Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold)

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Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg, we have a video review of the upcoming Transformers Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak. This mold will be released in Bumblebee colours as well next year so fans wanting that toy can get a good idea of the transformation here.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is a good mold that I'm sure you'll all enjoy in a couple of waves when it's released as Bumblebee. If you like your Camaros in pink then pick it up now, otherwise, wait.

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Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148602)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on November 3rd, 2022 @ 10:55pm CDT

Very excited to get ahold of Laserbeak and the eventual Bumblebee repaint!

I am curious what all the holes on the roof are for, some of them look to be in the place that Bee's shoulder rocket launchers would go? Bee doesn't use them in robot mode in DOTM, but it'd be cool if they included them with Bee anyway!

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148665)
Posted by william-james88 on November 5th, 2022 @ 2:13am CDT

Primeisboss has sent us a message telling us that they found Studio Series 86 core class Wheelie, Rumble and Dark of the Moon Laserbeak at US retail. They were all found at Target. We also included some video reviews of the two new releases below if you wanted to check them out before buying them.

There will be a Bumblebee redeco coming next year.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148698)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 5th, 2022 @ 2:24pm CDT

I'm also excited for that Laserbeak, having that pink Bee doppleganger will be fun

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148706)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 5th, 2022 @ 3:37pm CDT

I can understand the molding hole behind the head and on the inner limbs.

But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148742)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 6th, 2022 @ 1:26am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:I can understand the molding hole behind the head and on the inner limbs.

But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.

Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148745)
Posted by Emerje on November 6th, 2022 @ 1:30am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I can understand the molding hole behind the head and on the inner limbs.

But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.

Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.

I do wonder if a future Bee version will have the hood top Gatling guns.

Emerje

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148750)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 6th, 2022 @ 5:00am CST

Rodimus Prime wrote:Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.

I suppose so too that there will be a "stealth mode Bee light edition", but this gives Laserbeak-the-pink-Bee the short end of the stick.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148752)
Posted by primalxconvoy on November 6th, 2022 @ 5:08am CST

william-james88 wrote:Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg, we have a video review of the upcoming Transformers Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak. This mold will be released in Bumblebee colours as well next year so fans wanting that toy can get a good idea of the transformation here.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is a good mold that I'm sure you'll all enjoy in a couple of waves when it's released as Bumblebee. If you like your Camaros in pink then pick it up now, otherwise, wait.

Cheers for the upload! Another great review from a legit, "grass roots" TF reviewers and YouTuber!

I've got the original Japanese repaint, so I wonder which one has the most authentic shade of pink to the film version? Also, which mold is "better" for this character? Is it worth double-dipping?

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148758)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on November 6th, 2022 @ 10:19am CST

william-james88 wrote:Primeisboss has sent us a message telling us that they found Studio Series 86 core class Wheelie, Rumble and Dark of the Moon Laserbeak at US retail. They were all found at Target. We also included some video reviews of the two new releases below if you wanted to check them out before buying them.

I cant find his original post, Target in what state?

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148772)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 6th, 2022 @ 7:55pm CST

I got the Fallen in tonight. There will be more of him coming this week, but first impression is: he is pretty dang neat. They gave him a great glowup

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148780)
Posted by william-james88 on November 6th, 2022 @ 9:45pm CST

Cyber Bishop wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Primeisboss has sent us a message telling us that they found Studio Series 86 core class Wheelie, Rumble and Dark of the Moon Laserbeak at US retail. They were all found at Target. We also included some video reviews of the two new releases below if you wanted to check them out before buying them.

I cant find his original post, Target in what state?

He sent it by email with just an image. However, I also know that these have popped up in Virginia.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148829)
Posted by Cheetron on November 7th, 2022 @ 5:50pm CST

I finally got sludge. Holy crap is he a piece of crap. Legs are so wobbly. Pieces just fall off. Be ashamed hasbro. Instructions are wrong, I had to youtube a video to figure out the transformation. If I had my receipt, he'd be going back.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148846)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 7th, 2022 @ 8:37pm CST

Fear the Fallen

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148906)
Posted by william-james88 on November 8th, 2022 @ 11:54pm CST

We have some pretty big news, both for movies and toys. We FINALLY have images of one of the more complex toys of a Rise of the Beasts character, Airazor. It is deluxe class BUT we do not know if it is mainline deluxe class (so part of the actual movie line) OR if it is from the Studio Series line. The person who posted the images here is guessing Studio Series but we do not know yet. This does also give us a first look at what was said a year ago, that the Maximals would have a rusted mechanical look to them, almost steampunkish. We see those details here in the hawk mode which is a mix of organic and mechanical parts. While the body has similar details we've come to expect from live action/bayverse designs, the face looks much more smooth than usual. You can see all the images below, enjoy!

