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william-james88 wrote:The Transormers Cyberverse line is as our doorstep with another international sighting. This one comes from the UK with the warrior class found in SMYTHS in Waterford by fellow Seibertronian leokearon. They were €20 each.
For those unaware, the entire line is based on gimmicks with simplified transformations. This is very different the previous cartoon line, Robots in Disguise, which at least had the legion and warrior class devoid of gimmicks or action feautures and had the same complexity as their counterpart classes in previous toylines.
While we have yet to get video reviews, we do have new stock images showing us the final product, for both the scout and warrior class. Please be aware that the scout class does not full transform, they go from robot mode to a mid transformation where an action feature is activated.
The images were sent our way thanks to Scotty P who found them on a toy website called Uncle Pete's Toys.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:The Transormers Cyberverse line is as our doorstep with another international sighting. This one comes from the UK with the warrior class found in SMYTHS in Waterford by fellow Seibertronian leokearon. They were €20 each.
20 Euros? in the UK? Where exactly is that store located? I'm confused. :O
And please let's just burn those poor half-transformer scout things and put them out of their misery. The Scout class used to mean decent fully transformable figures back in the last decade whether it was Energon, Cybertron or Revenge of the Fallen.
leokearon wrote:Ireland is not part of the UK
Skritz wrote:I see Hasbro still hasn't learned and continues to have an entire toyline worth of 'shovelware' Transformers thinking kids will buy this crap. Okay, well in fact they do so clearly I'm just a grumpy old man but the what I've noticed when in stores is that it's parents who tend to push their kids toward the simpler, less step-involving figures. Now to some extent the reasoning make sense; a simpler toy mean, in theory, that little Billy can more easily play with it.
william-james88 wrote:Skritz wrote:I see Hasbro still hasn't learned and continues to have an entire toyline worth of 'shovelware' Transformers thinking kids will buy this crap. Okay, well in fact they do so clearly I'm just a grumpy old man but the what I've noticed when in stores is that it's parents who tend to push their kids toward the simpler, less step-involving figures. Now to some extent the reasoning make sense; a simpler toy mean, in theory, that little Billy can more easily play with it.
I dont really see how this is any different than the predators and turbomasters that were on the shelves in the late 80s early 90s.
william-james88 wrote:Skritz wrote:I see Hasbro still hasn't learned and continues to have an entire toyline worth of 'shovelware' Transformers thinking kids will buy this crap. Okay, well in fact they do so clearly I'm just a grumpy old man but the what I've noticed when in stores is that it's parents who tend to push their kids toward the simpler, less step-involving figures. Now to some extent the reasoning make sense; a simpler toy mean, in theory, that little Billy can more easily play with it.
I dont really see how this is any different than the predators and turbomasters that were on the shelves in the late 80s early 90s.
ZeroWolf wrote:Some people forget that g1 had plenty ofor gimmicky figures that would fit right in to 1 step changers...jump starters anyone? I would argue we didn't get more complex transformations till beast wars.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Some people forget that g1 had plenty ofor gimmicky figures that would fit right in to 1 step changers...jump starters anyone? I would argue we didn't get more complex transformations till beast wars.
I didn't forget those. I used to get a bit disappointed when I'd get one cos that wasn't what I wanted in a Transformer but I kept them because it was the only version of that character so that's what they were and they still had distinct forms of robot and alt-mode(s). These Scouts have no reason to exist like they do. They are plenty far superior versions of these characters done as toys that fully transform.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Skritz wrote:I see Hasbro still hasn't learned and continues to have an entire toyline worth of 'shovelware' Transformers thinking kids will buy this crap. Okay, well in fact they do so clearly I'm just a grumpy old man but the what I've noticed when in stores is that it's parents who tend to push their kids toward the simpler, less step-involving figures. Now to some extent the reasoning make sense; a simpler toy mean, in theory, that little Billy can more easily play with it.
I dont really see how this is any different than the predators and turbomasters that were on the shelves in the late 80s early 90s.
I don't understand. Those turned into full vehicle modes and while kinda simplistic compared to today's figures they weren't far off what had been coming out in the mainline Transformers for the past few years back then. It's these Scout things that have me shaking my head in disbelief. Transformers that can't fully transform. That somehow seems worse than Transformers that cannot transform at all (yeah Action Masters) because at least they didn't pretend otherwise.
ZeroWolf wrote:I'd rather they just made small Legion class figures as those are always fun.
william-james88 wrote:
Skritz was talking about the entire toyline, not just the scouts. Same with my reply.
Nope, it's midtransformation, which is all the toy was going for. Robot to halfway-stopping-point.leokearon wrote:
This is mistransformed right?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ZeroWolf wrote:Sadly not, that's it's complete transformation from bot mode.
Yeah, there's two different kinds of toys seen here. The Deluxe class goes from robot to full altmode, while the Scout class goes from robot to mid-transformation "Attack Mode" that can use both the robot mode's weapons and the implied altmode's mobility functions.Skritz wrote:Wait, those are not a gimmicky mid-transformation form but...the full robot mode? WAT.
Edit: Nevermind, we do see a full robot and vehicle mode for Bumblebee. Also for what it's worth I actually dig the spider-tank Shockwave.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, there's two different kinds of toys seen here.Skritz wrote:Wait, those are not a gimmicky mid-transformation form but...the full robot mode? WAT.
Edit: Nevermind, we do see a full robot and vehicle mode for Bumblebee. Also for what it's worth I actually dig the spider-tank Shockwave.
leokearon wrote:
This is mistransformed right?
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