Here's 10 of Generation 2's Best Toys

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @skystreak1983
    @skystreak1983 Год назад +62

    “That massive missile launcher is a super cool gimmick.”
    One might even describe Dreadwing’s gatling gun as illin’.

  • @Cho_Random
    @Cho_Random Год назад +30

    G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen was my best friend's holy grail piece he always wanted. I managed to get a complete set for $25 for his birthday a couple of years ago. I'll never forget his happy face and sound of glee he made when he opened his gift

  • @woogha
    @woogha Год назад +49

    Imma need you to stop making such difficult shopping lists for me.

  • @mattr75
    @mattr75 Год назад +17

    Laser Optimus Prime resulted in the creation of RID Scourge, my favorite Transformers toy ever.

    • @lc5719
      @lc5719 Год назад +1

      That is my go to”this is scourge” when I show my friends characters that I like

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад +2

      It’s so funny that a mold from nearly 30 years ago holds up this well. Laser Prime’s a killer design that was perfected the first time and has only gotten one successful redo (the Generations release).

    • @BryonYoungblood
      @BryonYoungblood 7 месяцев назад

      @@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho I dunno, the Legacy version of Laser Optimus Prime turned out pretty awesome too, even including the trailer as well as an axe that forms into a bigger sword.

  • @benjaminwiseman6567
    @benjaminwiseman6567 Год назад +2

    Yes! You picked the correct #1.

  • @JoeWither
    @JoeWither Год назад +9

    G2 Sideswipe is my all time favorite of the line.. especially his MP version!

  • @dylancrossman8502
    @dylancrossman8502 Год назад +2

    Lots of surprisingly great toys in G2. I have a lot of love for that giant G2 Megatron, and for the Laser Prime mold as Scourge.
    And the Dreadwing and Smokescreen set is awesome - I love the RiD/Universe version.
    Also from a personal fave is Eagle Eye, just for the color scheme, thruster hands, and being one of the first g2 toys I bought.

  • @Windcharger84
    @Windcharger84 Год назад +2

    Glad to see that Dread wing's #1, after all his Gatling gun is illen

  • @mindwipe8788
    @mindwipe8788 Год назад +6

    Rapido and Terradive were two G2 figures I enjoyed as a kid, their gimmicks were their weapons Rapido’s blaster was his engine block and was vac metallize while Terradive’s blaster was his undercarriage radar but they decided not to vac metallize his group’s weapons.

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад +2

    8:51/8:56 Road Rocket got the last laugh since he got a new toy.

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Might be a she, though- kinda dig the kuniochi vibes the Legacy Arcee mold brought to double-R

  • @amwfan88
    @amwfan88 Год назад +2

    Gen 2 was what introduced me to Transformers, and I was happy to see several of the toys I owned on this list - Roadblock (I used to pretend his "knees" were secret hidden weapons), Cyberjets Skyjack, Space Case and Hooligan, Dreadwing/Smokescreen, and of course Optimus (which I still have, although I lost the trailer, his head and hands) and Megatron (I sprayed him with water and freaked out when his voice box, in a very high voice, said, "Megatron attack!").

  • @mistermadmachine6311
    @mistermadmachine6311 Год назад +1

    Dreadwing and smokescreen were almost Starscream and megatron 😱

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад +9

    12:46/12:47 The Volvo mold is the closest you can get; it's just missing the color scheme and accessories to go along with it.

  • @jignat
    @jignat Год назад +2

    TJ says we are going to disagree with him a lot,but I find myself agreeing with him 90 percent of the time.😂

  • @RHR199X
    @RHR199X Год назад +16

    I think the Terrorcons should be reimagined as G2 characters considering the film comes out in 1994

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад +10

      Scourge from Laser Prime (wouldn’t be the first time)
      Nightbird from Jolt
      Battletrap from the cancelled tow-truck Flip Changer that ended up as MW Hoist/Hubcap

    • @RHR199X
      @RHR199X Год назад +3

      @@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho MW Hoist actually had a repaint that came with a flail like Battletrap, Nightbird as a laser sword figure was also something I thought would be a good idea

  • @AlphaAsylum93
    @AlphaAsylum93 Год назад +2

    I got the RiD version of smokescreen and Dreadwing from a buddy couple years back and I can safely agree that #1 deserves that number 1 spot.

