Studio Series Gamer Edition Optimus Prime Showing Up in Canadian and US Gamestops
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 11:36PM CDT
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Lots of fans are getting the new Transformers Studio Series Gamer Edition voyager Optimus Prime in hand and enjoying it. For those who do not have it yet, fans have been finding it at Gamestop stores in Canada and in the US. The toy is also available in online stores, even the Seibertron store. We thank Scorpulator for the sighting in Canada.
We also have a review of the toy for those who want to know as much as possible about it.
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Posted by Hairball178 on April 27th, 2023 @ 8:16am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 27th, 2023 @ 4:34pm CDT
What's the difference in terms of paint apps?Sabrblade wrote:That's not Premium Finish. That's Beast Wars Again.-Kanrabat- wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The Premium Finish line is dead.-Kanrabat- wrote:Fortress_Maximus wrote:Picking up Prime, pre-ordered. Hoping they do a henkei version too.
Meaning a "Premium Repaint"?
Well, it's possible. Based on the track records, so far all the Optimusses have been repainted for the Premium Finish line so I'd be surprised if this one is not.
How come when there's Beast Wars figures coming and on preorder?
Unless it's just naming semantics?
Posted by Emerje on April 28th, 2023 @ 1:40am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:What's the difference in terms of paint apps?Sabrblade wrote:That's not Premium Finish. That's Beast Wars Again.-Kanrabat- wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The Premium Finish line is dead.-Kanrabat- wrote:Fortress_Maximus wrote:Picking up Prime, pre-ordered. Hoping they do a henkei version too.
Meaning a "Premium Repaint"?
Well, it's possible. Based on the track records, so far all the Optimusses have been repainted for the Premium Finish line so I'd be surprised if this one is not.
How come when there's Beast Wars figures coming and on preorder?
Unless it's just naming semantics?
Nothing, but it's strictly Beast Wars and 2-packs to boot.
Emerje
Posted by Fortress_Maximus on April 28th, 2023 @ 2:00am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2023 @ 4:42am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 28th, 2023 @ 7:56am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2023 @ 1:28pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Amazon USA already began shipping Optimus while in Canada, we have to wait until June.
GAMESTOP TO THE RESCUE!
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 28th, 2023 @ 2:30pm CDT
Ok, so it could have stayed under the Premium Finish line, and Sabrblade was just being petty.Emerje wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:What's the difference in terms of paint apps?Sabrblade wrote:That's not Premium Finish. That's Beast Wars Again.-Kanrabat- wrote:Unless it's just naming semantics?
Nothing, but it's strictly Beast Wars and 2-packs to boot.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 28th, 2023 @ 6:56pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Ok, so it could have stayed under the Premium Finish line, and Sabrblade was just being petty.Emerje wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:What's the difference in terms of paint apps?Sabrblade wrote:That's not Premium Finish. That's Beast Wars Again.-Kanrabat- wrote:Unless it's just naming semantics?
Nothing, but it's strictly Beast Wars and 2-packs to boot.
Premium Finish was limited to WFC and SS anyway... But what's in a name? Apparently some unwritten rules
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2023 @ 10:46pm CDT
The size is PERFECT. At las the's big as he should have been from the start. Plus is overall look is on point. The only thing I don't like for the bot mode is the arm thing for the weapon. Why must the arm plug in his butt? There's some huge gap behind his legs or even in his backpack. Why not store the arm there? I may drill and small hole and do it myself.
As for the vehicle mode, it's nice, but there's gaps everywhere, especially the back. The gams under due to the armpits is forgivable. The gap of the feet on top of the truck will be easy to deal with the the right upgrade fillers. But as for the back of the truck, maybe a more elaborate thing is needed. Like a transforming shield accessory or some extra panels on the legs. I'll wait and see what the upgrade people will come up with.
Overall, Gamer Optimus is fine on it's own and worth the price. But to be perfect, he needs to be pushed to "leader" with upgrade kits and whatnots.
Posted by Emerje on April 29th, 2023 @ 4:06am CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Ok, so it could have stayed under the Premium Finish line, and Sabrblade was just being petty.Emerje wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:What's the difference in terms of paint apps?Sabrblade wrote:That's not Premium Finish. That's Beast Wars Again.-Kanrabat- wrote:Unless it's just naming semantics?
Nothing, but it's strictly Beast Wars and 2-packs to boot.
Premium Finish was limited to WFC and SS anyway... But what's in a name? Apparently some unwritten rules
Though technically Prime is both SS and WFC.
Kidding aside I think they're more likely to use a different name for a premium repaint line than use the name "Premium Finish" again, otherwise they would have attached it to the BWA line in some form. I think some poor choices, particularly WFC Megatron, left people very sour on the name. Maybe they'll revive the Generations name someday.
