Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Voyager Optimus Prime will be a Target Exclusive

As someone who isn't on the US, the term "Target exclusive" makes my Spider Sense tingle.

Day 1103 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

An exclusive SS Optimus Prime for an upcoming/current movie, that's quite the coup for Target. I wonder if Walmart or Amazon has anything to counter that with.

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Emerje wrote:An exclusive SS Optimus Prime for an upcoming/current movie, that's quite the coup for Target. I wonder if Walmart or Amazon has anything to counter that with.

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For well wanted mini bots to short pack

My Bonecrusher preorder moved up to next week, so it was only a matter of time before he showed up in stores. I am excited to get those NEST guys.

Also, I wonder if that BBB Prime is just going to be the SS-38 reissued instead of a retooled one to match the RotB movie.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My Bonecrusher preorder moved up to next week, so it was only a matter of time before he showed up in stores. I am excited to get those NEST guys.

Also, I wonder if that BBB Prime is just going to be the SS-38 reissued instead of a retooled one to match the RotB movie.

My money is on a retool.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My Bonecrusher preorder moved up to next week, so it was only a matter of time before he showed up in stores. I am excited to get those NEST guys.

Also, I wonder if that BBB Prime is just going to be the SS-38 reissued instead of a retooled one to match the RotB movie.

My money is on a retool.

I bet the retool will come next year, or at least around the holidays

I got my NEST Bonecrusher in today. This is a great repaint. Bonecrusher is a good mold, and in these colors he is really fun. I love the NEST colors, and I want more figures in this color scheme. It is fun!

I picked up NEST Bonecrusher at my local Targét last night too! Haven't opened him yet but am excited, i held off on Bonecrusher the first time he came out as part of the standard Studio Series because frankly, I'm still very attached to my old Deluxe Jungle Bonecrusher (which is still a pretty solid figure today). But this new deco looks sick and so far the size of em is impressive

I'll be waiting for the SS DotM leader Optimus re-release. Even at can90$+tx.

M. Spector wrote:I picked up NEST Bonecrusher at my local Targét last night too! Haven't opened him yet but am excited, i held off on Bonecrusher the first time he came out as part of the standard Studio Series because frankly, I'm still very attached to my old Deluxe Jungle Bonecrusher (which is still a pretty solid figure today). But this new deco looks sick and so far the size of em is impressive

He is a very nice figure, and the NEST paintscheme rocks on him. I too still hold a strong love for the original mold, and i still want a leader sized figure of that design. He is my favorite movie con.

Recently picked up NEST Bonecrusher and Im really enjoying it! The new deco looks nice (I like it more that the original), and there’s a surprising amount of detail work, especially in alt mode!

Now we just need Ratchet to ship out!

Bonecrusher is so much fun, I love NEST figures

Bony sure rock that deco.

Now, if only I could find that elusive DotM Leader Optimus reissue...

So I think it is safe to asusme Hatchet will be SS94. What just dawned on me is that in the past, Buzzworthy went with solid deluxe cases for Generations figures (Origns Bee, Silverstreak, Terrorsaur) and mixed cases for SS in the Buzzworthy line (2 separate deluxe mixed cases and the versus 2 packs).

(Yes Sabr, I know SS is techncially generations ,but they are clearly different lines from a distribution standpoint.)

So my prediction on why Nest Ratchet hasn't shipped yet is because he is probably part of a 3 figure case with Hatchet and SS86 Hound. Hopefully that means the latter 2 are soon to be announced and released.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So my prediction on why Nest Ratchet hasn't shipped yet is because he is probably part of a 3 figure case with Hatchet and SS86 Hound. Hopefully that means the latter 2 are soon to be announced and released.

I always thought that Ratchet mold was a voyager…
But I’m not into the movie lines, so I’m probably wrong.

