Stop Motion Animated Short Featuring Transformers: War for Cybertron SIEGE by Taiwan Hasbro

That is probably the coolest Flywheels has ever been and ever will be. Also, did Cog just use his own arm as a melee weapon? That's awesome.

Dahm that flywheels,
love the second reattachement!....might buy Flywheels now lol

That, by itself, was a million times better/cooler than ALL the Bay films put together

HOLY HECK AWESOMESAUCE!!

That's much better! After getting Aimless finally, I went ahead and swapped his arms with Blowpipe to give both much more original toy (and correct character model) accuracy. The gray plastics are a perfect match for lucky Blowpipe. The blue plastics aren't a perfect match for Aimless, though. Still, they coordinate very well with each other and the slight difference in hue I think actually makes Aimless look more defined as a figure, as opposed to having his entire torso and arms all be one uniform color with almost not other paint details or colors to break them up.

I intend keep buying these humanoid Battle Masters up, increasing my cache of weapons blast effects, Frankensteining together a nice Nightstick to go with the upcoming Ricochet, fixing up Firedrive with some proper gray parts instead of the stark white he has now, and using the left over pieces to make some original characters, perhaps. Unfortunatley, I'm at a loss as to how to "correct" Caliburst, other than to buy another Aimless, keep all his parts as factory assembled, and make him Caliburst, lol! The lack of pins on this size class and the modularity of the parts, including the gun barrels, is a customizer's dream come true.

If / where smart they should put out a weapons effects pack of some kind and maybe include a Targetmaster/Micromaster with each pack. C'mon / what say you?


I picked up Ironhide and he's yet another epic figure in this amazing line. So by when can we expect Ratchet? Is he suppose to be a Walgreen's release or is that still TBA?

transformers_va wrote:That, by itself, was a million times better/cooler than ALL the Bay films put together

Nemesis Destron wrote:If / where smart they should put out a weapons effects pack of some kind and maybe include a Targetmaster/Micromaster with each pack. C'mon / what say you?

The weaponizers in this line are weapon packs that can.combine into a robot.

I was boasting above about how wonderful it was that the Siege Battle Masters were so interchangeable with one another after I swapped around Blowpipe's and Aimless' arms. Well, I found out that it's certainly true of the legs of all the humanoid Battle Masters, but NOT their arms and weapons, thanks to Firedrive. He's got larger ball joints for his shoulders, so the arms from Blowpipe and Aimless won't fit on him (and visa versa). The same goes for the gun barrels, which are also not compatible, due to major design differences. Firedrive's gun barrel attaches via holes that fit nubs on the back of the figure, while with Blowpipe and Aimless, their gun barrels attach via numbs that fit in holes on the backs of their figures.

So, this throws a wrench into a lot of my parts swapping plans. I'm going to have to look into repainting some of these figures instead to make the special characters I want. Does anyone know if these figures are made of the dreaded "unpaintable" plastic?

Wolfman Jake wrote:So, this throws a wrench into a lot of my parts swapping plans. I'm going to have to look into repainting some of these figures instead to make the special characters I want. Does anyone know if these figures are made of the dreaded "unpaintable" plastic?

I only know of one confirmed case of POM or PA (aka nylon): Lionizer's black parts. I can't really tell which plastic is which, but here's a list of the most common types used plus some features:

Plastic on TFWiki.

Finally, POM and PA can still be painted, but with specialised paints I'd imagine. Ask at Game Workshop

I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

Skritz wrote:I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

Maybe we will further on in the WFC trilogy, along with the '87 Autobot Targetmasters we're still missing (and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters).

So, are the blades "permanently" attached to Siege Megatron's gun?

Cyberpath wrote:So, are the blades "permanently" attached to Siege Megatron's gun?

Well, yes and no? Looking at mine, the gray parts are on a mushroom peg that connect to the black hinge parts. Looks like one could remove the blades but they'd be left with those black nubs on the sides. I haven't tried myself, but I've seen others have done it.

Guess you'll have to open him to find out!

I saw you got him in another thread.

The blades on Megs are removable like a standard plastic mushroom peg. I did that and reattached no problem

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Skritz wrote:I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

Maybe we will further on in the WFC trilogy, along with the '87 Autobot Targetmasters we're still missing (and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters).

