Affiliate Link – Kre-o Transformers Megatron
Back at the New York Toy Fair Hasbro wasn’t allowing us to photograph their new LEGO-like toys, but now that we’re getting a much better peek at these upcoming toys I can say one thing: I want those mini-figs released in sets on their own!
This upcoming Kre-o Transformers Megatron*, for example, is gonna have to be mine because he comes with a great little Shockwave minifig. Pure genius, Hasbro! Pack crappy movie-styled designs with fantastic Generation One-styled minifigs and I’m hooked. Fortunately, though, Gina’s interested in building and playing with the main pieces so it looks like I can get some of the minifigs without the need to destroy the main toys in each box.
But I still hope the minifigs are eventually released on their own.
He’s more than meets the eye! Take the 310 bricks in this box and you can create a Megatron robot, a Megatron truck inspired by Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and anything your imagination can crank out. In vehicle mode, the Kreon mini-figures can ride inside! Let’s create fun with Kre-O!
I picked the basic Bumblebee yesterday (the $8 one with no Kreons). Not bad. Good 2nd attempt by Hasbro after the TERRIBLE BTR stuff a few years back. The robot mode is alright, nice amount of articulation in the arms, you can get an alright amount of leg posing (but limited because they used rubber (!) ball joints in trying to get around the Bionicle loose joint issue). I don’t know that I need to go deep on these, but I got $8 of amusement out of the Bumblebee.
@DoctorKent – Do you think you’ll buy any more of these?
@ Phil – I guarantee I will pick up Mirage and Sideswipe, just because of the characters. Will reevaluate from there.