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Takara Tomy is kicking off the new year with their first reveal of 2021! Thanks to Seibertronian Powered Convoy for alerting us to a tweet from Takara Tomy's official Twitter revealing Skids as the latest figure from the 1985 lineup to get a Masterpiece figure. This is very early news with only early line art and the 2021 release all we know. Surely in the coming months we'll have something more substantial to share, but for now this might just be the pick-me-up that some of us could use.
Greetings Seibertronians! With the release of the first issue of IDW’s newest Transformers mini series, Transformers: Escape next week, IDW themselves have released a new preview! These opening pages give us a look at some favourite characters and some lesser known characters to go along with them!
Here is the official write up for this issue:
IDW wrote:Transformers: Escape #1 (of 5)—Cover A: Bethany McGuire-Smith—GEM
Brian Ruckley (w) • Bethany McGuire-Smith (a & c)
“World War” spills into this all-new limited series! As Cybertron descends into a state of war, countless civilians—unaligned with the Autobots, Decepticons, or any faction—are caught in the crossfire. Fortunately, a solution may be coming... Wheeljack, Hound, and some of Cybertron’s greatest (and most infamous) scientists seek to reactivate the Ark program and evacuate the planet with huge spaceships. On the verge of war, will their efforts be enough to escape?
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Transformers: Escape #1 is out next week!
What do you think of this preview? Are you going to give this series a go? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Netflix sent us a whole slew of stills from the first two episodes of Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy Earthrise. You can click here to be sent to the full gallery or on any image below. We also have a review of the series.
The gallery features screen captures from the first two episodes of Earthrise. Some of the primary characters featured in the stills are newcomers Mercenary Doubledealer, a Quintesson named Deeseeus, and previous Siege characters Optimus Prime, Megatron, Elita-1, Jetfire and others.
The series comes out tomorrow, December 30th, 2020. Be sure to let us know what you think on our forums.
Target: 2020
A Review of Transformers: War for Cybertron, "Chapter Two: Earthrise"
Spoiler Free-ish Images in this review courtesy of Netflix
With much closer timing to its namesake toyline, the next part of the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy known as "Chapter Two: Earthrise" is due for release on Netflix in only a few days' time. Picking up where "Chapter One: Siege" left off, Earthrise finds the heroic Autobots adrift in space in search of the Allspark which they themselves sent out there. For a little bit more, here's the official synopsis provided by Netflix:
The WAR FOR CYBERTRON continues with the second chapter, EARTHRISE! With the Allspark gone, Megatron is forced to confront the harsh reality that his Decepticons are trapped on a dying Cybertron while also fighting off the persistent threat of Elita-1 and her Autobots. Meanwhile, lost in the darkest reaches of space, Optimus Prime and his team embark on a desperate mission that will push them to the breaking point as they travel to uncharted new worlds to face spacefaring mercenaries, enigmatic figures from long ago and even their own creators…the Quintessons.
How does this chapter stack up to the first, and to expectations in general? Read on to find out.
Siege II: Siege Harder
The initial episode ignores the cliffhanger at the end of "Siege" and returns the action to Cybertron. While this does result in the first of many questionable pacing choices, it helps set up the basis for the plot lines to follow effectively while continuing to build on the character of Megatron. It will also serve as a good reset of expectations for any viewers that expect a dramatic shift in tone, acting, or even the quality of production for "Earthrise", in that it really is a sequel to "Siege" and feels like it right from the beginning. Any problems a viewer had with respect to animation, voice acting, or the Tron: Legacy copycat score (my biggest sore point from Siege) will remain in Earthrise. Plan accordingly.
Based on early trailers and promotional images, many fans are looking forward to the new "faction" known as the Mercenaries, featuring some franchise standards like the conehead Seekers alongside new or sparsely used characters such as Exhaust and Doubledealer. They're only especially present within one episode, but they bring some fun and even humor to the mix and help break up the generally slow pace of the first 2/3 of the show. While not given especially deep characterization, they serve a purpose in the story and do so well.
