Everyone is a Winner with Ford and Studio Series Barricade

dang, totally did not notice that on mine, I may have already tossed the box. yes, I'm one of THOSE people.

Immortal Starscream wrote:dang, totally did not notice that on mine

I feel you are not the only one, hence why I wanted to news this.

william-james88 wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:dang, totally did not notice that on mine

I feel you are not the only one, hence why I wanted to news this.

Ironically, I saw it the moment I held it in store, but I didn't think it was news worthy or that a lot of folks didn't know about it.

Has anyone taken part though? I did, but I didn't get anything

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:dang, totally did not notice that on mine

I feel you are not the only one, hence why I wanted to news this.

Ironically, I saw it the moment I held it in store, but I didn't think it was news worthy or that a lot of folks didn't know about it.

Has anyone taken part though? I did, but I didn't get anything

You didnt get anything? Not even a screen backdrop? I thought everyone was a winner, that's what they say.

william-james88 wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:dang, totally did not notice that on mine

I feel you are not the only one, hence why I wanted to news this.

Ironically, I saw it the moment I held it in store, but I didn't think it was news worthy or that a lot of folks didn't know about it.

Has anyone taken part though? I did, but I didn't get anything

You didnt get anything? Not even a screen backdrop? I thought everyone was a winner, that's what they say.

I tried it just for fun. I didn't get anything, but that doesn't bother me at all. Woulda liked a wallpaper of the new Mustang though

william-james88 wrote:Barricade is ok but he doesnt close well. These much smaller toys remind me a lot of Deluxe Galvatron where they just try to squeeze so much into a smaller scale. I would have much preffered they did a unified scale but using the already existing scale of the previous leader class toys (like leader Sentinel) as a basis. Then there would be more room for what they are trying to do.

Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

william-james88 wrote:I much preffer this clunker Bee over the original. that pin makes a world of difference.

It really does. My personal rating on that mold jumped from a 6/10 to a 9/10 JUST based on that small change in assembly. It's still way too tricky to get the hood to fold down between the bumper parts when going to car mode, though.

We reported a while back that a listing for Transformers: Studio Series SS-31 Voyager Class Battle Damaged Revenge of the Fallen Megatron (Whew, what a mouthful!) had been found on the United States Target.com website. At the time, this special edition of the Revenge of the Fallen Megatron figure, featuring a resculpted head and scorch-mark paint applications, was not available to purchase or pre-order quite yet. That's changed now as Seibertron.com user bounti76 was able to order SS-31 Megatron from Target.com as of last night (Wednesday, March 27, 2019)! It's important to note that, as of the time of publishing this article, the Target.com listing for SS-31 Megatron again has his listed as "Temporarily Out of Stock" for online ordering, so you may need to keep checking back frequently. Luckily enough, if you want your Battle Damaged Megatron sooner rather than later, he is available in select Target stores now too! Check with Target.com to see if SS-31 Battle Damaged Megatron is available in one of your local stores! A lucky fan named Grimlock25 over on http://www.tfw2005.com found one about a week ago at a Target store in Largo, Florida, USA! Take a look at this photographic evidence provided by Grimlock25 below, along with some nice stock photography of this highly anticipated figure for the Studio Series line!









Will you be picking up Battle Damaged Megatron any time soon? Had you passed on the first release in favor of a redeco down the line? Are you impressed enough to double-dip on this figure if you picked up the regular SS-13 Voyager Class Megatron earlier? Tell us what you think in the comments below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

I think the clear plastic ball joint cracked on mine. There is a straight line going right through it, and I don't know if it is a crack or an intended thing. It is really a tight fit and really hard to get everything lined up

I actually just saw the SS-31 in a Target near me. It looks nice, but I don't think it's a big enough difference for me to buy it

While that looks nice, what I want is an S550 Mustang Transformer. Please make it race red, GT performance pack.
Thanks Hasbro.

And now, SS32 has joined my growing Legion of Primes. This guy was mainly a curiosity, I wanted to see how he differed from SS05. Yeah, he's pretty good. I like him a lot and I'm happy I got him, he differs enough from the first release that he feels like a new figure. He's a great Voyager and has a lot going on, and I think it's pretty clever the new ways they figured out to make everything fold around to give him a better proportioned robot mode. After a few days of fiddling with him, I only have three issues that are even worth mentioning.

