Transformers Studio Series Voyager Battletrap Transformation Video

Still on the fence about Battletrap, but he does look pretty cool. Love that head sculpt in bot mode!

I've had Clunker Bee on my desk more after the reveal of SS-100, and I gotta say I really like him! It does have the thin forearms carried over from the TLK mold, but other than that it's a very solid figure. At least once the roof is pinned, anyway xD

That leads me into a question for everyone, what's your favorite Bumblebee in Studio Series? I have to go with DOTM Bee, although there's a lot of great ones. All of the SS-49 molds (49/74/87) are excellent, Clunker Bee is cool, and Jeep Bee is very fun as well!

This.

Was.

Inevitable.

He has more of a Generations vibe and aesthetic than Bayverse.

Rodimus Prime wrote:He has more of a Generations vibe and aesthetic than Bayverse.

My observation too.

It's only flaw are those tow kibbles on his arms but it's no dealbreaker. Looks pretty sweet and fun overall.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:He has more of a Generations vibe and aesthetic than Bayverse.

My observation too.

It's only flaw are those tow kibbles on his arms but it's no dealbreaker. Looks pretty sweet and fun overall.

He does. I meant what I said as a positive, I wholly prefer Generations style over regular Bayverse, even with SS cranking out some great-looking pieces.

Now, for possible Battletrap repaints. Green, Hoist? Blue and white, Towline? Any others?

Aside from the head it reminds me of Legacy Evolution Scraphook (and not because they're both wreckers). But I also think the design is on par with Dropkick, Shatter and Blitzwing from the previous movie so it still has a movie feel to me.

Emerje

FINALLY.

It needed a 50$can upgrade kit to have the PERFECT '07 Megatron. It shouldn't have been needed from the start.

-Kanrabat- wrote:FINALLY.

It needed a 50$can upgrade kit to have the PERFECT '07 Megatron. It shouldn't have been needed from the start.

Snip

I got the DNA kit for DoTM Shockwave and that's pretty how I felt about him. I do adore my 07 Megatron, even if his chest is a reuse and he doesn't have a cannon arm. The shelf presence the toy has is fantastic and both modes are fun and satisfying. Glad you finally reached nirvana with him

Regarding favorite SS Bee, I think the 2007 deluxe is my favorite, I love that toy a lot!

"Time to lay some hate hahahahaha"

M. Spector wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:FINALLY.

It needed a 50$can upgrade kit to have the PERFECT '07 Megatron. It shouldn't have been needed from the start.

Snip

I got the DNA kit for DoTM Shockwave and that's pretty how I felt about him. I do adore my 07 Megatron, even if his chest is a reuse and he doesn't have a cannon arm. The shelf presence the toy has is fantastic and both modes are fun and satisfying. Glad you finally reached nirvana with him

I also love the fact that the gun fill the gap in vehicle mode. I forgot just how HUGE that spaceship is. That voyager is a TRUE voyager. Meaning it have the mass and size of old voyagers.

This is more of a fun article than anything else, but this is a very random occurrence, so why not give it a random article? A fan in the Philippines went to a mall kiosk/shop which sells loose transformers from years past. And low and behold, they were selling a loose Studio Series Airazor from the Rise of the Beasts film. What this means is that these figures are out in the wild, probably unboxed, but plentiful enough to end up there randomly. It is odd that this figure is so prevalent in the world and yet is not up for preorder yet while (assumed wavemate) Bumblebee is.

This was found by Avant Garde Plata at Megatrade Hall 3 in SM Megamall.

Every so often this site comes up with something that tells me I need a friend in the Philippines! How cool!

Is that the WFC Prime we’ve been hearing about?!

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Is that the WFC Prime we’ve been hearing about?!

Doubt it. I painted my Deluxe WFC Prime so I can't tell from the paint apps, but the size of it and its transformation joints tell me it's the old toy.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Is that the WFC Prime we’ve been hearing about?!

It's the one from the Tribute 2 pack with Orion Pax.



