Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted

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For all those who wanted Hasbro to reveal some Bayverse Studio Series figures, well Hasbro has done it today, kind of. They revealed on their official Transformers page a N.E.S.T. Bumblebee which is a grey redeco of Jeep Bumblebee from the Bumblebee movie, where N.E.S.T. does not appear. Below are the official images and description. It comes with a toy of Sam. It can be preordered in various online retailers for 22.99, including Hasbro Pulse.

Transformers Studio Series 77 Deluxe Transformers: Bumblebee N.E.S.T. Bumblebee

Product Description
Limit of 2 per customer

Estimated ship date subject to change, items may ship earlier or later than anticipated without notice

Payment will be collected once item is ready to ship

Studio Series has always allowed fans to reach past the big screen and build the ultimate Transformers collection inspired by iconic movie scenes from the Transformers movie universe. Now, the Studio Series line is expanding to include the epic moments and characters from the classic 1986 The Transformers: The Movie, bringing fans a whole new series of screen-inspired figures to collect! (Each sold separately. Subject to availability.)

This Studio Series 77 Deluxe Class Transformers: Bumblebee-inspired N.E.S.T. Bumblebee figure converts from robot to licensed Jeep mode in 26 steps. Remove backdrop to showcase N.E.S.T. Bumblebee in the Canyon Attack scene. Re-imagined as a N.E.S.T. Jeep, Bumblebee and the Autobots team up with N.E.S.T. to protect the Allspark from the Decepticons. Pose the figure out with the included blaster accessory and mini figure to create a movie universe-inspired scene!

Includes: 2 figures, accessory, removable backdrop, and instructions.

Deluxe Class figures are 4.5-inch collectible action figures inspired by iconic movie scenes and designed with specs and details to reflect the Transformers movie universe, now including The Transformers: The Movie!
Bumblebee has been re-imagined as a N.E.S.T. Jeep! Figure features vivid, movie universe-inspired deco, is highly articulated for posability and comes with a blaster accessory and mini figure
Figure scale reflects the character’s size in the world of Transformers: Bumblebee. Figure and packaging are inspired by the iconic Canyon Attack scene
Figure features classic conversion between robot and licensed Jeep modes in 26 steps. Perfect for fans looking for a more advanced converting figure. For kids and adults ages 8 and up
Removable backdrop displays N.E.S.T. Bumblebee figure in the Canyon Attack scene. Fans can use the backdrop and pose their figures in the scene with their own style
Ages 8 and up
Warning: Choking Hazard -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Credit(s): Hasbro

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Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114746)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 31st, 2021 @ 4:30pm CDT

You know, if it had been the Volkswagon version instead of the Jeep, that would have been the closest we've come to having a Herbie the Love Bug Transformer since the Donald Duck Transformer.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114747)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on August 31st, 2021 @ 4:41pm CDT

I just can't see this figure as anything but dead Jeep Bee.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114749)
Posted by First-Aid on August 31st, 2021 @ 4:45pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:You know, if it had been the Volkswagon version instead of the Jeep, that would have been the closest we've come to having a Herbie the Love Bug Transformer since the Donald Duck Transformer.

I would pay money for this.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114750)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 31st, 2021 @ 4:48pm CDT

Why?

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114752)
Posted by william-james88 on August 31st, 2021 @ 4:56pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Why?

Because

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I just can't see this figure as anything but dead Jeep Bee.

Same

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114753)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:00pm CDT

Is there anything different or new with the figure? If the joints are a touch tighter I'd be down to double dip.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114754)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:09pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is there anything different or new with the figure? If the joints are a touch tighter I'd be down to double dip.

No, just a really dumb repaint with the running Sam figure thrown in. I mean they could have given it a generic head and called it KSI Grunt or KSI Lackey and I'd have snapped it up. But considering about 20% of studio series deluxes are Bee and his numerous repaints, I'm limiting myself to 1 Bee per mold.

Edit: Obviously we won't know about the joints until he starts shipping.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114755)
Posted by Brutal brawl on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:11pm CDT

Like how the box looks for this

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114756)
Posted by Emerje on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:11pm CDT

They seriously couldn't have changed the head and made it a new character? Landmine would have been a perfect choice even if he's an S7 agent and not NEST.

