Transformers Studio Series Optimus Prime Unmasked Variant Images

The open face looks kinda off to me...

ZeroWolf wrote:The open face looks kinda off to me...

I agree. I think it's the way they painted his eyes, the parts they painted blue should be the silver sockets around the little blue lights. I think, anyway. Glad they painted his mouth though, it was a boring blue spot on that original Twitter image.

To be honest though I'll probably grab one of these guys if I see him. He looks alright, I love the mold already and I'm trying to go completist on the line as it is. Now if I can just modify the one I have to fold his backpack up like the masked Prime in the pictures I'll be all set.

He isn't just a head variant, the paint is different as well.



Red chest doors, no blue paint on the arms, and less blue paint on the hips (the red might be a little different, too). This isn't a simple head swap so it's probably supposed to represent an entirely different movie like the Starscream repaint will. The first wave figure is TF2 so maybe this one is TF1?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:He isn't just a head variant, the paint is different as well.



Red chest doors, no blue paint on the arms, and less blue paint on the hips (the red might be a little different, too). This isn't a simple head swap so it's probably supposed to represent an entirely different movie like the Starscream repaint will. The first wave figure is TF2 so maybe this one is TF1?

Emerje

I think the battle mask Prime is just a custom, he doesn't normally have all that blue on his arms or chest doors.

Autobot Roadburn wrote:I think the battle mask Prime is just a custom, he doesn't normally have all that blue on his arms or chest doors.

Ah, that explains it. I don't like the red used on the figure so I never really spent a lot of time looking at the details. An easy pass with or without the mask.

Emerje

That’s weird. My version of Optimus is red chest with a face mask. You guys sure you didn’t switch the head swap deal?!!

President-prime wrote:That’s weird. My version of Optimus is red chest with a face mask. You guys sure you didn’t switch the head swap deal?!!

As explained above, one of those is a custom. Maybe a note in the story would be a good idea since the head is the main point of interest?

Autobot Roadburn wrote:To be honest though I'll probably grab one of these guys if I see him. He looks alright, I love the mold already and I'm trying to go completist on the line as it is. Now if I can just modify the one I have to fold his backpack up like the masked Prime in the pictures I'll be all set.

Doesn't require any modding. Just alternate transformation. Just tried it with mine the blue panel (with the fuel tanky things which I find super annoying in regular transformation but nicely tidied in this alternate way) do fold inwards if pushed hard enough



I like it but not if storing the swords on the back since obviously they'll stick out at an angle that way.

Thanks for all the tips guys. My optimus joint is now tight.

I love this studio series so far. I love the new bumblebee he goes great with optimus. I want more Bee figures of this quality. My favorite iteration of movie bee is the high octane on from AOE, but his toy left so much to be desired. I think it's his coolest car mode and I bet now they could do a toy of that version so well. The chest would look so cool, it was such a small role I doubt they will do it, we will get a stinger retool vw bee and a modern camero before we get another high octane. Urgh, I might just have to get one of those old AOE deluxes.

These studio series are amazing barring the deluxes. I have no complaint and wouldn’t mind paying for these at retail. Great mold and paint details. Love all so far. Keep them coming.

Ok I'm gonna have to buy Grimlock now and also that new DNA Design upgrade kit with the two posable hands, actual spikey mace on chain and new tail and other such additions.

What's the cheapest that Grimlock retails for in the UK?
So far the cheapest I can find is £52.99 with free delivery here
https://www.mad-4-toys.co.uk/shopbychar ... ock_figure

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok I'm gonna have to buy Grimlock now and also that new DNA Design upgrade kit with the two posable hands, actual spikey mace on chain and new tail and other such additions.

What's the cheapest that Grimlock retails for in the UK?
So far the cheapest I can find is £52.99 with free delivery here
https://www.mad-4-toys.co.uk/shopbychar ... ock_figure

Thats a rather fair price, considering it includes taxes (and no shipping) and that thats around the same MSRP of previous leaders even though this line has gotten a price increase in most international markets.

william-james88 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok I'm gonna have to buy Grimlock now and also that new DNA Design upgrade kit with the two posable hands, actual spikey mace on chain and new tail and other such additions.

