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I had Decepticharge when I was young sadly he got his neck snapped the head just sheared off with no warning so I’m trying to get a new one just so I have someone to scale with MP Grimlock
just wanted to let you know that at 11:13 you called it an Acura NSX, but its actually the RSX. The NSX was the mid engine V6 suparcar slayer, while the RSX was just a fancy fwd Civic Si.
It's legit impressive how you look at them at first and it doesn't look like they are transformers toys at all just normal car models. That's gotta be one of the best lines Hasbro have ever done.
@Sunset's Channel It's the overall obsession for accuracy in robot modes that ruins it. When back images from the truck mode of the the new studio series Optimus came out everyone just gave it a pass. People don't care about alt modes as much as you think. If no one wants it then Hasbro simply doesn't do. It's a corporate thing, If ain't broken why bother fixing it.
@@robowarrior369 the consensus is usually buy a model car, they’re supposed to be transformers after all (I don’t exactly share this but that’s what it seems)
11:14 Just a smol observation I made on Alternator Mold Number 7: I think you meant to say RSX instead of NSX. I’m both a huge Transformers fan and collector, and car enthusiast. I personally believe that the Alternators line could and should be revisited and updated with today’s modern engineering, as I firmly believe the idea was one of the coolest things ever.
Wheeljack and his son being the same mold is adorable Great Wheeljack design to, weird how it never became the basis for a CHUG style Barricade given that it’s already a mustang
Best part about the Jazz/Shockwave mold: some years later, there was a Botcon Customizer Class that had Reveal the Shield Jazz as a base figure...you could do G2 Jazz, Shattered Glass Jazz, or...use specially made custom parts and do a CHUG version of Alternators Shockwave. I'm annoyed Hasbro didn't think about that as a regular retail figure. (Similarly, they should've thought about the RtS Tracks/Generations Wheeljack mold for a nod as Alternators Grimlock)
My uncle had displayed the Grey subi and the rally wrap one. I loved looking at them because they just had a unique feel compared to normal transformers toys
i have alternator shockwave and i must say i love it so much tho it have its annoying thingy too- due to waves big head with antenas, it is tricky to put his head through gap on hood designed. not once he popped his hood off while transforming. good thing is that hood is designed on those tiny pimples that pegs into those small cratters, so it does not damage anything when it pops off.
I used to own that Jaguar Ravage and man the car is wonderful till it transforms which made it nuts for me. Getting GT40 Mirage years later definitely my favorite of the entire line.
I like to do modern takes on old and obscure characters when painting my Forza cars Recently did Sideswipe as the lambo Sian, and Sunstreaker as the Hurrican STO
The other upside to this line (while the robot modes were a bit jank) is the price. Loved picking these up for 19.99 USD on trips to Target. Seemed like a steal at the time, even more so now.
I first saw Smokescreen at a local Target and thought it was very cool. I went home to find out more info and was surprised to find there was a painted die-cast version - insta-buy!! I was hooked on Binaltech after that.
These things were so amazing in a time before masterpiece. The size, the best alt modes we have ever been given and the official license for $20 MSRP for most of them? Untouchable. Even accounting for inflations we couldnt see these for less than $150 today at all. great video!
Also, holy crap, I just remembered my local nerd store HAS the Mazda RX8 (Jazz), and it also happens to be at the top of your list! I'm definitely going to pick it up next time I'm there.
Optimus being a Ram truck with the power of a Dodge Hellcat works pretty well. It could be like when he’s charging into battle he is going at full speed.
Great Video, I also am in possession of all the Alternators and enjoy the line very much. But for me the Line runs second favorite behind the G1 line. I was a 10 yr old kid when G1 hit the scene and will always be my favorite Transformers line and also my Favorite Toy line. Great Job.
I'd really love for these figures to get a modern revamp, having an alternators-style line with realistic cars and modern engineering would be absolutely amazing.
I know it won't happen but it would've been awesome if Hasbro brought this subline back someday and yet also made a Movie Edition series for the subline, like Alternator models but like in movie colors which in my unpopular opinion would be awesome :D
I know takara made a "Movie Edition" Binaltech Jazz in 2007 with a dark silver paintjob, and it's pretty sick looking, it's a shame the line died out and never got to continue that.
I would love these designs for the movies much more than the designs that they made for the movies. But that’s Hollywood for you, they don’t care about the franchise or the opinions of the fans.😢 It’s a crying shame.
My first transformers toy was alternators Smokescreen. I would always put him on the side of my tv when I was playing gran turismo 3. I remembered that gran turismo 3 had a rally car that looks exactly like Smokescreen and I would mostly keep him in vehicle mode. I would also put lego figures inside the cockpit. This was during the time when Cybertron was on tv and the next transformer I wanted was Hotshot because he looks cool. When I got him for Christmas, I was really disappointed because he didn't had an opening hood. He had a cockpit but it's so small, I couldn't fit anything in it. Transformers Alternators really set the bar high for me. It wasn't until the ROTF leader Optimus where I started to be impressed by transformer toys again.
Great video man, I'm one for the return of this line, tough the price will be obscene. I got two Imprezas, the two Mazdas, two of the Jeeps, Optimus, Windcharger, Overdrive. Skids, and Prowl. Love them all!
You're the RUclipsr that brought my attention to Alternators. Thank you!! One Question: Of all the color variants of Meister, which one has the least color mismatch in car mode?
Great video! I have most of the Alternators and was lucky enough to be stationed in Japan when they released the Binaltechs. I picked up a few of Japanese versions also. I thought of selling them but have a hard time separating from them especially since I’m car crazy as well as Transformers crazy. 😂😅
Man i was in love with that Smokescreen figure. I was really impressed at first. I made a Grimlock into a Death Race “Monster” mustang transformer with guns and all.
Just went to my first transformers con this weekend. Ended up get getting a Smokescreen for $25, and then later on I got to met the guy that designed that figure. To whom was more then happy to sign it for me. Also got Shockwave too. So happy to see my first two Alternators, are high pick on your list.
I definitely understand why this is one of if not your favorite TF line. I mean for as long as I've watched you, you've always given me the feeling that the alt-modes were your favorite part of a transformers toy.
Honestly as someone who necer cared for altmode accuracy thid video gave me a new perspective for the attention to detail that can go into some of these guys
I have most of these figures and I agree that they're awesome! My only regret is that they didn't give us more stuntacons aside from Wildrider, I would have appreciated them more than the likes of Ravage and Rumble as cars.
After watching your video I'm so glad that I chose the Shockwave mold as the base for a "live action" Transformer design for my OC, I knew that mold had something special
Loved this line so much. I collected the Binaltech versions. A little more expensive but well worth it for the die cast and overall attention to detail.
First off. That opening. Not only did you take a card out of Gaming Historian's hat. But you took the idea to its logical extreme. And I LOVE IT! Now for the entries 13. Since Ravage has another version that actually looks like the character. For that mold I would've used say Runabout instead. No comments on the other two. 12. Interesting idea. Nothing else I can say. 11. YES! I also LOVE the idea of Ravage being a Jaguar. It also reminds me that Atari now owns Bubsy. Which I think is funny because the bobcat had a game (Bubsy In Fractured Furry Tales) on the Atari Jaguar. 10. Agreed on feeling like It would've been a good fit for Tracks. 9. If this idea was done again today I would like to see the blue version as RID Strongarm. 8. No comment. 7. Nothing to say. 6. Wonder if this could be used for Animated Swindle. 5. Imagine if they did another version of Mudflap back then (I say that because this is pre bayverse) 4. Nice 3. Cool. Though the shield thing? I think I can hear a certain Aussie Transformers fan groaning in the distance. 2. Cool. 1. Awesome.
6:24-6:25 Lazy Eyebrow: "RAVAGE AS A JAGUAR!" Me: "processing the pun" Me after processing the pun: HA HA HA HA *WHEEZING* WHY MUST THAT CAR HUMOUR EXIST?!
I am seriously jealous of your Alternators collection. I've been slowly building up my collection, but they are hard to find. You have my favorite! The Blue Subaru WRX STI race version! I need to find that!
I had the Skids toy, he got me back into transformers as an adult. I figured his transformation being two unrelated halves held together by a single bar would've knocked him some points, but I'm glad he ranks where he does, that's a dang fun toy. Alternators really seemed like the transformers line made for you, so congrats on getting the whole set! I think that Shockwave's my holy grail now, so damn clean.
