Video Review for Transformers Cyberverse Power of the Spark Swing Slash Drift And Sky Surge Jetfire

This is new? I reported a sighting for these two a couple weeks ago...

Thanks again to fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg1999 we have a combo video review for Transformers Cyberverse Swing Slash Drift and Swarm Attack Bumblebee! These bots are both Warrior class from the fifth wave of Cyberverse. These somewhat new and have only been spotted on the shelves recently. As Chuck notes this Bumblebee is an improvement on the previously released warrior mold. Here's what Chuck has to say:
"Drift and Bumblebee are good Warrior Class figures but suffer from the usual Cyberverse complaints of thin and cheap-feeling plastic. Of the two, Drift is the better overall figure but Bumblebee is much better than the original Warrior Class toy, the gimmick works. If you're looking to only buy one figure I'd go with Drift."



What do you think? Are you sold on these molds or are you going to hold out for the Bumblebee revealed at the NYCC? Make sure to let us and Chuck know what you thought in the forum and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

For some reason, Bludgeon has been making a lot of appearances in cartoon based Transformers toylines of the past years. We got a Bludgeon in the Prime line, in the Robots in Disguise line and now he is coming again in Cyberverse. He is one of the many new toys Kapow Toys has shared on facebook, which come from a Takara catalogue. They also shared an upcoming Cyberverse Whirl and Repugnus along with a new Hot Rod mold and the more collector satisfying deluxe Megatron we saw at NYCC (whch also comes with a Build a Figure component). Bludgeon, Whirl and Repugnus are not on the same complexity level (nor price point) as that Megatron, so they are probably the cheaper warrior class toys, which means the warrior class/price point will still remain alongside the more complex deluxe class bots. It is unclear which class Hot Rod belongs to since he does have the clear accessories that come with other deluxe class toys.

Let us know what you think!

At least Bludgeon is in the Cyberverse show with this design so it's less weird here than in RiD.

From what i see there, whirl, bludgeon, and repugnus seems to be part of simplified, gimmick toy, while hot rod looks to be part of the articulated deluxe. Gonna wait for better pics, as hot rod looks bland here.

bludgeon looks alight i guess, never been i fan of the cyberverse toyline anyway

Yeah, I recently acquired a RID 2015 Warrior class Bludgeon because of his appearance in the Cyberverse cartoon being a close enough match to that toy, so seeing this new actual Cyberverse Bludgeon toy looking more simplified than the RID Warrior, I think I'll stick with that one for the time being.

At least until any better Cyberverse Bludgeon gets made.

Finally a whirl based on his MTMTE look. I need it!

I miss Legion class (3" tall), I am not planing on starting a new uncompleted line collection , already have 300 plus legion and lots of MP

Whirl looks cute... might pick her (or him as the case might be) up... and I want to see some color on Repugnus before passing judgement, but not overly optimistic right now on him. Still hoping to see a Blackarachnia.

There's a new video review out for Studio Series leader class Scavenger, by TonTon review. https://youtu.be/CslF2VEAHNg

Just cant get excited with this line. I see them in the store, look at them, examine through the plastic, flip the package around and look at the back, stare at it for 10 seconds, turn the package back to the front, look at it for 5 seconds, and then put it back on the peg.

Sure, Whirl doesn't look too terribly complex, but I still love the look and need them for my shelf. Plus, maybe we'll get a deluxe somewhere down the line?

bacem wrote:From what i see there, whirl, bludgeon, and repugnus seems to be part of simplified, gimmick toy, while hot rod looks to be part of the articulated deluxe. Gonna wait for better pics, as hot rod looks bland here.

My guesses are:

Hot Rod: Deluxe Class
Repugnus: Warriors Class
Whirl: Warriors Class
Megatron: Deluxe Class
Bludgeon: One-Step

Such a shame for Bludgeon. O well, off to hunt the RiD Warrior one.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

bacem wrote:From what i see there, whirl, bludgeon, and repugnus seems to be part of simplified, gimmick toy, while hot rod looks to be part of the articulated deluxe. Gonna wait for better pics, as hot rod looks bland here.

My guesses are:

Hot Rod: Deluxe Class
Repugnus: Warriors Class
Whirl: Warriors Class
Megatron: Deluxe Class
Bludgeon: One-Step

Such a shame for Bludgeon. O well, off to hunt the RiD Warrior one.

i say bludgeon a warrior class well, mostly because he also has what looks like a removable sword, and i don't think one step have accessories, at least not cyberverse one step

skycutter wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

bacem wrote:From what i see there, whirl, bludgeon, and repugnus seems to be part of simplified, gimmick toy, while hot rod looks to be part of the articulated deluxe. Gonna wait for better pics, as hot rod looks bland here.

