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Don't eat the ones that turn into food, or you'll get botbotulism!
Transformers: BotBots is a toyline released in late 2018, involving small, cartoony, super deformed robot characters who transform into mundane items. These 1-inch tall soft-plastic bots are marketed in the same style as the insanely popular [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Shopkins|{{#if:||Shopkins}}]] toys and other collectible mini-toys. The line is heavily aimed at young children, with wackiness and toilet humor galore.
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If ever there was a time to give us a new toy of Ejector, Hasbro, this is it.
Each BotBot is a tiny, roughly-1-inch tall PVC-plastic toy that converts from a robot into some other object in a few short, simple steps. Though accessories are exceedingly rare in the line, many BotBots have hands that are compatible with accessories that use 3mm posts.
Each character belongs to a themed team depending on the "store" their alternate mode is found in, though the individual members of the team are spread out among a lot of packages. The three main price points in the line, found in every Series, are:
Blind Bag Mystery Figures with a single Bot inside
5-Packs with two Bots from the pack's theme team, two Bots from two other teams, and an additional blind-packed (but not random) Bot
8-Packs with two Bots from the pack's theme team, five Bots from five other teams, and an additional blind-packed (but not random) Bot
There are also several special price points introduced in later Series:
Arcade Renegades Surprise packs with twelve Bots from the pack's theme team, and four from other teams (well, usually)
Surprise Unboxing packs with ten individual capsules inside, containing five Bots, one "Winner's Circle" gold Bot, and four stickers
Naturally, there is a ton of overlap, with many figures available in multiple different packs; some Bots can be found in up to four different packages per Series. These redundant Bots are meant to encourage trading among the kids.
In the first three Series, the blind-packed portions are opened by pulling up a tearable flap on the back of the card, revealing a perforated paper layer. The instructions say to then push the plastic bubble with both thumbs to pop the Bot out through the paper, but you can just tear the paper and pull it out too. By Series 4, these tearaway flaps were removed to discourage in-store theft.
The Blind Bag Mystery Figures have individual ID numbers that allow you to tell what toy is inside. For Series 1, these are lightly embossed (by hand, strangely) on the back of the card on the bottom-right, near the pull-up flap. There are clearer, stamped-on ID codes located under the flap, though pulling them up while you're still in the store may get you in trouble. In all later Series, the ID numbers are instead properly printed onto the back of the card, near the top edge under the peg-hook. The blindpacked portions of 5-packs and 8-packs also have hand-embossed numbers to identify the Lost Bot/Winner's Circle Bot inside, but we tell you what's in there anyway, so.
As each individual toy can appear in multiple multi-packs, this section is... a little more complicated than most. For each Series, we'll first list a complete roster of characters, broken down by their "squads", then a listing of the individual packages and their contents.
Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the cost/number of sets to complete a Series.
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
#1 Stinkosaurus Rex
#2 Sergeant Scrubadub
#3 Nobeeoh
#4 Cocoa Crazy
#5 Sippy Slurps
#6 Remorsel
#7 Skillz Punk
#8 Fomo
#9 S.A. Cheez
#10 S'up Dawg
#11 Twerple Burple
#12 Spud Muffin (#12)
#13 Rootwing
#14 Venus Frogtrap
#15 Fun Gus
#16 Slobber Rock
#17 Frostferatu
#18 Dimlit
#19 Professor Wellread
#20 Snippy Snappy
#21 Totes Magotes
#22 Cranks
#23 Batsby
#24 Kidd Klobber
Series 1 Blind Bag Mystery FigureSeries 1 5-pack samplesSeries 1 8-pack samples
Arctic Guzzlerush, Batsby, Hawt Diggity, King Toots, Major Lee Screwge, Slappyhappy, Sprinkleberry D'uhnut, Game Over (Lost Bot)
Jock Squad (8-pack #4)
Fit Ness Monster, Fottle Barts, Goob Toob, Grit Sandwood, Laceface, Nrjeez, Point Dexter, Clogstopper (Lost Bot)
You only need to buy one of the Jock Squad packs with Grit Sandwood in them. Everyone else in either pack is a duplicate found in other "recommended" packs, so pick the set whose extras make you happier.
This series features special "color change" BotBots with heat-sensitive paint, revealing splotches when warmed up. It appears to be an "add-on" to Series 1, and includes a modified Series 1 checklist.
Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the number of sets to complete a Series... but see the note below about the special circumstances surrounding this batch.
