Product Details for Upcoming Transformers Cyberverse Ultimate Class Iaconus

I was PUMPED to see it be called Ultimate Class until I realized it's not the Ultimate ones we got from 2018-19.

How large would such a figure be, anyway?

ouch. it sounds like Iaconus is gonna be hampered by a crap gimmick. poor guy. i really wanted the NEW characters to get good toys the way Hammerbyte and Thunderhowl did.

Skritz wrote:How large would such a figure be, anyway?

Here is my newly revamped (prior to last night) Cyberverse shelf with Ultimate Grimlock, who would be the same size as Iaconus. Grimlock is posed/hunched some in that photo, so he would be taller yet

But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

The Optimus, Megatron, and Shockwave are all standing more or less straight up in the back row there on a riser, and they are the standard deluxe size (about Ironworks/Mirage height) for comparison

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

The description says 9", so about the size of "old" leader scale like during the Prime Wars trilogy. Ultimate Grimlock is slightly shorter than PotP Optimus Prime (or in my case, Star Convoy).



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Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Ultra Markus wrote:

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Yeah that's a tad small for a Titan.

Skritz wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Yeah that's a tad small for a Titan.

Yeah, unfortunately, the Cyberverse toyline doesn't have any larger size classes than Ultimate class. It would take a Generations release for Iaconus, Croaton, or the Dweller to receive toys that do their sizes more justice.

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Yeah that's a tad small for a Titan.

Yeah, unfortunately, the Cyberverse toyline doesn't have any larger size classes than Ultimate class. It would take a Generations release for Iaconus, Croaton, or the Dweller to receive toys that do their sizes more justice.

And hopefully someday we get those. The former 2 certainly deserve it, they ended up being major characters wholly original to the lineup.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Yeah that's a tad small for a Titan.

Yeah, unfortunately, the Cyberverse toyline doesn't have any larger size classes than Ultimate class. It would take a Generations release for Iaconus, Croaton, or the Dweller to receive toys that do their sizes more justice.

And hopefully someday we get those. The former 2 certainly deserve it, they ended up being major characters wholly original to the lineup.

i like the idea of having a generations Iaconus and Croaton and Dweller in a titan class they have cool designs

Ultra Markus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Skritz wrote:But how big is that in relation to CHUG figures?

not big enough not by a long shot

Yeah that's a tad small for a Titan.

Yeah, unfortunately, the Cyberverse toyline doesn't have any larger size classes than Ultimate class. It would take a Generations release for Iaconus, Croaton, or the Dweller to receive toys that do their sizes more justice.

And hopefully someday we get those. The former 2 certainly deserve it, they ended up being major characters wholly original to the lineup.

i like the idea of having a generations Iaconus and Croaton and Dweller in a titan class they have cool designs

I wish we had seen more of the Dweller, but again, it does not hurt to go all original and try some new things. Current main "Generations" is stale as hell right now

New official images of Deluxe Arcee and Thunderhowl from TakaraTomy Mall:

https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810170075/
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810170082/

Arcee's eyes look way better than they did in the CG renders. Oh, and she isn't a partsformer like her Earthrise figure.

Oddly enough, we have had very little images of the upcoming Transformers Cyberverse deluxe Thunderhowl figure, which is the only new character to get a more collector oriented figure in the line, and thus one of the most anticipated Cyberverse figure. Well, thanks to some new Takara listings on their TTMALL web store, we have several new images of him. And not just renders, but images of the actual toy. We still don't get a great look at the beast mode, but it's better than what we got before. We also get a lot of new shots of Arcee show seems to be the best Arcee of 2020 with a really nice take on the alt mode.

Plus we have new images of the upcoming simpler battle Call figures for Megatron and Starscream that my young kids are really looking forward to. That Megatron has a nice Galvatron homage in his energon fuelled mode. Those images are from Dorksidetoys.

Let us know what you think!

Thunderhowl looks a little weird compared to his original photos but is still welcome.

Arcee looks pretty nice, still heavy as heck backpack, but she looks pretty good

Is it kind of sad that this Arcee has a better backpack than the ER one?

Quantum Surge wrote:Is it kind of sad that this Arcee has a better backpack than the ER one?

Not really. I have a good animated arcee, a good generations arcee, a good headmaster arcee and now I'll have a good cyberverse arcee. So no need for whatever Earthrise is offering. Some fans wanted the ultimate cartoon model come to toy form and they'll get it with all the sacrifices that entails. And for those who preffer more the idea of a transforming toy, well there's a ton more options including this one.

