Video Review of Transformers Studio Series Voyager Brawl
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 7:39AM CDT
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Transformers Studio Series Brawl Review
In this review, I take yet another early look at the brand new Studio Series Voyager Class Brawl from Wave 2! I give you a detailed look at both the robot-mode, transformation, as well as the tank mode. I also compare the figure to a multitude of other Transformers including the 2007 Leader Class Brawl! Stay tuned for my next review of the Studio Series Jazz & Lockdown!
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Posted by Sabrblade on May 23rd, 2018 @ 8:47am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:41pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:You know, looking at that shot of Brawl in the news post's thumbnail from a distance, it dawned on me that that SS Brawl's silhouette kinda reminds me of that of G1 Bruticus. Triangular-ish torso, thick chunky lower legs, twin back-mounted cannons pointing upward, heavily armed arms (kinda like Ruination's two big combined gun weapons). All he really needs is a more Bruticus-ish head and colors and he'd made a pretty decent non-Combiner Movieverse Bruticus (funky-colored tank mode notwithstanding).
Maybe "Bruticus" was the wrong name he was supposed to have in stead of "Devastator"?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:46pm CDT
Lockdown Vs Bumblebee (cos I follow Mark Ryan on Twitter, not just for Transformers but cos the ol' Robin of Sherwood show he was in from the 80's is one of my all time faves). Lockdown has a ton of really nice detail. The upper arms are a tad confusing cos they seem to be transformed differently in various stock photos and not 100% sure which is correct (I should probably just look at the instructions but I have fun transforming these without and both Jazz and Lockdown are very easy to change into cars and back). Also Lockdown has a chest piece you have to push out a bit from within the back to make his front a lil less flat. I didn't notice that when I first took photos but I got it now (makes a satisfying click sound too). Lockdown's face sculpt is superb. I did pose him with TLK Optimus Prime (to re-enact battle from end of AoE) and he's a bit short for that but eh it'll do fine for the cheapest option other than huge third party figures like Peru Kill and such.
Jazz and Grimlock. Just having fun posing the smallest figure in the line with the largest. Technically Grimlock should be even bigger than he is but whatcha gonna do... Jazz is tiny (as is accurate to the movie scale) but I'm finding him so much fun.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:53pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Here's the big question, though. Can Studio Series Jazz be separated at the waist so that Megatron can have two pieces of him instead of just one?
Not easily. All his joints in there are pinned. When I was first transforming him into car I couldn't figure out how to seperate it all (his car hood is sandwiched in there firmly) and I thought I was gonna break it which worried me but then made me think it would be accurate for that.
Posted by WreckerJack on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:17pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:37pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:47pm CDT
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:58pm CDT
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Posted by shajaki on May 23rd, 2018 @ 8:09pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:08pm CDT
Why can't they get his size right? I still kinda want him, because it's an awesome design. I was even able to look past the weird wrists, and the arm kibble. But now add this to it and I'm just so disappointed with everything on the planet.
Still getting that Megatron though.
Posted by Toy_Spectre on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:18pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Wow, I am actually pretty livid about how small Blackout is now. I heard that he was sort of small for a Leader class toy, but now actually seeing this.... uuuuuuuurrrrgh. I'll need some time to cool down from this. I was getting so sick of when Hasbro makes a big huge character into a toy that ends up smaller than or as big as the toy size class lower, like with 2007 blackout, or animated bulkhead, or ... I dunno, maybe it was just those two, but I'm mad, let me be mad over childen's toys! XD
Why can't they get his size right? I still kinda want him, because it's an awesome design. I was even able to look past the weird wrists, and the arm kibble. But now add this to it and I'm just so disappointed with everything on the planet.
Still getting that Megatron though.
The Studio Series is making consistent movie accurate scales for characters throughout all classes. If Blackout is bigger, then Grimmlock is gonna be gigantic.
Also I think it's classified as Leader class because of its details and complexity. Not just size. Look at Voyager Megatron; there's a giant hole in the middle. Lol
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:41pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:42pm CDT
Toy_Spectre wrote:The Studio Series is making consistent movie accurate scales for characters throughout all classes. If Blackout is bigger, then Grimmlock is gonna be gigantic.
Also I think it's classified as Leader class because of its details and complexity. Not just size. Look at Voyager Megatron; there's a giant hole in the middle. Lol
Well, in the movie, Optimus comes up to the middle of Grimlock's shin! So Grimlock SHOULD be huge! That would be awesome! I still want a larger Blackout though! >:I
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 24th, 2018 @ 12:19am CDT
Impressive, right? Man, it's going to be a pain finding one of these on the aftermarket!
Posted by WreckerJack on May 24th, 2018 @ 12:31am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 24th, 2018 @ 1:40am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 24th, 2018 @ 4:34am CDT
WreckerJack wrote:That game boy advance did not age well loljk.
