Stop Motion Animated Short Featuring Transformers: War for Cybertron SIEGE by Taiwan Hasbro

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We've got a treat for you today, fellow Seibertronians! Our own forum member Sabrblade has found a fun little stop-motion animated short on the official Taiwan Hasbro YouTube channel, featuring several of the Transformers: War for Cybertron - SIEGE figures released over the past several months. The 2 minute long short is done in a "fighting game" style of presentation, complete with a character select screen. Among the feature characters are Deluxe Class Hound, Skytread (a.k.a., Flywheels), and Cog, with a surprise guest appearance by none other than Voyager Class Starscream! Most of the laser fire is done with special effects instead of the soft plastic "effects parts" that come with the Battle Master figures of the SIEGE line. Take a look for yourself at the short below.

What do you think of this marketing effort by Taiwan Hasbro? Do you wish we could see more things like this from Hasbro in North America or other parts of the world? Has it sparked your imagination for your own epic battles among your Transformers: War for Cybertron SIEGE figures? Let us know in the comments below, and stayed tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!

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Comment by -Crossfire- Apr 14, 2019

That is probably the coolest Flywheels has ever been and ever will be. Also, did Cog just use his own arm as a melee weapon? That's awesome.

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Comment by SkyFire Prime Apr 14, 2019

Dahm that flywheels,
love the second reattachement!....might buy Flywheels now lol

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Comment by transformers_va Apr 14, 2019

That, by itself, was a million times better/cooler than ALL the Bay films put together :lol:

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Comment by KVO Prime Apr 14, 2019

HOLY HECK AWESOMESAUCE!!

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 15, 2019

That's much better! After getting Aimless finally, I went ahead and swapped his arms with Blowpipe to give both much more original toy (and correct character model) accuracy. The gray plastics are a perfect match for lucky Blowpipe. The blue plastics aren't a perfect match for Aimless, though. Still, they coordinate very well with each other and the slight difference in hue I think actually makes Aimless look more defined as a figure, as opposed to having his entire torso and arms all be one uniform color with almost not other paint details or colors to break them up.

I intend keep buying these humanoid Battle Masters up, increasing my cache of weapons blast effects, Frankensteining together a nice Nightstick to go with the upcoming Ricochet, fixing up Firedrive with some proper gray parts instead of the stark white he has now, and using the left over pieces to make some original characters, perhaps. Unfortunatley, I'm at a loss as to how to "correct" Caliburst, other than to buy another Aimless, keep all his parts as factory assembled, and make him Caliburst, lol! The lack of pins on this size class and the modularity of the parts, including the gun barrels, is a customizer's dream come true.

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Comment by Nemesis Destron Apr 15, 2019

where smart they should put out a weapons effects pack of some kind and maybe include a Targetmaster/Micromaster with each pack. C'mon :HASBRO:

what say you?

I picked up Ironhide and he's yet another epic figure in this amazing line. So by when can we expect Ratchet? Is he suppose to be a Walgreen's release or is that still TBA? :VEHI:

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Comment by Nemesis Destron Apr 15, 2019

transformers_va wrote:That, by itself, was a million times better/cooler than ALL the Bay films put together

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Comment by william-james88 Apr 15, 2019

Nemesis Destron wrote:If / where smart they should put out a weapons effects pack of some kind and maybe include a Targetmaster/Micromaster with each pack. C'mon / what say you?

The weaponizers in this line are weapon packs that can.combine into a robot.

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 15, 2019

I was boasting above about how wonderful it was that the Siege Battle Masters were so interchangeable with one another after I swapped around Blowpipe's and Aimless' arms. Well, I found out that it's certainly true of the legs of all the humanoid Battle Masters, but NOT their arms and weapons, thanks to Firedrive. He's got larger ball joints for his shoulders, so the arms from Blowpipe and Aimless won't fit on him (and visa versa). The same goes for the gun barrels, which are also not compatible, due to major design differences. Firedrive's gun barrel attaches via holes that fit nubs on the back of the figure, while with Blowpipe and Aimless, their gun barrels attach via numbs that fit in holes on the backs of their figures.

