KRE-O Transformers Bumblebee Toy

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Hasbro's KRE-O launches Dungeons & Dragon toy sets". Entertainment Weekly. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013 . Retrieved 31 July 2013. Each leg has an accessory-post hole on the outer face, largely for use in adding wheel pieces as decoration; later Star Trek sets would use this peg to "holster" phasers and other accessories that have a short peg on the side. The holes for the feet also have a thinner "trench" deeper inside that is accessory-post width. Goellner, Caleb (12 October 2012). "Hasbro Reveals KRE-O 'G.I. Joe' Building Sets [NYCC 2012]". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012 . Retrieved 18 January 2013.

KRE-O is a line of construction toys (similar to Lego and Mega Bloks) manufactured by South Korea–based Oxford and marketed by Hasbro. Kre-O was released in stores in Fall 2011. [1] [2] The name Kre-O comes from the Latin word creo, which means "I create".There are also Micro-Changer Combiners, boxed sets of four Kreons and extra parts that enable them to not only be rebuilt into individual vehicles/beasts/whatevers, but also combine into a larger single robot, a little under the size of a contemporary Deluxe-class Transformer. As most of these sets are based on pre-existing combiner teams with at least five members, the missing fifth (and sometimes sixth) member typically ends up in a concurrent wave of the blindbagged figures. Integrating them into the combined mode is a puzzle for you to figure out on your own. The waist connection now uses a "peg-in-post" method, with a hollow stud-width post on the waist, and a thin post inside the torso that slides inside. This makes the joined parts much stronger, seemingly in response to the extra weight of the larger Battle Changer builds (see below), but also means you can mount accessories on the waist-post, which can probably be useful in some manner. Speaking of errors, the instruction manuals (he has two) both have errors in their parts listings, showing numerous pieces in the wrong colors or not making it clear that some parts are, well, clear. Making things more confusing, not all of these miscolors are reflected in the step-by-step instructions, while a couple new ones are added there.

In 2020, this set was re-made again, this time replacing Evac with a different figure representing a NEST Sentry. At ComiCon International 2013, Hasbro announced new brand lines for Dungeons & Dragons and Cityville Invasion plus additional building sets for Star Trek, GI Joe and Transformers brand lines. [8] Kreons: Bumblebee, Evac (pre-2020 releases), Megatron, Optimus Prime, N.E.S.T. Sentry (2020 release)

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Kre-O Transformers is the first line of the Kre-O series. They were first shown in February 2011 at the American International Toy Fair trade show in New York. [1] Transformers Kre-O figures include homages to their live action film, Timelines, Transformers: Prime and Beast Hunters sub-lines. Optimus led the Autobots in a giant battle against the Decepticons. Bumblebee got blown to pieces during the fight, prompting Optimus to promise he would avenge him... despite Bumblebee insisting he was okay. After taking out his fare share of Decepticons, Optimus noticed the audience. He took a break from the fighting to recap the feature film adventures of the Transformers, and introduced the Dinobots. Then the fighting started all over again when a pizza was delivered to the battlefield. Take Us to the Movies Take Us Through the Movies This series has no identifying markings on their bags to tell buyers exactly what's inside. On top of that, these never saw release in the US, coming out in Canada and various Asian markets.

Most of these sets were also made available in Japan as part of the initial Kre-O roll-out by TakaraTomy. Agar, Chris (5 October 2016). "Hasbro Reveals New Trolls Playsets". Screen Rant . Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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Collections 1 through 3 have been re-made with the 2015-style Kreon bodies and re-released through Dollar General and Walgreens stores in the US. All of these changes make the new-style Kreons almost totally incompatible with the prior four years' Kreon parts. You can swap heads freely, you can put a new lower body onto an older-style Kreon's torso, but not the other way around, and that's about it as far as cross-compatibility goes. On the other hand, the relative scarcity of 2015 Kre-O product, especially in the US, means this might not be an issue for most fans in the first place.

Only available at Universal Studios gift shops, this set features four unique Kreons based on the in-park "costumes" and ride-exclusive character Evac. Kinney, Jim (18 July 2013). "Hasbro introduces new KRE-O construction toys at Comic-Con in San Diego". The Republican . Retrieved 12 September 2018. Almost every Kre-O set comes with at least one Kreon. Sets with large robot/vehicle builds typically include a Kreon version of that character, as well as a human companion.After four years, the line finally releases buildable Transformers figures that transform "traditionally" rather than needing to be taken apart and rebuilt. How successful they are at this... varies. The figures are mostly based on their "Generation 1" forms, with some concessions to more modern media. Kreon Warriors Replacing Micro-Changers (see below) as the Kre-O line's blind-bagged assortment, Kreon Warriors features popular characters reimagined as historical warriors. Unlike their predecessors, the Kreon Warriors do not have vehicle modes. Their G1-y-ness is variable, with some versions owing a bit more to their Prime or live-action film series iterations in the facial feature department. Small images of a Kre-O Transformers set featuring a big mechanical scorpion and another set featuring a buildable Soundwave were shown at Toy Fair 2012 during the slide presentation, as part of the demonstration of the "build a big energon weapon from parts of the different sets" concept. Neither were present in the showroom or mentioned in the press materials. This same slide was shown during a presentation at BotCon 2012, again with no explicit mention of the mechanical scorpion or Soundwave. Okay, with the introduction of the Cityville line there are monster Kreons too. But so far there's been no fictional crossover between Transformers and Cityville so we're discounting that for now. Carry on.