New Images of Transformers Studio Series Thundercracker, Galvatron and Legacy Metroplex

Galvatron is a solid buy as soon as he becomes available. I might get Thundercracker when he goes on clearance. Metroplex is a solid pass.

BIGGUY007 wrote:Galvatron is a solid buy as soon as he becomes available. I might get Thundercracker when he goes on clearance. Metroplex is a solid pass.

For me it's Thundercracker a must buy, Metroplex when he's on clearance, and Galvatron is a pass.

Galvatron just continues to look... just so so bad. Like, his onscreen design makes that hard to translate, but this... like he looks so cheap and like they didn't hardly try. The weapons look wonky, the obvious hitch kibble is obvious, the blocky chest is... ick. Hard pass for me.

Galvatron looks weird with his boxy chest, but the overall look is very well executed with pretty much no kibbles.
I'm looking forward having him in hand.

I feel like Takara actually doesn’t like Galvatron and makes him bad on purpose. After SS Megatron being so amazing it’s a bit of a disappointment but he’s much better than previous attempts so I’ll be looking for a sale

GrangerPerry wrote:I feel like Takara actually doesn’t like Galvatron and makes him bad on purpose. After SS Megatron being so amazing it’s a bit of a disappointment but he’s much better than previous attempts so I’ll be looking for a sale

The design is a large part of the issue, and the fact that he's Voyager Class limits things that much further.

Galvatron is simply ugly, even in the alt mode with those two strange things on the back that should maybe be some hooking for the trailer.

Metroplex... simply isn't Metroplex, is a different character. I still ask myself why, when figures get bigger, alt modes look weird and lame.

Thundercracker is great.

Barricade.it wrote:Galvatron is simply ugly, even in the alt mode with those two strange things on the back that should maybe be some hooking for the trailer.

Metroplex... simply isn't Metroplex, is a different character. I still ask myself why, when figures get bigger, alt modes look weird and lame.

Thundercracker is great.

Seems like you've never seen the pictures of Cybertron Metroplex's alt mode, as it is a very real thing (it's also gigantic) also if the name bothers you, just call him by his Japanese Galaxy Force name

All 3 easy pass for me.

Still excited to get Galvatron, though the arms are a little on the small side. Interested to see how it looks in-hand!

I just finished my work on SS ROTF Starscream, It might be my favorite project I've worked on!

Holy crap, outstanding work as always. I think my favorite detail is the red on the bot arms, it pops so well.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Holy crap, outstanding work as always. I think my favorite detail is the red on the bot arms, it pops so well.

Thank you very much! I was surprised when I was looking at renders for reference at just how much red wiring there was in the arms.

Man, you did the white tatoos and everything. I think no official ROTF Starscream toy has those so far. Great job, as always. Also love the red wiring in the arms, it's always been one of my favourite details from the cgi model for me.

Dude, the level of detail on this is insane. I especially love the detail around the eyes, those silver lines across his eyes are the kind of thing many customizers probably wouldn't even bother with. Impressive as always!

Rtron wrote:Man, you did the white tatoos and everything. I think no official ROTF Starscream toy has those so far. Great job, as always. Also love the red wiring in the arms, it's always been one of my favourite details from the cgi model for me.

Thank you! Yeah, It took me a while to find good reference pictures of alt mode, but I finally did after a while! I was initially going to just trace the existing tattoos, but couldn't bring myself to after finding the refernce pictures of the more accurate markings.

Tuned Agent wrote:Dude, the level of detail on this is insane. I especially love the detail around the eyes, those silver lines across his eyes are the kind of thing many customizers probably wouldn't even bother with. Impressive as always!

Much appreciated, thanks! I actually had to disassemble the head to get in there and repaint the eyes in a brighter red and add the silver lines going across, Starscream's head looks SUPER weird when disassembled!

Man, that Starscream looks great E-M-Bee!

Thundercracker looks very nice. I like that toy a good bit, like that he has the gasmask face.

They should have made Galvatron a leader. I think he needed that budget to be done right

Looks like PvP went full Gentleman Cambrioleur again and is providing us a 'sneak peak" at SS Galvatron!

We now have the best look yet at the upcoming Transformers Studio Series voyager Galvatron. The images below come from a Prime vs Prime review which compares him to the most recent attempt at Optimus in his AOE body as well as the previous AOE Galvatron, in both modes.

We also have more pictures of Arcee that TF fan Elizcar posted on Facebook. Those compare the toy to Earthrise Arcee and while they look similar, Hasbro has confirmed that no parts from ER Arcee were reused. Takara designed the toy only from the T30 release and changed the transformation. Those photos show the lower part of the backpack removed and a short video from Prime vs Prime confirms that while you can do that, it is not an intended featured since it does involve you pulling off a friction joint.

Now I actually kinda wish that AOE Galvatron had simply been reissued with a premium paint job.

