War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)

***War For Cybertron: Siege*** is a subline imprint of the *Generations* toyline, and the first portion of the *War for Cybertron Trilogy*.

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 and Takara's previous Arms Micron play system. Another line-wide feature is battle-damaged paint jobs 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 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.

*Siege* was followed by *War for Cybertron: Earthrise* in 2020, as well as a concurrently-available *War for Cybertron Trilogy* toyline based on the Netflix show of the same name.

Contents
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* 1 Toys
	+ 1.1 General retail
		- 1.1.1 Battle Masters
		- 1.1.2 Micromasters
		- 1.1.3 Deluxe Class
		- 1.1.4 Voyager Class
		- 1.1.5 Leader Class
		- 1.1.6 Commander Class
		- 1.1.7 Titan Class
	+ 1.2 Exclusives
		- 1.2.1 Store exclusives
		- 1.2.2 *Selects*
* 2 *Siege* (TakaraTomy)
	+ 2.1 General retail
	+ 2.2 Exclusives
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## Toys

### General retail

#### Battle Masters

* WFC-S2 Lionizer
* WFC-S3 Blowpipe
* WFC-S17 Aimless
* WFC-S31 Smashdown
* WFC-S45 Rung

#### Micromasters

* WFC-S5 Storm Cloud & Visper (Air Strike Patrol)
* WFC-S6 Autobot Topshot & Flak (Battle Patrol)
* WFC-S19 Red Heat & Stakeout (Rescue Patrol)

**Wave 5**

* WFC-S46 Decepticon Rumble & Ratbat (Soundwave Spy Patrol 2nd Unit)
* WFC-S47 Direct-Hit & Power Punch (Battle Squad)

#### Deluxe Class

* WFC-S8 Cog (Weaponizer)
* WFC-S9 Autobot Hound
* WFC-S10 Skytread
* WFC-S21 Ironhide
* WFC-S22 Autobot Sixgun (Weaponizer)
* WFC-S23 Prowl
* WFC-S36 Refraktor
* WFC-S37 Brunt (Weaponizer)
* WFC-S42 Autobot Impactor
* WFC-S43 Autobot Mirage

**Wave 5**

* WFC-S48 Spinister
* WFC-S49 Crosshairs

#### Voyager Class

* WFC-S12 Megatron
* WFC-S25 Soundwave

### Exclusives

#### Store exclusives

Please note that the exclusivity listed below (except for Amazon) 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.

## **Amazon**

* WFC-S15 Autobot Greenlight & Dazzlestrike

* WFC-S26 Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce

* Covert Clone Sideswipe
* Slamdance
* Slamdance
* **WFC-S27 Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron**
* Decepticon Fracas
* Shrute
* Skywarp
* Terror-Daxtyl

### **Fan Vote Battle 3-Pack**

* WFC-S55 Holo Mirage
* WFC-S56 Powerdasher Aragon
* WFC-S57 Decepticon Impactor

## **Target**

* **Seekers 3-Pack**
* WFC-S52 Seeker Acid Storm
* WFC-S53 Seeker Ion Storm
* WFC-S54 Seeker Nova Storm

**Autobots vs. Decepticons (Micromaster 10-pack)**

* WFC-S58 Road-Police & Wheel Blaze
* WFC-S59 Ground Shaker & Overair
* WFC-S60 Ricon & Irontread
* WFC-S61 Nightflight & Slyhopper
* WFC-S62 Cratermaker & Fireline

## **Walmart (35th Anniversary)**

* WFC-S63 Soundblaster
* WFC-S64 Bluestreak
* WFC-S65 Classic Animation Optimus Prime
* WFC-S66 Classic Animation Megatron
* **Shared exclusive**
* Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-Pack
* Spectro
* Spyglass
* Viewfinder
* Kremzeek\

## ***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.

## **Shared exclusives**

* + WFC-GS01 Combat Megatron
	+ WFC-GS03 Galactic Man Shockwave
	+ WFC-GS04 Powerdasher Cromar
	+ WFC-GS05 Autobot Lancer
	+ WFC-GS06 Smokescreen
	+ WFC-GS07 Nightbird
	+ WFC-GS08 Powerdasher Zetar
	+ WFC-GS09 Hot Shot

## **Target**

* WFC-GS02 Decepticon Red Wing

## ***Siege* (TakaraTomy)**

### General retail

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.

## 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 *Siege* imprint, it seems that Hasbro's dedication to it is pretty tenuous. The Voyager Class toys are the only ones that seem to receive any significant amount, while Leaders hardly get any and Deluxes range from little to none.
	+ Many buyers attempted to remove the battle damage paint using isopropyl alcohol. The effectiveness of this treatment varies from figure to figure. The deluxe scale figures often had minimal drybrush-applied paint that cleaned off easily, while the voyager scaled figures, which had the battle damage paint printed onto them, were much more difficult to clean. Some figures, such as Soundwave and Springer, had battle damage paint applied directly over their deco paint, which meant ruining the deco in the effort to clean the battle damage.
* Starting with this toyline, many of the Deluxe-class and upwards figures are downsized, the Leaders (plus additions) either being just a head short of a Voyager class figure from previous lines, or simply being voyager figures sold with extra parts to make up the price point. *Siege* also features a heavy focus on articulation, with common standards found on Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Class figures being waist joints and ankle pivots, something which the following lines continue to feature. According to Shogo Hasui, this is to ensure that the feet of each toy can stand whilst holding gear from the C.O.M.B.A.T system.
* It was decided that ball and socket joints were not up to the task of bearing the heavy load of the weapons that are created by the C.O.M.B.A.T system play pattern. As such, most of the articulation utilized pinned joints (though balljoints were present in smaller figures and the necks of larger ones). This created the challenge of balancing part count as well as mantaining parts that were important to the transformation and basic structure of the molds.
* Thanks to the C.O.M.B.A.T. System play pattern of adding weapons and armor to figures, it was decided to go with a war-torn aesthetic for the toyline, which included taking design cues from *Last Stand of the Wreckers* and *Generation 2* and the addition of battle damage.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interview with Takara Tomy head of Transformers marketing Kenichiro Okabe and designer Shogo Hasui

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