The Energon Pub

[SkyFire Prime]

Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan

You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.

But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?

[M. Spector]

The ethestics of G1 faces versus Bay/Knight faces comes to just being different eras of design and thought about science fiction. G1 stuff comes from a visual school (and a time period) where that smooth, almost masquerade mask look was what made sense and Bay/Knight is ok what if we took that but thought about what humanoid alien robots look like and err towards something "stranger"

They both have their place, one isn't wrong or right for liking either

Back on topic, I'm eagerly keeping an eye out for Brawn and Wheeljack, going to pass on Ratchet until Ironhide hits the scene. So far the Cores have shown up around here so the rest can't be far behind

[-Kanrabat-]

Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan

You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.

But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?

The "drooling shrapnel Geiger faces" works because they are pure alien. The "human" like faces of the Bee Movie bots strike that uncanny valley feeling.

[chuckdawg1999]

Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan

You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.

But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?

Absolutely not. There's very few if any Bayverse bots that I like the look of.

[chuckdawg1999]

I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.

[Emerje]

I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.

Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.

Emerje

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?

I wasn’t as much of a fan of the AOE/TLK face designs that are more humanoid, but the designs from the first 3 movies are what I’d consider perfection.

But hey, Studio Series covers the Bay movies and BB (and G1), so everyone’s happy!

With wave 1 at retail and wave 2 revealed, I can’t wait for wave 3 reveals, likely in a couple months!

. . . If they reveal them at all, I guess xD

[TF-fan kev777]

I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.

Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.

Emerje

Ratchet at least may still price match. He was down to $19.99 while Brawn and Wheeljack were still regular price. Amazon typically doesn't lower the price until they actually charge and ship, so we may still get a slight savings when they ship.

Edit: Damn, he's back to full price, so nevermind.

Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!

[Asepticon]

I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.

[TF-fan kev777]

I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.

Simple, it is the closest the live action movies have come to G1 character representations, so the current design team was naturally drawn to it.

[chuckdawg1999]

I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.

Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.

Emerje

Ratchet at least may still price match. He was down to $19.99 while Brawn and Wheeljack were still regular price. Amazon typically doesn't lower the price until they actually charge and ship, so we may still get a slight savings when they ship.

Edit: Damn, he's back to full price, so nevermind.

Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!

My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.

I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.

It's not an entire line just part of a subline. Toy companies have been making much from little for years. Look at all the Batman figures that get made for a movie line.

[TF-fan kev777]

So with Bee Movie Arcee getting SS 85, what are they going to do for wave 3 this year? Will either DOTM Bee or Sideways be regular SS 86, or will they skip to SS 87? Will they stop numbering altogether?

[Emerje]

Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!

Yep, my Ratchet also came down to $19.99 and my three Deluxes are due to arrive Thursday so that's good news. Soundwave is still showing April, I suspect Amazon will be giving me a refund on him if he doesn't ship soon until he's finally ready to go.

My SS86 Perceptor is also ready to ship for next week!

My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.

Amazon is pretty quick to reduce the prices on figures that aren't selling as well as they'd like until the sales catch back up with the rest of the wave. Walmart and Target occasionally do the same thing with other figures, though Walmart will also crank up the prices of their own exclusives that are selling well. What I'm trying to say is all the big companies do weird things with prices to maximize sales.

Emerje

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

So with Bee Movie Arcee getting SS 85, what are they going to do for wave 3 this year? Will either DOTM Bee or Sideways be regular SS 86, or will they skip to SS 87? Will they stop numbering altogether?

My guess is that they’ll skip to 87, but we’ll see!

[Rodimus Prime]

They can still use SS 86 in the regular line. It's not the same as SS86, and besides, the latter has the smaller numbers attached to it. That also makes it different.

[chuckdawg1999]

Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!

Yep, my Ratchet also came down to $19.99 and my three Deluxes are due to arrive Thursday so that's good news. Soundwave is still showing April, I suspect Amazon will be giving me a refund on him if he doesn't ship soon until he's finally ready to go.

My SS86 Perceptor is also ready to ship for next week!

My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.

Amazon is pretty quick to reduce the prices on figures that aren't selling as well as they'd like until the sales catch back up with the rest of the wave. Walmart and Target occasionally do the same thing with other figures, though Walmart will also crank up the prices of their own exclusives that are selling well. What I'm trying to say is all the big companies do weird things with prices to maximize sales.

Emerje

Algorithims, it's all algorithims.

[william-james88]

I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.

Doesn't matter, they did it.

[TF-fan kev777]

Arcee and Ironhide are up on Amazon for anoyone looking.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C87&sr=1-3

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C87&sr=1-4

[Emerje]

I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.

Doesn't matter, they did it.

And they're pretty good figures (the Deluxes anyway). I think Wheeljack is my favorite of this batch, his bot mode is solid and I love his car mode. Everything snaps together nicely and he's fun to transform. Ratchet would be my favorite, but his bot mode is super loose in the hips, elbows and shoulders. His transformation is absolutely ridiculous, it's far more complex than I could have imagined from pictures. Alt mode is pretty nice with no real gaps or open spaces, he'd be a great figure if it weren't for the floppy limbs. Brawn is the figure I was most looking forward to and he ended up being the biggest disappointment. Bot mode is OK, Transformation is really simple, and alt mode is not great. He has so many gaps in his alt mode that not only can you see straight through him from the side, but there's what can only be described as a hole right through the top of him that they could have easily have filled with his forearms. Looking back at stock photos they were clearly trying to hide all this. If they had just spent a little more time planning him he could have been great, but he feels rushed.

On the plus side I didn't have any parts fall off any of these guys, though only Ratchet really secures his gun in alt mode well using a 5mm peg while Wheeljack uses an odd shaped slot and Brawn only uses a tiny 3mm peg for some reason that barely holds.

Emerje

[Overcracker]

Just got Brawn, waiting for Wheeljack to get shipped from Amazon.

Got to say Brawn is really nice. The transformation is very unique.

Smooth rolling. The only nitpick is the Titan master pegs for the gun. In vehicle mode its not very secure. But I do love that rifle.

Brawn car

Robot

Closeup

WFC/FOC

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Brawn looks pretty good in those images. He is the one I am most excited for. Still waiting to see them in stores

[D-Maximal_Primal]

For anyone who is really excited for the new Transformers Studio Series Bumblebee movie figures, we have some news for you. Amazon.com Currently has most of the new wave available in stock, including the deluxe class Brawn, Wheeljack, and Ratchet, as well as the core class Shockwave and Ravage. To make matters better, Ravage is currently on sale at $8.49, and Ratchet is on sale for $19.99.

While Soundwave is still a preorder, and Perceptor is out of stock, you can purchase the deluxes and core figures.

Check out the links below, and let us know if you pick any of these guys up and what you think of the, in the comments section below!

Ratchet: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-3

Wheeljack: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-6

Brawn: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-5

Ravage: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C60&sr=8-1

Shockwave: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C60&sr=8-3

[Rodimus Prime]

Repaint that Brawn in burgundy and red and we got our next crossover figure: Juggernaut.

[Overcracker]

Repaint that Brawn in burgundy and red and we got our next crossover figure: Juggernaut.

He's a bit small for Juggy, but yes, he does look the part.






But he's so much fun.

[Sabrblade]

As of now, he's a robot version of Man-at-Arms.