New Image Of Studio Series 69 Devastator Box Set Compared To Titan Class Boxes

Sounds neat but I'm good with my individually onws for now.

Easy pass for me. I've got Devastator assembled right now, with Skipjack hanging out on the shelf above.

Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Alas, it'll live on and on, like the Marcarena.

I do think Kup is a huge improvement from either of the previous versions.
One thing I noticed (along with the head being a little thin), is that the chin is a tiny bit too long.
The real issue with this is that I think his eyes are too far up... Which makes his face look even longer.
I also agree that his lips are too pronounced.
And even if the shoulders were completely tabbed-in, his shoulders are a bit too broad.

Having said all this, it is going to be tough to pass on this guy if I ever see him in a store...
But I'm still not sure about this one.

It would be great if Long Haul was reissued so I could complete mine without having to buy the box set and then having doubles of all of them except Rampage and Long Haul.

Seibertron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A friendly reminder:

The shape of the head is correct on the Generations Kup, but I prefer the face on the Studio Series version. I didn't realize until now that the lighter colors are missing on Generations Kup.

Don't forget that there are also four different deco versions of that Kup.

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Just so you know, it's thanks to the Bayverse that TF is still relevant today instead of disapearing into obscurity. Like Beast Wars did back in the day.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing.

Man, even "Trukk not Munky!"-ing is still a thing.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing.

Man, even "Trukk not Munky!"-ing is still a thing.

Sort of lays to waste the whole conversation I had about this a couple days ago...

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A friendly reminder:

The shape of the head is correct on the Generations Kup, but I prefer the face on the Studio Series version. I didn't realize until now that the lighter colors are missing on Generations Kup.

Don't forget that there are also four different deco versions of that Kup.

Technically there are five, the platinum edition Kup isn't in that picture.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Turns out trukk not monkey is still a thing

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Turns out trukk not monkey is still a thing

To whom? It was dumb 24 years ago, I dont think I ever see anyone say that except for people teasing or mocking other people.

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Turns out trukk not monkey is still a thing

To whom? It was dumb 24 years ago, I dont think I ever see anyone say that except for people teasing or mocking other people.

Yup. "Trukk-no-munky" is an old dusty joke that is said with a wink and a nudge 99% of the time.

Bay haters still bay-hate with passion even MORE than 13 years after the fact. It's embarassing.

Studio Series has been the best transformers line, ever I think. I have now completed two of my favorite groups.

As for the 86 figures, I am still hoping they come as a subline like how the netflix siege/ER are being handled. It would make sense based on the leaks.

I'll need a reminder. Will the Devastator box set be a Pulse exclusive, or will this be a wide release among retailers? Also, how much?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Bay haters still bay-hate with passion even MORE than 13 years after the fact. It's embarassing.

Those fans are definitely embarrassing. It's also definitely embarrassing that some fans staunchly defend the Michael Bay Transformers movies as well. Both sides have their embarrassing moments.

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Turns out trukk not monkey is still a thing

To whom? It was dumb 24 years ago, I dont think I ever see anyone say that except for people teasing or mocking other people.

It's mostly still a thing at places like Facebook, 4chan, and (sadly) TFW2005.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

First-Aid wrote:On this guy, have you had issues with those missile "three-packs" not staying put in either car or robot mode? Seems mine aren't very snug and I'm concerned about losing them in the long run.

I've had a couple issues with the little guns. the missiles peg in nicely with the lower slot, but the upper slot won't hold on the fenders, so in robot mode they are mounted by that tab on the roof on his back. The little guns hold fairly well on his arms, but are loose on his roof mounts.

I really wish they would have gone with the 5mm peg or something, or at least done a little bit more refining on the tab and slots they used, I am worried about losing weapons from him in the future

My one of my missile clusters flew off the roof of Leadfoot after I definitely had it on securely. I think instead of using slots in the weapons to secure these they should have used c-joints (not the ball jointed kind, just sculpted into the weapons).

