New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing

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Thanks to Autobase Aichi on Twitter, we're being treated to some new images of upcoming Studio Series figures, those of SS-64 Deluxe Class Cliffjumper and SS-65 Voyager Class Blitzwing, both from the Bumblebee Movie! They link to Snakas Blog, which is where the images originate from. We get a couple of views each of both characters' boxes, showing that true to form, Cliffjumper is a smaller-sized Deluxe, about the size of Studio Series Bumblebee toys.

Blitzwing is a decent sized Voyager, though his head in the package seems as if it's the same color as his main body. It's possible these are packaging test shots, and not entirely finished products, as Blitzwing has been shown to have a darker colored head at his reveal, and in all renders we've seen. Time will tell.

These figures should be in the next wave of figures to hit, though with the current wave not reaching saturation just yet, it will likely be near the end of summer before they're seen at retail.

So what do you think of these latest images? Excited to pick these two up? Lsst us know your thoughts below, and enjoy the day of summer for the Northern hemisphere!

Credit(s): Autobase Aichi & Snakas Blog

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Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068650)
Posted by TulioDude on June 20th, 2020 @ 11:28am CDT

So,what are chances that we will get the other seekers using the Blitzwing mold?

Day 172 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068656)
Posted by blackeyedprime on June 20th, 2020 @ 12:18pm CDT

Unfortunate place for a crotch hole on Blitz but still wanting to pick him up though my backlog of ss wants is getting to the point I might abandon the idea of getting them.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068662)
Posted by Brutal brawl on June 20th, 2020 @ 1:58pm CDT

Wait a minute! They changed his head colour

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068669)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 20th, 2020 @ 4:17pm CDT

Brutal brawl wrote:Wait a minute! They changed his head colour

Bounti76 wrote:Blitzwing is a decent sized Voyager, though his head in the package seems as if it's the same color as his main body. It's possible these are packaging test shots, and not entirely finished products, as Blitzwing has been shown to have a darker colored head at his reveal, and in all renders we've seen. Time will tell.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068672)
Posted by hausjam on June 20th, 2020 @ 5:29pm CDT

Meh

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068699)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on June 20th, 2020 @ 11:34pm CDT

blackeyedprime wrote:Unfortunate place for a crotch hole on Blitz but still wanting to pick him up though my backlog of ss wants is getting to the point I might abandon the idea of getting them.

Unfortunate, or genius? It is most likely 5mm meaning you can weaponize (or armorize) his crotch.
(I'll go to my room now.)

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068713)
Posted by nemesis primus on June 21st, 2020 @ 8:31am CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Unfortunate place for a crotch hole on Blitz but still wanting to pick him up though my backlog of ss wants is getting to the point I might abandon the idea of getting them.

Unfortunate, or genius? It is most likely 5mm meaning you can weaponize (or armorize) his crotch.
(I'll go to my room now.)

Does this mean we could place his spike weapon on his crotch and... well he did rip Bee's voice box out of his throat and... I'll say no more

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068714)
Posted by MadProject on June 21st, 2020 @ 8:54am CDT

blackeyedprime wrote:Unfortunate place for a crotch hole on Blitz but still wanting to pick him up though my backlog of ss wants is getting to the point I might abandon the idea of getting them.

Looks like the crotch hole is accurate:

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068723)
Posted by Ig89ninja on June 21st, 2020 @ 10:17am CDT

MadProject wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Unfortunate place for a crotch hole on Blitz but still wanting to pick him up though my backlog of ss wants is getting to the point I might abandon the idea of getting them.

Looks like the crotch hole is accurate:

Huh, the more you know.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068729)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 21st, 2020 @ 11:50am CDT

Hopefully this means we’ll see more of ROTF Soundwave and Topspin soon!

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068757)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 21st, 2020 @ 4:57pm CDT

I'm hoping to hear that the version of SS ROTF Soundwave we've seen so far has been scrapped and they're starting over to get it right.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068764)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on June 21st, 2020 @ 8:16pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm hoping to hear that the version of SS ROTF Soundwave we've seen so far has been scrapped and they're starting over to get it right.

Pffft, Zelda, you know they can't do that
...
Right?