Bum Sprout, Cavi T., Chief Cherry 3.14, Luckaneer, Mucker Von Diggs, The Pollinator, Reci P. Cooker, Grass Guzzler (blind-packed)
This "minimum buy" arrangement is not the most inexpensive possible "minimum buy": that would actually be buying Bakery Bytes sets #2 and #4 and Lawn League set #2, saving you $5. However, that only works if you can obtain the toys in-person and can see what you're getting. Amazon, the US distributor, does not allow you to pick specific items from BotBots assortments, and will send you random ones. You are better off ordering two Lawn League packs — of which there are only two and they contain all of the toys in wave 1.5 except for the two color-changing Bakery Bytes— and a single Bakery Bytes pack, which no matter which one you get, will have said two color-changing Bakery Bytes. There's still a chance you might get two of the same Lawn League pack, but the odds are a lot better than buying 5-packs blind. Also, retailer Kohl's accepts Amazon returns if you need to return a dupe. Yeah, it's a pain, sorry.
Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the cost/number of sets to complete a Series.
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
#1 Sippyberry
#2 Captain Swoon
#3 The Detangler
#4 King Candyhooves
#5 TV Cop
#6 Ice Sight
#7 Glitchface
#8 PB Junior
#9 Must Turd
#10 Sandy Man
#11 Tropic Guzzlerush
#12 Songwave
#13 Grumpy Clumpy
#14 Atomic Freeze
#15 Dumbeats
#16 Pink Key Pop
#17 Ollie Bite
#18 Frizzle Fry
#19 Sir Botcha
#20 Technotic Sonic
#21 Javasaurus Rex
#22 Hamurai
#23 Overpack
#24 The In-Sole
Series 2 Blind Bag Mystery FigureSeries 2 5-pack samplesSeries 2 8-pack samples
Multipacks
Backpack Bunch (5-pack #1)
Bogus Pocus, Hashtagz, Nope Soap, Short Edge, Love Struck (Lost Bot)
Backpack Bunch (5-pack #2)
Bottocorrect, Clixx, Pink Key Pop, Steve From Accounting, Sprinkleberry Duh'Ball (Lost Bot)
Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the cost/number of sets to complete a Series.
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
#1 Greeny Rex
#2 Smerg the Sad
#3 Terror Tale Torch
#4 Choc-O-Lawless
#5 Disgusto Desserto
#6 Dingledeedoo
#7 Strike Four
#8 Citrus Guzzlerush
#9 Slimey Slurps
#10 Calamity Keys
#11 Makeover N. Over
#12 Axwell
#13 Meltz Down
#14 Wizengreen
#15 Q.U.R.O.B.O 6000
#16 Quackles
#17 Shushifier
#18 Nampy
#19 Drippy Pup
#20 Sensei Spiny
#21 Treat Elite
#22 Latte Spice Whirl
#23 Rink Stink
#24 D-Pad Chad
Series 3 Blind Bag Mystery FigureSeries 3 5-pack samplesSeries 3 8-pack samplesArcade Renegades Surprise 16-pack
Bank Shot, Clawsome, Cackle Corn, Driver Ted, Greed Feed, Knotzel, Old Cool, Tutu Puffz
The Fizz, Pixelfin, Sheriff Sugarfeet, Tangry Tart
Hawt Diggity, Laceface, S'up Dawg, Shredder Jack
Arcade Renegades Surprise (16-pack #5)
Bank Shot, Clawsome, Cackle Corn, Driver Ted, Greed Feed, Knotzel, Old Cool, Tutu Puffz
Papa Click, Sheriff Sugarfeet, Sweet Cheat, Tangry Tart
Chilla Gorilla, Duderoni, Laceface, Skillz Punk
Arcade Renegades Surprise (16-pack #6)
Bank Shot, Clawsome, Cackle Corn, Driver Ted, Greed Feed, Knotzel, Old Cool, Tutu Puffz
24K-Bit, The Fizz, Papa Click, Pixelfin, Sheriff Sugarfeet, Sweet Cheat, Tangry Tart, Wrist Banned
The Arcade Renegade packs have an ID number printed on the back, just to the right of the group shot, next to Sweet Cheat, appropriately enough. The number corresponds to their listing here; obviously, "6" is the only one you want to keep in mind.
Yes, for some reason, non-Lost-Bots ended up in two of the Seasons Greeters Lost Bot bubbles. We don't know why.
Debuting at the end of 2019, Series 4 introduced a new "Goldrush Games" subline imprint for the 2020 product range. The new, gold-colored "Winner's Circle" Bots replaced the Lost Bots as the blindpacked "prize" bots, but with a twist: each was only available in one package in the entire Series. The remaining packages feature Bots from other teams in the blindpacked portions, but like the Lost Bots before them, those Bots would only show up in the blindpacked portions.
Packaging-wise, the peel-away backs for the blindpacked portions of the packaging were removed to discourage theft. Individual instructions were also removed from the line, which you wouldn't think would be a big deal, but some of these bots have questionable parts placement.
On top of that, for whatever reason, the character artwork that was clearly made for every Bot, which is seen on the packaging, was not used for their online bios.
Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the cost/number of sets to complete a Series.
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
#1 Pop O' Gold
#2 Miss Mixed
#3 Starscope
#4 Hiptoast
#5 Snotty Stem
#6 Zwonkey Donkey
#7 Liquid Gold
#8 Cypops
#9 Milton
#10 Movie Munchster
#11 Whirlderful
#12 Rolley Doughley
#13 Pressure Punk
#14 Burrito Favorito
#15 Chef Nada
#16 Game Older
#17 Swapbox 16
#18 Snorg the Conquerer
#19 The Great Mumbo Bumblo
#20 King Cheats
#21 Whoopsie Cushion
#22 Disaster Master
#23 Goggly Spy P.I.
#24 Face Ace
Series 4 Blind Bag Mystery FigureSeries 4 5-pack samplesSeries 4 8-pack samplesSurprise Unboxing samples
Fancy Flutter, Frostfetti Frostyface, Game Older, Goldenberry D'uhnut, King Cubano, Smore N'More, 4 stickers
You only need to buy one of either of the Science Alliance packs with both Dr. Flaskenstein and Starscope in them. Everyone else in either pack is a duplicate found in other "recommended" packs, so pick the set whose extras make you happier.
For reasons unknown, the Series 5 multi-packs were released simultaneously with Series 4 in the US, with those and the single-packs also releasing with Series 4 in Canada and the UK. The single-packs were not released at mass retail in the US until June 2021, when they were eventually sold at clearance outlets like Dollar Tree and Five Below. Just as with Series 4, the toys lack instructions and the website uses photos of the toys rather than drawn character art.
Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the cost/number of sets to complete a Series... if you have access to retail-price single-packs, which were originally not released in the US. Packs highlighted in yellow are alternates to get some of the single-pack BotBots in multi-packs, at least. Yes, we realize that's almost everything released. Sorry!
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
#1 Gold Punch
#2 Party Goldster
#3 Goldiebites
#4 Bratworst
#5 Telly
#6 Dr. Fraud
#7 Reptilin' Sleepstylin'
#8 Sparklin' Gold
#9 Gold Digger
#10 Super Bubs
#11 The Corn Crusader
#12 Bot-T-Builder
#13 The Breaker of Fortunes
#14 Jet Setter
#15 Brash Butterhead
#16 Camcon
#17 Doctor Flicker
#18 Bok Bok Bok-O
#19 Yard Guard
#20 Cheero
#21 Glam Glare Fancy Flare
#22 Skippy Dippy Disc
#23 Lumbering Jack
#24 Richmond Cakesmore
Series 5 Blind Bag Mystery FigureSeries 5 5-pack samplesSeries 5 8-pack samples
Multipacks
Cardio Clique (5-pack #1)
Buffloon, Data Dump, Lightweight, Nomaste, Goldito Favrito (blind-packed)
Brash Butterhead, Drama Sauce, Dr. Fraud, Reptilin' Sleepstylin', Outta Order, Tranquillabeast, Wasabi Breath, Super Bubs (blind-packed)
Hibotchi Heats (8-pack #2)
Flood Jug, Lieutenant Lo Mein, Nomaste, Telly, Slurp-a-Derp, Special Optics, Sweet Fang, Skippy Dippy Disc (blind-packed)
Hibotchi Heats (8-pack #3)
Camcon, Drama Sauce, Experi-Mental, Handy Dandy, Nomaste, Slurp-a-Derp, Wah-Waaah the Clown, Pour Gold (blind-packed)
Hibotchi Heats (8-pack #4)
Doctor Flicker, Glam Glare Fancy Flare, Lieutenant Lo Mein, Razzle Tazzeled, Snuggle Puggle, Unreelz Dealz, Wasabi Breath, Poo-Shoo (blind-packed)
The pack-in checklist for this series has mixed up two sets of names: Telly and Outta Order, and Bot-T-Builder and Lightweight. Therefore we're presenting these lists with corrected names, sorry for any confusion!
Series 6 was first acknowledged at Toy Fair 2020, with a pair of Surprise Unboxing packs slated for release circa August 2020. Ultimately, the series failed to materialise that year; perhaps as a result of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, or perhaps due to discussions for the Netflixcartoon series altering toy release plans. Further information on Series 6 would not be revealed until the accompanying PDF checklist was discovered via Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021, followed by nearly a year of silence. When Series 6 was finally officially announced in March 2022, however, it had a drastically different lineup. With no further word on the subject, it seems highly unlikely the original Series 6 toys will ever be released.
As this series is unreleased, this information is obviously very incomplete, and might remain so. We only have a small handful of listings, and the only packaged product images are of the Surprise Unboxing sets. The checklist's "who is available in what assortment" guide is also not super-accurate, leaving a lot of gaps in the single-packs at the very least.