I'm hoping too because I've ended up with a mostly-complete set of the original Targetmaster characters via mostly Titans Return (and Combiner Wars for Cyclonus). Right now we're missing an update to the three new Autobot characters: Pointblank, Sureshot and Crosshair. As futuristic vehicles they'd work fine in the WFC trilogy.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters.

Hasbro has developed an interesting conundrum with these. T30 Scoop did come with his 2 TM Partners, but obviously TR Quake did not. Then there's TFCC Needlenose & Spinister that did...but then again they were club exclusives.

I wonder if Hasbro would release 2 TM's in a pack as part of their Micromaster line? If for nothing else to get Quake his partners in some modern form. Then all we would need are modern updates of Landfill & Quickmix, along with their respective TM's.

o.supreme wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters.

Hasbro has developed an interesting conundrum with these. T30 Scoop did come with his 2 TM Partners, but obviously TR Quake did not. Then there's TFCC Needlenose & Spinister that did...but then again they were club exclusives.

I wonder if Hasbro would release 2 TM's in a pack as part of their Micromaster line? If for nothing else to get Quake his partners in some modern form. Then all we would need are modern updates of Landfill & Quickmix, along with their respective TM's.

I think Hasbro would also want to make a new Needlenose and Spinister for the people who couldn't get the Club ones (the majority of collectors), evident with how Needlenose was part of one of the options for the Siege fan poll.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:evident with how Needlenose was part of one of the options for the Siege fan poll.

So was Spinister

Autobot N wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:evident with how Needlenose was part of one of the options for the Siege fan poll.

So was Spinister

Oh, you're right. I thought he might have been when I wrote that comment, but wasn't sure.

Finally got the Battlemasters and Micromasters off Amazon

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:So, are the blades "permanently" attached to Siege Megatron's gun?

Well, yes and no? Looking at mine, the gray parts are on a mushroom peg that connect to the black hinge parts. Looks like one could remove the blades but they'd be left with those black nubs on the sides. I haven't tried myself, but I've seen others have done it.

Guess you'll have to open him to find out!

I saw you got him in another thread.

Oh, I see. They're not supposed to come off but they can. I was hoping they could detach/attach like this...



Like, isn't this a major point to the whole Siege line?

Wish it were like that, strange choice from the HasTak designers.

And of course I opened the box right after taking that pic!




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Hey guys, regarding Siege Soundwave, would you have preferred his vehicle mode to be this?



Sure, lamppost mode would probably be sacrificed, but I can see this fitting in with Siege. Bot mode is already G1ish, so they could just make bot mode more G1 and probably make the cassettes into bombs

That's not to say that I don't like SiegeWave's vehicle mode, I think it's quite cool.

I have been trying to find Siege Voyager Prime now to use the Target 25% off deal, but he is nowhere to be found now All I find is Wave 2 deluxes and Megatron, along with the Wave 1 leaders, Battlemasters, and Studio Series.

I swear, this happens to me all the time. Whenever I want something, I can no longer find it

I don't know if it's actual news but I compared two Six-Guns with each other and they have different battle damage. Not like the Optimus Primes and Megatrons who seem to have all the same because those are tampographs (I guess all Voyagers have tampographs for battle damage). And the Deluxes battle looks like actually brushed on. So they are not all the same.

Lunatic Prime wrote:Not like the Optimus Primes and Megatrons who seem to have all the same because those are tampographs (I guess all Voyagers have tampographs for battle damage).

They are not tampographs either, the voyagers have very different amounts from one to the next.

william-james88 wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:Not like the Optimus Primes and Megatrons who seem to have all the same because those are tampographs (I guess all Voyagers have tampographs for battle damage).

They are not tampographs either, the voyagers have very different amounts from one to the next.

Yeah, technically all figures (not just Transformers) are hand painted since it would be impractical to build a machine to automate the process for every single figure ever made. Even tampographs are applied by hand using a press. Brushed on battle damage like in the Siege line are free-form making each figure a little unique.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:Not like the Optimus Primes and Megatrons who seem to have all the same because those are tampographs (I guess all Voyagers have tampographs for battle damage).

They are not tampographs either, the voyagers have very different amounts from one to the next.

