I’ve never thought about that but you’re right. He, Prime, and Starscream have the most visually memorable deaths in the movie. Brawn at a close fourth.
Studio Series discussion
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So, any speculation on when they'll reveal Swoop? Are we expecting it soon?
I'm guessing around August time we might see pictures of him surface, by then, the marketing machine for the movie would be in cool down mode, thou I could be wrong
^While a spoiler for some, since it’s out there in this thread now I gotta say, that moment made me sit up in the theater. It’s when I thought “Okay, this isn’t just another Bay film. That’s a deep cut, and shows they paid attention to some of the pre established lore. This is gonna be a good movie.”
And I was right. Only I caught it, but when I told my wife and kids on the way home why that was a big deal, they were like “ah! That makes sense.” It’s the time of fan service that doesn’t detract from the story, and I wish had been more common over the past 15 years or so.
And I was right. Only I caught it, but when I told my wife and kids on the way home why that was a big deal, they were like “ah! That makes sense.” It’s the time of fan service that doesn’t detract from the story, and I wish had been more common over the past 15 years or so.
Swoop is due next year sometime. We still have one more wave of SS for this year to be revealed.
So maybe late fall before he's revealed.
From the front page, here's some pics from today's fanstream (in case anyone missed it):
Deluxe class Mirage
Leader class Optimus Primal
Deluxe class Mirage
Leader class Optimus Primal
I've preordered both of these figures, thou with Primal, I hope at some point they do a homage paint job to the Beast Wars verison of the character on that mold, same with the rest of the Maximals, the Terrorcons don't need repaints, aside from Nightbird who should get a silve and black repaint done!
I’m obviously wondering how this Primal differs from the Takara one. Getting both regardless.
Size, transformation, some other gimmicks
The really big Takara one? That one is basically a kids toy with a simple transformation and gimmicks. This one's way more complex.
We still haven’t seen the Studio Series Nightbird. We’ve just seen the “lower end” Core Deluxe version. A decade ago, we might have gotten some nifty redeco options, but that doesn’t feel like the way things are done. Especially in Studio Series, where accuracy to the medium is the biggest focus.
Takara’s Ultimate Primal will be fun (especially with all those ports), Studio Series will be a glorified puzzle with some accessories for other figures to use.
I posted a big rant in the film thread itself, figured I’d share it here. To say I wasn’t overly impressed with either is an understatement. Especially Optimus Primal.
...huh. So we haven't. I had it in my head that the Buzzworthy one was Studio Series, but thinking about it, that doesn't even make sense since she's in a multipack with Core Cheetor.
To many figures coming out at once, one's brain gets a little scrambled
Too many figures of the SAME characters
I’m waiting to see how Studio Series Nightbird ends up. The Core is fine from a design standpoint, but I’m baffled at the decision to cast so much of her in bronze/gold, especially with how it negatively impacted the vehicle mode. Even the film design only has a splash of bronze, maybe enough to squeeze a little on the deco budget if they REALLY wanted to incorporate those elements into the figure.
I doubt anyone would have complained if she was all black with some splash of purple and some silver on her robot mode. Especially in light of the inaccuracies of the Core line, in general.