I Hoped This Would Be Better.....But It's Not |
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- #transformers #legacy #studioseries
Check out Buyee!:
bit.ly/Buyee-T...
Buyee has a 4000 yen mercari coupon as well for you to check out!
bit.ly/Sep22Me...
Wanna help support the channel
/ thattoyguy
Twitter: / thattoyguy101
Instagram @thattoyguy1011
I Hoped This Would Be Better.....But It's Not | #transformers Hiss Tank G.I. Joe Megatron Review
This video is meant for adult collectors and not for kids. 
Развлечения
![Eminem - Temporary (feat. Skylar Grey) [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZaK9Wi5ho0o/mqdefault.jpg)
You know, this is kind of a shame because G2 Megatron was already a tank, and that upgrade was orchestrated in the comics by COBRA. This could have been the big purple and green love machine Megs and would have probably worked a lot better, but they went with G1 Buckethead and a HISS tank for brand recognition.
Speaking of brand recognition, the already green military vehicle turns into Bumblebee... Like not Hound, or even Beachcomber. No... It just HAD to be ANOTHER Bumblebee.
@@rambles8346 exactly its such a shame
@@andrewbaker2144 shame might be a strong word, but like throw fans a bone. A GI Joe fan can appreciate a transforming vehicle without having to be treated like they've never heard of another franchise. The cuddly yellow buddy doesn't have to be retooled to be a military vehicle when they have one that is already either a military vehicle or a buggy that can just be made green. It could be a whole comic arc detailing Beachcomber going from pacifist to front lines because of some incident.
Or just have it be a tie in with G2 Megs, i am still getting the HISS tank because it will be Megatron with Cobra Commander on his back manning a turret. Baroness is probably going in a bin...
Sounds like a neat idea for a repaint down the line. Even though I’m pretty sure most Joe fans would hate that. There’s a reason why most Joe fans hate the 90s.
Proof that shoehorning G1 character designs into everything isn't always a good idea
That's not the main problem here.
@@DiggitySlice It's definitely one of them, though. Half of the tank is just sort of hanging off the robot mode because they very clearly couldn't figure out any other way to reconcile it with G1 Megatron's design, beyond just having it form a sort of shell to hide all his gray in vehicle mode. They _almost certainly_ wouldn't have had to do any of this if they'd gone with a unique design for his robot mode that actually incorporated the kibble.
The head sculpt on this guy makes me want a studio series 86 Megs, even if they make him a tank b/c toy laws.
I mean, between Siege and Earthrise you just had nine different repaints of what is basically SS86 Megs...
@@brotquel1592 yeah but this headsculpt is actually good
@@brotquel1592 that figure isn't the best tbh, comparing him to galatron or earthrise optimus makes him feel like a combiner wars or titan returns figure, I hope we do get a new one soon.
@@th3.goatman871 I dunno. I think the siege version is pretty good. but the earthrise one is terrible.
Edit: That being said, I definitely think the mould works best as Shattered Glass Megatron. I prefer Megatron to be more slender so my main Meg's is still classics
Make him a Japanese exclusive gun mode toy lol
I get they they wanted to keep Megatron's g1 design integrated with the tank, but i think this was a missed opportunity to design Megatron around the tank and utilize more of the alt kibble.
I think a repaint bludgeon for this mold would look cool.He has the samurai “skirt” with the missiles and the massive shoulder pads.
i agree
It'd be fun for this theoretical Bludgeon (if it's not a G. I. Joe collaboration and doesn't need a cockpit) to have the backpack fold out and become scabbards, a rack for some tanegashima-esque gun and a back banner with a Decepticon insignia.
This thing reminds me of old Prime Wars Leaders, like Powermaster Optimus. Good altmode, but a robot mode that’s basically a cool-looking brick that has *just* enough articulation to be considered passable, and more hollowness than you can shake a stick at. Plus a big pet peeve of mine is when they incorporate the thigh rotation into the same part as the hip articulation so whenever you rotate the thigh you expose the mushroom peg and all the hollowness. It also limits articulation somewhat.
Not even prime wars leaders were this expensive yet hollow.
It's why I have no problem with the downsized leaders of the WFC trilogy and Legacy. I can't see a single hollow part on Scourge or on Optimus, they're smaller but they're so much more premium than the larger prime wars leaders.
