Latest Updates on the Studio Series with Listing for Tattooed Starscream, KSI Bot and Movie 6 Label

Just say if he has the buzzsaw or the rockets grrrrr

Terrsolpix wrote:Just say if he has the buzzsaw or the rockets grrrrr

I guess that answers my question.

All the pics I saw of it before he had the saw, mine did not come with one, I assume that is intentional? Mildly disappointed with that. I really wanted the saw.

So for the Bumblebee movie, we have a leader, and two deluxe classes? Who could they be?

Bumblebee and Knock Out for the deluxes are my guess

But who is the leader? Maybe the VW masterpiece that was leaked before?

I'm guessing the KSI Sentry is the canon fodder Trax drones. Going to take a little work to make one red car look different from another, though.

This isn't the first time we've seen the Sentry listed apparently. Not sure if it was reported here, but the other day I found a report on TFW from over a month ago listing "KSI Sentry" (formerly "Sentry"), "Raider" (formerly Mercenary), "Unknown Hero" (formerly "Blue Light"), and another Bumblebee as "Stryker 1". Aside from KSI Sentry the others might be from movie 6. I could see Raider being that red car with all the lights on it. No idea what Unknown Hero would be, I would assume something blue?

Emerje

The Starscream redeco is #21? The latest we have is #13, Megatron. Lots of space in between.

Well, guys, I caved! After seeing some reviews on YouTube, seeing the pictures in this thread, and then seeing the figures in stores (Walmart and Target) here in the Twin Cities, I went ahead and bought Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Starscream, restarting my collection of live action movie figures again. I had sold off my movie figures for the first time when things took a down-turn after Dark of the Moon. I started picking some up again after Age of Extinction (because Hound and Dinobots), and then I sold them off again when I decided to focus instead on G1 Generations and Masterpiece. Now, here I am again. I'm really going to try and pace myself this time and be patient, filling out most of my new collection with the Studio Series and sticking to only on-screen characters.

With that said, I've got some initial first impressions of my inaugural haul. Bumblebee is my least favorite of the three. I do like his smallish size, but I feel he's a bit overpriced at $19.99. The paint work is great, but the figure itself suffers from pieces popping off all the freaking time, like his forearms and especially pieces of his car roof and hood! The transformation is fairly intuitive, if fiddly. I got most of it down without need for the instructions at all. The part that tripped me up for almost a half hour was getting the car hood to snap into place. After staring at the unhelpful diagram in the instructions, showing it magically clicking into place, studying a YouTube video, and looking at pictures on the internet of the toy from all sorts of angles, I finally figure out that you kind of have to "smoosh" the grill of the hood through the space between the headlight, not pull it down over it.

Ratchet is much better than Bumblebee in my opinion. His transformation was easy to figure out without the instructions. The paint job is also good. He's bigger than Bumblebee by quite a bit for them being the same size class. The only part that was a little scary was initially turning the front chunk of the Hummer around for transformation to vehicle mode. That simple twist joint was VERY tight, and I thought I might be doing damage to my figure, but all is well. Transforming him back, that joint seemed to move much more easily. The only criticisms I have are that Ratchet should have maybe been a bit bigger still. If that wasn't something Hasbro and Takara could have pulled off in Deluxe scale, maybe they should have made him a smaller Voyager figure with more accessories. Again, he's a bit pricy at $19.99, but a better value than Bumblebee.

Last but certainly not least is Starscream. He is amazing! He looks the part, and he's got the good Movie 1 paintjob that I prefer over the tattooed look from RotF onward. I love that they straight up borrowed the engineering from the Deluxe DotM toy. That was a great design, and having it in Voyager scale has created, at last, the perfect Movie Starscream toy (besides the Leader class/"Masterpiece version). I appreciate too that the alt mode is so well done for a jet transformer. Yes, there is still a bunch of kibble under the plane, but it doesn't look like a robot laying down on his belly with an airplane on his back. All of Starscream's parts fold up neatly and snuggly. Most of the kibble tabs together perfectly, and no space is wasted either. He looks good from the front, from the sides, and from behind. Most jet Transformers nowadays can only create the illusion from a top down perspective. The ONLY thing that I find sad with Starscream is that he only comes with ONE missile rack accessory instead of two. I would want two just to put them under the wings and have symmetry in alt mode. Starscream is nice and big for a contemporary Voyager figure too. The plastic feels nice and sturdy too, and he doesn't have any soft "rubbery" parts either. He's easily worth the $29.99 MSRP.