I don't really hold these figures to the same standard as modern figures in that regard., like Armada toys are what the Alternators was releasing alongside. by comparison, these were Masterpiece figures of the day
I remember being on the internet at some point and I found the best alternator custom ever, someone took a shockwave figure and turned it to 11, he used black magic turned it into a Plymouth HEMI Cuda in plum crazy, that is just inspired
These are legit the coolest transformers ive, EVER seen. I hate so many transformers lines from them being too cartoonish or too simple. I dont understand how i never knew about these
I remember having Mirage when I was little. I got it around a Christmas party, and it was so hard to transform him. I don’t remember what I did with him, since I haven’t found him yet.
I have silverstreak and I just learnt it's an alternators figure. I had my suspicions when I discovered alternators were a thing but this video confirmed it for me lmao
"EVERY part of the robot to make up EVERY part of the car." Seriously, THIS is what the Masterpiece line should've been. Fully articulated robot modes that find that perfect balance between screen-accurate and real-world robotic (man, do I miss the mindset that put the pistons and shocks on MP-01), AND vehicle modes that are so accurate to their real-life counterparts that you'd think you're just looking at a scale model with no hint of there being a robot AT ALL. "The fact that these were MODERN cars but the OLD characters we love... you don't see that nowadays." We SHOULD be seeing that in the MOVIE toys. But no, take random names and slap them onto random car modes with random robot modes, that works too...
The problem with Hollywood is they don’t care about the franchise and they gave the job to a hater of the franchise to direct the films.😢 I own all of these and most of the Binaltech figures and the Binaltech figures are even better! Die cast construction. It’s a lost art. 😉
It's a car. Love this. Glad Alternators is getting a second look and you'redefinitelythe guy to do it. One of the most interesting G1 modernization lines and its absence does leave something of a hole in Transformer's soul.
There's so many of these that look great. I'm not a car enthusiast but I've always been a fan of Smokescreen's Subaru car because of the game Gran Turismo 2. I only ever got Sunstreaker when these were new but I'd love to get some more.
I have the binaltech overdrive and it was great until the paint started to chip on the die cast parts, so I removed the old paint and paint it again but with a red that pops more, anyways great content!
Smokescreen was my favourite. You didn't show it here but the backdoors and trunk both open, just like the Jazz mold. It does have backseats-ish, but they're made up of the folded up thighs rather than actual seats. I also think the back kibble is more compact than Jazz.
I was partial to the Decepticons in this line, with shockwave being the GOAT. Smokescreen as the debut figure of the line means he is the mascot for Alternators for me, it’s a real fun toy and looks great. I wish Barricade had been offered in that mold, though I suppose I could make my own.
I loved this line - more specifically the Binaltech versions. Die cast felt premium, 1/24th scale vehicles with front wheels that could turn and hoods & doors that opened. The robot modes we almost all sort of meh, with issues abound. But it was the sacrifice for the amazing alt modes with the engineering of the day. I sort of consider them the predecessor to the MP line.
I didn't know the rest of the line but picked up Silverstreak and I love it! I didn't know he's up there in your list! I still have it rarely transformed coz I love both modes. I should have bought two! :(
I got Smokescreen as a hand-me-down from my cousins when I was young and I absolutely loved it. The only disappointing thing is that he was missing a door 😢 and the weapon I didn’t even know existed till now. I’ll complete him one day.
If you like the Mazda RX-8 design, you should get the Velocity Red "Zoom Zoom" Binaltech Meister version. The look and feel to this is absolutely awesome. This is my personal favourite.
man, I want an Alternators 2.0, only ever had Rumble though. I'd love to see some new take on it either official or unofficial and Optimus as an actual semi too. Rumble really was shafted with his arms being permanently pile drivers though, but I loved the toy anyway. I know some companies are doing Bayformers that have interiors in vehicle, but imagine an Alternators type line with the seemingly unlimited budget and design wizards some third party companies have though
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I had Decepticharge when I was young sadly he got his neck snapped the head just sheared off with no warning so I’m trying to get a new one just so I have someone to scale with MP Grimlock
Probably the only list where an rx8 is at the top
just wanted to let you know that at 11:13 you called it an Acura NSX, but its actually the RSX. The NSX was the mid engine V6 suparcar slayer, while the RSX was just a fancy fwd Civic Si.
It's legit impressive how you look at them at first and it doesn't look like they are transformers toys at all just normal car models. That's gotta be one of the best lines Hasbro have ever done.
@Sunset's Channel It's the overall obsession for accuracy in robot modes that ruins it. When back images from the truck mode of the the new studio series Optimus came out everyone just gave it a pass. People don't care about alt modes as much as you think. If no one wants it then Hasbro simply doesn't do. It's a corporate thing, If ain't broken why bother fixing it.