Sabrblade wrote:Now I actually kinda wish that AOE Galvatron had simply been reissued with a premium paint job.

Yeah...AOE Galvatron isn't amazing but, at least from the front, looks a lot better to me. The SS version just looks like a square with limbs, from any angle. The hinges at the shoulders and waist are really obvious and just ruin the silhouette. I like that they tried to make the weird hole in his chest go all the way through like the actual movie model, but this just doesn't work IMO.

AOE Galvatron has his own set of problems (the obvious backpack, western release is light on paint), but I really like his transformation (the way that backpack folds in on itself is kind of amazing, even if it doesn't completely hide it), and he looks a lot better in both modes (again, at least from the front for robot mode).

This is a character that is always going to be hard to get right, given the stupid "transformium" gimmick from the film, but I'll be sticking with the original over the SS.

I'll wait for the MPM version if they make one. Hopefully it'll be way better than this

Yikes at those rear wheels in truck mode. Looks like they are really trying so sell x employees upgrade kits again with this one :p

The original toy having all its truck wheels match and no pins just shows how things have gone a bit one step forward two back robot modes arms/shoulders make the bot look bad enough to pass on. Which mold did they use for the exclusive Chinese Red truck? because I don't remember that looking as bad.

blackeyedprime wrote:Yikes at those rear wheels in truck mode. Looks like they are really trying so sell x employees upgrade kits again with this one :p

The original toy having all its truck wheels match and no pins just shows how things have gone a bit one step forward two back robot modes arms/shoulders make the bot look bad enough to pass on. Which mold did they use for the exclusive Chinese Red truck? because I don't remember that looking as bad.

That was just the AoE one, there hasn't exactly been that many toys of Galvatron. I still like this, knowing the compromises that had to be made since this was only a Voyager slot. If he was a leader, I bet we'd still be waiting another year or two.

That Galvatron is surely flawed, but at least the attempt is decent and the transformation is interesting. I'll buy.

As far as a MPM go, I wonder if Hasbro can do better than Unique Toys Nero? I have it and despite the transformation being damn complex, that figure is truly magical.

-Kanrabat- wrote:That Galvatron is surely flawed, but at least the attempt is decent and the transformation is interesting. I'll buy.

As far as a MPM go, I wonder if Hasbro can do better than Unique Toys Nero? I have it and despite the transformation being damn complex, that figure is truly magical.

It comes down to how much Hasbro would want to charge for the MPM. It would be interesting to see, but I can't see them tackling his character for a long time yet.

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:That Galvatron is surely flawed, but at least the attempt is decent and the transformation is interesting. I'll buy.

As far as a MPM go, I wonder if Hasbro can do better than Unique Toys Nero? I have it and despite the transformation being damn complex, that figure is truly magical.

It comes down to how much Hasbro would want to charge for the MPM. It would be interesting to see, but I can't see them tackling his character for a long time yet.

Nero sold for around 250/280$US. The only way I was able to get mine was to sell some junk at my local geek store.
So if Hasbro can simplify the engineering, lowering the price, and make their MPM AoE Galvatron look perfect in both modes, that would be quite the slam-dunk.

This is wait-and-see. Even if the wait will take a looooooooooooooong time.

Spider5800 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Now I actually kinda wish that AOE Galvatron had simply been reissued with a premium paint job.

Yeah...AOE Galvatron isn't amazing but, at least from the front, looks a lot better to me. The SS version just looks like a square with limbs, from any angle. The hinges at the shoulders and waist are really obvious and just ruin the silhouette. I like that they tried to make the weird hole in his chest go all the way through like the actual movie model, but this just doesn't work IMO.

I agree about the hole in the chest, the illusion isn't convincing enough

honestly, with galvatron, they should have embraced the crazy and just made him a partsformer. by ripping him into a bunch of pieces and putting him back together in a different form (think fossilizers with more parts) it would at least be more screen accurate.

Immortal Starscream wrote:honestly, with galvatron, they should have embraced the crazy and just made him a partsformer. by ripping him into a bunch of pieces and putting him back together in a different form (think fossilizers with more parts) it would at least be more screen accurate.

HOW DARE YOU being so logical?

If that Galvatron would have been a "model kit" that can do both modes with the same parts, it would not only have looked better, but as you say, the transformation would have been relatively screen accurate!

I'm excited for that Galvatron. I really loved him on Age of Extinction

Galvatron looks a good toy.
He would've benefitted more being a leader class.

-Kanrabat- wrote:If that Galvatron would have been a "model kit" that can do both modes with the same parts, it would not only have looked better, but as you say, the transformation would have been relatively screen accurate!

Then thing is, nobody WANTS a screen-accurate "model kit" type transformation made from a gagillion tiny, easily-losable parts.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If that Galvatron would have been a "model kit" that can do both modes with the same parts, it would not only have looked better, but as you say, the transformation would have been relatively screen accurate!

