Transformers One Robot Battlers Wave 1 Review - TFOne Elita-1, B-127 (Bumblebee), and Sentinel Prime

[@lalo198080]

I saw these today I'll wait for the rest of the stuff to pop up

[@ronbondujon9690]

That’s probably for the best. These guys are fun, but the deluxes will be better for the same amount of money.

[@tfBatimAnimation]

You know I don’t mind these gimmick transformers, If they don’t cost near or just as much as a studio series / mainline figure

[@geeklore8528]

A child or parent shouldn't be expected to pay $20 for these, their fun and a good gateway for young fans.

[@ronbondujon9690]

That’s my conundrum with them! They’re awesome for younger fans, are solidly designed, and have a fun gimmick. It’s just that price that sours the pot, you know?

[@DragmaKerp]

I don’t get the idea of simpliflying everything to the max… except the prices, those are not simplified… That’s the problem I have with the gimmick toys, they want same or more for them than the fairly superior ones… makes no sense to me

[@ronbondujon9690]

Gotta love late stage capitalism 😂. In all seriousness, it’s a real shame. I remember activators, fast action battlers, and even the original run of 1-step changers around AOE: they were all good budget gimmick toys. Ever since then, it’s been cutting costs in what was already a budget-cut assortment.

[@Gabelite]

Looks more like toys you would get in a Happy Meal

[@ronbondujon9690]

Right down to the simple gimmick, yeah.

[@BrodyG-uv3nq]

To me it just seems like another inflation situation. Lego and hasbro r big victims of upping the toys prices

[@ronbondujon9690]

Hasbro will definitely claim this was inflation, but in truth, I think they sometimes just want to see how far they can push the price point of something before people won’t budge anymore. I don’t see a world where the deluded go up two dollars but the gimmick toys with less pieces and paint double their price without a little bit of shenanigans on Hasbro’s part, you know?

[@CarolDanversTheHedgehog]

These look okay. I don’t get why poor Elita-1 has a robot battler before any of the superior figures of her even released! Scarlett Johansson disapproves!

[@ronbondujon9690]

Yeah, but at least we know now that Elita will get two separate Yolopark Figures and two Threezero figures! They look awesome, and I’m sure we’ll get a proper Hasbro figure before too long!

[@pablesm]

​@@ronbondujon9690I made Elita 1, Megatron, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee out of Lego Set 11021

[@ronbondujon9690]

@@pablesm Whoa! That’s awesome! How did you figure out how to do it?

[@hazeshiro2673]

I bought Elita just to try out this new gimmick. But $20 is just not worth it.

[@ronbondujon9690]

It’s a real shame, because I honestly think think Elita and especially Sentinel are great 3-Step Changers. That price tag is just too high.

[@ExtraZero]

There is a really high pitched noise through the whole video

[@ronbondujon9690]

I hear it, it’s my lights. Usually, I’m able to filter the noise out and then fully block it out with music, but it sounds like it was still here more than usual. If you don’t mind me asking, were you using headphones, or just listening to it out of a speaker? I’m curious if that would make the noise better or worse.

[@Brock-brock]

No way they knocked off akedo

[@ronbondujon9690]

I hadn’t heard of that line, but they really did! To be fair, there were some transformers toys many years ago that had a similar gimmick, and a handful of other toylines line Ben 10 had toys like this as well.

[@choostopher5018]

WOW these are terrible junk, yes I appreciate they are aimed at little kids and expensive.

[@ronbondujon9690]

They are definitely too expensive for what they are, but I honestly think they’re alright. I’m a fan of more clever 1-step changers, and these guys all have decent transformations and variety in appearances. That said, they should be going for $10, $12 tops.