Studio Series - Transformers Wiki
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From L'Oreal
First revealed at New York Toy Fair 2018, the Transformers: Studio Series (aka Transformers Generations: Studio Series) toyline is a celebration under the Generations banner of over ten years of films, with characters from every movie represented. It has also coincided with Bumblebee, Rise of the Beasts, and Transformers One, acting as the collector-oriented tie-in for these films, similar to Generations for the Age of Extinction toyline. Studio Series would later add toys based on The Transformers: The Movie and video games such as Transformers: Devastation.
In the first seven years of the toyline, each figure was numbered with an indication of their movie of origin and came with a cardboard backdrop–the eponymous "studio"[1]–depicting a notable scene from their respective fictional appearance. Backdrops were often repeated between separate figures to represent the same scene, and were rescaled accordingly for toys in different size classes.
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; within the Deluxe Class, 18 Bumblebee is shorter than 10 Jazz and 01 Bumblebee, who are in turn shorter than 04 Ratchet and 11 Lockdown.
The toyline boasts greater screen-accuracy than previous lines, due its focus on relative scale and its making use of CG models pulled from films or games for reference when possible. This approach does fall short for the initial Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts toys though, as they were designed early in their respective film's development.
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Hasbro Studio Series toyline
2018
Deluxe Class
Wave 1
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Wave 2
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Wave 3
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Wave 4
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03 Deluxe Class Crowbar |
Voyager Class
Wave 1
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Wave 2
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Wave 3
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Wave 4
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13 Voyager Class Megatron |
Leader Class
Exclusives
The earliest exclusives in Studio Series were hit hard by the bankruptcy of Toys"R"Us in several countries. Thundercracker was only available for a very short window at TRU, and only in store. Likewise, the Bumblebee/Charlie 2-pack was also intended for Toys"R"Us, but ultimately only released that way in Canada, which still had Toys"R"Us by the time it came out. Both releases were eventually made available through numerous online retailers such as BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, ToyWiz, and TFSource.
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. The Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway set appears to have been an "online exclusive" shared between the same retailers that offered Thundercracker and Bumblebee/Charlie. 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.
Voyager Class
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Multi-packs |
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20 Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway |
- Asia only
Meanwhile, in Hasbro Asia markets: a special Bumblebee with battle damage deco was given away to customers who purchased at least 100 SGD of Studio Series and/or Power of the Primes products in Singaporean Toys"R"Us stores; and in China, the purchase of Studio Series products from Hasbro's official TaoBao online shop on May 15, 2018, entered buyers into a lucky draw with the chance of receiving one of 300 battle damaged Bumblebees or one of 88 Blackouts in camouflage deco.
Singapore (Toys"R"Us)
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China (TaoBao)
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TaoBao exclusive 08 Leader Class Decepticon Blackout |
2019
Falling on the tenth anniversary of Revenge of the Fallen, the 2019 product saw a return of the film's starring combiners, Jetwing Optimus Prime and a hugely ambitious Devastator, which necessitated a release over two years.
Deluxe Class
Wave 5
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Wave 6
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Wave 7
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40 Deluxe Class Shatter |
Voyager Class
Wave 5
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Wave 6
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Wave 7
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38 Voyager Class Optimus Prime |
Leader Class
| Wave 2 | Wave 3
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35 Leader Class Jetfire |
Exclusives
As with the previous year's Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway, the Drift and Baby Dinobots set was available from multiple online retailers. Battle Damaged Megatron was first found stocked by Hong Kong shops, long before it was available both online and in store at Toys"R"Us in Canada and Target in the U.S.
"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 ended up being released exclusively via online retailers in the U.S.
Voyager Class
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Leader Class | Multi-packs
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36 Deluxe Autobot Drift |
2020
Deluxe Class
Wave 8
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(Dark of the Moon w/ Laserbeak) (Revenge of the Fallen) |
Wave 9
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Wave 10
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50 Deluxe Class WWII Autobot Hot Rod |
Voyager Class
Wave 8
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Wave 9
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Wave 10
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65 Voyager Class Blitzwing |
Leader Class
Wave 4
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Wave 5
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66 Leader Class Constructicon Overload |
Exclusives
2020 saw the release of Leadfoot at Target, the enormous Devastator box set at multiple retailers, and the beginnings of the Target exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line in celebration of everybody's favourite little yellow Autobot. Toys in the latter line are earmarked by the addition of "BB" to their ID numbers.
| Deluxe Class | Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe Class
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Multi-packs
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2021
For 2021's new product, Studio Series started to include 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 concurrent War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline, complete with blast effect compatibility and 5 mm ports that can support the C.O.M.B.A.T. System. Gnaw also makes the first non-Autobot or Decepticon entry in the toyline.
