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william-james88 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:

Tsutsukakushi wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Saw the big Optimus and Bumblebee in store here in Brazil

That was fast.

You are talking about the Cyber series Eleven toys being out in stores in brazil?

Yes,I was in the mall,and those big ones were right besides the Age of Ultron stuff,in the Transformers part.

Could you take some pictures and send them to news@seibertron.com please?

I will see if I can get to mall in the next few weeks to snap some shots.

I hope these come with collector cards like the Combiner Wars toys

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I hope these come with collector cards like the Combiner Wars toys

Pretty sure they wont.

While we had the first live images of some toys from the Generations Cyber lines, they only showed the alt mode. A canadian TFW2005 user, osenator (I wonder who he's rooting for in the playoffs), was on a trip to Brazil and took the opportunity to buy the 11 inch Generations Cyber Optimus Prime and take pictures of him. These are the very first in hand pictures of any toy from this line, which has yet to be confirmed for a release outside of Brazil. The user also confirmed that, as was guessed, this Optimus does not have knees.

Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

I agree that it's a bit baffling.

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

I agree that it's a bit baffling.

I'm fully aware it's for the kiddies, but I agree.

Kneeds Knees!

william-james88 wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

Excuses, excuses. You know it needs those knees. Stop lying to yourself. We're all here to help you.

Also, so many legion and commander figures DO have knees. How hard it would have been to put some hard clickitty ratchet knees on them? To transform, just straighten the legs first. I can understand the no knees on the 3 step changers, but these it's a bit sad.

Yeah... lack of articulation/poseability? That's a deal-killer for me. Sure the G1 figures were also bricks, but they've had 30 years to refine the technology. Surely they could have given him some knees. I mean - giving him ankle pivots was easy, but knees were too hard? Uy...

Desslok2201 wrote:Excuses, excuses. You know it needs those knees. Stop lying to yourself. We're all here to help you.

Haha, thanks for being there for me, its nice to know there are people out there who care for you

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

On another note, I love his head sculpt. That is an Optimus Prime head right there!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

It is very strange and illogical to have ankle tilts and no knees, but I wasn't at the board meetings. There may be a reason. A strange, twisted, illogical, unthinkable, very-problematic reason perhaps...

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

Oh wow. Maybe it's for transformation?
Also, I wonder how hard it would be to mod him some knees?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

Oh wow. Maybe it's for transformation?
Also, I wonder how hard it would be to mod him some knees?

Looking at the truck mode, I do not believe it is for transformation. I have no remote idea why there are ankle tilts.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

LOL Looks like it's taking a dump!

Have these shown up online anywhere yet? eBay? Not sure if I'm searching for these properly.

Desslok2201 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

Excuses, excuses. You know it needs those knees. Stop lying to yourself. We're all here to help you.

Jabs aside, even Legends Bumblebee has better articulation for its scale compared to this piece of plastic. Hasbro's been dropping the ball on their Optimus toys a lot lately - and they don't even try to be subtle about it anymore.

william-james88 wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

That Starscream totally has knees, though.

Seibertron wrote:Have these shown up online anywhere yet? eBay? Not sure if I'm searching for these properly.

Sorry Seibertron, but anything we know of this line is associated with Brazil (like the show they premiered at, the online stores, the catalogue they first appeared in). Here is where they are sold online, but it comes with the insane exchange which I assume the canadian fan had to swallow when buying these.

The only hint that these are getting a US release is that they appear on Hasbro's website with a US MSRP.

Super Megatron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

LOL Looks like it's taking a dump!

I see Dennis Reynolds showing his range of motion in cutoff jean shorts

Desslok2201 wrote:I see Dennis Reynolds showing his range of motion in cutoff jean shorts

I would rather it be Denise Richards.