'Leaked from Cybertron' Clip for Transformers Studio Series Grimlock

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Leaked from Cybertron: Models of the Studio Series Leader Class Grimlock you’ve never seen before.

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I wasn't gonna watch it cos like many Studio folk i already got Grimlock a while ago but I watched anyways and it was fine for a brief 1 minute video. That VSP one seems like a funky G2 toy but obviously with massive amounts of detail and articulation.

Video review of Studio Series Ironhide is now live!

Nice review! Although, I don't think Ironhide is supposed to have eyes that are THAT asymmetrical. If anything, the right eye is supposed to look smaller or a bit damaged with a scar across it. That huge splotch of blue paint should be on the left eye instead if they wanted to highlight that one eye is injured. Either they got their directions reversed or it's just one-off paint error.

Fellow UK-based Seibertronians LeAwesome1, Carnivius_Prime and the author himself PrimeVsPrime have reached out to us to let us know about the latest available video review from the Transformers: Studio Series toyline: the Autobot weapons specialist, Ironhide!

Showing up in his Voyager class size and arm cannons, Ironhide's review is embedded below from the post made on our Energon Pub Toy Reviews section here, and includes a look in both robot and GMC topkick truck mode, plus comparisons with the likes of Bumblebee, Jazz, Optimus Prime and Ratchet. Check it out, and let us know what you think about this latest addition to the line!

Well, if you want an Ironhide that scales with the ROTF Leaders, the movie 1 voyager Ironhide is your best bet by robot mode scale (at least, judging by that chart). Going by vehicle mode scale... the DOTM Leader is 1/29 scale while the Movie 1 Voyager is 1/36 scale, and ROTF Optimus is 1/31 scale. So the DOTM Leader is closer in vehicle-mode scale, but seems to be too huge in robot mode.

Studio Series Ironhide is meant to scale with the other Studio Series toys in robot mode, so it's only natural he'd be dwarfed by the ROTF Leaders.

For those feeling like SS Optimus is a smidge too small, there are a couple options. Battle Blades Optimus - he's fiddly and complex to transform, but being barely a head taller than SS Optimus he would still size decently with the others in the line. DOTM Mechtech Voyager Optimus is the other. He's between SS Optimus and BB Optimus in size, and would seem to be less fiddly (don't own him myself. I don't own BB Optimus either but I do own his big cousin, so I have a pretty good idea what he's like), though he does have somewhat stylized robot mode proportions, the DOTM chest, and those giant tanks.

Spider5800 wrote:Probably would still look good with BB OP, at least.

That's my feeling too. BB Optimus Prime (Movie Advanced "Revenge" version) is my Prime for my new Studio Series collection. The actual Studio Series Optimus Prime is just too small and has too many flaws for me in terms of sculpt, detailing, and even color choices.

Speaking of improvements, I so want Studio Series ROTF Megatron for that reason. I understand why they went for his ROTF body first. His Movie 1 toys... The Leader was kibbly but passable, same for the Voyager aside from the stupid ice bits. But ROTF... The Voyager was off in a number of ways, and then the Leader-class... Dear gods that arm. I still want him for scale purposes with ROTF Optimus, but holy crap that right arm is a mess.

Looks like the one I have. I wish I had those guns for him though. But paying 20 bucks just for a gun is a little much.

Got these two the other day. They're fantastic!
I'm returning them



Jazz is awesome in both modes. Posable, detailed, fun but not complicated to transform, and excites me for what they could achieve with an MPM.

Lockdown, almost gets the same praise. His design is of one of those kibble'less Movieformers, so his added bulk and kibble makes him feel a little inaccurate. However, he's miles ahead of the AOE mold, and has some incredible sculpted details in bot mode. He looks fantastic. Transformation is a bit of a pain though. Fitting his hood to his shoulders isn't easy.

So why am I returning both? Jazz, for the life of me, I cannot get one side of the car mode to panel together flush. It's incredibly frustrating and I want one that actually fits together. Lockdown does the same sort of thing (not quite as bad) but then, broke while I was working on these pics! The bullet thingies on his shoulders, one of them snapped off while transforming him. To be fair, after examining it I could quite simply glue it back into place without hurting anything on the figure, but since his car mode doesn't fit together I'm also going for a new one like with Jazz.

It's really unfortunate. These are both amazing figures, but I got two lemons. I am absolutely getting a new pair and hoping for better results. These two are the most impressive to date, and Jazz might be my favorite SS so far! Still recommended!

Holy crap, Seibertron actually loaded all the images in Shajaki's post instead of half of them being left as the "Image" placeholder text.

Also, Shajaki... Considering that you broke Lockdown after removing him from the box, you might have a hard time returning him.