Studio Series '86 Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by barry, Sep 14, 2020.

  1. gdg104198

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    I think Snarl will probably get made as a Legacy figure.
     
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    Dinobot releases are basically a money printing machine for Hasbro. There's no way they don't release every one, in cartoon AND toy decos.
     
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    Energon says hi . . .

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    #JustThe2OfUs


    Speaking of Dinobots, I hope Slapper (Walmart RID2K/Universe Dinobots Exclusive 2 packs) gets a new toy at some point.
     
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    Studio Series 86 Kup

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    I stopped collecting after G1 and didn't collect again until Combiner Wars. It looks like I didn't miss out.
     
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    LOL . . .

    At the time, that set elicited an emotional roller-coaster ride (they were the first new Dinobot molds since the 80s). The Energon combination gimmick was extremely YMMV aesthetic wise (hence the blue text). There was a lot of disappointment that Slag, Sludge, and Snarl didn't exist in any capacity (hence #JustThe2OfUs). Energon Grimlock's and Energon Swoop's individual modes were actually pretty solid for that time period but, they are obviously severely dated compared to SS86 Grimlock(Energon Grimlock's backpack amirite?):

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    Energon Grimlock is shorter than G1 Optimus Prime (the head is around the height of the chest windows) and Energon Swoop is slightly taller (the head might come up to about the bottom of G1 Optimus's Prime's chin). It was a major source of contention (specially given how massive everything was in Armada/Energon) but, I thought tiny Dinobots were adorable. Energon Grimlock is still fun to stomp around with and Energon Swoop is still fun to swoosh around with (10/10 would buy again).

    It's one of those situations where if you weren't along for the ride (watching/consuming as the engineering evolved), it's really hard to look back and see it for what it was at the time (e.g. the CGI in Beast Wars which was groundbreaking in the late 90s but MS DOS compared to today's CGI). If I hadn't been along for the ride (I started buying again with RID2K, then started hunting down BW/BM, then continued through Cybertron Primus's release), I would most likely feel like I didn't miss anything either. I'd like to believe that I would still think a few molds throughout that massive swath of time would look neat but, I can't say that with any objectivity as there is a nostalgic component involved and it's impossible to separate myself from that.


    I can't wait to see the rest of the SS86/whatever Dinobots though. I sincerely hope that Swoop's wings are rigid plastic and majestic AF.
     
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    It came with him he's also a ko kkb figure he fits well with genarations scale figures, the gun through is a tiny little port though possibly 3mm? So limited to other uses. Kkb mini mp optimus prime has a stubby little version of his gun that stores in his backpack so thought I'd see how he looked with it last night but it just kept slipping out his hand just bugger all to grip, maybe some blue tack to help secure it. Not even sure if it can be seen in the pics I took as lots of other characters in front of him

    I really hope we get him in some shape or form to go with these guys, I read on here Swoop will be studio series but Sludge and Snarl would be another line? Is that the legacy line you mentioned?
    Can't find any news on anymore upcoming releases aside from Coranation Starscream, Perceptor and Sweeps?
     
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    Ok, so I opened up the SS Wreck-Gar. Great improvement over the Reveal the Shield version. Not as awkward to transform.
     
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    Sorry for some reason the answer to that first quote got caught up the quote box so wasn't visible?

    Here's what I said
    I think that's the one I always called the company kkb for short (I have a few of them Drift, Megatron, down scaled mp Optimus prime) He's a really nice Grimlock and has been my stand in for an mp for years now, funnily enough I've just swapped him out for studio series Grimlock as when I got ss Slag it just didn't work in robot mode
     
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    I'm so ready for some sweeps.
     
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    According to leaks, next year (in addition to Starscream, Perceptor, and the Sweeps) we will see Junkyard (a Wreckgar re-mold/recolor), Dlx Kickback, Core Ratchet, Core Spike, Ldr Sludge, Core Hot Rod, Voyager Hot Rod (redeco), and Dlx Arcee in SS86. I don’t think I’m missing anything…
     
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    Sludge will be Studio Series 86 leader next year according to one of the recent leaks

    a good chunk of Studio Series will be Bumblebee prologue characters so there probably isn’t room for Swoop since Voyager space is limited.

    Legacy is the next Generations Trilogy After War For Cybertron and will use characters from different continuities. The first line Evolutions is pretty much all leaked.

    The way it’s looking we will get 1 or 2 Dinobots a year over 3-4 years. Just a matter of where they can fit them in.

    Rumor: Possible Breakdowns Of Upcoming Generations Legacy, Studio Series & Generations Selects 2022 - Transformers News - TFW2005
     
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    Cool will look forward to that thanks
     
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    That is a shame I was hoping we would get them as quickly as the 1st 2. Still lots to look forward to.
     
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    So yesterday I dug out everything I had left from my Generations scale to see how they would look together (just have to try and ignore Mp ultra magnus eventually looking to get the os ko one for lost light display as well which should go better with this lot) considering I move to trying to build a mp movie display a couple of years ago I find myself with enough of the main characters in this scale, I would need ss 86 Blurr as I sold of tr on the account he was just too blue, inly thing I don't like about him is the under fore arm bits are a bit big. I hung onto my tr Kup as he goes well with my idw Wreckers collection (I'm a sucker for Wreckers, and on writing this I realise wfc Impactor is still in the loft doh!) Oh and will need to pick up er Skylynx at some point too, cw is OK for legends but looks more like a pet with this guys, brought both my daughters er Arcee when she was released so popped on of them into for the pics too 20210924_230852_remastered.jpg 20210924_231018_remastered.jpg 20210924_231027_remastered.jpg 20210924_231037_remastered.jpg
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    Then because I think they would exceed the picture limit on the last post and I love thes new figures so much here's some just for them, I justified getting the dinobots and Wreckgsr to use in conjunction with my masterpiece collection snd I promised not to get anymore of this scale without good reason but come on this Jazz is awesome! He looks so slick, clean kibble to me he's perfect slightly floppy knees but I'm sure I can fix that.
    Grimlock in hand is just what I always wanted it was going to be him or the mp one if kkb didn't work out with Slag, it was down to articulation at this stage in my collecting I need ankle tilt just can't live without it, he will need a few other little mods before I'm totally happy with him, his eyes are way too dark blue you can hardly see them in the pictures against his black head, maybe some gunmetal on his head details and edges to fully appreciate his details, I might make some forearm covers from styrene and dino teeth like the upgrade kit and try paint match them finally remove the tinted chest piece altogether then fill over his screw holes and paint them, probably fill in Slags horns as well. 20210925_002256_remastered.jpg 20210925_002406_remastered.jpg 20210925_002446_remastered.jpg 20210925_002603_remastered.jpg 20210925_003053_remastered.jpg 20210925_003133_remastered.jpg 20210925_003155_remastered.jpg 20210925_003300_remastered.jpg 20210925_003414_remastered.jpg 20210925_003621_remastered.jpg 20210925_003700_remastered.jpg 20210925_005211_remastered.jpg 20210925_005346_remastered.jpg 20210925_005547_remastered.jpg 20210925_005726_remastered.jpg 20210925_005818_remastered.jpg 20210925_010852_remastered.jpg 20210925_010936_remastered.jpg 20210925_011114_remastered.jpg 20210925_011222_remastered.jpg 20210925_011310_remastered.jpg Think I'll be giving Wheelie and Daniel some usable knees as well somehow so they can stand, Daniel definitely needs some paint touches too.
    Grimlock should look like what I did with my mft legends when I'm finished 20210718_192720.jpg
     
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