Video Review for Transformers Earthspark Cyber Combiner Mo Malto and Bumblebee

Hard pass.

Below we have a review for the second pair of Cyber-Combiners that you'll shortly be seeing on shelves. Enjoy.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If it continues the Cyber-Combiner subline might produce some of the best toys of 2024. The Cyber-Combiners are the best parts of Crash Combiners, and the Energon Powerlinx system, enhanced for 2024. Twitch and Robby make for a great pair but having both sets in I feel that the best combinations are between each human mech and each Autobot. I recommend the line and look forward to what's to come.

Um, did something happen with some new posts?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Um, did something happen with some new posts?

I've been getting that "Technical Difficulties" message for about a week now during Heavy Metal War, and all battle records for roughly the 28th (give or take a few hours) disappeared. I'm guessing all posts made during that time disappeared as well.

I just happened to still have my last response to that animated post copied via right-click, so I just pasted it again yesterday. Hope that didn't confuse anyone trying to fix the problem!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Um, did something happen with some new posts?

Yes, the site had technical issues and the latest posts were not backed up in the server.

Gotta say, I really like the way the Japanese version of the Cyberbase turned out. The two Hasbro releases for Cyberverse and Earthspark are kinda bland, but the one Takara is releasing for Earthspark has a lot more character to it and comes with a much better Prime figure.

Cyberverse


Hasbro Earthspark


Takara Tomy Earthspark


Though for $45 US it really should look good. Only seeing it on Takara Tomy Mall, is it an exclusive?

Emerje

If I can get it from Amazon Japan I'd be all over it but not as an exclusive.

Fyi, Warrior Class Thrash is available for pre-order from Amazon US with a February 15th ship date.

We had shared images previously of the upcoming warrior class figures from Transformers Earthspark and in there we could see that both Twitch and Bumblebee had these black prongs that hinted at a combining gimmick. Well there are more images now on Amazon and they show us exactly what we get out of that. It's, well, you'll see. Below you will see all the images of these two upcoming toys along with the combining description from Hasbro. They are in the 5th wave of warrior class figures. If you are wondering, the 2nd wave was the one with Thrash, the 3rd wave had Jawbreaker and the 4th wave had the Cyberverse shockwave redeco. It's being found in target stores now. A full breakdown of waves 4 and 5 can also be found below.

Wave 4

2x Optimus Prime
2x Thrash
2x Shockwave

Wave 5

1x Megatron
1x Jawbreaker
2x Bumblebee
2x Twitch

Ride and Combine description:

COMBINE WITH WARRIOR CLASS TERRAN TWITCH: Warrior Class Bumblebee can ride and combine with Warrior Class Terran Twitch (sold separately, subject to availability) to create super battle vehicles and reveal weapons

It's a whole line of Energon Tow-Lines!

I think these look pretty neat! Superlink vibes for sure heh.

Interesting gimmick.

Guess Energon remakes aren't impossible. Hope they turn out well in Legacy

We thank Seibertronian kuhlio was kind ot let us know of new toys available to order on Amazon.com. These are the latest deluxes from the Earthspark Toyline, Prowl (a redeco of Cyberverse Hot Rod) and Thrash (new mold). They are 19.99 so less than deluxes from other lines. links are below along with a review of deluxe Thrash from Cuhuckdawg1999.

Thrash: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CFZ ... UTF8&psc=1?tag=seibertron07-20&

Prowl: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CFZ ... UTF8&psc=1?tag=seibertron07-20&

Amazon also has the newest one step flip changers

My Thrash, Prowl, and Skullcruncher should be here this weekend.

I got deluxe Thrash and Prowl, as well as Skullcruncher this weekend.

Skullcruncher is cute and fun. I am amazed he has now ended up in 2 modern cartoons back to back no less.

Thrash is pretty decent, though i still think the warrior is the better toy. This one can pose nicely, but his transformation is a smidge soft and fiddly for the feet in alt mode. Plus he can't actually have a sidecar. But he still works nicely.

Prowl is hilarious, I actually like him a lot more than Hot Rod from Cyberverse. Amazing what better color choices do for a mold. It is still subpar, but it at least looks the part better. I kinda wish he had a new head, but otherwise, its strangely somehow works.

I hope we get a good sticker set from ToyHax for Prowl, he really needs it.