That's a Neo Geo pocket. In term of perfeormance, it's between the GBC and the GBA. It was not popular thus making the console and it's games relatively rare.
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 24th, 2018 @ 4:54am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:WreckerJack wrote:That game boy advance did not age well loljk.
That's a Neo Geo pocket. In term of perfeormance, it's between the GBC and the GBA. It was not popular thus making the console and it's games relatively rare.
unless I'm thinking of a different "import handheld" during my High School years... it wasn't that they were "unpopular" just "prohibitively expensive" (compared to Gameboys at the time). Also... it catered to the arcade crowd, while everyone else was busy with pokemon.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 24th, 2018 @ 6:39am CDT
Jazz review by PrimeVsPrime. His one seems to have some very slight vehicle mode gaps mine doesn't. He seems very happy with the figure anyways.
I can't seem to get youtube video embed working today. Dunno why but here's direct link.
EDIT: OK figured it out by copying my previous embedding of his Megatron video and changing the codey bit to match.
Made a lil edit to my Jazz, adding silver sharpie to the panels hip/leg ball joints and either side of the neck and blackened the knee areas. I wish I could think of some way to get his spoiler up behind his head like on the previous figures but that may be impossible. Either way I love this lil shiny dude. Way more than his 2007 and HA figures.
Posted by o.supreme on May 24th, 2018 @ 11:24am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 24th, 2018 @ 2:47pm CDT
Posted by nycPrime on May 24th, 2018 @ 3:32pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I know its a long shot, but if they ever released a proper combining Optimus and Jetfire from Revenge of the Fallen (Voyager Size), or a proper Devastator, I might actually buy those.
You and me both
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 24th, 2018 @ 6:03pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I know its a long shot, but if they ever released a proper combining Optimus and Jetfire from Revenge of the Fallen (Voyager Size), or a proper Devastator, I might actually buy those.
Studio Series Leader Jetfire, combining with SS Voyager Optimus Prime. THIS time, screen accurate, partsforming be damned!
Seriously, compare this:
To that:
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 24th, 2018 @ 8:34pm CDT
I am also in that Devastator boat. And also an awesome Jetfire/Optimus combination. I still keep those 2 leaders like that a lot, but would love something closer to the CGI
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 24th, 2018 @ 9:56pm CDT
The first news we have for you is yet another video review from PrimeVsPrime, who has already done reviews for us of voyagers Brawl and Megatron. Here PrimeVsPrime gives us a great look at Jazz, who is a very small deluxe with some great talking points, such as the high amount of silver paint and the fairly awesome posability. You can check out his review below.
The second bit of news comes from the Transformers Facebook and Instagram accounts, which give us yet another look at Jazz, this time from one of the designers of the figure. The video goes briefly into the design process for Jazz, explaining how he is one of the favorites of this particular design engineer and how he came to be. You can check it out below the review.
Let us know what you think of this new deluxe Jazz below!
Posted by Aimless Misfire on May 24th, 2018 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 24th, 2018 @ 11:37pm CDT
Jazz was the smallest Autobot in the first movie. Smaller than Bumblebee, even. He's supposed to be little.Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 25th, 2018 @ 12:52am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 25th, 2018 @ 12:54am CDT
Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
I actually paid £7 more than his RRP and I feel no regrets (unlike with Grimlock). He's such a fun cool lil dude I've been playing with here on my desk a lot in the past couple days. He may be small but he feels solid and with that nice silver paint he feels premium (remember the premium version of 2007 Jazz that had silver paint instead of just being the bare dull cheap looking grey plastic?). He still feels a bit more complex in transformation than many larger deluxes in all recent TF lines too particularly in the torso area.
Posted by Qwan on May 25th, 2018 @ 1:37am CDT
Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Bonus deal! We're getting half the deal for twice the price!
He is, indeed, an extremely small Deluxe. I don't know for sure if I'll pick him up if/when I see him - I'm starting to feel intrigued since everyone who has the toy seems to love it now - but at the same time, I also passed on Bee the one time I saw him because I felt like he was too small for the price, so... who knows. He'll be an impulse purchase if anything for me, but I'm glad those who have him thought he was worth it!
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 25th, 2018 @ 3:24am CDT
Qwan wrote:Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Bonus deal! We're getting half the deal for twice the price!
He is, indeed, an etremely small Deluxe. I don't know for sure if I'll pick him up if/when I see him - I'm starting to feel intrigued since everyone who has the toy seems to love it now - but at the same time, I also passed on Bee the one time I saw him because I felt like he was too small for the price, so... who knows. He'll be an impulse purchase if anything for me, but I'm glad those who have him thought he was worth it!
Remember... it's not the size of your transformer, it's how you play with it
(sorry... not sorry)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 25th, 2018 @ 5:03am CDT
Now, only a MPM version is needed to beat the HA version.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 25th, 2018 @ 6:48am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:With that level of detailing and engineering AND paint, the size is pretty much irrelevant. Plus, it's IN SCALE. That may be the only SS deluxe I'll ever get. Even full price.
