New Video Review of Transformers Studio Series 67 Voyager Class Skipjack

So, a vehicle that transform into a banana.
Eh, why not?
Dare I say, why not?

-Kanrabat- wrote:So, a vehicle that transform into a banana.
Eh, why not?
Dare I say, why not?

Glad I'm not the only one who thought this.

Trying real hard not to talk myself into getting a Skipjack. I’m all for accuracy, but I’m already in a world of hurt with all the preorders I have lined up, especially Scorponok and Sky Lynx. I guess it’ll be one of those if I find in the wild then sure, otherwise I won’t go out of my way to get.

Mindmaster wrote:Trying real hard not to talk myself into getting a Skipjack. I’m all for accuracy, but I’m already in a world of hurt with all the preorders I have lined up, especially Scorponok and Sky Lynx. I guess it’ll be one of those if I find in the wild then sure, otherwise I won’t go out of my way to get.

If you plan to make the ROTF Devastator combiner, you better not miss out. Because one should never trust distribution and if you miss out on just a single part, then it's Ebay scalper time. Dunno about Scorpy, but if Skylinx is the same as Jetfire, he could be everywhere in abundance for a long time... unless stores order less Skylinx because they still have a pile of Jetfires to clear out.

I know it's the irresponsible thing to do, but I'd go full YOLO with my credit card.

I have a feeling Hasbro designers sat down with the plan of making an '86 movie series, and ended up with about half of the figures being screen accurate enough to be SS figures, and half being slightly less faithful. Ergo, they split their figures across the two lines.

Studio Series - Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Scourge, Cyclonus, Daniel, Dinobots, Gnaw, Soundwave

War for Cybertron - Springer, Ultra Magnus, Astrotrain, Dead Optimus, Arcee, Quintesson Judge, Allicon, Galvatron, Rodimus Prime

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Trying real hard not to talk myself into getting a Skipjack. I’m all for accuracy, but I’m already in a world of hurt with all the preorders I have lined up, especially Scorponok and Sky Lynx. I guess it’ll be one of those if I find in the wild then sure, otherwise I won’t go out of my way to get.

If you plan to make the ROTF Devastator combiner, you better not miss out. Because one should never trust distribution and if you miss out on just a single part, then it's Ebay scalper time. Dunno about Scorpy, but if Skylinx is the same as Jetfire, he could be everywhere in abundance for a long time... unless stores order less Skylinx because they still have a pile of Jetfires to clear out.

I know it's the irresponsible thing to do, but I'd go full YOLO with my credit card.

When Skipjack arrives I will have completed Devastator for $200 plus tax, which is considerably less than his retail price, I believe. What I'm still on the fence about is whether to keep him or to turn around and sell the completed set, unopened. I was a little on the fence about dropping $200 for him, but if he ends up going for $400 on ebay I'll really have to reevaluate his value to me.

I say, complete the set first, then sit on it for a while. Maybe for at least a year. Take the time to think about if you really want to sell the set, or open it for your collection.

If you wait to sell it, you're guaranteed to at least get back the money you have spent. High chance you'll make double.
HOWEVER, if you suddenly want ROTF Devastator after you have sold your set, you will regret it forever.

So, wait a year before selling. Don't make any hasty decisions.

Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

It was found in Hasbro listings.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I say, complete the set first, then sit on it for a while. Maybe for at least a year. Take the time to think about if you really want to sell the set, or open it for your collection.

If you wait to sell it, you're guaranteed to at least get back the money you have spent. High chance you'll make double.
HOWEVER, if you suddenly want ROTF Devastator after you have sold your set, you will regret it forever.

So, wait a year before selling. Don't make any hasty decisions.

This is kind of what I was planning, though if the desire to open them becomes unbearable before the year is up, I may have my answer right there.

I've passed Scavenger in the store multiple times now because I've had him preordered for a couple of months, but it's been difficult. I thought I would see him as the weakest offering in the lot, but the Unicycle of Death is surprisingly impressive in hand - by size if nothing else.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

It was found in Hasbro listings.

I think it will be a half a grand set. And a Pulse exclusive.

And I demand balls accessories!

I already have Rampage, but I do like the look of Skipjack, the yellow suits the design a lot more than the red in my opinion, and it gives me warm fuzzy nostalgia for the original Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Rampage. I probably won't buy Skipjack, but even so, it looks okay.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

It was found in Hasbro listings.

I think it will be a half a grand set. And a Pulse exclusive.

And I demand balls accessories!

