The Energon Pub

[Carnivius_Prime]

I feel most of the TLK toyline could go on a studio series shelf.

Shhhh, don't put ideas into Hasbro's head about re-releasing all the TLK figures into the Studio line (though would be nice to have backdrops for all). They've just been super amazing with these new nolds here, let's not spoil it.

[Hotconvoy]

I feel most of the TLK toyline could go on a studio series shelf.

Except for (remold-i-pants) Hot Rod...

[Nemesis Primal]

-WW2 Bee: On one hand, aNOTHER Bumblebee, uuuuugh , but on the other, I'm buying that on sight to repurpose as IDW Centurion, because his general aesthetic and his accessories are perfect for it.
-Sideswipe: Eh, maybe? Movie Sideswipe has always had a more appealing design to me than I think every other Sideswipe I've seen just because he isn't a basic blocky generic robot man, but his face always throws me off. I'll have to see more/better pictures of him. Also, I can't really tell, where are his blades attached? Are they attached to the wheels/arms like older Sideswipes, or do they plug in like SS Prime's swords, or are the swords and the guns each one connected piece?
-Barricade: Agh, his alt mode is perfect, and I like his big claw hands, but his Movie 1-3 face is just so bad-looking to me...if this doesn't look better in-person/in better pictures, I'll just get a TLK Barricade instead, I guess. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he exists, but the issue I have with him is one I've always had with his design, not just with this figure.
-Yet-Unnamed Dread: ....sorry, no. I have Crowbar, and he's alright, but you can't just slap some faux gold paint on his dreads and hands and say it's a different guy, nice try.

[Carnivius_Prime]

@Nemesis_Primal: weird, I always thought movie Sideswipe and Barricade had two of the coolest head designs in any TF franchise. Swipe looking very sleek and badass, and Barry looking like pure evil. As they should.

I wanna play with these toys right now so I can see how they transform and pose and everything.

[Nemesis Primal]

@Nemesis_Primal: weird, I always thought movie Sideswipe and Barricade had two of the coolest head designs in any TF franchise. Swipe looking very sleek and badass, and Barry looking like pure evil. As they should.

I'll agree with you on the sleekness, but I have issues with determining where the mouths are on some of the movie head designs, just because they have so many little details/moving parts. That's really the only issue I have with Sideswipe's. As for Barricade, I find his face to be just really unnecessarily busy/detailed, if that makes any sense? His mouth is a whole different color that isn't present anywhere else on the design, for...reasons, I guess, and it's kinda overly jagged.

That's just me though, to each their own. You rock out with your SS Barricade, I'm glad you like him for what he is, I just need a bit more convincing before I make a concrete decision on him.

If someone could maybe mention a release date for these guys though at this event, that would be amazing.

[Carnivius_Prime]

That's just me though, to each their own. You rock out with your SS Barricade, I'm glad you like him for what he is, I just need a bit more convincing before I make a concrete decision on him.

Yeah I'm no longer looking for the door panels for my DotM Barricade (that i got at car boot sale) that's missing his. He's now just a placeholder for Studio Barry.

I noticing Sideswipe is using his DotM car form. I hope this time he has floorboards even if they happen to be what makes his swords. Heck if it turns out there's a way to make his RotF roof so the car is a convertible than even better

[President-prime]

Not that I’m complaining, but why do studio series barricade when there’s masterpiece version of the same toy? ESP when they’re almost identical. And please don’t argue with me that they’re not. I know they’re not. I’m just saying, I was considering gettinasterpiece barricade but now a similar barricade is coming out for $19 instead $79. They’re competing against themselves

[Deadput]

Not that I’m complaining, but why do studio series barricade when there’s masterpiece version of the same toy? ESP when they’re almost identical. And please don’t argue with me that they’re not. I know they’re not. I’m just saying, I was considering gettinasterpiece barricade but now a similar barricade is coming out for $19 instead $79. They’re competing against themselves

Because their two different toy sizes?

Masterpiece Barricade wouldn't go with Studio Series.

Why have Seige Optimus and Sideswipe when there is mps of them?

[Carnivius_Prime]

Not that I’m complaining, but why do studio series barricade when there’s masterpiece version of the same toy? ESP when they’re almost identical. And please don’t argue with me that they’re not. I know they’re not. I’m just saying, I was considering gettinasterpiece barricade but now a similar barricade is coming out for $19 instead $79. They’re competing against themselves

MPM-Barry still likely a larger more complex and accurate representation of the character for collectors with Studio being the smaller more affordable simpler figure for general play or display.

[ZeroWolf]

Well colour me surprised

These reveals are very surprising and awesome. Sideswipe is the stand out to me as he just looks so good.

[Carnivius_Prime]

In case anyone was wondering, VW Bee has succeeded Jazz as the new smallest Studio Series figure. Which makes scale sense from the footage shown of the new film. Bit of a chunky backpack on him but overall he looks cool (no I don't have mine yet, just pics I seen on instagram).

oh here's the pics. I took them from the stories bit of https://www.instagram.com/primevsprime/ Don't know where he got them from.

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[ZeroWolf]

That's quite the backpack he's got there

[Carnivius_Prime]

That's quite the backpack he's got there

Eh yeah but it's fine. One of those things that won't look so bad in person anyways and rarely view him from directly side on or behind and movie Bees do tend to be rather backpacky especially at Deluxe size where there's only so many joints you can put into the figure.

