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News Credits: 7 · Mon Jul 04, 2022 5:42 pm

Man that scene is intense.

Day 916 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Mon Jul 04, 2022 5:51 pm

Now that is a release I did not ever expect...might get it

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:20 pm

Thanks to JTPrime17, we now have multiple new listings for the 2023 Studio Series line. They include beasts in various sizes and more Bumblebee. Along with a coded character we don't know of yet, Appolo. We also have a non ROTB Bumblebee, which is labelled as WFC within Studio series. It will take time to see how this all plays out but now we have more of an idea of what is coming out next year.

TRA Gen Studio Series VOY TF7 Butch (Cheetor)

TRA Gen Studio Series VOY TF7 Appolo

TRA Gen Studio Series DLX TF7 George (Bumblebee)

TRA Gen Studio Series DLX TF7 Titan (Airazor)

Gen Studio Series DLX WFC Bumblebee

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:53 pm

For reference:

Wish the Core class was that shade of pink and not magenta, but it's a good looking figure regardless. Not crazy about the weapon, wish it covered his hand. Also looks like it splits in half for some reason?

It's interesting that they're using the "Apollo" code name again, they last used it for Age of Extinction for Dinobot Slash. I wonder who it could possibly be this time around? As far as we know BW Dinobot isn't in this movie, certainly not Slash.

Emerje

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:37 pm

Emerje wrote:For reference:

Wish the Core class was that shade of pink and not magenta, but it's a good looking figure regardless. Not crazy about the weapon, wish it covered his hand. Also looks like it splits in half for some reason?

It's interesting that they're using the "Apollo" code name again, they last used it for Age of Extinction for Dinobot Slash. I wonder who it could possibly be this time around? As far as we know BW Dinobot isn't in this movie, certainly not Slash.

Emerje

Many code names are being reused this time around, from previous code series, like George.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:40 pm

william-james88 wrote:Many code names are being reused this time around, from previous code series, like George.

Was George used before? I tried looking it up and only found "Costanza".

Emerje

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:10 pm

Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Many code names are being reused this time around, from previous code series, like George.

Was George used before? I tried looking it up and only found "Costanza".

Emerje

You're right, I conflated the two

News Credits: 22 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:02 am

So since Goldbug happened, could this WFC Bee be a reissue of the VW mold? Or will it be yet another mold besides a Camaro or a jeep?

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:08 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:So since Goldbug happened, could this WFC Bee be a reissue of the VW mold? Or will it be yet another mold besides a Camaro or a jeep?

You know, a reissue of the VW mold would make a whole lot of sense since that figure was previously sold in the Netflix line, whose actual proper name was "Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy". It would explain how and why there is a "WFC" in the listing if it's supposed to be a Studio Series release, in that it would be a toy originally first released in the "War For Cybertron Trilogy" toyline and of a character from one of the theatrically-released feature films.

News Credits: 51 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:59 am

...well I said I would have to get Laserbeak if it did turn out to be Murderbee, so that's happening.

I'm guessing Apollo is gonna be that tow truck Battletrap, since I believe he was the only RotB cast member that hasn't appeared with a codename in the RotB stuff we've seen before now?

...WFC Bee could easily be related to the recent WFC and be boring, yeah...but JTPrime speculated when the listing was discovered that maybe the Studio Series WFC Bee is as such because it's based off the High Moon Studios WFC game, and that's probably not likely...but I can't get the thought out of my head now.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:35 am

Nemesis Primal wrote:...well I said I would have to get Laserbeak if it did turn out to be Murderbee, so that's happening.

I'm guessing Apollo is gonna be that tow truck Battletrap, since I believe he was the only RotB cast member that hasn't appeared with a codename in the RotB stuff we've seen before now?

...WFC Bee could easily be related to the recent WFC and be boring, yeah...but JTPrime speculated when the listing was discovered that maybe the Studio Series WFC Bee is as such because it's based off the High Moon Studios WFC game, and that's probably not likely...but I can't get the thought out of my head now.

I hope if it's Battletrap he has a nice bot mode because I could really go for a new Longarm figure.

You know, it probably wouldn't take much to retool Bee movie Cybertronian Bee into WFC game Bee.

Emerje

News Credits: 20 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:07 pm

Well, I didn't expect Laserbeek, but this is certainly a cool deep cut. And coupled with the box art depicting the little girl's bedroom, this is probably one of the darker things Hasbro has released in a while. :shock:

News Credits: 30 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:11 pm

Nice to know they will be doing Leader Snarl, and hopefully not at Voyager size

. I thought he would be last and that they'd do Swoop as the next release, since he had a lot more screen time in the movie than Snarl (blink and you'll miss him).

I'll be curious to see if they do anything with the tail by way of articulation. The one thing that always bugged me was how inflexible the tail was, when it was supposed to be Snarl's primary weapon.

News Credits: 22 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:46 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:So since Goldbug happened, could this WFC Bee be a reissue of the VW mold? Or will it be yet another mold besides a Camaro or a jeep?
You know, a reissue of the VW mold would make a whole lot of sense since that figure was previously sold in the Netflix line, whose actual proper name was "Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy". It would explain how and why there is a "WFC" in the listing if it's supposed to be a Studio Series release, in that it would be a toy originally first released in the "War For Cybertron Trilogy" toyline and of a character from one of the theatrically-released feature films.

