Studio Series discussion

[Darth_Prime]

I wish they would bring back the fan votes. Give us a list of 3 or 4 Titans that are being considered and of course, always room for a write in so something silly like Erector can be added in .

 

[Blot]

When I see Optimus, this is all I can think of.
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Always been the case, for whatever reason WFC decided micro-headed robots with puffed up Dreamwave proportions was the order of the day.

 

[Glitch]

So what's these games connections to the movies? the credit music of both being linked to the movies? that crappy third game which slapped aligned and the movies into one continuity?

We'll get WFC Dinobots before they even touch AOE Scorn, Stafe and Slug!

But isn't the Nemesis in the High Moon games Trypticon? (maybe Gamer Edition Trypticon will be a Titan at some point when they run low on subjects, eh?) This Nemesis looks to have a face based on the Decepticon symbol if that is Nemesis on the Legacy Evolution box-art (The Ark's face is based on the Autobot symbol, so it makes sense).

Commander class of both him and Metroplex, sick of Titans, haven't got the space.

 

[The Phazer]

All three of these are a pretty easy skip to be honest. None of them are very good designs, and they're not executed very well.

 

[Donocropolis]

It seems the pictures of Bumblebee are mistransformed? And he actually looks a bit better when converted right. That's good)).

I just saw this turnaround video that does show those wheelwells rotating up to look way less bizarre and in-the-way in robot mode:

He's still a little pot-bellied, but significantly better than those other photos.

 

[Gizmoboy]

Oh man, that makes a ton of difference. I was thinking he must have been mistransformed.

 

[The Predaking]

I hope so. They're not for me, but they clearly had fans.

I loved those games! High Moon, I feel, were the only ones to ever truly get how a Transformers game should work. My only complaint is that on the higher difficulty settings, they were too scarce with the ammo.

 

[Gizmoboy]

I am planning on breaking out WfC on my XBOX360 this weekend. Weather is going to be crappy and I haven't played the game in years. Should be fun.

 

[Dake]

Going to need to break out all the systems for some gaming. WfC on the PS3, Armada on the PS2 and let's not forget Beast Wars on the PS1 and PC! I guess we could say the entire Earthrise/SS could go with Devastation on the PS4.

 

[The Predaking]

I am planning on breaking out WfC on my XBOX360 this weekend. Weather is going to be crappy and I haven't played the game in years. Should be fun.

Hopefully your 360 still works!

 

[Undead Scottsman]

Yeah, I pulled out my 360 last year to play through those games and it refused to read discs despite me lovingly packing it away years ago. I wound up dropping $55 on a used one through ebay.

Really wish I had just bought them on Steam in the first place. Being able to pull them out on my Steamdeck whenever would have been nice.

 

[The Predaking]

Yeah, I pulled out my 360 last year to play through those games and it refused to read discs despite me lovingly packing it away years ago. I wound up dropping $55 on a used one through ebay.

Really wish I had just bought them on Steam in the first place. Being able to pull them out on my Steamdeck whenever would have been nice.

Yeah, I hope that they get them re-released on Steam so I can get them that way too! Plus, it would neat to see what a new Gaming PC could do with those games.

 

[Sabrblade]

So what's these games connections to the movies?

Nothing. They're getting a Studio Series subline because they were made by High Moon Studios.

 

[Superomegaprime]

Nothing. They're getting a Studio Series subline because they were made by High Moon Studios.

And Hasbro looking for a way to expand the Studio series brand beyond the live action films, which is why the 86 subline was created

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

SS GE 01 - War for Cybertron DLX Bumblebee

While there has been a lot of excitement around the new movie line for Studio Series, we are thrilled to finally be able to debut the expansion of our Gamer Edition sub series. Kicking this segment off we revisited a game that is very near and dear to our hearts, War for Cybertron (2010)

First up is Bumblebee! It was great to get a chance to revisit this character with a more faithful representation of the in game character. In a previous release, this figure had been based on the concept art, so this release allowed us to follow the game model for more accuracy in terms of detail and scale.

In the game, Bumblebee is a much smaller character, so the SS line benefits from being able to scale the characters appropriately to one another. Similar to the development process of our traditional studio series movie figures, we utilized the three dimensional character models from the game to translate a functional transformation for these figures.

I had the joy of partnering with Shuhei Umezu at TT, who did an incredible job of developing the transformation. It’s unreal how compact of a vehicle Bumblebee converts into in the game, but Shu found a way to pack the entire robot form inside of it, with zero compromise to the alt mode.

Bumblebee gets loaded with alternate blasters and a sword accessory, all of which can be loaded onto the robot and vehicle modes.

To further diversify this segment from its predecessors, we brought one of the in game gimmicks to life via a 5mm port system. All of the figures in the WFC sub line are able to remove their right forearms to allow for the transformative weapons to be able to be mounted In place of their limb. Because an armory of different weapons were available for each character in the game, you can mimic this gimmick by swapping weapon limbs across your SS WFC figures.

Overall I am thrilled with the launch of this new segment, and even more excited for all the untapped content that this presents as potential future candidates for the studio series line.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

it would neat to see what a new Gaming PC could do with those games.

 

[The Predaking]

Those look awesome! I really need to get my gaming PC finished!

 

[Rhinox]

That Prime looks really good.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

...This figure is brought to you by myself and the absolutely amazing Koki san over at TT.

We were able to rip the CAD from the original game to make sure we got Optimus's very tanky proportions correct.

One of things I thought was important was to make sure he came with his iconic melee axe that he used in the game. What I found interesting is that the Axe was different depending on if it was a cutscene or if he used it in game. Because of this, we made it so the Axe itself can convert to its Halberd style or the Butterfly style by simply folding the blades.

For the weapons in game, every cybertronian's arms would just convert to the weapon they picked up. All the right arms of the WFC SS figures can be removed to reveal a 5mm port at the elbow. (The removed arm can be stored on the back of the figure.) )Our goal is to make it so (as we continue forward with these characters) you'll amass all the different blasters from the game. Then these can of course be swapped onto any of the WFC SS figures.

Optimus also comes with the Matrix of Leadership that received in the game when becoming a Prime. I've included a photo of the back of the figure because I have a feeling folks are probably curious if he has the giant Autobot emblem engraved on his back. I'm sorry to say that he doesn't...This is because of how the vehicle mode parts are stored and they didn't leave much room for that detail, I'm sorry to say.

With all that out of the way, I hope you all are excited as we dive deeper into this beloved game series.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Modular arms seem to be a trend right now. Interesting.