Video Review of Transformers Studio Series Voyager Megatron
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 10:14AM CDT
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Sporting his Revenge of the Fallen mismatched body, Megatron also comes with the forest battle scene backdrop from the movie, where Optimus Prime is killed (again, but for the first time in the live action series), and some nice detailing, with a 32 step transformation, and comparisons with Leader Class Blackout, Voyager Optimus Prime, and the Voyager Brawl (with a review coming soon). Give it a look, and let us know your thoughts in the Energon Pub discussion boards!
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Posted by shajaki on May 22nd, 2018 @ 10:15am CDT
Well I'll be damned... dunno how I missed that. My bad!william-james88 wrote:shajaki wrote:I didn't see it news'dCarnivius_Prime wrote:I already posted that pic but from Smyths UK website.shajaki wrote:So... I was doing my morning interweb rounds, and.. anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?
transformers-studio-series-discussion-new-2018-movie-line--t110126s1600.php#p1958848
That has been Starscream's standard pic since day one. As for upcoming figures,including the ROTF redeco, here is all the news we have on it
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... bel/41092/
Posted by william-james88 on May 22nd, 2018 @ 10:24am CDT
shajaki wrote:Well I'll be damned... dunno how I missed that. My bad!william-james88 wrote:shajaki wrote:I didn't see it news'dCarnivius_Prime wrote:I already posted that pic but from Smyths UK website.shajaki wrote:So... I was doing my morning interweb rounds, and.. anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?
transformers-studio-series-discussion-new-2018-movie-line--t110126s1600.php#p1958848
That has been Starscream's standard pic since day one. As for upcoming figures,including the ROTF redeco, here is all the news we have on it
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... bel/41092/
No worries man and I am very thankful that you are always on the lookout for new stuff we could news
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 22nd, 2018 @ 11:43am CDT
Va'al wrote: 32 step transformation, and comparisons with Leader Class Blackout, Voyager Optimus Prime, and the Deluxe Brawl (with a review coming soon).
Voyager Brawl.
Posted by william-james88 on May 22nd, 2018 @ 7:57pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on May 22nd, 2018 @ 8:48pm CDT
Posted by Qwan on May 22nd, 2018 @ 9:51pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Good thing I don’t pose my figures sideways with their arms over their head but I’m sure there are plenty that also don’t but will be throwing a fit
Well yes, because plenty of us have object permanence
For real though, I'm one of the ones whom this bothers, and it's because even though I probably won't see it most of the time I'll still know it's there. It's a silly thing to have bother me, but I can't change the fact that it does, frustratingly. I want my plastic toys of giant robots to be realistic representations, dammit!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 22nd, 2018 @ 10:29pm CDT
TOP TEN DONUT-FORMERS
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 12:13am CDT
Yeesh! And to think people were groaning about Takara creating a "gappy chest" when they retooled Legends Targetmaster Hot Rod to have a more G1 chest. They actually made the figure even more G1 than anyone appreciated, lol!
Posted by Toy_Spectre on May 23rd, 2018 @ 4:07am CDT
I mean it's already almost as same size as Blackout so why not?
Maybe for a Leader TF1 Megatron with Jet alt mode?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 5:15am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 5:46am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 23rd, 2018 @ 5:49am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Va'al wrote: 32 step transformation, and comparisons with Leader Class Blackout, Voyager Optimus Prime, and the Deluxe Brawl (with a review coming soon).
Voyager Brawl.
You are correct and I mistyped, edited!
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 23rd, 2018 @ 6:13am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 6:21am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Nice haul carni! The only thing that I find odd about jazz is his feet as I'm sure his toes should be slightly bigger. Can lockdown do his cannon head mode?
Yeah Jazz should have bigger feet but due to the transformation (the feet end up pointing straight down in car mode) there really isn't any clearance room for them to have been bigger.
Don't think Lockdown can do head cannon cos his weapons here are a hook and a sword. But if anyone knows different then feel free to share.
Car modes are nice and shiny. Weapons have places to attach but as usual look a lil silly. Jazz is one of the smallest Deluxe cars ever made I reckon. I'll need some time to play with them some more before I make my final decision as to how much I like them but they're pretty cool so far.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:00am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:02am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Thanks for sharing your thoughts a shame about the gun head but I still really like the look of him and his alt mode.
Yeah I think he's an big improvement on the older toy despite lack of masked head and gun attachment for it. Maybe there will be third party accessories made like a lot of other figures get.
Jazz may be small but he's very cool. I get reminded of an old school spaceman character sorta thing for some reason with all the curves, silver, visor and the gun.
Even though he's so small and that I paid £29.99 each for him and Lockdown (when they are now in some branches of Forbidden Planet at their correct RRP £22.99) I don't feel all that bad about having spent too much. Lockdown's cool and got loads of detail, and Jazz is a charming shiny lil dude.