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148907)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:01am CST

That... is a very non-Movieverse-looking robot face.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148908)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:07am CST

That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148910)
Posted by Emerje on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:15am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.

Certainly the best looking bird Transformer I can think of. Looks very good in both modes. Definitely getting her.

Emerje

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148911)
Posted by Burn on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:46am CST

Really like that beast mode, robot mode is a bit ... ehhhhh, but damn beast mode looks fantastic.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148913)
Posted by ZeroWolf on November 9th, 2022 @ 2:45am CST

I'm loving the look of this, the transformation looks fun as well.

Additionally, it's reminded me that I need to re-acquire Energon Divebomb

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148914)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 4:41am CST

This looks 10 times better than the Kingdom one. Especially with the bird mode that is way better engineered.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148917)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 9th, 2022 @ 7:25am CST

Fingers crossed for a head swap to Beast Machines Silverbolt. Transformation seems pretty close, feather weapons are pretty close, and the beast's head isn't even totally off.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148921)
Posted by william-james88 on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:47am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.

I am a big beast transformer fan and even I thought that at first glance. This feels promising for the rest of the line.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148923)
Posted by Solrac333 on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:58am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.

I agree and I really don't like beastformers. Both modes look good.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148924)
Posted by Overcracker on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:02am CST

Damn!.... That looks really nice. I like the choice to make the wings out of the legs, streamlines the hawk a bit more.

Definitely a picker-upper. Totally not a movie-verse design.

Being one of the few people that enjoyed the Kingdom mold, Skywarp II and Terrorsaur, this one is quite an improvement.

Definitely liking this style. Can't wait for the rest of the maximals. Hopefully Primal turns out this good.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148929)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:38am CST

Perfection.
This is more proof that designs can look like the original and still get all that new modern design junk all the bay fans are talking about. I like this, hopefully all the designs will be as good! Could even consider skipping kingdom for this!

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148930)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:39am CST

william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.
This feels promising for the rest of the line.

AMEN!

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148935)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 11:03am CST

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Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148939)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on November 9th, 2022 @ 11:44am CST

I like it. Airazor's never looked so good.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148944)
Posted by blackeyedprime on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:17pm CST

A bit screwy in bird mode but the cybernetic look kinda makes the screws less ugly. Not sure if I like the beastmodes being that way but if its a beatmachines throwback rather than breastwars maybe it will work.

I do like the robot head design though, a big improvement over most of the other live action bot heads. Plus the figure seems to fit in well with generations stuff and not look out of place so that's a bonus too.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148945)
Posted by First-Aid on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:18pm CST

Fantastic! Beautiful bot mode and spot on beast mode. If the rest of the line is this good, it's going to be an expensive year...

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148946)
Posted by Brokebot on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:48pm CST

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148947)
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 1:02pm CST

This definitely caught me off guard - but damn that figure looks extremely nice. Gives me pretty good hopes for the rest of the designs and their respective toys.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148950)
Posted by bluecatcinema on November 9th, 2022 @ 2:18pm CST

That's a terrific design. Let's hope the big screen version lives up to the hype.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148955)
Posted by Munkky on November 9th, 2022 @ 3:40pm CST

As a life-long Beast Wars fan and a supporter of the live-action movies, I should be more hyped to see this Airazor than I actually am. It looks fine, it's not a bad figure, the falcon mode looks a lot better than Kingdom Airazor at least, but it hasn't got me any more excited for Rise of the Beasts or its toyline. It just looks a bit mid to me, but I am glad that more Maximal designs from the movie are finally getting out there.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148958)
Posted by Blastback on November 9th, 2022 @ 5:25pm CST

Hot damn, that looks great. Good combination of movie asthetic with the original design. can't wait to get a look at the rest of the characters.