I'd say this Starscream is the biggest reason I even entertained getting into collecting the movie figures for a third time. I hope we get some exciting reveals in the coming months (SDCC, perhaps?) that show that the Studio Series line has legs to go the distance and give us most of the major on-screen characters for the live action movies to date!

Wolfman Jake wrote: If that wasn't something Hasbro and Takara could have pulled off in Deluxe scale, maybe they should have made him a smaller Voyager figure with more accessories.

Problem there is Optimus Prime is probably the smallest a Voyager can be to keep Starscream a big toy while keeping Starscream a Voyager too. I think Ratchet's height is fine. He's taller than his previous Deluxe figures have been.

Sorry about your Bee being faulty. The forearms don't pop off on mine at all and the roof was an easy 'fix'. The hood has never come off mine but can be a pain to put into place in both modes (as I said before I'm probably doing it wrong cos i seen other folk do it with ease).

And yeah Starscream is awesome. And I'm gonna buy the RotF figure too cos I prefer that look and while I'm not usually keen on buying two of the same toy (even when in totally different colours as a different character) I frickin' love this figure so much I'm quite happy to own two of them.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Starscream redeco is #21? The latest we have is #13, Megatron. Lots of space in between.

This is interesting. Also I'm probably gonna need more shelves. I love the backdrops so much but they do require a tad more space rather than smooshing as many figures as I can into tight spaces but I should be displaying them all neatly anyways and yeah..shelves... need more. The backdrops make it like the figures are halfway displayed boxed but open at the same time. Neat but easily accessible to pick the figure out and play with it.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Here is one with all of them:

It's a nice group photo but again doesn't really show the robot height differences very well with that angle and arrangement and Grimlock's in dino mode.
Awesome collection though.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Here is one with all of them:

It's a nice group photo but again doesn't really show the robot height differences very well with that angle and arrangement and Grimlock's in dino mode.
Awesome collection though.

Holy s**t is that a hole in the back of Grimlocks head? Im looking straight through his jaw at that jar behind him. Kind of discourages me from getting him. I only want Grimlock if they do all 4 movie dinobots. Also, I didnt open my Thundercracker either. I see him more as a souvenir to TRUs demise. I dont even know why he is in the studio line to begin with since hes not a actual movie character. All these people thinking the gaps between #13 and #21 are going to be movie desirable characters might be in for a suprise, lol. I smell a Cliffjumper repaint of Bumblebee, and Skywarp repaint of Starscream, and everybodys favorite desert camo Brawl. Yall forgot this is Hasbro were talking about. They arent just going to use the molds once. Cows will continue to be milked. I dont see this being like a star wars black series in the long run. These are Transformers, not action figures. There are not as many movie accurate ways to recycle a mold as there are with stormtroopers or clone droids.

Transforners are action figures though...Also so what if hasbro reuses the molds, it's expensive business to make them in the first place

Did anyone ever like the tattoos on Starscream? I never got the point.

RiddlerJ wrote:Did anyone ever like the tattoos on Starscream? I never got the point.

Yes. Me. I've always found them very visually appealing and unique for a Transformer. Which is odd cos I have zero interest in real tattoos in general and don't have any myself.

fruityrobo wrote:So for the Bumblebee movie, we have a leader, and two deluxe classes? Who could they be?

Bumblebee and Knock Out for the deluxes are my guess

But who is the leader? Maybe the VW masterpiece that was leaked before?

the VW masterpiece would be selling for about $80-$90 and knockout was confirmed to be just a rumored name and is most likely made up by fan of knockout from tf prime.

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

We have known for a good while that Takara's release of the Transformers Studio Series would be near identical to Hasbro's release. But how identical exactly? Well, the boxes turn out to be a bit different, much more different than simply adding a sticker, which has been the case for previous movie toy lines. Most english writing has been turned to Japanese, especially in the back, and the Hasbro logo has been removed to only have the Takara logo.