Seibertron wrote:I attempted to fix his head with some really quick Photoshop work just to demonstrate what I'm talking about. I expanded the width of the sides of his head, angled it a little bit to achieve more of the "V" shape to his head, made his forehead crest a little bigger and the "headband" a little thicker. After I did that, I didn't mind his face sculpt as much so I left it alone, but I would have preferred less "sad" eyes.

This does look better. I think as far as the face goes my biggest issue is them interpreting the angles under the eyes as sharp cheek bones, even extending off the sides. His face (and most cartoon accurate characters) should have more geometrically shaped faces. All too often the designers try to give them more human-like characteristics which just don't look right. Maybe if they went for a Wildman inspired line (which is how I think of the original Generations head sculpt), but not cartoons. Also doesn't help that in the wrong lighting that face looks very skeletal thanks to the sharp cheeks and the black shadow under his nose.

So far I think Legends Headmaster Kup pulled off the face shape the best, though they did sink in his cheeks a bit too much.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll need a reminder. Will the Devastator box set be a Pulse exclusive, or will this be a wide release among retailers? Also, how much?

Unknown, so far they haven't had an official solicitation from Hasbro. TFSource is taking orders for the low, low price of $500, but that's almost certainly not coming from an official source. That could indicate that the set isn't getting released in North America, it may be an Asia exclusive or something (haven't had one of those in a while).

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Finally, may the Bayverse be forgotten at last.

Bay-hating is still a thing?

Turns out trukk not monkey is still a thing

To whom? It was dumb 24 years ago, I dont think I ever see anyone say that except for people teasing or mocking other people.

It's mostly still a thing at places like Facebook, 4chan, and (sadly) TFW2005.

And YouTube comments, those can be some of the worst. Then again there's plenty of YouTubers making Transformers videos (and not particularly good ones) that take jabs at Beast Wars as well.

Emerje

Seibertron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Bay haters still bay-hate with passion even MORE than 13 years after the fact. It's embarassing.

Those fans are definitely embarrassing. It's also definitely embarrassing that some fans staunchly defend the Michael Bay Transformers movies as well. Both sides have their embarrassing moments.

Defending the movies themselves is a head scratcher. I don't thing the movies defenders do it with as much PASSION as dedicated Bay haters. The bay-haters are on another level. They HATE the bayverse so strong that it almost turn into a fanboyism of hate. The salt still being there after over a decade. That's pretty fascinating.

One thing the Bayhaters can't or just refuse to understand is the Transformers franchise is so strong with millions of new fans BECAUSE of the Bay movies. It was because of the Bayverse that I went back to TF. And a whole generation of kids got the Bayverse as their first Transformers. Those kids then discovered G1, Beast Wars, and others after that and became hardcore collectors.

The movies were horrible. But beautiful crops grew thanks to that manure!

If devy was titan priced, hell yeagh. Combined mode is still bad but that is partly down to the origional design. I'd leave them as individual bots which is where most of them stand out as previous lines vehicle modes were a bit better on some of them.

blackeyedprime wrote:If devy was titan priced, hell yeagh. Combined mode is still bad but that is partly down to the origional design. I'd leave them as individual bots which is where most of them stand out as previous lines vehicle modes were a bit better on some of them.

That's Impossible that Devy will be "titan price". Remember CW Devy? That was Titan priced and the toys were all hollow, cheap feeling, like dollar store garbage. The ROTF set will include all the leaders, voyagers, and deluxes figure of the high quality SS line. I predict nearly double titan price.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:If devy was titan priced, hell yeagh. Combined mode is still bad but that is partly down to the origional design. I'd leave them as individual bots which is where most of them stand out as previous lines vehicle modes were a bit better on some of them.

That's Impossible that Devy will be "titan price". Remember CW Devy? That was Titan priced and the toys were all hollow, cheap feeling, like dollar store garbage. The ROTF set will include all the leaders, voyagers, and deluxes figure of the high quality SS line. I predict nearly double titan price.

