The Energon Pub

[Brokebot]

I was going to skip this line because I have no interest in Bayformers, but I succumbed to the temptation of VW Bumblebee, and now I wish I had stuck to my guns. Just keeping it together while transforming it was the biggest challenge. Fold in the hands, they fall off. Fold down the window, it falls off. Rotate the legs, they pop off. While the detailing is pretty good, I think making this in a larger scale would have produced a better, more solid figure. Anyway, my two cents.

[Wolfman Jake]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

[Brokebot]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

Yeah, getting your crap on the shelves for Christmas is for chumps and losers.

[Deadput]

In that shot he still has parts of Jetfire on him, that's why he looks that way. The only parts he lost were the thrusters and wings.

I know that it's due to Jetfire parts, but I was posting that screenshot to show that Jetfire combining with Prime was more then just him getting some thrusters, armor panels and new guns, he was "wrapped" around Prime and such.

So a toy of that design would only be accurate if it was either a non separable "action figure" type figure or if it was an Optimus Prime that couldn't Transform (or turn into a bad truck mode) that came with separate Jetfire pieces like that cancelled figure from a few years ago.

[william-james88]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

The fact that you can get the final 2018 wave voyager right now on 30% discount on Amazon indicates that distribution has improved
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... ref=plSrch

They even have the shortpacked KSI sentry:
https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Gen-Studio-D ... ref=plSrch

This is a heck of an improvement over the distribution for the last movie line.

[Wolfman Jake]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

The fact that you can get the final 2018 wave voyager right now on 30% discount on Amazon indicates that distribution has improved
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... ref=plSrch

They even have the shortpacked KSI sentry:
https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Gen-Studio-D ... ref=plSrch

This is a heck of an improvement over the distribution for the last movie line.

An improvement, perhaps, but it's still ridiculous that I can't buy Voyager Ironhide right now for regular retail price. I can, however, walk into ANY Target and buy my pick of Wave 2 Voyager Megatrons and Brawls that have been sitting on the shelf for months for a deep discount and get some free popcorn to boot! That's messed up.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

The fact that you can get the final 2018 wave voyager right now on 30% discount on Amazon indicates that distribution has improved
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... ref=plSrch

They even have the shortpacked KSI sentry:
https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Gen-Studio-D ... ref=plSrch

This is a heck of an improvement over the distribution for the last movie line.

An improvement, perhaps, but it's still ridiculous that I can't buy Voyager Ironhide right now for regular retail price. I can, however, walk into ANY Target and buy my pick of Wave 2 Voyager Megatrons and Brawls that have been sitting on the shelf for months for a deep discount and get some free popcorn to boot! That's messed up.

Make sure you check out the other voyagers with Megatron. When I found Screamer in November, I thought the Target was behind with wave 2 voyagers, until I saw screamers behind 2 megatrons.

i personally am greatly pleased with the SS distribution. I found every figure at retail in a timely fashion. I didn't find myself waiting 5 months like the Wave 2 PotP deluxes, of which I never saw Blackwing, Moonracer, or Snarl at retail

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

At the level of individual stores, distribution will always be at the mercy of shelfwarming toys.

[JazztfLaw]

Nice set of photo gallery, something I miss having on this site for new figures...

[no-one]

This is kind of random and a quick google and tfwiki didn't turn up any results. Has there been any rumors of a Shockwave in the Studio Series line?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

This is kind of random and a quick google and tfwiki didn't turn up any results. Has there been any rumors of a Shockwave in the Studio Series line?

No Shockwave rumors no

[Wolfman Jake]

Well, the next year of Studio Series figures is right around the corner, and I still have never seen Ironhide in store (or RotF Starscream). Nor have I seen the Deluxe waves beyond the one with Jazz and Lockdown more than once ever. It would be nice if they were at least available on Hasbro Toy Shop. So much for improved distribution.

The fact that you can get the final 2018 wave voyager right now on 30% discount on Amazon indicates that distribution has improved
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... ref=plSrch

They even have the shortpacked KSI sentry:
https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Gen-Studio-D ... ref=plSrch

This is a heck of an improvement over the distribution for the last movie line.

An improvement, perhaps, but it's still ridiculous that I can't buy Voyager Ironhide right now for regular retail price. I can, however, walk into ANY Target and buy my pick of Wave 2 Voyager Megatrons and Brawls that have been sitting on the shelf for months for a deep discount and get some free popcorn to boot! That's messed up.

