First US Sighting of Studio Series Core Class 86 Rumble and DOTM Bumblebee
Saturday, November 5th, 2022 2:13AM CDT
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 5th, 2022 @ 2:24pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 5th, 2022 @ 3:37pm CDT
But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 6th, 2022 @ 1:26am CDT
Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.-Kanrabat- wrote:I can understand the molding hole behind the head and on the inner limbs.
But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.
Posted by Emerje on November 6th, 2022 @ 1:30am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.-Kanrabat- wrote:I can understand the molding hole behind the head and on the inner limbs.
But what's up with those huge holes on the car's hood? Those makes absolutely no sense.
I do wonder if a future Bee version will have the hood top Gatling guns.
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 6th, 2022 @ 5:00am CST
Rodimus Prime wrote:Supposedly it's for weapons that will come with the Bee version.
I suppose so too that there will be a "stealth mode Bee light edition", but this gives Laserbeak-the-pink-Bee the short end of the stick.
Posted by primalxconvoy on November 6th, 2022 @ 5:08am CST
william-james88 wrote:Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg, we have a video review of the upcoming Transformers Studio Series DOTM Laserbeak. This mold will be released in Bumblebee colours as well next year so fans wanting that toy can get a good idea of the transformation here.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is a good mold that I'm sure you'll all enjoy in a couple of waves when it's released as Bumblebee. If you like your Camaros in pink then pick it up now, otherwise, wait.
Cheers for the upload! Another great review from a legit, "grass roots" TF reviewers and YouTuber!
I've got the original Japanese repaint, so I wonder which one has the most authentic shade of pink to the film version? Also, which mold is "better" for this character? Is it worth double-dipping?
Posted by Cyber Bishop on November 6th, 2022 @ 10:19am CST
william-james88 wrote:Primeisboss has sent us a message telling us that they found Studio Series 86 core class Wheelie, Rumble and Dark of the Moon Laserbeak at US retail. They were all found at Target. We also included some video reviews of the two new releases below if you wanted to check them out before buying them.
I cant find his original post, Target in what state?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 6th, 2022 @ 7:55pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 6th, 2022 @ 9:45pm CST
Cyber Bishop wrote:william-james88 wrote:Primeisboss has sent us a message telling us that they found Studio Series 86 core class Wheelie, Rumble and Dark of the Moon Laserbeak at US retail. They were all found at Target. We also included some video reviews of the two new releases below if you wanted to check them out before buying them.
I cant find his original post, Target in what state?
He sent it by email with just an image. However, I also know that these have popped up in Virginia.
Posted by Cheetron on November 7th, 2022 @ 5:50pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 7th, 2022 @ 8:37pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 8th, 2022 @ 11:54pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:01am CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:07am CST
Posted by Emerje on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:15am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.
Certainly the best looking bird Transformer I can think of. Looks very good in both modes. Definitely getting her.
Emerje
Posted by Burn on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:46am CST
Posted by ZeroWolf on November 9th, 2022 @ 2:45am CST
Additionally, it's reminded me that I need to re-acquire Energon Divebomb
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 4:41am CST
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 9th, 2022 @ 7:25am CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:47am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.
I am a big beast transformer fan and even I thought that at first glance. This feels promising for the rest of the line.
Posted by Solrac333 on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:58am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.
I agree and I really don't like beastformers. Both modes look good.
Posted by Overcracker on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:02am CST
Definitely a picker-upper. Totally not a movie-verse design.
Being one of the few people that enjoyed the Kingdom mold, Skywarp II and Terrorsaur, this one is quite an improvement.
Definitely liking this style. Can't wait for the rest of the maximals. Hopefully Primal turns out this good.
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:38am CST
This is more proof that designs can look like the original and still get all that new modern design junk all the bay fans are talking about. I like this, hopefully all the designs will be as good! Could even consider skipping kingdom for this!
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:39am CST
william-james88 wrote:This feels promising for the rest of the line.chuckdawg1999 wrote:That is the best looking beast transformer I've seen.
AMEN!
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on November 9th, 2022 @ 11:03am CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on November 9th, 2022 @ 11:44am CST
Posted by blackeyedprime on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:17pm CST
I do like the robot head design though, a big improvement over most of the other live action bot heads. Plus the figure seems to fit in well with generations stuff and not look out of place so that's a bonus too.
Posted by First-Aid on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:18pm CST
Posted by Brokebot on November 9th, 2022 @ 12:48pm CST
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 1:02pm CST
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Posted by Munkky on November 9th, 2022 @ 3:40pm CST
Posted by Blastback on November 9th, 2022 @ 5:25pm CST
And makes me even more hopeful for the film.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 9th, 2022 @ 7:57pm CST
Posted by Emerje on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:17pm CST
Overcracker wrote:Being one of the few people that enjoyed the Kingdom mold, Skywarp II and Terrorsaur, this one is quite an improvement.
