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[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Was surprised to see this guy back on shelves at Target! Has its own dedicated shelf space and it’s 24.99 instead of 19.99 (kinda like the A-level deluxes)

[Emerje]

He showed up on Target.com a few weeks ago too. I guess they pulled some strings to get another Bee in stores.

Emerje

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Thanks to all your lists, we now have our Top 16, bracket, and calendar for this year's Studio Series September fan tournament! We had a huge influx of lists from multiple different sites this year, nearly doubling last year's number. And along with that, we have a different tournament roster this year - some carried over from our first bracket in 2022, along with some new faces!

A couple notes on our new roster:

- All 3 unreleased AOE Dinobots made the bracket this year! Scorn was our only Dinobot in 2022.
- AOE Hound made a massive leap from 15th seed in 2022 to our top ranked seed this year!
- ROTB Stratosphere is our first character from outside the Bayverse to make the on-screen tournament! There were a handful that were voted for (Cybertron Shatter/Dropkick, different versions of ROTB Mirage), but Stratosphere is the first to make the top 16!
- Our runner-ups for the top 16 were AOE Concept Camaro Bumblebee, Evasion Mode Optimus Prime, and ROTF/DOTM Decepticon Protoform, all of whom were on the bracket in 2022.

I'll be posting links to the voting pages here when they go up. See you soon!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Voting for rounds 1-4 is live! It'll continue for 48 hours.

Link: https://forms.gle/CyVFXi3Vu7wHxX7s7

[Emerje]

My picks:
Frenzy - absolute must, should have been done in the first wave of SS Core figure.
Barricade - should have already happened, would have been easy to retool the previous AoE figure like they did the Dreads.
Devcon - Still feels like a wishlist figure that will never happen, but I'll vote for him every time.
Dispensor - Time for a Mountain Dew collaboration, stick him in a 2 pack with the Oreo machine guy (impossible, I know).

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I voted for both dinobots, Dispensor, and Frenzy. Frenzy not being in core yet is a crime, and not just because a make believe Bee movie Frenzy got made first

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

My picks:
Frenzy - absolute must, should have been done in the first wave of SS Core figure.
Barricade - should have already happened, would have been easy to retool the previous AoE figure like they did the Dreads.
Devcon - Still feels like a wishlist figure that will never happen, but I'll vote for him every time.
Dispensor - Time for a Mountain Dew collaboration, stick him in a 2 pack with the Oreo machine guy (impossible, I know).

Emerje

I voted for both dinobots, Dispensor, and Frenzy. Frenzy not being in core yet is a crime, and not just because a make believe Bee movie Frenzy got made first

Thanks for the votes everyone! We still have another 24 hours or so of voting for anyone interested!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

The results are in! We saw an upper seed sweep this year, but several matches were very close! AOE/TLK Prime beat Dispensor by only 2 votes.

See you on Friday for the next set of rounds!

[Overcracker]

Emgo gets the chance to give us special reveal from Hasbro .

Transformers One Studio Series Deluxe Elita-1

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Voting has arrived for rounds 5-8!

Link: https://forms.gle/WZfpkE8pjV8oN9WZ9

[chuckdawg1999]

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Really hate some of these matchups, Megatron and Zeus don't need new figures in my mind, while Que and Stratosphere both do

[Emerje]

Really hate some of these matchups, Megatron and Zeus don't need new figures in my mind, while Que and Stratosphere both do

I've definitely struggled a lot on this round. Ended up going with Megatron, Scorn, Onsaught and Stratosphere.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Really hate some of these matchups, Megatron and Zeus don't need new figures in my mind, while Que and Stratosphere both do

Nitro Zeus, I agree. But TLK Megatron is in desperate need of an upgrade. The old leader is sub-part and too big, while the voyager is almost perfect but too small.

A SS TLK leader that would use the old voyager as a base while fixing the kinks and make it a smidge bigger would be awesome.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Thanks for the votes everyone!

To weigh in on Nitro Zeus, I actually do think he needs a new figure. The TLK Nitro mold is super fun but it's also not super accurate to the movie (particularly with the arms and head sculpt). It's also much too tall for SS scale, Nitro is actually the same height as Ironhide in the movie!

[-Kanrabat-]

I finally got Bee Skywarp.

I would have preferred black instead of dark gray, but these colors work.

Also, the complete trio looks great.

(Thrust was sold months ago.)

[Sabrblade]

Hasbro PulseCon 2024:

Studio Series

Deluxe class TF One Bumblebee

Deluxe class TF One Elita-1

Voyager class TF One Sentinel Prime - triple-changer (jet, robot, armored robot) "He's somewhat of a triple-changer in the movie"


It was decided to hold off on Devastator for another month. Wait until 10/27. There will be BIG news around Devastator.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Just realized I didn't get the results of the last set of rounds earlier this week, so here they are along with the voting link for Rounds 9-12!

VOTING LINK: https://forms.gle/jcJvB498oC3yQ8DN8

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

The results are in for Rounds 9-12! Most of these matchups were very close, but there can only be one winner! (per round, that is xD)

We now have our final 4! Rounds 13 and 14 this Friday will determine our two finalists, and the following week will declare the overall tournament champion!

Are you looking for Devcon to reclaim his title, or are you rooting for a new champion? I'd like to hear your thoughts!

[Emerje]

TFOne Bumblebee, Elita and Sentinel Prime are up for preorder on Pulse. https://www.hasbropulse.com/collections ... dio-series

Emerje

[william-james88]

For those curious to know more about the upcoming Studio Series Transformers One deluxe Megatron, we have a video review of him. It comes from Emgo who got it through a big box from Hasbro that is given to influencers when a movie comes out. He goes with the other upcoming TF One SS figures more recently revealed. About those, TFOne Bumblebee, Elita and Sentinel Prime are up for preorder on Pulse. https://www.hasbropulse.com/collections ... dio-series

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Voting is here for this year's semifinals!

LINK: https://forms.gle/h4i2T56y5ZvqZbPF8

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

We have our finalists! See you all on Friday for the finale vote!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Looks like SS-49 Bumblebee isn’t our only Studio Series reissue coming to Target!

We have preorders for reissues of DOTM Soundwave (in his normal packaging) and ROTF Overload, who’s sporting some awesome new packaging as part of a new thing the packaging calls “Power Collection” and the description calls “MTMTE Collection”

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-s ... nk=sametab

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-s ... nk=sametab

[Emerje]

I was just coming to post that, but from Hasbro Pulse. Weird that they don't seem to know what the line is called, I'm guessing MTMTE was the working title and they forgot to change it.

I don't think Soundwave is part of that, though, I think he's going to be a straight reissue like the Bumblebee that's currently in stores.

Emerje