Transformers: Cyberverse "Battle for Cybertron" Quintesson Invasion 3-Pack Found at Retail

Well it’s not the best, buts it’s the first Quintesson figure we’ve finally ever gotten. Not bothering to count the monstrosity that was Alpha Q.

As an aside, Shockwave and Prowl look like the Spark Armor figures.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:As an aside, Shockwave and Prowl look like the Spark Armor figures.

That's because they are. ;')

No cannon mode mentioned for the Quint as per some of the previous thread mentions so maybe another version to be released on its own yet. Think I'll stick with the third party thing I have rather than buying this set but nice to see them.

Must-Buy-On-Sight

It would seem that this was the mystery Quintesson figure that was posted about a few weeks back... was hoping for an earth rise figure, though that would make little sense. Maybe for a post earth rise imprint.

frogbat wrote:It would seem that this was the mystery Quintesson figure that was posted about a few weeks back... was hoping for an earth rise figure, though that would make little sense. Maybe for a post earth rise imprint.

To be fair, Earthrise is set before the Ark reaches Earth, with the line's story being about the Ark's journey through space.

Yeah, I’m gunna need that Quintesson. Shockwave I can repurpose as one of his little drones, Prowl will be harder to think up a reason to keep. Probably just gift it to a buddy’s kid.

Mindmaster wrote:Prowl will be harder to think up a reason to keep.

Arctic-Camo Bluestreak?

Mindmaster wrote:Prowl will be harder to think up a reason to keep.

Leave the helmet on and say it's an Autotrooper.

Yesterday, an unannounced Cyberverse three pack was found on Target shelves, and now, we have once another sighting of another new item! That being the "Sharkticons Attack" four pack, with a redeco of One Step Changer Hot Rod in the Stealth Force colors, and three new Sharkticons. By the tribal markings, two belong to the Snouts, and one belongs to the Tails. Each of these fellas can transform into BotBot sized robot modes, as seen in the pictures below. The set was found in a Target at Victoria, Texas for 20 USD.

These images come from u/Valdor99 over at r/transformers. What are your thoughts on this second unannounced set? Will you buy this set if you spot it? Let us know in the Pub forums below!

At this rate we'll probably get a Quintesson Prosecutor figure

I love those little sharkies, I thought they would be non transforming, so I am glad to see that's not the case.

Two Snouts and one Tail? Now we just need a member of the Fins to complete the three tribes. I wonder if we'll ever get any toys of the three tribe leaders Jawsy, Backbite, and Sawtooth.

These little surfer dudes need their bodacious leaders, man. Lord Gnaw isn't enough by himself.

Baby Gnaw doo doo doo

we might get a titan sized sharkticon yet

Just purchased spark armor Grimlock. as for the robot mode the only thing he lacks is a to pose for the shoulders upwards into a T pose but i guess he needs this limitation otherwise it might negatively affect the hip function in dino mode.

Since Trash Crash sounds like stupid rhyme for the armor i'm calling it Wreck-Gar instead, got the idea from Animated Wreck-Gar's alternate mode. The armor helmet reminds me of Scourge from Robots in Disguise 2001 minus blue eyes.

I also gave him a modified version of a Classics Deluxe green tank Megatron; I removed the stock and cut down a small portion so Grimlock can hold it. He looks great with a little extra firepower.

Not really sure how new this is. Spotted Wave 4 of the Power of the Spark, Scraplet and OP (redeco) at a local Target. Again, not a line i buy but interesting to see Scraplet in person.
Again, this is something new in my area and could have been out in other areas now.

SGM

That Clobber looks pretty good, I think I will get her.

And those 2 new packs look pretty neat. I might get the Hot rod one for the black Hot rod car mode and baby sharks, and I kinda really want the quintesson one. I didn't get that Wave or Prowl, so those will be nice to go with the Quint.

Will go looking on New Years day I think

Right as the new year is about to begin, most of the first batch of 2020 offerings for the Cyberverse line can now be found in the US. The Quintesson and Sharkticon multipacks have been found at Target already and now we have reports coming in for the warrior class figures, the ultra class armor figures and the sought after deluxe class figures.

The new warrior figures found include Stealth Force Hot Rod, a repacked Soundwave, Cybertronian Megatron and Cybertronian Bumblebee. They were found at Walmart with the earliest sightings from Virginia. The specific sighting here is from tf fan Daimao.

The new ultra class spark armor figures, like Clobber, have been found at Meijer in New Albany, Indiana, by tf fan primeisboss.

