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News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Thu May 02, 2019 2:02 pm

Seems the boxes for Scrapmetal have some superficial differences that are not stickers covering up stuff

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Thu May 02, 2019 2:09 pm

One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 02, 2019 2:12 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.

Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

News Credits: 4854 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 02, 2019 2:23 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 02, 2019 2:30 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.

And knowing is half the battle!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Thu May 02, 2019 4:09 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.
And knowing is half the battle!

GI JOE!

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Thu May 02, 2019 4:23 pm

Autobot N wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.
And knowing is half the battle!
GI JOE!

But what is the other half of the battle?

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 02, 2019 4:48 pm

carytheone wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.
And knowing is half the battle!
GI JOE!
But what is the other half of the battle?

Fighting!

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu May 02, 2019 5:10 pm

carytheone wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.
And knowing is half the battle!
GI JOE!
But what is the other half of the battle?

25% Red lasers, 25% blue lasers.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu May 02, 2019 8:21 pm

Thanks for the answers guys!

i agree, I think the voyager class has been the most consistently good part of the line. The deluxes are really hit and miss, and the leaders are so close, but not quite there for the most part.

I really look forward to the rest of the Constructicons. This is a team I live for, so wildly different and cool in designs. Rampage is still a joy to handle

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri May 03, 2019 11:47 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:One is the Hasbro box. The other is the Takara box. Mystery solved.
Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of it. Hasbro's box wouldn't have any Japanese on it.

We know that. I think what the user wanted to say was that unlike other boxes, its not just stickers for Takara this time around. But we knew that too.

It's never been stickers for the Studio Series AFAIK: everything was newly printed from the beginning of the line. I double-checked Alfes' blogs for the figures, especially the one before #09 Thundercracker. No stickers whatsoever. Check for yourself:

SS-04 Ratchet

by **Inactive_____** » Fri May 03, 2019 12:04 pm

These Primes might be up there as my favourites of my collection right now.

The detail packed into these two is great.

They're just so fun

Sorry for the image spam :c

News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Fri May 03, 2019 9:42 pm

Mystery solved on the damn shield in combined mode

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat May 04, 2019 2:24 am

Typical, found a 2nd hand orig cogman for cheap after picking up the studio series version. At least I won't to worry about the paint scratching off on this one

(also found a 1st issue prime vehicon thats got some play wear and rusty wheel pins but for cannon fodder it doesn't matter).

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sun May 05, 2019 2:31 am

Someone else has probably posted this before, but just thought I'd share a couple of crappy laptop pics of 38 Optimus's legs after cutting off the tabs on the blue sections his ankles are connected to. After doing this he is so much better. (Sorry about the last pic, I know it's horrible. You'd think such a recent Macbook would have a good camera but hehe no.)

News Credits: 8 · by **JoeIsNotCool** » Sun May 05, 2019 7:39 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, after the first 6 waves of Studio Series, I want to know what all of your favorites have been. So here's how I want to try approaching this:

1) Give me your top 3 favorite figures of the line
2) Give me your favorite figure from the 3 size classes
3) Give me your biggest disappointment of the line so far
4) Give me your top 3 figures you want to see the line give us that it hasn't already/has been confirmed to be giving us

I know this is very late, but oh well:

1) Jetfire; one of my favourite characters from the film, just love this figure. 2007 Optimus Prime, just find his transformation really fun and involved but not as insane as the ROTF Leader. Finally, Blackout as he was one of my favourite looking characters aesthetically and I love his involved transformation and how he just looks amazing in both modes.

2) Deluxe goes to Scrapmetal, only got him yesterday but just think he is a fun figure and stands out quite a bit from the rest of the line. Voyager probably goes to Bonecrusher as I've probably transformed him the most, very good figure. Leader has to go to Jetfire as despite adoring Blackout, Jetfire is quicker to transform back and forth and so I've been able to enjoy him more in both modes. Plus he can make Jet Prime.

3) I can't pick one from the two, so I'm going to list both and my reasons: ROTF Megatron, those leg panels are too loose and always fall off when transforming, he feels hollow and mine had stress marks all over straight out of the box. Love his transformation, but the QC really let him down. My other disappointment is probably Bee Movie Bumblebee, as it isn't very accurate to the film and it doesn't stay tabbed in very well in vehicle mode. Enjoy the figure, but is still a let down.

4) I am praying that they make Shockwave, as I never got a movie Shockwave. 2007 Megatron is a must (pretty much guaranteed). I would also like to see The Fallen as, same as Shockwave, never got a figure, and would be cool to recreate the final battle of ROTF.

Honorable mentions for me would be Brawl and Lockdown, love both figures but just like these other ones more.