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068769)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 21st, 2020 @ 8:50pm CDT

Excited for those 2. They are kinda getting lost with the Overload excitement, but I'm still excited for the whole wave

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068807)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 4:03am CDT

Nathaniel Prime wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm hoping to hear that the version of SS ROTF Soundwave we've seen so far has been scrapped and they're starting over to get it right.

Pffft, Zelda, you know they can't do that
...
Right?

I know it's extremely unlikely... Doesn't change the fact that SS ROTF Soundwave is undersize and has a significant accuracy issue.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068883)
Posted by Deadput on June 22nd, 2020 @ 5:13pm CDT

The toy is coming though, you don't just make a new mold and don't use it right?

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068886)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 22nd, 2020 @ 5:39pm CDT

Deadput wrote:The toy is coming though, you don't just make a new mold and don't use it right?

At this point of development, if it were suddenly canceled, it would be 1 to 2 years worth of work in the smelting pool.

Give that some thought.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068891)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 5:59pm CDT

I know that.. It's just... it's unsalvageably bad work.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068893)
Posted by Rtron on June 22nd, 2020 @ 6:02pm CDT

Yeah, them redoing the Soundwave figure at this point is not unlikely, it's impossible. At most, there could be a new version in the future, although even that is unlikely. The best you can hope for at this point is a good deco.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068895)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 6:07pm CDT

Rtron wrote:Yeah, them redoing the Soundwave figure at this point is not unlikely, it's impossible. At most, there could be a new version in the future, although even that is unlikely. The best you can hope for at this point is a good deco.

A good deco doesn't make it any better. The best I can hope for is finding a good deal on the original ROTF toy on eBay. It's a bigger Deluxe because of when it was made so it scales better, and it has both the shrouded and unshrouded heads, so it renders the Studio Series attempt an irrelevant waste of plastic.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068896)
Posted by TulioDude on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:11pm CDT

I'm curious if you can swap heads between the Soundwaves. :-?

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068897)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:14pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:I'm curious if you can swap heads between the Soundwaves.

Why? It's not like it would make a difference since all either has is the unshrouded head.

For those wondering what I'm on about: In ROTF, when Soundwave is just flying around the G1-esque side finnials on his head are hidden and the top of his head is covered by an armored shroud, but when he's actually speaking orders the shroud is gone and his head has the same G1-sans-mouthplate look seen in DotM.

I was so excited for a new crack at ROTF Soundwave at first...

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068898)
Posted by TulioDude on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:23pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
TulioDude wrote:I'm curious if you can swap heads between the Soundwaves.
Why? It's not like it would make a difference since all either has is the unshrouded head.

I like the visor look.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068902)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:33pm CDT

I know your opinion Zelda, but personally, I like the looks of it. I'm excited for that Soundwave. Only downside is Ravage is coming with Grindor most likely instead of Soundwave.

But i am happy he is getting a stand

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068908)
Posted by Rtron on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:38pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
TulioDude wrote:I'm curious if you can swap heads between the Soundwaves.
Why? It's not like it would make a difference since all either has is the unshrouded head.

The studio series figures don't share headsculpts. The headsculpt is actually pretty accurate. I do agree the figure is underwhelming because of the lazy robot mode, which would be excusable if the satellite mode was amazing, but given it isn', it ends up being just a bad figure. But the headsculpt is perfectly accurate.

RotFSoundwave.JPG

SSSoundwave.JPG

Also, they probably just wanted both Soundwaves to be the same size in robot mode, scale-wise, given he spends Revenge of the Fallen floating in space all alone.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068909)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:40pm CDT

Take a look at the edit to my post.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068914)
Posted by Rtron on June 22nd, 2020 @ 7:50pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Take a look at the edit to my post.

The head in the screencap I posted is quite different to his DotM head, it has a pseudo-faceplate and a visor, just to name a few differences. So that's why TulioDude might want to swap heads, which was your original question. Because they aren't the same head.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068921)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 22nd, 2020 @ 8:57pm CDT

I'm not a big fan of ROTF deluxe Soundwave, but I will admit its' robot mode is much more interesting than the SS version.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote: It's a bigger Deluxe because of when it was made so it scales better, and it has both the shrouded and unshrouded heads, so it renders the Studio Series attempt an irrelevant waste of plastic.