Now, only a MPM version is needed to beat the HA version.
I actually consider the SS figure superior to the HA. There's aspects of the HA version I never liked.. the awful legs for one thing. My only complaint with the SS is that backpack area, not so much the size of it but I wish the spoiler could have ended up behind his head like on the previous figures. I just really liked that look and can't figure out a way to mimic it on the SS.
Anyways onto his wave mate Lockdown (whom I also have) who now has a review from PrimeVsPrime
Easy to see the new Lockdown looks far superior in every way to the AoE figure.
Posted by Evil Eye on May 25th, 2018 @ 6:59am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 25th, 2018 @ 7:24am CDT
Posted by Rated X on May 25th, 2018 @ 8:14am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 25th, 2018 @ 9:26am CDT
You won't be seeing that in this thread.Rated X wrote:Another one of these damn videos. I dont want to see already released figures leaked from Cybertron. I want to see 2019 WFC trilogy figures leaked from China.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 25th, 2018 @ 2:53pm CDT
Posted by nycPrime on May 25th, 2018 @ 3:06pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Is there anyone collecting Studio figures who don't want the backdrops or are throwing them away? Just asking cos I'd quite like spare ones to display some non-Studio TF movie figures such as a voyager sized one for RotF Bludgeon. Just a wondering.
Already threw the few I had away. You're pretty far from me though lol
Posted by Munkky on May 25th, 2018 @ 3:24pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Is there anyone collecting Studio figures who don't want the backdrops or are throwing them away? Just asking cos I'd quite like spare ones to display some non-Studio TF movie figures such as a voyager sized one for RotF Bludgeon. Just a wondering.
I have the ones for Ratchet and Bumblebee if you want those. Send me a PM if you're interested.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 25th, 2018 @ 5:39pm CDT
Posted by EagleBot13 on May 25th, 2018 @ 6:56pm CDT
Posted by Qwan on May 25th, 2018 @ 9:52pm CDT
Of course, we want to hear your opinions too! Do you have Lockdown yet too? If you do, let us know what you think of this toy by posting in the Energon Pub Forums - or if you've only seen the review, tell us what you're most anticipating about it!
In this review, I take yet another look at the latest entry into the Studio Series line, that being the Studio Series Lockdown! I showcase the figure in both his robot-mode as well as his vehicle-mode. I also show a step-by-step guide of how to transform him from his robot-bounty hunter mode to his Lamborghini Aventador alt-mode. This is the final figure that I shall be taking a look at this week as I have reviewed and collected all the Studio Series figures released thus far!
Posted by Spider5800 on May 26th, 2018 @ 1:08am CDT
The Brawl and Jazz videos, on the other hand, have enforced my decision to skip them. Both are just too tiny for their price point. Brawl doesn't look much bigger than the deluxe version from the first movie, and I think the first movie leader figure just suits him better. And Jazz is almost a scout class he's so small. No way I'm spending $20 on him when I already have the original deluxe and the HA versions.
Posted by Bucky on May 26th, 2018 @ 1:46am CDT
Brawl and Megatron are immediate buys though. I had some reservations about Brawl when we got our first look at him, but he’s really grown on me. I get an almost Generations Darkmount/Straxus vibe off of him.
So far I think this line has been great. A couple minor misses, but mostly some fantastic hits. I’m just hoping that this line doesn’t end any time soon, because of the Movie universe getting a reboot after ‘Bee. I want more. It would be fantastic to see an updated voyager Shockwave, a redeco of Blackout as Grindor, the Constructicons, and definitely more dreadbot/vehicons. I want to build an army of uglies.
Basically I want many more Decepticons. .
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 26th, 2018 @ 1:59am CDT
Posted by Qwan on May 26th, 2018 @ 2:06am CDT
Bucky wrote:It’s nice that he has more articulation than I previously thought (had no idea he’d have an arm swivel and ankle joints), but no wrist and especially not waist articulation is a huge bummer. Not going to get any real dynamic poses out of him. On a personal level I think I would have preferred it if he had been a smallish voyager, similar to Prime.
He does actually have a waist joint! PrimeVsPrime doesn't find it until right before the transformation, but it's there
Posted by Bucky on May 26th, 2018 @ 2:25am CDT
Qwan wrote:Bucky wrote:It’s nice that he has more articulation than I previously thought (had no idea he’d have an arm swivel and ankle joints), but no wrist and especially not waist articulation is a huge bummer. Not going to get any real dynamic poses out of him. On a personal level I think I would have preferred it if he had been a smallish voyager, similar to Prime.
He does actually have a waist joint! PrimeVsPrime doesn't find it until right before the transformation, but it's there
Oh, wow. That’s what I get for not watching the entire video. Thanks for the correction! That actually changes things quite a bit for me. I think Lockdown just moved up to a definite “buy” now.