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Sun May 05, 2019 9:33 am

UnderYourCloset wrote:Someone else has probably posted this before, but just thought I'd share a couple of crappy laptop pics of 38 Optimus's legs after cutting off the tabs on the blue sections his ankles are connected to. After doing this he is so much better. (Sorry about the last pic, I know it's horrible. You'd think such a recent Macbook would have a good camera but hehe no.)

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Photo on 5-5-19 at 2.23 AM #3.jpg

Just want to put it out there, but you could have also just not tab in his ankle. Plenty of people on Reddit report that not tabbing in his ankles make his legs much more solid. But you do you

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun May 05, 2019 8:10 pm

LeAwesome1 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, after the first 6 waves of Studio Series, I want to know what all of your favorites have been. So here's how I want to try approaching this:

1) Give me your top 3 favorite figures of the line
2) Give me your favorite figure from the 3 size classes
3) Give me your biggest disappointment of the line so far
4) Give me your top 3 figures you want to see the line give us that it hasn't already/has been confirmed to be giving us

I know this is very late, but oh well:

1) Jetfire; one of my favourite characters from the film, just love this figure. 2007 Optimus Prime, just find his transformation really fun and involved but not as insane as the ROTF Leader. Finally, Blackout as he was one of my favourite looking characters aesthetically and I love his involved transformation and how he just looks amazing in both modes.

2) Deluxe goes to Scrapmetal, only got him yesterday but just think he is a fun figure and stands out quite a bit from the rest of the line. Voyager probably goes to Bonecrusher as I've probably transformed him the most, very good figure. Leader has to go to Jetfire as despite adoring Blackout, Jetfire is quicker to transform back and forth and so I've been able to enjoy him more in both modes. Plus he can make Jet Prime.

3) I can't pick one from the two, so I'm going to list both and my reasons: ROTF Megatron, those leg panels are too loose and always fall off when transforming, he feels hollow and mine had stress marks all over straight out of the box. Love his transformation, but the QC really let him down. My other disappointment is probably Bee Movie Bumblebee, as it isn't very accurate to the film and it doesn't stay tabbed in very well in vehicle mode. Enjoy the figure, but is still a let down.

4) I am praying that they make Shockwave, as I never got a movie Shockwave. 2007 Megatron is a must (pretty much guaranteed). I would also like to see The Fallen as, same as Shockwave, never got a figure, and would be cool to recreate the final battle of ROTF.

Honorable mentions for me would be Brawl and Lockdown, love both figures but just like these other ones more.

Hey, I'm glad people are still responding to this! we are getting some great range in figures! I agree about RotF Megatron too, that toy had potential, but feels a bit light for it's size, and a bit unpainted too. It was so close

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Mon May 06, 2019 7:45 pm

So quick question for those of you who have Jetfire. Are yours already starting to develop stress marks around the ports on the hands? Cause I just checked mine today and it's already starting to show stress marks

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon May 06, 2019 8:13 pm

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So quick question for those of you who have Jetfire. Are yours already starting to develop stress marks around the ports on the hands? Cause I just checked mine today and it's already starting to show stress marks

Mine are not no

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue May 07, 2019 1:29 am

Those with WWII bumblebee, is there some magic involved to getting the top of the turret to stay flush with the rest of the body? It really leaves an unsightly gap.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue May 07, 2019 8:08 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those with WWII bumblebee, is there some magic involved to getting the top of the turret to stay flush with the rest of the body? It really leaves an unsightly gap.

Speaking of that figure. I've only ever spotted that bot once, but I felt he is the bastard love child of green army men and Transformers.

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Tue May 07, 2019 8:17 am

carytheone wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those with WWII bumblebee, is there some magic involved to getting the top of the turret to stay flush with the rest of the body? It really leaves an unsightly gap.
Speaking of that figure. I've only ever spotted that bot once, but I felt he is the bastard love child of green army men and Transformers.

Funny, considering he is :lol:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue May 07, 2019 8:33 am

Nathaniel Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those with WWII bumblebee, is there some magic involved to getting the top of the turret to stay flush with the rest of the body? It really leaves an unsightly gap.
Speaking of that figure. I've only ever spotted that bot once, but I felt he is the bastard love child of green army men and Transformers.

Funny, considering he is

Well at least they gave him a gun and a hammer instead of something boring like a metal detector or radio.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue May 07, 2019 8:57 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Nathaniel Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those with WWII bumblebee, is there some magic involved to getting the top of the turret to stay flush with the rest of the body? It really leaves an unsightly gap.
Speaking of that figure. I've only ever spotted that bot once, but I felt he is the bastard love child of green army men and Transformers.
Funny, considering he is
Well at least they gave him a gun and a hammer instead of something boring like a metal detector or radio.

And he's not this guy...

or worse yet, one of the perpetually sitting guys...

I've dismissed WWII Bee, but now I want him and some army mans to display together. Dangit :BANG_HEAD: