Okay, guess it's up to me to -- an hour long?!?
I don't get paid enough for this.
Yep, it's time once again for another Hasbro Pulse Transformers Tuesday Fanstream, with Nate from Marketing for Action Brands and Evan Designer, who I'm assuming is Mark Designer's brother or something. And they're here to reveal everything we've been talking about for weeks and months now, such as Studio Series '86 Megatron!
Everything shown today is available now for pre-order, and no exclusives! They also have a poll that they're really interested in your feedback on, and are even answering some fan comments.
Heeeeere's Megsy! And they say yes, people ask about him being a "blaster" all the time, but he's a tank due to legal stuff.
Funny bit about how when he first revealed it, Evan was going to just put the handheld gun version on the table next to the robot and talk about the marvels of mass compression, but sadly, leakers had to spoil all that fun.
He has butterfly hinge articulation, if you're into that.
The version of a tank he's based on is a prototype from the '80s called the "armored blaster system" ("or something like that").
Wanted to make sure they got the hip skirt flaps on there.
Last Leader wave for Studio Series in 2025.
Due to high demand, they're rerunning Studio Series '86 Grimlock with Wheelie.
The Studio Series for Transformers: War for Cybertron rolls on with a full trio of Seekers, as Thundercracker joins Starscream and Skywarp.
They not only wanted to give them each different expressions, but noticed in the games their eye colors were different from one-another, and so they wanted to reflect that, too.
Miiiiiiiix It'smaster!
I mean, iiiiiiiiit's Mixmaster!
And he's a Voyager so as to better support Devastator.
Some jokes about being a classic '80s cement mixer, rather than the modern kind you can't tell whether they're driving backwards or not.
It's Devastator! Smaller than Combiner Wars, but with modern articulation and cartoon accuracy!
It's Devastator! And how he scales to Studio Series '86 Optimus Prime and Grimlock!
They design the Combiners all at once, but for logistics reasons, they had to boot the last part of Menasor to a different release wave, while here, they wanted to make sure to get everyone out within the same year.
If you're planning to get these, you'll probably want to do it sooner than later, as they said there are currently no plans for a gift set in 2026 or 2027, the latter of which they're already "knee-deep" into planning. That isn't to say they'll never do one, but if they do, you're going to be waiting a while for it.
Possibilities for redecos include Generation 2 and toy-accurate.
It's Elita-One, star of the move Transformers One! You can tell, because her name is in the title!
Comes with tracker blaster and jetpack.
Has knees, ankles, and a unique transformation where her wheels split in half so part of them can form part of her chest. Or back, really. Torso.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Starscream. Transformers One Starscream, specifically.
Despite what we've heard about the movie's sequels (i.e. ain't gonna be any), they say they're interested in continuing to flesh out the line.
Sounds like they want to do all the Seekers, but Big Hollywood complicated that a little by giving them each unique designs. "Expect that at some point in the future."
And the last deluxe for the last Studio Series wave of the year is...
Well, actually, it's not an Autobot at all!
Hailing from Transformers: Age of Extinction, they dug deep into the concepts and pulled out Widowmaker, a KSI drone who we never saw a robot mode for, whose concept would go on to become Stinger, and they basically fleshed the earlier concept out and tweaked the color to come up with KSI Widow.
As long as people are digging the concept art figures, they'll keep making them. And not just for the live-action movies, but the '86 Transformers movie and whatever else. Maybe there's hope for Dragon Beast yet? Okay, so they're thinking more in terms of like, Inferno from a cut scene, but hey, a guy can dream, right?
They muse about all the Transformers who've sported orange over the years. Write in the comments your favorite orange Transformer! (Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime here.)
Next is the Transformers Timelines 2-packs, showing off Optimus and Starscream, as well as Megatron and Bumblebee, who will have "quantities" available on-site at San Diego Comic-Con, but not as an exclusive (that would be the Void Rivals pack).
They tease next year's theme for these four characters, saying it'll be something "a little more original".
Tell them in the comments which themes you would like to see!
Our first look at Studio Series for '26 is Airachnid!
Got her down to a Deluxe scale. "Thin, but significant."
Movable legs on balljoints.
Size comparison with Starscream and Elita-One.
These are prototypes, in case you weren't aware. The same ones they base the instructions on!
Had to give her heels in order to be able to support herself.
But that's not all!
Here's a sneak peek at the Voyager-scale Alpha Trion, too!
Has sculpted battle damage, grime, etc. so he can look as run-down as he did in the movie.
Now, for those comments!
"More Combiners" was a common sentiment, with Defensor, Predaking, and Rail Racer getting numerous mentions. Evan feels like Defensor makes sense, what with Bruticus and all, but he's a Technobot stan, so hopefully we get there eventually.
For Rail Racer, Evan mused that each piece would have to be a Titan, because Rail Racer "is monstrous".
As far as filling out collections, apparently Mudflap and Skids come up a lot. Evan says it's "more of an eventuality," they keep looking to see if it's the right time, but there's nothing yet. "Never say never, I think we'll get there eventually, just not right now."
Monstructor: "Maybe he's coming, I promise he won't be dinosaurs." "Potentially coming."
Fan Poll Question: "Do you want to see toys of characters from Season 1 and 2 of the G1 cartoon, that did not appear in the 86 movie, in the Studio Series 86 segment?" And they don't just mean guys who were in earlier drafts of the script like Inferno.
A simple "yes" or "no" in their comments is all they're looking for on this one.
And that's basically the stream! If you want to view it for yourself, have at it:
So, what did you think? Leave a comment below, or on YouTube, or in the "Studio Series discussion" thread in our forums. Or heck, all three! Dis-course! Dis-course! Dis-course!
