Video Review for Gamerverse Starscream Showing Rubber Cockpit

At this rate, getting the Black Mamba KO with the silver thighs might be easier.

Also that rubber cockpit isn't going to make things any better. Outside of it sounding wrong to say I doubt it'd be any more durable than clear plastic tends to be.

Yeah, the original figure had a clear plastic cockpit canopy and it wasn't fragile at all.

It's not that the cockpit is made of rubber, it's that it's simply too large, making it look bulbous.

Yeah I already preordered one of those knockoff Optimus Primes with the upgrade kit already installed after Target cancelled my preorder. Can't wait to see them at Ross next year though. We beg and beg and beg Hasbro, Target and Walmart for certain figures only for them to hit a discount chain. Collecting is not fun anymore.

And great, the cockpit won't break...like all the other cockpits as it's been a long time since I seen one with translucent plastic actually break. But now it's likely to disintegrate instead. Or melt. Or crack due to getting dry. Snag on something and rip. There's actually more stuff that can happen to that cockpit now instead.

Looks like pre-orders went live for the newest wave of SS reveals.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Looks like pre-orders went live for the newest wave of SS reveals.

Yep, I got all of them, though I may cancel the junkion at some point, I like my junkion shelf, but he will shelfwarm and I can wait

Thanks for pointing out Prime being on AmiAmi, I get a shipment from them monthly so adding him to my March order will help reduce/split the shipping costs. Last I had checked the orders had sold out so I never considered checking back, I just thought I might actually see him in store, but it looks like my local store has been skipping stuff.

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, the original figure had a clear plastic cockpit canopy and it wasn't fragile at all.

It's not that the cockpit is made of rubber, it's that it's simply too large, making it look bulbous.

The original cockpit didn't open, this one does to store the head inside which makes it a possible breaking point. But softer plastic doesn't necessarily solve that problem, just look at Titans Return Weirdwolf. And since when did Hasbro care about clear plastic breaking with all the clear tabs they've been using in recent years. It's unfortunate that they didn't just sculpt the canopy to make the cockpit appear smaller and add paint to finish the illusion. In the old days the canopy would have been on a separate larger door and it would be two parts.

Emerje

Transformers Studio Series 102 Optimus Prime is selling for double on e-bay due to Target not stocking him enough on shelves and online.

I had wanted a copy of this figure, but as scarce as Target has made them? He's not been worth the trouble to track him down. It seems a nice figure, but I have no intention of paying the scalper's ransom they're asking for on Ebay. Same with Buzzworthy Origin Jazz. Target seems to be having a general problem with all their 'exclusives' lately.

And now I hear that Studio Series 86 Hound is slated to be in the Target Buzzworthy line as well. That scares me, because it means he will also be impossible to find. Walmart has rightly been skewered over the lousy way they handled Velocitron Cosmos and other exclusive figures. But Target is equally guilty. And given how Hasbro is supposed to be working and coordinating with these retailers to make sure they have enough product for everyone who wants to buy? It's hard to know exactly who to blame. It's like that scene in Grapes of Wrath. "Well - who do we shoot?"

DeathReviews wrote:

Transformers Studio Series 102 Optimus Prime is selling for double on e-bay due to Target not stocking him enough on shelves and online.

I had wanted a copy of this figure, but as scarce as Target has made them? He's not been worth the trouble to track him down. It seems a nice figure, but I have no intention of paying the scalper's ransom they're asking for on Ebay. Same with Buzzworthy Origin Jazz. Target seems to be having a general problem with all their 'exclusives' lately.

And now I hear that Studio Series 86 Hound is slated to be in the Target Buzzworthy line as well. That scares me, because it means he will also be impossible to find. Walmart has rightly been skewered over the lousy way they handled Velocitron Cosmos and other exclusive figures. But Target is equally guilty. And given how Hasbro is supposed to be working and coordinating with these retailers to make sure they have enough product for everyone who wants to buy? It's hard to know exactly who to blame. It's like that scene in Grapes of Wrath. "Well - who do we shoot?"

To put it simply, it's something I've said before, something is going on between toy makers and retailers and we'll never know what if we don't ask, ask often, and ask loudly.