The deluxes, which include Megatron, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Shockwave were found at a Target in Wisconsin by tf fan Jacer. These are the ones that are more articulated and as complex as the Studio Series toys and come with a build a figure component for Maccadam as a bonus.

Sighs, the hunt begins!

Why did they change Lugnut to Clobber? It was lugnut back when that design was introduced in transformers animated right?

And just to add, because why would you want to put out a bunch of new toys right before christmas when everyone is looking for gifts, when you can wait until after the chirstmas season.

Clobber isn't Lugnut, she's not even meant to be him. She's just a female version of him (like Slipstream existing seperately to Starscream)

ZeroWolf wrote:Clobber isn't Lugnut, she's not even meant to be him. She's just a female version of him (like Slipstream existing seperately to Starscream)

Take this with a grain of salt.

tfwiki wrote:Clobber is obviously designed to be a new version of Lugnut, the fanatically loyal Decepticon from Transformers Animated; however, she was given a new name after Hasbro objected to making a character bearing the "Lugnut" name female for... some reason, as revealed at SDCC 2019.[1] Evidently, this change came rather late; she's still called Lugnut in some of the dubs for non-English speaking markets. In addition, the backside of her toy packaging uses the masculine inflection of "Bruiser" for her function in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clobber

carytheone wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Clobber isn't Lugnut, she's not even meant to be him. She's just a female version of him (like Slipstream existing seperately to Starscream)

Take this with a grain of salt.

tfwiki wrote:Clobber is obviously designed to be a new version of Lugnut, the fanatically loyal Decepticon from Transformers Animated; however, she was given a new name after Hasbro objected to making a character bearing the "Lugnut" name female for... some reason, as revealed at SDCC 2019.[1] Evidently, this change came rather late; she's still called Lugnut in some of the dubs for non-English speaking markets. In addition, the backside of her toy packaging uses the masculine inflection of "Bruiser" for her function in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clobber

As far as that "some reason" goes, Hasbro probably didn't want a female Transformer to have the name of an anatomic euphemism that refers to a certain male component.

Bruisers can't be female? I thought Ronda Rousey was a bruiser.

william-james88 wrote:Bruisers can't be female?

Who was saying that?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Bruisers can't be female?

Who was saying that?

No one, the packaging is just using the masculine spelling of bruiser in languages that use gender specific spellings. For example in Spanish - matón(masculine) vs matona(feminine). I'm making assumptions because I haven't seen the packaging myself. I couldn't find different spellings of bruiser (cogneur) in French. If only there was someone on the boards that spoke French, maybe they could help us...

Sabrblade wrote:As far as that "some reason" goes, Hasbro probably didn't want a female Transformer to have the name of an anatomic euphemism that refers to a certain male component.

I'm sure, Americans tend to get uptight about wieners and such.

I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together

A fun-filled family reunion.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together

A fun-filled family reunion.

PUNCH OF KILL EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I now want Lugnut and Clobber to meet up and cause lots of problems together

A fun-filled family reunion.

PUNCH OF KILL EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

"Mom! Big brother is punching craters in his room again!"

Picked up a set of the Cyberverse Deluxes, all the Targets in El Paso, Texas has at least one of each. Somehow Bumblebee is my favorite of the four, which i thought would be impossible, but all four are definite improvements over the Warrior class figures. I’m looking forward to the next wave and completing Maccadam, and hoping they do more (with a good Starscream please, I’m begging y’all)!

I frikkin love this Bumblebee

At a local Walmart I picked up Cyberverse Adventure Bumblebee and Hotrod. Funny enough I have not touched this toylike until now. Something I liked about Hotrod, Bumblebee is ok, definitely better in robot mode. HIs vehicle mode is definitely unique.
With Hotrod, wish his wheels where the same color as on the package. Would look much better!
SGM

That is an interesting Cybertronian mode for Bee

It definitely is. It is kind of cool but different for sure!

SGMLordMirage wrote:At a local Walmart I picked up Cyberverse Adventure Bumblebee and Hotrod. Funny enough I have not touched this toylike until now. Something I liked about Hotrod, Bumblebee is ok, definitely better in robot mode. HIs vehicle mode is definitely unique.
With Hotrod, wish his wheels where the same color as on the package. Would look much better!
SGM

Can you take more p8cs at various angles for both modes? We havent seen much of them so it could make for a news story.

Sure thing, here is Hotrod from a few angles!

Hope this helps!

SGM

Here is Bumblebee from a view angles!

