Studio Series
First revealed at 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 coincides with Bumblebee, the sixth film in Michael Bay's 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; Deluxe Jazz is shorter than Deluxe Bumblebee, who is in turn shorter than Deluxe Ratchet.
Toys
Deluxe Class
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Future waves
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Voyager Class
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Future waves
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Leader Class
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Multipacks
| 15 Bumblebee | Bumblebee Then & Now 2-Pack |  |
Exclusives
Toys"R"Us
Due to coinciding with the closure of the United States division of Toys"R"Us, Thundercracker was only briefly available in some stores, and was never added to the Toys"R"Us online store before the latter ceased operations. He was later made available via several US-based online retailers. In Canada, he was released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive both online and in stores. In Hong Kong, he was available in Toys"R"Us stores and from online retailers. In the Philippines and Malaysia, he was released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in stores.
Meanwhile in Singapore, a special Bumblebee was a giveaway for buying Transformers for a certain amount of dollars.
Voyager Class
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Singapore
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San Diego Comic-Con/Hasbro Toy Shop
Debuting at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, this set was later made available via Hasbro Toy Shop. In Taiwan, it was available at general retail.
| 19 Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage (2018) |  |
Entertainment Earth
| 20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway | 36 Drift with Baby Dinobots Sharp-T, Pterry, and Tops |  |
TaoBao
Deluxe Class
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Leader Class
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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 slightly differs after number 8 compared to the Hasbro release, since some figures and exclusives are not yet released in Japan.
Wave 1 (21-04-2018)
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Wave 2 (21-07-2018)
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Wave 3 (15-09-2018)
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Wave 4 (27-10-2018)
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Wave 5 (26-01-2019)
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Wave 6 (23-03-2019)
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Promotional campaigns
- Quad Barrel Shotgun (buy 4000 yen from select stores starting April 21st)
Notes
- 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 of 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 Light"
- Megatron: "Fox"
- Optimus Prime: "Radar"
- KSI Sentry: "Sentry"
- Shadow Raider: "Mercenary"
The code names for Jazz, Ratchet, Stinger, Lockdown, Starscream, Brawl, Grimlock, Blackout, and Ironhide, 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.