What's the cheapest that Grimlock retails for in the UK?
So far the cheapest I can find is £52.99 with free delivery here
https://www.mad-4-toys.co.uk/shopbychar ... ock_figure

Thats a rather fair price, considering it includes taxes (and no shipping) and that thats around the same MSRP of previous leaders even though this line has gotten a price increase in most international markets.

Hm thought it might be good. Yeah £54.99 seems to be price of Leader class whether movie or Power of the Primes/Titans Return (the Forbidden Planet store I was in today had PotP Optimus and Rodimus Prime and Titans Sixshot for £54.99 each. They had Studio Bee and Ratchet for £22.99 each) so I might go with this online retailer for Grimmy then.

Photo of Sixshot, Ratchet & Bee. Sixshot overpriced especially since he's been spotted (by myself and others) for as low as £14.99 in B&M stores while stocks lasted.


So Leader Grimlock for a couple quid less than retail price and actually sent to me for free? Sounds like a good deal.
Wish I knew the price of the Grimlock upgrade kit and which UK online retailers will have it. But yeah maybe I'll be ordering Grimlock real soon. Thanks.

Possible Second Run of Transformers Studio Series Bumblebee

why?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:To be honest though I'll probably grab one of these guys if I see him. He looks alright, I love the mold already and I'm trying to go completist on the line as it is. Now if I can just modify the one I have to fold his backpack up like the masked Prime in the pictures I'll be all set.

Doesn't require any modding. Just alternate transformation. Just tried it with mine the blue panel (with the fuel tanky things which I find super annoying in regular transformation but nicely tidied in this alternate way) do fold inwards if pushed hard enough



I like it but not if storing the swords on the back since obviously they'll stick out at an angle that way.

I didn't want to force the plastic and risk stressing it so I cut down the right angles on the blue plastic that were the problem. Just used an X-acto knife, took me 5 minutes. Definitely an improvement in my eyes; the backpack sticks out a little more but it really improves his silhouette from the front.

Z3ROhour wrote:Possible Second Run of Transformers Studio Series Bumblebee

why?

Do you just read titles and not the articles?

fixing some of the quality concerns that affected the figure in the first place: loose joints, loose window attachment, loose feet, among others.

Emerje

Autobot Roadburn wrote:I didn't want to force the plastic and risk stressing it so I cut down the right angles on the blue plastic that were the problem. Just used an X-acto knife, took me 5 minutes. Definitely an improvement in my eyes; the backpack sticks out a little more but it really improves his silhouette from the front.

It did feel oddly satisfying the way they felt when being pushed inwards... I dunno how to explain it.

Personally I prefer my Optimus masked

Following up on some of the "Dreads" talk from earlier, I finally got around to opening up Studio Series Crowbar. I'm quite impressed, overall. The vehicle mode shell is almost identical to TLK Berserker, but almost all of the robot mode parts are different. One huge improvement with Crowbar is that none of the vehicle panels pop off the robot mode limbs during transformation (or otherwise). It is a bit sad that the dreadlocks just kind of hang out the back of the vehicle mode like cans on strings for a "just married" couple driving away to their honeymoon. The robot feet are also pretty clearly visible in the back wheel wells in vehicle mode. I'd like to see this improved level of engineering on the mold used to make the other two Dreads down the line. Or maybe they can reshell Crowbar with a run-down VW bus alt-mode for a later wave and give us a proper "Dreadbot?"

Wolfman Jake wrote: I'm quite impressed, overall. The vehicle mode shell is almost identical to TLK Berserker, but almost all of the robot mode parts are different. One huge improvement with Crowbar is that none of the vehicle panels pop off the robot mode limbs during transformation (or otherwise).

Think I got lucky with my Berserker. It's had a lot of play and transforming and slighty painting and a lot of Toyhax stickers applied and never had any part pop off even when trying to 'force' it.

