Video Review for Transformers Studio Series 18 VW Bumblebee Plus Wave 3 Case Content

I've been all about Cobra Dropkick since he was first revealed but, man, that face - rather, where is his face?

Found a review of Shadow Raider on YouTube

Does anyone know when these guys come out?

Yeah, Street date is September 28

Awesome thanks

RotorstormNZ wrote:I've been all about Cobra Dropkick since he was first revealed but, man, that face - rather, where is his face?

Optimus got him first...

Some more shots of Brawl from work on Friday. I really like the attention to detail and the massive amount of guns. Movie designs are my favorite.

also, still super stoked for WWII Bee. That is fantastic.

Fellow Transformers fan and toy reviewer on YouTube TFA1024 - The Transformers Addict has reached out to us with video reviews for two new figures from the Studio Series toyline of live action movie figures - specifically, we're talking about StudSer 16 Ratchet (in his Dark of the Moon deco) and StudSer 17 Shadow Raider, the orange Lockdown redeco with the visor mask seen in Age of Extinction. Both figures were first seen at the San Diego Comic Con 2018 Hasbro booth.

The two reviews have been embedded below for your viewing convenience, and show off the vehicle and robots modes for each, plus some comparisons with previous movie molds that shared the screen with the characters. Check them out!



In addition, TFA1024 also posted a video of the upcoming Studio Series 18 Bumblebee figure where Bumblebee transforms in a Volkswagen Beetle.

They both look good, but the only one I'd must get is Shadow Raider. He looks awesome, maybe even cooler than Lockdown. DOTM Ratchet looks good, but you're only really getting him for the gun, so a pass for me unless I have some sort of discount on him.

I'll tell you this Nathaniel. Ratchet is honestly a lot better in hand. He's tighter (at least my copy is) compred to SS 04 Ratchet and looks strikingly better. Shadow Raider is great in hand as well. At first i was skeptical but after getting him he's a pretty good figure. i recommend both of them if you don't have them already

I'm mixed on Ratchet. I want him for the gun, and while I do like his colors more as they're not eye blinding green, I'm doing the first movie cast, and a few others and that's not how he appeared in the first one. May just pick both up, but at the moment, neither really outweighs the other and I'm trying to avoid getting too many of the same figure

Has there been any explanation for Ironhide's flawed-looking right eye? It looks like his face is drooping or something weird. At first, I thought mine had a mold flaw, but the others I saw also had the same flaw/problem. It looks pretty bad in my opinion.

Seibertron wrote:Has there been any explanation for Ironhide's flawed-looking right eye? It looks like his face is drooping or something weird. At first, I thought mine had a mold flaw, but the others I saw also had the same flaw/problem. It looks pretty bad in my opinion.

He has a scar going over his eye in the movie, which that's supposed to represent.I will agree that it looks a little off on the figure though.

Attack on Titan: Predaking Edition.

SS Jazz and Predaking feel so good together, and I am really feeling that Fall of Cybertron trailer where Jazz jumped on Bruticus, and these 2 feel great with that sort of size and I really want to do that pose now. Jazz is perfect for this, and he's a really really good figure in general, I love him!!!!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Has there been any explanation for Ironhide's flawed-looking right eye? It looks like his face is drooping or something weird. At first, I thought mine had a mold flaw, but the others I saw also had the same flaw/problem. It looks pretty bad in my opinion.

He has a scar going over his eye in the movie, which that's supposed to represent.I will agree that it looks a little off on the figure though.

Ironhide.jpg

Yeah it's movie accurate. Not an error. He's a tough old git who's been through tons of battles.

Anyways I found Toys R Us Thundercracker in the Cambridge branch of Forbidden Planet (they also had two Ironhides but i got him already and he's awesome) and my friend was working there so gave me 10% off without me even asking. Sorry for the crap photo. My phone's USB charge port is busted so is off for repairs and this temporary phone is garbage. Anyways yeah she says they got in quite a few of Toys R Us' exclusive toys and such.


So need my real phone back.

