I mean, for that price...
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I like Dare better than The Touch, so that sounds like a positive to me.
Astrotrain is kinda hard to tell, those purple sides make the robot look a lot thinner. Train mode is better. Need to see more pictures.
Shockwave is as much as I reasonably expected, will pick up.
Kranix looks okay! His alt mode suffers a bit for the reality of hinge sizes but I appreciate the effort to include his alt mode, I always did like that from the Marvel Comic adaptation as a kid and thought it was cooler than a ship.
Skywarp is solid.
Sunstreaker and Wheeljack continue to look awful with those baby blue painted windows. Blergh.
The Matrix is pretty good. For £105 the handle should be painted tbh, but otherwise it's pretty much perfect.
Shockwave is as much as I reasonably expected, will pick up.
Kranix looks okay! His alt mode suffers a bit for the reality of hinge sizes but I appreciate the effort to include his alt mode, I always did like that from the Marvel Comic adaptation as a kid and thought it was cooler than a ship.
Skywarp is solid.
Sunstreaker and Wheeljack continue to look awful with those baby blue painted windows. Blergh.
The Matrix is pretty good. For £105 the handle should be painted tbh, but otherwise it's pretty much perfect.
105 pounds, that's about 150 dollars, right? Like a ForceFX lightsaber, dang.
I wonder if the matrix is a bluetooth speaker. Thanks to the Emgo Maverick skit I picture it playing "Everybody Poops".
I wonder if the matrix is a bluetooth speaker. Thanks to the Emgo Maverick skit I picture it playing "Everybody Poops".
If it's a bluetooth speaker, it'll have to be rechargeable... and that might be enough to get me to buy it.
Yeah, but, you'll have to recharge it with Alpha Trion's ghost every time, and those are pretty hard to come by.
Nah, the ghost is easy, the converter is hard to get it.
Or they could simply do what Galvatron did, stick a chain on it and call it a day!
I'm actually excited about that Matrix! Kranix looks good and so does Skywarp, but I'm pretty underwhelmed by the rest. I see they're tackling Astrotrain again (cool, I guess?), and milking as much mileage as possible from that Shockwave mold. It's cool that he's de-greebled and isn't saddled by the extra garbage they threw in the first time, but I'm not buying another Shockwave until/unless he's completely redone from the ground up, and crucially, larger.
No, no, this is a Transformers board. The Convertors board is a couple blocks that way.
I do hope the 'rechargeable' bit is wrong, honestly, simply because I hate a toy being limited in its life by the Iife of a non-replaceable battery of variable quality. AA's or AAA's are easier if you check them against leakage.
It DOES play The Touch! I'm trying to stay strong. I've told myself that I don't need another Matrix, but this one is <zoolander> really really good looking </zoolander>
TRANSFORMERS STUDIO SERIES THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE THE MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP
(HASBRO | Ages 14 & up | Approx. Retail Price: $124.99 | Pre-Order on February 16, 2026, at 1PM ET on Hasbro Pulse, Amazon (#ad), Big Bad Toy Store, and other participating retailers; Available Summer 2026)
The Matrix of Leadership comes to TRANSFORMERS Studio Series. Inspired by THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, this collectible display and roleplay piece features interactive lights and sounds for a truly cinematic experience. The extendable frame allows the Matrix of Leadership to be opened and closed. When the frame is pulled open, the pulsing lights in the core get brighter and “The Touch” by Stan Bush plays for an epic movie-inspired moment. The Matrix of Leadership can sit on the display stand when open or closed for dynamic display options. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the fan-favorite animated film and expand your collection with TRANSFORMERS action figures (sold separately, subject to availability) featuring favorite characters from the movie, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and more.
But it does operate off of an internal rechargeable battery
TRANSFORMERS STUDIO SERIES THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE THE MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP
(HASBRO | Ages 14 & up | Approx. Retail Price: $124.99 | Pre-Order on February 16, 2026, at 1PM ET on Hasbro Pulse, Amazon (#ad), Big Bad Toy Store, and other participating retailers; Available Summer 2026)
The Matrix of Leadership comes to TRANSFORMERS Studio Series. Inspired by THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, this collectible display and roleplay piece features interactive lights and sounds for a truly cinematic experience. The extendable frame allows the Matrix of Leadership to be opened and closed. When the frame is pulled open, the pulsing lights in the core get brighter and “The Touch” by Stan Bush plays for an epic movie-inspired moment. The Matrix of Leadership can sit on the display stand when open or closed for dynamic display options. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the fan-favorite animated film and expand your collection with TRANSFORMERS action figures (sold separately, subject to availability) featuring favorite characters from the movie, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and more.
But it does operate off of an internal rechargeable battery
Just head over to Tosche Station. I hear they have all the power converters you'd ever need.
Or they did, anyway. That was apparently a long time ago...
They've also custom engineered the Matrix with a special sensor/locking system so that it won't open if you're Ultra Magnus.
I just saw the USB...Oh, well...
The picture of the cord coming out of the Matrix really just strikes me as a funny image. Like, it makes me imagine Optimus coming into Autobot HQ and finding Hot Rod using it to charge his phone.
It's the Cybertronian version of a Ouija board. Plug in to call the spirits of the past.
YOU GOT THE TOSCHE