Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder

DeathReviews wrote:Is this a really heavily remolded version of Kingdom Airazor? It seems to have a lot of the elements, and the way everything transforms seems to mirror the Kingdom WFC Deluxe. The bird head folds down into the chest, the arms seem to tuck into the bird body like the Kingdom figure, and it's got the same triple jointed legs with clawed feet, albiet molded very differently...

DeathReviews wrote:Is this a really heavily remolded version of Kingdom Airazor? It seems to have a lot of the elements, and the way everything transforms seems to mirror the Kingdom WFC Deluxe. The bird head folds down into the chest, the arms seem to tuck into the bird body like the Kingdom figure, and it's got the same triple jointed legs with clawed feet, albiet molded very differently...

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Man, those are some big legs in falcon mode. Honestly looks half-transformed, or some sort of gerwalk mode.

Overcracker wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Man, those are some big legs in falcon mode. Honestly looks half-transformed, or some sort of gerwalk mode.

Yes, it's very mistransformed if we assume it transforms the same way as Kingdom Airrazor. The torso should be slid down closer to the legs, and the legs should be tucked into the body more.

DeathReviews wrote:I guess 'shared engineering' is closer to the mark than remolded, given it is larger and all...

Cheetron wrote:I'm getting male transformer vibes from this one. Big, kinda bulky. Not airrazor to me

o.supreme wrote:So now only 94, and 98 (as far as skipped numbers) are unknown.

Also , these examples show that even at the same Price point, Hasbro/TT scan even slightly scale up and down on things. I'm keeping that in mind for possible future TF's that are too small, or too big.

DeathReviews wrote:Is this a really heavily remolded version of Kingdom Airazor? It seems to have a lot of the elements, and the way everything transforms seems to mirror the Kingdom WFC Deluxe. The bird head folds down into the chest, the arms seem to tuck into the bird body like the Kingdom figure, and it's got the same triple jointed legs with clawed feet, albiet molded very differently...

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So now only 94, and 98 (as far as skipped numbers) are unknown.

Also , these examples show that even at the same Price point, Hasbro/TT scan even slightly scale up and down on things. I'm keeping that in mind for possible future TF's that are too small, or too big.

almost as if its parts count and R&D that determine the price point and not the size, something they've told us for years now

o.supreme wrote:So now only 94, and 98 (as far as skipped numbers) are unknown.

Also , these examples show that even at the same Price point, Hasbro/TT scan even slightly scale up and down on things. I'm keeping that in mind for possible future TF's that are too small, or too big.

First-Aid wrote:I'm loving the little details on this figure. The feathers, the bolts on the face...this is a must for me. Very nicely done.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So now only 94, and 98 (as far as skipped numbers) are unknown.

Also , these examples show that even at the same Price point, Hasbro/TT scan even slightly scale up and down on things. I'm keeping that in mind for possible future TF's that are too small, or too big.

almost as if its parts count and R&D that determine the price point and not the size, something they've told us for years now

I was thinking more along the lines of... With the case of CW/UW Devastator. I like the toy well enough, but I prefer a smaller one that scaled with the rest of the CW/UW combiners. There was a scaled down KO that met that need that I purchased, but for the longest time, we were always told Hasbro couldn't just "scale up" or "scale down" the design and re release a toy at a different size. Now they may not WANT to, but this shows they clearly CAN do it...

Sabrblade wrote:You know, given what we've seen of Airazor and Cheetor thus far, we can probably expect toys of Optimus Primal and Rhinox to also share transformation engineering with their respective Kingdom toys.

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, given what we've seen of Airazor and Cheetor thus far, we can probably expect toys of Optimus Primal and Rhinox to also share transformation engineering with their respective Kingdom toys.

We can expect engineering sharing for the SS figures. Likely new or at least significantly altered molds for mainline as has been seen with Air Razor.

Still haven't seen one of the Cheetors. Wether the one we have seen is mainline or SS I don't think has been confirmed.

Expect Rhinox and Primal in SS to share some degree of engineering with Kingdom Rhinos and Primal. Which isn not a bad thing.

Kingdom Primal is pretty good. If they enlarge him like they did with AiRazor, I would approve.

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, given what we've seen of Airazor and Cheetor thus far, we can probably expect toys of Optimus Primal and Rhinox to also share transformation engineering with their respective Kingdom toys.

We can expect engineering sharing for the SS figures. Likely new or at least significantly altered molds for mainline as has been seen with Air Razor.

Still haven't seen one of the Cheetors. Wether the one we have seen is mainline or SS I don't think has been confirmed.

Expect Rhinox and Primal in SS to share some degree of engineering with Kingdom Rhinos and Primal. Which isn not a bad thing.