Nice carni for a decent price as well.

Both Canada and the US seem to think the grass is greener across the border when it comes to sightings and distribution. But this time, with Transformers Studio Series Ironhide, both countries have found the toy at the same time. In Canada, Ironhide was found at EB Games in Ontario for $39.99 CAD (or $35.99 with an Edge Membership) by Cybertron.ca member neevnav.

In the US, Ironhide was found at Target in Virginia for $29.99 USD by TFW2005 member clydegoobler.

For those wondering, Ironhide comes packed with wave 1 Optimus Prime. Good luck on the hunt and if you find him, let the community know through our sightings section and sightings forum.

And in UK at Forbidden Planet for £32.99

That's funny, I just went to Target today to pick up some allergy medicine and saw that they had Studio Ironhide there, too, so I picked one up today, also. Kind of a nice feeling getting a new figure when I wasn't even looking for one.

boyatlarge wrote:That's funny, I just went to Target today to pick up some allergy medicine and saw that they had Studio Ironhide there, too, so I picked one up today, also. Kind of a nice feeling getting a new figure when I wasn't even looking for one.

Was my reaction today when finding Thundercracker whom I did not expect to ever turn up in a UK store now that Toys R Us is all deaded and I was mainly going all that way to Cambridge to try get my phone fixed not buy yet another Studio Series Transformer but heck it made the trip worth it.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:And in UK at Forbidden Planet for £32.99

Is that a new sighting? I thought it was out in the UK for a little while now

william-james88 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:And in UK at Forbidden Planet for £32.99

Is that a new sighting? I thought it was out in the UK for a little while now

I dunno. I got mine online a couple weeks ago. I hadn't seen anyone mention an in-store one here or as news and if they did I must have missed it. Sorry.

I still haven't seen any of wave 2 in any store yet and here's wave 3 starting to show up. Good thing this isn't a line I'm trying to complete and only picking out a few occasional good ones.

Emerje

I'm just gonna drop this comment here, as he is still traveling with me places and he's going with me this weekend after a day of work, but...

Studio Series Jazz is my favorite figure of the line so far, and it's looking like, barring some strange thing happening, he will be my figure of the year for this year. Heck, he's probably the most fun I've had with a movie figure recently, right up there just above Nitro Zeus, Thundercracker, and voyager Megatron form TLK and SS Grimlock.

But he's above those 4 as well.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm just gonna drop this comment here, as he is still traveling with me places and he's going with me this weekend after a day of work, but...

Studio Series Jazz is my favorite figure of the line so far, and it's looking like, barring some strange thing happening, he will be my figure of the year for this year. Heck, he's probably the most fun I've had with a movie figure recently, right up there just above Nitro Zeus, Thundercracker, and voyager Megatron form TLK and SS Grimlock.

But he's above those 4 as well.

Agreed. Fully. We should have beers and clink them.

Ironhidensh wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm just gonna drop this comment here, as he is still traveling with me places and he's going with me this weekend after a day of work, but...

Studio Series Jazz is my favorite figure of the line so far, and it's looking like, barring some strange thing happening, he will be my figure of the year for this year. Heck, he's probably the most fun I've had with a movie figure recently, right up there just above Nitro Zeus, Thundercracker, and voyager Megatron form TLK and SS Grimlock.

But he's above those 4 as well.

Agreed. Fully. We should have beers and clink them.

I raise my glass to you good sir and clink it and down it cheerfully

Thanks to a heads up from some observant Seibertron fans, we have word that Wave 3 Deluxes of the Transformers Studio Series line have hit retail! This sighting comes to us from a Target in Los Angeles, California, and features the new VW Bumblebee figure that represents his new form in the upcoming Bumblebee movie. There were no signs of the Shadow Raider or Dark of the Moon Ratchet, but it can be safely assumed that they are now out on the shelves as well.

So go out and check out your local stores! You just might find some of the new Wave 3 deluxes to go along with the recent sightings of the Wave 3 voyager Ironhide!

Awesome! I’ll have to be sure to check out target soon!

