The Energon Pub

[First-Aid]

You know, I know bumblebee is there mascot but I agree 7 bumblebees is a little too much. Who wants some characters we haven't gotten yet? Give me the garbage truck in dark of the moon as a leader!!!!or a screen accurate dino!!!

Leader class Scorn or Slug. I'd poop the bed over those...

[-Kanrabat-]

One day, I'm gonna get Jazz and Megs. One day...

[Jelze Bunnycat]

OK guys, done dissecting the mixed listings, as expected Studio Series entries may have been in there, tho not many:

Deluxe
Dino
Barricade
Sideswipe
Crankcase
Drift

Leader Class
Jetfire
Megatron

The rest seem to be either WFC or Bumblebee movie items.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Yay for Dino and Jetfire.

[Wolfman Jake]

Leader Class Studio Series Megatron, huh? Maybe it will be his Dark of the Moon truck form? I'm guessing he'll be a smaller Leader figure and some of the "bulk" will be taken out of robot mode and put into accessories, like his shotgun and his cape and cowl.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I suspect the Leader Class Shockwave to be part of the Studio Series as well, but can anyone provide info on his height compared to Optimus?

[Carnivius_Prime]

This is third party but since it's an upgrade kit for a Studio figure I thought it best to post here so collectors of Studio won't miss it.

In addition to their upcoming Grimlock upgrade kit (who badly needs it, especially that new dino tail and robot hands), DNA Design have a Megatron kit coming out which notably adds new side sections that are small wings in tank mode and fold up to cover up some of the hollow sides of the robot mode and a right hand to have in place of his stabby gun arm if you want to.

More at https://www.facebook.com/dnadesign.dna/ ... 4790141365

[Rodimus Knight]

Speaking of the Studio Series line, it looks like the VW Bug version of Bumblebee won't be available on the Hasbro site, unless it gets added just before the sale starts.

That mold is coming out in a bunch of different ways. The exclusive releases are retailer specific, so of course HTS wouldt have them, but there is no reason to suspect that they wont have the mass retail release of the mold, SS 18.

I'm specifically talking about the SDCC gold version, with the two cassette. The Vol 2 version.

Its retailer exclusive rather than convention exclusive, so no it wont be available there.

Have the announced the retailer that has it, cause everything else I've seen sounded like it was a convention thing.

[Carnivius_Prime]

For UK collectors Kapow Toys has the gold VW Bee set for £59.99 pre-order. Which is more than i was hoping to pay for a Deluxe toy I really want stuck with G1 cassettes I don't want at all so am wondering how much thsoe tapes are worth to a G1 collector.

https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... ghway.html

They had a listing for the gold Camaro set but that seems to have disappeared and it was £64.99.

[william-james88]

Speaking of the Studio Series line, it looks like the VW Bug version of Bumblebee won't be available on the Hasbro site, unless it gets added just before the sale starts.

That mold is coming out in a bunch of different ways. The exclusive releases are retailer specific, so of course HTS wouldt have them, but there is no reason to suspect that they wont have the mass retail release of the mold, SS 18.

I'm specifically talking about the SDCC gold version, with the two cassette. The Vol 2 version.

Its retailer exclusive rather than convention exclusive, so no it wont be available there.

Have the announced the retailer that has it, cause everything else I've seen sounded like it was a convention thing.

Hasbro stated entertainment earth, you can preorder it right now

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/prod ... ve/hse1891

[Carnivius_Prime]

You know, I know bumblebee is there mascot but I agree 7 bumblebees is a little too much. Who wants some characters we haven't gotten yet? Give me the garbage truck in dark of the moon as a leader!!!!or a screen accurate dino!!!

Leader class Scorn or Slug. I'd poop the bed over those...

Saw a custom Leader Class Scorn on eBay today. Made from an AoE Leader Class Grimlock (suppose that makes that mold good for something). If a Hasbro one looks like this (but with the spikes the listing says is missing) and that nice metal paintwork I might be tempted.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232860695282?ul_noapp=true

[Sabrblade]

You know, I know bumblebee is there mascot but I agree 7 bumblebees is a little too much. Who wants some characters we haven't gotten yet? Give me the garbage truck in dark of the moon as a leader!!!!or a screen accurate dino!!!

