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Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee

Transformers News: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee

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Amazon.ca has new preorders up for the Transformers Studio Series line. These are all toys that have yet to hit Canadian retail but some are toys that have also yet to hit US retail and some even global retail,such as the upcoming new Bumblebee deluxe that is rumoured to be in the Volkswagon body seen in the Bumblebee movie. All these preorder listings give us some dates which give us an idea of when these toys will be made (more) available at retail. As will be seen, some of these toys have already been released in the US so these dates are more of an aproximation.

Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

New Deluxe Bumblebee has release date of September 24, 2018

Please remember that the Bumblebee movie's deluxe and voyager toys (if any) are part of the Studio Series line and not part of its own movie line so this means that we would probably be getting the delayed Bumblebee movie toys starting end September. That is of course if this Bumblebee toy is for the new film or if it is simply Bee in another body he has had throughout the live action movie franchise.

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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965536)
Posted by Emerje on June 18th, 2018 @ 2:59pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

Incidentally these are the same dates from the "big leak" which also had the 4/20 wave one street date correct so Bee's date is probably accurate as well.

Emerje
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965652)
Posted by Munkky on June 19th, 2018 @ 3:37pm CDT
I got hold of a Voyager Optimus today, and he isn't a bad figure at all. The first thing that really stuck out to me was that the transformation, especially the arms and chest windows, is quite similar to the Transformers Prime First Edition Optimus, so I got some warm and fuzzy nostalgia for that toy while I was transforming him. The only tiny nitpick I have are the vehicle's smoke stacks are too short, they should be about half an inch longer.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965660)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 19th, 2018 @ 5:10pm CDT
The shortened stacks are due to a combination of safety regs and the simplified engineering.
You could drill them open and cut a notch for a slide lever, and get some stiff rubber tubing or w/e that fits inside, stick it in, glue a piece of scrap styrene on as the lever, and cut it to length.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965683)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2018 @ 8:55pm CDT
Some new English reviews of SS Ironhide are creeping up. Have Emgo's:

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965687)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:12pm CDT
Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965690)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:15pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn


Same thing for us...
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965695)
Posted by TulioDude on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:28pm CDT
There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965699)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:34pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965718)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2018 @ 11:02pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965722)
Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2018 @ 11:32pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965745)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 20th, 2018 @ 4:25am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.


I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965824)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 20th, 2018 @ 2:45pm CDT
I need SS Ironhide in my life now. The head sculpt and cannons are perfect, and the proportions are spot-on, it just looks SO good. The bumper's a little out of place, but I think if it's painted to be a much darker gray it should look better. He's out of scale in vehicle mode, but that's what HFTD Ironhide is for! ;)^
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965962)
Posted by TulioDude on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:46pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.


I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.


Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965965)
Posted by william-james88 on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:52pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.


I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.


Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.


I doubt that. They are part of a line filled with other characters not related to the film because there are so few toys from the film. Hasbro does the same thing with the marvel films for Marvel ELgends. There is only 1 toy of Ant Man or the Wasp in the marvel legends line available at wide retail.

There might be more than 1 bumblebee, bu I dont expect multiples of other characters.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966107)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2018 @ 1:57pm CDT
Finally got around to taking those photos. First, the group shots:
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"Sandstorm", as I have named the desert colors Brawl, is in the process of being repaired with parts from a regular Deluxe Brawl that I made a bad attempt at repainting then scrapped for parts.
Dirge is under restoration following half-assed and ill-conceived customizing attempt

And now the solo(ish) shots:
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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966189)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 23rd, 2018 @ 1:38am CDT
Damn, these videos are awesome. :)




Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966276)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 23rd, 2018 @ 2:14pm CDT
Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet :(
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966287)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 23rd, 2018 @ 2:47pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet :(

There's a few problems with that idea:
1. The panels are formed from parts of his tread cowlings, so they wouldn't have been able to go in their proper place in vehicle mode if mounted to his back (especially if it was just with ball joints)
2. The panels wouldn't really make good covers for the torso gaps because they don't match the "alien ribcage" look of his torso
3. Those panels, while not necessary to support his weight, are approximations of panels present on his feet there in the actual movie design (you can get a good look at that on Josh Nizzi's website).

