New Video Review of Transformers Studio Series #51 Deluxe Class DotM Soundwave

he doesn't transform the chest all the way. the headlight portions are supposed to flip all the war around to make his more movie accurate look

Next deluxe wave is shaping up nicely! I'm excited for the new movie guys next year

As a big Shockwave fan maaaan, I’m thinking I might need to get the SS version. I wasn’t huge on the design originally but seeing it in toy form I have a different perspective on it. It just feels cooler somehow. And I didn’t get the prior mold he’s based on so he’d be totally new to me I wouldn’t have that hang up.

Plus, little robots and mens for bots to trample or play kickball with and whatnot. That’s hard to pass up.

Stargrave wrote:As a big Shockwave fan maaaan, I’m thinking I might need to get the SS version. I wasn’t huge on the design originally but seeing it in toy form I have a different perspective on it. It just feels cooler somehow. And I didn’t get the prior mold he’s based on so he’d be totally new to me I wouldn’t have that hang up.

Plus, little robots and mens for bots to trample or play kickball with and whatnot. That’s hard to pass up.

I want him too! Shockwave is one of my favourite Transformer designs regardless of era, I don't think there's ever been a bad looking Shockwave toy. I already have the DOTM Voyager and he's aged very gracefully so I'll be keeping him, but one can never have too much Shockwave.

A shame it's most likely impossible to get a Driller but I don't realistically see how that could be even be done.

Lazerbreak? Interesting. He says "beak" in the video, but the thumbnail and title text both say "break." Some sort of auto-correct thing?

Glarryg

Black Hat wrote:

Stargrave wrote:As a big Shockwave fan maaaan, I’m thinking I might need to get the SS version. I wasn’t huge on the design originally but seeing it in toy form I have a different perspective on it. It just feels cooler somehow. And I didn’t get the prior mold he’s based on so he’d be totally new to me I wouldn’t have that hang up.

Plus, little robots and mens for bots to trample or play kickball with and whatnot. That’s hard to pass up.

I want him too! Shockwave is one of my favourite Transformer designs regardless of era, I don't think there's ever been a bad looking Shockwave toy. I already have the DOTM Voyager and he's aged very gracefully so I'll be keeping him, but one can never have too much Shockwave.

A shame it's most likely impossible to get a Driller but I don't realistically see how that could be even be done.

Glue a toothy maw on a slinky and boom, you’re there hahaha

OPTIMUS IS HERE!

A DOTM Optimus with the jetpack is probably the thing I've wanted from Transformers since 2011 with DOTM (my favorite movie and favorite look for Optimus). There was the ultimate Optimus (which was really only accurate in vehicle mode), and there was the remold of the ROTF leader with the jetpack (which was cool, but I never got a hold of it), but there was no really good representation of DOTM Optimus.

Until now.



It's late news at this point, but because I skipped SS-32 I didn't realize until now just how much remolding there was between this and SS-05. SS-05 was really fun, but was inaccurate in a lot of ways. This new Optimus retains all the fun of that mold but upgrades it into the most accurate voyager Optimus we've ever gotten (Battle Blades does win in the vehicle mode category, but I'd give literally every other category to this mold. Transformation, stability, fun, robot mode accuracy, all of it.).

With the exception of the shield, the weapons are decently scaled, and I can't believe they included as many of them as they did. I thought the axe was too small at first, but looking at screenshots of it next to Megatron's head it doesn't seem too off. The weapons stand is an awesome bonus, and if you combine it with the jetpack as the base it helps fill it out and make it look closer to the movie.

Can we talk about the gold fade for a second? It's a really important paint app that's been long-neglected by movie Primes (even the MPM to an extent), and I'm super glad they included it here. It helps solidify this Optimus that much more as my definitive Optimus Prime.

I'm super excited to get to painting Prime up (keep an eye on the customs forum around Christmas!), but in the meantime I packed a small upgrade kit a couple months ago to add to the figure. I included SS-05's legs (which are actually just a little bit shorter than the legs that come with the figure but have the folding pieces that really help), some smokestacks (although SS-32/44s smokestack stubs are actually wider than the ones on SS-05, so I'll have to find a new alternative later this year), and a painted up Tribarrel gun from Shapeways that helps complete the look! The silver windows surprised me - I'm not a big fan of the silver windows in vehicle mode (I'll be painting them gloss black later) - But I actually like them in robot mode.

(I'll bet the reason they didn't include a tribarrel gun with this prime is because they're saving it for an SS Evasion Mode Prime down the road)

Anyways, DOTM Optimus is without a doubt in my top 4 Studio Series figures (along with Ironhide, Starscream, and 76 Camaro Bumblebee), and may possibly be my favorite of the line so far! It's everything I've wanted since 2011, and it was worth the wait.


