Cyberverse (toyline)

This article is about the 2011-2014 play pattern. For the 2018 toyline, see Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline).

Cyberverse was the encompassing name for the "micro play" play pattern starting with the Dark of the Moon toyline. It replaced the Legends Class (the size class had been absorbed into Cyberverse under the new name "Legion Class") and, to a lesser extent, the Scout Class (replaced by the slightly smaller Cyberverse "Commander Class", which took its name from the Power Core Combiners line). The Cyberverse toys were roughly in relative scale with each other (though there were still scale problems; Bumblebee, a Chevrolet Camaro, and Starscream, an F-22 Raptor, were the same size). Cyberverse figures were designed to interact with various transforming battle vehicles and playsets, creating a unified "world" children (or childish adults) can collect. While most were brand new sculpts, some figures were retools/redecos of Legends Class releases from previous lines, but the vast majority are tooled to accommodate 3mm weapon pegs and/or C joints. The entire gimmick of a small, compatible toy line with transformable, connectible bases seems to call back to the old Micromaster play pattern.

The Cyberverse play pattern continued with Transformers: Prime toys and ended with the Beast Hunters subline imprint. Its Japanese counterpart, just as with the Legends Class, was EZ Collection.

Toys

Series 1

"Series 1" was the Cyberverse portion of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon line, and was therefore co-branded "Dark of the Moon" and "Cyberverse".

Legion Class

Wave 1 001 Bumblebee 002 Barricade 003 Crankcase 004 Autobot Topspin 005 Autobot Skids 006 Sideswipe

Wave 2 007 Leadfoot 008 Autobot Ratchet 009 Crowbar 010 Mudflap 011 Bumblebee/Bolt Bumblebee

Wave 3 012 Flak 013 Starscream 014 Roadbuster 015 Bumblebee/Stealth Bumblebee

Wave 4 016 Soundwave

Wave 1 Cyberverse Legion Crankcase

Despite being solicited through online retailers and the Hasbro website as "Bolt Bumblebee" and "Stealth Bumblebee", the American packaging for the 011 and 015 Cyberverse figures do not feature a prefix; it is simply "Bumblebee". Early shipments of the European version of the 011 figure didn't feature the "Bolt" prefix either, but it was added in a running change for later shipments of the European version. The European packaging of the 015 figure, instead, always called him "Stealth Bumblebee", and the American packaging got the prefix later as a running change.

Commander Class

Preview wave Optimus Prime ("Limited Edition Preview Pack" with 3D Glasses)		Wave 1 001 Optimus Prime 002 Sentinel Prime 003 Megatron 004 Ironhide		Wave 2 005 Blackout / Scorponok 006 Powerglide		Wave 3 007 Decepticon Hatchet 008 Battle Steel Optimus Prime		Wave 1 Cyberverse Commander class Sentinel Prime
Wave 4 009 Autobot Guzzle 010 Dark Sentinel Prime

Action Set

Wave 1 001 Bumblebee / Mobile Battle Bunker 002 Starscream / Orbital Assault Carrier

Wave 2 003 Megatron / Blastwave Weapons Base 004 Optimus Prime / Armored Weapons Platform

Wave 3 005 Autobot Ratchet / Lunar Crawler 006 Shockwave / Fusion Tank

Wave 1 Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee with Mobile Battle Bunker

Playsets

Wave 1 Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

Cyberverse Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

Store exclusives

Target Bumblebee vs Megatron (contains Legion Bumblebee and Commander Megatron) Leadfoot and Ironhide (contains Legion Leadfoot and Commander Ironhide) Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller and Bonus Value Sentinel Prime

Toys"R"Us Bumblebee / Starscream (contains Bumblebee, Cybertronian Bumblebee, Starscream and Cybertronian Starscream) Cybertronian Warriors Pack (contains Action Set Bumblebee Mobile Battle Bunker, Commander Ironhide, Legion Barricade and Legion Crankcase)

Walmart Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus (contains Bumblebee, Soundwave and Rodimus) Battle in the Moonlight (contains Action Set Optimus Prime Armored Weapons Platform, Legion Autobot Ratchet and Legion Crankcase) Ultimate Gift Set (contains Commander Optimus Prime, Commander Powerglide, Legion Bumblebee, Legion Sideswipe and Legion Crowbar)

An early name for the Bumblebee/Starscream set was "Cyberverse Evolution", which is still used by some websites (including the Australian and United Kingdom Toys"R"Us sites), but that name does not appear anywhere on the packaging. The Bumblebee/Soundwave with Rodimus three-pack was also available as an Asda exclusive in the United Kingdom and from Rossmann stores in Germany and Auchan stores in France, Hungary and Italy. Unlike the American version, the European version does not highlight Rodimus as a "bonus" figure. Neither packaging identifies the three-pack as being a Cyberverse product.

