Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)

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Template:Nav-rid When the Transtech toyline concept was dropped, Hasbro needed additional time to develop their next concept. Thus, the Robots in Disguise toyline began in 2000 as a direct port of Takara's Car Robots line, which consisted of a group of new-mold toys and several redecorated toys from previous lines. The line included the first realistically-styled Earth vehicle Transformers in half a decade.

As sales rose and more toys were needed, Hasbro added in still more redecorated toys to pad the line out toward its end. By the time all was said and done, RiD included molds from Generation 1, Generation 2, Beast Wars, Machine Wars, and Beast Machines -- in other words, every American toyline that had been produced to that point.

The line is therefore marked by an extremely wide variation in quality, complexity, realism and posability. At one end of the spectrum were fairly simple designs from previous lines, such as the Commandos and Spy Changers. On the flip side, most of Takara's original mold designs were extremely complex, often to the point of frustrating fans with their origami-like shellformer transformations that required stuffing robotic bits just so to make them all fit together in vehicle form -- though some fans also found this same complexity to be an enjoyable challenge.

RiD was the first (and thus far, the only) time an existing Japanese line was brought over wholesale to the US. Though the toys were new to the line's primary audience of children, many fans had already paid considerably higher prices to import the toys from Japan. Despite this, the line was met with a generally positive reception by fans, and seemed to sell well enough to kids as well, if the number of later redeco additions to the line is any indication.

Some minor changes were made to the US releases of the toys, most notably the application of tampographed faction symbols.

2000

Cybertrons

Spychangers

Flipchangers

Deluxe

Mega

Super

City

Gift sets

Destrons

Basic

Deluxe

Ultra

Super

Gift set

Destrongers

Basic

Mega

Ultra

2001

Autobot

Basic

Deluxe

Mega

Super

Decepticon

Basic

Deluxe

Ultra

Predacon

Deluxe

Mega

Versus

Deluxe

2002

Autobot

Basic

Spychangers (KB Toys and Target exclusives)

Deluxe

Mega

Decepticon

Basic

Deluxe

  • Megatron Megabolt (KB Toys exclusive)

Super

Predacon

Ultra

Versus

Basic

Mega

2003

Autobots

Tiny Tins

Spychangers (KB Toys exclusives)

Spychangers (Japan)

Ultra

Supreme

Decepticons

Deluxe (KB Toys exclusives)

Ultra

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