New Promo Art and Images for Japanese Release of Transformers Cyberverse

The Cyberverse cartoon began airing in Japan back on April 27. As of May 24, eight episodes have aired so far.

Is it me or do the Japanese stock photos look different, like the toys have a different paint job?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or do the Japanese stock photos look different, like the toys have a different paint job?

It's the sharp cleanliness of the lighting and photography.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or do the Japanese stock photos look different, like the toys have a different paint job?

It's the sharp cleanliness of the lighting and photography.

Yup.
Unless it's some sort of special exclusive Takara edition, the days of the "superior Takara paint job" are gone.

Glad that Hasbro decided to give us the "Takara paint" (while increasing the prices) instead of Takara giving the Japanese the "Hasbro paint". At least we no longer have to import anything anymore in order to have the "superior paint".

Huh, Takehito 'Dio Brando' Koyasu back into an Optimus role! That's one I didn't expect. He was Optimus Primal.

Skritz wrote:Huh, Takehito 'Dio Brando' Koyasu back into an Optimus role! That's one I didn't expect. He was Optimus Primal.

It might have been mentioned in the cartoon thread (this is the toyline thread), but I can't recall without double-checking.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or do the Japanese stock photos look different, like the toys have a different paint job?

It's the sharp cleanliness of the lighting and photography.

Yup.
Unless it's some sort of special exclusive Takara edition, the days of the "superior Takara paint job" are gone.

Glad that Hasbro decided to give us the "Takara paint" (while increasing the prices) instead of Takara giving the Japanese the "Hasbro paint". At least we no longer have to import anything anymore in order to have the "superior paint".

Honestly, in a lot of cases I don't think the "superior Takara deco" was better enough to be worth the fuss or the extra cost and bother.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Honestly, in a lot of cases I don't think the "superior Takara deco" was better enough to be worth the fuss or the extra cost and bother.

It was a case-by-case basis. Most of the times, the Takara were better. Especially for the Henkei line. But sometimes, the Hasbro were the superior one. Especially for the TF Prime line when Takara's had NO paint and only stickers. Animated was debatable. Takara's were super painted, but had that super shiny color. Making them less cartoon accurate.

No matter superior or inferior, one would had to pay at the very minimum double or triple the Hasbro price for the Takara one factoring shipping. At least now, there's no longer any hard choices to make.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Honestly, in a lot of cases I don't think the "superior Takara deco" was better enough to be worth the fuss or the extra cost and bother.

It was a case-by-case basis. Most of the times, the Takara were better. Especially for the Henkei line. But sometimes, the Hasbro were the superior one. Especially for the TF Prime line when Takara's had NO paint and only stickers. Animated was debatable. Takara's were super painted, but had that super shiny color. Making them less cartoon accurate.

No matter superior or inferior, one would had to pay at the very minimum double or triple the Hasbro price for the Takara one factoring shipping. At least now, there's no longer any hard choices to make.

Evidently I didn't emphasize a certain key word properly. In a lot of the cases where the Takara deco was the better one, I don't think it was so amazingly better as to be worth all the fuss or going to extra cost and trouble to import.

Ooops. Grimlock is depicted with a red chest, instead of a yellow one. He's on the artwork for Megatron. Lower left-hand side of image.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Evidently I didn't emphasize a certain key word properly. In a lot of the cases where the Takara deco was the better one, I don't think it was so amazingly better as to be worth all the fuss or going to extra cost and trouble to import.

On my end, I should have added:
"Whenever it was worth it paying double, triple, or quadruple the usual price for better paint was up to the buyer."

For me it was not worth it 90% of the time.

thedistinctroom wrote:Ooops. Grimlock is depicted with a red chest, instead of a yellow one. He's on the artwork for Megatron. Lower left-hand side of image.

Or it could be a generic, who simply reuses Grimlock's character model, albeit recolored.