I was actually wondering about the scale since I remember ROTF Soundwave being pretty small. My DOTM SS Soundwave is packed away, but I do have Bumblebee out so I compared the two.

Soundwave Comparison.jpg

Given that SS DOTM Soundwave is presumably the same height as the ROTF SS, and DOTM 'wave is a little shorter than Bumblebee, the ROTF 'wave is just a tad taller than the ROTF SS.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068936)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2020 @ 10:33pm CDT

Damn. So either way we're stuck with him undersize.. The ROTF at least has bigger satellite panels and both forms of the head.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068941)
Posted by Deadput on June 23rd, 2020 @ 2:07am CDT

I'm still pretty sure that ROTF Soundwave wasn't that much taller then the DOTM version if at all.

There is the wings but otherwise the main satellite body isn't that big in the movie itself.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068943)
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 2:59am CDT

Deadput wrote:I'm still pretty sure that ROTF Soundwave wasn't that much taller then the DOTM version if at all.

There is the wings but otherwise the main satellite body isn't that big in the movie itself.

Yeah, I don't quite get being this worked up over the size of a version of a character, who didn't appear next to any other characters or intuitively relatably-sized objects in the movie this version appeared in, being technically wrong according to a height stat listed somewhere obscure, to the point of wanting them to scrap the mold and start over. For me, the fact that it's the same size as the SS DOTM Soundwave I have works perfect for me, if I end up getting it.

I get the frustration with scale not being right, Zelda, I do. I just don't think it matters that much in this case.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068949)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 23rd, 2020 @ 4:41am CDT

I wouldn't exactly call the official ROTF scale chart (which has him on par with Ironhide size-wise) obscure.
As far as the movie itself goes, there aresolid references for his size.
One is when he latches onto and hijacks a large military communications satellite. He's not as big, but he isn't compeletely dwarfed either.

The other is his launch of Ravage. He's a fair sight bigger than the slightly-larger-than-man-size murderkitty, moreso than Bumblebee is. So I've always perceived him as being on the larger side in that movie, years before I double-checked the scale chart.
His becoming a somewhat squat sportscar guy in DotM thus always struck me as odd.

I'm worked up because I'm disappointed. I had hoped for an improvement over the ROTF toy (I like the ROTF design) and instead we got an inferior version that's still not even in scale. Fine, it's too late to throw it in the smelting pool. So I'll just hope they get to work on a non-halfassed attempt ASAP.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068957)
Posted by TulioDude on June 23rd, 2020 @ 10:20am CDT

I wonder why they didn't take the Legends toy design and made it bigger.

Well,I dont think the Studio Series toy will be a bad toy,just not the ultra accurate Soundwave that we want.

Here is hoping that the Masterpiece version will be just that.Until then,this is a fine toy.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068963)
Posted by Rtron on June 23rd, 2020 @ 11:55am CDT

TulioDude wrote:I wonder why they didn't take the Legends toy design and made it bigger.

Well,I dont think the Studio Series toy will be a bad toy,just not the ultra accurate Soundwave that we want.

Here is hoping that the Masterpiece version will be just that.Until then,this is a fine toy.

They should have totally done this. We'll see how the Studio Series one looks in hand, but for now, I think that legends toy is the most accurate version of his satellite mode we've gotten! At least mold and proportions-wise, paint-wise, well, it's a legends toy.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068965)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on June 23rd, 2020 @ 12:11pm CDT

Honestly, I don't really see ROTF Soundwave as Soundwave, just because of the fact that his general aesthetic sorta reminds me of the Knights of Cybertron from TLK (Were they the Knights of Cybertron? I genuinely can't remember half of that movie)

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068966)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 23rd, 2020 @ 12:23pm CDT

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Honestly, I don't really see ROTF Soundwave as Soundwave, just because of the fact that his general aesthetic sorta reminds me of the Knights of Cybertron from TLK (Were they the Knights of Cybertron? I genuinely can't remember half of that movie)

"Guardian Knights" was their group name.

Though, Daytrader offhandedly name-dropped the "Knights of Iacon" once, but "Guardian Knights" was used multiple times throughout the movie, even by the group's members themselves.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2068989)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 4:37pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I know that.. It's just... it's unsalvageably bad work.

