2026 Studio Series Leader Class Figures will Include 86 Soundwave + Astrotrain and TLK Nemesis Prime

Sabrblade wrote:In a past Hasbro video, Evan said that a SS86 Astrotrain would, more likely than not, just be a redeco of the Siege mold.

Of course, that mold was also recently given a show accurate redeco by TakaraTomy in the Dramatic Capture Series, so we'll have to see what kind of deco differences there are between that one and this one, as they could very well end up being quite similar to each other.

Sabrblade wrote:Of course, that mold was also recently given a show accurate redeco by TakaraTomy in the Dramatic Capture Series, so we'll have to see what kind of deco differences there are between that one and this one, as they could very well end up being quite similar to each other.

Rtron wrote:Soundwave could be a new mold, since they've said in the past that they want to do a new one. There's no guarantee, but with the other three Leaders on the list being repacks or probable slight remolds. IF he is a new mold, while I hope he comes with Laserbeak and Ravage, I think there's a possibility he'll only come with one of them. The fact that both Laserbeak and Ravage's main plastic color can be black and Laserbeak's simple transformation makes me somewhat hopeful he might come with both, though. But I'm skeptic, we'll see.

I also think that it's not out of the realm of possibility that Astrotrain might be not just a redeco, but a slight retool of the Siege one like Springer.

Nemesis Prime is a cool excuse for a retool. We'll see if he's the first Studio Series movie Optimus to come without a faceplate.

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Rtron wrote:IF he is a new mold, while I hope he comes with Laserbeak and Ravage, I think there's a possibility he'll only come with one of them. The fact that both Laserbeak and Ravage's main plastic color can be black and Laserbeak's simple transformation makes me somewhat hopeful he might come with both, though. But I'm skeptic, we'll see.

Since ravage came with the recent release I'd really rather he not be in this release, for several reasons. One being it's a horrible looking sculpt, IMO, but I don't expect to see a newly tooled version any time soon. My choice would be Laserbeak and something new even if it's obscure choice. Or even Ratbat if it weren't oddly already coming with Perceptor. Though frankly if it only includes one cassette then it really should be in the Voyager price point.

I might be open to it if both Soundwave and Ravage are all new thus utilizing the available resources from Leader class budget to sculpt a new mold in versus what Voyager class would allow. And TBH, I also think it's time for the Laserbeak mold to get an update for the simple fact that the section on top feels too small plus doesn't include the "lasers cannons". Some improvements definitely could be made now that the Rumble/Frenzy mold has been updated.

Rodimus Prime wrote:If that's the best we'll get of Astrotrain, I might break and buy it, even if the mold is totally subpar. Hopefully they'll do away with the pointless tender and use the extra budget to give us a piece to cover up the atrocious back of the shuttle.