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News Credits: 4877 · Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:47 pm

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No reissue but you'll get a g2 deco release in 2023

News Credits: 22 · Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:52 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.

Would a Devastator-style boxed set be out of the question? I know Grimmy was huge even for a leader, and I would think at least 1 of the other ones would be a leader figure, most likely the flyer.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:44 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.
Would a Devastator-style boxed set be out of the question? I know Grimmy was huge even for a leader, and I would think at least 1 of the other ones would be a leader figure, most likely the flyer.

Scorn is bigger than Grimlock in dino mode so he'd definitely be a Leader. Not sure if they could go smaller with the Slug and Strafe since all four have roughly the same bot size like in G1. Maybe a box set would be best, that way they don't have to conform entirely to size classes / price points.

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News Credits: 25 · Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:21 pm

So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:26 pm

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

Commander class TLK Infernocus.

News Credits: 61 · Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:00 am

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

I think all the ones you mentioned would be great, I’d also like to mention AOE Junkheap (since he’s 3 bots that would be big deluxes/small voyagers with a combined alt mode)

I’m not sure how feasible it would be, but a DOTM Decepticon fighter/orbital assault carrier would also be very cool! It’d have to fit a deluxe figure like Bumblebee or a Decepticon Protoform inside, and shifts between a few modes in the movie, so it still works as it’s own Transformer.

The first Studio Series Commander being 86 Magnus is very disappointing, but it does open the door for more Commanders in the future!

News Credits: 101 · Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:08 am

If the first commander is indeed SS86 Magnus and it's his own brand new and improved mode with less partsforming (or none at all) than the Siege/Kingdom one, I'll be all for it. I'm sure there will be no partsforming and it will be like that old Combiner Wars leader because in the toon and movie, the small white "Optimus" do not exist.

I'm pretty happy about this because not only will we get a "mini MP" Magnus, but this open the door to more movieverse commanders.
I wonder, would a set that have a Core Class scale DOTM Shockwave and his Driller fit the Commander class price-point, or should it be a Titan? :-?

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Dec 24, 2022 1:48 am

Kind of crazy how Gamestop has become the go to place for Transformers toys in Canada, both in terms of price (thanks to the Edge card) and timeliness of release. Case in point, Studio Series The Fallen. Gamestop is the first place to have this anticipated leader class figure and it has shown up in Ontario and Quebec so far. The image below is from a Montreal location.

News Credits: 101 · Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:47 am

My GameStop didn't had anything new on the shelves appart a lone Holiday Optimus Prime. I would have had saved around 10$CAN if I bought it there, but that was a chance I wouldn't take when I ordered mine and my friend's online.

News Credits: 61 · Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:03 am

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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News Credits: 1646 · Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:28 pm

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

A Commander Magnus, especially tossed into SS86, is groanworthy levels of utterly unnecessary.

For movie commanders, the following all could work:

-AOE Dinobots (they've done G1 Ironhide 3 times in 4 years, having a new scale to re-do Grimlock in would be both practical and awesome)
-DotM Devcon
-TLK Infernocus
-Demolishor (sure he could re-use the Scavenger mold, but a larger version for screen accuracy to the beginning of RotF can work too)
-Blackout/Grindor (see above comment)
-Jetwing Prime (another case of already done, but they could make it far more accurate by just using voyager Prime and adding the jet armor to make him properly bigger, balanced, and more movie accurate)

I have been transforming Crosshairs and Hot Rod some more, these are 2 really good deluxes, definitely some very fun figures. Despite not getting a lot, this year was very solid for live action SS.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:43 pm

I just did my SS HotRod and I was pretty impressed. WAY better than the previous Lockdown repaint/remold. He look perfect in all modes and his transformation was surprisingly easy to figure out. Lots of tiny, tiny parts though. Butterfingers beware.

News Credits: 6 · Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:17 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:-DotM Devcon

I had to go the Wiki. Great call!

News Credits: 61 · Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:35 pm

Got these guys for Christmas!