@@robowarrior369 the consensus is usually buy a model car, they’re supposed to be transformers after all (I don’t exactly share this but that’s what it seems)
I agree 💯. The Alternators/Binaltech are my top transformers of ALL TIME followed by Vintage Bandai/Popy Japanese figures from the 1980s
13:14 *WOW* THAT WAS AMAZING! NOT ONLY THE STOPMOTION BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT I GOT AN AD
11:14 Just a smol observation I made on Alternator Mold Number 7: I think you meant to say RSX instead of NSX. I’m both a huge Transformers fan and collector, and car enthusiast. I personally believe that the Alternators line could and should be revisited and updated with today’s modern engineering, as I firmly believe the idea was one of the coolest things ever.
What's funnier is in Japan this is actually the Integra
@@yi_hou3092 really? O.o I did not know that. I guess it’s like the whole G35 in the US, Skyline in Japan name thing all over again 😅
Very glad to see Shockwave and Windcharger give justice they deserve.
The sideswipe trunk chest mod was totally worth doing to give a visible difference between sideswipe and sunstreaker.
Wheeljack and his son being the same mold is adorable
Great Wheeljack design to, weird how it never became the basis for a CHUG style Barricade given that it’s already a mustang
The lack of stop motion in this video signifies that this one is a bit more real than the others in a sense... I love it.
You get my mad respect for going through the nightmare of transforming all of them for the review. Nice review
they need to bring this back
True and make it look compatible accurate good and better
Im scared if they come back,cars dont look like they used to,and lets not forged jaguar.
Yes
I'd prefer alternity to come back, as they do scale way better with other lines
Just not for $500 USD a figure, cuz you know they'd do that for this level of detail.
Best part about the Jazz/Shockwave mold: some years later, there was a Botcon Customizer Class that had Reveal the Shield Jazz as a base figure...you could do G2 Jazz, Shattered Glass Jazz, or...use specially made custom parts and do a CHUG version of Alternators Shockwave. I'm annoyed Hasbro didn't think about that as a regular retail figure. (Similarly, they should've thought about the RtS Tracks/Generations Wheeljack mold for a nod as Alternators Grimlock)
I remember that thing! It was a really cool kit!
My uncle had displayed the Grey subi and the rally wrap one. I loved looking at them because they just had a unique feel compared to normal transformers toys
I’m 100% on board with you just making alternators reviews forever
i have alternator shockwave and i must say i love it so much
tho it have its annoying thingy too- due to waves big head with antenas, it is tricky to put his head through gap on hood designed. not once he popped his hood off while transforming. good thing is that hood is designed on those tiny pimples that pegs into those small cratters, so it does not damage anything when it pops off.
I used to own that Jaguar Ravage and man the car is wonderful till it transforms which made it nuts for me. Getting GT40 Mirage years later definitely my favorite of the entire line.
binaltech had some amazing ones too, Arcee especially looks so good to me in that pearl paint
I really do want an Arcee. the S2000 is such a great alt mode for her. Heck you could even do a Pink custom and make it FF movie related
@@TheLazyEyebrow that's crazy how it's the only earth car toy of her
I like to do modern takes on old and obscure characters when painting my Forza cars
Recently did Sideswipe as the lambo Sian, and Sunstreaker as the Hurrican STO
what’s your gamertag, to look for the designs in the game?
@@bifocalprime SHARK SP4WN (steam version)
Would have been neat if they had made a car carrier truck for soundwave since Ravage, Rumble and Frenzy are cars
manged to hunt 3 of the 4 alternity molds, you would LOVE them, optimus and Bumblebee are on my favourite figures ever
The other upside to this line (while the robot modes were a bit jank) is the price. Loved picking these up for 19.99 USD on trips to Target. Seemed like a steal at the time, even more so now.
This is awesome! Been wanting a comprehensive Alternators video for a long time. Now I know which ones to grab to fill out my collection ;)
Same here, I just want 1 Alt in my collection … this video helps greatly😊
I first saw Smokescreen at a local Target and thought it was very cool. I went home to find out more info and was surprised to find there was a painted die-cast version - insta-buy!! I was hooked on Binaltech after that.
Soundwave should have been a car carrier so he can store his minions
These things were so amazing in a time before masterpiece. The size, the best alt modes we have ever been given and the official license for $20 MSRP for most of them? Untouchable. Even accounting for inflations we couldnt see these for less than $150 today at all. great video!
