Transformers Cyberverse Season 3 Trailer and All New Characters Revealed
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In the trailer the Autobots and Decepticons return to Cybertron and get underway introducing us to a bevy of new faces and unique characters we haven't seen before. Enjoy the trailer then check out the new character models below:
Here thanks to Twitter member damnyouwillis we have character models and some toy sneak peeks for some of the new Cyberverse characters including Hammerbyte, Thunderhowl, Meteorfire, Iaconus (Iacon?), and the Wild West inspired Wildwheel! Enjoy the images and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!
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Posted by durroth on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:19pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:23pm CST
Kinda like back when people initially thought Steelbane and Skullitron from TLK were gonna be Decepticons. Sometimes good guys can look fearsome.durroth wrote:thunderhowl looks more like a bear than a wolf to me, but I like him... am a bit surprised he's an autobot though, all the signals he gives off are Decepticon
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:24pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:26pm CST
His name is right there in his cartoon model's pic.ZeroWolf wrote:Wait who's the black and gold wolf/bear character? That's clearly pictures of a toy
Posted by durroth on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:29pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Kinda like back when people initially thought Steelbane and Skullitron from TLK were gonna be Decepticons. Sometimes good guys can look fearsome.durroth wrote:thunderhowl looks more like a bear than a wolf to me, but I like him... am a bit surprised he's an autobot though, all the signals he gives off are Decepticon
I mean it doesn't help he looks alot like steeljaw
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 14th, 2020 @ 5:30pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:His name is right there in his cartoon model's pic.ZeroWolf wrote:Wait who's the black and gold wolf/bear character? That's clearly pictures of a toy
Right I see what was throwing me off, the yellow should be blue and the head is different (appears to be a closed helm while cartoon model you can see the face.) I prefer the blue version myself.
Posted by Dominus Prime on February 14th, 2020 @ 6:00pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2020 @ 6:02pm CST
Could be a Titan.Dominus Prime wrote:I'm digging Iaconus. Wonder what role he's gonna have. Looks like he could be an ancient autobot like the original primes
Posted by Dominus Prime on February 14th, 2020 @ 6:09pm CST
Posted by Dominus Prime on February 14th, 2020 @ 6:12pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Could be a Titan.Dominus Prime wrote:I'm digging Iaconus. Wonder what role he's gonna have. Looks like he could be an ancient autobot like the original primes
Would be interesting to have Iacon city be a titan.
Posted by Master Farr 1 on February 14th, 2020 @ 6:27pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 14th, 2020 @ 7:27pm CST
Iaconus has a toy listing, so I'm hoping he ends up being a Titan of some sort.
Also, wow, Whirl finally makes it into a cartoon!!!!!
Posted by Whifflefire on February 14th, 2020 @ 8:16pm CST
Wildwheel looks like he could be a Junkion. And that is definitely Shrapnel (or at least his model) that he is fighting at the 1:00 mark. Cyberverse Insecticons confirmed?
I presume the toy for Thunderhowl is the fully-articulated deluxe class that's supposed to be part of the Maccadam build-a-figure. Looks pretty good, but I think it would have done better without the battle mask.
Posted by Stargrave on February 14th, 2020 @ 8:54pm CST
I have to say I'm not huge on this series but these are characters that feel like they're going to be around for a long time to come. Like Iaconus that's a character that's going to pop up in future comics and cartoons I can just feel it. These are just great and fun and interesting designs all around.
Posted by Stargrave on February 14th, 2020 @ 9:20pm CST
I forgot to add the episode synopsis but as noted above thanks to our own news member we have the link listed above at popfun.co.uk 2/17 onward. Just be careful! Spoilers become pretty evident with the titles alone.
Posted by Emerje on February 14th, 2020 @ 9:45pm CST
Emerje
Posted by Stargrave on February 14th, 2020 @ 10:13pm CST
Enjoy the read and post your thoughts in the forum. As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!
Airing February 17th
Episode 1-4 The Battle for Cybertron
"The Autobots must defeat the Decepticons in order to restore Cybertron to life with the Allspark. Part 1-4.
