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[ZeroWolf]

My guess is that it'll just be a two-pack of Deluxe Class Dropkick and Shatter in their aircraft alt modes.

Nah, the price doesn't match

[william-james88]

My guess is that it'll just be a two-pack of Deluxe Class Dropkick and Shatter in their aircraft alt modes.

Not happening at that price or class name

[TF-fan kev777]

Here's a wild assed guess. We had a rumor of a voyager Breakaway in the past. Put a new head and grey NEST deco on Blitzwing and there you go.

If you like that one, I also have an equally wild assed guess on the Target Voyager SS86 Ironhide that was leaked. It was mis-named in the computer. It is a red release of SS14 Ironhide under regular studio series that they numbered 86 (basically trolling everyone). Number 86 has not been used, and I've wondered if they would or avoid it and the resulting confusion, or back fill it with an exclusive.

[Sabrblade]

My guess is that it'll just be a two-pack of Deluxe Class Dropkick and Shatter in their aircraft alt modes.

Decepticons don't work for N.E.S.T.

[Till-all-R1]

Decepticons don't work for N.E.S.T.

That you know of.

[TF-fan kev777]

My guess is that it'll just be a two-pack of Deluxe Class Dropkick and Shatter in their aircraft alt modes.

Decepticons don't work for N.E.S.T.

Don't overlook the possibility that the NEST label was slapped on at the last minute for Bee when he was clearly supposed to be a universal studios exclusive, but covid changed plans. If universal is passing again, this could be something planned for them that is shoehorned elsewhere. I still think it may be a grey Blitzwing with a new head for the leaked voyager Breakaway from a while ago, but I wouldn't rule out a con either. Universal's previous exclusive was a battle damaged megs, wasn't it?

[Emerje]

My guess is that it'll just be a two-pack of Deluxe Class Dropkick and Shatter in their aircraft alt modes.

Decepticons don't work for N.E.S.T.

Don't overlook the possibility that the NEST label was slapped on at the last minute for Bee when he was clearly supposed to be a universal studios exclusive, but covid changed plans. If universal is passing again, this could be something planned for them that is shoehorned elsewhere. I still think it may be a grey Blitzwing with a new head for the leaked voyager Breakaway from a while ago, but I wouldn't rule out a con either. Universal's previous exclusive was a battle damaged megs, wasn't it?

That Bumblebee was always a NEST figure, that's how it was guessed (and later confirmed) to be a proposed Universal Studios exclusive. The Universal park ride is based on NEST. If they were going to make a last minute change they would have changed it to Sector7 for the Bumblebee movie.

The last Universal Studios exclusive was DotM Megatron in gray (to look like the big animatronic costume). Battle Damaged Megatron was Target and TRU Canada.

Emerje

[Nemesis Primal]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

[Emerje]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

[william-james88]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

I thought SS BB could refer to a studio series figure of a character from the Bumblebee movie.

[Sabrblade]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

I thought SS BB could refer to a studio series figure of a character from the Bumblebee movie.

Wouldn't it be listed as "TF6", then, like the other Bumblebee movie character toys?

[Emerje]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

I thought SS BB could refer to a studio series figure of a character from the Bumblebee movie.

NEST Bumblebee has a Bee movie logo on the box, Hasbro is flying pretty loose with usages here.

But I'm far from saying this is anything definite, it could be a transforming yellow birds nest for all know. "Nest" could be short for "Nestle" and it's a transforming Crunch bar, we're all just guessing. But for them to suddenly make a movie figure that has Nest in its listing when we've never had a real NEST figure before until Bumblebee, we're just connecting the dots here.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Greetings Seibertronians!
Thanks to Iswearimsiriusforreel, the upcoming N.E.S.T Transformers was finally revealed!

You can see the altmode and the bot modes down below:





So, what do you think? Are you exited for this release?

Please leave a comment!

[Tuned Agent]

Greetings Seibertronians!
Thanks to Iswearimsiriusforreel, the upcoming N.E.S.T Transformers was finally revealed!

You can see the altmode and the bot modes down below:





So, what do you think? Are you exited for this release?

Please leave a comment!

Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

[william-james88]

While we knew these were coming through a list of rumours from reputable sources, we now have the product listings from Walmart for the three leader class Transformers toys coming out in the Studio Series line. They are 86 Snarl, ROTB Scourge and ROTB Primal. Remember, these are meant to be in scale and Primal should be the same size as Prime in this rendition, so expect him to be similarly sized as the previous Studio Series Optimus Primes with some additional accessories. We do not know how much bigger Scourge will be yet. As for Snarl, well now you can recreate your favourite 3 shots from the movie when he appears. The names of the two ROTB bots are coded in the listings but we've known which characters the codes refer to for a while now.

We thank JTPrime17 for the news.

[Emerje]

Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

He's a Voyager in name only, he's actually the size of a Core because of that ridiculous parts count.

I'm glad to see the big bots of the next movie are going to hit Leader class. Can't even begin to imagine how they'll get Primal up to that price point. Extra stuff aside he isn't a figure that traditionally requires a high parts count or complex transformation and what we've seen of the character in other toys and art it doesn't seem like anything has really changed. Maybe whatever the McGuffin they're after gives him a temporary upgrade that can be snapped on.

And we can finally put that false but still perpetuated rumor (started by PvP) about Snarl being a Voyager to rest for good now, right?

Emerje

[ZeroWolf]

Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

He's a Voyager in name only, he's actually the size of a Core because of that ridiculous parts count.

I'm glad to see the big bots of the next movie are going to hit Leader class. Can't even begin to imagine how they'll get Primal up to that price point. Extra stuff aside he isn't a figure that traditionally requires a high parts count or complex transformation and what we've seen of the character in other toys and art it doesn't seem like anything has really changed. Maybe whatever the McGuffin they're after gives him a temporary upgrade that can be snapped on.

And we can finally put that false but still perpetuated rumor (started by PvP) about Snarl being a Voyager to rest for good now, right?

Emerje

I thought that the rumour had always been about Swoop being a Voyager rather than snarl

[Emerje]

Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

He's a Voyager in name only, he's actually the size of a Core because of that ridiculous parts count.

I'm glad to see the big bots of the next movie are going to hit Leader class. Can't even begin to imagine how they'll get Primal up to that price point. Extra stuff aside he isn't a figure that traditionally requires a high parts count or complex transformation and what we've seen of the character in other toys and art it doesn't seem like anything has really changed. Maybe whatever the McGuffin they're after gives him a temporary upgrade that can be snapped on.

And we can finally put that false but still perpetuated rumor (started by PvP) about Snarl being a Voyager to rest for good now, right?

Emerje

I thought that the rumour had always been about Swoop being a Voyager rather than snarl

Originally, but in one of PvP's videos he baselessly said Snarl was also a Voyager which was then repeated as a legit rumor including on these forums a few times.

Emerje

[Emerje]

Hadn't seen this before, found it on Mandarake. Takara Tomy is already moving their wave 29 (Wheeljack, Brawn and Sweep) over to windowless boxes, I suspect Hasbro will be doing the same by the end of the year or next year. Wheeljack is the only one I've seen, but I assume Brawn is also this way, not sure about Sweep.

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Emerje

[william-james88]

Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

I thought SS BB could refer to a studio series figure of a character from the Bumblebee movie.

Wouldn't it be listed as "TF6", then, like the other Bumblebee movie character toys?

Yeah, your right.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

This is awesome! Definitely a prepaint for DOTM core Bumblebee!

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[Rtron]

This is awesome! Definitely a prepaint for DOTM core Bumblebee!

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They recolored the 2007 render for the boxart right? Although the figure is clearly Bumblebee's DOTM body. Love the little living room used as a "backdrop".

[Sabrblade]

Love the little living room used as a "backdrop".

It's the little girl's bedroom.

[william-james88]

On September last year, we gave you a preliminary list of case assortments for 2022's Transformers Studio Series line. You ca find it HERE. While wave assortments slightly changed for which figures would get repacked, it gives us a good idea of what is left to be seen in 2022. One of those was core class Laserbeak. Many assumed it would be a robotic bird of some kind, as we saw in the films, but no. Instead it turns out to be based on when Laserbeak turned into a pink Bumblebee toy. Takara already released a deluxe commemorating that moment and now we have a core class figure. This is, as written in the title, just a redeco of a core class Bumblebee toy that is released first. We had quite a few "Pre-Decos" back in Titans Return but we had not seen on in a while.

If you are wondering, the other SS core class figures yet to be seen are 86 Rumble and Wheelie.

[Rodimus Prime]

Because why not?