New pictures and eBay listings for Studio Series Dropkick and KSI Sentry

Yeah, I like Sentry even if just mostly a red Stinger (which i like anyways). Dropkick looks a bit boring to me. A lil too much a bunch of rectangles in robot mode. He's one I think I'd need to see in store to know if I want to buy.

They have VW Bee too. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F401579208595%3F 11 sold, 1 left

I'll skip Sentry until he's at discount. Dropkick can wait because I want to focus on Jazz, Lockdown, and Ironhide.

ordered me a VW Bumblebee from this seller for £33.99. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F153137510610%3F
Yeeeah about £10 more than the shop price will be but I didn't get any Transformers for my birthday last Sunday and still waiting for my Ironhide pre-order from Kapow (whenever that officially comes out) so screw it. There ain't a whole lot other toys (or anything at all) catching my interest at moment anyways. I paid £30 for (sorta) early Lockdown and Jazz and was very happy with those. The others in this wave I'll wait til they in stores or discounted or whatevers.

Nice! You'll have to share pictures when you get it

Is Dropkick a new mold?.... I don't recall seeing this mode before.

NTESHFT wrote:Is Dropkick a new mold?....

Absolutely.

Sabrblade wrote:

NTESHFT wrote:Is Dropkick a new mold?....

Absolutely.

And like all Studio Series, it's licensed. Helicopter Mode Dropkick is a Bell AH-1 SuperCobra.

Please please pleeease Sideswipe.

Just thought I’d point out; The KSI sentry is modeled after the Chevrolet Trax KSI robots, which also happen to look like stinger. Most of the Trax’s shown (such as the ones charging hound) were red, but there were ones of all colours (including blue) in the movie, so Hasbro just didn’t want a another red stinger with just a headswap.

Short Circuit wrote:Just thought I’d point out; The KSI sentry is modeled after the Chevrolet Trax KSI robots, which also happen to look like stinger. Most of the Trax’s shown (such as the ones charging hound) were red, but there were ones of all colours (including blue) in the movie, so Hasbro just didn’t want a another red stinger with just a headswap.

Just curious, how do we know that? Is it the headsculpt? And how do we know their name?

ZeroWolf wrote:Nice! You'll have to share pictures when you get it

Will do though my pictures generally look cuh-rappy.

Short Circuit wrote:Just thought I’d point out; The KSI sentry is modeled after the Chevrolet Trax KSI robots, which also happen to look like stinger. Most of the Trax’s shown (such as the ones charging hound) were red, but there were ones of all colours (including blue) in the movie, so Hasbro just didn’t want a another red stinger with just a headswap.

Incorrect, I saw the latter half of the movie again on tv a bit ago and all the Traxes were red, black, silver, and white, not a single blue Trax to be found. I commented on it already in this thread.

Dropkick looks great though, and I need him if for no other reason than his Jolly Roger decals.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

NTESHFT wrote:Is Dropkick a new mold?....

Absolutely.

And like all Studio Series, it's licensed. Helicopter Mode Dropkick is a Bell AH-1 SuperCobra.

He looks great to me. I may get him to stand next to my Thundercracker... I need to get Blackout too

william-james88 wrote:

Short Circuit wrote:Just thought I’d point out; The KSI sentry is modeled after the Chevrolet Trax KSI robots, which also happen to look like stinger. Most of the Trax’s shown (such as the ones charging hound) were red, but there were ones of all colours (including blue) in the movie, so Hasbro just didn’t want a another red stinger with just a headswap.

Just curious, how do we know that? Is it the headsculpt? And how do we know their name?

Yes, it's the head sculpt, though that's the only thing the two have in common.


But the name is unofficial, fans just attached the name to the character because of his/its alt mode and an interview that referred to the KSI Sentries as "Traxes" (which is the model of the car).

Emerje

I don't know if its news worthy or not, but SS Lockdown is now on HTS. Its the first time I've seen it there.


https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa ... 0?catName=

Drop kick could make a good Whirl

Nemesis Primal wrote:Incorrect, I saw the latter half of the movie again on tv a bit ago and all the Traxes were red, black, silver, and white, not a single blue Trax to be found. I commented on it already in this thread.

