New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee

Saturday, March 28th, 2015 8:51PM CDT

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Fellow Seibertronian Tsutsukakushi has brought to our attention some great new images of the upcoming Cyber Battalion line 11 inch assortment. These photos give us a far better idea of the limited articulation we will find on these figures. The 11 inch assortment thus far includes only Optimus and Bumblebee. These images were obtained from Brazilian retailer Hobby Brinquedos which reinforces the Brazilian connection to these toys, since it was a Brazillian Hasbro catalogue which first revealed them, in much smaller pictures. Better images of the 7 inch assortment have also been found since the initial reveal and can be seen here.

The listings featuring these new images (mirrored below) also had the following description:

Get ready for a high-level action with the figures of approximately 11 inches of Transformers ! This figure is convertible to vehicle mode! They will turn any enemy into scrap . They are the perfect warriors to the largest and wildest adventures Transformers

Credit(s): Hobby Brinquedos

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Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668526)
Posted by Deadput on March 28th, 2015 @ 8:53pm CDT

Bumblebee looks like he wants to kill us all!

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668528)
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Bumblebee looks like he wants to kill us all!

I was thinking the same thing. I actually like these headsculpts quite a bit.

These designs look like interesting crosses between G1 and the current RID line.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668530)
Posted by LE0KING on March 28th, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT

I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668535)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:12pm CDT

they look better than any of the other 1 step or flip n change toys

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668537)
Posted by Peridot on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:15pm CDT

11 inches, eh? That Optimus design is just begging to have a gold star sticker applied to its chest...

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668540)
Posted by BlueBefore on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:32pm CDT

LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668541)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:35pm CDT

LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Agreed. These aren't too ghastly looking to be honest, the knees bug me, but anything is better then the majority of RID's offerings

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668543)
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:46pm CDT

BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668544)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:50pm CDT

Hasbro loves big toys. But they are probably going to have the same quality as a Family Dollar Transformers-like knock-off. :lol:

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668545)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:50pm CDT

I really do like these. They are simple and cartoonish yet pull off the look and the transformation with the articulation that I really care about. I think these are good kids toys that can still satisfy some of the older kids like us

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668546)
Posted by BlueBefore on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:50pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

You guys are simply seeking to confirm your biases.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668547)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:54pm CDT

BlueBefore wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

You guys are simply seeking to confirm your biases.

Uh, no dude, structurally, it seems like only Megatron and Grimlock from this line have knees, and that's only due to transformation. And most of us haven't been biased towards this line, just kind of confused and disappointed.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668548)
Posted by BlueBefore on March 28th, 2015 @ 9:55pm CDT

Madeus Prime wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

You guys are simply seeking to confirm your biases.

Uh, no dude, structurally, it seems like only Megatron and Grimlock from this line have knees, and that's only due to transformation. And most of us haven't been biased towards this line, just kind of confused and disappointed.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668549)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:01pm CDT

BlueBefore wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

You guys are simply seeking to confirm your biases.

Uh, no dude, structurally, it seems like only Megatron and Grimlock from this line have knees, and that's only due to transformation. And most of us haven't been biased towards this line, just kind of confused and disappointed.

What? To be fair, all figures but Megatron and Grimlock, that we've seen thus far, have lacked knee articulation. This is based on the figures they share engineering and design with as well as pure visual confirmation.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668552)
Posted by BlueBefore on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:06pm CDT

Madeus Prime wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
BlueBefore wrote:
LE0KING wrote:I'm disappointed in myself for wanting that prime... If only he had knees.

Expect for the fact that both Primes in this line have knees.

How are you certain? The picture above doesnt prove it. And Bumblebee's knee joints appear to be more of a decoration than functional, no?

You guys are simply seeking to confirm your biases.

Uh, no dude, structurally, it seems like only Megatron and Grimlock from this line have knees, and that's only due to transformation. And most of us haven't been biased towards this line, just kind of confused and disappointed.

What? To be fair, all figures but Megatron and Grimlock, that we've seen thus far, have lacked knee articulation. This is based on the figures they share engineering and design with as well as pure visual confirmation.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668553)
Posted by griftimus prime on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:09pm CDT

both will be mine. hope the megatron is as big. LOVE that prime art.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668554)
Posted by RAcast on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:09pm CDT

Man, these actually look somewhat interesting. Shame about the (most likely) brickishness through the legs though.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668559)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:28pm CDT

Anyways, I actually really like that vehicle mode for Prime, gives me some Armada nostalgia.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668561)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:31pm CDT

Madeus Prime wrote::roll: Anyways, I actually really like that vehicle mode for Prime, gives me some Armada nostalgia.

