Transformers: Rescue Bots Quick Dig Boulder and Epic Optimus Prime at US Retail
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 4:04AM CDT
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Both were spotted in Cary, North Carolina, and the Target store there, with Boulder running at 19.99 USD and Optimus Prime much cheaper, at 9.99 USD - which is expected, given the fact that the former can transform (with an easy to do conversion!) and the latter does not. If you come across these or any other Transformers figures, make sure to use the Sightings Database tool to help out other fans, and browse through our regional sightings board section too!
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Posted by ScottyP on April 3rd, 2018 @ 8:35am CDT
Posted by Nexus Knight on April 3rd, 2018 @ 4:43pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Epic Optimus Prime (modest, much?)
dictionary.com wrote:Prime adjective
1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration:
a prime requisite.
2. of the greatest relevance or significance:
True, its a title, but still...
Posted by Sabrblade on April 3rd, 2018 @ 10:45pm CDT
What's more is this is the second toy to be called "Epic Optimus Prime". The first was two feet tall, even.Va'al wrote:Epic Optimus Prime (modest, much?)!
Posted by Va'al on April 4th, 2018 @ 1:30am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:What's more is this is the second toy to be called "Epic Optimus Prime". The first was two feet tall, even.Va'al wrote:Epic Optimus Prime (modest, much?)!
2 Epic 2 Prime
next one will be Optimus 3: Epic Drift (and confuse everyone)
Posted by Emerje on April 4th, 2018 @ 10:09pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What's more is this is the second toy to be called "Epic Optimus Prime". The first was two feet tall, even.Va'al wrote:Epic Optimus Prime (modest, much?)!
2 Epic 2 Prime
next one will be Optimus 3: Epic Drift (and confuse everyone)
Epic Optimus Prime 2: Energon Boogaloo.
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on April 4th, 2018 @ 10:36pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 4th, 2018 @ 11:05pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What's more is this is the second toy to be called "Epic Optimus Prime". The first was two feet tall, even.Va'al wrote:Epic Optimus Prime (modest, much?)!
2 Epic 2 Prime
next one will be Optimus 3: Epic Drift (and confuse everyone)
Starring Vin Diesel
Posted by WreckerJack on April 5th, 2018 @ 2:24am CDT
If you enjoy Rescue Bots you should check out the new show that is coming out this fall!
Posted by Emerje on April 5th, 2018 @ 2:30am CDT
I guess you could say its a... hot rod.
Emerje
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on April 5th, 2018 @ 2:42am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 5th, 2018 @ 8:26am CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on April 5th, 2018 @ 2:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 5th, 2018 @ 6:20pm CDT
It's not.WreckerJack wrote:That or it's part of the show.
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 7th, 2018 @ 3:58pm CDT
Posted by BG the Robit on April 13th, 2018 @ 11:14am CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 13th, 2018 @ 3:16pm CDT
BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Posted by BG the Robit on April 13th, 2018 @ 3:41pm CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Do you have proof otherwise? If so, I'd enjoy seeing it! ^.^ Also, I am a thirteen-year-old girl myself. My little brother is the only actual little kid I know who's a boy that likes Transformers.
Posted by Burn on April 13th, 2018 @ 5:55pm CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
Posted by BG the Robit on April 13th, 2018 @ 6:55pm CDT
Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
Thanks, Burn!
please don't hurt me
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 13th, 2018 @ 7:30pm CDT
Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
Posted by Burn on April 13th, 2018 @ 8:22pm CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
I wasn't referring to just this instance. You've been a dick towards multiple members across multiple threads.
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 14th, 2018 @ 6:05am CDT
Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
I wasn't referring to just this instance. You've been a dick towards multiple members across multiple threads.
No I haven't.
Posted by Burn on April 14th, 2018 @ 6:25am CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
I wasn't referring to just this instance. You've been a dick towards multiple members across multiple threads.
No I haven't.
LOL, sure you do
But enough of this pointlessness, back on topic!
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 14th, 2018 @ 7:31am CDT
Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
I wasn't referring to just this instance. You've been a dick towards multiple members across multiple threads.
No I haven't.
LOL, sure you do
But enough of this pointlessness, back on topic!
Well if you think I have then message me with the names of the threads and the posts. Considering I only follow 4 or 5 posts, you're wrong.