Emerje

That is not the new WFC prime. Its the old one.

Emerje wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Is that the WFC Prime we’ve been hearing about?!

It's the one from the Tribute 2 pack with Orion Pax.



Emerje

That set was all over te the place. A Game design, with a Generations TR Kup desing, and a movie Prime artwork on the box. Kinda weird.

We have a video review for Transformers Studio Series Rise of the Beasts deluxe Bumblebee. This is how Bumblebee will look like in the second half of the film when he turns his Camaro alt mode into an offroad mode when the Autobots get to Peru. It comes to us from Prime vs Prime. Let us know what you think!

I am looking forward to that new Bee. I've already got a whole shelf cleared for the RotB figures! I really can not wait to see Scourge.

Mixed feelings about this figure based on the premise under which it was concocted for the movie. I kind of remember the Bayverse franchise saying they didn't want to do massforming because 'it wasn't realistic'. But their transformers seem able to flexibly and dynamically tweak their alt modes completely on whim. In the 2007 move, Bumblebee just suddenly decides, 'OK I'm going to go from 70s Camero to 2007 Camero just by turning around in this TUNNEL'. Now all his armor plating and inner mechanisms can just squirm around dynamically so he can go from normal car to off-road car when it's convenient?

They need to have limits on that sort of behavior to make it more palatable as a movie gimmick. You can't just have them reformat from one alt mode to another so easily - otherwise, why not just make them ALL like AoE Galvatron, composed of flying nanites that can become anything at any time?

LinaNui wrote:I am looking forward to that new Bee. I've already got a whole shelf cleared for the RotB figures! I really can not wait to see Scourge.

I'm annoyed that it still has visible-arms-syndrome again, but it still look nice all over and seems to be more fun to handle than the previous Bees.

DeathReviews wrote:Mixed feelings about this figure based on the premise under which it was concocted for the movie. I kind of remember the Bayverse franchise saying they didn't want to do massforming because 'it wasn't realistic'. But their transformers seem able to flexibly and dynamically tweak their alt modes completely on whim. In the 2007 move, Bumblebee just suddenly decides, 'OK I'm going to go from 70s Camero to 2007 Camero just by turning around in this TUNNEL'. Now all his armor plating and inner mechanisms can just squirm around dynamically so he can go from normal car to off-road car when it's convenient?

The Bumblebee film basically rewrote everything on that with Bee going from a Cybertronian car, to a jeep to a VW Beetle to a 70s Camaro. So a slight change from a 70s Camaro to an 70s Camaro with different tires and some racks seems tame by comparison.

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Mixed feelings about this figure based on the premise under which it was concocted for the movie. I kind of remember the Bayverse franchise saying they didn't want to do massforming because 'it wasn't realistic'. But their transformers seem able to flexibly and dynamically tweak their alt modes completely on whim. In the 2007 move, Bumblebee just suddenly decides, 'OK I'm going to go from 70s Camero to 2007 Camero just by turning around in this TUNNEL'. Now all his armor plating and inner mechanisms can just squirm around dynamically so he can go from normal car to off-road car when it's convenient?

The Bumblebee film basically rewrote everything on that with Bee going from a Cybertronian car, to a jeep to a VW Beetle to a 70s Camaro. So a slight change from a 70s Camaro to an 70s Camaro with different tires and some racks seems tame by comparison.

Plus, TLK completely broke all of the rules by having Bumblebee just reassemble himself after being literally blown to bits, when everyone else that happened to in the previous movies just instantly died and stayed dead.

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, TLK completely broke all of the rules by having Bumblebee just reassemble himself after being literally blown to bits, when everyone else that happened to in the previous movies just instantly died and stayed dead.

Maybe Bee injected himself with that "Transformium" juice from AoE that allow the to disintegrate and reassemble themselves to "transform".

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, TLK completely broke all of the rules by having Bumblebee just reassemble himself after being literally blown to bits, when everyone else that happened to in the previous movies just instantly died and stayed dead.

