New Images of Studio Series Deluxe Class #28 2007 Barricade and #29 Dark of the Moon Sideswipe

Man, these look great, I cannot wait for these two, gold-bar though...

KVO Prime wrote:I mean, I guess it could work for SS if I take his ROTF toy head and put it on this body. I thought they were going for more of a high quality paint and scale standard for this Studio Series line. For the most part they're great, but when I see lacking qualities on the face especially, it bothers me. Like with Movie 1 Ratchet's face.

Was there supposed to be a quote in there?

I didn't want to want that Sideswipe, but wow he looks good here!

I just realized, that with a nice shade of blue paint, maybe a new head, that Sideswipe's mold could work for a movie Blurr. The tire wheels kind of remind me of Animated Blurr

I wish the hips weren't so far apart and he was taller, but otherwise, he's looking great! My most anticipated SS figure of next year

Well those reviews just continue to prove that I'm getting Sideswipe and Bonecrusher, and Barricade continues to get more and more appealing. My only deterrence is still how much I dislike his original face design. If Siege Barricade is ever properly shown off and is as low effort as it seems like he'll be, then I'll probably grab this Barry over that one, but until then, I'm undecided.

In other news, I don't remember if this was discussed on this thread yet or not, but since further proof of it's credibility just showed up today, I'm putting this here:
I feel like a lot of talk about the DotM Prime happened when this showed up, but I don't think anyone said anything about the Voyager listings. KSI Boss seems like he'd obviously be a Nitro Zeus repaint/retool, given the previous usage of that name/designation. The "Hero" has me curious though, since it's both super nondescript and comes out earlier than all the other SS figures on the list. What Movie Autobots have we yet to get that would be Voyager-class? This figure could be the missing Hasbro number 31 or 38 if their Takara and Hasbro release times are similar enough.

Leadfoot could be a voyager? Just thinking in terms of mass, that stomach and the parts to make it could take up a voyager price point. Or maybe a new mold for a dinobot? Or possibly Bulldog/WWI Tank from TLK?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At this time, the closest Autobot Voyager I think we have to get would be Sentinel Prime, but, blah. I hate that character, legitimately hate.

I think that's it. We got a good Hound in TLK and they seem to be grouping TLK figures into the line as representations for the 4th and 5th movie cast. So Sentinel really is the only Autobot I could think of.

Except we didn't get a good Hound during TLK. A reminder of what his TLK toy was like. Missing the upper back of his truck mode, most of the front of his truck mode is hanging wholesale to the backs of his legs, and there's no triple Gatling gun. The Movie The Best version fixed the third issue and somewhat fixed the first, but that was Takara only and it could be better. And they did an enhanced TLK Drift so why not a better TLK Hound?

Also, the Studio Series hasn't done Evasion-mode Optimus yet, or his AoE "Upgrade" body. And Evasin-mode Optimus needs a correct toy that's non-exclusive and available at US retail.

Thanks for the news credit! I can't wait to purchase this guy.

Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, What's Crackin?, we've learned that YouTuber TonTon Reviews has reviewed another forthcoming Studio Series voyager class toy, this time it's #32 2007 Movie version Optimus Prime! This toy is a redeco and a retool of the Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime that released as part of wave 1. You can see that the new Optimus Prime is bigger than the previous release. You can see this and more differences between the two figures in this new review, including several comparisons.

Remember, it's this version of Optimus Prime that combines with the soon to be released Leader Class Jetfire.

We've embedded the video here for your convenience:



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