Wave Breakdown of 2025 Transformers Studio Series Toys

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Overall he's a neat figure, maybe the best of the Bee movie Deluxe cast.

Emerje

That's high praise, since I think the Ironhide/Ratchet mold is really good

My Sunstreaker should arrive today, but he has to put in some effort to top the Brawn figure from that movie.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Overall he's a neat figure, maybe the best of the Bee movie Deluxe cast.

Emerje

That's high praise, since I think the Ironhide/Ratchet mold is really good

My Sunstreaker should arrive today, but he has to put in some effort to top the Brawn figure from that movie.

I feel like we all have different favorites from that wave, I really liked Wheeljack.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Overall he's a neat figure, maybe the best of the Bee movie Deluxe cast.

Emerje

That's high praise, since I think the Ironhide/Ratchet mold is really good

My Sunstreaker should arrive today, but he has to put in some effort to top the Brawn figure from that movie.

I feel like we all have different favorites from that wave, I really liked Wheeljack.

Emerje

Wheeljack irked me just slightly with the limited ankles and the wings being on his shoulder, but he was still solid.

The Ratchet/Ironhide mode feels slightly incomplete in alt mode in the back, with maybe slightly too small of arms compared to the torso, but otherwise I like it too

Wow, nothing on that list jumps out at me as something I need or am after. A Grimlock reissue seems justified with how quickly he sold out, and that I've recently come around on getting the Dinobots.

But Jazz? Jazz is still very much available not to mention his inclusion in the 5 pack. Perceptor also feels unwarranted since he's also available at most online stores.

I'll be interested to see how Leader Megatron turns out, and if it will be worth the price tag.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Wow, nothing on that list jumps out at me as something I need or am after. A Grimlock reissue seems justified with how quickly he sold out, and that I've recently come around on getting the Dinobots.

But Jazz? Jazz is still very much available not to mention his inclusion in the 5 pack. Perceptor also feels unwarranted since he's also available at most online stores.

I'll be interested to see how Leader Megatron turns out, and if it will be worth the price tag.

This is what happens when they have to plan their case packouts a year or more in advance and figures they expect to be big sellers end up being shelf warmers like Earthrise Arcee.

Emerje

This may be more a 3P topic, but the base figures are official so...

About the DNA Design upgrade kits.
Lately, I struggle with them. They need glue, sometimes, things don't fit well, and the overall upgrade is barely worth the trouble and especially, the super expensive price.

Here, I upgraded Leader ROTB Scourge. The armor pieces are nice, but the "rib cage" is annoying. The worst is the head. The neck part was barely holding on the balljoint. I tried to improved things until... I destroyed everything. So I ended up screwing and gluing the old head on the new neck and the new neck on the torso. So now, the head does not turn at all.

At least he look nice, especially without the giraffe neck.





For the truck mode, the new rib cage gets in the way a bit, but the rest is the same fiddly transformation. I don't like the fact that the canon can no longer store like it did before, but I do love the fact that the canon now can be stuck between the legs to be completely out of the way. As for the sword, it just drop there. No little minions interaction possible. It still look nice.





So, was that upgrade kit worth the price of the whole damn figure?
No.
Not at all.
If the upgrade kit would sell for 50% off the price, it would be worth it. But at full price, it's not worth the money.

I secured my Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. I talked a bit about Sideswipe in the gamer thread, but he surprised me with how good he is.

As for Sunstreaker, he is a really fun figure. I like how he feels, and I like how he transforms and how he looks in both modes. He is fun! I really enjoy him. They also did a good job with his headsculpt.

Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

They'd both have to be concept figures since there is no Sunstreaker in the games and Sideswipe in the movies is the silver guy, there is no red car guy designed for the Bumblebee movie that I'm aware of.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

They'd both have to be concept figures since there is no Sunstreaker in the games and Sideswipe in the movies is the silver guy, there is no red car guy designed for the Bumblebee movie that I'm aware of.

Emerje

And Mark Maher specifically made sure that these two particular figures were released together in the same wave, strongly implying that they're meant to go together as they are, even if they represent versions of the two from different continuities.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

They'd both have to be concept figures since there is no Sunstreaker in the games and Sideswipe in the movies is the silver guy, there is no red car guy designed for the Bumblebee movie that I'm aware of.