Posted by BG the Robit on April 14th, 2018 @ 11:50am CDT
Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
Allow me to clarify my point- I didn't say there were more girls than boys in the Transformer fandom. In fact, I'm almost certain the majority are males. I simply stated that, out of those I know personally (not online, not because they're "popular" or "famous", but people I talk to constantly face-to-face), there are more girls in my circle that like Transformers than boys.
My reasoning for this? I'm a girl, and I tend to associate with girls more than I do boys (with some exceptions). My town is also a very small place. Plus, the majority of my family is female. I also don't enjoy socializing that much, so I don't talk to as many people as most do. I'm sure there are more boy TF fans around in my town, but I have yet to meet them. I never once said there are more girls in the fandom than boys. I'm sure if I went to a Con, there would be a lot more boys, but I don't have much money, and that's far too many people in one place for my liking.
Also, I should be thanking you- having a debate with someone was an assignment for my World Studies class, and my teacher says they'll count this! So, thanks!
Posted by Galactic Prime on April 14th, 2018 @ 12:07pm CDT
BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:BG the Robit wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:LOL at the girl playing with Optimus. LOL, yeah right
I know more girl kids who like TF than I do boy kids. What's your point?
LOL, sure you do
Why do you have to be such a dick towards other members?
Knock it off.
That wasn't being a dick bud, that was just sarcasm about the fact I don't believe her, and I still don't.
As for Proof, go to a Botcon or a TFCon, all the proof you need is there.
Allow me to clarify my point- I didn't say there were more girls than boys in the Transformer fandom. In fact, I'm almost certain the majority are males. I simply stated that, out of those I know personally (not online, not because they're "popular" or "famous", but people I talk to constantly face-to-face), there are more girls in my circle that like Transformers than boys.
My reasoning for this? I'm a girl, and I tend to associate with girls more than I do boys (with some exceptions). My town is also a very small place. Plus, the majority of my family is female. I also don't enjoy socializing that much, so I don't talk to as many people as most do. I'm sure there are more boy TF fans around in my town, but I have yet to meet them. I never once said there are more girls in the fandom than boys. I'm sure if I went to a Con, there would be a lot more boys, but I don't have much money, and that's far too many people in one place for my liking.
Also, I should be thanking you- having a debate with someone was an assignment for my World Studies class, and my teacher says they'll count this! So, thanks!
Well I hope you get a good mark
Posted by Burn on April 14th, 2018 @ 3:50pm CDT
You both get warnings.
P.S. BACK ON TOPIC.
Posted by WreckerJack on May 19th, 2018 @ 11:36pm CDT
Have a look at the pics below and if you find anything new please let us know or use our sightings page.
Posted by Galactic Prime on May 20th, 2018 @ 6:36am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 4th, 2018 @ 11:00am CDT
Scottmus Prime found this wave at Central Islip Target in Long Island, New York. It is made up of :
- Sports car Bumblebee and Blades, both reissues
- Heat Wave in a red racecar alt mode (similar to diaclone Mirage), this is the first time this toy is available outside Amazon.
- ATV Bumblebee, which is a redeco of the ATV Bumblebee that came in the Bumblebee Rescue Team set which included an actual robot griffin Transformer.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 4th, 2018 @ 1:23pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on June 4th, 2018 @ 3:15pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 4th, 2018 @ 3:55pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on June 20th, 2018 @ 9:19am CDT
Optimus is the 2011 tooling with a new paint app (white stripe on the chest + logo) and a silver version of the accessory that came with the Energize version.
Heatwave and Chase look to have figures unchanged from their Energize releases, with Chase also having a silver colored accessory as opposed to the clear blue.
They are packaged in a non embellished brown box which has been a trend on these Rescue Bot toys found on Amazon.
The 3 pack is available right now for $44.99.
Posted by kurthy on June 20th, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT
The photographers also still can't get correct transformations. Heatwave's feet aren't transformed.
Posted by william-james88 on June 20th, 2018 @ 10:24am CDT
kurthy wrote:They're rereleasing the larger scale now? Kind of silly.
The photographers also still can't get correct transformations. Heatwave's feet aren't transformed.