I wish Hastak would release official wave info for Buzzworthy.
And I don’t even need any remotely specific dates.
But what’s coming in which waves would be great info to make public.
Hell, even the first two waves of the year would be nice, and around April/May release info for the rest of the year.
And IF something has to change, so be it.
They wouldn’t need to offer any explanations.
Not to mention, there should be a couple points in every year where everything is pretty well set in stone.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So my prediction on why Nest Ratchet hasn't shipped yet is because he is probably part of a 3 figure case with Hatchet and SS86 Hound. Hopefully that means the latter 2 are soon to be announced and released.

That could make sense! Hopefully we see more of Hatchet soon.

Quite a few people online seem to have NEST Ratchet already, but from what I can tell not in the US.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So my prediction on why Nest Ratchet hasn't shipped yet is because he is probably part of a 3 figure case with Hatchet and SS86 Hound. Hopefully that means the latter 2 are soon to be announced and released.

That could make sense! Hopefully we see more of Hatchet soon.

Quite a few people online seem to have NEST Ratchet already, but from what I can tell not in the US.

Looks like UK peeps getting him, they are usually about a month ahead of us, at least with Pulse, so I imagine Ratchet will ship next week.

Would also make sense if he was in a wave with Hatchet, though the reveals being so far apart would be odd

This may seem like a belated question, but...

You know how the Creatures Collide set came with alternate heads for Skywasp, Scorponok, and a toy-colors head for Kickback? Well, how exactly does one do the head-swap for Kickback? Unlike the other two, whose neck ball joints stick out from the top of the torso, the opposite is true of Kickback's neck ball joint: It's buried inside the torso.

Sabrblade wrote:This may seem like a belated question, but...

You know how the Creatures Collide set came with alternate heads for Skywasp, Scorponok, and a toy-colors head for Kickback? Well, how exactly does one do the head-swap for Kickback? Unlike the other two, whose neck ball joints stick out from the top of the torso, the opposite is true of Kickback's neck ball joint: It's buried inside the torso.

My guess is pull straight up on the head until the torso lets go. I'm keeping my heads original, so I never tried it before. I just gave a half-assed try and it does seem to require a bit of force, so I stopped before I got the head off. The biggest thing would be to pull as straight upward from the torso as possible so that you aren't putting much lateral stresses on the post that the ball is on.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:This may seem like a belated question, but...

You know how the Creatures Collide set came with alternate heads for Skywasp, Scorponok, and a toy-colors head for Kickback? Well, how exactly does one do the head-swap for Kickback? Unlike the other two, whose neck ball joints stick out from the top of the torso, the opposite is true of Kickback's neck ball joint: It's buried inside the torso.

My guess is pull straight up on the head until the torso lets go. I'm keeping my heads original, so I never tried it before. I just gave a half-assed try and it does seem to require a bit of force, so I stopped before I got the head off. The biggest thing would be to pull as straight upward from the torso as possible so that you aren't putting much lateral stresses on the post that the ball is on.

I dunno about that method. It's in there pretty deep.

Sabrblade wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:This may seem like a belated question, but...

You know how the Creatures Collide set came with alternate heads for Skywasp, Scorponok, and a toy-colors head for Kickback? Well, how exactly does one do the head-swap for Kickback? Unlike the other two, whose neck ball joints stick out from the top of the torso, the opposite is true of Kickback's neck ball joint: It's buried inside the torso.

My guess is pull straight up on the head until the torso lets go. I'm keeping my heads original, so I never tried it before. I just gave a half-assed try and it does seem to require a bit of force, so I stopped before I got the head off. The biggest thing would be to pull as straight upward from the torso as possible so that you aren't putting much lateral stresses on the post that the ball is on.

I dunno about that method. It's in there pretty deep.

I can't see any other way of getting it out. You might have some luck using something like a popcicle stick to pry the head upward until the torso lets it go. I don't see any way of opening the torso. I'm also assuming for assembly, they just pushed it into the socket, but the tolerance on mine seems pretty tight.

