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

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Thanks to Seibertronian DeathReviews, we have word of another new Rise of the Beasts figure being revealed, this time in the Studio Series Deluxe Class scale! Airazor, the Maximal falcon, is up for preorder already on Hasbro Pulse, and we can see that she'll be number 97 in the Studio Series lineup. Official pictures and product description follow.

Bring the epic action of the Transformers movies from the big screen into your collection with the Transformers Studio Series Deluxe Class Airazor action figure! Airazor leads the Autobots to the Maximal lair. Transformers Studio Series toys are collectible action figures for 8 year old boys and girls that feature movie-inspired details and accessories. Convert the action figure from robot to peregrine falcon mode in 23 steps and pose the Airazor toy in the included Peruvian Jungle Discovery removable backdrop scene. Transformers action figures for boys and girls make great gifts!

Includes figure, 2 accessories, removable backdrop, and instructions.

TRANSFORMERS STUDIO SERIES DELUXE CLASS: These 4.5-inch collectible action figures inspired by iconic movie scenes and designed with specs and details to reflect the Transformers movie universe4.5-INCH SCALE AIRAZOR: Transformers Studio Series 97 Airazor action figure for boys and girls is highly articulated for posability and features movie-inspired deco and details2 ICONIC MODES: This Transformers toy for 8 year old boys and girls features classic conversion between robot and peregrine falcon modes in 23 stepsAWESOME ACCESSORIES: Transformers figure comes with 2 photon blaster accessories that attach to the Airazor figure in both modesREMOVABLE BACKDROP: Removable backdrop displays Airazor figure in the Peruvian Jungle Discovery scene. Fans can use the backdrop and pose their figures in the scene with their own style.

Credit(s): Hasbro Pulse

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Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153947)
Posted by DeathReviews on January 17th, 2023 @ 2:27pm CST

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...

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153948)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 17th, 2023 @ 2:37pm CST

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...

Pretty much, while I don't think it's a retool, it's definitely a case of shared engineering.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153949)
Posted by Overcracker on January 17th, 2023 @ 2:44pm CST

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...

Its not a remold at all.

It shares a ton of engineering, with Kingdom AirRazor, but is significantly larger.

It basically uses the same transformation and parts only scaled up a bit, so a different larger mold.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153950)
Posted by MeGrimlock78 on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:10pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153952)
Posted by Overcracker on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:27pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153953)
Posted by DeathReviews on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:33pm CST

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.

It wouldn't be the first time that even the 'official' photos had a figure mis-transformed. I guess 'shared engineering' is closer to the mark than remolded, given it is larger and all...

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153956)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:44pm CST

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

It's basically the same case as these two:

Different molds, but one apes the transformation engineering of the other.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153957)
Posted by o.supreme on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:49pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153958)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on January 17th, 2023 @ 3:59pm CST

Not a bad looking bot but not something I need.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153959)
Posted by Cheetron on January 17th, 2023 @ 4:04pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153961)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 17th, 2023 @ 4:08pm CST

That Airazor is not too bad, but all that shared engineering is a bit lazy and it makes her not unique at all.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153967)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 17th, 2023 @ 4:43pm CST

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

Well, BW Airazor was male in Japan, so it's not like the original Airazor was always only a female anyway.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153971)
Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2023 @ 5:21pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153972)
Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2023 @ 5:30pm CST

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...

We've seen this for a few figures now. With the advent of CAD files, you can reuse transfomation more easily to make a new toy that has a very similar transformation to another one. It's not a remold in the sense that any aspect of the previous actual mold was used, but more like a reskin using the previous CAD files, which then leads to a fully new mold.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153973)
Posted by First-Aid on January 17th, 2023 @ 5:32pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153976)
Posted by o.supreme on January 17th, 2023 @ 6:41pm CST

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...

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153978)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 17th, 2023 @ 7:04pm CST

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.

I am guessing 94 is Buzzworthy Hatchet and 98 is the 3rd deluxe of the wave.

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.

Agreed, I really like it.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153981)
Posted by Nemesis Reformatted on January 17th, 2023 @ 7:28pm CST

Yeah, I better pre-order a figure that we're probably going to see rotting in stores for the majority of 2023. I'll get right on that! :roll:

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2153989)
Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2023 @ 9:33pm CST

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...

Right, I get you.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154006)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 18th, 2023 @ 10:34am CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154016)
Posted by Overcracker on January 18th, 2023 @ 1:18pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154032)
Posted by william-james88 on January 18th, 2023 @ 5:48pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154034)
Posted by Overcracker on January 18th, 2023 @ 6:42pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154036)
Posted by william-james88 on January 18th, 2023 @ 8:43pm CST

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.

I really hope it borrows nothing from Kingdom since the final model for live action cheetor does not have the beast mode limbs in his back. Instead, the bot mode reuses the same limbs ala beast machines.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154077)
Posted by william-james88 on January 19th, 2023 @ 2:54pm CST

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. These images come from PrimevsPrime on Facebook.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154080)
Posted by First-Aid on January 19th, 2023 @ 2:58pm CST

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.

