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Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:24 am

KILL ZEE LEETLE ONE!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:24 am

One mystery leads to another.

Scrapmetal is so very RID2001 Grimlock that I kind of want to see the whole Build Team made out of RotF Devastator.

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:51 am

AH GODDAMIT! #-o

Now there's a Megatron with ACTUAL PAINT. I knew I bought my SS Megatron too quickly.
This one seem much better through the packaging. Looking forward in hand images.

Website · by **DMSL** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:55 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:
DMSL wrote:The sculpts are great, but the studio series scale is WAAAAY off. No way is it okay that an SUV or a car like Ratchet is the same size as a sedan. Those cars should have all been voyager class and figures like Megs, Prime, Starscream etc should have been leaders. Blackout should have been way bigger than that.

They are in scale, they're going off of the official robot mode scale chart, the vehicle mode scale doesn't matter to them

Even the botmodes are not correct, Prime is smaller than Megatron and Blackout, which should be the biggest Decepticon is not the biggest. :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 6 · by **Ig89ninja** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:59 am

I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!! :lol:

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:00 am

Oh wow, Scrapmetal is pretty charming! I may end up getting him if I see him.

by **Glarryg** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:39 am

If Battle Damaged Megs has his stylish head wound, does he also have his cannon arm ripped off?

Also, that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:57 am

DMSL wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
DMSL wrote:The sculpts are great, but the studio series scale is WAAAAY off. No way is it okay that an SUV or a car like Ratchet is the same size as a sedan. Those cars should have all been voyager class and figures like Megs, Prime, Starscream etc should have been leaders. Blackout should have been way bigger than that.

They are in scale, they're going off of the official robot mode scale chart, the vehicle mode scale doesn't matter to them

Even the botmodes are not correct, Prime is smaller than Megatron and Blackout, which should be the biggest Decepticon is not the biggest.

Who’s a bigger Decepticon from the Studio Series so far? Because remember, Studio Series is running off of a new Robot Mode Scale, not one that already exists from previous movie toy lines.

News Credits: 4 · by **transformnerd114** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:18 pm

Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

News Credits: 4854 · by **william-james88** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:23 pm

transformnerd114 wrote:
Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

Its not being mentionned now because everyone already did back when he was first revealed, and we have moved on since.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:26 pm

transformnerd114 wrote:
Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

I doubt that actually. In this day and age, reusing parts and bit of engineering is so commonplace, everything is called a retool :lol:

To be fair, the legs and the arms are similar in construction, but Scrapmetal is all new in the part department, so technically not a retool in the slightest.

And #31 is a battle-damaged Megatron? Surprising. Good call on the head, Hasbro :shock:

News Credits: 4854 · by **william-james88** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:38 pm

We are updating the article below with more images of Studio Series SS 31 Battle Damaged Revenge of the Fallen Megatron from Robot Kingdom's Facebook page and Stanley Cheung on Facebook. These show the head in a close up as well as the darker plastic being used and the deco. We also see the back of the box which tells us that the backdrop will be the Egyptian temple where Prime battles both Megatron and the Fallen, leaving one with part of his head missing and the other without a face.

Knowing at least half a year's worth of the 2019 Studio Series offerings, there was one glaring unknown: SS 31. Well, now we know both what it is and why we had not heard of it before. SS 31 turns out to be none other than voyager Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Megartron with Battle Damage. That damage includes a new darker deco and a new head to reflect what he looked like at the end of ROTF. This was revealed on Hobbybase's Facebook page where it seems to be available in that particular store in Hong Kong.

The listing on Robot Kingdom tells us why we had not heard of it yet, it is an exclusive item. We do not know yet who in the US will be carrying this exclusive item, but judging at how easy every other Studio Series exclusive has been to order or obtain in the US, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:54 pm

william-james88 wrote:
transformnerd114 wrote:
Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

Its not being mentionned now because everyone already did back when he was first revealed, and we have moved on since.

