Transformers Cyberverse: Battle for Cybertron "Sharkticon Attack" found with new Sharkticon toys
Friday, December 27th, 2019 8:08PM CST
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These images come from u/Valdor99 over at r/transformers. What are your thoughts on this second unannounced set? Will you buy this set if you spot it? Let us know in the Pub forums below!
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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on December 27th, 2019 @ 8:23pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on December 27th, 2019 @ 10:27pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 27th, 2019 @ 11:04pm CST
These little surfer dudes need their bodacious leaders, man. Lord Gnaw isn't enough by himself.
Posted by blackeyedprime on December 28th, 2019 @ 4:31am CST
we might get a titan sized sharkticon yet
Posted by Rogue-Primal on December 28th, 2019 @ 9:48am CST
Since Trash Crash sounds like stupid rhyme for the armor i'm calling it Wreck-Gar instead, got the idea from Animated Wreck-Gar's alternate mode. The armor helmet reminds me of Scourge from Robots in Disguise 2001 minus blue eyes.
I also gave him a modified version of a Classics Deluxe green tank Megatron; I removed the stock and cut down a small portion so Grimlock can hold it. He looks great with a little extra firepower.
Posted by SGMLordMirage on December 30th, 2019 @ 4:44pm CST
Again, this is something new in my area and could have been out in other areas now.
SGM
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 30th, 2019 @ 6:41pm CST
And those 2 new packs look pretty neat. I might get the Hot rod one for the black Hot rod car mode and baby sharks, and I kinda really want the quintesson one. I didn't get that Wave or Prowl, so those will be nice to go with the Quint.
Will go looking on New Years day I think
Posted by william-james88 on December 30th, 2019 @ 9:07pm CST
The new warrior figures found include Stealth Force Hot Rod, a repacked Soundwave, Cybertronian Megatron and Cybertronian Bumblebee. They were found at Walmart with the earliest sightings from Virginia. The specific sighting here is from tf fan Daimao.
The new ultra class spark armor figures, like Clobber, have been found at Meijer in New Albany, Indiana, by tf fan primeisboss.
The deluxes, which include Megatron, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Shockwave were found at a Target in Wisconsin by tf fan Jacer. These are the ones that are more articulated and as complex as the Studio Series toys and come with a build a figure component for Maccadam as a bonus.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 30th, 2019 @ 9:13pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Knight on December 31st, 2019 @ 9:40am CST
And just to add, because why would you want to put out a bunch of new toys right before christmas when everyone is looking for gifts, when you can wait until after the chirstmas season.
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 31st, 2019 @ 10:06am CST
Posted by no-one on December 31st, 2019 @ 10:20am CST
Take this with a grain of salt.ZeroWolf wrote:Clobber isn't Lugnut, she's not even meant to be him. She's just a female version of him (like Slipstream existing seperately to Starscream)
tfwiki wrote:Clobber is obviously designed to be a new version of Lugnut, the fanatically loyal Decepticon from Transformers Animated; however, she was given a new name after Hasbro objected to making a character bearing the "Lugnut" name female for... some reason, as revealed at SDCC 2019.[1] Evidently, this change came rather late; she's still called Lugnut in some of the dubs for non-English speaking markets. In addition, the backside of her toy packaging uses the masculine inflection of "Bruiser" for her function in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clobber
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2019 @ 11:12am CST
As far as that "some reason" goes, Hasbro probably didn't want a female Transformer to have the name of an anatomic euphemism that refers to a certain male component.carytheone wrote:Take this with a grain of salt.ZeroWolf wrote:Clobber isn't Lugnut, she's not even meant to be him. She's just a female version of him (like Slipstream existing seperately to Starscream)tfwiki wrote:Clobber is obviously designed to be a new version of Lugnut, the fanatically loyal Decepticon from Transformers Animated; however, she was given a new name after Hasbro objected to making a character bearing the "Lugnut" name female for... some reason, as revealed at SDCC 2019.[1] Evidently, this change came rather late; she's still called Lugnut in some of the dubs for non-English speaking markets. In addition, the backside of her toy packaging uses the masculine inflection of "Bruiser" for her function in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clobber
Posted by william-james88 on December 31st, 2019 @ 1:57pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2019 @ 2:03pm CST
Who was saying that?william-james88 wrote:Bruisers can't be female?
Posted by no-one on December 31st, 2019 @ 3:40pm CST
No one, the packaging is just using the masculine spelling of bruiser in languages that use gender specific spellings. For example in Spanish - matón(masculine) vs matona(feminine). I'm making assumptions because I haven't seen the packaging myself. I couldn't find different spellings of bruiser (cogneur) in French. If only there was someone on the boards that spoke French, maybe they could help us...Sabrblade wrote:Who was saying that?william-james88 wrote:Bruisers can't be female?