Emerje

Saw 1 step Breakdown for the first time this morning. Kinda lame that wave 4 is exactly the same as wave 3 except they traded Wheeljack for his barely noticeably different repaint. Surely they could have moved things around better.

Emerje

Got to mess around with Prowl, this mold really does make a uniquely fun toy that doesn't really work as either a good Hot Rod or a good Prowl, but makes for a nice Checkpoint.





Also, warrior Jawbreaker is still a lovely little guy

Takara's Earthspark line has has two new deluxe figures via Amazon.jp. ESD-11 DX is none other than Terran Slash (Thrash). This figures looks to be Takara's release of the Deluxe Thrash.
The more interesting reveal is that ESD-10 DX is Prowl. This time the Cyberverse Deluxe Prowl is getting an incredible repaint rather than the Cyberverse Deluxe Hot Rod repaint Hasbro released.

Both figures are listed for 3,850 JPY ($24.00 USD) and are set to release on June 29 ,2024. Images and Amazon.jp links can be seen below.

ESD-10 Prowl-








ESD11 Slash (Thrash)

That Prowl mold is the game!

His name is still "Thrash". It's just that the Japanese language doesn't have a proper "Th" sound, so it uses "S" sounds to approximate it.

They also use "R" sounds for "L" sounds, so any machine translator is going to instinctively misinterpret "Thrash" as "Slash" since the latter is a more common word than the former.

Sabrblade wrote:His name is still "Thrash". It's just that the Japanese language doesn't have a proper "Th" sound, so it uses "S" sounds to approximate it.

They also use "R" sounds for "L" sounds, so any machine translator is going to instinctively misinterpret "Thrash" as "Slash" since the latter is a more common word than the former.

@Sabrblade- Thank you for letting me know this- I seriously had no clue!

Prowl looks amazing, will legitimately need him

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Prowl looks amazing, will legitimately need him

Totally agreed. Amazing what some paint does for some of these Cyberverse Deluxes

That’s a great Prowl, the proportions in both modes are spot on for the style of EarthSpark, I hope he shows up in S2 like this. A good mix of cartoony and realistic.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:That’s a great Prowl, the proportions in both modes are spot on for the style of EarthSpark, I hope he shows up in S2 like this. A good mix of cartoony and realistic.

You know what undermines his realism? He's a two-door car. Almost every incarnation of Prowl or Barricade is supposed to be a police car, but has no real back seat.

ScottyP wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Prowl looks amazing, will legitimately need him

Totally agreed. Amazing what some paint does for some of these Cyberverse Deluxes

It would be perfect if they included the blast effects which are really, REALLY good.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:That’s a great Prowl, the proportions in both modes are spot on for the style of EarthSpark, I hope he shows up in S2 like this. A good mix of cartoony and realistic.

You know what undermines his realism? He's a two-door car. Almost every incarnation of Prowl or Barricade is supposed to be a police car, but has no real back seat.

Apparently in Japan Fire and Police commanders use sports cars that are only two-door. I guess Prowl and Barricade were based on the vehicles of higher-ranking officers.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:That’s a great Prowl, the proportions in both modes are spot on for the style of EarthSpark, I hope he shows up in S2 like this. A good mix of cartoony and realistic.

We know what Earthspark Prowl looks like thanks to the Hasbro Packaging (and it's not a reuse of the Cyberverse design):



Definitely going to pass on the Hasbro version since Prowl and Thrash don't come with Mandroid parts so I have no need for them.

May as well compare Thrash:

Hasbro


Takara Tomy


Emerje

You should just get Warrior Thrash anyways, it is the better Thrash toy.

And I would still recommend Hasbro Prowl as a cool Checkpoint.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:You should just get Warrior Thrash anyways, it is the better Thrash toy.

And I would still recommend Hasbro Prowl as a cool Checkpoint.

I've got Warrior Thrash, it's great, but not particularly accurate color-wise. Maybe I should just grab the Japanese release, too. I'll only get Hasbro's Prowl if it's on sale or clearanced.

Emerje

Japanese Prowl has already sold out on Amazon Japan, wow.

Portuguese retailer Aj Aguiar has put up order pages for two new Warrior class figures, complete with official images: Terran Hastag (brand new mold) and Chaos Terran Spitfire (redeco of Warrior class Terran Twitch).