Emerje

And Mark Maher specifically made sure that these two particular figures were released together in the same wave, strongly implying that they're meant to go together as they are, even if they represent versions of the two from different continuities.

And they do kinda sorta work together as a pair here

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

They'd both have to be concept figures since there is no Sunstreaker in the games and Sideswipe in the movies is the silver guy, there is no red car guy designed for the Bumblebee movie that I'm aware of.

Emerje

And Mark Maher specifically made sure that these two particular figures were released together in the same wave, strongly implying that they're meant to go together as they are, even if they represent versions of the two from different continuities.

And they do kinda sorta work together as a pair here

They do look good together, just wish they were closer to the same size. Unfortunately they're working with two different scales here, all of the Bumblebee movie Deluxe Autobots are on the short side.

Emerje

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think Sideswipe will be retooled/repainted into Sunstreaker and Sunstreaker retooled/repainted into Sideswipe?

They'd both have to be concept figures since there is no Sunstreaker in the games and Sideswipe in the movies is the silver guy, there is no red car guy designed for the Bumblebee movie that I'm aware of.

Emerje

And Mark Maher specifically made sure that these two particular figures were released together in the same wave, strongly implying that they're meant to go together as they are, even if they represent versions of the two from different continuities.

And they do kinda sorta work together as a pair here

They do, but it's Hasbro, we all know they love to milk molds.

The second wave of Transformers Studio Series is being found in the US, The deluxes were found a little while ago at US Targets and Canadian Walmarts but the voyagers are fresher on the scene. The only new voyager mold of wave 2 is Shockwave (with a repacked WFC Starscream). He was found at US Targets (here's a specific sighting from Florida).

Below is a review if you are curious about the toy.

Amazon is also shipping out, mine arrives tomorrow.

Canada's GameStop PO is set for May 1st. So it's still a few weeks away. Hope it'll be shipped sooner!

As a Shockwave collector, I feel this figure is a wash at best. Good posability and proportions, but the cannon is too small and weird, his head looks like a football with ears, and his chest should have been lighter than the purple parts, not darker.

Mine just shipped from Pulse

Bummer, Gamestop delayed a few of the Studio Series releases scheduled for today. Shockwave shipped, but Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were pushed back to May 10 and Swoop all the way to July 1! Hopefully these are temporary delays and they end up coming sooner.

Emerje

A few notes from today's Transformers Fanstream:

TF:One Deluxe Optimus Prime was confirmed to be the first figure in the A Level category. They mentioned he should be easy to find and be on shelves for around 9 months. The figure is also specifically colored to perfectly match the movie color pallet.

They then went on to talk about the Wondercon reveals hitting stores now.

Nothing new to say about Swoop that we haven't already seen.

Apparently the size chart for the Bumblebee Movie lists Sunstreaker as a giant in bot mode and they chose to make him normal sized to match the other figures.

Nothing new to say about Sideswipe.

Our own Jon Bailey (AKA Epic Voice Guy) from the Twincast Podcast got a shoutout on the stream (you can hear him on the recent episode as of this time #347) for voicing Bumblebee Movie Shockwave in the movie!

Spacebridge "reveals" (just announced, not shown on the stream):

SS86 Core class Steeljaw
WFC Gamer Edition Deluxe Decepticon Trooper
Bumblebee Movie Voyager Skywarp,
SS86 Leader Springer (confirmed bulked up retool of the Siege Voyager)
SS86 Bumblebee (new mold)
Pulse Exclusive Comic Edition Leader Straxus

When they said SS86 Springer was a partial of the Siege figure upgraded to leader size, I was ready to throw something.

Most useless release of the line coming up.

And still, another leader slot that could have gone to a live action Dinobot.

For a team stressing how they will be releasing something for everyone this year for the anniversary, the only movie 1-5 thing right now is the MPM Brawl.

Also, everyone forgot about core Starscream apparently

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:When they said SS86 Springer was a partial of the Siege figure upgraded to leader size, I was ready to throw something.

You know, after seeing what they did with Blitzwing, I had an inkling that this would happen. So I just got a Siege Springer for my SS86 shelf and called it a day. Even if the new one is technically a new mold, I knew it wouldn't be all that different.

Most useless release of the line coming up. And still, another leader slot that could have gone to a live action Dinobot.

Agreed on both counts.

Where is G1 Ramjet?! I thought we would of had release info about him by now.

I need to see Leader Class Straxus! Also really hoping one of his accessories is a head in a jar, too.

