The Energon Pub

[shajaki]

[Autobot Roadburn]

Oh my god. I feel like the dinosaur mode is a bit mistransformed, but that robot mode - OH my GOD. I NEED that.

[shajaki]

[Hellscream9999]

Jazz actually looks pretty great here, as does lockdown and brawl...

EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE IS AMAZING

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Jazz actually looks pretty great here, as does lockdown and brawl...

EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE IS AMAZING

I second that!

Even the figures that I didn't like at first are looking better, I'm really looking forwards to reveals for the future waves, particularly that Nitro Thundercracker.

Anyways, tried to order the deluxe Bee but it was going to be $28-30, so I'll just wait till April. I have the movie the best Bee hopefully arriving soon to tie me over till then!

[william-james88]

Didn't the TLK line lower our expectations?

No, they made our expectations HIGHER. Especially because the figures were between 1/3 and 1/2 MORE expensive. I was expecting RotF level of engeneering and premium paint. Very few figures had both.

That isnt what I meant, nor what Hellscream meant. We were talking about our expectations now that we have seen the TLK line. Toys like Barricade, any Bee, Leader Dragonstorm and so forth. There were some gems, I admit, but when you look at the amount of repaints and crappy QC, I would say this was the worst movie line so far (DOTM being second worse, no toy in this line was as good as that leader Sentinel Prime).

While I positively hate the design of movie Grimlock, that new toy us simply amazing in its faithfulness to the screen.

Goddammit, I might have to buy it out of respect......

Wait until the news I am about to post. There is some wonky stuff going on in that toy.

Does anyone else feel this line kinda pulled the rug out from under the 'movie the best' line? Like, they aren't even out yet, and now we have this line's full reveal, almost all of these figures beat out the 'movie the best version', like jazz and lockdown and megs and starscream, and almost everyone else beyond o/p

I thought so when I bought that MB 11 and then saw that an MPM Prime was coming out. Turns out, MB 11 is a much better figure than MPM Prime. The quality on that toy is simply astounding and it was even cheaper too. Looking at auctions like these, it is impossible for me to feel bad about that purchase
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Takara-Tomy-MB- ... SwlFdaeEgM

The MB line is a way to experience molds you wanted in the best way possible, so I dont see any downsides unless people only want 1 toy for each character.

[Emerje]

Oh, forgot to mention earlier, the second Starscream from wave 4 based on his Revenge of the Fallen look will probably be the one that comes with the saw blade weapon.

Emerje

[Overcracker]

I thought so when I bought that MB 11 and then saw that an MPM Prime was coming out. Turns out, MB 11 is a much better figure than MPM Prime. The quality on that toy is simply astounding and it was even cheaper too. Looking at auctions like these, it is impossible for me to feel bad about that purchase
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Takara-Tomy-MB- ... SwlFdaeEgM

The MB line is a way to experience molds you wanted in the best way possible, so I don't see any downsides unless people only want 1 toy for each character.

Ohh, wow, that's gone up.

Payed around 70 or so for mine back when I pre-ordered. And yes its an astounding figure still. Even if it is technically a 9 year old mold.

[william-james88]

As said before, a fun consolation prize of the brand unification is that now Takara's promotional material and official images are all related to toys even western fans will be able to buy locally.

Takara's official product site has started filling in their Transformers Studio Series listings with images. So far we have images of the robot modes and alt modes for Leaders Grimlock and Blackout along with Voyager Starscream. We also get our best look yet at Scorponok. As with all takara images, these are not renders but images of the actual toys. However, it seems the colours are not final (or the lighting is off) since their Grimlock appears to lack the green and be more grey instead. Wouldn't be the first time with Takara though.

Also, there seems to be some mistransformation going on with Grimlock looking more gappy than ever before. We also get the best sense of Grimlock's transformation. Thee pictures show us that one of his shoulders is made up of a fake t-res head that is stored upside down near his lower back, with the t-rex teeth doubling as dorsal spikes.

[ZeroWolf]

That is some serious mistransformation there or possibly a very loose connection? Mt bet is the former but I wouldn't like a figure that looks that stunning to be bad quality.

[Va'al]

To round off our batch of new official images from Hasbro - and Takara Tomy, for that matter - and asa supplement to our previous posts on this topic (as seen here and here) you can now also browse our New York Toy Fair 2018 gallery for the Transformers Studio Series movie toyline, with its new offerings of previously released characters since 2007!

The images below include the three different sized classes we saw at both Toy Fair and Wonderfest, Deluxe, Voyager and Leader, and include:

• Deluxe Bumblebee, Crowbar, Jazz, Lockdown, Ratchet, Stinger
• Voyager Megatron, Brawl, Optimus Prime, Starscream
• Leader Grimlock, Blackout

Check it all out below, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub!

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LEADER CLASS

[ScottyP]

Got my shipping notification from HTS for the Wave 1 Deluxes this morning. They'll be here tomorrow, neat!

