Cyberverse (toyline)

Cyberverse is the current encompassing name for the "micro play" play pattern starting with the Dark of the Moon toyline. It replaces the Legends Class (the size class has 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 takes its name from the Power Core Combiners line). The Cyberverse toys are in something close to relative scale with each other (though there's still scale problems such as Bumblebee, a Chevrolet Camaro, and Starscream, an F-22 Raptor, being the same size). Cyberverse figures are designed to interact with various transforming battle vehicles and playsets, creating a unified "world" children (or childish adults) can collect. While most are brand new sculpts, some figures are 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. Its Japanese counterpart, just as with the Legends Class, is EZ Collection.

“	Collect the World	”
—Cyberverse Series 1 slogan

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

Wave 1 Cyberverse Legion Crankcase

• 001 Bumblebee
• 002 Barricade (redeco/retool of Movie Legends Class Barricade with new, Cyberverse weapon-compatible hand)
• 003 Crankcase
• 004 Autobot Topspin
• 005 Autobot Skids (redeco/retool of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Skids with new, Cyberverse weapon-compatible hand)
• 006 Sideswipe

Wave 2

• 007 Leadfoot
• 008 Autobot Ratchet
• 009 Crowbar
• 010 Mudflap
• 011 Bumblebee/Bolt Bumblebee (redeco/retool of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Bumblebee with new, Cyberverse weapon-compatible hand)

Despite being solicited through online retailers and the Hasbro website as "Bolt Bumblebee", the American packaging for the 011 Cyberverse figure and early shipments of the European version do not feature a prefix; it is simply "Bumblebee". A running change adds the "Bolt" prefix for later shipments of the European version.

Wave 3

• 012 Flak
• 013 Starscream
• 014 Roadbuster
• 015 Bumblebee/Stealth Bumblebee

Despite being solicited through online retailers and the Hasbro website as "Stealth Bumblebee", the American packaging for the 015 Cyberverse figure initially did not feature a prefix; it simply called the toy "Bumblebee". The European packaging does still call him "Stealth Bumblebee", however, and a running change later added the prefix for the American packaging as well.

Wave 4

• 016 Soundwave

Commander Class

Wave 1 Cyberverse Commander class Sentinel Prime

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 4

• 009 Autobot Guzzle
• 010 Dark Sentinel Prime

Action Set

Wave 1

Wave 1 Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee with Mobile Battle Bunker

• 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

Playsets

Cyberverse Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

• Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

Store exclusives

Target

• "Bumblebee vs Megatron" contains:

• Bumblebee (Cyberverse Legion)
• Megatron (Cyberverse Commander)

• "Leadfoot and Ironhide" contains:

• Leadfoot (Cyberverse Legion)
• Ironhide (Cyberverse Commander)

• Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller and Bonus Value Sentinel Prime

The above giftset includes a bonus Commander Class Sentinel Prime, but is otherwise unchanged.

Toys"R"Us

• "Bumblebee / Starscream" 4-pack contains:

• Bumblebee (redeco/retool of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Bumblebee with new, Cyberverse weapon-compatible hand and Machine Wars Skywarp's gun)
• Cybertronian Bumblebee (redeco of Universe Legends Class Bumblebee)
• Starscream (redeco/retool of Movie Legends Class Starscream with new, Cyberverse weapon-compatible hand and Robotmasters R-Blade's gun)
• Cybertronian Starscream (redeco of Legends of Cybertron Starscream)

An early name for this 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.

• "Cybertronian Warriors Pack", contains:

• Bumblebee / Mobile Battle Bunker (Cyberverse Action Set redeco)
• Ironhide (Cyberverse Commander Class redeco)
• Barricade (Cyberverse Legion Class redeco)
• Crankcase (Cyberverse Legion Class redeco)

Walmart

• "Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus" 3-pack contains:

• Bumblebee (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Bumblebee with no retooled hand)
• Soundwave (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Soundwave)
• Rodimus (redeco of Universe Legends Class Rodimus)

This 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.