I've been on-off obsessively researching Megatron's ROTF design for a while now, in preparation for customizing the ROTF Leader-class toy whenever I finally got my hands on it.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966336)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2018 @ 9:12pm CDT
Finally finished cleaning my apartment and moving bots around. I could not get satisfied with the layout, and finally am.

In the process, this is how my movie display, including Bee and Ratchet, ended up. Several movie guys are elsewhere in alt mode (including final battle Jazz, see below), but with the exception of Jazz (when I get his SS figure he'll go here) every movie character minus the Dinobots and Knights (a shelf all to themselves) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.

Ratchet still feels a bit too small there, and Bee also a bit small, but overall not bad.

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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966354)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 23rd, 2018 @ 11:40pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.


I still love the 2007 Arcee figure. One of my fave TFs ever. But she's now waaaay too big for my movie shelf scale, at least in bike mode since Jazz and Bee can probably ride her (not in rude way)
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966844)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 26th, 2018 @ 4:02am CDT
Yeah, Arcee is way out of scale except maybe with one of the stupid oversize Bumblebee toys (Why does Hasbro keep making that mistake, of making large toys of the little yellow kid-appeal character.. It didn't go well for them the first time they did it, with Supreme-class BM Cheetor, and it hasn't really gone well for them the subsequent times.. *ahem*). Now, if she was a car she'd be fine, but nooo. Speaking of Arcee, maybe the Studio Series will do us a favor and give us accurate semi-in-scale toys of her ROTF bodies. Maybe even bringing back the combination feature we were denied, though that's a stretch.

Another longshot hope of mine for the Studio Series: Dark of the Moon Devcon. AKA "Clovercon". He was a cool design that deserved a toy but the DotM toyline was rather hit and miss. Toyline-only Decepticons that didn't match anyone in the movie (though I'd still like to have them), spotty tail-end distribution, getting one of the aforementioned oversize Bumblebees instead of a Leader-class Megatron...
Someone actually did a transformable custom of DOTM Devcon, so he's doable.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966848)
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 26th, 2018 @ 5:31am CDT
Think is the studio series won't do a combining arcee team as they never combined in the film. If they did an arcee first this line it would have to be legends or smaller.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966966)
Posted by william-james88 on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:06pm CDT
The latest voyager figures from the Transformers Studio Series line, Brawl and Megatron, are now being found across Canada at their (now fully Canadian) Toysrus stores. While they are $39.99 CAD, they can be obtained for far less. There is currently a buy one get one half off offer as well as Hasbro Coupons where you can save 20$ off 50$ or buy 2 and get the third product free. These two offers stack, meaning that you can buy three voyagers and have them come out to $20 a piece (or $15 USD), which ends up being half that original price.

Speaking of voyagers at Toysrus, the Power of the Primes voyagers have had a price hike where they are now also $39.99. This has been reported throughout the country and is now the norm.

The Studio Series wave 2 deluxes Jazz and Lockdown have also been found at Toysrus.

Brawl and Megatron can be seen around the middle left area of this iamge below which also shows a massive restock of Power of the Primes Wave 2 voyagers. This particular photo was taken in the Montreal area.

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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966968)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:33pm CDT
Elita and Hun-Grr? What mythioal shops are these?
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966970)
Posted by william-james88 on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:35pm CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Elita and Hun-Grr? What mythioal shops are these?

Toysrus Canada, filled to the brim with everything you want

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Especially if what you want is Elita and Hungurr, there were tons of em

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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966971)
Posted by Puhonix on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:43pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Elita and Hun-Grr? What mythioal shops are these?

Toysrus Canada, filled to the brim with everything you want

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Especially if what you want is Elita and Hungurr, there were tons of em

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:shock: You know if the TRU in the US had selection anywhere like this, they probably wouldn't be going bankrupt.

(Relax, it's hyperbole, I know they still would be closing)
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966972)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:44pm CDT
I want to go to there!
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966973)
Posted by william-james88 on June 26th, 2018 @ 2:48pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:I want to go to there!

If ever you are thinking of coming by Jake, let me know, it would be a pleasure to go hunting alongside you!
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966975)
Posted by RiddlerJ on June 26th, 2018 @ 3:01pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Elita and Hun-Grr? What mythioal shops are these?