. . . Now I just need a Shockwave for him to fight!

Very nice review, and glad you are enjoying him! He is a fantastic figure, worth the leader price point

Fellow Seibertronians! Thanks to Walmart.com, we now have some very interesting listings from Walmart for what appears to be the next lineup for the Transformers Studio Series line in 2020! Among these listings appears to be confirmation of a Deluxe Class Roadbuster, the Wrecker from Dark Of The Moon, Leader Class Overload, the articulated dump truck Constructicon from Revenge Of The Fallen, and Deluxe Class Jet Mode Shatter and Jeep Mode Bumblebee, both of whom are from the Bumblebee movie, all of which are sure to please a few of you. The listing links have been mirrored below for your convenience.

Deluxe Class Roadbuster

Deluxe Class Jet Mode Shatter

Deluxe Class Jeep Mode Bumblebee

Leader Class Overload

Hopefully, we'll get official reveals of these hot bots soon, perhaps even at the upcoming conventions later this month.

So, what're your thoughts on these reveals? Will you be interested in a Jet Shatter? Could Bumblejeep mean the soon arrival of a new Starscream Blitzwing figure? Tell us your thoughts in the discussion below, and as always, keep your audio receptors tuned for the latest in Seibertron news!

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Fellow Seibertronians! Yours truly has discovered some. Thanks to TFW2005 Boards user Jtprime17, we now have some very interesting listings from Walmart for what appears to be the next lineup for the Transformers Studio Series line in 2020! Among these listings appears to be confirmation of a Deluxe Class Roadbuster, the Wrecker from Dark Of The Moon, Leader Class Overload, the articulated dump truck Constructicon from Revenge Of The Fallen, and Deluxe Class Jet Mode Shatter and Jeep Mode Bumblebee, both of whom are from the Bumblebee movie, all of which are sure to please a few of you. The listing links have been mirrored below for your convenience.

Deluxe Class Roadbuster

Deluxe Class Jet Mode Shatter

Deluxe Class Jeep Mode Bumblebee

Leader Class Overload

Hopefully, we'll get official reveals of these hot bots soon, perhaps even at the upcoming conventions later this month.

So, what're your thoughts on these reveals? Will you be interested in a Jet Shatter? Could Bumblejeep mean the soon arrival of a new Starscream Blitzwing figure? Tell us your thoughts in the discussion below, and as always, keep your audio receptors tuned for the latest in Seibertron news!

Shatter and Dropkick are really alluring now. Now all we need is a Blitzwing.

How much you wanna bet Roadbuster will be the armed up version to get around licensing?

I'm already selling a third of my collection, might as well add the old deluxe roadbuster to that list.

A) super happy we are finishing off the Bee triple changer alt mode collection. hopefully this Shatter is far better as a Transformer than her first toy.

B) Bumblejeep! Now we only truly need a Blitzwing! Maybe he will be Scrapper's wave mate.

C) Overload we knew was coming. I am ready to see my Devastator already!

D) WREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECKERSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I knew it was only a matter of time. Now we just need a heavily weaponized Roadbuster followed by Leadfoot and Topspin! Topspin is low priority since he got a great figure originally, but i still want all 3

Roadbuster would be neat to have after how bland the DOTM Deluxe was. Overload better be worth the price point. Jet Shatter must come with better articulation and a more accurate head in order to beat the Deluxe. Bumblejeep would be neat, but once he's done, do Blitzwing and avoid doing the Beewun cast. Most of them already got Siege/Earthrise toys.

Was anyone else aware that we were getting TWO Leader class figures in the Constructicons? I'm very curious to see Overload's robot mode.

Quantum Surge wrote:Roadbuster would be neat to have after how bland the DOTM Deluxe was. Overload better be worth the price point.

Agreed on both accounts, but seeing as how Scavenger was done, I have high hopes that Overload will be just as good, if not better. Also more Wreckers please!

Jet Shatter must come with better articulation and a more accurate head in order to beat the Deluxe.

Well, it doesn't take much to beat her first Deluxe

Bumblejeep would be neat, but once he's done, do Blitzwing and avoid doing the Beewun cast. Most of them already got Siege/Earthrise toys.

Come on, you know you still want them

First-Aid wrote:Was anyone else aware that we were getting TWO Leader class figures in the Constructicons? I'm very curious to see Overload's robot mode.

Oh yeah, it was teased some time ago. 2 leaders, 4 voyagers, 2 deluxes

I'm really excited to see Overload's bot mode, I REALLY hope they go with a weird design.

