Studio Series

From L'Oreal

First revealed at New York Toy Fair 2018, Studio Series, underneath the Generations banner, acts as a celebration of over ten years of live-action movies, with characters from every movie represented. It also coincided with Bumblebee, the sixth film in the live-action film series.

Each toy is numbered, with an indication of their movie of origin. All figures also come with a cardboard backdrop depicting a notable scene from their respective movie. Backdrops from separate figures representing the same scene are designed to be displayed side by side.

With rough robot mode scale as a line-wide goal, each figure is sized in relation to other toys, even in the same size class; 18 Deluxe Bumblebee is shorter than Jazz and 01 Bumblebee, who are in turn shorter than Ratchet and Lockdown.

The toyline boosts a greater accuracy than lines previous, due to using relative scale, as mentioned above, and using models in the films for reference as opposed to concept art, though this does fall short for early Bumblebee toys. Studio Series also explores toys for characters who had none before, or were left to a smaller size class.

First unveiled at the October 16th Fan First Friday, Studio Series 86 is a 2021 addition to the toyline that features characters from The Transformers: The Movie, in celebration of that film's 35th anniversary. The toys are in the style and scale of those from the concurrently-ran War for Cybertron Trilogy. Additionally, most Voyager Class toys in this subline feature blast effects compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System.

Toys

Deluxe Class

Wave 1 01 Bumblebee (1976 Camaro, Transformers) 02 Decepticon Stinger (Age of Extinction) 03 Crowbar (Dark of the Moon) 04 Autobot Ratchet (Transformers)		Wave 2 10 Autobot Jazz (Transformers) 11 Lockdown (Age of Extinction)		Wave 3 16 Autobot Ratchet (Dark of the Moon) 17 Shadow Raider (Age of Extinction) 18 Bumblebee (Beetle, Bumblebee)		Wave 4 22 Dropkick (SuperCobra, Bumblebee) 23 KSI Sentry (Age of Extinction)		03 Deluxe Class Crowbar 40 Deluxe Class Shatter 86-02 Deluxe Class Kup
Wave 5 26 WWII Bumblebee (The Last Knight) 27 Clunker Bumblebee (Transformers) 28 Barricade (Transformers) 29 Sideswipe (Dark of the Moon) 30 Crankcase (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 6 39 Cogman (The Last Knight) 40 Shatter (Plymouth, Bumblebee) 41 Constructicon Scrapmetal (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 7 45 Autobot Drift (Age of Extinction) 46 Dropkick (Javelin, Bumblebee) 47 Constructicon Hightower (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 8 49 Bumblebee (2008 Concept Camaro, Transformers) 50 WWII Autobot Hot Rod (The Last Knight) 51 Soundwave (w/ Laserbeak, Dark of the Moon) 52 Chromia, Arcee, and Elita-1: 3-Pack (Revenge of the Fallen)
Wave 9 57 Offroad Bumblebee (Bumblebee) 58 Roadbuster (Dark of the Moon) 59 Shatter (Harrier, Bumblebee)		Wave 10 62 Soundwave (Revenge of the Fallen) 63 Topspin (Dark of the Moon) 64 Cliffjumper (Bumblebee)		Wave 11 86-01 Autobot Jazz (The Transformers: The Movie) 86-02 Kup (The Transformers: The Movie) 86-03 Blurr (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 12 70 B-127 (Bumblebee) 71 Autobot Dino (Dark of the Moon)
Wave 13 74 Bumblebee (w/ Sam Witwicky, Revenge of the Fallen) 75 Jolt (Revenge of the Fallen) 86-08 Gnaw (The Transformers: The Movie)		Upcoming wave 86-11 Perceptor (The Transformers: The Movie)

Voyager Class

Wave 1 05 Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen) 06 Starscream (Transformers)		Wave 2 12 Decepticon Brawl (Transformers) 13 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 3 14 Autobot Ironhide (Transformers)		Wave 4 21 Starscream (Revenge of the Fallen)		13 Voyager Class Megatron 32 Voyager Class Optimus Prime 65 Voyager Class Blitzwing
Wave 5 32 Optimus Prime (Transformers) 33 Bonecrusher (Transformers)		Wave 6 37 Constructicon Rampage (Revenge of the Fallen) 38 Optimus Prime (Bumblebee)		Wave 7 42 Constructicon Long Haul (Revenge of the Fallen) 43 KSI Boss (Age of Extinction)		Wave 8 53 Constructicon Mixmaster (Revenge of the Fallen) 54 Megatron (Transformers)
Wave 9 60 Constructicon Scrapper (Revenge of the Fallen) 61 Sentinel Prime (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 10 65 Blitzwing (Bumblebee) 67 Constructicon Skipjack (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 11 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod (The Transformers: The Movie) 86-05 Scourge (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 12 72 Starscream (Bumblebee)
Wave 13 76 Thrust (Bumblebee) 86-09 Wreck-Gar (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 14 86-10 Decepticon Sweep (The Transformers: The Movie)

