Groove (Kre-O)

The name or term "Groove" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Groove (disambiguation).

Groove is an Autobot from the brick-built world of Kre-O.

"Hey dude, check out my ride".

Groove's specialty is keeping the peace—his own peace. He avoids conflict whenever possible, and stays home to take a nap when things get too exciting for him. Presumably this is why he's not part of Defensor.

Fiction

Kre-O comic

Groove was standing next to First Aid when the medic was treating the injured Combaticons. Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!

Toys

Kre-O

• Autobot Groove (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
  • Collection: 2
  • Bag number: ***** 77
  • Accessories: Logo brick, small pistol

As part of the second wave of blindpacked Micro-Changers, Groove is a Kreon patterned after Generation 1 Groove. He can be rebuilt into a motorcycle. He reuses Starscream's helmet and Bumblebee's pistol.

This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight retooling to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

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• Protectobot Groove (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
  • Collection: 2
  • Accessories: Logo plate, small pistol

In 2016, Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released Kre-O sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Groove got a slight tampograph tweak, replacing the flat light gray paint with shiny silver.

Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.