Video Review for Transformers Studio Series B-127 from Transformers One
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 1st, 2025 @ 12:21pm CST
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 6th, 2025 @ 12:16am CST
Cheetron wrote:Is it a new trend to barely paint the new studio series? I found leader aoe prime to be lacking paint. Now que.
Oh it is far from new. But all that plain, gray plastics with full of intricate details that remains unpainted is sad to see.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 6th, 2025 @ 12:58am CST
I feel like it would be less noticeable if the gray plastic was instead a more striking vibrant shade. Like a more silvery gray similar to the gray that Takara used on their Legends releases of Broadcast and Super Ginrai compared to the more dull tan-ish gray Hasbro used for the Titans Return releases of Blaster and Powermaster Optimus Prime. While the gray used here isn't as tan-ish, it's still a very dull-looking drab shade that really emphasizes the unpainted-ness of the look.-Kanrabat- wrote:Cheetron wrote:Is it a new trend to barely paint the new studio series? I found leader aoe prime to be lacking paint. Now que.
Oh it is far from new. But all that plain, gray plastics with full of intricate details that remains unpainted is sad to see.
Posted by morganprime on February 6th, 2025 @ 6:59am CST
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 6th, 2025 @ 8:20am CST
Cheetron wrote:Is it a new trend to barely paint the new studio series? I found leader aoe prime to be lacking paint. Now que.
No, I'd say Studio Series (and really every movie toyline) has always been a little lacking in the stock paint department. The movie bots are much more detailed than designs from other media (which is why I like them!), but there just isn't enough paint budget in a mass produced figure to cover all of that detail. Looking to past Studio Series figures, I think AOE Prime and Que are painted pretty well, especially when you compare them to figures like 07 Ratchet or ROTF Bumblebee. None of the prior Bayverse primes (except the PF) have any flames painted specifically for robot mode, while AOE Prime does.
To compare to past movie toylines, AOE Prime is actually painted much better than the previous take on the design, TLK voyager Prime. The alt mode flames are way more accurate and we actually have the flames painted on the robot mode chest this time!
I do think the plastic shades (particularly the grays) could be improved, though. Sam Smith talked a lot about plastic choices in his time on the team, and I think his absence is felt here when you compare these figures to ones he worked on (DOTM Bumblebee, ROTF Sideways, TLK Hot Rod)
Posted by Rtron on February 8th, 2025 @ 9:23am CST
Posted by Emerje on February 8th, 2025 @ 7:30pm CST
Rtron wrote:Just watched a recording of the Megacon panel, they're at least aware that people want Dispensor and the Shockwave from the 2007 game! Though Evan said that Dispensor would be a licensing nightmare, which is to be expected. He did talk a lot about doing stuff for anniversaries and such, so I don't know how much obscure bayverse we'll really get in main Studio Series.
Mention of 2007 game Shockwave was the biggest surprise of all for me. Can't believe they're finally acknowledging the long, long time interest in it.
Emerje
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 16th, 2025 @ 6:36am CST
Of course, the vehicle scale would be impossible in any circumstance, but that's okay.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 16th, 2025 @ 11:01am CST
I'm just dreading their eta as everything on preorder has the same ship date meaning all billed at the same time. lol
I can't remember the last time I bought several bots that close together.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 17th, 2025 @ 10:32am CST


And here he is with 2 other Apelinqs

Posted by Sabrblade on February 17th, 2025 @ 11:06am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 17th, 2025 @ 11:07am CST
Sabrblade wrote:The robot head is supposed to belong to Optimus Primal, meaning you're supposed to switch the two heads around since Optimus's wasn't as screen-accurate as it could have been, so they made this head to give him a screen-accurate one while Apelinq gets the less accurate one that came with Optimus.
Even so, not a fan
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 20th, 2025 @ 6:03pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 21st, 2025 @ 6:38am CST
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 21st, 2025 @ 12:46pm CST
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Great work as always! I will never not love that combination
Thank you! The DNA kit really elevates the set, I feel like I finally have that cancelled Unite for the Universe Jetpower Prime I saw on TFWiki all those years ago xD
Posted by autobutt1 on February 25th, 2025 @ 12:26pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 25th, 2025 @ 7:55pm CST
Of course, the reviewer does not show the transformation. Why would he?