Why should it be anything other than approximately what it cost to get devy together in the first place

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:If devy was titan priced, hell yeagh. Combined mode is still bad but that is partly down to the origional design. I'd leave them as individual bots which is where most of them stand out as previous lines vehicle modes were a bit better on some of them.

That's Impossible that Devy will be "titan price". Remember CW Devy? That was Titan priced and the toys were all hollow, cheap feeling, like dollar store garbage. The ROTF set will include all the leaders, voyagers, and deluxes figure of the high quality SS line. I predict nearly double titan price.

Why should it be anything other than approximately what it cost to get devy together in the first place

Even at half price it is likely going to be more than a titan, not saying it should or shouldn't be, just that it is definitely not going to be cheap and getting it for less would be good.

blackeyedprime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:If devy was titan priced, hell yeagh. Combined mode is still bad but that is partly down to the origional design. I'd leave them as individual bots which is where most of them stand out as previous lines vehicle modes were a bit better on some of them.

That's Impossible that Devy will be "titan price". Remember CW Devy? That was Titan priced and the toys were all hollow, cheap feeling, like dollar store garbage. The ROTF set will include all the leaders, voyagers, and deluxes figure of the high quality SS line. I predict nearly double titan price.

Why should it be anything other than approximately what it cost to get devy together in the first place

Even at half price it is likely going to be more than a titan, not saying it should or shouldn't be, just that it is definitely not going to be cheap and getting it for less would be good.

Well, it retailed for $260 altogether, so, I'd expect it to be in that ballpark

Did you guys miss my post above? TFSource is selling the box set for $500. Either Hasbro has no plans to sell it in North America and TFSource had to source it from overseas, it's exclusive to some store in NA and TFSource had to get it from another source, or Hasbro is completely out of their minds.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Did you guys miss my post above? TFSource is selling the box set for $500. Either Hasbro has no plans to sell it in North America and TFSource had to source it from overseas, it's exclusive to some store in NA and TFSource had to get it from another source, or Hasbro is completely out of their minds.

Emerje

Or much like the theme park Megatron, TFsource listed it for $100 preorder back a couple months ago, and then the official reveal happened and Pulse took up the preorders too for normal leader prices, and then TFsource cut the listing from $100 to $53. I am more than willing to bet that is what is happening here

Seibertron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Bay haters still bay-hate with passion even MORE than 13 years after the fact. It's embarassing.

Those fans are definitely embarrassing. It's also definitely embarrassing that some fans staunchly defend the Michael Bay Transformers movies as well. Both sides have their embarrassing moments.

It’s fine to like or dislike the movies as long as you’re not a jerk about it to other people, which unfortunately, like you said, happens on both sides.

The movies are what got me into Transformers, and I still enjoy watching them all. 07 and DOTM are still great movies IMO (not without faults) and ROTF is really enjoyable without all the crude humor. Not as fond of AOE or TLK, but I still watch them when they’re on TV.

And the designs are, of course, my favorite designs in all of Transformers.

At that same time, I get why people don’t like them. That’s ok! It’s really just not worth arguing about or being mean to other people about.

Now, this is the studio series thread, so uh. . . Here’s a picture of Roadbuster I don’t think I’ve posted before! While I wouldn’t say Roadbuster is as good as Leadfoot or some of the other deluxe Autobots, it is still a really nice figure. The molded detail is super good, and it’s really nice to have a weaponized deluxe after all these years.

Devy is number 69?





NICE

-Kanrabat- wrote:The movies were horrible. But beautiful crops grew thanks to that manure!

That is hands down the best description of the Bayverse that I have ever read!

It's also similar to how I explained The Mandalorian to my brother. I told him to imagine that the Lucas movies were a beautiful field of grass. The Disney movies were a massive cow pie on said grass. And while the Mandalorian might be a cherry, it's on top of the cow pie. Do I want to eat that cherry? No. No, I do not.

