What I find humorous about Newage’s Transformers is that they try to avoid copyright headaches with Hasbro when they change names of their characters by using names of other intellectual properties.
You know, I just love he whole pensive devastator in the intro, like he's just pondering his life choices, like "Sure, no one can defeat Devastator, but no one ever asks HOW is devastator"
Honestly seeing this kind of depresses me with how lazy the earthrise seekers were and we’re not likely to get another new scale seeker for years. I just wish someone would make a new chug scale mould
Newage caught my eye since last year I decided to get into 3rd party Legends, but just the SG ones so I don't go overboard. But yeah this one has to be one of the best 3rd party Legends lads I have. Newage stuff never disappoints and I'm super excited to get their SG Prime before 2021 is up.
I’ve always stood by the fact that this is the best G1 style seeker to be released. Not that it is inherently better then the others in every category, but rather if you upscale it to a voyager or even a masterpiece (obviously adding what they could at those price points, not just straight upscaling) you could probably make a 99% perfect seeker body. Like I think anything this thing doesn’t do is because of size and everything it does do at the size is super impressive. Hell it even has an accurate back with such a simple, intuitive transformation
Nah if you upscaled it, it would look pretty messy. I've seen legends upscales. They don't work so well. This works BECAUSE it's legends, and because the designers know what they can do at the scale
@@DrLockdown Could a future Voyager seeker mold at least take inspiration from this? Mainly to solve ER Starscream's various issues, plus how small its wings honestly seem in robot mode, compared to the vast wingspan of this?
Oh my god thank you sooo much for that heel spur tip! I just got Thundercracker from ShowZ and that was the one thing that bothered me. That and the clear plastic stand port breaking... Oh well.
Just cause I'm like that, I figured I'd come back to say that I took your advice and ordered a version of this mold. Went with the Animation colors Lucifer. can't wait to get it Thursday!
@@DrLockdown Well, after multiple shipping delays, he FINALLY got here..... and I absolutely adore him! I didn't notice in the pictures, but they used thick chrome paint to mimic the G1 stickers on this guy and everything. I'm honestly wishing I'd known about figures like this when I first started collecting. lol
I've never bought a figure bc of your reviews, I just mostly like watching your content for your analysis. But I caved and got an og colors Starscream deco about a week ago. I love him
@@DrLockdown yeah I know, problem is, I’m on a budget 99.999999999999% of the times and so I always want something that Will fit in my collection and that I will not have to replace, so legends scale figure aren’t usually an option, unless they are in scale with my collection like the maketoys tailgate that I wanted for Christmas But I will not be able to buy it since there are some problems that made it so that I couldn’t choose what I wanted for Christmas….*screams in pain*
yeah these look great. I hope iron factory does more colors for their seekers. I would love to see a action master thundercracker for them. Can't wait for you to do a review on those seekers But this mold looks great and I love how much stuff it comes with. To me that takes the price down because you don't have to go hunting and paying for a stand by its self. Love the megatron gun those colors do remind me of the Nintendo zapper.
@@DrLockdown I ordered it. I had to because how often do you see nacelle. It is sad that some come with a stand and some don't for iron factory. I would like to have all my jets in the air.
heyy dude there's a ko of this called "Jinbao Seeker", they're cheap and i think that would be a great content for your channel. great review, hoping you release more of legends scale TF reviews
Thanks, well aware, but not interested. They're upscaled, and I like small scale figures. Plus Jinbao's quality is dubious. I reckon I'll stick with the original.
From what I know Seekers often miss out on waist swivels because of, what I and my group have dubbed, the cutpit. Newage, Crimson Wings, MakeToys, Siege, all the Seekers have a cutpit and some people hate it. Hate it so much it's worth losing a joint. Like several people I know. I will never understand
I've seen that complaint around a bit too, but here's the thing: it only started being a thing when MP52 was revealed. People started using it as an excuse to justify the lack of the joint there. Before that, nobody ever complained about segmented cockpits
Wow, you weren't kidding about how great their seeker mold is. I haven't started collecting legends scale yet, but I'm tempted. Those colors literally caught my eye and you've sold me on grabbing some. Great review! Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!