Posted by cohnelburn93 on February 27th, 2025 @ 3:14am CST
paper io
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 1st, 2025 @ 10:50am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 1st, 2025 @ 10:58am CST
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 1st, 2025 @ 7:03pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Reminds me of these ROTF redecos:
Yeah! At one point I had some red details on it that kinda evoked that Gathering at the Nemesis one, but I ended up removing them since they weren't game accurate.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on March 23rd, 2025 @ 6:22pm CDT
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Posted by Emerje on March 23rd, 2025 @ 10:47pm CDT
Sowndwave76 wrote:Since SS86 basically ended with the release of Galvatron, I'm going to ask this question here.
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Probably a Transformers Tuesday stream in April to stay ahead of the leaks.
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 24th, 2025 @ 9:25am CDT
Spent just a little time with Que before starting my paint work, and I really like him! Hard to believe I finally have a Que in my collection only about 14 years later xD
Posted by Sowndwave76 on March 24th, 2025 @ 10:24am CDT
Emerje wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Since SS86 basically ended with the release of Galvatron, I'm going to ask this question here.
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Probably a Transformers Tuesday stream in April to stay ahead of the leaks.
Emerje
I get it, he’s a much lesser character, but we’ve known about Vortex & others that are 3rd & 4th quarter since what, the beginning of the year?
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 25th, 2025 @ 2:28am CDT
Vortex, Alchemist Prime, and Crasher from AotP Wave 2 + Onyx Prime from Wave 3 were revealed less than 3 weeks ago, and Onyx isn't even up for preorder yet. Considering they usually alternate between the lines, the Studio Series wave containing Megatron will presumably be the next big reveal.Sowndwave76 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Since SS86 basically ended with the release of Galvatron, I'm going to ask this question here.
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Probably a Transformers Tuesday stream in April to stay ahead of the leaks.
Emerje
I get it, he’s a much lesser character, but we’ve known about Vortex & others that are 3rd & 4th quarter since what, the beginning of the year?
Posted by Emerje on March 25th, 2025 @ 9:33am CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Vortex, Alchemist Prime, and Crasher from AotP Wave 2 + Onyx Prime from Wave 3 were revealed less than 3 weeks ago, and Onyx isn't even up for preorder yet. Considering they usually alternate between the lines, the Studio Series wave containing Megatron will presumably be the next big reveal.Sowndwave76 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Since SS86 basically ended with the release of Galvatron, I'm going to ask this question here.
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Probably a Transformers Tuesday stream in April to stay ahead of the leaks.
Emerje
I get it, he’s a much lesser character, but we’ve known about Vortex & others that are 3rd & 4th quarter since what, the beginning of the year?
Am I forgetting an update? Isn't Onyx wave 2 and there's no leaders for wave 3?
Emerje
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 25th, 2025 @ 2:51pm CDT
Onyx is Leader Wave 2, but the Leader waves don't correspond with the greater wave schedule, so he's functionally Wave 3, per the schedule graphic Hasbro showed in the initial AotP reveal. I believe that later release date is the reason why he isn't up for preorder yet.Emerje wrote:Am I forgetting an update? Isn't Onyx wave 2 and there's no leaders for wave 3?
Emerje
I could have sworn they made an equivalent graphic for Studio Series too, but I can't find the damn thing now.
Posted by Emerje on March 25th, 2025 @ 8:15pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Onyx is Leader Wave 2, but the Leader waves don't correspond with the greater wave schedule, so he's functionally Wave 3, per the schedule graphic Hasbro showed in the initial AotP reveal. I believe that later release date is the reason why he isn't up for preorder yet.Emerje wrote:Am I forgetting an update? Isn't Onyx wave 2 and there's no leaders for wave 3?
Emerje
I could have sworn they made an equivalent graphic for Studio Series too, but I can't find the damn thing now.
Ah, OK, I figured it was something like that, but I thought Onyx would be a summer release, like mid August or something. Weird to have G2 Grimlock and Megatronus carry the line for 2/3 of the year.