Meanwhile my local Target was still packed with wave 1 Deluxe. They did finally get wave 2 Voyagers, that was a nice surprise.

Emerje

Went to Cambridge to collect my phone at the phone shop after it had been repaired. Popped into The Entertainer. They got Studio Series wave 1 in today for first time. And with big price reductions.

Deluxe £16.80
Voyager £25.59
Leader £39.99




I wanted to buy Stinger but annoyingly while he was there when I first saw them, I decided to go to the phone shop to get my phone so I could take nice photos to share here, and by time I got back (half hour later). One...JUST ONE of the Transformers had been sold in that time. And who was it? Only frickin' Stinger! Goddammit.... So I bought Blackout cos it's nice to see Leader class at £39.99 like they used to be so very long ago and I ordered and paid for what they hope is a Stinger and will email me when it's in as I'm having to go to Cambridge again next week for yet another medical assessment. Whee.


Also they had the big movie Power Charge Bee and cyberverse thingies.


And Wave 3 of Tiny Turbos even though I never saw Wave 2 and that wave had the only figure I actually really want! Which be Squeeks!


Oh yeah here be Blackout I did buy for £39.99. Will open it up when I am more awake.

Who all is in wave 3 again? Solo-movie-Bee and....?

First-Aid wrote:Who all is in wave 3 again? Solo-movie-Bee and....?

DOTM ratchet
Shadow Raider
and Crowbar again

Got ten of these figures now.
I also use some previous line figures too such as RotF Bludgeon, TLK Berserker, RotF Legends Ravage and such cos they fit in nicely with the scale (but just kept this photo pure Studio)


Still waiting for my VW Bee I ordered almost a month ago though.

How are you finding blackout then?

ZeroWolf wrote:How are you finding blackout then?

He looks cool but i haven't really played about with him yet cos I got my first cold in like 8 years so trying to not get germs all over them. I'm happy I paid £40 rather tnan £50-£60 he usually sells for cos yay. He's taken the middle place of the collection where Grimlock used to be before i sold him cos pre-ordered the improved OS KO. Blackout does feel more like a 'true' leader figure in bulk and complexity though whereas Grimlock didn't to me.

I don't like how I have two voyager con's on the left but one voyager and a deluxe on the right. I'mma have to buy Brawl to even that out aren't I? Then Lockdown and (when i get him next week) Stinger can be one on each side of the autobots

oh and it's nice to have a 'legends' Scorponok. Never managed to get the original true legends figure of him so this figure with Blackout works very nicely and goes with my Legends RotF Ravage.

Sorry to hear about your cold you did well going that long without one Your Studio Series collection looks really good all together like that

ZeroWolf wrote:Sorry to hear about your cold you did well going that long without one Your Studio Series collection looks really good all together like that

Thanks. Yeah I have a really good immune system apparently but I been very silly and suffering anxiety/depression stuffs lately more than usual and i guess i got weaker so the cold got me. Darnit. I forgot how annoying constantly coughing through the night is.

And yeah i would like new shelves to display everyone in their background card stands but can't for now so just adapting the display as I get new figures. Still not sure if gonna display the KO Grimlock in robot mode, or in T-Rex mode with TLK voyager Prime sat on top. Maybe switch it around each week or so.

Also I not sure how to deal with mutiple toys of same character whether they new molds such as VW Bee or repaints such as RotF Starscream. Ah well I'll figure something out. This my fave TF figure line ever and I'm glad it seems to be more to look forward to with Barricade, Sideswipe and such and hope there's even more to come.

Have a good day.

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Who all is in wave 3 again? Solo-movie-Bee and....?

DOTM ratchet
Shadow Raider
and Crowbar again

Thanks.

@Carnivius_Prime: Nice collection of bots! I'm definitely picking and choosing what I'm picking up from the line, but I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally like it so far. Just got Lockdown the other day, he's dang nice. I wish he had the gunface as well, but that's all the more reason to pick up his repaint.

itscramtastic wrote:@Carnivius_Prime: Nice collection of bots! I'm definitely picking and choosing what I'm picking up from the line, but I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally like it so far. Just got Lockdown the other day, he's dang nice. I wish he had the gunface as well, but that's all the more reason to pick up his repaint.

