Transformers Cyberverse Tiny Turbo Changers Series 3 Found in Canada + New Images

Those are simply adorable! I have to hunt down that Arcee and the insecticon.

These... are a lot more impressive than I would have thought for the size of these things. Arcee looks like a highlight here.

Ballistic90 wrote:These... are a lot more impressive than I would have thought for the size of these things. Arcee looks like a highlight here.

That's probably why she's got the most pictures.
I'd like to get the arcee and stealth hot rod myself.

To go with my thoughts on Hot Rod and Grimlock yesterday, here are a few pictures:

Arcee does look nice.

Just got the build-a-figure Rodimus to go in my Hot Rod collection. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's a nice, solid figure. Although one of the legs isn't very stable after one transformation and it suffers from a lack of paint apps.

The Transformers: Cyberverse TV show may be winding down but there are still some toys on the horizon for fans of the series to enjoy. While it has been awhile since any news came through on when to expect the "Battle Call" sub-line with its Officer Class and Trooper Class figures on the shelves, it looks like these toys are one step closer to being in the hands of kids and collectors. Via listings on Amazon US, Amazon UK and UK wholesaler A.B. Gee, stock images are available of the first wave of Officer Class figures, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. A.B. Gee also has a listing for the Trooper Class figures, featuring Wild Wheel, Meteorfire and another Bumblebee.

Check out the images mirrored below, which begin with Officer Class Bumblebee, and be sure to let us know if you find these toys available to order or on store shelves in your area.

Meh.

Meh.

Meh.

Meh.

Meh.

Wait....

Dafok?

Wildwheel?

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Wild Wheel, while kinda cheap looking, looks nice, and I appreciate his stetson being removable. Probably be the only one I get, and I’d kill for a dark blue, 19th-century US Army Cavalry themed redeco. Still curious how the armor thing works. I know it’s voice activated but how does it pop out?

Forgot all about these.

Are these the only assortments in which Steve Irwin and Clint Eastwood will be available?

Mindmaster wrote:Wild Wheel, while kinda cheap looking, looks nice, and I appreciate his stetson being removable. Probably be the only one I get, and I’d kill for a dark blue, 19th-century US Army Cavalry themed redeco. Still curious how the armor thing works. I know it’s voice activated but how does it pop out?

You may not want to hear this, but the spring-loaded armor is only on the bigger Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, with the rest simply being attached (look at the fins on the shoulders). According to the box, the lights on the figures and sounds on the bigger Prime and 'Bee are voice-activated, but the armors are not. It's possible there are different sounds depending on whether the armor is deployed or not (like a button being kept pressed), but I can't find any clues to that.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Wild Wheel, while kinda cheap looking, looks nice, and I appreciate his stetson being removable. Probably be the only one I get, and I’d kill for a dark blue, 19th-century US Army Cavalry themed redeco. Still curious how the armor thing works. I know it’s voice activated but how does it pop out?

You may not want to hear this, but the spring-loaded armor is only on the bigger Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, with the rest simply being attached (look at the fins on the shoulders). According to the box, the lights on the figures and sounds on the bigger Prime 'Bee are voice-activated, but the armors are not.

Well that makes a lot more sense. Not really disappointed, still wanting Wild Wheel, don’t plan on anyone else (unless they do Decepticons that haven’t gotten figures yet).

Also, forgot about Meteorfire. Robot mode ain’t bad, but Jesus Christ that jet mode is less aerial dynamic than friggin’ Devastator.

Mindmaster wrote:Also, forgot about Meteorfire. Robot mode ain’t bad, but Jesus Christ that jet mode is less aerial dynamic than friggin’ Devastator.

Good thing there's no wind resistance in space.

Wild Wheel's Car design looks like it borrowed heavily from the Female Autobot Combiners, which I thought was a lazy and boring design to start with.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Wild Wheel's Car design looks like it borrowed heavily from the Female Autobot Combiners, which I thought was a lazy and boring design to start with.

At least Wild Wheels' back end looks better designed.

Ballistic90 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Wild Wheel's Car design looks like it borrowed heavily from the Female Autobot Combiners, which I thought was a lazy and boring design to start with.

At least Wild Wheels' back end looks better designed.

And unlike the fembots, he's a flying car.

New characters seem like they got the short end of the stick here. Wild Wheel looks pretty cheap in bot mode and Meteorfire's alt mode looks like a box with wings. Happy to see new characters but hope they get sonething additional down the line.

