Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023

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Thanks to JT Prime we have a breakdown of the Studio Series coming out for the rest of the year. This shows us the month they are meant for release and which characters are getting repacked from previous waves. The good news here is that none seem shortpacked since WFC Megatron and Optimus are from previous waves. Speaking of "WFC", those listings are said to refer to the High Moon games. We also see that some toys from the Rise of the Beasts film will be available months after the release of the film, like Primal, Mirage and Nightbird. So it may be a while before fans know what they look like and decide if they should wait for those or buy the mainline versions.

So, based on what we see below, which will you be getting?

Wave 3: August

Core:
TF3 Bumblebee x4
86 Ironhide x4

Deluxe:
WFC Cliffjumper x3
86 Brawn x3
TF7 Bumblebee x2

Voyager:
TF7 Rhinox x2
WFC Megatron x1

Wave 4: November

Core:
2x 86 Frenzy
2x TF7 Delta 2
2x TF7 Hydra
2x TF3 Bumblebee

Deluxe:
TF7 Nightbird x3
TF7 Mirage x3
WFC Bumblebee x2

Voyager:
86 Ratchet x2
WFC Optimus x1

Leader:
TF7 Optimus Primal x1
86 Snarl x1

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Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155282)
Posted by First-Aid on February 5th, 2023 @ 12:37pm CST

Hydra and Delta? Code names?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155284)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 5th, 2023 @ 12:47pm CST

First-Aid wrote:Hydra and Delta? Code names?

Yes.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155286)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 5th, 2023 @ 12:48pm CST

I still have Prime, Megatron and Bee from WFC, I wonder what the size differences will be with the new figures. IIRC the older figures were sold as deluxes.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155295)
Posted by DeathReviews on February 5th, 2023 @ 1:44pm CST

They sure pushed Leader 86 Snarl out towards the end of the queue didn't they?

It'll be interesting to see what they do with the WFC game figures...

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155297)
Posted by First-Aid on February 5th, 2023 @ 2:06pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
First-Aid wrote:Hydra and Delta? Code names?
Yes.

No further info?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155298)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 5th, 2023 @ 3:17pm CST

First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
First-Aid wrote:Hydra and Delta? Code names?
Yes.

No further info?

Not at this time.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155299)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 5th, 2023 @ 3:30pm CST

Rtron wrote:
Love the highlights, and the way they show up in robot mode but are hidden in altmode.

Thank you! I'm planning on painting the other NEST figures in a similar style.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Bummed that there is such a time gap between RotB figures this year in SS, and that outside of that there are almost nothing from the first 5 movies.

Yeah, I'm not sure why they decided to introduce WFC during a movie year. Buzzworthy is at least helping out with the recent NEST figures and Optimus reissue (and hopefully we hear more about Hatchet soon), but yeah, it's kinda lame that the Bay movies are getting neglected this year.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155303)
Posted by Cheetron on February 5th, 2023 @ 4:46pm CST

I'm honestly waiting to hear more about the Walmart exclusives that walmarts discontinued before the second wave could come out

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155304)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 5th, 2023 @ 4:47pm CST

Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155306)
Posted by william-james88 on February 5th, 2023 @ 5:23pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

It's very lacking scale wise with the only toys of the leader characters being deluxes.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155320)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 5th, 2023 @ 8:02pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

It's very lacking scale wise with the only toys of the leader characters being deluxes.

Not sure I follow, care to elaborate?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155321)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 5th, 2023 @ 8:06pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

It's very lacking scale wise with the only toys of the leader characters being deluxes.

Not sure I follow, care to elaborate?

By "leader characters" he means Optimus Prime and Megatron. They're just Deluxes.

Bumblebee's even bigger than both of them.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155322)
Posted by william-james88 on February 5th, 2023 @ 8:17pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

It's very lacking scale wise with the only toys of the leader characters being deluxes.

Not sure I follow, care to elaborate?

The WFC listings reffer to the high moon games, is that what you are talking about?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155324)
Posted by Emerje on February 5th, 2023 @ 8:23pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:Besides I thought WFC was sufficiently covered, no?

It's very lacking scale wise with the only toys of the leader characters being deluxes.

Not sure I follow, care to elaborate?

War for Cybertron the game, not War for Cybertron the Generations series. The original figure line did only five figures, all Deluxes, the new releases are going to take scale into account and do more characters.

Emerje

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155328)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 5th, 2023 @ 9:14pm CST

Okay thanks for the clarification, I was thinking of the Series.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155330)
Posted by First-Aid on February 5th, 2023 @ 11:07pm CST

I would give a kidney for a Titan Class Omega Supreme from that game...

