Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase

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Thanks to Hasbro Pulse on Instagram, we have official images for the new Studio Series reveals seen last night at Fan Expo Canada. These reveals appear to be the big thing Hasbro advertised earlier this month and again earlier this week, and the reveals have not disappointed.

These official images are for the 5 deluxe class figures revealed, which include new mold Barricade from Transformers (2007) and appears to use transformation cues from his Masterpiece form; new mold Sideswipe based on his convertible Dark of the Moon form; a new mold World War 2 Bumblebee, seen for all of about 15 to 20 seconds in The Last Knight, and gives us hope of seeing more The Last Knight toys and maybe even a World War 2 Hot Rod to partner up with him; a repaint of Crowbar into Crankcase, which doesn't really work too well since Crankcase looks more like The Last Knight's Berserker; and another repaint of the wave 1 Bumblebee figure, officially called "Clunker Bumblebee" as he appears to mimmick the deco seen from the beginning of Transformers (2007), and it's also fitting he and Barricade are revealed together.

Check out the official pictures below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Transformers News: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee

Credit(s): Fan Expo Canada

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Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981453)
Posted by fruityrobo on August 30th, 2018 @ 7:48pm CDT

world war 2 bumblebee kinda looks too clunky and that backpack looks ugly at that angle

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981454)
Posted by Quantum Surge on August 30th, 2018 @ 7:49pm CDT

I love WWII Bee, Sideswipe, and Barricade. Don't need Clunkerbee unless he is on clearance. And maybe I can complete Crankcase with a simple face swap. Idk because I just bought ANOTHER Berserker just to make him Crankcase. Can someone ask Hasbro why the head is wrong?

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981456)
Posted by jtanimator on August 30th, 2018 @ 7:52pm CDT

Gotta say, Barricade, WW2 Bumblebee and Sideswipe look pretty fantastic, but I can't help but wonder why they've chosen these certain characters to make into ss figures. I'm still desperately looking forward to future figures like DotM Shockwave, Soundwave, Sentinel Prime, and others that I feel like should have been prioritized far before characters like WW2 Bumblebee who had such minimal and insignificant screen time.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981457)
Posted by What's Crackin'? on August 30th, 2018 @ 7:52pm CDT

You really gotta wonder why Hasbro didn't just repaint Berserker into Crankase, when they look exactly the same. I mean they both use the exact same model and the figure scaless perfectly with Crowbar too, so....

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981463)
Posted by william-james88 on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:07pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:We are now up to 9 Studio Series Bees, ladies and gentlemen, 10 if you count the Lucky Draw damaged/rusted Bee that seems virtually the same as this new rusted Bee...

Yeah but fans really wanted that rusty bee after seeing it be only 300 made at first. So now they can get it too. Dont know if it being less exclusive makes it less cool now.

Anyways, some things I wanted to point out for fun

- sideswipe’s weapons store as exhaust pipes
- swords incorporate into the alt-mode the like the original DOTM toy but there's an additional blade that ends up positioned flat under the car to recreate the paired, angled blade look.
- WWII Bee is based off a Humber Light Reconnaissance Car

What was he in the film?

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981464)
Posted by ToaLeePrime on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:20pm CDT

Classic camaro Bumblebee is officially the evasion mode Optimus of the studio series line. That WWII Bee however, delicious, more of that please!

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981465)
Posted by Spider5800 on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:26pm CDT

Why would they recolor Crowbar and say he's Crankcase, when Crankcase looks identical to Berserker, who already has a mold that came out just last year? That's just dumb. Can't wait to see this shelfwarming every store (just like Berserker, LOL).

At least the others look good. WW2 Bee is probably buy on sight. Will probably still wait on some comparisons to older versions for 'Swipe and Barricade before I make a decision. Not really feeling a need for Clunker Bee.

Hope we see some voyagers for this wave soon, I'm dying to see a new Bonecrusher.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981469)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:33pm CDT

Trouble Decepticon Punk!

I really am enjoying Jazz. I am super glad I found all of wave 2 in stores, and in Target no less, and Jazz is so much fun. He's small yes, but lots of fun. I love the head sculpt and the posing power and the weapon he comes with. He's so much fun!

Brawl has grown on me. I really like how the chest ends up working for robot mode, and he is really intimidating with all that weaponry

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981471)
Posted by Spider5800 on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:36pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:We are now up to 9 Studio Series Bees, ladies and gentlemen, 10 if you count the Lucky Draw damaged/rusted Bee that seems virtually the same as this new rusted Bee...

