed to be the final name. Despite this, Hasbro shipping cases still said "Hyper Change Heroes" as late as 2017.
- The wave numbering used on this page is a convenience, where only waves that actually introduce new toys (either new sculpts or redecos of existing figures) are counted. Hasbro's official wave numbering includes waves that consist entirely of changed line-ups of previously released figures. In the case of the One-Step Changers, for example, the final wave is officially "wave 16", even though there were only 12 waves that introduced any new product.
- On multiple occasions, major updates to the Robots in Disguise mobile game's list of available characters and variations thereof have indirectly revealed massive bulks of previously unannounced toys.
- Take note that the insignia stickers from the Mini-Con Weaponizer/Combiner Force re-releases of the original Warrior/Legion Class figures only unlock Energon currencies in the mobile game instead of the characters.
References
- NYCC 2014 - TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Press Release