Emerje

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114760)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:24pm CDT

Emerje wrote:They seriously couldn't have changed the head and made it a new character? Landmine would have been a perfect choice even if he's an S7 agent and not NEST.

Emerje

I 100% agree with this, but I still think it's kinda neat. I'll take any mentions of NEST I can get!

Interesting that there is one picture that has the Gen selects label on it, it's a numbered SS release though and I can't find any other mention of it being a GS, so I'm thinking it's an error:

NEST Bee.JPG

Anyway, I might pick this up, I think it'll look cool in alt mode with the movie 1-3 Autobots.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114765)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 31st, 2021 @ 5:53pm CDT

Just headcanon that it's a N.E.S.T.-built clone of Bumblebee that the government had made in case anything ever happened to the real Bumblebee, be it death or... treason.

A Bumblebee made by the government for the government. A Bumblebee that they could control for themselves, should the real one prove... uncontrollable.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114769)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on August 31st, 2021 @ 6:40pm CDT

I'll bite, why not? Didn't like the yellow Jeep, but this one looks neat. I'll probably use it as Centurion from HOS

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114776)
Posted by william-james88 on August 31st, 2021 @ 7:51pm CDT

Haha, I'll repost something funny I saw someone share elsewhere:

This toy is Hasbro finally admitting that the Bumblebee movie and Bayverse are one and the same.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114781)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 31st, 2021 @ 8:21pm CDT

Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound." :-?

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114788)
Posted by Emerje on August 31st, 2021 @ 9:59pm CDT

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Interesting that there is one picture that has the Gen selects label on it, it's a numbered SS release though and I can't find any other mention of it being a GS, so I'm thinking it's an error:
NEST Bee.JPG

Anyway, I might pick this up, I think it'll look cool in alt mode with the movie 1-3 Autobots.

Being a Selects wouldn't exclude it from being numbered since several SS exclusives are numbered. In fact this figure is listed as an exclusive as well (on Entertainment Earth) even if it clearly isn't a selects release.

Emerje

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114790)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on August 31st, 2021 @ 10:07pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Being a Selects wouldn't exclude it from being numbered since several SS exclusives are numbered. In fact this figure is listed as an exclusive as well (on Entertainment Earth) even if it clearly isn't a selects release.

Emerje

Right, I figured since Gen Selects typically had their own numbering and packaging that would mean this Bee isn't, but like you mention, SS seems to work a little differently for exclusives.

I really hope this is the start of a SS Gen Selects line though, there's a lot of cool things they could do!

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114807)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 1st, 2021 @ 4:44am CDT

This mean we could get a SS86 Ricochet or a SS 07 Jazz in G1 colors in the main SS line.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114814)
Posted by Deadput on September 1st, 2021 @ 9:03am CDT

I mean if Hasbro considers Bumblebee to be part of the Bayverse with this...chances don't bold well with Rise of the Beasts.

Edit: I read someone else online theorize this was meant to be an Exclusive at Universal to go with the Transformers Ride but Covid shifted it's release to be here, that would make sense since they already did this with that leader Megatron that later got a more wide release.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114815)
Posted by Deathsanras on September 1st, 2021 @ 9:06am CDT

Look closely. Sound it out.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114816)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 1st, 2021 @ 9:20am CDT

Deadput wrote:Edit: I read someone else online theorize this was meant to be an Exclusive at Universal to go with the Transformers Ride but Covid shifted it's release to be here, that would make sense since they already did this with that leader Megatron that later got a more wide release.

I could see that. The oddness of this figure certainly fits the bill of a Universal exclusive, as the ride is still very much a "Transformers teamed up with N.E.S.T." ride, which hasn't been a thing in the movies since DOTM. If anything would want a new N.E.S.T. Transformers figure, it'd be Universal.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114824)
Posted by Slashercon on September 1st, 2021 @ 10:52am CDT

Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114831)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 1st, 2021 @ 1:09pm CDT

Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114832)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 1st, 2021 @ 1:13pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

An extra "B" got inside the name.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114836)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 1st, 2021 @ 2:25pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

An extra "B" got inside the name.