These are larger? That makes sense, I found the price quite high for a three pack
Posted by Sabrblade on June 20th, 2018 @ 10:29am CDT
Yeah, these are the old first-release molds from 2011-2013.william-james88 wrote:kurthy wrote:They're rereleasing the larger scale now? Kind of silly.
The photographers also still can't get correct transformations. Heatwave's feet aren't transformed.
These are larger? That makes sense, I found the price quite high for a three pack
Posted by kurthy on June 20th, 2018 @ 10:31am CDT
william-james88 wrote:kurthy wrote:They're rereleasing the larger scale now? Kind of silly.
The photographers also still can't get correct transformations. Heatwave's feet aren't transformed.
These are larger? That makes sense, I found the price quite high for a three pack
Yep, these are about an inch taller and are have very different headsculpts from the cartoon. But again, why are they rereleasing toys from a cartoon they cancelled?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 20th, 2018 @ 10:34am CDT
Gotta keep the toyline alive until the sequel series comes out.kurthy wrote:But again, why are they rereleasing toys from a cartoon they cancelled?
Posted by william-james88 on June 20th, 2018 @ 11:27am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Gotta keep the toyline alive until the sequel series comes out.kurthy wrote:But again, why are they rereleasing toys from a cartoon they cancelled?
Yeah, thats the way I see it. Just keeping products available. The show is still on Netflix and can readily be seen and its easy to repackage old product to have it available for any purpose.
Posted by william-james88 on July 18th, 2018 @ 9:37pm CDT
Posted by kurthy on July 18th, 2018 @ 9:40pm CDT
Posted by RAR on July 19th, 2018 @ 4:20am CDT
I wonder if he oil drums and fire hydrant has something to do with the flipbots.
The radial Plane Optimus is unusual as is the Bumblebee Monster Truck - never actually seen a flip bot for sale however so I wouldn't know what was new - they'd all be new to me.
Heatwave racer was spotted a while back but he seems very poorly distributed - but perhaps the refresh wave with blades in will make him more available - there is a brand new Optimus Truck in that wave too that no one seems to notice is new too.
I expect that new Bee to ship soon as he screams X-Mas toy (more than Likely he will be in the new Argos Catalogue)
Posted by Lucky Logician on July 19th, 2018 @ 7:29am CDT
The radial plane Optimus was allegedly released earlier as part of the Griffin Rock Extreme Team set. However, I don't know if it was ever actually for sale. I never saw it in any stores, nor in stock online. So hopefully we can actually get our hands on this mold now.RAR wrote:The radial Plane Optimus is unusual as is the Bumblebee Monster Truck - never actually seen a flip bot for sale however so I wouldn't know what was new - they'd all be new to me.
Posted by Emerje on July 19th, 2018 @ 11:59pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on July 20th, 2018 @ 8:17am CDT
I think you've just conflated "My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure" and "Rescue Bots Academy".Emerje wrote:Really thought they'd show something from "My Rescue Bots Academia" by now.
Emerje
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 20th, 2018 @ 9:40am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I think you've just conflated "My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure" and "Rescue Bots Academy".Emerje wrote:Really thought they'd show something from "My Rescue Bots Academia" by now.
Emerje
I thought he fused my hero academia with rescue bots academy
Posted by Emerje on July 21st, 2018 @ 2:56am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I think you've just conflated "My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure" and "Rescue Bots Academy".Emerje wrote:Really thought they'd show something from "My Rescue Bots Academia" by now.
Emerje
I thought he fused my hero academia with rescue bots academy
And here's your winner folks. You get a no-prize.
Emerje
Posted by Qwan on July 21st, 2018 @ 7:41pm CDT
Emerje wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I think you've just conflated "My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure" and "Rescue Bots Academy".Emerje wrote:Really thought they'd show something from "My Rescue Bots Academia" by now.
Emerje
I thought he fused my hero academia with rescue bots academy
And here's your winner folks. You get a no-prize.
Emerje
To be honest, if there's a character in Rescue Bots Academy that's even half as sweet as Uraraka, you can count me all-in on this show.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 26th, 2018 @ 7:00pm CDT
Of note with this new figure, these are not your normal Rescue Bot sized figure. ScottyP took note of the face that Growler and Sergeant Slobber are about twice the size of the normal Rescue Bots minicons, so these are toys with some mass to them.
Check out the image below, and let us know if you intend to hunt down these Rescue Bots!