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o.supreme wrote:Forgive my lack of attention to detail, but what's the difference between Sideswipes appearance in RotF vs DotM? I meay I know other Transformers that had basically identical modes in multiple films still get more than one toy,but I was just curious.

Sideswipe is a roofed car in Revenge of the Fallen, and a convertible version of the same car in Dark of the Moon.

Really want to see some more pics of Jolt's head sculpt. All the prior figures are based on concept art, and we don't see a lot of Jolt's head in ROTF. . . or the rest of him, really xD

This is probably the best look we have of it:

One other thing: The kibble on SS Jolt's back is actually fairly accurate, the alt mode side windows in particular work nicely as the thin parts that stick out:

Welp, I thought I was done collecting SS Autobots until they released a better Crosshairs and Drift (not counting new movie designs from Rise of the Beasts of course), but Jolt looks too good to pass up! Sideswipe might also get picked up due to my nostalgia for the ROTF toy (even after I took a break from collecting TFs after Prime ended, I still loved messing with ROTF Sideswipe), but he might be a clearance buy

Fellow Seibertronian EvasionModeBumblebee, among others, alerted us of new images showing the upcoming deluxe Studio Series Jolt and ROTF Sideswipe. These deluxes are going to be in the same wave as the previously revealed SS 86 Gnaw figure. Jolt is a completely new mold while Sideswipe is a retool of the DOTM SIdeswipe figure we got a few years ago. The molding differences are all in the alt mode since he is no longer a convertible here.

These should be coming out in a couple of months and their preorders were already available when the full waves became available to purchase a month ago on a few sites like BBTS and Entertainment Earth. However, both these toys are called "TBA" in those full wave listings. We don't now when Hasbro will choose to reveal them officially but it should be soon or else we will see these at retail before the reveal.

I've been waiting a long time for this reveal, as I suspected it looks as if Jolt has been modeled on his final design in the movie rather than the concept art that every other Jolt toy is based on. He's a bit kibbly, but still looks okay, I may need to see a few more images before I commit to buying one.

It's sad I keep forgetting Jolt exists. I feel like he didn't get much love in the toyline.

I have the original RotF Jolt, and he's such a minor character that I was going to skip this, but that actually looks pretty good.

Having a hard time telling from EvasionMode's pics if it's actually more accurate, though, haha. Can't even tell if he had those turbine's/fans on his chest in the movie. The hands look better, at least.

I'm going to be watching Pulse like a hawk for the next hour or so. There has only been ONE TF reveal in all of June, and I (randomly) predicted there would be *hopefully* one more, even in a GI Joe focused month of June. I believe we will be getting a LOT of reveals in July. Although I don't collect SS, I think it would be nice for Hasbro to throw it's fans a bone once in a while. ya'll have been more than patient.

That_Guy wrote:It's sad I keep forgetting Jolt exists. I feel like he didn't get much love in the toyline.

He actually did pretty good toywise for such a minor character. Two different deluxe versions between RotF and DotM (a movie he didn't even appear in), a few repaints, and I believe a legends figure too.



Edit: Takara had a really good repaint of the DotM mold with better accessories, too.

Figures.... I gave up hope that they would ever release a ROTF remold of, Sideswipe, that I went bought the current one for 30 bucks extra. Way to go, Hasbro. Your timing is beautiful

o.supreme wrote: I think it would be nice for Hasbro to throw it's fans a bone once in a while. ya'll have been more than patient.

Thank you, kind sir, for being considerate enough to say this. It's rare for non SS series fans to understand that large amounts of people still like what they may not, and every part of this fandom deserves their portion of fun.

Concerning this reveal, this Jolt is about as kibble heavy as car bots come, but it is pretty dang accurate so He'll certainly be in my collection! Finally, he's been revealed!!

Spider5800 wrote:

That_Guy wrote:It's sad I keep forgetting Jolt exists. I feel like he didn't get much love in the toyline.

He actually did pretty good toywise for such a minor character. Two different deluxe versions between RotF and DotM (a movie he didn't even appear in), a few repaints, and I believe a legends figure too.

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Edit: Takara had a really good repaint of the DotM mold with better accessories, too.

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I wanna say Hasbro had a really good one that was suppose to come out, but it got cancelled. I never really looked at the Takara ones, at least then I didnt. As I didnt think I could obtain those. I was always a brick and motar guy back then.

That_Guy wrote:I wanna say Hasbro had a really good one that was suppose to come out, but it got cancelled.

He actually was at one point, as the ones involved in the movie couldn't make up their minds whether or to include him. That lead to the design of his original toy being halted upon notification he was cut, only to be rushed to completion when they realised the news was a tad premature. That's why the original wasn't... quite to standard, even with the line plagued by late mold changes of earlier figures thanks to the 2008 crisis.

Jolt finally revealed! And... I'm so used to his RotF toy design that his hands are the only thing that looks familiar on this toy. I need to re-familiarize myself with Jolt.

