New Images of Upcoming Transformers Studio Series Toys With Limb Modes for Scrapmetal and Rampage

This is looking to be a very good combiner

-Kanrabat- wrote:I find siege Optimus to be quite meh/daff. Especially with the stupid adition of that truck "baseball cap" who only end up as a backpack.

SS "Geewun" Optimus is a work of art in it's own right. I'm looking forward to it to arrive locally.

Tbh I kinda wish Hasbro would go with a more Sunbow cartoony aesthetic for a line with smooth panels and anime-esc angles (like giving G1 Optimus legs that actually get larger towards the bottom instead of them being big rectangles for legs). Because the new MP style does look good, but the designs are SO complicated and SO EXPENSIVE, that the whole simplistic cartoon style is sorta ruined by all those other variables. I'm not asking for 100% cartoon accuracy to G1, just some slightly more cartoony designs without all the excess senseless random lines and bits all over everything, and some more characterized proportions rather than the classic "symmetrical robo square thing" look. Like.. Why do they all have these perfectly symmetrical thighs from top to bottom? Why not add more anime-esc styling to give it more character rather than just looking like a "toy"? It's not that hard, just change the shape of the thighs and lower legs a tad on that Siege Optimus and it would look brilliant to me, but otherwise it just looks like another simplified MP10ish design to me.

Generally I won't compare these type things to 3P, but.. When you look at Maketoys figures for example, some of them have very simple transformations like Despotron (MP Megatron), And they have some modified details to look more modernized, and yet they still look cartoony somehow like actual character models and still invoke the feel of the original characters. Really Despotron is probably just as simple if not less complex in transformation than some Studio Series figures, and yet it looks both updated and like a mini version of a giant animated character, rather than looking like a toy called "Megatron". And also by God.. Please give some of these figures more expressive faces instead of just "neutral stone face". Part of the reason I love Studio Series much more is they're able to somehow make them super movie accurate and robotic in figure form and yet they still look like characters. You'd think designs that are meant to look more G1 would look more character-like than movieverse humanoid industrial machines.

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!

Also, I’m looking forward to seeing how Hightower combines with Scrapmetal

So all's that left to reveal is Scrapper for right arm, Mixmaster for head, Scavenger for upper body and Overload for lower body.

Mixmaster is gonna be interesting to see them pull off considering how spindly his robot mode already is.

And Overload, hopefully its based on the concept art...

Apologies for getting off topic in my last post, I got confused for a bit and thought this was in the Siege thread, lol

I'm pretty much decided, I'm gonna preorder this SS 38 geewuun style Optimus from Amazon and nobody can stop meeeeeee...

UnderYourCloset wrote:Apologies for getting off topic in my last post, I got confused for a bit and thought this was in the Siege thread, lol

I'm pretty much decided, I'm gonna preorder this SS 38 geewuun style Optimus from Amazon and nobody can stop meeeeeee...

Trust me, you'd be glad you did. Not only are you paying 30$ for in essence a downscaled Masterpiece figure that looks awesome in both modes, buuut, you're also encouraging HasTak to make more amazing figures like this

I am definitely buying this and I really hope they make a G1 style Megatron to go with him. If not. I bet Siege Megatron will still go great

Does anyone else think Megatron's shotgun looks oversized? It feels like it could be held by the ROTF Leader Prime.

009* wrote:Does anyone else think Megatron's shotgun looks oversized? It feels like it could be held by the ROTF Leader Prime.

I think his shotgun may have been slimmer in the movie, but that may be from some camera angles and/or a rusty memory( haven't seen DOTM in a while).

I think this shotgun is fine with the new DOTM Leader Megatron, but I haven't seen it on the ROTF Leader Prime yet.

I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

Man, SS Devastator is gonna be so huge and awesome! Just seeing reviews for Rampage over the past month with that leg mode, he's gonna be a giant. Looking forward to slowly assembling him!

wheeljack34 wrote:I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

Price point is 30 usd.

william-james88 wrote:

wheeljack34 wrote:I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

Price point is 30 usd.

Thanks!! last i heard it wasn't going to be released so i was looking at the ones online now that are higher in price. Much appreciated!

It has been a busy day for new images for the Studio Series line! Thanks to the TFCN Facebook page, who shared images from Lai Yanting on Facebook, we have a ton of brand new images of the upcoming SS-36 exclusive Drift with Baby Dinobots! This new Drift figure uses his TLK deluxe class toy and features massively improved paint applications, now being an almost spot on representation of the Drift from the movie. He also features a new Sword to go along with his 4 other swords, this new one done up in some paint and modeled after the sword he balances himself on in the Junkyard in The Last Knight.