Also, here is a comparison of the 3 arcee toys coming out this year.



Think of turning this into an article all of it's own.

Oh? Arcee no longer have a disturbing creepy face! Unless her face is unchanged and it was only the previous photos that were unflattering? Also, not only her backpack is relatively reasonable, but her vehicle mode is simply adorable. Her only true fault are the hollow parts.

Well, guess she'll be coming home!

I'll be honest, I have no context for Cyberverse and haven't really been paying attention, but Thunderhowl and Arcee look really good. I think Arcee's vehicle mode is actually really nice and hits all the "Arcee boxes" while still looking unique. And Thunderhowl just looks so weird, and for some reason his beast mode reminds me of the badger moles from Avatar The Last Airbender. I also really like the "electro sword" effect part. It looks like such a cool effect

Wow, Arcee's face looks SO much better than it did at Toy Fair. It's amazing the difference between a painted prototype and the finished product. She's not perfect, but this Arcee is going to be really tempting.

Arcee is sharing the same problems with her feet as earthrise, it looks worse on earthrise but cyber verse really looks like her lower legs are backwards way around. Might be possible to snip them off and make a base for her to stand up with out them.

Damn, this has to be one of the best Arcee toys we've gotten since Animated. I actually kinda want it.

That Arcee looks great. Some of her design cues in car mode remind me of G1 Blurr which is interesting since G1 Blurr was considered for repainting as Arcee.

I'm really amazed at how different the actual Cyberverse Arcee look like compared to the Toy Fest reveal.

She went from "nope nope nope" to "do want!"

That Megatron energy Pickaxe looks really neat actually.

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There is a lot of fun Cyberverse news to cover at the moment. We have the first images for two upcoming toys. One being a grey redeco of the semi transforming scout class Bumblebee toy, and another being ultimate class Iaconus. The new Bumblebee was found on the Meijer site while Iaconus was posted on Instagram by Hungry Grimlock. For those not following the Cyberverse line too much, the ultimate class is their biggest size class, as big as the leaders of the past (slightly bigger even), but only costing the price of a voyager class. That's the class that awesome Grimlock from last year was released as. You can click on the blue text to see size comparisons between that class and other toys to get an idea of how big Iaconus will be. While not in scale with the warrior, deluxes or even scouts, there could be some fun to be had with legion class figures. The Iaconus has the energon armor spring gimmick all ultimate class figures have this year.

Speaking of the ultimate class, Takara posted some fun pictures of the upcoming Cyberverse deluxe Arcee riding the previously mentioned ultimate class Grimlock. There's a still from the show for you to compare. We also see her putting on deluxe Grimlock's crown.













Lastly, but certainly not least, the latest episode of Cyberverse is available on youtube. You can watch it below and feel free to join our discussion on this animated series here.

Seriously. At Toy Fair, prototype Cyberverse Arcee looked incredibly creepy. But the more I see pictures of the REAL Cyberverse Arcee, the more I see her as one of the best looking Arcee ever made.

I'm so buying her when she comes out.

I picked up the 1-step Bludgeon and he is so cool. I was already gonna buy Cyberverse Arcee for my god-daughter but now I may have to get one for myself.

Wow! This looks like a great Grimlock figure! I mean this is one of the best takes on a Grimlock toy release ever. That Arcee also looks FANTASTIC! I need to save some pennies to look into getting both Arcee and Grimlock from this series. So many series and all released about the same time, much of the figures are so close to an homage of original G1 cartoon robot designs makes it a New Golden Age for Transformers fans, younger and older alike. Absolutely Awesome! Ironic the world seems to be in chaos over the Covid-19 and civil unrest YET its also a great time to be a TF fan. We can't have everything. The ying and the yang always are in play.

I'm very pleased by the looks of Iaconus. He seems to have the posability of Ultimate Grimlock, which is what we really need for him.

Definitely looking forward to more pictures of him

william-james88 wrote:Speaking of the ultimate class, Takara posted some fun pictures of the upcoming Cyberverse deluxe Arcee riding the previously mentioned ultimate class Grimlock.

william-james88 wrote:

That's actually the Ultra class Grimlock in that picture, not the Ultimate.

Thanks, I changed it in the news on the front page.

william-james88 wrote:Thanks, I changed it in the news on the front page.

Now I want a picture of Arcee riding the actual Ultimate Grimlock. Will be much better scale-wise. I think.

Love Arcee! Absolute must here.
Iaconus is looking good so far!

I hope they repaint/mold him into the other Titan, there were only 2 right? I saw each episode and absolutely love Cyberverse. It's my second favorite TF series, G1 being nr 1 of course.