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155332)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 6th, 2023 @ 12:49am CST

By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155333)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 6th, 2023 @ 1:46am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Now you know how the AoE dinobot fans feel :lol:

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155337)
Posted by 84everfan on February 6th, 2023 @ 9:09am CST

RISE OF THE BEASTS IS NOT A SEQUEL

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155338)
Posted by TulioDude on February 6th, 2023 @ 9:37am CST

84everfan wrote:RISE OF THE BEASTS IS NOT A SEQUEL

That sounds a conversation that should happen in the movie forums.

ZeroWolf wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Now you know how the AoE dinobot fans feel

True

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155340)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 6th, 2023 @ 9:47am CST

84everfan wrote:RISE OF THE BEASTS IS NOT A SEQUEL

It is though? Or are you talking about the TF7 in the listings? If so that's how hasbro always referred to the movies internally, with Bumblebee taking TF6. After all, officially no live action movie has used a number in it's title.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155347)
Posted by o.supreme on February 6th, 2023 @ 1:15pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Speak of the Devil...

well Chefatron did have a SS86 Snarl review up a few minutes ago, but he removed it. I wonder if Hasbro finally is putting the hammer down?

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155354)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:17pm CST

First-Aid wrote:I would give a kidney for a Titan Class Omega Supreme from that game...

I've not ever played the game nor seen ay images, but wouldn't he basically resembled WFC-S29?
I kick myself for not getting that one because of the prices it now commands, but at the time I thought $80 was bit much not understanding the full scope of what a Commander scale was. lol

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155356)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:21pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:
First-Aid wrote:I would give a kidney for a Titan Class Omega Supreme from that game...

I've not ever played the game nor seen ay images, but wouldn't he basically resembled WFC-S29?
I kick myself for not getting that one because of the prices it now commands, but at the time I thought $80 was bit much not understanding the full scope of what a Commander scale was. lol

Tiny legs, HUGE arms, and a Cybertronian spaceship vehicle mode with no launch base.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155359)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:25pm CST

Eak, sorry I asked. lol I'd have to pass on that, TBH.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155361)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:27pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:Eak, sorry I asked. lol I'd have to pass on that, TBH.

This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155364)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:40pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

I wouldn’t mind a little more of that mindset these days xD

I’m much more attached to the redesigns from the movies (and to a lesser extent Prime and WFC/FOC) than their G1 counterparts.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155367)
Posted by william-james88 on February 6th, 2023 @ 2:45pm CST

New product shots for ROTB SS toys

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155373)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 6th, 2023 @ 3:28pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:Eak, sorry I asked. lol I'd have to pass on that, TBH.
This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

While my focus is always going to be geared towards G1 upgrades I'm not opposed to some of the new non animated or bay designs. Even though I'm not into ROTB Wheeljack as Wheeljack I can't deny it has some weird appeal to me, goofy glasses aside. I also kind of like Nightbird and even TLK Hod Rod and I very rarely like any of the Bay designs.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155397)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 6th, 2023 @ 4:46pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Now you know how the AoE dinobot fans feel

You and the two other fellas? :lol:

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155404)
Posted by Rtron on February 6th, 2023 @ 5:06pm CST

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

I wouldn’t mind a little more of that mindset these days xD

I’m much more attached to the redesigns from the movies (and to a lesser extent Prime and WFC/FOC) than their G1 counterparts.

Seriously, give us new dudes in a new style. Fossilizers were the closest we got to that.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155405)
Posted by First-Aid on February 6th, 2023 @ 5:07pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Now you know how the AoE dinobot fans feel

You and the two other fellas?

Three

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155414)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 6th, 2023 @ 5:53pm CST

I can't wait until they reinvent the Throttlebots. lol Not..

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155422)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 6th, 2023 @ 6:12pm CST

Till-all-R1 wrote:I can't wait until they reinvent the Throttlebots. lol Not..

They could be done in the Selects line with redecos and minor retools of already existing figures. Wouldn't be that difficult. Now if you wanted all new molds for them, then yeah. You'll be waiting a while.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155428)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 6th, 2023 @ 6:33pm CST

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:I can't wait until they reinvent the Throttlebots. lol Not..
They could be done in the Selects line with redecos and minor retools of already existing figures. Wouldn't be that difficult. Now if you wanted all new molds for them, then yeah. You'll be waiting a while.

I think they meant reinvent like how the Dinobots were changed in Age of Extinction...which I would welcome, no problem with different takes on characters.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155436)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 6th, 2023 @ 6:39pm CST

I just don't think Hasbro would bother since they never really caught on and were barely utilized well. I especially don't think they would incorporate the gimmick.

With o much to cover I'm sure several bots will get overlooked even if they are trying to do odd ones out like GoBots and such.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155437)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 6th, 2023 @ 6:40pm CST

First-Aid wrote:I would give a kidney for a Titan Class Omega Supreme from that game...

That one Platinum with upgrade kit sorta kinda works.

ZeroWolf wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this rate we'll finish the SS86 Dinobots by the 40th anniversary of the film.

Now you know how the AoE dinobot fans feel

Pain.