Along with him are his 3 little friends: Tops, Pterry, and Sharp T, based on the Baby Dinobots designs seen fleetingly in the opening Junkyard scenes of the movies. And yes, they are as adorable as you'd think Baby Dinobots would be in toy form.

You can check out the in hand images below, and you can keep an eye on your pre-orders if you did order a Drift, as he should be coming in stock any time now!

UnderYourCloset wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I find siege Optimus to be quite meh/daff. Especially with the stupid adition of that truck "baseball cap" who only end up as a backpack.

SS "Geewun" Optimus is a work of art in it's own right. I'm looking forward to it to arrive locally.

Tbh I kinda wish Hasbro would go with a more Sunbow cartoony aesthetic for a line with smooth panels and anime-esc angles (like giving G1 Optimus legs that actually get larger towards the bottom instead of them being big rectangles for legs).(…)

Animated was a GOLDEN line for this. Mostly cartoon accurate, clever transformation, and affordable main line transformers.
Animated was incredible.
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

Prime got it almost perfect with the First Edition molds. After that in RID, there was too much hanging panels and fake parts all over. Only Vehicon for Prime RID got it perfectly.

I just found Jetfire's rear landing gear. Didn't use the instructions, are they shown there? I haven't seen them in any video reviews. Glad he has them.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

Prime got it almost perfect with the First Edition molds. After that in RID, there was too much hanging panels and fake parts all over. Only Vehicon for Prime RID got it perfectly.

You forget Wheeljack who rocked hard. Plus you had ultra magnus, knockout and an arcee that was more accurate than first edition and Takara gave us Breakdown.

wheeljack34 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

wheeljack34 wrote:I read Studio Series Megatron 31 Battle Damage was to be a Target Exclusive this fall. by chance anyone know a price point?

Price point is 30 usd.

Thanks!! last i heard it wasn't going to be released so i was looking at the ones online now that are higher in price. Much appreciated!

All I gave you was the price point, we have no assurance that Target (or whoever else) will stock the exclusive. With store exclusives, the only assurance you have is when they show up, not before. People waited 1 year for Walgreens to stock POTP Wreck Gar and some couldnt wait and paid double.

Some never end up beign sold in the US for one reason or another, like this Unicron toy below, even though target carried other toys in the platinum 30th movie anniversary line:



And this exclusive Thundercracker from last year still hasnt appeared in the US:



So it's up to you. Can you wait several more months to see if Megs shows up at retail for $30 ?

Give yourself a deadline for when you cant wait anymore and the amount of money you wouldnt mind paying for him. If you set these limits, then nomatter what there wont be any regrets.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

I feel Prime got close

Prime got it almost perfect with the First Edition molds. After that in RID, there was too much hanging panels and fake parts all over. Only Vehicon for Prime RID got it perfectly.

You forget Wheeljack who rocked hard. Plus you had ultra magnus, knockout and an arcee that was more accurate than first edition and Takara gave us Breakdown.

Can't judge of Breakdown because I never was willing to spend the cash on him. But yeah, RID Wheeljack and Arcee were amazing.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

Not without Eric Siebenaler. He was the lead designer for Animated's toyline and a vital aspect of how good that line was. The last TF line he worked on was the Prime First Edition line, before departing the TF brand back in 2011 to go over to the Star Wars brand.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will we ever get Animated 2.0? I mean, as far as accuracy and effectiveness is concerned?

Not without Eric Siebenaler. He was the lead designer for Animated's toyline and a vital aspect of how good that line was. The last TF line he worked on was the Prime First Edition line, before departing the TF brand back in 2011 to go over to the Star Wars brand.

I have also followed the star wars brand and I do not see his genius at play there.

And yeah, I can tell he worked on first edition, that had the same quality and standard as Animated.

I'm slowly picking up the Wave 5 Studio Series Deluxes. Last week, I found Crankcase in a Target, but none of his casemates. Tonight, it was Barricade without his casemates at Target (along with some Wave 4 stragglers). I'm hoping next week will be Sideswipe! I can wait on the two Bumblebees from the wave. WWII Bumblebee is more of a curiosity. He's not even really screen accurate. Clunker Bumblebee is just a repaint, but I might bite if the rusty paint apps actually look good and it's true that they fixed the problems with the earlier uses of the mold.

