MCM London was today, and with it came a number of reveals. Apelinq was officially revealed…right as eBay auctions went with in hand images.
Again, I know they were limited by the film’s depictions of Apelinq…but SURELY they could have done more to make the robot mode more distinctive from Optimus Primal, even if it was just spicing up the color just a little bit.
Coming to us via some eBay listings, we have several in-hand images of the recently revealed Transformers Studio Series Leader Class Rise Of The Beast Apelinq. Officially revealed at MCM London Comic Con a few hours ago. Studio Series Apelinq is a retool and redeco of the Studio Series ROTB...
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And at Hasbro’s panel, they revealed the following a whole slate of new Studio Series releases:
MCM London Comic-Con 2024 has more Transformers reveals for the 2025 Studio Series Wave 1!Just in is news and previews of the Studio Series
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Jazz, RotB Optimus Prime and DotM Shockwave are all refreshes of earlier figures. Prime was a retailer exclusive while Shockwave has been out of circulation for a number of years.
Gamer Series Ironhide is a redeco/retool of Ratchet.
Que is an increasingly rare all new character release from the earlier films. It also, I think, is the first time a proper DotM Que has seen a widespread release in the US.
First look at AoE Optimus Prime, though the render was reported to be missing deco
The biggest to me is the reveal of a revamped BBM VW Bumblebee. The execution, though? Eh…it feels like a “side grade”. The robot mode certainly features more design elements from the final film model, but those panels kind of ruin a LOT of the profile of the character. At least with the original, the panels were clearly designed to “link” the VW version to the later Camaro iteration. Here? He’s just got a bunch panels sitting off his back. I’m still game to get him, but I really wished Hasbro could have done a better job with the door wings, more than anything else.