So, this throws a wrench into a lot of my parts swapping plans. I'm going to have to look into repainting some of these figures instead to make the special characters I want. Does anyone know if these figures are made of the dreaded "unpaintable" plastic?

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 15, 2019

Wolfman Jake wrote:So, this throws a wrench into a lot of my parts swapping plans. I'm going to have to look into repainting some of these figures instead to make the special characters I want. Does anyone know if these figures are made of the dreaded "unpaintable" plastic?

I only know of one confirmed case of POM or PA (aka nylon): Lionizer's black parts. I can't really tell which plastic is which, but here's a list of the most common types used plus some features:

Plastic on TFWiki.

Finally, POM and PA can still be painted, but with specialised paints I'd imagine. Ask at Game Workshop

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Comment by Skritz Apr 15, 2019

I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

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Comment by Jeddostotle7 Apr 16, 2019

Skritz wrote:I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

Maybe we will further on in the WFC trilogy, along with the '87 Autobot Targetmasters we're still missing (and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters).

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Comment by Cyberpath Apr 16, 2019

So, are the blades "permanently" attached to Siege Megatron's gun?

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Comment by Cobotron Apr 16, 2019

Cyberpath wrote:So, are the blades "permanently" attached to Siege Megatron's gun?

Well, yes and no? Looking at mine, the gray parts are on a mushroom peg that connect to the black hinge parts. Looks like one could remove the blades but they'd be left with those black nubs on the sides. I haven't tried myself, but I've seen others have done it.

Guess you'll have to open him to find out! :lol:

I saw you got him in another thread.

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Comment by mordhelm Apr 16, 2019

The blades on Megs are removable like a standard plastic mushroom peg. I did that and reattached no problem

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Comment by Skritz Apr 16, 2019

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
Skritz wrote:I just wish we'd get the Targetmasters for Blurr and Kup so Hot Rod doesn't look too lonely.

Maybe we will further on in the WFC trilogy, along with the '87 Autobot Targetmasters we're still missing (and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters).

I'm hoping too because I've ended up with a mostly-complete set of the original Targetmaster characters via mostly Titans Return (and Combiner Wars for Cyclonus). Right now we're missing an update to the three new Autobot characters: Pointblank, Sureshot and Crosshair. As futuristic vehicles they'd work fine in the WFC trilogy.

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Comment by o.supreme Apr 16, 2019

Jeddostotle7 wrote:and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters.

Hasbro has developed an interesting conundrum with these. T30 Scoop did come with his 2 TM Partners, but obviously TR Quake did not. Then there's TFCC Needlenose & Spinister that did...but then again they were club exclusives.

I wonder if Hasbro would release 2 TM's in a pack as part of their Micromaster line? If for nothing else to get Quake his partners in some modern form. Then all we would need are modern updates of Landfill & Quickmix, along with their respective TM's.

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Comment by Jeddostotle7 Apr 16, 2019

o.supreme wrote:
Jeddostotle7 wrote:and maybe hopefully the '88 Double Targetmasters.

Hasbro has developed an interesting conundrum with these. T30 Scoop did come with his 2 TM Partners, but obviously TR Quake did not. Then there's TFCC Needlenose & Spinister that did...but then again they were club exclusives.

I wonder if Hasbro would release 2 TM's in a pack as part of their Micromaster line? If for nothing else to get Quake his partners in some modern form. Then all we would need are modern updates of Landfill & Quickmix, along with their respective TM's.

I think Hasbro would also want to make a new Needlenose and Spinister for the people who couldn't get the Club ones (the majority of collectors), evident with how Needlenose was part of one of the options for the Siege fan poll.

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Comment by Autobot N Apr 16, 2019