The ford GT is one of my dream cars and seeing it as a transformer is a must in my life
Super impressive alt modes.
Also, holy crap, I just remembered my local nerd store HAS the Mazda RX8 (Jazz), and it also happens to be at the top of your list! I'm definitely going to pick it up next time I'm there.
Optimus being a Ram truck with the power of a Dodge Hellcat works pretty well. It could be like when he’s charging into battle he is going at full speed.
Great Video, I also am in possession of all the Alternators and enjoy the line very much. But for me the Line runs second favorite behind the G1 line. I was a 10 yr old kid when G1 hit the scene and will always be my favorite Transformers line and also my Favorite Toy line. Great Job.
I was fully 4 years old when all these came out so maybe that's why I want the full collection. The nostalgia was hitting hard on this video for me.
Lazy eyebrow loves rcr!! Dude I love your channel and I’m so glad you pay as much attention to alt mode as you do robot mode
I'd really love for these figures to get a modern revamp, having an alternators-style line with realistic cars and modern engineering would be absolutely amazing.
I know it won't happen but it would've been awesome if Hasbro brought this subline back someday and yet also made a Movie Edition series for the subline, like Alternator models but like in movie colors which in my unpopular opinion would be awesome :D
That sounds great
I know takara made a "Movie Edition" Binaltech Jazz in 2007 with a dark silver paintjob, and it's pretty sick looking, it's a shame the line died out and never got to continue that.
And with modern engineering and new technology, they might be able to get them to be easier to transform!!!
I would love these designs for the movies much more than the designs that they made for the movies. But that’s Hollywood for you, they don’t care about the franchise or the opinions of the fans.😢 It’s a crying shame.
My first transformers toy was alternators Smokescreen. I would always put him on the side of my tv when I was playing gran turismo 3. I remembered that gran turismo 3 had a rally car that looks exactly like Smokescreen and I would mostly keep him in vehicle mode. I would also put lego figures inside the cockpit.
This was during the time when Cybertron was on tv and the next transformer I wanted was Hotshot because he looks cool. When I got him for Christmas, I was really disappointed because he didn't had an opening hood. He had a cockpit but it's so small, I couldn't fit anything in it. Transformers Alternators really set the bar high for me.
It wasn't until the ROTF leader Optimus where I started to be impressed by transformer toys again.
Great video man, I'm one for the return of this line, tough the price will be obscene. I got two Imprezas, the two Mazdas, two of the Jeeps, Optimus, Windcharger, Overdrive. Skids, and Prowl. Love them all!
You're the RUclipsr that brought my attention to Alternators. Thank you!! One Question: Of all the color variants of Meister, which one has the least color mismatch in car mode?
So happy to see you back! I missed the long form content!
Great video! I have most of the Alternators and was lucky enough to be stationed in Japan when they released the Binaltechs. I picked up a few of Japanese versions also. I thought of selling them but have a hard time separating from them especially since I’m car crazy as well as Transformers crazy. 😂😅
I would genuinely love if HasTak or 3rd party took an advent to Alternators in the future. But till then, one can only dream.
Thank you for giving Alternator line up a much needed ❤️!
Makes me wanna unpack all my alternators
Man i was in love with that Smokescreen figure. I was really impressed at first. I made a Grimlock into a Death Race “Monster” mustang transformer with guns and all.
Just went to my first transformers con this weekend. Ended up get getting a Smokescreen for $25, and then later on I got to met the guy that designed that figure. To whom was more then happy to sign it for me.
Also got Shockwave too. So happy to see my first two Alternators, are high pick on your list.
I definitely understand why this is one of if not your favorite TF line. I mean for as long as I've watched you, you've always given me the feeling that the alt-modes were your favorite part of a transformers toy.
It's true
Me seeing this video makes me really want these figures
HE'S BACK!!!
I have no interest in alternaters but Lazy eyebrow caught my attention the whole time
i have never seen so many alternators all together like that thats awesome
Honestly as someone who necer cared for altmode accuracy thid video gave me a new perspective for the attention to detail that can go into some of these guys
I have most of these figures and I agree that they're awesome! My only regret is that they didn't give us more stuntacons aside from Wildrider, I would have appreciated them more than the likes of Ravage and Rumble as cars.
