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First unveiled at [[Toy Fair|Toy Fair 2025]], the '''''Transformers: Cyberworld''''' toyline follows the trend of recent cartoon tie-in lines by primarily targeting a younger audience with simpler and easy-to-transform figures. Unlike previous cartoon toylines, however; it is actually marketed on the premise of having "cross-compatibility at every scale",<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2025/03/01/transformers-cyberworld-toyline-revealed-533176#images</ref> with the smaller "Cyber Changers" and "Armored Cyber Changers" figures making up the bulk of the releases, and the larger offerings serving as playsets that can interact with them.  
First unveiled at [[Toy Fair|Toy Fair 2025]], the '''''Transformers: Cyberworld''''' toyline follows the trend of the last decade's worth of cartoon tie-in lines by primarily targeting a younger audience with simpler and easy-to-transform figures. Unlike those previous cartoon toylines, however, which tended towards each price point being its own separate uniquely-gimmicked range of figures with characters repeating across the different ranges, ''Cyberworld'' is marketed on the premise of having "cross-compatibility at every scale".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=In CYBERWORLD, there are no limits on the stories kids can tell. They can choose the team ups, the battles, and the TRANSFORMERS stories they want to create as they play. That theme powers the CYBERWORLD kids toy line; created for cross-compatibility, fast action, and easy conversion at every scale.|link=https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-playing-win-2025-toy-fairr-slate-new-product-reveals-0|site=Hasbro|title=TRANSFORMERS Becomes Even More – More Than Meets the Eye – with CYBERWORLD|year=2025|month=03|day=01}}</ref> Evoking the [[play pattern]] of classic action-figure-and-vehicle ranges like ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', the toyline features a standardized four-inch scale for its core figures, thus allowing all of them to use the seats, gun turrets and other interactive elements found on the line's larger playset-style toys. In what has become a rarity in the two decades since the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] ended, the toys ''aren't'' based on pre-existing designs from a movie or cartoon; instead, the characters were designed as toys first, which serve as the basis for their appearances in the cartoon.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Fun fact: The toys came before the show - the animation designs are based on the toys & the box art illustrations coupled with whatever changes we wanted/needed for their characters in the story.|link=https://x.com/HedlesChkn/status/1964360226133418246|name=Ali Lightfoot|site=Twitter|year=2025|month=09|day=06}}</ref>
 
Character factions are given less prominence on the line's packaging than is traditional for ''Transformers'', with each toy instead branded first and foremost with one of the five environments found on the titular "[[Cyberworld_(location)|Cyberworld]]": city, desert, ocean, jungle, and arctic. Some characters sport atypical [[alternate mode]]s to tie in with their assigned environment, and when the same character has multiple figures within the toyline, they are given a unique design for each environment.
 
A [[subline imprint]] by the name of ''Energon Surge'' was later revealed at Toy Fair [[2026]], which sees figures and their weapon accessories sporting clear plastic and [[glow-in-the-dark]] [[Paint operation|paint applications]]; the year's large flagship Bumblebee toy features a hollow, illuminated chest cavity that can then "energize" other figures placed inside.


==Toys==
==Toys==
===Cyber Changers===
===Cyber Changers===
The smallest size, the Cyber Changers only have articulation at the shoulders, hips, and knees.
The toyline's core assortment, these four-inch figures have articulation at the shoulders, hips, and knees. Their simple transformations make use of surprisingly complex [[autotransformation]] mechanisms in the torso to get you most of the way there in a single step.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' (2025)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberworld)#Cyber Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberworld)#bull|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (Cyberworld)#Toys|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#cyberchanger|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#Cyber Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberworld)#Toys|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberworld)#Toys|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (Cyberworld)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (Cyberworld)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Unknown wave'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 2''' (2025)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#Toys|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#Toys|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita-1 (Cyberworld)#Toys|Elita-1]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita-1 (Cyberworld)#Toys|Elita-1]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberworld)#Toys|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberworld)#Toys|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberworld)#Toys|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="40%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Snarl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cyber Changers Snarl]]
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 3''' (2026)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (Cyberworld)#Toys|Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 4''' (2026)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (Cyberworld)#energonsurge|Optimus Primal]] (redeco)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CybW-toy Snarl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cyber Changer Snarl]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Future waves''' (2026, ''ES'')</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (Cyberworld)#Toys|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberworld)#EnergonCC|Megatron]] (redeco)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#EnergonCC|Optimus Prime]] (redeco)}}
|
|}
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All ''Energon Surge'' product}}