• "Battle in the Moonlight" contains:

• Optimus Prime / Armored Weapons Platform (Cyberverse Action Set)
• Autobot Ratchet (Cyberverse Legion)
• Crankcase (Cyberverse Legion)

• "Ultimate Gift Set" 5-pack contains:

• Optimus Prime (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
• Powerglide (Cyberverse Commander redeco)
• Bumblebee (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
• Sideswipe (Cyberverse Legion redeco)
• Crowbar (Cyberverse Legion redeco)

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).

“	Command Your World	”
—Cyberverse Series 2 slogan

Legion Class

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

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, redeco and retool of Dark of the Moon Soundwave)
• 008 Mirage (Dark of the Moon, retool of Revenge of the Fallen Sideways)
• 009 Evac (Transformers: The Ride)

Wave 3

• 010 Hyperspeed Wheeljack (Prime, redeco of the Prime Wheeljack figure released with the Star Hammer)
• 011 Quick Blade Bumblebee (Prime, redeco of 001 Bumblebee)
• 012 Decepticon Flamewar (Prime, redeco of 003 Arcee)

Wave 4

• 013 Fallback (Prime, redeco of 006 Breakdown)
• 014 Autobot Tailgate (Prime, redeco of 005 Cliffjumper)
• 015 Knock Out (Prime, redeco of the Prime Knock Out figure released with the Energon Driller)

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)

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.

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, redeco of 001 Optimus Prime, head variant with mouth and blade weapons)

Wave 4

• 009 Battle Tactics Bulkhead (Prime, redeco of 002 Bulkhead, with blaster weapon)
• 010 Skyquake (Prime, redeco of 005 Dreadwing, with two-piece cannon)

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, minor color changes from single pack Legion Class release)

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 (thus far) 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. 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 (retool of Series 2 Bumblebee)

Wave 2

• 005 Soundwave (Prime) with Sonic Saw
• 006 Prowl (Prime) with Justice Hammer (redeco of 001 Smokescreen with new lightbar accessory)
• 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

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.

Wave 4

• 011 Air Vehicon (Prime) with Hooksaw Cannon

Wave 5

• 012 Rot Gut (Prime) with Affliction Hammer (redeco of 010 Blight)
• 013 Divebomb (Prime) with Tornado Bow (redeco of 008 Windrazor)
• 014 Bluestreak (Prime) with Chain Bolter (redeco of 001 Smokescreen)
• 015 Ace Vehicon (Prime) with Hooksaw Cannon (redeco of 011 Air Vehicon)

Commander Class

Wave 1

• 001 Optimus Prime (Prime) with Thunder Lance
• 002 Predaking (Prime) with Cybervenom Rocket Launcher
• 003 Bulkhead (Prime) with Nova Hammer (retool of Series 2 Bulkhead)

Wave 2

• 004 Hardshell (Prime) with Plague Missile Launcher
• 005 Trailcutter (Prime) with Howler Missile Launcher (retool of Series 2 Ironhide)

Wave 3

• 006 Starscream (Prime) with Thunder Talon (retool of Series 2 Starscream)
• 007 Shockwave (Prime) with Hyperflux Cannon

Wave 4

• 008 Beast Blade Optimus Prime (Prime) with Battlewing Shield (redeco of 001 Optimus Prime with new shield accessory)
• 009 Huffer (Prime) with Roadshark Missile Launcher (redeco of 005 Trailcutter)

Wave 5

• 010 Unicron Megatron (Prime, redeco of Series 2 Megatron)
• 011 Ultra Magnus (Prime, retool of Series 2 Optimus Prime)
• 012 Decepticon Bludgeon (Prime, retool of 007 Shockwave)

Beast Tracker Vehicles

Wave 1

• 001 Sky Claw with Smokescreen (Prime, redeco of single pack Legion Class release)
• 002 Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown (Prime, retool of Series 2 Bumblebee Battle Suit and redeco of single pack Legion Class Breakdown)

Wave 2

• 003 Energon Driller with Bumblebee (Prime, minor retool of Series 2 Energon Driller and redeco of single pack Legion Class Bumblebee)

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 and at Tesco stores in the United Kingdom, and some figures have also been found at Target stores in Australia and at Rossmann drug stores in Germany.

Notes

• The working name for this line was "Megaverse" (with the MechTech line 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.