History Toys / TransformersStudioSeries

** Concept Art Megatron's alternate modes are inspired by the unreleased Marauder Megatron from the cancelled fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''.

In 2021 the line expanded to include characters present in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', as [[MilestoneCelebration part of a 35th Anniversary celebration]], while there was some crossover with the Legacy toyline. In addition there was a companion subprint of Studio Series called "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" that was largely re-issues of the toys connected to the ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' film before; it would later go on to provide expansions for other concurrent lines. 2023 saw the line expand into covering video game adaptations of the franchise with the ''Gamer Edition'' subline, starting with characters from ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''; 2024 also introduces Concept Art figures based on designs of characters who didn't make it into a film, such as abandoned concepts for ''Bumblebee'' like Megatron and Rumble.

*** Junkheap is a retool of Wreck-Gar from the same line, with a new chest and headsculpt.

*** Sweep is essentially Scourge with a slightly paler color scheme and hands retooled to switch around their posing, though it's {{Justified}} to an extent since they're supposed to be clones of him.

*** ''Rise of The Beasts'' Optimus Prime is an extensive retool of ''Bumblebee'' Optimus Prime, with the only retained details being the wheels and the translucent window pieces.

** The ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' line and other exclusives for Target includes various relaunches of previous toys along some new numbered releases that are still repaints:

*** Blaster and Eject are a redeco of their Kingdom figure, omitting the clear plastic and with cartoon-accurate colors.

** The ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' line exclusive for Target includes various relaunches of previous toys along some new numbered releases that are still repaints:

** Bay Film Series

*** [=''RoTB''=] Airazor is a heavy retool of Kingdom Airazor, while retaining the original transformation scheme.

*** {{''RoTB''}} Airazor is a heavy retool of Kingdom Airazor, while retaining the original transformation scheme.

*** Naturally, {{''SS86''}} Rumble and Frenzy are redecos of each other.

*** The 20th and 24th releases for {{''SS86''}} are a two-pack of Prowl and Ironhide respectively, retooled from the ''Earthrise'' and {{''SS86''}} figures of the characters with painful expressions and destroyed chests to represent their dying scene in the original movie.

** Crowbar is an extensive retool of ''The Last Knight'' Berserker. Playing this straighter, however, is the bizarre entry of Crankcase, whose model was repainted into Berserker, yet his toy uses Crowbar’s mold.
** ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Megatron received a Battle Damaged Target exclusive repaint to reflect his injuries sustained at the end of that film.
** Starscream received a ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tattooed repaint for Wave 4.
** The first Optimus Prime (released under the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' branding) has been slightly repainted and retooled twice. The first time was in Wave 5, put under the first film's brand and made to look more accurate to the films and allow him to combine with his wavemate Jetfire, while the second time was to reflect his appearance in ''Dark of the Moon'', bumping him to Leader class.
** KSI Boss is a repaint of ''The Last Knight'' Nitro Zeus with metallic silver paint. Thundercracker is also a repaint of the same mold, also bearing a different headsculpt.
** KSI Sentry and Shadow Raider are repaints of Stinger and Lockdown, respectively.
** ''Dark of the Moon'' Megatron received a Universal Studio exclusive repaint, featuring an entirely gray body meant to resemble the Megatron meet and greet in Universal Studios (which is actually referred to as "As seen in parks Megatron").
** B-127 is a repaint of Cliffjumper with a new battle-mask head-sculpt, based on B-127's initial appearance during the opening Cybertron battle scenes in ''Bumblebee''. The ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' subline (which features rereleases and variations of figures from other toylines currently running) features a variant of the figure with a maskless Bumblebee head.
** ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Skipjack is a yellow repaint of the previously-released ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Rampage, made for the option of having a Devastator with a more accurate color scheme.
** ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Grindor is a repaint of Blackout featuring re-done, articulated hands and Ravage.
** ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideswipe is an extensive retool of ''Dark of the Moon'' Sideswipe, now featuring a hardtop Corvette Stingray alt-mode accurate to the character's appearance in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' with more elaborate and accurate paint applications.
** ''Studio Series 86'' Sweep is essentially Scourge with a slightly paler color scheme and hands retooled to switch around their posing, though it's {{Justified}} to an extent since they're supposed to be clones of him.
** ''Studio Series 86'' Coronation Starscream is just his ''Earthrise'' figure with new hands and a slightly different paintjob, mixed in with a new crown and shoulder pad accessories, and a large throne for him to sit in.
** ''The Last Knight'' Drift is a more premium, movie-accurate repaint of his Deluxe-class ''The Last Knight'' figure from 2017 with a retooled, more detailed head, packed together with mini-figures of the Baby Dinobots as a set.
** As usual, ''Bumblebee'' Ironhide and Ratchet share the same design, with Ratchet having the V-shaped chevron on his forehead that Ironhide lacks.
** ''The Last Knight'' Cogman is the exact same figure as the one from the original movie's toyline, repainted in more movie-accurate gunmetal and gold.
** ''Studio Series 86'' Arcee is a heavy retool of her ''Thrilling 30'' figure from 2013, repainted in less saturated colors, lacking most of the weapons except for the smaller gun and with new parts from the waist down to give her slimmer, more show-accurate legs.
** ''Studio Series 86'' Junkheap is a retool of Wreck-Gar from the same line, with a new chest and headsculpt.
** As expected, the moment when ''86'' Core class Ratchet and Voyager class Ironhide were announced together, it was confirmed both molds would be redecoed into one another.

