Video Review of Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Hot Rod and Grimlock

For anyone interested, I have a review up on Youtube for Cyberverse Deluxe Grimlock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WNVMnj3wI

Sabrblade wrote:

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:When are we going to get a full gallery of Thunderhowl? He and Iaconus are the ones I want most.

They were not present at the show.

Well, that sucks.

I sincerely doubt Iaconus will be getting a toy since he's a Titan.

Iaconus has an Ultimate Class listing from a while back, remember?

I found a review of rack n ruin.



Gotta say, i dig what i see that. He is not perfect, yes, but for what it is, he looks to be a pretty fun toy. Might end up licking him up.

Thanks to Seibertronian Bacem, we have news that a video review has hit the internet for the highly anticipated Cyberverse Ultra Class Rack n' Ruin!

Rack n' Ruin is a very unique character to Transformers, and one whom took a long time to finally get his first toy. Rack n' Ruin debuted as a set of conjoined Autobots who were members of the Wreckers back in the original Marvel Comics, though much like their leader Impactor, it took time for them to break away from the comic world and into other media.

Transformers Cyberverse introduced Rack n' Ruin in Season 1 of the show, and he has been a regular background character for Season 2 and 3, even showing up as the Captain of one of the Arks in the Season 2 finale! And with Impactor finally getting some mainline toy love and Whirl getting some cartoon love (finally), it seems it is Rack n' Ruins turn to join them in toy form.

The new toy is part of the Ultra Class assortment, and will be around $20 USD. He has the armor up gimmick that Clobber has, and much like her, he has some decent articulation and a pretty neat transformation.

Check out the video review below, courtesy of Rodimus Minor, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

lol, where abouts in england is this guy from? I have loads of family in england and they typically sound like this when they've had a bit too many pints.

sorry, I just couldn't understand anything he was saying.

mesh wrote:lol, where abouts in england is this guy from? I have loads of family in england and they typically sound like this when they've had a bit too many pints.

sorry, I just couldn't understand anything he was saying.

I'm from England and yeah, it's a bit impenetrable

Edit - A friend suggested they might have a slight speech impediment

So the Arcee and Thunderhowl I ordered on Target.com as part of the BOGO sale have changed their order status to "backordered" even though I ordered them hours after the sale started they were still taking pre-orders long after. Hope this isn't the first step in them canceling my order as other had warned happened to them in the past.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:So the Arcee and Thunderhowl I ordered on Target.com as part of the BOGO sale have changed their order status to "backordered" even though I ordered them hours after the sale started they were still taking pre-orders long after. Hope this isn't the first step in them canceling my order as other had warned happened to them in the past.

So the first email they sent me yesterday said the release date had been changed to 2/27, but backordered to 3/6. Now I've just received another email saying backordered to 3/16. Really hope this order doesn't get canceled.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Emerje wrote:So the Arcee and Thunderhowl I ordered on Target.com as part of the BOGO sale have changed their order status to "backordered" even though I ordered them hours after the sale started they were still taking pre-orders long after. Hope this isn't the first step in them canceling my order as other had warned happened to them in the past.

So the first email they sent me yesterday said the release date had been changed to 2/27, but backordered to 3/6. Now I've just received another email saying backordered to 3/16. Really hope this order doesn't get canceled.

Emerje

Geez, this isn't sounding good.

A friend on Twitter has his delivery date updated to 3/6 for those toys, so it seems weird stuff is afoot here.

Picked some stuff up from Target on the last day of the sales. Cyberverse turned out to be a much bigger deal than I thought it would be, so some important characters needed toys got, no matter the quality!

i'm glad Dead End and the Scraplet are my only 2 scouts, they are not that good, but i'm glad to have Dead End, he ended up being my favorite con! Soundwave is pretty alright, he's not great, but he will do. I loved him in Season 3. I just wish his faceplate was the same as the show model, I'm contemplating shaving it town and painting the eyes red to match the show model.

Repugnus is wonderful, that is what the 1-steps were supposed to be, I love him. the beast mode is super cute, and the transformation is great. I love how you can't really see the robot mode is beast mode. This is the 1 step we always needed.