Did you hide them? Quit hogging! :HEADHURTS:

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154084)
Posted by DeathReviews on January 19th, 2023 @ 4:10pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154085)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2023 @ 5:16pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154086)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 19th, 2023 @ 5:28pm CST

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".

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154087)
Posted by Nexus Knight on January 19th, 2023 @ 5:32pm CST

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.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154088)
Posted by william-james88 on January 19th, 2023 @ 6:08pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154089)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2023 @ 6:10pm CST

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.

This^ so much this.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154092)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 19th, 2023 @ 7:39pm CST

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

Not only that but they have copyrighted names to use and safeguard.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154096)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 19th, 2023 @ 7:58pm CST

Damn, I love how Scourge is looking. He looks great!

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.

And no Terrorcon of any different type hasn't earned that name.

also the movie isn't out yet.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154107)
Posted by transformnerd114 on January 20th, 2023 @ 9:36am CST

Y'know, the more I see of this guy, the more I believe they repurposed the Studio Series' Voyager Class Sentinel Prime mold. Is it just me, or does anyone else see it too? I mean, it definitely wouldn't be the first time Has/Tak had done it, so yeah. I'm not upset about it if this is the case; I'm just curious.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154114)
Posted by Solrac333 on January 20th, 2023 @ 12:30pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154115)
Posted by william-james88 on January 20th, 2023 @ 12:40pm CST

With PVP getting stuff early, there's always talk about the provenance of the items. Well, we know there is an online marketplace in asia where several members of our community get these items early, we posted direct links to listings, like the ones from Shopee. So that bit, we know. But there was a question as to where the items on shopee came from. Well, I now read of another wrinkle to the story from Bustermaster on the TFW boards:

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.

So this is another or parallel source of leaked toys. Toys, before being packaged, get sent to places in asia for review (I'd guess Korea specifically here). Now I don't know what happens to the toys after, but it's another case of these toys being out of factories and into hands that are not Hasbro's before they are ready for distribution. We don't know what other scenarios or reasons there would be, we didn't know this one.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154120)
Posted by halcy0ngt on January 20th, 2023 @ 2:47pm CST

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

Rise of the Dull, Dingy Transformers.

So far these figures look cheap and uninspired.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154121)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on January 20th, 2023 @ 3:10pm CST

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

Highway robot mode.jpg

Highway alt mode.jpg

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154122)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 20th, 2023 @ 3:14pm CST

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

Highway robot mode.jpg

Highway alt mode.jpg

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154123)
Posted by Nemesis Destron on January 20th, 2023 @ 3:35pm CST

Well alright then another jem surfaces through all this movie garbage! I like seeing Mad Max-ish figures and hopefully this guy doesn't disappoint! :VEHI:

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154129)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on January 20th, 2023 @ 7:30pm CST

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

Thank you very much! I've been working on Hot Rod for a while, hoping to have him done soon!

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154133)
Posted by william-james88 on January 20th, 2023 @ 11:09pm CST

We have for you below more images of the upcoming Transformers Studio Series deluxe Rise of the Beasts Airazor. The official images we saw earlier this week were slightly mistransformed so the images below can give you a better idea of how the beast mode could look better.
The images and video are from PrimevsPrime.
While preorders are live at all online retailers, like Amazon, many fans were able to get their copy early through asian online marketplaces like this one: https://shopee.ph/Hasbro-Transformers-L ... V06AwhRwFM

If you want a full list of the other Rise of the Beasts toys released in the Studio Series line, click this link: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 023/47361/

If you want more details behind why we are getting two ROTB Airazors simultaneously, you can click here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ors/47359/

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154134)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 21st, 2023 @ 2:27am CST

He looks like he's having a lot of fun with them :lol:

Both Air Razor toys are looking pretty good to me, do we have a price difference between them yet?

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154135)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 21st, 2023 @ 5:06am CST

If this Airazor is really sold as a deluxe, it would be amazing because it would be like if the old deluxe size is finally back. It will be sold at current year price, but I'll take the little win that I can get.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154138)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on January 21st, 2023 @ 9:05am CST

Looking forward to a Terrorcon recolor, but would also be interested if the released her on her 90s transmetal colors. Same with Cheetor.

Although, considering we're getting Airazor, Cheetor, and Rhinox, I'd love Armada repaints to put on my Unicron shelf (and AoE Strafe for Terrorsaur?), but that seems very far-fetched.

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154141)
Posted by Deathcry on January 21st, 2023 @ 10:34am CST

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. :-P

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154143)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 21st, 2023 @ 12:15pm CST

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

Highway robot mode.jpg

Highway alt mode.jpg

You are making we wish that we would get actual SS Stealth Force retools. We need those!

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154154)
Posted by william-james88 on January 21st, 2023 @ 3:07pm CST

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

Re: Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Deluxe Airazor Revealed and Up for Preorder (2154164)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 21st, 2023 @ 4:01pm CST

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

Watch the ss be bot mode accurate and the other be alt mode accurate :lol: