New Gallery: Deluxe HOIST from Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise

Seibertron wrote:

The Hoist mold looks great, but why does he have two different shades of green? Looks patchy.

Cyberpath wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Hoist mold looks great, but why does he have two different shades of green? Looks patchy.

The entire front and roof/windshield section are painted translucent plastic. The side panels are molded in green.

It's not quite as bad in hand, but photographed...

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Hoist mold looks great, but why does he have two different shades of green? Looks patchy.

The entire front and roof/windshield section are painted translucent plastic. The side panels are molded in green.

It's not quite as bad in hand, but photographed...

Have to agree, it's entirely the camera that makes it look worse. Looking at him in my room the difference is barely noticeable, but if I whip a camera out and take a picture in the same lightning, the contrast is significant.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Hoist mold looks great, but why does he have two different shades of green? Looks patchy.

The entire front and roof/windshield section are painted translucent plastic. The side panels are molded in green.

It's not quite as bad in hand, but photographed...

I see, thanks!

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Hoist mold looks great, but why does he have two different shades of green? Looks patchy.

The entire front and roof/windshield section are painted translucent plastic. The side panels are molded in green.

It's not quite as bad in hand, but photographed...

Have to agree, it's entirely the camera that makes it look worse. Looking at him in my room the difference is barely noticeable, but if I whip a camera out and take a picture in the same lightning, the contrast is significant.

Just did the same thing and I'm like damn what's going on lol

I was never a fan if Wheeljack, but that's a damn good looking figure. He looks a bit too flat in car mode, but he's a racecar so I guess that's fine. I haven't seen him or Hoist yet in the wild, as soon as I do, they're mine. Are there vehicle mode comparison shots with other Wheeljacks in the gallery?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I was never a fan if Wheeljack, but that's a damn good looking figure. He looks a bit too flat in car mode, but he's a racecar so I guess that's fine. I haven't seen him or Hoist yet in the wild, as soon as I do, they're mine. Are there vehicle mode comparison shots with other Wheeljacks in the gallery?

Yes, with the original Generations Wheeljack: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ck/4378/1/

Thanks. Group shots are my favorite parts of the galleries, I'll be checking out those the most. They help me organize my display shelves.

The traitourous and self-serving Decepticon STARSCREAM is the latest gallery for the new Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise product line. Voyager Class Starscream takes many, many cues from his Transformers Classics mold from 2006, this version features a "more-or-less" cartoon accurate color scheme and additional points of articulation (such as ankle-tilts) and proper null-rays. However, it lacks proper landing gear and waist articulation! Regardless, it's still a great looking Starscream, let alone a great looking Transformers toy. The gallery shows comparison shots with the Henkei version of Starscream as well as the SIEGE version.

The Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise products have been popping up at various retail chains like Walmart, Target and Best Buy throughout the past couple of months. Make sure to share your sightings with your fellow Seibertronians in our sightings section and sightings forums.

Special thanks to Entertainment Earth for providing this product to Seibertron.com. You can purchase Transformers products and other popular brands from EntertainmentEarth.com.

We will be posting more Earthrise galleries over the course of the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back for more! In the meantime, you can click on any of the images below to view the full gallery.

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War for Cybertron: Earthrise Starscream (162 images) - Voyager Class

I prefer the starscream from the siege line. More articulate and possible. All of the seekers from that line... perfect

Up next are new galleries of Voyager Class Grapple and Deluxe Class Cliffjumper from this year's Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise series. Both figures might be the best representations of either of these characters from the regular product lines (excluding Masterpiece). Grapple includes several accessories to recreate his look in the G1 cartoon, as does Cliffjumper who includes his giant glass gas blaster in addition to a set of skis to recreate one of his iconic moments. Both galleries include traditional shots as well as comparison shots for your viewing pleasure. Grapple's gallery includes images alongside his Constructicon "friends" and his buddy Hoist. Cliffjumper's gallery includes some comparisons with Titans Return Bumblebee and his Earthrise wave-mates.

The Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise products have been popping up at various retail chains like Walmart, Target and Best Buy throughout the past couple of months as well as online websites such as Amazon.com as well as our sponsors. Make sure to share your sightings with your fellow Seibertronians in our sightings section and sightings forums.

Special thanks to Entertainment Earth for providing this product to Seibertron.com. You can purchase Transformers products and other popular brands from EntertainmentEarth.com.

We will be posting more Earthrise galleries over the course of the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back for more! In the meantime, you can click on any of the images below to view the full gallery.

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War for Cybertron: Earthrise Grapple (156 images) - Voyager Class






















War for Cybertron: Earthrise Cliffjumper (141 images) - Deluxe Class

In addition to the galleries above, I have updated Hoist's galleries to include images alongside the Constructicons and Devastator.


Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Hoist (Moist) Gallery


Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Hoist (Moist) Gallery

Starscream's gallery has been updated to include images alongside his previous "friend" Jetfire.


Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Starscream Gallery

This grapple seems to be nearly as hard to find as the previous one was.

Rodimus Knight wrote:This grapple seems to be nearly as hard to find as the previous one was.

Yeah, I've been able to find only Wheeljack from this wave.

Rodimus Knight wrote:This grapple seems to be nearly as hard to find as the previous one was.

Really? Yesterday, my local Walmart had a whole bunch of them and only two Starscreams.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:This grapple seems to be nearly as hard to find as the previous one was.

Really? Yesterday, my local Walmart had a whole bunch of them and only two Starscreams.

I haven't seen any of the Earthrise voyagers locally. Not that I'm running around looking as often right now, but they were supposed to be out before the lock downs occured I believe.

I did find the first wave of deluxes though and the Astrotrain Earthrise version Leader.

Grapple's Photo gallery has singlehandedly sold me on never getting the Constructicons. Might have to look for those smaller alternatives.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:This grapple seems to be nearly as hard to find as the previous one was.

Really? Yesterday, my local Walmart had a whole bunch of them and only two Starscreams.

That could be because they are 3 to a case with 2 Grapples and 1 Screamer.

As a kid, before transformers was part of my life, my 1st obsession was cranes. And when I saw the original G1 grapple in a shop window - I drove my parents nuts with my nagging and whining for it. He is still one of my favourite toys and characters, have my original and a reissue.

Have the MP which is excellent. One of my favourite mp's

Have the Generations figure which I never really liked - didn't care for the aesthetic (even though more than one reviewer mentioned it was nice g1-esque...) and certain pieces popped off.

Just received earth rise and got him out of the box - think this is what lot os us G1 fans hankered after - re interpretation of the original toy with modern engineering providing great articulation etc. Pity about the too large pegs issue otherwise he'd have been in my top 3 of siege released so far.

Also - bonus - no elastic tags keeping him in his plastic prison.

It's been a while for new galleries here on Seibertron.com, but that's about to change. Thanks to our friends at Hasbro, we've got the entire first wave of the highly anticipated Transformers War for Cybertron KINGDOM series. We weren't sure who to focus on first, but after reading comments on the Seibertron.com forums and messages from the Seibertron.com staff, it seems like Voyager Class Cyclonus was highest in-demand. So on that note ...

Behold! Seibertron.com's first gallery from the Transformers War for Cybertron KINGDOM series is none other than Voyager Class Cyclonus. This toy is probably the best rendition of him yet ... especially if you are a fan of the cartoon look for Cyclonus. He's a good size Voyager, taller than his case mate Optimus Primal from the same class size in Kingdom and comparable in size (but bulkier?) than recent Voyagers from the past couple of years. At a minimum, he has a lot more going on with his transformation and has a lot of great points of articulation including wrist, ankle, wrist, waist and multiple neck joints! His space jet mode is incredible -- all of his robot kibble disappears which gives it a very "mini-Masterpiece" like feel.

Cyclonus is the Unicron creation of dead Decepticon parts from the Transformers animted film from 1986. Bombshell? Skywarp? Who knows and who cares! Cyclonus is Galvatron's very loyal 2nd-in-command. He is the Decepticon's Ultra Magnus. He's awesome, needs more toys, and especially needs a Masterpiece toy after all of these years.

Our Cyclonus gallery includes comparison pictures with the rest of Kingdom's Wave 1 products. In addition, we pulled out all of the stops to include other comparison shots we thought you'd like to see with other versions of Cyclonus (Cyclonuses? Cycloni?) as well as comparisons with Transformers Universe Galvatron, Generations Scourge and even Titans Return Galvatron and Cyclonus. His Targetmaster partner Nightstick even makes an appearance!

Cyclonus and the other figures from this line are expected to hit retail in the next 4 to 8 weeks. When you get yours, be sure to share your thoughts. In the meantime, check out all 200+ photos of Cyclonus by clicking on any of the images below. His gallery includes all of the images you've come to expect from Seibertron.com over the years. Stay tuned for additional Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom galleries throughout this Thanksgiving week! Let us know what you think of Cyclonus here in our discussion topic about this toy line.

War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cyclonus (210 images) - Voyager Class

Yay! Finally the galleries return!

Hmmm. That’s a nosecone transformation I haven’t seen before.

He looks pretty good. I wasn't too keen on him to start with, but this gallery is making him look like a winner. He'll be going on my TF:TM shelf most likely.

Hokutron wrote:Hmmm. That’s a nosecone transformation I haven’t seen before.

It uses the "accordion" transformation, which I think was introduced by my personal favorite Transformers Prime Robots In Disguise Deluxe Class Vehicon, and used rarely or few times since.


