Transformers: BotBots (toyline)

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 Shopkins toys and other collectible mini-toys.

In the universe of the BotBots, a mysterious cloud of energon gas drifted through a shopping mall, bringing tools, electronics, and even food to life as tiny transforming robots. By day they hide, and by night, mischief aplenty.

One stormy night at a mall nearby, energon power fell from the sky. It hit the mall with it's powerful might, and gave everyday objects robot life!official synoposis

Overview

Each BotBot is a tiny, roughly-1-inch tall PVC-plastic toy that converts from a robot into... something else... in a few short, simple steps. 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:

• Single-Bot Blind Bag Mystery Figures
• 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) "Lost 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) "Lost Bot"

Naturally, there is a ton of overlap, with many figures available in multiple different packs. These redundant Bots are meant to encourage trading among the kids.

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 red bubble with both thumbs to pop the Bot out through the paper, but you can just tear the paper and pull it out too.

The singles do have individual ID codes that allow you to tell what toy is inside, lightly embossed on the back of the card on the bottom-right, near the pull-up flap. Strangely, the code numbers have a hand-etched appearance rather than looking as thought they have been machine-applied. There are, however, more clearly stamped-on ID codes located under the pull-up flap, though doing so will probably get you in trouble if done in-store.

Toys

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 "tribes", then a listing of the individual packages and their contents.

Series 1

Character roster

Backpack Bunch Cranks Ms. Take Point Dexter Professor Wellread Slappyhappy Snippy Snappy Sticky McGee Totes Magotes		Greaser Gang Angry Cheese Duderoni Fottle Barts Hawt Diggity S'up Dawg Shredder Jack Spud Muffin Twerple Burple		Jock Squad Arctic Guzzlerush Batsby Fit Ness Monster Kidd Klobber Laceface Pucksie		The Lost Bots Bonz-Eye Burgertron Clogstopper Dimlit Frostferatu Game Over Stinkeye Stapleton		If ever there was a time to give us a new toy of Ejector, Hasbro, this is it.
Shed Heads Cuddletooth Fun Gus Grit Sandwood Major Lee Screwge Nail Byter Rootwing Slobber Rock Venus Frogtrap		Sugar Shocks Cocoa Crazy Lolly Licks Nrjeez The Plop Father Remorsel Sippy Slurps Sprinkleberry D'uhnut Unilla Icequeencone Waddlepop		Techie Team Chilla Gorilla Dr. Moggly Fomo Goob Toob Raddhaxx S.A. Cheez Screen Fiend Skillz Punk		Toilet Troop Frohawk King Toots Nobeeoh Poo Sham Sergeant Scrubadub Stinkosaurus Rex Sudsbeard

Packages

Single-pack bots are listed with their ID numbers. Bots in italics are found only in that pack/assortment. Entries highlighted in green are "recommended" buys, minimizing the number of sets to buy to complete a Series.