My guesses are:

Hot Rod: Deluxe Class
Repugnus: Warriors Class
Whirl: Warriors Class
Megatron: Deluxe Class
Bludgeon: One-Step

Such a shame for Bludgeon. O well, off to hunt the RiD Warrior one.

i say bludgeon a warrior class well, mostly because he also has what looks like a removable sword, and i don't think one step have accessories, at least not cyberverse one step

Bludgeon's very simple, even for Warrior standards: slide and fold everything in and lay him flat. Even the articulation is One-Step level, only the elbow move.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

skycutter wrote:i say bludgeon a warrior class well, mostly because he also has what looks like a removable sword, and i don't think one step have accessories, at least not cyberverse one step

Bludgeon's very simple, even for Warrior standards: slide and fold everything in and lay him flat. Even the articulation is One-Step level, only the elbow move.

And I wouldn't read too much into that sword, because I don't think any of the currently-released Cyberverse figures, other than the Spark Armor ones, have accessories.

Zeedust wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

skycutter wrote:i say bludgeon a warrior class well, mostly because he also has what looks like a removable sword, and i don't think one step have accessories, at least not cyberverse one step

Bludgeon's very simple, even for Warrior standards: slide and fold everything in and lay him flat. Even the articulation is One-Step level, only the elbow move.

And I wouldn't read too much into that sword, because I don't think any of the currently-released Cyberverse figures, other than the Spark Armor ones, have accessories.

Your right, it might simply be non removeable detail like those dual tank cannons

NEW Ultra and Ultimate toys.

They look really good, I dig them.

Woohoo, Clobber's getting a toy!

Below the images is a description of all the toys revealed at the MCM 2019 London Comic Con. It includes the prices, release dates and gimmicks for each toy. These were sent to us from Hasbro.















































TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTIMATE CLASS OPTIMUS PRIME

(Ages 6 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $29.99 / Available: 01/01/2020)

Inspired by the CYBERVERSE animated series, this ULTIMATE CLASS OPTIMUS PRIME figure stands at 9 inches tall in robot mode and converts to truck mode in six steps including his weapon trigged conversion. Combine OPTIMUS PRIME with cool, colored Energon Armor automatically to convert him into his powered-up mode, and pull out his weapon accessory in the last conversion step to activate OPTIMUS PRIME’s Energon Axe Action Attack feature!



Imagine recreating awesome Cyberverse battles with ULTIMATE and ULTRA CLASS figures that power-up with the Energon Armor featured on the animated series! (Each sold separately, subject to availability) In the G1-inspired CYBERVERSE series - giant Transformers robots from the planet Cybertron engage in epic battles, harnessing the power of pure energy with their Energon Armor! Available at most major toy retailers on 1/1/2020.



TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTIMATE CLASS SHOCKWAVE

(Ages 6 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $29.99 / Available: 01/01/2020)

Inspired by the CYBERVERSE animated series, this ULTIMATE CLASS SHOCKWAVE figure stands at 9 inches tall in robot mode and converts to vehicle mode in ten steps including his weapon-triggered conversion. Combine SHOCKWAVE with cool, colored Energon Armor automatically to convert him into his powered-up mode, and pull out his weapon accessory in the last conversion step to activate SHOCKWAVE’S Wave Cannon Action Attack feature!



Imagine recreating awesome Cyberverse battles with ULTIMATE and ULTRA CLASS figures that power-up with the Energon Armor featured on the animated series! (Each sold separately, subject to availability) In the G1-inspired CYBERVERSE series - giant Transformers robots from the planet Cybertron engage in epic battles, harnessing the power of pure energy with their Energon Armor! Available at most major toy retailers on 1/1/2020.



TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTRA CLASS CLOBBER

(Ages 6 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: 01/01/2020)

Inspired by the CYBERVERSE animated series, this ULTRA CLASS CLOBBER figure stands at 6.5 inches tall in robot mode and converts to tank mode in nine steps. Combine CLOBBER with cool, colored Energon Armor automatically to convert him into his powered-up mode, and pull out his Turret Blaster weapon in the last conversion step to activate his Energon Armor-Up feature.



Imagine recreating awesome Cyberverse battles with ULTIMATE and ULTRA CLASS figures that power-up with the Energon Armor featured on the animated series! (Each sold separately, subject to availability) In the G1-inspired CYBERVERSE series - giant Transformers robots from the planet Cybertron engage in epic battles, harnessing the power of pure energy with their Energon Armor! Available at most major toy retailers on 1/1/2020.



TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTRA CLASS HOT ROD

(Ages 6 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: 01/01/2020)

Inspired by the CYBERVERSE animated series, this ULTRA CLASS HOT ROD figure stands at 6.5 inches tall in robot mode and converts to race car mode in seven steps. Combine HOT ROD with cool, colored Energon Armor automatically to convert him into his powered-up mode, and pull out his Ion X-Bow weapon in the last conversion step to activate his Energon Armor-Up feature.



Imagine recreating awesome Cyberverse battles with ULTIMATE and ULTRA CLASS figures that power-up with the Energon Armor featured on the animated series! (Each sold separately, subject to availability) In the G1-inspired CYBERVERSE series - giant Transformers robots from the planet Cybertron engage in epic battles, harnessing the power of pure energy with their Energon Armor! Available at most major toy retailers on 1/1/2020.



TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE ULTRA CLASS BUMBLEBEE

(Ages 6 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: 01/01/2020)

Inspired by the CYBERVERSE animated series, this ULTRA CLASS BUMBLEBEE figure stands at 6.5 inches tall in robot mode and converts to car mode in eight steps. Combine BUMBLEBEE with cool, colored Energon Armor automatically to convert him into his powered-up mode, and pull out his Cybertronian Sabers weapons in the last conversion step to activate his Energon Armor-Up feature.



Imagine recreating awesome Cyberverse battles with ULTIMATE and ULTRA CLASS figures that power-up with the Energon Armor featured on the animated series! (Each sold separately, subject to availability) In the G1-inspired CYBERVERSE series – giant Transformers robots from the planet Cybertron engage in epic battles, harnessing the power of pure energy with their Energon Armor! Available at most major toy retailers on 1/1/2020.

What happened to clobber the autobot?
Was lugnut not available?
Just have to call it what I like when I get what looks like the best figure of the 5.

kurthy wrote:What happened to clobber the autobot?
Was lugnut not available?
Just have to call it what I like when I get what looks like the best figure of the 5.

Clobber is the female version of lugnut on the show.

kurthy wrote:What happened to clobber the autobot?
Was lugnut not available?
Just have to call it what I like when I get what looks like the best figure of the 5.

From what I understand, Clobber was going to be a gender-swapped Lugnut early in production of season 2 (she's even still called Lugnut in some foreign language dubs), but she got a name change and was re-worked into her own character by the time season 2 was ready to air.
Either way, I like that Clobber's toy has made her even more distinct from Lugnut by having a different vehicle mode (has it been in the show? I haven't seen every episode yet). I haven't touched the Cyberverse line at all so far, and I'm only really planning on getting the Deluxes, but if Ultra Clobber turns out to be a quality figure I may get one.

ZeroWolf wrote:Clobber is the female version of lugnut on the show.

Is it funny that I always thought lugnut was a female robot?

Oh dear lord. What in the actual fok is that vehicle mode?
I can understand the backpack on the bots to accomodate the gimmick, but most if not all still have good altmodes. But that Optimus truck? Please, someone... End it's sufferings...






Clobber is very, very neat! Like Lugnut's little brother who chose a cyber-tank mode instead of a bomber. This is one that I may be buying.
EDIT: Clobber is female? Why? There's absolutely nothing in that bot design that hint at anything female. Unless that robot is... non-binary.

Thrust is 'female' in the show too, just didnt get a name swap (the shows worth a watch if just for a certain wheeljack/shockwave scene). Liking the lugnutz/clobber and getting a beast machines feel from it.
Optimus truck mode looks pretty bad but it kind of looks more star convoyish than the selects star convoy some how.

blackeyedprime wrote:Thrust is 'female' in the show too, just didnt get a name swap (the shows worth a watch if just for a certain wheeljack/shockwave scene). Liking the lugnutz/clobber and getting a beast machines feel from it.
Optimus truck mode looks pretty bad but it kind of looks more star convoyish than the selects star convoy some how.

Wait what? Pretty sure Thrust is male. Acid Storm is the one that changed gender (and keeps changing gender throughout season 1)

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Thrust is 'female' in the show too, just didnt get a name swap (the shows worth a watch if just for a certain wheeljack/shockwave scene). Liking the lugnutz/clobber and getting a beast machines feel from it.
Optimus truck mode looks pretty bad but it kind of looks more star convoyish than the selects star convoy some how.