Sabrblade wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Ooops. Grimlock is depicted with a red chest, instead of a yellow one. He's on the artwork for Megatron. Lower left-hand side of image.

Or it could be a generic, who simply reuses Grimlock's character model, albeit recolored.

Speaking if which, was the gladiator fighting megatron in the begining of the Megatron is my Hero episode a generic using Grimlock's chatacter model?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Ooops. Grimlock is depicted with a red chest, instead of a yellow one. He's on the artwork for Megatron. Lower left-hand side of image.

Or it could be a generic, who simply reuses Grimlock's character model, albeit recolored.

Speaking if which, was the gladiator fighting megatron in the begining of the Megatron is my Hero episode a generic using Grimlock's chatacter model?

Double-checking, indeed it is!

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Ooops. Grimlock is depicted with a red chest, instead of a yellow one. He's on the artwork for Megatron. Lower left-hand side of image.

Or it could be a generic, who simply reuses Grimlock's character model, albeit recolored.

Speaking if which, was the gladiator fighting megatron in the begining of the Megatron is my Hero episode a generic using Grimlock's chatacter model?

Double-checking, indeed it is!

So there you go, thats the scene the art is referencing, with accurate deco and all.

Greetings Seibertronians! In the midst of all the SDCC action, fellow Seibertron user and YouTube Reviewer, Chuckdawg1999, has done a video review of the forthcoming Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Class Alpha Trion.

Here's what he has to say about this figure:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm not going to go over all the complaints about the Cyberverse line, you're here so you're at least interested in this figure. After decades of being almost forgotten it's nice to see Alpha Trion getting some love if my counting is correct this is the third figure, the character has gotten. Drawing heavily on its G1 design the figure cuts a rather regal and knowing pose, Trion has seen and done things. Transformation is simple and as always the action feature works just ok. I can really only recommend it if you're a fan of Optimus Primes' wise mentor

We have embedded the video below for your convenience:


What do you think of this version of Alpha Trion? Will you be getting him to add to your collection, or are you happy with one of his other versions? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews! Remember as well to check out all our SDCC coverage, including galleries of the upcoming Cyberverse toys, here!

Going by Hasbro mass retail only, then yes, this is the third official Alpha Trion figure.

It would seem that Alpha Trion is now forever doomed to continue aping the look Vector Prime's vehicle mode, which itself was already very similar to the Sith Infiltrator from Star Wars Episode 1.

Despite the Cyberverse line being so limited in articulation, I would actually argue that this particular Alpha Trion figure may look quite good when placed in a G1 collection among other similarly-articulated molds from the 1980s, specifically some of the non-Diaclone/non-Micro Change molds from 1986-onward. Like, this figure might look good standing next to some of the movie figures from 1986 like Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Wreck-Gar, Scourge, Cyclonus, etc.

I'll say that Alpha Trion could work with limited articulation since traditionally he's a non combatant and thus would need less dynamic posing.

give it a slight retool and color change to blue and white and we could have scourge

Ultra Markus wrote:give it a slight retool and color change to blue and white and we could have scourge

Or make it white and we get Vector Prime.

Don't pretend like there aren't any Primes in the show.

Warrior class Slipstream and Spark Armor Cheetor are Target exclusives.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Warrior class Slipstream and Spark Armor Cheetor are Target exclusives.

A source would be really handy here.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Warrior class Slipstream and Spark Armor Cheetor are Target exclusives.

A source would be really handy here.

The transformers Instagram channel

Thanks to the official Transformers Facebook page, we now know of a new upcoming Cyberverse Warrior Class Slipstream, who will be exclusive at Target along with Cheetor. The Cyberverse Spark Armor Elite Class Cheetor was shown off at San Diego Comic-Con this year, but we have yet to see anything on a Warrior Class Slipstream. This Slipstream is just a redeco of Warrior Class Starscream, even with painted lips, and as such, is very inaccurate due to her model used in the show. This also means she has the same Action Attack, with her waist spinning and the wings flipping out due to centrifugal force.