Series 2

The vast majority of "Series 2" was the Cyberverse portion of the Prime line, and was therefore co-branded "Transformers Prime" and "Cyberverse". An unusual exception were three figures from wave 2 of the Legion Class assortment, which represent characters from the live-action film franchise, and thus lack the "Prime" title branding on their North American packages despite still depicting Prime characters as part of a uniform packaging design (their European versions do sport the "Prime" title on their packaging, however, incidentally creating separate characters).

“	Command Your World	”
—Cyberverse Series 2 slogan

Legion Class

Wave 1 001 Bumblebee (Prime) 002 Vehicon (Prime) 003 Arcee (Prime) 004 Autobot Ratchet (Prime) 005 Cliffjumper (Prime)

Wave 2 006 Breakdown (Prime) 007 Soundwave (Dark of the Moon) 008 Mirage (Dark of the Moon) 009 Evac (Transformers: The Ride)

Wave 3 010 Hyperspeed Wheeljack (Prime) 011 Quick Blade Bumblebee (Prime) 012 Decepticon Flamewar (Prime)

Wave 4 013 Fallback (Prime) 014 Autobot Tailgate (Prime) 015 Knock Out (Prime)

Evac in Universal Studios packaging (see below), United States Series 2 packaging without the Prime moniker and European Series 2 Prime packaging.

Commander Class

Commander class figures all come with translucent weaponry, and feature some amount of translucent plastic in their bodies (blue for Autobots, but a variety of colors for Decepticons), a feature designed around interacting with the line's vehicles (see below). Each vehicle is equipped with an "Energon Booster", a light-up accessory that can plug into the Commanders' weapons or into the posts and ports on the figures' backs to illuminate them with glowing energon power.

DVD Edition 001 Optimus Prime (Prime) 002 Bulkhead (Prime) 003 Starscream (Prime) 004 Megatron (Prime)		Wave 1 001 Optimus Prime (Prime) 002 Bulkhead (Prime) 003 Starscream (Prime) 004 Megatron (Prime)		Wave 2 005 Dreadwing (Prime) 006 Ironhide (Prime)		Wave 3 007 Ultra Magnus (Prime) 008 Nightwatch Optimus Prime (Prime)		Battle Tactics Bulkhead
Wave 4 009 Battle Tactics Bulkhead (Prime) 010 Skyquake (Prime)

The "DVD Edition" figures themselves are identical to the subsequently released Wave 1 versions. The only difference is the slightly different packaging and the inclusion of a mini-DVD that contains the Transformers: Prime episode "Masters & Students". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

Vehicles

Wave 1 001 Energon Driller with Knock Out (Prime) 002 Star Hammer with Wheeljack (Prime)

Wave 2 003 Bumblebee Battle Suit with Bumblebee (Prime)

Energon Driller with Knock Out

Optimus Maximus

• Optimus Maximus

Universal Studios

• Evac (Transformers: The Ride)

Evac is identical to the Series 2 figure. He was sold as the only toy of its size in Transformers: Universal Studios packaging (sporting a "Cyberverse" logo) at Universal Studios stores alongside his larger Deluxe toy (which was only available at Universal, unlike the Cyberverse figure) and various rebranded re-releases of Dark of the Moon Deluxe and Voyager Class figures.

Series 3

"Series 3" is the Cyberverse portion of the Beast Hunters subline imprint of the Prime line, and is therefore co-branded "Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters" and "Cyberverse", although the latter logo only appears on the back of the toys' packaging (it's even completely missing from the European packaging). The new gimmick for Commander Class figures and Vehicles is pressure-launched missiles. The light gimmick, meanwhile, has been completely dropped: All the weapons accessories (with the exception of Breakdown's) are cast in opaque plastic, the Commander Class figures don't feature any translucent plastic parts anymore either, and none of the Vehicles feature any electronics, even going so far as to retool redecos of Series 2 Vehicles to remove existing electronics.