Toysrus Canada, filled to the brim with everything you want

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Especially if what you want is Elita and Hungurr, there were tons of em

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I KNEW IT!!!
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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967003)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 26th, 2018 @ 5:42pm CDT
They even have Thundercracker! Dang, I've been to 4 different Toys R Us stores and none of them had Thundercracker. Or the MPMs for that matter, glad i ordered Bee online when I did.

Back to Studio Series, I wonder how the upcoming VW Bee is going to work. He's way smaller than he is in the other movies, if he were actually in SS scale he'd be shorter than Jazz.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967007)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 26th, 2018 @ 6:03pm CDT
I'll do a little hunt at my Laval store. Usually, it's always late compared to Montreal, which is just across the river. #-o
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967192)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 27th, 2018 @ 2:17pm CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:They even have Thundercracker! Dang, I've been to 4 different Toys R Us stores and none of them had Thundercracker. Or the MPMs for that matter, glad i ordered Bee online when I did.

Back to Studio Series, I wonder how the upcoming VW Bee is going to work. He's way smaller than he is in the other movies, if he were actually in SS scale he'd be shorter than Jazz.

Yeah, that's... I love the Beetle and all, but movieverse Bee turning into one after he's already been established as muscle car sized is a definite case of someone being a Geewunner. I was hoping he was going to turn into a larger kind of VW, but alas.

Although doing that VW Bumblebee is probably preferable to doing, say, AoE Galvatron. Because since the designers for AoE decided to be dipsh*ts and forget that the designs had to be translated to toy form, the only way to pull off an accurate Galvatron would be to release him as a two-piece set: An essentially Action Master toy of his robot mode, and a separate toy of his truck mode. And AoE Drift isn't exactly much better. Thank gods for the TLK redesigns - I suspect the artists not wanting to be murdered in their beds by the toy designers was a factor there.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967198)
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 27th, 2018 @ 2:31pm CDT
Already established to be a muscle car? Do you mean in the prequel comic from Cybertron with love? There could still be am explanation as to why his size changed... (plus there's still the rumour that as a soft reboot that this will either sit nicely as a prequel to the bay movies or be a new start.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967238)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 27th, 2018 @ 4:34pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll do a little hunt at my Laval store. Usually, it's always late compared to Montreal, which is just across the river. #-o


Called today. And sigh, I knew it.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967288)
Posted by william-james88 on June 27th, 2018 @ 8:10pm CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote: And AoE Drift isn't exactly much better. Thank gods for the TLK redesigns - I suspect the artists not wanting to be murdered in their beds by the toy designers was a factor there.


I dont get it, TLK Drift is far worse than AOE Drift. At least the toy designers were able to have his robo chest detail come from the actual front of the car. For TLK, they just said fuck it and used nothing of the car, leaving it as a massive loose shell sticking out his backside.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967315)
Posted by william-james88 on June 27th, 2018 @ 11:43pm CDT
This toy has been found in the US for a few weeks now but has yet to reach saturation. And while there are several video reviews out there for this bad boy, there are several aspects of his that I wanted to address since they took me a bit by surprise.

Firstly, people have been saying from day one that he was a BIG voyager. But I was always curious about how big he really was, since he is often paired up with Studio Series Optimus, who is the smallest voyager Optimus Prime figure we have ever gotten so far (for any line). Well it turns out he is indeed big. He dwarfs the previous Revenge of the Fallen Megatron mold, as well as any voyager movie mold I paired him with. He is even a head taller than Power of the Primes Hun Gurrr who is himself a decently sized voyager (as are any voyagers from the Prime Wars Trilogy).

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So that's a major plus. He does look better than the previous ROTF voyager not only thanks to the lack of a backpack but also since he can pose better and stand more upright. His left "hand" is actually split so the elongated fingers don't have to be oriented the same way all the time.

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Also, while he does not have the great paint job of the movie the best version (which is next to him in the previous images) his paint job is serviceable. I like the highlights they make in a gunmetal grey as well as the gold on the chest. The legs are beautifully painted too. Basically, it looks good... from the front.

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And that is where the main problem lies. This toy being so big comes at the cost of him being hollow. Now that transformation scheme can work and it has given us some incredible transformations before, like Prime First Edition Bulkhead. But here it is quite easy to see thanks to the gaping hole on his side.

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The other problem with viewing from he side is the head. He seems to have no neck if you lay the head flat against the body but while you can stretch it up, it ends up looking odd at the sides.

