Via Amazon we can share for you listings and images of two new Transformers items: Transformers Cyber Battalion Heroic 2-Pack & Cyber Battalion Bumblebee 2-Pack.
These 2-packs are quite unexpected, specially when you realize which figures are and the packaging that was used. Read on for additional details and listing links:
- Transformers TRA Cyber Battalion Heroic 2PK OP – $26.49. These are re-releases of the old Cyber Battalion Optimus Prime and Megatron figures from 2015 packed in a Generations Selects style box.
- Transformers TRA Cyber Battalion Heroic 2PK BB – $26.49.
There are no images or product description at the moment, but the price and title indicate it’s a Bumblebee themed 2-pack.These are re-releases of the old Cyber Battalion Bumblebee and Starscream figures from 2015, also packed in a Generations Selects style box.
Update: Amazon have uploaded images of the second 2-pack.
The links are not active for pre-order yet, but you can see all the mirrored images attached to this news post aftr the jump. What do you think of these “new” figures? Share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
SG Roadbuster
*crosses fingers and hopes for a Cyber Battalion Grimlock re-release*
Optimalprimal
I love the transformation except getting the Frikking head out. It wants to catch on mine.
WishfulThinking
It's funny. He doesn't have knees but he gets an ab-crunch.
Optimalprimal
I bought the set to repurpose Megatron into IDW Hyperion and really could care less about OP. However, I got to fiddling with him yesterday, and you're right he's a lot of fun. I think I may need to find some candidates to repurpose/repaint him into because he's a keeper!
WishfulThinking
Optimus, Megatron and Starscream are all great figures to just fiddle with and not worry about parts and breakage. (Although Optimus and SS lack knees, like many of the other figures).
Bumblebee is atrocious, though. "Bee" warned.
Fc203
These are currently on sale for $18.49, i think these would be great for christmas, kids first transformers
Deal of the day: Transformers Toys Heroes and Villains Optimus Prime and Megatron 2-Pack Action Figures – for Kids Ages 6 and Up, 7-inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094DMT7S…_dl_CHN6CS2SJRRZ1DD40F9H?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Deal of the day: Transformers Toys Heroes and Villains Bumblebee and Starscream 2-Pack Action Figures – for Kids Ages 6 and Up, 7-inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094DPVDQ…_dl_V47JY9FQKX73S9EE4T1Q?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Optimalprimal
The BB/SS set keeps coming in and out of stock. Any news on release date for Megs/OP? Literally the only Cyber Battalion toys I'm interested in and Amazon decides to be cagey.
Olvacron22
Obligatory \"these are cheap crap, even though they aren\'t aimed towards me\" complaint.
Joking aside, the Megatron and Optimus actually look kinda cool, might have to pick them up.
f-primusunicron
at least they are re-releasing decidedly "good" toys instead of…1-steps or similar
still sad that optimus knees were not retooled, or better yet, starscream's
probably the same will be true for shockwave if they ever re-release him
other than that, some of these are pretty good
ProtectronPrime
Fair enough. Was a wild shot in the dark as opposed to any kind of educated guess on my part to be honest.
Cardion
How would you say that Authentics matches up against Cyberverse Deluxe Shockwave? I like the Cyberverse one, but think that Authentics looks really close in robot mode. Can the Authenics one do a crab made?
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Considering how large these figures are, I severely doubt they're gang-molded. Gang-molding only makes sense for small figures that would otherwise only have a small number of tiny parts made out of a single tooling.
ProtectronPrime
Might be gang molded with Megatron to save costs. I checked and the OG Starscream doesn't seem to have the darker silvery-gray marbleized looking plastic. Or it could just be product shot lighting?
analogue
The Authentics Shockwave I picked up recently is, objectively, quite a bit better constructed than my 1980's Galactic Man. I would hardly label it crap. It's a sturdy toy with a great range of artiuclation. I have handled it and transformed it multiple times and nothing has broken. Whereas after I had my Galactic Man for a handful of weeks, the battery compartment tab had broken, mostly due to my dad removing the battery to get some peace and quiet and then me reinstalling it, and one of the hip skirts had busted from several transformations. Diecast + plastics does not always = sturdiness.
Do I still love Galactic Man aka Shockwave? Yes, yes I do, and I have a nice minty one I paid a lot for sitting on my desk. But if I had this Shockwave as a kid, he would likely have been my favorite just for the range of articulation, the cool conversion to a spaceship-type thing, and the ability to be played with without breaking easily.
Dachande
It often amazes (and truthfully disappoints) me how negative people can be over stuff that isn't aimed at them or blatantly cater to the collector crowd. Heck, the very first response pretty much sets the mood.
Yeah, little ones most likely won't see these online, but you know who will? Their parents and relatives looking to get the kids some nice introductory toys. Maybe if they can handle the more basic figures then they'll move on to the more advanced stuff and become part of the community.
Isn't that what we should want and encourage?
But nah, let's just keep being negative. For the kids.
I have this Megatron and truly enjoy it. The build quality is solid and it's just a fun figure. Is It meant to replace my ER Megaton on my shelf? Heck no, but that doesn't make it less fun.
ProtectronPrime
Eh. The guy was discussing possible figures that go with these re-releases. The Authentics bargain line isn't crap at all. They're great toys, with voyager class size and easier deluxe level transformation schemes. For half to a third of the cost of a voyager you get a great toy with decent paint apps at the cost of waist, ankle and wrist articulation. That said, they're also good for kids. They're extremely tough, with rubberized accessories that keep young children from breaking them when handled roughly. I have most of the later releases – Shockwave, Soundwave, and Barricade. They're great figures and have actual shelf presence.
You feel like your childhood toys were superior and maybe they were in choice of materials AND design. That's fair, but I think one of the things that make them collectible and what makes a toy valued based on the overall condition is the fact that they were relatively fragile. Yes they were for kids, but they also had a far greater propensity to get destroyed during play. Coming up with a minty one almost 40 years later commands thousands of dollars because they're hard to find and keep that way.
I'm probably as old as you, and I recall having Transformers too. While I can't speak for everyone else, by the time I was 10 most of them had been scuffed, smashed, broken or damaged in some way, with missing accessories, torn decals and more than a few broke due to the attachment of die cast to plastic. Standing in the toy aisle as a parent, if I want to get my young son something I'm going to want something that can take a beating, has few accessories to lose, and can allow him to transform them on the fly.
In short, are they "superior" to 84 toys? Maybe not in quality and design. But they are way more fun and won't break when your kid hurls them at a wall which is something they're inclined to do imitating the various battles and explosions the show had to offer. Flatly, I have a massive collection of official and 3P figures of all sorts. However, when I can sit on the floor and transform these figures in under a minute while playing with my fast paced 4 year old without missing a beat while he laughs and does the best Skeletor a four year old voice can muster, that's worth a damn lot more to me than the thousands of dollars of collectibles in my collection room.
Beta Maximus
I (like most of us) was obsessed with transformers at about 4-5. I was born in 87 so mom got all kinds of them at garage sales. I destroyed all of them. Lost the missels and hands, broke the delicate plastic joints. The G1 toys were many things, but durable they aren't. I think we all now comb the new appreciation threads for signs of toy breakage. These things are great. A 4 year old can drag megs and prime with them everyday everywhere and this chunky plastic ain't going no where. Even the price point isn't too bad . I hope they sell out.
TeletraanIV
…feels a little weird to see these being in Gens selects style packaging
Cardion
Kids little kids.
There's got to be a better way to say that.
Bass X0
When I was a little kid, I had higher quality toys than these. The toys I had in the 1980s are now called “adult collectibles”.