Also, there is no presence of a window on the side, which so far shows a big autobot logo regardless if the toy is an Autobot or Decepticon. It makes sense that the boxes would be different, since Thundercraker is not on Takara's release schedule and the number he has from Hasbro is instead given to Takara's release of Jazz. The differences mentioned are only regarding the packaging, of course, since the figures have long been confirmed to be identical. Still for our Japanese fans and any fan who does not anticipate seeing the Hasbro versions in their area (and would thus consider ordering these), this is our first look at what the packaging will look like. The images below come from Hobby Search, Alfes on Twitter and Planet Iacon and we can even see a comparison between the Takara and Hasbro packaging.

Not a big deal, but wasn't stinger more pink than red in the movie? And the way bee spun around I always thought stinger was female.

beastwarsbrah wrote:Not a big deal, but wasn't stinger more pink than red in the movie? And the way bee spun around I always thought stinger was female.

Wait, STINGER'S A GIRL!?!

Ig89ninja wrote:

beastwarsbrah wrote:Not a big deal, but wasn't stinger more pink than red in the movie? And the way bee spun around I always thought stinger was female.

Wait, STINGER'S A GIRL!?!

Apparently not. I just assumed because it's pink and bee does that back spin thing like hes trying to hit on it or something

Stinger has no gender, or specific identity aside from a name, and probably no sentience. It's a man made robot.

beastwarsbrah wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:

beastwarsbrah wrote:Not a big deal, but wasn't stinger more pink than red in the movie? And the way bee spun around I always thought stinger was female.

Wait, STINGER'S A GIRL!?!

Apparently not. I just assumed because it's pink and bee does that back spin thing like hes trying to hit on it or something

Dude.
What are the numbers below?

What numbers?

7, 6, 26, 73, 74, 45? Not sure why you ask but I just watched aoe and stinger is pink

william-james88 wrote:What numbers?

You serious? Because if you are, I have bad news for you.

Bucky wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Since the SS series is quite young ad wont get a top 5 list for a while, I am thinking of doing an article showing their rank. Like Wave 1 from best to worst. But you know what, its kinda tricky. BB is at the end, Grimlock, Starscream and Barricade are in top 3 and the rest is all kind of muddied. Like not really sure who is better between Stinger, Ratchet, Crowbar and Optimus. They are all ok but not phenominal and all have really obvious flaws.

That’s a really accurate assessment, but I’d say OP is better than just “okay.” Out of all of them, its Blackout, Starscream, and Prime that I keep going back to. He’s a lot of fun to mess with. I’d put his balance and playability above Ratchet, Stinger, and Crowbar. Although Crowbar is definitely a lot of fun.

Surprised to read that about Optimus. His chest drives me bonkers!

Seibertron wrote:

Bucky wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Since the SS series is quite young ad wont get a top 5 list for a while, I am thinking of doing an article showing their rank. Like Wave 1 from best to worst. But you know what, its kinda tricky. BB is at the end, Grimlock, Starscream and Barricade are in top 3 and the rest is all kind of muddied. Like not really sure who is better between Stinger, Ratchet, Crowbar and Optimus. They are all ok but not phenominal and all have really obvious flaws.

That’s a really accurate assessment, but I’d say OP is better than just “okay.” Out of all of them, its Blackout, Starscream, and Prime that I keep going back to. He’s a lot of fun to mess with. I’d put his balance and playability above Ratchet, Stinger, and Crowbar. Although Crowbar is definitely a lot of fun.

Surprised to read that about Optimus. His chest drives me bonkers!

The chest is so sloppily done, and after 10 years of doing it pretty well to almost perfectly! The mind boggles. What really disappointed me when I saw the Studio Series version of Optimus Prime in person, though, is just how maroon the red plastic and paint look. That's just not at all the right hue.

The latest update - as notified by fellow Seibertronian westjames/notirish - from the official Hasbro Transformers social media accounts comes in the form of the 'Leaked from Cybertron' campaign, sharing some behind the scenes images and clips of figures from various lines - in this case, we're looking at the highly anticipated Blackout toy from the Studio Series line!

Check out below some brief sketches, prototypes and final product stock images, and join the conversation about this and other Studio Series figures in the Energon Pub discussion boards!

Leaked from Cybertron: Here’s a sneak peek of how the designers went from board to bot with our Leader Class Movie 1 Decepticon Blackout.

beastwarsbrah wrote:7, 6, 26, 73, 74, 45? Not sure why you ask but I just watched aoe and stinger is pink

he's definitely red, not pink. Maybe your TV has trouble with reds?