Leader Class

Wave 1 07 Grimlock (Age of Extinction) 08 Decepticon Blackout (w/ Scorponok, Transformers)		Wave 2 34 Megatron (w/ Igor, Dark of the Moon) 35 Jetfire (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 3 44 Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 4 55 Constructicon Scavenger (Revenge of the Fallen) 56 Shockwave (w/ Brains, Wheelie, and Paratrooper, Dark of the Moon)	35 Leader Class Jetfire 86-07 Leader Class Dinobot Slug & Daniel Witwicky
Wave 5 66 Constructicon Overload (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 6 86-06 Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 7 73 Grindor & Ravage (Revenge of the Fallen) 86-07 Dinobot Slug & Daniel Witwicky (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 8 86-12 Coronation Starscream (The Transformers: The Movie)

Multi-packs and exclusives

68 Deluxe Class Leadfoot (w/ Steeljaw)

These are even more complicated than usual, and that's before international releases come into play. Thundercracker was originally released as a worldwide Toys"R"Us exclusive, but due to the bankruptcy of Toys"R"Us in several countries, he only had a very short availability window in those markets. and was never added to the Toys"R"Us online store before the latter ceased operations. Likewise, the Bumblebee/Charlie 2-pack was originally intended as a Toys"R"Us exclusive but ultimately was only released that way in Canada, which still had Toys"R"Us by the time it came out. In the United States, both Thundercracker and the 2-pack were eventually made available through numerous online retailers such as BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, ToyWiz, and TFSource, although the 2-pack was also inexplicably found at a single Target store several months earlier.

The Bumblebee Then & Now Two-pack was exclusive to Target and BigBadToyStore in the United States and to Kmart in Australia; the Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage set debuted at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 and was later also made available via Hasbro Toy Shop (and additionally was also available at general retail in Taiwan and was offered at Comic-Con Paris 2018); and both the Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway set and the Drift/Baby Dinobots set appear to be "online exclusives" shared between the same online retailers that also offered Thundercracker and the Bumblebee/Charlie 2-pack, although both were initially claimed to be exclusive to Entertainment Earth. We say "appear" because the Retro Pop Highway set was also available at GameStop stores in the United States, and both sets were also listed in Diamond Comic Distributors' Previews catalog, so really the only "exclusivity" for these appears to be that neither of them is available from Walmart or Target. Battle Damaged Megatron was first found stocked by Hong Kong shops, and much later, was put up for pre-order on Toys"R"Us' Canadian website, and then on Target's US website before being found in stores. "As Seen In Parks" Megatron was officially exclusive to Universal Studios, but was released (almost a year after he had been officially revealed) in Hasbro's Asian markets first. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the toy was only released exclusively to online retailers in the US. Leadfoot was released as a Target exclusive in the US.

2020 started the celebration of everyone's favorite yellow Autobot in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, exclusive to Target in the U.S. Late 2021 saw reissues of the Battle Damaged Megatron and Bumblebee Then & Now Two-Pack at Target.

Deluxe Class 68 Leadfoot (w/ Steeljaw, Dark of the Moon) 77 N.E.S.T. Bumblebee (w/ Sam Witwicky, Bumblebee)		Voyager Class 09 Thundercracker (Dark of the Moon) 31 Battle Damaged Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen)		Leader Class 48 As Seen In Parks Megatron (Transformers: The Ride – 3D)		09 Voyager Class Thundercracker 69 Devastator 40BB Deluxe Class Shatter
Multi-packs 15 Bumblebee (1976 Camaro, w/ Charlie, Bumblebee) 19 Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage (Bumblebee) Bumblebee (1976 Camaro) Dairu Uruaz		20 Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway (Bumblebee) Bumblebee (Beetle) Uriad Zauru Bumblebee Then & Now Two-Pack 24 Bumblebee (Beetle, Bumblebee) 25 Bumblebee (The Last Knight) 36 Autobot Drift (w/ Dinobot Sharp-T, Dinobot Pterry, Dinobot 'Tops, The Last Knight)		69 Devastator (Revenge of the Fallen) Constructicon Scavenger Constructicon Hightower Constructicon Scrapmetal Constructicon Skipjack Constructicon Long Haul Constructicon Scrapper Constructicon Overload Constructicon Mixmaster
Buzzworthy Bumblebee 15BB Bumblebee (1976 Camaro, w/ Charlie, Bumblebee) 26BB WWII Bumblebee (The Last Knight) 40BB Shatter (Plymouth, Bumblebee) 74BB Bumblebee (2008 Camaro, w/ Sam, Revenge of the Fallen)		18BB Bumblebee VS 46BB Dropkick (Bumblebee) 27BB Clunker Bumblebee VS 28BB Barricade (Transformers) 79BB High Octane Bumblebee VS 02BB Decepticon Stinger (Age of Extinction)

Asia only

Meanwhile, in Singapore, a special Bumblebee was a giveaway at Toys"R"Us with purchase of a currently unknown total value of Transformers.

