Transformers Cyberverse Battle Class Spark Armor Wave 1 Found At US Retail

Thanks once again to Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 we have a new video review and our first in hand look at Cyberverse Scout Class Scraplet and Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime!



Fans have been especially excited for Scraplet being our first official figure of the biggest natural threat to Transformers life since cosmic rust and gold plastic syndrome. Chuck points out, and rightfully so, that Scraplet is probably the only Scout class figure many fans will ever buy and they'll likely be buying multiples. While it's a very simple figure with no articulation worth mentioning it does look good in both modes and has an effective gimmick that can be used in either mode.

As for Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime it appears to be either a new mold or an extensive retool of the previous Ion Burst Optimus Prime figure. While the bot mode is a little more colorful this time around with more detailed paint apps and an open face head sculpt, the alt mode isn't very appealing to adult collectors and the new battle gimmick is very awkward.

Chuck also points out that while these haven't turned up at most retailers yet, both online and off, you can get Scraplet and Energon Axe Attack Optimus Prime on the still running Hasbro Toy Shop eBay store right now!

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:harder and faster

That's what she said.

With TF:Prime being my G1 2.0, Scraplet was a figure I was very excited about. It doesn't look all that good and seems off from what I remember. I do like the hypno spinning mouth part.

Hey Chuckery, when you going review Gnaw? I'm still interested in adding that bot to the sharktiswam.

Scraplets were originally introduced in the marvel comic line....

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Hahaha, love the recommended age, 6-99.

STngAR wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:SCRAPLETS

I'm getting 3

Hahaha, love the recommended age, 6-99.

I feel bad for those turning 100.

carytheone wrote:

Chuckdawg1999 wrote:harder and faster

That's what she said.

With TF:Prime being my G1 2.0, Scraplet was a figure I was very excited about. It doesn't look all that good and seems off from what I remember. I do like the hypno spinning mouth part.

Hey Chuckery, when you going review Gnaw? I'm still interested in adding that bot to the sharktiswam.

Not the first time I made that slip. I think Gnaw is part of this wave but it wasn't up on eBay. Amazon is funny like that too with the armor figures. All of the small ones but Sky Byte.

lupinesithlord wrote:Scraplets were originally introduced in the marvel comic line....

Yes, but not in this form, and I think this is a case of the Cover outperforming the original. Maybe it just has to do with the Pdime version bei g more recent and therrfore more relevent, but I think down the road if you say "Scraplet", people are gonna think of the these silver bug-eyed mouthful of sawblade critters and not the almost disney comic looking Marvel Scraplets that were literal living nuts and bolts

Scraplet looks oddly nice, I was concerned there would be something bizarrely wrong with him so thank you for the review! May pick him up if I spot him at the local Wal-Mart, but they don't seem to carry much Cyberverse lately...

Well it's a regular Cyberverse news-spolsion in the Seibertron news room! We've got sightings of the regular assortment from one of our own members, then a sighting of the Tiny Turbos Series 1 up in Canada, before we get to a quick peek of the Tiny Turbos Series 2.

First off from our own Seibertronian ScottyP comes sightings of some of the new Cyberverse Basic Assortment at a Target in North Carolina. Scotty learned that basics are $14.99, and Elite are $24.99. The case breakdown for Basics looks to be 2x Starscream, 2x Sky Byte, 1x Prowl and 1x Jetfire. Elite seems to be 2x Optimus, 1x Bee, and 1x Megatron. (Also spotted at the same Target was the new Siege Micromaster 10 pack so make sure and check your local stores they're definitely making their way across the nation)






Then thanks to a member named terrific over at TFW2005 we've learned the new Tiny Turbo Changers Series 1 has hit the shelves of at least one WalMart in Ottawa, Canada. They've also learned a way to decode which character is in which blind bag! The code starts with a letter of the alphabet and it’s this letter that tells you who is inside. terrific has also provided us the full list of codes.