  • @WARPATH-sr5ci
    @WARPATH-sr5ci Год назад +2

    BAM! My favorite cyber jet is definitely Delta Seeker due to how appealing the figure's colors are to me.

  • @Deceptiwolf
    @Deceptiwolf Год назад +2

    Let's just get this out of the way: "FOURTEEN MISSILES!"

  • @beartrapinuwuland
    @beartrapinuwuland Год назад +6

    I really would love it if a future show would give cybertron purple and green jungles to explian G2 megatron, it would be so funny

  • @walterlopez5054
    @walterlopez5054 Год назад +1

    as soon as i saw laser optimus at 2nd place i knew Dreadwing was gonna be #1

  • @NathanielEmmonsNunes
    @NathanielEmmonsNunes 7 месяцев назад +1

    i just realized theyre going to make the legacy target Optimus prime mold a G2 hero Optimus prime

  • @UltimateViper
    @UltimateViper Год назад +1

    I loved the Starscream and Megatron G2 set on black ❤ yeah Ohio in the 90s

  • @tidepoolclipper8657
    @tidepoolclipper8657 Год назад +2

    I'm giving honorable mention to G2 Sideswipe. The G2 toyline generally has wacky color schemes. However, Sideswipe's color scheme manages to surprisingly come off as pleasant to the eyes. Especially in car mode.

    • @thomasrickelman5468
      @thomasrickelman5468 Год назад

      that black version even got a Masterpiece release - SS looks great in either color

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад +1

    26:03/26:13 Unless you bought the BWII version where Megs was renamed BB.

  • @Boomtox
    @Boomtox Год назад +1

    I mostly agree with everything's place, loved the video!

  • @jacksondesorcy1851
    @jacksondesorcy1851 Год назад

    The text "MEGATRON RULES" on the purple Megatron toy is so hilariously 90s!!! 🤣

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад +1

    24:45 Not to mention that he has an Optimus Prime style head.

  • @TheRealTHD
    @TheRealTHD Год назад +4

    I used to own three Cyberjets. My favorite is Jetfire. Wish I still had them, they were awesome little dudes.

    • @DarkSilverHedgehog
      @DarkSilverHedgehog Год назад

      I've still got my Hooligan, I just don't have his second wing, missiles, back fins or his missile hand. Other than that he's complete

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      How HasTak hasn’t brought those suckers back is beyond me. Easy repaint and remold potential, they’d fit right in with everyone else being hyper articulated, and they could throw in some Robotmasters homages like R-Blade and X-Gunner.

  • @Reigam4
    @Reigam4 10 месяцев назад

    Laser Optimus Prime was my favourite toy from my childhood. Easy Transformation, good articulation, cool extras.

  • @haydenreviewscustomcombos
    @haydenreviewscustomcombos Год назад

    I like the one about “think the Patreon shout outs are over, WRONG!“

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад +3

    6:45 Now Takara thought that Generations: Scoop would be a good update for him (and BotCon followed suit for his cancelled 1995 repaint). I assume if we got a new G1: Landfill, we would get his teammate, G2: Dirtbag.
    Also, who should get renamed, the Autoroller or the Ultra Pretender?
    (Not to mention that their cancelled 1995 & BWII recolors need proper names too.)

    • @SwiftpawWolffox
      @SwiftpawWolffox Год назад +1

      In BWII they just went all on the 'Autoroller' part with Autostinger (dump truck), Autocrusher (loader), Autolauncher (APC), and Autojetter (jet). So they have names just not super creative. Personally I think of the APC as a version of Blastcharge (one of the non show BM Vehicons) and the jet as Jetwash (a derpy sounding name for a somewhat derpy looking jet).