The altmode kinda reminds me of Machine Wars Hubcap/Machine Wars Hoist/Car Robots Wrecker Hook/RiD 2001 Tow-Line.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668569)
Posted by Shuttershock on March 28th, 2015 @ 11:07pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Bumblebee looks like he wants to kill us all!

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668570)
Posted by Darth Jumpy on March 28th, 2015 @ 11:14pm CDT

These look so much better now than when I first saw them. I still won't be picking them up since I have a lot of Generations and RiD warriors to catch up on, but if they were Legends class, I would have definitely picked them up.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668572)
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2015 @ 11:39pm CDT

griftimus prime wrote:both will be mine. hope the megatron is as big. LOVE that prime art.

Sorry man, but Megatron will be smaller since he's part of the 7 inch line.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668573)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 28th, 2015 @ 11:41pm CDT

Optimus: Eh...
Bee: Do want!

Now, what price would these be?

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668587)
Posted by Deadput on March 29th, 2015 @ 12:16am CDT

Shuttershock wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Bumblebee looks like he wants to kill us all!

My version of that figure was literately the devil in plastic form.

I woke up this one morning a couple years ago and the figure looked like it was staring at me and among some other creepy things that only happened while I had that figure convinced me to sell it on Ebay after that things were back to normal.

It was legitly frightening time had the figure for about 5-6 months.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668590)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 29th, 2015 @ 12:22am CDT

These figures really look awesome. I can't wait to get my hands on them.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668591)
Posted by Burn on March 29th, 2015 @ 12:23am CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:My version of that figure was literately the devil in plastic form.

pffffft. Amateur. Call me when you have a figure that smells of sulphur.

Which ... if you want one, I can send you Whirl.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668595)
Posted by Shuttershock on March 29th, 2015 @ 12:58am CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Bumblebee looks like he wants to kill us all!

My version of that figure was literately the devil in plastic form.

I woke up this one morning a couple years ago and the figure looked like it was staring at me and among some other creepy things that only happened while I had that figure convinced me to sell it on Ebay after that things were back to normal.

It was legitly frightening time had the figure for about 5-6 months.

I bought him and thought "this thing has evil in it's eyes, it's WAAAY too evil to be Bumblebee", so I did this:

This is Skeletron. He is a monument to all your sins.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668598)
Posted by Cobotron on March 29th, 2015 @ 1:08am CDT

Oh MAN! Skeletron is awesome. :michaelbay:

No bones about it.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668607)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 29th, 2015 @ 2:51am CDT

head sculpts looks awesome but thats about it

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668608)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on March 29th, 2015 @ 3:02am CDT

Shuttershock wrote:

Oh my! It's Edward Cullen from Twilight!

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668612)
Posted by Deadput on March 29th, 2015 @ 3:55am CDT

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:

Oh my! It's Edward Cullen from Twilight!

But it doesn't sparkle...

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668613)
Posted by Deadput on March 29th, 2015 @ 4:00am CDT

Burn wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:My version of that figure was literately the devil in plastic form.

pffffft. Amateur. Call me when you have a figure that smells of sulphur.

Which ... if you want one, I can send you Whirl.

I'm fine on Whirl but I do wonder about the smell of that Cloud Shockwave repaint.

Probably smells like grapes, cake and death by logic.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668614)
Posted by Deadput on March 29th, 2015 @ 4:03am CDT

Burn wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:My version of that figure was literately the devil in plastic form.

pffffft. Amateur. Call me when you have a figure that smells of sulphur.

Which ... if you want one, I can send you Whirl.

Jokes on you by the way I don't have a sense of smell :grin:

This is the actual truth by the way I really don't have a sense of smell due to my nose being completely blocked off resulting in me only being able to breath with my mouth.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668615)
Posted by Dead Metal on March 29th, 2015 @ 4:21am CDT

I like the general designs of these, but I am not a fan of the cheapy hollow plastic nature of them, or the lack of essential articulation like knees.

That Optimus essentially looks like a G1 version of the current RID Optimus.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668663)
Posted by shajaki on March 29th, 2015 @ 11:17am CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Oh my! It's Edward Cullen from Twilight!
But it doesn't sparkle...

