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===Kre-O=== | ===Kre-O=== | ||
A Kre-O event took place in 2011. The Dirt Valley area was redecorated for the occasion, including a link to the official website and a countdown to the Kre-O Transformers taking over, though what exactly that entailed is unknown.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYF4PMAXrM|name=XDKnowYourLimitz|site=Youtube|title=binweevils track 3 racing glitch|year=2011|month=08|day=3|(defunct=)}}</ref> It was the first Transformers event to use the common 'scavenger hunt' base of finding themed items. This event involved finding four Kreons hidden around the map.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Kre-o Transformers are due to arrive any day now. Four Kreons have been sent first and they are hiding in the Bin. If you can find them you’ll be rewarded Mulch! Remember, they can change their form…. so finding them may be a tough challenge!|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810005943/http://blog.binweevils.com:80/2011/08/kre-o-transformers-hunt/ |name=Bin Weevils Blog|site=|title=KRE-O TRANSFORMERS HUNT|year=2011|month=08|day=|(defunct=)}}</ref> There was also a nest item, a poster featuring Kre-O Optimus Prime, which may have been included as a prize.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6KuGKvArM|name=Weevil Wizzard|site=Youtube|title=Binweevils Optimus1's Nest | A [[Kre-O|Kre-O Transformers]] event took place in 2011. The Dirt Valley area was redecorated for the occasion, including a link to the official website and a countdown to the Kre-O Transformers taking over, though what exactly that entailed is unknown.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYF4PMAXrM|name=XDKnowYourLimitz|site=Youtube|title=binweevils track 3 racing glitch|year=2011|month=08|day=3|(defunct=)}}</ref> It was the first Transformers event to use the common 'scavenger hunt' base of finding themed items. This event involved finding four Kreons hidden around the map.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Kre-o Transformers are due to arrive any day now. Four Kreons have been sent first and they are hiding in the Bin. If you can find them you’ll be rewarded Mulch! Remember, they can change their form…. so finding them may be a tough challenge!|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810005943/http://blog.binweevils.com:80/2011/08/kre-o-transformers-hunt/ |name=Bin Weevils Blog|site=|title=KRE-O TRANSFORMERS HUNT|year=2011|month=08|day=|(defunct=)}}</ref> There was also a nest item, a poster featuring Kre-O Optimus Prime, which may have been included as a prize.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6KuGKvArM|name=Weevil Wizzard|site=Youtube|title=Binweevils Optimus1's Nest | ||
|year=2012|month=07|day=23|(defunct=)}} It is not ''strictly'' confirmed that this is related to this particular event, but considering this is the only Transformers Kre-O event we know they ran, it is hard to imagine where else the item would have come from.</ref> | |year=2012|month=07|day=23|(defunct=)}} It is not ''strictly'' confirmed that this is related to this particular event, but considering this is the only Transformers Kre-O event we know they ran, it is hard to imagine where else the item would have come from.</ref> | ||
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===Power Heroes=== | ===Power Heroes=== | ||
A scavenger hunt based off of the Power Heroes toys took place in 2016.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=|link=https://x.com/Bin_Weevils/status/783252935652233216|name=Bin Weevils|site=Twitter|title=|year=2016|month=10|day=04|(defunct=)}}</ref> | |||
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Bin Weevils was a virtual world browser game, launched in 2004.
Bin Weevils included promotional content for several Hasbro properties, including My Little Pony, Nerf, Furby, and several different promotions for Transformers.
There was also a spinoff title, named Weevil World, released in 2017. It also had a promotional tie-in with Transformers.
Bin Weevils was shut down in 2021.
Gameplay
Bin Weevils
Bin Weevils, unsurprisingly, took place in a trash bin. Player avatars took the form of colorful weevils. They could chat, play games, and earn Mulch to buy items to decorate their nest. The world included a mix of both 2D and 3D areas.