Wait what? Pretty sure Thrust is male. Acid Storm is the one that changed gender (and keeps changing gender throughout season 1)

Pretty sure the red with gold trims none cone head seeker was called thrust and had a female voice but its hard to keep track when there is that many of them in the show.

blackeyedprime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Thrust is 'female' in the show too, just didnt get a name swap (the shows worth a watch if just for a certain wheeljack/shockwave scene). Liking the lugnutz/clobber and getting a beast machines feel from it.
Optimus truck mode looks pretty bad but it kind of looks more star convoyish than the selects star convoy some how.

Wait what? Pretty sure Thrust is male. Acid Storm is the one that changed gender (and keeps changing gender throughout season 1)

Pretty sure the red with gold trims none cone head seeker was called thrust and had a female voice but its hard to keep track when there is that many of them in the show.

All I know is I just watched the latest episodes and Thrust, a red seeker, is in there referred to by name and is male.

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Thrust is 'female' in the show too, just didnt get a name swap (the shows worth a watch if just for a certain wheeljack/shockwave scene). Liking the lugnutz/clobber and getting a beast machines feel from it.
Optimus truck mode looks pretty bad but it kind of looks more star convoyish than the selects star convoy some how.

Wait what? Pretty sure Thrust is male. Acid Storm is the one that changed gender (and keeps changing gender throughout season 1)

Pretty sure the red with gold trims none cone head seeker was called thrust and had a female voice but its hard to keep track when there is that many of them in the show.

All I know is I just watched the latest episodes and Thrust, a red seeker, is in there referred to by name and is male.

Turns out you're both right. Japan made Thrust female, in an inversion of convention. He's still male in the US, and Nova Storm is the second female Seeker in Cyberverse. Acid Storm being made gender fluid... ugh, I hate it when it's used as a cover-up for continuous mistakes.

On the side, some male cartoon characters are indeed voiced by women, and vice-versa. Not a strange thing to encounter.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Clobber is very, very neat! Like Lugnut's little brother who chose a cyber-tank mode instead of a bomber. This is one that I may be buying.
EDIT: Clobber is female? Why? There's absolutely nothing in that bot design that hint at anything female. Unless that robot is... non-binary.

women don't all gotta be boobs and curves dude

also, Acid Storm is the non-binary one, more specifically genderfluid

Jeddostotle7 wrote:women don't all gotta be boobs and curves dude

Well, women ARE all about "boobs and curves". It is so since dawn of times and it's an inescapable fact.



If you meant "Barbie curves", then yeah. But there must be something "female" proportion wise. Because here, we get large and wide shoulders and small legs, typical of cartoony muscle men. Also, that face have a huge man-chin, not helping "her" case.

I spot lips

I'm seeing a decent amount of articulation on Clobber, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows and hands, no neck from what I can tell. But seeing as how the others don't even have their own legs, I'd say I know which figure got most of the budget. She's a definite buy. Lugnut and Strika have a daughter now... just don't ask me how.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:women don't all gotta be boobs and curves dude

Well, women ARE all about "boobs and curves". It is so since dawn of times and it's an inescapable fact.



If you meant "Barbie curves", then yeah. But there must be something "female" proportion wise. Because here, we get large and wide shoulders and small legs, typical of cartoony muscle men. Also, that face have a huge man-chin, not helping "her" case.

oh my god

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:women don't all gotta be boobs and curves dude

Well, women ARE all about "boobs and curves". It is so since dawn of times and it's an inescapable fact.



If you meant "Barbie curves", then yeah. But there must be something "female" proportion wise. Because here, we get large and wide shoulders and small legs, typical of cartoony muscle men. Also, that face have a huge man-chin, not helping "her" case.

oh my god

Thicc

LE0KING wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:women don't all gotta be boobs and curves dude

Well, women ARE all about "boobs and curves". It is so since dawn of times and it's an inescapable fact.



If you meant "Barbie curves", then yeah. But there must be something "female" proportion wise. Because here, we get large and wide shoulders and small legs, typical of cartoony muscle men. Also, that face have a huge man-chin, not helping "her" case.

oh my god

Thicc

my reply wasn't about the picture, it was about the post in general

LE0KING wrote:I'm seeing a decent amount of articulation on Clobber, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows and hands, no neck from what I can tell. But seeing as how the others don't even have their own legs, I'd say I know which figure got most of the budget. She's a definite buy. Lugnut and Strika have a daughter now... just don't ask me how.