Singapore (Toys"R"Us) 01 Bumblebee (1976 Camaro, Transformers)

China (TaoBao) 01 Bumblebee (1976 Camaro, Transformers) 08 Decepticon Blackout w/ Scorponok, (Transformers)

TaoBao exclusive 08 Leader Class Decepticon Blackout

Studio Series (TakaraTomy)

Similar to Power of the Primes, in Takara's Studio Series (スタジオシリーズ) line, all figures are identical to their Hasbro counterparts, forgoing Takara's past practice of using more movie-accurate paint jobs. This is most likely due to the line being an official collaboration between Hasbro and TakaraTomy, much like the Masterpiece Movie Series line. ID numbering differs after number 8 compared to the Hasbro release, since some of the exclusives are not released in Japan. Starting with wave 4, the packages feature the franchise's 35th anniversary logo.

In 2021, Takara decided to go back to its old ways and launched the exclusive Premium Finish toyline, featuring rereleases of some Studio Series figures with much more movie-accurate decoes.

Regular retail

Wave 1 (Apr 24, 2018) SS-01 Bumblebee (Transformers) SS-02 Decepticon Stinger (Age of Extinction) SS-03 Crowbar (Dark of the Moon) SS-04 Autobot Ratchet (Transformers)		SS-05 Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-06 Starscream (Transformers) SS-07 Grimlock (Age of Extinction) SS-08 Decepticon Blackout (w/ Scorponok, Transformers)		Wave 2 (Jul 21, 2018) SS-09 Autobot Jazz (Transformers) SS-10 Lockdown (Age of Extinction) SS-11 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-12 Brawl (Transformers)		Wave 3 (Sep 15, 2018) SS-13 Shadow Raider (Age of Extinction) SS-14 Autobot Ratchet (Dark of the Moon) SS-15 Ironhide (Transformers)
Wave 4 (Oct 27, 2018) SS-16 Bumblebee (Beetle, Bumblebee) SS-17 KSI Sentry (Age of Extinction) SS-18 Starscream (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 5 (Jan 26, 2019) SS-19 World War II Bumblebee (The Last Knight) SS-20 Sideswipe (Dark of the Moon) SS-21 Decepticon Barricade (Transformers) SS-22 Crankcase (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 6 (Mar 23, 2019) SS-23 Rusty Bumblebee (Transformers) SS-24 Bonecrusher (Transformers) SS-25 Optimus Prime (Transformers) SS-26 Jetfire (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-27 Megatron (w/ Igor, Dark of the Moon) SS-28 Dropkick (Bumblebee)		Wave 7 (Apr 27, 2019) SS-29 Shatter (Bumblebee) SS-30 Optimus Prime (Bumblebee) SS-31 Cogman (The Last Knight) SS-32 Decepticon Scrapmetal (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-33 Decepticon Rampage (Revenge of the Fallen)
Wave 8 (Jul 27, 2019) SS-34 Decepticon Long Haul (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-35 KSI Boss (Age of Extinction)		Wave 9 (Aug 31, 2019) SS-36 Dropkick 2 (Bumblebee) SS-37 Decepticon Hightower (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-38 Sky Drift (Age of Extinction) SS-39 Jetwing Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 10 (Jan 25, 2020) SS-40 New Bumblebee (Transformers) SS-41 Chromia, Arcee, Elita-1 (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-42 Soundwave (w/ Laserbeak, Dark of the Moon) SS-43 Decepticon Mixmaster (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 11 (Feb 29, 2020) SS-44 WWII Autobot Hot Rod (The Last Knight) SS-45 Shockwave (w/ Brains, Wheelie, and Paratrooper, Dark of the Moon)
Wave 12 (Mar 28, 2020) SS-46 Megatron (Transformers) SS-47 Decepticon Scavenger (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 13 (Apr 25, 2020) SS-48 Offroad Bumblebee (Bumblebee) SS-49 Sentinel Prime (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 14 (May 30, 2020) SS-50 Roadbuster (Dark of the Moon) SS-51 Decepticon Scrapper (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 15 (Jun 27, 2020) SS-52 Shatter 2 (Bumblebee)
Wave 15.5 (Aug 1, 2020) SS-54 Decepticon Overload (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 16 (Aug 29, 2020) SS-53 Cliffjumper (Bumblebee)		Wave 17 (Sep 26, 2020) SS-55 Soundwave (Revenge of the Fallen) SS-56 Topspin (Dark of the Moon)		Wave 18 (Oct 23, 2020) SS-57 Blitzwing (Bumblebee)
Wave 19 (Nov 28, 2020) SS-58 Leadfoot (w/ Steeljaw, Dark of the Moon)		Wave 20 (Apr 20, 2021) SS-59 Autobot Jazz (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-60 Hot Rod (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-61 Kup (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 21 (May 29, 2021) SS-62 Scourge (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-63 Blurr (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-64 Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie (The Transformers: The Movie)		Wave 22 (Jun 26, 2021) SS-65 B-127 (Bumblebee)
Wave 23 (Jul 31, 2021) SS-66 Autobot Dino (Dark of the Moon) SS-67 Starscream (Bumblebee)		Wave 24 (Aug 7, 2021) SS-68 Bumblebee (Revenge of the Fallen)		Wave 25 (Nov 27, 2021) SS-69 Wreck-Gar (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-70 Gnaw (The Transformers: The Movie) SS-71 Slug & Daniel Witwicky (The Transformers: The Movie)