I like that mold a lot. It may not be realistic in hawk mode, but it can do things that this one can't like fold the wings. The new figure has a much more realistic proportioned hawk body, but the wings are too thick (acceptable for a Cybertronian bird) and it can only move slightly at the wing "shoulders" and legs. Great looking figure, probably wouldn't be as nice on a realistic Beast Wars Airrazor like the Kingdom figure.
That said, this feels like a blueprint for a future MP Airrazor if one were in the works.
Shame there's no shot from behind, the rear portion of the wings are part of the torso, not the legs and articulated to be deployed in bot mode.
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 8:45pm CST
Emerje wrote:Shame there's no shot from behind, the rear portion of the wings are part of the torso, not the legs and articulated to be deployed in bot mode.
Emerje
There you go:
Not the prettiest back, but I've seen worst.
And I'm sure the thickness of the backpack will be kept to a minimum.
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:11pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:25pm CST
SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.
The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.
Posted by SpaceEagle on November 9th, 2022 @ 9:39pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.
The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.
It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place!
I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 9th, 2022 @ 10:12pm CST
She's wearing one of those signboards that people wear over their front and back, but hers is only advertising on her back.SpaceEagle wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.
The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.
It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place!
I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on November 10th, 2022 @ 1:56am CST
Still a shame, since the underside of the feathers clearly weren't sculpted with that later addition in mind. It's like they made the sculpt SO good there wasn't any place left to plonk that info. Irony indeed.SpaceEagle wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:Comes off as a feathery cape to be honest, I don't think it looks bad.
The huge © "billboards" on that "cape" are pretty unsightly though.
It's ironic you say that because I didn't even notice them in the first place!
I can still easily overlook 'em anyway.
A knock off ignoring said copyright info might be able to fix that...in a year or two.
Or maybe Reprolabls can work some magic.
Regardless, this toy does have me genuinely excited for the beast designs in this movie.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 10th, 2022 @ 4:19am CST
Bumblevivisector wrote:Regardless, this toy does have me genuinely excited for the beast designs in this movie.
Posted by william-james88 on November 10th, 2022 @ 9:37am CST
Posted by Overcracker on November 10th, 2022 @ 3:52pm CST
william-james88 wrote:I too thought the Kingdom Airazor toy was perfectly fine (NOT the Terrorsaur remold though) and I have it now in the 4 different iterations. BUT this transformation would have been much better for it. It would have given us a far more toon accurate airazor sine it mass shifts her hawk wings by most of it disappearing into her legs.
What's wrong with Terrorsaur?
I think all 3 uses of the mold have been pretty good.
I own Skkywarp and CGI Terrorsaur and like them a lot.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 10th, 2022 @ 4:48pm CST
Overcracker wrote:william-james88 wrote:I too thought the Kingdom Airazor toy was perfectly fine (NOT the Terrorsaur remold though) and I have it now in the 4 different iterations. BUT this transformation would have been much better for it. It would have given us a far more toon accurate airazor sine it mass shifts her hawk wings by most of it disappearing into her legs.
What's wrong with Terrorsaur?
I think all 3 uses of the mold have been pretty good.
I own Skkywarp and CGI Terrorsaur and like them a lot.
My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.
Posted by blackeyedprime on November 10th, 2022 @ 5:24pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.
mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 10th, 2022 @ 5:31pm CST
The loose wings popping off is something I really wish they had fixed for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee version, but alas, they did not. And I fear that they will be just as loose, if not moreso, on the rumored upcoming Fractyl version.blackeyedprime wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.
mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 10th, 2022 @ 6:04pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:The loose wings popping off is something I really wish they had fixed for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee version, but alas, they did not. And I fear that they will be just as loose, if not moreso, on the rumored upcoming Fractyl version.blackeyedprime wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:My only true complaint would be about his arm spikes. Those are SEPARATE accessories that can be too easily lost or missed out entirely right out of the box.
mine would be the loose pop off wings or the dino head not being able to fold in the chest, still a nice figure though and i just pop the head off and hopefully dont lose it.
The paint job is also inaccurate
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 10th, 2022 @ 7:06pm CST
She is a good start to the movie beast designs. I cannot wait to put them next to other figure figures. I am quite happy with that idea in my mind.
Now, speaking of other movie figures. I know it's a throwaway alt mode, but the idea of a Prime transforming into a Cybertronian Destroyer, let along this design of Destroyer, is cool to me and I am one of those that like this alt mode. It is fun for me
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on November 10th, 2022 @ 7:07pm CST
Also excited for The Fallen but I'll be getting him around Christmas