Just in from the Takara Twitter account are teasers for some items that will be going up for order on May 11th. Of note, this is our first glimpse at the upcoming Studio Series Deluxe 86 Arcee and DOTM Bumblebee figures. The full list includes:
• Masterpiece Trailbreaker
• Studio Series Deluxe DOTM Bumblebee
• Studio Series Deluxe ROTF Sideways
• Studio Series Deluxe 86 Arcee
• Legacy Deluxe Wild Rider
• Legacy Deluxe Knock Out
• Legacy Voyager Jhiaxus
• Legacy Leader Blitzwing
Stay tuned for more updates!
Rakzo
Looks so much better than Earthrise Arcee that is not even funny.
Hope people start reviewing it.
Shin Densetsu
Comparison photos from storiesfromthetoyshelf posted on @daimchoc’s Facebook page:
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80sforged
Pretty regular at my two nearest Targets, and Wal-Marts.
Starpilot949
Has anyone seen SS86 Coronation Stascream self-warming? I just wanted to know, incase they put him on clearance like they did the buzzworthy origins bee
f-primusunicron
funny, here in my city the ones that have shelfwarmed for almost 9 months have been…sweeps ss86
Fc203
Accoridng to ee and robotkingdom bumblebee is shortpacked wtf? Why would they short pack the most popular character of this wave over arcee whos previous 2 figures have shelfwarmed HARD.
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Steampunk13
Here it is as a png:
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troglodyteman217
he is looking real good. the chest is clunky but its accurate enough for his size and budget. hopefully if they do revisits they reuse some of the parts to remake barricade in maybe a dotm release.
f-primusunicron
it does have some innacuracies, but, to be honest, i think the problem is that the sections should move a bit more, but honestly im still loving how it looks
octobotimus
Well that just makes the figures chest look all the more off to me. The front of the car needs to move sideways to the shoulder area.
BBJazz
Even if it was, the Bee Arcee has a much smaller head than the other ones and would probably lose the ability to transform if you made the swap.
Applejacktimus
Absolutely. But single axis is better than nothing.
Beemer
Is this one on a similar style peg to any of the G1 Arcees? Could you do a head swap? I might be up for that.
TFXProtector
Used UV resin on my Golden Disk Terrorsaur. MOFO was doin' the Michael Jackson lean like he was a Smooth Criminal.
Which is infuriating to think about when you realize they gave Terrorsaur ball-jointed ankles.
Sure, but at the cost of stability in figures. I'd rather they look a little "off" when they pose rather than have no balance.
Again, infuriated with Terrorsaur. Not sure why they gave JP94 ball-jointed elbows, either. Like…what?
But there's no weight to those, so those joints can take it a little bit longer than the heavier figures do. Still, valid point.
Astronopolis
They call them universal joints colloquially, but those joints that are essentially a rotational hinge would be the best, especially if there was a tightening screw in the joint. My main gripe with the ankle tilts is that there's no forward and back movement
Fc203
Sideways ilm render dropped
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WishfulThinking
Authentics uses lots of ball joints. They look uglier but the poses are pretty awesome…
Nova Maximus
Hasbro did try to use ball-joints, but they found they constantly failed to support the figures to went for pins instead.
It was also why WFC introduced the ankle pivot as part of the new "Articulation Standard" as it was deemed a must for the C.O.M.B.A.T System to work. They also tried with ball-joints due to ball-joints being cheaper to make but found they also wouldn't work the vast majority of the time, although now that the C.O.M.B.A.T System isn't "technically" the gimmick for Legacy the return of ball-joints in places like the ankles or elbows could happen, although probably not to the extent they use to be.
beastfanboi
But Ball jointed ankles were a lot better at doing organic leg poses and also WFC trilogy figs feel rather light weighted
Nova Maximus
Ball-jointed ankles work more if the figure is small or not heavy, which is why ball-joints were omitted by Hasbro almost entirely from WFC and Legacy due to both the figure's and the C.O.M.B.A.T System.