TRANSFORMERS Toys Studio Series 56 Leader Class Dark of The Moon Shockwave Action Figure - Kids Ages 8 & Up, 8.5"

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There are a handful of color discrepancies in this guy, which are unfortunately due to the existing mold plans that had been established with the initial Ratchet release. That means that any parts that are in the same mold, are molded in the same color. As mentioned on Ratchet, there was a lot of PA used on the various portions of the characters, so that’s where we run into things like red hips, and gray fender flares (though the flares didn’t bother me as much, as they made Irohide’s vehicle feel a bit more aggressive and offload oriented) The instructions omit rotating the forearms so that the treads face down in vehicle mode, and consistently display the arms incorrectly from that step on. This mold uses rubbery plastic extensively, possibly for safety reasons, with his gun barrel, hose, arm-blade, hand, right thumb, and spikes on his legs being cast from said material. There are fifteen points of articulation on this figure. That includes four on each arm and three on each leg. You can attach the weapon to either hand and it covers up the forearms, creating the illusion that he has a "gun arm" instead of a regular forearm with a fist at the end. The weapon is designed to accommodate Blast Effects, adding a bit of additional play value.

The code names of many of the other figures, assuming they even had code names, are still unknown, as those toys have (thus far) consistently been listed under their actual characters' names. Meanwhile, a listing for a supposed Voyager Class figure using the code name "Destroyer" later turned out to be a mislabeled Energon Igniters Speed Series Barricade from the Bumblebee movie toy line, with which the Studio Series shares its code names. View attachment 29610370 View attachment 29610371 View attachment 29610372 View attachment 29610373 View attachment 29610374 View attachment 29610375 View attachment 29610376 View attachment 29610377 View attachment 29610378 the overall appearance is incredible. but something that needs to be pointed out, is that they used a lot of soft rubber on this figure, in particular the spikey portions of this figure. my guess is that they dont want people (kids) getting injured from hard plastic spikes. collectors are going to complain, but let's keep in mind, it's a toy, toys should be safe for everyone.Hot Rod gets a proper figure and vehicle representation by way of his primary vehicle mode for the film, a licensed 2017 Lamborghini Centenario. No repurposed parts, no alt heads, just a true to form figure with phenomenal transformation and articulation. STUDIO SERIES CORE CLASS: Core Class figures are 3.5-inch collectible action figures that allow fans to collect mini versions of iconic characters from the movie universe INCH SCALE SOUNDWAVE: Figure features vivid, movie-inspired deco, is highly articulated for posability, and comes with blaster and shoulder cannon accessories inspired by the film I don't think they did fall into any hole, I think they were never intended to come out until closer to Detritus' release to begin with, which has yet to arrive. The store listings for the assortment containing those two only just was found like a month ago, it always felt weird that an exclusive using that retooling was maybe going to release before it's main retail use, and remember when BB Silverstreak had physical samples leak in August 2021 and then he didn't come out until April 2022? This feels like that but even further out because we just had some renders, not even physical product. On a team with Tank, Battle Tank (バトルタンク Batoru Tanku) took part in the Quiz! BeCool show. Despite only being able to speak in computer noises, Battle Tank led his team to victory by correctly answering the last question. The Story of Quiz! BeCool Battle Tank later watched the filming of a movie that was interrupted by the fire brigade who confusedly thought it was an emergency. The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch! Precursor World

Prior to moving over to the Transformers team, I had been spoiled by a brand that handled all of the digital sculpts internally in RI, so we always had beautiful orthographic render sheets being shared with the design team for us to generate deco sheets. I set out to establish a new process with the guidance of Paul Bennett that would allow us to convert the toy CAD into a usably file in Zbrush, (i accidentally wrote keyshot on the image) which would then enable us to polygroup the figure into individual parts, so that they could be highlighted for a rapid selection of mold groups across all the views. It was short lived before we migrated into using Keyshot (which the later BB figure decos were created in) which explains the slight visual discrepancy to some of the breakdowns of later figures.

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o.supreme wrote:The reveals were cool. Nothing I feel I have to add to my collection, but I know some others will be excited. Like all the Kreons released that year (at normal retail at least), he uses the new 2015-tooling Kreon body, which basically involves small construction changes on every part below the head, making them largely incompatible with the prior Kreon parts (heads still work fine), but the new tooling adds some extra functionality and structural support. Following on from our news posts for next year’s Legacy “Uni” line, we now also have the first batch of 2024 Studio Series listings thanks to multiple TFW members doing some digging in retailer systems!