Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive

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Thanks to several eagle-eyed Seibertronians, we have news from the official Transformers Facebook page that Leadfoot, the final Wrecker from the Dark of The Moon movie will be coming to the Studio Series line! He's listed as Studio Series 68, and will be a Target exclusive- as he's got a Target sponsor logo on his movie self, in order to be screen accurate, he'd have to be. Feast your eyes on three final SS Wrecker below!

As you probably noticed in one picture, he also comes with Steeljaw (not to be confused with the AOE Steeljaws).) Steeljaw was a concept 'bot for the movie, who would have transformed from Leadfoot's engine into a robotic dog, with the preliminary name of Warpath (Leadfoot had the preliminary name of Flash). Both can be seen in concept art below by Josh Nizzi.

Steeljaw did make it to plastic form and was included with the Human Alliance Leadfoot figure, though.

And one of the best parts of this reveal is that Leadfoot will be available for preorder beginning tomorrow, July 21st, at 9am EST, on Target's website, according to the Facebook post, which can be seen by clicking on any of the SS images above.

Are you excited for this reveal, now that you'll finally have all your SS Wreckers in armored up form, and the same size class? Let us know what you think below!

Credit(s): Transformers Facebook

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Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2072993)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on July 20th, 2020 @ 10:31pm CDT

Leadfoot's looking really good. May pick up the other Wreckers, but I'm definitely going to snag him if I can. I don't know why, but I just really like his design :lol:

Plus, I like the extra guns and Steeljaw

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2072998)
Posted by Quantum Surge on July 20th, 2020 @ 10:37pm CDT

While the gut could use a little more definition and not look like it's unaltered, I'm excited for this release, especially now that I can have A Deluxe Leadfoot without splashing far too much on the 2011 version.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2072999)
Posted by TulioDude on July 20th, 2020 @ 10:39pm CDT

Looks pretty cool.
Target exclusives normally don't get released in my country.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073010)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:03pm CDT

The weapon selection on this figure is pretty impressive, too: there’s 3 guns and 2 missile pods, all of which are removable. Reminds me of the old DOTM Topspin!

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073012)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:08pm CDT

I’m not surprised because Target on his beer gut, but ugh. So tired of exclusives. Just hope he won’t be a pain in the rear like the Decepticon Clones have been for me.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073019)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:21pm CDT

Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073020)
Posted by Rysquad on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:22pm CDT

I mean Leadfoot kinda has to be a Target exclusive. Previous non-Target versions all dropped the branding.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073024)
Posted by Tuned Agent on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:31pm CDT

Leadfoot! Steeljaw! Yes! Leadfoot looks pretty good, though he could use some paint on his thighs. But the amount of weapons and Steeljaw make up for it, IMO. Being a Target exclusive isn't the best, but at least he gets his Target logo. I'm just glad he's not a Red Card exclusive. Super excited for this guy.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073025)
Posted by Emerje on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:35pm CDT

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073028)
Posted by Deadput on July 20th, 2020 @ 11:55pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

As a Canadian I'm still salty about Redwing.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073031)
Posted by Tuned Agent on July 21st, 2020 @ 12:03am CDT

Emerje wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

So the specifics of his exclusively wasn't mentioned, and could still be a Red Card exclusive?

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073033)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on July 21st, 2020 @ 12:14am CDT

Everything above his legs looks great, but his legs just being open red chunks of car with no detail doesn't really sit right with me. It is cool that he comes with Steeljaw, but I think I'm gonna pass, especially since I only felt meh about the other two Wreckers, and if I get one I'll have to get them all.

Plus if he's a Red Card exclusive I either need to be able to ignore it or want it enough to be mad again.

Deadput wrote:As a Canadian I'm still salty about Redwing.

I'm not even a Canadian, just a boring American, and I'M still salty about Redwing, Target's had multiple notable cybersecurity breaches in the past that I researched for a project a few years ago and it makes the thought of taking out a credit or debit card directly through them a laughable thought for me. The fact that the best-looking* Tetrajet is/was locked behind that potential/likely mess is maddening.

*I may be biased because I grew up on the Unicron Trilogy, and Redwing is Armada Screamer colors on a G1 Seeker and I love it.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073048)
Posted by Ultra Mad on July 21st, 2020 @ 1:48am CDT

Another Target exclusive? (Although, considering the logo he has on him, this one I get). Still, he's going to be fun to hunt down for anybody outside the U.S. I still hope we see the seekers and decepticon clone sets in Canada.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073058)
Posted by Munkky on July 21st, 2020 @ 3:44am CDT

Is Leadfoot trying to dab in that photo?