Emerje

It's not my TV or all things red would look pink. Hes not full blown pink but he is indeed a pinkish red.

This is from my TV, the car in the front is true red and stinger is not the same color.


Here's one from youtube:


Notice the slider at the bottom. That is true red. Stinger is not

Wolfman Jake wrote:The chest is so sloppily done, and after 10 years of doing it pretty well to almost perfectly! The mind boggles. What really disappointed me when I saw the Studio Series version of Optimus Prime in person, though, is just how maroon the red plastic and paint look. That's just not at all the right hue.

As usual, Wolfman, I completely agree! What is so odd about this toy si that a lot of effort wnet into it. Out of all of the SS series so far, it has the most premium looking deco and probably the most parts. But its used in all the wrong ways with priorities in the wrong areas. So in the end, you get an optimus with not a great alt mode (sides and back), a robot mode with odd looks in the back and front, and a deco that doesnt look like anything I have seen on screen.

In the end, as a transforming toy, its decent, but as an interpretation of ROTF Optmus, it suffers bad.

beastwarsbrah wrote:It's not my TV or all things red would look pink. Hes not full blown pink but he is indeed a pinkish red.

This is from my TV, the car in the front is true red and stinger is not the same color.


Here's one from youtube:


Notice the slider at the bottom. That is true red. Stinger is not

Stinger looks to be more of a metallic, slightly darker red. Y'know, it probably would have benefited both figures if SS Optimus & Stinger swapped shades of red.

Maybe Stinger is red but shines sorta magenta/pink cos of his sheen or something. Like how you'd think Bumblebee is yellow but he appears very orange at times.

By the way still really enjoying Optimus Prime. I even find his transformation quite enjoyable and have done it back and forth many times while he's been on my desk these past few days. I may start doing some paint on him soon. Especially those black joints on the chest, painting them red where they form the window frames would help.

Hey evasion mode bumblebee, being a bumblebee fan, are you happy or dissapointed with SS bee?

Let's just say that Stinger's more strawberry red than tomato red.

Sabrblade wrote:Let's just say that Stinger's more strawberry red than tomato red.

I'd say more raspberry red.

william-james88 wrote:Hey evasion mode bumblebee, being a bumblebee fan, are you happy or dissapointed with SS bee?

I'm really happy with him! I'd put him as one of the best deluxe Bumblebees that we've gotten so far. I think it really nails the look in both modes, I especially like the way the chest is formed with the angled headlights and everything. As for QC issues, I haven't had many problems with the roof on mine. Yeah, it popped off the first time I transformed it, but after getting a hang of the transformation it almost never happens.Really nice paint work, and his plasma cannon is the best out of any other movie Bee.

(Also, I won't be able to test this for a few more weeks but I think he'll scale really well with DOTM deluxe Barricade)

william-james88 wrote:As usual, Wolfman, I completely agree! What is so odd about this toy si that a lot of effort wnet into it. Out of all of the SS series so far, it has the most premium looking deco and probably the most parts. But its used in all the wrong ways with priorities in the wrong areas. So in the end, you get an optimus with not a great alt mode (sides and back), a robot mode with odd looks in the back and front, and a deco that doesnt look like anything I have seen on screen.

In the end, as a transforming toy, its decent, but as an interpretation of ROTF Optmus, it suffers bad.

After seeing a video of Studio Series Optimus Prime on YouTube, I have to agree that the transformation is pretty interesting and complex, but it's all for naught because the figure just isn't up to snuff in on-screen likeness in either mode. I'm skipping this one. I already ordered Movie Advanced Revenge Optimus Prime (the 2010 Battle Blades mold) from eBay for a pretty good price ($79.99). That will be my Optimus Prime of choice for my new movie collection.

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Let's just say that Stinger's more strawberry red than tomato red.

I'd say more raspberry red.

Little Raspberry Beret Red Corvette!

Sorry, it's Prince Day here in Minnesota.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Let's just say that Stinger's more strawberry red than tomato red.

I'd say more raspberry red.

Little Raspberry Beret Red Corvette!

Sorry, it's Prince Day here in Minnesota.