I once had the opportunity to interview some former Hasbro designers and I brought up how bad toys made it to shelves. One of the designers passionately stated that designs get changed and more often then not the designers original intent is lost due to budget and whims of executives. Food for thought.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069004)
Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:10pm CDT

We have some new stock images of the upcoming Transformers Studio Series 65 Voyager Blitzwing. This gives us our best look yet at the final product and sadly, it's not all good news. We see taht the head is indeed not painted and that concurs with other images we saw of that toy, like these in package images. These images show us the various weapons he has along with images of the alt mode at different angles. The images come from the In Demand Toys website.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069007)
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:23pm CDT

Given how this stage of promo pics has still been wrong before about paint apps, there is still a chance the final figure's head will be painted correctly, a la Studio Series Leader Optimus' ab piece and Earthrise Optimus' hands, head, and pelvis.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069009)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:32pm CDT

You know what accessory HasTak overlooked that I hoped someone makes? Rampage's cannons.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069011)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:49pm CDT

Kinda lame with the white head, but aside from that, I’m really liking him a lot. I’m sure some black paint or a Sharpie will fix the white head fairly easily.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069013)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:51pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You know what accessory HasTak overlooked that I hoped someone makes? Rampage's cannons.

Rampage already has his cannons. They're not impressive, but they gave you the option for them.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069014)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:52pm CDT

...I'm just gonna hope that that sample of Blitzwing is just incorrect, otherwise that's unfortunate. I'm still really glad he comes with both his weapons though.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You know what accessory HasTak overlooked that I hoped someone makes? Rampage's cannons.

They didn't overlook them, you're supposed to remove the bulldozer mode pistons and plug them into his hands. They aren't the most screen-accurate guns in the line, but they also definitely didn't forget them.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069015)
Posted by Prime Target on June 23rd, 2020 @ 6:59pm CDT

If that head is the Final Deco and it's not Black like it should be I'm not buying. It'd go against the Modus Operandi of the line of Screen accuracy and Scale and Jeep Bumblebee is both.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069017)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on June 23rd, 2020 @ 7:03pm CDT

My attempt at "fixing" Blitzwing, I just added the needed black and grey to his head and crotch, while giving him the extra detail of painted wheels. Really excited for Blitzwing, in any case. He looks fabulous.

PicsArt_06-23-08.00.03.jpg

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069019)
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 7:14pm CDT

Remember y'all:

SS-44 "final" promo pic with unpainted red abs:

SS-44 actual figure with painted silver abs:

ER OP "final" promo pic with unpainted grey hands and silver painted codpiece and yellow painted eyes:

ER OP actual figure with painted blue hands and codpiece and light blue painted eyes:

Now, does this mean the final Blitzwing will definitely have the correctly painted head? No, but it does mean this is by no means definitely representative of the final figure.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069029)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2020 @ 7:42pm CDT

That head definitely looks weird. Hopefully this is a DotM Prime case.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069037)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 23rd, 2020 @ 8:06pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:...I'm just gonna hope that that sample of Blitzwing is just incorrect, otherwise that's unfortunate. I'm still really glad he comes with both his weapons though.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You know what accessory HasTak overlooked that I hoped someone makes? Rampage's cannons.

They didn't overlook them, you're supposed to remove the bulldozer mode pistons and plug them into his hands. They aren't the most screen-accurate guns in the line, but they also definitely didn't forget them.

Ah, I see. I don't think I saw that in the instructions. Thank you for pointing it out.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069039)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 8:16pm CDT

I really hope you can mount the missiles under the wing using the slot in the top because they do not look good upside-down in the jet mode photo. They look to be removable, so fingers crossed. Worst case, I just leave them out for jet mode.

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069040)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on June 23rd, 2020 @ 8:30pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Ah, I see. I don't think I saw that in the instructions. Thank you for pointing it out.

And you're right that you didn't see them in the instructions, they aren't there, I checked while posting, but it is an official feature because Hasbro shows it in the stock photo on the figure's packaging (and I want to say they displayed it that way before it came out, but I don't recall for certain).

Re: New In-Package Images of Studio Series Cliffjumper and Blitzwing (2069044)
Posted by YRQRM0 on June 23rd, 2020 @ 8:48pm CDT

I'm worried this will be yet another solid SS mold ruined by terrible cheap paint. I know it's not final but SS track record in the paint department is not great imo.

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