Blind Bag Mystery Figures Batsby (#23) Cocoa Crazy (#4) Cranks (#22) Dimlit (#18) Fomo (#8) Frostferatu (#17)		Fun Gus (#15) Kidd Klobber (#24) Nobeeoh (#3) Professor Wellread (#19) Remorsel (#6) Rootwing (#13)		S'up Dawg (#10) S.A. Cheez (#9) Sergeant Scrubadub (#2) Sippy Slurps (#5) Skillz Punk (#7) Slobber Rock (#16)		Snippy Snappy (#20) Spud Muffin (#12) Stinkosaurus Rex (#1) Totes Magotes (#21) Twerple Burple (#11) Venus Frogtrap (#14)		Series 1 Blind Bag Mystery Figure Series 1 5-pack samples Series 1 8-pack samples
Multipacks
Sugar Shocks (5-pack #1) Lolly Licks, Ms. Take, Shredder Jack, Sippy Slurps, Clogstopper (Lost Bot)		Sugar Shocks (5-pack #2) Nail Byter, The Plop Father, Slappyhappy, Waddlepop, Burgertron (Lost Bot)		Sugar Shocks (5-pack #3) Laceface, Point Dexter, Sprinkleberry D'uhnut, Unilla Icequeencone, Game Over (Lost Bot)		Techie Team (5-pack #1) Dr. Moggly, Ms. Take, Nrjeez, Skillz Punk, Burgertron (Lost Bot)
Techie Team (5-pack #2) Chilla Gorilla, Pucksie, Raddhaxx, Slappyhappy, Bonz-Eye (Lost Bot)		Toilet Troop (5-pack #1) Frohawk, King Toots, Sticky McGee, Unilla Icequeencone, Dimlit (Lost Bot)		Toilet Troop (5-pack #2) King Toots, Shredder Jack, Sudsbeard, Waddlepop, Stinkeye Stapleton (Lost Bot)		Toilet Troop (5-pack #3) Fit Ness Monster, Frohawk, Poo Sham, Sprinkleberry D'uhnut, Bonz-Eye (Lost Bot)
Greaser Gang (8-pack #1) Angry Cheese, Batsby, Fottle Barts, Goob Toob, Sippy Slurps, Sticky McGee, Venus Frogtrap, Clogstopper (Lost Bot)		Greaser Gang (8-pack #2) Fit Ness Monster, Major Lee Screwge, Point Dexter, Poo Sham, S'up Dawg, Shredder Jack, Waddlepop, Game Over (Lost Bot)		Greaser Gang (8-pack #3) Fottle Barts, Ms. Take, Nrjeez, Poo Sham, Pucksie, Raddhaxx, Spud Muffin, Bonz-Eye (Lost Bot)		Greaser Gang (8-pack #4) Arctic Guzzlerush, Cuddletooth, Duderoni, Frohawk, Hawt Diggity, Lolly Licks, Screen Fiend, Stinkeye Stapleton (Lost Bot)
Jock Squad (8-pack #1) Angry Cheese, Arctic Guzzlerush, Grit Sandwood, King Toots, Lolly Licks, Pucksie, Screen Fiend, Stinkeye Stapleton (Lost Bot)		Jock Squad (8-pack #2) Kidd Klobber, Laceface, Nail Byter, Poo Sham, Skillz Punk, Sticky McGee, Unilla Icequeencone, Burgertron (Lost Bot)		Jock Squad (8-pack #3) Batsby, Fit Ness Monster, 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.

Series "1.5"

This series was revealed via Hasbro Australia's website and is currently a bit of a mystery. It appears to be an "add-on" to Series 1, and includes a modified Series 1 checklist. But its lack of appearance at Toy Fair 2019 would seemingly indicate it is not a regular retail release, and possibly a store exclusive.

This series features "color change" bots with heat-sensitive paint, revealing splotches when warmed up.

Character roster

Bakery Bytes Batter Splatter Cavi T. Chief Cherry 3.14 Flat Flour Face Reci P. Cooker

Lawn League Bum Sprout Luckaneer McMuzzsaw Nozzlesnot Silent Shade a flowerpot (name tbd) a spade (name tbd) a lawn mower (name tbd)

Packages

Multipacks
Bakery Bytes (5-pack #1) Batter Splatter, Bum Sprout, Flat Flour Face, McMuzzsaw, Cavi T. (blind-packed)		Bakery Bytes (5-pack #2) Batter Splatter, Chief Cherry 3.14, Flat Flour Face, Luckaneer, Nozzlesnot (blind-packed)		Bakery Bytes (5-pack #3) Batter Splatter, Flat Flour Face, Luckaneer, McMuzzsaw, Reci P. Cooker (blind-packed)		Bakery Bytes (5-pack #4) Batter Splatter, Flat Flour Face, McMuzzsaw, Silent Shade, Chief Cherry 3.14 (blind-packed)		Series "1.5" Bakery Bytes 5-pack samples
Lawn League (8-pack #1) TBA

Series 2

Character roster

Backpack Bunch Bogus Pocus Bottocorrect Scribby Short Edge Steve From Accounting		Greaser Gang Brotato Hawt Mess Must Turd Nacho Problem Sir Botcha veggie pizza (name TBA)		Jock Squad Ice Sight The In-Sole Toughdown Tropic Guzzlerush baseball bat (name TBA)		Lost Bots The Detangler Hamurai Lovestruck Ol' Tic Toc Over Pack PB Junior Rebugnant Rock Swagger Sprinkleberry Duh’Ball headphones (name TBA)
Music Mob Dizzy Bones Dumbeats Grampiano Pink Key Pop Songwave		Shed Heads Drillit Yaself Grrr'illa Grimes Sandy Man Spots the Rock Tool Bag		Spoiled Rottens Atomic Freeze Big Cantuna Grumpy Clumpy Holey Moldy Sour Wing		Sugar Shocks Javasaurus Rex King Candyhooves Lolly Mints Sippyberry white chocolate bar (name TBA)
Swag Stylers Chic Cheek Frizzle Fry Ollie Bite Prince Perfumius		Techie Team Clixx Glitch Face Hashtagz Outtacontrol Techtonic Sonic TV Cop		Toilet Troop Be-Oh Captain Swoon Nope Soap toilet paper (name TBA)