Roadbuster is a definite buy, really excited to see how it looks! Jeep Bee is pretty cool, I'm wondering how that turns out.

Since we'll probably be getting 2 voyagers for this wave and Scrapper is one of them, who do we think the other Voyager is, maybe Blitzwing?

YRQRM0 wrote:I'm really excited to see Overload's bot mode, I REALLY hope they go with a weird design.

It'd be hard to out-weird Hightower.

Bounti76 wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:I'm really excited to see Overload's bot mode, I REALLY hope they go with a weird design.

It'd be hard to out-weird Hightower.

That's true, but that's also what gives me hope. I'm really hoping for that 6-leg design, rather than the two leg one (or worse, the normal looking one used in the legends figure).

YRQRM0 wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:I'm really excited to see Overload's bot mode, I REALLY hope they go with a weird design.

It'd be hard to out-weird Hightower.

That's true, but that's also what gives me hope. I'm really hoping for that 6-leg design, rather than the two leg one (or worse, the normal looking one used in the legends figure).

Keep in mind he has to support pretty much all the constructicons. Highly doubt he’s going to be that 6 leg design. Probably be similar but he will more than likely have a very solid robot mode

Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Was anyone else aware that we were getting TWO Leader class figures in the Constructicons? I'm very curious to see Overload's robot mode.

Oh yeah, it was teased some time ago. 2 leaders, 4 voyagers, 2 deluxes

Damn. Maybe I need to pay more attention to the news here and less attention to my Pharmacology text books...

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:

Bumblejeep would be neat, but once he's done, do Blitzwing and avoid doing the Beewun cast. Most of them already got Siege/Earthrise toys.

Come on, you know you still want them

Not unless they use names like Poundwave and Thoccwave.

Ironhidensh wrote:Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

Probably done to keep her bot mode in scale, otherwise she may accidentally tower over Bee

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

Probably done to keep her bot mode in scale, otherwise she may accidentally tower over Bee

She did tower over Bee.

Ironhidensh wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

Probably done to keep her bot mode in scale, otherwise she may accidentally tower over Bee

She did tower over Bee.

Did she? I thought she was roughly the same height, not enough to make her a different size class, at least considering she was the same height as Dropkick who had two Deluxes.

Shatter's car mode figure was also a deluxe. So this figure being a deluxe will also keep her robot mode size consistent between her own figures. Otherwise, you'd end up with two very differently sized shatters. She does also turn into a car in the movie anyway, so she can't be that big without size-changing shenanigans.

I think we may still get the 6 legged Overload. If you look at the diagram of how the constructicons connect, you can see that he actually only connects to Scavenger, Long Haul and Rampage. So all he really needs is a very solid torso for a good central waist connection, the robot legs can just end up as back kibble in combined mode, or maybe intertwine with Scavenger for some extra stability.



Honestly, I just love that piece and concept art and really really love non-anthropomorphic movie bots, and want to see it in 3D form.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

Probably done to keep her bot mode in scale, otherwise she may accidentally tower over Bee

She did tower over Bee.

Did she? I thought she was roughly the same height, not enough to make her a different size class, at least considering she was the same height as Dropkick who had two Deluxes.

She was a little taller than Bee, but not nearly as tall as, say Blitzwing, so she has to either be a tall deluxe or a small voyager to be in scale.

Also, YES! JET SHATTER!!! please don’t “shatter”

Ig89ninja wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Shatter jet being a deluxe is disappointing.

Probably done to keep her bot mode in scale, otherwise she may accidentally tower over Bee

She did tower over Bee.

Did she? I thought she was roughly the same height, not enough to make her a different size class, at least considering she was the same height as Dropkick who had two Deluxes.

She was a little taller than Bee, but not nearly as tall as, say Blitzwing, so she has to either be a tall deluxe or a small voyager to be in scale.

Don't forget, the SS VW Bumblebee toy is tiny, like 4.5 inches high and 3 inches wide.

After what they did with Hightower and Scrapmetal, basing them on smaller toys or concept art, I fully expect Overload to be the centaur man styled bot

So exited and Can't wait to see what these guys look like. I hope that Bee has the same stuff from the other Studio Series toys which includes the blade, the cannon, and the mask. I am looking forward to Roadbuster the most. I hope Shatter's head design is right this time. I am concerned about Overload. If he's going to be based on his art design, I don't think he'll be easy to transform. Just look at how many legs he has in the art design.

So are both Primes scale off? M-MP seems too big; and the SS voyager way too small....

SpikeyTigertron wrote:So are both Primes scale off? M-MP seems too big; and the SS voyager way too small....

