Finished Product Images for Siege Highjump, Powertrain, Thundercracker and Barricade

Is it just me, or are the combined modes for the Siege Micromasters getting worse instead of better? I guess the chief power from that combined weapon mode is that it forces your enemies to laugh themselves to death....

Yeeees it’s a gigglegas gun and your point is...?

It's been a week and a half since the previous installment, fellow Seibertronians, but Taiwan Hasbro has uploaded to their YouTube channel the next episode of their Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy - SIEGE stop motion shorts. Thank you to forum member 00stargrave00 for the hot tip on this upload! "Episode 4" features the two faction leaders in their Voyager forums, the Heroic Optimus Prime of the Autobots and the Tyrannical Megatron of the Decepticons. Optimus Prime isn't alone, though. He's backed up by Deluxe Wave 1 Weaponizer Cog! Once again, the short is set in the framework of a fighting game, complete with character selection screen. Unfortunately, the "KO!" declaration at the conclusion of the previous videos has been omitted leaving only the "Victory" banner to conclude the match. Generation 1 fans will recognize the battle grounds as right outside the Autobot's initial base of operations on Earth, the wreckage of the Autobot Ark buried into the base of Mount St. Hillary. There's still no sign of the weapon effects parts of the Battle Master Class of the line. The hits are illustrated with computer generated lasers and sparks. Can Optimus Prime and Cog successfully fend off the evil Megaontron's incursion of their home turf? Find out in the video below!



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Which Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy - SIEGE figures do you want to see throw down in battle next? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers.

Megatron's sword flipping was so rad!

I was loving the diorama Ark in the background. Man that brings me back to just being a kid and playing with action figures in the backyard.

And the kids moved my Cybertronian alphabet sheet again...but I'm pretty sure that door does say To Punish and Enslave

00Stargrave00 wrote:And the kids moved my Cybertronian alphabet sheet again...but I'm pretty sure that door does say To Punish and Enslave

Just checked, it definitely does. Doesn't necessarily mean it'll be on the final figure, but it's a good sign seeing it turn up again.

Emerje

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

You can actually see that?

He’s totally right! I didn’t even notice that on Starscream... what, I’m uhhh, nearly far sighted...

Maybe it’s something cool and dangerous like the Decepticon air guard sigil, pshh, because you know Seekers, so elitist.

Thunder should have a grin, Starscream should have that smirk, and Skywarp should have a jerk face, you know, like he just smelled a fart or something.

00Stargrave00 wrote:He’s totally right! I didn’t even notice that on Starscream... what, I’m uhhh, nearly far sighted...

Maybe it’s something cool and dangerous like the Decepticon air guard sigil, pshh, because you know Seekers, so elitist.

Or the designers can't tell (or rather, don't bother with) the minute differences between the G1 and Movie styles.

Again, definitely getting the Off Road Patrol. btw, did anyone else notice that aside from the Air Strike Patrol, the members of any given Patrol chosen for Siege are not gang-molded (i.e. share plastic colors) back in G1?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:He’s totally right! I didn’t even notice that on Starscream... what, I’m uhhh, nearly far sighted...

Maybe it’s something cool and dangerous like the Decepticon air guard sigil, pshh, because you know Seekers, so elitist.

Or the designers can't tell (or rather, don't bother with) the minute differences between the G1 and Movie styles.

Again, definitely getting the Off Road Patrol. btw, did anyone else notice that aside from the Air Strike Patrol, the members of any given Patrol chosen for Siege are not gang-molded (i.e. share plastic colors) back in G1?

Makes me hope their "other partners" might be hiding somewhere... but I've been pleasantly impressed with the diversity of colors in the two packs.

Some one left thundercracker uncovered whilst painting the ceiling silver, other than that he's a likely a buy and some stickers to cover up the faction symbols.
The legs look weird on the car bots to me photo wise but not been tempted to get any yet.

blackeyedprime wrote:Some one left thundercracker uncovered whilst painting the ceiling silver, other than that he's a likely a buy and some stickers to cover up the faction symbols.
The legs look weird on the car bots to me photo wise but not been tempted to get any yet.

Barricade's (Prowl) legs? Yeah, they don't photograph well, but they look much better in person. Some of that is the weird "heel" on them like the MP "Zs"

Part of me kind of hopes if they continue with the micromasters we'll get some of the smaller playsets/vehicle combos.

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Oh my gosh... that is the most ridiculous looking "gun" mode I've ever seen. I'm sorry to those that may think it looks fine, but it's my opinion and... hahahahaha

Sabrblade wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:Do you think with Springer and Impactor we may get some other Wreckers? I was secretly hoping for a Siege Kup with the Cybertronian focus.

We just got a Cybertronian Kup in Titans Return.

Isn't he always (minus Generations)?

Nexus Knight wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Oh my gosh... that is the most ridiculous looking "gun" mode I've ever seen. I'm sorry to those that may think it looks fine, but it's my opinion and... hahahahaha

I'll raise ya this:



Has anyone seen a resurgence of Wave 1 in their local area? I've seen Wave 2 Deluxe and Voyager only for a while, but now Wave 1 is back with a vengeance.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Nexus Knight wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

The Micromasters are all about that "Carma Sutra."