Airing February 18th
Episode 5 The Loop
"After their victory over the Decepticons, Bumblebee finds himself hunted by a mysterious figure from his past."
Episode 6 the Dead End
"Hot Rod and Lugnut accidentally free the wrong bot from Quintesson control."
Episode 7 The Sleeper
"Frustrated Hot Rod attempts to free more of his comrades while Perceptor makes an epic discovery"
Episode 8 The Citizen
"Hot Rod discovers the terrible secret behind the Quintesson menace."
Airing February 19th
Episode 9 The Trial
"Hot Rod takes a strike team to free Windblade but gets captured by the Quintessons."
Episode 10 The Prisoner
"Hot Rod and Soundwave clash over leadership of the Cybertronian resistance."
Episode 11 The Scientist
"Hot Rod and Soundwave team up against the Quintesson Scientist."
Episode 12 The Alliance
"The Cybertronian resistance makes an unexpected discovery about MacCadam's."
Airing February 20th
Episode 13 the Judge
"In a last-ditch effort, the Autobots and Decepticons work together to try and save their universe."
Episode 14-16 The End of the Universe Parts 1-3
"The Autobots and Decepticons combine forces to liberate Cybertron from a sinister alien force."
Airing February 21st
Episode 17 The End of the Universe Part 4
"The Autobots and Decepticons combine forces to liberate Cybertron from a sinister alien force."
Episode 18 Enemy Line
"In an attempt to find his missing friend, Bumblebee goes on a spy mission into Decepticon territory."
Episode 19 Thunderhowl
"Searching for Windblade, Bumblebee and Chromia discover that the legendary Crystal City holds many secrets."
Episode 20 Wild Wild Wheel
"A forgotten bot returns to Cybertron, looking for revenge."
And the remaining episode names are:
Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos
Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus
Rack N’ Ruin N’ Ratchet
Dweller In The Depths
Silent Strike
The Other One
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2020 @ 11:10pm CST
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 15th, 2020 @ 3:59am CST
Emerje wrote:If you look closely at Iaconus his body is symmetric, but his details aren't. His shoulders especially as well as his shins and probably his arms look like they have buildings on them. I blew up the picture below, give it a click.
Emerje
What's funny is that when the name leaked earlier, I did wonder about Iaconus being Iacon transformed but was shot down because people were concerned by scale...
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 15th, 2020 @ 8:28am CST
Posted by Munkky on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:21am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:27am CST
We've had poncho-wearing loner Transformers before.Munkky wrote:I like all of those new characters, though I'm not sure if I dig Wildwheel's Clint Eastwood / McCree design. It feels like something the Michael Bay films would have done.
Posted by Stargrave on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:29am CST
Munkky wrote:Going by those episode descriptions, it sounds like Hot Rod is getting a lot of focus this season, could they possibly be building up to Rodimus Prime? I like all of those new characters, though I'm not sure if I dig Wildwheel's Clint Eastwood / McCree design. It feels like something the Michael Bay films would have done.
Oooo dang, that’s an interesting point. I didn’t see it that way you know my first notion was like hey that reminds me of Animated. You know how Animated had those stereo-tropish characters like the Constructicons with their NY accents it gave me that kind of a vibe.
Posted by Stargrave on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:34am CST
Sabrblade wrote:We've had poncho-wearing loner Transformers before.Munkky wrote:I like all of those new characters, though I'm not sure if I dig Wildwheel's Clint Eastwood / McCree design. It feels like something the Michael Bay films would have done.
Exactly Thank you!
Posted by bluecatcinema on February 15th, 2020 @ 2:04pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 15th, 2020 @ 4:27pm CST
Stargrave wrote:Episode 5 The Loop
"After their victory over the Decepticons, Bumblebee finds himself hunted by a mysterious figure from his past."
Anyone else thinking maybe Blurr is returning?
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 15th, 2020 @ 7:26pm CST
Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
Posted by notsoalex on February 15th, 2020 @ 8:58pm CST
Posted by notsoalex on February 15th, 2020 @ 9:15pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 15th, 2020 @ 11:23pm CST
Of Season 3? The first episode hasn't even aired yet, let alone the first six.notirishman wrote:Anyone have a link to a recording of the first 6 episodes?