Posted by Va'al on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:39am CDT
Check out the embedded clip below, featuring transformation, poses, and comparisons, and share your thoughts in the Energon Pub discussion boards!
Transformers Studio Series Brawl Review
In this review, I take yet another early look at the brand new Studio Series Voyager Class Brawl from Wave 2! I give you a detailed look at both the robot-mode, transformation, as well as the tank mode. I also compare the figure to a multitude of other Transformers including the 2007 Leader Class Brawl! Stay tuned for my next review of the Studio Series Jazz & Lockdown!
Posted by Sabrblade on May 23rd, 2018 @ 8:47am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:41pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:You know, looking at that shot of Brawl in the news post's thumbnail from a distance, it dawned on me that that SS Brawl's silhouette kinda reminds me of that of G1 Bruticus. Triangular-ish torso, thick chunky lower legs, twin back-mounted cannons pointing upward, heavily armed arms (kinda like Ruination's two big combined gun weapons). All he really needs is a more Bruticus-ish head and colors and he'd made a pretty decent non-Combiner Movieverse Bruticus (funky-colored tank mode notwithstanding).
Maybe "Bruticus" was the wrong name he was supposed to have in stead of "Devastator"?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:46pm CDT
Lockdown Vs Bumblebee (cos I follow Mark Ryan on Twitter, not just for Transformers but cos the ol' Robin of Sherwood show he was in from the 80's is one of my all time faves). Lockdown has a ton of really nice detail. The upper arms are a tad confusing cos they seem to be transformed differently in various stock photos and not 100% sure which is correct (I should probably just look at the instructions but I have fun transforming these without and both Jazz and Lockdown are very easy to change into cars and back). Also Lockdown has a chest piece you have to push out a bit from within the back to make his front a lil less flat. I didn't notice that when I first took photos but I got it now (makes a satisfying click sound too). Lockdown's face sculpt is superb. I did pose him with TLK Optimus Prime (to re-enact battle from end of AoE) and he's a bit short for that but eh it'll do fine for the cheapest option other than huge third party figures like Peru Kill and such.
Jazz and Grimlock. Just having fun posing the smallest figure in the line with the largest. Technically Grimlock should be even bigger than he is but whatcha gonna do... Jazz is tiny (as is accurate to the movie scale) but I'm finding him so much fun.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 23rd, 2018 @ 1:53pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Here's the big question, though. Can Studio Series Jazz be separated at the waist so that Megatron can have two pieces of him instead of just one?
Not easily. All his joints in there are pinned. When I was first transforming him into car I couldn't figure out how to seperate it all (his car hood is sandwiched in there firmly) and I thought I was gonna break it which worried me but then made me think it would be accurate for that.
Posted by WreckerJack on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:17pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:37pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:47pm CDT
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 23rd, 2018 @ 7:58pm CDT
Posted by Victinoko on May 23rd, 2018 @ 8:07pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on May 23rd, 2018 @ 8:09pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:08pm CDT
Why can't they get his size right? I still kinda want him, because it's an awesome design. I was even able to look past the weird wrists, and the arm kibble. But now add this to it and I'm just so disappointed with everything on the planet.
Still getting that Megatron though.
Posted by Toy_Spectre on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:18pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Wow, I am actually pretty livid about how small Blackout is now. I heard that he was sort of small for a Leader class toy, but now actually seeing this.... uuuuuuuurrrrgh. I'll need some time to cool down from this. I was getting so sick of when Hasbro makes a big huge character into a toy that ends up smaller than or as big as the toy size class lower, like with 2007 blackout, or animated bulkhead, or ... I dunno, maybe it was just those two, but I'm mad, let me be mad over childen's toys! XD
Why can't they get his size right? I still kinda want him, because it's an awesome design. I was even able to look past the weird wrists, and the arm kibble. But now add this to it and I'm just so disappointed with everything on the planet.
Still getting that Megatron though.
The Studio Series is making consistent movie accurate scales for characters throughout all classes. If Blackout is bigger, then Grimmlock is gonna be gigantic.
Also I think it's classified as Leader class because of its details and complexity. Not just size. Look at Voyager Megatron; there's a giant hole in the middle. Lol
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:41pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:42pm CDT
Toy_Spectre wrote:The Studio Series is making consistent movie accurate scales for characters throughout all classes. If Blackout is bigger, then Grimmlock is gonna be gigantic.
Also I think it's classified as Leader class because of its details and complexity. Not just size. Look at Voyager Megatron; there's a giant hole in the middle. Lol
Well, in the movie, Optimus comes up to the middle of Grimlock's shin! So Grimlock SHOULD be huge! That would be awesome! I still want a larger Blackout though! >:I
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 24th, 2018 @ 12:19am CDT
Impressive, right? Man, it's going to be a pain finding one of these on the aftermarket!
Posted by WreckerJack on May 24th, 2018 @ 12:31am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 24th, 2018 @ 1:40am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 24th, 2018 @ 4:34am CDT
WreckerJack wrote:That game boy advance did not age well loljk.
