In hand Images of Transformers SS BB Arcee and Ironhide
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Posted by Overcracker on February 21st, 2022 @ 3:19pm CST
Arcee looks great.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 21st, 2022 @ 6:35pm CST
Posted by Emerje on February 21st, 2022 @ 7:33pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is that the new super-duper premium finish Optimus Prime in that group shot? Arcee looks good but something looks off with dat face.
I feel the opposite, I think the face looks way better now that we're seeing it close up. I love all the details and the way the eyes look, she looks less like a marionette now.
Emerje
Posted by Razorbeast88 on February 21st, 2022 @ 7:47pm CST
Definitely looks better just not sure if she'll fit in with the other generations figures
Posted by griftimus prime on February 21st, 2022 @ 8:04pm CST
really though the detail on the eyes kreeps me out a little
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 21st, 2022 @ 8:51pm CST
Razorbeast88 wrote:Wondering if I should get SS arcee to replace er arcee
Definitely looks better just not sure if she'll fit in with the other generations figures
Replace from where?
In a G1 display, she would look off. But in a general display, why not?
Personally, this Arcee won't replace anyone. She'll just enter my Arcee Harem! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Posted by TulioDude on February 21st, 2022 @ 10:04pm CST
Ironhide looks cool,buying him will make want buy Ratchet as well.
Day 784 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 21st, 2022 @ 11:51pm CST
Ratchet and Ironhide look pretty good, even if they're a bit short and stocky.
Posted by Omegatron. on February 22nd, 2022 @ 4:31am CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 22nd, 2022 @ 7:35am CST
Posted by Emerje on February 22nd, 2022 @ 7:56pm CST
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on February 22nd, 2022 @ 10:41pm CST
Emerje wrote:Yeah, but in order to make those shoulder panels integrate better into the alt mode concept art they had to cheat. The concept art makes the shoulder panels much larger than would be possible from the movie CG and that would have meant them being even bigger in bot mode. What they did was try to find the sweet spot in between and I think they did a good job working it out. Only alternative would have been to use fake parts.
Emerje
Well then I would have preferred they just make them smaller then and more like the 3D model. At least then 1 of the two modes would look really good.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 22nd, 2022 @ 11:04pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Yeah, but in order to make those shoulder panels integrate better into the alt mode concept art they had to cheat. The concept art makes the shoulder panels much larger than would be possible from the movie CG and that would have meant them being even bigger in bot mode. What they did was try to find the sweet spot in between and I think they did a good job working it out. Only alternative would have been to use fake parts.
Emerje
Well then I would have preferred they just make them smaller then and more like the 3D model. At least then 1 of the two modes would look really good.
It's pretty standard fare that the CGI model cannot perfectly match the toy. Especially with the live action movie lines.
Best example is in AoE where the filmmakers didn't even bother to figure out how the hell can this:
transform into this:
I almost raged when I saw this crap on the silver screen way back then:
Unique Toys did what the initial designers couldn't. Making AoE Galvatron properly transform.
Seriously.
Granted, it's MP sized and is nearly 300$ but still, a 3P company figured it out:
Now the real question is. Will Hasbro / Takara figure out the transformation as a voyager with the budget that go with it without a "folding table" as a backpack like the original? We know it's in the work and is relatively soon to be revealed. Will they succeed?
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 22nd, 2022 @ 11:36pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Now the real question is. Will Hasbro / Takara figure out the transformation as a voyager with the budget that go with it without a "folding table" as a backpack like the original? We know it's in the work and is relatively soon to be revealed. Will they succeed?
Stinger was in the same boat, so following that model there’s going to be some truck kibble in bot mode, but it should still be a good representation of the CG model.
Posted by noctorro on February 23rd, 2022 @ 2:17am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Yeah, but in order to make those shoulder panels integrate better into the alt mode concept art they had to cheat. The concept art makes the shoulder panels much larger than would be possible from the movie CG and that would have meant them being even bigger in bot mode. What they did was try to find the sweet spot in between and I think they did a good job working it out. Only alternative would have been to use fake parts.
Emerje
Well then I would have preferred they just make them smaller then and more like the 3D model. At least then 1 of the two modes would look really good.
It's pretty standard fare that the CGI model cannot perfectly match the toy. Especially with the live action movie lines.
Best example is in AoE where the filmmakers didn't even bother to figure out how the hell can this:
transform into this:
I almost raged when I saw this crap on the silver screen way back then:
Unique Toys did what the initial designers couldn't. Making AoE Galvatron properly transform.
Seriously.
Granted, it's MP sized and is nearly 300$ but still, a 3P company figured it out:
Now the real question is. Will Hasbro / Takara figure out the transformation as a voyager with the budget that go with it without a "folding table" as a backpack like the original? We know it's in the work and is relatively soon to be revealed. Will they succeed?
Bruv, that Thirdparty Galvatron looks great in robot mode. But man the damn thing just turns inside out. His guts are the truck. It's like reverse Shelforming or something.