I never ordered from Ami Ami, does anyone know what the shipping costs to the US would be? All I found was that the shipping was "Based on wieght"

its a shame they couldn't incorporate the hover mode configuration for the jet mode

CobraKai wrote:I never ordered from Ami Ami, does anyone know what the shipping costs to the US would be? All I found was that the shipping was "Based on wieght"

Importing anything from Japan is VERY expensive.
Expect at the bare minimum 4K to 5K JPY in shipping alone from a standard deluxe to a standard leader.

DeathReviews wrote:

Transformers Studio Series 102 Optimus Prime is selling for double on e-bay due to Target not stocking him enough on shelves and online.

I had wanted a copy of this figure, but as scarce as Target has made them? He's not been worth the trouble to track him down. It seems a nice figure, but I have no intention of paying the scalper's ransom they're asking for on Ebay. Same with Buzzworthy Origin Jazz. Target seems to be having a general problem with all their 'exclusives' lately.

And now I hear that Studio Series 86 Hound is slated to be in the Target Buzzworthy line as well. That scares me, because it means he will also be impossible to find. Walmart has rightly been skewered over the lousy way they handled Velocitron Cosmos and other exclusive figures. But Target is equally guilty. And given how Hasbro is supposed to be working and coordinating with these retailers to make sure they have enough product for everyone who wants to buy? It's hard to know exactly who to blame. It's like that scene in Grapes of Wrath. "Well - who do we shoot?"

Since his leak over a year ago, Hound was ALWAYS Buzzworthy.

...That rubber cockpit isn't going to make things any better. Outside of it sounding wrong to say I doubt it'd be any more durable than clear plastic tends to be.

Plus it's a laugh anyway. If Hasbro made that cockpit out of soft plastic because they were 'concerned that clear plastic might break'? What does that say about how they're using almost nothing BUT clear plastic on so many other figures? (We're looking at YOU, SS 86 Ironhide, Ratchet, B-127, WFC Prowl, and a host of others). Hasbro sure as heck doesn't seem concerned about THOSE breaking....

DeathReviews wrote:

...That rubber cockpit isn't going to make things any better. Outside of it sounding wrong to say I doubt it'd be any more durable than clear plastic tends to be.

Plus it's a laugh anyway. If Hasbro made that cockpit out of soft plastic because they were 'concerned that clear plastic might break'? What does that say about how they're using almost nothing BUT clear plastic on so many other figures? (We're looking at YOU, SS 86 Ironhide, Ratchet, B-127, WFC Prowl, and a host of others). Hasbro sure as heck doesn't seem concerned about THOSE breaking....

So far, I've been transforming SS86 Ratchet and Ironhide back and forth over and over and I really don't see how anything can break. The only way would be to force things the wrong way on purpose, or to throw the toy at a brick wall with full force.

So far, I've been transforming SS86 Ratchet and Ironhide back and forth over and over and I really don't see how anything can break. The only way would be to force things the wrong way on purpose, or to throw the toy at a brick wall with full force.

If you're ginger with them, you can avoid fractures. It remains to be seen how well these will hold up over time once the plastic gets older and more brittle, as it invariably does. In any case, if clear plastic is durable (as long as you make it a little thicker), why didn't they use it for the Gamerverse Starscream?

DeathReviews wrote:

So far, I've been transforming SS86 Ratchet and Ironhide back and forth over and over and I really don't see how anything can break. The only way would be to force things the wrong way on purpose, or to throw the toy at a brick wall with full force.

If you're ginger with them, you can avoid fractures. It remains to be seen how well these will hold up over time once the plastic gets older and more brittle, as it invariably does. In any case, if clear plastic is durable (as long as you make it a little thicker), why didn't they use it for the Gamerverse Starscream?

The minds of the designers are unfathomable.

Choose your healer!



What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Choose your healer!

Ratchets.jpeg

What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

In-movie wise, I like the DotM one best.

Of your repaints, the one on the far right is my favorite

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Choose your healer!

Ratchets.jpeg

What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

In-movie wise, I like the DotM one best.

Of your repaints, the one on the far right is my favorite

Ha, I'm the opposite. Love the original, but my favorite among these is the red and white one on the left.

Emerje

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Choose your healer!

Ratchets.jpeg

What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

Is one of theme themed after the Night Ops repaint from the HFTD line?