First, and lease important, his gun feels a little small, nd I wish it was able to tab properly onto his trailer hitch or something, rather than awkwardly sticking off the nose or cab. The way th sword store on SS05 was better IMO.
Second, while I much prefer the paint and colours of this one, SS32's alt mode doesn't seem to tab together quite as well as SS05. In particular, the front wheels love to hang loose if I pick him up. Lastly, and I'm cheating a little bit here, his Instructions are terrible! I could barely figure out what I was supposed to be doing, and this is the first time I've had to look up a video just to see how to transform him. Seriously, what was wrong with the old Classics/Unicron Trilogy style instructions?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

You know, I've heard this time and again whenever a Transformers figure comes out that has a lot of painted over clear plastic, and I've honestly never had a problem with any of them, not even a little hairline crack, let alone a major joint breaking. If you're careful with your figures, you should be fine, honestly.

Gemstonegemini wrote:Second, while I much prefer the paint and colours of this one, SS32's alt mode doesn't seem to tab together quite as well as SS05. In particular, the front wheels love to hang loose if I pick him up.

I know what you mean about the front cab wheels. They actually do tab in pretty solidly, but you have to make sure everything else is lined up exactly right. The tolerances are very strict for whatever reason. If anything is even a hair off, the wheel assemblies won't tab securely to the rest of the cab's wheel well structure, and they'll flop down rather easily. On my copy, one side was easier to get lined up and tabbed in than the other too.

Managed to have him shipped to store on the 20th and arrived today. Can't wait to pick him up tomorrow. Hopefully they restocked too.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.

I bought SS 31 Battle Damaged Megatron tonight. It looks much better with paint apps on it than previous version. However, the paint scheme on mine looks NO WHERE near as good as the stock photos. Mine looks less like paint apps and more like someone making random swipes with a paint brush (in particular on his legs). The one I bought is the only one I've seen in the wild so I'll be keeping my eyes out for others to see if the paint apps are better on other ones.

The new SS Long Haul looks good, even makes the old ROTF Voyager look like it's wearing skinny jeans

Source: https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/03/29/tra ... age-386196

Note: the actual original source is on Facebook, but somehow Facebook won't let me put a link so I had to put the next best thing

Man, SS Long Haul looks like he needs to go on a diet!

Long Haul looks like he walked right off the screen! I didn’t have any plans of getting him but I think I do now, he looks great!

I bought 2 of these in store on 03/20... no way to add screen shots or pics in toy sightings section though. I guess now that they’re everywhere I can return them since I didn’t get them up for sale soon enough.

CobraLaLaLaLaLa wrote:I bought 2 of these in store on 03/20... no way to add screen shots or pics in toy sightings section though. I guess now that they’re everywhere I can return them since I didn’t get them up for sale soon enough.

Where did you find Long Haul? What country?

Ig89ninja wrote:

CobraLaLaLaLaLa wrote:I bought 2 of these in store on 03/20... no way to add screen shots or pics in toy sightings section though. I guess now that they’re everywhere I can return them since I didn’t get them up for sale soon enough.

Where did you find Long Haul? What country?

Pretty sure he was replying to the battle-damaged megs news story

Thanks to Seibertronians Nathaniel Prime and Hellscream9999, we can see one of our first in-hand images of Studio Series 37 Voyager Class Long Haul, not counting pictures taken at 'Cons and the like. This image comes to us from TransFans on Facebook, and they compare the new figure to the ten year old Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class toy. While some may argue the original toy is still good, you can't argue that the new Studio Series is more accurate and better proportioned to the in-movie model. Unfortunately, the toy is shorter, but is more stout. Of course, the new figure can combine with the rest of the seven Constructicons to form Devastator.



And if you would like to see some great images of the original Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Long Haul toy, and maybe see how far HasTak has gone in ten years, check out the gallery below! Be sure to drop off your thoughts in the Pub forums too!

Hot damn he looks pretty good!

Well I got Scrapmetal.... seven more to go...

He’s gonna be a big boy when he’s all put together.

That said an SDCC box set in a scaled pyramid would be perfect lol

I really like How they've done the Shoulder Tyres and the Sharper, more angled Alt Mode. And is that a Waist swivel I detect hidden away there? Top Show! The size difference between him and the Original, Or Transformers in general for that matter, Doesn't matter to me at all. So long as the figures are awesome,Well articulated and inspired I'll love them.

Any Chance of him showing up in Australia?

Seibertron wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.

Duly noted!

Prime Target wrote:Any Chance of him showing up in Australia?

Sure, wont be out for a few months though.

