Studio Series Brains and Wheelie are Much Smaller than as Shown on Box

I'm really looking forward that Shockwave. Look like a MPM with all that paint.
This would be an amazing display beside his Seige leader self.

They look like a centimeter tall. Yikes!

Sabrblade wrote:They look like a centimeter tall. Yikes!

And that's absolutely perfect.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:They look like a centimeter tall. Yikes!

And that's absolutely perfect.

For misplacing/swallowing/etc.

J/K

Damn, these are as small and easy to lose as VW Bee's accessories. At least the Shockwave figure seems more satisfying than the puny Deluxe.

Quantum Surge wrote:Damn, these are as small and easy to lose as VW Bee's accessories. At least the Shockwave figure seems more satisfying than the puny Deluxe.

Voyager
Fix'd if you were talking about the original DOTM Shockwave.
As for this current leader, he's the same size as SS DOTM leader Megatron and the Voyager Megatrons. However he's more "chunky" than the voyagers obviously.

Quantum Surge wrote:Damn, these are as small and easy to lose as VW Bee's accessories. At least the Shockwave figure seems more satisfying than the puny Deluxe.

Even then, they are way smaller than those accessories!

those scale perfect with my legion class movie line, I will buy it right on sight for brains and wheelie

BERSEKAEL wrote:those scale perfect with my legion class movie line, I will buy it right on sight for brains and wheelie

You gonna get the Arcee pack? Basically 3 legion class figures

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:That new Off-road Bee looks really good, and I’m loving the pics of the new ‘07 Megatron, that silver paint is great.

I forgot to post this showing the head-swap with SS-01 and SS-49:

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I think I like the battle mask better because the face on SS-01 still feels kinda off.

This looks pretty neat! I may try the head swap as well

Slowly but surely, the new Studio Wave is coming to my hands. Now just waiting on the Leaders. also, with Stinger from our own Ironhidensh, I now have a version of all the SS molds in some form



I also want to take a minute to say that this wave has been very varied in terms of figures and movies they came from, and they each have some very good higlights:

Bumblebee - This is a spot on pocket MP update to the 2007 Bumblebee and is a great all around toy serving as a fantastic update with some new stuff to make it interesting.

Hot Rod - Makes WWII Bee better and they form a great pair. One of those figures that is good alone but as a team is really good. He is the team player

Arcees - This is a nice little 3-pack of Legion figures, and they are surprisingly intricate and painted for the price point. I like the little set, it's a bonus pack sort of thing, and one that is nice, especially since I finally have a toy of all 3 of them (I didn't have any previously)

Soundwave - This is the toy that is both fantastically painted and also just chonky. He chonkin'. This toy has presence, and I love it for that. This is the muscular Soundwave I was hoping for, he feels great in hand.

Mixmaster - This guy is the freak so far, and he owns the slenderman long-armed monster humanoid with some good paint work. I really enjoy this freakshow

Megatron - This, like Bee, is both a fantastic update but also a nostalgia train, not to mention well painted and filled out and muscular. This toy is basically all of the above toys comments combined into one.

Now to wait on the Leaders! I am super stoked for Scavenger. i am ready for him!

if they are, would be amazing since the pack with all 3 was canceled years ago and they released only arcee.

BERSEKAEL wrote:if they are, would be amazing since the pack with all 3 was canceled years ago and they released only arcee.

Oh they are, trust me, I got them.

I can share some pictures of them with other legion figures tomorrow morning as well to showcase the size

if you guys do creative roundup again, I dunno where to post this but I feel like it'd be good here
I am just excited for Devastator to be nearing his completion

Feel The Sting.

I didn't get this figure initially, I heard it was fiddly, and I wasn't really interested. But then he was the only mold I didn't have in SS in any form, and i wanted him to get the AOE cast together with a good figure. And he is really fun, I love his robot mode, the transformation is pretty explosive and fun, and the alt mode is slick.

Ya know, I am shocked that we have gone 2 years now and they never reshelled this to make AOE Bumblebee. But then again, they have been good with gaps between retools. Took a full year to get WWII Hot Rod from Bumblebee

Thank you again Densh!

So one of the tabs on my SS Soundwave snapped off this morning. Was transforming it like normal, didn't do anything different. I haven't tried converting him back to vehicle yet to see if it affects the vehicle mode but damn, kinda sucks.

LeAwesome1 wrote:So one of the tabs on my SS Soundwave snapped off this morning. Was transforming it like normal, didn't do anything different. I haven't tried converting him back to vehicle yet to see if it affects the vehicle mode but damn, kinda sucks.

Which tab?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

LeAwesome1 wrote:So one of the tabs on my SS Soundwave snapped off this morning. Was transforming it like normal, didn't do anything different. I haven't tried converting him back to vehicle yet to see if it affects the vehicle mode but damn, kinda sucks.

Which tab?

The ones on the end of the arms:

Ouch dang, that hurts. I'll have to be careful with that

I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:So is it safe to assume that SS Sentinel will finally come with his Rust Gun? Sword and shield are a given, but I don't think we've ever had any toy previous come his his firearm.