Make sure you check out the other voyagers with Megatron. When I found Screamer in November, I thought the Target was behind with wave 2 voyagers, until I saw screamers behind 2 megatrons.

i personally am greatly pleased with the SS distribution. I found every figure at retail in a timely fashion. I didn't find myself waiting 5 months like the Wave 2 PotP deluxes, of which I never saw Blackwing, Moonracer, or Snarl at retail

Yeah, I check every box each time, just to be sure I'm not accidentally passing up on something I'm looking for. Studio Series distribution has been very poor for Minneapolis and St. Paul, but things were better for Power of the Primes, believe it or not. I've seen every single figure from that line multiple times at brick and mortar stores, except for Novastar. I even spotted a Moonracer again just before Xmas. She was gone the next morning, though.

[ebo716]

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We now have a picture of the back of the Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime’s alt mode as well as in comparison with evasion mode Optimus prime from AOE and MP-10

[Emerje]

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We now have a picture of the back of the Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime’s alt mode as well as in comparison with evasion mode Optimus prime from AOE and MP-10

Got a source? It might be news worthy, but we can't do anything without one.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

The new Optimus have the best behind of the 3. It's the most realistic and less bulky. If I see it in store, it will be an instant buy.

[JoeIsNotCool]

So today in the post I got the new SS Jetfire, Optimus and Bonecrusher. I noticed something I don't think anyone has picked up on yet however.

In the packaging of Jetfire, there was a fake-chest piece for Optimus. I thought maybe it was a spare for the new SS Optimus, but it is a completely different colour. More metallic red than the other one.

I may be mistaken, but is this the same colour as the ROTF Optimus? I don't know if this means that Jetfire could be compatible or not, I am yet to transform either Jetfire or Optimus. I don't have the ROTF Optimus so I can't be sure myself.

[Sabrblade]

31D98712-0DF8-470D-85A0-551C6434A43B.jpeg

We now have a picture of the back of the Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime’s alt mode as well as in comparison with evasion mode Optimus prime from AOE and MP-10

Got a source? It might be news worthy, but we can't do anything without one.

Emerje

This is the source - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUChzcoFWnmErS2U-kUOu4w/community

[Overcracker]

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We now have a picture of the back of the Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime’s alt mode as well as in comparison with evasion mode Optimus prime from AOE and MP-10

Impressively clean truck mode. No Robot kibble pretty much at all there.

[Ironhidensh]

I never combined the original Prime and Jetfire figures from RotF. Never looked good enough to bother. Once again, Studio Series has scored a touchdown. I'm very excited for these figures. I just hope they don't suffer from the random QC issues that crop up in the line.

[ZeroWolf]

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Sabrblade, we have discovered some new in-hand pictures of the forthcoming Transformers Studio Series #38 Voyager Class Transformers Bumblebee Optimus Prime figure! These come couresty of YouTuber TonTon Reviews, presumably as a preview of his next review.





For comparison, they have put this new entry into the Studio Series with MP-10 and Takara Tomy's Movie Advanced series "Classics Optimus Prime" (Evasion Mode Optimus Prime). This gives us a good look at the back of the figure in Alt mode.

Are you still wanting to get your hands on this version of Prime? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

[-Kanrabat-]

This new SS classic Optimus blow the new siege one out of the water in looks alone. Very clean bot mode and truck mode without any weird extra bits. I'm looking forward to how he transform and his overall quality.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So today in the post I got the new SS Jetfire, Optimus and Bonecrusher. I noticed something I don't think anyone has picked up on yet however.

In the packaging of Jetfire, there was a fake-chest piece for Optimus. I thought maybe it was a spare for the new SS Optimus, but it is a completely different colour. More metallic red than the other one.

optimuschest.jpg

I may be mistaken, but is this the same colour as the ROTF Optimus? I don't know if this means that Jetfire could be compatible or not, I am yet to transform either Jetfire or Optimus. I don't have the ROTF Optimus so I can't be sure myself.

I'm curious about this as well. I don't know what this is or means

[Rodimus Prime]

I wonder if this Prime will be in scale with the Trilogy trailer in truck mode.

[Randomhero]

This new SS classic Optimus blow the new siege one out of the water in looks alone. Very clean bot mode and truck mode without any weird extra bits. I'm looking forward to how he transform and his overall quality.

That’s good considering they’re two different characters and toys that begs the question on why compare them

[Sabrblade]

I wonder if this Prime will be in scale with the Trilogy trailer in truck mode.

Probably not. The Trilogy trailer was Deluxe-scaled. This toy's a Voyager.