HEADCANON ACCEPTED!
Also, yes, there's definitely knees here. A miracle!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

LE0KING wrote:I'm seeing a decent amount of articulation on Clobber, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows and hands, no neck from what I can tell. But seeing as how the others don't even have their own legs, I'd say I know which figure got most of the budget. She's a definite buy. Lugnut and Strika have a daughter now... just don't ask me how.

HEADCANON ACCEPTED!
Also, yes, there's definitely knees here. A miracle!

She got her daddy's looks and her mamma's alt-mode. ha ha

Seriously though, I think the original shockwave is the only other ultimate class with knees.

LE0KING wrote:Seriously though, I think the original shockwave is the only other ultimate class with knees.

Wasn't the last shockwave an ultra class? From what i remember, ultimate class is the equal of leader sized toy, and all of them so far has knees.

Also, what is up with that optimus? I know they always make sacrifice for gimmick, but my god, the 1st ultimate clasd optimus suddenly looks masterpiece-ish compared to that.

And is clobber always a tank in the show? I don't watch cyberverse much so i don't exactly remember.

Reading all these posts about who's male and who's female makes me realize how few of you are actually watching the show, which saddens me since Season 2 is really good, a major step up from the already decent first season.

Anyway, Clobber has lips in the show, which are missing from this toy.



Also, Acid Storm appears as only female during season 2, which suggests that they've finally settled on that for her.

As for Thrust, he has only ever been male in the show. The early season 1 episodes in which he and Acid Storm were seen talking in vehicle mode with one of their voices being female was Acid Storm's voice as said dialogue was provided by Acid Storm's voice actress, Jamie Lamchick, whereas Thrust is voiced by Tomas Virgadula. This initial confusion is probably what led to Thrust being dubbed as a female in the Japanese version, though that version also renamed him "Red Wing" likely because of his lacking a conehead like what both Ramjet and Dirge do have in the show.

Anyway, my biggest question about these new toys is why Clobber was made into a tank when her robot mode has aspects of a bomber plane built into it like what the original Lugnut turned into.

wow, that Whirl looks really neat! And I am excited for a Repugnus in the line! someone at Hasbro likes Monsterbots!

Can't wait to see more of them

Sabrblade wrote:Also, Acid Storm appears as only female during season 2, which suggests that they've finally settled on that for her.

I've only seen up to Ep 5 of Season 2, but I thought I remembered Acid Storm having the male appearance at one point while speaking with the female (and so far only) voice? And then in the next scene and/or episode they appeared in, having switched back to the female appearance?

EDIT: upon looking through for the scene I'm talking about, it was the scene in Episode 4 where the Seekers, including Thundercracker, are carrying the Vector Sigma-lookin thing; the other Seeker that speaks has a primarily cyan color scheme that, under the yellow light emanating from what they're carrying, looked Acid Storm's shade of green. But while the Seeker has the male face model, their line is delivered by Acid Storm's voice actress, and the actress is credited as Acid Storm for that episode despite no Seeker with Acid Storm's colors appearing in the episode, so..... shrug.

After being bored to death by Robot In Disguise and being completely disappointed by Combiner Wars, I stopped watching TF shows entirely.

Looking at the screenshot above, Clobber definitely have female features in her design. Too bad the toy don't reproduce that at 100%.

-Kanrabat- wrote:After being bored to death by Robot In Disguise and being completely disappointed by Combiner Wars, I stopped watching TF shows entirely.

Unlike RID, Cyberverse has an actual ongoing narrative that each episode builds upon. And unlike Combiner Wars, it isn't of abysmal quality (though, CW does have the more entertaining Megatron).

-Kanrabat- wrote:After being bored to death by Robot In Disguise and being completely disappointed by Combiner Wars, I stopped watching TF shows entirely.

Looking at the screenshot above, Clobber definitely have female features in her design. Too bad the toy don't reproduce that at 100%.

Humans reaction to giant robots is pretty realistic in season 2 and they seem to be going out of the way to not put humans in it for the most part. Episode run times are fairly short and season 1/2 have a slightly different take to each other keeping it fresher. Season 2 episode 7 Parley is my fave so far since Prime series. Glad the toys are getting better to give the show its dues with it kind of feeling like animated in it's content.

Got this from vector sigma facebook page. Seems we don't need to wait that long for articulated deluxe hot rod. And grimlock also looks promising. And for the first time, we get an official rack n ruin toy.

bacem wrote:Got this from vector sigma facebook page. Seems we don't need to wait that long for articulated deluxe hot rod. And grimlock also looks promising. And for the first time, we get an official rack n ruin toy.

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Wait. Does that mean there will be PROPER DELUXES coming soon? I mean, Generations-like?