Quantum Surge wrote:Is one of theme themed after the Night Ops repaint from the HFTD line?

It’s not exact, but it is inspired by it! The overall color scheme was taken from that Night Ops Ratchet, the red springs on the shoulders were meant to evoke that figure’s big red shoulder Autobot logos.

Here’s a better look at him:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Choose your healer!

Ratchets.jpeg

What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

The 2007 Movie color scheme is still my favorite.


Transformers (2007) Premium Ratchet (Best Buy) Gallery

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Choose your healer!

Ratchets.jpeg

What’s your favorite Ratchet color scheme? I have to go with DOTM, I love that shade of green!

2007 and Red & White!

The Walmart app had shown multiple “bundles” for figures in Studio Series and Legacy. We had the codes found below but now we know the price point will be $24.97 for 2 deluxes and we have images for 3 of these 2 packs. They are all straight repacks including Tarantulas and Elita 1, Perceptor and Wheeljack, and Knockout and Wildrider.


























TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF6 BUNDLE 1
Product Number: D3411
TRA GEN STUDIO DLX 86 AND TF6 BUNDLE 1
Product Number: D3412
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX 86 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3413
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF2 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3414
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF6 BUNDLE 2
Product Number: D3415
TRA GEN STUDIO DLX 86 AND TF6 BUNDLE 2
Product Number: D3416
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF5 BUNDLE
Product Number: D3417

I remember Walmart making 3 packs of DOTM deluxes for 15$CAN. They just took the cards, glue them on a cardboard, and warp the whole thing in plastic wrap.

Most of these packs were of 3 different Bumblebees!

We have more:

Unfortunately it seems there was some error in the naming, Sideways is packed with 86 Arcee and is labelled as 86 and TF6, whereas Bee and Jolt are the TF2 pack.

EDIT: No pics yet, but JTPrime is looking for pics for the TF5 pack and a second TF2 pack!

If this is real, this is an absolute steal. That's two for the price of one. I have one out of most of these sets but I might buy them and just sell off the duplicates.

I predict a lot of Knockouts, Skullgrins and Skids hitting eBay soon.

I don't buy a lot of Studio Series figures, but somehow I have every SS and Legacy figure listed so no savings for me. But no regrets, they're almost all great.

Emerje

For me, instant skip. I already own 95% of all them. In this economy, no need for multiples.

But good price! Kids will be happy for Xmas this year

They couldn't do Cosmos? FFS.

Deathsanras wrote:They couldn't do Cosmos? FFS.

Why would they? These are repacks of existing mass retail product from two lines that are still ongoing. Cosmos was part of the Velocitron line, which was an exclusive line, has been dead since last year, and even had a completely different packaging style from these.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathsanras wrote:They couldn't do Cosmos? FFS.

Why would they? These are repacks of existing mass retail product from two lines that are still ongoing. Cosmos was part of the Velocitron line, which was an exclusive line, has been dead since last year, and even had a completely different packaging style from these.

Also, most of these are shelfwarmers / overstocks.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathsanras wrote:They couldn't do Cosmos? FFS.

Why would they? These are repacks of existing mass retail product from two lines that are still ongoing. Cosmos was part of the Velocitron line, which was an exclusive line, has been dead since last year, and even had a completely different packaging style from these.

Also, most of these are shelfwarmers / overstocks.

And most of them will be again, even at those prices. Many of those are action on the pegs as singles at Walmarts currently. Especially those Arcees...

I skipped the Bumblebee movie Cybertron figures, and with these you can get five of them for $75. While B127 and Soundwave are still generally available, Cliffjumper can get up to $100 on eBay. Even still, might be worth jumping in.

Hopefully this means deluxes will be $14 in 2024 hahaha only the Ironhide/bike arcee ohhh and jazz and gnaw too that I'd want out of these so far depending on which dropkick/shatter alt modes are.

william-james88 wrote:The Walmart app had shown multiple “bundles” for figures in Studio Series and Legacy. We had the codes found below but now we know the price point will be $24.97 for 2 deluxes and we have images for 3 of these 2 packs. They are all straight repacks including Tarantulas and Elita 1, Perceptor and Wheeljack, and Knockout and Wildrider.

