Video Review for Transformers Cyberverse Wheeljack and Grimlock Combiner

william-james88 wrote:Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 has a video review of WheelGrim, the latest roll and combine set pairing a Dinobot with a non Dinobot character. This one is Wheeljack and Grimlock. This toy came out in the US recently and is appearing at Walmarts throughout the country, first starting in Arizona.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:WheelGrim is another fun Dino Combiner to be released in the Dinobots Unite subline. Wheeljack makes a great pair of pants while Grimlock becomes the torso and they blend well. While it will never win awards for transformation and articulation, it is a fun figure that will make some people happy.

Another great video review, from a genuine Youtuber! Subbed and commented, Chuckdawg! Please keep em' coming!

Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 has a review of Cyberverse Volcanicus. From the looks of it, the figure is not great and it's odd that there isn't a combining version out there since the designers went out of their way to create a new combination design, very well promoted in the show, like the good toy commercial shows of old.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Going into the specials that will end the Cyberverse series, we were shown the animated version of Volcanicus. The toy representation presented here doesn't combine, but it does transform into some form of a dragon. Something that wasn't shown in the first special that's now available on YouTube. Articulation isn't much to write home about, and the spinning transformation gimmick doesn't always work the way you'd want it to, but as of right now this is the only representation of the character.

I will get that Volcanicus. It looks like fun. I'm waiting to see if Dead End comes in stock at Amazon so I can get them together

Thank you so much for this video review. After watching it...this particular Volcanicus for me, is going to be a hard pass.

In honesty, I was seriously considering getting him...despite my initial not-so-kind reactions when the toy was first revealed. Robot-mode looks nice...and the dragon-mode (in some angles, particularly where you couldn't really tell how the robot-mode legs played out in dragon-mode), it looked cool. For what it was worth (being a younger-kid toy and all)...I admit it was growing on me.

However....at $30+, it's just not worth it...for me. I already got burned when I picked up Cyberverse Skullcruncher recently (I was hugely disappointed by him). I won't make the same mistake again with Volcanicus.

Now...the other Cyberverse Dinobots that are due out (Slag, Sludge and Snarl), I still have high hopes...still looking forward to them.

After watching the two specials, we see that Hot Rod is still quite prominent, as he ascends to one of the main Cybertronian leaders. So an Ultimate figure being available for parents to buy for their kids makes sense. And the Transformers Cyberverse Dinobots Unite Ultimate Hot Rod has been found at retail in time for the holliday season (take that supply chain!). He was found at Target along with Volcanicus, his wavemate. Fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg has a review of this toy for us, so anyone curious about this big kids toy can check it out below.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:There's a lot going on with Hot Rod that's fun, unfortunately, there's quite a bit that's going wrong. Might be my copy, might not. When the entire point of a toy is the gimmick transformation you kinda need to make sure that works, all the time. If you're a fan there might be something here for you but I definitely can't recommend this for younger fans.

Ew...

Poor Roddy. I really feel that Cyberverse really did the character justice. He comes into his own, grows and becomes a strong leader naturally. And they didn't write him into a corner and turn him into a complete whiney idiot looser in the hopes that people wouldn't loose their minds when they replace him like the did in G1 s3. But the toys for this version... barf. I mean, the warrior class or whatever it was called was a good well designed toy... with almost 0 paint apps, making it look like a cheap ko. Then there's this. Poor Roddy almost never catches a break. Oh thank heavens for the ss and kingdom commander.

Looking for a Christmas Gift / Birthday gift for a 4 year old, haven't actually looked at cyberverse so no idea how good they may be for a 4 year old.

Is Volcanicus a good option? He seems to be rather cheaply priced from what I can gather. Does the transformation gimmick work well for a 4 year old?

How about Supreme Shockwave?

Overcracker wrote:Looking for a Christmas Gift / Birthday gift for a 4 year old, haven't actually looked at cyberverse so no idea how good they may be for a 4 year old.

Is Volcanicus a good option? He seems to be rather cheaply priced from what I can gather. Does the transformation gimmick work well for a 4 year old?

How about Supreme Shockwave?

4 may be a bit too young. Maybe stick with Rescue Bots for now?

But if you want to introduce him to something more "grown up", Supreme Shockwave is a great choice. Especially because you're sure to find one on sale.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Looking for a Christmas Gift / Birthday gift for a 4 year old, haven't actually looked at cyberverse so no idea how good they may be for a 4 year old.

Is Volcanicus a good option? He seems to be rather cheaply priced from what I can gather. Does the transformation gimmick work well for a 4 year old?

How about Supreme Shockwave?

4 may be a bit too young. Maybe stick with Rescue Bots for now?

But if you want to introduce him to something more "grown up", Supreme Shockwave is a great choice. Especially because you're sure to find one on sale.

Thanks.