Same here man!: For as much as purest G1 and anti-Bay the fans can be, the wrecking ball balls have really devolved a cult following I totally plan on making a set of them for my set once Overload shows up

Hey, just saw this on Amazon:

If anyone doesn’t have Mixmaster, I’d strongly recommend it!

After 2 months, I've finally finished painting SS Sentinel! Here's a couple pictures of t-

Wait, what's -

Wait, Sentinel, no NO NONO



Anyway, here's the DOTM big 3 together! I'm so glad I finally have these guys in scale with each other.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

I thought the price was already set. IIRC it was $270 US. And yes, the set should be truly screen accurate and come with *ahem* a set of its own...

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

I thought the price was already set. IIRC it was $270 US. And yes, the set should be truly screen accurate and come with *ahem* a set of its own...

...tracts of land.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

I thought the price was already set. IIRC it was $270 US. And yes, the set should be truly screen accurate and come with *ahem* a set of its own...

...tracts of land.

And miniature Twins and human figures, but if that can't happen, at least make Devastator accurate, as vulgar as some may think that to be. Blame Bay.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

I thought the price was already set. IIRC it was $270 US. And yes, the set should be truly screen accurate and come with *ahem* a set of its own...

...tracts of land.

And miniature Twins and human figures, but if that can't happen, at least make Devastator accurate, as vulgar as some may think that to be. Blame Bay.

Honestly if they’d make the boxset be the only way to get Skids and Mudflap, I’d be kinda annoyed. At that point I’d just get the old Revenge of the Fallen Legends and call it a day, I’d think those would be fairly in scale with today‘s Studio Series scaling.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, there's the supposed giftset of Devastator coming, which we don't know if it will just be the eight components packaged together unchanged or if they will have new decoes and/or new accessories.

May be a Select Premium set that is a Takara exclusive and will cost over 500 YOUESSS DALLARS.

I thought the price was already set. IIRC it was $270 US. And yes, the set should be truly screen accurate and come with *ahem* a set of its own...

Well, if the set bring at the very least the same things that we would get by hunting the figures individually, I think I'll finally dive in for a ROTF Devastator at that price. Even when factoring exchange rate and taxes. As for the shipping cost, for something this size it would be normal.

Speaking of ROTF Devy, remember this guy?



Oof.
Hard to believe that this old outdated version still sell for 200$+.

Old devys dirt cheap over here, can usuall pick it up for under £30 especially if carboot hunting. I still think Tontons review of SS devy was the most honest and funniest "I have all of them! and now to combine into...shit '

The fan modes/posing helps ss devy out a bit looks wise and I'm determined for mine to be full on truck head if I get them.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of ROTF Devy, remember this guy?



Oof.
Hard to believe that this old outdated version still sell for 200$+.

And yet, while nobody's done any comparison pics yet, I think the new one is still about the same size as that old one.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of ROTF Devy, remember this guy?



Oof.
Hard to believe that this old outdated version still sell for 200$+.

And yet, while nobody's done any comparison pics yet, I think the new one is still about the same size as that old one.

All i need is my frikkin Overload and I can. I still love that old toy, still stands proudly in my collection too

Sabrblade wrote:And yet, while nobody's done any comparison pics yet, I think the new one is still about the same size as that old one.

I'm looking forward the comparison shots. It will be totally unfair because it would be like comparing MP-44 to a similarly sized Optimus in the "cheapo shampoo bottle" category!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of ROTF Devy, remember this guy?



Oof.
Hard to believe that this old outdated version still sell for 200$+.

And yet, while nobody's done any comparison pics yet, I think the new one is still about the same size as that old one.

All i need is my frikkin Overload and I can. I still love that old toy, still stands proudly in my collection too

Prime vs prime and many other people have shown pictures comparing the two figures together. Somewhere in this thread there are some more.

Frankly, I still kinda half-think that SS Devy should have been done in the same manner as that guy (except with the actual full team), because SS Long Haul and Rampage really suffered.

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to SS Leadfoot!
https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/?hl=en
(top post there, it's not letting me click on the actual post itself)

I think it looks super good (maybe the best looking SS Wrecker so far), and he comes with Steeljaw! Can't wait to pick it up.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:and he comes with Steeljaw!

TIL that Steeljaw is an actual character and not just the name for Lockdown's weird technorganic dogs.

Leadfoot comes with Steeljaw?

The absolute mad lads have done it!




Look at this good engine-doggo



(One or both of these images would probably be good to include in the article for those who don't know why Steeljaw is included, the doggo was meant to be in DOTM at some point and transformed into Leadfoot's car-mode engine I believe)

Deadput wrote:

Look at this good engine-doggo



(One or both of these images would probably be good to include in the article for those who don't know why Steeljaw is included)

I don't think I ever realized some of the concept art for Steeljaw gave him sunglasses like the other Wreckers.

