War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)
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The War for Cybertron Trilogy is Hasbro's designation for a segment of the Transformers: Generations line that launched in the holiday season of 2018. The line aims to serve as a back-to-basics approach to Transformers, with a focus on media accuracy, articulation, and a consistent robot mode scale.
The first installment of the trilogy, Siege, is set during the final days of the Transformers' civil war on Cybertron, reimagining classic characters to give them Cybertronian alternate modes and battle damage deco. The second installment, Earthrise, takes place during an interstitial period as the Autobots and Decepticons travel through space, seeing many gain Earthly vehicle modes, while also introducing space-faring characters such as the Quintessons and Mercenaries. A third and final installment, Kingdom, follows the Transformers' civil war on Earth with their descendants, the Maximals and Predacons, joining the battle.
In keeping with installments of the Prime Wars Trilogy, the War for Cybertron lines feature a unified, line-wide gimmick: weaponry. All figures are now compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, with Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures being littered in 5 mm posts to facilitate being armed up with any combination of compatible weaponry.
For the first two installments, Battle Masters (replacing the last line's Prime Masters) are small figures that turn into modular handheld weapons and include "Fire Blast" effect pieces to simulate blaster or rocket booster discharge across all price points. Micromaster Teams replace Legends Class; in addition to their own individual vehicle forms, each team of two Micromasters can combine into large weapons. In the final installment, Kingdom, the Legends Class returns in the form of the "Core Class".
The C.O.M.B.A.T. System also sees the introduction of Weaponizers, Modulators and Fossilizers, Transformers which can be disassembled into a variety of 5 mm compatible weapons and accessories. As the trilogy transitioned into Earthrise, the focus of the play pattern shifted to base modes, introducing the A.I.R. Lock System of connectable ramps and roads to allow kids to create combined battle stations. In the final part of the trilogy, the play pattern once again changed. This time the focus was on fossilized dinosaur skeletons that both transformed into robots and were able to be separated into weapons for other figures to wield as a part of the F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology.
A subline for the concurrently-ran Studio Series toyline was introduced in 2021, featuring characters from The Transformers: The Movie, in celebration of that film's 35th anniversary. The toys are in the same style and scale as those from the War for Cybertron Trilogy line. Additionally, all Voyager Class toys in this subline feature blast effects compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System.
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| War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon) (2020–???) |
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Earthrise (2020–present) |
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Toys
Siege (2018-2019)
Earthrise (2020-present)
Kingdom (2021-???)
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (2020-present)
Launching in conjunction with the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon on Netflix, this confusingly-named subline imprint was unveiled by Hasbro at New York Toy Fair 2020. With the cartoon featuring character models based directly on Hasbro's toy molds, the toyline in turn features animation-accurate weathering and extensive deco... in theory. The toys feature battle damage and grim coloring far more than the character models used on the show. Even an original deco for the show, Decepticon Mirage, isn't colored accurately to the on-screen model. With the exception of three exclusives not based on the Netflix cartoon and the Leader Class toys, the line is exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the US.
While only the overarching War for Cybertron Trilogy logo is used on the line, the first waves of the Deluxe and Voyager Class assortments feature the Siege box mural on their packaging, and the second waves similarly feature the Earthrise mural.
Deluxe Class
Intended to consist of ten releases, each figure in the Deluxe Class assortment includes a piece of a flimsy, cardboard Teletraan I backdrop which, once completed, can serve as a display. Each wave features three battle-damaged redecoes of pre-existing toys and two original decoes (or toolings, in the case of Wave 2).
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Voyager Class
Also known as "Battle 3-Packs", and costing $10 USD more than the MRSP of normal War for Cybertron Trilogy Voyager Class releases, the price is made up with two additional Battle Masters or a pair of Micromasters. Each wave has a pair of new Battle Master characters and a set of classic characters with weapon modes.
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Leader Class
These "Leader Unboxing" figures are presented in windowless boxes designed to look like Cybertronian ammo crates. Coded sections of the box contain spoilers for episodes of the accompanying show. Costing nearly $10 USD more than the MRSP of normal War for Cybertron Trilogy Leader Class releases, the price is also made up with a Battle Master and other accessories. These are shared exclusives between online retailers and Walmart stores.
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Japanese release
TakaraTomy are to release War for Cybertron Trilogy toys at general retail beginning in September 2020, with no changes from the Hasbro releases.
Wave 1 (September 26, 2020)
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Wave 2 (October 23, 2020) | Wave 3 (November 30, 2020)
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Wave 4 (December 10, 2020)
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| Wave 5 (January 20, 2021) | Wave 6 (February 20, 2021)
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Wave 7 (March 27, 2021)
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Exclusives
Announced by Hasbro Pulse on July 15, 2019, Unicron is the largest and most expensive Transformers toy ever produced, and the first to be released as a crowdfunded project from HasLab. By the closing of the funding period on October 6, the project had officially accrued over 12,000 backers, each of whom is to exclusively receive their own Unicron on its release in 2021.
Two more exclusives were released on Hasbro Pulse in the US. Originally planned to debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2020, the Quintesson Pit of Judgment was eventually made available on Hasbro Pulse after the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Deluxe Centurion Drone features an Earthrise ID number, but is not branded or marketed as part of the said subline.
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Selects
Hasbro announced the Generations Selects branding in late 2018 to run alongside the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Hasbro Pulse debuts Generations Selects figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers. The Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit onward are only labeled War for Cybertron Trilogy (even though the Spy Patrol set was shown as part of Earthrise during the Toy Fair 2020 presentation).
As per brand unification, Hasbro Selects figures are sometimes though not consistently made available for Japanese fans via TakaraTomy Mall.
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Foreign names
- Cantonese: Cybertron zi1 zin3 (斯比頓之戰 Si1bei2deon6 zi1 Zin3, "War of Cybertron")
- Mandarin: Cybertron zhī Zhàn (賽伯坦之戰 Sàibótǎn zhī Zhàn, "War of Cybertron")
