New Transformers Movie toyline - Studio Series

[DELTAprime]

The TF team has gotten really good with making bigger toys using far less materials than previously figures of the same size class.

I wonder if these smaller figures are a sign of new cost cutting? Or maybe their increased steps in transformation take up more of the production budget than a simpler figure? Or maybe they are not made by the regular TF designers? (Hasbro does like to shift designers around from time to time)

[Deonasis]

I wonder if these smaller figures are a sign of new cost cutting? Or maybe their increased steps in transformation take up more of the production budget than a simpler figure? Or maybe they are not made by the regular TF designers? (Hasbro does like to shift designers around from time to time)

If you want Jazz to Grimlock within 3 size classes this is what needs to happen. And Walmart (and Hasbro) probably do not want a line with just a legend class Bumblebee. They would see that as lost profits. I wish the influence of stores back to Hasbro was not a thing but it definitely is.

[SharkyMcShark]

Video reviews are surfacing for the Wave 1 Voyagers (Starscream and Optimus Prime).

The paintwork on Starscream looks absolutely divine, for a mainline release. It also looks like the transformation has been tweaked to tighten the belly of the jet mode. Will probably buy, and wouldn't mind a Thundercracker either.

I've seen a couple of comparison pics popping up on Twitter that aren't favorable to the Studio Series. One of Stinger showing he's the same height as FOC Ultra Magnus, one showing how pale his reds are to the AOE Stibger toy, and one showing Studio Bumblebee is several heads shorter that earlier deluxe BBs. Would definitely suggest looking at reviews of these.

I think they're attempting to have all the figures in the line scale with one another, which is why the deluxe Ratchet and Lockdown figures are quite a bit larger than the deluxe Bumblebee, Jazz and Stinger.

[reillyd]

I've lost all enthusiasm for these toys now that a major reboot is planned. I would buy (again, since I bought the original releases, many characters multiple times at deluxe and Voyager and legion price Points) if they were ongoing characters/deisgns I would see again, but the movie continuity was killed. Bay broke it. There are more movie OPtimus and Bublebee toys released than there were characters in the movies. The inner fanboy in me weeps at all this wasted tooling that could have been used to bring new Generations/POTP toys to market.

[doublespy]

It looks like QC continues to be a problem from just one review I watched, but at 8:44 guy cracks me up with an absolutely savage joke, and he's got a valid point.

[griffin]

A gallery of the Leader Grimlock toy.

[Deonasis]

A gallery of the Leader Grimlock toy.

His robot mode is fantastic but from what i can see the dino mode looks gappy. Overall that robot makes it waaaay more win than fail though.

[tinyJazz]

I think they're attempting to have all the figures in the line scale with one another, which is why the deluxe Ratchet and Lockdown figures are quite a bit larger than the deluxe Bumblebee, Jazz and Stinger.

Would explain why SS Jazz has weird, stumpy shins, he’s supposed to be as short as Bumblebee, if not smaller.

[griffin]

The first four Studio Series Deluxes have now been found in the UK, a couple of weeks after Hasbro America put them up for sale on their website.... so they might be closer than we think in Australia (after seeing the shelf tags at Kmart a few weeks back).