My mistake, I could have sworn that there was at least one blue one in the scene with numerous trax’s in vehicle mode “ready for KSI to ship.” That blue looks like the blue they use on the real trac so meh

But yeah, IMO their bodies are preeeeeeety close to stinger’s body type so I see why Hasbro did it, but I would have loved a little Chevy trax to go with my Aveo Swerve. Oh well, more Paginis!

Short Circuit wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Incorrect, I saw the latter half of the movie again on tv a bit ago and all the Traxes were red, black, silver, and white, not a single blue Trax to be found. I commented on it already in this thread.

My mistake, I could have sworn that there was at least one blue one in the scene with numerous trax’s in vehicle mode “ready for KSI to ship.” That blue looks like the blue they use on the real trac so meh

But yeah, IMO their bodies are preeeeeeety close to stinger’s body type so I see why Hasbro did it, but I would have loved a little Chevy trax to go with my Aveo Swerve. Oh well, more Paginis!

The Twins. 'Nuff said. *hides*

Studio Series being "nothing but the cast" pretty much went out the window with Thundercracker. "Cast and extras, the latter in any color" would be more apt.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
The Twins. 'Nuff said. *hides*

Yeah but they’re a preproduction Trax and Spark plus I was so put off by their robot designs I kinda ignored them when they were on the pegs. (Didn’t have a lot of cash for toys when ROTF was around either)

As a car guy I really wish for an alternators revivals with modern engineering. Human Alliance was great.

Short Circuit wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
The Twins. 'Nuff said. *hides*

Yeah but they’re a preproduction Trax and Spark plus I was so put off by their robot designs I kinda ignored them when they were on the pegs. (Didn’t have a lot of cash for toys when ROTF was around either)

You forgot the Beat And me thinks they're following a "one robot form per model" to cut re-engineering costs. Can anyone put a Stinger in a Trax body effectively?

As a car guy I really wish for an alternators revivals with modern engineering. Human Alliance was great.

I loved Alternators and Binaltech. Got even me into cars a little bit.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Short Circuit wrote:Just thought I’d point out; The KSI sentry is modeled after the Chevrolet Trax KSI robots, which also happen to look like stinger. Most of the Trax’s shown (such as the ones charging hound) were red, but there were ones of all colours (including blue) in the movie, so Hasbro just didn’t want a another red stinger with just a headswap.

Just curious, how do we know that? Is it the headsculpt? And how do we know their name?

Yes, it's the head sculpt, though that's the only thing the two have in common.

trax.JPG

But the name is unofficial, fans just attached the name to the character because of his/its alt mode and an interview that referred to the KSI Sentries as "Traxes" (which is the model of the car).

Emerje

Is that also a witty pun to in reference to a famous chevolet alt mode sporting TF character? That ends up giving being a fun coincidence that this traxes is blue

doule pass

Just as a PSA I've checked out some of the "sellers" on eBay selling Dropkick. It seems like one guy or group using multiple accounts and some of them have negative feedback from the last where people got empty boxes in the mail. I've tried emailing them for more info and haven't heard back.

Thanks for the warning, Chuck So is there any legit sellers with Dropkick at all?

ZeroWolf wrote:Thanks for the warning, Chuck So is there any legit sellers with Dropkick at all?

I don't know. These folks might be legit but I'm proceeding with caution.

Ironhidensh wrote:I don't know if its news worthy or not, but SS Lockdown is now on HTS. Its the first time I've seen it there.


https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa ... 0?catName=

He's actually been up for a bit, but curiously Jazz has been absent. Weird when they are casemates.

Jazz, Megs, and Brawl are the last SS figures for me till VW Bee in wave 3 and then Dropkick and tattooed Screamer in wave 4. And I am content with waiting and finding them, trying to space out TF purchases and I like finding them in stores more.

Dropkick does look fun though, I like the movie original characters/names, even if there are other figures sharing the name but there are like 2 or 3 of them.

Also still waiting on a Bonecrusher, really want that guy.

I’ve found Jazz, Brawl, Megs and Lockdown at my local target.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Dropkick does look fun though, I like the movie original characters/names, even if there are other figures sharing the name but there are like 2 or 3 of them.

At least TFWiki is trying to say the original Dropkick figure from the first movie is the same character as the Dropkick from the Bee movie. We'll have to see if that thread still works out by the end of the movie. They do have some slight similarities in their head designs.

Emerje

Any other listings for Studio Series figures other than the ones revealed so far? Kinda mixed up about what are speculation or actual listings so far.

