First revealed in mid-2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, War for Cybertron: Siege, in keeping with the installments of the Prime Wars Trilogy, features a line-wide gimmick: weaponry. Most Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures each come with at least one or two weapons that can transform, combine, and/or be placed into any C.O.M.B.A.T. System posts, 5 mm posts littered all over their bodies, essentially an updated version of the Powerlinx system. Another line-wide feature is battle-damaged paintjobs on Deluxe-and-up figures to fit with the gritty "war" aspect. Returning to this toyline are Micromasters, which are bundled in two packs, replacing the Legends Class of the last half-decade, and are now able to combine into large weapons as well as transform into their vehicle form. This size class is also used for Soundwave's minions, who can turn into cassettes or be used as a shield with fold-out pegs. Replacing the Prime Masters from the last toyline are "Battle Masters", small Targetmaster-type figures that can combine with other weapons and figures. They include additional "Fire Blast" effect pieces that can be placed onto other weapons included with other size classes, as well as hardpoints on the figures themselves to simulate being 'shot' or on the back of vehicles to simulate "rocket boosters" or "speed", depending on the effect part. Each effect part attaches via a 3 mm hole, or in most cases, 5 mm posts too. Some Deluxe Class figures are classified as "Deluxe Weaponizers," which can be disassembled into multiple weapons to be used in the C.O.M.B.A.T. System. Leader Class figures are very similar to Power of the Primes, in which smaller figures come with additional armor that can be be added to vehicle mode or robot mode to increase their size to become the height of a Leader Class figure.
The boxes of the figures have black-light revealed cybertronian script on them which can be put into the "Found a hidden code?" game on the Transformers website.
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Exclusives
Store exclusives
Please note that the exclusivity listed below only applies to the United States. Other international markets got these items through other venues, either as general retail releases or as exclusives to other stores and chains.
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Fan Vote 3-pack, everything 35th Anniversary
Selects
Following in the footsteps of Arcee, Grotusque, and the three Prime Wars Trilogy "Special Edition" figures in 2018, Hasbro debuted a special edition Selects deco of Voyager Class Megatron at Toy Fair 2019 to celebrate the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Announced at Toy Fair 2019, Combat Megatron was exclusively available in the United States via online retailers such as BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, TFSource, and Hasbro's new replacement for Hasbro Toy Shop, Hasbro Pulse. This was the first in a line of redecos catering to fans.
Like The Last Knight, Power of the Primes, and Studio Series, TakaraTomy's Transformers Siege (トランスフォーマー シージ) toyline sees their new "brand unification" strategy in full effect. As such, Takara Siege toys are completely identical to their Hasbro counterparts, just released in different waves and given new "ID" numbers.
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Everything beyond wave 6
Notes
The names of many individual figures from this line were revealed by listings on Walmart and Amazon Australia prior to being formally unveiled by Hasbro at conventions.
Siege toys debuted at the tail end of October 2018 with the Voyager Class available from U.S. comic stores and private dealers, followed up by Battle Masters at Target on November 4, 2018.
Deluxe Class Red Alert was accidentally revealed by Hasbro by being featured as the "core" figure in the stock CG render showcasing the use of Brunt's Weaponizer parts released during New York Comic-Con in October 2018. Full on stock renders were found on different websites, such as Target and Amazon leading to New York Toy Fair 2019, midway through February, where his existence was finally acknowledged.
Although battle-damaged paint is one of the distinguishing features of the WFC imprint, it seems that Hasbro's dedication to it is pretty tenuous. The Voyager class toys are the only ones that seem to get any significant amount, while Leaders hardly get any and Deluxes range from little to none.