Transformers Prime: Robots In Disguise Vehicon Gallery

Definitely down for Cyclonus, glad I have him on preorder. Guess ol’ Reveal the Shield Cyclonus will go on the IDW shelf.

no shot next to Skywarp?

Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cyclonus Gallery

"Dies in battle"

Sabrblade wrote:
Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cyclonus Gallery

"Dies in battle"

That appears to be Alternate Universe Optimus Prime floating in space judging from his bent antennae. I guess in his universe the Ark blows up on the way to Earth?

Emerje

The Golden Disk cards show one of three Destinies for the characters. That's just one of Optimus's three Destinies.

Very impressive transformation. No backpack outside of the wings which are supposed to be anyway.

The nosecone transformation is also very clever yes. Instead of telescoping needle nose like Universe, it splits down the middle and folds the needle in.

Very cool.

This of course makes it more confusing as to why he's in Kingdom and not SS86. He's got that level of detailed transformation and movie accurate robot mode. Not enough slots in SS to go around?

Overcracker wrote:This of course makes it more confusing as to why he's in Kingdom and not SS86. He's got that level of detailed transformation and movie accurate robot mode. Not enough slots in SS to go around?

Kingdom would have had more G1 toys in it if not for Beast Wars sharing the same anniversary as TFTM. Kingdom also has Galvatron, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus Prime in it too, as well as non-TFTM G1 guys like Warpath, Huffer, Pipes, Tracks, Slammer, Inferno, and rereleases of Arcee and Wheeljack.

Sabrblade wrote:The Golden Disk cards show one of three Destinies for the characters. That's just one of Optimus's three Destinies.

Alternate universe, alternate destiny, it's all the same thing.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:This of course makes it more confusing as to why he's in Kingdom and not SS86. He's got that level of detailed transformation and movie accurate robot mode. Not enough slots in SS to go around?

Kingdom would have had more G1 toys in it if not for Beast Wars sharing the same anniversary as TFTM. Kingdom also has Galvatron, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus Prime in it too, as well as non-TFTM G1 guys like Warpath, Huffer, Pipes, Tracks, Slammer, Inferno, and rereleases of Arcee and Wheeljack.

Which is my point. Why are certain figures that are clearly meant for the TFtM 86 anniversary in Kingdom?

I can understand G1 updates that were not in the movie to be in the Kingdom line up but movie guys with clearly superior transformations and robot modes? I understand Magnus as a retool and Warpath being in Kingdom, but Cyclonus? Even when his pal Scourge made it into SS-86?

Which makes it the more puzzling how these guys are getting divided. I just don't understand why he's here and Scourge is in SS-86, other than class slots already being taken up in SS, and having to shuffle other figures around, which means the SS-86 slots are limited?

Maybe just a single wave? Already have 3 Deluxes,2 Voyagers and 1 Leader that we know of.

Kind of makes you think what if anything else there may be in SS-86 if most of the rest of main cast is in Kingdom.

Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

Great gallery!

I'm still so on the fence about this guy. I love Cyclonus, and it's probably the most accurate CHUG Cyclonus, seemingly a nifty transformation to boot, and will scale well with Studio Series Scourge and Kingdom Galvatron...

...but I love the original Universe 2.0 Cyclonus, and think his robot mode looks BETTER if not more accurate. And if we're just chasing most accurate, I already have FT Quietus for that at MP Scale. And I already have a hard enough time justifying spending space on CHUG and MP collections without trying to justify keeping a second take on a character.

Up to now in WFC, I've let the in-store moment decide. I didn't think I needed a new CHUG Sideswipe... until I saw Siege Sideswipe on the shelf in person and felt an immediate "yes, I need that" response. Same with Hound and Wheeljack. (And I regretted none of those purchases.) But the new Kingdom packaging shows so little of the figure -- and in the case of Cyclonus here, doesn't show the legs, which are the clumsiest looking part.

Maybe better run through all these photos one more time and see if I can make up my mind...

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

I would disagreee that that color is accurate. Just watched some G1 Season 3 last night while cropping photos. It looks darker to me. It seems to depend on which episode you're talking about and even which scene. I'm not a fan of the lighter lavender and prefer the darker coloring.

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:This of course makes it more confusing as to why he's in Kingdom and not SS86. He's got that level of detailed transformation and movie accurate robot mode. Not enough slots in SS to go around?

Kingdom would have had more G1 toys in it if not for Beast Wars sharing the same anniversary as TFTM. Kingdom also has Galvatron, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus Prime in it too, as well as non-TFTM G1 guys like Warpath, Huffer, Pipes, Tracks, Slammer, Inferno, and rereleases of Arcee and Wheeljack.

Which is my point. Why are certain figures that are clearly meant for the TFtM 86 anniversary in Kingdom?

Because the third part of the WFC Trilogy would have had ALL of the TFTM toys if not for the Beast Wars toys taking up the space they needed.

Seibertron wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

I would disagreee that that color is accurate. Just watched some G1 Season 3 last night while cropping photos. It looks darker to me. It seems to depend on which episode you're talking about and even which scene. I'm not a fan of the lighter lavender and prefer the darker coloring.

Hard to be accurate when the color changes from episode to episode and scene to scene. I think they are going for something that looks like the movie coloring even if not 100% there, not so much the season 3 and 4 colors which had a habit of changing even between cuts of the same scene as you say.

In which case from all the colors Cyclonus has been, which one do you find most accurate, or at least more to your liking?

I like the dark purple of the G1 toy, which the Universe Cyclonus manages to get right in my view.

But I won't say this lavender is bad. Would I like it in a darker purple? Sure. I'd love it in a darker purple.

But its not something we have not seen before.

Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cyclonus Gallery


Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom Cyclonus Gallery

I think it matches this scene:

I think the Reveal the Shield "Rodimus vs. Cyclonus" one has the most middle-ground deco, being not too dark, not too bright, not too purple, and not too blue. A "just right" sweet spot of blue-violet.

Though, the Unite Warriors deco is pretty gorgeous too.

I have the RTS Cyclonus from that set
Not sure if I want to sell it (but keep nightstick, of course) when I get Kingdom version or keep it as "his armada" lol

Razorbeast88 wrote:I have the RTS Cyclonus from that set
Not sure if I want to sell it (but keep nightstick, of course) when I get Kingdom version or keep it as "his armada" lol

I'm keeping my Universe Cyclonus as his armada.

Overcracker wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:I have the RTS Cyclonus from that set
Not sure if I want to sell it (but keep nightstick, of course) when I get Kingdom version or keep it as "his armada" lol

I'm keeping my Universe Cyclonus as his armada.

Well, im convinced haha ill do the same. I think I'll do the same with SS86 Scourge as well and keep my generations scourge as one of his sweeps. Though I think I'll need to get at least one more generations scourge, one sweep just isn't enough lol

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:I have the RTS Cyclonus from that set
Not sure if I want to sell it (but keep nightstick, of course) when I get Kingdom version or keep it as "his armada" lol

I'm keeping my Universe Cyclonus as his armada.

Well, im convinced haha ill do the same. I think I'll do the same with SS86 Scourge as well and keep my generations scourge as one of his sweeps. Though I think I'll need to get at least one more generations scourge, one sweep just isn't enough lol

Not sure what I'd do when it comes to organising. Universe Galvatron, mediocre as he is, and his fellow Deluxe-sized minions may be getting their own shelf. Funnily enough, Cyclonus is the only non-Earth Mode of the group.

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

Don't forget Cogman. Granted that was an improved Deco but it was a rerelease of an old mold.

The mid transformation picture makes me wonder if he can do a GERWALK/Guardian mode

Still not totally sold over the previous version I have (Hot Rod v. Cyclounus 2 pack). Too beefcake for me. But the transformation, articulation & size are much improved though. I'll probably get him on sale or if it's really nice in hand.

Flashwave wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

Don't forget Cogman. Granted that was an improved Deco but it was a rerelease of an old mold.

Exception that proves the rule? I think Cogman's the only not-SS-specific mold to be used in SS. I may be wrong though.

with that said, I'm not going to just say its impossible, because I've learned from Hasbro that they sometimes do things nobody thought they would do.

Overcracker wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

Don't forget Cogman. Granted that was an improved Deco but it was a rerelease of an old mold.

Exception that proves the rule? I think Cogman's the only not-SS-specific mold to be used in SS. I may be wrong though.

KSI Boss and Thundercracker from TLK Nitro, that baby Dinobot set with Drift and that TLK Bumblebee from the Then and Now 2-pack. Along with Cogman, KSI Boss is the only one in that list that's general retail tho. Wasted a chance of making a Shockwave head even.

Overcracker wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Did anyone ever say that Cyclonus wasn't going to be in Studio Series? I don't know about you guys, but I could totally go for a darker repaint. Maybe he'll show up there later? I'm holding out hope.

Nothing has been said that he can't be there later in a darker color. But that would be even stranger. A toy accurate purple over the animation accurate lavender? A non animation accurate re-deco in an animation accurate line of so far new molds?

Don't forget Cogman. Granted that was an improved Deco but it was a rerelease of an old mold.

Exception that proves the rule? I think Cogman's the only not-SS-specific mold to be used in SS. I may be wrong though.

with that said, I'm not going to just say its impossible, because I've learned from Hasbro that they sometimes do things nobody thought they would do.

Nitro Zeus was also used, as Thundercracker and KSI Boss

Edit: sorry, didn't see it was already answered.