Ontopic:
Arcee... I'm in love. She looks amazing, hope they repaint/retool her to death. Absolute must for me.
Brawn is also Amazing, still need to get Wheeljack.
I hope they redo Optimus with a simpler transformation. Both modes look good but he's not very solid in robot mode + the transformation gives me a headache.
Ironhide, a must as well. Already have Ratchet, great both modes.
I am loving these new Live Action Transformers. I hope they keep up this trend.
Posted by william-james88 on February 23rd, 2022 @ 6:30am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 23rd, 2022 @ 8:13am CST
william-james88 wrote:These Bumblebee movie toys shouldn't be compared to other movie toys since their alt modes were created by Hasbro proper (just like DOTM Shockwave). No reason Ironhide and Ratchet can't look better in the shoulder department.
I know what you mean but no one us perfect I guess.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 24th, 2022 @ 4:56pm CST
Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is that the new super-duper premium finish Optimus Prime in that group shot? Arcee looks good but something looks off with dat face.
I feel the opposite, I think the face looks way better now that we're seeing it close up. I love all the details and the way the eyes look, she looks less like a marionette now.
Emerje
It looks like she's wearing a mask with her real face peeking out underneath through the eye holes.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 25th, 2022 @ 6:48pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 27th, 2022 @ 1:58pm CST
This makes the first wave of 2022 Studio Series toys now fully found in the US.
Posted by Flashwave on February 27th, 2022 @ 2:40pm CST
Posted by griftimus prime on February 27th, 2022 @ 2:48pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 27th, 2022 @ 3:31pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 27th, 2022 @ 4:02pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 27th, 2022 @ 4:25pm CST
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Time to start watching walmarts when I get groceries then
But this is at Target.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 27th, 2022 @ 4:35pm CST
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Time to start watching walmarts when I get groceries then
But this is at Target.
Literally does not matter. I almost always see things at walmart first. showing up first at one retailer doesn't make a difference for where I commonly find things
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 27th, 2022 @ 5:58pm CST
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan
You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.
Posted by SkyFire Prime on February 28th, 2022 @ 10:51am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan
You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.
But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?
Posted by M. Spector on February 28th, 2022 @ 11:06am CST
They both have their place, one isn't wrong or right for liking either
Back on topic, I'm eagerly keeping an eye out for Brawn and Wheeljack, going to pass on Ratchet until Ironhide hits the scene. So far the Cores have shown up around here so the rest can't be far behind
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 28th, 2022 @ 11:09am CST
SkyFire Prime wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan
You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.
But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?
The "drooling shrapnel Geiger faces" works because they are pure alien. The "human" like faces of the Bee Movie bots strike that uncanny valley feeling.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 28th, 2022 @ 4:09pm CST
SkyFire Prime wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Arcee's face looks a bit weird in hand, it looks like a ventriloquist dummy. That's the one thing I don't like about the Bee movie Autobots: cliff, ironhide, ratchet, and Arcee have faces that look pretty weird and I'm not a big fan
You hit the nail on the head with Arcee, I could never quite put my finger on it.
But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?
Absolutely not. There's very few if any Bayverse bots that I like the look of.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 28th, 2022 @ 4:11pm CST
Posted by Emerje on February 28th, 2022 @ 4:30pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.
Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 1st, 2022 @ 12:32am CST
SkyFire Prime wrote:
But you like the drooling Shrapnel Geiger faces from the Bayverse right?
I wasn’t as much of a fan of the AOE/TLK face designs that are more humanoid, but the designs from the first 3 movies are what I’d consider perfection.
But hey, Studio Series covers the Bay movies and BB (and G1), so everyone’s happy!
With wave 1 at retail and wave 2 revealed, I can’t wait for wave 3 reveals, likely in a couple months!
. . . If they reveal them at all, I guess xD
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 1st, 2022 @ 6:43am CST
Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.
Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.
Emerje
Ratchet at least may still price match. He was down to $19.99 while Brawn and Wheeljack were still regular price. Amazon typically doesn't lower the price until they actually charge and ship, so we may still get a slight savings when they ship.
Edit: Damn, he's back to full price, so nevermind.
Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!
Posted by Asepticon on March 1st, 2022 @ 2:28pm CST
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 1st, 2022 @ 4:11pm CST
Asepticon wrote:I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.
Simple, it is the closest the live action movies have come to G1 character representations, so the current design team was naturally drawn to it.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 1st, 2022 @ 5:24pm CST
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got charged by Amazon for the Bumblebee Movie deluxe figures. Should be here on March 3rd while Perceptor should be here on Sunday.
Same for the BB movie figures including Soundwave. Order still says arriving April 5 even though the product pages say shipping March 1. Was also hoping the price would come down at least temporarily since I ordered it in December for a good price match, but none of them did.
Emerje
Ratchet at least may still price match. He was down to $19.99 while Brawn and Wheeljack were still regular price. Amazon typically doesn't lower the price until they actually charge and ship, so we may still get a slight savings when they ship.