Seriously though, this looks great, I wasn't expecting the inclusion of Steeljaw. I'll need to decide whether my Studio Series Autobot shelf really has a plave for the Wreckers, I wasn't really planning on getting them, but they're high up on my maybe pile.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073060)
Posted by blackeyedprime on July 21st, 2020 @ 3:51am CDT

Easy and much needed pass for me to catch up on some of the figures. I've never liked the bots with belly tumour designs even if it means missing out on characters.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073079)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 21st, 2020 @ 8:00am CDT

Listing’s up, but says “coming soon” as of this posting (0659 El Paso time)

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073080)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 21st, 2020 @ 8:02am CDT

Aaaaaaaand already sold out, wasn’t even up for two minutes. Literally had it in my cart, went to go get a GI Joe Beachhead, came back and it was gone. Looks like we got another Gigawatt problem.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073083)
Posted by LinaNui on July 21st, 2020 @ 8:13am CDT

I was there refreshing the page at 8:00 cst, and it let me add to cart. I went right to my cart after that to increase it to 2 and then purchase but it was already sold out by the time that page loaded (not even 8:01 yet). I really hope that it was just a glitch and it pops back up. This whole pre-order selling out before they are even up is really getting annoying.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073086)
Posted by ScottyP on July 21st, 2020 @ 8:25am CDT

LinaNui wrote:I was there refreshing the page at 8:00 cst, and it let me add to cart. I went right to my cart after that to increase it to 2 and then purchase but it was already sold out by the time that page loaded (not even 8:01 yet). I really hope that it was just a glitch and it pops back up. This whole pre-order selling out before they are even up is really getting annoying.

When they don't set purchase limits we don't stand a chance against re-sellers running automatic buying programs/scripts/etc. At least these will presumably be in stores later on, and most Target exclusives are eventually easy to grab that way.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073093)
Posted by blackeyedprime on July 21st, 2020 @ 9:24am CDT

£20 at indemand https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... -leadfoot/

kind of weird how some target exclusives are easier for us to get in the UK than others.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073097)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on July 21st, 2020 @ 9:31am CDT

ScottyP wrote:
LinaNui wrote:I was there refreshing the page at 8:00 cst, and it let me add to cart. I went right to my cart after that to increase it to 2 and then purchase but it was already sold out by the time that page loaded (not even 8:01 yet). I really hope that it was just a glitch and it pops back up. This whole pre-order selling out before they are even up is really getting annoying.
When they don't set purchase limits we don't stand a chance against re-sellers running automatic buying programs/scripts/etc. At least these will presumably be in stores later on, and most Target exclusives are eventually easy to grab that way.

There was a limit of 2 set. I do wonder if this is Red Wing part 2, where he was initially available without the RedCard online, then they realized their screw-up, and put him out of stock, then opened him back up but required the Red Card. At least I'm hoping that is the case. Otherwise, I'll hunt him down in stores come September if I have to.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073180)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 21st, 2020 @ 8:07pm CDT

Leadfoot looks pretty good!

Shame he sold out so fast. That is agonizing. I couldn't even add him to the cart.

Argh.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073204)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on July 21st, 2020 @ 10:59pm CDT

I was really[ looking forward to Leadfoot. To quote Sherman T. Potter from MASH, this is horse hockey! :-x

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073209)
Posted by thedistinctroom on July 21st, 2020 @ 11:23pm CDT

This particular Leadfoot looks to have feet that I cannot agree with. Very wonky looking.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073598)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 25th, 2020 @ 8:29am CDT

Leadfoot looks great, shame I have no chance of obtaining him. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, something's occurred to me regarding Blitzwing. The SS team have recycled transformations from pre-existing figures before (see Starscream from the DOTM Deluxe as the most obvious example) so it makes me wonder why they didn't at least take inspiration from ROTF Breakaway for Blitzwing. He has a VERY similar transformation to BW's onscreen model (Engines and wings form backpack, cockpit disassembles and compresses into chest etc) and with the larger "working space" they could easily have made the cockpit suck in enough to be movie accurate. I dunno, seems like a missed opportunity that would have given us a better robot mode and a MUCH better jet mode.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073600)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on July 25th, 2020 @ 8:37am CDT

Studio Series' engineering is all over the place. On some figures it's good, on others it's a step or more backward from what we had before.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073605)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 25th, 2020 @ 10:31am CDT

Black Hat wrote:Leadfoot looks great, shame I have no chance of obtaining him. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, something's occurred to me regarding Blitzwing. The SS team have recycled transformations from pre-existing figures before (see Starscream from the DOTM Deluxe as the most obvious example) so it makes me wonder why they didn't at least take inspiration from ROTF Breakaway for Blitzwing. He has a VERY similar transformation to BW's onscreen model (Engines and wings form backpack, cockpit disassembles and compresses into chest etc) and with the larger "working space" they could easily have made the cockpit suck in enough to be movie accurate. I dunno, seems like a missed opportunity that would have given us a better robot mode and a MUCH better jet mode.

