Sky-byte looks fun, and I'm weirdly tempted by the Ark Optimus combo.

 

Looks like Hasbro is really leaning into this being the fun kids line and I couldn't be happier. These aren't for me but they look rad as hell. I hope a line this goofy fun is still going in a few years when my daughter is old enough to enjoy them.

 

That Megatron... does not turn into a tank

 

Get the Ark and ditch the Optimus figure.

Same with that battleship that comes with Bumblebee.

 

If he is 12 inches we could use that to figure out the approximate size of the other toys. Assuming the holes in Prime's fists are 5 mm and having a height of ~305 mm that would make Prime 61 fist holes tall.

If them assume that every hole is 5 mm you could 1) determine their approximate height in 5 mm increments and 2) resize all the images so the the 5 mm holes are the same size.

 

Oh wow! After 35 years we finally get an Ark toy. And this is what we get? Seriously? Doesn't Hasbro ever screen their employees for drug abuse?

 

I kinda wish the armors were swapped for Bee and Megs. Bee plus a Copter would be a nice homage to Hot Shot and Jolt, while Megatron and the Battleship would be for the Armada Megatron/Tidal Wave combo.

 

So, are they now going to be $20 for a deluxe because it has armor? Hasbro is killing themselves with the price increases. Without armor these could be $12 all day long and still make money.

Why retool a Prowl when they just released one. The new one isn\'t an improvement.

Jetfire looks decent. At least as good as a NuRID toy. He has elbow, shoulder, and knee articulation. Ball joint hips. Head is definately static though and the wing cannons don\'t detach. Come on Hasbro, the screws could have been 5mm pegs.

Skybyte, pretty good all around. Ball joint elbows are far better than the friction joint used on Prowl.

Anything is an improvement over the round one Starscream.. This one has pins rendered in the knees. It look slike the legs fold for the transformation, so YAY KNEES!!!! WOW, THE FEET FOLD DOWN!!!! The Jet mode is pretty weak though. Not quite as good as the NuRID, but at least it is in the ballpark.

Bumblebee looks like a doof. Just a seriously bad design. The odd double hinge arm at least gives it decent articulation, but that face is truly horrendous. The Broadside battleship armor is pretty awesome though.

Is that actually a decent Cyberverse Megatron? He has pins rendered for a knee bend. They aren\'t necessary for the transformation so Hasbro might still cut them out. He also escapes the hollow leg syndrome by having fold out panels.

The smaller Optimus looks good as well. If the feet folded down to make taillights, he\'d be much better. Big optimus with the ark doesn\'t have knees and is mostly crap. Hasbro is countign on the Ark armor being the selling point.

If these are $15 with the armor, they will sell. If these come out at $20, straight to the clearance aisle they\'ll go just like the first round of Cyberverse toys.



 

 

So this toyline is Arms Change from Kamen Rider Gaim, I have deduced.

 

Seeing those 5mm ports of them, the Battle Class look like they're around the Legends size and the Elite ones are about a short Deluxe/NuRiD Warriors size? The smaller ones look okay-ish, but this Megatron doing a pelvic charge in the tank mode is just hilarious.

 

I did a very rough size estimate to find the height of Sky-byte (my mouse pointer was about the size of the 5mm port on his arm, and I based it on that). Looks to be around 13cm/5in. So about Deluxe class, I guess?

Maybe closer to 11cm, actually. A little smaller. Still, plus the armor, it seems like a decent size for the price.

 

These are pretty cool. I like the gimmick. It looks to have high playability. Kinda like Power Rangers in some weird way

 

I think for the most part they all look fine, my biggest grip would be that they don't all seem to work exactly the same, some seem to have armor that attached with 5 mm ports and others seem to have some kind of clips. Also Screamers purple wing deco.

 

Yup, i am a sucker for armor upgrades.... will get them all... sight...

 

I think my son would love these!

 

I hope I can have Starscream wearing Optimus's Jet armor. And I'll have him hold either the Armada Star Saber or SIEGE Aerial troop in sword mode. Jets on Jets on Jets!

 

We could also compare the hols size to the fist size them look at other figures and get a general idea. Using that I'm going with the $15 ones being legends sized, also UnRiD had toys that did the same think for the same price and they were legend sized. Then the Elite class toys would be about deluxe sized.

 

Agreed!! Too bad these come with the armor/vehicle things and they aren't just separate accessories. I'd love to get an Ark, Nemesis, etc...
I like that battleship too.

 

It looks like there's one set of weaponizers that are one piece and may only work with one size class, and another that break up into parts that can be swapped around.

If these sell well enough, maybe we will get some individual arms.

 

Pretty reminiscent of some of the gamer armors from Ex-Aid too, particularly Combat Gamer to Starscream, and Simulation Gamer to Bumblebee