Transformers CyberWorld: Bumblebee is a little bitch and Optimus is lead around by his balls

[Steevy Maximus]

CORRECTION:
Apparently, the image came from the UK Toy Fair, where a distributor showed off some new products. This TFW2005 poster found a full image (apparently, the wall was across from where the Robosen Soundwave was being showed off), from which the cropped Twitter image originated.
Cyberworld First Look

 

[lastmaximal]

I don't think that's accurate to say at all. We should be very careful what we report. As excited as we are about toys and such, we have to avoid obscuring the facts.

Of COURSE there are bald German men. There are probably plenty of them.

 

[Sabrblade]

https://x.com/Da_Cube04/status/2015505757526167885?s=20

Change that "x" to "twitter" and voila:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015505757526167885

 

[Sabrblade]

Episode 21 on its own:

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Retail listings are cropping up for the next wave(s) of figures. TFW2005 has transcribed promotional text for CyberChangers Optimus Primal and Armored CyberChangers Airrachnid.
Optimus Primal turns into a truck mode “inspired by a gorilla”.
The prophecy has finally come to past: the munkk has become trukk

And Airrachnid apparently has full bore standard spider-mode this time around.

Transformers Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal & Airachnid Descriptions

Coming to us from Amazon are the descriptions for the yet-to-be-revealed Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal and Airachnid: "• CYBER CHANGERS OPTIMUS PRIMAL 2-IN-1 FIGURINE: This articulated Transformers action figure can be transformed from a robot to a truck toy in 4 easy steps • Quick...

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This year’s Cyberworld line, based on listings, seems to have a VERY strong “beast“ theme going on, especially after last year’s beast-dominant Decepticon range.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

TFW2005 has (belatedly) put up a news post about Power Spark Bumblebee, and might have found some new details for the 2026 Cyberworld Line (and maybe the Core line?):
One of the display images at the Nuremberg Toy Fair (I’m NEVER going to be able to spell that place correctly) featured a “Transformers Energon Surge” display panel with an Evergreen Bumblebee sporting a Battlemask. Overlooked when images were first posted, that branding also appears on the Power Spark Bumblebee box. Retail listings for this year have also relisted many of the 2025 slate with an “E” modifier, perhaps signaling the branding refresh?

Maybe the big fall push for the “kids stuff” is going to tie into this “Energon Surge” initiative with translucent plastics and more light up gimmicks? With the 2025 Epic World of Action lines, Hasbro actually leveraged translucent elements quite heavily. Perhaps they are looking to do with Transformers this fall?
What I find particularly interesting is that the promo image explicitly shows “Evergreen” Bumblebee, wing doors and all. That makes me wonder if the “Core” line will get rolled into this.

 

[Sabrblade]

Episode 22, "Drone Alone" (w/ episodes 21, 20, and 19 attached at the end):

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Amazon has posted images of Armored CyberChangers Airrachnid, sporting a novel mix of TF Prime, One, with a splash of Beast Wars Spiders thrown in. Sadly, the co-sell images do NOT show us any new figures.

Cyberworld Armored Cyber Changers Airachnid First Look

Coming to us from Amazon is our first look at Cyberworld Armored Cyber Changers Airachnid, showing her robot mode, spider mode, and packaging. See it after the jump!

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I crave images of the Munkk Trukk

 

[LordGigaIce]

 

[Undead Scottsman]

One of the fascinating things about Transformers being a 40+ year old franchise is seeing how some characters ebb and flow out of use. Like right now Elita-1 is kind of the main ladybot and Airachnid is also showing up more, whereas before she was basically relegated to minor comic appearances for like a decade, and Elita-1 hadn't been faring much better, with the occasional retool.

 

[Sabrblade]

One of the fascinating things about Transformers being a 40+ year old franchise is seeing how some characters ebb and flow out of use. Like right now Elita-1 is kind of the main ladybot and Airachnid is also showing up more, whereas before she was basically relegated to minor comic appearances for like a decade, and Elita-1 hadn't been faring much better, with the occasional retool.

And her original appearance itself felt like she was a substitute for Blackarachnia, as though the Beast Wars characters were off limits for TF: Prime due to some unconfirmed and never-realized plans to do an Aligned version of the Beast Wars story outside of TF: Prime before the entire original creative vision for the Aligned continuity went up in smoke.

 

[lastmaximal]

I'd like to see more of the primary media featuring them together, instead of mostly changing out which Smurfette on each side to feature. We've gotten doses of this in things like Cyberverse, although that's helped along by having a fairly sprawling cast in general.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Movies and TV - Transformers: Cyberworld Episode 22 - Starscream Keeps Droning On

It's been two weeks since we last left our heroes, and now we see why: Starscream wasn't kidding when he said he was putting Wheeljack to work! In Episode 22, "Drone Alone," Optimus acts as a diversion while Mirage and the rest of his team mount an attempt to rescue Wheeljack. How does it go...

www.allspark.com

 

[Sabrblade]

Episode 22 by itself:

 

[NovaSaber]

The "gorilla truck" is less "gorilla" than I was picturing

Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal First Look

Thanks to Amazon (#ad) we have our first look at Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal: Check out the description below and then see the pics after the break! • CYBER CHANGERS OPTIMUS PRIMAL 2-IN-1 FIGURINE: This articulated Transformers action figure can be transformed from a robot to a...

news.tfw2005.com

 

[LordGigaIce]

The "gorilla truck" is less "gorilla" than I was picturing

Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal First Look

Thanks to Amazon (#ad) we have our first look at Cyberworld Cyber Changers Optimus Primal: Check out the description below and then see the pics after the break! • CYBER CHANGERS OPTIMUS PRIMAL 2-IN-1 FIGURINE: This articulated Transformers action figure can be transformed from a robot to a...

news.tfw2005.com

wut if
TRUKK AND MUNKY????

 

[Shadewing]

I think I would like it more if his robot mode was a more gorrilla-esque maybe like TM1 Primal

 

[Steevy Maximus]

I think I would like it more if his robot mode was a more gorrilla-esque maybe like TM1 Primal

And that mouthplate just looks...wrong. Like an almost family-inappropriate way...

Cyberworld drives me crazy: they got fresh, nifty design takes. Reminds me of the "olden days" when the brand was "toy first", not "media/marketing first". But the standard Cyberworld toys are just so...eh. I mean, I'd LOVE to see even Warrior/Prime Changer/Deluxe level takes on these designs, but apparently Hasbro is going to settle on endless regurgitation of Authentics, which are just slightly revised G1. Which we get ALL THE TIME between all the collector oriented stuff.

 

[Platypus Prime]

I can't criticize, one of the few TFSS toys I kept during the medical mess was the Pretender monkey with an inner truck. It's one of my all time favorites.

 

[lastmaximal]

TRUKK IS MUNKKY