Bro I love the optimums prime it’s so under rated
The RCR shout out alone was worth a thumbs up, you rule
After watching your video I'm so glad that I chose the Shockwave mold as the base for a "live action" Transformer design for my OC, I knew that mold had something special
Loved this line so much. I collected the Binaltech versions. A little more expensive but well worth it for the die cast and overall attention to detail.
Very interesting not having stop-motion in your videos, but I loved it. Do you have any plans on doing the rest of them instead of your favourites?
as someone who owns/drives an Rx8, it is cool seeing it as a transformer!
It's been a long time bruh good to see ur videos again
First off. That opening. Not only did you take a card out of Gaming Historian's hat. But you took the idea to its logical extreme. And I LOVE IT! Now for the entries
13. Since Ravage has another version that actually looks like the character. For that mold I would've used say Runabout instead. No comments on the other two.
12. Interesting idea. Nothing else I can say.
11. YES! I also LOVE the idea of Ravage being a Jaguar. It also reminds me that Atari now owns Bubsy. Which I think is funny because the bobcat had a game (Bubsy In Fractured Furry Tales) on the Atari Jaguar.
10. Agreed on feeling like It would've been a good fit for Tracks.
9. If this idea was done again today I would like to see the blue version as RID Strongarm.
8. No comment.
7. Nothing to say.
6. Wonder if this could be used for Animated Swindle.
5. Imagine if they did another version of Mudflap back then (I say that because this is pre bayverse)
4. Nice
3. Cool. Though the shield thing? I think I can hear a certain Aussie Transformers fan groaning in the distance.
2. Cool.
1. Awesome.
Of the molds I've experience, ima have to give it to the Tracks mold. He looks great in both modes and the transformation is mostly great.
Theres a hot take if I ever saw one. Bravo sir
6:24-6:25 Lazy Eyebrow: "RAVAGE AS A JAGUAR!"
Me: "processing the pun"
Me after processing the pun: HA HA HA HA *WHEEZING* WHY MUST THAT CAR HUMOUR EXIST?!
Correction Prowl and Camshaft are an Acura RSX not An NSX
I remember obtaining most of these back in the day. Smokescreen was my favorite followed bye mirage.Sold them all about 8 years ago. No regrets
I am seriously jealous of your Alternators collection. I've been slowly building up my collection, but they are hard to find. You have my favorite! The Blue Subaru WRX STI race version! I need to find that!
What would you think of an Alternators line, but with vintage car modes--I don't mean the classic G1 cars, I mean like a '57 Chevy.
That would be sick
First 10 mins yay and I gotta say, love the stop motion from ur other vids and miss it but love the vid
These were so cool when I was a kid, especially when you see them at Kunkleman Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Kia.
I had the Skids toy, he got me back into transformers as an adult. I figured his transformation being two unrelated halves held together by a single bar would've knocked him some points, but I'm glad he ranks where he does, that's a dang fun toy.
Alternators really seemed like the transformers line made for you, so congrats on getting the whole set! I think that Shockwave's my holy grail now, so damn clean.
I don't really hold these figures to the same standard as modern figures in that regard., like Armada toys are what the Alternators was releasing alongside. by comparison, these were Masterpiece figures of the day
I remember being on the internet at some point and I found the best alternator custom ever, someone took a shockwave figure and turned it to 11, he used black magic turned it into a Plymouth HEMI Cuda in plum crazy, that is just inspired
These are legit the coolest transformers ive, EVER seen. I hate so many transformers lines from them being too cartoonish or too simple. I dont understand how i never knew about these
I appreciate the midway classic Transformers ad break
Seeing Jazz and Shockwave top it made me happy. They had the best look in that line.
I remember having Mirage when I was little. I got it around a Christmas party, and it was so hard to transform him. I don’t remember what I did with him, since I haven’t found him yet.
These look INCREDIBLE in car mode. Damn. Don't know how I haven't heard of these before.
I have silverstreak and I just learnt it's an alternators figure. I had my suspicions when I discovered alternators were a thing but this video confirmed it for me lmao
"EVERY part of the robot to make up EVERY part of the car."
Seriously, THIS is what the Masterpiece line should've been. Fully articulated robot modes that find that perfect balance between screen-accurate and real-world robotic (man, do I miss the mindset that put the pistons and shocks on MP-01), AND vehicle modes that are so accurate to their real-life counterparts that you'd think you're just looking at a scale model with no hint of there being a robot AT ALL.
