Transformers Battle Case

[Joe Manzo]

I ripped this off a Transformers News site, then I copied it here and closed the page... sorry! No clue if any of it is real, all the links were dead.

Transformers Battle Case Coming to Target?
Posted by Hotrod on Feb 8 06 4:47pm

WARNING! This is a RUMOR - a piece of unverified information! We make no claim to the validity of this information. Fact or fiction? You decide ...
Transformers Battle Case Coming to Target? NEWS/RUMORS: Our own Cbff found a listing for a Transformers Battle Case at Target.com. Here is what he had to say:

"I found this." while surfing through Target's online catalog. It says it's a carrying case for your Transformers, but it doesn't have a picture. Anyone hear anything about this?"

The listing has the item listed as out of stock at this time. Currently their is no official conformation about the Transformers Battle Case, but stay tuned for further updates from the news crew regarding this listing.

Click here to see the listing.
Source: cbff

[notpicard]

I just now saw this myself. The news story was from Seibertron.com here:
www.seibertron.com/sludgereport/view.php?id=6426

But if you click either of the links to Target.com, the item is no longer listed. So I guess it is still unknown if this was an Attacktix case or not, but I doubt it would be anything else. Before the link closed, someone posted that the dimensions listed on the site were 12.3 inches length x 10.7 inches width x 2.2 inches height
Estimated Ship weight: 2.40 pounds.

I definitely lean toward believing it. This could really explain at least one of the odd figures shown at Toy Fair. I count 32 unique figures shown (assuming that the one Battle Ravage is something more than a pic of an unpainted figure) plus 2 Battle Masters.

If we have 30 of those regular figures for boosters, 1 that comes with the Battle Master Omega Supreme, and 2 that come with the SW vs Transformers set (along with the mega Omega Sentnel)...that only gives us a total of 33 figures. And the only way I imagine them giving us a single would be in a case. Also, the case does not have anything on it that distinguishes it as being a Star Wars case. So I believe that it being adaptable to any Attacktix series was planned from the beginning.

I guess the argument against this would be the fact that Megatron and Optimus are 2 of the figures included in the vs set. And it is highly doubtful that they would not also be included in the boosters.

But then how will all of the 34 figures plus those 2 be released? (I would also think that the Crumplezone or Dirt Boss figure that will be included with Omega Supreme will also be in the boosters, giving us a total of 35 regular figures +2 Megas right away)

So I am guessing there will be items early on in the Transformers Attacktix series that we still have no word on. And I have a while still to wait.

[notpicard]

Will it be a Star Wars vs Transformers case? No pics yet, but here is a link:
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00064Z2IA/qid=1141807602/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-2308978-5810308?v=glance&s=toys

ASIN: B00064Z2IA
SKN: 055260

Amazon has it listed if you do a search for "Attacktix." The odd thing is though that it is listed as the "Star Wars Attacktix Battle Case with Figure: TRA." It says figure, not "figures" (plural), so that makes me think that it will only come with 1 figure as expected. But if that is the case, I don't see how it could be SW vs Transformers unless they pull out an Attacktix version of a Star Wars Transformer (like Luke's transforming X-Wing or something).

That being doubtful, I think this is certainly just the Transformers case: "Cool battle case is the ideal accessory for all your transformer toys"...and Amazon is just confused that not all Attacktix are Star Wars.

Now I would just love to know who the figure is and if it comes with all the same parts as the SW version.

[malform]

Very cool. Nice find!

We have been hearing for a while that there will be a "new" battle case. I hope it looks more cool than the old one.