Emerje
Posted by TulioDude on April 29th, 2023 @ 7:05pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 29th, 2023 @ 11:59pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:I realize now that one of the reasons that they made the Gamer Edition part of the Studios Series, is to have part of the toyline ready to receive the toys based on the" Transformers Reactivate" game that is coming later.
That would be logical and also very appreciated. Many of those upcoming designs are SICK!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 30th, 2023 @ 6:26pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:I realize now that one of the reasons that they made the Gamer Edition part of the Studios Series, is to have part of the toyline ready to receive the toys based on the" Transformers Reactivate" game that is coming later.
I would be OK with this.
Just please, let's get FOC Jazz. that is the one i have always wanted
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 30th, 2023 @ 7:07pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:TulioDude wrote:I realize now that one of the reasons that they made the Gamer Edition part of the Studios Series, is to have part of the toyline ready to receive the toys based on the" Transformers Reactivate" game that is coming later.
I would be OK with this.
Just please, let's get FOC Jazz. that is the one i have always wanted
I'll skip Bee because I think the new one is horrible compared to the original. The new optimus ain't perfect but he was worth getting.
But one I'm waiting for in anticipation is definitely a redo of FOC Jazz. The original deluxe was the symbol of the Transformers nosedive in quality for size, hollowness, and overall cheap feeling. A redo would do this design justice.
Posted by sorrimus on May 5th, 2023 @ 9:15am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 12th, 2023 @ 2:50pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 12th, 2023 @ 7:19pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 13th, 2023 @ 1:18am CDT
Posted by Overcracker on May 15th, 2023 @ 7:42pm CDT
Transformation us awkward at best, and not really much of an improvement from the original which was already a pain to transform.
I think I’ll skip him, unless he goes in deep clearance at some point.
Hopefully Megs ends up much better than this.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 15th, 2023 @ 8:01pm CDT
Overcracker wrote:Just watched Emgo’s review of Bumblebee, and damn, if he’s not just a convoluted mess. Robot mode is just sad.
Transformation us awkward at best, and not really much of an improvement from the original which was already a pain to transform.
I think I’ll skip him, unless he goes in deep clearance at some point.
Hopefully Megs ends up much better than this.
You'll watch him and not me? I'm here, where's Emgo? WHERE IS HE??????? I'M RIGHT HERE!!!!!!
Posted by Overcracker on May 15th, 2023 @ 8:55pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Overcracker wrote:Just watched Emgo’s review of Bumblebee, and damn, if he’s not just a convoluted mess. Robot mode is just sad.
Transformation us awkward at best, and not really much of an improvement from the original which was already a pain to transform.
I think I’ll skip him, unless he goes in deep clearance at some point.
Hopefully Megs ends up much better than this.
You'll watch him and not me? I'm here, where's Emgo? WHERE IS HE??????? I'M RIGHT HERE!!!!!!
Been watching Emgo for like 15 years now.
Fine, just watched your review. Still a convoluted mess.
Also, you may want to add a link to your channel in your signature.
Transformation is jus as convoluted as the original, just in different ways.
Seem’s like you had a real hard time with him.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 15th, 2023 @ 10:29pm CDT
Also, am I the only one to not struggle in transforming the original?
Posted by william-james88 on May 15th, 2023 @ 11:29pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:The original Bee is much, MUCH better and I really don't feel the needs to replace him by that new one.
Also, am I the only one to not struggle in transforming the original?
I only struggle with getting the feet in right. What I dislike about this new bee is his lack of a pelvic area, it looks really strange.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 15th, 2023 @ 11:31pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:The original Bee is much, MUCH better and I really don't feel the needs to replace him by that new one.
Also, am I the only one to not struggle in transforming the original?
I only struggle with getting the feet in right. What I dislike about this new bee is his lack of a pelvic area, it looks really strange.
What nag me the more about the new one are the "front car wings" just hanging there on the chest. It looks incomplete and hollow.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 15th, 2023 @ 11:41pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:The original Bee is much, MUCH better and I really don't feel the needs to replace him by that new one.
Also, am I the only one to not struggle in transforming the original?
I only struggle with getting the feet in right. What I dislike about this new bee is his lack of a pelvic area, it looks really strange.
Would you say that the lack of a pelvic thrust really drives you insane?
Posted by Emerje on May 16th, 2023 @ 11:03am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:The original Bee is much, MUCH better and I really don't feel the needs to replace him by that new one.
Also, am I the only one to not struggle in transforming the original?
I haven't transformed it in a few years, but I just remember the arms being weird but not particularly difficult to change. They really should have just remade that figure, but smaller.
