{"id":29258,"date":"2019-10-01T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=29258"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:43:47","slug":"transformers-botbots-latte-spice-whirl-coffeemus-prime-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/transformers-botbots-latte-spice-whirl-coffeemus-prime-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformers BotBots Latte Spice Whirl & Coffeemus Prime reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It's fall, and you know what that means: pumpkin spice time<\/a>! You can get it at the coffee place, you can get it at the doughnut shop, you can get it at the grocery store, you can get it pretty much anywhere... and thanks to the Fresh Squeezes<\/a>, you can even find it up on the third floor of the BotBots<\/i>'<\/a> mall, hanging out by the area that's still under construction.<\/p>\n

The appeal behind pumpkin spice everything came about because of the 2008 economic crash: when times are tough, people want comfort food, things that will make them feel better; pumpkin spice's blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice (there's no pumpkin in it<\/a>) brings to mind simpler times, like the pumpkin pie you ate as a kid at Thanksgiving; once the economy got good<\/a> again, people started looking for new, fancier ways to integrate the flavor they'd rediscovered into their diet. (Nor is it any shock that as things returned to bad<\/a>, there was a rise in the popularity of \"maple pecan\" everything.) There isn't anything that directly proclaims this to be a pumpkin spice drink, but the cup is<\/b> orange and brown, so isn't that enough? It's either pumpkin spice or 1970s fast food, and I don't think they had sippy lids like this one back then.<\/p>\n

BotBots<\/i> are easy to convert by design, being small simple toys. Although they share no tooling at all, the engineering here is pretty much the same as Sippy Slurps<\/a>: lift the top to reveal the face, spread the arms, and lower the legs. They're so similar, in fact, I thought I already had this mold somewhere.<\/p>\n

Latte Spice Whirl is the \"it\" bot of the juice bar. Loved by (almost) all bots, she can't go anywhere without being surrounded by fans begging for selfies. No wonder she only comes around once a year - what latte could handle the pressure of so much fame?<\/i><\/p>\n

See, now that<\/b> hints at pumpkin spice... and also the Spice Girls<\/a>, for some reason? LSW would be fairly back-heavy, if not for the good design work that has her legs near the back of her body, meaning the center of gravity is right above them. I can't tell whether the flaps on the ends of the arms are supposed to be hands or if they're just kibble, but either way, they don't look terrific. Her face seems to be mostly recycled from Bankshot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The backlash against pumpkin spice is driven by society's need to tear down anything women enjoy - pumpkin spice is for girls, bacon<\/a> is for boys, so we mock one and celebrate the other. Because nothing says \"I'm a serious person with serious opinions\" like having the time and attention to get mad at a flavor. Love her or hate her, this Latte Spice Whirl is available in a \"Seasons Greeters\" 5-pack, or blindpacked<\/a> as #22.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Hasbro brought a Transformers BotBots<\/i><\/a> exclusive with them to San Diego Comic-Con this year: the \"Con Crew\" set, which features 'bots from three different factions: the Meet n' Greets, the Line League, and the Fantastic Fuelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Personally, I can't stand coffee - the smell of it is nauseating, and it's not like the taste is any better - but there are certainly those who swear by it, especially when it's time to get up early and spend all day tromping around a convention center. You do you, weaklings! This disposable cup is a dark grey, with a white plastic lid that has a small hole near the rim - you know, a sipping lid. This cup has one of those insulated cardboard sleeves around it: not just painted, but an actual piece of cardboard slipped onto the toy. The light tan helps break up the dark body of the cup, and eases the transition to the light lid.<\/p>\n

You do have to slide the sleeve off before you can convert the figure, but that's no problem. With that done, just lift the top to reveal the face, spread the arms, lower the legs, and drop the panel on the chest. Then turn the sleeve inside out, for cosplay reasons.<\/p>\n

Join Coffeemus Prime & Carb O'Nate for an energizing panel. Find your inner energy through the motivational leadership of Coffeemus Prime while Carb O'Nate explores a bouncing-off-the-walls approach.<\/i><\/p>\n

Like Scribzilla<\/a>, Coffeemus Prime is one of the cosplayers. (You can probably guess who he's dressed as.) His legs are blue and his chest is red, and while there's a confident grin on his face, you won't see it often; when you turn the coffee sleeve around, it becomes an Optimus Prime mask with a hole for the eyes to look through. Being simple cardboard, it's a little delicate: mine was nearly ripped when I opened the set, so I had to tape it for stability.<\/p>\n

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The paper ring is an interesting idea, but it's worryingly flimsy, even for an SDCC exclusive that will only ever find its way into the hands of adult collectors, not kids.<\/p>\n

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