*** ''86'' Kup got redecoed and repainted to look more accurate to how he appeared in animation along some battle damage, without changing his number. The 13th release of the ''86'' line however, is a Cliffjumper exclusive to ''Buzzworthy'', repainted from his ''Earthrise'' figure under more animation-accurate colors.

*** The 20th and 24th releases for ''SS86'' are a two-pack of Prowl and Ironhide respectively, retooled from the ''Earthrise'' and ''SS86'' figures of the characters with painful expressions and destroyed chests to represent their dying scene in the original movie.
** As ''Dark of the Moon'' Laserbeak was based on his brief disguise as a child-sized pink version of Bumblebee, a redeco as the actual Bumblebee was obviously destined to come.
** ''Gamer Edition'' Cliffjumper is, as usual, retooled from the same line's Bumblebee.
** Naturally, ''SS86'' Rumble and Frenzy are redecos of each other.
** ''Dark of The Moon'' Laserbeak was recolored into Bumblebee.
** ''Rise of The Beasts'' Freezer was retooled to Novakane, who sports a damaged head and slightly different colors.
** ''RoTB'' Airazor is a heavy retool of Kingdom Airazor, while retaining the original transformation scheme.

In 2021 the line expanded to include characters present in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', as [[MilestoneCelebration part of a 35th Anniversary celebration]], while there was some crossover with the Legacy toyline. In addition there was a companion subprint of Studio Series called "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" that was largely re-issues of the toys connected to the ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' film before expanding into an infamously random catalogue. 2023 saw the line expand into covering video game adaptations of the franchise with the ''Gamer Edition'' subline, starting with characters from ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''; 2024 also introduces Concept Art figures based on designs of characters who didn't make it into a film, such as abandoned concepts for ''Bumblebee'' like Megatron and Rumble.

In 2021 the line expanded to include characters present in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', as [[MilestoneCelebration part of a 35th Anniversary celebration]], while there was some crossover with the Legacy toyline. In addition there was a companion subprint of Studio Series called "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" that was largely re-issues of the toys connected to the ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' film. 2023 saw the line expand into covering video game adaptations of the franchise with the ''Gamer Edition'' subline, starting with characters from ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''; later that year it was announced that now virtually "anything" is on the table for the line, with particular mention going towards the possibility of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' being included.

** Due to the production timetables of the films, many characters got toys that weren’t accurate to their designs as seen in the final film. The first notable examples are Car Shatter and Helicopter Dropkick, since ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' was released during the first year of the line’s release, well after the characters' first figures were finalized. Each would later receive two new figures after the film’s release--Jet Shatter and Car Dropkick--that are far more accurate to their onscreen appearances. This also came into effect with the ''[[Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts Rise of the Beasts]]'' figures, all of whom revealed to date have several differences with their designs seen in the trailer, such as Scourge's toy having a neck armor his film counterpart lacks.