Deluxe Class
Wave 11
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Wave 12
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Wave 13
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Wave 14
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86-01 Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz |
Voyager Class
Wave 11
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Wave 12
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Wave 13 | Wave 14
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76 Voyager Class Thrust |
Leader Class
Wave 6
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Wave 7
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Exclusives
The Buzzworthy Bumblebee line further expanded in 2021 to include multi-packs. Target also received reissues of Battle Damaged Megatron and the Then & Now Two-Pack.
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79BB High Octane Bumblebee VS 02BB Decepticon Stinger |
2022
In 2022, Studio Series adopted the Core Class price point that debuted in the Kingdom toyline, producing both characters too small for Deluxe Class as well as pocket-sized versions of the main cast like in days of yore. Notably, unlike the larger figures in the line, the toys in the Core Class are not numbered.
2022 also saw the first shift in the line’s packaging design, conforming to Hasbro’s initiative to reduce packaging waste. Box sizes were slightly reduced, with plastic clamshells and windows phased out in favor of decorated cardboard backings and small open windows respectively. Leader Class figures switched to a completely closed box design. Core Classes do not have the display backdrops, but retain the new decorated cardboard backings.
Core Class
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Wave 3
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Wave 4
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Core Class Ravage |
Deluxe Class
Wave 15
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Wave 16 | Wave 17 | Wave 18
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80 Deluxe Class Brawn |
Voyager Class
Wave 15
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Wave 16
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Wave 17
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Wave 18
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83 Voyager Class Soundwave |
Leader Class
Wave 8
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Wave 9
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Wave 10
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91 Leader Class The Fallen |
Exclusives
2022 saw the first in a line of exclusives themed around NEST in the online exclusive N.E.S.T. Bumblebee, a new assortment of Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxes from Target, and a special commemorative multi-pack of Autobots for the 15th anniversary of Transformers available at Amazon.
In late 2022, a second wave of Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxes were briefly listed by the wholesaler NDA Toys, with accompanying stock renders, and seemed to fill the pair of conspicuous gaps in the Studio Series numbering system. A listing for a third wavemate was also discovered months later. Unfortunately, Target opted to cancel their release due to poor sales of the previous wave.[2] Hound was eventually released in 2024 for Generations Selects and Hatchet and Bumblebee in 2025 for the main Studio Series line.
Deluxe Class
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Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe Class
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Multi-packs
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Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe Class (canceled)
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77 Deluxe Class N.E.S.T. Bumblebee |
2023
Studio Series expanded in scope in 2023, not only with toys for Rise of the Beasts–the first new Transformers movie since the line's early days–but also into the world of the War for Cybertron video game. These "Gamer Edition" toys feature unique packaging and a separate numbering system that we've chosen to represent as beginning with a plus (+), though the actual toy packaging stylizes the symbol as a little D-pad. Neat! It also introduced the Commander Class range of figures from Siege, starting with Ultra Magnus, who was revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2023 by Flint Dille.
Core Class
Wave 5
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Wave 6
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Wave 7
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Wave 8
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Core Class Arcee |
Deluxe Class
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Wave 21
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Wave 22
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+01 Deluxe Class Gamer Edition Bumblebee |
Voyager Class
Wave 19
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Wave 20
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Wave 21
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Wave 22
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98 Voyager Class Cheetor |
Leader Class
Wave 11
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Wave 12
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Wave 13
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101 Leader Class Scourge |
Commander Class
Wave 1
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86-21 Commander Class Ultra Magnus |
Exclusives
There were further releases in Buzzworthy Bumblebee this year, some of which continued the range of NEST-themed redecoes, and none of which were released in waves or regular assortments. Another Transformers 15th anniversary set, this time for most of the Decepticons, was available on Amazon.
Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe Class
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Buzzworthy Bumblebee Voyager Class
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Buzzworthy Bumblebee Leader Class
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Buzzworthy Bumblebee multi-packs |
95BB Voyager Class N.E.S.T. Bonecrusher | ||||
Multi-packs
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2024
2024 introduced figures marked as "Concept Art" releases–based on character designs created for films which ultimately did not appear in the finished product. Bumblebee, having left a variety of designs on the cutting room floor during its tumultuous post-production, was the primary source for this initial round of "Concept Art" releases. Figures from the unreleased Transformers: Reactivate game would also be added under the "Gamer Edition" banner, sharing its numbering system, while the long-running The Transformers: The Movie Dinobots lineup came to a close this year with Swoop.
