SS Bumblebee Movie Toy News with First look at Voyager Shockwave and Review for Leader Megatron

Somehow he looks more proportionate than the CG model

Shockwave alt looks like he has fallen and will kill you before he gets up. "YOU TRIPPED ME!"

I think his thighs and feet should be a lighter shade of silver, though the darker silver does look grittier.

And it's amusing to me how his arm cannon is this big, massive piece that ends in a teensy gun barrel. *pew pew pew*

The arm cannon is mistransformed it folds up more

As I said, I would have preferred if Megs would only had one altmode. There's too many gaps in his altmodes. Still, I do like him very much.

As for Shockwave, he's pretty much perfect and his altmode look solid.

That Shockwave is a beaut.

SkyFire Prime wrote:The arm cannon is mistransformed it folds up more

I hope so because that's a bit off-putting. His chest being blacked out is also a negative, but otherwise he looks to be a solid figure in robot mode. As usual, the alt mode is a fail, but I don't get Shockwave for his alt mode. Looks like this will be an in-hand decision, but with the problems the Siege figure had I'm still looking for a good voyager Shockwave.

SkyFire Prime wrote:The arm cannon is mistransformed it folds up more

It doesn't fold in the sense that it packs away, it retracts more like an accordion. It's just covering the left arm, hand and all, and then pulls back to cover the hand, there's no reason for it to fold.

Compare:

Retracted


Extended


Extended is for the tank mode.



Emerje

Oh yeah, it's been said he doesn't have bicep rotation according to the people who obtained him.

Eh, easy pass with BB Movie Shockwave. I've about had my fill of the "half-@rsed H tank" alt modes.

DeathReviews wrote:Eh, easy pass with BB Movie Shockwave. I've about had my fill of the "half-@rsed H tank" alt modes.

HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT THANK MODE IS HALF-ASSED!

This is at least 3/4 of an ass.

Well that was quick.

Bee Movie Shockwave (voyager) video review!

-Kanrabat- wrote:Well that was quick.

Bee Movie Shockwave (voyager) video review!

It's a Christmas miracle!

We thank -Kanrabat- for letting us know of a video review which was posted for the yet to be officially revealed Studio Series Bumblebee Movie Shockwave, now in voyager class. You can check it out below. It does go through the articulation, cementing the fact that there are no bicep swivels.

We also have comparison images to the Prime version which this design takes inspiration from, at least for the alt mode, and comparison images with leader class Bumblebee Movie Megatron, which shows that they are almost the same height.












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If they had kept the same shade of purple the core class figure has and gave the chest see-through plastic, this would be a slam dunk. As it is, the deco is a deal breaker for me.

I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

His is too wide.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Emerje wrote:I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

His is too wide.

I never realized it, but Soundwave is a freaking lawn dart. No matter which direction you toss him into the air, his head weighs so much more it would inevitably land first...

Emerje wrote:I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

We see it too. We would say both.

First-Aid wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Emerje wrote:I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

His is too wide.

I never realized it, but Soundwave is a freaking lawn dart. No matter which direction you toss him into the air, his head weighs so much more it would inevitably land first...

Dammit, I was referring to Shockwave. I misread Emerje's post... I thought Soundwave's head was reasonable size. Whereas Shockwave looks like Stewie Griffin with big ears.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Whereas Shockwave looks like Stewie Griffin with big ears.

Goddammit, now I can't unsee it!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Whereas Shockwave looks like Stewie Griffin with big ears.

Goddammit, now I can't unsee it!

Well it fits, they're both shamelessly callous.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Whereas Shockwave looks like Stewie Griffin with big ears.

Goddammit, now I can't unsee it!

Well it fits, they're both shamelessly callous.

I would have thought Arnold from Hey Arnold instead.

First-Aid wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Emerje wrote:I honestly can decide if everyone has tiny heads or if Soundwave's is too big...

Emerje

His is too wide.

I never realized it, but Soundwave is a freaking lawn dart. No matter which direction you toss him into the air, his head weighs so much more it would inevitably land first...