Now to hunt down the remainder of the Resistance and the other cyberverse guys I want:
-1-step Whirl
-the 4 final deluxes / Maccadam
-Warrior Hammerbyte
-Ultra Rack n' Ruin
-Ultimate Iaconus
-Meteorfire
-Wildwheel



With them, I now have the con half of the Resistance!


And the irony of getting Repugnus while wearing a Repugnus!

That tiny repugnus is super cute, glad you got him!

while I wish he had a mouth, the con symbol really helps the look here. I adore him despite being a bad toy. Good characterization in the show will do that!



Also, it's really cool to see the height different from beast to robot mode for Repugnus. They nailed him.

And I predict that in the next TV show, Grotusque will finally get a new animated show model and toy, following Twinferno (RiD2015) and Grotusque (Cyberverse)

A little group shot of my Cyberverse dudes. Got some to go that I want, but I like this, it's a nice mix of good toys and good characters

Nice group, you should have included the pieces of Maccadams you've got so far

A friend of the site, Michael, sent some cool news our way. He spotted the new Cyberverse Warrior figures, Starscream and Hammerbyte. These warrior figures seem to have more articulation than before and that Strarscream has a nice new cybertronian alt mode. These were found at a Walmart in Florida. These are part of a rebranded Cyberverse line called Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures. Yearly rebranding is common in longer toylines to let stores know that these toys are new.

If you find these toys, let the community know through our forums.

Even the show switches to using the rebranding by the 13th episode of Season 3. Yet, Bumblebee is not the main character at that point in the show. Sure, he stars in some of those episodes, but usually shares the spotlight with at least one or two other characters.

Funny thing is, despite the better quality and good looking toy, I have no interest in actually getting a toy of this Starscream

Heyyy nice to be back on the site again! Hopefully I'll get the review for this up soon. Thank you posting this as news. I needed the boost today.

Here's Hammerbyte by the way. Was more concerned about Starscream.

Oh I thought these had been found already. I spotted them Monday (3/2) at a walmart in South Dakota. I hid a shark guy, I'll probably get him next time I go if he is there still. I knew I should have sent pictures and logged it on the site! Maybe next time.

I want that Starscream but I’ll do what I did with Bee and gunna hold off in the hopes they do an actual Deluxe that’ll do him justice. I made that mistake with Optimus and it still annoys me.

Mindmaster wrote:I want that Starscream but I’ll do what I did with Bee and gunna hold off in the hopes they do an actual Deluxe that’ll do him justice. I made that mistake with Optimus and it still annoys me.

If they do make a Deluxe Starscream, it'll probably be in his normal body rather than that upgraded one.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:I want that Starscream but I’ll do what I did with Bee and gunna hold off in the hopes they do an actual Deluxe that’ll do him justice. I made that mistake with Optimus and it still annoys me.

If they do make a Deluxe Starscream, it'll probably be in his normal body rather than that upgraded one.

At this point, I don’t give a bleep, just give me a good, well articulated, properly painted, accurate Deluxe-ish Starscream based on his appearance in Cyberverse. And then pump Seekers out of it while they’re at it.

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:I want that Starscream but I’ll do what I did with Bee and gunna hold off in the hopes they do an actual Deluxe that’ll do him justice. I made that mistake with Optimus and it still annoys me.

If they do make a Deluxe Starscream, it'll probably be in his normal body rather than that upgraded one.

At this point, I don’t give a bleep, just give me a good, well articulated, properly painted, accurate Deluxe-ish Starscream based on his appearance in Cyberverse. And then pump Seekers out of it while they’re at it.

Here's hoping they can churn them all out by the end of this year, since this is Cyberverse's final year for the show.

Anyone else here that doesn't like Starscream's design in the show but liked the other Seeker's designs?

His body just felt too...angular? It just didn't convince me that he was a "transformer" so to speak, not quite sure how to explain it.

Love the character himself in the show and like his head design.

Fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg1999 has some new reviews for us. Below you will see a video review of the new Cyberverse Wrarrior Starscream and Hammerbyte.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hasbro must have heard the cries from the masses since these new mold Warrior Class figures feature articulation that's comparable with Deluxe Class figures. Both Starscream and Hammerbyte feature an action gimmick that's the signature of the Warrior Class line but they really don't get in the way of the basic movements of the figures. Unfortunately, the gimmicks are still a little fiddly, not as bad as before, but enough to make you pause for a moment of reflection. Ultimately these are good, not great figures.

Deadput wrote:Anyone else here that doesn't like Starscream's design in the show but liked the other Seeker's designs?

His body just felt too...angular? It just didn't convince me that he was a "transformer" so to speak, not quite sure how to explain it.

Love the character himself in the show and like his head design.

The only Seekers I really liked in the show, design wise, were Slipstream and Thundercracker. I wasn't really a fan of how the rest turned out.

And this seems to be the only seeker toy that really came out good, expect maybe Slipstream, but i never saw her in person to judge properly

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The only Seekers I really liked in the show, design wise, were Slipstream and Thundercracker. I wasn't really a fan of how the rest turned out.

And this seems to be the only seeker toy that really came out good, expect maybe Slipstream, but i never saw her in person to judge properly

I suppose the colors were hit or miss, by design I meant the body shape that the rest of the Seekers used and not necessarily the colors.

I was just glad to have gotten so many Seekers in the show since it's been a long time with their last major appearance being in Animated (I know Dreadwing in Prime is said to be a Seeker and presumably Skyquake was as well but they were new characters which was fine but you know)

Glad to have gotten some first screen appearances from characters like Acid Storm and Nova Storm, Cyberverse was great with the amount of cast they had.

[quote="D-Maximal_Primal"][quote="Deadput"]Anyone else here that doesn't like Starscream's design in the show but liked the other Seeker's designs?

His body just felt too...angular? It just didn't convince me that he was a "transformer" so to speak, not quite sure how to explain it.

Love the character himself in the show and like his head design.[/quote]
The only Seekers I really liked in the show, design wise, were Slipstream and Thundercracker. I wasn't really a fan of how the rest turned out.

And this seems to be the only seeker toy that really came out good, expect maybe Slipstream, but i never saw her in person to judge properly[/quote]
Personally, I loved the Black, Green and Blue seeker that we had previously dubbed Changeling/Changewing

So I have to say this: I think I have found the best one-step Transformer ever made. Repugnus is so good! He is adorable in beast mode, the transformation is actually pretty fun for a single step, and robot mode is actually somewhat posable! The paint work is top notch too!

Until I get Whirl (I've seen he is really good too), he is the definitive 1-step for me, he's just that good. You should pick one up, he is ridiculously fun!

Repugnus also has so much redeco potential. The show introduces so many other Monsterbots and Energon Masters, all of whom share his body-type.

Sabrblade wrote:Repugnus also has so much redeco potential. The show introduces so many other Monsterbots and Energon Masters, all of whom share his body-type.

I would gladly take more and army build, he is a really good mold.

I'm actually very happy with my current Cyberverse collection, and with what it will eventually look like. I kinda regret passing on the Scout Shadowstriker and Ultra Slipstream, I did like both of them in the show, but never really could commit to them, and still might try to get them eventually. Season 3 was just so good, and it feels good to have or be getting some of the characters from that parts of the show.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Season 3 was just so good, and it feels good to have or be getting some of the characters from that parts of the show.

I get the feeling that Hasbro made the toys first and that Boulder Media simply worked them into the third season by crafting stories around them a la the old days of the pre-2007 era.

The Decepticon half of the Cyberverse Resistance

Makes me sad that we are not getting a Cyberverse Perceptor. and it makes me eager to see Iaconus and Skullcruncher. And to get Maccadam, Rack n' Ruin, Whirl, Hammerbyte, Wild Wheel, Meteorfire, and the deluxes.

Finally got around to getting the first four Maccas bots off lay-buy this arvy.

Now I've seen plenty of people having a good ol whinge fest about them, but I don't see why. I found them to be bloody good figures. Megatron is a little on the loose side, and Optimus' plastic is transparent at some points, but other than that, they're solid figures.