Tiny Turbo Changers Series 5 Identification Codes list:
A – Bumblebee
B – Optimus Prime
C – Grimlock
D – Autobot Hot Rod
E – Jetfire
F – Autobot Drift
G – Blackarachnia
H – Decepticon Shockwave
I – Soundwave
J – Megatron
K – Starscream
L – Prowl


Then lastly thanks to a listing at Amazon Mexico we have an image of the lineup for Series 2 of the Tiny Turbo Changers. In it we see Starscream, Megatron, Drift, Prowl, Grimlock, Jetfire Hot Rod, Shockwave, Black Arachnia, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Soundwave.




As always enjoy the images and share your views with the Seibertron crew in the forums, and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

I think I need to budget in a whole case of the tiny turbo changers.

Just found a UK listing for Cyberverse Spark Armour Ratchet, over at Argos. I'd thought we might have seen pictures of him by now

ZeroWolf wrote:Just found a UK listing for Cyberverse Spark Armour Ratchet, over at Argos. I'd thought we might have seen pictures of him by now

Online pic - https://twitter.com/lilastromech/status/1155077738010750977

Thank you very muchily Sabrblade! Is that our first proper photograph of it?

ZeroWolf wrote:Thank you very muchily Sabrblade! Is that our first proper photograph of it?

Seems to be.

A...snowmobile? Wtf??

Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade we've learned that mischajaye on Twitter has posted images of Transformers Cyberverse Spark Armor Ratchet! These were posted in the new Argos catalogue. Ratchet's coming into the battle revved up and ready to fix broken down bots by teaming up with a snowmobile. Seems like a strange combination the cartoon fiction will hopefully address upon its introduction down the road.

Each of the Spark Armor figures seems to enjoyably blur the line between real world application and wild creativity and rampant fun with the play pattern. Ratchet is no exception. That being said one thing you can't deny is that armor looks pretty cool on Ratchet.

Enjoy the images and share your thoughts in the forum, and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Is that a friggin skidoo?! Someone repaint this guy into Snowcat or Icepick ASAP! We need more snow-bots!

That van mode is really nice!

Skritz wrote:Is that a friggin skidoo?! Someone repaint this guy into Snowcat or Icepick ASAP! We need more snow-bots!

Or Transmetal Rhinox! His alt mode was sort of the first snowmobile, right? It may have been called a tank, but there were skis in the front.

I find rather fitting, honestly, because it seems like something of an homage to this:

I need to get some of these Spark Armour figures, look to be the best of the Cyberverse line

We have some cool new official images for you for upcoming Transformers Cyberverse toys. Some were seen sporadically at shows but never given much attention and we never got images like these before. For now, these images can only be seen on Seibertron.com. Below you will see warriors (deluxe sized) Drift, Jetfire and a new Bumblebee. Speaking of new Bumblebees, there will be a second scout (half transformed) Bumblebee coming with different weapons. You will also see One Step Jazz and ultra (voyager sized) Prowl. While we caught a glimpse of Spark Armour Ratchet just recently, we have a great view of the toy now. He looks as good as one could imagine from this line. We also have images of Spark Armour Shockwave. If you want an idea of how big the spark armour figures are, you can check this review of the latest Skybyte toy.

These look pretty good, especially Shockwave, a satellite is a perfect armour option. Drift looks nifty as well

soooo Hasbro finally figured out that the secret to selling these cyberverse warrior toys is elbows and knees?

Drift and Jetfire are clear winners, as does Ratchet. Shockwave’s a surprise and I almost want to get him to replace the Warrior one I already have, which is impressive as I think it’s a pretty good figure on its own.

i wonder if they'll make deadlock from that drift(it a easy thing to do and it seem like they already plan to make a deadlock toy

SG Roadbuster wrote:soooo Hasbro finally figured out that the secret to selling these cyberverse warrior toys is elbows and knees?