Soundwave is by far my least favorite movie figure, and this is one of the reasons right here (though far from being the only one)

Not to ask a stupid question, but the other Shockwave figure used to compare in the review-- what is it from? I've been out of the collecting loop for a while.

Halfofme07 wrote:Not to ask a stupid question, but the other Shockwave figure used to compare in the review-- what is it from? I've been out of the collecting loop for a while.

Do you mean the one pictured above in the news post?

Halfofme07 wrote:Not to ask a stupid question, but the other Shockwave figure used to compare in the review-- what is it from? I've been out of the collecting loop for a while.

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters.

With Hatchet’s single Buzzworthy release being cancelled, I really hope we see him get released another way soon! Either the soonest they could fit him in mainline (likely 2025 at this point), or a Dreads 3-pack (with an actual proper Crankcase) would be cool too!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:With Hatchet’s single Buzzworthy release being cancelled, I really hope we see him get released another way soon! Either the soonest they could fit him in mainline (likely 2025 at this point), or a Dreads 3-pack (with an actual proper Crankcase) would be cool too!

I am really hoping they find an alternate way too. I was looking forward to him, I need more dreads.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:With Hatchet’s single Buzzworthy release being cancelled, I really hope we see him get released another way soon! Either the soonest they could fit him in mainline (likely 2025 at this point), or a Dreads 3-pack (with an actual proper Crankcase) would be cool too!

I am really hoping they find an alternate way too. I was looking forward to him, I need more dreads.

Since he's no longer stuck as an exclusive maybe they can revisit the figure as an entirely new mold for mass retail. The cancelation wasn't the figure's fault after all.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:With Hatchet’s single Buzzworthy release being cancelled, I really hope we see him get released another way soon! Either the soonest they could fit him in mainline (likely 2025 at this point), or a Dreads 3-pack (with an actual proper Crankcase) would be cool too!

I am really hoping they find an alternate way too. I was looking forward to him, I need more dreads.

Since he's no longer stuck as an exclusive maybe they can revisit the figure as an entirely new mold for mass retail. The cancelation wasn't the figure's fault after all.

Emerje

A new mold for him and a proper repaint of Berserker into Crankcase would be a pleasant surprise, then I can just use SS Crankcase as a stand-in Dreadbot

Sam Smith's Toy to Screen post on SS Mohawk is live!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C17aFOyu0OE/?img_index=1

In addition to insight on Mohawk's development process, Sam has been discussing things in the comment section, including this question asked by another user:



Speaking of Mohawk, I got mine yesterday and he is excellent! IMO the best core class figure we've had so far. He's super expressive, well articulated, and actually well painted! He's missing some green on the Mohawk but he has a lot of really nice black, gold, and red detailing in addition to the green and white graffiti. Not only does he have the opening mouth, but the detachable head is also hilarious xD

I'm so glad the TLK Decepticons are starting to arrive in Studio Series and I can't wait to see the rest of the team!

Finished up my work on Mohawk! A very fun little mini-project, I wa able to do some modding work as well! I removed the second headlight in alt mode, and added the spray paint cans to his chest in robot mode!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finished up my work on Mohawk! A very fun little mini-project, I wa able to do some modding work as well! I removed the second headlight in alt mode, and added the spray paint cans to his chest in robot mode!

Mohawk bot main.jpg

Mohawk bot 6.jpg

Mohawk alt main.jpg

Mohawl alt L.jpg

How do you do the tiny details? They look great.

They won't just throw out a finalized design as long as Studio Series is on the table, Hatchet will crop up at some point. It's very interesting to see Sam say he wants to do Devcon, that's a guy I thought we'd never see. I mean, they might still not do it, but if one of the designers is interested, then there's a chance at the very least.

Rtron wrote:
How do you do the tiny details? They look great.