The weird thing about this is...I don't remember Megatron ever turning into a HISS. In the GI Joe/TF crossovers I know of, he either became a more 'standard' tank (G2), stayed his normal self, or was frozen in his gun mode (Devil's Due). Optimus Prime, on the other hand, *did* end up as a Hiss in the Dreamwave comics, a red one--I'm trying to remember if someone's done that already, even a third party. (Of course, my favorite gag from the Devil's Due run was that while Cobra Commander has a form-locked Megatron as a sidearm, his *ride* was Starscream, turned into a Rattler (along with the other Seekers). Talk about walking to yourself... :-) )
I feel this and the upcoming bumblebee would’ve maybe turned out better if they would’ve just made them original characters
All crossover figures should be unique characters to add to your collection. I don't want another Megs to go with my 35th anniversary one.
And I don't want a fig which is so "designed by Hasbro", both GI Joe figs look so cheap.
I agree.
I feel like if this came out 5+ years ago (and was less expensive) people would regard it better.
I really wish Megatron had been more black in his robot mode rather than looking so out of place. Serious missed opportunity for it to look more cohesive.
I still cannot believe how chintzy this thing is. For $90 USD to have dollar-store molding on the forearms/fists and thighs is inexcusable. And they couldn't even paint the gray parts silver? Just appalling.
Hasbro's really pushing it lately. If stuff like this sells well, then we should expect worse figures at higher prices in the future.
“An entire woman…”
Made me spit and lol out loud in the middle of work scaring the bejesus outta my co workers!
Much better than just getting parts of one.
this might be the most insulting figure hasbro has given us in a while. i cant believe people are paying 90 dollars or more for this
Agreed. It's pathetically bad as a transformer.
I pre ordered but based on this and another video I saw of some one who was able to get one early I think I will cancel
? I found him for 30
That part that popped out of his tummy is a trailer hitch for towing. I agree, was happy to get one on sale and it's a long overdue concept, but could have been executed a little better.
THANKS for showing the whole transformation! I love you extra much now because you did that! Also, Megatron with the shoulder pads folded out looks quite cool.
Every time I look at him I get the feeling "This toy would have rocked in the late 80s or early 90s!" (kinda like Maverick if he would have been released in the early 2000s) and I am starting to believe this was their design intent? "What if we made a toy like this 20 years ago?" Of course back then he would be built without so man hollow pieces.
Tempted to get this for the Baroness alone since it's like 100 dollars here; Megatron's just a nice bonus.
I've been wanting Human Alliance 2.0 for years. I wish it was better. Not in scale, no ankles, way too much back kibble, and that **hollowness**. Love the headsculpt, but sadly that's all I love about it. Like, Megatron ALREADY turns into a tank! We should have this in the bag at this point. How hard could it possibly be to make a Megatron that turns into a tank? I feel like it suffered a lot just to make it scale with GI Joe figures
I just can’t get over how hideous robot mode is for both Megs and Bumblebee. ESPECIALLY for the insane prices, if you are going to charge that kind of money, you had better be giving everything with the figure. It looks really clumsy, and I wish they had done this long anticipated collaboration more justice. 4/10 imo
Yeah, for the price they're asking ($104 AUD), this should be on par with leader-class engineering. But all that hollowness and the lack of articulation makes it feel like an upscaled deluxe
@@DoinItforNewCommTech Exactly. Where is the budget going on this? Is it all going to Baroness? Its definitely not going to the engineering because the figure transforms badly and has so much kibble hanging off the back and the articulation is worse than a deluxe figure. Its also certainly not going to the paint or plastic because this thing is barely painted and its super hollow. Where’s the value in this figure?
I actually really like the design of the robot mode on Megatron, I just think it's neat, but only directly from the front, looking at any other angle it looks weird
But bumblebee I can not agree with more
This set is still super easy to find at Australian retail (for several months now) & it looks to be shelf warming. Too bad they half-arsed this because it's probably the only crossover that really makes sense/works. This was never going to be great because it needed to cost twice as much for proper engineering to be implemented into the design.
The only good thing(s) is that you get a H.I.S.S. Tank with nice tampos (instead of the usual ugly/shiny stickers), and the retro O-Ring style Baroness. But as a Joe fan I already have a H.I.S.S. and OG Baroness, so all that's left is a hideous Megatron & some novelty.... no thanks, Hasbro.
Am I crazy or does megatrons chestplate open up for Hiss mode to give it a tow hook? Our host opens the panel and then closes it up like it was an accident. I recognize that hook shape from other GIJoe toys. 9:34
I had a weird moment one night when I suddenly had this feeling that these weren’t going to be as good as I hoped and canceled my preorders. I don’t feel bad about that choice at all now.