===Armored Cyber Changers===
===Armored Cyber Changers===
The Armored Cyber Changers are similar to their counterparts above, but include a large, spring-loaded weapon.
This assortment packages a standard four-inch Cyber Changer figure with a large weapon that makes use of some kind of geared mechanism, and can break down using [[5 mm post]]s. For the ''Energon Surge'' refresh, the geared weapons were replaced with sets of static weapons and armor pieces, cast in transparent plastic as part of the linewide energon gimmick.
 
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' (2025)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#Armored Cyber Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#Toys|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (Cyberworld)#Toys|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (Cyberworld)#Toys|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Unknown wave'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 2''' (2025)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#Armored Cyber Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)#Toys|Chop Shop]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)#Toys|Chop Shop]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#armoredcyberchangers|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 3''' (2026)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Airachnid (Cyberworld)|Airachnid]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 4''' (2026, ''ES'')</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#EnergonArmored|Bumblebee]] (redeco)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberworld)#EnergonArmored|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)#EnergonArmored|Optimus Prime]] (redeco)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberworld)#Toys|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CybW-toy ChopShop.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Armored Cyber Changer Chop Shop]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Wave 4}}


|width="40%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Galvatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cyber Changers Galvatron]]
===Ultimate Cyber Changers===
Despite the name, these figures move away from the standard Cyber Changer format, standing six to seven inches tall and with alternate modes designed for regular Cyber Changers to ride. The pricepoint debuted in 2025 with a [[Walmart]]-exclusive Megatron toy (see [[#Exclusives|below]]), retooled from a ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' toy, but returned the next year as a proper assortment with new molds. For ''Energon Surge'', Ultimate Cyber Changers feature chests that spring open to reveal Energon crystal details, as well as the theme's standard clear-plastic weapon and armor accessories.
 
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Future waves''' (2026, ''ES'')</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hound (Cyberworld)#Toys|Autobot Hound]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (Cyberworld)#Toys|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberworld)#Toys|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ultimate Cyber Changer Megatron]]
|}
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All 2026 product}}


===Larger toys===
===Larger toys===
The Cyber Changers can hitch a ride on any of the larger toys, in either mode for Grimlock and Scorponok, and for the latter, up to three. The Scorponok playset is also the only toy to include lights and sounds.
In addition to the named Cyber Changer pricepoints, the line also features a number of larger toys simply named for their own play patterns. Thus far, each year of ''Cyberworld'' has featured a nine-inch tall figure with further expanded play features for interacting with standard Cyber Changers, and an even larger centerpiece toy standing over ten inches tall, with lights and sounds among its many gimmicks.
 
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Ultimate Cyber Changer'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2025 9-inch figure'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)#Toys|Grimlock Chomp and Battle]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2026 9-inch figure'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberworld)#Toys|Soundwave Deep Sea Explorer]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2025 electronic figure'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberworld)#Ultimate Cyber Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)#Toys|Scorponok Strike Battle Set]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Chomp and Battle'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''2026 electronic figure'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)#Toys|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)#PowerSpark|Bumblebee Power Spark]]}}
</ul>
</ul>
|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Strike Battle Set'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Scorponok.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Scorponok Strike Battle Set]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|All 2026 product}}
 
===Exclusives===
The following exclusivity applies only to North America.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Walmart]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)#Toys|Scorponok]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Cyber Changer [[Mirage (Cyberworld)#Toys|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|Ultimate Cyber Changer [[Megatron (Cyberworld)#Ultimate Cyber Changers|Megatron]]}}
 
</ul>
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Scorponok.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Strike Battle Set Scorponok]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberworld-Mirage.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cyber Changer Mirage]]
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 19:08, 8 May 2026