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Blastcharge and Jetwash are weirdly fitting names for not-Crankcase and the Autoroller jet. Might have to borrow those for my personal canonz

  • @serPomiz
    @serPomiz Год назад +1

    I always liked Electro. the guy really got the concept of the laser rods down, unfortunate 'genetics' of color aside. I still say that they should use the scraphook mold as a base to give us a new version
    smokescreen and dreadwing was a rel leap in everything, definitively the peak of g2, and surprisingly, in credible colors!
    I'm gonna push an idea here and have a formal renamig of G2Ramjet to Ramsled. it keeps the idea, it sounds similar enough and it doesn't overlap

  • @RodimusMinor1987
    @RodimusMinor1987 Год назад +1

    Nice list, I really Like Clench and Boss they were super fun toys and I got then at a convention a few years ago complete

  • @apex2000
    @apex2000 Год назад +2

    Missile Truck Optimus actually got released in Europe slightly different decals as Sureshot. As to not over Shadow the deluxe G2 Optimus Prime toy. Still have mine (both)

  • @RevengeoftheBallen831
    @RevengeoftheBallen831 Год назад +5

    I find it funny that the large-scale Optimus Prime has better articulation than the large-scale Megatron, while the small-scale Megatron has better articulation than the small-scale G1 redeco Optimus.
    I’m also amazed we’ve never seen the G2 Hero Megatron with a green and purple redeco. That would have been so cool.
    Really hope we get a G2 Dreadwing eventually in Legacy, but since the Prime version is coming, I doubt it, sadly.

    • @SwiftpawWolffox
      @SwiftpawWolffox Год назад

      Since the mold combined aspects of G1/2 & Prime for Skyquake, Dreadwing looks more like a G1fication of the Prime character (done better than Arcee or Bulkhead)... but the second jet mounting is there on Skyquake. They need to make something similar to Smokescreen/Smokejumper from the compatible Needlenose mold to make Dreadwing a bit of a G2 node as well.

    • @RevengeoftheBallen831
      @RevengeoftheBallen831 Год назад

      @@SwiftpawWolffox True, but I would really want to see an accurate G2 Dreadwing that becomes a stealth bomber.

    • @NovaSaber
      @NovaSaber Год назад

      Well, the smaller Megatron is the counterpart to the smaller new Optimus, who had roughly equal articulation. Technically the big Megatron was the counterpart to the G1 redeco Optimus since those were their first G2 toys (and what they looked like in the comic).

    • @RevengeoftheBallen831
      @RevengeoftheBallen831 Год назад

      @@NovaSaber Huh, that makes more sense. I do find it funny how that G2 Megatron now towers over the original G1 version. It would be awesome if the G2 Hero Megatron did get a redeco in green and purple. It’d make a neat alternative to people who couldn’t get G1 Megatron.

  • @Angedramon
    @Angedramon Год назад

    Out of those, my favorites and the ones I had were Ramjet, a Laser Rod and Hero Optimus and Megatron. I remember being upset at somehow losing Laser Rod Volt's head and sword. I liked the G2 Aerialbots, until GPS happened.

  • @Jason_Rocket
    @Jason_Rocket Год назад +1

    I would love to get the VNR Optimus in Hero Optimus colors as a Selects or something.

  • @shadowmarauder6033
    @shadowmarauder6033 Год назад

    This toyline showed that Optimus not being primarily red can work & that other designs can be great.

  • @CaptAnon
    @CaptAnon Год назад

    The Laser Prime mold is a great toy.

  • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
    @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад +3

    Hot take: I prefer Sideswipe and Jazz’s G2 decos to their original palettes.

    • @lc5719
      @lc5719 Год назад

      Released or Toxitron

    • @lc5719
      @lc5719 Год назад

      Cause if released then I agree

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Released. Lightning McQueen Jazz and Crayola Sideswipe from the Toxitron Collection have a charm to them, but nothing will EVER top Jazz in white, cyan and mango orange (especially the 2012 Generations release) and inverted colors EXTREEEEEME Sideswipe.

