This created the challenge of balancing part count as well as mantaining parts that were important to the transformation and basic structure of the molds. On top of that, there are many War for Cybertron Trilogy toys that do not belong to any one of these sub-lines, being branded as simply part of the overall Trilogy. Hasbro announced the Generations Selects branding in late 2018 to run alongside the War for Cybertron Trilogy. War For Cybertron: Siege is a subline imprint of the Generations toyline, and the first portion of the War for Cybertron Trilogy . In an attempt to end the conflict, Megatron considers using the Allspark as a last resort, but Optimus Prime wants to prevent that from happening, even if that means destroying Cybertron in order to save it. Japanese releases of this line are indentical to the US releases. After Energon's rather muddled gimmick/theme presentation, Hasbro dialed it back for Cybertron by sticking with a single unifying play gimmick: the Cyber Keys. Outnumbered, outgunned, and pushed to the brink of extinction, the battle-weary band of resistance fighters orchestrates a desperate series of counterstrikes on a … Earthrise. This was the first in a line of redecos catering to fans. The Deluxe Centurion Drone features an Earthrise ID number, but is not branded or marketed as part of the said subline. As such, most of the articulation utilized pinned joints (though balljoints were present in smaller figures and the necks of larger ones). Lock connections as well, letting you build "cities" how you like. I propose moving all the Selects figures as well as the Netflix subline to either War for Cybertron Trilogy, or a newly created War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline) page. With the cartoon featuring character models based directly on Hasbro's toy molds, the toyline in turn features animation-accurate weathering and extensive deco... in theory. Some figures, such as Soundwave and Springer, had battle damage paint applied directly over their deco paint, which meant ruining the deco in the effort to clean the battle damage. System. Hot House is the only toy to feature Earthrise branding in their instructions. Each wave has a pair of new Battle Master characters and a set of classic characters with weapon modes. It is the day of reckoning. This page was last modified on 20 November 2020, at 13:52. While the features of the "C.O.M.B.A.T. Hasbro Pulse debuts Generations Selects figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers. game on the Transformers website. While only the overarching War for Cybertron Trilogy logo is used on the line, the first waves of the Deluxe and Voyager Class assortments feature the Siege box mural on their packaging, and the second waves similarly feature the Earthrise mural. The Battle Masters and Micromasters did not continue into Kingdom, being replaced with "Core Class" characters... effectively the sub-Deluxe "Legends" found in previous Generations lines. Coded sections of the box contain spoilers for episodes of the accompanying show. Earthrise also adds two "new" factions to the conflict, with the vicious Mercenaries and the Quintessons now joining the fray, including the first-ever toy of the five-faced Generation 1 Quintesson Judge! Chapter 2: "Earthrise" Most Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures each come with at least one or two weapons that can transform, combine, and/or be placed into any C.O.M.B.A.T. Intended to consist of ten releases, each figure in the Deluxe Class assortment includes a piece of a flimsy, cardboard Teletraan I backdrop which, once completed, can serve as a display. 3 mm pegs are also used on the ends of blaster barrels and scattered on the sculpts of Deluxe and larger toys to accommodate "Fire Blast" parts; clear-plastic add-ons made to look like blaster fire, impacts, flames and more, mostly coming with the Battle Masters, but some larger toys came with larger effects. In keeping with the Beast Wars cartoon-based theme, all Kingdom figures from Deluxe Class upwards include "Golden Disk" cards with a peelable foil sheet, revealing one of three different variants, each revealing a different destiny for the character. Even larger toys with tertiary base modes have A.I.R. Adding to the oddity are Core Class versions of bots like Optimus Prime, which.... yyyyyyeah. By the closing of the funding period on October 6, the project had officially accrued over 12,000 backers, each of whom is to exclusively receive their own Unicron on its release in 2021. This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available. These are shared exclusives between online retailers and Walmart stores. These weapons come not just in the form or normal accessories, but smaller Battle Masters who turn into weapons, Micromasters who also have secondary weapon modes and can combine into larger weapons, and the larger "Weaponizer" bots who transform from vehicle to robot and disassemble into multiple weapons and gear. Transformers Siege Toys. It was decided that ball and socket joints were not up to the task of bearing the heavy load of the weapons that are created by the C.O.M.B.A.T