Now that I finally got my Grimlock, here's my thoughts:

OH.

MY.

GOD.



This is a MASTERPIECE disguised as a mainline figure! The sculpting is perfect. The paint is freaking PREMIUM. The engineering is simple yet damn effective. It was damn expensive at 80 leaf dollars and a half. But man, I don't regret it one bit. HasTak knocked it out of the park with that one!



On a side note, the "skirt-flap" on mine is pretty tight and hold itself in place perfectly.

I don't remember having seen this on the thread but here's Grimlock in his bubble. He's so big that he have to take a pretty funny pose in packajing. It's a great idea because it make for a smaller box and happier retailers.



GENERATIONS OF GRIMLOCKS!



Overal conclusion: GET IT NAO!
SS Grimlock is a figure that is worth not waiting for a sale.

So far, I haven't gotten any of the Studio Series figures yet, though it's looking like only the Leaders really appeal to me enough to want to get them, but not necessarily because of their depictions in the films, but because of my possibly wanting to repurpose them as Beast Wars: Uprising characters.

Sabrblade wrote:So far, I haven't gotten any of the Studio Series figures yet, though it's looking like only the Leaders really appeal to me enough to want to get them, but not necessarily because of their depictions in the films, but because of my possibly wanting to repurpose them as Beast Wars: Uprising characters.

Voyager Optimus Prime is a quite a mixed bag: great transformation but skimps on a lot of the details in sculpt and paint. Don't let that throw you off the Voyager size class, though, because Starscream is fantastic! Seriously, even if you only kinda tolerate Starscream, this is the best version at this size we've ever gotten. Everything about the figure is terrific.

Also, I know a lot of people are down on the Deluxes of wave 1 of the Studio Series, but none of them are "bad" figures to me at all. They're not flawless, but I'm still quite happy to have them in my collection.

-Kanrabat- wrote:
This is a MASTERPIECE disguised as a mainline figure! ^

I dunno if it quite masterpiece as it is but the DNA Design upgrade kit sure looks like making it such.

Fine fine fine ordered me a damn grimlock. Ain't like I need to eat or pay my bills.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Fine fine fine ordered me a damn grimlock. Ain't like I need to eat or pay my bills.

Those are never important when you have a plastic crack addiction on a side note how much is the dna set going to cost then? I love the look of gridlock as it is but the upgrade looks even nicer still but if it doubles the cost then I'm out...I mean I've got some beastie masterpieces to save up for

ZeroWolf wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Fine fine fine ordered me a damn grimlock. Ain't like I need to eat or pay my bills.

Those are never important when you have a plastic crack addiction on a side note how much is the dna set going to cost then? I love the look of gridlock as it is but the upgrade looks even nicer still but if it doubles the cost then I'm out...I mean I've got some beastie masterpieces to save up for

Way I'm justifying it, is I feel empty and down and I'm either gonna buy toys or I'm gonna buy a whole ton of fatty food and one of those choices is easily undone (if necessary I can resell toys, but it's a lot tougher to get rid of all the fat gained by the foods). So yep, paid my £52.99 and shall await my huge dino toy. And yes I do need to know how much the DNA upgrade will be cos it does appear to fix all the main issues I have with the factory figure (such as giving it two hands! And a spikey ball where the spikes haven't been safety-zones to hell) and I won't be able to be happy with the figure without it. And I don't have any beastie masterpieces to save up for... i suppose this IS the beastie masterpiece i'm saving up for...

£54 isn't bad since I bet they would be higher should they appear on UK shelves (I'm not holding my breath on anything bigger than the deluxes appearing as UK distribution, as we both know, is pants)

Either way this is going to be the best version of grimlock we're going to get for a while. Well best version of this character. Who knows when we'll see him again on the big screen now

ZeroWolf wrote:£54 isn't bad since I bet they would be higher should they appear on UK shelves (I'm not holding my breath on anything bigger than the deluxes appearing as UK distribution, as we both know, is pants)

Smyths sell Voyager Prime and Starscream in stores. And yeah £52.99 with free delivery for Grimmy was cheapest i could find.