Hasbro has been giving us too many B's since 2007. >:oP

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114837)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on September 1st, 2021 @ 2:30pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114839)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 1st, 2021 @ 3:03pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

An extra "B" got inside the name.
Hasbro has been giving us too many B's since 2007.

I think history has proven that the Bs sell, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten so many. Kids love him and that's a good thing as it's more money for hasbro to put into Transformers as a whole.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114841)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 1st, 2021 @ 3:13pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

An extra "B" got inside the name.
Hasbro has been giving us too many B's since 2007.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114843)
Posted by Emerje on September 1st, 2021 @ 3:24pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Slashercon wrote:
Deathsanras wrote:

Look closely. Sound it out.

Lol That's funny...And sad.

I don't get it.

An extra "B" got inside the name.
Hasbro has been giving us too many B's since 2007.

Emerje

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114848)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 1st, 2021 @ 4:25pm CDT

Till-all-R1 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

We may get a SS86 Hound or something. With that Bee, I want to make a Bayverse Hound as he should have been. What we got in AoE and TlK was BULKHEAD, not "Hound". Stupid marketing suits deciding random things...

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114858)
Posted by Deadput on September 2nd, 2021 @ 3:28am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

We may get a SS86 Hound or something. With that Bee, I want to make a Bayverse Hound as he should have been. What we got in AoE and TlK was BULKHEAD, not "Hound". Stupid marketing suits deciding random things...

Wasn't Animated Bulkhead inspired by Hound in the first place? If anything it's kinda roundabout.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114863)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 7:22am CDT

Deadput wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

We may get a SS86 Hound or something. With that Bee, I want to make a Bayverse Hound as he should have been. What we got in AoE and TlK was BULKHEAD, not "Hound". Stupid marketing suits deciding random things...

Wasn't Animated Bulkhead inspired by Hound in the first place? If anything it's kinda roundabout.

I'm pretty sure Animated Bulkhead pre-dates Age of Extinction, so I don't think that is possible unless I'm missing something. Animated Bulkhead had a voyager toy in 2008, well before the movies with Hound.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114864)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 2nd, 2021 @ 7:37am CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Deadput wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

We may get a SS86 Hound or something. With that Bee, I want to make a Bayverse Hound as he should have been. What we got in AoE and TlK was BULKHEAD, not "Hound". Stupid marketing suits deciding random things...

Wasn't Animated Bulkhead inspired by Hound in the first place? If anything it's kinda roundabout.

I'm pretty sure Animated Bulkhead pre-dates Age of Extinction, so I don't think that is possible unless I'm missing something. Animated Bulkhead had a voyager toy in 2008, well before the movies with Hound.

You may be missing a page here. What the voyager toys have anything to do with this? AoE/TLK Hound IS Animated/Prime Bulkhead all the way, but some suits went for a "G1" name for reasons.

Further back, some say that Animated Bulkhead was "inspired" by G1 Hound but appart the color, I don't see any resemblance.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114868)
Posted by TulioDude on September 2nd, 2021 @ 9:48am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Speaking of that gray Jeep Bee, I may pick this up to customise into "young Hound."

Now that's a repaint I wouldn't have minded, and might have actually bought. Although I would rather get an accurate version of G1 Hound.

We may get a SS86 Hound or something. With that Bee, I want to make a Bayverse Hound as he should have been. What we got in AoE and TlK was BULKHEAD, not "Hound". Stupid marketing suits deciding random things...

I going to disagree with this.I can see the argument with the green colors,the AOE vehicle mode and both robots being perceived as fat,but I see them as different characters.One consistent Bulkhead trait is that he like to rely on physical strenght while having a soft spot for kids,while Hound,is for me like a mechanized John Goodman with an affinity for firearms.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114872)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 2nd, 2021 @ 11:19am CDT

Maybe not personally wise, but the looks were on point.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114873)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 2nd, 2021 @ 12:09pm CDT

"A Studio Series figure nobody could have predicted".... I'm not sure whether that was sarcastic or not. Because, yeah - another Bumblebee figure? Who could have predicted that?

