Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)

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The Cybertron toyline continued many of the design trends of Energon. The line's toys are thematically built around six planets, but feature one unifying feature: the cyber key. These clear-plastic disks with key-like projections now activate special weapons and hidden features, much like the Mini-Cons of Armada, even on most figures remolded from previous lines. Redecos, like the Cybertron release of Armada's Super-Con Optimus Prime, come with remolded keys that have a mini-con connector to unlock gimmicks. The gimmicks are less intrusive than Armada; articulation suffers far less for their inclusion, though some lower-priced figures do lack a little when compared to Energon. Combination has largely disappeared -- but not completely.

Red Alert

Each toy is assigned a planet. This determines which Cyber Key is included, but also seems to correlate with some design choices, as will be seen below. Each Cyber Key comes with a code printed on the back. For a list of codes, go to Cyber Key Codes.

Earth Planet toy overview

Cybertron Defense Hot Shot

These generally convert into fairly normal Earth vehicles. Robot modes are angular and normally proportioned for humanoid transformers. Faces are traditionally styled.

Speed Planet toy overview

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Override

Alternate modes are fantasy racing vehicles, with transparent plastic tires. Vehicle modes are futuristic and occasionally Vehicon-like in appearance. The Speed Planet robots have their own unique body proportions, generally featuring large upper bodies, long thighs and thin waists.

Jungle Planet toy overview

Undermine

Jungle Planet alternate modes are robotic beasts. Their styling is sometimes very organic in shape and even in texture, but not really to the point of techno-organism. Robot modes and faces are widely varied, and hark back to the Beast Era in creative differences from the "standard" humanoid model. Jungle Planet designs: Beast Wars Transmetals or Beast Machines Maximals (sharing something of the "liquid metal animal" aesthetic), per the above analogy.

Giant Planet toy overview

Menasor

Giant Planet robots are gargantuan in appearance, relying on detail and proportion to create an impression of massive size. The Giant Planet toys are roughly in scale with the Legends of Cybertron figures. Of the Giant Planet toys released, two (Metroplex and Menasor) are almost completely alien in appearance, while Quickmix and the Giant Planet Mini-Con Team are fairly "normal", like everyday Earth vehicles.

Planet X toy overview

Sideways

Alternate modes are usually futuristic jets, with the exception being Unicron (who is a futuristic tank). It's somewhat difficult to draw conclusions when only three toys from this planet were released. In general, these are alien in appearance, even more so than the Speed or Giant Planet toys.

Cybertron Planet toy overview

Galaxy Force Vector Prime

Cybertron Planet toys are the "everything else" category. There are two distinct Planet Keys for Cybertron: one with an Autobot symbol and the other with a Decepticon insignia. Toys with Cybertron Planet Keys range from normal to futuristic. This category usually represents characters who are either part of the "original" Autobot and Decepticon teams searching for the Planet Keys, or those who never left or have an affinity for Cybertron (such as Buzzsaw or Longrack). The unique keys carried by Optimus and Megatron arguably belong in this category, despite being labeled as Earth Planet in their original releases (or Giant and Universal with their respective redecos).

Toy list

General retail

Mini-Con Class

Wave 1 (Sky Attack Mini-Con Team vs. Air Defense Team)

• Razorclaw vs. Steamhammer
• Shockwave vs. Tankor
• Sky Lynx vs. Thunderblast

Wave 2 (Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team vs. Exploration Mini-Con Team)

• Kobushi vs. Landslide
• Payload vs. Ascentor
• Scattorbrain vs. Monocle

Wave 3 (Sky Terror Mini-Con Team vs. Mini-Con Council of Sages)

• Ramjet vs. Scythe
• Sunstorm vs. Checkpoint
• Thrust vs. Anti-Blaze

Wave 4 (Deep Space Mini-Con Team vs. Street Action Mini-Con Team)

• Scrap Iron vs. Grindor
• Blastcharge vs. High Wire
• Backblast vs. Sureshock

Legends of Cybertron

Wave 1

• Hot Shot (blue)
• Megatron
• Optimus Prime (original red/light blue deco)
• Starscream

Wave 2

• Evac
• Jetfire
• Leobreaker
• Scourge

Waves 1 and 2 were only available at smaller retailers and specialty stores. Waves 3 (including carry-overs from wave 2) and 4 were also available at Toys"R"Us and Kmart.

Wave 3

• Galvatron (Megatron redeco)
• Red Alert (body based on Ultra Class Cybertron Defense Red Alert)
• Soundwave
• Vector Prime

Wave 4

• Hot Shot (red redeco, based on Deluxe Class Excellion)
• Optimus Prime (red/black redeco based on Leader Class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime)
• Sunstorm (Starscream redeco)
• Thundercracker

Scout Class

Wave 1

• Overhaul (Jungle Planet)

Overhaul's Japanese version, Jackshot, originally came with a Cybetrron Planet Cyber Key ("Force Chip"). Later shipments replaced the latter with a Jungle Planet (Animatros) Force Chip, like the one the Hasbro version came with.

