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Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

Posted by Bounti76 Nov 1, 2021 at 8:05pm CDT 48,426 views
Thanks to Seibertron's own D-Maximal_Primal, we can bring you a fantastic look at one of the newest Cyberverse Deluxe figures- Slug! He's part of the aptly named Dinobots Unite subline of Cyberverse, and is due to show up at retail any time now. Let's see what D-Max has to say about this incarnation of the Dinobot brawler.

Guess who got the new Deluxe Slug already?

This guy!!

And boy oh boy, is he a dandy. He is a really good deluxe, super good. Right up there with Bee as the best deluxe of the line.


Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

Look at this bot mode right here. This is G1 Slug, put through a color filter to crank up the color differentiation, with spikes, some stylization, and some mean sneering. He is so cool looking. And he can move too! Forward and backwards ankle movement, all kinds of leg movement, the only thing missing are bicep and wrist swivels, but the forearm swivels take care of most of that


Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

Have a 360 turnaround


Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

Transformation is pretty insane. You yank up part of the torso, tilt it around 180, crunch the abs and dino head, swivel the dino head and waist, and origami the tail out of the legs as the feet form the back. it's nuts


Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

This dino mode is really sweet. It is chonky, but still mean looking


Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

Finally, have some comparisons to the other Cyberverse Dinobots minus Grimlock, as he is still buried in moving totes. And have some to SS86 Slug

Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review
Transformers News: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Class Slug Pictorial Review

He is definitely a top level Cyberverse figure. He is really good. He is a lot of fun too.


There you have it! Slug is slowly making his way out to retail and is the only new figure in his Wave. Happy hunting to those of you looking to pick him up!

More Bots. More News. More Awesome.

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Comment by Lord_Unicron_CB Nov 2, 2021
I like it. Think it looks pretty good. Might get it
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Comment by gothsaurus Nov 2, 2021
How are the rest available. Individually?
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Comment by Emerje Nov 2, 2021
gothsaurus wrote:How are the rest available. Individually?

Swoop is sold with Bumblebee, the others are sold individually, all in different assortments.

Swoop - Roll & Combine
Sludge - Ultra
Slug - Deluxe (also a Roll & Combine)
Snarl - Warrior

Are there any pictures of these guys with their PotP counterparts? No real reason, just curious how they compare.

Emerje
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Comment by william-james88 Nov 4, 2021
The non combining Transformers Cyberverse Volcanicus was found at Target, priced at $30. For those curious about this toy, here is a written review below with images from Transformers fans T-Hybrid who posted it on the TFW2005 fansite.

Bot mode looks cool. He has no leg articulation, but has shoulders, elbows, and even some swivel that lets him get a little dynamic with his weapon.

They're finally figured out how to lock the armor in place. It sits on his back but is triggered by a lever that literally pins it down so it can't accidentally deploy.

Also, he has waist swivel if you disengage the lever on his lower body. When it's clicked in, it holds him steady.

Transformation is nothing to write home about. Flip out the beast legs/transform the arms, then bend him at the knees (it's not articulation, there's a gear system that makes it tough to push down) and lift up/extend his beast neck.

He locks in place like this without the tail/key. But it completes the look. Pull the key back out to trigger the quick transformation.

For $30 he's going to feel steep. But kids are going to love the beast mode and his bot mode is a great new take on Volcanicus I hope to see explored with combiner toys.

I got mine on sale for $25. That's not bad for the size. And he looks good with his buddies.

Something else I find interesting. His bot mode looks more like Predaking than the original Volcanicus. Including both the wings and Swoop's cannons coming off his back. Combine that with its beast mode, and it really reminds me of that proposed G1 combiner that formed a dragon instead of a robot.


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Comment by -Kanrabat- Nov 4, 2021
If I ever find that Volcanicus on sale, he's mine!
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Comment by TulioDude Nov 4, 2021
Reminds me of Dragonstorm.



Day 674 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
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Comment by Emerje Nov 4, 2021
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I ever find that Volcanicus on sale, he's mine!