Then thing is, nobody WANTS a screen-accurate "model kit" type transformation made from a gagillion tiny, easily-losable parts.

Well, ask the Furai fans.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If that Galvatron would have been a "model kit" that can do both modes with the same parts, it would not only have looked better, but as you say, the transformation would have been relatively screen accurate!

Then thing is, nobody WANTS a screen-accurate "model kit" type transformation made from a gagillion tiny, easily-losable parts.

Well, ask the Furai fans.

How often do they take apart their model kits piece by piece and then put them all back together?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Man, that Starscream looks great E-M-Bee!

Thanks, D-Max! I finally got the Constructicons together, so hoping to upload Devastator pics soon!

As for Galvy, I think bot mode is a huge improvement to the original, but yeah, that kibble in alt mode is unfortunate. I've seen the original voyager in a couple places around here for $15-20, but I think I'm just going to get the SS version.

They could have easily found a way to fold the feet in truck mode instead of leaving sticking out like that. Just because people don't usually don't display the figures in alt mode mean the designers and Hasbro should get lazy. That flimsy weapon appears to store in that gap. That could have been when the feet goes.

Immortal Starscream wrote:honestly, with galvatron, they should have embraced the crazy and just made him a partsformer. by ripping him into a bunch of pieces and putting him back together in a different form (think fossilizers with more parts) it would at least be more screen accurate.

I lowkey would have loved this to happen. we have the technology to do it!

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If that Galvatron would have been a "model kit" that can do both modes with the same parts, it would not only have looked better, but as you say, the transformation would have been relatively screen accurate!

Then thing is, nobody WANTS a screen-accurate "model kit" type transformation made from a gagillion tiny, easily-losable parts.

I mean, I kinda do....

I went and refreshed my paint work on SS Barricade! This figure's actually grown on me quite a bit, the back not tabbing in often is annoying, but it has a lot going for it, bot mode is actually really nice.

That is terrific work

Loving the purple highlights.

ZeroWolf wrote:That is terrific work

Rtron wrote:Loving the purple highlights.

Thank you both!

More terrific work. I like how it turned out!

I saw a guy on Facebook selling 7/8 of Devastator minus Long Haul for $100 shipped. I was tempted. If it had been minus overload or rampage/skipjack, I might have done it since I have spares of those

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:More terrific work. I like how it turned out!

I saw a guy on Facebook selling 7/8 of Devastator minus Long Haul for $100 shipped. I was tempted. If it had been minus overload or rampage/skipjack, I might have done it since I have spares of those

Thanks D-Max!

Got another upload, this time it's Premium Finish Ratchet! I really like the SS Ratchet mold, which is surprising because I was kinda meh on the original DOTM deluxe. This mold is a such an improvement while using the same engineering!

I've been working on a lot of 07 bots lately, I think I'm just really excited to see the movie in theaters for the first time in a few weeks!

Thanks to Voltrace and JTPrime17, we can share with you a new listing from Target's database. The listings states "Transformers Bumblebee Gen SS Voy Nest 2" with an MSRP of $33.99. Another form of the listing shrinks the "Bumblebee" to just "BB" which is what has been used for Studio Series figures like Brawn and Wheeljack. So this means it would be a voyager class figure (this means a voyager price point, the size could be anything as we now know) with a Nest type deco of a character/mold from the Bumblebee movie. The only autobot voyager ever released under the Bumblebee movie heading was Optimus Prime, so it could be a grey redeco of that mold. But that's just a guess, could be any other BB voyager or any voyager in general, let us know what you think.

william-james88 wrote:The only voyager ever released under the Bumblebee movie heading was Optimus Prime, so it could be a grey redeco of that mold. But that's just a guess, let us know what you think.

Blitzwing, Starscream, Thrust and Soundwave might disagree unless you only meant autobots, which NEST might imply.

It could be just a placeholder, but wasn't NEST the Human/Autobot alliance in RotF, not in the BB movie?

o.supreme wrote:It could be just a placeholder, but wasn't NEST the Human/Autobot alliance in RotF, not in the BB movie?

For the Bumblebee Movie it was Sector 7. NEST was used first in Revenge of The Fallen and Dark of The Moon. I’m curious what this could be. I wouldn’t be surprised if they take SS Ironhide and give him a NEST-Themed deco.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:The only voyager ever released under the Bumblebee movie heading was Optimus Prime, so it could be a grey redeco of that mold. But that's just a guess, let us know what you think.

Blitzwing, Starscream, Thrust and Soundwave might disagree unless you only meant autobots, which NEST might imply.

Yes, I meant autobot

o.supreme wrote:It could be just a placeholder, but wasn't NEST the Human/Autobot alliance in RotF, not in the BB movie?

NEST is now a part of the BB toyline, even though it wasnt in the film. Here is the first in this niche subline, and this listing is for another entry similar to this one.

My 1st guess was also a new version of Ironhide, but now I think it'll be Optimus again.