Pictures taken moments before tragedy
The writing isn't a huge departure from Siege, but there are a few lines throughout that feel like they'd be more at home in a soap opera or low budget horror film. When these occur for the purpose of levity, such as Red Alert mentioning how he's "always... alert", that's ok and it ultimately provides some welcome personality. When it's in a serious moment and the show follows it up by having the characters within take it especially serious, then I just feel insulted. Some of the new characters introduced see their plot progress too quickly without earning it, while others still are some of the more egregious uses of "they're here to sell toys" that we've seen in a while. Characters appear who speak lots of words that end up not meaning anything which makes the experience more somniferous than stimulating.
That leads to the big offender with respect to the overall problems carried over from Siege into Earthrise: pacing. Just as the first four episodes of Siege felt like they dragged on, so do three of the first four of Earthrise. Saving almost all of the good stuff for the third act isn't very surprising, but the relative dullness of what comes before it was for me. Some viewers are likely to disagree with this sentiment, and there's definitely an argument to be made that Earthrise does much better at making sure to include action scenes on a regular basis. Unfortunately, when these are padded out with a nearly six minute long conversation between Optimus Prime and Megatron, that loses its luster.
Not lacking in pretty lights
The show looks very nice, and even downright incredible in some scenes, with the texture artists once again providing a visual treat for Transformers fans. More variation in the environments helps here too, with the backdrop of a galactic journey providing more opportunity for variation than the constant scenery of war-torn Cybertron. Sure, characters still move too much while talking, not enough of them transform, and the cost-saving recycling of CGI character models is completely frustrating at times, but within the framework put forth Polygon did an outstanding job. A particular one on one battle in episode five even added characterization through the action for someone familiar to Transformers fans but wholly obscure to casual viewers that only caught the live action movies, which was an impressive feat and part of the show that I really enjoyed.
Verdict All Earthrise for the honorable judge
If this review feels very negative, there's a very good reason for it - reviewers were not allowed to mention details about the final episode. This is a really bizarre thing as it's the strongest episode in the series to date and that's really about all I'm allowed to say about it until December 30th. You'll just have to take my word for it that the end of this show was very good and saved it from a much worse numerical score. The rest of it is quite boring. How boring? To be genuinely honest, I haven't had to actively struggle to pay attention to a Transformers show like this since Transformers: Energon. What was being laid down was clear and nothing went super far off the rails, but a good bit of Earthrise just did not land for me. Eventually it was worth it to have made it through, but I don't see myself coming back to this one anytime soon.
Final Score . ½
out of
Seibertron.com was provided with complimentary advance screening access to Transformers Chapter Two: Earthrise by Netflix for the purpose of this review. "Thank you" to Netflix and Hasbro for this access!
Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, TF-fan Kev777, we've learned that several new entries in Super7s officially licensed Transformers ReAction line! The new figures are available to preorder on Hasbro Pulse and are the following:
The ReAction line are Super7s way of homaging the action figure lines of the 80s with their lines logo looking like the old Kenner toys logo and the cards the figures coming in drawing the mind back to Kenners first Star Wars toy lines
Do you collect these figures? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to fellow Seibertron users, Shiningstar7896, and blackeyedprime, we've learned that thanks to UK toy stockists InDemandToys, and Zavvi; that two more entries have been revealed for the Transformers R.E.D line! The characters are Starscream and Bumblebee, both in their Generation 1 incarnations.
As you can see, Starscream comes with the accessories to recreate his coronation scene from the 1986 Transformers movie!
Preorders are open on both figures, retailing for the UK price of £20.99. They are expected June 2021.
What do you think of these figures? Will you be picking these up? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
These new images show off the molds articulation and accessories. We also get a good look at his alt mode, which appears to be a lot less clean then it was on the show.
Starscream, Prowl and Soundwave make up the Wave 5 of the Transformers Cyberverse Deluxe class. There is no Build a Figure this time around.
What do you think of this Starscream? Will you be adding him to your seeker collection? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
It's the full length trailer for the upcoming second part of Netflix's Transformers War for Cybertron cartoon; Earthrise!
We have embedded the trailer below for your convenience but be warned, some of for footage can be considered spoilers for those trying to go into the series without any information.
Check out the trailer here:
Earthrise will hit the streaming service on December 30th, giving you plenty of time to remind yourself of what happened in Siege!
Will you be watching this installment? What did you think of Siege? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
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