Images of Exclusive Studio Series MTMTE Leader Class Optimus Prime and Megatron

megatran wrote:Hasbro flat out refuse to release a 'G1' mode Megatron

It's not that they "refuse to", it's that they legally "cannot".

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am insanely pissed at the fact that this Optimus is $60 while Skybound Prime is $80

Hasbro marketing know what they're doing in this instance.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am insanely pissed at the fact that this Optimus is $60 while Skybound Prime is $80

Pulse-exclusive tax strikes again.

megatran wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am insanely pissed at the fact that this Optimus is $60 while Skybound Prime is $80

That Megatron arm is expensive. Megatron arms don't grow on trees you know. Ratchet had to scavenge it and carefully attach all the little wires.

It cost an arm & no leg, supposedly.

Swindle drove the price up when he traded one for that toaster, then apparently somehow exchanged that for his new trailer/cannon.

No doubt the upcoming "Sleep Mode Prime" is going to be using this mold.

Emerje

Seibertron wrote:Is anyone else bothered by SS 86 Thundercracker? It finally dawned on me that it's his chest that I don't like. It's just the wrong shape. He doesn't have the traditional Seeker pecs. They're too flat and at a weird angle. Man I really hope that Hasbro can fix it before they attempt to knock out 20+ Seekers from a mold that has the wrong chest!!! It also doesn't help that the box art of that toy has the correct chest which makes it stand out even more when in package.

But isn't that how he is in the cartoon?

Besides, only thing that bugged me was I had to apply the autobot stickers myself

Seibertron wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:But isn't that how he is in the cartoon?

The top of the chest is not at all how it is in the cartoon nor how it's ever been before. Look at the top of his chest in both of the images. The angle is incredibly off to the point that it's almost flat on the Studio Series toy versus how it's supposed to be like it is in the screen shot from the cartoon you posted. To be blunt, the new toy is shaped more like a standard male chest versus a female chest.

I see what you mean now.

I really don't mind, but I can see why you might.

Really liking Soundwave so far. Does everything he needs to do. Interesting bit: they went to the trouble of molding in the volume wheel and the slider switch on the back of his legs despite the fact you will not usually seem them in robot mode, and are entirely hidden in Tape Deck mode.

It's Toy Fair weekend and right away, before the show even opens, Hasbro comes out the gate with some huge Studio Series 86 reveals for 2026 wave 2! Starting right off we now know that the design team lied when they said SS86 Astrotrain would likely be a Siege Astrotrain repaint. They knew. The new Leader Astrotrain features a more cartoon accurate train mode, a more complete (too put it nicely) shuttle mode and a very mistransformed bot mode. We'll have to wait and see if these are at the show to get a more accurate look at how he turned out.

Then we have Studio Series Kranix just waiting to be eaten by your Sharkticons! Can you believe this is technically his fourth figure? He got two releases included with Unicron repaints and the previous Quintesson Pit of Judgement. This time we get one that's the closest we've gotten to cartoon accurate with the ability to transform. The alt mode is based directly on the Marvel Comics character profile and would probably look decent in a vintage G1 collection as blocky as it is. Should we call this Missing Link Kranix instead?

The rest of the reveals are repaints and repacks. We're getting Skywarp from the Thundercracker mold looking exactly as expected, Voyager Shockwave from the Leader Siege Shockwave mold who appears to be slightly retooled to tab onto Age of the Primes Bruticus' shoulder for some brand synergy, and Sunsteaker and Wheeljack carrying over from the Autobot five pack like Hound will be. Plus, Dinobot Snarl is getting a straight package refresh.

Images come via TFW2005. Are you excited about Astrotrain, Kranix and the others in this wave? Let us know what you're thinking in the Seibertron Energon Pub forums!

Glad to see we got a brand new Astrotrain instead of a reissue of the Siege POS. Will that mean a brand new Blitzwing as well? I was going to pass on Kranix, but the more I see him the more I like him. Hopefully we get a new Rodimus as well, instead of a repainted and repacked Kingdom figure.