Transformers Studio Series 44 Leader Class Jetwing Optimus Prime Video Review

The shield is a bummer, but that's really the only negative for me. I'm SO excited for this figure, I went out and bought the paint I'll need for it the other day. The extra weapons are ready to go, I have smokestacks, and the parts from SS-05 are painted up and ready to swap. I just have to decide whether I'll leave the dark gray on Prime as is or if I'll paint it silver.

I just hope it arrives a little sooner than Pulse's estimate, otherwise I won't see it till Christmas.

Stargrave wrote:I believe the fine print in the instructions mentions something about a refrigerator and a full orchestra, but don't quote me on those last two.

Now I want the scene where the trailer transforms at the start of DOTM but instead of weapons all the Autobots fly out, instruments in hand.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:The shield is a bummer, but that's really the only negative for me. I'm SO excited for this figure, I went out and bought the paint I'll need for it the other day. The extra weapons are ready to go, I have smokestacks, and the parts from SS-05 are painted up and ready to swap. I just have to decide whether I'll leave the dark gray on Prime as is or if I'll paint it silver.

I just hope it arrives a little sooner than Pulse's estimate, otherwise I won't see it till Christmas.

Stargrave wrote:I believe the fine print in the instructions mentions something about a refrigerator and a full orchestra, but don't quote me on those last two.

Now I want the scene where the trailer transforms at the start of DOTM but instead of weapons all the Autobots fly out, instruments in hand.

Yes!
Gotta have dramatic music for that fight scene.
Dude can’t wait to see your customs I hope you get him ASAP. Don’t forget to post in the customs thread.

I’m so glad they painted the abs section. I think they should have went with a lighter shade for the trailer if they weren’t gonna paint it. It’s such a contrast compared to Prime himself with the rims being a dark shade. I little blue paint for the running lights would have enhance the trailer considerably.

Cool review. Yay for pins in that backpack. One of mine came kept coming off quite easily til I tightened the joint with some nail polish but pins are better.
My order update says "We estimate that delivery will be made on 03-08-2019, between 09:42 and 12:42" so that's nice.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Cool review. Yay for pins in that backpack. One of mine came kept coming off quite easily til I tightened the joint with some nail polish but pins are better.
My order update says "We estimate that delivery will be made on 03-08-2019, between 09:42 and 12:42" so that's nice.

I’ve always wondered about using materials to tighten pins I’m worried about melting the plastic how do you do that Carnivius?

My fave interaction on the internet today.






Love all the stuff on the newspaper too. A SS wishlist. Unicrons horn thing from TLK. Bumblebee doing double peace signs...

Stargrave wrote:I’ve always wondered about using materials to tighten pins I’m worried about melting the plastic how do you do that Carnivius?

Dunno about tightening the pins themselves (the SS32 doesn't have pins where the DotM has added them) but yeah applying a very thin layer of clear nail polish or (if you're VERY careful) superglue in where a joint moves adds a nice extra bit of friction to stop joint being loose. Works great on balljoints too. Also some kinds of joints like that SS32 Prime bit (or on SS01 Bumblebee's roof joint before they put the pin in the later Clunker release) can be heated up easily with a hairdryer to soften the plastic then squeeze those parts tighter around the joint so where they cool and harden again they're a tighter fit than before. If that makes sense. I'm terrible at trying to explain things in words. :/

Carnivius_Prime wrote:My fave interaction on the internet today.

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Love all the stuff on the newspaper too. A SS wishlist. Unicrons horn thing from TLK. Bumblebee doing double peace signs...

Stargrave wrote:I’ve always wondered about using materials to tighten pins I’m worried about melting the plastic how do you do that Carnivius?

Dunno about tightening the pins themselves (the SS32 doesn't have pins where the DotM has added them) but yeah applying a very thin layer of clear nail polish or (if you're VERY careful) superglue in where a joint moves adds a nice extra bit of friction to stop joint being loose. Works great on balljoints too. Also some kinds of joints like that SS32 Prime bit (or on SS01 Bumblebee's roof joint before they put the pin in the later Clunker release) can be heated up easily with a hairdryer to soften the plastic then squeeze those parts tighter around the joint so where they cool and harden again they're a tighter fit than before. If that makes sense. I'm terrible at trying to explain things in words. :/

Thank you! That’s a great idea with the hair dryer!