• Ransack (Speed Planet)
• Scattorshot (Earth Planet)

Wave 2

• Clocker (Speed Planet)
• Hardtop (Earth Planet)
• Recon Mini-Con Team (Jolt, Six-Speed and Reverb; no planet)

The Recon Mini-Con Team was not attributed to a specific planet on the packaging.

Wave 3

• Armorhide (Earth Planet)
• Brakedown (Speed Planet)
• Undermine (Jungle Planet)

Wave 4

• Backstop (Jungle Planet)
• Brushguard (Earth Planet)
• Wreckloose (Jungle Planet)
• Street Speed Mini-Con Team (Backtrack, Oval and Spiral; no planet)

The Street Speed Mini-Con Team was not attributed to a specific planet on the packaging.

Wave 5

• Swerve (Speed Planet)
• Swindle (Earth Planet)

Wave 6

• Lugnutz (Earth Planet)
• Scrapmetal (Cybertron Planet, red)

Wave 7

• Shortround (Earth Planet)
• Repugnus (Jungle Planet)

Wave 8

• Giant Planet Mini-Con Team (Longarm, Deepdive and Overcast, Giant Planet)
• Ransack GTS (Speed Planet)

Wave 9

• Brakedown GTS (drag racer)
• Scrapmetal (Cybertron Planet, yellow)

Wave 10

• Hightail (Earth Planet)
• Shadow Reco Mini-Con Team (Jolt, Six-Speed and Reverb, Giant Planet)

The packaging for the Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team depicts the Giant Planet logo, but does not list the actual name "Giant Planet".

Only available in Japan

• Ramble/Scrapmetal (Cybertron Planet, blue)

Deluxe Class

Wave 1

• Hot Shot (Speed Planet)
• Dirt Boss (Speed Planet)
• Landmine (Earth Planet)
• Thundercracker (Earth Planet)

Wave 2

• Override (Speed Planet)
• Red Alert (Earth Planet)

Wave 3

• Sideways (Planet X)
• Snarl (Jungle Planet)

Wave 3.5

• Blurr (Speed Planet)
• Buzzsaw (Cybertron Planet)
• Longrack (Cybertron Planet)
• Runamuck (Earth Planet)

Blurr, Buzzsaw, Longrack and Runamuck are retools of Armada Blurr, Cyclonus, Hoist and Side Swipe, respectively.

Wave 4

• Brimstone (Jungle Planet)
• Crosswise (Earth Planet)
• Thunderblast (Earth Planet)

Wave 5

• Cybertron Defense Hot Shot (Cybertron Planet)
• Downshift (Earth Planet)

Wave 6

• Excellion (Speed Planet)
• Override GTS (Speed Planet)

Wave 7

• Cannonball (Earth Planet)
• Skywarp (Earth Planet)

Wave 8

• Demolishor (Cybertron Planet)
• Optimus Prime (Cybertron Planet, truck)

Demolishor and Optimus Prime are redecos of the Armada Super-Con (Deluxe) toys of the same names.

• Unicron (Planet X)

Wave 9

• Megatron (Jungle Planet, Tyrannosaurs rex)
• Optimus Prime (Jungle Planet, ape)

Megatron and Optimus Prime are redecos of Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal and Megatron, respectively.

• Smokescreen (Earth Planet)

Voyager Class

Wave 1

• Crumplezone (Speed Planet)
• Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard (no planet)

Vector Prime was not attributed to a specific planet on the packaging.

Wave 2

• Leobreaker (Jungle Planet)
• Mudflap (Earth Planet)

Wave 3

• Evac (Earth Planet)

Wave 4

• Cybertron Defense Scattorshot (Cybertron Planet)
• Dark Crumplezone (Speed Planet)

Wave 5

• Soundwave with Laserbeak (Planet X)

Wave 6

• Nemesis Breaker (Jungle Planet)

Wave 7

• Quickmix with Mini-Con Stripmine (Giant Planet)

Wave 8

• Galaxy Force Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard (Cybertron Planet)

Only available in Japan

• Starscream (Cybertron Planet)

In the USA, Voyager Class Starscream was only available in a different deco as part of a Toys "R" Us exclusive two-pack with Vector Prime.

Ultra Class

Wave 1

• Jetfire (Earth Planet)
• Scourge (Jungle Planet)

Wave 2

• Dark Scorponok (Jungle Planet, a retool of Energon Scorponok)

Wave 3

• Red Alert/Cybertron Defense Red Alert (Cybertron Planet)

Very early shipments of this toy were available with the simple name "Red Alert" on the packaging. The more widespread variants, however, sports the name "Cybertron Defense Red Alert".