Actually it looks like Drift only has one elbow...

skycutter wrote:i wonder if they'll make deadlock from that drift(it a easy thing to do and it seem like they already plan to make a deadlock toy

A deadlock toy is due to come out before this drift:

william-james88 wrote:

skycutter wrote:i wonder if they'll make deadlock from that drift(it a easy thing to do and it seem like they already plan to make a deadlock toy

A deadlock toy is due to come out before this drift:

i mean with actual elbow and such, i knew that was coming out, but now i want to know if they'll make a repaint of this one

You mean one elbow, Drift's right arm is only articulated at the shoulder.

Not bad. Shockwave's satellite is a nice Energon reference.

ZeroWolf wrote:You mean one elbow, Drift's right arm is only articulated at the shoulder.

so it seems, thank you for pointing that out

ZeroWolf wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:soooo Hasbro finally figured out that the secret to selling these cyberverse warrior toys is elbows and knees?

Actually it looks like Drift only has one elbow...

Like Starscream's legs being one piece, all for the sake of the gimmick.

Hmmmmm...

Jazz's design reminds me of another design... something to do with pots and pies...

Anyway, his Autobot symbol is the Bayformers version, compared to the G1 versions of the rest.

One more Jetfire to get!

And that Ratchet is perfect. Proving that the best part of Cyberverse is the Armor guys.

That's weird, like Nathaniel Prime said that Jazz is pretty close to the PotP figure, but it also looks like his arms are based off the Classics toy. Kind of a bizarrely specific homage.

These look fun!

Autobot Roadburn wrote:That's weird, like Nathaniel Prime said that Jazz is pretty close to the PotP figure, but it also looks like his arms are based off the Classics toy. Kind of a bizarrely specific homage.

Woah, nice catch!

I didn't see that until you pointed it out.

(This makes me realize that I still need to find a Henkai Jazz for relatively cheap)

For some reason, Shockwaves' new head gear reminds me of other mechs.

So, who do you guys think wore it better?

Ratchet with a snowmobile makes me really happy for some reason

Jazz is a retool of the one step Prowl. All of these look fantastic.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jazz is a retool of the one step Prowl.

They're not, different mechanisms. In fact, the One-Step range hardly has retools to begin with, just figures using the same style over and over.

:EDIT: and this is where re-releasing characters in the same Size Class gets confusing: It's the first One-Step, not the one shown in these images. Still not a retool: different parts, but same style.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jazz is a retool of the one step Prowl.

They're not, different mechanisms. In fact, the One-Step range hardly has retools to begin with, just figures using the same style over and over.

The robots look completely different, would you rather I said reshell?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jazz is a retool of the one step Prowl.

They're not, different mechanisms. In fact, the One-Step range hardly has retools to begin with, just figures using the same style over and over.

The robots look completely different, would you rather I said reshell?

Hang on, let's start over...

As said before, releasing characters multiple times in a single Size Class gets confusing. Jazz is indeed based on the first One-Step Prowl:







And from the looks of it some parts like the blasters, feet, wheels and internal mechanisms are reused. Indeed a retool or reshell. I stand corrected.

the ones in this article look great

jetfire looks tempting. if he has neck articulation, i will bite. in the last pic, he looks like he turn his head around slightly, which indicates that, but it could also my eyes playing tricks on me, so i'm gonna wait for in-hand pics first.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jazz is a retool of the one step Prowl.

They're not, different mechanisms. In fact, the One-Step range hardly has retools to begin with, just figures using the same style over and over.

The robots look completely different, would you rather I said reshell?

Hang on, let's start over...

As said before, releasing characters multiple times in a single Size Class gets confusing. Jazz is indeed based on the first One-Step Prowl:







And from the looks of it some parts like the blasters, feet, wheels and internal mechanisms are reused. Indeed a retool or reshell. I stand corrected.

Sit, be comfortable, have a cool drink.

A satellite!?!?!?! That is legit the coolest thing here, IMO. And with Shockwave too?!?!?! Now, all they have to do is paint it and/or him with more grey and green (or just go all out with green) and Hasbro is sure to piss off the fans.