Transformers Studio Series Leaders Shockwave and Scavenger Found at US and Canadian Retail

carytheone wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

I like Cogman as a character and a figure, especially the SS version. The toy at least looks like a cross between C3PO and the Tin Man

Cogman's alt mode is the sexiest of the three, but Soundwave's transformation does some cooler tricks and the bot mode has better presence.

I ended up using Cogman as an army builder and gave bodies to TR Shuffler, Ramhorn and Lione.

All SS or did you mix in any of that spicy TLK goodness?

I have 1 TLK and 2 SS. I give the TLK one to Shuffler as his color pallette looks the best with that deco, and the other 2 get SS.

So, I had a bit of an odd thought. We got Brains and Wheelie with Shockwave. teeny, tiny Brains and Wheelie that could disappear in an instant, that are ridiculously tiny and easy to lose.

Do you think the Studio Series will try for some form of Scalpel? And if so, how... microscopic will he be?

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:microscopic

He was in the package with Shockwave next to the others, everyone must have just missed him

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So, I had a bit of an odd thought. We got Brains and Wheelie with Shockwave. teeny, tiny Brains and Wheelie that could disappear in an instant, that are ridiculously tiny and easy to lose.

Do you think the Studio Series will try for some form of Scalpel? And if so, how... microscopic will he be?

Excellent pun, not sure who he would come with unless they did a pack full of Soundwaves minions. Maybe ROTF Soundwave?

carytheone wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:microscopic

He was in the package with Shockwave next to the others, everyone must have just missed him

LeAwesome1 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So, I had a bit of an odd thought. We got Brains and Wheelie with Shockwave. teeny, tiny Brains and Wheelie that could disappear in an instant, that are ridiculously tiny and easy to lose.

Do you think the Studio Series will try for some form of Scalpel? And if so, how... microscopic will he be?

Excellent pun, not sure who he would come with unless they did a pack full of Soundwaves minions. Maybe ROTF Soundwave?

Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week.

LeAw, I do like that idea of him coming with ROTF Soundwave. Although if it's an either/or situation I'd prefer Ravage. Both would be ideal, though.

Anyone thought about using the arm blade from the DotM Shockwave in place of the rubber thing the new Shockwave comes with?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

I like Cogman as a character and a figure, especially the SS version. The toy at least looks like a cross between C3PO and the Tin Man

Cogman's alt mode is the sexiest of the three, but Soundwave's transformation does some cooler tricks and the bot mode has better presence.

I ended up using Cogman as an army builder and gave bodies to TR Shuffler, Ramhorn and Lione.

What did you do with all the extra Cogman heads?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

I like Cogman as a character and a figure, especially the SS version. The toy at least looks like a cross between C3PO and the Tin Man

Cogman's alt mode is the sexiest of the three, but Soundwave's transformation does some cooler tricks and the bot mode has better presence.

I ended up using Cogman as an army builder and gave bodies to TR Shuffler, Ramhorn and Lione.

What did you do with all the extra Cogman heads?

I let them ride shotgun in car mode (might as well take advantage of the other seat), and put them in a bin for bot mode.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

I love all the silver bots. Megatron adds a great amount of silver to the group. Might take my own group shot here for posting

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

Jazz is aight, but I can't think of any one thing that the mold excels at. My favorite feature (it's small size) has since been usurped by the SS VDub Bee, which I feel has some cooler tricks up it's sleeve.

Cogman has the headmaster gimmick and is a slicker ride. Soundwave's transformation is more interesting and has a more posable bot mode. Jazz is by no means a bad figure though and I like it quite a bit.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

I love all the silver bots. Megatron adds a great amount of silver to the group. Might take my own group shot here for posting[/quote

Nah, the arms on jazz are almost like a deluxe figure with legion/old legend figure arms with a lack of distinction from hands/panelling. Cogman and soundwave both look better in bot modes.

For anyone wanting a deal on SS 43 KSI Boss (Nitro Zeus), Amazon dropped him to $19.87. He was hovering at $22.05 for a while and just dropped this afternoon, enough for me to bite and add another version of a great mold to my collection.

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

Jazz is aight, but I can't think of any one thing that the mold excels at. My favorite feature (it's small size) has since been usurped by the SS VDub Bee, which I feel has some cooler tricks up it's sleeve.

Cogman has the headmaster gimmick and is a slicker ride. Soundwave's transformation is more interesting and has a more posable bot mode. Jazz is by no means a bad figure though and I like it quite a bit.

I would disagree, the Jazz transformation is very tight and good, he is well articulated, looks great in both mode (best of the 3 to me, not a fan of cogman's really), Jazz is much more articulated than either of those too.

also, the VW Bee is extremely finnicky and has issues with breakage for transforming. He is one of my least favorite SS figures.