Posted by notsoalex on February 16th, 2020 @ 12:44am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Of Season 3? The first episode hasn't even aired yet, let alone the first six.notirishman wrote:Anyone have a link to a recording of the first 6 episodes?
Many On Demand places put up the first 6 episodes today, or, well, yesterday as of this message in EST.
Posted by TulioDude on February 18th, 2020 @ 7:42am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2020 @ 8:35am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2020 @ 9:05pm CST
Also, word has it that Season 3 will be the final season of the show.
Posted by X3ROhour on February 19th, 2020 @ 4:01pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Links to watch the first eight episodes of Season 3 can be found here.
Also, word has it that Season 3 will be the final season of the show.
Primus bless you!!
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 20th, 2020 @ 3:46pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
This is different for me. Animated was before I got into this, so I heard all the good things before I watched. With this, it's happening now.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 20th, 2020 @ 4:28pm CST
Tigerhawk7109 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
This is different for me. Animated was before I got into this, so I heard all the good things before I watched. With this, it's happening now.
I had Prime in mind when I wrote that but animated is a good example.
Posted by Deadput on February 20th, 2020 @ 6:53pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
This is different for me. Animated was before I got into this, so I heard all the good things before I watched. With this, it's happening now.
I had Prime in mind when I wrote that but animated is a good example.
Just my opinion but what did Prime built up to besides missed opportunities and disappointment?
The show never felt to me like it meant anything after when Megatron returns mid season 1, well there might of been some build up but I just don't see what the pay off was.
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 20th, 2020 @ 6:58pm CST
Deadput wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
This is different for me. Animated was before I got into this, so I heard all the good things before I watched. With this, it's happening now.
I had Prime in mind when I wrote that but animated is a good example.
Just my opinion but what did Prime built up to besides missed opportunities and disappointment?
The show never felt to me like it meant anything after when Megatron returns mid season 1, well there might of been some build up but I just don't see what the pay off was.
Are you kidding? Prime is the best show we ever got! Animated is close, as is Beast Wars, but where the heck are said missed opportunities?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 20th, 2020 @ 7:13pm CST
Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Deadput wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Oh, man. Cyberverse got off to such a mediocre start, but now it really has me hooked! This is gonna be a hell of a Season 3!
This isn't the first time that A TF series started off slow and gradually built.
This is different for me. Animated was before I got into this, so I heard all the good things before I watched. With this, it's happening now.
I had Prime in mind when I wrote that but animated is a good example.
Just my opinion but what did Prime built up to besides missed opportunities and disappointment?
The show never felt to me like it meant anything after when Megatron returns mid season 1, well there might of been some build up but I just don't see what the pay off was.
Are you kidding? Prime is the best show we ever got! Animated is close, as is Beast Wars, but where the heck are said missed opportunities?
Agreed with this, Prime was a fantastic show and one I really loved. I still say Animated is the best TF show ever, with Prime and BW close behind
Posted by Sabrblade on February 20th, 2020 @ 7:41pm CST
Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Prime is the best show we ever got!
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 21st, 2020 @ 5:56am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Well, eight episodes in and Season 3 has completely shot up to the status of "Awesome!"Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Prime is the best show we ever got!
The heck was that for? What do you think is better? GEEWUN? No, sir. I have a right to my opinion.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2020 @ 9:48am CST
G1? Nah, that's just a middle-of-the-road series with its own heaps of problems.Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Well, eight episodes in and Season 3 has completely shot up to the status of "Awesome!"Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Prime is the best show we ever got!
The heck was that for? What do you think is better? GEEWUN? No, sir. I have a right to my opinion.
