Video Review for Transformers Studio Series Ironhide

Holy cow, he dwarfs SS Prime in vehicle mode, lol.

He looks good, and im glad they compared him to DotM Ironhide at least so I can gauge the size (smaller, which means WAY smaller than the movie 1 voyager I already have and will probably scale terribly with RotF leaders and BB Bumblebee ). Probably would still look good with BB OP, at least.

Well, if you want an Ironhide that scales with the ROTF Leaders, the movie 1 voyager Ironhide is your best bet by robot mode scale (at least, judging by that chart). Going by vehicle mode scale... the DOTM Leader is 1/29 scale while the Movie 1 Voyager is 1/36 scale, and ROTF Optimus is 1/31 scale. So the DOTM Leader is closer in vehicle-mode scale, but seems to be too huge in robot mode.

Studio Series Ironhide is meant to scale with the other Studio Series toys in robot mode, so it's only natural he'd be dwarfed by the ROTF Leaders.

For those feeling like SS Optimus is a smidge too small, there are a couple options. Battle Blades Optimus - he's fiddly and complex to transform, but being barely a head taller than SS Optimus he would still size decently with the others in the line. DOTM Mechtech Voyager Optimus is the other. He's between SS Optimus and BB Optimus in size, and would seem to be less fiddly (don't own him myself. I don't own BB Optimus either but I do own his big cousin, so I have a pretty good idea what he's like), though he does have somewhat stylized robot mode proportions, the DOTM chest, and those giant tanks.

Yeah, I pretty much knew this would be the case (they're ALL smaller, of course this one is too), was just having a silly hope I would have a better reason to pick this up.

Like you said, the DotM leader is just too tall in robot mode, and while I like my movie 1 voyager I was hoping this would be so definitive that I would just HAVE to pick it up. This looks good, but if it doesn't scale with RotF leader Prime, I just don't need it, unfortunately.

Still have hope for the line (picked up several already since they were massive improvements over other toys or new characters), just a minor letdown for me.

Spider5800 wrote:Probably would still look good with BB OP, at least.

That's my feeling too. BB Optimus Prime (Movie Advanced "Revenge" version) is my Prime for my new Studio Series collection. The actual Studio Series Optimus Prime is just too small and has too many flaws for me in terms of sculpt, detailing, and even color choices.

That SS Ironhide is a MUST BUY. It will definitely replace my '07 one in my Movie display. I got rid of all my deluxe Ratchets too so I'll have to get the SS Ratchet to go with it I guess.

My only gripe is that ridiculous bumper. It definitely need hinges to cut off the "smile". I'll either mod it myself or some Shapeway dude will do it.

Speaking of improvements, I so want Studio Series ROTF Megatron for that reason. I understand why they went for his ROTF body first. His Movie 1 toys... The Leader was kibbly but passable, same for the Voyager aside from the stupid ice bits. But ROTF... The Voyager was off in a number of ways, and then the Leader-class... Dear gods that arm. I still want him for scale purposes with ROTF Optimus, but holy crap that right arm is a mess.

I think he looks better than the 2007 and DOTM voyagers. The leader looked good, but his legs were a bit too lanky. This looks near perfect, but I don't think any Ironhide could beat the HFTD 2010 Deluxe. His truck mode captures better proportions compared to the 2007 voyager and his robot mode is STUNNING. Sorry Studio Series that an almost 10 year old toy beat you. I think Ratchet, Bumblebee and Jazz are good for this scale, but Optimus and Ironhide don't compare to their 2010 voyagers and Deluxes.

Looks like the one I have. I wish I had those guns for him though. But paying 20 bucks just for a gun is a little much.

WreckerJack wrote:Looks like the one I have. I wish I had those guns for him though. But paying 20 bucks just for a gun is a little much.

Well, I don't know much of anything about you.
But that statement confirmed that you sure as heck aren't someone who sells G1 accessories on eBay

That jab aside, I do think paying $20 for a gun is quite alright... if it's a really big one or a fancy/3P upgrade. Like one of the Cubex buster guns (normally sold as a set that costs $40, so..) for ROTF Leader Prime, or a discount on the replacement for ROTF Leader Megatron's aformentioned mess of a right arm.