Yeah, technically all figures (not just Transformers) are hand painted since it would be impractical to build a machine to automate the process for every single figure ever made. Even tampographs are applied by hand using a press. Brushed on battle damage like in the Siege line are free-form making each figure a little unique.

Emerje

Good to know. Thank you!

Finally found Pteraxadon. Also this is the counter to a post I made in the *G1 Walmart reissues* thread about bad customer service.

At my local Target, I was looking at the remnants of the recent toy sale. An employee walked by with a cart full of toys to be stocked and asked "Can I help you find something" -I pointed to the battle Masters, he scanned the code with his device and said "We have 3 in the back, but they will be from the same case..." I explained the possibility that there could be one unique one I was looking for, so he was happy to check, and wouldn't you know, ALL 3 were Pteraxadon. Now, despite the fact that my hunt was successful, THAT is how you do customer service. The employee was willing to learn, honest, knowledgeable, and friendly.

Many weaponizer combos just look goofy... this one, maybe not so much.

o.supreme wrote:Finally found Pteraxadon. Also this is the counter to a post I made in the *G1 Walmart reissues* thread about bad customer service.

At my local Target, I was looking at the remnants of the recent toy sale. An employee walked by with a cart full of toys to be stocked and asked "Can I help you find something" -I pointed to the battle Masters, he scanned the code with his device and said "We have 3 in the back, but they will be from the same case..." I explained the possibility that there could be one unique one I was looking for, so he was happy to check, and wouldn't you know, ALL 3 were Pteraxadon. Now, despite the fact that my hunt was successful, THAT is how you do customer service. The employee was willing to learn, honest, knowledgeable, and friendly.

Glad to hear you got what you were looking for!

I've had some really good customer service experience with Target too. A month or so ago, when I was in a Target looking for the Studio Series Deluxes of Sideswipe, Clunker Bumblebee, and WWII Bumblebee, a really nice employee was willing to look in the back when I could only find Crankcase and Barricade on the self. I told him I was most interested in Sideswipe and described what he looked like. He came back with all three figures I needed, and new precisely which one was the one I wanted. I bought all three, of course! That's the kind of experience that makes me want to keep coming back to a store!

Latebrus-K wrote:

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Many weaponizer combos just look goofy... this one, maybe not so much.

I love the Prime Master sitting in Ironhide's chest there. It gives it a nice little nod to the G1 toy's "face" too.

Latebrus-K wrote:

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Many weaponizer combos just look goofy... this one, maybe not so much.

Sixgun makes a great jetpack, I think that's why I prefer him for combinations. Cog is really good no doubt! Sixgun makes for a better flightpack

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:

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Many weaponizer combos just look goofy... this one, maybe not so much.

Sixgun makes a great jetpack, I think that's why I prefer him for combinations. Cog is really good no doubt! Sixgun makes for a better flightpack

Agreed, and Sixgun's colors match splendidly with his wavemate!

Wolfman Jake wrote:I love the Prime Master sitting in Ironhide's chest there. It gives it a nice little nod to the G1 toy's "face" too.

Haha, thanks for noticing! Just wait until I throw some Titan Masters in there!

I call this "Combinerhide"... still very floppy, but I can probably work something out with extra pieces.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:

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Many weaponizer combos just look goofy... this one, maybe not so much.

Sixgun makes a great jetpack, I think that's why I prefer him for combinations. Cog is really good no doubt! Sixgun makes for a better flightpack

I'm getting a lot more used out of SixGun. Especially for weapons.

I can't wait to get Sixgun to go with the Takara Metroplex that just arrived, he and the two micromaster packs are all I have left to get from wave 2.

I went on a binge. Found Soundwave, Prime, and Megatron in a one-day period. Bought all three.

Fellow Seibertronians, you may recall that we reported almost a week ago about a new stop motion animated short featuring the Transformers: War for Cybertron - Siege series of figures, duking it out on the battlefield in a fighting game type of framework. Well, Seibeton.com member Cyberpath has let us know that Taiwan Hasbro is continuing their series of shorts with another installment, published to their YouTube channel, this time featuring the first two Leader Class figures for the Siege line, Ultra Magnus and Shockwave! Again, the animation makes use of the fighting game motif, complete with a character select screen at a "KO!" declaration at the end of combat. This latest short shows off how to transform and armor up both Ultra Magnus and Shockwave as per their Leader Class gimmick for the line. Once again, most of the special effects are done with computer animation and not the weapon effects parts from the Battle Master Class of the line. Take a look for yourselves at the video below and see which bot stands victorious at the end!