  • @mohdsyafiqjabaruddin
    @mohdsyafiqjabaruddin Год назад

    Smokescreen and Dreadwing was also available as part of Beast Wars 2nd as Starscream and BB.

  • @BrickBreaks
    @BrickBreaks Год назад

    1:06 what are ur thoughts on rescue bots Quickshadow tj?

  • @SwiftpawWolffox
    @SwiftpawWolffox Год назад +1

    A similar but not exact version of the black color scheme was used for the Beast Wars 2nd release of the Dreadwing and Smokescreen as BB and Starscream. While Robotmasters (which sold the two seperate as well) changed the name from Smokescreen to Smokejumper (which is an actual term).
    My personal favorites that I owned are the Cyberjets, the Laser Cycles, and the Autorollers. I have both, and years later into adulthood eventually got my hands on the ones from BW2 that included the two unused in US molds as well... though, while they're hardly bad (and one is the only guy besides Laser Prime to have a disc launcher I think) it's kind of clear why they weren't actually used when G2 was already fumbling stateside.
    Fun side trivia - Much like how a lot of G1 was borrowed from Diaclone and Microchange, the Laser Cycles were used as part of a Microman revamp line in Japan.

  • @thebrickdestroyer
    @thebrickdestroyer 2 месяца назад

    I've never really taken a look at G2, Sure Lazer Prime is cool but RiD Scourge always comes to mind first. I've seen the cyber jets but never found them intrigueing. But boy oh boy did you add some figures to my want list haha. Including a cyber jet! Love your Here's 10 lists; been binging them haha

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад

    25:54 Those were later used in Shattered Glass.

  • @Sergeo333
    @Sergeo333 9 месяцев назад

    @TjOmega or others, where would you buy G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen set now? They don't seem to make new ones like that / similar anymore :(

  • @ryanr4426
    @ryanr4426 Год назад

    I still have my laser rod Jolt. One of my favorite transformers i had

  • @Alex876
    @Alex876 Год назад

    smokescreen and dreadwing was in beast wars second as starscream and bb i loved them in that show

  • @windsweeper8002
    @windsweeper8002 Год назад

    Interesting list. I love G2, both the toyline and the comics along with Robotmasters which given it reused some G2 molds, I see as an extension of G2.
    Regarding G2 Ramjet as a new character, IDW had both him and Actionmaster Thundercracker cameo in a single panel as separate but unnamed characters to the originals.
    G1 Ramjet had been killed early in the series and G1 Thundercracker was a very prominent, and still alive, member of the IDW cast. So officially, G2 Ramjet is a canonical, separate character to the original, expanding both the G1/2 cast and the Seekers, two of my favourite aspects of the franchise.
    In the Japanese manga, G2 Smokescreen is G1 Smokescreen having defected to the Decepticons while in the G2 comics, Dreadwing is a rebuilt Darkwing.
    Sorry for the long reply, I just love G2.

  • @jadenova
    @jadenova Год назад

    This is the first time Optimus was a long nose truck. I wonder how many people remember that.

  • @MikeD974
    @MikeD974 Год назад

    G2 ramjet and Megatron are 2 of my favorites

  • @davidanderson4748
    @davidanderson4748 Год назад

    Excellent list. The top two are a tossup for me. G2 also gave us Sideswipe in the awesome black paint job, and another chance to get an Inferno that wasn’t all that different from G1.
    It was a time of experimentation and evolution for TFs.

  • @thomasrickelman5468
    @thomasrickelman5468 Год назад

    I do believe that you left out a few of Laser Optimus Prime's features / gimmicks... light-piping for the eyes, the combat trailer also had the air-bladder fired missiles, and also that while in truck mode the button that lit up the robot mode's sword also lit up the truck's LED headlights, and the gun from the trailer's tower could fit into Optimus' hand and could light up too. - So, was this toy awesome and chock full of Gen2 gimmicks? Undeniable. But do the features now place him at #1 on your personal list here? Only you can decide that. - Either way, it's a GREAT toy, and I wish the later Scourge RiD repaint had kept the electronics.

