First Look at Transformers Studio Series Gamerverse Starscream

I really dislike how the lines in the cockpit make it look unusually organic, like wasp anatomy as someone mentioned. But I guess it sort of kind of fits the time when Starscream possessed thr Predacon in another universe? Whatever the case the vehicle mode is messed up beyond the cockpit.

Quantum Surge wrote:I really dislike how the lines in the cockpit make it look unusually organic, like wasp anatomy as someone mentioned. But I guess it sort of kind of fits the time when Starscream possessed thr Predacon in another universe? Whatever the case the vehicle mode is messed up beyond the cockpit.

I agree with all of that. So far I have none of these gamerverse figures in my collection and I guess it'll stay that way.

i hope this is just an early mock up because it looks like there's missing details on the upper chest

Ok yeah he’s cool looking but what is that cockpit?? To me, it almost looks like a hackneyed attempt at replicating the body glow that the character model emits from the area (since it’s technically not supposed to be a cockpit). Still want him and the (hopefully) inevitable Thundercracker and Skywarp. Their mission from WFC is one of my faves of the two games.

Ultra Markus wrote:i hope this is just an early mock up because it looks like there's missing details on the upper chest

This toy is ready for distribution, this is the final toy.

Ultra Markus wrote:i hope this is just an early mock up because it looks like there's missing details on the upper chest

Those missing parts (which you can see on the box render) are included in the small bag of accessories on the back according to the redditor who took the pics.

Compared to both the game model and the old toy, that cockpit is way too big and bubble-like.

Yeah, I'm with everyone else regarding the size of that cockpit. It just looks all wrong.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i hope this is just an early mock up because it looks like there's missing details on the upper chest

Those missing parts (which you can see on the box render) are included in the small bag of accessories on the back according to the redditor who took the pics.

Worth repeating. He comes with proper shoulder details, they just weren't attached in these shots. He has a large club weapon (whatever it was called) and not just a skinny rifle, too. Would have prefered the gatling guns, though.

I think he looks fine overall, but he definitely needs a replacement canopy, I have no idea how they let it get all the way through production.



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Oof, that altmode is... really not great. It's like someone stretched it out or shrunk the wings. Or both.

I wouldn't mind if the body was longer than normal if the wings were larger to better balance things out.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............

Before dismissing that new Starscream completely, I took a look at some pictures.

The vehicle mode of that Studio Series Starscream is on point with the concept art.



But to follow the concept art for the bot mode, he would have needed a fake cockpit for his chest.



Same thing for the CGI.
There's also that "wasp butt" texturing.



Finally, the cockpit is still huge on the deluxe original.



In the end, I think we find that SS-G Screamers odd looking simply because we are too used to the original deluxe. SS-G Screamers may be better than we think. Let's hope he'll also be a joy to transform without annoying bits that tends to pop off.

Hasbro has just revealed a large portion of the first wave of 2024's Studio Series figures at the current London show. These include:

Core Rumble from the opening of the Bumblebee movie, even though he was never seen.
Core Mohawk from The Last Knight
Deluxe Wheeljack from Rise of the Beasts
Voyager SS86 Scrapheap
Voyager Gamerverse Starscream from War for Cybertron
Leader Megatron from the opening of the Bumblebee movie, even though he was never seen. He is a triple changer, as was rumoured, with both a ground and air mode.

That Bee Rumble look pretty nice and that Bee Megs look interesting

I'm looking forward better pictures.

Mohawk looks awesome! Love how much detail he has for core class size, and he has a knife from the concept art!



Mohawk is the only one I’m interested in here, but I’m glad ROTB Wheeljack is licensed because hopefully it indicates TLK Dreadbot will be too!

Has anything been said about pre-orders yet? Out of these reveals, Mohawk is the only one I'm definitely buying, the motorcycle looks a bit clunky, but overall I like him. Scorponok is a maybe, mostly because I don't have a Predacon Scorponok in my collection right now. He'd stick out like a sore thumb on my Predacon shelf, but might look okay among my Movie Decepticons. I can always head-canon him to be an upgraded version of 2007 Scorponok.

Might get Mohawk and Megatron

Ok, lots to get through. Hasbro gave Londoners a huge treat by giving them a first look at the first wave of 2024 Studio Series toys and Legacy Commander Magmatron. We have compiled all the latest images of these toys, which includes the reveals, Legacy United toys on display, StudionSeries tous on display, along with more photos of WFC Starscream. A list of what you'll see is below and a list of links to the sources is at the end of the article.