Emerje
Posted by Sowndwave76 on March 25th, 2025 @ 9:23pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Vortex, Alchemist Prime, and Crasher from AotP Wave 2 + Onyx Prime from Wave 3 were revealed less than 3 weeks ago, and Onyx isn't even up for preorder yet. Considering they usually alternate between the lines, the Studio Series wave containing Megatron will presumably be the next big reveal.Sowndwave76 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Since SS86 basically ended with the release of Galvatron, I'm going to ask this question here.
Does anyone have any word on when the new SS TTM Megatron is going to be revealed? If his release could be in July, shouldn't we be getting something soon, as in any day now?
Probably a Transformers Tuesday stream in April to stay ahead of the leaks.
Emerje
I get it, he’s a much lesser character, but we’ve known about Vortex & others that are 3rd & 4th quarter since what, the beginning of the year?
If those first three are wave 2, then why is the release date for all of them October? That’s the start of the 4th quarter.
Being revealed early March means that’s basically 7 months early.
Either way, the point is that even if Megatron isn’t due until July, that’s only 3-4 months away. With the popularity of this character, along with how overdue a new mold is, revealing him 5 months early isn’t exactly some crazy idea.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 26th, 2025 @ 3:19am CDT
Because Hasbro's preorder dates are almost always an incredibly conservative estimate that Hasbro themselves contradicts and/or set for well after when the figures actually show up at retail. As a current example, AotP Wave 1 has been hitting retail over the course of this month, the graphic the marketing guy showed in the AotP initial reveal said April, and yet Pulse says preorders for the majority of that wave won't ship until May. I know there's multiple figures that I cancelled a preorder on because I found the figure at retail before my preorder even shipped, and I've also received many an email saying a TF preorder suddenly got it's release date moved up and I got the figure "early" (translation: when the designers or leakers said it would be out in the first place). Those dates are merely a guarantee of the latest they should ship it, not when it's intended to release globally.Sowndwave76 wrote:If those first three are wave 2, then why is the release date for all of them October? That’s the start of the 4th quarter.
Being revealed early March means that’s basically 7 months early.
Also, considering the contents of at least the Studio Series waves got all shuffled around between the leaks and the official reveals, and the TF team in the streams have been saying they're trying to pivot to a new release schedule by next year, I'm willing to bet there's some additional funkiness going on behind the scenes with release dates that could also be contributing to this. The preorder for SS TFOne Elita still says she won't be out until November, and they showed her at Pulsecon last year!
Two things:Sowndwave76 wrote:Either way, the point is that even if Megatron isn’t due until July, that’s only 3-4 months away. With the popularity of this character, along with how overdue a new mold is, revealing him 5 months early isn’t exactly some crazy idea.
1. Considering they love saving big reveals for big events like SDCC (see SS86 Magnus and Optimus), wanting to save a new figure of the main villain of the franchise rather than reveal him instantly actually tracks with normal Hasbro behavior.
2. While I still can't find that schedule that I swear exists, I did remind myself that the designers said back at the Devastator reveal that Scavenger and Mixmaster are supposed to come out in September, and they are supposed to be the same wave as Megs, which does technically buy them time to reveal that wave later than you would prefer.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 26th, 2025 @ 3:48pm CDT
For whatever reason, Studio Series always had fewer leader figures per year then the main G1 line from Combiner Wars through Legacy, while being closer in numbers on deluxe and voyager classes. Even after adding SS86 and then the GE sublines, this has still held true until recently. Also since Age of the Primes is technically starting in April or Q2, trying to track Studio Series release schedules against Age of Primes for leader class will just not give you much of anything useful.
Posted by Overcracker on March 27th, 2025 @ 11:20am CDT
The box is so unnecessarily large for the size of prime. so much empty space in there.
Posted by Emerje on March 28th, 2025 @ 9:54am CDT
So yeah, we've seen this before. 2019 and 2020 had three Deluxe and Voyagers waves and two Leader waves like we're seeing now. Things went a little crazy during the pandemic, this feels like a reset.
Overcracker wrote:Well, this just arrived.
The box is so unnecessarily large for the size of prime. so much empty space in there.
Yeah, that's what happens when the same box needs to be used for the 86 Grimlock reissue.
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 28th, 2025 @ 1:36pm CDT
Very excited to get the Nemesis version next year now!
Posted by Sowndwave76 on March 29th, 2025 @ 12:24pm CDT
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 30th, 2025 @ 5:27pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 30th, 2025 @ 10:48pm CDT
Here is the full list, which was reported by JTPrime17.