The Voyager version came with a mech-tech gun.

Wanted to share these images that just went up with an article I wrote

This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.

But SS and MPM are on point. So far, SS knock it out of the park because almost all the bots so far look like budget masterpieces. That's quite the feat!

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:They look like a centimeter tall. Yikes!

And that's absolutely perfect.

For misplacing/swallowing/etc.

J/K

Why the J/K at the end? Misplacing at least is a damned valid concern.

Seriously, I will never get the obsession with scale some folks have. And I don't want to get it, either.

-Kanrabat- wrote:This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.

Leader 2007 Megatron (preferably the Premium Series redeco) would have been a better match with Bumblebee, height-wise.

The new Soundwave is really cool. He's a little small, but I dig that. He's a nice pocket full of evil.



Laserbeak pegs into the tire as if it was designed to do so. I'm not sure if it's been talked about, but his head is on a ball joint peg on a swivel. It's tight as hell, but he can do the chicken head thing and the extra movement helps with transformation and posing.

Here he is with Movie the Best Soundwave (which I still like more). SS-51 does pull a few of the tricks off better.



He's just barely taller than VDub Bee.



He's a really cool figure with a gorgeous deco but I feel the size may turn some off.

I guess I'll be the odd one out and say that I don't like Soundwave much. I thought he should have had a different alt mode and I think he's too small, he never appealed to me either on screen or in toy form. But I'm glad he brings joy to others.

Shockwave, on the other hand, is a must buy. I've been waiting for a leader class Shockwave since 2011. And I think Brains and Wheelie are just fine, scale wise. It would be neat if we got a more detailed figure of each, preferably at least a deluxe. My only complaint on Shockwave is that his legs and feet seem to be a bit big, with his upper body kinda small. It's like he has leader legs with a voyager body.

As for Sentinel's rust gun, the leader didn't come with one, so I just gave him Lunar Fire deluxe Prime's big red cannon. Fits well.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.

Leader 2007 Megatron (preferably the Premium Series redeco) would have been a better match with Bumblebee, height-wise.

It would have been a better match for sure. However he's still be way too big. Anyone have still his old 2007 leader Megs to post comparison pictures?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.

Leader 2007 Megatron (preferably the Premium Series redeco) would have been a better match with Bumblebee, height-wise.

It would have been a better match for sure. However he's still be way too big. Anyone have still his old 2007 leader Megs to post comparison pictures?

Ryan's galleries have some pics.

Less actiony poses would have been preferable, but here the scale work perfectly. OG 07 Bee is from the time were deluxes were big.

I hope Sentinel comes with his Rust Gun. Hopefully he comes out looking fairly good because as much as I hate the character, the design was pretty good. It felt almost more Alpha Trion than Sentinel Prime to me. Then again, I feel like part of my reasoning for that is because of Leonard Nimoy's excellent voice work for Sentinel made him feel a bit older and wiser than the Sentinel Prime from Animated

So I finally had some time to enjoy WWII Hotrod and Mixmaster over the weekend, which is the perfect time to give my thoughts since Scavenger arrived today. I'll post on him later this week.

I already have WWII Bee, so Hot Rod was as expected, except my copy appears to have some QC issues with the legs in bot mode and the roof panel in car mode. My legs just don'e seem to hold together as well on Hot Rod as they do Bee. It isn't horrible, but doe make posing him somewhat more difficult. The bigger issue is the roof panel in car mode. Mine is slightly warped just won't fit flush. But overall I like Hot Rod, especially paired up with Bee.

Now onto the real gem, Mixmaster. Man what a fantastic mold. I love how they used a traditional bipedal robot mode, but really stretched the proportions to make him a beautiful, gangly mess. In his case, I find that the large truck cab backpack actually helps act as a counterweight when you have the arms extended forward.

The real gem with Mixmaster is his truck mode. What an incredible job they did with the only real flaw being the visible hands at the back end. Everything else stays nice and tucked away and everything tabs in really well to form a really solid truck mode. This might be the nicest alt mode overall for my movie collection (very limited TLK and SS) as far as everything tabbing in together securely.

Now I just have to carve out some time this week to open up Scavenger. Can't wait.

These leaders are gorgeous! Scavenger has a special place in my heart as my first RotF figure (Demolishor) and he has always had a design I loved, and only this figure used it. It's great. and Shockwave is superbly painted.

Alt modes and some comparisons for size.

Scavenger has a nice big alt mode, and it is pretty cool to have this big excavator looming over the others. This figure is really good!

I actually like the shockwave tank more in person. This thing is pretty cool actually, and i love how the robot back becomes the tank back, that is pretty sweet. I love the paint work too. This figure is also pretty dang good

Shockwave just got delivered back home - It’ll be a while before I get to check it out but I’m glad it’s secured! Really excited about having DOTM Prime and Shockwave square off.

