{"id":29442,"date":"2019-10-22T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=29442"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:08:47","slug":"transformers-botbots-nobeeoh-grave-rave-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/transformers-botbots-nobeeoh-grave-rave-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformers BotBots Nobeeoh & Grave Rave reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Transformers BotBots<\/i><\/a> are divided into (currently) 19 different teams, based on what store in the mall they hail from. For instance, there are two bathroom supply stores in the main wing, both bringing us the members of the Toilet Troop<\/a>; the one upstairs on Level 3 is the home to Nobeeoh.<\/p>\n

Honestly, though, a stick of deodorant isn't really something you'd buy at a store like that - there's a difference between personal care items and, say, a replacement flange for the toilet tank or a new shower head. So basically, those brown stores with images of plungers on the windows are likely the equivalent of a Bath & Body Works or something. They sell deodorant, right? I mean, with its light blue and pink colorscheme, this one looks like a common bar of Secret (which means it probably smells just a little too much like baby powder for my tastes), rather than something laughably expensive, but the idea is there. There's a ridged dial sculpted on the front, and there's no lid, allowing us to see the white stick poking out.<\/p>\n

To convert Nobeeoh, fold down the legs, open the flaps over the face, and rotate the arms out. Simple as that.<\/p>\n

Nobeeoh can sniff out a stink from miles away. He leaves no odor unturned and won't rest until he has sniffed out the root of all stinkdom. Nobeeoh is a very loyal companion to the pirate soap, Sudsbeard.<\/i><\/p>\n

Heh. Nobeeoh - \"no B.O.\" Cute. The robot mode is very blocky, other than the exposed deodorant on top of the head. There's a mouthplate that will always be reminiscent of Soundwave, a parallel only furthered by the dial on the chest. His eyes are red, and his hands and feet are white, with additional pink stripes on the wrists. The only real articulation are balljoints for the shoulders.<\/p>\n

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Nobeeoh is only available in the blindpacks<\/a>, where he's #3. The mold was reused in Series 2 to make the all-natural deodorant Be-Oh, and in Series 3 to make something much more unexpected...<\/p>\n

<\/a>The idea behind the Lost Bots<\/a> is that they're all items who have gotten separated from their teams. So it makes sense that if you look at the mall where the BotBots live, today's character can be found playing on the elevator - but that's about the last thing that makes any sense.<\/p>\n

While this BotBot uses the same mold as Be-Oh and Nobeeoh, it's not another stick of deodorant - it's not even the same size as a stick of deodorant. This is a tombstone. A tombstone someone was selling at the mall. More than that, a tombstone someone lost<\/b> at the mall! (And you thought losing track of a burger<\/a> seemed unlikely.) It's possible this is just supposed to be a decorative tombstone, like you'd buy at Spirit Halloween<\/a>, but the bio doesn't say anything about it being fake. So we're left to believe that somewhere near the piano store<\/a> is a memorial store. How is this mall so thriving?! There's no name on the stone, just a skull and some cracks, but what is the dial on the front supposed to be?<\/p>\n

Conversion is simple on purpose: unfold the legs, open the panels at the top, and rotate the arms out. Robot!<\/p>\n

Grave Rave is on every party's VIP list. She's got enough jokes, high-fives, and dance moves to keep things energized and make sure the party never dies. Even if someone is dead tired, she's right there to lift their spirits and get them back on the dance floor.<\/i><\/p>\n

See? Still nothing about her being a joke tombstone. Without the white deodorant paint app, the top of Grave Rave's head looks like she's wearing a knit beanie. We still get red eyes, though they're a different shape, and the paint masks are different from what Nobeeoh had, even accounting for the fact that she's gray and black rather than blue and pink. She may be weird, but turning a deodorant stick into a headstone shows a lot of creativity on the part of the BotBots<\/i> design team.<\/p>\n

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Grave Rave is only available in one pack: a Playroom Posse set with Bunches<\/a>, Crib Watch, Quackules<\/a>, and Kikmee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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