List of toys pictured:
Core Bumblebee Movie Concept Rumble
Core TLK Mohawk
Deluxe ROTB Wheeljack
Deluxe ROTB Scorponok
Voyager 86 Scrapheap
Voyager Gamerverse WFC Starscream
Leader Bumblebee Movie Concept Megatron
United Voyager Thundertron
United Voyager Optimus
United Deluxe Bumblebee
United Deluxe Windblade
United Leader Tigerhawk
United Commander Magmatron





































































Sources:

https://twitter.com/SixoTF

https://twitter.com/ZakuFan0079/status/ ... 8246998151

https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=10 ... 7915752794

Back of the box pic shows Mohawk has an articulated jaw!

Man, it is sad that the best reveal is a core class Mohawk.

Here are some of my thoughts on the other reveals.

BB Rumble: Like the look of it, but seems a bit redundant.

Mohawk: Looks perfect. Way better than the 3rd party one I have and will replace it.

Wheeljack: Looks great but will need to get an upgrade kit for his guns sadly.

Scropnok: love this guy. Will need 2-3 at least.

GE Starscream: Did they not get a paint budget for this guy? The sculpt looks great but the cockpit is too big and he is very bland.

Scrapheap: Hate this. Just another figure to shelf warm with junkyard.

Megatron: Not a fan of this either. Looks very simple. hopefully he makes up for it in height.

Overall, I will still get all of them lol

Mohawk: great
Rumble: would prefer the design from the motion comic
Wheeljack: want
Scorponok: want
Megatron: those altmodes suck

My cents:

- Mohawk, looks good but why? Who is asking for that best developed, deep and character arc driven character?
- Rumble, Yes, he's weird but Rumble's my fav g1 cartoon character so any version is good
- Starscream, he looks bad compared to the years old deluxe version. His chest looks way to big/dopey, they could've just upscaled and added detail/articulation. This is just money wasting
- Megatron looks sweet!
- I hope we get an Animated Optimus with faceplate soon, I like that better, otherwise I will get this one, only complaint is that the arms transform back and not to the sides like the original.

Bloody hell man, I'm a Transformers fan first, but also collect Masters of the Universe, Marvel, DC, Star Wars (I like Mission Fleet the best) Turtles, Gi Joe... the credits required for this hobby...

noctorro wrote:My cents:

- Mohawk, looks good but why? Who is asking for that best developed, deep and character arc driven character?

Me, I was asking for him! We need him to complete the Bay cast.

He was a pretty fun character in the movie, too! I would say he was certainly more developed than BB Megatron or Rumble who weren’t even in the movie xD

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

noctorro wrote:My cents:

- Mohawk, looks good but why? Who is asking for that best developed, deep and character arc driven character?

Me, I was asking for him! We need him to complete the Bay cast.

2nded.

You know what I didn't ask for? That big swing and a miss triplechanger Megatron.

I'm also passing on all others, though I will say that Starscream's jet mode looks pretty good. Shame they totally botched the robot mode. Also I might pick up that Animated Prime if a corresponding leader Megatron ever gets released. Now THAT should be a triplechanging leader, like the planned release we never got 15 years ago.

I am open to SS movie figures, and want to see better photos of Megatron's bot mode.
But the others are all easy passes for me.
If he's released early it looks like SS86 Scrapheap will be the last figure I get for the year.

Really surprised no one is talking about the core class Thunderwing in this pic. Hope we get a commander class of him in the near future

Dominus Prime wrote:Really surprised no one is talking about the core class Thunderwing in this pic. Hope we get a commander class of him in the near future

That is because it is Energon Megatron.

LinaNui wrote:

Dominus Prime wrote:Really surprised no one is talking about the core class Thunderwing in this pic. Hope we get a commander class of him in the near future

That is because it is Energon Megatron.

Yeah, he was revealed a month ago.

So happy with how Mohawk looks. Can't wait for the rest of the TLK cons!

Edit: with pics! Paint work is very nice

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

noctorro wrote:My cents:

- Mohawk, looks good but why? Who is asking for that best developed, deep and character arc driven character?

Me, I was asking for him! We need him to complete the Bay cast.

He was a pretty fun character in the movie, too! I would say he was certainly more developed than BB Megatron or Rumble who weren’t even in the movie xD

I was asking for him too and I think a bunch were to recreate that deccepticon crew in TLK. All I'm missing is a good dreadbot to recreate the team now.

Plus, Mohawk has an interesting design. I personally live bike formers for how sleek they can get (like animated Prowl, earthspark Thrash, ect)

We have many new images for the new Transformers Studio Series reveals. Below you will see official images of deluxe ROTB Wheeljack, deluxe ROTB Scorponok, and leader Bumblebee Movie Concept Megatron. There are also images from a behind the scenes look at voyager Gamerverse WFC Starscream and leader Megatron. The Starscream one is puzzling as it shows Hasbro had a very clear idea of what the toy was supposed to look like and somehow deviated wildly in the chest area.

