Mall (BotBots)

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Since the Botbots arrived, the mall is the most active it's been since the 80s.

"The mall" is a three story shopping center that contains everything under one roof. Have a meal at one of the many restaurants! See a movie at the theater! Purchase items from a variety of unique stores! Get a game in at the arcade!

All of that changed one night when a mysterious energon power surge from the sky brought ordinary objects to robot life! Now every night its halls are filled by the many BotBot tribes as they run wild, causing mischief wherever they go.

Fiction

Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book

One night, a strange energon mist descended from the sky, covering the mall. It brought things inside to life as tiny Transformers, assembling into tribes based on the store they came from.

Big Cantuna, one of the Spoiled Rottens, was said to have come from from "the darkest depths of the grocery store" before she was thrown out. Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book

Lost Bots!

After seeing that S'up Dawg and Hawt Diggity had a lot in common, Dimlit gathered a group of other Lost Bots and set out from lost and found to find what tribes they all came from. The group visited the sports store, the health food store, the sweets shop Sprinkles, the trash cans, the school supply store, the music store, the bathrooms, the fashion accessory store, and the home-and-garden store. In the end they realized they all belonged together as a group and that the lost and found was their home. Lost Bots!

BotBots Musical Mall Madness stop motion

This stop motion singalong was a remake of the #Official Digital Commercial below.

BotBots Musical Mall Madness

Commercial Appearances

Official Digital Commercial

SCAUNCHBORO MAAAALL!!!!!

One stormy night, the mall was stuck by a bolt of energon power. It flowed throughout the mall, turning ordinary objects it into tiny robots! They swarmed the mall, wreaking havoc where they went with one even disabling the security cameras. Messy fun was had in the food court by the Greaser Gang. In the bathrooms the Toilet Troop tagged with spraypaint and made chocolate bars into poo shapes. The Jock Squad played rough in the sports store, while in lost and found the Lost Bots jumped out of the shadows. Official Digital Commercial

Tribe locations

• Arcade – Arcade Renegades
• Asian restaurant – Hibotchi Heats
• Baby store – Goo Goo Groopies
• Bakery – Bakery Bytes
• Bathrooms – Toilet Troop
• Camping supplies – Wilderness Troop
• Clothing stores – No tribe currently
• Coffee shop – Caffeine Collective
• Electronics store – Techie Team
• Fashion accessories – Swag Stylers
• Food court – Greaser Gang
• Furniture and home goods – Home Rangers
• Grocery store – No tribe currently
• Gym – Cardio Clique
• Holiday decorations – Seasons Greeters
• Home-and-garden – Shed Heads
• Jewelry store – Gifted Guild
• Juice bar and health-food – Fresh Squeezes
• Lost and found – Lost Bots
• Magic store – Magic Tricksters
• Mexican restaurant – Los Deliciosos
• Movie theater – Movie Moguls
• Music store – Music Mob
• Party supply store – Party Favors
• Pet shop – Pet Mob
• Play area – Play Plexers
• School supply store – Backpack Bunch
• Science store – Science Alliance
• Sports store – Jock Squad
• Sprinkles, the sweets shop – Sugar Shocks
• Toy store – Playroom Posse
• Travel agency – Frequent Flyers
• Trophy store – Winner's Circle
• Trash cans – Spoiled Rottens
• Vintage electronics – Retro Replays
• Yard care store – Lawn League

The Con Crew and its subteams; Fantastic Fuelers, Line League, and Meet N' Greets don't really fit a specific mall store, as they are more convention themed.

Notes

Without it saying saying "You are here", how will I know where I'm at?

• The mall map shown in the books and on the poster insert for series 1, 2, and 3 shows a total of 71 storefronts. This map doesn't show what level it is of, and is actually duplicated for each level on the inserts. Even with some stores occupying multiple levels like we see on the checklist inserts, there could be over 200 stores total in the mall. Hope they have a good leasing agent.
• As seen in the map, the layout of the mall is a replica of the Autobot insignia, with the block parts containing stores and the lines being halls. This is curious as it appears Autobots and Transformers in general are fictitious in the BotBots franchise, with insignias showing up on toilet paper, video game cartridges, and inside watches, This may mean the entire mall is a licensed Transformers-themed location. Another possibility is the energon cloud may have effected the mall itself in some way, changing its layout.
  • The second possibility is backed up slightly in the original commercial. The initial shot of the mall interior shows no signs of Autobot logos. After the energon surge brings the BotBots to life, multiple Autobot logos show up displayed in the security camera shot.
• From the security camera footage, it appears the energon surge that brought the BotBots to life happened March 23rd.
• The Botbots commercial displays the insignia of the Greaser Gang in the food court and Jock Squad in the sporting good store as official signage. The Toilet Troop logo also appears in the bathroom, though it appears more as a sticker on the wall. This may indicate the logos for the tribes are adopted by them based on existing signage for the location where they were brought to life.
• To preview the initial Botbots release, Hasbro sent various websites a box shaped like the mall containing all series 1 products.