For 2019, Hasbro is offering more than 190 new Transformers BotBots with the second wave currently shipping to stores. The BotBots line can transform from a normal household object, food, Candy, sports equipment, electronics, school supplies, and various other objects found on Earth that can hide out and blend in as everyday objects. These figures are super cute and look animated just like the drawings shown on the packaging and posters included with each set.
Thank you to Hasbro for sending along their upcoming Transformers BotBots Wave 2 figures for review.
Availability: March 2019
This box is part of their PR send off and is not available in-stores, and includes places to store the blister cards and the box filled with the blind-bubbles and arranged perfectly. The box also comes with a checklist and a poster that’s a guide showcasing which characters go with what team.
There are a total of 8 teams, which includes the Lost Bots, Backpack Bunch, Greaser Gang, Jock Squad, Music Mob, Shed Heads, Sugar Shocks, Techie Team, Toiler Troop and Spoiled Rottens. Each of the multi-packs includes an assortment of the teams, and you will need to buy everything, as well as all of the 24 blind-bubbles in order to own a complete collection of all the teams. The press release has a breakdown of what you can expect in the multipacks of 5 through 8 figures, which includes some duplicates and 1 per set figures. There are a total of 5-6 characters per team, and each team has their own unique logo just like an Autobot or Decepticon would have.
This poster here gives you the breakdown of which characters are included in each of the teams, and it’s up to you to find them all. The transformations of the figure are pretty straight forward, with a few of them being harder than others as you need to grab some parts such as the arms, legs or even a piece covering the head and flip it as shown in the instructions in each of the packaged sets. Some of these parts don’t want to move with using your fingers, so you will need pliers or something else to get a good grip.
In our gallery, we wanted to put everything back in the package, because look at the display Hasbro sent over, and it was worth it for us to keep the packaging just for the sole purpose of displaying this gorgeous set. The front of the packaging specifies that you need to tear it to open it, but one of the sides were gluded shut so we were able to open it that way to avoid damaging this beautiful packaging. You won’t see entire teams displayed together, and instead they’re broken down by the packaging that they came in, along with the blind-bubbles grouped together. The images of the poster is a great tool to use when shopping and keeping track of what you need to complete a team(s), so make sure to keep one of these handy.
The objects used as Transformers are quite unique for the franchise, especially the food, toiletries, musical instruments, school gear, sports gear, tech and other objects that most of these have not been used before with Transformers, so this is definitely a great way to keep the franchise fresh and introduce kids and even some adults to the brand. Some of the faces don’t look robotic however, and look more animated than what some fans would be used too. The more robotic heads and faces however look more like Transformers. The plant transformers is a concept that’s been used before, and if you remember Transformers Beast Machines – Botanica, you will recall that she too was a plant, so this concept brings some new life to plant Transformers for a new generation of plans. The food however will be a tough one, which really reminds us of the classic Food Fighters toyline.
Overall, BotBots are fun to play with and collect, and we particularly like how well some of these robots are hidden in everyday objects. Most of these figures were seen in wave 1, and the second wave includes some new paint apps along with new designs. If these were life-size and painted in more realist colors, it would be harder to tell whats a transformer and what’s not. These figures are perfect for fans of any age (older than 3 years as the packaging suggests).
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