"The fact that these were MODERN cars but the OLD characters we love... you don't see that nowadays."
We SHOULD be seeing that in the MOVIE toys. But no, take random names and slap them onto random car modes with random robot modes, that works too...
I agree with like... everything...you just said
The problem with Hollywood is they don’t care about the franchise and they gave the job to a hater of the franchise to direct the films.😢 I own all of these and most of the Binaltech figures and the Binaltech figures are even better! Die cast construction. It’s a lost art. 😉
It's a car.
Love this. Glad Alternators is getting a second look and you'redefinitelythe guy to do it. One of the most interesting G1 modernization lines and its absence does leave something of a hole in Transformer's soul.
It's 28 of em!
There's so many of these that look great. I'm not a car enthusiast but I've always been a fan of Smokescreen's Subaru car because of the game Gran Turismo 2. I only ever got Sunstreaker when these were new but I'd love to get some more.
I see my FAVORITE car, the Ford Mustang...
I hear the review of it from you about robot mode...
I cry.
I have the binaltech overdrive and it was great until the paint started to chip on the die cast parts, so I removed the old paint and paint it again but with a red that pops more, anyways great content!
The Alternators are what rekindled my TF obsession and Smokescreen was the first just bc he was a rally car.
the mustang wings also pop off as they are loose. to increase the articulation on the legs for the acura bots? rotate their waists 180
Smokescreen was my favourite. You didn't show it here but the backdoors and trunk both open, just like the Jazz mold. It does have backseats-ish, but they're made up of the folded up thighs rather than actual seats. I also think the back kibble is more compact than Jazz.
Love the new logos! So clean and sleek.
And not to mention shiny
I remember being a kid and going to a convention seeing the alternators Shockwave. It's one of my most sought after figures now
Alternators Tracks walked so that Age of Extinction Crosshairs could strut.
An RCR reference! A crossover of my two favorite channels!
Are you going to make the S2000 barrel available for purchase or download on those two websites?
Yep
Alternators is something I love, took me until 3/4 of the video to notice you did not do this in stop motion, I was in a trance
I hope that speaks to the quality of the video? Lol
@@TheLazyEyebrow 100% the video was great was not just the figures but your commentary that made me totally forget that you do stop-motion reviews
I was partial to the Decepticons in this line, with shockwave being the GOAT. Smokescreen as the debut figure of the line means he is the mascot for Alternators for me, it’s a real fun toy and looks great. I wish Barricade had been offered in that mold, though I suppose I could make my own.
I loved this line - more specifically the Binaltech versions. Die cast felt premium, 1/24th scale vehicles with front wheels that could turn and hoods & doors that opened. The robot modes we almost all sort of meh, with issues abound. But it was the sacrifice for the amazing alt modes with the engineering of the day. I sort of consider them the predecessor to the MP line.
I didn't know the rest of the line but picked up Silverstreak and I love it! I didn't know he's up there in your list! I still have it rarely transformed coz I love both modes. I should have bought two! :(
I got Smokescreen as a hand-me-down from my cousins when I was young and I absolutely loved it. The only disappointing thing is that he was missing a door 😢 and the weapon I didn’t even know existed till now. I’ll complete him one day.
Looooved it. Loooove you're a car fan. Perfect line for you.
I like your new 3d render logo, also there was no add during the add segment, idk if there was supposed to be due to your pinned comment
This line is soo cool!!!!! The jaguar ravage makes me think of this shirt I got at a tf con where ravage is the jaguar logo😁
Its kinda stange that there isnt more Car guys/nerds in the transformers community.
The Subaru Bros are my fave Smokescreen is just epic You plan on covering the GT Alterney line next?
I really should
If you like the Mazda RX-8 design, you should get the Velocity Red "Zoom Zoom" Binaltech Meister version. The look and feel to this is absolutely awesome. This is my personal favourite.
Get the toy hax stickers for the Jazz. Makes it even better.
man, I want an Alternators 2.0, only ever had Rumble though. I'd love to see some new take on it either official or unofficial and Optimus as an actual semi too. Rumble really was shafted with his arms being permanently pile drivers though, but I loved the toy anyway. I know some companies are doing Bayformers that have interiors in vehicle, but imagine an Alternators type line with the seemingly unlimited budget and design wizards some third party companies have though
I have a silver rx8, which seems to be the one you don't have , I love the fact that his guns are the exhaust itself ❤❤