I hope you're prepared for the nightmares that await you, mortal

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Reminds me of the altmode of the old ROTF Leader class Megatron figure.

So I got Scavenger yesterday and finally had a little bit of time to open him up today, and pose him just a little. And first impressions are not good. He is just as fiddly a pain in the ass to pose as the RotF voyager was. I was really happy seeing that the treads collapse into the bottom wheel when he was first revealed and thought they had to include some way for him to be able to stand on only his wheel so you could use his hands. Fig fat nope unless I'm missing something.

We'll see if my opinion improves once I get a chance to transform him a bit, but as of right now, he is by far the worst Constructicon to me. For now, being a component of Devastator is the only real plus for this mold. I really hope that changes once I transform him and get a bit more used to posing him.

Guess who has a bike mode Scavenger does

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Guess who has a bike mode Scavenger does

The best part is, that mode is actually canonical, as Demolisher would slam his top wheel onto the ground to create massive damage.

Ig89ninja wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Guess who has a bike mode Scavenger does

The best part is, that mode is actually canonical, as Demolisher would slam his top wheel onto the ground to create massive damage.

Thats why I did it

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Did you do anything particular to the bottom wheel to allow him to stand without using his hands for support? Or do you really just have to carefully find the balance point and cross your fingers?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Did you do anything particular to the bottom wheel to allow him to stand without using his hands for support? Or do you really just have to carefully find the balance point and cross your fingers?

Nothing but physics once you find his center it's easy to get him to balance

Holy crap am I loving these Leaders! this whole wave has been joy after relentless joy to me.

First up, Scavenger. I don't know what it is, but I love the non-traditional Constructicons, and it's now a race between Scavenger and Rampage for my favorite mold. I frikkin love both! Have a group shot, with only 2 to go!



And then there is Shockwave. This guy is just utterly intimidating and terrifying, and he works so well with dark filters. I frikkin love the paint work and sculpting, they captured that movie look spot on.

Have a Dark of the Moon group shot, minus hatchet and Sentinel Prime, as well as another image of the devil opening the gates of hell

Guess what time it is, Unconventional Constructicon pose-ability time

Gotta say DMax, you are the first to capture how nice Shockwave's alt mode can be.

Now that it's been mentioned, it piss me off that SS '07 Megatron's chest is the exact same one as the ROTF one. Was it that impossible to mold a new chest plate so that's it's accurate?
....Unless they want to milk the mold and once again, they'll release a repaint/remold of a more accurate '07 Megs. As they did for ROTF Megatron and Optimus.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Now that it's been mentioned, it piss me off that SS '07 Megatron's chest is the exact same one as the ROTF one. Was it that impossible to mold a new chest plate so that's it's accurate?
....Unless they want to milk the mold and once again, they'll release a repaint/remold of a more accurate '07 Megs. As they did for ROTF Megatron and Optimus.

The chest thing drives me nuts. Maybe they'll remold it for some sort of exclusive, with an icy deco and/or the fusion cannon? Kinda like Battle Damaged ROTF Megatron.

Thanks everyone on the photos and advice on posing Scavenger. Yesterday was a crappy day for other reasons and I should have waited until I had more time to really play around with him. Today went much better as I started with getting the top and bottom wheels lined up over each other so they would balance well. I also found that rotating the bottom wheel so that the nubs from the end of the excavator treads can sort of help against forward or backward lean. I can now pose him much better, and just have to figure what botbot he will be playing in the constructicon band Wrecking Balls (more on this in the Awesome pics and poses thread in the future).

The transformation was both a little scary, but ultimately very satisfying. A little scary at times because some of those tabs just didn't want to let go, and being my first time transforming him I wasn't always sure which pieces were supposed to move or let go. But after the first transformation everything went smooth the second time. I really like how everything tabs in nice and snug on mine, very satisfying.

Can't wait for the last 2 constructicons to be available so I can get the big boy put together.

Rtron wrote:The chest thing drives me nuts. Maybe they'll remold it for some sort of exclusive, with an icy deco and/or the fusion cannon? Kinda like Battle Damaged ROTF Megatron.

I'm not usually a fan of KO and bootlegs. But the fact that the chest plate is pinned to hell and back make replacing just that part impossible. I'd like a 1:1 KO of SS Voyager Megatron with the correct chest if HasTak don't make it.

However, the best of both worlds would be to have a just the KO torso with the correct chest. Meaning the chest and all the pinned parts on it only. Then, take apart your official Megatron and assemble the ultimate SS '07 Megs.

I got Scavenger.



I want Overload. I want him to be mostly complete. Oh god this guy is so cool and he's only 75% complete.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I got Scavenger.



I want Overload. I want him to be mostly complete. Oh god this guy is so cool and he's only 75% complete.

I know how you feel, I just have to keep reminding myself that I'd rather get overload way at the end and get a good devastator, than first and have a combiner with weak thighs; but it isn't easy

Anyone who has Scavenger, could we see how he looks with some of the old movie legends/ DOTM Cyberverse figures? I think they'd probably look really cool next to each other.