Sabrblade wrote:Portuguese retailer Aj Aguiar has put up order pages for two new Warrior class figures, complete with official images: Terran Hastag (brand new mold) and Chaos Terran Spitfire (redeco of Warrior class Terran Twitch).

They're both combiners. That Spitfire might just make it out before anyone sees a Warrior Class Twitch!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Portuguese retailer Aj Aguiar has put up order pages for two new Warrior class figures, complete with official images: Terran Hastag (brand new mold) and Chaos Terran Spitfire (redeco of Warrior class Terran Twitch).

They're both combiners. That Spitfire might just make it out before anyone sees a Warrior Class Twitch!

The Warrior class versions of Twitch and Bumblebee have the same gimmick.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Portuguese retailer Aj Aguiar has put up order pages for two new Warrior class figures, complete with official images: Terran Hastag (brand new mold) and Chaos Terran Spitfire (redeco of Warrior class Terran Twitch).

They're both combiners. That Spitfire might just make it out before anyone sees a Warrior Class Twitch!

The Warrior class versions of Twitch and Bumblebee have the same gimmick.

I know that and have Bumblebee. Outside of a few early international eBay listings and a seller going by AmazonUK on Amazon NO ONE has seen or gotten Warrior Twitch to go with Bumblebee. Crap, I never published Bumblebee here and it hasn't been newsed yet. It's a really good figure but without Twitch you're only getting half the fun.

We thank Sabrblade for letting us know of new images for Warriors Hashtag and Spitfire. And on Australia’s Target site, we got a first look at Tacticon Starscream.

Sabrblade wrote:Portuguese retailer Aj Aguiar has put up order pages for two new Warrior class figures, complete with official images: Terran Hastag (brand new mold) and Chaos Terran Spitfire (redeco of Warrior class Terran Twitch).

Three pics were missing from above:

A full sized Hashtag at last!!!

Though, why that alt mode?

Well thats not quite her alt-mode but I like it! At least all the Terrans have decent full sized figures now.

Very curious about this “Chaos” version of Twitch, the second season can’t come soon enough.

Still prefer Hashtag was much larger, but it's something. She'll look right with one steps I guess. I wonder if the alt mode is so she can share it with another figure?

Emerje

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Very curious about this “Chaos” version of Twitch, the second season can’t come soon enough.

Especially since her name is Spitfire.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
I know that and have Bumblebee. Outside of a few early international eBay listings and a seller going by AmazonUK on Amazon NO ONE has seen or gotten Warrior Twitch to go with Bumblebee. Crap, I never published Bumblebee here and it hasn't been newsed yet. It's a really good figure but without Twitch you're only getting half the fun.

Didnt know Twitch had no coverage, give me an hour snd the situation will change

The latest warrior class figures from the Transformers Earthspark line appeared in Canada a little while back. However, no one posted a video review addressing the combination aspect of these toys, until now. While it isn't a mind boggling combination, remember that this is just a third mode for either toy, and a child still has a complete Transformers toy experience with owning just one of them as either can go from robot mode to vehicle mode as traditionally expected. The combination is just a bonus if you get more than one, and it will be cross compatible with the Hashtag figure that was just revealed.

Here is a video review of the combination aspect, followed by a review of Bumblebee and Twitch.



Warrior Twitch



Warrior Bumblebee

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
I know that and have Bumblebee. Outside of a few early international eBay listings and a seller going by AmazonUK on Amazon NO ONE has seen or gotten Warrior Twitch to go with Bumblebee. Crap, I never published Bumblebee here and it hasn't been newsed yet. It's a really good figure but without Twitch you're only getting half the fun.

Didnt know Twitch had no coverage, give me an hour snd the situation will change

It's ok, we can wait.

william-james88 wrote:The latest warrior class figures from the Transformers Earthspark line appeared in Canada a little while back. However, no one posted a video review addressing the combination aspect of these toys, until now. While it isn't a mind boggling combination, remember that this is just a third mode for either toy, and a child still has a complete Transformers toy experience with owning just one of them as either can go from robot mode to vehicle mode as traditionally expected. The combination is just a bonus if you get more than one, and it will be cross compatible with the Hashtag figure that was just revealed.

Here is a video review of the combination aspect, followed by a review of Bumblebee and Twitch.



Warrior Twitch



Warrior Bumblebee

Damn.