I'm sure, Americans tend to get uptight about wieners and such.Sabrblade wrote:As far as that "some reason" goes, Hasbro probably didn't want a female Transformer to have the name of an anatomic euphemism that refers to a certain male component.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 31st, 2019 @ 5:45pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2019 @ 6:54pm CST
A fun-filled family reunion.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 31st, 2019 @ 6:55pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:A fun-filled family reunion.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together
PUNCH OF KILL EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Posted by Sabrblade on December 31st, 2019 @ 7:04pm CST
"Mom! Big brother is punching craters in his room again!"D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:A fun-filled family reunion.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together
PUNCH OF KILL EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Posted by Mindmaster on December 31st, 2019 @ 7:29pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 2nd, 2020 @ 6:57pm CST
Posted by SGMLordMirage on January 3rd, 2020 @ 6:31pm CST
With Hotrod, wish his wheels where the same color as on the package. Would look much better!
SGM
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 3rd, 2020 @ 6:34pm CST
Posted by SGMLordMirage on January 3rd, 2020 @ 6:35pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 3rd, 2020 @ 8:44pm CST
SGMLordMirage wrote:At a local Walmart I picked up Cyberverse Adventure Bumblebee and Hotrod. Funny enough I have not touched this toylike until now. Something I liked about Hotrod, Bumblebee is ok, definitely better in robot mode. HIs vehicle mode is definitely unique.
With Hotrod, wish his wheels where the same color as on the package. Would look much better!
SGM
Can you take more p8cs at various angles for both modes? We havent seen much of them so it could make for a news story.
Posted by SGMLordMirage on January 3rd, 2020 @ 8:49pm CST
Hope this helps!
SGM
Posted by SGMLordMirage on January 3rd, 2020 @ 9:38pm CST
SGM
Posted by no-one on January 3rd, 2020 @ 9:41pm CST
Wow, Bee looks a little like a jet Vehicon - neat!SGMLordMirage wrote:
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2020 @ 2:15pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 4th, 2020 @ 3:04pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 5th, 2020 @ 11:41am CST
Don't forget to share your sightings of new Transformers products with your fellow Seibertronians on our Sightings forum and in our Sightings section! Keep scrolling below for Target DPCI codes and links to specific sighting pages for these items.
If you are hunting down and of the new products shown on the end-cap in the images above, we've included the Target specific DPCI codes (shown below) to help you out.
Cyberverse Battle for Cybertron SHARKTICONS ATTACK set
(This 4-pack includes 1-Step Changer Stealth Force Hot Rod with 3 "Tiny Turbo Changer" Sharkticons)
DPCI: 087-16-6759
Cyberverse Battle for Cybertron QUINTESSON INVASION set
(This 3-pack includes a Quintesson Judge with mind-controlled Shockwave and Prowl)
DPCI: 087-16-7357
Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Optimus Prime
DPCI: 087-16-8780
Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Megatron
DPCI: 087-16-7333
Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Bumblebee
DPCI: Unknown (but comes in same assortment as others)
Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Shockwave
DPCI: 087-16-9080
And just for fun (because we can), check out this animated GIF of Hasbro's first 5 headed Quintesson Judge. Could this Quintesson lead to more? With rumors of an Alicon and others, perhaps 2020 will become the year of the Quintessons!
Posted by bluecatcinema on January 5th, 2020 @ 2:01pm CST
Posted by Aimless Misfire on January 5th, 2020 @ 8:29pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 5th, 2020 @ 8:42pm CST
Aimless Misfire wrote:Why are they pushing this crappy dollar store KO quality garbage so hard? They need to drop this horrible baby crap & focus on Generations & Studio Series. Why did they even go in this direction after 35 years of awesome???
Who says that they're not ALSO doing the things that you want? I think we've gotten 120+ products out of Generations and Studio Series combined in the past year and a half or less. That's pretty amazing. That's some pretty amazing amounts of new product geared toward the collector market that has mostly been sold at retail, with the exception of Generations Selects (which has so far been fairly easy to get online with the exception of the Seacons).
Some of us like the light hearted / kids-geared Cyberverse and Rescue Bots products. On a personal level, I love that Cyberverse has already added a really cool twist to the Quintessons by giving them these "mind-control" devices that attach to Transformers. I'm looking forward to seeing how this unfolds in the Cyberverse storyline and how this potentially impacts anything related to Quintessons going forward.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on January 5th, 2020 @ 9:08pm CST
Aimless Misfire wrote:Why are they pushing this crappy dollar store KO quality garbage so hard? They need to drop this horrible baby crap & focus on Generations & Studio Series. Why did they even go in this direction after 35 years of awesome???
When the hell will Hasbro learn that toys are NOT for children! You think a 6 year old wants to play with cool robots? They don't even understand the deep lore behind the character that toy portrays! Here little Jimmy, go play with something you'll understand.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 5th, 2020 @ 10:38pm CST
Preach it! This Quintesson stuff is exciting to think about for what might happen in Season 3 of the show.Seibertron wrote:On a personal level, I love that Cyberverse has already added a really cool twist to the Quintessons by giving them these "mind-control" devices that attach to Transformers. I'm looking forward to seeing how this unfolds in the Cyberverse storyline and how this potentially impacts anything related to Quintessons going forward.