Blind Bag Mystery Figures
Abner 8-Pack
Agent Redscope
Awwooof
Ducky Splinters
Go-Go-Go Gold
Goldasaurus Blend
Golden Grillz
Goldslice
Mr. Squishy Brains
Mr. Rice Guy
Sally Dreamstream
Screwy Louis
The Vengeful Terror-Yaki
The Weeping Dragon
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Man, this was neat and a shame it's probably never happening and you know it.
Multipacks
Caffeine Collective (8-pack #1)
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Caffeine Collective (8-pack #2)
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Caffeine Collective (8-pack #3)
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Caffeine Collective (8-pack #4)
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Toilet Tank Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #1)
Dumpy Downer, Jolly Germ-Dodger, ???
Toilet Tank Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #2)
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Treasure Chest Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #1)
Bonehead the Unbrave, Rubeus the Red, ???
Treasure Chest Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #2)
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The second Series 6 line was revealed and put up for pre-order just two days before the premiere of the BotBots Netflix cartoon; while originally slated to arrive in September of 2023 (a full year after its reveal!), the sets instead began arriving in late October 2022. This time around, the vague overarching theme of its rare bots is focused on the "Ruckus Rally", with shiny-black bots from the "Oil Slicks" squad in (most of) the blind-packed portions, which are also now revealed in a simple perforated section of cardboard in the middle of the packaging. This series also introduces larger vehicles for the BotBots toys to ride.
This Series also makes a big change as to how the toys are packed out. This time around, each multi-pack contains only members of the specific squad called out on the package (with the Oil Slicks blindpacked exemption of course), and there's only two packs for each of the mere four "normal" squads.
There are a handful of minor oddities to this Series, seemingly from having originally been planned for Series 7 but then pushed "up" (the Racer-Roni's instructions actually have "Series 7" printed on them). The packaging says there's "75+" toys in the Ruckus Rally... but there's only 60 individual Bots, and even including the vehicles will only get you to 62. It's entirely possible entire squads were omitted in the transition to Series 6; the earliest product listings unearthed for the Series included additional 5-pack assortments for both the Sugar Shocks and a new "skate shop" squad,<ref>Leaked product listings as posted on TFW2005</ref> plus a potential exclusive "dino store" 5 pack.<ref>UPC SKU listing leaks as posted on TFW2005</ref>
The usual "recommended minimum buys" thing kind of breaks down at this point. The much smaller number of packages, and the consolidation of squad-themed packs means basically yes, you gotta buy all the multi-packs. Which is easy since currently, it's unclear at best if these will hit normal retail (also unlikely), and the online outlets offering them are only selling them as full assortments... including the single-pack assortment, so you can't even really skip the redundant ones of those. Single-packs still do have a code marking on the back to indicate the figure contained inside, though it's been changed to a letter, located to the left of the "Republica Argentina" mark in the center. Still, easier to get them all than the prior Series. As per usual though, Bots in italics are found only in that pack.
The instruction leaflets (as well as the official BotBots website) provide all of the individual BotBot characters with a "Level" of between one and three stars. This corresponds to the illustrated checklist (included in every BotBots package), depicting the BotBots within a shopping mall. To make each BotBot easier to find on the checklist, the one-starred BotBots are on the ground floor, the two-starred BotBots are on the second tier, and the three-starred BotBots are on the top floor. The star rating appears to have no other purpose, and is not a reliable indicator of rarity. 3-Star 'bots are usually only available in a single pack, but many one-pack-only 'bots aren't 3-Star rated. None of this is helped by the fact that Series 2 has several discrepancies between the pack-in checklist and website's Levels for many 'bots.
All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional Generation 1 characters: a rarity in today's Transformers toy market.
On that note, many characters have Autobot and Decepticon insignia on them (though the latter has not been found on anyone without the former also present). However, it does not appear that this is meant to indicate factional allegiance... but in-universe marketing. Absolutely no mention of the Autobots, Decepticons, Cybertron, or the like is made in the promotional materials, only "energon". Several 'bots like Skillz Punk have both faction symbols on them, typically in the context "Autobots vs Decepticons" branding. It looks like in this universe, "Autobots" and "Decepticons" are... well, intellectual property used to advertise products. Meta!
BotBots easily has the highest percentage of female Transformers in its cast of any Transformers toyline, and by a stunningly wide margin. In the first two series alone, 39 of the 121 characters are female. In fact, it took Transformers as a whole thirty years to approach that number of female toy-characters period, and that's including convention-exclusive offerings! (And not counting toys that had no bio upon release and were later retconned as female.) As of Series 5, roughly a third of the cast is female, with a few bio-less 'bots and some with no gendered pronouns in their bio at all.