Thanks to Japanese sites covering the Shibuoka event - in this case Figsoku and AmiAmi.net - which has brought us reveals of the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron among others (see more here), we also have some nice images of the Studio Series line releases for Decepticons Brawl and Megatron, respectively in their 2007 live-action movie incarnation, and the Revenge of the Fallen one.

Check the images out below, taken at the display area at the event, and compare them to previously seen in-package and in hand shots here - what do you think? Are you excited for the release? Let us know in the discussion in the Energon Pub!

I'mma need that Megatron now.

Brawl is growing on me. That Megatron is an absolute must.

The SS line has really rekindled my appreciation for some of the movie designs.

The Megatron is really growing me. I'm not 100% sold on Brawl (Devastator XD) but.... I think like I caved on Starscream in person... something will happen with Brawl.

I still can't bring myself to buy Ratchet though. I know folks keep saying his paint is sufficient in vehicle mode, but robot mode (and especially his face) feel so... bland.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I'mma need that Megatron now.

Him and Jazz are the next ones that I'm gonna get at FULL price when they hit selves. So far I got Thundercracker, Starscream, and Grimlock. ALL paid full MSRP. It's been a while since a series made me buy everything full price. I usually wait until a sale or clearance before I buy...............

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I'mma need that Megatron now.

Him and Jazz are the next ones that I'm gonna get at FULL price when they hit selves. So far I got Thundercracker, Starscream, and Grimlock. ALL paid full MSRP. It's been a while since a series made me buy everything full price. I usually wait until a sale or clearance before I buy...............

I want Jazz very muchly too but not sure I should buy him at same time as Megatron or something may happen like for example open the box to find Megatron has gotten out of his packaging and ripped Jazz in half. :O

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:£54 isn't bad since I bet they would be higher should they appear on UK shelves (I'm not holding my breath on anything bigger than the deluxes appearing as UK distribution, as we both know, is pants)

Smyths sell Voyager Prime and Starscream in stores. And yeah £52.99 with free delivery for Grimmy was cheapest i could find.

Well I stand corrected, hmm getting to my local symths is a pain but been a while since I've physically hunted for anything. I know others aren't fond of him but I like prime.

As for these new pictures...why are they trying to make me get these toys when I want all of them but can only afford a few

ZeroWolf wrote:
Well I stand corrected, hmm getting to my local symths is a pain but been a while since I've physically hunted for anything. I know others aren't fond of him but I like prime.

Prime certainly has flaws but I do like it (especially after I've begun customising it somewhat). Even having got a (likely an incredibly good KO going by the price) Revenge Optimus Prime (Takara repaint of the old Battle Blades Voyager figure) this week I still like SS Prime a lot too. Revenge looks immediately more accurate (especially since it's far better painted) but there are some things it does better and some that the SS figure does better. Also I find the SS figure feels more solid and less fiddly than the Revenge figure can be. I'm glad to have both though.

And yeah I've not actually seen a Smyths shop myself and still hoping one moves into the closed Toys R Us building in Cambridge but a friend of mine I talk to about toy stuff on DeviantArt (I wish he'd get a twitter or instagram set up cos i barely use DA these days) mentioned them being in there and buying some and they are both on the Smyths website too (as is the 10th Anniversary version of the 2007 Leader Prime curiously enough). Out of the actual physical shops left in UK that sell Transformers, Smyths do seem to be among the best, if not the number one. Don't know if they'll stock Studio Leaders though.



Their website has a Studio category and also £5 off when you spend £20? That sounds too good to be true.

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toy ... dio-series

cheeky using a Starscream stock photo where he has the buzzsaw this version doesn't have. :O

Well, crap. I want Megatron now.

Why do I hate plain gray plastic so much?

DarkEnergon wrote:Why do I hate plain gray plastic so much?

TBH, the problem with Hasbro's grey plastic is that it isn't grey- it's mock silver. It uses a faux-metallic look that results in a very soapy, semitranslucent finish. Had TR Megatron used a proper flat grey I'd have bought it, but that mock silver was so awful I couldn't stand the sight of it.