I never really liked the original SS Sideswipe, mostly because of his deco. He used this cheap looking (IMO) light gray plastic for a lot of his parts that really clashed with his silver alt mode parts. This version fixes all of those deco issues, and just generally looks so much more visually consistent. Changing the plastic colors, painting the head, forearms, torso and wheel rims, and not having two-tone thighs makes a MASSIVE difference. Plus, I always preferred the RotF alt mode. This guy looks fantastic, I just hope he still has his guns.

That_Guy wrote:It's sad I keep forgetting Jolt exists. I feel like he didn't get much love in the toyline.

I would say Jolt got a ton of love (like 4 toys at least) compared to characters that were in there for as long as him and got no toys so far (like Devcon).

I'll be honest, I kinda burnt out and lost interest in SS last year and ended up skipping a few figures I intended to get (Jet Shatter and Blitzwing, mainly), and so far this year only select SS86 figures had caught my eye, but I've been campaigning for a new Jolt in this line since it started, so of course he's the one to bring me back in. He looks good, I'm sure he'll look better with his kibble transformed properly (since it looks different in every shot), and hey, I was today years old when I learned that Jolt has had the wrong head for the past 12 years and was supposed to be Garrus Vakarian this whole time.

Sideswipe is a pass since I got the DotM one already.

2021. And Hasbro is still making shellformers. It was a fun gimmick 20 years ago. Now it's just lazy and ugly. (I mean, I am too, but I am not trying to get paid for lazy and ugly)

hausjam wrote:2021. And Hasbro is still making shellformers. It was a fun gimmick 20 years ago. Now it's just lazy and ugly. (I mean, I am too, but I am not trying to get paid for lazy and ugly)

You do know that all that kibble is how Jolt's CG model from Paramount and ILM looks, right?

More pics of Jolt and Sideswipe. Jolt seems to have much longer whips than what appeared in the first round of pics (and appears to be somewhat better transformed here, though they forgot to fold up the tires on his hip panels), and we get confirmation that Sideswipe will have his guns.

The post also claims to have pics of SS High Octane Bumblebee, which is identical to the release from a 2017 box set. JTPrime confirmed that it is, in fact, a new production number, so this does seem legit.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtyVLBsCcJ/

Here's a few of the notable ones:

Yay, I love Jolt! Despite him barely existing. I think it's because he's basically the only normal car in the movies. Also, he is easily headcanoned into a sort of nurse robot because of his tiny role in combining Optimus and... Jetfire's corpse. I just love bots with civilian roles and everyday altmodes. They feel more like "robots in disguise" to me. Everyone else in the movies is some custom vehicle or ultra expensive car, they'd catch a lot of eyes. Not a very good disguise. I still remember the only Camaro I've seen in my life, and it turned out it belonged to a local drug lord. But I wouldn't look twice if I saw a car that looked like Jolt's alt mode on the street.

o.supreme wrote:I'm going to be watching Pulse like a hawk for the next hour or so. There has only been ONE TF reveal in all of June, and I (randomly) predicted there would be *hopefully* one more, even in a GI Joe focused month of June. I believe we will be getting a LOT of reveals in July. Although I don't collect SS, I think it would be nice for Hasbro to throw it's fans a bone once in a while. ya'll have been more than patient.

Such a nice comment! Very much appreciated. You were right about the reveal, although it turned out to be a Jurassic Park one.

Quick edit to my post from earlier, JTPrime found that the production number on that High Octane Bee is actually new. Looks like it is getting reissued, likely as a part of Buzzworthy.

That's really disappointing for me, High Octane Bee is the only deluxe Bayverse Bumblebee I don't like.

I hope they officially reveal all these guys soon. I want to see some good stock photos to take a deeper look at the new guys, Jolt especially with his movie accurate head for the first time ever.

I will be very sad if they just reissue the original High Octane Bee. that mold really needed another go, it was probably bottom 3 weakest AOE toys to come out. Which is a shame because that design is really nice.

Sideswipe looks pretty cool, Hopefully I can get him.

Also, am I the only one having issues accessing this site? Seems I can only access it on my phone’s cellular connection. When using Wi-Fi it simply won’t load. And the report a problem thread just gives me a 503 error.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Quick edit to my post from earlier, JTPrime found that the production number on that High Octane Bee is actually new. Looks like it is getting reissued, likely as a part of Buzzworthy.

That's really disappointing for me, High Octane Bee is the only deluxe Bayverse Bumblebee I don't like.

Oh, I hope that's not really the case, it was a very disappointing figure. And a new, good one would be a pretty easy remold from SS-01/27.

There is a possibility that this Bee will be a part of Buzzworthy but not Studio Series, leaving room for a new Studio Series one.

For example, there was a repaint of the original 1976 Camaro Bumblebee mold in a box set (with the prior release of HO Bee) that came out less than a year before SS-01 was released. Hasbro definitely knew they had a new mold in development, but they used the older mold in the meantime since the new one wouldn’t be out for a while longer. Maybe that’s the situation we’re in now?