Cyberworld

First unveiled at Toy Fair 2025, the Transformers: Cyberworld toyline follows the trend of the last decade's worth of cartoon tie-in lines by primarily targeting a younger audience with simpler and easy-to-transform figures. Unlike those previous cartoon toylines, however, which tended towards each price point being its own separate uniquely-gimmicked range of figures with characters repeating across the different ranges, Cyberworld is marketed on the premise of having "cross-compatibility at every scale".[1] Evoking the play pattern of classic action-figure-and-vehicle ranges like G.I. Joe, the toyline features a standardized four-inch scale for its core figures, thus allowing all of them to use the seats, gun turrets and other interactive elements found on the line's larger playset-style toys. In what has become a rarity in the two decades since the Unicron Trilogy ended, the toys aren't based on pre-existing designs from a movie or cartoon; instead, the characters were designed as toys first, which serve as the basis for their appearances in the cartoon.[2]

Character factions are given less prominence on the line's packaging than is traditional for Transformers, with each toy instead branded first and foremost with one of the five environments found on the titular "Cyberworld": city, desert, ocean, jungle, and arctic. Some characters sport atypical alternate modes to tie in with their assigned environment, and when the same character has multiple figures within the toyline, they are given a unique design for each environment.

A subline imprint by the name of Energon Surge was later revealed at Toy Fair 2026, which sees figures and their weapon accessories sporting clear plastic and glow-in-the-dark paint applications; the year's large flagship Bumblebee toy features a hollow, illuminated chest cavity that can then "energize" other figures placed inside.

Toys

[edit]

Cyber Changers

[edit]

The toyline's core assortment, these four-inch figures have articulation at the shoulders, hips, and knees. Their simple transformations make use of surprisingly complex autotransformation mechanisms in the torso to get you most of the way there in a single step.

Wave 1 (2025) Wave 2 (2025) Wave 3 (2026) Wave 4 (2026)
Cyber Changer Snarl
Future waves (2026, ES)
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

All Energon Surge product

Armored Cyber Changers

[edit]

This assortment packages a standard four-inch Cyber Changer figure with a large weapon that makes use of some kind of geared mechanism, and can break down using 5 mm posts. For the Energon Surge refresh, the geared weapons were replaced with sets of static weapons and armor pieces, cast in transparent plastic as part of the linewide energon gimmick.

Wave 1 (2025) Wave 2 (2025) Wave 3 (2026) Wave 4 (2026, ES)
Armored Cyber Changer Chop Shop
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Wave 4

Ultimate Cyber Changers

[edit]

Despite the name, these figures move away from the standard Cyber Changer format, standing six to seven inches tall and with alternate modes designed for regular Cyber Changers to ride. The pricepoint debuted in 2025 with a Walmart-exclusive Megatron toy (see below), retooled from a The Last Knight toy, but returned the next year as a proper assortment with new molds. For Energon Surge, Ultimate Cyber Changers feature chests that spring open to reveal Energon crystal details, as well as the theme's standard clear-plastic weapon and armor accessories.

Future waves (2026, ES)
Ultimate Cyber Changer Megatron
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

All 2026 product

Larger toys

[edit]

In addition to the named Cyber Changer pricepoints, the line also features a number of larger toys simply named for their own play patterns. Thus far, each year of Cyberworld has featured a nine-inch tall figure with further expanded play features for interacting with standard Cyber Changers, and an even larger centerpiece toy standing over ten inches tall, with lights and sounds among its many gimmicks.

2025 9-inch figure 2026 9-inch figure 2025 electronic figure 2026 electronic figure
Scorponok Strike Battle Set
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

All 2026 product

Exclusives

[edit]

The following exclusivity applies only to North America.

Walmart
Cyber Changer Mirage

References

[edit]
  1. "In CYBERWORLD, there are no limits on the stories kids can tell. They can choose the team ups, the battles, and the TRANSFORMERS stories they want to create as they play. That theme powers the CYBERWORLD kids toy line; created for cross-compatibility, fast action, and easy conversion at every scale."—Hasbro, "TRANSFORMERS Becomes Even More – More Than Meets the Eye – with CYBERWORLD", 2025/03/01
  2. "Fun fact: The toys came before the show - the animation designs are based on the toys & the box art illustrations coupled with whatever changes we wanted/needed for their characters in the story."—Ali Lightfoot, Twitter, 2025/09/06