Easily solved

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1668963)
Posted by Optimizzy on March 30th, 2015 @ 8:54am CDT

i like them.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669197)
Posted by Emerje on March 30th, 2015 @ 5:51pm CDT

The lack of knees is completely baffling. The shoulder, elbow, and hip articulation is as good as any leader class figure in range of motion (though I bet they aren't built as well), and Bee (and maybe even Prime) also has ankle articulation. Bicep swivels would have been nice, but some other recent large figures haven't had them either and why I prefer ball joints for cost cutting. Knee articulation could have easily been incorporated since the legs are clearly molded from two different pieces of plastic, not just one long solid piece.

In Prime there's a perfect seam in the blue and gray plastic. They could have easily placed a bending point right behind the knee pad. Bee is a little trickier, but if they extended the yellow lower leg up to the fake knee joint they could have put in a real joint and still have a solid piece below the knee. Probably wouldn't have cost them any more plastic to mold in a chunky ball joint since they seem to be avoiding all metal except for thin pins.

I'll probably still try to get Prime, but I don't really understand why these are being sold in boxes without windows. Just how bad are the final figures going to look? Definitely going to want some Reprolabels for these.

Emerje

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669209)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on March 30th, 2015 @ 6:29pm CDT

Kind of interested in that Megatron, but want to know a little more of what his articulation will be before deciding if I really want him or not.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669243)
Posted by william-james88 on March 30th, 2015 @ 7:55pm CDT

Emerje wrote:The lack of knees is completely baffling.

The shoulder, knee, and hip articulation is as good as any leader class figure in range of motion

Emerje

I dont know what you are trying to say there.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669246)
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on March 30th, 2015 @ 7:58pm CDT

Me neither. Do they have knees or don't they?

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669269)
Posted by Emerje on March 30th, 2015 @ 8:42pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:The lack of knees is completely baffling.

The shoulder, knee, and hip articulation is as good as any leader class figure in range of motion

Emerje

I dont know what you are trying to say there.

Oops, meant elbow, not knee the second time. :oops:

Emerje

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669276)
Posted by william-james88 on March 30th, 2015 @ 9:04pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:The lack of knees is completely baffling.

The shoulder, knee, and hip articulation is as good as any leader class figure in range of motion

Emerje

I dont know what you are trying to say there.

Oops, meant elbow, not knee the second time.

Emerje

Ah, that makes sense, thanks! And hey you are from Tomopop, thats great! This list is what got me into transformers collecting and inspired me to make my own lists, which are now published on this site.

You know, at first I thought you were exagerating heavily on the articulation of those points being as good as a leader. But then I looked closely and sure enough, yeah, Shoulder, hip and elbow articulation on these are the same as on the leader class of last year. How sad for the leader class (but great for these!).

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669326)
Posted by SkyWarpt on March 31st, 2015 @ 12:38am CDT

Not for me but the youngins will probably like them

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669340)
Posted by Emerje on March 31st, 2015 @ 2:20am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Ah, that makes sense, thanks! And hey you are from Tomopop, thats great! This list is what got me into transformers collecting and inspired me to make my own lists, which are now published on this site.

Yeah, I miss Touya, he left just before I joined the site. I basically replaced him as the Transformers guy there. I've got a couple original TF things in the works.

Emerje

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669416)
Posted by william-james88 on March 31st, 2015 @ 11:37am CDT

Since the reveal of the the new Generations Cyber (Battalion) line, people have been curious about the price. Brazillian online retailer Pens and Dolls has recently posted listings of 11 inch Optimus and Bumblebee, both priced at 119 Brazilian real, which is the equivalent of 37$ US. While these prices would seem inflated, they are standard practice in the Brazil collector's market and comparable to the other Transformers offereings, placing them between the price of a Deluxe and a Voyager. This means that if these were to be sold in the rest of the world (which is still not confirmed), they would be around the same price point as the recent Robots in Disguise Hyperchange figures. You can find the listings by clicking the images below.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669436)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on March 31st, 2015 @ 12:57pm CDT

I just want that tank megatron.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669550)
Posted by Tsutsukakushi on March 31st, 2015 @ 4:30pm CDT

Doubledealer93 wrote:I just want that tank megatron.

Interested most in Starscream and Grimlock.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669568)
Posted by Siger on March 31st, 2015 @ 5:34pm CDT

$20 for THIS? (:|

Those 3 step changers are worth $10 IMO.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669571)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 31st, 2015 @ 5:47pm CDT

I think at the Hyperchange price point these are the better value. The transformations are a bit more involved and personally I think the figures look a bit cooler. If I had one complaint now, without these in hand is the lack of weapons.

Re: New Images for Cyber Battalion 11 inch Series Optimus and Bumblebee (1669666)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on March 31st, 2015 @ 10:22pm CDT

$37 for these? Heck no! Well, if it sells.