I may be rambling to distract myself from things..

Has anyone done a step-by-step transformation photoshoot of Studio Series Megs yet? I looked through the whole of this thread and don't think I saw one here.

Got these two the other day. They're fantastic!
I'm returning them



Jazz is awesome in both modes. Posable, detailed, fun but not complicated to transform, and excites me for what they could achieve with an MPM.

Lockdown, almost gets the same praise. His design is of one of those kibble'less Movieformers, so his added bulk and kibble makes him feel a little inaccurate. However, he's miles ahead of the AOE mold, and has some incredible sculpted details in bot mode. He looks fantastic. Transformation is a bit of a pain though. Fitting his hood to his shoulders isn't easy.

So why am I returning both? Jazz, for the life of me, I cannot get one side of the car mode to panel together flush. It's incredibly frustrating and I want one that actually fits together. Lockdown does the same sort of thing (not quite as bad) but then, broke while I was working on these pics! The bullet thingies on his shoulders, one of them snapped off while transforming him. To be fair, after examining it I could quite simply glue it back into place without hurting anything on the figure, but since his car mode doesn't fit together I'm also going for a new one like with Jazz.

It's really unfortunate. These are both amazing figures, but I got two lemons. I am absolutely getting a new pair and hoping for better results. These two are the most impressive to date, and Jazz might be my favorite SS so far! Still recommended!

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote: I don't own BB Optimus either but I do own his big cousin, so I have a pretty good idea what he's like

He's even tougher than the leader simply because all that level of complexity is brought down to a voyager scale. Its freaken mental. Also, now that i finally own BB Prime I was surprised to find out that it is a completely different mold than the leader. Sure there are a few similarities but it was different enough to feel like a totally different toy, even moreso than the MPM we got last year.

Holy crap, Seibertron actually loaded all the images in Shajaki's post instead of half of them being left as the "Image" placeholder text.

Also, Shajaki... Considering that you broke Lockdown after removing him from the box, you might have a hard time returning him.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Holy crap, Seibertron actually loaded all the images in Shajaki's post instead of half of them being left as the "Image" placeholder text.

Also, Shajaki... Considering that you broke Lockdown after removing him from the box, you might have a hard time returning him.

Not in canada. customer satisfction is a big deal here. And how are they to know when lockdown broke, could have been broken like that from the get go. Plus worst case scenario, he can write to hasbro and they send him a new one and regardless of waht it is, Shajaki can bring that new toy to toysrus and get his money back for lockdown.

Ah, I see. Good to know. And yeah, writing to Hasbro is always an option.

Satisfaction from stores in the USA is a bit harder to get, probably due in part to people abusing the system (and in the process, the employees) so much..

It's kind of a shame to see quality control issues like this after the brand unification... Hopefully they'll diminish with time.

Something I forgot to comment on last night:
That gap in SS Megatron's torso (which I learned about reading through the thread).. Personally, it doesn't bug me. It's decently camouflaged, and I'd rather have a hollow, gappy torso that helps the figure's transformation than a solid one that hinders it (like the ROTF Leader and his obligatory electronics).
Also, someone totally needs to take pictures of Studio Series Megatron with Cybertron Leader-class Megatron (or Galvatron) including side-on shots with their arms lifted. Because, well, guess which other Megatron had a big torso gap (And I don't care, he is awesome).

This guy's serving as my SS Prime unless/until we get a DOTM remold of SS Prime. It's kind of a pain though, you can hardly move the legs on it without untabbing his waist. At least standing still he looks pretty cool!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:This guy's serving as my SS Prime unless/until we get a DOTM remold of SS Prime. It's kind of a pain though, you can hardly move the legs on it without untabbing his waist. At least standing still he looks pretty cool!

