Next Year's 3 Studio Series Leader Class Toys Confirmed Through Listings

Tuned Agent wrote:Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

Emerje wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

He's a Voyager in name only, he's actually the size of a Core because of that ridiculous parts count.

I'm glad to see the big bots of the next movie are going to hit Leader class. Can't even begin to imagine how they'll get Primal up to that price point. Extra stuff aside he isn't a figure that traditionally requires a high parts count or complex transformation and what we've seen of the character in other toys and art it doesn't seem like anything has really changed. Maybe whatever the McGuffin they're after gives him a temporary upgrade that can be snapped on.

And we can finally put that false but still perpetuated rumor (started by PvP) about Snarl being a Voyager to rest for good now, right?

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:Finally, the NEST figure we all wanted and deserved. I'm glad they bumped this guy up to voyager class, they were really able to do the design justice with that extra budget. Can't wait for the COOP retool!

He's a Voyager in name only, he's actually the size of a Core because of that ridiculous parts count.

I'm glad to see the big bots of the next movie are going to hit Leader class. Can't even begin to imagine how they'll get Primal up to that price point. Extra stuff aside he isn't a figure that traditionally requires a high parts count or complex transformation and what we've seen of the character in other toys and art it doesn't seem like anything has really changed. Maybe whatever the McGuffin they're after gives him a temporary upgrade that can be snapped on.

And we can finally put that false but still perpetuated rumor (started by PvP) about Snarl being a Voyager to rest for good now, right?

Emerje

I thought that the rumour had always been about Swoop being a Voyager rather than snarl

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Question: doesn't the mention of Bumblebee in the listing before where it says Studio Series just imply that this figure is a Buzzworthy Bumblebee release, and not have anything to do with the mold the figure would be using? That's how past Buzzworthy store listings were/are formatted.

Yes, but the use of "Nest" is why we're all guessing it has something to do with the recent NEST Bumblebee and Universal Studios. Even if it didn't say Bumblebee we'd probably still draw the same conclusion.

Emerje

I thought SS BB could refer to a studio series figure of a character from the Bumblebee movie.

Wouldn't it be listed as "TF6", then, like the other Bumblebee movie character toys?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:This is awesome! Definitely a prepaint for DOTM core Bumblebee!

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Rtron wrote:Love the little living room used as a "backdrop".

Emerje wrote:For reference:



Wish the Core class was that shade of pink and not magenta, but it's a good looking figure regardless. Not crazy about the weapon, wish it covered his hand. Also looks like it splits in half for some reason?

It's interesting that they're using the "Apollo" code name again, they last used it for Age of Extinction for Dinobot Slash. I wonder who it could possibly be this time around? As far as we know BW Dinobot isn't in this movie, certainly not Slash.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:Many code names are being reused this time around, from previous code series, like George.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Many code names are being reused this time around, from previous code series, like George.

Was George used before? I tried looking it up and only found "Costanza".

Emerje

Rodimus Prime wrote:So since Goldbug happened, could this WFC Bee be a reissue of the VW mold? Or will it be yet another mold besides a Camaro or a jeep?

Nemesis Primal wrote:...well I said I would have to get Laserbeak if it did turn out to be Murderbee, so that's happening.

I'm guessing Apollo is gonna be that tow truck Battletrap, since I believe he was the only RotB cast member that hasn't appeared with a codename in the RotB stuff we've seen before now?

...WFC Bee could easily be related to the recent WFC and be boring, yeah...but JTPrime speculated when the listing was discovered that maybe the Studio Series WFC Bee is as such because it's based off the High Moon Studios WFC game, and that's probably not likely...but I can't get the thought out of my head now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So since Goldbug happened, could this WFC Bee be a reissue of the VW mold? Or will it be yet another mold besides a Camaro or a jeep?

You know, a reissue of the VW mold would make a whole lot of sense since that figure was previously sold in the Netflix line, whose actual proper name was "Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy". It would explain how and why there is a "WFC" in the listing if it's supposed to be a Studio Series release, in that it would be a toy originally first released in the "War For Cybertron Trilogy" toyline and of a character from one of the theatrically-released feature films.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Yeah, why is it this color instead of pink? I'd have actually considered it had it been accurate colors from the movie.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

william-james88 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

Wow, that is pretty quick.

That's wave 3 of studio series 2022 coming in exactly as the 3rd quarter starts.

By comparison, I am so far behind locally that I bought my wave 1 deluxes on Pulse during that sale and can finally join in on the conversation regarding those.

That SS BB Ratchet toy really surprised me. While I wasn't sure at first since parts of the alt mode looked off, I just fell in love with the transformation. The team at Hasbro really went out of their way for this ratchet toy, giving us very different looking modes from robot to cybertronian vehicle that bring new details to each mode while also using the same parts in new ways. It really is my perfect type of transformer.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like Amazon is getting a good sized shipment of voyagers. I got a notice for Legacy Jhiaxus along with SS Galvatron and Bee movie Thundercracker all arriving on Friday.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Well, that DotM Laserbeak is really surprising, but I love it! That is how you do an off the cuff out of nowhere figure. I love it!

I hope the voyager NEST listing is a retooled Ironhide like his RotF Recon toy. I would LOVE that!

I did get the NEST Bumblebee too, he is pretty nice. The colors are good on this mold

chuckdawg1999 wrote:How are the joints? All the versions of this mold, including retools have all had loose hips.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:How are the joints? All the versions of this mold, including retools have all had loose hips.