The Facebook post also has attached a stock render for the already released, "Seekers 3-Pack," containing the Rainmakers, Ion Storm, Nova Storm, and Acid Storm. We already knew these were Target exclusives, and already had stock photography done.

So, would you buy any of these figures at your Target? Thoughts on the newly revealed Slipstream? Tell us below in Pub forums!

I will probably never have to worry about buying these from my local Target because my local Target SUCKS and I'll probably never see any of them there.

I'm definitely going to pick up Slipstream. Sure the mold has many flaws, but I'd rather pay $10 as opposed to $50 or more for the Legends one.

I hope these aren't red card exclusives

I wonder who will distribute these bots in Canada?

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder who will distribute these bots in Canada?

Toysrus probably.all these exclusives seem randomly distributed because the US lost its main toy store. But canada didnt.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder who will distribute these bots in Canada?

Toysrus probably.all these exclusives seem randomly distributed because the US lost its main toy store. But canada didnt.

I dont care for the random seekers, but I genuinely want that Cheetor.

Target exclusives? Bugger. My local targets stopped carrying everything Cyberverse except the 1-steps

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Target exclusives? Bugger. My local targets stopped carrying everything Cyberverse except the 1-steps

We still got mostly everything here, except that Ultra Class Shockwave (I need to find that toy again)

At least I can expect seeing these figures, and hopefully they won't shelfwarm like a certain Target exclusive mask.

I hereby dub Slipstream's toy......DRAGSCREAM! Seriously... she needs some remolding. They could use it for other female seekers from Cyberverse.

Bounti76 wrote:I hereby dub Slipstream's toy......DRAGSCREAM! Seriously... she needs some remolding. They could use it for other female seekers from Cyberverse.

I agree. Slipstream has been a joy for me to watch, I'd like her to get a decent toy that looks like her in the Warrior scale

Ebonyleopard wrote:I will probably never have to worry about buying these from my local Target because my local Target SUCKS and I'll probably never see any of them there.

I feel your pain... I feel your pain. However, that Cheetor will be mine.. somehow.

Ebonyleopard wrote:I will probably never have to worry about buying these from my local Target because my local Target SUCKS and I'll probably never see any of them there.

So you never saw that retro styled Soundwave Boombox from last year? Ever?

william-james88 wrote:

Ebonyleopard wrote:I will probably never have to worry about buying these from my local Target because my local Target SUCKS and I'll probably never see any of them there.

So you never saw that retro styled Soundwave Boombox from last year? Ever?

You mean Shelfwarmwave?

Fellow Seibertronians! Yours truly has discovered something exciting, this time being the Transformers Cyberverse Battle Class Spark Armor Wave 1 figures being found at US retail. Thanks to TFW2005 User WreckageGhost, we now have confirmed sightings of the first wave for the new sub-line, as well as a confirmed pricepoint of $14.99. These were found at a Target in Tinley Park, Illinois.





Hopefully, people will be able to get their hands on these figures, including the baddest shark around, Sky-Byte, the Autobot scientist Jetfire(who has a grimmer facial expression than Prowl), and that treacherous schemer Screamer soon.

Will you be hunting for these figures now? Will you be passing on the poet (or the others)? Tell us in the discussion below.

Thanks once again to Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 we have a new video review and our first in hand look at Cyberverse Scout Class Scraplet and Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime!



Fans have been especially excited for Scraplet being our first official figure of the biggest natural threat to Transformers life since cosmic rust and gold plastic syndrome. Chuck points out, and rightfully so, that Scraplet is probably the only Scout class figure many fans will ever buy and they'll likely be buying multiples. While it's a very simple figure with no articulation worth mentioning it does look good in both modes and has an effective gimmick that can be used in either mode.