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He also ends up feeling very light. Now that is partly due to some of the plastic used. I hear the expression "feels like a KO" thrown around a lot and most of the time, it is undeserving. This figure as a whole does not feel like a KO (a lot of work went into this guy), but some of the plastic used is the very rigid yet light plastic we find on cheap KOs (like the oversized Prime Abominus toys). It isn't used a lot, but we can see it mainly on the biceps with the big mushroom peg. It's the kind of plastic that leaves a big seam to show the separate mold halves.

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Speaking of pegs an biceps, there is one aspect of this toy that is really odd and it's the right shoulder joint. Now most toys have the bicep move along the shoulder, but here the shoulder separates in half so you end up seeing the toy's innards when moving the shoulder for any pose you might want to do. Only happens on the right side with the left side being more traditional.

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My other gripe is the feet, they are just a mess. Both the right and left side have some obvious kibble hanging there. The panels do not look at all like the are a part of the foot, they just look like there was nowhere else to put them, which is too bad because there could have been some decent integration if they could peg and be more flush with the rest of the foot.

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The Transformation to alt mode is more complex than I would have imagined for a toy which just looks like a pile of scrap on alt mode. I would have called the transformation fun if pieces didn't easily pop off. The reverse kneecaps (so in the back of the leg) come off easily. So much so that I lost one of them and have been doing this whole review with only one of them. Bet you didn't notice! There is also an issue with the panels that cover the thighs. They hold fine but because the movable hinge they are stuck to offers ridiculous resistance, they will also pop off when transforming.

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In alt mode, the toy is fine. It looks incredibly different from the voyager. It has a completely different shape where instead of being on the wide side, it is on the long side, closer to the recent live action Batmobile. Definitely sleeker than before. There are no wings of any kind, which I am told is not accurate to what we see in the film and that turns out to be true.

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But honestly, I don't care. The robot mode is far more iconic to the film than the alt mode is, and if I had to freeze frame a clip just to make sure it was inaccurate I think its safe to say that it is not something I would have known off hand. My bigger issue is the giant claw hand sticks out in the back so it looks like this tank has a bad case of hemorrhoids. I will say that the original ROTF voyager Megatron mold rolls much better than this one. Maybe I have the treads misaligned but mine does not roll at all. In the end, I like this sleeker tank and I really like those twin guns it has at the side.

I do like this toy even though I never liked the alt mode but I do wish pieces did not fall off. The robot mode is awesome enough, just don't turn it to the side.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967318)
Posted by Cyrano on June 28th, 2018 @ 12:37am CDT
Thanks for putting in the effort to do this, I always get a lot more out of photo reviews than video. This guy seems pretty competently done overall and is certainly a better film likeness than the previous efforts, but for once I don't think that's an advantage. I find the old green crabtank voyager a lot more interesting and satisfying, almost charming. The face on that one is pretty hard to beat. All the same, I'm really glad that this exists for those that have pined for a film accurate version.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967349)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 28th, 2018 @ 4:31am CDT
Now if only my Laval TrU would bother getting new stock....
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967350)
Posted by Bucky on June 28th, 2018 @ 4:52am CDT
Don’t know how long they’ll last, but SS Brawl and Megatron are both on Amazon for regular retail price of $29.99 each, with release dates for July 3rd and 5th respectively.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967375)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 28th, 2018 @ 9:29am CDT
Had Megatron for weeks now and I really enjoy it. Heck, I barely even notice the hollowness anymore (I sometimes have the guns positioned downwards under the arms anyways and there's many other TF figures that are somewhat hollow from the sides... many movie Bumblebees tend to be) and never even noticed any issue with the neck or feet that you point out. The only thing that does bug me about the feet is the little grey wheels used for rolling in tank mode. I'll probably paint them black sometime soon so they ain't as noticable. The rear knee pieces had come off a couple times when I first got him but they were easily fixed. I really like the tank mode too. Definitely one of my fave non-realistic tank forms of any TF. Overall I found this figure to be a lot of fun. :) Would have been nice to have the metallic paintjob but I guess it couldn't fit in the figure's allocated budget like it did for little Jazz.