The stinginess of the tooling is a bit much. The raw materials don't actually contribute much to the cost of a toy like this, if the bulk prices of plastic pellets are anything to go by, so Hasbro could easily have made it a $125 toy instead of a $120 toy and released a vastly superior product. Some hollowness is forgiveable when you need to make room for transformation and articulation joints to operate, but not when you're hollowing out the inside of the fists to save ten cents of plastic.
I hope we get a crossover set of Cobra Commander and Starscream as the Skystriker like in the SDCC 2011 set, that would just be perfect
....Why a Skystriker? This whole 'Transformers turning into Cobra vehicles' thing was from the Devil's Due crossover series...and the Seekers were turned into Rattlers. Not to mention, IIRC, wasn't the Skystriker crossover Skyfire/Jetfire anyway?
It’s already out in Australia too. Picked one up on sale for the same price but in AUD.
This is one of those figures I think breaks a lot of the taboos of transformers (parts forming, hollowness, articulation, kibble) but still manages to appeal to me in so many ways. But that’s also because I’m a massive joes fan and have a tonne of the 3 3/4” figures to run with it.
Even if it’s hollow, I really just love this figure. As my first Megatron it’s great and I’m going to get the Soundwave as well.
I’m planning to make transformers customs inspired by the Bad Batch!
Is there a good batch somewhere out there?
That sounds awesome
3:35 G1 Skids animation model energy
It's nice, but Jesus have Transformer prices gone completely out of control. I remember getting my Energon Unicron about 15 years ago for around $50. Now that's the price of a voyager figure they brand as leader class because Hasbro don't make full sized leader class figures for affordable prices anymore. This guy is at least a decent size, but for $100 I expect Titan class.
Yeah, I know, covid and economic crash and all that. But it feels like we're all getting mugged right now and it's a big part of the reason I haven't bought any new Transformers in a year.
Thank you for sharing!
I didn't want another H.I.S.S. but when this Megatron was first revealed I was very interested. That interest really dropped in the last couple months and I cancelled my pre order, though.
Lot of great points you brought up here.
The Baroness figure made the packaged less interesting to me. Having a G.I.Joe scale Transformer was the biggest appeal to me, especially being able to use figures interactively with it. The Real American Hero figures were always getting better sculpts as the line progressed from 1982-1994 and Hasbro should have pushed from that point versus just stamping out an "almost" just like the original. Again.
As A Real American Hero collector the H.I.S.S. vehicle is cool but kind of sucks in the 21st century. A "new" Megatron should have been more original in design and less angled to try and replicate the exact same regurgitated 1982-1985 years nostalgic stuff produced over the last 20-some years. The "double diablo" cannon should have simply been swapped for a special new turret entirely at best. Unless Cobra had a reason to hide Megatron among a series of H.I.S.S. tanks, stuff as much of the "classic" H.I.S.S. into form makes no sense. Even from the "storytelling" Hasbro reasoning thing, is Megatron an captured Cobra weapon here or what?
The G2 Megatron in the Marvel comics is mentioned throughout the comments here (and elsewhere) and I would have been much more interested if that story could have been expanded on in toy form.
Something more original that could update or advance A Real American Hero was needed but as nice as this is I just can't add this my collection right now just like I can't add another Duke or Snake Eyes.
Oh hey, I got henkei jetfire from buyee for $42 usd a month+ ago and received him last week. Comparing him to modern figures (aka commander jetfire)he's a bit underperforming but I absolutely adore his size and the way he looks.
Seeing the transformation I'm actually impressed by the level of complexity. I was expecting him to be a Go-Bot. But yeah, definite buy for me, if nothing but for the concept. I just wish Hasbro/Takara would put some money into engineering a legitimate line of these instead of the two tokens we're getting.
The look of this megatron looks like a Dollar store transformers toy and I don't like it all to well-
yeah, i love collabs, they're the reason why i even started getting transformers. the BTTF, Ghostbusters, Top Gun and Jurassic Park collabs were the first original transformers that i had to have and i have added a lot more studio series and legacy figures since then. i also like the 2 live action GI Joe movies but this figure here is... i dunno... the alt mode isn't really my cuppa tea, i guess one has to be an original GI Joe fan for that but i'd still get it... if it wasn't for all those hollow parts. there are deluxe and voyager sized figures that manage to hide their gaps better. they're an eyesore on this one, if you'd wanna show him in his megatron mode. really a shame 😕
You can put beans in the hollow parts.
(flashbacks to bumblebeans)
Of all the crossovers Hasbro could mess up, they choose the only canon one... this thing is just a cheap mess, subpar with everything on the shelves right now... I mean, if a figure from seven years ago is better articulated!