At least the new Megatron looks really cool, Prime just needs an upgrade kit to hide his hands and Barricade is good if you don't mind the backpack. Three of the four molds are winners, I think that's a pretty good start. During the live stream they hinted at more coming so we'll what happens next. Bee was probably the hardest one since he has such a round alt mode and lanky bot mode, I think we can expect more on the same level of the other three from here on out.
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 18th, 2023 @ 7:52pm CDT
Barricade was the first one, and he's alright. He is great to look at, and has a great large presence. Unfortunately his robot mode is hard to pose and cannot move too well. But the alt mode is really nice. And they did a good job on the back making him look like the game model.
Prime is the clear winner here. He is really chunky and solid, and very posable. He is great.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 19th, 2023 @ 12:38pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 19th, 2023 @ 1:12pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 19th, 2023 @ 3:49pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 24th, 2023 @ 1:21am CDT
Barricade: "I'm not crying, you're crying!"D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Posted by Emerje on May 24th, 2023 @ 9:27am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Barricade: "I'm not crying, you're crying!"D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
I know I am!
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 24th, 2023 @ 8:24pm CDT
Bee is still neat to me
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 28th, 2023 @ 5:32pm CDT
Here's my impressions.
The bot is fantastic looking. I love his arm canon but his mace is ridiculous. The overal proportions of the bot are on point and his colors are superb.
But there's one glaring flaw. He just have ONE hard click of articulation in his knees! As if those are no knees, but transformation joints. In today's days and ages, it's baffling.
That's the ONLY way the knees can bend. No further than that. Unless you start transforming the legs.
Compared to the original Generations deluxe (in all its yellowed glory), the SS Gamer Megatron is barely any bigger. He still looks way better.
Contrary to the original, Gamer Megs have NO hollow parts. At all! Even the "hollow" on his back don't count because the multi-headed mushroom peg act as a "spinal column". There is not even any hollows inside of his legs nor his arms. A true miracle.
The transformation was easy to figure out despite the altmode being Cybertronian. There's many interesting steps and the transformation was very satisfying to do.
The only hollow part of the vehicle is an "exhaust port" at the back. Much less egregious than on Gamer Optimus. Of course, storing the giant mace on top of the vehicle ruins the look.
The vehicle is barely bigger than the deluxe original, but it's more cohesive all around.
Overall, Gamer Megatron is worth getting at full price. I was blown away by him. I don't think he'll need any upgrade kits to be truly complete like for Gamer Optimus. But I'm looking forward the Reprolabels to make him look even better.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2023 @ 3:50pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 30th, 2023 @ 7:15pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 30th, 2023 @ 7:47pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I've been hearing that megatron has a wide spread misassembly, where it looks like the knee piece hindering the knee bend was either installed wrong or wasn't supposed to be there in general. It was not in stock images or anything, and only showed up now, and adds nothing to the alt mode or transformation, so misassembly is very possible.
Let's hope no pins nor glue are involved if that's the case. I'll wait for any confirmations before starting to mod mine.
Posted by william-james88 on July 30th, 2023 @ 11:05pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Got Gamer Megatron!
Here's my impressions.
The bot is fantastic looking. I love his arm canon but his mace is ridiculous. The overal proportions of the bot are on point and his colors are superb.
But there's one glaring flaw. He just have ONE hard click of articulation in his knees! As if those are no knees, but transformation joints. In today's days and ages, it's baffling.
That's the ONLY way the knees can bend. No further than that. Unless you start transforming the legs.
Compared to the original Generations deluxe (in all its yellowed glory), the SS Gamer Megatron is barely any bigger. He still looks way better.
Contrary to the original, Gamer Megs have NO hollow parts. At all! Even the "hollow" on his back don't count because the multi-headed mushroom peg act as a "spinal column". There is not even any hollows inside of his legs nor his arms. A true miracle.
The transformation was easy to figure out despite the altmode being Cybertronian. There's many interesting steps and the transformation was very satisfying to do.
The only hollow part of the vehicle is an "exhaust port" at the back. Much less egregious than on Gamer Optimus. Of course, storing the giant mace on top of the vehicle ruins the look.
The vehicle is barely bigger than the deluxe original, but it's more cohesive all around.
Overall, Gamer Megatron is worth getting at full price. I was blown away by him. I don't think he'll need any upgrade kits to be truly complete like for Gamer Optimus. But I'm looking forward the Reprolabels to make him look even better.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 31st, 2023 @ 4:35am CDT
And if those are indeed misassembled, they are held in with a pin, making any modding very difficult.