Same, and he'll always be in dragon mode. Shame the arms are symmetrical without heads on them.

Emerje
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Comment by william-james88 Nov 5, 2021
Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I ever find that Volcanicus on sale, he's mine!

Same, and he'll always be in dragon mode. Shame the arms are symmetrical without heads on them.

Emerje


I like that part since it shows that he combines differently in this fiction. The arms arm both made up by Sludge who spkits his whole body in half.
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Comment by ThunderThruster Nov 5, 2021
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I ever find that Volcanicus on sale, he's mine!

Same, and he'll always be in dragon mode. Shame the arms are symmetrical without heads on them.

Emerje


I like that part since it shows that he combines differently in this fiction. The arms arm both made up by Sludge who spkits his whole body in half.

Why does he have to split in half to form the arms? Why can't he fold himself out much like the mastadon does for the Dino-Megazord?
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Comment by william-james88 Nov 5, 2021
ThunderThruster wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I ever find that Volcanicus on sale, he's mine!

Same, and he'll always be in dragon mode. Shame the arms are symmetrical without heads on them.

Emerje


I like that part since it shows that he combines differently in this fiction. The arms arm both made up by Sludge who spkits his whole body in half.

Why does he have to split in half to form the arms? Why can't he fold himself out much like the mastadon does for the Dino-Megazord?


Its what the designers chose. Would be cool if they ever make an actual combining toy to see if they pull that off
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Comment by Emerje Nov 5, 2021
Knowing that I like him a little more now. I had just assumed Vulcanicus was pulling a Predaking with just the wings going on his back and the rest of Swoop forming an arm.

There were a few Brave figures that pulled the whole split in half to form the arms or legs thing and they were all very cool figures.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Nov 6, 2021
Emerje wrote:Knowing that I like him a little more now. I had just assumed Vulcanicus was pulling a Predaking with just the wings going on his back and the rest of Swoop forming an arm.

There were a few Brave figures that pulled the whole split in half to form the arms or legs thing and they were all very cool figures.

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Emerje


A few is an understatement. Each series outside of GaoGaiGar has at least one Combiner with a member splitting into arms or legs, with two that have two members each splitting into an arm and a leg (they even use the same rough template) :lol:
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Comment by Emerje Nov 6, 2021
Yeah, that probably was an understatement, Land Bison just comes to mind because I have that black truck (Big Lander), got it on clearance for cheap from BBTS many years ago.

Emerje
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Comment by william-james88 Nov 6, 2021
The Dino Megazord is a pretty good comparison to what is happening in Cyberverse, with the pterodactyl in the back instead of in the front.
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Comment by Sabrblade Nov 7, 2021
william-james88 wrote:The Dino Megazord is a pretty good comparison to what is happening in Cyberverse, with the pterodactyl in the back instead of in the front.
Also like in the 2017 movie.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Nov 7, 2021
Emerje wrote:Knowing that I like him a little more now. I had just assumed Vulcanicus was pulling a Predaking with just the wings going on his back and the rest of Swoop forming an arm.

There were a few Brave figures that pulled the whole split in half to form the arms or legs thing and they were all very cool figures.

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Emerje


God Brave was awesome.
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Comment by primalxconvoy Nov 7, 2021
TulioDude wrote:Reminds me of Dragonstorm.


Who's that?
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Comment by Emerje Nov 7, 2021
primalxconvoy wrote:
TulioDude wrote:Reminds me of Dragonstorm.


Who's that?

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Comment by primalxconvoy Nov 7, 2021
Emerje wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
TulioDude wrote:Reminds me of Dragonstorm.


Who's that?

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Emerje


Oh, THAT one. It's such a shame that Hasbro or the KO companies (who were popping-out OSKOs of Bayverse figures like gusto at the time) didn't make an (oversized) repainted version of this toy. I wanted it to be in D&D Tiamat:

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat_ ... 26_Dragons)

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