That's a Neo Geo pocket. In term of perfeormance, it's between the GBC and the GBA. It was not popular thus making the console and it's games relatively rare.
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 24th, 2018 @ 4:54am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:WreckerJack wrote:That game boy advance did not age well loljk.
That's a Neo Geo pocket. In term of perfeormance, it's between the GBC and the GBA. It was not popular thus making the console and it's games relatively rare.
unless I'm thinking of a different "import handheld" during my High School years... it wasn't that they were "unpopular" just "prohibitively expensive" (compared to Gameboys at the time). Also... it catered to the arcade crowd, while everyone else was busy with pokemon.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 24th, 2018 @ 6:39am CDT
Jazz review by PrimeVsPrime. His one seems to have some very slight vehicle mode gaps mine doesn't. He seems very happy with the figure anyways.
I can't seem to get youtube video embed working today. Dunno why but here's direct link.
EDIT: OK figured it out by copying my previous embedding of his Megatron video and changing the codey bit to match.
Made a lil edit to my Jazz, adding silver sharpie to the panels hip/leg ball joints and either side of the neck and blackened the knee areas. I wish I could think of some way to get his spoiler up behind his head like on the previous figures but that may be impossible. Either way I love this lil shiny dude. Way more than his 2007 and HA figures.
Posted by o.supreme on May 24th, 2018 @ 11:24am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 24th, 2018 @ 2:47pm CDT
Posted by nycPrime on May 24th, 2018 @ 3:32pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I know its a long shot, but if they ever released a proper combining Optimus and Jetfire from Revenge of the Fallen (Voyager Size), or a proper Devastator, I might actually buy those.
You and me both
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 24th, 2018 @ 6:03pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I know its a long shot, but if they ever released a proper combining Optimus and Jetfire from Revenge of the Fallen (Voyager Size), or a proper Devastator, I might actually buy those.
Studio Series Leader Jetfire, combining with SS Voyager Optimus Prime. THIS time, screen accurate, partsforming be damned!
Seriously, compare this:
To that:
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 24th, 2018 @ 8:34pm CDT
I am also in that Devastator boat. And also an awesome Jetfire/Optimus combination. I still keep those 2 leaders like that a lot, but would love something closer to the CGI
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 24th, 2018 @ 9:56pm CDT
The first news we have for you is yet another video review from PrimeVsPrime, who has already done reviews for us of voyagers Brawl and Megatron. Here PrimeVsPrime gives us a great look at Jazz, who is a very small deluxe with some great talking points, such as the high amount of silver paint and the fairly awesome posability. You can check out his review below.
The second bit of news comes from the Transformers Facebook and Instagram accounts, which give us yet another look at Jazz, this time from one of the designers of the figure. The video goes briefly into the design process for Jazz, explaining how he is one of the favorites of this particular design engineer and how he came to be. You can check it out below the review.
Let us know what you think of this new deluxe Jazz below!
Posted by Aimless Misfire on May 24th, 2018 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 24th, 2018 @ 11:37pm CDT
Jazz was the smallest Autobot in the first movie. Smaller than Bumblebee, even. He's supposed to be little.Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 25th, 2018 @ 12:52am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 25th, 2018 @ 12:54am CDT
Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
I actually paid £7 more than his RRP and I feel no regrets (unlike with Grimlock). He's such a fun cool lil dude I've been playing with here on my desk a lot in the past couple days. He may be small but he feels solid and with that nice silver paint he feels premium (remember the premium version of 2007 Jazz that had silver paint instead of just being the bare dull cheap looking grey plastic?). He still feels a bit more complex in transformation than many larger deluxes in all recent TF lines too particularly in the torso area.
Posted by Qwan on May 25th, 2018 @ 1:37am CDT
Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Bonus deal! We're getting half the deal for twice the price!
He is, indeed, an extremely small Deluxe. I don't know for sure if I'll pick him up if/when I see him - I'm starting to feel intrigued since everyone who has the toy seems to love it now - but at the same time, I also passed on Bee the one time I saw him because I felt like he was too small for the price, so... who knows. He'll be an impulse purchase if anything for me, but I'm glad those who have him thought he was worth it!
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on May 25th, 2018 @ 3:24am CDT
Qwan wrote:Aimless Misfire wrote:Jazz, half the size for twice the price. I'm glad I have no interest in this rip-off figure.
Bonus deal! We're getting half the deal for twice the price!
He is, indeed, an etremely small Deluxe. I don't know for sure if I'll pick him up if/when I see him - I'm starting to feel intrigued since everyone who has the toy seems to love it now - but at the same time, I also passed on Bee the one time I saw him because I felt like he was too small for the price, so... who knows. He'll be an impulse purchase if anything for me, but I'm glad those who have him thought he was worth it!
Remember... it's not the size of your transformer, it's how you play with it
(sorry... not sorry)