You explained it perfectly actually

That throne is killin’ me right now I can’t believe they made a newspaper

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That throne and paper combo are the best thing I've seen on twitter in a while

Got Longhaul from Amazon two days ago. Hightower is supposed to arrive mid-August, so I think I'm on track.

ZeroWolf wrote:That throne and paper combo are the best thing I've seen on twitter in a while

Yeah, i still smiling about it. I can't believe he went to that much detail on what was just a silly joke i did.



Ok my DotM Prime should be here in next few hours.

My pics aren't great but here you go.

"SS44 Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime. Fun figure. Improvements on Optimus himself are the yellow fade on the truck hood and some pins in the back pack where the fuel tank parts sometimes came off on some people's SS32. The new ab piece is nice too) . The trailer is cool and easy to transform into the jetwing pack and weapon ring. Figure could use more paint (once again missing robot mode flames) and it's odd the windows aren't transparent anymore but looks better in person than I expected. Trailer could use paint as it's mostly just grey plastic. I'll add the blue strips thar should be at top and bottom. The jetwings look great though are clearly hollow from the front view. The weapons are nice though the axe lacks the orange paint shown in some stock photos but the sword has it. In the last photo I added the removable smoke stack extensions I made which I think make the truck look better. "

That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

Aimless Misfire wrote: I can't believe anybody could actually like it.

i like it.



I now own all three of the mold. I need a better photo lighting setup. My pics suck.


My cusatom SS32 using the Ab piece from SS44.

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

You need to tell me what Dollar Store you shop at because it is absolutely awesome. I ain’t never seen anything like this as a cheap store knock off.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote: I can't believe anybody could actually like it.

i like it.



I now own all three of the mold. I need a better photo lighting setup. My pics suck.

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My cusatom SS32 using the Ab piece from SS44.

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Love the paint work dude your pics are great

Stargrave wrote:Love the paint work dude your pics are great

Thanks. I'm no pro but i like adding extra details on.

Stargrave wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

You need to tell me what Dollar Store you shop at because it is absolutely awesome. I ain’t never seen anything like this as a cheap store knock off.

Yeah i dunno if I'd called it 'absolutely awesome' (honestly I don't think that about any figure TF or otherwise cos I'm often so darn picky) but it's certainly way beyond a dollar store KO (and if not then yeah let's all buy those toys instead cos they sound amazing and save us some monies ). It has the typical limitations of a budget restricted mainline TF product like it really could use more paint and the booster parts of the jetwings are a bit hollow for my tastes (looking about for stuff to fill them in with a bit) but this set is a lot of fun to play with. I still prefer (the Jetpower Prime's design and toys (a voyager and a whole other transforming Leader figure) overall but Jetwing Prime is hugely entertaining to play about with too and definitely worth a look especially if having not yet got SS32.

Still working on a way to hold the shield properly. It's got a post, two tabs and a slot. There must be some way to hold it on his arm without it looking silly.

Anyone else getting 503 Kremzeek errors on this site today?

Great pics, Carnivius! I’m even more excited for mine now!

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

I mean, it’s missing paint, but I can fix that (and have a lot of fun fixing that, too). What I can’t fix is the mold and sculpting, which they did a great job on here. DOTM Optimus is my favorite version (and look) of Prime in any continuity, and they went out and made it with almost every accessory seen in the movie. For me, this is the figure I’ve waited 8 years for now, and it doesn’t look to disappoint.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Great pics, Carnivius! I’m even more excited for mine now!

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

I mean, it’s missing paint, but I can fix that (and have a lot of fun fixing that, too). What I can’t fix is the mold and sculpting, which they did a great job on here. DOTM Optimus is my favorite version (and look) of Prime in any continuity, and they went out and made it with almost every accessory seen in the movie. For me, this sis the figure I’ve waited 8 years for now, and it doesn’t look to disappoint.

Oh yeah you're gonna have fun painting it up and you already do the long smokestacks thing (thanks again for that idea. The truck looks so weird with it's small smokestacks especially when towing the trailer). I'm like that with a lot of action figures, especially Transformers, paaaarticually movie stuffs, is that if you're willing to put in a bit of extra work with paint and stuff to improve your figure you'll often be much more satisfied with it.

Dunno how you feel about the windows being solid plastic and painted silver. Silver's a weird colour for me there cos I like to paint the wing mirrors and windshield wipers silver but they won't stand out against silver windows so maybe black windows with some sort of attempted effect at reflections a bit like a real-world version of the cell shaded stickers Toyhax do for G1-type figures). Or if wanting to have proper transparency there might be a way to switch the ones from SS32.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Oh yeah you're gonna have fun painting it up and you already do the long smokestacks thing (thanks again for that idea.