I shouldn't complain too much, still infinitely better treatment than a ton of RiD's characters! Never getting a good Saberhorn, are we

The last few eps that ran on CN have sold me on the two new guys, but it is a shame these will probably be their only toys.

I've now had enough bad experiences with forgetting batteries until they were long corroded that I'd just as soon never see another TF with an electronic gimmick again, but this voice activation feature reminds me so much of those Allspark Tech figures that I foresee these guys mostly showing up in Marshalls and TJMaxx, though Ollie's may also answer said "Battle Call".

Of course, just when the former two stores actually reopen in Michigan, that I cannot foresee.

The big Prime has a pretty wicked face sculpt for the armor.

Shame these are meteorfire and Wild wheel's only toys, they have such cool designs and are getting some mediocre toys. These are 2 of only maybe 6 figures left from the line I want

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Wild Wheel, while kinda cheap looking, looks nice, and I appreciate his stetson being removable. Probably be the only one I get, and I’d kill for a dark blue, 19th-century US Army Cavalry themed redeco. Still curious how the armor thing works. I know it’s voice activated but how does it pop out?

You may not want to hear this, but the spring-loaded armor is only on the bigger Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, with the rest simply being attached (look at the fins on the shoulders). According to the box, the lights on the figures and sounds on the bigger Prime and 'Bee are voice-activated, but the armors are not. It's possible there are different sounds depending on whether the armor is deployed or not (like a button being kept pressed), but I can't find any clues to that.

I think the spring loaded armor is controlled by the weapons. When they're pulled out from the back they trigger a catch.

You know, it just hit me that the black-colored Hot Rod toys in this line might have beem an attempt to homogenize his look with the colors of his live action movie counterpart.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, it just hit me that the black-colored Hot Rod toys in this line might have beem an attempt to homogenize his look with the colors of his live action movie counterpart.

I thought it was more for that covert stealth look since he's the one to always go near the quints.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, it just hit me that the black-colored Hot Rod toys in this line might have beem an attempt to homogenize his look with the colors of his live action movie counterpart.

I thought it was more for that covert stealth look since he's the one to always go near the quints.

I was mainly talking about the toys themselves since those came out long before the show had colored him black.

But in the show itself, his black deco wasn't something that he himself chose for any stealth missions. His body was turned black by a toxic pool of energon waste after he inexplicably miraculously survived being dunked in it.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, it just hit me that the black-colored Hot Rod toys in this line might have beem an attempt to homogenize his look with the colors of his live action movie counterpart.

I thought it was more for that covert stealth look since he's the one to always go near the quints.

I was mainly talking about the toys themselves since those came out long before the show had colored him black.

But in the show itself, his black deco wasn't something that he himself chose for any stealth missions. His body was turned black by a toxic pool of energon waste after he inexplicably miraculously survived being dunked in it.

I realized that a while ago, it is nigh identical to the TLK Hot Rod paint job from the Bumblebee legion 2-pack, plus the keeping of red/orange/yellow with the black clearly pointed to him.

It's super cool to see Hot Rod homaged like that, and it made sense in the story

I love it when characters like Hotrod and Bumblebee (in TFP for the "Prime" example) take on a black color scheme later on, I wouldn't care that much if it was their main colors or anything but since it's an alternative I love it.

Cyberverse has proven to be a well loved show, with a really good Season 2 and a really awesome and original take on the Transformers and the Quintessions in Season 3. We have gotten a lot of toys during the show run, and it while almost every toy has been revealed officially with product images and such, there are still 3 figures left to get a proper reveal, and today we have some more information on one of them.

That figure would be Ultimate Class Iaconus, whom was originally listed back at the very beginning of the year, but has remained in the shadows since, possible due to his role in Season 3 of the show and wanted to coincide with his full reveal. Iaconus is set to arrive in a wave that also includes the previously released Optimus Prime and Shockwave, which means he might be stealthily making his way to shelves soon and not stand out right away.

In the show, Iaconus is described as a War Titan, a Titan who is larger than standard Titans and far more aggressive and fierce. Iaconus' design was previously showed to us as well, but how accurate to the show model his toy is is up for debate, considering what the newest Ultimate Class figures have looked like and used as a gimmick. Hopefully he leans more towards the Ultimate Grimlock than the Ultimate Shockwave.

Check out his product information below, courtesy of Entertainment Earth, and let us know what you think Iaconus will end up looking like below! And stay tuned, hopefully he, and the Ultra Class Skullcruncher and Thunderhowl will make appearances soon!

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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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Got the 5th member of the Resistance! Took more effort and money than I would like, but it's Whirl, he deserved it.

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.