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Woah, nice job on bee so far, what color paint did you use for the custom bits? Be specific, please

Ig89ninja wrote:Woah, nice job on bee so far, what color paint did you use for the custom bits? Be specific, please

Thanks! I used Testor's enamels, the yellow is their flat yellow (which I've realized is a little darker than the yellow already on the figure - I'd recommend mixing some lighter yellow in with it for optimal results). The silver on the grill and feet is their silver metallic enamel, and the gray for the body is like a 50/50 mix of that silver and flat gunmetal. The dark gray/black sections on his head were supposed to be flat gunmetal but I think I may have used my flat black instead (oh well, still looks pretty good), and I used a silver paint pen on the helmet pieces that stick up. Oh, and the inside of the cannon barrel is painted with Testor's gloss tangerine.

And these Testor's enamels actually dried on TF plastic instead of staying perpetually tacky? What sorcery did you use to pull that off?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:And these Testor's enamels actually dried on TF plastic instead of staying perpetually tacky? What sorcery did you use to pull that off?

Yep, they seem to work pretty well! To be honest, I know absolutely nothing about painting transformers, I just used the paint I've used on models in the past. Do acrylics usually work better?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:And these Testor's enamels actually dried on TF plastic instead of staying perpetually tacky? What sorcery did you use to pull that off?

Yep, they seem to work pretty well! To be honest, I know absolutely nothing about painting transformers, I just used the paint I've used on models in the past. Do acrylics usually work better?

In my experience, yes. My attempts at painting TFs with Testor's enamels, the paint never fully dried like it did on models, it stayed tacky forever and got filthier and filthier over time, and was prone to rubbing off on my hands. The metallic paints were especially bad about this.
Never had that problem with acrylics. You've got to be careful what brand you pick, though: Avoid Americana, it tends to be a little on the chunky side and not come out smooth. I've generally had good results with Apple Barrel, CraftSmart, and DecoArt. Tamiya (which is pricier) is the brand you always here "pro"'s and magazines bleating about, and it is decent quality... at first. But it's vulnerable to turning to gum in the jar, especially the red (also had that happen to me with the Testor's Enamel red). Apple Barrel, DecoArt, and CraftSmart have never done that to me. Despite being cheap brands.


More comments on SS Megatron: As I was saying, the main purpose of the gappy torso would seem to be to enable transformation into an accurate tank mode. On the CGI model, Megatron's arm performs a somewhat complex transformation to become the main gun (the claw folding back and flattening out, his hidden right-hand fingers or at least what look like them forming a muzzle extension - possibly a focusing array - for his fusion cannon, etc). That'd be fancy hat trick to pull off in toy form, especially at Voyager size, and even if they did manage it at that size... from what I've seen it would probably just end up being bashed as overly fiddly . So instead a main gun that doesn't actually transform from anything is stored in his torso in robot mode, and his arms have to tuck away into the torso in tank mode. The torso is hollow to make room for that, and has exposed gaps because it doesn't look like there wouldn't be anywhere to hide the cover panels in tank mode without them partsforming

Moving on from his torso, I'm not sure if I've seen him configured into the "flying tank" mode. Can the Studio Series toy actually assume that mode?

The hands on the Blackout really bother me. They are turned sideways, with the thumb down permanently. So he is doing crab claw motion only.

The tail doesn't tab together quite properly when chopper mode, but I really buy them for their bot mode, not the alt mode, so I can stomach it.

I hope someone comes out with a fix for the hands.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Moving on from his torso, I'm not sure if I've seen him configured into the "flying tank" mode. Can the Studio Series toy actually assume that mode?

Thank you for asking, as I’ve been wondering the same. I have a strong feeling he can’t.

Perhaps the suggested 3P side-filler fix will double as a flightmode kit?

hushed wrote:The hands on the Blackout really bother me. They are turned sideways, with the thumb down permanently. So he is doing crab claw motion only.

The tail doesn't tab together quite properly when chopper mode, but I really buy them for their bot mode, not the alt mode, so I can stomach it.

I hope someone comes out with a fix for the hands.