If they would have done this in G1 color scheme I would have been all over this but I already have the set with Skipjack

My Skipjack just shipped from Target, should arrive next week! Excited to have a 2nd pogostick

WiseMan wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:The movies were horrible. But beautiful crops grew thanks to that manure!

That is hands down the best description of the Bayverse that I have ever read!

It's also similar to how I explained The Mandalorian to my brother. I told him to imagine that the Lucas movies were a beautiful field of grass. The Disney movies were a massive cow pie on said grass. And while the Mandalorian might be a cherry, it's on top of the cow pie. Do I want to eat that cherry? No. No, I do not.

I mean with that analogy just wash the cherry before eating it.

I don't get avoiding a good piece of media just because it so happens to take place in the same continuity with bad ones.

(which is how I view the first 3 bay movies in comparison to the latter two which I still somewhat like even if I prefer the Bay films to be a trilogy in hindsight)

IMO, the first 3 movies were awesome despite their dumb moments. But the Knights Duology were disapointments piling on top of more disapointments.

Regardless of the movies quality, they gave us awesome and mad designs though.

Seeing the box set for Devastator makes me realize how far we have come.Some time ago,if you said we would have a combiner mixing leader class toys with voyagers ones,with each having a unique vehicle and robot and design,people would have said it is impossible,but here we are.
Congrats on HasTak for making this happen

Now I want to see them to pull off the 12 to 13 toys necessary to make Dragonstorm!

Day 270 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My Skipjack just shipped from Target, should arrive next week! Excited to have a 2nd pogostick

Nice. My Skipjack and Overload still haven't shipped, but my Topspin did ship Friday so it's something. (Meanwhile my Quintesson Judge got delayed yet again...)

Emerje

Pretty disappointed we didn’t get any Studio Series at Pulsecon, but NYCC online is October 8-11, maybe we’ll see something there?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Pretty disappointed we didn’t get any Studio Series at Pulsecon, but NYCC online is October 8-11, maybe we’ll see something there?

I really hope we get some nice reveals. I've decided to heavily cut back collecting Generations and sticking to SS so PulseCon was, as you say, disappointing. Praying for a nice Dino and Jolt reveal.

TulioDude wrote:Seeing the box set for Devastator makes me realize how far we have come.Some time ago,if you said we would have a combiner mixing leader class toys with voyagers ones,with each having a unique vehicle and robot and design,people would have said it is impossible,but here we are.
Congrats on HasTak for making this happen

Now I want to see them to pull off the 12 to 13 toys necessary to make Dragonstorm!

Day 270 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Can Takara please hook my brother up with a MP Micron Legend Prime? IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!!!????

Disappointed that Pulsecon had no SS stuff, but we'll see. Hoping for a Dino and a Hatchet.

And Infernocus is still my SS unicorn that hasn't come out yet

"Fools! You can't escape Megatron!"

While I do prefer SS DOTM Megatron, I'm still glad I picked this one up. The panels that pop off are annoying, but it's a great looking figure. Painting it was a blast!

Let me just say that the dark pine green on Roadbuster is sublime, both on the figure and especially in the movie, a big contributor for why he's within my top 5 movie designs amongst other things.



Out of all the movies I think DOTM has the best color coded Autobots in general. (Also the best cast in concept, execution of course is much to be desired but I think for a show/movie 10 Autobots would be my ideal, anything that isn't a 5 man band or less.)

Optimus is a heroic red and blue combo, Sentinel in contrast is just a red which can be viewed visually as both heroic and villainous, Bumblebee is a bright yellow with some black to pop, Ratchet's white and green is a nice look which somewhat sticks closer to his G1 counterpart as well as just Medic colors in general, Ironhide is a nice shiny black color which is technically bland but it adds diversity amongst the cast, Sideswipe is much like Ironhide in that regard although the silver is colorful enough, Dino is just a nice bright red that just catches your eye, Que has an elegant dark blue, the Wreckers are darker shades of green, red and blue but also have things to break up those colors due to the race car alt modes.

