Studio Series 2024 wave 1

[griffin]

At the recent London convention, Hasbro revealed the next wave of Studio Series toys, which includes a new concept... "Concept Art toys", which are toys based on designs that never made it into a Movie.
The first two are from the Bumblebee Movie, but after expanding into Gamer Editions and SS86, this new avenue opens up a lot of new possibilities, as each Live Action movie has had a lot of concept artwork revealed... but I think there are still a lot more on-screen characters that need to be done first, including characters that never got a toy.
(also... if we are doing concept characters, I'd really like to see a Transit toy, because as it has been noted before, a passenger bus hasn't been done before)

Core - Mv6 Concept Art Rumble (blue) - cube?
Core - Mv5 Decepticon Mohawk - motorcycle
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DLX - SS-107 - Mv7 Predacon Scorponok - scorpion
DLX - SS-108 - Mv7 Wheeljack - van
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VOY - SS86-24 - 1986 Junkion Scrapheap - motorcycle
VOY - SSGE-06 - Starscream - jet
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LDR - SS-109 - Mv6 Concept Art Megatron - tank & jet triplechanger

The London convention panel revealing the new wave...
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/28/mcm-london-reveals-leader-bumblebee-triple-changer-megatron-core-rumble-more-498054

And the official images...
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/28/transformers-studio-series-2024-new-stock-images-498201
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/29/transformers-studio-series-2024-voyager-class-new-stock-images-498234

[griffin]

Some designer info on the new Concept Art Megatron, and mirrored images from instagram...
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/28/studio-series-bumblebee-movie-concept-megatron-behind-the-scenes-498183


“SS-109 Bumblebee Movie Concept Megatron
I am ecstatic to finally be able to share our Leader Scale Concept Megatron. We officially came across this oddity while sifting through the CAD files from the Bumblebee movie, and discovered a wonderful unused design for Megatron. Originally the story was going utilize Megatron being frozen in ice, to help bridge the continuity gap to the Bayverse films, but the scene was eventually dropped, and this design disappeared. Luckily for us, we thawed it out and I was thrilled to be part of the team to help bring this figure to life.
We got to work on a vehicle design for Megatron. Like the majority of the BB Cybertronian alt modes, we wanted to utilize details that were present on the bot form, but still prioritize maintaining the look that they had on screen without sacrificing them for fantasy alt modes. This strategy has had some mixed success, but each new figure feels like a welcome addition to the line. Knowing that theatrical Megatron arrived on earth as a cybetronian jet, and later a tank in the first two Bayverse films, I was split between what alt form was most appropriate, but aiming for a tripleformer seemed most appropriate. I enlisted @santalux75 to conceptualize some vehicle looks for each of the modes, which we were able to take inspiration from for the final design.
I was able to partner with Yuya Onishi at Takara, who worked his magic to deliver a truly uncompromised robot mode from what ever direction you look at it. The articulation for this figure is unmatched by any other Transformer that I’ve had the opportunity to work on you can see the love that went into making this definitive version of Megatron.
Megatron’s fusion cannon can be folded and stowed on the figures back, and can be positioned in a couple of different orientations between the two vehicle modes. The figure is packed full of a heritage deco scheme that was pulled directly from the concept art.

And some designer info and mirrored images of the newly revealed Gamer Edition Starscream....
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/28/studio-series-gamer-edition-voyager-wfc-starscream-behind-the-scenes-498171


Next up for our Gamer Edition line is the WFC Starscream.
The figure comes courtesy of the marvelous Tomo san over at Takara Tomy.
Starscream comes equipped with his Null Ray and Energon mace, which were his starting load out on his levels. We’ve heard you all loud and clear and are making sure that all the WFC weapons going forward will also have a standard 5mm post so they can be held traditionally as well as being swapped on the arm.
I happen to have the older DLX TT figure for comparison and wanted to make sure everyone could see how we worked from the Game CAD.
Obviously, we enlarged the jet canopy slightly as that’s where the robot head and nose cone get stored during conversion.

He’s a very fun figure to play around with and I hope you all enjoy him as well!
Last thing to note is that his collar pieces are consumer assembled, so they come in the accessory tissue pouch. Just bringing it up so hopefully there isn’t any confusion when you open the box!



And someone has already managed to get their hands on a Starscream toy...
https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/27/studio-series-gamer-edition-voyager-wfc-starscream-additional-images-498015
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