Funny you mention that JelZe I just hit Target and Wal-Mart this morning and spotted Voyager Prime and Megatron and I haven't seen them for a while. Wal-Mart also had a couple Hounds and Skytreads.

The Micromaster Combiner Mega-Mega-Mega...Mega Missile Firefuseblaster (tm pending) is a fearsome force on the Cybertronian battlefield. Although it's ridiculous appearance induces peals of disabling laughter, once the fireblasts are attached the enemy is rapidly reduced to heaping piles of smoking Deceptiswiss cheese...Predacon Provolone...Combaticon Camembert...Terrorcon Teleggio…I could do this all day...

You know, when we had our first reveal of Micromasters it was the Battle Patrol turning into some gun and those decepticon jet guys turning into a sword. Seeing those two made me think "Man, Micromasters not only look spot on they are also going to have a great bonus weapon mode!"

...then we saw the rest of that lineup and it was a wet fart.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Nexus Knight wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

The Micromasters are all about that "Carma Sutra."

Bwuhahahahaha!

00Stargrave00 wrote:

I think the battle damage paint applications have been rolled back on Barricade since the last time we saw him. There are only a few scratches on the driver's side bumper/fender. (The paint apps might mirrored be on the passenger side too, but you can't really tell from these pictures.) Maybe that was the compromise to add the "To Punish and Enslave" Cybertronian text to his doors? What's more interesting, though, is the story this tells through paint applications. It looks like Barricade is no stranger to using the PIT maneuver, just like police do in a high speed chase to stop a fleeing vehicle. That's exactly where you would see paint scraping on a real car trying to spin out another car along side them.

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Anyone notice that Highjump has a bit of battle damage paint on his passenger side front fender? I thought the Micromasters and Battle Masters were to be spared the battle paint applications. This could just be some paint slop, but then again, there's another weird splotch of silver paint on his chest. Or maybe, that paint on the chest is supposed to be there...on Powertrain. If you look at the G1 toy and the initial renders of the Siege version, you'll see Powertrain has an offset silver rectangle decoration on his chest.



Maybe something got messed up at the factory level and people started putting the silver rectangle on Highjump instead? Then maybe the silver paint on the fender of Highjump is just paint slop/residue left over from the hand painting process...applied to the wrong toy.

https://toywiz.com/transformers/war-for-cybertron/
I just found some official images of Brunt and Red Alert have we seen these yet? It was posted 18hrs ago.

00Stargrave00 wrote:https://toywiz.com/transformers/war-for-cybertron/
I just found some official images of Brunt and Red Alert have we seen these yet? It was posted 18hrs ago.

We have already seen these, back on April 5. Keep looking for news, though. Never hurts to ask.

I couldn’t remember seeing that Brunt ok ok coolness derrrr my bad
You got it chief always keeping my optics peeled. Gross as that sounds.

The review of Brunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJ_Wc-AJqQ

I must have him.
So rad!
Thanks Microbot!

Trypticon ...you shall now be complete...Mwa-hahaha

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

It's more just that Hasbro can't seem to keep it straight themselves, frequently mixing up the two versions of the Decepticon symbol within a line, or even within a boxset.

That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

Thanks to fellow Seibertronians Nemesis Primal and Lord Gigatron for pointing our attention to another video review by TonTon Reviews, who often reviews figures that haven't been released anywhere, and this one is no exception. He takes a look at the upcoming figure of Brunt, from Wave 3 of the Siege line, the first Decepticon Weaponizer in the toyline. TonTon shows off several size comparisons for Trypticon's (former?) drone in both robot and tank mode, as well as how he splits apart to gear up other 'bots.



Those hoping for a bruiser of a 'bot, like Ironhide, will likely be disappointed- Brunt is barely taller than Prowl. Given that this is the first time he's ever had a robot mode (though his tank mode is fairly faithful to his G1 toy), and the fact that he adds to the Decepticon ranks, this is likely something that can be overlooked. Brunt should be showing up in Wave 3, along with his wavemates, Reflector Refraktor and Red Alert, sometimes in late June or early July.

Let us know what you think of the first look at Brunt's first toy in 32 years, and comment down below with your thoughts!

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

Much more terrible thing to have.

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

I could have used a sex metaphor to describe the micromasters reveal: that they blew the load early.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

I used to not be able to tell and thought super fans were being way too scrutinizing and I’d be chastised were my secret ever revealed...then one day I saw it, and now I can’t unsee it, and the eyes are funky why the hell did they change it in the first place.

It looks like the G1 symbols slightly chunkier slightly tired uncle.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Has anyone seen a resurgence of Wave 1 in their local area? I've seen Wave 2 Deluxe and Voyager only for a while, but now Wave 1 is back with a vengeance.