The commentaries on each is below all the images.














































































“SS-109 Bumblebee Movie Concept Megatron

I am ecstatic to finally be able to share our Leader Scale Concept Megatron. We officially came across this oddity while sifting through the CAD files from the Bumblebee movie, and discovered a wonderful unused design for Megatron. Originally the story was going utilize Megatron being frozen in ice, to help bridge the continuity gap to the Bayverse films, but the scene was eventually dropped, and this design disappeared. Luckily for us, we thawed it out and I was thrilled to be part of the team to help bring this figure to life.

We got to work on a vehicle design for Megatron. Like the majority of the BB Cybertronian alt modes, we wanted to utilize details that were present on the bot form, but still prioritize maintaining the look that they had on screen without sacrificing them for fantasy alt modes. This strategy has had some mixed success, but each new figure feels like a welcome addition to the line. Knowing that theatrical Megatron arrived on earth as a cybetronian jet, and later a tank in the first two Bayverse films, I was split between what alt form was most appropriate, but aiming for a tripleformer seemed most appropriate. I enlisted @santalux75 to conceptualize some vehicle looks for each of the modes, which we were able to take inspiration from for the final design.

I was able to partner with Yuya Onishi at Takara, who worked his magic to deliver a truly uncompromised robot mode from what ever direction you look at it. The articulation for this figure is unmatched by any other Transformer that I’ve had the opportunity to work on you can see the love that went into making this definitive version of Megatron.

Megatron’s fusion cannon can be folded and stowed on the figures back, and can be positioned in a couple of different orientations between the two vehicle modes. The figure is packed full of a heritage deco scheme that was pulled directly from the concept art.”

“Hi Transformer fans!

I hope you all have been enjoying the Studio Series 2024 wave 1 reveals over at MCM London with @bmacatron84!

Next up for our Gamer Edition line is the WFC Starscream.

The figure comes courtesy of the marvelous Tomo san over at Takara Tomy.

Starscream comes equipped with his Null Ray and Energon mace, which were his starting load out on his levels. We’ve heard you all loud and clear and are making sure that all the WFC weapons going forward will also have a standard 5mm post so they can be held traditionally as well as being swapped on the arm.

I happen to have the older DLX TT figure for comparison and wanted to make sure everyone could see how we worked from the Game CAD.

Obviously, we enlarged the jet canopy slightly as that’s where the robot head and nose cone get stored during conversion.

He’s a very fun figure to play around with and I hope you all enjoy him as well!

Last thing to note is that his collar pieces are consumer assembled, so they come in the accessory tissue pouch. Just bringing it up so hopefully there isn’t any confusion when you open the box!

Hope you all have a great weekend~
-Evan”

Megs is an easy yes!

The alt mode concept designs for Megatron remind me of TFA S4 Marauder Megatron. Or Beast Machines Tankor and Jetstorm. Instead we're getting RotF Megatron and Legacy Bomb-Burst. Don't get me wrong, it still looks good. I just like the concept designs better.

I'll have to see Megs in hand or atleast different angles

That tank alt-mode is giving me some Metal Slug vibes and I love it

SS G Starscream will be perfect with a set of Reprolabels.

Bee Megs look magnificent in all modes. Can't believes he's just a voyager.

Scorpy is disgusting. I want two.

Finally, Pablo look like the Mainline original, but with paint.

I may be in for that Megatron.
I'm still not opposed to waiting to see if I can get Scourge on sale, but there's something about this Megatron that I like.
So he is Voyager class?? If so, that makes him even more tempting.

I would like that Scorponok, but the violet color is a bit too saturated...
That should have been toned down, or a lighter gray/metallic.

That Gamer Starscream is an easy, easy pass.

None of the previously released Gamer Editions have interested me as I have the previous versions.

Starscream is no different. In fact, I feel he's carrying on the tradition of making the previous versions look superior.

As for Rumble ... what the heck even is that alt mode? Is he supposed to be a brick to be picked up and thrown at the enemy? Or does he wait on the battlefield for someone to trip over him? Alt modes should have SOME practical function and I for the life of me cannot see what Rumble's is. (Not that a cassette was any more useful)

Megatron is a leader class
Jet mode is.... well its a thing and it's there
But I like the tank mode and robot mode a lot. Very tempted to get this

Scorponok is a maybe
Mohawk is also a maybe, I feel like as a toy it's not the best; it looks all spindly and like it'll get wobbly really fast. But what a fun character to have. Hard to pass that up

Rumble is an easy pass for me, I like the 86 ones better
This Starscream sucks but that's better for my wallet, I already have 86 starscream and legacy Armada
Wheeljacks face looks gross

Burn wrote:As for Rumble ... what the heck even is that alt mode? Is he supposed to be a brick to be picked up and thrown at the enemy? Or does he wait on the battlefield for someone to trip over him? Alt modes should have SOME practical function and I for the life of me cannot see what Rumble's is. (Not that a cassette was any more useful)

Like Ravage previously, this mode only serves to be carried around by Soundwave.