Another addition for 2024 was the "A-Level" assortment, a concept being introduced across multiple Hasbro collector lines to distribute toys of high-profile, in-demand characters outside of the normal wave-based assortments, meaning they can remain available for retailers to order (and thus for fans to buy) for a longer period of time. The inaugural Studio Series A-Level Deluxe Class case was home to the first toy for the concurrent Transformers One film; taking advantage of the film's standalone nature, Hasbro chose to decrease the scale of its Studio Series toys for affordability, placing leaders Optimus Prime and Megatron in Deluxe rather than their more typical Voyager or Leader size classes.[3]
Leader Class figures would finally adopt the open-window packaging design of the other size classes this year, while thicker cardboard was used for all boxes aside from the Core Class.
Except for the Deluxes, the first wave was made available early alongside Legacy: United products at Cybertron Fest 2023.
Core Class
Wave 9
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Wave 10
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Wave 11
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Core Class Starscream |
Deluxe Class
Wave 23
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Wave 24
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Wave 25
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Wave 26
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112 Deluxe Class Optimus Prime | ||||
"A Level" assortment
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Voyager Class
Wave 23
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Wave 24
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Wave 25
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Wave 26
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86-24 Voyager Class Junkion Scrapheap |
Leader Class
Wave 14
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Wave 15
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Wave 16
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109 Leader Class Concept Art Megatron |
Commander Class
Wave 2
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86-31 Commander Class Optimus Prime |
Exclusives
With the Buzzworthy Bumblebee branding being rotated out of circulation, its signature Target-exclusive cartoon-style redecoes of War for Cybertron Trilogy toys were released in normal Studio Series packaging. Another Amazon "15th Anniversary" multipack was released, this time for Revenge of the Fallen. Similar to the first year of Studio Series, a limited amount of specially painted Optimus Primes were given to people who spent at least HKD$3000 at the Hasbro Hong Kong Fan Expo 2024. There were also Target exclusive reissues of 49 Bumblebee and 51 Soundwave.
Voyager Class
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Multi-packs
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Hasbro Hong Kong Fan Expo 2024 |
Revenge of the Fallen 15th Anniversary Autobot Multipack |
2025
Beginning with 2025's spring wave, the line's packaging was completely refreshed for the first time, notably seeing a return to plastic windows and the abandonment of the line's signature ID numbers and backdrop displays, on a new design in alignment with the concurrent Age of the Primes toyline.[4] In this vein, the unique "Gamer Edition" branding for video game-based toys was removed. Studio Series also began shifting from four waves per year to three, reducing the amount of repacked figures and allowing more time for each wave to stay on shelves. As part of these changes, 2025's initial winter wave served as a sort of stopgap offering, comprised of multiple package refreshes (including two previously cancelled Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe figures!) and redecoes, functioning like an additional wave of 2024 product prior to the spring relaunch.[5] Tragically, the Core Class was discontinued.
2025 saw another combiner in The Transformers: The Movie Devastator. Learning from previous combiner releases, all six Constructicons were scheduled to be released within one calendar year to make them easier to collect. The toyline also saw the addition of the Transformers: Devastation video game, celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Deluxe Class
Wave 27
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Wave 28
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Wave 29
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Future waves
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94 / 117 Deluxe Class Decepticon Hatchet | ||||
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This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
Voyager Class
Wave 27
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Wave 28
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Future waves
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Voyager Class Scrapper |
This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
Leader Class
| Wave 17 | Wave 18
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Future waves
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Leader Class Optimus Prime |
This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
Commander Class
Wave 3
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This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
Exclusives
The "MTMTE Collection" is Target's new subline of exclusives in North America, replacing Buzzworthy Bumblebee. Overload's product description also labelled it as the "Power Collection."
This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
TakaraTomy Studio Series toyline
Similar to Power of the Primes, in Takara's Transformers Studio Series (トランスフォーマー スタジオシリーズ Toransufōmā Sutajio Shirīzu) 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 releases, since some of the exclusives are not released in Japan. Introduced to the line in 2021, Takara includes characters from The Transformers: The Movie in its pre-existing Studio Series numbering system, whereas Hasbro assigns them ID numbers prefixed by "86". Takara also assigns ID numbers to Core Class figures, which go unnumbered in Hasbro markets. From wave 4 through wave 12, the packages featured the franchise's 35th anniversary logo. Toys would eventually use entirely closed boxes starting with wave 29.