It's especially intriguing since the show already gave us a fun brand new take on the Sharkticons that featured them uniquely as their own autonomous culture without any sign or trace of the Quints, so whatever connection might be made between the two in Season 3 could lead to some more fun with the surfer dude Sharkticons.
Posted by STngAR on January 5th, 2020 @ 10:48pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 6th, 2020 @ 8:51am CST
STngAR wrote:Just cant get into the Cyberverse line. I tried but its just not appealing to me. Just patiently waiting for Earthrise and catching up on older figs is fine for me right now.
What's really amazing to me is the brand itself at the moment. There really is something for everyone at the moment. A nice preschool line with Rescue Bots. A young kid line with Cyberverse that takes a lot of cues from the overall history of the brand that can be of interest to adult collectors. A Generations line geared toward mainstream and collectors. A movie universe line geared toward mainstream and collectors. An advanced collector oriented Masterpiece line with G1, Diaclone, toy, cartoon, Beast Wars, and Movie products. High end collectible statues, Fun product lines which appeals to a variety of people like BotBots, Tiny Turbo Changers and other products. 1-Steps. 3-Steps. A new upcoming Unicron toy. Titan Class figures! Many variations of the same character (something that was once a no-no by the brand team at the beginning of past decade). Multiple comics! Multiple cartoons! The brand has never been bigger.
It is truly an amazing time to be a Transformers fan.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on January 6th, 2020 @ 9:37am CST
The Quint judge ... if there wasn't a 3P option I have and if a new one for Earthrise wasn't coming I think I'd be pretty happy a G1-ish Quint was something I could have.
Posted by no-one on January 6th, 2020 @ 9:41am CST
Seibertron wrote:It is truly an amazing time to be a Transformers fan.
Posted by william-james88 on January 6th, 2020 @ 10:31am CST
Seibertron wrote: A young kid line with Cyberverse that takes a lot of cues from the overall history of the brand that can be of interest to adult collectors.
I totally caught that and I am surprised so few fans don't. This line takes a lot of cues from G1, which was a toyline for kids. It has the same characters as G1, along with the same basic articulation and simple enough transformations. Plus it has gimicks for kids, which the G1 line did do as well in the later years. It very much is an old school kids line and I find that fun in itself.
Also, while I did not intend this at all, my house became like a pop up christmas store for Transformers, since i was selling a small chunk of my collection. Most of the customers were parents looking for simpler toys for 4-6 year olds. I had almost nothing for them, but this Cyberverse line would be perfectly up their alley. All to say there is definitely a market out there and this line answers a big need. It's these toys that can make new young fans that will one day support the brand when they are older.
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on January 6th, 2020 @ 2:59pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Seibertron wrote: A young kid line with Cyberverse that takes a lot of cues from the overall history of the brand that can be of interest to adult collectors.
I totally caught that and I am surprised so few fans don't. This line takes a lot of cues from G1, which was a toyline for kids. It has the same characters as G1, along with the same basic articulation and simple enough transformations. Plus it has gimicks for kids, which the G1 line did do as well in the later years. It very much is an old school kids line and I find that fun in itself.
Also, while I did not intend this at all, my house became like a pop up christmas store for Transformers, since i was selling a small chunk of my collection. Most of the customers were parents looking for simpler toys for 4-6 year olds. I had almost nothing for them, but this Cyberverse line would be perfectly up their alley. All to say there is definitely a market out there and this line answers a big need. It's these toys that can make new young fans that will one day support the brand when they are older.
I love that their approach was to sort of introduce kids to all of these great characters from various parts of the franchises' history. I noticed that these Cyberverse figures sold relatively well as a lot of the stock didn't hang around for too long at my local retailers. I'm hoping to acquire as many of the newer deluxes as I can. Hope to see more Beast Wars characters eventually as well.
Posted by Master Farr 1 on January 7th, 2020 @ 8:00am CST
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Posted by Flashwave on January 7th, 2020 @ 9:46pm CST
Are those new faces? I dont remember them from G1
Posted by Sabrblade on January 7th, 2020 @ 10:07pm CST
Death is recognizable, but the other four faces appear to be redesigned versions.Flashwave wrote:Are those new faces? I dont remember them from G1
Posted by Emerje on January 8th, 2020 @ 12:42am CST
Emerje
Posted by Anonymous on January 8th, 2020 @ 1:56pm CST
Lineup:
Skrapnel
Autobot Whirl
Chromia
Dead End
Arcee
Autobot Ratchet
Megatron X
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Grimlock
Jetfire
Stealth Force Hot Rod
Posted by Seibertron on January 8th, 2020 @ 2:23pm CST