So, it's more like a "curl up and hold for dear life" kind of thing while having zero altmodes.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:As for Rumble ... what the heck even is that alt mode? Is he supposed to be a brick to be picked up and thrown at the enemy? Or does he wait on the battlefield for someone to trip over him? Alt modes should have SOME practical function and I for the life of me cannot see what Rumble's is. (Not that a cassette was any more useful)

Like Ravage previously, this mode only serves to be carried around by Soundwave.

So, it's more like a "curl up and hold for dear life" kind of thing while having zero altmodes.

Foetal position it is then!

-Kanrabat- wrote:SS G Starscream will be perfect with a set of Reprolabels.

Bee Megs look magnificent in all modes. Can't believes he's just a voyager.

Scorpy is disgusting. I want two.

Finally, Pablo look like the Mainline original, but with paint.

Megs is a leader class figure.

After the comparison between original ss and new ss, instant pass. The cockpit was hideous already. Now all I can see are flaws I don't like.

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:As for Rumble ... what the heck even is that alt mode? Is he supposed to be a brick to be picked up and thrown at the enemy? Or does he wait on the battlefield for someone to trip over him? Alt modes should have SOME practical function and I for the life of me cannot see what Rumble's is. (Not that a cassette was any more useful)

Like Ravage previously, this mode only serves to be carried around by Soundwave.

So, it's more like a "curl up and hold for dear life" kind of thing while having zero altmodes.

Foetal position it is then!

I held myself back from saying "pregnant Soundwave" but here we are!

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:SS G Starscream will be perfect with a set of Reprolabels.

Bee Megs look magnificent in all modes. Can't believes he's just a voyager.

Scorpy is disgusting. I want two.

Finally, Pablo look like the Mainline original, but with paint.

Megs is a leader class figure.

Oh? So that mean they will now do the open box thing for leaders then?

Make sense that Megs will be a leader with all these parts and no in-your-face hollows.

Brawl is a project I put off for a long time because I wasn't sure how to handle it. We don't get a ton of clear shots of robot mode in the movie, so I had to pull together multiple sources to get this guy looking accurate! My main influence was APS-02 Brawl (the Takara repaint of 07 leader Brawl released around DOTM), and I used what I could tell from movie screenshots and video game models to fill in the blanks! In addition to being a complete repaint, I did some modding as well, adding the missing double barrel machine gun in alt mode and his forehead blast mark! This became one of my favorite projects I've worked on recently, for how long I put it off I'm super happy with how it turned out!

I should pick up my Brawl and Transformer him again, been a while. He was excellent

william-james88 wrote:I should pick up my Brawl and Transformer him again, been a while. He was excellent

He's very underrated! A super fun figure.

Hasbro's sitting on a repaint for the tan Desert Brawl that shows up in DOTM, it'd be great for Buzzworthy!

While I appreciate that such a diverse array of characters have been getting figures in recent years, the toy designs seem to be getting clunkier and more unattractive lately. And I just do not see the claimed level of technical replication translating to the finished products. Which is a shame, considering the prices have drifted far outside the budget for many.

Halfofme07 wrote:While I appreciate that such a diverse array of characters have been getting figures in recent years, the toy designs seem to be getting clunkier and more unattractive lately. And I just do not see the claimed level of technical replication translating to the finished products. Which is a shame, considering the prices have drifted far outside the budget for many.

Yes this us very true for the Gamerverse figures, I don't know what's up with those.

Only interested for Leader Megatron & Mohawk.

The rest are pretty good overall except SSGE Starscream. There's just too little engineering improvement over the old DLX except size. Had high anticipation for the SSGE line but Hasbro killed it, only got OP & Meg, and both got major issues for me.

I said to myself I'm going all Yolopark AMK for ROTB. But I might get ROTB WJ on sale as an exception, 'cause I love that Pablo VW mode.

JTPrime recently uncovered multiple “bundles” for figures in Studio Series and Legacy! Here’s the Studio Series ones:

TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF6 BUNDLE 1
Product Number: D3411
TRA GEN STUDIO DLX 86 AND TF6 BUNDLE 1
Product Number: D3412
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX 86 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3413
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF2 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3414
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF6 BUNDLE 2
Product Number: D3415
TRA GEN STUDIO DLX 86 AND TF6 BUNDLE 2
Product Number: D3416
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF5 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3417

These items are apparently meant for Walmart, and we have info on one of the packs (the TF2 one)




So it looks like Deluxe 2-packs! If I had to guess, the TLK one is likely the WWII Autobots