Toys in italics are exclusive to the TakaraTomy line.
Regular retail
Wave 1 (April 21, 2018)
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Wave 2 (July 21, 2018)
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Wave 3 (September 15, 2018)
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Wave 4 (October 27, 2018)
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Wave 5 (January 26, 2019)
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Wave 6 (March 23, 2019)
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Wave 7 (April 27, 2019)
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Wave 8 (July 27, 2019)
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Wave 9 (August 31, 2019)
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Wave 10 (January 25, 2020)
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Wave 11 (February 29, 2020)
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Wave 12 (March 28, 2020)
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Wave 13 (April 25, 2020)
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Wave 14 (May 30, 2020)
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Wave 15 (June 27, 2020)
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Wave 15.5 (August 1, 2020)
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Wave 16 (August 29, 2020)
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Wave 17 (September 26, 2020) | Wave 18 (October 23, 2020)
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| Wave 19 (November 28, 2020) | Wave 20 (April 20, 2021)
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Wave 21 (May 29, 2021)
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Wave 22 (June 26, 2021)
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Wave 23 (July 31, 2021)
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Wave 24 (August 7, 2021)
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Wave 25 (November 27, 2021)
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Wave 26 (February 26, 2022) | Wave 27 (April 30, 2022)
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Wave 28 (May 28, 2022)
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Wave 29 (June 25, 2022)
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Wave 30 (August 27, 2022)
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Wave 31 (October 29, 2022) | Wave 32 (November 26, 2022)
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Wave 33 (February 25, 2023)
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Wave 34 (March 25, 2023)
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Wave 35 (April 29, 2023)
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Wave 36 (June 24, 2023)
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Wave 37 (July 29, 2023)
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Wave 39 (September 30, 2023)
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Wave 40 (October 28, 2023)
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Wave 41 (November 25, 2023)
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Wave 42 (December 30, 2023)
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Wave 43 (January 28, 2024)
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Wave 44 (February 25, 2024)
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Wave 45 (March 31, 2024)
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Wave 46 (April 28, 2024)
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Wave 47 (May 26, 2024) | Wave 48 (August 25, 2024)
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| Wave 49 (September 29, 2024) | Wave 50 (October 27, 2024)
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Wave 51 (November 24, 2024)
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Wave 52 (December 29, 2024)
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Wave 53 (February 22, 2025)
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Wave 54 (March 29, 2025)
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Wave 55 (April 26, 2025)
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Second phase
Beginning in July 2025, TakaraTomy switched to different packaging, matching Hasbro's switch. With this, it was decided to reset the numbering.
Exclusives
| Tokyo Comic Con 2018/TakaraTomy Mall | Omni7
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Toys"R"Us
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TakaraTomy Mall
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SS-EX 1967 Rusty Bumblebee (Takara single-packed release of 24 Bumblebee) | ||||
Lawson Ticket
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Transformers 40th Anniversary Expo
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Premium Finish
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In 2021, TakaraTomy decided to go back to its old ways and launched the short-lived Premium Finish toyline, featuring re-releases of some Studio Series figures with much more movie-accurate decoes. This line has its own numbering system, and, with the exception of the first Bumblebee, also notes the figure's movie of origin. Premium Finish was imported to western markets via Hasbro Pulse.
Wave 1 (October 30, 2021)
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Wave 2 (November 27, 2021)
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Wave 3 (December 29, 2021)
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Wave 4 (January 29, 2022)
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Wave 5 (July 30, 2022)
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Merchandise
A wearable Bumblebee helmet was released as a Target exclusive, tying into the Bumblebee film, similar to the Optimus Prime helmet made for The Last Knight. A series of Jada Toys Hollywood Rides vehicles were also made to tie into Studio Series, using the toyline's packaging style and even a couple of backdrop artworks.
Target Exclusive
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Hollywood Rides 1/24 Scale
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Hollywood Rides 1/32 Scale
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Bumblebee Showcase Helmet |
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 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. In 2018, 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"
- A few of the Deluxes and Voyagers of the previous two movie toylines scale fairly well with Studio Series figures. To this extent, a few molds were also redecoed in this toyline as well as a few retools. Furthermore, the static figurine of Quintessa scales well among these toys and also seems to serve as an inspiration for later pack-in figurines like Wheelie, Brains and the Mini Dinobots.