Yeah but fans really wanted that rusty bee after seeing it be only 300 made at first. So now they can get it too. Dont know if it being less exclusive makes it less cool now.

Anyways, some things I wanted to point out for fun

- sideswipe’s weapons store as exhaust pipes
- swords incorporate into the alt-mode the like the original DOTM toy but there's an additional blade that ends up positioned flat under the car to recreate the paired, angled blade look.
- WWII Bee is based off a Humber Light Reconnaissance Car

What was he in the film?

A quick Google search says he was a Mercedes-Benz 770.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_770

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981473)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on August 30th, 2018 @ 8:39pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:What was he in the film?

He was an open-top Mercedes-Benz car, tfwiki specifies it as a “cabriolet”.
This isn’t exact, but it’s pretty similar:

DB88A013-6BBB-4AA2-A1DB-8B4165DD4137.jpeg

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981477)
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on August 30th, 2018 @ 9:03pm CDT

Liking what I see, except for Crankcase's head. They should have gone with Crowbar's body and Berserker's head.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981482)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on August 30th, 2018 @ 9:19pm CDT

I like what we're seeing, but I feel I would love the WWII Bumblebee more if it wasn't Bumblebee. I have nothing Bee as a character, but he just never fit that role for me personally. If I see it at a decent price I might pick it up. It's still great looking. Sideswipe's pretty good, as is Barricade. Don't know why Hasbro decided to repaint Berserker/Crankcase... Every store I've been too has them overstocked but I recognize that that's subjective. Maybe others liked the figure?

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981497)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 30th, 2018 @ 11:00pm CDT

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
william-james88 wrote:What was he in the film?

He was an open-top Mercedes-Benz car, tfwiki specifies it as a “cabriolet”.
This isn’t exact, but it’s pretty similar:

DB88A013-6BBB-4AA2-A1DB-8B4165DD4137.jpeg

"Cabriolet" is another word for "convertible". It's French.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981504)
Posted by fenrir72 on August 31st, 2018 @ 12:57am CDT

Transformers Movie Legendary Optimus Prime

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-040919

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10551654

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981505)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 31st, 2018 @ 1:24am CDT

(With much headache) I went into the source code of the Instagram page and scrolled through all the image files until I found the highest quality images possible for them all. If ya guys wanna see that is.

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Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981507)
Posted by frogbat on August 31st, 2018 @ 2:35am CDT

The most interesting is the ww2 bee

think the figure looks really good however it's hard for me to see that and say "bumblebee" - at first glance thought it was a hound or ironhide...

also it's quite a distinctive alt mode which we haven't seen too much of (the closest I can think off the top of my head is a micrometer big shot)

really like what they've done with the studio series but haven't been able to tip my toes in...

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981516)
Posted by TFmonkeybiz on August 31st, 2018 @ 4:56am CDT

I wasn't a fan of this Barricade initially, but it's grown on me the more I look at it. WW2 Bee doesn't look too bad either. Sideswipe looks amazing and I dig the deco on "Crankcase" even if it looks nothing like the character. Clunker Bee looks too similar to the original in robot mode to justify buying both.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981517)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 31st, 2018 @ 5:03am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Trouble Decepticon Punk!

I really am enjoying Jazz. I am super glad I found all of wave 2 in stores, and in Target no less, and Jazz is so much fun. He's small yes, but lots of fun. I love the head sculpt and the posing power and the weapon he comes with. He's so much fun!

Brawl has grown on me. I really like how the chest ends up working for robot mode, and he is really intimidating with all that weaponry

I really should get Brawl at some point so I can do these pics too. Hm I have a £2 off voucher from the seller I bought Ironhide from that runs out at end of September. I should probably use that.

I love how badass, squat and chunky Barricade looks in his official promo pic and how dynamic and flash Sideswipe looks in his. They definitely got those poses right.

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981518)
Posted by Down_Shift on August 31st, 2018 @ 6:32am CDT

Hey everyone.

Hope you're enjoying the pics. There might be more reveals today along side Marvel Legends and Star Wars stuffs so if I get more pics I'll post them again. I'll try to post them here but if not just grab them from my Facebook or Twitter.

Cheers!

Ryan

Re: Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase (1981533)
Posted by william-james88 on August 31st, 2018 @ 8:36am CDT

Thanks Ryan!

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