Packages

Blind Bag Mystery Figures Atomic Freeze (#14) Captain Swoon (#2) The Detangler (#3) Drumbeats (#15) Frizzle Fry (#18) Glitchface (#7)		Grumpy Clumpy (#13) Hamurai (#22) Ice Sight (#6) The In-Sole (#24) Javasaurus Rex (#21) King Candyhooves (#4)		Must Turd (#9) Ollie Bite (#17) Over Pack (#23) PB Junior (#8) Pink Key Pop (#16) Sandy Man (#10)		Sippyberry (#1) Sir Botcha (#19) Songwave (#12) Technotic Sonic (#20) Tropic Guzzlerush (#11) TV Cop (#5)
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)		Music Mob (5-pack #1) Dumbeats, Holey Moldy, Scribby, Songwave, Sprinkleberry Duh'Ball (Lost Bot)		Music Mob (5-pack #2) Dizzy Bones, Dumbeats, Outtacontrol, Steve From Accounting, Rebugnant (Lost Bot)
Music Mob (5-pack #3) Be-Oh, Grampiano, Nacho Problem, Pink Key Pop, Overpack (Lsot Bot)		Shed Heads (5-pack #1) Bottocorrect, Brotato, Drillit Yaself, Tool Bag, Love Struck (Lost Bot)		Shed Heads (5-pack #2) Drillit Yaself, Holey Moldy, Lolly Mints, Spots the Rock, Rock Swagger (Lost Bot)		Shed Heads (5-pack #3) Grrr'illa Grimes, Hawt Mess, Tool Bag, Toughdown, Ol' Tic Toc (Lost Bot)
Spoiled Rottens (8-pack #1) Grrr'illa Grimes, Grumpy Clumpy, Sour Wing, Hastagz, Lolly Mints, Scribby, Hawt Mess, ??? (Lost Bot)		Spoiled Rottens (8-pack #2) Big Cantuna, Grumpy Clumpy, Short Edge, Spots the Rock, Be-Oh, Toughdown, Nacho Problem, ??? (Lost Bot)		Spoiled Rottens (8-pack #3)		Spoiled Rottens (8-pack #4)
Swag Stylers (8-pack #1)		Swag Stylers (8-pack #2)		Swag Stylers (8-pack #3)		Swag Stylers (8-pack #4)

Series 3

Character roster

Arcade Renegades 24K-Bit Bankshot Clawsome Crackle Corn Driver Ted Greed Feed Knotzel Old Cool		Papa Click Pixelfin Sheriff Sugarfeet Sweet Cheat Tangry Tart The Fizz Tutu Puffz Wrist Banned		Fresh Squeezes Avocondo Bunches Latte Spice Whirl Sensei Spiny Smerg the Sad Trend Blend		Goo Goo Groupies Bottle O-Tears Crib Watch Drippy Pup Highroller Nampy Shushifier
Jock Squad Citrus Guzzlerush Rink Stink Terror Tale Torch		Lost Bots Greeny Rex Strike Four		Music Mob Axwell Calamity Keys Dingledeedoo		Playroom Posse Cuddle Wuddle D-Pad Chad Kikmee Pop-O the Clown Q.U.R.O.B.O. 6000 Quackles
Seasons Greeters Halloween Knight Meltz Down Stringaling Sugar Breath Yule B. Bored		Spoiled Rottens Disgusto Desserto Slimey Slurps		Sugar Shocks Choc-O-Lawless Treat Elite		Swag Stylers Makeover N. Over

Packages

Blind Bag Mystery Figures Axwell Calamity Keys Choc-O-Lawless Citrus Guzzlerush D-Pad Chad Dingledeedoo

Disgusto Desserto Drippy Pup Greeny Rex Halloween Knight Latte Spice Whirl Makeover N. Over

Meltz Down Nampy Q.U.R.O.B.O 6000 Quackles Rink Stink Sensei Spiny

Shushifier Slimey Slurps Smerg the Sad Strike Four Terror Tale Torch Treat Elite

Notes

• 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 an indicator of rarity.
• Promotional material for Series 1 shows two Bots who are not actually in Series 1, a baseball and a soccer ball. Both were moved to later Series.
• 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 symbols on them, plus one Decepticon symbol. 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". Skillz Punk has both faction symbols on him, in the context of being a cartridge for an "Autobots vs Decepticons" video game. It looks like in this universe, "Autobots" and "Decepticons" are... well, intellectual property used to advertise products. Meta!

External links

• Page on the Transformers website
• Google Spreadsheet of all BotBots pack contents including "minimum buy" for a complete set