New Images of Upcoming Transformers Studio Series Toys With Limb Modes for Scrapmetal and Rampage

-Kanrabat- wrote:I find siege Optimus to be quite meh/daff. Especially with the stupid adition of that truck "baseball cap" who only end up as a backpack.

SS "Geewun" Optimus is a work of art in it's own right. I'm looking forward to it to arrive locally.

Tbh I kinda wish Hasbro would go with a more Sunbow cartoony aesthetic for a line with smooth panels and anime-esc angles (like giving G1 Optimus legs that actually get larger towards the bottom instead of them being big rectangles for legs). Because the new MP style does look good, but the designs are SO complicated and SO EXPENSIVE, that the whole simplistic cartoon style is sorta ruined by all those other variables. I'm not asking for 100% cartoon accuracy to G1, just some slightly more cartoony designs without all the excess senseless random lines and bits all over everything, and some more characterized proportions rather than the classic "symmetrical robo square thing" look. Like.. Why do they all have these perfectly symmetrical thighs from top to bottom? Why not add more anime-esc styling to give it more character rather than just looking like a "toy"? It's not that hard, just change the shape of the thighs and lower legs a tad on that Siege Optimus and it would look brilliant to me, but otherwise it just looks like another simplified MP10ish design to me.

Generally I won't compare these type things to 3P, but.. When you look at Maketoys figures for example, some of them have very simple transformations like Despotron (MP Megatron), And they have some modified details to look more modernized, and yet they still look cartoony somehow like actual character models and still invoke the feel of the original characters. Really Despotron is probably just as simple if not less complex in transformation than some Studio Series figures, and yet it looks both updated and like a mini version of a giant animated character, rather than looking like a toy called "Megatron". And also by God.. Please give some of these figures more expressive faces instead of just "neutral stone face". Part of the reason I love Studio Series much more is they're able to somehow make them super movie accurate and robotic in figure form and yet they still look like characters. You'd think designs that are meant to look more G1 would look more character-like than movieverse humanoid industrial machines.

Also, I’m looking forward to seeing how Hightower combines with Scrapmetal

Apologies for getting off topic in my last post, I got confused for a bit and thought this was in the Siege thread, lol

I'm pretty much decided, I'm gonna preorder this SS 38 geewuun style Optimus from Amazon and nobody can stop meeeeeee...

Does anyone else think Megatron's shotgun looks oversized? It feels like it could be held by the ROTF Leader Prime.

I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

wheeljack34 wrote:I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

Price point is 30 usd.

It has been a busy day for new images for the Studio Series line! Thanks to the TFCN Facebook page, who shared images from Lai Yanting on Facebook, we have a ton of brand new images of the upcoming SS-36 exclusive Drift with Baby Dinobots! This new Drift figure uses his TLK deluxe class toy and features massively improved paint applications, now being an almost spot on representation of the Drift from the movie. He also features a new Sword to go along with his 4 other swords, this new one done up in some paint and modeled after the sword he balances himself on in the Junkyard in The Last Knight.

Along with him are his 3 little friends: Tops, Pterry, and Sharp T, based on the Baby Dinobots designs seen fleetingly in the opening Junkyard scenes of the movies. And yes, they are as adorable as you'd think Baby Dinobots would be in toy form.

You can check out the in hand images below, and you can keep an eye on your pre-orders if you did order a Drift, as he should be coming in stock any time now!

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

I just found Jetfire's rear landing gear. Didn't use the instructions, are they shown there? I haven't seen them in any video reviews. Glad he has them.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

Prime got it almost perfect with the First Edition molds. After that in RID, there was too much hanging panels and fake parts all over. Only Vehicon for Prime RID got it perfectly.

You forget Wheeljack who rocked hard. Plus you had ultra magnus, knockout and an arcee that was more accurate than first edition and Takara gave us Breakdown.

Can't judge of Breakdown because I never was willing to spend the cash on him. But yeah, RID Wheeljack and Arcee were amazing.