Exclusives

Tokyo Comic Con 2018/TakaraTomy Mall SS-EX Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage (Bumblebee) Bumblebee (1976 Camaro) Dairu Uruaz

Omni7 SS-EX 1967 Rusty Bumblebee (Bumblebee)

Toys"R"Us SS-EX Autobot Drift (w/ Dinobot Sharp-T, Dinobot Pterry, Dinobot 'Tops, The Last Knight)

TakaraTomy Mall SS-EX Skipjack (Revenge of the Fallen)

SS-EX 1967 Rusty Bumblebee (Takara release of 24 Deluxe Class Bumblebee)

Notes

• Studio Series can be considered a "sister series" to Hasbro's Star Wars: The Black Series and Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years, which are based around a similar concept and feature a similar overall packaging design.
• In July 2017, photos of a computer screen taken during an internal Hasbro presentation were leaked to the public that revealed, among other things, the very existence of the Studio Series general retail line-up, though not the actual title "Studio Series" yet (which was later revealed through separate leaks). The fact that the slides incorrectly featured projected release dates for "2017" instead of 2018 (which included dates predating the leak) led some fans to assume that the still unannounced line-up had long since been canceled. It wouldn't be until several leaks later that Hasbro finally acknowledged the existence of the Studio Series line, and revealed the first few waves during New York Toy Fair 2018, even offering a limited quantity of the first wave of Deluxe Class figures as an early release through the Hasbro Toy Shop website. Simultaneously, TakaraTomy revealed their version of the line at Wonder Festival Winter 2018.
• Among the figures whose existence was revealed through the aforementioned July 2017 leak that were not officially unveiled at Toy Fair was Voyager Class Ironhide, who made his worldwide debut at retail in Singapore in June 2018. Subsequently, Hasbro announced the redeco of Voyager Class Starscream (based on his appearance in Revenge of the Fallen), the final figure revealed through the July 2017 leak, via their "Hasbro Pulse" Instagram account a few days before San Diego Comic-Con, even though they still hadn't officially acknowledged the existence of Ironhide by that point.
• Like with previous movie-based lines, Studio Series also assigned code names to at least some of its characters. This time, the "theme" for those code names was "Australian race horses":

• Bumblebee: "Stryker"
• Dropkick: "Blue Lightning" or "Blue Light"
• Megatron: "Fox"
• Optimus Prime: "Radar"
• KSI Sentry: "Sentry"
• Shadow Raider: "Mercenary"
• Shatter: "Red Lightning" or "Red Light"

The code names of many of the other figures, assuming they even had code names, are still unknown, as those toys have (thus far) consistently been listed under their actual characters' names. Meanwhile, a listing for a supposed Voyager Class figure using the code name "Destroyer" later turned out to be a mislabeled Energon Igniters Speed Series Barricade from the Bumblebee movie toy line, with which the Studio Series shares its code names.

• A few of the Voyagers and Deluxes of the previous two movie toylines scale fairly well with Studio Series figures. The latter of the two toylines, The Last Knight, seems to have a greater tie-in to the Studio Series lineup, as a few molds were also redecoed in this toyline as well as a few retools. Furthermore, the static figurine of Quintessa scales perfectly among these molds and also seems to serve as an inspiration for later pack-in figurines like Wheelie, Brains and the Mini Dinobots.
• Certain figures reuse packaging artwork from the last two movie toylines, as well as promotional renders for the first three films. There are also some artwork that retools existing renders for better screen accuracy.