Maybe Bee injected himself with that "Transformium" juice from AoE that allow the to disintegrate and reassemble themselves to "transform".

"Transformium" was just KSI's focus-grouped name for the stuff that all Cybertronians (including Bumblebee) are already made of. The robots built by KSI could pixelate their transformations because they were programmed to transform like that.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Plus, TLK completely broke all of the rules by having Bumblebee just reassemble himself after being literally blown to bits, when everyone else that happened to in the previous movies just instantly died and stayed dead.

Maybe Bee injected himself with that "Transformium" juice from AoE that allow the to disintegrate and reassemble themselves to "transform".

"Transformium" was just KSI's focus-grouped name for the stuff that all Cybertronians (including Bumblebee) are already made of. The robots built by KSI could pixelate their transformations because they were programmed to transform like that.

Who care what's it's called and where that come from. It could be flour mixed with 9V batteries shoved into the bot's ass it would still be the same bullshiit. I obviously meant that Bee took notes that allow him to go full Waspinator.

The Movie Megs display is almost done (even if it's a bit crowded.)

Now all I need is a SS TLK Megs (hopefully a leader) and MPM ROTF Megs (or a proper MP style 3P version not that SS oversized KO.). Then it will be complete.

Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

I think they mean the G1 grimlock figure not the AoE one.

If you don't care too much about colours there is rumours of a G2 Grimlock release next year but nothing about a Reissue

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

I think they mean the G1 grimlock figure not the AoE one.

If you don't care too much about colours there is rumours of a G2 Grimlock release next year but nothing about a Reissue

I just can't read.

For SS86 Grimlock, chances for a reissue are high.

If it were to happen, I'd say it would be near the release of ss86 swoop

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.

That would be a logical choice. Plus SS LEADER AoE Grimlock was never repainted so mold degradation shouldn't be an issue.

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No reissue but you'll get a g2 deco release in 2023

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.

Would a Devastator-style boxed set be out of the question? I know Grimmy was huge even for a leader, and I would think at least 1 of the other ones would be a leader figure, most likely the flyer.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mkdlmr wrote:Any idea if there will be a Reissue of Studio Series 86 Grimlock?

No news yet and unless they continue the AoE Dinobots, I don't think it will ever happen.

But if you don't mind, that Grimlock got an improved oversized KO and it's the same price as a MSRP leader. Hunt it down on eBay or AliExpress. The scale will also be better with the SS toys.

Continuing this thread though, I think they’ll have to rerelease SS AOE Grimlock some point. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of AOE and I think we’d be done with the G1 Dinobots at that point, so that’d be a good opportunity to start making the other AOE Dinobots, and it’s been so long since Grimlock was around that a reissue would be great.

Would a Devastator-style boxed set be out of the question? I know Grimmy was huge even for a leader, and I would think at least 1 of the other ones would be a leader figure, most likely the flyer.

Scorn is bigger than Grimlock in dino mode so he'd definitely be a Leader. Not sure if they could go smaller with the Slug and Strafe since all four have roughly the same bot size like in G1. Maybe a box set would be best, that way they don't have to conform entirely to size classes / price points.

Emerje

So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

Commander class TLK Infernocus.

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

I think all the ones you mentioned would be great, I’d also like to mention AOE Junkheap (since he’s 3 bots that would be big deluxes/small voyagers with a combined alt mode)

I’m not sure how feasible it would be, but a DOTM Decepticon fighter/orbital assault carrier would also be very cool! It’d have to fit a deluxe figure like Bumblebee or a Decepticon Protoform inside, and shifts between a few modes in the movie, so it still works as it’s own Transformer.

The first Studio Series Commander being 86 Magnus is very disappointing, but it does open the door for more Commanders in the future!

If the first commander is indeed SS86 Magnus and it's his own brand new and improved mode with less partsforming (or none at all) than the Siege/Kingdom one, I'll be all for it. I'm sure there will be no partsforming and it will be like that old Combiner Wars leader because in the toon and movie, the small white "Optimus" do not exist.