  • @tchristensen81
    @tchristensen81 Год назад +1

    I call G2 Ramjet Requim as an original character.

  • @ecnayonnA
    @ecnayonnA Год назад

    I still have my Dreadwing and Smokescreen. Sadly Smokescreen broken in half.
    I did end up getting the brown version in Armada packaging Dreadwing and Smokejumper however.

  • @Dhark370
    @Dhark370 2 дня назад

    15:14 that's what she said

  • @jasonschneider7224
    @jasonschneider7224 Год назад +1

    Thanks for reminding me why I always thought G2 was pretty under-rated! Sure, there was some crazy schemes and a lot of recycling, but they also did a LOT of experimentation and made HUGE strides in articulation and functional gimmicks (and lets face it, at least some of those garish schemes became classics in their own right - purple and green Megatron has gotten a lot of revisits and cyan and purple seeker will always be a best of show color scheme as far as I'm concerned....).
    It also scares me a little how close your list was to mine, some of the internal order is a bit different, but the list itself (particularly at the top) was almost identical.
    Heh, it also reminded me how much I feel sorry for Electro: he had one of the most unique designs and transformations of his era (a 50's hot rod truck?) and complemented it with great articulation and a cool gimmick - and of course he had to be made COMPLETELY out of self destructing plastic.... I feel like if they ever decide to redo him, they should just totally throw the gold out the window, give him an entirely new color scheme. If Scourge could rock the hot pink, this guy could be black with pink and blue lightning bolts and if anything, do something like gold painted windows and eyes, just to hearken back to the old scheme in a way that isn't going to effect the durability one jolt. I mean jot. Dammit - for once autocorrect actually came up with an appropriate pun.....

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад +1

      Electro’s 2013 BotCon toy exists, but it’s nowhere near accurate. Let’s hope that the next line gives them a shot at being redone.

  • @jadenova
    @jadenova Год назад

    I feel like the beginning of G2 with the recolored originals was just a hold over until Hasbro could the later part of the line done.

  • @Royalguard579
    @Royalguard579 Год назад

    I would love to see new figures of all of the cyberjets

  • @RedneckOgre9000
    @RedneckOgre9000 Год назад

    Might join the Patreon. If I do I’m gonna use “Han shot second and it was a justifiable shooting.

  • @UltimateViper
    @UltimateViper Год назад

    I had number 1 and loved it 😢

  • @apex2000
    @apex2000 Год назад

    I still own both the Autorollers from G2.

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Год назад

    24:02 Unless you're Takara and its Legends Manga who treated both of them as the same.

  • @Ranma_Leopard
    @Ranma_Leopard Год назад

    Very enjoyable video

  • @cpubigdipper9145
    @cpubigdipper9145 Год назад

    and, what about g2 jetstorm?

  • @craze896
    @craze896 Год назад

    Ya I’m getting into g2 I’m making a series off the comics

  • @joshuatoupin9862
    @joshuatoupin9862 Год назад

    Don’t forget about starscream and bb from beast wars ii

  • @Alex876
    @Alex876 Год назад

    and purple megatron was pre beast wars megatron for me

  • @michelcoolguy1701
    @michelcoolguy1701 10 месяцев назад

    Dreadwing is punishing his Gatling gun is illin
    The deception bombers a transformer rama
    A 3 in 1 villian that’s chillin

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 Год назад

    also if you mis-transformed the Cyber Jets you could get a crude Macross Valkyrie GERWALK mode, lol.

    • @NovaSaber
      @NovaSaber Год назад

      And fittingly, the one that can do that the best is Jetfire (and Hooligan since they're the same mold).