Edit: Oh, and I got Jazz! He's adorbs. Just wishing there was a way to remove the backpack. ):

I managed to get a bunch of Studio Series toys at this year's TFNation, so here's a quick summary of my thoughts on each:

Blackout - Both modes are great, though while the transformation isn't that complex, the worst bit is all the little panels that refuse to clip together. It reminds me of Revenge of the Fallen Leader Jetfire in that regard.
Megatron - Not too shabby, I like it a lot more than the Last Knight Voyager. The grey parts on the back of his shins have a tendency to pop off while I'm handling him, but otherwise it's a good solid figure.
Ironhide - Easily the best Voyager Movie Ironhide yet, he's fantastic! The only issue I have is he doesn't scale very well with the other Studio Series Autobots in either mode, particularly Optimus and Ratchet. That's not a fault of the figure's per se, it just makes me wish Ratchet was a Voyager and Optimus was a little bit larger.
Jazz - I can totally see why people are unhappy with Jazz's size, but I think he looks just fine and is a massive improvement over the 2007 Deluxe. The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.
Lockdown - Nothing really special about this figure, he's not incredible, but he's not bad either. Much, much better than the Age of Extinction Deluxe.

Munkky wrote: The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.

Look on the underside of his car roof. You will see a peg. This plugs into a port on the back of his, well, his butt. It doesn't perfectly line up during transformation and needs a little force to work right. It should solve your issue.

Munkky wrote:Jazz - I can totally see why people are unhappy with Jazz's size, but I think he looks just fine and is a massive improvement over the 2007 Deluxe. The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.

You need to make sure that the car canopy is tabbed into the back of his pelvis section in the "display stand" hole. If you do that then his car mode should almost flawlessly fit together. (Mine sure does.)

Ironhidensh wrote:

Munkky wrote: The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.

Look on the underside of his car roof. You will see a peg. This plugs into a port on the back of his, well, his butt. It doesn't perfectly line up during transformation and needs a little force to work right. It should solve your issue.

Holy crap, you are a wizard

I haven't heard anything on how to get him to line up in car mode, seriously, this should be front-page news

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Munkky wrote: The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.

Look on the underside of his car roof. You will see a peg. This plugs into a port on the back of his, well, his butt. It doesn't perfectly line up during transformation and needs a little force to work right. It should solve your issue.

Holy crap, you are a wizard

I haven't heard anything on how to get him to line up in car mode, seriously, this should be front-page news

Damn you Ironhidensh for beating me to it. Stealing my glory!


Also as a general rule for me, if something won't fit together, that means I most likely didn't compact something properly in a previous step. I figured this out within 15 minutes of opening him at night when I was in a rush.





Also as an extra thing, this guy SURE IS tiny! But damn, he's also gorgeous!

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Munkky wrote: The car doors don't stay clipped together in on my Jazz though, but I'm not sure if that's just me doing something wrong.

Look on the underside of his car roof. You will see a peg. This plugs into a port on the back of his, well, his butt. It doesn't perfectly line up during transformation and needs a little force to work right. It should solve your issue.

Holy crap, you are a wizard

I haven't heard anything on how to get him to line up in car mode, seriously, this should be front-page news

Had been mentioned by ToaLeePrime back in early July (and quoted by others since)
transformers-studio-series-discussion-new-2018-movie-line--t110126s2100.php#p1969439

Ok that assumed re-release of first Studio Bee now with little Charlie figure looks a lot more interesting than first thought.





I got pics from https://www.facebook.com/Planetiacon.st ... 0601684871

That does look interesting nice find carni!

ZeroWolf wrote:That does look interesting nice find carni!

Yeah it's neat. Not sure if the car pieces stay on for transformation though. The front bit (i dunno what you call it, i don't have a car) probably doesn't split for his chest. But yeah it's an interesting concept. Wonder if they could make a modern Camaro Bee figure that just includes all alternate parts to change his camaro form (and the robot parts it affects) throughout the first three movies and The Last Knight (obviously his AoE forms were far too different to work with that idea) so you could have just the one figure to represent all the Camaro updates.

A while ago we learned that there was more Bumblebees headed for the Studio Series line, one of these was pictured with a small Charlie figure but that was it. Now thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, Carnivius_Prime, we've learned that the Planet Iacon- Singapore Transformers fan group on facebook have gotten pictures of this toy in box! It's also nothing like fans were expecting.