Considering jet Shatter gets pretty close to a Harrier without being licensed while Blitzwing doesn’t look anything like an F-4, I wonder if the jet mode is the way it is because it’ll be remolded to the cybertronian seekers. Not something I’d be interested in, but a Skywarp remold would be kinda neat just because we’d have different molds for Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp.

I’m curious why Topspin doesn’t reuse engineering from the DOTM deluxe, especially after other DOTM molds (Ratchet and Starscream) were upgraded for SS. I’m eager to have SS Topspin in hand so I can compare it to the original.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2073909)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 27th, 2020 @ 6:58pm CDT

We be Roadbustin'

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074469)
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2020 @ 1:20am CDT

Great pics D-Man. I LOVE that toy. I do find it odd how all the armoured Roadbusters we have had have the same issue with the front of the car not tabbing in securely, but this one works well enough. I really love how intricate he is while not being overly complicated (which at this smaller scale, isn't always a good thing).

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074472)
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2020 @ 1:26am CDT

Fellow Seibertronian -WonkoTheSane- has reached out to us to let us know of these cool new images of Studio Series Leadfoot. For those wanting this toy, it will be available at Target later this year. While an online preorder was available, there were no purchasing limits and the listing was sold out in a matter of minutes.

But more should be available when he is released in the fall and Target is the only US retailer getting the stock dedicated for US distribution.

-WonkoTheSane- wrote:The official Takara Tomy Twitter page has posted new in-hand photos of the upcoming Studio Series Leadfoot.
Comparisons were also included of the other two Wreckers next to Leadfoot.
Also included was a short message.

Message, (Translated)
" Heavy, large, departure, table! /
After all three Wreckers are all together!
That's why we are releasing the studio series "Leadfoot"!
The reservation will start a little later, but please wait for more information!"

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074514)
Posted by First-Aid on August 1st, 2020 @ 11:31am CDT

I'm so disappointed that I missed out on this guy. He looks really good! :-(

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074516)
Posted by Deadput on August 1st, 2020 @ 11:37am CDT

Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074527)
Posted by First-Aid on August 1st, 2020 @ 11:58am CDT

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Seconded. If you think about it, we got a ton of really unique ideas from the live action movies: wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures that went out of the norm for previous Transformers.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074532)
Posted by -WonkoTheSane- on August 1st, 2020 @ 12:22pm CDT

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Agreed. While I prefer IDW's treatment of the Wreckers story-wise, A special heavily armed squad of foul mouthed/tempered, Armored (officially licensed) NASCAR cars was a pretty interesting idea.
Plus the designs look really cool.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074535)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2020 @ 12:32pm CDT

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

On the other hand, one could make a case for their designs (Leadfoot's especially) being a tad stereotypical in that they're beer-bellied redneck mechanics who turn into NASCAR cars. Though, strangely, they were given mock Australian accents rather than Southern American accents to complete the depiction.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074537)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 1st, 2020 @ 12:39pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.
On the other hand, one could make a case for their designs (Leadfoot's especially) being a tad stereotypical in that they're beer-bellied redneck mechanics who turn into NASCAR cars. Though, strangely, they were given mock Australian accents rather than Southern American accents to complete the depiction.

Fun fact.
In the Canadian French dub, the Wreckers talked in QUÉBÉCOIS!

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074547)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on August 1st, 2020 @ 2:49pm CDT

h, I want Leadfoot so damned badly! I missed out on every other version of the guy. I want one complete set of the movie Wreckers.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074560)
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2020 @ 5:11pm CDT

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

I cant form an opinion on characters that have less than 2 minutes of footage.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074563)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on August 1st, 2020 @ 5:17pm CDT

The Wreckers are looking great together! Hopefully getting Leadfoot isn't a big problem.

Speaking of Wreckers, I just finished painting SS Roadbuster! Had a blast painting it, and I'm really excited to paint the others now.

I just hope they get here soon, because I think Prime's getting impatient.

Tangled.jpg

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074565)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2020 @ 5:20pm CDT

Aah! Cables! My one weakness!

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074576)
Posted by Slashercon on August 1st, 2020 @ 8:09pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Seconded. If you think about it, we got a ton of really unique ideas from the live action movies: wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures that went out of the norm for previous Transformers.