My thoughts as well. The big hurdle there is his robot mode. If it was a straight rerelease, it would have to go under the SS86 line, since G1 Bee and Bayverse Bee are different. I thought maybe it could be another shot at Bee from the Bee movie itself, but that wouldn't work. Besides, even for his short screen time, Bee was an important character in TF:TM, he should be represented in the line.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:09 pm

Well, that DotM Laserbeak is really surprising, but I love it! That is how you do an off the cuff out of nowhere figure. I love it!

I hope the voyager NEST listing is a retooled Ironhide like his RotF Recon toy. I would LOVE that!

I did get the NEST Bumblebee too, he is pretty nice. The colors are good on this mold

News Credits: 42 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:27 am

Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday. :DANCE:

Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:48 am

Yeah, why is it this color instead of pink? I'd have actually considered it had it been accurate colors from the movie.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:55 am

Till-all-R1 wrote:Yeah, why is it this color instead of pink? I'd have actually considered it had it been accurate colors from the movie.

It is pink. It's just bizarrely a deep shade of pink rather than light pink.

News Credits: 4880 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:05 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

Wow, that is pretty quick.

That's wave 3 of studio series 2022 coming in exactly as the 3rd quarter starts.

By comparison, I am so far behind locally that I bought my wave 1 deluxes on Pulse during that sale and can finally join in on the conversation regarding those.

That SS BB Ratchet toy really surprised me. While I wasn't sure at first since parts of the alt mode looked off, I just fell in love with the transformation. The team at Hasbro really went out of their way for this ratchet toy, giving us very different looking modes from robot to cybertronian vehicle that bring new details to each mode while also using the same parts in new ways. It really is my perfect type of transformer.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:40 pm

william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

Wow, that is pretty quick.

That's wave 3 of studio series 2022 coming in exactly as the 3rd quarter starts.

By comparison, I am so far behind locally that I bought my wave 1 deluxes on Pulse during that sale and can finally join in on the conversation regarding those.

That SS BB Ratchet toy really surprised me. While I wasn't sure at first since parts of the alt mode looked off, I just fell in love with the transformation. The team at Hasbro really went out of their way for this ratchet toy, giving us very different looking modes from robot to cybertronian vehicle that bring new details to each mode while also using the same parts in new ways. It really is my perfect type of transformer.

While I don't like the robot mode aesthetic of the Bumblebee movie cast, the Studio Series toys really show off, to me, what the design team could do if they weren't shackled by screen accuracy as they are now. These characters didn't have any alt-modes designed for the movie, so the toy design team had to come up with some. Aesthetic preferences aside, Arcee, Wheeljack, Ratchet and Brawn all look like they have very fun and interesting trasformations. I'm convinced that the outstandingly fun transformations the toys based on the cybertron scene have are in no small part a consequence of the design team actually getting to choose at least one of the modes for once. Not being beholden to someone else's idea of what at least one of the modes should look like means they get to cut loose with the transformation and make sure it's a fun toy first, a small replica second.

This is the stuff we miss out on when the pipeline is media design first, then toy design. That's why so much people like the ancillary bots from 2007, RotF and Hunt for the Decepticons so much more than the ones representing guys who were actually on screen. It's also why Animated is top notch: there was active communication between media designers and toy designers, so it hit a very special sweet spot that neither toy-first nor media-first approaches can hit.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:57 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

Yep, I saw them all come in stock last night, Galvatron, Thundercracker, Sludge, Junkyard, and Jhiaxus should all be here in the next week!

News Credits: 332 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:33 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Well, that DotM Laserbeak is really surprising, but I love it! That is how you do an off the cuff out of nowhere figure. I love it!

I hope the voyager NEST listing is a retooled Ironhide like his RotF Recon toy. I would LOVE that!

I did get the NEST Bumblebee too, he is pretty nice. The colors are good on this mold

How are the joints? All the versions of this mold, including retools have all had loose hips.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:39 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:How are the joints? All the versions of this mold, including retools have all had loose hips.

None of mine have had loose hips. And this one is no different

News Credits: 332 · Thu Jul 07, 2022 1:07 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:How are the joints? All the versions of this mold, including retools have all had loose hips.

None of mine have had loose hips. And this one is no different

Ah I see, have to put a ring on it first.

News Credits: 51 · Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:12 am

Another mysterious Studio Series WFC listing has appeared, this time for a Deluxe Barricade...which still does nothing to .determine which WFC this is referencing.

Emerje wrote:You know, it probably wouldn't take much to retool Bee movie Cybertronian Bee into WFC game Bee.

Emerje

...the alt modes are definitely similar, but they practically have inverted proportions compared to each other in bot mode, so a new mold would probably work better. Plus the Cliffjumper repaint-with-new-head option still exists to give the mold reuse, if this is what's happening and that would be a concern.

I can't believe we've reached the point where I'm actively in favor of yet another new SS Bumblebee mold