Pretty lame that there's nothing Bay in the SS reveals, but even more so when you realize we're getting a single core class for the entire year. At least Mohawk rocks, and there's finally some stuff to look forward to in 2025!

Leader Straxus and Core Steeljaw are definite purchases. I've been waiting 32 years for a proper Straxus toy.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Pretty lame that there's nothing Bay in the SS reveals, but even more so when you realize we're getting a single core class for the entire year. At least Mohawk rocks, and there's finally some stuff to look forward to in 2025!

Makes it even sadder when you realize that they have said that "everyone will get something this year", and it seems like movies 1-5 plus Beast Machines are about to get the very short end of that stick. Just 1 core class each, unless we count MPM Brawl too

Swoop still looking great

Happily getting that comic Grimlock
And very excited for comic straxus, id love to get a good version of that guy

Steeljaw should hopefully be awesome too

Nothing in that list interests me besides Steeljaw and bee.

I do find it interesting that Bee states a new mold next to it, so what will it be? I feel the Netflix VW molds works just fine for G1 and can't imagine what possible improvements could be made. Not going to complain though if it totally rocks!

As for Steeljaw, it's nice to finally get a new one and hope it's as good if not better than the new Rumble/Frenzy. Only issue is it feel like a long ways off. Speaking if Frenzy, EE just emailed me to say my PO for it was pushed back to January 25!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:When they said SS86 Springer was a partial of the Siege figure upgraded to leader size, I was ready to throw something.

Most useless release of the line coming up.

And still, another leader slot that could have gone to a live action Dinobot.

What are you talking about? After Swoop the Dinobots are done, at least the ones that count!

Till-all-R1 wrote:Nothing in that list interests me besides Steeljaw and bee.

I do find it interesting that Bee states a new mold next to it, so what will it be? I feel the Netflix VW molds works just fine for G1 and can't imagine what possible improvements could be made. Not going to complain though if it totally rocks!

As for Steeljaw, it's nice to finally get a new one and hope it's as good if not better than the new Rumble/Frenzy. Only issue is it feel like a long ways off. Speaking if Frenzy, EE just emailed me to say my PO for it was pushed back to January 25!

Except that for accuracy's sake a proper 86 Bee needs to be more of a Chibi/SD design and not a proper Volkswagon that part forms.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:When they said SS86 Springer was a partial of the Siege figure upgraded to leader size, I was ready to throw something.

Most useless release of the line coming up.

And still, another leader slot that could have gone to a live action Dinobot.

What are you talking about? After Swoop the Dinobots are done, at least the ones that count!

Yes, poke the bear why don't you. We need the rest of the Bayverse Dinobots, starting with Slag and Strafe.

Surprised the Beewun seekers weren't given a ton of repaints at this point.

Quantum Surge wrote:Surprised the Beewun seekers weren't given a ton of repaints at this point.

Well, we got green Ramjet and Skywarp will finally bother showing himself at some point.

What I don't expect are Reactivate Starscream repaints.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:When they said SS86 Springer was a partial of the Siege figure upgraded to leader size, I was ready to throw something.

Most useless release of the line coming up.

And still, another leader slot that could have gone to a live action Dinobot.

What are you talking about? After Swoop the Dinobots are done, at least the ones that count!

Yes, poke the bear why don't you. We need the rest of the Bayverse Dinobots, starting with Slag and Strafe.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Nothing in that list interests me besides Steeljaw and bee.

I do find it interesting that Bee states a new mold next to it, so what will it be? I feel the Netflix VW molds works just fine for G1 and can't imagine what possible improvements could be made. Not going to complain though if it totally rocks!

As for Steeljaw, it's nice to finally get a new one and hope it's as good if not better than the new Rumble/Frenzy. Only issue is it feel like a long ways off. Speaking if Frenzy, EE just emailed me to say my PO for it was pushed back to January 25!

Except that for accuracy's sake a proper 86 Bee needs to be more of a Chibi/SD design and not a proper Volkswagon that part forms.

This would also likely get them around having VW and licensing involved and give them more freedom for repaints.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Nothing in that list interests me besides Steeljaw and bee.

I do find it interesting that Bee states a new mold next to it, so what will it be? I feel the Netflix VW molds works just fine for G1 and can't imagine what possible improvements could be made. Not going to complain though if it totally rocks!