All of what you described could be traced back to Beast Machines. Obsidian, Strika, Thrust, and Jetstorm would all fall under the "wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures" categories. I will make note that while I prefer the more "traditional" and recognizable looks of the bots and cons from Bumblebee, there are certain movie-verse designs that also fall into those categories that I kinda like, most notably Demolisher/Scavenger and Sideswipe.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074577)
Posted by First-Aid on August 1st, 2020 @ 8:15pm CDT

Slashercon wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Seconded. If you think about it, we got a ton of really unique ideas from the live action movies: wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures that went out of the norm for previous Transformers.

All of what you described could be traced back to Beast Machines. Obsidian, Strika, Thrust, and Jetstorm would all fall under the "wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures" categories. I will make note that while I prefer the more "traditional" and recognizable looks of the bots and cons from Bumblebee, there are certain movie-verse designs that also fall into those categories that I kinda like, most notably Demolisher/Scavenger and Sideswipe.

Let's notnfoeget that the movies gave us the 8-bot combiner, as well as Arcee and her sisters. I wish the sisters had gotten more screen time. I also wish we had gotten to see their rumored combined form as well. Oh, and let's mostly forget about two bots combining to a single vehicle POS mode.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074593)
Posted by LinaNui on August 2nd, 2020 @ 12:17am CDT

So I was at a Target store yesterday, and in the transformer section they had a peg that was labeled tra gen leadfoot, or something along the lines of that. I wonder if this means they will be showing up sooner rather than later. The store had just finished resetting the toy sections and did not have the new stock yet. I wish I was closer to it, an hour drive 1 way, so I could check more.

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Posted by Tuned Agent on August 2nd, 2020 @ 1:12am CDT

LinaNui wrote:So I was at a Target store yesterday, and in the transformer section they had a peg that was labeled tra gen leadfoot, or something along the lines of that. I wonder if this means they will be showing up sooner rather than later. The store had just finished resetting the toy sections and did not have the new stock yet. I wish I was closer to it, an hour drive 1 way, so I could check more.

That would make sense given the recent sale. I hope Leadfoot shows up soon, he looks really good with the other Wreckers.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074621)
Posted by Deadput on August 2nd, 2020 @ 10:05am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

I cant form an opinion on characters that have less than 2 minutes of footage.

Characters don't need a whole movie to themselves to make them standout, they had a unique theme and designs to go with them (in context of the TF franchise itself) and these Wreckers being a squad of engineers makes them a version of the Wreckers who are not just "really mean soldiers".

Some characters are just secondary characters, Transformers included.

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Posted by dragons on August 2nd, 2020 @ 3:33pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Seconded. If you think about it, we got a ton of really unique ideas from the live action movies: wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures that went out of the norm for previous Transformers.

Probably good thing fans don’t make movies we would have never had bots look realistic if fans had say what bots look like they look very cartoony less realistic big blocky LEGO looking fans be giving bots human faces aliens from another planet who never made contact with humans until they went to earth that makes sense ., prime in truck mode end of bumblebee look very cartoony unrealistic all my life I never saw red semi truck with white stripe on cab.,

Movies did do unbelievable took people who never like transformers and turned them into transformers fans and both sequels made billion back to back two good things be proud of.,

Figures look good I like wreckers and twins even though transformers movies does feel like bumblebee movie at times always showing bumblebee more than other bots

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074653)
Posted by Deadput on August 2nd, 2020 @ 3:41pm CDT

It's not about what "looks realistic" it was always about making designs that look good on screen, the only people who cared that things looked like G1 were the existing fans, the general audience didn't care because it did not matter at the time, and to a degree it still doesn't matter all that much.

The movies were more at fault with not being "good movies" then designs not being on point, if they were good there would be a lot of fans of most of the Movie designs. (look at all the fans of the movie designs who do exist regardless of how bad the films were)

It's not like there was that much precedence at the time for going with G1 like designs up at that point, I don't quite remember if Classics was before/during/after the first movie but even they were taking liberties with designs.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074656)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 2nd, 2020 @ 3:44pm CDT

Classics was the filler line between Cybertron and the 07 Movie line

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074663)
Posted by Deadput on August 2nd, 2020 @ 3:55pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Classics was the filler line between Cybertron and the 07 Movie line

Thanks, I was about 9 I think at the time so the Classics, 2007 and Transformers Animated line blurred a bit for me.

Ah back in the day when the prices were a tad more reasonable.

Re: Transformers Studio Series SS-68 Leadfoot Revealed, Will Be a Target Exclusive (2074681)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 2nd, 2020 @ 5:34pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Classics was the filler line between Cybertron and the 07 Movie line

Thanks, I was about 9 I think at the time so the Classics, 2007 and Transformers Animated line blurred a bit for me.

Ah back in the day when the prices were a tad more reasonable.

That's rising costs for you (+inflation). I think we'd all love for the prices to have stayed that level, but sadly we would be getting even less for our money unless all the costs on Hasbro side stayed the same.

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