I'm pretty happy about this because not only will we get a "mini MP" Magnus, but this open the door to more movieverse commanders.
I wonder, would a set that have a Core Class scale DOTM Shockwave and his Driller fit the Commander class price-point, or should it be a Titan?

Kind of crazy how Gamestop has become the go to place for Transformers toys in Canada, both in terms of price (thanks to the Edge card) and timeliness of release. Case in point, Studio Series The Fallen. Gamestop is the first place to have this anticipated leader class figure and it has shown up in Ontario and Quebec so far. The image below is from a Montreal location.

My GameStop didn't had anything new on the shelves appart a lone Holiday Optimus Prime. I would have had saved around 10$CAN if I bought it there, but that was a chance I wouldn't take when I ordered mine and my friend's online.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

LinaNui wrote:So with the latest rumors saying that SS will get a commander class toy next year, I was really hoping for Stratosphere since that was floating around at some point. But sadly it will be SS86 Magnus, but that is for another thread.

What character from the movies would like to see get a commander class release? For me I want to see all of the TF4 dinobots done at CC for better scale. Maybe Devcon would work here too? Wouldn't mind a proper Scavenger/Demolisher that could go and take the leader classes place and make Devastator even more accurate.

A Commander Magnus, especially tossed into SS86, is groanworthy levels of utterly unnecessary.

For movie commanders, the following all could work:

-AOE Dinobots (they've done G1 Ironhide 3 times in 4 years, having a new scale to re-do Grimlock in would be both practical and awesome)
-DotM Devcon
-TLK Infernocus
-Demolishor (sure he could re-use the Scavenger mold, but a larger version for screen accuracy to the beginning of RotF can work too)
-Blackout/Grindor (see above comment)
-Jetwing Prime (another case of already done, but they could make it far more accurate by just using voyager Prime and adding the jet armor to make him properly bigger, balanced, and more movie accurate)

I have been transforming Crosshairs and Hot Rod some more, these are 2 really good deluxes, definitely some very fun figures. Despite not getting a lot, this year was very solid for live action SS.

I just did my SS HotRod and I was pretty impressed. WAY better than the previous Lockdown repaint/remold. He look perfect in all modes and his transformation was surprisingly easy to figure out. Lots of tiny, tiny parts though. Butterfingers beware.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:-DotM Devcon

I had to go the Wiki. Great call!

Got these guys for Christmas!



Really liking all three of them! NEST Bee is a cool repaint of the very good Jeep Bee mold, it's really nice seeing the NEST logo again!

The Fallen is great, the articulation took a little bit to figure out, but very glad to add him to the collection!

PF Megatron might be my favorite of the bunch, he's excellent! Super hefty for a voyager, and the transformation with the wings folding into the legs is really cool!

I really wish someone would do comparison pics between Studio Series Movie Megatron and Premium Finish Movie Megatron to show off their differences, since they look so similar to each other.

Sabrblade wrote:I really wish someone would do comparison pics between Studio Series Movie Megatron and Premium Finish Movie Megatron to show off their differences, since they look so similar to each other.

My picture doesn't really do it justice, but PF Megatron is painted in a slightly darker silver paint (almost gunmetal) with brighter silver dry brushing on top. The PF also has a secondary copper-like color used for details throughout the figure and the underside of the wings, whereas the original to my knowledge was just silver and underlying gray plastic.

I don't know about you, but I sure didn't miss the days of getting piece meal leaks with a lot of the product obscured. But here we are again with leader class ROTB Scourge from Studio Series. He and Optimus Primal are the only ROTB leaders that we know of at the moment with SS86 Snarl being the other leader coming out next year. The toy in the photo is also not fully transformed, but it does give us an idea at the detail we'll get with the toy and we have a good look at its headsculpt which resembles the Terrorcon logo used in the film. Hopefully this means that the toy is well into production and we'll get better shots of this figure which will give us a better look at the character design. We can see that he has a claw hand, as we saw in the trailer and his other hand seems to have a blade type weapon, probably what he uses to impale Bumblebee in the film.