Its funny, i own at least one figure out of pretty much every set here except for jazz and gnaw, and dead end and skullgrin. Definitely getting those 2.

Interestingly enough, I see no Breakdown thrown in, despite the other 3 Stunticons being there.

Overcracker wrote:Interestingly enough, I see no Breakdown thrown in, despite the other 3 Stunticons being there.

It's because all of the Legacy toys in this are from the OG Legacy line while Breakdown (despite keeping the OG Legacy packaging for visual consistency with the other Stunticons) was released in the first wave of Legacy Evolution toys.

these individually are all already clogging my walmart shelves.

Immortal Starscream wrote:these individually are all already clogging my walmart shelves.

Except SS86 Jazz and especially SS86 Gnaw.



I wonder why these two are bundled? Especially SS86 Gnaw.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:these individually are all already clogging my walmart shelves.

Except SS86 Jazz and especially SS86 Gnaw.



I wonder why these two are bundled? Especially SS86 Gnaw.

They were in the same wave, that's why

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Deathsanras wrote:They couldn't do Cosmos? FFS.

Nope because these are not rereleases, they are excess stock that Hasbro never sold being bundled together and sold through a single UPC that Walmart is buying from Hasbro at an even steeper discount.

Cosmos being an exclusive had his entire stock pegged for Walmart. When Walmart chose to no longer stock the velocitron toys, the cosmos stock was instantly sold to liquidators, along with his wavemates. Hence why you see him at Ross.

So Hasbro's warehouse has already gotten rid of all the velocitron deluxes, now they are getting rid of the excess from 2022 that that they never sold to retailers.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Not in the US, where Gnaw was a pegwarmer. And all these bundle listings are for US walmarts. We don't know if they will be made available in other markets.

But anyways, Gnaw is getting rereleased in 2023.

Immortal Starscream wrote:these individually are all already clogging my walmart shelves.

Yup, that's why more weren't ordered, leaving Hasbro with lots if unsold stock that they are now bundling together and selling at a steep discount to Walmart.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Not in the US, where Gnaw was a pegwarmer. And all these bundle listings are for US walmarts. We don't know if they will be made available in other markets.

But anyways, Gnaw is getting rereleased in 2023.

It's very surprising that beloved classic TROOP BUILDER managed to pegwarm.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Not in the US, where Gnaw was a pegwarmer. And all these bundle listings are for US walmarts. We don't know if they will be made available in other markets.

But anyways, Gnaw is getting rereleased in 2023.

It's very surprising that beloved classic TROOP BUILDER managed to pegwarm.

Not my fault, I think I got ten of them. I probably won't get any more when they're re-released.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Not in the US, where Gnaw was a pegwarmer. And all these bundle listings are for US walmarts. We don't know if they will be made available in other markets.

But anyways, Gnaw is getting rereleased in 2023.

It's very surprising that beloved classic TROOP BUILDER managed to pegwarm.

Sweeps are classic troop builders and they pegwarmed in your walmarts too, along with the junkion.

william-james88 wrote:Sweeps are classic troop builders and they pegwarmed in your walmarts too, along with the junkion.

Well, as far as the forums and hardcore fans go, Sweep and Junkion troop building were never a thing contrary to the sharkticons.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:They were in the same wave, that's why

I didn't mean why are they bundled "together." I meant, why are they bundled at all? Those two sold out pretty damn quickly, especially Gnaw. There shouldn't be any overstock.

Not in the US, where Gnaw was a pegwarmer. And all these bundle listings are for US walmarts. We don't know if they will be made available in other markets.

But anyways, Gnaw is getting rereleased in 2023.

It's very surprising that beloved classic TROOP BUILDER managed to pegwarm.

I think Hasbro over produced him anticipating that but may have over done it. He's still available at the usual online stores.

BBTS
TFSource
Entertainment Earth (they're getting the wave back in stock in November)
Walmart

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I think Hasbro over produced him anticipating that but may have over done it. He's still available at the usual online stores.

BBTS
TFSource
Entertainment Earth (they're getting the wave back in stock in November)
Walmart

Emerje

Well, that's not the case in Canada. Over here, Gnaw was like a drop of water on a hot pan. He barely appeared on the shelves and in online stores, sold out quickly, then was never seen again.