Overcracker wrote:Looking for a Christmas Gift / Birthday gift for a 4 year old, haven't actually looked at cyberverse so no idea how good they may be for a 4 year old.

Is Volcanicus a good option? He seems to be rather cheaply priced from what I can gather. Does the transformation gimmick work well for a 4 year old?

How about Supreme Shockwave?

My kid is 4 and Cyberverse is perfect. He didny like the ultimate ones (very finicky transformation due tonthe auto convert gimmick).
The combining megatron and slug set is his favourite. Since its easy to get from one mode to the next and the combining gimmick is fun and works well.

Warrior Cybertronian Starscream is also good and so is one step Megatron, wheeljack and starscream.

Dont get the deluxe toys, they are too advanced. Rescue bots is a bit too easy for 4 year olds.

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Looking for a Christmas Gift / Birthday gift for a 4 year old, haven't actually looked at cyberverse so no idea how good they may be for a 4 year old.

Is Volcanicus a good option? He seems to be rather cheaply priced from what I can gather. Does the transformation gimmick work well for a 4 year old?

How about Supreme Shockwave?

My kid is 4 and Cyberverse is perfect. He didny like the ultimate ones (very finicky transformation due tonthe auto convert gimmick).
The combining megatron and slug set is his favourite. Since its easy to get from one mode to the next and the combining gimmick is fun and works well.

Warrior Cybertronian Starscream is also good and so is one step Megatron, wheeljack and starscream.

Dont get the deluxe toys, they are too advanced. Rescue bots is a bit too easy for 4 year olds.

Thanks, yeah, Rescue bots seems to easy for him.

I’ll look into Megatron.

I found a Volcanicus at Target yesterday, and better yet, had a 25% off 1 toy coupon. I loved him in the show, and even though I'm glad I got the toy and it is pretty enjoyable, I hope he gets a proper toy eventually using this design and transformation scheme. He was just so fun in the show!

Toy itself is pretty neat. I like it.

Also, Slug is still really awesome.

I think Slug is a perfect example of how to do a kids' toy, that's fully poseable and detailed, while still retaining a fairly simplistic ,(?) transformation.

More of this please, Hasbro.

primalxconvoy wrote:I think Slug is a perfect example of how to do a kids' toy, that's fully poseable and detailed, while still retaining a fairly simplistic ,(?) transformation.

More of this please, Hasbro.

I actually think this is incorrect.

Slug by no means has a "simple" transformation. I would argue the opposite: his transformation might actually be more complex than the SS86 leader Slug. It is a fun transformation, but this is not something that would fit with the much younger demographic. Warrior Snarl is probably a better example of simple but still fairly posable and fun. Slug will frustrate many kids, especially with the legs and the many different steps to transform the torso

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:I think Slug is a perfect example of how to do a kids' toy, that's fully poseable and detailed, while still retaining a fairly simplistic ,(?) transformation.

More of this please, Hasbro.

I actually think this is incorrect.

Slug by no means has a "simple" transformation. I would argue the opposite: his transformation might actually be more complex than the SS86 leader Slug. It is a fun transformation, but this is not something that would fit with the much younger demographic. Warrior Snarl is probably a better example of simple but still fairly posable and fun. Slug will frustrate many kids, especially with the legs and the many different steps to transform the torso

Oh, cheers for the update. It's it more frustrating than that recent (large) Hotrod you that Chuckdawg just reviewed?

Anyway, it's just good to see that at least some "perfect" TFs are cooking out (kind of "G1 transformations with good posability), which is the only gimmick I would want, at the very least.

primalxconvoy wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:I think Slug is a perfect example of how to do a kids' toy, that's fully poseable and detailed, while still retaining a fairly simplistic ,(?) transformation.

More of this please, Hasbro.

I actually think this is incorrect.

Slug by no means has a "simple" transformation. I would argue the opposite: his transformation might actually be more complex than the SS86 leader Slug. It is a fun transformation, but this is not something that would fit with the much younger demographic. Warrior Snarl is probably a better example of simple but still fairly posable and fun. Slug will frustrate many kids, especially with the legs and the many different steps to transform the torso

Oh, cheers for the update. It's it more frustrating than that recent (large) Hotrod you that Chuckdawg just reviewed?

Anyway, it's just good to see that at least some "perfect" TFs are cooking out (kind of "G1 transformations with good posability), which is the only gimmick I would want, at the very least.

The Ultimate class figures are not that complicated, just the more recent ones have issues with the spring loaded transformation. Slug is complicated but doesn't get in the way or doesn't have any bits just randomly spring load out

I was looking at the line's recent rerelease of one step figures and that Soundave jumped out at me. It's not from Cyberverse but from RID. Was it rereleased for Cyberverse before?

william-james88 wrote:Was it rereleased for Cyberverse before?

Yep. Not sure which wave (TFWiki is down as I write this).



Emerje

I believe that was one of the very first Cyberverse toys released, IIRC.