As for Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime it appears to be either a new mold or an extensive retool of the previous Ion Burst Optimus Prime figure. While the bot mode is a little more colorful this time around with more detailed paint apps and an open face head sculpt, the alt mode isn't very appealing to adult collectors and the new battle gimmick is very awkward.

Chuck also points out that while these haven't turned up at most retailers yet, both online and off, you can get Scraplet and Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime on the still running Hasbro Toy Shop eBay store right now!

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:harder and faster

That's what she said.

With TF:Prime being my G1 2.0, Scraplet was a figure I was very excited about. It doesn't look all that good and seems off from what I remember. I do like the hypno spinning mouth part.

Hey Chuckery, when you going review Gnaw? I'm still interested in adding that bot to the sharktiswam.

Scraplets were originally introduced in the marvel comic line....

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Hahaha, love the recommended age, 6-99.

STngAR wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Hahaha, love the recommended age, 6-99.

I feel bad for those turning 100.

carytheone wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:harder and faster

That's what she said.

With TF:Prime being my G1 2.0, Scraplet was a figure I was very excited about. It doesn't look all that good and seems off from what I remember. I do like the hypno spinning mouth part.

Hey Chuckery, when you going review Gnaw? I'm still interested in adding that bot to the sharktiswam.

Not the first time I made that slip. I think Gnaw is part of this wave but it wasn't up on eBay. Amazon is funny like that too with the armor figures. All of the small ones but Sky Byte.

lupinesithlord wrote:Scraplets were originally introduced in the marvel comic line....

Yes, but not in this form, and I think this is a case of the Cover outperforming the original. Maybe it just has to do with the Pdime version bei g more recent and therrfore more relevent, but I think down the road if you say "Scraplet", people are gonna think of the these silver bug-eyed mouthful of sawblade critters and not the almost disney comic looking Marvel Scraplets that were literal living nuts and bolts

Scraplet looks oddly nice, I was concerned there would be something bizarrely wrong with him so thank you for the review! May pick him up if I spot him at the local Wal-Mart, but they don't seem to carry much Cyberverse lately...

Well it's a regular Cyberverse news-spolsion in the Seibertron news room! We've got sightings of the regular assortment from one of our own members, then a sighting of the Tiny Turbos Series 1 up in Canada, before we get to a quick peek of the Tiny Turbos Series 2.

First off from our own Seibertronian ScottyP comes sightings of some of the new Cyberverse Basic Assortment at a Target in North Carolina. Scotty learned that basics are $14.99, and Elite are $24.99. The case breakdown for Basics looks to be 2x Starscream, 2x Sky Byte, 1x Prowl and 1x Jetfire. Elite seems to be 2x Optimus, 1x Bee, and 1x Megatron. (Also spotted at the same Target was the new Siege Micromaster 10 pack so make sure and check your local stores they're definitely making their way across the nation)






Then thanks to a member named terrific over at TFW2005 we've learned the new Tiny Turbo Changers Series 1 has hit the shelves of at least one WalMart in Ottawa, Canada. They've also learned a way to decode which character is in which blind bag! The code starts with a letter of the alphabet and it’s this letter that tells you who is inside. terrific has also provided us the full list of codes.

Tiny Turbo Changers Series 5 Identification Codes list:
A – Bumblebee
B – Optimus Prime
C – Grimlock
D – Autobot Hot Rod
E – Jetfire
F – Autobot Drift
G – Blackarachnia
H – Decepticon Shockwave
I – Soundwave
J – Megatron
K – Starscream
L – Prowl


Then lastly thanks to a listing at Amazon Mexico we have an image of the lineup for Series 2 of the Tiny Turbo Changers. In it we see Starscream, Megatron, Drift, Prowl, Grimlock, Jetfire Hot Rod, Shockwave, Black Arachnia, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Soundwave.




As always enjoy the images and share your views with the Seibertron crew in the forums, and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

I think I need to budget in a whole case of the tiny turbo changers.