Yeah Lockdown is one that looks plenty good enough from a distance but when you look closer he's got so much awesome detailing and he's just really well done.

Technically I'm just picking and choosing but this is a movie-dedicated line and movie bots are my fave type so there be a lot I'm getting but I gotta tell myself it's ok if there's ones out of my price range (which Blackout was til I got him cheaper) or I just don't care enough about (Crowbar.. I just far prefer TLK Berserker who I love muchly and already have so Crowbar would have to be very cheap to get a purchase).

Anyways yeah great pic of Lockdown. Enjoy.

Finally got Stinger (£16.80 from The Entertainer) and I like him a lot. Needs a few extra paint apps to bring out the sculpt details which I will do when I have time.



I think Crowbar is the only wave 1 figure I haven't had (I had Grimlock but sold him in favour of the upcoming OS KO) and I may get him at some point but even at 16.80 it seems too much when I already have most of the same toy in Berserker who I find far more appealing and is one of my fave Decepticon figures ever.

But yeah I think this is the most complete I've ever been with any line of Transformers. Usually I just pick and choose but there's just so many in this line I like to own.

Will you be picking up ksi sentry and shadow raider? Especially since you just got stinger.

ZeroWolf wrote:Will you be picking up ksi sentry and shadow raider? Especially since you just got stinger.

Possibly, as I like both molds and the new colours and heads look good but they're not priorites like Barricade and Sideswipe are.

So..I can count TLK deluxe wave 3 Bumblebee as Studio Series, right? Cause he’s awesome. Just picked him up yesterday, added a bunch of flat black in alt mode so far.

itscramtastic wrote:So..I can count TLK deluxe wave 3 Bumblebee as Studio Series, right? Cause he’s awesome. Just picked him up yesterday, added a bunch of flat black in alt mode so far.

I do! I see no need to pick up any other non-MP Camaro Bee. That SS VW Bee though.....

Just noticed that SS Ironhide is available to order on HTS with a shipping date of 9-28-18

https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e0978as00

itscramtastic wrote:So..I can count TLK deluxe wave 3 Bumblebee as Studio Series, right? Cause he’s awesome. Just picked him up yesterday, added a bunch of flat black in alt mode so far.

Considering that Hasbro are re-releasing it in the Studio line yes I think you can certainly count it as that since they appear to as well. I'm counting other TLK figures as Studio Series until officially denounced such as TLK Voyager Prime and Megatron and Deluxe Cogman, Crosshairs, Berserker (especially him since his body is reused for Crowbar) etc.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:So..I can count TLK deluxe wave 3 Bumblebee as Studio Series, right? Cause he’s awesome. Just picked him up yesterday, added a bunch of flat black in alt mode so far.

Considering that Hasbro are re-releasing it in the Studio line yes I think you can certainly count it as that since they appear to as well. I'm counting other TLK figures as Studio Series until officially denounced such as TLK Voyager Prime and Megatron and Deluxe Cogman, Crosshairs, Berserker (especially him since his body is reused for Crowbar) etc.

I consider The Last Knight Premium Series very much a precursor to the Studio Series, especially since we did get two releases right up front in the Studio Series that were remolds of TLK figures. It makes sense to me too that we should count the TLK releases as the representatives of that movie in the Studio Series, as that will push most of the more recent characters further down the line so we can catch up with better quality versions of older movie characters first, especially ones who have never had a really good screen accurate toy yet.

Thanks for the agreement @Carnivius_Prime and @Wolfman Jake!!

Speaking of TLK/SS deluxe Bumblebee, I did a thing.

itscramtastic wrote:Thanks for the agreement @Carnivius_Prime and @Wolfman Jake!!

Speaking of TLK/SS deluxe Bumblebee, I did a thing.

welcome. Me click!