I like that there seems to be more pieces to lock in together making the alt modes solid. They also seem to have a good range of poseability.

Good figures, bring on the rest so I can finish off ol Macca.

Glad you found and got them. Bee is quite enjoyable, and I still find him the best of the 4.

Once you unhook Wave's hose, he drastically improves too

We have some big news for you fans of the Marvel G1 Wreckers and of the Cyberverse show in general: the Ultra Class Rack n' Ruin toy is now available on Amazon.com right now!

Rack n' Ruin was a comic original character from the Marvel G1 comics, where they served as members of the Wreckers, and much like their buddy Impactor, they made quite an impact with readers of the day. they briefly showed up in the IDW comics, but until Cyberverse, that was about the limit of their fictional appearances, with no toys either.

But then Cyberverse happened, where Rack n' Ruin became show characters and proved to be quite fun in the show. And with their show appearance, they have finally been granted a toy in the form of this Ultra Class figure, which is quite posable for the size class, much like Clobber, and is available for $19.99. You can pick it up at the above link, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

If you are in the Japanese market, or just in the market for obscure redecos of 9-year old figures, have we got news for you! According to a post on Snakas Blog, the May issue of Japan's TV magazine will include a clear plastic redeco of Legion Class Bumblebee from Dark of the Moon, which came out in 2011. However, this figure is branded as "Thunder Spark Bumblebee" and is being associated with the Cyberverse line. Check out the pictures below.





What do you think of this figure? Let us know in the comments below, and thanks to Seibertronian ScottyP for the heads up on this head-scratching figure.

Wait a moment... Dark of the Moon came out in 2011 Isn't this the Revenge of the Fallen Legion class Bumblebee?

Nah, Bounti just got the bloody year wrong. ROTF Legends-class Bee had wheels at the ends of his arms.

ZeroWolf wrote:Wait a moment... Dark of the Moon came out in 2011 Isn't this the Revenge of the Fallen Legion class Bumblebee?

Thanks for the heads up, guys. I actually corrected it shortly after I posted it, but it may still show up in different places.

Bounti76 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Wait a moment... Dark of the Moon came out in 2011 Isn't this the Revenge of the Fallen Legion class Bumblebee?

Thanks for the heads up, guys. I actually corrected it shortly after I posted it, but it may still show up in different places.

No problem, reads fine now. You're doing a fantastic job.

Got these 2 in the mail yesterday, got to play with them some last night.

Hammerbyte is a really cool warrior. The transformation is actually quite intuitive, and the shark mode is really cool. Except for no head movement, he is really good!

Rack n' Ruin is also a joy. The comments for him are similar to Hammerbyte, with the lack of any head movement being any sort of detriment. But they are really cool and the alt mode is nice too.

They are both fun!

Cyberverse Deluxes are a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan.

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【国内：タカラトミーモール限定】トランスフォーマー サイバーバース アクションマスター01 オプティマスプライム
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g49048 ... mm200416tf

【国内：タカラトミーモール限定】トランスフォーマー サイバーバース アクションマスター02 メガトロン
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g49048 ... mm200416tf

【国内：タカラトミーモール限定】トランスフォーマー サイバーバース アクションマスター03 ショックウェーブ
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g49048 ... mm200416tf

Why am I not surprised?

In the mean time, I'm still trying to comprehend the line up of the Hasbro side. Too many Size Classes with too many repeat characters

Why does it seem that for 2020/2021 a great deal of Transformers product is going to be exclusive to their shop?

Hey, just realized I have over 6k posts, nice.

Since the Den is now put together, here is my current Cyberverse shelf!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Since the Den is now put together, here is my current Cyberverse shelf!

I love seeing all that diversity in size. That Grimlock is a BEAST!

With Maccadam making a big return in Cyberverse season 3, it now makes sense why he would be prominent in this year's deluxe line by being the build a figure component. Takara release new images through their Twitter handle showing him complete and posed in various ways. Of course, we did write an article showing you what to expect from this build a figure already, and you can read that here.

The next two components will be coming out in wave 2 which consists of Grimlock and Hot Rod and there will be a third wave with Arcee and Thunderhowl.