None of mine have had loose hips. And this one is no different

Emerje wrote:You know, it probably wouldn't take much to retool Bee movie Cybertronian Bee into WFC game Bee.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:A half-baked crossover?

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Maybe Studio Series is evolving the same way the Masters of the Universe Masterverse is. It started as a line for the Revalations series, now it has incorporated the CGI series, the original series (for the 40th anniversary) and even figures based on tweaked concept art.

I'm not against a catch all Generations Transformers line that's outside the current themed main line. They're quickly hitting the wall for movie figures they haven't already made (sometimes multiple times) so letting it evolve isn't such a bad idea.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Maybe Studio Series is evolving the same way the Masters of the Universe Masterverse is. It started as a line for the Revalations series, now it has incorporated the CGI series, the original series (for the 40th anniversary) and even figures based on tweaked concept art.

I'm not against a catch all Generations Transformers line that's outside the current themed main line. They're quickly hitting the wall for movie figures they haven't already made (sometimes multiple times) so letting it evolve isn't such a bad idea.

Emerje

Except, Legacy is pretty much a catch all Generations Transformers line too, picking from all over the brand's history and media for whatever toys it wants to include. Studio Series going to same route would make the two line pretty indistinguishable from each other beyond one still making some toys based on the live action movies and one that doesn't, at which point they might as well just be the same line.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Maybe Studio Series is evolving the same way the Masters of the Universe Masterverse is. It started as a line for the Revalations series, now it has incorporated the CGI series, the original series (for the 40th anniversary) and even figures based on tweaked concept art.

I'm not against a catch all Generations Transformers line that's outside the current themed main line. They're quickly hitting the wall for movie figures they haven't already made (sometimes multiple times) so letting it evolve isn't such a bad idea.

Emerje

Except, Legacy is pretty much a catch all Generations Transformers line too, picking from all over the brand's history and media for whatever toys it wants to include. Studio Series going to same route would make the two line pretty indistinguishable from each other beyond one still making some toys based on the live action movies and one that doesn't, at which point they might as well just be the same line.

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Maybe Studio Series is evolving the same way the Masters of the Universe Masterverse is. It started as a line for the Revalations series, now it has incorporated the CGI series, the original series (for the 40th anniversary) and even figures based on tweaked concept art.

As did the Netflix line and now the Speedia line

I'm not against a catch all Generations Transformers line that's outside the current themed main line. They're quickly hitting the wall for movie figures they haven't already made (sometimes multiple times) so letting it evolve isn't such a bad idea.

Emerje

Except, Legacy is pretty much a catch all Generations Transformers line too, picking from all over the brand's history and media for whatever toys it wants to include. Studio Series going to same route would make the two line pretty indistinguishable from each other beyond one still making some toys based on the live action movies and one that doesn't, at which point they might as well just be the same line.

You're thinking short term, I'm thinking long term. That's what Legacy is right now (if you pretend Prime Universe isn't in it), in 2024 the line that takes that slot could literally be anything. Besides, Kingdom and SS86 were nearly indistinguishable from each other, we have the Jazz and Cliffjumper repaints and retools to prove it, and they coexisted.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:I mean, if you want to get real pedantic here, games are made by studios. It's called High Moon Studios after all.

With that logic, we could even extend it to TV series, too, as those are also made by studios. Hasbro's production company Allspark was even originally named Hasbro Studios, and one subsidiary is named Boulder Media Studio. Lots more studios to pick from as well.

Maybe Studio Series is evolving the same way the Masters of the Universe Masterverse is. It started as a line for the Revalations series, now it has incorporated the CGI series, the original series (for the 40th anniversary) and even figures based on tweaked concept art.

As did the Netflix line and now the Speedia line

I'm not against a catch all Generations Transformers line that's outside the current themed main line. They're quickly hitting the wall for movie figures they haven't already made (sometimes multiple times) so letting it evolve isn't such a bad idea.

Emerje

Except, Legacy is pretty much a catch all Generations Transformers line too, picking from all over the brand's history and media for whatever toys it wants to include. Studio Series going to same route would make the two line pretty indistinguishable from each other beyond one still making some toys based on the live action movies and one that doesn't, at which point they might as well just be the same line.

You're thinking short term, I'm thinking long term. That's what Legacy is right now (if you pretend Prime Universe isn't in it), in 2024 the line that takes that slot could literally be anything. Besides, Kingdom and SS86 were nearly indistinguishable from each other, we have the Jazz and Cliffjumper repaints and retools to prove it, and they coexisted.

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:

Barricade.it wrote:Galvatron is simply ugly, even in the alt mode with those two strange things on the back that should maybe be some hooking for the trailer.

Metroplex... simply isn't Metroplex, is a different character. I still ask myself why, when figures get bigger, alt modes look weird and lame.

Thundercracker is great.

Seems like you've never seen the pictures of Cybertron Metroplex's alt mode, as it is a very real thing (it's also gigantic) also if the name bothers you, just call him by his Japanese Galaxy Force name

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:I had tickets to the rerelease of the 2007 movie today (which I was super excited about because I never actually got to see it's original run in theaters), but my family got COVID so I'm in quarantine for a while. Instead, here's my 2007 Studio Series Autobot cast!

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All these figures are great, I'm so glad to have them!