Leader class Scorn or Slug. I'd poop the bed over those...

Saw a custom Leader Class Scorn on eBay today. Made from an AoE Leader Class Grimlock (suppose that makes that mold good for something). If a Hasbro one looks like this (but with the spikes the listing says is missing) and that nice metal paintwork I might be tempted.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232860695282?ul_noapp=true

There's also a bunch of Legos in that custom, so a Hasbro-made one would have to be even more different.

[Carnivius_Prime]

You know, I know bumblebee is there mascot but I agree 7 bumblebees is a little too much. Who wants some characters we haven't gotten yet? Give me the garbage truck in dark of the moon as a leader!!!!or a screen accurate dino!!!

Leader class Scorn or Slug. I'd poop the bed over those...

Saw a custom Leader Class Scorn on eBay today. Made from an AoE Leader Class Grimlock (suppose that makes that mold good for something). If a Hasbro one looks like this (but with the spikes the listing says is missing) and that nice metal paintwork I might be tempted.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232860695282?ul_noapp=true

There's also a bunch of Legos in that custom (the whole tail, for instance), so a Hasbro-made one would have to be even more different.

Well yeah i wasn't saying it would look exactly like that but it gives enough of an idea how a Hasbro Leader Class Studio figure could look of Scorn that even I (who didn't really care for the Deluxe or Voyager Scorns) may be tempted to fork out for one if it had the size and paintjob to match Grimlock.

[Carnivius_Prime]

For UK collectors Kapow Toys has the gold VW Bee set for £59.99 pre-order. Which is more than i was hoping to pay for a Deluxe toy I really want stuck with G1 cassettes I don't want at all so am wondering how much thsoe tapes are worth to a G1 collector.

https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... ghway.html

They had a listing for the gold Camaro set but that seems to have disappeared and it was £64.99.

Another UK website has the gold VW set for pre-order also for £59.99
https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... p-highway/

They also had the gold camaro set for £69.99 but sold out and more annoyingly they also had Studio Ironhide for pre-order but sold that out already too before i found them. Still it seems a site worth bookmarking and checking back from time to time.

[william-james88]

For UK collectors Kapow Toys has the gold VW Bee set for £59.99 pre-order. Which is more than i was hoping to pay for a Deluxe toy I really want stuck with G1 cassettes I don't want at all so am wondering how much thsoe tapes are worth to a G1 collector.

https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... ghway.html

They had a listing for the gold Camaro set but that seems to have disappeared and it was £64.99.

Another UK website has the gold VW set for pre-order also for £59.99
https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... p-highway/

Thats MSRP, so they are getting it directly from Hasbro, interesting.

[Va'al]

New con video!

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... uzz/41674/

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Yay for a Dino hopefully finally! and a new Jetfire and Sideswipe! I hope those are real.

What happened to Bonecrusher though? That is the guy I am dying for here!

[Prime Target]

Can we please have more releases after 25? For me this line has always been about getting new, good versions out of crappy toys from the past and they'res soooooooooooooooooo many more we still need.Right now they're really only at the
Tip of the iceberg.

Here's the Characters I think need Studio Series releases

Deluxe:

.Roadbuster
.Leadfoot
.Topspin
.Twin Twist (Topspin repaint based on his "Autobot Armor" Dark of the moon repaint)
.2007 Concept Camaro Bumblebee
.Cliffjumper (Repaint of the figure above both continuing the legacy and calling back to the 2008 Allspark Power Repaint)
. Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee
. Dark of the Moon Bumblebee
. Crankcase (Crowbar repaint/Beserker head pretool)
. Hatchet
. Skids
. Mudflap
. Sideswipe
. Soundwave
. Barricade with Frenzy
. Bumblebee movie Barricade
. Dropkick (car)
. Shatter (car)
. Shatter (jet)
. Dino (Mirage)
. Que (Wheeljack)
. Sideways
. Jolt
. Arcee
. Chromia
. Elita-1




Voyager:

. Bonecrusher
. 2007 Megatron
. Dark of the Moon Megatron
. Demolisher
. Shockwave
. Galvatron
. Jetfire (A normal figure with the ability to Partsform into armor and weapons for Studio Series Optimus)
. Skywarp (Nitro Zeus repaint)
. Daytrader
. Onslaught
. The Fallen

Leader:

.Grindor (Light blue Blackout repaint)

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Yay for a Dino hopefully finally! and a new Jetfire and Sideswipe! I hope those are real.