[Dr. Caelus]

LOL - The WWII backdrop has the swastikas covered.

[Carnivius_Prime]

LOL - The WWII backdrop has the swastikas covered.

I'm thankful for that. I don't particularly want swastikas in my home if i can avoid it.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

I think VW Bee is slightly mistransformed there, based on other pictures I’m seeing it looks like the backpack can fold up a little more than what we see there.

[Bumblevivisector]

I keep trying and trying to not give a crap about live-action-verse toys, I just want to find Cogman and be done with TLK, but first Hot Rod shows up at Ollie's, and now WWII BEE!?! Dammit, he's bought on sight...

LOL - The WWII backdrop has the swastikas covered.

I'm thankful for that. I don't particularly want swastikas in my home if i can avoid it.

And they covered it up with explosion effects instead just blurring them out, like that Animaniacs where Adam and Eve's naughty bits were always obscured by something in the foreground. Classy.

Let that backdrop be the symbol of Michael Bay's legacy: An example of explosions as the best possible solution to our problems.

[william-james88]

Yesterday, we got a sneak peak at the studio series figures that Hasbro was revealing at Fan Expo Canada. Today marks the first day that the doors open to the public, and we are getting more images. These come from Ryan Sheehey on Twitter (same as yesterday). We see these toys at different angles and in close ups. We can see without a doubt that the head on the revealed Dread figure is the same as Crowbar with the oly change being the grey plastic turn 'gold'. It is not announced if this is indeed Crankcase.

Aside from more shots of WW2 Bumblebee, Barricade and Sideswipe, we also get shots of a 5th deluxe being revealed at this event: rusty deco Bumblebee. This toy is very similar to the Chinese exclusive previously revealed to be limited to 300 figures.

Enjoy all the images below and let us kow what you think. The Hasbro panel for Fan Expo will be tomorrow so it is unsure if we will be getting any other reveals before then.

[william-james88]

I feel most of the TLK toyline could go on a studio series shelf.

Shhhh, don't put ideas into Hasbro's head about re-releasing all the TLK figures into the Studio line (though would be nice to have backdrops for all). They've just been super amazing with these new nolds here, let's not spoil it.

lol, they've already been doing it with Bumblebee, Crowbar and Thundercracker which take from previously existing TLK molds to varying extents. Glad to see 3 new molds here though.

[ZeroWolf]

I like the symmetry of the rusted (or custom faded) 77 camaro and barricade as their backdrops do follow on from each other in the plot (OK not perfectly as it goes from Sam getting bee to the lake bit then bee running away to Sam and the police etc) but barricade's backdrop is where we see our first transformers fight of the movie

[Carnivius_Prime]

lol, they've already been doing it with Bumblebee, Crowbar and Thundercracker which take from previously existing TLK molds to varying extents. Glad to see 3 new molds here though.

Yes, three. I know that. Don't be giving them ideas to release 'most' as you said.





Argh... this's one of my specific transformer figure pet peeves... Bumblebee's little lower wings not being folded down. Bugged me in the early pics of the gold repaint and bugged me in that commercial for the TLK figure last year.

Trying to work out how Barricade's chest is formed here. Certainly different for a deluxe class Barry. Also kinda hoping the bumper parts can be tilted to be a bit more accurate but overall the figure looks a big improvement over the very fine DotM toy and certainly the 2007 figure.

[Nathaniel Prime]

These look great! I love how Barricade is basically a simplified deluxe scaled version of his masterpiece figure(just as I hoped/predicted ). Sideswipe looks awesome with how it's a redo of his DOTM figure, but with a ton more paint and better weapons. WW2 Bee was completely unexpected but welcome addition too. I dunno about Rusty Bee, but since I don't have any version of the mold, I might get it if he doesn't fall apart. But Hasbro, please, just show us Scatter and Blitzscream. The wait is agonizing! 6 They all look great though.

[Shuttershock]

Good to see Barricade getting the SS treatment. The DOTM One was pretty good, so I’m interested to see what they might do to improve on it.

Now all we need is Voyager Bonecrusher.

[What's Crackin'?]

WWII Bee is easily one of my favorite figures from this new wave! He looks so good and I love how the hammer works as a gun in vehicle mode!

SS Sideswipe, damn is he good. It destroys all previous Sideswipes. there is little to no kibble minus a bit of the backpack, but still It's beautiful. The fact that he comes with guns and swords is amazing.

Barricade I'll be buying for sure as he is easily my favorite movie decepticon and says one of my favorite lines in the film: "ARE YOU LADIES MAN 217!!!???" I'm glad he got his proper weapon this time and Barricade looks stunning overall. The proportions are perfect on this guy too which I love. It's a bit dissapointing that we didn't get frenzy to go with him, but I still love what we got.

The fourth guy is... who even is this? People are saying it's Crankcase but this looks nothing like him, and it sure as hell isn't Hatchet so who even is this, and why does he exist? I will almost 100% pass on this guy, as he just seems like a waste of a slot.

Still waiting to see that new Prime and Bonecrusher.

[-Crossfire-]

HOLD UP:

Does Sideswipe have L I G H T P I P I N G ?

Also Barricade will make a really nice sub for MPM Barry. Shame he doesn't come with his wheel flail but oh well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