I grabbed some of my silver bots for a photo, except Cogman is his TLK toy



Also, some more shockwave with some comparisons to his original toy, including the new SS one wielding the older arm blade. This Shockwave is simply fantastic.






Also some Scavenger. This is a really really good figure too. He is so very well engineered and painted up. This figure is worth the wait, and worth the price. He is going to be this year's Rampage for me, I can feel it






and a group shot of the best wave of SS figures, hands down

Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

Looks like I'm going to hit up Target tomorrow. Walmart sure as hell doesn't have anything. And D-Max, I stand by my assessment of Cogman being the best. Jazz and Soundwave share 2nd place.

Also, I ordered WW2 Hot Rod on Amazon Sunday night, and he showed up in my mailbox today. My mailbox is the exact size of his box, and my dumbass mailman shoved it in there, wedging it in due to the Amazon packaging adding a little more width. So when I took it out I had to squeeze his box a bit to get it out. Luckily the box made it out undamaged. I don't know why he couldn't just put it by my front door. As for the figure, I am thoroughly disappointed, even after seeing reviews prior to purchase. The figure is simplistic, which is fine in and of itself, but the vehicle mode is lackluster to say the least and the transformation is garbage. This is the worst SS figure I have gotten, really the only bad one. And it's the worst TF toy experience I have had since DoTM Leader Sentinel. Not as complicated, but still no fun. Really the only reasons I got him mainly were because he's named Hot Rod and I collect them, and to give his gun to TLK deluxe Hot Rod. And that's another thing: his box has him dual-wielding, but he comes with only 1 gun. Also a disappointment. I was hoping the reviews I saw just omitted the 2nd gun. Oh well. He will still have a spot in my Hot Rod display, but he's definitely lowest on the list.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, Cogman is definitely the best of the bunch, in both modes.

Wrong! Jazz is the best, easily.

Jazz is aight, but I can't think of any one thing that the mold excels at. My favorite feature (it's small size) has since been usurped by the SS VDub Bee, which I feel has some cooler tricks up it's sleeve.

Cogman has the headmaster gimmick and is a slicker ride. Soundwave's transformation is more interesting and has a more posable bot mode. Jazz is by no means a bad figure though and I like it quite a bit.

I would disagree, the Jazz transformation is very tight and good, he is well articulated, looks great in both mode (best of the 3 to me, not a fan of cogman's really), Jazz is much more articulated than either of those too.

also, the VW Bee is extremely finnicky and has issues with breakage for transforming. He is one of my least favorite SS figures.

I grabbed some of my silver bots for a photo, except Cogman is his TLK toy



Also, some more shockwave with some comparisons to his original toy, including the new SS one wielding the older arm blade. This Shockwave is simply fantastic.






Also some Scavenger. This is a really really good figure too. He is so very well engineered and painted up. This figure is worth the wait, and worth the price. He is going to be this year's Rampage for me, I can feel it






and a group shot of the best wave of SS figures, hands down

how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

bacem wrote:how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

Very carefully.

Actually I had the same problem you seem to be having at first. I found 2 things help. First position the upper wheel directly over the bottom one for the best balance. Second, I make sure that the 2 sets of little numbs of the treads that stick out slightly on each side of the lower wheel are positioned at the top and bottom. The nubs on the bottom can sort of act as additional support front to back. Then with the nubs on top of the wheel, you can collapse Scavenger's body down just a little so that support parts just above the wheel are actually touching the wheel. This will help from the wheel rotating on you.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

bacem wrote:how did you manage to make scavenger stand on his wheels without any support like that?

Very carefully.

Actually I had the same problem you seem to be having at first. I found 2 things help. First position the upper wheel directly over the bottom one for the best balance. Second, I make sure that the 2 sets of little numbs of the treads that stick out slightly on each side of the lower wheel are positioned at the top and bottom. The nubs on the bottom can sort of act as additional support front to back. Then with the nubs on top of the wheel, you can collapse Scavenger's body down just a little so that support parts just above the wheel are actually touching the wheel. This will help from the wheel rotating on you.

this right here.

Scavenger is really really good, and while I would not recommend displaying him balanced, he can do it.

Also, Bee looks great in nighttime shots

So I was looking at studio series on Amazon for any decent deals and came across quite the opposite. Amazon as the seller themselves are charging $50 for Mixmaster.

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Voy?tag=seibertron07-20& ... P8YTR9VJ06

Looks like their pricing algorithm is a little off, I know he was only $30 when I had him on pre-order with Amazon before I jumped to Hasbro Pulse for the 20% off coupon.

