Studio Series Blitzwing & Topspin

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Paladin, Feb 22, 2020.

  1. Grimwolf100

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    what am i looking for here
     
  2. Autoboty

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    You know what, let's look at things on the bright side. Maybe Hasbro intentionally changed Blitzwing's deco because they knew they were working on concept art and the figure was inaccurate, so they decided to make a movie-accurate Blitzwing in a later wave labelled BB Starscream. And obviously same robot design + same colors = them being basically indistinguishable, so they swapped the earlier, inaccurate one's colors to differentiate the two.

    This is the only reason I will accept for the color change.
     
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    Although a white/tan-ish helmet does make it look more Blitzwing and less Starscream.
    If they eventually do a BB Starscream, they'll be more distinguished from each other.
     
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    Well would you look at that, Hasbro basically said that A) He will have the darker head on the final figure thankfully, and B) his generic jet mode was made so that he could still have good engineering and durability in both modes.

    Also to throw my two cents into the whole "Not F4 Phantom" argument, while the Studio Series line is aimed more at collectors, it's still a kid's toyline through and through. I'm sure most kids wouldn't give a damn if the jet mode wasn't like how it was in the movie anyway.
     

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    Hope this ends this pointless argument about the jet mode
     
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    Ah, glad to see the questions finally be answered! Glad somebody took the time to reach out from Hasbro :)  But I wonder what you were about to say, your post cut off a bit..?

    Knowing how TF releases go in my local area, I'll probably end up watching a few people review the figure itself before I can get my hands on it, so I'll save final judgement for whenever I've watched those and have the figure in-hand
     
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    Good luck with that.
     
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  8. John TheDestroyer

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    It's nice to have a final word on the issues, and good that those getting the figure will get the black painted head. But on your second paragraph, if kids don't care whether or not it's an accurate alt mode, then imo they should have tried to have it at least resemble the correct alt mode anyway, for those who do care. And as a 10 year old, I would have still been pissed about the wrong jet, but maybe I was just a weird kid:lol 
     
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    Oh I didnt even notice it did cut off. I was going to say if you want a Blitzwing with the jetmode you desire, then get a third party Blitzwing
     
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    Lockdown used to have a silver face, and while not shown in my pic, different paint apps in vehicle mode. (namely the headlights were painted as that version did not use clear plastic for the fenders, which is a pretty significant difference)

    That same silver-face version was used in TT's magazine scans, but never released. They got the same toy we did.

    Point is, this is not the first time pre-release samples have had inaccuracies that were neither intended nor made it to the final production copies. It also happened with DOTM Optimus.

    The spikey things getting shrunk are most certainly done for safety reasons.
     
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    Don't worry guys. Black head confirmed. Grey fading on jet mode still there though
     
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    Ugh that was my only complaint on him, they litteray have the exact same cg models from the movie, no old concept art why would they give him a fade???? Even the nitro figures doesnt have that
     
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    Mod edit: Screencaps added.
     

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    black head confirmed!
    he realy does look fantastic. crazy what a head collor does to a figure :p 
     
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    Cue the complaints about stolen toys in 3...2..
     
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    can't wait to get this ramjet
     
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    Nah let’s not. Hasbro will step in behind the scenes if they deem necessary and in the meantime it just throws threads off topic.
     
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  18. Seth Sunthay

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    Hah, his sample doesn't have the fuel tanks.
     
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    So we're getting the black head. Phew! I was actually kinda worried there but still would've picked him up regardless of his noggin color.

    EDIT: And now that I've watched the review, let me be the first to say that this guy's got one of the most unorthodox transformations I've ever seen on a jetformer.

    EDIT#2: I also really like how he has basically no kibble whatsoever.
     
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  20. SPLIT LIP

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    I love the way the whole figure hinges around on those struts in his tummy. Wonderful integration of that detail into the functionality.
     
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