For who ever cares,
we have confirmation of size class for Devastators components

TrypticonCarne wrote:
For who ever cares,
we have confirmation of size class for Devastators components

Awesome! I was hoping Scavenger was a leader, he really needs to be. I don't really have the funds to go after Devastator, but I might get Scavenger (and maybe Mixmaster) because I love those designs.

I didn't expect Overload to be a leader though, so that's cool. I wonder what design they're going with for him, I'd expect something like the old legends class one over the grievous arms/spider legs.

Also, Rampage is looking strangely orange in that picture. . . repaint, maybe?

Too bad those Bayverse Constructicons didn't come out at the time of release of the film

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:
For who ever cares,
we have confirmation of size class for Devastators components

Awesome! I was hoping Scavenger was a leader, he really needs to be. I don't really have the funds to go after Devastator, but I might get Scavenger (and maybe Mixmaster) because I love those designs.

I didn't expect Overload to be a leader though, so that's cool. I wonder what design they're going with for him, I'd expect something like the old legends class one over the grievous arms/spider legs.

Also, Rampage is looking strangely orange in that picture. . . repaint, maybe?

long haul is a very lighter shade of green in the image so I wouldn't think too hard about orange rampage

TrypticonCarne wrote:
For who ever cares,
we have confirmation of size class for Devastators components

Ohh, 2 leaders are going to make up the torso, I bet Hasbro’s going to be rolling in my money

Gosh, wish I had the funds for this beast. I have SS 38 Optimus preordered now though. Super excited about whenever he comes out. (On another note, I've been seeing the G1 Optimus reissue sorta shelfwarming at my local Walmart, so also waiting for his price to drop cuz I need it. O_O)

and whom ever is searching for a long haul preorder, I have some news US retailer Toywiz has a preorder listed
https://toywiz.com/transformers-age-of- ... on-figure/
mislabeled as AoE Long haul so you have that going for you if you had issues finding him

Oddly enough, I like that helicopter Drift WAY more than any of his movie car mode versions. o_o Looks pretty badass to me. Idunno if I'd call him Drift or Deadlock though. Deadlock makes more sense for a helicopter than Drift.

They have come, love the unique insignia for the constructions

TrypticonCarne wrote:

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They have come, love the unique insignia for the constructions

You gonna show off Rampage?

Thanks to Seibertronian TrypticonCarne, we now have a clear image of Studio Series Devastator art in combined mode! This image comes from Weibo user NOTRAB, and not only shows us the art of Devastator, but also confirms the size classes for the remaining bots that make up the massive combiner-they can just be made out in the blue graphic showing each of their names. Overload (lower torso) and Scavenger (upper torso) will be Leader Class figures, and Scrapper (right arm) and Mixmaster (head and shoulders) will be Voyager Class. These remaining four figures aren't set to be released until 2020, so we still have plenty of time to see them in toy form.



So what do you think of this image? Are you excited to complete this figure? Can't wait until 2020? Be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news!

If that art is representative of the final toy's deco, then for a line that focuses so well on movie-accuracy, Devastator will once again have his face in the wrong color.

Ig89ninja wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

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They have come, love the unique insignia for the constructions

You gonna show off Rampage?

Bounti76 wrote:Thanks to Seibertronian TrypticonCarne, we now have a clear image of Studio Series Devastator art in combined mode! This image comes from Weibo user NOTRAB, and not only shows us the art of Devastator, but also confirms the size classes for the remaining bots that make up the massive combiner-they can just be made out in the blue graphic showing each of their names. Overload (lower torso) and Scavenger (upper torso) will be Leader Class figures, and Scrapper (right arm) and Mixmaster (head and shoulders) will be Voyager Class. These remaining four figures aren't set to be released until 2020, so we still have plenty of time to see them in toy form.



So what do you think of this image? Are you excited to complete this figure? Can't wait until 2020? Be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news!

what no news credit?

Sabrblade wrote:If that art is representative of the final toy's deco, then for a line that focuses so well on movie-accuracy, Devastator will once again have his face in the wrong color.

You know your still going to buy it it’s what little paint can’t fix on face maybe third party companie looks great

I know I am buying him, I preordered half so far I am going for the other half

dragons wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:If that art is representative of the final toy's deco, then for a line that focuses so well on movie-accuracy, Devastator will once again have his face in the wrong color.

You know your still going to buy it

Why would I when I'm not collecting the Studio Series line? I only own one SS figure.

YOU don't get any say about my collecting habits.