What Transformers: War for Cybertron - Siege figures do you want to see featured in the next stop motion short by Taiwan Hasbro? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!

Nice! Now, if I can only find Shockwave...

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I can't wait to get Sixgun to go with the Takara Metroplex that just arrived, he and the two micromaster packs are all I have left to get from wave 2.

Tell us how he colors on Sixgun match up with Takara Tomy's release of Metroplex. I have the SDCC version of Metroplex, and the reds are just a bit off from one another, but not enough to be distracting.

There can be only one. Siege Ironhide is absolutely fantastic. I’ve been trying to think of other characters aside from Ratchet it could be repainted into because it is so good, I want it many more times. Energon Tow Line might be a bit obscure for the main line, but it would be fun to see the homage get homaged.

Ultra Magnus knocked Shockwave out with a street sign? I don't think so!

Oh boy! Time for evey g1 fans tramatic memory

Man, I was originally skipping out on the 'deluxe autobots' to not go down a spiral of trying to get the whole G1 cast but Ironhide looks really, really good.

Skritz wrote:Man, I was originally skipping out on the 'deluxe autobots' to not go down a spiral of trying to get the whole G1 cast but Ironhide looks really, really good.

I'm being selective about it. I ignore Siege figures if I already have CHUG versions I'm happy with as is the case with Universe 2.0 Sideswipe, the Universe 2.0 Datsun Boys, and T30 Chromia. However, if Siege makes a really obviously superior version of a character like Hound and Ironhide, I'll get them.

Vic Zanzibar wrote:

Skritz wrote:Man, I was originally skipping out on the 'deluxe autobots' to not go down a spiral of trying to get the whole G1 cast but Ironhide looks really, really good.

I'm being selective about it. I ignore Siege figures if I already have CHUG versions I'm happy with as is the case with Universe 2.0 Sideswipe, the Universe 2.0 Datsun Boys, and T30 Chromia. However, if Siege makes a really obviously superior version of a character like Hound and Ironhide, I'll get them.

In my case, outside of Optimus Prime I had no '84-'85 Autobot character prior to Siege since I started during Titans Return. Since then I've gotten my hands on some of the mini-bots, namely Bumblebee, Cosmos and Brawn via their TR version and POTP Beachcomber.

So, have any more Galaxy Upgrade Primes shown up yet? There were a handful of sightings suddenly and then... nothing? Seems like the few sightings we got were some kind of fluke.

I think Big hasbrother caught word of what happened and stomped it out that fire before it could spread into a PR nightmare,

TrypticonCarne wrote:Oh boy! Time for evey g1 fans tramatic memory

Such heroic nonsense!

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I can't wait to get Sixgun to go with the Takara Metroplex that just arrived, he and the two micromaster packs are all I have left to get from wave 2.

Wave 2 wise, I need to find leader Prime, the Battlemasters, and the micromasters still

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I can't wait to get Sixgun to go with the Takara Metroplex that just arrived, he and the two micromaster packs are all I have left to get from wave 2.

Wave 2 wise, I need to find leader Prime, the Battlemasters, and the micromasters still

Oh yeah, I still need Leader Prime too. Guess I wasn't considering it wave 2 since it's supposed to come out alongside the Wave 3s.

Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, TFanPage101, we've learned that YouTuber TonTon Reviews, has just reviewed the highly anticipated Commander Class Jetfire figure from the Transformers War for Cybertron Siege toyline!

In the review he goes through the basics of transformation, scale to other transformer figures (namely Leader Class Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime, Deluxe Class Prowl, Studio Series Leader Class Jetfire and Studio Series Voyager Class Movie 1 Optimus Prime), all the points of articulation, and a run down on all the action points of the toy. This includes showing its interaction with other Siege figures and how Titan/Prime Masters can get in the fun via Jetfire's cockpit!

We have embedded the video below for your convenience.



What do you think of this figure? Are you looking forward to adding Jetfire to your collection? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!