Overcracker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Let's just say that Stinger's more strawberry red than tomato red.

I'd say more raspberry red.

Even better!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:(Also, I won't be able to test this for a few more weeks but I think he'll scale really well with DOTM deluxe Barricade)

I think they scale pretty well.

The Thuggernaut wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:(Also, I won't be able to test this for a few more weeks but I think he'll scale really well with DOTM deluxe Barricade)

I think they scale pretty well.

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Hey, that does work! Cool!

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform. All they do is pose. By your logic, Barbie dolls would be considered "action figures" too. I gravitated towards transformers as a kid because I didnt want to play with little men dressed in tights. Transformers are the alternative to action figures.

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform. All they do is pose. By your logic, Barbie dolls would be considered "action figures" too. I gravitated towards transformers as a kid because I didnt want to play with little men dressed in tights. Transformers are the alternative to action figures.

Well, they ARE action figures... in part. But they are MORE. Transformers are also a vehicle (or something else) to roll or swoosh around. Plus, they are puzzles. Some TFs are more action figures than others, like the super articulated ones with tons of accessories VS the 2 steps bricks. Some are more puzzle like and some are better as cars.

Heck, some Transformers even have their own vehicles to ride on and some can be played "dressup" with all the optional armor parts they come with! Some have brushable hair like little ponies! Some are even construction sets / model kits with the ridiculousiness of their partforming.

That's why Transformers are the ULTIMATE toys. They offer infinite possibilities and can be placed in pretty much every categories of toys.

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform. All they do is pose. By your logic, Barbie dolls would be considered "action figures" too. I gravitated towards transformers as a kid because I didnt want to play with little men dressed in tights. Transformers are the alternative to action figures.

It's a figure. It can assume action poses.

Ergo, action figure.

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform. All they do is pose. By your logic, Barbie dolls would be considered "action figures" too. I gravitated towards transformers as a kid because I didnt want to play with little men dressed in tights. Transformers are the alternative to action figures.

I always thought that action figure was used to sell dolls to little boys...or have I been watch that one episode of Fresh Prince too much where carlton is defending his doll to will. Either way transformers are (almost all) action figures but not all action figures are transformers (though I bet a lot more wish they were)

Don't see why it matters though, it's just a classification at the end of the day it's like trying to deny bananas are a fruit.

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform.

I have 5-inch Power Rangers action figures that are fully articulated and transform from morphed human men into organic-looking dragons. No robotic features involved in those.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform.

I have 5-inch Power Rangers action figures that are fully articulated and transform from morphed human men into organic-looking dragons. No robotic features involved in those.

Those sound awesome, which ones are they?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform.

I have 5-inch Power Rangers action figures that are fully articulated and transform from morphed human men into organic-looking dragons. No robotic features involved in those.

Those sound awesome, which ones are they?

I'm guessing it's the Mystic Force ones. They've aged pretty well I think (visible hands aside).

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform.

I have 5-inch Power Rangers action figures that are fully articulated and transform from morphed human men into organic-looking dragons. No robotic features involved in those.

Those sound awesome, which ones are they?

I'm guessing it's the Mystic Force ones. They've aged pretty well I think (visible hands aside).

Emerje

Nope. Not those. I've sent Will a PM explaining what they are (they're from the MMPR 2010 line).

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Rated X wrote:These are Transformers, not action figures.

Transformers ARE action figures, silly.

I respectfully disagree. Action figures dont transform.

I have 5-inch Power Rangers action figures that are fully articulated and transform from morphed human men into organic-looking dragons. No robotic features involved in those.

Those sound awesome, which ones are they?

I'm guessing it's the Mystic Force ones. They've aged pretty well I think (visible hands aside).

Emerje

Nope. Not those. I've sent Will a PM explaining what they are (they're from the MMPR 2010 line).

Ah, those, didn't really like the looks of those as much.

Emerje

Is anyone else hoping we'll get a few more Age of Extinction characters in the Studio Series before all is said and done? It would be nice to get, for instance, the retooled Crosshairs from The Last Knight with actual paint apps in robot mode, like on the Autobots United 5-pack version, and his "3D goggles" colored in with red and blue on the lenses. Maybe they could go the extra mile and fix the loose-fitting wheels? That would be a worthy $20 deluxe purchase, IMO.