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by **Aimless Misfire** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:09 am

Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

News Credits: 4854 · by **william-james88** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:15 am

Aimless Misfire wrote:Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

It needs to be a deluxe to go with Studio Series Bee.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:16 pm

Aimless Misfire wrote:Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

News Credits: 2 · by **Spider5800** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:37 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
Aimless Misfire wrote:Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

I mean, he's a SuperCobra, which isn't a huge helicopter, but its certainly a lot bigger than a VW Beetle.

Then again, he also turns into a muscle car, which would only be a LITTLE bigger, so maybe they just got the robot modes close enough and didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

No idea what the Whirl connection is though, does he also have a toy that turns into a SuperCobra, maybe?

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:49 pm

Spider5800 wrote:didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

Hasbro in a nutshell, amiright?

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:51 pm

Studio Series has been more bothered matching up bot modes then the vehicles, and I thought Whirl was a generic helicopter mode but I can see the resemblance.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:53 pm

Spider5800 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Aimless Misfire wrote:Dropkick being a deluxe is a damn shame. If it were a voyager or leader it would be an automatic buy. But deluxe is an automatic pass. It needs to be a voyager to go with Generations Whirl. Whatever!

Why would it need to be a voyager? Or even match up to Whirl... Is there a connection I'm missing?

I mean, he's a SuperCobra, which isn't a huge helicopter, but its certainly a lot bigger than a VW Beetle.

Then again, he also turns into a muscle car, which would only be a LITTLE bigger, so maybe they just got the robot modes close enough and didn't really worry about vehicle accuracy.

No idea what the Whirl connection is though, does he also have a toy that turns into a SuperCobra, maybe?

The G1 toy, in fact. He's similar to the Bell AH-1 Cobra, of which the current SuperCobra is a variant.

News Credits: 3613 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:49 pm

Decepticon Stryker wrote:I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.

They're $16.99 at Walmart!

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:52 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.
They're $16.99 at Walmart!

Since the rollback, all the WMs I've gone to only have a bunch of Crowbars hanging on pegs. Been waiting on wave 3 to hit since :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 3 · by **Decepticon Stryker** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:07 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:I got Shadow Raider yesterday and I love it. I'm definitely grabbing Lockdown next time I see him. Just wish deluxes weren't $20 each so I army building would be easier on my wallet.

They're $16.99 at Walmart!

I.... I was just at Walmart.... And it was the one time I didn't look in the Transformers section...... :BOOM:

Jk, I did look there, but didn't look at the SS price because all of them were Crowbar. I think he might be shelf-warming worse than Berserker.

by **SHIELD Agent 47** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:12 pm

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ick/42336/

This article should be corrected. Kevin Liu may speak Mandarin Chinese, but he is Taiwanese.

News Credits: 171 · by **notsoalex** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:24 pm

SHIELD Agent 47 wrote:https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformation-video-for-transformers-studio-series-22-dropkick/42336/

This article should be corrected. Kevin Liu may speak Mandarin Chinese, but he is Taiwanese.

Thanks, and good catch. And welcome to Seibertron!

News Credits: 171 · by **notsoalex** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:42 pm

Chefatron recently put up a review of Studio Series 21 Voyager Class Starscream (the 2nd, Revenge of the Fallen, version), on his YouTube channel. Chefatron clearly liked the figure, praising its paint apps especially the matt-textured tatoos. The main difference between this figure and the original, besides paint scheme, is the buzzsaw attachment, which he used in Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon. The original figure seemed to have meant to come with it, but was removed before released.

So, what are your thoughts on the figure now? Click the video below and be sure to tell your thoughts in the Pub forums!

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:56 am

Tis very much on my want list.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:33 pm

PrimeVsPrime reviews Dropkick (helicopter)

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:37 pm

Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro ;)^

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:49 pm

carytheone wrote:Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

He does look awesome and yeah I didn't realise the chest thing when I got Lockdown until a couple days after I bought him.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:56 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
carytheone wrote:Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

[img]repaintsarecooler.jpg[/img]

Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro
He does look awesome and yeah I didn't realise the chest thing when I got Lockdown until a couple days after I bought him.

I noticed a pin while transforming him a couldn't figure out why it was there so I thought maybe it was just to hold him together. Then I noticed how weird his chest looked when I TF'd him back into a bot. So I started poking at the inside of the chest and it popped right out. Not the easiest thing to do either way and spent feel good, but drags the ground if left out though and all the art shows the chest out.

Alt-mode was larger than expected and seems bigger than the old mold. Won't be able to compare until I get home on Friday. Excepted to see SR next to LD and HR.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:03 pm

carytheone wrote:
Alt-mode was larger than expected and seems bigger than the old mold. Won't be able to compare until I get home on Friday. Excepted to see SR next to LD and HR.

PrimeVsPrime compared SS Lockdown with AoE Lockdown and yes the SS is a fair bit bigger.

Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v99XmUVvTcQ I didn't embed it in case anyone thought it a new video (the Dropkick video several posts above is the new review)

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:05 pm

Oh wow, that is a big difference. I like it a lot better than the OG and better as Shadow Raider. That satin orange paint is tops and contrasts nicely in bot mode ;)^

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:45 pm

carytheone wrote:I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

...I've had this figure for a month now and didn't know that was a thing until just now, whoops. #-o

Thanks for the heads-up, that looks better.

by **beastwarsbrah** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:42 pm

carytheone wrote:Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro

Not only that but don't forget to push the upper arms back. Unless you already know about that and you prefer this way

News Credits: 57 · by **PrimeVsPrime** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:14 pm

“ We’ll burn the whole planet to cinders...”

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:21 pm

beastwarsbrah wrote:
carytheone wrote:Picked up this pickle jar face yesterday!

[img]picklejarhead[/img]

Cool mold, lovely deco and really good gun arm integration.

I'm probably late to the party but don't forget to push out the chest for bot mode and then back in for alt-mode. Thanks for the heads up Hasbro
Not only that but don't forget to push the upper arms back. Unless you already know about that and you prefer this way

Talking about that little black flap? I prefer it the way it is, but according to the pics, art and instructions - it's forward and out for bot mode and back and in for alt-mode. Unless I'm mistaken?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:32 pm

Thanks to Seibertronian youtuber PrimevsPrime, we have an English review for the upcoming Studio Series Dropkick figure!

Dropkick is set to star as one of the two main Decepticons in the Bumblebee film due out his December, transforming into both a helicopter and muscle car. This Studio Series figure decides to stick to just his helicopter mode instead of trying to do the triple changing deluxe class gimmick. The figure is done in a mostly light blue, which doesn't fully match up with the colors we have seen in the trailers, but is still nice nonetheless.

Dropkick will be available and hitting store shelves here sometime over the next few weeks, just in time for the holiday season. He will retail for $19.99, the regular deluxe class price point.

Check out the review below, and let us know what you think of this new upcoming Bumblebee movie character below!