Studio Series ROTB Leader Scourge Possible First Look

seems like i’ll be buying two upgrade kits for one figure at this point – between the novaforge head/upper arm/side shin parts and DNA’s lower arms/weapons/thighs/transforming abdominal/front shin parts, what remains of the original figure will barely be visible lol

Finally got him today from amazon aaaand I really like him, the upgrade kit is going to look great on him. The only thing that bothers me is his smoke stacks are a bit lose and the leaft foot is a bit lose aswell. But besides that he is pretty good. But yes, he is pretty small for a leader class. Thankfully no cracks or damage on the clear plastic parts.

gbm

You prob missed it in another thread, but it's been confirmed that the same slots are there on the upgrade kit; hence making the storage possible still.

Scourge's alt mode gun storage uses tabs on his knees, not slots. Looking at the original/upgrade comparison, you can see that the gun storage tabs (red) are covered and replaced with slots (green). Scourge's gun does have tabs on it that might be able to fit into those new slots, but because of where those tabs are, the two halves of the gun wouldn't sit at an angle anymore, so the look would be less movie-accurate and you wouldn't be able to attach Freezer/Novakane's gun mode to it.

Thankfully, DNA is very receptive to feedback, so there's a chance they could put those knee tabs on to the new legs before the kit comes out. I don't have facebook, so if any good samaritans wanted to ask them for this on my behalf, you'd be fighting the good fight. Kit looks really great otherwise.

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Transmario

I wish they kept the tabs for the vehicle storage for the gun since it is movie accurate. That's my only criticism of the kit, looks amazing otherwise!

You prob missed it in another thread, but it's been confirmed that the same slots are there on the upgrade kit; hence making the storage possible still.

PrimeBot

Ok, no need to be so agressive, just asking a question tis all  

I’m sorry, was tired last night and that was one of the messages that I send before heading to bed.

Pixelmaster

Around 40 usd

Who’s on the right

I wish they'd come up with a new storage solution for the claw arm when the arm cannon is equipped. Even just rotating the slot 90 degrees so that the arm stores on his back horizontally instead of vertically would be a huge improvement.

Also hope that the transformed arm cannon can still store on the back of the truck, as that is movie-accurate. Other than those two things, the kit looks great!

PrimeBot

Can't those just fold down on his arms to give it more of an accurate look to the movie or does that limit the arm movement ?

No it looks like shit

Zodiac1968340

DNA Design – DNA DESIGN DK-46 SS-101 UPGRADE KITS…
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Looks pretty good. Definitely improves the proportions. Still kinda prefer the original head, despite the long neck, just cause I prefer how the goatee looks on it. I do commend them for making the mask removable, rather than just having separate masked and unmasked heads, but since his face reveal served litterally no point in the film, I don't really care about its inclusion. Still, if I get this, I'll probably use everything else.

Now all I need is to find Scourge himself for a price that in any way reflects the value of the base figure. Despite the repacks, I still haven't seen this guy go down in price, much. Probably doesn't help that ROTB Mainline toys have clogged shelves so long, new waves have simply stopped showing up at general retail, where I am, besides specialty stores that order specific characters, rendering his repacks in later waves meaningless.

Waspastinger

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Good to know.

Pixelmaster

I wish sometimes people can hold their horses and just look at the CG model and say "yes an upgrade kit can somehow turn SS Scourge into… whatever this is lol

My only issues is that the entire waist isn't new since its different on the CG model (since they're assembled by 2 pieces on screws its doable) and he's missing the normal left arm he has.

But yeah dear lord that's like, 1/3 of the toy already.

Honestly, I'm glad they can't fix the shoulders. That design is tied with 07 Megatron and AOE Lockdown for most nondescript lead villain look in the movies. The toys big shoulders, plus the more pronounced grill chest, gives his appearance more distinguishing features.

Zodiac1968340

DNA Design – DNA DESIGN DK-46 SS-101 UPGRADE KITS…
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Makes the figure an immediate 10/10