* MythologyGag: Grindor, who is a [[PaletteSwap redeco]] of Blackout is packaged with a mini figure of Ravage, despite the two characters never sharing any screen time. Blackout [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally intended to be Soundwave]], who is Ravage's master.

* YourSizeMayVary: The stated goal of the line was to try and match every character to the relative scale of their robot mode, rather than their alternate mode. They've managed as well as they could, given the long history of Transformers with scale and ShapeshifterBaggage, but there's always been a disconnect between the road vehicle Autobots and the Decepticon jets being the same size. Notably Arcee, Chromia and Elita-1, being motorcycles, get tiny legends-sized figures, but the three together were sold as a Deluxe class.

The toyline acts as a celebration of all seven of the live-action films released to date since 2007 (plus figures based on [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie the original animated feature]]), and the primary goal is to give pretty much every major character - and many minor characters, too - a highly movie-accurate toy with today's engineering. Another primary goal is to give characters who had perhaps been underrepresented in past toylines big, fancy new toys, or to give characters who had not had toys in years, if ever, a new figure. 2023 also saw the line expand into covering video game adaptations of the franchise with the ''Gamer Edition'' subline, starting with characters from ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''; later that year it was announced that now virtually "anything" is on the table for the line, with particular mention going towards the possibility of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' being included.

The toys aim for accuracy in robot-mode scale whenever possible, and is known to use actual files from ILM themselves to produce toys as accurately as possible.

''Studio Series'' is a toyline in the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise focusing on the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries''. It debuted in spring 2018 and has been running ever since underneath the ''Generations'' banner.

The toyline acts as a celebration of all seven of the live-action films released to date since 2007 (plus figures based on [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie the original animated feature]]), and the primary goal is to give pretty much every major character - and many minor characters, too - a highly movie-accurate toy with today's engineering. Another primary goal is to give characters who had perhaps been underrepresented in past toylines big, fancy new toys, or to give characters who had not had toys in years, if ever, a new figure. 2023 also saw the line expand into covering video game adaptations of the franchise with the ''Gamer Edition'' subline, starting with characters from ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''.

** Studio Series gives official names to Lockdown’s generic bounty hunter crew that went unnamed in ''Age of Extinction''. The KSI Boss is also officially named for the first time, though concept art identifying them as such had already been released.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: ''ROTF'' was known for some esoteric robot designs, between the uni-wheel Scavenger, pogo-stick Rampage, centaur-like Overload and scorpion-like Hightower. Overload and Hightower get their first full-sized figures (both were previously Legends scaled). Overload took some liberties, but [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hightower_(ROTF) Hightower]] is an accurate adaptation of his concept art, looking like a robot who adopted a truss crane as a ''body-type,'' and not just as a disguise.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: ''ROTF'' was known for some esoteric robot designs, between the uni-wheel Scavenger, pogo-stick Rampage, centaur-like Overload and scorpion-like Hightower. Overload and Hightower get their first full-sized figures (both were previously Legends scaled). Overload took some liberties, but [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hightower_(ROTF) Hightower]] looks exactly as wild and crazy as his original concept art suggested he’d look.

*** Crowbar in ''Dark of the Moon'' largely shares his body with Crankcase. However, instead of reusing the digitigrade legs from the mold's previous release, Berserker of ''The Last Knight's'' toyline, Crowbar's ''Studio Series'' release gives him humanoid ones that end in very large, bird-like feet. He also receives more accent colors, including red and rusty brown, to break up his color scheme.

*** The Shadow Raider is not only a retool of Lockdown, but also uses orange as one of their main colors, both quite unlike their on-screen counterparts. The KSI Sentry was given a similar treatment; they were retooled from Stinger and exchanged their screen-accurate red for blue. These changes were very likely made to make each release distinct from their bases.

* AscendedExtra: Constructicons Hightower, Overload, Scrapmetal, and Scrapper all get their first major full-sized transforming toys after either not transforming in the movie or only getting minor roles in Scrapper’s case. Moreso Scrapmetal, who never had any toy while the others at least had Legend-scale toys and non-transforming representation in Devastator figures.