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Transformers Collection – Cyberverse

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And thus the great cataloging of my collection continues.

Transformers Cyberverse got off to a slow start.  Not a great amount of toys and most of those either Warrior-class or 1-step changers.  Also the cartoon was pretty lackluster, it seemed that, like the comics, it was the ‘Bumblebee & Windblade Show’ – two characters definetely overused in recent years.

Then in the second year Cyberverse really took off!  Better toys, way better cartoon and a much bigger range of characters in both.  Also Cyberverse brought back a something that had been missing from Transformers for a long time – humour!  Some of those cartoon episodes were genuinely funny, such as Wheeljack magnetizing an energon-infused Grimlock or Grimlock & Arcee standing on the prow of The Ark blasting asteroids with gattling guns while laughing their heads off!

Yes, like Robots in Disguise (15) Cyberverse is probably not the favorite iteration of Transformers for many fans, but seasons 2 to 4 were great fun and we got some cool figures – even our first official Scraplet!

 

Transformers Cyberverse Action Figure Collection

Cyberverse Autobot Figures

 

*Item #CV0001: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot Optimus Prime (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0002: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Autobot  Optimus Prime

*Item #CV0003: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Autobot  Thunderhowl

 

*Item #CV0004: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Autobot  Bumblebee

*Item #CV0005: Transformers Cyberverse Roll & Combine Autobot  Bumblebee

*Item #CV0006: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot  Bumblebee

 

*Item #CV0007: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Autobot Hot Rod

*Item #CV0008: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot  Hot Rod

 

*Item #CV0009: Transformers  Cyberverse Ultra Dinobot Grimlock

*Item #CV0010: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Dinobot Grimlock

Toys Review – Cyberverse: Grimlock & Shockwave

 

*Item #CV0011: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Dinobot Slug

*Item #CV0012: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Dinobot Sludge

*Item #CV0013: Transformers Cyberverse Roll & Combine Dinobot Swoop

*Item #CV0014: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Dinobot Snarl

Toys Review – Cyberverse Dinobots

 

*Item #CV0015: Transformers Cyberverse 1-step Autobot Repugnus

*Item #CV0016: Transformers Cyberverse 1-step Autobot Whirl

*Item #CV0017: Transformers Cyberverse 1-step Autobot Blurr

 

*Item #CV0018: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot Windblade

*Item #CV0019: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot Prowl

*Item #CV0020: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot Jetfire

*Item #CV0021: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Autobot Arcee

Toy Review: Cyberverse Prowl

 

*Item #CV0022: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot Wheeljack (MOSC)

*Item #CV0023: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot Windblade (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0024: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot Cosmic Patrol Prowl (MOSC)

*Item #CV0025: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot Blizzard Breaker Ratchet (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0026: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot TCV-26 Jazz (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0027: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Autobot Rack’n’Ruin

*Item #CV0028: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Autobot Alpha Trion

Toy Review – Cyberverse Alpha Trion

 

*Item #CV0029: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Bumblebee

*Item #CV0030: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Optimus Prime

*Item #CV0031: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Hot Rod

*Item #CV0032: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Bumblebee vehicle

*Item #CV0033: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Optimus Prime vehicle

*Item #CV0034: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Autobot Hot Rod vehicle

 

Cyberverse Decepticon Figures

 

*Item #CV0035: Transformers Cyberverse Elite Decepticon Megatron

*Item #CV0036: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Decepticon Megatron

 

*Item #CV0037: Transformers Cyberverse 1-Step Decepticon Megatron X

 

*Item #CV0038: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Shockwave

*Item #CV0039: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Decepticon  Shockwave

*Item #CV0040: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Decepticon  Shockwave

Toys Review – Cyberverse Deluxe Class, Wave 1

 

*Item #CV0041: Transformers Cyberverse Decepticon Solar Shock Shockwave (MOSC)

*Item #CV0042: Transformers Cyberverse Decepticon Demolition Destryoyer Starscream (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0043: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Decepticon Deadlock

*Item #CV0044: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Decepticon Acid Storm

*Item #CV0045: Transformers Cyberverse 1-Step Decepticon Bludgeon

*Item #CV0046: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Deepticon Dead End

Toy Review – Cyberverse: Acid Storm

 

*Item #CV0047: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Decepticon  Slipstream (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0048: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon  Slipstream

*Item #CV0049: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Starscream

Toy Review: Cyberverse Slipstream (Ultra)

 

*Item #CV0050: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Clobber

*Item #CV0051: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Ramjet

*Item #CV0052: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Wildwheel

 

*Item #CV0053: Transformers Cyberverse Scout Decepticon Ramjet (MOSC)

*Item #CV0054: Transformers Cyberverse Scout Decepticon Shadow Striker (MOSC)

*Item #CV0055: Transformers Cyberverse Scout Decepticon Dead End (MOSC)