- To tie-in with the launch of the toyline in 2018, the Studio Series branding and packaging design (including the backdrop artworks but not the ID numbers) were used by Jada Toys on their vehicle mode replicas of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee based on the first live-action movie, though the same replicas were also released in more generic-looking packagings that lack the Studio Series branding altogether.
- 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.
- Due to the cancellation of Hound, the toyline's numbering system is missing 86-18. Additionally, 79, 86-13, 86-20, 95, and 96 are only assigned to the Buzzworthy Bumblebee version of the line.
- 74 Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee and 102 Rise of the Beasts Optimus Prime are the only toys so far to be re-released in the regular line after debuting in Buzzworthy Bumblebee.
- TakaraTomy's version of the line has skipped over "72" for unknown reasons.
- Junkion Scrapheap and Buzzworthy Bumblebee Ironhide both use the 86-24 number. Optimus Prime and Galvatron also share the number 86-31.
- Hatchet's original ID number for his cancelled Buzzworthy Bumblebee release was 94. When he was finally released 2 years later, his packaging had the number 117, but his product description and instructions still used 94, making him the first figure to possess two numbers at once.
- The original ID number for the cancelled Bumblebee from the same wave is unknown, as there are no other gaps that it might have occupied. The main line release was given the number 116.
- The instructions of the Buzzworthy Bumblebee "Worlds Collide" set mistakenly label it as part of Studio Series, under the Transformers movie.
- The introduction of the "Gamer Edition" banner led Hasbro to review the full back catalogue of video games they retained ownership over, including more esoteric options, such as the Nintendo Famicom Transformers: Mystery of Convoy or the Nintendo 64 Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals![6]
- To ensure game-accuracy in the "Gamer Edition" toys, designer Sam Smith booted up some of the games on older hardware to look at the textures of the in-game models;[7] although Hasbro had all the files for Fall of Cybertron, they were only able to receive concept art from the publishers of War for Cybertron, and were only able to rip the raw CAD from the game files themselves.[8]
References
- ↑ "It's called "Studio Series" partly because Hasbro envisioned fans using the included backdrops as miniature "studios" when taking photos of the toys for social media."—Transformers Wiki (Matthew Karpowich), Twitter, 2019/06/05
- ↑ "Original Plans for Individual Releases of Hatchet and Earth Mode Hound were Cancelled" at Seibertron.
- ↑ April 25, 2024's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024 on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher, and Evan Brooks.
- ↑ 1027 Hasbro Pulse Premium Event 2024! with Nate Purswell, Evan Brooks, and Mark Maher, on the official Hasbro Pulse Youtube channel
- ↑ "Like United wave 5, this wave is somewhat of a last minute addition while being as cost effective as possible, it’s also why we haven’t seen the updated mainline packaging yet because it’s kind of considered a extension of the 2024 lineup."—Jtprime17, TFW2005, 2024/10/26
- ↑ "Pretty much all of it. Think the clear winner will probably be, everybody wants some Devastation stuff, we need to figure out how to do some cell shading for it. Continuing from WFC, think FOC is on the table. Team has even joked about doing Mystery of Convoy, doing some sort of dot deco or something like that. We have the Ultra Magnus now and we have the Rodimus from Kingdom, it’s like why not. Why not some N64 Transmetals too? We can get some of that in there, there’s a lot of options. If it’s been in a video game, we have the opportunity to look at it, taking a little bit of a cue from what the Star Wars team did with their gamer stuff. There’s no licensing issues, we own all of that, it’s all on the table for us. But with the live action movie stuff, there’s always that stuff going on, you still have to deal with Paramount and the licensors."—Hasbro, TFW2005, "SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!", 2023/07/28
- ↑ "Sam had to load up the games on older platforms because there were some deco details we couldn’t find – we have the CAD, but it’s not colored. So we had to find some of the character details within the games themselves."—Hasbro, TFW2005, "SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!", 2023/07/28
- ↑ "We do, but it’s very interesting. FOC, we have everything. For WFC, we had to rip it ourselves, because they could not find it – they kept sending concept art instead, which we didn’t want, we need the CAD. So we booted up an old computer and ripped them all out from there. Which was a learning experience and a long weekend, because we just wanted to get it right, so that’s why we did it like that."—Hasbro, TFW2005, "SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!", 2023/07/28