Black Hat wrote:Had TR Megatron used a proper flat grey I'd have bought it, but that mock silver was so awful I couldn't stand the sight of it.

I liked the grey on TR Megatron, except the chest grey which seemed a bit off compared to the rest of it. Which doesn't matter since I silver sharpied it anyways. Still the only G1 Megatron figure I've liked enough to have in my collection for a decent amount of time.

Honestly guys, nothing will be as bad as that dull as fuck "grey" plastic on Gen Power Master Optimus Primal. As long as it is an actual grey colour, I think its ok. Grey Plastic could look awesome, like on AOE Slog.


Transformers Age of Extinction: Generations Slog Gallery

william-james88 wrote:Honestly guys, nothing will be as bad as that dull as **** "grey" plastic on Gen Power Master Optimus Primal. As long as it is an actual grey colour, I think its ok. Grey Plastic could look awesome, like on AOE Slog.


Transformers Age of Extinction: Generations Slog Gallery

Oh yeah, that Slog looked awesome. Helps as you say it was actual grey as opposed to "Totally silver guys".

Speaking of the Movieverse Dinobots, I can't be the only one who wants redecos of SS Grimlock and whatever other Dinobots we get in sort of "fossilized/bone" colours right?

So I picked these fellas up today:



Seeing Stinger in hand, I decided he wasn't a memorable enough character that I should worry about him. So glad i waited to see him in stores to make that decision.

As for these 2. My Bee is plagued with the falling off roof, and ratchet has a loose left hip. But both are pretty good in their own ways. This is my first actual properly colored Ratchet, since I only have the RotF Desert Tracker voyager. And He's good! I like him, and his size will make him go good with some recent figures. Planning to do a bot group shot eventually with figures more in scale with each other.

Bee is alright too. I won't be getting the TLK one till next month, so this is my first exposure. I like how accurate he is, and he doesn't have much kibble. He's a bit fiddly, but still alright. Alt mode is sweet.

it also struck me funny that Ratchet was the rare one. I picked up the only one of him I saw. I saw the other 3 deluxes and both voyagers at 3 different stores, but only saw a single Ratchet at Target, where I got him and Bee.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I picked these fellas up today:

Does that Infinity War Spider-Man have a crumbling into dust in Tony Stark's arms action feature?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I picked these fellas up today:

Does that Infinity War Spider-Man have a crumbling into dust in Tony Stark's arms action feature?

Well, he does have some gold plastic on him.

Emerje

Wolfman Jake wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I picked these fellas up today:

Does that Infinity War Spider-Man have a crumbling into dust in Tony Stark's arms action feature?

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap My heart already still hurts

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I picked these fellas up today:

Does that Infinity War Spider-Man have a crumbling into dust in Tony Stark's arms action feature?

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap My heart already still hurts

Aw, as gut-wrenching as that was, he'll definitely be among those whose snapping is undone. No way would Marvel allow their most iconic superhero to be killed off after just three movies of him still being in his rookie stage.

Emerje@ touche' my friend

Spidey also has another film due out in the next couple of years...

What's the transformation like for these guys? Is ratchet's the same as his previous deluxe versions?

Sabrblade wrote:as gut-wrenching as that was, he'll definitely be among those whose snapping is undone. No way would Marvel allow their most iconic superhero to be killed off after just three movies of him still being in his rookie stage.

They already ruined him in those films anyways so I wouldn't mind yet another reboot...Anyways this not a Marvel topic

ZeroWolf wrote:What's the transformation like for these guys? Is ratchet's the same as his previous deluxe versions?

Yeah Ratchet transforms basically same way as DotM mold but with a couple minor changes (like the wheels turning inwards on the shoulders to reveal more lights).

Came across this repaint on Instagram. Basically a much tidier version of what I was doing with my Ratchet figure. Very nice (though i think should have painted the crotch area silver like on the cgi renders I used for mine).