[Ironhidensh]

Got my shipping notification from HTS for the Wave 1 Deluxes this morning. They'll be here tomorrow, neat!

Same here. That's a lot quicker than normal. Usually HTS takes 4 or 5 days to get to me.

[Carnivius_Prime]

That isnt what I meant, nor what Hellscream meant. We were talking about our expectations now that we have seen the TLK line. Toys like Barricade, any Bee, Leader Dragonstorm and so forth.

I don't know what you mean here. I loved Barricade and Wave 3 Bee. Never got Dragonstorm cos they were too expensive and I've missed out on the super cheap price reduction at B&M (sold all out) but yeah Barry is cool and W3 Bee is my fave Deluxe Bee toy ever.

What colour is Grimlock actually then? He seems to differ in pics. And yeah one of the t-rex shots definitely has them forgotten to turn the chest piece upwards but never mind. I really wanna see his back and see how that fake t-rex head goes in and if it blends it nicely (it looks fine from the sides) or if his t-rex back is ruined like his PotP counterpart.

[Lunatic Prime]

Review for Studio Series Stinger



And I haven't been able to report this via the link that's in Va'al's Signature because it doesn't acknowledge my Email-address

[Bounti76]

Fresh from his reveal at ToyFair and surprise availability right after, we have a review of Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Deluxe Stinger, courtesy of fellow Seibertronian and regular reviewer Chuckdawg1999! Read on to find out what Chuck has to say, and then watch the review to see what you think of this figure.

Hasbro does love doing the surprise drop every now and then don't they? Fresh from their NY Toy Fair panel comes the Studio Series line of movie figures. Stinger is the first original mold, deluxe class figure we've gotten of the Age of Extinction character and it's, ok. Transformation is the best part if a bit fiddly while robot mode is just ok. A few more tabs to lock things in here in there would've made me happier about the old bot mode. Maybe a transforming gun arm too? I can only recommend the figure for those die-hard Stinger fans as I think there might be better options for general movie fans elsewhere in wave 1.

Are you planning on picking Stinger up? Is he already on his way to your house? (Mine is.) Stinger and the rest of the Wave 1 Deluxes can be found here, but quantities are limited until a restock in April. Let us know what you think below!

[CJPrime931]

I prefer the Takara Lost Age Stinger over this.

[reluctantyouth]

Bummer...he is fiddly but I'm not going to cancel my order...really like the car mold.

[Rated X]

Ugh....the joy of transforming movie toys. I will end up getting him though. Im still keeping up with my collection of movie decepticons. I stopped with the autobots after DOTM. But what we really need now is a deluxe Hatchet that transforms into an SUV to complete the trio. Bonus points if they can make dreadbot that turns into a rusted VW van or whatever he was.

[-Kanrabat-]

Jazz actually looks pretty great here, as does lockdown and brawl...

EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE IS AMAZING

You can say that again.

[dragons]

Bummer...he is fiddly but I'm not going to cancel my order...really like the car mold.

i dont see jello mold i do see toy bot mode is ok back roof section on arm is really bad place for roof secion maybe it pops off

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Why you crapping so badly on the line Will? This line looks amazing (minus Optimus), and with Grimlock, that fake head is basically seamless, dunno why it's getting such a hard time from you.

And TLK had some great molds. Barricade was a good toy, not overly lackluster, and the voyagers killed it, and there is no real indication that they are gonna drop in quality except for the above mentioned Optimus. TLK killed it with many figures, and Hasbro seems to be going strong again here.

Lockdown and Jazz are really cool! Except for some smaller feet, Jazz continues to look perfect. Love Lockdowns weapons. And if the thing about the saw is true for Starscream, I'll wait for his tattooed self to get the saw.

I'm hoping Megs does end up silver, but he is a buy either way.

[DMSL]

Not digging the design of the botmode, so i will pass. The carmode looks beautiful though.

[Hellscream9999]

Why you crapping so badly on the line Will? This line looks amazing (minus Optimus), and with Grimlock, that fake head is basically seamless, dunno why it's getting such a hard time from you.

And TLK had some great molds. Barricade was a good toy, not overly lackluster, and the voyagers killed it, and there is no real indication that they are gonna drop in quality except for the above mentioned Optimus. TLK killed it with many figures, and Hasbro seems to be going strong again here.

Lockdown and Jazz are really cool! Except for some smaller feet, Jazz continues to look perfect. Love Lockdowns weapons. And if the thing about the saw is true for Starscream, I'll wait for his tattooed self to get the saw.

I'm hoping Megs does end up silver, but he is a buy either way.

There's been a noticeable amount of salt floating around here since toy fair, not sure why though, but, this line has me so seriously stoked for movie toys, I'm pretty nostalgic for them too, would love a great movie jazz and lockdown, as their first versions were pretty lackluster, gonna get everything probably 'cept the leaders

[ZeroWolf]

Do you mean salt just about this line or in general?