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-Kanrabat- wrote:Woah, that sure is cheap! Having to import them WOULD be a deal breaker because I'd have to pay double the price just because of the shipping costs. Let's hope Hasbro Wize-up and put that line to mass retail everywhere!

I secound that. And that Hasbro just stop doing all those "few-step unfolders" and "shampoo titans" and "dino jousters" and the like, when they can do this kind of cheap and (believe or not) fun toys!

Oh, right... The fun...

Oh! I almost forgot!

Randomhero wrote:YEAH BECAUSE THE BACK OF HIM IS HOW HES GOING TO BE DISPLAYED!!

No! You'll pose him as such
So that all the "hollowed nightmare" in their bodies can be seen all over the place and make them a complete DEAL BREAKER! Oh yeah, just ignore the "FoC Designs/AoE Colors/RiD15 visuals custom Grimlock" beating the living spark out of a "wrong colored G2 Megatron"...

Not gonna lie, those ones aren't exactly "rivals" for the Generations toys, but for the price, size, customization potential and a TRUE OFFICIAL ALTERNATIVE for cheap transformers that ACTUALLY TRANSFORM and have a basic ammout of joints for nice posability, these two are pure win.

That Megs looks pretty damn cool to me. He would look nice in G2 colors but that silver job does him pretty good justice

Yeah, sometimes it looks like Hasbro just painted them wrong...ish.

I'm not sure if kids would like a "Cyber Battalion G2 Megatron", being "neon-green" and all...

Maybe him being silver works better after all...

But seriously, this Cyber Megs just screams for a "Shoulder cannon", his G2 appearance just screams for it. Hell, the cannon is already a "partsforming process"! But no, we have to drill a hole in his shoulder joint to make it not so visible in both modes... Damnit Hasbro, you could have done that! Look at the lost potential just because of a hole!

Now, a "RiD15-deco" (and, if possible, some retool in the shoulders and T-Rex mode head) for that Grimlock would be way nicier!
...and maybe RiD15 Grimlock would be shelfwarming as well.

Can't say that I'm too impressed; I've never been a fan of the less complicated figures though.

A brief update on the Transformers Cyber Series line Optimus Prime figure, courtesy of Twitter user singgg4, revealing the actual height of these new simplified bots - as compared to Leader class Ultra Magnus! They're huge!

That's huge, talk about getting a lot for your money!

I'm probably late to the party...but has there been any indication that this line will see the USA? If not possibly an exclusive? I do not think I've seen a preorder anywhere. I could just be out of it. I need that mega Prime for my Prime shelf. That is one good looking simplified incarnation.

~reluctantyouth~

In vehicle mode, Optimus Prime looks like a combination of his Armada and RID (2015) counterparts. But in robot mode, he looks more like his G1 self. I've noticed that recently, Hasbro is taking a lot of inspiration from previous Transformers designs.

Fresh off our look at Optimus Prime yesterday, Seibertronian Autobot Roadburn brings us word that the entire line of Transformers Generations Cyber Battalion toys are in stock for shipping now at site sponsor BigBadToyStore. Regular Cyber Battalion figures are $24.99 each, and the larger Cyber Commander figures are $34.99 each.


Here are links for each figure:

• Cyber Battalion Bumblebee
  
  
• Cyber Battalion Grimlock
  
  
• Cyber Battalion Megatron
  
  
• Cyber Battalion Starscream
  
  
• Cyber Battalion Optimus Prime
  
  
• Cyber Commander Bumblebee
  
  
• Cyber Commander Optimus Prime

While these may not be for every collector, fans of Cyberverse and Legends toys are sure to enjoy these big versions of popular characters! Let us know what you think by replying to this post, and be sure to let us know whenever you see potentially breaking news in the world of Transformers.

Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

I'm tempted but I want to see if they get a general release or at HTS. I want those Primes for my collection but I'd also not like to pay $60

reluctantyouth wrote:Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

Agreed. I'd love to pick up that Megatron, but despite the fact that he is Voyager size, I am not going to pay full Voyager price for an upscaled Legends figure.

I was only able to order Starscream but it'll have to sit in my POL for a little bit. BBTS probably had to get these through a second party thus why the prices are higher. Right now besides Robot Kingdom, who are almost sold out, they are the only way to get these figures easily.

The big news today was that the elusive Transformers Cyber Series (which are GIANT simpler transforming figures) are now available at a US e-tailer. However, the price of importing them does make them over the Hasbro MSRP so people aren't sure to go all in or not, understandably. So, to help out those on the fence, here is a review of the Optimus Prime (who we also just got some new pics of).

Neonkiwi sent this bot toys video review our way. Enjoy!

Woah, using the old cart quantity trick (capped at 24 now, but still), there are 5 Starscreams left. Didn't check the others because I barely have time to even post this, but figured some folks may want a heads up on that.

reluctantyouth wrote:Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

It's not scamming, it's supply and demand, it's importing, it's all sorts of factors. You're much more likely to get scammed by getting it "off Ebay later".