I really hope they also make Chromia and just repaint Arcee a few times. Give us a Warrior Ratchet, maybe a Warrior Skywarp with the square remolded head so I can get more of those.

Still need to get Repugnes, these guys were so cute, same as for Sharkticons.

I hope Hasbro/Takara give Cyberverse more toy attention in the future. Earthrise is pure win so I'm not complaining.

noctorro wrote:I hope Hasbro/Takara give Cyberverse more toy attention in the future. Earthrise is pure win so I'm not complaining.

With the show ended, this could be Cyberverse's final year.

Sabrblade wrote:

noctorro wrote:I hope Hasbro/Takara give Cyberverse more toy attention in the future. Earthrise is pure win so I'm not complaining.

With the show ended, this could be Cyberverse's final year.

Very likely, BUT it doesnt mean we've seen all it has to offer yet. Some new mold reveals in 3....2....1...

william-james88 wrote:Some new mold reveals in 3....2....1...

We have some nice new reveals today for the Cyberverse line. Entertainment Earth has put up listing for waves 8 and 9 of the warrior class figures. Most are repacks, as has been the norm with the warrior class ever since it started 5 years ago, but it does include one new mold: Mega Axe Attack Optimus Prime. This new Optimus Prime seems to be sporting a Cybertronian alt mode, which works well with the other toys in the waves which also sport Cybertronian alt modes. He will be in both wave 8 and 9 accompanied by various repacked figures, including Hammerstrike which some are saying is the best warrior yet.

Here are the breakdowns for these 2 upcoming waves:

Wave 8
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR SHOCKWAVE
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR CYBERTRONIAN BUMBLEBEE
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR HAMMERBYTE
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR "new" OPTIMUS PRIME

Wave 9
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR GNAW
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR CYBERTRONIAN BUMBLEBEE
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR CYBERTRONIAN MEGATRON
TRA CYBERVERSE WARRIOR "new" OPTIMUS PRIME

All toys are packaged equally, nothing is shortpacked even though that term doesn't have the same resonance when it comes to repacks.

We have another brand new toy revealed with NDA toys showing us pictures of Ultra Class Thunderhowl. While his look is similar to the deluxe, there are some big differences such as the red cape and the wolf head being smaller in proprtion to the rest of the body compared to the deluxe. This makes for a much sleeker torso. He has two weapons and the wold head is removable for a different robot mode look. He does have the Energon battle armor gimmick on top of all this, making for lots of play options for kids.

Product info:

TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTRANSFORMERS THUNDERHOWL
The battle for control of Cybertron is on between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons on the Cyberverse Adventures animated series! With energon armour, both sides can harness incredible new powers, including the ability to convert energy into cool looking armour that allows them to fight in new ways. This extra layer of super-charged protection will be useful in the battles ahead. See how these new powers will be used to defend Cybertron… or threaten it. Thunderhowl draws his Thunder Blade weapon to harness the power of an energon armour power up! Children can collect other Ultra Class figures (each sold separately, subject to availability) to discover more exciting characters from the Transformers Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures series! Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

Thunderhowl looks a fun toy.

Dat shark dude and Thunderhowl....

TulioDude wrote:Thunderhowl looks a fun toy.

I know right?!

Plus, that removeable wplf face makes him more show accurate.

Don't know why but I want this toy more than any upcoming earthrise deluxe.

I really hope he's a character that sticks around and isn't just limited to Cyberverse.

ZeroWolf wrote:I really hope he's a character that sticks around and isn't just limited to Cyberverse.

Even though I never watched a single Cyberverse episode, I'm with you on this one. The TF main line need fresh blood. But don't milk it to death like Windblade. We need MANY more new and original characters and Cyberverse is sure a fertile ground!

Yeah, Thunderhowl, Shadow Striker, Laconus, Metrofire, Wild Wheel (I want a cowboy themed tf cartoon featuring Lockdown and Wild Wheel!) the hammer head guy... All are just prime candidates to he added else where.

I miss legion class

Props to team,they look nice on their own and are meant to be played with.

BERSEKAEL wrote:I miss legion class

I believe they will return with the next movie.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I really hope he's a character that sticks around and isn't just limited to Cyberverse.

Even though I never watched a single Cyberverse episode, I'm with you on this one. The TF main line need fresh blood.

And especially if they keep Thunderhowl's Cyberverse personality as a chivalrous "Knight of the Primes". He is wonderful! We haven't really had a character this knightly since Beast Wars Silverbolt.