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Really liking all three of them! NEST Bee is a cool repaint of the very good Jeep Bee mold, it's really nice seeing the NEST logo again!

The Fallen is great, the articulation took a little bit to figure out, but very glad to add him to the collection!

PF Megatron might be my favorite of the bunch, he's excellent! Super hefty for a voyager, and the transformation with the wings folding into the legs is really cool!

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:39 pm

I really wish someone would do comparison pics between Studio Series Movie Megatron and Premium Finish Movie Megatron to show off their differences, since they look so similar to each other.

News Credits: 61 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:14 am

Sabrblade wrote:I really wish someone would do comparison pics between Studio Series Movie Megatron and Premium Finish Movie Megatron to show off their differences, since they look so similar to each other.

My picture doesn't really do it justice, but PF Megatron is painted in a slightly darker silver paint (almost gunmetal) with brighter silver dry brushing on top. The PF also has a secondary copper-like color used for details throughout the figure and the underside of the wings, whereas the original to my knowledge was just silver and underlying gray plastic.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:28 am

I don't know about you, but I sure didn't miss the days of getting piece meal leaks with a lot of the product obscured. But here we are again with leader class ROTB Scourge from Studio Series. He and Optimus Primal are the only ROTB leaders that we know of at the moment with SS86 Snarl being the other leader coming out next year. The toy in the photo is also not fully transformed, but it does give us an idea at the detail we'll get with the toy and we have a good look at its headsculpt which resembles the Terrorcon logo used in the film. Hopefully this means that the toy is well into production and we'll get better shots of this figure which will give us a better look at the character design. We can see that he has a claw hand, as we saw in the trailer and his other hand seems to have a blade type weapon, probably what he uses to impale Bumblebee in the film.

News Credits: 22 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:37 am

Hmm...the face reminds me of Sauron...

As for the rest of him, I see that he's not fully transformed, but honestly I was expecting him to be bulkier. I won't say anything else until I see a clear shot of the figure displayed properly, but so far, just like with the movie itself, I'm not impressed. Too bad, this was really the only figure I was looking forward to in the whole line. A big, bulky, menacing monstrosity that I thought might give Grimlock a run for his money. Maybe some better production shots will change my mind.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:40 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Hmm...the face reminds me of Sauron...

As for the rest of him, I see that he's not fully transformed, but honestly I was expecting him to be bulkier.

I was too, from initial impressions from concept art we weren't privy to, but in the trailer he looked quite lean and generic. This looks pretty close to that.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:23 am

Now this is out there, we probably won't have to wait long for a better look at the bot mode

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:37 am

Sorry...to me the leaks were the most fun and I DID miss the leaks, just to watch people panic, complain, then eventually recant when the better, finished, more accurate figure pictures come out.

The only part I'm interested in right now is the face, which almost has a samurai vibe to me...

News Credits: 1350 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:56 pm

First-Aid wrote:Sorry...to me the leaks were the most fun and I DID miss the leaks, just to watch people panic, complain, then eventually recant when the better, finished, more accurate figure pictures come out.

The only part I'm interested in right now is the face, which almost has a samurai vibe to me...

Yeah I get that vibe as well, though its also looking familiar to me, like I've seen a similar design in a movie.

Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:46 pm

Welp, i don't feel comfortable making any kind of observation about that figure except it looks like he's got a big twisty claw/pincher on one hand and that's interesting :lol:

Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:58 pm

I'm eager to see a proper picture soon, I can't exactly comment on a photo like this, though I do at least enjoy the overall vibe with the colours and headsculpt.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:12 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I really wish someone would do comparison pics between Studio Series Movie Megatron and Premium Finish Movie Megatron to show off their differences, since they look so similar to each other.

I would, but my retail one is still in moving totes. I will get there eventually. But EM-Bee is right, the PF one is darker and has multiple other colors with it too.

Scourge looks interesting, like the looks of the head at least. Given that we are nearing when Wave 1 2023 should theoretically be coming out, wonder how long until the rest of the wave are properly revealed.

I got no robots for christmas, but Laserbeak did chill with me for New Years, I still like him