New tactic, worked on mine. I pulled back on the top of his forehead and the ball popped out pretty easily. Basically make him look up as far as possible. The bottom of the back of his head touches the top of the torso when you do this and provides just enough leverage to pop the ball out.

I would not swap heads too often though, I worry about the joint becoming loose over time.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I would not swap heads too often though, I worry about the joint becoming loose over time.

No fear of that. I bought two Kickbacks. One to keep the normal head, one to do the head swap.

Looks like Hasbro was not done with reveals. There was a round table discussion today, which we will shed more light on later. During this discussion, Hasbro revealed Origins Jazz. This is to go with the Origins Bumblebee we got a little while back, which shows what he looked like in the first episode of the G1 cartoon. Like Origins Bumblebee, Origins Jazz will be part of the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line and thus be a Target Exclusive in the US. However, as we saw with that Bumblebee, he might be pretty easy to find in the end.

If you needed a friend for your Buzzworthy Bumblebee Origins Bumblebee, how about the just revealed Buzzworthy Bumblebee Origins JAZZ!?!? Hasbro just revealed this deluxe class figure during a Transformers Team roundtable with various Transformers fansites like Seibertron.com. At the end of the Q&A, Hasbro showed off a big surprise in the form of Origins Jazz in his hovercar mode from the first episode of the animated Transformers G1 cartoon episode (More Than Meets The Eye - Part 1). Included below are a bunch of screen captures from the Roundtable from earlier today.

In addition to Jazz finally having his unique and iconic hovercar mode from the first episode from almost 40 years ago, Jazz also includes his grappling hook accessory which can be mounted to ports on the opposite side of his hands when you flip them around, or it can be mounted to the end of his blaster. Unfortunately, there is not a string to attach the grappling hook, but I'm sure some fishing line or something comparable would do the trick nicely.

The Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee product line can be found exclusively at Target stores in the US.

You can stream the first episode Transformers More Than Meets The Eye on YouTube.



Now that UFO Bumblebee has a friend, one has to wonder what else Hasbro has in the pipeworks and whether or not any of the other Transformers from that episode who had iconic Cybertronian modes will get this treatment.

Official images of this new product are expected to be available soon. In the meantime ... enjoy these screen captures of this exciting new reveal!

Dang it Hasbro I was using my money! Yeah gonna have to get that Jazz

Awesome! This is a definite buy! So glad they're releasing these origin figures. Hopefully, they'll continue to bring us more. Wheeljack would be a great addition!

I MUST HAVE THAT JAZZ!

Cool. All the money I save on the Rise of Beasts figures can go to this.

Does that mean they'll be giving the tetra jets another go? There's also wheeljack to do correct?

Oh. My. Gawd.

ZeroWolf wrote:Does that mean they'll be giving the tetra jets another go? There's also wheeljack to do correct?

Wheeljack could be an easy retool from that Jazz, or follow the same engineering.

As for the Tetrajets, I can only see a remold of the Siege ones, but with smooth surfaces and a clean paint scheme.

So during the Q&A did anyone ask about the "Sandwich" style packaging and why Earthspark toys weren't on shelves during the holiday season or was it all about the new shiny that Hasbro presented?

I hope that grappling hook gets a little paint on the hook blades.

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I loved Origin Bee so much, I'm thrilled for this. I was also planning to eventually unload most of the Siege bots that I bought again in Earthrise, but now I feel like my Cybertronian collection might grow further.

Very nice unexpected surprise. Truthfully, I didn't even remember that he had a Cybertronian mode. Just Bee and Wheeljack. The figure seems somewhat simple, but I'm still glad it got made. It'll be an in-hand decision.

Read on another site that Jazz will be available in April 2023... does anyone know if that's the case?

It would be nice to get a Wheeljack and another go at the tetrajets. Soundwave (lamppost) wouldn't really be that exciting, but having a Cybertronian Laserbeak in this line would be cool.