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

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They have come, love the unique insignia for the constructions

You gonna show off Rampage?

Bounti76 wrote:Thanks to Seibertronian TrypticonCarne, we now have a clear image of Studio Series Devastator art in combined mode! This image comes from Weibo user NOTRAB, and not only shows us the art of Devastator, but also confirms the size classes for the remaining bots that make up the massive combiner-they can just be made out in the blue graphic showing each of their names. Overload (lower torso) and Scavenger (upper torso) will be Leader Class figures, and Scrapper (right arm) and Mixmaster (head and shoulders) will be Voyager Class. These remaining four figures aren't set to be released until 2020, so we still have plenty of time to see them in toy form.



So what do you think of this image? Are you excited to complete this figure? Can't wait until 2020? Be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news!

what no news credit?

It sometimes takes a little while, but you are credited with the news.

Two Leaders at 50 usd, four Voyagers at 30 usd, and two deluxes at 20 usd, means he's gonna be 260 usd(before taxes/shipping/markups/whatever else). Good thing he is spread out over two years.

I’ve noticed something odd concerning Hightower. On both this promotional art and the prototype piece, he has cabling attached to his crane, as well as an errant scoop on the upper arm. Yet neither of these showed up in the publicity pics or the display piece for him. Thoughts?

To actually be *movie accurate* however, wouldn't Devastator make more sense to be made up of nine 'cons instead of eight? I mean, I don't expect to see the infamous wrecking balls, but I also don't understand the logic behind making one arm out of two components, and the other, out of just one...

Yweggo wrote:Two Leaders at 50 usd, four Voyagers at 30 usd, and two deluxes at 20 usd, means he's gonna be 260 usd(before taxes/shipping/markups/whatever else). Good thing he is spread out over two years.

Well by single figure MP standards, that's not bad.

Shuttershock wrote:I’ve noticed something odd concerning Hightower. On both this promotional art and the prototype piece, he has cabling attached to his crane, as well as an errant scoop on the upper arm. Yet neither of these showed up in the publicity pics or the display piece for him. Thoughts?

Yeah that's been bugging me too.

Hightower seems to not only be an early mock-up in Devastator's pic, what with the Yellow Crane and rubbery cabling, but is also attached BACKWARDS.

That scoop sticking out of the outside if the arm is meant to be Devastator's LEFT THUMB, giving him 4 digits on his left hand, just like on his right. And the Crane sticks OUTWARDS on his forearm. Also because of that weird configuration, Scrapmetal seems to attach much further out than he's supposed to, which is why Devastator's Left Arm looks so much longer than his Right. They're supposed to be the same length according to the instructions.

o.supreme wrote:To actually be *movie accurate* however, wouldn't Devastator make more sense to be made up of nine 'cons instead of eight? I mean, I don't expect to see the infamous wrecking balls, but I also don't understand the logic behind making one arm out of two components, and the other, out of just one...

Actually, the arms ARE (mostly) accurate. In reality, Hightower should be a Voyager and Scrapmetal a Scout (or even smaller) figure. Also, in the movie, Scrapmetal, or WHOEVER that little guy was, was a small Bulldozer, not an Excavator.

The inaccuracy actually lies in Devastator's Left Leg. Rampage should be much closer to Deluxe sized (and Yellow) and form the lower half of the leg. Meanwhile, the forgotten Ninth member was a Yellow Dump truck (a different, smaller model from Long Haul) that formed the upper half of the left leg.

My guess as to omission was either stability issues, or no one on the design team was aware of the 9mNinth members existence. Pretty much all the concept art and media in general omit him. His single appearance, as far as I know, was a few seconds during Devastator's combination scene in the movie.

Still, I expect we'll see a Yellow Rampage repaint down the road to further the accuracy.

Shuttershock wrote:I’ve noticed something odd concerning Hightower. On both this promotional art and the prototype piece, he has cabling attached to his crane, as well as an errant scoop on the upper arm. Yet neither of these showed up in the publicity pics or the display piece for him. Thoughts?

The extra scoop I think is just a weird photoshop error, but the cabling I'm not so sure of. Maybe a part from Scavenger that you connect to Hightower for combined mode?

so tall or big is that devastator going to be? 2 leaders for the body voyagers for legs and one arm and couple of deluxes for the other arm, it sounds huge

About this size i bet

Now I want to see someone compare Devastator to Seige Omega Supreme

TrypticonCarne wrote:About this size i bet

well thats a bit underwelming then again if the thing stood upright it might look taller