I love it!

Embedding the pics:

Thanks to several eagle-eyed Seibertronians, we have news from the official Transformers Facebook page that Leadfoot, the final Wrecker from the Dark of The Moon movie will be coming to the Studio Series line! He's listed as Studio Series 68, and will be a Target exclusive- as he's got a Target sponsor logo on his movie self, in order to be screen accurate, he'd have to be. Feast your eyes on three final SS Wrecker below!









As you probably noticed in one picture, he also comes with Steeljaw (not to be confused with the AOE Steeljaws).) Steeljaw was a concept 'bot for the movie, who would have transformed from Leadfoot's engine into a robotic dog, with the preliminary name of Warpath (Leadfoot had the preliminary name of Flash). Both can be seen in concept art below by Josh Nizzi.





Steeljaw did make it to plastic form and was included with the Human Alliance Leadfoot figure, though.



And one of the best parts of this reveal is that Leadfoot will be available for preorder beginning tomorrow, July 21st, at 9am EST, on Target's website, according to the Facebook post, which can be seen by clicking on any of the SS images above.

Are you excited for this reveal, now that you'll finally have all your SS Wreckers in armored up form, and the same size class? Let us know what you think below!

Leadfoot's looking really good. May pick up the other Wreckers, but I'm definitely going to snag him if I can. I don't know why, but I just really like his design Plus, I like the extra guns and Steeljaw

While the gut could use a little more definition and not look like it's unaltered, I'm excited for this release, especially now that I can have A Deluxe Leadfoot without splashing far too much on the 2011 version.

Looks pretty cool.
Target exclusives normally don't get released in my country.

The weapon selection on this figure is pretty impressive, too: there’s 3 guns and 2 missile pods, all of which are removable. Reminds me of the old DOTM Topspin!

I’m not surprised because Target on his beer gut, but ugh. So tired of exclusives. Just hope he won’t be a pain in the rear like the Decepticon Clones have been for me.

Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

I mean Leadfoot kinda has to be a Target exclusive. Previous non-Target versions all dropped the branding.

Leadfoot! Steeljaw! Yes! Leadfoot looks pretty good, though he could use some paint on his thighs. But the amount of weapons and Steeljaw make up for it, IMO. Being a Target exclusive isn't the best, but at least he gets his Target logo. I'm just glad he's not a Red Card exclusive. Super excited for this guy.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

As a Canadian I'm still salty about Redwing.

Emerje wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Considering he's a DOTM character and not a G1 character who didn't get a new toy until Titans Return, and Studio Series's distribution seems less jacked..
I think he'll be a lot easier to get.

Will you still think that if he's a Red Card exclusive?

Emerje

So the specifics of his exclusively wasn't mentioned, and could still be a Red Card exclusive?

Everything above his legs looks great, but his legs just being open red chunks of car with no detail doesn't really sit right with me. It is cool that he comes with Steeljaw, but I think I'm gonna pass, especially since I only felt meh about the other two Wreckers, and if I get one I'll have to get them all.

Plus if he's a Red Card exclusive I either need to be able to ignore it or want it enough to be mad again.

Deadput wrote:As a Canadian I'm still salty about Redwing.

I'm not even a Canadian, just a boring American, and I'M still salty about Redwing, Target's had multiple notable cybersecurity breaches in the past that I researched for a project a few years ago and it makes the thought of taking out a credit or debit card directly through them a laughable thought for me. The fact that the best-looking* Tetrajet is/was locked behind that potential/likely mess is maddening.

*I may be biased because I grew up on the Unicron Trilogy, and Redwing is Armada Screamer colors on a G1 Seeker and I love it.

Another Target exclusive? (Although, considering the logo he has on him, this one I get). Still, he's going to be fun to hunt down for anybody outside the U.S. I still hope we see the seekers and decepticon clone sets in Canada.

Is Leadfoot trying to dab in that photo?

Seriously though, this looks great, I wasn't expecting the inclusion of Steeljaw. I'll need to decide whether my Studio Series Autobot shelf really has a plave for the Wreckers, I wasn't really planning on getting them, but they're high up on my maybe pile.

Easy and much needed pass for me to catch up on some of the figures. I've never liked the bots with belly tumour designs even if it means missing out on characters.

Aaaaaaaand already sold out, wasn’t even up for two minutes. Literally had it in my cart, went to go get a GI Joe Beachhead, came back and it was gone. Looks like we got another Gigawatt problem.