Hell-O, Kre-O
Hasbro rolls out their lego-like toy line with Transformers leading the charge. If the Transformer line is successful Hasbro will most likely add more of there IP into the Kre-O ranks.
There are several Kre-O price points so if you looking to test the waters, you wont have to spend much. Keep in mind though, the cheapest assortment doesn’t come with the little Kreon G1 style figures.
There have been a lot of questions about these figures, the biggest being “Do they transform when your finished”, and sadly the answer is no. You can build either robot or car. If you want to change it from one to the other, you will have to disassemble it then reassemble it. Depending on the part count that can be a lengthy endeavor.
I got Jazz, he’s in the second cheapest assortment and only 122 pieces.
Everything comes in a nifty reusable box.
Time to get started.
The set comes with stickers! God I love stickers!
Jazz comes with two Kreon, one is his G1 persona….
…and the other is some guy.
The Kre-O head looks a lot like his recent Generation DX figure’s.
Building is pretty strieght forward, there’s no need to document every step.
When car mode is finished, this is what you get. Was it worth it? WAS IT!!??
Even little Jazz can drive himself. Does this count as playing with yourself?
Time to tear it all apart and do it again.
Bot mode certainly isn’t an incredible example of block building, but seeing that the same blocks are used to make a car and a bot, I can live with it.
Each mode will have some left over parts, maybe that’s why the box is reusable (ie, container style).
Well, there you have it. A brief look at Hasbro’s new lego-esc toy line. While the Transformers kick off the new line, they don’t really live up to their namesake. Hopefully in the future releases there will be some Transformer models that are capable of some simple transformations.
-Tom.B
Tags: blocks, building, Jazz, Kre-O, Transformers