No problem!

Dunno how you feel about the windows being solid plastic and painted silver.

So that’s one of the things I’m thinking about. It doesn’t really bug me that they’re not clear, I just have to decide what color they’ll be. I have the chrome marker that would help details like the window lining stand out against the silver, but I kinda want to have more contrast. Currently, painting the windows either gloss black or like a dark gray is what I’m thinking.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Dunno how you feel about the windows being solid plastic and painted silver.

So that’s one of the things I’m thinking about. It doesn’t really bug me that they’re not clear, I just have to decide what color they’ll be. I have the chrome marker that would help details like the window lining stand out against the silver, but I kinda want to have more contrast. Currently, painting the windows either gloss black or like a dark gray is what I’m thinking.

Yeah gloss black might be good. I have some of that myself so may do that.


Quick pic of SS32 again wearing the abs and standing in the weapons ring. For quick photos SS32 is my robot model here and SS44 is in truck mode for truck photos.


Don't like the way the shield has to be held in robot mode cos it's only got a post, not a handle. SO made a temporary handle out of a drinking straw piece folded down. It'll do for now.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Dunno how you feel about the windows being solid plastic and painted silver.

So that’s one of the things I’m thinking about. It doesn’t really bug me that they’re not clear, I just have to decide what color they’ll be. I have the chrome marker that would help details like the window lining stand out against the silver, but I kinda want to have more contrast. Currently, painting the windows either gloss black or like a dark gray is what I’m thinking.

Yeah gloss black might be good. I have some of that myself so may do that.


Quick pic of SS32 again wearing the abs and standing in the weapons ring. For quick photos SS32 is my robot model here and SS44 is in truck mode for truck photos.

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Don't like the way the shield has to be held in robot mode cos it's only got a post, not a handle. SO made a temporary handle out of a drinking straw piece folded down. It'll do for now.

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I love what you did with the straw that’s great! Never would have thought of that.

Nice pictures Carni! Looks like you're having a lot of fun with him! If I had space I'd go for the DotM version.

And yes, if cheap shop kos looked like this, then I'd think hasbro had some serious competition on their hands

Thanks. Yeah. I kinda wish there were 5mm ports on the front sides of the trailer up near the roof so I could plug the large grey guns on like Powermaster Optimus does. Would be neat. Still wondering if I can fill the hollow booster thingies of the jetwing pack too. Anyways dinner, catch up TV and an early night must be attempted cos i gotta get up at half 5am for a 12 or so mile walk. Hope your weekends been going great.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Thanks. Yeah. I kinda wish there were 5mm ports on the front sides of the trailer up near the roof so I could plug the large grey guns on like Powermaster Optimus does. Would be neat. Still wondering if I can fill the hollow booster thingies of the jetwing pack too. Anyways dinner, catch up TV and an early night must be attempted cos i gotta get up at half 5am for a 12 or so mile walk. Hope your weekends been going great.

Thanks for the pics Carnivius have a great weekend man!

Can the Bumblebee version of Optimus pull the DOTM trailer?

TulioDude wrote:Can the Bumblebee version of Optimus pull the DOTM trailer?

There might be some way to attach it, but according to PrimevsPrime’s review, the port on BB Prime is too small for the trailer.

don't know if this goes here but there reveals of wave 1 of ss in 2020, consisting of camaro bee from roft, arcee twins/triplets soundwave , with lazerbeak and ww2 hot rod

Yeah, 2020 Wave 1 Deluxes are 2007 Bumblebee w/ battle mask (who looks freaking SPECTACULAR may i say), Arcee triplets (all of whom have different molds and look great), DOTM Soundwave (also cool looking, comes with lazerbeak) and WWII Hot Rod, who is a remold of WWII Bee. Vehicle mode is almost identical, but Robot mode has a new chest piece that helps distinguish him.

Where have these reveals been made?

ZeroWolf wrote:Where have these reveals been made?

unboxing toy convention

skycutter wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Where have these reveals been made?

unboxing toy convention

Thank you news story incoming

We have pics of Bumblebee:

So that's awesome, It's actually an entirely new mold that borrows a similar engineering to the previous SS/TLK mold, but with a slightly different leg transformation. The chest is insanely accurate (even more than the MPM, actually), the battle mask is cool, and the plasma cannon is a new piece that actually seems to plug in on top of the existing arm instead of replacing it like SS/TLK

You guys have no idea how excited I am!!!!