And makes me even more hopeful for the film.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148961)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 9th, 2022 @ 7:57pm CST

Airazor looks amazing, I think all of the beast wars show designs are iconic and I can't wait to see more

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148962)
Posted by Emerje on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:17pm CST

Overcracker wrote:Being one of the few people that enjoyed the Kingdom mold, Skywarp II and Terrorsaur, this one is quite an improvement.

I like that mold a lot. It may not be realistic in hawk mode, but it can do things that this one can't like fold the wings. The new figure has a much more realistic proportioned hawk body, but the wings are too thick (acceptable for a Cybertronian bird) and it can only move slightly at the wing "shoulders" and legs. Great looking figure, probably wouldn't be as nice on a realistic Beast Wars Airrazor like the Kingdom figure.

That said, this feels like a blueprint for a future MP Airrazor if one were in the works.

Shame there's no shot from behind, the rear portion of the wings are part of the torso, not the legs and articulated to be deployed in bot mode.

Emerje

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148965)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:45pm CST

Emerje wrote:Shame there's no shot from behind, the rear portion of the wings are part of the torso, not the legs and articulated to be deployed in bot mode.

Emerje

There you go:

Not the prettiest back, but I've seen worst.
And I'm sure the thickness of the backpack will be kept to a minimum.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148967)
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:11pm CST

Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148968)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:25pm CST

SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148969)
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:39pm CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.

The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.

It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place! :lol:

I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148973)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:12pm CST

SpaceEagle wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.

The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.

It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place!
I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.

She's wearing one of those signboards that people wear over their front and back, but hers is only advertising on her back. :-P

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148977)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on November 10th, 2022 @ 1:56am CST

SpaceEagle wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.

The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.

It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place!
I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.

Still a shame, since the underside of the feathers clearly weren't sculpted with that later addition in mind. It's like they made the sculpt SO good there wasn't any place left to plonk that info. Irony indeed.

A knock off ignoring said copyright info might be able to fix that...in a year or two.

Or maybe Reprolabls can work some magic.

Regardless, this toy does have me genuinely excited for the beast designs in this movie.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148980)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 10th, 2022 @ 4:19am CST

Bumblevivisector wrote:Regardless, this toy does have me genuinely excited for the beast designs in this movie.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2148984)
Posted by william-james88 on November 10th, 2022 @ 9:37am CST

I too thought the Kingdom Airazor toy was perfectly fine (NOT the Terrorsaur remold though) and I have it now in the 4 different iterations. BUT this transformation would have been much better for it. It would have given us a far more toon accurate airazor sine it mass shifts her hawk wings by most of it disappearing into her legs.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2149001)
Posted by Overcracker on November 10th, 2022 @ 3:52pm CST

william-james88 wrote:I too thought the Kingdom Airazor toy was perfectly fine (NOT the Terrorsaur remold though) and I have it now in the 4 different iterations. BUT this transformation would have been much better for it. It would have given us a far more toon accurate airazor sine it mass shifts her hawk wings by most of it disappearing into her legs.

What's wrong with Terrorsaur?

I think all 3 uses of the mold have been pretty good.
I own Skkywarp and CGI Terrorsaur and like them a lot.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2149016)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 10th, 2022 @ 4:48pm CST

Overcracker wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I too thought the Kingdom Airazor toy was perfectly fine (NOT the Terrorsaur remold though) and I have it now in the 4 different iterations. BUT this transformation would have been much better for it. It would have given us a far more toon accurate airazor sine it mass shifts her hawk wings by most of it disappearing into her legs.

What's wrong with Terrorsaur?

I think all 3 uses of the mold have been pretty good.
I own Skkywarp and CGI Terrorsaur and like them a lot.

My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2149017)
Posted by blackeyedprime on November 10th, 2022 @ 5:24pm CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.

mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2149018)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 10th, 2022 @ 5:31pm CST

blackeyedprime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.

mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.

The loose wings popping off is something I really wish they had fixed for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee version, but alas, they did not. And I fear that they will be just as loose, if not moreso, on the rumored upcoming Fractyl version.

Re: Video Review of Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak (New Bumblebee Mold) (2149021)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 10th, 2022 @ 6:04pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.

mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.
The loose wings popping off is something I really wish they had fixed for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee version, but alas, they did not. And I fear that they will be just as loose, if not moreso, on the rumored upcoming Fractyl version.

The paint job is also inaccurate >:oP