Not much of a Cyberverse guy, but I think I might grab this depending how much it costs. If nothing else, it’ll be nice to have a toy of the Ark, even if it is grossly mis-scaled.

 

Damn it, i was hoping to skip this line.... But my plastic crack adiction is too strong... Damn it to hell !!!!

 

The sad part is that no matter how terrible this toy ends up being, it's Optimus Prime.  

If you guys buy too many, Hasbro will make more toys like Cyberverse AND continue to make 3-4 Prime's (minimum) per quarter.  

I'm just disappointed that the quality in Hasbro products seems to range so greatly!   I can't even argue this one is meant for a low-budget market, as the Cyberverse prices are ridiculous!

 

Oh yeah! Second best then.

 

Dude

It's a toy for 7 year old kids

And Optimus is *the* character. I also like how you're trying to guilt others who might want to buy it; real classy. Getting upset about there being too many Primes and Bumblebees, you're like me from 2012, except I got over it.

 

Why are we even looking at Cyberverse when there's Studio Series, Siege, Masterpiece & 3rd party available?  

 

yarrr, what's with all these kids toys for kids? who thought kids would want to play with robots that turn into trucks?

everyone should be spending $100+ per figure! kids should get jobs and then buy stuff that will break and then have to email the store and wait 4-6 weeks for a replacement part from china!

 

 

They just DO NOT. Make good cartoons like that anymore

 

(Okay, crosses Masterpiece & 3rd party off the list)



Why are we even looking at Cyberverse when there's Studio Series & Siege available?  

I'm pretty sure my 7 year old self wouldn't like these.

 

Speak for yourself, I'm well past 7 and I have a decent interest in some of these. Not for high quality detail but sometimes it's okay to enjoy a toy. And this seems like one of the more fun gimmicks.

Heck I know there are people here who don't mind the occassional Rescue Bot, nothing at all wrong with that. After getting a $300 Beast Wars Megatron I wouldn't mind a dumb gimmick figure I can get on a whim and don't have to lose sleep over it breaking.

 

Getting this primarily for the Ark. 

 

I’m totally with you. I liked the Energon Igniters line for Bumblebee because they were toys with gimmicks. I like my collectibles, but it really is nice having a toy where you don’t have to be cautious about transforming.

Also the lack of articulation reminds me of the transformers I had when I was a kid. You know... G1

 

I liked the characters (my G1 was the UK comics) but I couldn't stand most of the toys back then. Classics/Generations was a dream come true.

We're looking at Cyberverse sort-of-G1 Ark.

 

They needed to make the Ark Omega Supreme.

 

It's big. It's Optimus. It's also $50 for a foot tall shampoo bottle that combines with a mobile home. The "it's for kids" excuse for releasing rubbish is getting old. We had good plastics on toys until just a few years ago. Today's kids gets Walmart disposable trash. This is why little boys stop playing with action figures so young now. 6 maybe 7 and they're moving on. Then no more toy robots until they turn thirty. LOL

 

I'd get it, if it had been smaller. The armor gimmick is fun, and i like the designs better than the first ones with the "battle gimmick" shite.

 

It's funny that the Cyberverse figs are taking heat when Cyberverse Prowl has integrated shoulder launchers and Seige Prowl is missing such a visual defining trait.

 

I do like these armored toys better than previous entries in this line, but man...they really go cheap with these toys. Kids deserve better than this. Botbots are of better construction... And have more paint apps! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for kids, especially little kids, getting Transformers they can actually play with, but our 5-year-old selves would've turned our noses up at these. When I was 5, we had G1 and knew how to attach accessories, transform them and have battles. Now, one button press does it all and while that seems neat on the surface, it really isn't and it teaches intellectual laziness and pushes an agenda of stupidity.

Kids aren't lazy or stupid, and certainly not when given the proper incentive or entertainment.

I know part of Hasbro's reasoning is that kids outgrow these and other toys quickly and they're literally throw away toys. If one breaks, no prob. If one gets thrown out or misplaced, no prob. Not a bunch of wasted plastic and metal, it's all recyclable, etc. Problem is it IS a problem for parents at $15+ a pop. It might break and be throwaway BECAUSE it's so hollow and cheaply made. It's not about saving the environment or making it easier for children (this stuff dumbs them down, honestly) it's about padding their wallets while parents pay more for less and no one's really the wiser except collectors and our voices aren't heard because Hasbro's stated time and again that we're the minority, etc and parents don't want to hear from us because we're adult weirdos standing in the toy aisle buying the toy little Timmy actually wants and we freak them all out. (Hey, at least it's an honest assessment...)

Kids deserve better. Parents deserve better. Hasbro deserves better.

Wow. Passive aggressive, much? Cyberverse takes heat because it's cheap hollow garbage aimed at ripping off kids and their parents. Kids deserve better than these. Prowl can have his garbage launchers to go with his garbage figure. Prowl, in the cartoon, didn't have launchers, only the toy did and all future toys seem to replicate that. Why, I don't know.

*points to bolded part* Ahem.

 

One sentence is passive aggressive? I mean, it's not like I typed out a multi-paragraph rant to someone who didn't even quote me. Who's the aggressive one here again?