Prime and Ironhide were pretty close in height in the films so I think their Studio Series figs are pretty in scale.

Deadput wrote:

SpikeyTigertron wrote:So are both Primes scale off? M-MP seems too big; and the SS voyager way too small....

Prime and Ironhide were pretty close in height in the films so I think their Studio Series figs are pretty in scale.

Deadput is right, the scale is dead on (in robot mode at least)

First-Aid wrote:Was anyone else aware that we were getting TWO Leader class figures in the Constructicons? I'm very curious to see Overload's robot mode.

Well, if you look at the Legends Class figures from ROTF movie that form Devastator, Overload makes up the lower part of Devastator's torso that the legs attach to and thus explains why it's Leader Class. And considering Overload is a Komatsu HD465-7 articulated dump truck, its length in alt mode probably helped put it in Leader Class.

Fellow Seibertronians! Many of you are eagerly awaiting the new Transformers Studio Series Leader Class Shockwave and Voyager Class Mixmaster, and thanks to Capcomkai on Instagram, we have images for both new figures! Shockwave is shown to have similar engineering to Studio Series ROTF Megatron, as well as some beautiful looking silver paint and weathering on him, akin to Studio Series Grimlock.















In hand images of Studio Series Mixmaster have also surfaced, but the source of said photos is currently unknown. These photos confirm how Devastator's head will look and work, and it is a nice touch to have it be revealed by opening up the cab and hood in a movie-accurate way.













Both figures are expected to be released January 2020, and can be preordered here.

So, what are your thoughts on these 'Cons? Is Devastator looking a little too hot under his blushing? Or does Shockwave look a little too Megatron-y for you? Tell us in the discussion below, and as always, keep your receptors tuned for more Seibertron news!

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Red face, WOOHOO!
As it is supposed to be a
Red face, WOOHOO!
See the daring devastatin'
Red face, WOOHOO!
Not silver face or flat gray face, no
Red face, WOOHOO!

I just thought of something. Since Mixmaster forms only the head of the combiner, does that make him a headmaster?

Now if only someone could show the combination of Mixmaster, Scavenger, Hightower, and Scrapmetal

Also, is that an articulated jaw I spy!

Shockwave's still looking identical to the CGI model, it's incredible. Can't wait to have him!

Mixmaster's looking good too, I'm glad they added the red to Devastator's face.

Ig89ninja wrote:Also, is that an articulated jaw I spy!

AS much as I despised the characters as annoying, we absolutely need Skids and Mudflap now in the SS...

Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Lord Chaonix we've learned that TonTon on YouTube has posted a video review for the new Transformers Studio Series #54 Voyager Megatron. With a shiny silver paintjob and several design cues taken from his masterpiece incarnation this is a figure sure to be prized by fans of the movies, fans of Megatron, fans of well designed utterly evil looking transforming puzzle robots everywhere. Although most of him appears to be new his chest seems to be a redeco of the Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Megatron. Is this vile villain with a penchant for tearing Autobots asunder on your radar or are you topped out on Megatrons at this point? (As if that were possible). Make sure to let us know what you think in the forums and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Lore Keeper wrote:I just thought of something. Since Mixmaster forms only the head of the combiner, does that make him a headmaster?

That's deep. And now of course as soon as I have Mixmaster, I'll have to see how SS Devy's head looks sitting on top of Grand Max...

Ok, after seeing that review I'm disliking the new Studio Series Megatron a bit less, but I still can't get over the reused chest. I hope they release a variant with a new chest at some point. Maybe an exclusive?

1) shockwave looks a heck of a lot nicer in hand, nice!

2) mixmaster is looking good, and i am stoked for Devy to be coming together! The transformation matches the movie too, splendid!

3) Megatron looks better in that review, but still, why the wrong chest?

Yeah, honestly without the wrong chest it could have been an actually great figure. Seeing the review makes the choice even HARDER to understand. It's so bizarre, like, they went through all that trouble with the transformation to get rid of the back kibble and give him a more accurate silhouette and back molding... Just to throw it away by reusing the chest???

Also, very sad it seems we won't be getting Frenzy.

At least Shockwave and Mixmaster continue the awesomeness most of the line has us used to at this point.

I was wondering: will we see a Studio Series The Fallen? Yes he is a lame character but he's got such a cool design.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Red face, WOOHOO!
As it is supposed to be a
Red face, WOOHOO!
See the daring devastatin'
Red face, WOOHOO!
Not silver face or flat gray face, no
Red face, WOOHOO!

and it looks easier to transform unlike the complicated mess that we got years ago