Anyway, I also noticed that the first photo is a pretty amusing typical Hasbro photo where they forgot to put the truck front over Devy's face when they took him out of the package. But then to double down on duh, they decided to open Devy's mouth.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So I was looking at studio series on Amazon for any decent deals and came across quite the opposite. Amazon as the seller themselves are charging $50 for Mixmaster.

They've been really screwing up the prices a lot lately, like when Siege Sideswipe and Barricade were $22 while the rest of their wave were $20 or the Micromaster Battlesquad at $20 until just recently. Amazon is getting their wires crossed somewhere.

Emerje

Ig89ninja wrote:Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

Stryker P28 wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

Gonna wait till I’ve located a SS Mixmaster before I do that, but rest assured, it’s coming.

Ig89ninja wrote:

Stryker P28 wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Guess who I’ve found in the wild.

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I think you may need to update the picture in your signature man! congratulations!

Gonna wait till I’ve located a SS Mixmaster before I do that, but rest assured, it’s coming.

I'm more interested in seeing how your 2 older Constructicons fit into the Devastator puzzle

Swoosh!



Still really enjoy this leader. I love the flight pack

I'll definitely concur with how good Cogman's mold is. Plus it's nice and versatile for head swaps. (Meet Overrun). It's basic, but a pleasant kind of basic. Here's some shots I took while experimenting with mood lighting.

Just ordered KSI Boss from Amazon for $13. That mold is worth having a 3rd time at that price. He will arrive Friday, and the first Studio Optimus should arrive tomorrow. I'm ready for both, I want those swords and that premium Zeus paint!

For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

skidflap wrote:For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

skidflap wrote:For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

LeAwesome1 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

skidflap wrote:For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

LeAwesome1 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

skidflap wrote:For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

Their release date was never officially confirmed, them coming in the same wave was mere conjecture based on previous trends, in this case each wave having 2 Constructicons. However, different size Classes have different release dates for their waves, and relatively speaking, smaller Size Classes can "skip ahead" of the larger ones. Leader Class especially seems to be moving slowly across its waves.

Picked up SS-05 Prime from my buddy ironhidensh today. i can definitely see how the new version from last year was an improvement, but he is still cool. I like the faded paint, makes me think of the forest fight and him being all dirty.

The swords were the main draw though, they look fantastic! My 3 Primes are gonna be playing weapons swap here soon.

I now have Shockwave and the Arcee trio. Shockwave is a lot of fun, the transformation is a bit of a pain, but I like both modes. I was expecting more similarities to Wave 2 Voyager Megatron, but thankfully he's almost completely different. The teeny tiny Wheelie and Brains figurines are appreciated, but I can't get either of them to stand up on their own, I need to prop them both up on Bumblebee's feet. The Arcees are all nice too, again there are some fiddly bits in each of their transformations, but I've been wanting figures of all three Arcees at about that size for a decade, so I'm happy to finally have them.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

LeAwesome1 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

skidflap wrote:For anyone that is curious, here is Devastator almost formed. Honestly, I am truly excited for this. Everything holds up together, amd to my surprise, Mixmaster attaches to Scavenger via C joints.

I am so with you. According to Scavenger's instructions, Scrapper the right arm comes out next, and finally, Overload. Ugh, I wish Overload came out next, but I also want them to get him right.

I thought they would be coming in the same wave?

I thought so too, but I guess they changed it.

Their release date was never officially confirmed, them coming in the same wave was mere conjecture based on previous trends, in this case each wave having 2 Constructicons. However, different size Classes have different release dates for their waves, and relatively speaking, smaller Size Classes can "skip ahead" of the larger ones. Leader Class especially seems to be moving slowly across its waves.

Well with Toyfair around the corner, hopefully we get some new reveals. Overload is the one I've been anxious to see ever since I saw the prototype a while back.

My KSI Boss arrived today, and gosh he is gorgeous. it's amazing the amount of paint on this figure, and how good it makes him look.

I have a new running theory that after the first year of SS figures was successful, they put more paint budget into the figures. We have gotten some wonderfully painted figures lately, like Megatron, who came to work with me. That figure is the best figure of this year so far for me.

Do you take a different figure to work every day?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My KSI Boss arrived today, and gosh he is gorgeous. it's amazing the amount of paint on this figure, and how good it makes him look.

I have a new running theory that after the first year of SS figures was successful, they put more paint budget into the figures. We have gotten some wonderfully painted figures lately, like Megatron, who came to work with me. That figure is the best figure of this year so far for me.