 

*Item #CV0056: Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe Decepticon Soundwave

*Item #CV0057: Transformers Cyberverse Decepticon Laserbeak

*Item #CV0058: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Decepticon Soundwave

Toy Review – Cyberverse Soundwave

 

*Item #CV0059: Transformers Cyberverse Ultra Decepticon Skullcruncher

 

*Item #CV0060: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Soundwave

*Item #CV0061: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Megatron

*Item #CV0062: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Starscream

*Item #CV0063: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Soundwave vehicle

*Item #CV0064: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Megatron vehicle

*Item #CV0065: Transformers Cyberverse Busy Books Decepticon Starscream vehicle

 

Other Cyberverse Character Figures

 

*Item #CV0066: Transformers Cyberverse (Alchemist Prime)  MacAddams

*Item #CV0067: Transformers Cyberverse Titan Iaconus

 

*Item #CV0068: Transformers Cyberverse Scraplet

 

*Item #CV0069: Transformers Cyberverse Warrior Sharkticon Gnaw

 

-Quintesson Invasion Pack (MISB). Including:

*Item #CV0070: Transformers Cyberverse Prowl

*Item #CV0071: Transformers Cyberverse Quintesson Judge

*Item #CV0072: Transformers Cyberverse Decepticon Shockwave

 

-Sharkticons Attack Pack (MISB). Including

*Item #CV0073: Transformers Cyberverse Autobot Stealth Force Hot Rod

*Item #CV0074: Transformers Cyberverse Sharkticon 1

*Item #CV0075: Transformers Cyberverse Sharkticon 2

*Item #CV0076: Transformers Cyberverse Sharkticon 3

 

Transformers Collection – Animated

 

Transformatorium, Transformer Toy Reviews

Toy Review: Cyberverse Slipstream (Ultra)

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Slipstream – the female Seeker fatalle.

Introduced back in Transformers Animated as a female clone of Starscream, Slipstream became very popular very quickly.  Not only having the distinction of the only official female Seeker ever, but also one of a small number of female Decepticons all up.

Fans loved seeing another female baddie and combined with her cool attitude and colour scheme it meant that Slipstream soon started turning up in other Transformers Universes.  In the Aligned Universe via novels, video games and a Timelines figure (recolour of TFP Starscream) and was retroactively introduced into G1 via a Legends toy (retool of Legends Windblade).

Well now Slipstream has shown up in the new Cyberverse cartoon.  Not only was she the main antagonist for the first season of the cartoon, but it has finally after all these years given her well overdue original toy that’s not simply a redo of someone else.  So let’s check out Ultra Class Cyberverse Slipstream.

 

Robot Mode

Aesthetics

I reckon without a doubt this is the best looking Slipstream we have ever had!  Not a recoloured Starscream, not Windblade with an Animated-style head stuck on.  No, this is Slipstream all the way!  The proportions, the colour scheme, the arm cannons, the face with the plum coloured lipstick, she looks exactly like she does on the cartoon.  If it wasn’t for the fact you can see a big purple panel hanging down behind her thighs I’d say she was perfect.

Jet black hair and plum lipstick – I AM the emo girl you lusted after in High School

Articulation

Knee’s are for the weak!

Of course, while her looks are great, her articulation is not.  No knee articulation, no neck and head movement and the few places where she does have articulation (hips, shoulders & elbows) the movement is quite limited.  So unless you want her very purposely striding somewhere or doing the splits, you will feel let down here.

So glad I’m not a Malebot right now!

 

Jet Mode

Aesthetics

Once again, you can tell this figure was meant to be Slipstream from the start, the jet mode looks just like it does on the cartoon.  Whilst a tad plain for my tastes, it certainly does the job of recreating the onscreen look.  She has landing gear that pops down but the cockpit is simply painted on.  The only real letdown to this mode is the very visible hands from the robot mode, it would have taken so little effort for the designers to make them fold into the hollow forearms.

Sonic Swirl

WTF?! Well I suppose….. no seriously – WTF?!?

Sigh… look, I understand why these gimmicks get put in.  While I as an adult would prefer they get left out so as to put more effort into the rest of the toy, they are very appealing to little kids. My 6 and 4 year old had great fun squeezing the jets guns together to activate the ‘Sonic Swirl’.  My question is – what the hell is the sonic swirl supposed to be?!  It makes some panels pop up off her wings and flip behind her to briefly twirl.  But why?  It can’t be propulsion, she is already a jet.  As it’s sonic, maybe it causes some kind of noisy vortex behind her to deter pursuers or something?  For me it just seems to be a bit of useless gimmickry that the toy could have done without.  But yeah, I guess I’m not the key target demographic.

 

Ultra Class Slipstream, worth getting?

Hey – I look better than Starscream at least!