Included in the box is the 1977 Camaro Bumblebee toy but with some extra tooling allowing for parts to be swapped out to change the look of the alt mode! It's unclear at this point if any of the pieces can be used for robot mode but it's a nice addition and extra incentive for those that purchased the original 1977 Camaro toy. The Charlie toy itself is an unarticulated statue.

What do you make of this first look? Are you likely to double dip on this Bumblebee? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned to Seiberton for all the latest news and reviews.

I've had little interest in TFSS and have sold most of my movie figures, but this is pretty neat.

The spare parts are a neat extra, I'd like if those became a habit for toys with real cars for alt mode.

Is it easy to say I would have preferred a modern trilogy Camaro set?

Quantum Surge wrote:Is it easy to say I would have preferred a modern trilogy Camaro set?

While I'm not promising anything, let's see how well this set does and maybe we can convince hasbro to do others

Thanks for getting this ZeroWolf and Carnivius and sharing it with us. This is a really cool set and it would have helped Hasbro tremendously if they wouldhave conveyed its difference from other sets in that SS graph showing the million similar looking BBs tha were coming out. Its also important to note that it is a Target exclusive, I will add that to the news post.

I wonder what that means about it being found in Canada. EB Games has been getting all the target exclusive stuff so far.

yeah i'm wondering if it has any relation to the plot of the film. Like does Bee become his 70's Camaro form earlier than the end and as part of a race that Charlie helps him win or something? Or is it simply just a fun toy set?

Wonder what the price will be? I assume a lil more than regular Deluxe release but hopefully not Voyager price. I was very unsure about getting this one as I already have the first figure and wasn't keen on buying it all over again just to get the Charlie figurine (which I would like cos I do like having human figures with my Transformers) but now that we see the Bee toy itself has some interesting extra play value options I'm much more tempted.

william-james88 wrote:Thanks for getting this ZeroWolf and Carnivius and sharing it with us. This is a really cool set and it would have helped Hasbro tremendously if they wouldhave conveyed its difference from other sets in that SS graph showing the million similar looking BBs tha were coming out. Its also important to note that it is a Target exclusive, I will add that to the news post.

I wonder what that means about it being found in Canada. EB Games has been getting all the target exclusive stuff so far.

No problem will I'm sorry I missed out the bit about target having it as an exclusive!

I'm tempted by this and in the past Tesco were able to distribute Target stuff so I'll remain on the lookout. Otherwise I'll have to see if places like kapow get it.

I finally found lockdown and bought the only one I saw. When I got home his arm was already popped off in the box at the shoulder. After I finally figured out I had to remove a screw to get it back on I realized how incredibly floppy my copies right arm is.

I'm probably going to exchange him, but not because I don't like him. He is really cool and looks great. Even though I got a dud, I recommend him.

That sucks. Hope you get a better one cos yeah he's a very cool figure with great detail

More pics i got from https://www.facebook.com/Planetiacon.st ... 4261647505






Just noticed the feet are unpainted. Guess some of the paint budget went into the accessories. That's fine. Can easily add silver paint there if I want to like I've done on many movie Bee figures. And yeah I don't think any of the parts stay on in robot mode (most of them go across parts that have to be seperated). Still, it looks like a fun toy and plenty stickers to play with too. Oddly it appears to have yellow paint on the hands whereas the original release does not (but I may add now with same yellow paint I added to the shoulders of mine)

Following the reveal earlier of Studio Series number 15, the 1977 Camaro Bumblebee with the Charlie figurine and car modifications, we now have more in hand pictures courtesy of the Planet Iacon- Singapore Transformers Fans Facebook group, as pointed out by fellow Seibertron user, Carnivius_Prime.

The pictures give us a better look at the car modification parts and what they look like in vehicle mode. We also get a look at the backdrop the set offers for display. We also get a better look at the Charlie figurine who is sporting a Bumblebee logo t-shirt. The photos also reveal an abundance of stickers, allowing you to further customise Bumblebee to your liking.

















Carnivius_Prime has also shared their observation that this version of the mold has unpainted feet compared to his first release yet now has yellow paint on the back of his hands.

So far this toy has been found at Target in California, but as they are getting many exclusives for the Bumblebee movie this could be one of them.

What do you think of this release? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.