Transformers BotBots Gumball Machine Surprise Unboxing review

It's been a while since we've been able to do any Transformers BotBots reviews, so we're coming back with something special.

Series 4 of the BotBots started to trickle out before the world shut down and we all became hermits banned from going toy shopping. The first releases were big fancy multipacks designed to cater to kids' love of unboxings: one meant to be a claw machine, the other a gatcha machine.

The box is 10" wide and 10" tall, with the upper edge designed to curve. A clear window in the front allows you to see the capsules within, while the art on the sides (and around the back!) makes it look like there are dozens more balls inside there.

What's really awesome though? The box actually functions like a real gumball machine! The slot where you'd insert a coin is just a graphic, obviously, but the door where you'd retrieve your prize is perforated so it can open. And how, pray tell, does the prize get from the display at the top of the box to the door at the bottom? There's a sliding tray built into the packaging: push it to the right, and a single capsule drops in; slide it back to the left, and the capsule drops down again. Holy crap, whoever engineered this thing is amazing!!

There are two different versions of the Gumball Machine Surprise Unboxing, each with different exclusives, so completists will need to buy both. Since some unnamed designer put a ton of work into this packaging, we're going to honor them by playing with it the way it was intended; sure, we could just cut the tape on the top and get all the balls out at once that way, but we're going to drop them out one at a time, with no clue what's coming. This is going to be a fun review!

Click onward to the next page to see what's in our first orange capsule...

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3 Responses to Transformers BotBots Gumball Machine Surprise Unboxing review

  1. Ronnie says:

    I don't know about carts, but I do know failing hard drives are often put in the freezer by people who really need the info but not badly enough to attempt Data Recovery.

  2. BBShockwave says:

    I am pretty sure Fancy Flutter's pink middle is the mouth or just tech greebles. The black eyelashes on the sides inside the macaron are the eyes! So to me, the official stock photo is correct, the tail is meant to be angled above the body so the tech detail is visible

  3. BBShockwave says:

    Pretty sure the cracker top halves are supposed to be Smore'N'More's arms. The marshmallows inside are just too small to be arms. You can lock the top halves on her back, but they are not that great looking.

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