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[Qwan]

What I might be right about something? No wonder the weather has been causing problems...me being right is a sign of the apocalypse

Ah, but I'm still staying up 'til 2 in the morning coming up with theories about children's toys. So clearly all is right with the world after all.

[lupinesithlord]

I hope this means we're getting another War for Cyberton game...That would be awesome!

[ZeroWolf]

I doubt that but we're due another attempt at a transformers game...

[Qwan]

ALERT, ALERT!! It seems we've hit the post cap for the news page - here comes the solution folks!
The text, once translated, reads: AUTOBOTS THE HOUR IS UPON US. (Here's my translated photo - beware of the solution!!) So most likely (based on my own guesses), what we have so far is intended to be read as Autobots, the hours is upon us. Activate Opeation Counterstrike.

Which sounds even more cool and exciting, but still means nothing for certain!! But with codes like these, the reward is in the deciphering anyway

Thanks for playing along, y'all! Enjoy your respective days; I, meanwhile, have to sleep.

[MemphisR56]

So we have
LIGHT THE DARKEST HOUR
ACTIVATE OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE
AUTOBOTS THE HOUR IS UPON US
Do we know anything about the other 2 posters?
Do they definitely have messages?
Why was this one just transliterated without a cipher, is the first message more important?
SO MANY QUESTIONS.

[Ultra Markus]

i acually want a g1 inspired titan omega supreme, dont get me wrong the energon version was alright but not the real deal, it needs to be a rocket base and for this trilogy and its the start of the great war we need to have the guardians as they should be especially Omega Supreme

Sorry to not pick but this isn't the beginning of the great war as it's already been described as the last day on cybertron. Basically the war has already been raging and the decepticons are trying for a final push. I certainly believe the next toy lines will see them off world and possible earth...though that's just conjecture till this time next year!

Maybe not the start but its still during the war

[SpikeyTigertron]

So we have
LIGHT THE DARKEST HOUR
ACTIVATE OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE
AUTOBOTS THE HOUR IS UPON US
Do we know anything about the other 2 posters?
Do they definitely have messages?
Why was this one just transliterated without a cipher, is the first message more important?
SO MANY QUESTIONS.

Perhaps the unciphered are rallying graffiti and the other is super secret rallying cry?

[Emerje]

Semi-crazy theory:

What if we were wrong and the War for Cybertron wasn't actually the war against the Decepticons, but a war against Unicron? First we have the "light our darkest hour" line directly from the movie, and now we have "the darkest hour is upon us", in the movie the darkest hour was when it looked like Unicron was going to destroy everything. What if it's actually a Titan Unicron that's in the works, because it's weird that they keep emphasizing that the next Titan is something BIG when all of the Titans are big. And what if the "counterstrike" is reviving Cybertron and awakening Primus? Usually you start, begin, or commence an operation, but to "activate" means you're turning something on, you wouldn't normally say "activate operation".

Warden is pretty good at deceptive statements that could mean more than one thing sometimes so it wouldn't surprise me if he was leading us in one direction in interviews, but the reality is something entirely different. For example in the Instagram Q&A someone asked where the Decepticons are and the answer was a cryptic, "every battlefield has two sides..." and we just assume they're talking about the Decepticons, but what if they aren't?

Siege; Fall: Blackout? Rise of the micromasters?! :O maybe the last one will lead into beast wars reboot!

I've mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating: Warden said that in the future they're going to prove to the naysayers that they don't hate Beast Wars and the Unicron Trilogy. 2022, the year following then end of WfC, is the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars and 20th anniversary of Armada.

Emerje

[ArmadaPrime]

The text, once translated, reads: AUTOBOTS THE HOUR IS UPON US. (Here's my translated photo - beware of the solution!!) So most likely (based on my own guesses), what we have so far is intended to be read as Autobots, the hours is upon us. Activate Opeation Counterstrike.

Hmm... if the Autobots are the ones under siege, as is the impression I've been getting, then operation counterstrike could easily be omega supreme, if he truly is this line's Titan. A besieged city/base that can stand up and fight back would definitely be a "counterstrike" in my book...

[Sabrblade]

You know what I would like? A completely new combiner (or a few), we got the classics yes and we still need a couple more (though only seacons left for the traditional scramble city style) but I want brand new characters, brand new getsalts. Can't keep living off the coatails of G1 forever

Victorion and Megatronia say "Hi."