84everfan wrote:RISE OF THE BEASTS IS NOT A SEQUEL

Yeah, it is bub.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

I wouldn’t mind a little more of that mindset these days xD

I’m much more attached to the redesigns from the movies (and to a lesser extent Prime and WFC/FOC) than their G1 counterparts.

So much this.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155442)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 6th, 2023 @ 6:50pm CST

Rtron wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

I wouldn’t mind a little more of that mindset these days xD

I’m much more attached to the redesigns from the movies (and to a lesser extent Prime and WFC/FOC) than their G1 counterparts.

Seriously, give us new dudes in a new style. Fossilizers were the closest we got to that.

What about the Terrans? They are all new characters with unique designs and are the main stars of the current show.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155463)
Posted by Rtron on February 6th, 2023 @ 8:38pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Rtron wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This was back when Hasbro was still of the mindset of "Redesign everything! Never use an existing design from the 80s! Kids today don't care about the 80s! Screw G1-accuracy!"

I wouldn’t mind a little more of that mindset these days xD

I’m much more attached to the redesigns from the movies (and to a lesser extent Prime and WFC/FOC) than their G1 counterparts.

Seriously, give us new dudes in a new style. Fossilizers were the closest we got to that.
What about the Terrans? They are all new characters with unique designs and are the main stars of the current show.

Earthspark still feels too G1 for me, aesthetically.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155475)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 6th, 2023 @ 11:09pm CST

Hasbro Pulse has moved up Airrazor, Cheetor, Bumblebee, and Battletrap to February 17th.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155480)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 7th, 2023 @ 12:34am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hasbro Pulse has moved up Airrazor, Cheetor, Bumblebee, and Battletrap to February 17th.

Hopefully Amazon will follow suit. I'm still waiting on my Tarn... >:oP

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155482)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 7th, 2023 @ 12:40am CST

Rodimus Prime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hasbro Pulse has moved up Airrazor, Cheetor, Bumblebee, and Battletrap to February 17th.
Hopefully Amazon will follow suit. I'm still waiting on my Tarn...

You're not alone.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155593)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 7th, 2023 @ 8:29pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hasbro Pulse has moved up Airrazor, Cheetor, Bumblebee, and Battletrap to February 17th.

Yessssssssssss.

But also, Dammmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155741)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 10th, 2023 @ 3:55pm CST

As someone who started Studio Series just collecting the first 3 movies, I’m really liking this team so far!

A791D869-827D-4409-98AF-99960BCC24F5.jpeg

Hope we see some of the other KSI bots in the future like Junkheap, but what I’d really like is an AOE Hound and Bumblebee to take ‘em down!

My next project (looking to upload very soon) is another bot from this group!

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155802)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 11th, 2023 @ 1:18pm CST

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:As someone who started Studio Series just collecting the first 3 movies, I’m really liking this team so far!

A791D869-827D-4409-98AF-99960BCC24F5.jpeg

Hope we see some of the other KSI bots in the future like Junkheap, but what I’d really like is an AOE Hound and Bumblebee to take ‘em down!

My next project (looking to upload very soon) is another bot from this group!

Very nice. I wish I would have army-built the KSI Sentry and Boss, at least gotten a 2nd boss. I hope we get more KSI bots, I'd love to build up an army of KSI bots.

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155843)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 11th, 2023 @ 8:20pm CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Very nice. I wish I would have army-built the KSI Sentry and Boss, at least gotten a 2nd boss. I hope we get more KSI bots, I'd love to build up an army of KSI bots.

Thanks! I got lucky and found a couple of KSI Sentries for cheap over Christmas Break, so I'll be doing a couple repaints! The first of these is this one in the black color scheme:

Sentry bot 1.jpg

Sentry bot 4.jpg

Sentry alt front R.jpg

Sentry alt back L.jpg

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155856)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 12th, 2023 @ 4:05am CST

That is looking sharp 8-)

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155867)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 12th, 2023 @ 12:43pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:That is looking sharp

Thank you! It was fun to work on, I have one more Sentry repaint planned but it'll be a while since I left it back home. I am converting a TLK Nitro into a KSI Boss though, so there is still some more AOE rep coming soon!

Re: Case Breakdown for Studio Series Waves 3 and 4 of 2023 (2155889)
Posted by william-james88 on February 12th, 2023 @ 8:06pm CST

While this wave was released a while back by online retailers (and found sparsely at Toysrus in Canada), many many fans were still looking for this wave in stores to no avail. Well, reports have been coming in the the past week of this 2022 fall wave finally appearing in Walmart stores, both in the US (in several states) and Canada simultaneously. This makes it the first time this wave has been found at a big box store in the US. It comes to show how all over the place brick and mortar distribution is now with this 2022 fall wave being found at the same time at the 2023 summer wave of legacy toys (that being the Legacy Evolution wave 2 core class figures).

This leaves TMII Dragon Megatron as the only 2022 toy not released in American big box stores, so far.