First look Studio series AOE Drift, Hightower, KSI boss and DOTM Optimus Prime

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jtprime17, Feb 14, 2019.

  1. Blitz.

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    high tower... I mean I get that they had to do this but wow I'd hate to be the kid who just got that without the others.
     
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  2. zimattack23

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    I wonder if that's a new sword with Prime that he can hold correctly
     
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    I don’t think so, we’ve known about these figures for months
     
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    Seems like not all will buying ROTF voyager jet prime unless they want jetfire too.
    And most will bother getting DOTM version because he has transformable trailer since it's much more practical route of disposing money for an OP toy.

    Size Classes now are no longer "Size Dependent". They're doing "WFC Siege Shockwave Trick".
    It's now more of Size Class being "Budget / Plastic Count / Production Cost Dependent".

    I'm worried DOTM OP's scale with DOTM Megs in recreating their final battle in Studio Series diorama.
    DOTM Megs is an Actual Leader right? While this DOTM OP is a Retool of a ROTF Voyager SS OP that is intended for the Jetfire combination.
     
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    *pictures of the other 4 ROTF Constructicons get shown at SDCC*

    "No,I'm not even going to look at them. Hightower is the greatest TF of all time! Of all time!"
    "But Scavenger looks pretty good..."
    "No. Everyone must accept Hightower's greatness."
    "But..."
    "Shhh."
     
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  6. Sigmus Prime

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    Gotta love how they gave all of Prime's flames the proper orange fade for truck mode, but couldn't spare a dash of silver for the abs. Bit of a shame there.
     
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  7. Masktique

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    I’d agree if it wasn’t for the fact that there is a Botbot literally named Steve from Accounting.
     
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  8. Jtprime17

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    Also sorry for the crappy resolution of the photos the only way to access them is by back dooring the listings through the Walmart mobile app.
     
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    well it's easier to manually paint the abs if needed so not really a big loss
     
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  10. Devil Jack

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    did you think that the Leader DOTM optimus can be connected with Leader Rotf Jetfire ? That could be so great and i wouldn\'t have to buy 2 optimus for have the jetwing and the jetpower mode
     
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    These guys get it.

    Studio Series has been getting better and better, and these new reveals are very cool... now just give us a great Sentinel Prime. That's all I'm still waiting for at this point; everything else is a bonus. Do Sentinel right, Hasbro, and then I won't complain even if you only make Bumblebee and Optimus repaints for the next five years.
     
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  12. Devil Jack

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    Yeah! for sure, we get the mould with ss-32 and now we get the most screen accurate paintjob of all optimus from the SS line
     
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    Oh boy more wallet breakers coming in hot! For a Dropkick remold, Drift looks really damn good! The TLK re-tool we're getting to me is a bit disappointing, I don't really care much for the new characters that were introduced in AOE but of course I like to collect the best representations of them anyway so I was going to skip out Drift, however this one I'm getting.

    DOTM Prime woah, they actually did it! Trailer transformation and Jet wing backpack as well! Looks like they're planning to paint the orange fade on him too which is a nice added detail. For those concerned about the unpainted abs they're definitely going to paint it on the actual figure, these are just renders so some paint apps are missing and it was the case for Jetfire's face as well. Only thing that sucks is that they kept the remolded legs from SS-32 so you can't transform it to form the fender around the wheels like the original ROTF SS. Was hoping they would leave that out but oh well...

    High tower is the innovation of the new millennia, this is the pinnacle of Has/Tak design and engineering ingenuity! I'll get him for Devastator, goes without saying all of these SS alt-modes look amazing. KSI Drone? I might get it just because I'm low on Decepticons even though technically that's what it isn't.
    All good, we appreciate these anyways!
     
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  14. Devil Jack

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    did you think that the Leader DOTM optimus can be connected with Leader Rotf Jetfire ? That could be so great and i wouldn\'t have to buy 2 optimus for have the jetwing and the jetpower mode
     
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    I'm thinking that's the case. At least per this render, all the attachment ports for Jetfire still remain intact, except for the abs. But people have been saying that Jetfire comes with a random spare set of Prime abs for seemingly no reason. Well, this is probably that reason.
     
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    It obviously can. They kept most of the mold so it'll be able. There's still ports on the legs for it and you can swap the ab piece as well.
     
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    That’s exactly correct. Jetfire has a extra Optimus chest piece.
     
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    I'll hold you to that. =P
     
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    These are looking good.

    I have been a massive critic of the first Dropkick, but this Drift looks decent. He has got some weird kibble, but has actual paint and even some bulk. I am a little confused with KSI Boss. The box art has the head of Nitro but the figure STILL uses the concept art head. I am not as disappointed as I would have been if they just made a Nitro figure with a different name. Hopefully this figure does come with several heads.


    DOTM Megatron is bulkier than ROTF Megatron. If you bend the legs of DOTM Megatron he is about the same height as the ROTF Megatron. He has tiny legs like Blackout and they both look better and more accurate folded in.
     
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    hightower is unique, overload may be a beauty