Depends.  Aesthetically she is by far the biggest and best looking Slipstream figure we have ever had from any continuity.  Articulation wise she isn’t much better than the KRE-O version.  The vehicle mode looks great but has a couple of glaring issues.  That combined with the very simplistic transformation (9 steps) means that your more serious Transformer fan will happily bypass her. But for young kids, Cyberverse fans or Slipstream & Seeker fanatics (which I am) she is worth shelling out some bucks for.

 

Got anything to add to the review?  Pop it in the comments section below!

 

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Games & Competitions, Transformatorium

Devastator Pack Review: Part 2 – Gameplay. Transformers TCG

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Last week we got to have a sneak peek at the Devastator Deck, courtesy of an advance copy from Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, and look at the cards contained within in detail.

Now officially released, these are available for purchase, and over the past week I’ve gotten a chance to really put the pack through its paces.  So let’s have a look at the Devastator Pack in gameplay.

And the usual spiel: Neither Hasbro or Wizards of the Coast have paid for this review nor have they tried to dictate the contents of this blog.  Bigangrytrev.com would like to thank both companies for their ongoing generosity.

Since all the cards have been already examined in great detail in Part 1 of the review, we wont rehash what we already know.  If you need a reminder, go check out that post.  Instead I’m going to give you some top tips for using Devastator to… er… devastate! In particular we will look at pitting the Constructicons against other Combiner Teams, such as the Stunticons and  Menasor.

 

GAMEPLAY TIPS & TRICKS

Get Scrapper into Robot Mode

This should be your very first action!  Not only does it get one of the 6 characters into robot mode which you will need to make Devastator later, but it means every time another Constructicon gets KO’ed you will get a point for your Tower Card.

Get Bonecrusher in the mix

As your best offensive Constructicon, get him into Robot Mode next.  You want to try and inflict a fair bit of damage with him and his Pierce 2 on your opponents cards before he gets KO’ed due to his low Health Stats.

Flip Scavenger next

You want that Bold 1 and the extra card it garners you every time you are attacked.

Keep the others in vehicle mode until KO’ed or needed

The other 3 Constructicons don’t have particularly useful Robot Mode abilities so I suggest keeping them in Vehicle Form until KO’ed.  Their stats remain exactly the same and every time you attack with them it will give you another point for your tower.

If any character gets KO’ed in vehicle mode, flip them at the first opportunity. 

Their ability to get you extra points for your Tower is gone once they are KO’ed, so if you come across a card like Rapid Conversion, use it to flip a KO’ed vehicle into Robot Mode so they are ready to combine when required.

Build that Tower to at least 6 before combining!

I played several games both as and against Devastator and I’ll tell ya, you will really want those extra 2 Bold points Devastator gets when his Tower is at 6. They do make a difference when trying to knock out another Combiner like Menasor or a Titan like Metroplex, characters that have huge stats.  Also it means that it’s 6 damage points that you get to remove from Devastator, which also makes a huge difference!

Getting your Tower to 10 before combing is often unrealistic.

While it would be great to have your Tower at 10 before you form Devastator, unless you have a good run of luck with the cards it is probably not going to happen.  If you can achieve it, great!  It means you loose 10 whole damage counters and get extra attack power right off the bat, but again, it’s likely not to happen.  Hope to get your tower to 8 and then pick up some Builders Tools and Enigma cards to take you the rest of the way.

If your opponent makes a Combiner first, get combining!

Gotta Combin’em all!

The likes of Menasor are pretty damn powerful and you don’t want to give them free reign for too long, because your individual Constructicons aren’t going to be very effective against the behemoth.

Keep track of your Builders Tools and Constructicon Enigma Cards

These two cards are the only way to add extra points to your Tower after you build Devastator.  You get three of each card so keep track of where they are and how many you have used.  Once or twice I had to form Devastator when only having 4 points on my Tower, and coming across those cards enabled me to bring my Tower up to 6, helping turn the tide of battle.

If you get your Tower to 10 – get ready to bask in victory!

If you can get that Tower up to 10, getting an extra 4 Attack Points and your overall attack rating going up to 10 means that you are going to decimate your opponent!  As someone who has played both sides when this has happened, I can attest that the opposing Combiner/Titan/Team goes down very quickly under an onslaught that strong.

 

So there ya go, some top tips & tricks to playing as and winning with the Constructicons and Devastator.  A lot of it will depend on the deck your opponent has built.  Given that the other Combiners special cards are only found in Booster Packs, it’s unlikely they  will have 3 of each like you will be sporting, so if you find yourself destroying every opponent in sight you might even be magnanimous and take a couple of yours out to make things more even.  Until you reach that winning streak though, devastate away!

 Got any other tips to playing with this pack?  Would love to read them in the comments section below!

 

Related Articles:

Devastator Deck Review: Part 1

Rise of the Combiners Booster Packs Part One and Part 2

Metroplex Deck Review