Wave 4

• Sky Shadow (Earth Planet)
• Wing Saber (Cybertron Planet)

Wave 5

• Menasor with Mini-Con Heavy Load (Giant Planet)

Wave 6

• Cryo Scourge (Jungle Planet)

Leader Class

Wave 1

• Megatron (Earth Planet)
• Optimus Prime (Earth Planet)

Wave 2

• Galvatron (Giant Planet)

Wave 3

• Metroplex with Mini-Con Drill Bit (Giant Planet)

Wave 4

• Galaxy Force Optimus Prime (Earth Planet)

Supreme Class

Wave 1

• Starscream (Earth Planet)

Wave 2

• Cybertron Primus with Unicron head (no planet)

Primus was not attributed to a specific planet on the packaging.

Wave 3

• Cybertron Primus without the Unicron head (no planet)

Exclusives

North America

BotCon 2005 exclusives

• Ramjet (Legends of Cybertron)

Ramjet was different from the regular BotCon exclusives insofar as he was not available through Fun Publications, but was handed out by Hasbro directly as a freebie for people who attended their showroom.

Costco exclusives

• Optimus Prime & Ultra Magnus two-pack (Earth Planet; very minor redecos of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime and the Universe redeco of Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus)
• Optimus Prime & Wing Saber two-pack (Earth Planet & Cybertron Planet; unchanged Leader Class Optimus Prime and Ultra Class Wing Saber)

San Diego Comic-Con 2005 exclusives

• Skywarp (Legends of Cybertron)

Skywarp was different from later exclusives available at San Diego Comic-Con insofar as he was not available through Hasbro Toy Shop, but was handed out by Hasbro directly as a freebie for people who attended their showroom.

Target exclusives

• Critical Path Pack (Red Alert and Sideways)
• Drag Race Pack (Hot Shot and Override)
• Ground to Air Blast Pack (Crosswise and Thundercracker)

These three two-packs featured unchanged versions of the Deluxe Class toys of the same names.

• Evac with bonus Mini-Cons Razorclaw and Steamhammer
• Leobreaker with bonus Mini-Cons Sky Lynx and Thunderblast
• Mudflap with bonus Mini-Cons Shockwave & Tankor

These three bonus packs featured unchanged versions of the Voyager Class and Mini-Con Class toys of the same names.

• Legends 4-Pack (unchanged Legends of Cybertron Megatron, Soundwave, Jetfire and Optimus Prime)

Toys "R" Us exclusives

• Starscream vs. Vector Prime two-pack (Earth Planet)

On the North American market, Voyager Class Starscream was exclusively available in this two-pack. He was available as a single pack in Japan, with a different deco more akin to the Supreme class and Legends of Cybertron toys. Vector Prime was unchanged from the Voyager Class single pack.

• Landmine, Snarl and Dirt Boss "Super Value" pack
• Sideways, Brimstone and Thunderblast "Super Value" pack

These two three-packs featured unchanged versions of the Deluxe Class toys of the same names.

Wal-Mart exclusives

• Dirt Boss with Mini-Con Downshift bonus pack
• Hot Shot with Min-Con Mirage bonus pack
• Landmine with Mini-Con Dirt Boss bonus pack
• Override with Mini-Con Mirage bonus pack
• Red Alert with Mini-Con Dirt Boss bonus pack

Even though Red Alert came with an Earth Planet Cyber Key, the packaging erroneously (?) attributed him to "Speed Planet".

• Thundercracker with Mini-Con Downshift bonus pack

These six bonus packs featured unchanged versions of the Deluxe Class toys of the same names. The Mini-Cons were minor redecos of the Armada Mini-Cons of the same names. Each Mini-Con redeco was available with two different Deluxe Class toys.

• Cybertron Primus with 4 bonus Mini-Con figures Strongarm, Offshoot, Knockdown and Nightscream

Primus was unchanged from the regular Supreme Class toy. Strongarm, Offshoot, Knockdown and Nightscream were unchanged (but in two cases renamed) from the Classics Mini-Cons Strongarm, Dirt Rocket, Knockdown and Thunderwing, respectively.

Japan

Galaxy Force DVD exclusives

• Exillion (Hot Shot) red version (Speed Planet, very similar deco to Excellion)
• Chromia (Thunderblast) white version (Earth Planet)
• Noisemaze Mass-Production Version (Planet X)

TV Magazine lucky draw prize exclusive redecos

• Flame Convoy Sky Lynx Edition (Jungle Planet)

TV Magazine mail order exclusive redecos

• Dark Nitro Convoy (Speed Planet)
• EZ Collection Master Megatron (Megatron), Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime) and Starscream (clear redecos of Legends of Cybertron Megatron, Optimus Prime and Starscream)

Toy's Dream Project exclusives

• Soundblaster with Mini-Con Hell Buzzsaw (Planet X)
• Fang Wolf (Snarl) Dark Wolf version (Jungle Planet)

Toys "R" Us Japan

• Sonic Convoy giftset (clear redeco of Leader Class Galaxy Convoy, metallic "fire" redeco of Ultra Class Sonic Bomber and exclusive Ramble Coby version redeco of Scrapmetal/Ramble)
• Gasket (Ransack) Police Type (Speed Planet)