It almost like Hasbro heard the complaints about the really bad X-Men and Top Gun collaboratives and took 'em as a challenge to do worse.
"Hasbro, you cannot get cheaper/worse than this..."
"Hold my beer!"
My biggest gripe about this is that he should have been a generic land-based army builder like the Seekers are air-based army builders. Don't make him Megatron. Make him a grunt Decepticon and charge $80 for it and sell a bunch of them since the HISS tanks are generic cannon fodder too. Making it Megatron takes away from the army builder aesthetic and made me not want to buy it. I don't think Hasbro brand managers understand the minds of the people who buy the items.
Great points.
I'd buy what you're selling here over what Hasbro did right now.
Yeah I agree the ult mode is the best part. The robot mode doesn't do it for me with it being G1 Megatron with extra bulk. The shoulders are VERY large that it makes him look like he has tiny baby arms which doesn't do it for me visually. The backpack is a mess and I'm happy they made it detachable. The hollowness doesn't detract me as much as it should because of how it transforms, though I would have liked some panels to fold and clean up the legs. The commander class price tag of $120 CAD is a yikes from me as a fellow Canadian, but then again I have commander class Jetfire on my shelf so it's not that unreasonable. This is an obvious pass for as a masterpiece collector, but I think it's pretty good for what it is and the features they implemented
Unlike this thing, commander class jetfire is an actually good figure that is worth the hefty price. This thing is the most hollow, disappointment of a figure.
Cobra Commander (Ludwig) once told me a joke...
What do you call a very funny snake?
Hissss Terical.
That's pretty terrible for the price. Those gaps are unacceptable, pretty much lazy and cost-cutting engineering. Pass for me. Thanks for doing the review to help me make up my mind.
There’s no way they should be charging nearly £100 for this
Don't worry. That price will go up in no time. Expect it to become 150$ + and eventually way more than that.
for some reason he can be used as loader from dark of the moon, until we get a toy of him from studio series
The alt mode looks like a star trek TNG shuttlecraft landed on a tank
I love this concept and yeah it could be better but this is cool as is and I'd like to see more of this cross over
Cool as it is, I wonder if a Third Party Company couldn't do it better for the same price or less?
Broadside as USS Flagg 😁
This mold can work as soundwave because there is a dark blue prepaid of the hiss tank
This mold doesn't work as anyone. The hollowness, the tacked-on alt mode, and the insane price tag make it just not good, IMO.
I can't wait for that gi-joe bumblebee figure.
If this had come out in 2018 I would have loved it, but we have got 2 pretty decent g1 megatron tanks since then, put simply this is the sort of thing we would have put up with pre seige
Man im glad I didn't order that. It had so much potential and Hasbro cheaper out and hollowed most of it out. Like that didn't even try then charge a commander class price. It does look cool but man they really missed the mark.
Honestly only looks cool from the front. Hasbro should know how to make transformers that don't look like shit from almost every angle by this point.
Ya know what would've been better than a black helmet? A BLUE helmet. That way, it'd resemble Cobra Commander.
The baroness is my dream girl.
As both a fan of TF And G.I. Joe, these collaborative figures should have been a dream come true. A transforming HISS tank that actually scales and works with Joe figures? Hell yeah, that sounds awesome!
...and then you look at the final product and go "...oh."
Damn, I was really looking forward to this guy. I'm probably passing I guess.
Why does this look like the results of a combination between G1 Megs and Bayverse Jetfire?
This has been in stores here in Australia for about a month and a bit now. It’s not moving to quick, either.
I'm passing on this, it's not screaming "BUY ME, BUY ME!!" I'm not into Gi Joe, much as I like Megatron, he just not worth it, but then I'm focusing primarily on Legacy and studio 86 lines!!
Out of the figures in the Collaborative series, this Megatron is by far the most cheap looking. The bland paint job combined with the extremely hollow limbs and giant backpack makes this figure look more like a knockoff that I’d find at the toy store in my local mall than an official Hasbro product. And it’s $90?! Jesus Christ.
If I had this I’d just leave the shoulder pads up in their “out of the way” configuration to make them point up like Core Megs and not crowd his arms
It's very nice but I already have 3 original G2 1992 green tanks Megatron's as it is!!!! And yeah once in a while for no reason at all they go off with that laser noise or that infamous: "Megatron Attack!!!" chant. Still this is rather, but I need the money more....Also I hear that the plastic count isn't the best either...
Plot twist, in Spain it's already al retail
I hate to say it - this does NOT look like a 90 dollar figure.
The tank mode is the same size of the original jaijoe tank toy
Thanks to you and Buyee I just got a first edition Optimus for 20$!
