Transformers Studio Series 2023 Wave 3 and Amazon Exclusive IDW Subline Revealed

As overly excited as I am for the megs/ratbat set, I am equally as underwhelmed but the shockwave/orion set. Make no mistake, I think they did a good job with what they had to work with. Just doesn't wow me.Lots of people called them using Hound for orion. Same people (myself included) were expecting metalhawk to be used for shockwave.

I prefer the Orion pax that came in the Hero is born 2-pk over this ugly looking monstrosity.
Abut the only one's that appealed to me are Senator Shockwave and to a lesser degree Ratbat, the others in these 2-pk are horrid looking. IMO

Not into ROTB or any of the newest Animated stuff or VG versions. That Brawn is starting to look alright to me and might actually get him, I'm not that big a fan of the character per say and was planning to pass but being there doesn't seem to be much coming that appeals to me I may just have to get him to fill out the minibots. Still on the fence about Beachcomber since I already have the previous version so it will depend on my mood and how well it actually looks in person.

Pretty much only getting about four with those being, Devcon, Brawn, Ratchet, Frenzy. And potentially Commander Magnus, Beachcomber.

That Brawn is supposed to be deluxe, right? Looks very core-sized.

Rodimus Prime wrote:That Brawn is supposed to be deluxe, right? Looks very core-sized.

"Small Deluxe" like most of the other Mini Cars, his parts count and transformation steps far exceeds any Core.

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Pretty much the only one that tempted me off the bat was 86 Brawn. Something about that Man-at-Arms head...

Just as a heads up for anyone interested in the Ratbat/Megatron pack, Amazon has accidentally switched the prices, so instead of the $69.99 it should be for two Voyager figures, it's listed for the $54.99 price of the Voyager/Deluxe pack of Shockwave/Pax. Hop on it before they notice and fix the mistake!

I don't know how well Amazon honors prices but they have the two 2-packs up for preorder with the opposite prices. Meaning that Senator Ratbat and Miner Megatron are listed for $54.99 instead of $69.99. This also means that the Orion Pax and Senator Shockwave set is listed at the $69.99 instead of $54.99. Obviously they'll fix this at some point but it might be a chance to get them both at the $54.99 so long as Amazon honors that price for Ratbat and Megatron once the preorder is put in.

Ratbat/Megatron: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Evo?tag=seibertron07-20& ... 049&sr=8-2

Orion/Shockwave: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Evo?tag=seibertron07-20& ... 049&sr=8-1

Edit: Three of us at once posted the same thing.

Didn't see the above posts about prices lol.

Interesting price snafu, Pulse has the Shockwave 2-pk listed for $54.99 which is likely why it's already sold out. lol

I'd have definitely bough it for that price over $70 since I only want one Bot!

...gotta say, I don't think I'm feeling any of these Studio Series guys. I thought I was gonna go in on Cliff and Megs, especially if Cliff came with that head sculpt, but seeing the actual figures....I think I might just try to wait for Legacy/Generations versions of Prime Cliff and Animated Megs instead.

o.supreme wrote:The reveals were cool. Nothing I feel I have to add to my collection, but I know some others will be excited.

A couple of questions though....

1. Is Detritus based on Siege Hound, or the *still to be revealed* Earth Mode Buzzworthy Hound?
2. What Black Hole has The Buzzworthy Hound & Buzzworthy DotM Hatchet fallen into?
3. When are we getting Diaclone colored Topspin to go with Twintwist?

1. Presumably Earth/BB Hound, which also leads into my second response:
2. I don't think they did fall into any hole, I think they were never intended to come out until closer to Detritus' release to begin with, which has yet to arrive. The store listings for the assortment containing those two only just was found like a month ago, it always felt weird that an exclusive using that retooling was maybe going to release before it's main retail use, and remember when BB Silverstreak had physical samples leak in August 2021 and then he didn't come out until April 2022? This feels like that but even further out because we just had some renders, not even physical product.
3. Rumors/leaks had said we were supposed to get both Diaclone Jumpstarters (and Fractyl) last year and then that didn't happen, so TBD I guess.

Grahf_ wrote:Edit: Three of us at once posted the same thing.

And I posted it in the Legacy thread before looking over here.