Finally found me a Rampage today. No complaints here. Same as you all, can't wait to be able to get them all together. I'm ok with that stubby longhaul. I'm more of a boot-cut guy anyways. No skinny jeans. Oh, and for some reason today I also picked up battle damage Megs. Are there enough differences to justify buying him? Probably not, but I have an addiction. Take that wallet!

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.

I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.

PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.

Duly noted!

In fairness I've warped figures by accidentally boiling them too long as well so I don't think there's really a "safe" way of doing it, just use caution and do whatever you feel most comfortable with.

Emerje

Longhaul is so cute.

Who's a cute boy, who is, yes you are Longhaul.

I love him, have a softspot for those big CAT dumptrucks.
Have both ROTF Long Hauls and they are pretty cool, but this one is better.

Other than it combining I'm pretty sure the lack of working pistons, downscaling, less paint apps means in another 10 years we will be paying more than the voyagers of today, for voyagers that are upscaled tiny turbo changers

Looking nice! I definitely want him, but I'm tempted to track down ROTF Payload as well as a "big brother" to him. IMO the old mold, for all its inaccuracies, still looks really cool.

Black Hat wrote:Looking nice! I definitely want him, but I'm tempted to track down ROTF Payload as well as a "big brother" to him. IMO the old mold, for all its inaccuracies, still looks really cool.

I can totally see where you are coming from, what makes it even harder to resist is that ROTF had clones of half the Constructicons members, so you could justify having copies of the same character!

I was out and about, spotted the SS 31 Megatron (battle damaged) at a couple of Targets here in my AO. Also wanted to joyously show an empty SS OP (bumblebee movie). This was the same Walmart that I spotted one that had been opened and the weapon taken out. Who knows maybe they put it back out and they came back to finish the job, lol.

SGM

He probably just escaped because there were too many Megatrons. To get reinforcements of coarse.

Thought the name they use for Rampage on Amazon Japan was pretty funny.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Thought the name they use for Rampage on Amazon Japan was pretty funny.

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Katakana Romanization fail.

SGMLordMirage wrote:I was out and about, spotted the SS 31 Megatron (battle damaged) at a couple of Targets here in my AO. Also wanted to joyously show an empty SS OP (bumblebee movie). This was the same Walmart that I spotted one that had been opened and the weapon taken out. Who knows maybe they put it back out and they came back to finish the job, lol.

SGM

Seems like there's been a lot of that and toy swapping going around recently.

Anyways, Long Haul looks really good. I like the more compact look he has going for him. I can also easily see him being retooled into TLK Onslaught.

Also,picked up SS Cogman recently. Nice to have a version of that guy that I could finally find at retail.

Can’t wait to see Long Haul as well. Speaking of TLK Onslaught, would be nice if we got the remaining Decepticons in the Studio Series line. Anyways, I know there is a lot more involved with licensing/trademark,, and such between names and manufacturers of the vehicles/bike. Things like that, oh well.

It's a good thing I don't have an ROTF Long Haul, but instead, I have Payload! It's perfect!

notirishman wrote:It's a good thing I don't have an ROTF Long Haul, but instead, I have Payload! It's perfect!

The one time redecos are one's saving grace. I got the G1 redeco Mixmaster and white Demolishor (with a break in one of the hinges), so things work out for me too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

notirishman wrote:It's a good thing I don't have an ROTF Long Haul, but instead, I have Payload! It's perfect!

The one time redecos are one's saving grace. I got the G1 redeco Mixmaster and white Demolishor (with a break in one of the hinges), so things work out for me too.

Don’t forget about yellow Rampage (or Skip-Jack as people call him now)

TonTon Reviews posted Long Haul review!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9mRdQbBhHc

Found a video review on youtube, by tonton. Man this guy is quick.

Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron users, MadProject, Riley Hoffman and Bacem, we've learned that YouTuber TonTon Reviews has reviewed the next piece of Studio Series Devesator! Studio Series #42 Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Long Haul!

Check out his review to see every facet of this figure looked over and compared to his previous release in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline (where again he was released as a voyager but did not combine with his fellows)

We have embedded the video below for your convenience:



What do you think of the review? Are you building towards your own Devesator already? Or has Long Haul convinced you that you need to start construction on a bigger display shelf? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

bacem wrote:Found a video review on youtube, by tonton. Man this guy is quick.

You'd be surprised how fast you can get reviews out when you're just using stolen figures

I know it may sound harsh, but I posted the news first on page 211, last post of the page.
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.