Personally I'm okay with the orientation of the hands, since that's the way his hand seems to be turned when he first grabs the big mainframe/server tower (and since that's the best look we get at his hands, well..). I can understand your frustration though.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

hushed wrote:The hands on the Blackout really bother me. They are turned sideways, with the thumb down permanently. So he is doing crab claw motion only.

The tail doesn't tab together quite properly when chopper mode, but I really buy them for their bot mode, not the alt mode, so I can stomach it.

I hope someone comes out with a fix for the hands.

Personally I'm okay with the orientation of the hands, since that's the way his hand seems to be turned when he first grabs the big mainframe/server tower (and since that's the best look we get at his hands, well..). I can understand your frustration though.

Someone have shown a mod with pictures many pages ago.

Welp. If Studio Series Megs doesn't have the tank mode wings, then that's quite a problem. I just went on an ROTF screencapping binge to get customization refs, including for Megatron since I have the ROTF Leader figure inbound.
And in the film, his tank mode has the wings even when driving around on the ground. Sigh...

Amazon.ca has new preorders up for the Transformers Studio Series line. These are all toys that have yet to hit Canadian retail but some are toys that have also yet to hit US retail and some even global retail,such as the upcoming new Bumblebee deluxe that is rumoured to be in the Volkswagon body seen in the Bumblebee movie. All these preorder listings give us some dates which give us an idea of when these toys will be made (more) available at retail. As will be seen, some of these toys have already been released in the US so these dates are more of an aproximation.

Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

New Deluxe Bumblebee has release date of September 24, 2018

Please remember that the Bumblebee movie's deluxe and voyager toys (if any) are part of the Studio Series line and not part of its own movie line so this means that we would probably be getting the delayed Bumblebee movie toys starting end September. That is of course if this Bumblebee toy is for the new film or if it is simply Bee in another body he has had throughout the live action movie franchise.

william-james88 wrote:Voyager Ironhide has a release date of September 1, 2018

Voyager Brawl and Megatron have a release date of July 1st, 2018

Incidentally these are the same dates from the "big leak" which also had the 4/20 wave one street date correct so Bee's date is probably accurate as well.

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I got hold of a Voyager Optimus today, and he isn't a bad figure at all. The first thing that really stuck out to me was that the transformation, especially the arms and chest windows, is quite similar to the Transformers Prime First Edition Optimus, so I got some warm and fuzzy nostalgia for that toy while I was transforming him. The only tiny nitpick I have are the vehicle's smoke stacks are too short, they should be about half an inch longer.

The shortened stacks are due to a combination of safety regs and the simplified engineering.
You could drill them open and cut a notch for a slide lever, and get some stiff rubber tubing or w/e that fits inside, stick it in, glue a piece of scrap styrene on as the lever, and cut it to length.

Some new English reviews of SS Ironhide are creeping up. Have Emgo's:

Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Unbelievable that the system is 2 waves ahead of me for both SS and PotP. Damn

Same thing for us...

There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

I need SS Ironhide in my life now. The head sculpt and cannons are perfect, and the proportions are spot-on, it just looks SO good. The bumper's a little out of place, but I think if it's painted to be a much darker gray it should look better. He's out of scale in vehicle mode, but that's what HFTD Ironhide is for!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.

TulioDude wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:There is an offcial confirmation that all of the Bumblebee's movie toys will be in the Studio series?
I'dont want depend solely on it for them all.

All the generations Bumblebee movie toys will be under the Studio Series banner yes

And there's only four Transformers in the Bumblebee movie: Bee himself and three Decepticons, who are a jet and two cars.

There are 5, Optimus Prime is also confirmed to show up in some capacity.

I'm pretty sure Bee himself will have at least 2 toys. Let's hope for radically different molds.

Yeah,even if there are fewer characters,I dont think there will be only one option for each.

I doubt that. They are part of a line filled with other characters not related to the film because there are so few toys from the film. Hasbro does the same thing with the marvel films for Marvel ELgends. There is only 1 toy of Ant Man or the Wasp in the marvel legends line available at wide retail.

There might be more than 1 bumblebee, bu I dont expect multiples of other characters.