Deluxe:
Tra Gen Studio Series A Level Dlx Dev Bumblebee
Product Number: G1925
Tra Gen Studio Series A Level Dlx TFone Orion Pax
Product Number: G1926
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx TF5 Barricade
Product Number: G1928
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx 86 Windcharger
Product Number: G1927
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx 86 Sunstreaker
Product Number: G1930
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx 86 Kranix
Product Number: G2195
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx 86 Cliffjumper
Product Number: G2197
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx TFone Thundercracker
Product Number: G2196
Tra Gen Studio Series Dlx TFone Arachnid
Product Number: G1929
Voyager:
Tra Gen Studio Series Voy 86 Skywarp
Product Number: G1931
Tra Gen Studio Series Voy 86 Thundercracker
Product Number: G2192
Tra Gen Studio Series Voy 86 Shockwave
Product Number: G2191
Tra Gen Studio Series Voy TFone Alpha Trion
Product Number: G1932
Leader:
Tra Gen Studio Series LDR 86 Soundwave
Product Number: G1904
Tra Gen Studio Series LDR 86 Astrotrain
Product Number: G2190
Tra Gen Studio Series LDR 86 Snarl
Product Number: G2188
Tra Gen Studio Series LDR TF5 Nemesis Prime
Product Number: G1905
Studio Series 86 40th anniversary Capsule:
Tra Gen SS 86 Anniversary Dlx Hound
Product Number: G2252
Tra Gen SS 86 Anniversary Voy Scourge
Product Number: G2249
Tra Gen SS 86 Anniversary Voy Hot Rod
Product Number: G2254
Tra Gen SS 86 Anniversary LDR Optimus Prime
Product Number: G2250
Selects:
Tra Gen Selects G2 Swoop & Sludge
Product Number: G2264
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 30th, 2025 @ 11:25pm CDT
Hopefully a few more Bayverse listings pop up for 26, we don’t know who the Commander is and it’d be really cool to get DOTM Devcon for that movie’s 15th!
Posted by Whifflefire on March 30th, 2025 @ 11:33pm CDT
Then again...
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
DOTM ...15th!

Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 31st, 2025 @ 12:05am CDT
Of course, Soundwave and Astrotrain will be repacks and maybe even redecos, especially Soundwave. His blue should be a little lighter than what we got with the Legacy "leader." As for Astrotrain, we were already told it would be the Siege mold, so it's an easy pass. I was hoping they would rework the material used for that useless tender into a proper piece to cover the back half of the shuttle.
Leader Optimus? The CC without the trailer?
And still no Megatron.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 31st, 2025 @ 4:35am CDT
I'm hoping for a SS86 Bee retool for Cliffjumper and a new mold for SS86 Hound. I'll also be curious if the leader Anniversary Optimus will be the SS86 Commander without trailer?
Posted by Randomhero on March 31st, 2025 @ 9:54am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:I see a lot of repacks and some redecos in that list. I was hoping for a new Shockwave, but I guess another redeco of the Siege "leader" will have to do.
Of course, Soundwave and Astrotrain will be repacks and maybe even redecos, especially Soundwave. His blue should be a little lighter than what we got with the Legacy "leader." As for Astrotrain, we were already told it would be the Siege mold, so it's an easy pass. I was hoping they would rework the material used for that useless tender into a proper piece to cover the back half of the shuttle.
Leader Optimus? The CC without the trailer?
And still no Megatron.
Why would there be a megatron when he’s coming out this fall
Posted by Till-all-R1 on March 31st, 2025 @ 11:46am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Man, I was really hoping after a pretty balanced 2025 that 2026 would be good too, but that is bleak.
Evan said that 86 offerings would be scaled back after 2026 so there's always the following year to look forward to other movie releases. I'm content with how it worked out because it means getting most all of G1 finished before moving on and I can safely bow out without worry of missing anything important. I really didn't want to have to hang in there for ten years or more just to finish off a handful of things I wanted, as it was it's felt too long in finally getting Powerglide. I only got back into Transformers in 2020 after seeing how much they've improved in sculpt and articulation since the late 90's to early 2K's. So I'm kind of ready for a stopping point and the end of 2026 sounds like a good time.