Prime was the very definition of "trying too hard". It had some good parts, even some excellent ones, mostly in its second and third seasons. But overall was hindered by its own over-ambition and inconsistent vision that resulted in much of the series (especially its first season) feeling like it was desperate to avoid being seen as "kids' stuff", as though it was embarrassed by the fact that it was part of a children's toy brand and, at times, went so unnervingly grimdark to prove how "serious" and "mature" it wanted to be seen as, even killing off a character in the first few minutes of the first episode to claim that "anyone can die in this show", but then reneged on ever doing that again for any other Autobot despite the show's continued "death hype" by the series' creators. As such, this made it come off feeling like it was targeted (or even written by) insecure teenagers who don't want to admit that they like something "for kids" that would otherwise be seen as "not cool" or "geeky", much like how the live action movies (sans Bumblebee) and Machinima's Prime Wars Trilogy webseries felt the same. I can't tell you how much of a breath of fresh air Smokescreen was when he showed up in season 2 and did things like a boss, only for everyone, even Bumblebee, to constantly chew him out for being cool and competent, as though to say "Stop having fun, Smokescreen! We're too serious and depressing for you to be likable!"
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 21st, 2020 @ 10:21am CST
Sabrblade wrote:G1? Nah, that's just a middle-of-the-road series with its own heaps of problems.Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Well, eight episodes in and Season 3 has completely shot up to the status of "Awesome!"Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Prime is the best show we ever got!
The heck was that for? What do you think is better? GEEWUN? No, sir. I have a right to my opinion.
Prime was the very definition of "trying too hard". It had some good parts, even some excellent ones, mostly in its second and third seasons. But overall was hindered by its own over-ambition and inconsistent vision that resulted in much of the series (especially its first season) feeling like it was desperate to avoid being seen as "kids' stuff", as though it was embarrassed by the fact that it was part of a children's toy brand and, at times, went so unnervingly grimdark to prove how "serious" and "mature" it wanted to be seen as, even killing off a character in the first few minutes of the first episode to claim that "anyone can die in this show", but then reneged on ever doing that again for any other Autobot despite the show's continued "death hype" by the series' creators. As such, this made it come off feeling like it was targeted (or even written by) insecure teenagers who don't want to admit that they like something "for kids" that would otherwise be seen as "not cool" or "geeky", much like how the live action movies (sans Bumblebee) and Machinima's Prime Wars Trilogy webseries felt the same. I can't tell you how much of a breath of fresh air Smokescreen was when he showed up in season 2 and did things like a boss, only for everyone, even Bumblebee, to constantly chew him out for being cool and competent, as though to say "Stop having fun, Smokescreen! We're too serious and depressing for you to be likable!"
I totally disagree. Prime is the movies done infinitely better. A show’s allowed to be dark! Sure, Season 1 was slow, but I’m hard pressed to find fault with the rest. Tell me, please. What do you consider to be better, and why? Maybe we can come to an agreement. I think Prime is king. What do you think?
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2020 @ 10:35am CST
Right now, I think Cyberverse has become awesome here in its third season. I agree that a show can be dark, and right now, Cyberverse is dark but not depressing with its making the Quintessons downright terrifying while also giving us an immensely enjoyable main cast in Hot Rod, Clobber, Perceptor, Dead End, Whirl, and Maccadam, all playing off each other as a really likable band of misfits who butt heads with each other but still have a great chemistry (especially between Hot Rod and Clobber; I really want her toy now).Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Tell me, please. What do you consider to be better, and why? Maybe we can come to an agreement. I think Prime is king. What do you think?
Other past shows that have been great at this were obviously Beast Wars and Animated, along with Rescue Bots (my personal second-favorite series behind Beast Wars) and Beast Machines (the most meaningfully dark series we've ever gotten). I'd hesitate to call any of the following "better" than Prime, objectively, but I have subjectively enjoyed them better: Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001), Super-God Masterforce, and Cybertron.
Posted by Deadput on February 22nd, 2020 @ 1:15am CST
It also had the worst/boring Optimus Prime ever with his constant monotone and detached view to situations, it's sad that Peter Cullen had much better direction for his acting in the movies then in the show, sadly this problem with dull Primes has continued to plague the franchise for the last 10 or so years.
Funny enough I think Beast Wars was everything Prime was trying to be but actually was able to pull darkness and entertainment much better, for me the only show that was worse then Prime was Energon and only because the latter was incompetent in it's direction. (And 50 percent of my hate has to do with what they did with Starscream and Demolishor in regards to their Armada legacy)
Cyberverse isn't the series I've had the most enjoyment of but at least I'm entertained somewhat because it's a kids cartoon which isn't even made for my age group in the first place.
I'm not a G1'er by many means and don't like the show that much but even that show managed to be more entertaining even if it shares it's problems with "pay off" but to be fair to the G1 cartoon it wasn't trying to build up to much since it was a Saturday morning cartoon.
My problem with Prime which I watched the show as it aired? It promised way too much and failed to deliver with only a hollow version of it's potential at the end, not to mention I despise the show staff for going against Hasbro and disregarding the Aligned Bible which was made for the show, they were hired by a toy company to make their ambitious project why would they disregard them! They tanked the aligned continuity to the ground which is unforgivable in my view, they were hired to do one thing and they botched it because they wanted to do their own thing.
Energon was simply incompetent, Prime was sabotage and false promises.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 22nd, 2020 @ 2:46am CST
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 22nd, 2020 @ 6:31am CST
Deadput wrote:I thought Animated and Beast Wars (despite me not really giving the latter a chance during my early years in the fandom because organic Beast modes) were the best Transformers shows we have gotten, they have much better writing and characters then Prime did in my opinion.
It also had the worst/boring Optimus Prime ever with his constant monotone and detached view to situations, it's sad that Peter Cullen had much better direction for his acting in the movies then in the show, sadly this problem with dull Primes has continued to plague the franchise for the last 10 or so years.
Funny enough I think Beast Wars was everything Prime was trying to be but actually was able to pull darkness and entertainment much better, for me the only show that was worse then Prime was Energon and only because the latter was incompetent in it's direction. (And 50 percent of my hate has to do with what they did with Starscream and Demolishor in regards to their Armada legacy)
Cyberverse isn't the series I've had the most enjoyment of but at least I'm entertained somewhat because it's a kids cartoon which isn't even made for my age group in the first place.
I'm not a G1'er by many means and don't like the show that much but even that show managed to be more entertaining even if it shares it's problems with "pay off" but to be fair to the G1 cartoon it wasn't trying to build up to much since it was a Saturday morning cartoon.
My problem with Prime which I watched the show as it aired? It promised way too much and failed to deliver with only a hollow version of it's potential at the end, not to mention I despise the show staff for going against Hasbro and disregarding the Aligned Bible which was made for the show, they were hired by a toy company to make their ambitious project why would they disregard them! They tanked the aligned continuity to the ground which is unforgivable in my view, they were hired to do one thing and they botched it because they wanted to do their own thing.
Energon was simply incompetent, Prime was sabotage and false promises.
Tell me where said false promises are. Prime delivered on the stories, the voice acting, the animation, and the characters. Animated and Beast Wars pretty much do the same. Optimus isn’t boring; he’s a veteran tired of fighting that war. And all the Decepticons were spot on as characters. The same cannot be said for the Predacons of Beast Wars. Quite a few were simply hollow shells. Prime succeeded where Beast Wars failed. As for Prime vs. Animated, I consider the two interchangeable depending on your preference.
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 22nd, 2020 @ 7:04am CST
I do like Cyberverse quite a bit but my overall all favourite (despite flaws) is still masterforce, along with Victory but then I am a big fan of Super Robot anime.
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 22nd, 2020 @ 7:11am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:That's the problem sometimes with giving creative control to someone but then insisting they play by the book, sometimes things need to be mixed up in sacrifice to the story. You can throw shade at the writers of the show but don't forget that the War for Cybertron games were held by that. Then RiD 2015 was beholden to it. In fact I'd say the greatest success from the aligned era was Rescue Bots who more or less got to do their own thing. It was unfortunately ignored by the fan base despite its quality.
I do like Cyberverse quite a bit but my overall all favourite (despite flaws) is still masterforce, along with Victory but then I am a big fan of Super Robot anime.
Well, I for one did not ignore Rescue Bots. RiD has its flaws, but it has fun with itself. Seriously. How many Prime haters are there in the freaking staff? I get it, people. You don’t think Prime is the best. I beg to differ.