system play pattern. System posts, 5 mm posts littered all over their bodies, essentially an updated version of the Powerlinx system and Takara's previous Arms Micron play system. Two more exclusives were released on Hasbro Pulse in the US. Set in the days before the launch of the Ark in its escape from Cybertron, Siege would set the stage for the entire Trilogy, establishing play patterns that would (mostly) carry forward into the following lines. They include additional "Fire Blast" effect pieces that can be placed onto other weapons included with other size classes, as well as hardpoints on the figures themselves to simulate being 'shot' or on the back of vehicles to simulate "rocket boosters" or "speed", depending on the effect part. Most toys are once again covered in 3 mm and 5 mm posts to accommodate the previous effect parts from … Replacing the Prime Masters from the last toyline are "Battle Masters", small Targetmaster-type figures that can combine with other weapons and figures. The first chapter in the "War For Cybertron" trilogy. Some Deluxe Class figures are classified as "Deluxe Weaponizers," which can be disassembled into multiple weapons to be used in the C.O.M.B.A.T. This is likely due to robot mode scale playing a much larger role in this series than in the past, with characters sticking reasonably close to their relative heights in the original cartoon. As such, Takara Siege toys are completely identical to their Hasbro counterparts, just released in different waves and given new "ID" numbers. The deluxe scale figures often had minimal drybrush-applied paint that cleaned off easily, while the voyager scaled figures, which had the battle damage paint printed onto them, were much more difficult to clean. System, just bonier). Siege fell on the franchise's 35th anniversary, with a short subline to accompany the occasion. Their latest battle takes place in Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy – Siege, a new 6-part animated series from toymaker Hasbro and Netflix, and it is part of a larger three-part series. These connector points attach to the "Modulator" Transformers who turn into Micromaster stations, who have (mostly) taken the place of the Weaponizers, though they maintain the "disassemble into lots of parts to attach to other figures" angle. System. The War for Cybertron Trilogy is Hasbro's designation for a segment of the Transformers: Generations line that launched in the holiday season of 2018. Also known as "Battle 3-Packs", and costing $10 USD more than the MRSP of normal War for Cybertron Trilogy Voyager Class releases, the price is made up with two additional Battle Masters or a pair of Micromasters. Starting with this toyline, many of the Deluxe and upwards figures are downsized, the Leaders (plus additions) either being just a head short of a Voyager class figure from previous lines, or simply being Voyager core figures sold with extra parts to make up the price point. Most toys in the line also have "battle damage" paint on them somewhere, though the amount of fake-scuffing varies from figure to figure: Mirage is near-pristine, while Soundwave and Starscream have tons of it. Returning to this toyline are Micromasters, which are bundled in two packs, replacing the Legends Class of the last half-decade, and are now able to combine into large weapons as well as transform into their vehicle form. It is set during the journey to Earth, with many other planets on the way pointed out in the clip-and-save pieces of the "Transformers Universe Map" printed on the interior of every package, which can combine into one great big map. Notably, robot mode scale plays a much larger role in this series than in the past, with characters sticking fairly close to their relative heights in the original cartoon. The line aims to serve as a back-to-basics approach to Transformers, with a focus on media accuracy, interchangeable weaponry, articulation, and a (mostly) consistent robot mode scale . The primary theme is figures that transform into "Cybertronian" vehicles (ostensibly, at least, many look a LOT like normal Earth vehicles), with extensive use of 5 mm posts/holes to heavily kit them out with weapons, dubbed the "C.O.M.B.A.T. The Beast Wars characters maintain rough scale to each other as they were depicted in the cartoon, and even though few attempts are made, they're obviously out of scale next to the largely-to-scale-with-each-other Generation 1 bots, who generally should tower over most of the Maximals and Predacons. DISCOVER ALL. https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_(toyline)&oldid=1465071. In a way, this modern 3D retelling actually brings audiences back to the past on Cybertron and on the surface, audiences can enter this series with barely the base knowledge of the franchise. Other international markets got these items through other venues, either as general retail releases or as exclusives to other stores and chains. Interview with Takara Tomy head of Transformers marketing Kenichiro Okabe and designer Shogo Hasui, https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=War_for_Cybertron:_Siege&oldid=1460861, Autobots vs. Decepticons (Micromaster 10-pack), The names of many individual figures from this line were revealed by listings on, Deluxe Class Red Alert was accidentally revealed by Hasbro by being featured as the "core" figure in the, Although battle-damaged paint is one of the distinguishing features of the. This page was last modified on 29 November 2020, at 22:26. Many buyers attempted to remove the battle damage paint using isopropyl alcohol. Technology" (effectively the same thing as the C.O.M.B.A.T. War for Cybertron: Siege - Hidden Messages, Games, Videos, Toys - Transformers. At this point, the inter-character scale kind of breaks down a bit. Kingdom adds two more factions to the war, this time bringing in the Maximals and Predacons from Beast Wars, for its 25th anniversary. System". Announced at New York Toy Fair 2019, Combat Megatron was exclusively available in the United States via online retailers such as BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, Hasbro Toy Shop's eBay, and Hasbro's new replacement for the Hasbro Toy Shop site, Hasbro Pulse. The "Fire Blast" effects similarly have been removed from the line, but most figures are still compatible with them, keeping the pegs at the ends of blaster barrels, and non-beast bots having a few effects pegs on their bodies. Though it kept virtually all of the play patterns and price points of Siege, the follow-up series Earthrise is somewhat less consistent in its theme, as it mixes characters with "modern" Earth alt-modes with those who maintained Cybertronian alt-modes (notably characters introduced in and after The Transformers: The Movie), and the battle damage decoes being far rarer. Following in the footsteps of Arcee, Grotusque, and the three Prime Wars Trilogy "Special Edition" figures in 2018, Hasbro debuted a special edition Selects deco of Voyager Class Megatron at Toy Fair 2019 to celebrate the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Each effect part attaches via a 3 mm hole, or in most cases, 5 mm posts too. The effectiveness of this treatment varies from figure to figure. The toys are in the same style and scale as those from the War for Cybertron Trilogy line. The Weaponizers and Modulators have been replaced with the "Fossilizers", skeletal beasts with robotic connective structures who break apart into weapons and armor for other toys using "F.O.S.S.I.L. Even an original deco for the show, Decepticon Mirage, isn't colored accurately to the on-screen model. System" are still around, it's been joined by the "A.I.R. Another line-wide feature is battle-damaged paint jobs on Deluxe-and-up figures to fit with the gritty "war" aspect. Is £45 worth it for a Leader-class figure that is in fact smaller than the other voyager … War For Cybertron: Earthrise is a subline imprint of the Generations toyline, and the second portion of the War for Cybertron Trilogy . Earthrise carries over the Selects exclusives to a wider scale, but also features the Cybertronian Villians and Galactic Odyssey Collection sublines. Additionally, all Voyager Class toys in this subline feature blast effect parts compatible with Trilogy toys. The line aims to serve as a back-to-basics approach to Transformers, with a focus on media accuracy, interchangeable weaponry, articulation, and a (mostly) consistent robot mode scale. Originally planned to debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2020, the Quintesson Pit of Judgment was eventually made available on Hasbro Pulse for Hasbro PulseCon 2020 after the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chapter 1: "Siege" Cybertron has been ravaged by the civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Lock System", in which the new Battle Masters transform into shields/ramps/roads with interlocking connector points. The boxes of the figures have black-light revealed cybertronian script on them which can be put into the "Found a hidden code?" None of them have a "Siege" branding on their packaging, and since there are new Selects figures coming out, having them on any specific toyline's page becomes increasingly arbitrary. With the exception of three exclusives not based on the Netflix cartoon and the Leader Class toys, the line is exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the US. This toylines marks the return of micromasters and an attempt to reimagine masterpiece-inspired molds at a retail price point with battle damage decos. War For Cybertron: Siege is a subline imprint of the Generations toyline, and the first portion of the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Siege was followed by War for Cybertron: Earthrise in 2020, as well as a concurrently-available War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline based on the Netflix show of the same name. Please note that the exclusivity listed below (except for Amazon) only applies to the United States. SHOCKWAVE. Like The Last Knight, Power of the Primes, and Studio Series, TakaraTomy's Transformers Siege (トランスフォーマー シージ) toyline sees their new "brand unification" strategy in full effect. These "Leader Unboxing" figures are presented in windowless boxes designed to look like Cybertronian ammo crates.