  • @rkitype
    @rkitype Год назад +1

    I guess I'm a G2'er

  • @Ektrix
    @Ektrix Год назад

    i had the hero version megatron never knew it was a real transformer when i had it back then xD

  • @grayj7441
    @grayj7441 Год назад

    Made a G2 Jolt outta the Studio Series

  • @Flandre_Scarlet8
    @Flandre_Scarlet8 Год назад

    I want a G2 Reissue line Eventhough the og line sold poorly. But it would be very nice Because i like G2

  • @Alex876
    @Alex876 Год назад

    i stil like to call that g1 slipstream

  • @tidepoolclipper8657
    @tidepoolclipper8657 Год назад

    Thankfully we never got G2 Hero Megatron Arctic Camo. While the color scheme is more down to earth compared to regular Hero Megatron, the arctic camo manages to come off as ugly. It makes me prefer regular Hero Megatron.

  • @douglasbrownell2704
    @douglasbrownell2704 Год назад +1

    I think the original Gen 2 laser Optimus prime beats the stuffing out of transformers legacy evolution laser Optimus prime.

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Agreed. At least the original and the 2010 Generations update have fully functioning shoulders

    • @douglasbrownell2704
      @douglasbrownell2704 Год назад +1

      @@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho the original Gen 2 laser Optimus prime is a far superior product to the legacy evolution laser Optimus prime in every way.

    • @thomasrickelman5468
      @thomasrickelman5468 Год назад

      Agreed. eHobby did a reissue in both regular G2 Optimus and white Ultra Magnus flavors... I wish we would get the same versions with the electronics, not like the RiD Scourge version.

  • @Lazrael32
    @Lazrael32 Год назад +1

    I'm still disappointed we got such a bad "scourge" from legacy. I'm still suspicious that they plan to do a "repaint" of ti to get people to buy 2. my biggest hope is that takara does repaint.

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Hear me out: Premium Edition “RID 2000 Universe” Super Side Burn (from Evo Shadow Striker) vs “Car Robots Universe” Black Convoy/Scourge.

  • @zacharyzwickl5860
    @zacharyzwickl5860 Год назад

    As funny and well made the car crash one is, it's given a lame factor after you find out the crash is faked

  • @haydenreviewscustomcombos
    @haydenreviewscustomcombos Год назад

    I thought it was dread wind and dark wing. I guess the toys had a different name.

    • @TJOmega
      @TJOmega  Год назад

      You're thinking of the G1 toys.

    • @haydenreviewscustomcombos
      @haydenreviewscustomcombos Год назад

      @@TJOmega so, did those get repainted into smokescreen and dreadwing?

    • @TJOmega
      @TJOmega  Год назад

      @@haydenreviewscustomcombos No, these are completely different toys.

    • @haydenreviewscustomcombos
      @haydenreviewscustomcombos Год назад

      @@TJOmega Oh. I just seem to remember dread wing being just The combination between dread wind and dark wing. Then I remembered the G2 commercial. That’s 60 seconds I’ll never get back.

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Год назад

      Furman made Dreadwind and Darkwing upgrade into Dreadwing and Smokescreen in his G2 run. That might be what you’re thinking of.

  • @Cyril29a
    @Cyril29a Год назад

    I can't believe you made Dreadwing and Smokescreen #1 and didn't mention their commercial? Shame!

  • @imtiredofthisfarce
    @imtiredofthisfarce Год назад

    used to own number 1 when it first came out was a fantastic toy to bad my younger brother is an a$$hole

  • @AaronEdwards
    @AaronEdwards Год назад

    I’m a G1 first guy and also someone who’s father and grandfather worked for Freightliner, so take this with a grain of salt. But I really hate Laser Prime’s alt mode. I’m ok with moving away from the cab over design, but the Kenworth looked just….stubby to me.

  • @mr.end-game711
    @mr.end-game711 Год назад

    my favored cyberpet is Skyjack, thanks to Toyhax conversion kit and for being the only smart cyberjet.