Video Reviews of Transformers Studio Series Jetpower Optimus Prime and #34 Dark of the Moon Megatron

Meantoy wrote:Umm ..... nah ill pass on Megs. Thought this would be an improvement over my original dotm megs, but im not seeing it. The truck mode looks cheap, and the bot mode is too boxy. Doesn't look like my megs will be replaced anytime soon.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Meantoy wrote:Umm ..... nah ill pass on Megs. Thought this would be an improvement over my original dotm megs, but im not seeing it. The truck mode looks cheap, and the bot mode is too boxy. Doesn't look like my megs will be replaced anytime soon.

Same for me. Beside, all of my Movie Megs in my collection are voyager and I got rid of all my leaders. So it have no place in my collection anywhere.

Spider5800 wrote:Kevin Liu also just posted a new video of SS Bonecrusher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rVxhpgjs84

It's...pretty small, LOL. Vehicle mode is about the same size as the movie 1 deluxe, and robot mode isn't even a head taller (although it does look a little bulkier and more film accurate).

I'm really let down by this thing

Nemesis Primal wrote:Just got Dropkick from my girlfriend, why exactly do people not like him? My only complaints about him are that he won't really stay up on his landing skis in alt mode and I wish his eyes were bigger. Other than that, I think he's awesome. His alt mode looks amazing and barely shows that he transforms, I like his Jolly Rogers, his weapons are fun since they can be regular guns or rocket pods, his transformation is involved and hits all the good notes that Stinger's does, and he makes a decently threatening-looking angry assassin man.

Also I got my SS bad boys together for a late family photo, they look pretty awesome/menacing together:

SS Boys.JPG

(Also I haven't seen Bumblebee yet, so if the movie itself has to do with people's dislike of Dropkick, no spoilers pls)

Rodimus Prime wrote:Will there be an AoE edition Ratchet in the line (perhaps with a detachable leg?), or should I settle for the DoTM Ratchet to represent AoE Ratchet as well?

carytheone wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Will there be an AoE edition Ratchet in the line (perhaps with a detachable leg?), or should I settle for the DoTM Ratchet to represent AoE Ratchet as well?

I'd be shocked if they don't release a AoE Ratchet, but I don't think it's been announced yet. I can tell you from personal experiences that it will be announced the day after you buy the DotM version

I don't follow the movies or their toys very closely, but what would the differences be?

Rodimus Prime wrote:Will there be an AoE edition Ratchet in the line (perhaps with a detachable leg?), or should I settle for the DoTM Ratchet to represent AoE Ratchet as well?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

DMSL wrote:The sculpts are great, but the studio series scale is WAAAAY off. No way is it okay that an SUV or a car like Ratchet is the same size as a sedan. Those cars should have all been voyager class and figures like Megs, Prime, Starscream etc should have been leaders. Blackout should have been way bigger than that.

They are in scale, they're going off of the official robot mode scale chart, the vehicle mode scale doesn't matter to them

DMSL wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

DMSL wrote:The sculpts are great, but the studio series scale is WAAAAY off. No way is it okay that an SUV or a car like Ratchet is the same size as a sedan. Those cars should have all been voyager class and figures like Megs, Prime, Starscream etc should have been leaders. Blackout should have been way bigger than that.

They are in scale, they're going off of the official robot mode scale chart, the vehicle mode scale doesn't matter to them

Even the botmodes are not correct, Prime is smaller than Megatron and Blackout, which should be the biggest Decepticon is not the biggest.

Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

transformnerd114 wrote:

Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

transformnerd114 wrote:

Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

Knowing at least half a year's worth of the 2019 Studio Series offerings, there was one glaring unknown: SS 31. Well, now we know both what it is and why we had not heard of it before. SS 31 turns out to be none other than voyager Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Megartron with Battle Damage. That damage includes a new darker deco and a new head to reflect what he looked like at the end of ROTF. This was revealed on Hobbybase's Facebook page where it seems to be available in that particular store in Hong Kong.

The listing on Robot Kingdom tells us why we had not heard of it yet, it is an exclusive item. We do not know yet who in the US will be carrying this exclusive item, but judging at how easy every other Studio Series exclusive has been to order or obtain in the US, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

william-james88 wrote:

transformnerd114 wrote:

Glarryg wrote:...that Scrapmetal isn't so "Bay-ish" that it wouldn't work as a custom figure in other settings, given a new head.

Glarryg

That's probably because he's an extensive remold of Combiner Wars Scavenger. I'm honestly surprised with how so few people recognize this, assuming you hadn't yet yourself.

Sorry if that sounded "snobish", I meant it as an observation, not a condescending remark.

Its not being mentionned now because everyone already did back when he was first revealed, and we have moved on since.

Nemesis Primal wrote:...and at last, the mystery is solved, and everything is right with the line again. I have no interest in this figure, but I am very glad to have all the numbers accounted for. Does that make me OCD (an Order-Controlled Decepticon)? I dunno.

Also I still really want Scrapmetal, he looks so fun to just have around and pose.

ZeroWolf wrote:I like it, it's different enough from the regular version for me, may have to get both Though, I wonder when they'll attempt another Fallen toy.

As for that Scrapmetal, what class is he again? Voyager?

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll have to get that new Megatron and sell off the old one.

carytheone wrote:Scrapmetal just seems to be re-using a lot of ideas and general concepts and improving on them. There can't be that many ways to turn an excavator into a robot?

Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, spaced out over the course of two years, that sucks big time, but I guess this confirms that they have plans to keep the series alive for at least this and next year; would also explain why the prototype they showed off only had som of the limbs finished, but man, that still sucks

Agent 53 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, spaced out over the course of two years, that sucks big time, but I guess this confirms that they have plans to keep the series alive for at least this and next year; would also explain why the prototype they showed off only had som of the limbs finished, but man, that still sucks

I disagree. I cannot speak for everyone but money isn't necessarily tight but it doesn't flow like a tap, so splitting the 8 figures up over 2 years spaces it out and allows smaller purchases across time that spending about 200 quid at once. particularly if I'm right and Scavanger is a leader class figure.