The Energon Pub

[YRQRM0]

I'm worried this will be yet another solid SS mold ruined by terrible cheap paint. I know it's not final but SS track record in the paint department is not great imo.

[Lore Keeper]

If that head is the Final Deco and it's not Black like it should be I'm not buying. It'd go against the Modus Operandi of the line of Screen accuracy and Scale and Jeep Bumblebee is both.

Despite being a completionist, I passed on Crankcase and KSI Boss. I'm not usually hung up on screen accuracy, but when that's the point of the entire toyline, these two should just not exist as is.

[TulioDude]

This mold looks great!

[Nathaniel Prime]

KSI Boss was still a great army builder with solid paint.

Crankcase on the other hand...

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

KSI Boss was still a great army builder with solid paint.

Crankcase on the other hand...

I’m still confused as to why they didn’t just repaint the Berserker mold for Crankcase. I know Berserker wasn’t great, but I still think it’s better figure than Crowbar, especially after gluing the arm panels on, which wouldn’t be difficult for Hasbro to do.

I’m sure Blitzwing’s head will be painted on the final version, like everyone’s said. The robot mode looks pretty well done, I’m just so bummed we didn’t get a licensed F-4 mode, or something that looks pretty close to an F-4. I’ll pass on Blitzwing and probably pick up Skipjack instead, since I didn’t get Rampage.

[Hellscream9999]

That head definitely looks weird.

It looks like a literal skull, I'm kinda down for that

[blackeyedprime]

I'm not sure screen accuracy has ever been the main goal of studio series going by all the ss figures that aren't. Not going to get my hopes up for a more accurate springer over the slightly flawed siege springer going forward.

Seems every figure has to have some glaring uglyness (like blitzs missiles in jet mode) so some has/tak employee can make a killing on the side with their third party upgrade business

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I highly doubt that's the case. It's mostly just corporate pennypinching budget limits to maximize HasTak's own profit margins on the toys themselves. Plus of course the general downsizing.

However, the Studio Series original molds are in fact meant to be more screen accurate within those limits, at least for important characters and first uses.

[Evil Eye]

Oh dear, that's...very disappointing. Between the jet mode really looking just plain bad, the seriously lacking colourwork and the major downgrades between the original promos and the final(?) product...yeah, I'm not impressed.

On the bright side, I'll have few compunctions about modding him into a Starscream. There's potential there with some swapped parts and paintwork- but as BB Blitzwing he's pretty unsalvageable. Aside from possibly replacing the head (though I do rather like the "flight mask" sculpt) I'd mainly want to replace the feet. Painting them how they appeared in the movie would make them super egregious in alt mode, and leaving them as is looks awful, so I reckon some different shoes would be in order, both to improve the shape of the jet and also to make him more distinct from the original design.

As an interesting/unbearably nerdy side note, those tootsies he's sporting? They're actually based on the F-4 Phantom's nose wheel, which is a very cool detail even if he seems to have grown three extra wheels (he has four of those landing gear whereas the real jet has one, and only has three landing gear struts in total even accounting for the very different looking wing wheels).

[MadProject]

Thanks to DorksideToys we got some new stock pic of Skipjack!

[LinaNui]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

[ZeroWolf]

People from the UK have gotten theirs in from In Demand Toys, no idea where they've got their supply from.

[MadProject]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

[Ig89ninja]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

[Hellscream9999]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

You must've watched a very different cut from the one I watched

[joevill]

Looks sweet!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

[Ig89ninja]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

“Your sword will make a fine addition to my collection.”

Wait, that was earlier in the film, my bad.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

“Your sword will make a fine addition to my collection.”

Wait, that was earlier in the film, my bad.

Just sayin', Overload will need lightsabers...

[LinaNui]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

“Your sword will make a fine addition to my collection.”

Wait, that was earlier in the film, my bad.

Just sayin', Overload will need lightsabers...

Someone beat you to it! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdjrRdFg_R ... hare_sheet

[Hellscream9999]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

“Your sword will make a fine addition to my collection.”

Wait, that was earlier in the film, my bad.

Just sayin', Overload will need lightsabers...

Someone beat you to it! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdjrRdFg_R ... hare_sheet

I love G.Grevious' design, so if that's whom they choose to reference in a potential redeco of overload (getting the skipjack treatment basically), I'd be down for that

[Bounti76]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

My Overload from Amazon still shows October 5th, and my Target order for him shows the same time frame.

[Sabrblade]

This is why I love studio series so much. I can finally create some of my favorite scenes! It's not the best picture, but I think most can tell what it is.

A side note. Anyone who order overload from Amazon preorder have the order update? Both of mine have not changed but was curious since the UK has been getting him in.

I didn't remember Grievous backing up Megatron in that scene XD

“Sentinel Prime! You are a bold one!”

“You fool! I’ve been trained in your Autobot arts by Count Dooku!”

“Your sword will make a fine addition to my collection.”

Wait, that was earlier in the film, my bad.

Just sayin', Overload will need lightsabers...

Someone beat you to it! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdjrRdFg_R ... hare_sheet

I love G.Grevious' design, so if that's whom they choose to reference in a potential redeco of overload (getting the skipjack treatment basically), I'd be down for that

This Grievous talk reminds me of something...

"Hello there!"

"General Cannoli!"

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

-Prior discussion snipped to save pagespace-
I love G.Grevious' design, so if that's whom they choose to reference in a potential redeco of overload (getting the skipjack treatment basically), I'd be down for that

While an Overlord redeco would be nice, and that in particular would be cool, I sadly don't think it's in the cards (although it has a better shot than a do-over ROTF Soundwave).

It's true that we got Skipjack, but
1. That was screen-supported and necessary for a more accurate Devastator; An Overload redeco has no screen support
and
2. The SS Rampage mold is a Voyager, while the Overload mold is a Leader; with as costly as the Studio Series Leaders are, they're less palatable for redeco-milking.

Between those two things, an Overload redeco seems unlikely. We might get Scavenger redecoed into Demolishor (since Demolishor has a significant screen presence to back him up and was the one to actually assume robot mode), but even that isn't guaranteed.

[Deadput]

I’m still confused as to why they didn’t just repaint the Berserker mold for Crankcase. I know Berserker wasn’t great, but I still think it’s better figure than Crowbar, especially after gluing the arm panels on, which wouldn’t be difficult for Hasbro to do.

My personal theory is that it's because of how much Berserker shelfwarmed.