As for Steeljaw, it's nice to finally get a new one and hope it's as good if not better than the new Rumble/Frenzy. Only issue is it feel like a long ways off. Speaking if Frenzy, EE just emailed me to say my PO for it was pushed back to January 25!

Except that for accuracy's sake a proper 86 Bee needs to be more of a Chibi/SD design and not a proper Volkswagon that part forms.

This would also likely get them around having VW and licensing involved and give them more freedom for repaints.

Agreed.
Even though NF BB is really the one figure I feel like I missed out on since I could never find him in-store or later for a reasonable price, I definitely haven’t forgot about it, and it makes this news of a brand-new mold in SS86 even sweeter.
I suppose this means Cliffjumper will follow at some point. Assuming the mold is on point, I’ll probably get it…. Because I assumed the SS86 Bee would just follow Blaster and be a slight repaint of the NF figure, I really though Buzzworthy’s Cliffjumper figure would be the definitive version.

But I didn’t see the livestream; is SS86 Bee a release for ‘25?

Sowndwave76 wrote:But I didn’t see the livestream; is SS86 Bee a release for ‘25?

No, they're a long ways from talking about next year. This is the A Level figure leaked last year.

Emerje

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

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I feel sorry for Bayformers collectors. They finally give you a consistently solid toy line. Studio Series is your baby. You made it a success. Only for them to push your fanbase aside for G1...

Well, while it’s not new there is something else for Bay fans in 2024!



I would suspect Jolt and Ratchet are the other 2 deluxes, but we’ll have to see!

Huh, didn't expect to see this at Walmart tonight, didn't realize Shockwave was already in stores. A little less surprised to see the latest Deluxe wave there since they've been at Target for a few weeks.



And no, Starscream isn't on clearance, he's in Earthspark Spin Changer Optimus Prime's spot

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Well, while it’s not new there is something else for Bay fans in 2024!

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I would suspect Jolt and Ratchet are the other 2 deluxes, but we’ll have to see!

You might be right, but would any of us be surprised if one of them was Bumblebee?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Huh, didn't expect to see this at Walmart tonight, didn't realize Shockwave was already in stores. A little less surprised to see the latest Deluxe wave there since they've been at Target for a few weeks.

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And no, Starscream isn't on clearance, he's in Earthspark Spin Changer Optimus Prime's spot

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Well, while it’s not new there is something else for Bay fans in 2024!

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I would suspect Jolt and Ratchet are the other 2 deluxes, but we’ll have to see!

You might be right, but would any of us be surprised if one of them was Bumblebee?

Emerje

You've never watched a mother argue with an employee that if a figure is under a clearance tag it has to be sold at that price.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Well, while it’s not new there is something else for Bay fans in 2024!

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I would suspect Jolt and Ratchet are the other 2 deluxes, but we’ll have to see!

I know this won't be, but I am going to hope Skids and Mudflap into existence for this pack!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:You've never watched a mother argue with an employee that if a figure is under a clearance tag it has to be sold at that price.

Are you kidding, I'VE done that! But this isn't Canada, it all comes down to what the tag says, though technically those tags don't say Optimus and Bumblebee, they still use the old code names. But I'm good, I got my Starscream from Target for $26.65.

Emerje

I got the new Shockwave, he's ok, mediocre. The bot mode thankfully is trimmed better than the movie model, but the lack of bicep swivels is a real killer to what you can do with him. He looks good, but is pretty basic, which isn't a problem normally, but is when it sacrifices articulation.

I do like the alt mode though, good and tight.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got the new Shockwave, he's ok, mediocre. The bot mode thankfully is trimmed better than the movie model, but the lack of bicep swivels is a real killer to what you can do with him. He looks good, but is pretty basic, which isn't a problem normally, but is when it sacrifices articulation.

As a Shockwave fan and collector, I could forgive all that if his cannon wasn't so awkward and puny.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got the new Shockwave, he's ok, mediocre. The bot mode thankfully is trimmed better than the movie model, but the lack of bicep swivels is a real killer to what you can do with him. He looks good, but is pretty basic, which isn't a problem normally, but is when it sacrifices articulation.

As a Shockwave fan and collector, I could forgive all that if his cannon wasn't so awkward and puny.

I will never understand why any Shockwave would have a needlenose cannon, all the way back to G1.

Prime and FOC are really the only ones that have done it right