Edit: Damn, he's back to full price, so nevermind.
Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!
My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.
Asepticon wrote:I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.
It's not an entire line just part of a subline. Toy companies have been making much from little for years. Look at all the Batman figures that get made for a movie line.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 1st, 2022 @ 7:27pm CST
Posted by Emerje on March 1st, 2022 @ 8:15pm CST
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!
Yep, my Ratchet also came down to $19.99 and my three Deluxes are due to arrive Thursday so that's good news. Soundwave is still showing April, I suspect Amazon will be giving me a refund on him if he doesn't ship soon until he's finally ready to go.
My SS86 Perceptor is also ready to ship for next week!
chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.
Amazon is pretty quick to reduce the prices on figures that aren't selling as well as they'd like until the sales catch back up with the rest of the wave. Walmart and Target occasionally do the same thing with other figures, though Walmart will also crank up the prices of their own exclusives that are selling well. What I'm trying to say is all the big companies do weird things with prices to maximize sales.
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 1st, 2022 @ 11:02pm CST
TF-fan kev777 wrote:So with Bee Movie Arcee getting SS 85, what are they going to do for wave 3 this year? Will either DOTM Bee or Sideways be regular SS 86, or will they skip to SS 87? Will they stop numbering altogether?
My guess is that they’ll skip to 87, but we’ll see!
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 2nd, 2022 @ 12:46am CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 2nd, 2022 @ 5:20pm CST
Emerje wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Edit to the Edit: I just checked my order and Amazon did give me Ratchet at $19.99. Who-hoo!
Yep, my Ratchet also came down to $19.99 and my three Deluxes are due to arrive Thursday so that's good news. Soundwave is still showing April, I suspect Amazon will be giving me a refund on him if he doesn't ship soon until he's finally ready to go.
My SS86 Perceptor is also ready to ship for next week!chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Ratchet too. I don't understand why one figure was lowered and the other two from the SAME wave and SAME case aren't. Amazon has been like this for a few years now and I hate that I still give them my business.
Amazon is pretty quick to reduce the prices on figures that aren't selling as well as they'd like until the sales catch back up with the rest of the wave. Walmart and Target occasionally do the same thing with other figures, though Walmart will also crank up the prices of their own exclusives that are selling well. What I'm trying to say is all the big companies do weird things with prices to maximize sales.
Emerje
Algorithims, it's all algorithims.
Posted by william-james88 on March 2nd, 2022 @ 7:33pm CST
Asepticon wrote:I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.
Doesn't matter, they did it.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 2nd, 2022 @ 7:54pm CST
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C87&sr=1-3?tag=seibertron07-20&
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C87&sr=1-4?tag=seibertron07-20&
Posted by Emerje on March 6th, 2022 @ 8:22pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Asepticon wrote:I don't see how they're making an entire toy line based on a 5 minute scene in a movie.
Doesn't matter, they did it.
And they're pretty good figures (the Deluxes anyway). I think Wheeljack is my favorite of this batch, his bot mode is solid and I love his car mode. Everything snaps together nicely and he's fun to transform. Ratchet would be my favorite, but his bot mode is super loose in the hips, elbows and shoulders. His transformation is absolutely ridiculous, it's far more complex than I could have imagined from pictures. Alt mode is pretty nice with no real gaps or open spaces, he'd be a great figure if it weren't for the floppy limbs. Brawn is the figure I was most looking forward to and he ended up being the biggest disappointment. Bot mode is OK, Transformation is really simple, and alt mode is not great. He has so many gaps in his alt mode that not only can you see straight through him from the side, but there's what can only be described as a hole right through the top of him that they could have easily have filled with his forearms. Looking back at stock photos they were clearly trying to hide all this. If they had just spent a little more time planning him he could have been great, but he feels rushed.
On the plus side I didn't have any parts fall off any of these guys, though only Ratchet really secures his gun in alt mode well using a 5mm peg while Wheeljack uses an odd shaped slot and Brawn only uses a tiny 3mm peg for some reason that barely holds.
Emerje
Posted by Overcracker on March 7th, 2022 @ 2:50pm CST
Got to say Brawn is really nice. The transformation is very unique.
Smooth rolling. The only nitpick is the Titan master pegs for the gun. In vehicle mode its not very secure. But I do love that rifle.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2022 @ 7:05pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2022 @ 7:42pm CST
While Soundwave is still a preorder, and Perceptor is out of stock, you can purchase the deluxes and core figures.
Check out the links below, and let us know if you pick any of these guys up and what you think of the, in the comments section below!
Ratchet: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-3?tag=seibertron07-20&
Wheeljack: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-6?tag=seibertron07-20&
Brawn: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... 110&sr=8-5?tag=seibertron07-20&
Ravage: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C60&sr=8-1?tag=seibertron07-20&
Shockwave: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Stu ... C60&sr=8-3?tag=seibertron07-20&
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 8th, 2022 @ 12:04pm CST