First In Hand Images of Generations Cyber 11 inch Optimus Prime

Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

william-james88 wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

Excuses, excuses. You know it needs those knees. Stop lying to yourself. We're all here to help you.

Yeah... lack of articulation/poseability? That's a deal-killer for me. Sure the G1 figures were also bricks, but they've had 30 years to refine the technology. Surely they could have given him some knees. I mean - giving him ankle pivots was easy, but knees were too hard? Uy...

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

Yeah, that doesnt make much sense to me.

Oh wow. Maybe it's for transformation?
Also, I wonder how hard it would be to mod him some knees?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Behold: He may lack knees, but he has ankle tilts!!

LOL Looks like it's taking a dump!

Desslok2201 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MaverickPrime wrote:Ok, it kinda looks nicer than I expected it to, but...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T IT HAVE KNEES???
At that scale, it's inexcusable, damn it.

Depends what you mean by scale though. These toys never shied away from the Cyber Class name. While we commonly attribute the cyberverse line as small, Hasbro sees it as just meaning easier to transform with less articulation. All this toy is is an upscaled cyberverse toy which didnt have an original small toy come out first. None of my generations legion toys have knees so consider this just an upscale of those, that's how Hasbro seems to deal with it.

Excuses, excuses. You know it needs those knees. Stop lying to yourself. We're all here to help you.

Jabs aside, even Legends Bumblebee has better articulation for its scale compared to this piece of plastic. Hasbro's been dropping the ball on their Optimus toys a lot lately - and they don't even try to be subtle about it anymore.

Seibertron wrote:Have these shown up online anywhere yet? eBay? Not sure if I'm searching for these properly.

Sorry Seibertron, but anything we know of this line is associated with Brazil (like the show they premiered at, the online stores, the catalogue they first appeared in). Here is where they are sold online, but it comes with the insane exchange which I assume the canadian fan had to swallow when buying these.

The only hint that these are getting a US release is that they appear on Hasbro's website with a US MSRP.