I didn’t notice until you pointed it out just now.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:08 pm

...and at last, the mystery is solved, and everything is right with the line again. I have no interest in this figure, but I am very glad to have all the numbers accounted for. Does that make me OCD (an Order-Controlled Decepticon)? I dunno.

Also I still really want Scrapmetal, he looks so fun to just have around and pose.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:46 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:...and at last, the mystery is solved, and everything is right with the line again. I have no interest in this figure, but I am very glad to have all the numbers accounted for. Does that make me OCD (an Order-Controlled Decepticon)? I dunno.

Also I still really want Scrapmetal, he looks so fun to just have around and pose.

I'm not even collecting these figures, and I'm glad the numbers all work now (even if it is a pretty low -hainging-fruit repaint) with a new head. Transformers and numbers-in-series has always been a BIG deal for me

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News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:47 pm

I like it, it's different enough from the regular version for me, may have to get both :lol:

Though, I wonder when they'll attempt another Fallen toy.

As for that Scrapmetal, what class is he again? Voyager?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:00 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I like it, it's different enough from the regular version for me, may have to get both Though, I wonder when they'll attempt another Fallen toy.

As for that Scrapmetal, what class is he again? Voyager?

Deluxe (argument against retool: different Class), along with Hightower. By contrast, Rampage and Long Haul are Voyagers.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:44 pm

Scrapmetal just seems to be re-using a lot of ideas and general concepts and improving on them. There can't be that many ways to turn an excavator into a robot?

I like his digitigrade legs and Muppet hands.

Know what else he vaguely resembles?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:51 pm

Catching up on a few topics:

I would not mind if they made a Bumblebee movie Wheeljack. I have grown to really love that design. He's my favorite Cybertron mode of the movie bots, period.

I'm super excited for the voyagers, leaders, and WWII Bee. I'm saving an amazon card to help buy them once they arrive.

The combination with Jetfire and Prime looks pretty dang good. I'm happy with it and can't wait to get it beside the RotF version.

As for a wishlist, I'm glad you brought this up Densh. Here is mine before this line ends, besides what is already known to be coming (constructicons wise really since we are getting Devastator [squeals]) and in order of appearance:

-Movie 1 Megatron (the existing voyager was my first TF ever, I want an update to stand beside him)
-Skids + Mudflap in their RotF chevy bodies (I got the Ice Cream Truck and DotM versions, DotM skids isn't good at all)
-Dino
-car Soundwave
-Leadfoot
-Roadbuster (needs weaponized)
-Topspin, if necessary. The first is already awesome
-voyager Slug
-WWII Hot Rod
-Proper Infernocus (preferably leader sized)
-Onslaught
-Mohawk

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:19 am

I'll have to get that new Megatron and sell off the old one.

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:55 am

My Studio Series crew! (Minus Ironhide and Beetlebee, plus DOTM Crankcase (formerly TLK Berserker)

Figured I’d get a group shot to send off 2018!

News Credits: 4854 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:13 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll have to get that new Megatron and sell off the old one.

I did that with Optimus, thats why i always buy my figures as cheap as possible. So that i can then sell them as equally cheap if ever need be and not be stuck with a bunch of unwanted figures.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:26 am

this line is not going to be one I actively collect, i think. just a handful of figures that stand out to me

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:09 am

Well I’m all in for this Battle Damage Megatron. I love that he’s actually painted, and not just plain grey plastic.

I’m so glad I just picked up some of the RotF Constructicons, because these SS ones are looking pretty lack luster so far, in terms of bot modes. I know they had to make some sacrifices to form a combiner. I’ll still be getting them though.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:23 am

carytheone wrote:Scrapmetal just seems to be re-using a lot of ideas and general concepts and improving on them. There can't be that many ways to turn an excavator into a robot?

That's what I see the most, especially because of the hands. Interesting how they're all combiners.

Emerje