Studio Series

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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.

In 2021, Studio Series started to include the additions of characters from The Transformers: The Movie, in celebration of the film's 35th anniversary. These toys feature a separate numbering system in Hasbro markets that utilizes "86" before the number of the respective figure. The '86 figures follow the same style, scale and play pattern of those from the concurrently-ran War for Cybertron Trilogy toylines, complete with Fire Blast effects and 5 mm ports that can support Weaponizers and Fossilizers.

In 2022, Studio Series introduced the Core Class that was first introduced in the Kingdom line, putting in characters that are both smaller-sized versions of the core cast, as well as characters too small to be included in the Deluxe class. Notably, unlike the main figures in the line, the toys in the Core Class are not numbered.

Toys

Deluxe Class

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4
03 Deluxe Class Crowbar
40 Deluxe Class Shatter
86-02 Deluxe Class Kup
File:Studio-Series-Deluxe-Class-Bumblebee-Brawn.jpg
80 Deluxe Class Brawn
Wave 5 Wave 6 Wave 7 Wave 8
Wave 9 Wave 10 Wave 11 Wave 12
Wave 13 Wave 14 Wave 15 Wave 16
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Wave 15 & Wave 16

Voyager Class

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4
13 Voyager Class Megatron
32 Voyager Class Optimus Prime
65 Voyager Class Blitzwing
File:TF-Studio-Series-86-09-Voyager-Wreck-Gar.jpg
86-09 Voyager Class Wreck-Gar
Wave 5 Wave 6 Wave 7 Wave 8
Wave 9 Wave 10 Wave 11 Wave 12
Wave 13 Wave 14 Wave 15
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.
  • One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the Studio Series toyline is that there is a subline called "Studio Series 86". This came about from leaked listings on Walmart's website where the number "86" was misinterpreted as part of the toyline's title, rather than the ID numbers of those toys. While the toys based on characters from the 1986 movie do feature a separate numbering system, the line itself doesn't acknowledge them as being any different from the live-action movie toys they are sold alongside.
    • While it has never been confirmed, the move to include 1986 characters in the Studio Series toyline after three years of continuous focus on the live-action films, was likely done to allow Hasbro and TakaraTomy to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the film, without stepping on the toes of the Beast Wars 25th anniversary, which was celebrated as a part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Evidence suggesting this is the inclusion of some of the film's main characters (Cyclonus, Rodimus Prime and Galvatron) being sold in the concurrently-ran Kingdom toyline and the shared design aesthetics of the toys between both lines.
    • It is also very likely that the '86 toys in the Studio Series toyline were originally meant to be sold in the Kingdom toyline alongside their movie co-stars and the Beast Wars characters as part of a combined anniversary line, but with the COVID 19 pandemic and the halt on worldwide distribution, delays were made and the waves for Earthrise were cut short, leaving products that were presumably intended for the line being held back for their eventual release in Kingdom.
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