Takara Tomy Mall have just updated their pre-orders for April 2023. This time we just have listings for some of the new Studio Series Core Class figures and some new additional stock images.
Click on the bar to see the mirrored stock images, including complete Menasor shots, and let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
BombSquad
Takara's numbering for Studio Series is different from Hasbro's. Hasbro's SS core releases are not numbered.
Novaburnhilde
Laserbeak in disguise. Dead father and traumatized wife + child also included!
MrNiceGuy
Now if Laserbeak come with a small PVC of the girl, this'd be really morbid
AbovegroundRuler
So I haven\'t found any core class SS figures yet, but are they all numbered? These are listed as 101 and 102, but I swear the other core classes weren\'t numbered. Could be wrong tho
TF Hot Rod
They are, we have a listing for one coming next year.
Thundershot
Nah, the new thing is female purple Frenzy.
Pteraxadon
Aw crap the firrib war has begun
ClearAsChristal
Or they might call it "Frenzy (purple)".
Thundershot
I hope they do Legacy Frenzy (blue) and make him toy colors. Then do a Rumble (red) just to mess with people.
Chaosbringer
Just make Frenzy Red already!
Spikeytigertron
This is what I was most interested in hearing… it's a shame there were… compromises… so neither version we have is 'best'… guess I'm keeping my MP tapes.
ClearAsChristal
He can indeed fit into the Seige Soundwave, and other versions of the mold.
TFW2023
I see Core Rumble (blue) getting a upgrade kit with replacement arm\'s with elbow joints in the near future
SaberZ
I forgot these existed ngl lol
The blue one looks ok, not as stubby as the siege figure. Still wish he had elbows, maybe even a waist joint. Can this guy still fit into Soundwave?
Hopefully we'll see the red one soon.
"Laserbeak" looks decent, I'm surprised they referenced this scene lol. Reminds me a lot of the old Cyberverse Bumblebee figure from back in the day. Maybe I'll pick him up if I see him.
JS_Prime
It’s immediately after the decepticon Africa scene
Starsqueak
Maybe slightly off topic, but wow. I can't believe I don't remember the part where Laserbeak turned into a pink Bumblebee. I don’t remember a whole lot from those films, but man, that should have been weird enough to be memorable…
ClearAsChristal
Hmm. Doesn't look like it's supposed to extend, but it's nice that it can.
OverloadedTaco
There is an extension piece modded in if you look at the thinnest part of the piledrivers in the stock images and this one
Zodiac1968340
I already have the ss version, this part is tight but it can be removed. I think TAKARA TOMY version might be the same.
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