Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee

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Amazon.ca has new preorders up for the Transformers Studio Series line. These are all toys that have yet to hit Canadian retail but some are toys that have also yet to hit US retail and some even global retail,such as the upcoming new Bumblebee deluxe that is rumoured to be in the Volkswagon body seen in the Bumblebee movie. All these preorder listings give us some dates which give us an idea of when these toys will be made (more) available at retail. As will be seen, some of these toys have already been released in the US so these dates are more of an aproximation.

Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

New Deluxe Bumblebee has release date of September 24, 2018

Please remember that the Bumblebee movie's deluxe and voyager toys (if any) are part of the Studio Series line and not part of its own movie line so this means that we would probably be getting the delayed Bumblebee movie toys starting end September. That is of course if this Bumblebee toy is for the new film or if it is simply Bee in another body he has had throughout the live action movie franchise.

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Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965536)
Posted by Emerje on June 18th, 2018 @ 2:59pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

Incidentally these are the same dates from the "big leak" which also had the 4/20 wave one street date correct so Bee's date is probably accurate as well.

Emerje

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965652)
Posted by Munkky on June 19th, 2018 @ 3:37pm CDT

I got hold of a Voyager Optimus today, and he isn't a bad figure at all. The first thing that really stuck out to me was that the transformation, especially the arms and chest windows, is quite similar to the Transformers Prime First Edition Optimus, so I got some warm and fuzzy nostalgia for that toy while I was transforming him. The only tiny nitpick I have are the vehicle's smoke stacks are too short, they should be about half an inch longer.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965660)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 19th, 2018 @ 5:10pm CDT

The shortened stacks are due to a combination of safety regs and the simplified engineering.
You could drill them open and cut a notch for a slide lever, and get some stiff rubber tubing or w/e that fits inside, stick it in, glue a piece of scrap styrene on as the lever, and cut it to length.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965683)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2018 @ 8:55pm CDT

Some new English reviews of SS Ironhide are creeping up. Have Emgo's:

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965687)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:12pm CDT

Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965690)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:15pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn

Same thing for us...

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965695)
Posted by TulioDude on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:28pm CDT

There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965699)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 19th, 2018 @ 9:34pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965718)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2018 @ 11:02pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965722)
Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2018 @ 11:32pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965745)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 20th, 2018 @ 4:25am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965824)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 20th, 2018 @ 2:45pm CDT

I need SS Ironhide in my life now. The head sculpt and cannons are perfect, and the proportions are spot-on, it just looks SO good. The bumper's a little out of place, but I think if it's painted to be a much darker gray it should look better. He's out of scale in vehicle mode, but that's what HFTD Ironhide is for!

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965962)
Posted by TulioDude on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:46pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1965965)
Posted by william-james88 on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:52pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes
And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.

I doubt that. They are part of a line filled with other characters not related to the film because there are so few toys from the film. Hasbro does the same thing with the marvel films for Marvel ELgends. There is only 1 toy of Ant Man or the Wasp in the marvel legends line available at wide retail.

There might be more than 1 bumblebee, bu I dont expect multiples of other characters.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966107)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2018 @ 1:57pm CDT

Finally got around to taking those photos. First, the group shots:

"Sandstorm", as I have named the desert colors Brawl, is in the process of being repaired with parts from a regular Deluxe Brawl that I made a bad attempt at repainting then scrapped for parts.
Dirge is under restoration following half-assed and ill-conceived customizing attempt

And now the solo(ish) shots:

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966189)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 23rd, 2018 @ 1:38am CDT

Damn, these videos are awesome.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966276)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 23rd, 2018 @ 2:14pm CDT

Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966287)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 23rd, 2018 @ 2:47pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet

There's a few problems with that idea:
1. The panels are formed from parts of his tread cowlings, so they wouldn't have been able to go in their proper place in vehicle mode if mounted to his back (especially if it was just with ball joints)
2. The panels wouldn't really make good covers for the torso gaps because they don't match the "alien ribcage" look of his torso
3. Those panels, while not necessary to support his weight, are approximations of panels present on his feet there in the actual movie design (you can get a good look at that on Josh Nizzi's website).

I've been on-off obsessively researching Megatron's ROTF design for a while now, in preparation for customizing the ROTF Leader-class toy whenever I finally got my hands on it.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966336)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2018 @ 9:12pm CDT

Finally finished cleaning my apartment and moving bots around. I could not get satisfied with the layout, and finally am.

In the process, this is how my movie display, including Bee and Ratchet, ended up. Several movie guys are elsewhere in alt mode (including final battle Jazz, see below), but with the exception of Jazz (when I get his SS figure he'll go here) every movie character minus the Dinobots and Knights (a shelf all to themselves) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.

Ratchet still feels a bit too small there, and Bee also a bit small, but overall not bad.

Re: Release Date for Upcoming Studio Series Figures Shown in Amazon Preorders, Including New Bumblebee (1966354)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 23rd, 2018 @ 11:40pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.

I still love the 2007 Arcee figure. One of my fave TFs ever. But she's now waaaay too big for my movie shelf scale, at least in bike mode since Jazz and Bee can probably ride her (not in rude way)

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