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114874)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 2nd, 2021 @ 12:16pm CDT

DeathReviews wrote:"A Studio Series figure nobody could have predicted".... I'm not sure whether that was sarcastic or not. Because, yeah - another Bumblebee figure? Who could have predicted that?

I think it was more that it was a grey Bumblebee from the jeep mold, not that it was another bee.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114876)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 12:43pm CDT

Since Hasbro likes mold reuse whenever they can and this one has yet to see it, the safe bet was a BB repaint versus any other character due to his popularity. Who else could it have been really?

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114878)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 2nd, 2021 @ 1:12pm CDT

Till-all-R1 wrote:Since Hasbro likes mold reuse whenever they can and this one has yet to see it, the safe bet was a BB repaint versus any other character due to his popularity. Who else could it have been really?

Literally any other Jeep-moded character given the Movieverse treatment?

People were calling for Hound and Swindle back when the first version of this Jeep mold was first unveiled.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114880)
Posted by o.supreme on September 2nd, 2021 @ 1:17pm CDT

I am not a SS collector, so I may be off a bit, but wasn't the original intent to have representations of characters as close to their on screen appearance as possible? I mean I know there have been deviations both as characters that never appeared in film, or color/design variants that didn't as well. It seems each time this happens there's pushback from fans for good or ill. If Hasbro I think would just state publicly what we all know they are doing, even if that changes the original intent of the SS line, I think it would at least subside most of the negative chatter that comes from quick repaints. You may lose some collectors, but at least the same argument won't happen endlessly.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114881)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 2nd, 2021 @ 1:26pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:I am not a SS collector, so I may be off a bit, but wasn't the original intent to have representations of characters as close to their on screen appearance as possible? I mean I know there have been deviations both as characters that never appeared in film, or color/design variants that didn't as well. It seems each time this happens there's pushback from fans for good or ill. If Hasbro I think would just state publicly what we all know they are doing, even if that changes the original intent of the SS line, I think it would at least subside most of the negative chatter that comes from quick repaints. You may lose some collectors, but at least the same argument won't happen endlessly.

It is theorized that this strange Bumblebee redeco with no onscreen precedence was probably supposed to be a Universal Studios exclusive (what with TF: The Ride being the only thing left that still pushes the Autobots' partnership with N.E.S.T., which hasn't been a thing since DOTM ten years ago), but that Covid may have rerouted it to the main line instead.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114888)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 3:49pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:I am not a SS collector, so I may be off a bit, but wasn't the original intent to have representations of characters as close to their on screen appearance as possible? I mean I know there have been deviations both as characters that never appeared in film, or color/design variants that didn't as well. It seems each time this happens there's pushback from fans for good or ill. If Hasbro I think would just state publicly what we all know they are doing, even if that changes the original intent of the SS line, I think it would at least subside most of the negative chatter that comes from quick repaints. You may lose some collectors, but at least the same argument won't happen endlessly.

I actually don't think the intent of Studio Series has changed all that much, aside from the obvious partial takeover of SS86 and the very odd re-use of AoE Bee. There have always been some repaints/remolds within the line, but they have mainly been used on characters that have been in multiple movies and had their decos changed between films (Starscream, Ratchet, Sideswipe OP, Bee). Most of the redecos had the benefit of another film to tie to. The exclusives have been the oddballs and all repaints, so NEST Bee being a Universal release re-routed to the main line makes sense.

Since SS has always had a mix of redecos over the course of a year, I think we are seeing now is that because almost all the SS86 bots are by definition new molds, regular SS gets stuck with the repaint/remold slots needed to make the overall line fit Hasbro's budget/plan. However, they have pretty much run out of deluxes to redeco from previous SS deluxes that were actually in the films. The rumored re-release of TLK Crosshairs like AoE Bee would also fit my theory. I have absolutely no proof, but it does sort of fit what we are seeing. That could also be why none of these are being revealed on a Fan First Friday. The comments would not be kind.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114896)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 2nd, 2021 @ 7:20pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:since DOTM ten years ago

For some reason that just hit me like a bucket of cold water. DoTM was 10 years ago. A decade ago. I still remember going to BotCon 2011 and getting a sneak preview of it. And then seeing in theaters 3 times. Time flies.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114897)
Posted by o.supreme on September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:10pm CDT

Nice I attended Botcon 2011 as well. My son was 5 and seeing most of the Autobot cars from DOTM there was pretty cool. ( Even if the movie itself wasn't great) I still have pics and video of his reactions..Priceless ;)^

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114898)
Posted by william-james88 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:28pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
DeathReviews wrote:"A Studio Series figure nobody could have predicted".... I'm not sure whether that was sarcastic or not. Because, yeah - another Bumblebee figure? Who could have predicted that?