What happened to Bonecrusher though? That is the guy I am dying for here!

Should still be there, in fact his product code (E3745) along with the new Optimus Prime's (E3747), fits like a charm among Leader Class Megatron's and Jetfire's

[RotorstormNZ]

Here's the Characters I think need Studio Series releases
<SNIP>
.2007 Concept Camaro Bumblebee
. Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee
. Dark of the Moon Bumblebee

Please, no more Studio Series Bumblebees. Not for a while, anyway. Please.

For what it's worth, I'm on board with the idea of SS Devastator. Despite the "alien scrotum" I thought he was an amazing presence on screen and an incredible achievement in CGI. I loved the Legends figure but always wanted a decent one somewhat in-scale with the main toys. Devastator was a major reason why I went to see the movie twice in the cinema. I know it'll be expensive but, done to the same quality as the rest of the line, it'll be worth it and very well-received.

I wish I'd been at SDCC to ask John Warden and the team about when in the new movie we see the two different gold Bees and the four cassettes. I'm getting real tired of not-seen-on-screen characters/toys getting the SS treatment. I know I don't have to buy them but given the objective of the line it seems like a waste of time.

[Deadput]

I wish I'd been at SDCC to ask John Warden and the team about when in the new movie we see the two different gold Bees and the four cassettes. I'm getting real tired of not-seen-on-screen characters/toys getting the SS treatment. I know I don't have to buy them but given the objective of the line it seems like a waste of time.

They might be numbered but their exclusives and are not taking actual places in the Studio Series line away from any other potential figure.

Unless you wanted actual characters like Barricade and Sideswipe to be exclusives.

[Qwan]

I wish I'd been at SDCC to ask John Warden and the team about when in the new movie we see the two different gold Bees and the four cassettes. I'm getting real tired of not-seen-on-screen characters/toys getting the SS treatment. I know I don't have to buy them but given the objective of the line it seems like a waste of time.

They might be numbered but their exclusives and are not taking actual places in the Studio Series line away from any other potential figure.

Unless you wanted actual characters like Barricade and Sideswipe to be exclusives.

This. Better to have "non-movie" characters, i.e. shiny redecos of existing toys, as exclusives than to have say, Barricade (or even, more realistically, the Wreckers or something) only be obtainable by paying inflated prices and/or attending one specific convention in the entire world ever.

[-Kanrabat-]

I wish I'd been at SDCC to ask John Warden and the team about when in the new movie we see the two different gold Bees and the four cassettes. I'm getting real tired of not-seen-on-screen characters/toys getting the SS treatment. I know I don't have to buy them but given the objective of the line it seems like a waste of time.

They might be numbered but their exclusives and are not taking actual places in the Studio Series line away from any other potential figure.

Unless you wanted actual characters like Barricade and Sideswipe to be exclusives.

This. Better to have "non-movie" characters, i.e. shiny redecos of existing toys, as exclusives than to have say, Barricade (or even, more realistically, the Wreckers or something) only be obtainable by paying inflated prices and/or attending one specific convention in the entire world ever.

Remembering DOTM's deluxe Q, Leadfoot, Soundwave, HA Soundwave...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Yay for a Dino hopefully finally! and a new Jetfire and Sideswipe! I hope those are real.

What happened to Bonecrusher though? That is the guy I am dying for here!

Should still be there, in fact his product code (E3745) along with the new Optimus Prime's (E3747), fits like a charm among Leader Class Megatron's and Jetfire's

Makes me wonder if they are going to attempt the Jetfire/OP combination again in SS, or if Jetfire will remain just Jetfire, no armor mode.

Would be cool for them to revisit the idea and improve it though, much like I wish they would with Devastator

[RotorstormNZ]

They might be numbered but their exclusives and are not taking actual places in the Studio Series line away from any other potential figure.

Unless you wanted actual characters like Barricade and Sideswipe to be exclusives.

I think I mustn't understand how numbered lines work - I thought the numbers meant they were part of the Studio Series, even if not available at standard retail?