Image is from Diatron on Facebook

Official pics of the reveals - https://twitter.com/Hasbro/status/1157773145736187905

And a recording of the panel - https://www.facebook.com/magios.initiative/videos/447862022463373/

Greetings Seibertronians! Straight from the Unboxing Toy Convention in Mexico, we have our first look at the 2020 Wave 1 Deluxe Class releases! We were alerted to this news from fellow Seibertron users Skycutter and EvasionModeBumblebee.

The toys revealed are:

Transformers 2007 Bumblebee



Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Arcee Triplets



Transformers Dark of the Moon Soundwave with Lazerbeak



Transformers The Last Knight WW2 Hot Rod



Bumblebee is a complete new mold and comes with his battle mask and arm blaster. The Arcee Triplets come as a three pack, sold as a single Deluxe price point so will be smaller but vehicles should scale. Soundwave is another new mold, along with his minion Lazerbeak. Hot Rod appears to be a retool of the previous release of WW2 Bumblebee, also featured in the flashback scene of The Last Knight.

What do you think of these reveals? Which one are you aiming to get? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

WW2 Hot Rod, Soundwave, and the Arcee Sisters are VERY tempting.

I'm not much for Studio Series usually, but man, 3 wants in one go is very sweet. Especially if they come on the shelves all at the same time.

I will see them on Toys R Us shelves... in 2021.

there are offical picture without the lighting, and offical look at the products in person

skycutter wrote:there are offical picture without the lighting, and offical look at the products in person

If you know where those pictures are, just post them.

never posted pic on here before but this should be the official product shot

Bumblebee is an immediate no, we don't need more Bees. The bike triplets are also a pass, the 3-for-1 is tempting but I don't like all three of their designs and have no attachments to them as characters. Soundwave looks great, I'll absolutely get it even though I prefer the design as a separate character (I'm going to call him Dischord). WW2 Hot Rod, at first my response was "Eh, cool I guess", but the more I look at him, the more I want him. He doesn't just have the new head and chest, it looks like he has new shoulders and some remolding to the car shell as well, plus his WW2 gun that looks close enough to his time gun to pretend. I think I'm going to get him and call him by his early development name of Sidekick, because that's hilarious.

Where is the 2019 Wave 4 though? Why have we STILL not seen it?

skycutter wrote:[img]arcee.png[/img] [img]bee2.png[/img] [img]soundwave2.png[/img] [img]hotrod3.jpg[/img] never posted pic on here before but this should be the official product shot

You need to post the full URL of the pictures between the brackets.

Sabrblade wrote:Official pics of the reveals - https://twitter.com/Hasbro/status/1157773145736187905

And a recording of the panel - https://www.facebook.com/magios.initiative/videos/447862022463373/

Right here.

Will have to wait and see if the bike triplets can combine (I like the idea of the tripple pack and price point and wish it had been applied to legends sized reflektors/voyager price in siege), ww2 notrod is a buy. Soundwaves likely and Bee is a pass.

Triplets & Soundwave are both definite buys for me. Hot Rod is a we'll see, and straight pass on Bee, and judging by everyone else's reactions, he'll shelfwarm like crazy.

Bumblebee will be bought on sight, I’ll definitely be getting Soundwave at some point, and probably the Arcees (I’m impressed with how much detail they have and that they’re all seperate molds). Pass on WWII Hot Rod, but the rest of the wave looks awesome so far.

So heads-up, these figures are all already up for pre-order on BBTS: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideSoldOut=true&PageSize=50&SortOrder=New&Series=13851

This also means we get to see the numbering for them though, and now I'm even more confused: Is there NO Wave 4 for this year? If the numbers are right, there's a whole 1 figure in-between the currently-releasing wave with Hightower and these new figures, which could easily be the Leader Megs repaint.

In unrelated news, I found Hightower on accident today, so another SS Con family photo is coming soon.

Still ugly as ever.

Hasbro Pulse now has them for preorder as well.

I may just be getting the whole wave. Hot Rod's gonna be his current stand in until a new figure is released, Bee is the Camaro I've been waiting for, and Soundwave will save me time and money trying to hunt down the HA figure. The only ones that are a maybe are the Triplets. If they combine, then yes, but if not then I'll pass. I guess this makes up for the lack of reveals at SDCC?