Optimum Supreme wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

It's not scamming, it's supply and demand, it's importing, it's all sorts of factors. You're much more likely to get scammed by getting it "off Ebay later".

And plus the demand is there, they are almost sold out of them. They were sold out at robot kingdom before it.

william-james88 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

It's not scamming, it's supply and demand, it's importing, it's all sorts of factors. You're much more likely to get scammed by getting it "off Ebay later".

And plus the demand is there, they are almost sold out of them. They were sold out at robot kingdom before it.

"Scamming" was a poor word choice on my part. I know it's supply and demand. I just don't think BBTS should have had to pay a premium and then pass it on to us. I bet they will be pricey on Ebay later unless demand wanes in the future. Maybe we will see these at TJ Maxx down the line.

~reluctantyouth~

reluctantyouth wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:Sheesh...Big Bad Toy Store is really scamming us on the price of these . I cannot pay $34.99 plus shipping for that Prime when Hasbro MSRP is $19.99. I'll wait and see if this fig makes it onto Hasbro site or I'll get it off Ebay later. The fact that the fig has no knee articulation pretty much kills paying a premium for it.

~reluctantyouth~

It's not scamming, it's supply and demand, it's importing, it's all sorts of factors. You're much more likely to get scammed by getting it "off Ebay later".

And plus the demand is there, they are almost sold out of them. They were sold out at robot kingdom before it.

"Scamming" was a poor word choice on my part. I know it's supply and demand. I just don't think BBTS should have had to pay a premium and then pass it on to us. I bet they will be pricey on Ebay later unless demand wanes in the future. Maybe we will see these at TJ Maxx down the line.

~reluctantyouth~

I see, did they do the same with the GDO figures? Becasue this is what I associate this release to most.

The transformation of that Cyber Commander Optimus is very similar to the Superme Class Beast Hunters Optimus Prime. Interesting, but only if I could find it live and on sale.

Starscream would be a sure buy, but only if found locally.

What is it with all the new Prime's that they can't add fuel tanks to these huge open areas of the vehicle modes?

So these came in stock at Robot Kingdom earlier this week/late last week (don't remember exactly), and they came in early. Weren't expected until August after being delayed from May. I found that out by cruising through my Twitter feed, where literally tens (ok, probably more like five) of the random Japanese TF fan accounts that I follow, plus their retweets, contained pictures of these in-hand. As these are "GDO" figures, aka probably not intended to ever hit the US, I wondered where they got them from, but immediately checked RK. There they were, except there was only Grimlock (thank goodness!) and the big Bee. Got 'em ordered, and once NYC customs processes it they'll be on their merry way down here to NC.

Then they hit BBTS today. I didn't think anything about it at first. They have a direct Hasbro account and can probably order whatever they want. But then they sold out of some of them really, really quick. Just like RK did.

These can't be in that much of demand, right? If so, Hasbro needs to take note and get their money printers going (aka, these molds) and get them on shelves here pronto. If not, and these are only at this level of popularity due to lack of availability (you know this amplifies demand, it's just how things go and I'm super guilty of this myself so, you know, not knockin' it), then, well, I realized something.

I think BBTS got their stock from RK and is re-selling it at a markup (which, honestly, with international shipping and what they're charging, it'd be a tiny markup, so that's probably the biggest hole in this theory). I ain't mad, and I have no proof of this, but I'm just sayin'.

Doesn't matter really, got 'em all on the way to me and I'm going to have fun, so cheers to that and I'm glad that they weren't a total headache to get!

Since he's grey and a tank I get a bit of a mild WFC/War within vibe from Megatron.

I think Hasbro is being a bit sneaky as most of those have built in repaint potential.

Green or G1 colour Grimlock
Green or Purple Megatron
Perhaps a reverse colour scheme Optimus or Nemesis Prime (and boy would that larger Optimus make one heck of a cool Nemesis Prime)
They might be more tempted to repaint the smaller one as Nemesis Prime and simply reissue the other one with Black legs and some white stripes or something like that.

I think the larger Bumblebee is OK as a stand alone but other wise a little silly The smaller One is Ok - either could be done in black deco.

I think the best looking one is Megatron as he's got reasonable articulation and is just sort of interesting looking.

Starscream isn't to bad but I feel he is lacking because of not having any knees. Lots of repaint potential there obviously.

The smaller Optimus doesn't especially thrill me. I hear the Grimlock has some structural weakness in it that causes it to break unfortunately.

I'd buy the bigger Optimus if I can find one though - I do like that quite a lot.

RAR wrote: I hear the Grimlock has some structural weakness in it that causes it to break unfortunately.

Crap, for real? Do you know what the issue is? Really don't want to break mine when it comes in.