They won't just throw out a finalized design as long as Studio Series is on the table, Hatchet will crop up at some point. It's very interesting to see Sam say he wants to do Devcon, that's a guy I thought we'd never see. I mean, they might still not do it, but if one of the designers is interested, then there's a chance at the very least.

Thank you! I have a very fine tip paint brush I use for small detail work like that!

Devcon has been surprisingly popular among the community, he actually won our first Studio Series September event!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Devcon has been surprisingly popular among the community, he actually won our first Studio Series September event!

A large part of it is probably due to his design being based on the Cloverfield monster.

Despite my issues with the live-action films one of the figures I am most looking forward to in the Studio Series line this year is the Concept Megatron figure and the Shockwave figure coming after too. I went ahead and went back to scoop up both Soundwave and Starscream, I already had the Ravage figure. Needless to say, I am looking forward to BB Concept Megatron and I haven't anticipated owning a figure this much since CW Leader Megatron.

Tyrannacon wrote:Despite my issues with the live-action films one of the figures I am most looking forward to in the Studio Series line this year is the Concept Megatron figure and the Shockwave figure coming after too. I went ahead and went back to scoop up both Soundwave and Starscream, I already had the Ravage figure. Needless to say, I am looking forward to BB Concept Megatron and I haven't anticipated owning a figure this much since CW Leader Megatron.

Another man of Culture I see. I too, love that CW leader Megs a lot. I even gave him the Reprolabels and a canon extension.

Bee Mega, I loo forward too, despite my criticism in having two "incomplete" vehicle modes instead of focusing on a single great one. Regardless, early birds have improvised some nice fan-transformations for him and I plan having fun this way too with it.

While I have no interest in this, I figured I’d share some photos of Concept Art Sunstreaker.

Sowndwave76 wrote:While I have no interest in this, I figured I’d share some photos of Concept Art Sunstreaker.

That's a Bee Movie bot?

If yes, it looks amazing!

I'll probably get that

Sowndwave76 wrote:While I have no interest in this, I figured I’d share some photos of Concept Art Sunstreaker.

That's a fantastic-looking car mode. If the transformation is good and everything comes together well it'll be a figure of the year contender.

Can't comment on this too much since I don't collect BB Cybertron stuff, but he doesn't really seem to match the aesthetic of the other BB Cybertron bots.

We thank Sowndwave76 for letting us know of new images showing us a first look at an upcoming Transformers Sunstreaker toy. While it has not been confirmed, we had listings of a Movie 6 Sunstreaker which would make this a concept art figure, similar to the leader Megatron toy we are also getting in Studio Series. There's a few images of the toy below in both his modes along with his weapon accessory.

Let us know if you think this is a worthwhile toy to add to your collection.

I feel like whatever slot this (alleged) concept art figure is taking should have been a refresh of a different Sunstreaker and the development budget spent elsewhere.

But at least this Sunstreaker isn't fugly like that hideous Megatron. That Megatron looks like something that was initially made to the aesthetic... then smashed with a hammer and roughly glued back together.

I like the tron vibes on that alt mode, though I wish the photographer would move their fingers lol

I have the bee movie Brawn and hftd seaspray, might as well have this version as my sunstreaker instead of going for a 5 pack that has 4 figures I don't really need

Those forearm panels look very annoying though

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But at least this Sunstreaker isn't fugly like that hideous Megatron. That Megatron looks like something that was initially made to the aesthetic... then smashed with a hammer and roughly glued back together.

Well, I don't agree for the bot mode, but I do agree that forcing him to be a triple-changer made his altmodes being too compromised. They should have just focused on the tank mode.

The 3P Megatank stay the best IMO, but he's grossly oversized to fit anywhere.

I'm... not sure on that. Robot mode looks more like G1 Sureshot, and while the alt mode is cool looking, I don't think it particularly screams Sunstreaker, especially in those colors, he feels too bright.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Can't comment on this too much since I don't collect BB Cybertron stuff, but he doesn't really seem to match the aesthetic of the other BB Cybertron bots.

Yrah, he looks like a lost Classics mold.