Like many virtual worlds, it had a premium membership that allowed players to access more features. It also made money with a large amount of sponsored content, advertising various toys and other things that could be appealing to young children. These sponsorships frequently included games, videos in their in-game theaters, or scavenger hunts to find various sponsored items.
Weevil World
Weevil World was similar in art style and basic content to Bin Weevils, but had a different, 2D platformer like layout. The game had more customization options for dressing the player Weevil.
Transformers content
Bin Weevils had many, many Transformers sponsored events and features over the years.
Cyber Missions
The first documented Transformers promotion occurred in 2010. They aired episodes of Transformers: Cyber Missions in Rigg's Palladium, a cinema area.[1] A billboard featuring Bumblebee was placed in front of the shopping mall to promote them.[2]
Kre-O
A Kre-O Transformers event took place in 2011. The Dirt Valley area was redecorated for the occasion, including a link to the official website and a countdown to the Kre-O Transformers taking over, though what exactly that entailed is unknown.[3] It was the first Transformers event to use the common 'scavenger hunt' base of finding themed items. This event involved finding four Kreons hidden around the map.[4] There was also a nest item, a poster featuring Kre-O Optimus Prime, which may have been included as a prize.[5]
Beast Hunters
-some sort of scavenger hunt thing for prime from 2013
Construct-Bots
-construct bots event, including an 'energon battle arena'? also from 2013
Robots In Disguise
-'drive in theater' where people could watch robots in disguise episodes around 2015 to 2016. also had more gameplay to it i think but details are scarce.
Weevil World
Weevil World, the spinoff game, had its own promotion for Robots In Disguise.
Power Heroes
A scavenger hunt based off of the Power Heroes toys took place in 2016.[6]
References
- ↑ Bin Weevils Blog, "Transformers Cyber Mission Premiere on Bin Weevils", 2010/4/15
- ↑ ronnoc3k8, Youtube, "How to rate your own nests on binweevils", 2010/04/19
- ↑ XDKnowYourLimitz, Youtube, "binweevils track 3 racing glitch", 2011/08/3
- ↑ "Kre-o Transformers are due to arrive any day now. Four Kreons have been sent first and they are hiding in the Bin. If you can find them you’ll be rewarded Mulch! Remember, they can change their form…. so finding them may be a tough challenge!"—Bin Weevils Blog, "KRE-O TRANSFORMERS HUNT", 2011/08
- ↑ Weevil Wizzard, Youtube, "Binweevils Optimus1's Nest", 2012/07/23 It is not strictly confirmed that this is related to this particular event, but considering this is the only Transformers Kre-O event we know they ran, it is hard to imagine where else the item would have come from.
- ↑ Bin Weevils, Twitter, 2016/10/04
sources to source from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSfWcDnWvZ4 scavenger hunt in 2013
weevil world
https://binweevilsrantcentral.weebly.com/chernobyl/july-on-bin-weevils-its-replacement https://weevilpost.weebly.com/news_archive THE SPINOFF GAME ALSO HAD TRANSFORMERS STUFF. i am not making a dedicated article on weevil world since it just has the one event afaik
construct bots https://binweevilcompany.wordpress.com/tag/optimus-prime/ omg wait that one wordpress blog had more info!! construct bots had an associated hunt, quizzes, etc https://binweevilcompany.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/transformers-construct-bots-energon-battle-arena/
power heroes
https://x.com/Bin_Weevils/status/783252935652233216
RID
https://web.archive.org/web/20160603201015/http://news.binweevils.com/win-a-ride-in-to-school-in-optimus-prime they ran a contest where you answered a question/a couple questions for a chance to win a ride to school in optimus prime???
https://web.archive.org/web/20160309142852/http://news.binweevils.com/brand-new-transformers-robots-in-disguise-episode-04 earning energon points and items?? hmm
https://web.archive.org/web/20150914163449/http://blog.binweevils.com/page/2/ apparently rid episodes were aired before the drive in theater thing i think??