Kingdom Primal is pretty good. If they enlarge him like they did with AiRazor, I would approve.

I can confirm, the cheetor we gave seen is mainline, not SS. Also, in total honesty, I don't see much sharing, even transformation wise between Kingdom Cheetor and ROTB Cheetor.

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, given what we've seen of Airazor and Cheetor thus far, we can probably expect toys of Optimus Primal and Rhinox to also share transformation engineering with their respective Kingdom toys.

We can expect engineering sharing for the SS figures. Likely new or at least significantly altered molds for mainline as has been seen with Air Razor.

Still haven't seen one of the Cheetors. Wether the one we have seen is mainline or SS I don't think has been confirmed.

Expect Rhinox and Primal in SS to share some degree of engineering with Kingdom Rhinos and Primal. Which isn not a bad thing.

Kingdom Primal is pretty good. If they enlarge him like they did with AiRazor, I would approve.

I can confirm, the cheetor we gave seen is mainline, not SS. Also, in total honesty, I don't see much sharing, even transformation wise between Kingdom Cheetor and ROTB Cheetor.

Thanks. Make sense its mainline rather than SS since it shares very little. I can see the arms end up in the same place and the thighs do similar things to Kingdom Cheetor, but it's much less obvious than AirRazor.

We'll see if SS Cheetor looks closer to Kingdom then.

william-james88 wrote:For those wanting more info or images regarding leader class Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Scourge, we have two new ones to share. One shows him next to his fellow Terrorcons (SS Battletrap and ROTB Nightbird) in alt mode and the other shows him next to voyager Bumblebee movie Optimus Prime. There will be more reviews and images coming as more fans got him early through the Asian online markets, like Shopee.

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

ZeroWolf wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

This isn't the first time the Terrorcon name has been used in non-G1 as seen in Energon and Prime

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

This isn't the first time the Terrorcon name has been used in non-G1 as seen in Energon and Prime

And the current theory is that they're using the name "Terrorcon" instead of "Predacon" for the main bad guys of this movie so that the name can align with the use of "Terrorize" like how "Maximize" does for "Maximal".

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

Nexus Knight wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

This isn't the first time the Terrorcon name has been used in non-G1 as seen in Energon and Prime

And the current theory is that they're using the name "Terrorcon" instead of "Predacon" for the main bad guys of this movie so that the name can align with the use of "Terrorize" like how "Maximize" does for "Maximal".

And the best thing about Transformers is adapting and changing things. So, I'm agreeable to the changes, since that's like... the whole thing.

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

This ain't G1, so they will repurpose G1 names here like they always have done. Same old same old

Nexus Knight wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I've been familiar with the Terrorcons since G1 - and... those ain't no Terrorcons . If they were just going to have a gang of ground based evil transformers, why not give them an original faction name? By misappropriating the Terrorcon faction name and applying it to these characters, it's just irking the long time purists.

I haven't watched the movie - because, ya know - Bayverse. But I hope they at least didn't do with the "Terrorcons" what they did with the Decepticons in the TLK movie. Just gather a random gang in a heist-style montage. Then have them attack once in only one scene, get totally clobbered, then run away and never be seen again.

This isn't the first time the Terrorcon name has been used in non-G1 as seen in Energon and Prime

And the current theory is that they're using the name "Terrorcon" instead of "Predacon" for the main bad guys of this movie so that the name can align with the use of "Terrorize" like how "Maximize" does for "Maximal".

And the best thing about Transformers is adapting and changing things. So, I'm agreeable to the changes, since that's like... the whole thing.

Chinese SNS boards are mumbling about how they're getting sent out to the KC Toy Safety "Korean Certification standards" where figures are reviewed for making sure they pass QC to be sold in the region.
We've seen this before time and time again, specially with early WFC and SS 86 they typically have a card of numbers under the figures in the pictures.

Solrac333 wrote:Man. They are making it easy for me to pass on these. These all look terrible. I hope the movie is good.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finally got this team together over break, glad to complete this set and looking forward to Hatchet to finish the whole scene!

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ZeroWolf wrote:Sharp work as always, it's phenomenal what you do to these guys.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finally got this team together over break, glad to complete this set and looking forward to Hatchet to finish the whole scene!

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Deathcry wrote:I'm still just waiting for orders to open up for the Deluxe ROTB version we first saw leaked. The SS is fine and certainly more screen accurate, but I want the other one more.

william-james88 wrote:

Deathcry wrote:I'm still just waiting for orders to open up for the Deluxe ROTB version we first saw leaked. The SS is fine and certainly more screen accurate, but I want the other one more.

Well see regarding screen accuracy. The one shot we get of airazor in the trailer makes the bird mode look more like the previous one. But we'll see what the bot mode looks like