Finally got around to taking those photos. First, the group shots:


"Sandstorm", as I have named the desert colors Brawl, is in the process of being repaired with parts from a regular Deluxe Brawl that I made a bad attempt at repainting then scrapped for parts.
Dirge is under restoration following half-assed and ill-conceived customizing attempt

And now the solo(ish) shots:

Damn, these videos are awesome.

Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet

Hellscream9999 wrote:Got Brawl, he's awesome, love him a ton, he's just so, well realized, it's great.

Got megs too, the hollow torso bugs me as much as I figured it would. Shame too, as the panels on his feet coulda been stuck to ball joints on his back and used to hide the torso gap since they are unnecessary to support his weight on his feet

There's a few problems with that idea:
1. The panels are formed from parts of his tread cowlings, so they wouldn't have been able to go in their proper place in vehicle mode if mounted to his back (especially if it was just with ball joints)
2. The panels wouldn't really make good covers for the torso gaps because they don't match the "alien ribcage" look of his torso
3. Those panels, while not necessary to support his weight, are approximations of panels present on his feet there in the actual movie design (you can get a good look at that on Josh Nizzi's website).

I've been on-off obsessively researching Megatron's ROTF design for a while now, in preparation for customizing the ROTF Leader-class toy whenever I finally got my hands on it.

Finally finished cleaning my apartment and moving bots around. I could not get satisfied with the layout, and finally am.

In the process, this is how my movie display, including Bee and Ratchet, ended up. Several movie guys are elsewhere in alt mode (including final battle Jazz, see below), but with the exception of Jazz (when I get his SS figure he'll go here) every movie character minus the Dinobots and Knights (a shelf all to themselves) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.

Ratchet still feels a bit too small there, and Bee also a bit small, but overall not bad.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:) and the Arcees (those toys looked crud, so no) is represented. And I think it works.

I still love the 2007 Arcee figure. One of my fave TFs ever. But she's now waaaay too big for my movie shelf scale, at least in bike mode since Jazz and Bee can probably ride her (not in rude way)

Yeah, Arcee is way out of scale except maybe with one of the stupid oversize Bumblebee toys (Why does Hasbro keep making that mistake, of making large toys of the little yellow kid-appeal character.. It didn't go well for them the first time they did it, with Supreme-class BM Cheetor, and it hasn't really gone well for them the subsequent times.. *ahem*). Now, if she was a car she'd be fine, but nooo. Speaking of Arcee, maybe the Studio Series will do us a favor and give us accurate semi-in-scale toys of her ROTF bodies. Maybe even bringing back the combination feature we were denied, though that's a stretch.

Another longshot hope of mine for the Studio Series: Dark of the Moon Devcon. AKA "Clovercon". He was a cool design that deserved a toy but the DotM toyline was rather hit and miss. Toyline-only Decepticons that didn't match anyone in the movie (though I'd still like to have them), spotty tail-end distribution, getting one of the aforementioned oversize Bumblebees instead of a Leader-class Megatron...
Someone actually did a transformable custom of DOTM Devcon, so he's doable.

Think is the studio series won't do a combining arcee team as they never combined in the film. If they did an arcee first this line it would have to be legends or smaller.

The latest voyager figures from the Transformers Studio Series line, Brawl and Megatron, are now being found across Canada at their (now fully Canadian) Toysrus stores. While they are $39.99 CAD, they can be obtained for far less. There is currently a buy one get one half off offer as well as Hasbro Coupons where you can save 20$ off 50$ or buy 2 and get the third product free. These two offers stack, meaning that you can buy three voyagers and have them come out to $20 a piece (or $15 USD), which ends up being half that original price.

Speaking of voyagers at Toysrus, the Power of the Primes voyagers have had a price hike where they are now also $39.99. This has been reported throughout the country and is now the norm.

The Studio Series wave 2 deluxes Jazz and Lockdown have also been found at Toysrus.

Brawl and Megatron can be seen around the middle left area of this iamge below which also shows a massive restock of Power of the Primes Wave 2 voyagers. This particular photo was taken in the Montreal area.

Elita and Hun-Grr? What mythioal shops are these?