Admittedly I'd forgotten megatronia, but my point still stands, I mean I want these as part of a line available at general retail in this part of the world...Megatronia certainly wasn't in the UK neither was victorion now that I think about it... But deadput got the giest of what I was saying

There was also Ultra Bee, and RID Galvatronus whose limbs were all brand new characters.

And just a few years ago Takara gave us the all-new, uniquely-combinable Swordbot teams in the Go! line.

[ZeroWolf]

I was talking strictly generations.

[Sabrblade]

I was talking strictly generations.

But Generations isn't where you'll find new non-G1 stuff with this brand team. That's what the non-Generations lines (like those for the movies and TV shows) are for.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I was talking strictly generations.

But Generations isn't where you'll find new non-G1 stuff with this brand team. That's what the non-Generations lines (like those for the movies and TV shows) are for.

We do have obscure, unused concepts for G1 that could be put to use tho, even as slight nods. I mean Volcanicus is one!

[Nemesis Primal]

I was talking strictly generations.

But Generations isn't where you'll find new non-G1 stuff with this brand team. That's what the non-Generations lines (like those for the movies and TV shows) are for.

Yeah, but the figures of those new character combiners in those lines either aren't widely available or aren't good/at all comparable to the standards of Generations figures. I mean, look at this:

This is just as bad as Cyberverse (if you're name isn't Shockwave, anyway). So yes, more new/non-G1 Generations combiners, by all means.

...also Beast Era and Unicron Trilogy stuff, come ON.

[Flashwave]

I was talking strictly generations.

But Generations isn't where you'll find new non-G1 stuff with this brand team. That's what the non-Generations lines (like those for the movies and TV shows) are for.

1) Windblade
2) Drift
3) Arguably Cross cut, who comes from G1, but let's be honest there's no meat there

[Sabrblade]

I was talking strictly generations.

But Generations isn't where you'll find new non-G1 stuff with this brand team. That's what the non-Generations lines (like those for the movies and TV shows) are for.

1) Windblade
2) Drift
3) Arguably Cross cut, who comes from G1, but let's be honest there's no meat there

I said "with this brand team". Those three all came from Archer's team, not Warden's.

[Qwan]

More images from Wonder Festival 2018, coming in hot! We have a large batch of photos featuring early-wave figures from the War for Cybertron: Siege toyline, coming both from @Chohenken on Twitter and from Dengeki Hobby.

Notably, while we saw painted prototypes at San Diego Comic Con, these displays appear to be composed of finished samples - meaning this is an even better impression of what the final toys will look like! Featured in the display are Micromasters, both Battle Masters revealed so far, Hound, Sideswipe, Cog, a gray-prototype Ultra Magnus (the odd one out not being colored), and way too many Optimus Primes. This is also further evidence of the continuing "brand unity" between Hasbro and Takara-Tomy, as the figures do appear to be identical between the two companies' lines.

Check out the images below, and share your thoughts in the Energon Pub Forums! And don't forget to stay tuned for more images from various toylines, as WonFes rolls ever onward!

[Hydrargyrus]

What happened to Hound's opaque windows? Were those only from the stock CG renders, or is this sample different than the one at SDCC?

[Flashwave]

What happened to Hound's opaque windows? Were those only from the stock CG renders, or is this sample different than the one at SDCC?

the SDCC were hand painted more or less figurines. Mock ups. Not sure why they painted the windows on those, but these are likely the first toys off the assembly line. Not quite rubber stamped with HasTak's seal of approval, but 98% of the way there.

personally, I am glad he has a windshield and not a blast shield.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Cog just keeps looking better and better to me. Though, that's probably me just being a sucker for Transformers that can be used as armor/weapons/power-ups for others while still having a separate vehicle mode unlike pure weapons-formers

[Prime Target]

Please tell me can split into Gasket and Grommet

[Wireless_Phantom]

I think he probably can considering his legs can come off

[Sabrblade]

Please tell me can split into Gasket and Grommet

Gasket and Grommet are but the tip of the iceberg for how many components Cog can split into. Dude's a literal walking arsenal now.

[Mindmaster]

It’s amazing how much better and appeasing these look when care is taken with transforming an posing them. I actually kinda want Optimus and I didn’t even want him before because he looks so much better!

I also dig the boxes for this line too.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Hang on a sec... SG-01 is Firebolt, not Firedrive?