I'm inclined to believe that theory. One of the things that made me love SS Grimlock was the amount to paint and detail they gave him.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Do you take a different figure to work every day?

I do yes. I give all my figures some love. The Studio figures are having their turn now, I got a whole wave to go through and then some

My favorite Optimus Prime though time



Also, I love this mold. I feel perfectly OK with having 3 versions of it

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, I love this mold. I feel perfectly OK with having 3 versions of it

Looks like Thundercracker's got his own new band of Seekers.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, I love this mold. I feel perfectly OK with having 3 versions of it

Looks like Thundercracker's got his own new band of Seekers.

Glad the Nitro Zeus mold is getting some love.

Mixmaster, while not as good as Megatron, is still a very good standalone voyager. I love what all you can do with his arms, and I do enjoy his head sculpt.





Mixmaster sure can dance, and he can dab!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Also, I love this mold. I feel perfectly OK with having 3 versions of it

It's a very awesome mold. I'm glad at least Studio Series has Starscream and Thundercracker have two separate molds. I wonder if they'll ever do some form of Skywarp...

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Also, I love this mold. I feel perfectly OK with having 3 versions of it

It's a very awesome mold. I'm glad at least Studio Series has Starscream and Thundercracker have two separate molds. I wonder if they'll ever do some form of Skywarp...

Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I Also wouldn't mind a redeco of Blitzwing into movie thrust.

We just need to get him. Why they have taken so long to do Blitzwing is beyond me.

And I am still very impatiently awaiting the final 2 Devastator components. I'm ready dammit!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I'd be cool with a straight up purple redeco of Blitz to complete some bastardized movieverse seeker squad. Great ideal JeLze

Has a SS Blitzwing been announced or rumored yet?

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I'd be cool with a straight up purple redeco of Blitz to complete some bastardized movieverse seeker squad. Great ideal JeLze

Has a SS Blitzwing been announced or rumored yet?

He has been rumored yes, along with Scrapper, Sentinel Prime, and Skipjack. I anticipate he will be in the fall voyager class range

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I'd be cool with a straight up purple redeco of Blitz to complete some bastardized movieverse seeker squad. Great ideal JeLze

Has a SS Blitzwing been announced or rumored yet?

He has been rumored yes, along with Scrapper, Sentinel Prime, and Skipjack. I anticipate he will be in the fall voyager class range

Ah cool. That movie design is fucking sweet. Skipjack would be a yellow Rampage correct? Like a fool I jumped on that under $10 Hightower. Might as well go all in on yellow construction vehicles.

I'm very excited to get home and play with Hightower. Going let him hang with my yellow beastbox dino. They'll be fast friends and fail at high fives.

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I'd be cool with a straight up purple redeco of Blitz to complete some bastardized movieverse seeker squad. Great ideal JeLze

Has a SS Blitzwing been announced or rumored yet?

He has been rumored yes, along with Scrapper, Sentinel Prime, and Skipjack. I anticipate he will be in the fall voyager class range

Ah cool. That movie design is **** sweet. Skipjack would be a yellow Rampage correct? Like a fool I jumped on that under $10 Hightower. Might as well go all in on yellow construction vehicles.

I'm very excited to get home and play with Hightower. Going let him hang with my yellow beastbox dino. They'll be fast friends and fail at high fives.

Skipjack is the yellow Rampage yes. I might get him to combine and keep Rampage separate, or vice versa. I love the mold so I have no problems owning it twice.

Hightower is pretty nice, I love the weird Constructicons

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exclusive redeco of Blitzwing!

I would probably be Ok with that honestly. Be cool to have the 3 original seekers in so different of bodies, but Blitzwing would need a modified head to look like a variation of the Starscream/Thundercracker head.

I'd be cool with a straight up purple redeco of Blitz to complete some bastardized movieverse seeker squad. Great ideal JeLze

Has a SS Blitzwing been announced or rumored yet?

He has been rumored yes, along with Scrapper, Sentinel Prime, and Skipjack. I anticipate he will be in the fall voyager class range

Ah cool. That movie design is **** sweet. Skipjack would be a yellow Rampage correct? Like a fool I jumped on that under $10 Hightower. Might as well go all in on yellow construction vehicles.

I'm very excited to get home and play with Hightower. Going let him hang with my yellow beastbox dino. They'll be fast friends and fail at high fives.

Skipjack is the yellow Rampage yes. I might get him to combine and keep Rampage separate, or vice versa. I love the mold so I have no problems owning it twice.

Hightower is pretty nice, I love the weird Constructicons

Thats my exact plan, because in the film Devastators leg was yellow so it makes sense. Just hope we don't end up waiting ages for it!