Studio Series 86 Appreciation Thread

[CoffeeHorse]

I get wanting a longer neck, but that just doesn't work.

 

[tec]

Oh good not the only one who thought it looked off

 

[Donocropolis]

I don't like it on Sludge, but I do plan on ordering the Paddles kit:

Maybe it's the fin "mane" on the back of the head, but it somehow looks better than it does on Sludge.

 

[Sabrblade]

Somehow, it looks much better with that Paddles kit. Maybe it's because the longer neck looks too disproportionate with the rest of the figure as it normally is, but when converted to a Plesiosaur the neck looks more proportionate.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

Yeah, Slug extra neck looks awful but I'd Love a Paddles.

-ZacWilliam, official would be better, but beggers and all

 

[Blot]

The new neck ignores the taper that Sludge's head has to its base, so you just have this weird sausage between the head and body now.

 

[Sciflyer]

IIRC, these neck pieces are modular, and the user can add as many or as few as they want. Maybe using fewer would have yielded a cleaner looking dino mode?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Doubtful, considering they don't even try to match the rest of the sculpt.

 

[Darth_Prime]

So I was in Walmart in Brandon, FL today and saw these in the Christmas toy section at the front of the store. $24.97

 

[The Predaking]

That would be a good deal if I wanted any of the BBSS figures.

 

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

Has anybody seen the Jazz/Gnaw two pack? All I've seen so far for SS is the Perceptor/Wheeljack set.

 

[Darth_Prime]

Has anybody seen the Jazz/Gnaw two pack? All I've seen so far for SS is the Perceptor/Wheeljack set.

I felt like there should be a 4th set since legacy had 4. I had not read anything about them before I saw them in store.

 

[Haywire]

I've only found the 2-packs at one nearby Walmart so far, and saw no evidence of the Jazz/Gnaw set. Either a troop-builder got them all, or they don't have very common distribution compared to the rest.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Has anybody seen the Jazz/Gnaw two pack? All I've seen so far for SS is the Perceptor/Wheeljack set.

Have I seen Jazz?

Gnaw, sorry.

 

[tec]

oh ha ha take your like and leave good sir

 

[DefaultOption]

Have I seen Jazz?

Gnaw, sorry.

 

[Sabrblade]

And, next year's SS86 Commander class figure is...

Spoiler

Tra Gen Studio Series Commander 86 Optimus Prime
Product Code: F8514
EAN: 5010996211835

 

[Steamed Hams]

Bleh.
Shoulda been Astrotrain.

 

[Sciflyer]

Not a bad choice, what with the 40th coming up and all. I love Earthrise Prime, but my hope at the Commander pricepoint would be that the trailer would be better-proportioned, include Roller, Matrix, gas nozzle, missles, etc. Beyond that, and seeing how it is a movie toy, I would expect maybe an interchangeable battle-damaged chest / head, and perhaps even a gurney to lay him down on (because, "I fear...the wounds are...fatal").

 

[CoffeeHorse]

ER definitely needs some changes to the bot as well. It's frustrating how off the proportions are when Siege already had them right.