It's a bit interesting that we still don't have any figures of Skids or Mudflap, either in their ice cream truck mode, their individual Revenge of the Fallen car modes, or even their cameo appearances in Dark of the Moon.

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's a bit interesting that we still don't have any figures of Skids or Mudflap, either in their ice cream truck mode, their individual Revenge of the Fallen car modes, or even their cameo appearances in Dark of the Moon.

Those two were bad characters in the movie, but they did had great toys. Especially the stellar HA ones that still sell for a premium to these days.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:"Fools! You can't escape Megatron!"

Megatron Rampage.jpg

While I do prefer SS DOTM Megatron, I'm still glad I picked this one up. The panels that pop off are annoying, but it's a great looking figure. Painting it was a blast!

Very nice paint apps, dude. Got some more pictures for a better view?

Deadput wrote:Let me just say that the dark pine green on Roadbuster is sublime, both on the figure and especially in the movie, a big contributor for why he's within my top 5 movie designs amongst other things.



Out of all the movies I think DOTM has the best color coded Autobots in general. (Also the best cast in concept, execution of course is much to be desired but I think for a show/movie 10 Autobots would be my ideal, anything that isn't a 5 man band or less.)

Optimus is a heroic red and blue combo, Sentinel in contrast is just a red which can be viewed visually as both heroic and villainous, Bumblebee is a bright yellow with some black to pop, Ratchet's white and green is a nice look which somewhat sticks closer to his G1 counterpart as well as just Medic colors in general, Ironhide is a nice shiny black color which is technically bland but it adds diversity amongst the cast, Sideswipe is much like Ironhide in that regard although the silver is colorful enough, Dino is just a nice bright red that just catches your eye, Que has an elegant dark blue, the Wreckers are darker shades of green, red and blue but also have things to break up those colors due to the race car alt modes.

Thanks! I used Decoart acrylics extreme sheen Emerald, and I think it matches the on-screen color really well.

I agree about the DOTM Autobots, they have a really nice mix of colors. The new designs were all really cool, and I really liked all of the changes to the existing Autobot designs. I'm super excited to have them all together in Studio Series, we just need Bumblebee, Dino, and Que!

First-Aid wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:"Fools! You can't escape Megatron!"

Megatron Rampage.jpg

While I do prefer SS DOTM Megatron, I'm still glad I picked this one up. The panels that pop off are annoying, but it's a great looking figure. Painting it was a blast!

Very nice paint apps, dude. Got some more pictures for a better view?

Thank you! You can see more of all three of them and my other customs on my page here (link is in my signature too): evasionmodebumblebee-s-studio-series-repaints-t114471.php

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's a bit interesting that we still don't have any figures of Skids or Mudflap, either in their ice cream truck mode, their individual Revenge of the Fallen car modes, or even their cameo appearances in Dark of the Moon.

I'm still holding out hope for a deluxe packaging with the twins in it as 1 package, like the Arcees. It would work for me and allow Devastator to chomp on them better.

Movie 1 wise, we only need a SS Frenzy mini figure

RotF wise we're missing Jolt, the Twins, Grindor, and Ravage at this point I believe. And the Sideswipe body from that movie.

DotM wise we're missing Que, Dino, Devcon, and Hatchet.

AOE wise we need another go at Galvatron, evasion mode Bee, and that could just about do it.

TLK wise I would like a proper Infernocus (1 voyager, 1 deluxe, and buy 4 deluxes to make the combiner), Onslaught, Dreadbot, Mohawk, and Hot Rod (come on, he needs his own mold).

Bee movie, we have everything. Only one I might say I would like is the Thrust that showed up on Cybertron.

Maybe we will also get a Loader some day...

They could remold Blitzwing for the cybertronian seekers


Edited because TFormers doesn't like that people share concept art.

TulioDude wrote:They could remold Blitzwing for the cybertronian seekers

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