New Transformers Studio Series 86 Leak - Leader Class Grimlock, Deluxe Class Blurr and Jazz

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I just had my skipjack and blitzwing cancelled by target, apparently, they had enough stock to send to their **** stores months ago, but they couldn't be bothered to **** fulfill a pre-order. Apparently I didn't approve the delay, but I was never told that I needed to, so, what the hell

Same happened to me about a month ago ago with those 2 and a couple of others. Some of mine cancelled without any notice and others I had to approve, but when I went to approve and confirm the payment method, you lost out on the sale from Feb.

I ended up going with Amazon and had them within a couple days.

Jazz was always going to be a pass for me since I'm happy with United Jazz.

Grimlock looks like the last word on G1 Grimlock. I'll probably get all of these minus Jazz.

I kinda wish I hadn't gotten the Headmaster versions of these guys now.

You fall off the truck and you fall of the truck!

yeah I'm going have to wait on official images before I decide what I'm getting. Grimlock looks promising so far, disappointed he doesn't come with his sword but it's not a big deal. As for Blurr, man I do really like TR blurr but that looks a whole lot better. If the alt mode looks good yeah the TR one is getting retired. Oh yeah and my POTP Jazz has had a couple of breakages on his translucent parts so it won't be very hard for this Jazz to convince me to replace him (POTP Jazz wasn't even that good to begin with).

Maybe it is just the picture quality but Jazz and Grimlock look more like R.E.D. figures than Generations figures. I guess that is the point of Studio Series, make them look exactly like they did on screen, but something about those two seems off. Looking forward to an official reveal and better quality pics.

did they jump out of the actual movie or something?

One of the things I liked about SS was the numbering system. If they all have 86,that is pretty messed up, and pretty much makes it pointless now.

seriously, even though it is hard to make out completely from the teeny blurry images, what I can make out has me absolutely STOKED.

Hmmm. Grimlock looks alright but man did they go overboard with the Sunbow influence. I really would have preferred gold over yellow and gunmetal over flat grey. Also no sword? C'mon. Might just go for the Takara Volcanicus set.

Jazz looks pretty nice though.

ZeroWolf wrote:Actually these are still Generations toys as Studio Series itself was just the live action movie arm of Generations. Plus with these not being numbered, it really adds to the theory that these would have ended up in Kingdom had they not decided to bring Beast Wars into the fold.

In essence, this is Hasbro having their cake and eating it (more G1 and beasts at the same time)

Fair point on the Generations label as being a category across product lines rather than a specific product line, but what I'm trying to get at is that over different product lines over the years, we get new versions of G1 that emphasize different features. Settings aside the Kingdom versus SS debate, either way SS Blurr and TR Blurr are both G1 Blurr in both modes in a way that I wouldn't consider the 2010 version, or most Classics / Universe figures more generally. There are different product refreshes that emphasize different features. While there hasn't been a whole lot of character overlap between Prime Wars and WfC generally, we're starting to get more with SS86, but it doesn't feel redundant to me. (The WfC overlap is even lower when you exclude the principal leads and retools like TR Sound wave. And I'm saying between Prime Wars and WfC, not within WfC where there's tons of overlap between Siege and ER.)

So yes, we get a wider range of characters between multiple Generations lines, but the line play patterns and aesthetic priorities also allow for very different figures of the same characters, which I find very appealing since I'm a G1 collector first.