I think it was more that it was a grey Bumblebee from the jeep mold, not that it was another bee.

Yeah, that it was not representing anything onscreen.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Since Hasbro likes mold reuse whenever they can and this one has yet to see it, the safe bet was a BB repaint versus any other character due to his popularity. Who else could it have been really?

Could have been that same mold with the mask, and battle damage, and John Cena running instead of Sam.

Or anyone else that's a jeep.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114900)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:40pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:since DOTM ten years ago
For some reason that just hit me like a bucket of cold water. DoTM was 10 years ago. A decade ago. I still remember going to BotCon 2011 and getting a sneak preview of it. And then seeing in theaters 3 times. Time flies.

It’s great that we got Dino for DOTM’s 10th, but that’s the only DOTM figure we got this year, which is actually a substantial decrease in figures from that movie since SS started. It’s a little annoying that we got several fan firsts non-stop gushing about the 86 movie for its anniversary and nothing at all for DOTM, the highest grossing TF movie (and also the best one, but that’s just my opinion).

Still though, I am glad we got Dino and that it’s a great figure! Hopefully it’s not too long before we get Que, Hatchet, and DOTM Bee in Studio Series.

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114909)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 2nd, 2021 @ 11:30pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:since DOTM ten years ago
For some reason that just hit me like a bucket of cold water. DoTM was 10 years ago. A decade ago. I still remember going to BotCon 2011 and getting a sneak preview of it. And then seeing in theaters 3 times. Time flies.

o.supreme wrote:Nice I attended Botcon 2011 as well. My son was 5 and seeing most of the Autobot cars from DOTM there was pretty cool. ( Even if the movie itself wasn't great) I still have pics and video of his reactions..Priceless .

I was there too. I was screaming at the top of my lungs over Waspinator's fan-voted victory at the 2011 Hall of Fame. I even managed to buy a Telemocha Series Waspinator and paraded it around the next morning, proclaiming his rightful victory loud and proud. :-D

Oh, and the DOTM sneak peak at the Hall of Fame was incredible (alas, that's all from that movie that I can say was "incredible").

Re: Today's Transformers Reveal is a Studio Series Figure None of us Could Have Predicted (2114912)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 2nd, 2021 @ 11:54pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:the DOTM sneak peak at the Hall of Fame was incredible (alas, that's all from that movie that I can say was "incredible").

Well it was basically the 1st 5 minutes of the movie with no dialogue (I can't remember if it had background music) followed by some fast cuts of action scenes from the movie. Then Michael Bay's horrible acceptance speech (and I sat 2 seats away from him in the audience, right behind Brian Goldner) followed by the character inductions, which were the best part. At least that's the order I remember. It was a decade ago.

As for that being the only incredible thing, I'll have to say that even though the story had its faults and most of the characters (especially Shockwave and Megatron) were grossly misused, we did get a great movie character (and possibly best Bayverse villain) in Sentinel Prime, who I believe got a great SS voyager figure a few years ago. Leader Shockwave is also a top notch piece, but the leader Megatron could have been better.

Now that I'm thinking about it, can you guys list your top 5 SS figures all classes included, if possible? Unless it's been done recently...

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 3rd, 2021 @ 4:44am CDT

My top 5 Bayverse SS? I didn't bought much but I bought enough to fill a list. Those I consider absolutely flawless in both appearance and pleasure to handle without anything popping off or annoying steps:

Sentinel Prime, '07 Jazz, Jetfire, DotM Soundwave, (cheating here) DEVASTATOR!!!

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Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 3rd, 2021 @ 9:09am CDT

Devastator was officially sold as 1 figure, so he counts. :-D

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 3rd, 2021 @ 10:35am CDT