(that Hun-grr looks kinda bad... though I had the old G1 figure and suppose that's what an update would probably look like but he was never a particularly good looking design in either mode. The Terrorcons in general were ugly things so I never bothered to get the rest of the team at the time. That Drift reminds me how random and bizarre making him a triple changer was cos no toy can seemingly reproduce it all in one)

Studio Series Optimus, who is the smallest voyager Optimus Prime figure we have ever gotten so far (for any line).


I got a DotM Voyager Optimus Prime in charity shop a couple weeks ago and he's a tiny smidge shorter than Studio Prime and noticablly smaller in the torso (really odd proportions...I don't know what they were thinking with that one).
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967442)
Posted by CobraKai on June 28th, 2018 @ 3:59pm CDT
Great pictorial review. I agree this is much better than a 30-40 minute video of you tubers listening to themselves talk. More please.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967490)
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on June 28th, 2018 @ 10:16pm CDT
I just got SS Brawl from a fellow collector. I wasn't going to buy him, but he was cheap. Glad I did, because he's really pretty cool.

Blows away the Deluxe, for sure. Some say he's better than the Leader. I have to disagree, but the SS is pretty cool all around.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967496)
Posted by william-james88 on June 28th, 2018 @ 10:51pm CDT
Cyrano wrote:Thanks for putting in the effort to do this, I always get a lot more out of photo reviews than video.


CobraKai wrote:Great pictorial review. I agree this is much better than a 30-40 minute video of you tubers listening to themselves talk. More please.


This is very kind of you. I do these because I myself much preffer pictorial reviews. And I dont see them around much anymore. I ony do them when I have something to say for a new product and this year Canada hasnt gotten stuff first so I am usually too late to the party. Wasnt sure if Megatron was too late or not. Would you guys like me to do Brawl?
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967501)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 28th, 2018 @ 11:14pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Would you guys like me to do Brawl?

Yes ;)^

I will read any figure you review
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967502)
Posted by william-james88 on June 28th, 2018 @ 11:25pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Would you guys like me to do Brawl?

Yes ;)^

I will read any figure you review

That is most kind, thank you.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967610)
Posted by galvatron00 on June 29th, 2018 @ 1:15pm CDT
@Carnivus Prime: Those videos you posted were awesome!! Subscribed to that channel now, thanks!

@WJ88: Excellent write up!! I suggest creating a thread of your own just for that. Go through all the bots ever, I'll read all of them!! ;)^ :APPLAUSE:
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967633)
Posted by william-james88 on June 29th, 2018 @ 3:10pm CDT
itscramtastic wrote:@Carnivus Prime: Those videos you posted were awesome!! Subscribed to that channel now, thanks!

@WJ88: Excellent write up!! I suggest creating a thread of your own just for that. Go through all the bots ever, I'll read all of them!! ;)^ :APPLAUSE:

Thanks but its quite a bit of work and I dont have the time with my babies to take care of. So it will only be the one off here and there. Thanks for the encouragement though, I culd do more when I have the time.
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967635)
Posted by galvatron00 on June 29th, 2018 @ 3:12pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:@Carnivus Prime: Those videos you posted were awesome!! Subscribed to that channel now, thanks!

@WJ88: Excellent write up!! I suggest creating a thread of your own just for that. Go through all the bots ever, I'll read all of them!! ;)^ :APPLAUSE:
Thanks but its quite a bit of work and I dont have the time with my babies to take care of. So it will only be the one off here and there. Thanks for the encouragement though, I culd do more when I have the time.
Oh I totally get it, I'm just mentioning the audience is definitely there!

Also, Studio Series Starscream is my new favorite not Walmart MP Starscream Starscream figure. If that makes sense. :lol:
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967683)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 30th, 2018 @ 2:08am CDT
itscramtastic wrote:@Carnivus Prime: Those videos you posted were awesome!! Subscribed to that channel now, thanks!


They really are. I wish there were more but of course that kind of thing is extremely time-consuming and I'm amazed at the skill and patience of those that make them. :)
Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1967700)
Posted by galvatron00 on June 30th, 2018 @ 7:24am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:@Carnivus Prime: Those videos you posted were awesome!! Subscribed to that channel now, thanks!
They really are. I wish there were more but of course that kind of thing is extremely time-consuming and I'm amazed at the skill and patience of those that make them. :)
It’s pretty wild. Stop motion is always awesome to me ;)^

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