SGM

SGMLordMirage wrote:

Wow, Bee looks a little like a jet Vehicon - neat!

Looking at his face here, he has the same stare and eyes as Baby Yoda.

I can see it, it's sort of adorable to think about

This weekend, a Target store in Gurnee, IL (home of Chicagoland's Six Flags Great America theme park) debuted a dedicated Transformers end cap, which mostly featured Transformers Cyberverse products. Among these products were BotBots, Cyberverse Power of the Spark 1-Steps, Cyberverse Adventures Deluxes (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Shockwave and Megatron), Cyberverse Elite Class, Cyberverse Ultra Class, Cyberverse Battle for Cybertron Quintesson Invasion set and Sharkticons Attack set, Cyberverse Ultimate Class, Cyberverse 2-pack with Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Starscream, and War for Cybertron SIEGE Leader Class.

Don't forget to share your sightings of new Transformers products with your fellow Seibertronians on our Sightings forum and in our Sightings section! Keep scrolling below for Target DPCI codes and links to specific sighting pages for these items.










If you are hunting down and of the new products shown on the end-cap in the images above, we've included the Target specific DPCI codes (shown below) to help you out.

Cyberverse Battle for Cybertron SHARKTICONS ATTACK set
(This 4-pack includes 1-Step Changer Stealth Force Hot Rod with 3 "Tiny Turbo Changer" Sharkticons)
DPCI: 087-16-6759






Cyberverse Battle for Cybertron QUINTESSON INVASION set
(This 3-pack includes a Quintesson Judge with mind-controlled Shockwave and Prowl)
DPCI: 087-16-7357






Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Optimus Prime
DPCI: 087-16-8780




Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Megatron
DPCI: 087-16-7333




Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Bumblebee
DPCI: Unknown (but comes in same assortment as others)




Transformers Cyberverse Adventures Deluxe Shockwave
DPCI: 087-16-9080




And just for fun (because we can), check out this animated GIF of Hasbro's first 5 headed Quintesson Judge. Could this Quintesson lead to more? With rumors of an Alicon and others, perhaps 2020 will become the year of the Quintessons!

I was just talking about getting a Quintesson figure in the "War for Cybertron" discussion. This one looks great. Today's actually my birthday, and it looks like I just got an extra gift...

Why are they pushing this crappy dollar store KO quality garbage so hard? They need to drop this horrible baby crap & focus on Generations & Studio Series. Why did they even go in this direction after 35 years of awesome???

Aimless Misfire wrote:Why are they pushing this crappy dollar store KO quality garbage so hard? They need to drop this horrible baby crap & focus on Generations & Studio Series. Why did they even go in this direction after 35 years of awesome???

Who says that they're not ALSO doing the things that you want? I think we've gotten 120+ products out of Generations and Studio Series combined in the past year and a half or less. That's pretty amazing. That's some pretty amazing amounts of new product geared toward the collector market that has mostly been sold at retail, with the exception of Generations Selects (which has so far been fairly easy to get online with the exception of the Seacons).

Some of us like the light hearted / kids-geared Cyberverse and Rescue Bots products. On a personal level, I love that Cyberverse has already added a really cool twist to the Quintessons by giving them these "mind-control" devices that attach to Transformers. I'm looking forward to seeing how this unfolds in the Cyberverse storyline and how this potentially impacts anything related to Quintessons going forward.

Aimless Misfire wrote:Why are they pushing this crappy dollar store KO quality garbage so hard? They need to drop this horrible baby crap & focus on Generations & Studio Series. Why did they even go in this direction after 35 years of awesome???

When the hell will Hasbro learn that toys are NOT for children! You think a 6 year old wants to play with cool robots? They don't even understand the deep lore behind the character that toy portrays! Here little Jimmy, go play with something you'll understand.

Seibertron wrote:On a personal level, I love that Cyberverse has already added a really cool twist to the Quintessons by giving them these "mind-control" devices that attach to Transformers. I'm looking forward to seeing how this unfolds in the Cyberverse storyline and how this potentially impacts anything related to Quintessons going forward.

Preach it! This Quintesson stuff is exciting to think about for what might happen in Season 3 of the show.

It's especially intriguing since the show already gave us a fun brand new take on the Sharkticons that featured them uniquely as their own autonomous culture without any sign or trace of the Quints, so whatever connection might be made between the two in Season 3 could lead to some more fun with the surfer dude Sharkticons.

Just cant get into the Cyberverse line. I tried but its just not appealing to me. Just patiently waiting for Earthrise and catching up on older figs is fine for me right now.