Legion Class

Wave 1 001 Smokescreen (Prime) with Chain Bolter 002 Twinstrike (Prime) with Piston Hammer 003 Airachnid (Prime) with Nova Stinger Bow 004 Bumblebee (Prime) with Eagleshot Bow		Wave 2 005 Soundwave (Prime) with Sonic Saw 006 Prowl (Prime) with Justice Hammer 007 Hun-Gurrr (Prime) with Dragontooth Saw		Wave 3 008 Windrazor (Prime) with Tornado Bow 009 Predacon Rippersnapper (Prime) with Electrocharge Bow 010 Blight (Prime) with Affliction Hammer		Wave 4 011 Air Vehicon (Prime) with Hooksaw Cannon		Abominus
Wave 5 012 Rot Gut (Prime) with Affliction Hammer 013 Divebomb (Prime) with Tornado Bow 014 Bluestreak (Prime) with Chain Bolter 015 Ace Vehicon (Prime) with Hooksaw Cannon

Though not advertised anywhere on their individual packaging or in their instructions, Twinstrike, Hun-Gurrr, Windrazor, Rippersnapper, and Blight can be combined into Abominus. The most likely reason for this is that Hasbro didn't want to advertise a combiner whose components are spread across several waves. Redecos of the five figures with translucent parts were later released as an Abominus giftset as part of the Predacons Rising subline imprint, which (obviously) marketed the combining capabilities of the figures, but got all their names (save for Blight) swapped and didn't use the "Cyberverse" logo anywhere on the packaging.

Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the Age of Extinction toy line, Wave 5 was only ever released in Europe and Australia, in European packaging in both instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).

Commander Class

Wave 1 001 Optimus Prime (Prime) with Thunder Lance 002 Predaking (Prime) with Cybervenom Rocket Launcher 003 Bulkhead (Prime) with Nova Hammer		Wave 2 004 Hardshell (Prime) with Plague Missile Launcher 005 Trailcutter (Prime) with Howler Missile Launcher		Wave 3 006 Starscream (Prime) with Thunder Talon 007 Shockwave (Prime) with Hyperflux Cannon		Wave 4 008 Beast Blade Optimus Prime (Prime) with Battlewing Shield 009 Huffer (Prime) with Roadshark Missile Launcher		Optimus Prime
Wave 5 010 Unicron Megatron (Prime), with Dark Energon Sword 011 Ultra Magnus (Prime), with Forge of Solus Battle Hammer 012 Decepticon Bludgeon (Prime), with Battle Sword

Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the Age of Extinction toy line, Wave 5 was only ever released in Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe and Canada, with Canada getting them in trilingual Canadian/Latin American packaging and all other markets in multilingual European packaging.

Beast Tracker Vehicles

Wave 1 001 Sky Claw with Smokescreen (Prime) 002 Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown (Prime)

Wave 2 003 Energon Driller with Bumblebee (Prime)

Sky Claw with Smokescreen

The Bumblebee/Energon Driller set was notoriously absent from US retail for many months after being available from online retailers and even appearing at retail in Hasbro's Asian and eventually European markets. It wasn't until much later that it finally became available through discount stores such as Ross, although there have also been sightings at Toys"R"Us Express, Hastings and Tuesday Morning stores.

Store exclusives

Redecos of various Beast Hunters Cyberverse Legion and Commander Class figures were sold under the "Predacons Rising" banner. For some reason, all of them lack the "Cyberverse" logo on their packaging. This subline was officially announced to be exclusive to Target in the United States, and to Tesco and Carrefour in Europe; it has thus far been found in its entirety at Target stores in the US, the first wave of each size class has been found at Target stores in Canada, at Tesco stores in the United Kingdom and at Ripley stores in Chile; and some figures have also been found at Target stores in Australia (and others at BigW and Toys"R"Us stores much later, in mid to late 2014), at Rossmann drug stores in Germany and, finally, at Carrefour stores in France. No wave 2 figures have been found at retail outside the United States.

Notes

• The working name for this line was "Megaverse" (with the MechTech subline originally having been "Cybertech"), which could be seen on receipts for Dark of the Moon toys purchased at retailers, in the name of some exclusives on retailer web sites, and on the shipping cases for the products themselves. The reason for the change is unknown.