Though I much prefer Megatron as a G2 styled tank giving him a Hiss tank as alt mode is still a pretty fun idea. The human alliance aspect is neat, but unfortunately is what causes this toy to suffer the most. Looking at the other crossover TFs be it BTTF, Ghostbusters or even Jurassic Park even as pedestrian as the bot modes were there was no human alliance aspect to clutter the toy up or ridiculously upsize it. Probably would have fared better as a Voyager class with improved engineering. The hollowness of the figure even for the purpose of transformation is inexcusable for any toy at this price point.
Ah so that's the reason for the hollow parts. At least there's a reason. Not my cup of tea, but if they made a Soundwave or Shockwave version I'd consider it.
That headsculpt looks like its just siege again head
this one isn't a TransformersXgijoe toy, it's a GIJoe toy that is a transformers
it ain't worth all of the extra cash that went into making it a high-end transformers, but that's pretty much all that can be argued against him. also the hollowness
I don't mind him, I see him as a play set 1st and a transformer 2nd.
They should of made it Turmoil, as he’s not got a modern figure and it would work way better
He's more hollow than PvP's content
Destroyed in seconds holy sit
VERY cool ideas, but looks horrible to me... They should have changed the design to fit the alt mode better, and go for a more detailed look, at this scale the flat surfaces look horribly cheap. And they COMPLETELY changed Bulmblebee's design so no excuses..
you didn't mention the trailer itch made from his belly pannel
I like it, like it's pretty fun but as a toy but this is one toy I hope there's a upgrade kit for it one day
This had so much potential to be AWESOME. Instead, it is a huge let down. Megatron has terrible articulation and all the gaps and lack of paint are terrible. The Baroness should have been the 25th Anniversary version from 2008 painted black, not that original mold from 1983 or 1984. That one looks terribly dated and isn't anything close to show-accurate. For the price, it should have been so much better.
That’s one heck of a backwards Pooth
I'll own them as a curiosity. Something that as a kid would have been even more awesome. I still think it looks good.
It's like that figure was designed by people, who have NO IDEA how far transformers figures have come lately.
The Baroness figure looks like Daria.
I actually saw it at two separate JB Hi-Fi's here in Australia just today, so I think it'll be showing up for your in America and Canada soon.
I wanna see them redo this, but the engineers from the Transformers team redid it.
Like you said, a black helmet would have looked pretty nice!
I saw that coming. Leave it to Hasbro to announce a figure months in advance only to be a waste of money
I was excited about alot of the crossovers and the hunt to get them into my collection, but seeing these gijoe crossovers I now feel torn because it's a new crossover, but I don't want them
You should do a generations Kup review if you haven’t already.
Missed opportunity to do a serious color scheme g2 megatron
It's disappointing that this figure is a G.I. Joe H.I.S.S. tank first and a Megatron figure second. (i.e. the tank mode is okay and the robot mode is lousy)
for the price this figure should have been a lot fucking better there is no reason other then hasbro wanting to make twice the amount of money as to why he is that bad and that fucking expensive like me and others have joked
"man it must have cost a lot for hasbro to pay hasbro for the GIjoe license"
sideways was at my local target
I hate to be negative, but I fail to see the value in this figure. Where is the budget going on this? This figure is the same price of a Commander Class. Is it all going to Baroness? Its definitely not going to the engineering because the figure transforms badly and has so much kibble hanging off the back and the articulation is worse than a deluxe figure. Its also certainly not going to the paint or plastic because this thing is barely painted and its super hollow. Where’s the value in this figure?
I own this toy I had the hiss tank as a kid everything including the baroness is smaller
I really want to get the upcoming GI Joe Bumblebee figure when that comes out
yeah theyve been instore in NZ for about a month now
Are the ratchets similar to the older ratchets used during the prime wars trilogy that like to implode?
$90 US AND NO WAIST SWIVEL?!?!??!
Dare I say MY NAMESAKE?
THIS IS BAD COMEDY!!!
i could totally see this being repainted as bludgeon
If I can I probably will get this guy
This thing looked like absolute shit from the beginning. It's so low-effort it's almost funny! Gaps everywhere, the alt mode is just tacked-on despite the fact that they're both blocky 80s designs, and a mostly grey robot has an all-black alt mode. Not to mention the pathetic cannon attaching to the...hand? Terrible.
That gave me bold forms gladius vives
I dont' have any megs in my current collection. Who would people say is his best mold? Tempted to find a universe toy of him.
Siege Megatron is supposed to be pretty good. Titans Return Megs is alright, if a little awkward.