Yeah, one of my local Walmarts restocked with Deluxe wave 1, enough to fill the pegs. Both stores have been restocking wave 1 of everything else pretty regularly, but Deluxe had moved on to wave 2 a while ago.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Maybe something got messed up at the factory level and people started putting the silver rectangle on Highjump instead? Then maybe the silver paint on the fender of Highjump is just paint slop/residue left over from the hand painting process...applied to the wrong toy.

Good eye! That does seem to be the case. I hope they fix that on release. What I do like about these two is they both look like they'd form acceptable guns on their own, especially Powertrain.

Emerje

Good morning and happy Friday fellow Seibertronians! Your laughable Swerve wannabe here - I was tooling around looking for news and noticed Optibotimus on YouTube posted a review for Siege Jetfire a few days ago. I figured if anybody had eyes on this bad boy you might want to give it a view. Share your thoughts below and let everyone know if seeing it in action has made you waver on our beloved first Autobot of the air!

https://youtu.be/9WPFUSO8SOI



*I'm obviously still not an ace at posting youtube links sorry about that gang I appreciate everyone's patience I wanted to post it like the Brunt review with that big beautiful image/link. I'll get there!*

00Stargrave00 wrote:Good morning and happy Friday fellow Seibertronians! Your laughable Swerve wannabe here - I was tooling around looking for news and noticed Optibotimus on YouTube posted a review for Siege Jetfire a few days ago. I figured if anybody had eyes on this bad boy you might want to give it a view. Share your thoughts below and let everyone know if seeing it in action has made you waver on our beloved first Autobot of the air!

https://youtu.be/9WPFUSO8SOI



*I'm obviously still not an ace at posting youtube links sorry about that gang I appreciate everyone's patience I wanted to post it like the Brunt review with that big beautiful image/link. I'll get there!*

Sorry bud, but since Optibotimus has requested we not news his videos, even if they are early release. I learned that the hard way

Now, if Emgo posts one, feel free to share it here

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:Good morning and happy Friday fellow Seibertronians! Your laughable Swerve wannabe here - I was tooling around looking for news and noticed Optibotimus on YouTube posted a review for Siege Jetfire a few days ago. I figured if anybody had eyes on this bad boy you might want to give it a view. Share your thoughts below and let everyone know if seeing it in action has made you waver on our beloved first Autobot of the air!

9WPFUSO8SOI



*I'm obviously still not an ace at posting youtube links sorry about that gang I appreciate everyone's patience I wanted to post it like the Brunt review with that big beautiful image/link. I'll get there!*

Sorry bud, but since Optibotimus has requested we not news his videos, even if they are early release. I learned that the hard way

Now, if Emgo posts one, feel free to share it here

Guys, you can still post anything related on the boards. No one will and should stop you. With Optibotimus though, we wouldnt front page it, since he asked us not to. But that's only something for news staff to worry about, anyone can post his reviews on the forum.

The reason we wouldn't news this regardless is because we already posted a video review on jetfire a while ago.


Also, if you guys want to better post the videos, just use the last bit at the end of the youtube links that has a wierd code. In the case of the jetfire review, its: 9WPFUSO8SOI

then wrap it around with the youtube button we have above "[youtube][/youtube]"

that would give you this:

Excellent to know! I was wondering about little details with other creators/reviewers you just never know, until you know, which is what Seibertron is for, you know?

Ok so I was doing it correctly the preview pane must just not have been displaying it like I wanted it to look. Ok perfect. You'd shown me that once before I hate asking again thank you.

Hey thanks everyone for the feedback!
Till all are one dudes and dudettes.

I don't know if this is old news but I just saw the Hobbylink Japan newsletter on the Fwoosh mention that Thundercracker's "knee joints have been redesigned for better flexion for a wider range of poses!"
I'm curious to see what the difference is since Star Scream seems pretty good in that department.

PushYouDown wrote:I don't know if this is old news but I just saw the Hobbylink Japan newsletter on the Fwoosh mention that Thundercracker's "knee joints have been redesigned for better flexion for a wider range of poses!"
I'm curious to see what the difference is since Star Scream seems pretty good in that department.

They have been known for translating errors that brought hope to fans before. So i would just wait to see if there is anything different at all.

Fellow Seibertron user, Riley Hoffman, has let us know that YouTuber TonTon Reviews has uploaded a new video review of upcoming Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Deluxe Class figure, Reflector/Refracktor! The review covers all the basics and shows off the camera mode that is made by combining three Reflector/Refracktor figures!

Check out the video below, which we have embedded for your convenience.



What do you think of this review? Are you planning on tracking down three of this mold, to make a camera for your display shelves? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Whaaa? Score! Thanks for finding that, totally makes my morning

He looks rad, I am in love with this Siege style detailing.

Ahhh, so that's how the chests work: the lens on Viewfinder (the middle guy) detaches and is used for the base of the tripod!

Maaaaan, he looks awesome. Such great colors I mean of course you’re going to want three of these staring back at you on the shelf. And JelZe you said you had a family member who was a photographer right? So you’re all over this guy I bet. I love him. Dang.