Posted by Emerje on July 31st, 2023 @ 10:24am CDT
Q: So we kind of hit on this with the comic talk, but just to elaborate – first we had 86, now we have Gamer Edition expanding Studio Series even more. What sort of other things could happen?
A: Anything that’s technically a studio could be on the table. We’re trying to look at that and make sure that it’s authentic to what Studio Series is. We don’t want to just shoehorn everything into Studio Series, but we do know that there are opportunities to grow the brand. We always say from screen to toy. And a lot of people read comic books on screens now.
Q: Hasbro turns the tables! Asks us if we’d consider comic publishers as studios, and that they could live in the Studio Series segment?
A: Led to a small back-and-forth on this subject, but in short it seems Hasbro may be interested in something like this.
On that note, they also talked about what games they're open to doing in the Gamer Edition line.
Q: For Gamer Edition, is it limited to just WFC or will FOC (Dinobots, Bruticus, etc) and all the Transformers games be included?
A: Pretty much all of it. Think the clear winner will probably be, everybody wants some Devastation stuff, we need to figure out how to do some cell shading for it. Continuing from WFC, think FOC is on the table. Team has even joked about doing Mystery of Convoy, doing some sort of dot deco or something like that. We have the Ultra Magnus now and we have the Rodimus from Kingdom, it’s like why not. Why not some N64 Transmetals too? We can get some of that in there, there’s a lot of options. If it’s been in a video game, we have the opportunity to look at it, taking a little bit of a cue from what the Star Wars team did with their gamer stuff. There’s no licensing issues, we own all of that, it’s all on the table for us. But with the live action movie stuff, there’s always that stuff going on, you still have to deal with Paramount and the licensors.
Could we really see the Studio Series line become the home of Beast Wars Transmetals figures or future and former Commander Class figures done up for Mystery of Convoy for the Nintendo Famicom? Time will tell!
Final big piece of news that's currently making its rounds on video game news channels is the current status of Activision's Transformers games. It's a mixed bag, but the team seems optimistic about these being available again. Turns out licensing was never the issue as has long been speculated.
Q: Possible to re-release the Activision TF games to coincide with Gamer Edition?
A: Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building. When a company eats a company that eats a company things get lost, and that’s very frustrating. Hope is that now that the deal is moving forward with Microsoft and Xbox that they’ll go through all of the archives and every hard drive to find it all, because it’s an easy Game Pass add. We want those games back up for people to have a chance to play.
Q: How did that impact the process of making Gamer Edition?
A: Sam had to load up the games on older platforms because there were some deco details we couldn’t find – we have the CAD, but it’s not colored. So we had to find some of the character details within the games themselves.
Q: So you do have some of the game assets then?
A: We do, but it’s very interesting. FOC, we have everything. For WFC, we had to rip it ourselves, because they could not find it – they kept sending concept art instead, which we didn’t want, we need the CAD. So we booted up an old computer and ripped them all out from there. Which was a learning experience and a long weekend, because we just wanted to get it right, so that’s why we did it like that.
Hopefully Activision finds those hard drives, fans have been begging for new opportunities to play those games for years now.
TFW2005 also did a very lengthy solo Q&A with Evan where he talks about figures he'd like to make, what is and isn't possible, and whatever happened to that Takara Armada Optimus Prime prototype among many other things. It's a very extensive read so check it out the link at the top of the page.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 31st, 2023 @ 11:14am CDT
Which could, in theory, mean Transmetal reissues with shiny paint instead of flakey vac-metal chrome?!?
And here I started the article thinking I'd be most excited about the "studio" definition being stretched to include comic stuff, opening up the possibility of more Marvel book characters.
They could even do monochrome repaints of G2 stuff and claim it's accurate to that Tiger LCD game!
Posted by DeathReviews on July 31st, 2023 @ 11:21am CDT
Posted by blackeyedprime on July 31st, 2023 @ 12:01pm CDT
or there was the Super Nintendo Transformer at one point in Japan
from tfw2005 question about collabs answer from hasbro. What, where and when or was that an answer given by the guy that really should have more/some product knowledge?
On the bright side googling stuff, g1 megatron custom in NES zapper colors is amazing.
Posted by -Crossfire- on July 31st, 2023 @ 12:50pm CDT
It would be really nice to get updated FOC figures. 2011-2012 were such poor years for mainline figures quality-wise.
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Posted by Stormshot_Prime on July 31st, 2023 @ 1:17pm CDT
Razorbeast88 wrote:Studio series Beast wars the gathering ahaha
THIS right here. I'm such a sucker for Beast Era characters in cybertronian/vehicular bodies. That comic had SO many good designs.
Still sad I'll never be able to own that BotCon set with the pre-Earth Maximals and a couple preds.