Following on from the recent reveal of Origin Jazz, we have official product shots of this out-of-nowhere figure! Jazz looks faithful to his appearance in the very first episode of the G1 cartoon 'More Than Meets the Eye' which first aired nearly forty years ago. This is an all new mold, and will be coming out in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line of Generations. Origin Jazz should be released in April, and hopefully, this is an indicator that we'll get more Cybertronian altmodes in this sub-sub-line.

Bounti76 wrote:Origin Jazz should be released in April...

You just answered my question from above - thanks!

I love it. But I wish we would get an Origins Wheeljack too, as he was the first Transformer ever on screen.

Crosscheck wrote:I love it. But I wish we would get an Origins Wheeljack too, as he was the first Transformer ever on screen.

Thundercracker is the first ever character on screen. The first Autobot is Prowl. For the commercial for the comic book.

Welp, that's gonna be mine! Been trying to decide on a Jazz for my shelf, and I think this'll be it, at least until my ideal Jazz comes out. Either way, Origins Jazz looks awesome, hope we see Origins Wheeljack

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Welp, that's gonna be mine! Been tryung to decide on a Jazz for my shelf, and I think this'll be it, at least until my ideal Jazz comes out. Either way, Origins Jazz looks awesome, hope we see Origins Wheeljack

SS86 didn't do it for you? Supposedly that's as close as we'll get to MP.

THIS is what I was waiting for from Siege! Going to try and snatch this guy as soon as I can. I REALLY hope we get an Origins Wheeljack next!

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Welp, that's gonna be mine! Been tryung to decide on a Jazz for my shelf, and I think this'll be it, at least until my ideal Jazz comes out. Either way, Origins Jazz looks awesome, hope we see Origins Wheeljack

SS86 didn't do it for you? Supposedly that's as close as we'll get to MP.

Outside of the issues of clear plastic (heard it was a when, not if on that mold), ideally I'd want a Jazz that has the option of door wings or no door wings like that one 3P figure. It's probably never going to happen in CHUG scale, but I'm fine waiting indefinitely

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Welp, that's gonna be mine! Been tryung to decide on a Jazz for my shelf, and I think this'll be it, at least until my ideal Jazz comes out. Either way, Origins Jazz looks awesome, hope we see Origins Wheeljack

SS86 didn't do it for you? Supposedly that's as close as we'll get to MP.

Outside of the issues of clear plastic (heard it was a when, not if on that mold), ideally I'd want a Jazz that has the option of door wings or no door wings like that one 3P figure. It's probably never going to happen in CHUG scale, but I'm fine waiting indefinitely

Understandable. And I have yet to even open mine...is the clear plastic problem that bad?

As for the new figure, by the looks of the packaging, it'll be on the smaller side, like Bee was. Jazz should be taller than Bee.

That Jazz figure looks like a lot of fun! And he looks good! I love my origins Bee, so i will gladly take this guy to go with him.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Welp, that's gonna be mine! Been tryung to decide on a Jazz for my shelf, and I think this'll be it, at least until my ideal Jazz comes out. Either way, Origins Jazz looks awesome, hope we see Origins Wheeljack

SS86 didn't do it for you? Supposedly that's as close as we'll get to MP.

I mean, he was good, but I would hardly call him the best. And this puts a whole new spin on it thanks to the cybertronian alt.

This is what Siege should have been.

As someone who does not care about Jazz whatsoever I LOVE how he looks! Precious as heck. Hopefully his backpack isnt too hefty and i can snag him onsale for $12/15 bucks like I did with Origins Bee

I think this looks fantastic, I only really got the Jackpot retool of SS86 Jazz along with the Knock-Out retool and while I did like that mold, I didn't get the Jazz one (Not sure why.)
I really dig the Cybertronian looks so I'm glad we're still getting some post-Siege.

Holy handgrenades this is awesome. Hopefully he won't be hard to get because I MUST GET