I see that they have an animation deco for the starscream color of this mold, I own a large amount of the recent three years of war for cybertron, I also have a lot of different sound waves from across different lines. Would you recommend this if I was considering starting my starscream shelf if the only other starscream I have is the earth rise? Sorry for the ramble. I just haven’t actually been this impressed with a transformer since I got my masterpiece soundwave years ago
Hello doc, Recently I got a used newage Man O war (the red and blue Seaspray) and he's really addicting. Before him I had Agamemnon and after him I got skywarp but newage didn't really grip me and my tactile needs until Manowar's small size and concise simple transformation What other NA figures have that similar fun factor of simple ish transformations?
See that's the thing: it's actually just the right amount of complexity for the size. Any bigger and it would look unfinished, and any smaller and it would be too complex
@@DrLockdown I guess maybe it's not really a modern legends class size. I've recently started getting into Scout class from the older hunt for the Decepticons Line and other lines from that era. Would you say that this is a scout class size?
@@DrLockdown Huh, guess I'll have to try to track one down. 100 bucks is pricey for a figure that small. That's nearing some of Unique Toys' Voyager or Leader class offerings. Hopefully I can find a used copy of the mold for like 50 or so
Jinbao did one, and it's a 3-pack for the main three. Thing is, I'm told the plastic is iffier, the stand doesn't work for jet mode, and the only thing it does better is to fill out the wings in jet mode for more altmode accuracy. I dunno if that's really worth it, though...
I think newage was founded by some of dx9's former designers, given the latter's products have appeared on the former's boxes without any cease and decist letters.
@@DrLockdown plus it explains how newage released hits right out of the gate with their first releases, their designers already had plenty of practice with legends scale design.
Do you have the cone head mold and if you do is it good? Also thanks for bringing back my love for the legion class figures and transformers in general
I got the redwing version of this(mostly because it reminds me of armada screamer) really wish they would do a slipstream deco. Don’t need a whole new mold, just give me the colors
Yeah I'd like that too. If they needed to remould the figure (which they don't need tbh) all they need to do is reshape the chest panels to something more feminine (and conform the cockpit to accomodate them), slap on a new head (ideally one that leans towards the Cyberverse design rather then the TFA one) leave everything else as is and boom Slipstream.
Well,....you made me speachless doc, I'm supriezed how GOOD this is. And I wanna ask something. Let's say I wanted to do a fanart regarding your channel. Would it be a problem if i wanted to send it by a e-mail?
God this video now makes me hate earthscream more. I might just buy one I think there are bootlegs of this mold on eBay If not then I won't mind having another hole in my bank account. Thanks for the recommendation
What I find humorous about Newage’s Transformers is that they try to avoid copyright headaches with Hasbro when they change names of their characters by using names of other intellectual properties.
I... I never thought about that before. Wow.
I remember Unique Toys did the same thing with their faux-MP Bruticus by just naming them after raid bosses from World of Warcraft.
You know, I just love he whole pensive devastator in the intro, like he's just pondering his life choices, like "Sure, no one can defeat Devastator, but no one ever asks HOW is devastator"
It’s DX9 Hulkie if you want one. It’s got a few flaws tho
Also, I adore NewAge Wheeljack’s name. He created the Dinobots, so Hammond is the PERFECT name.
The first third party product I bought was the new age redwing. I think it’s amazing and it’s made me want to get some more of their legends stuff
Their skywarp was my second
6:48 If you reverse them on this port, you can have them blend in into the jet too
Honestly seeing this kind of depresses me with how lazy the earthrise seekers were and we’re not likely to get another new scale seeker for years. I just wish someone would make a new chug scale mould
Newage caught my eye since last year I decided to get into 3rd party Legends, but just the SG ones so I don't go overboard. But yeah this one has to be one of the best 3rd party Legends lads I have. Newage stuff never disappoints and I'm super excited to get their SG Prime before 2021 is up.
HUGE thanks for this leg fan mode. Now i can Finally pose these small masterpieces
I love you. You solved the problem with the standing feature. Thank you a lot
The after market wing flaps make this mold look amazing in alt mode. They are such a small addition to the wings but the difference is night and day.
Taste the rainbow autobots!
Watching the transformation it looks to me like they took a lot of the right lessons from the T30 legends seeker mold, Classics, and MP-03/11
I’ve always stood by the fact that this is the best G1 style seeker to be released. Not that it is inherently better then the others in every category, but rather if you upscale it to a voyager or even a masterpiece (obviously adding what they could at those price points, not just straight upscaling) you could probably make a 99% perfect seeker body. Like I think anything this thing doesn’t do is because of size and everything it does do at the size is super impressive. Hell it even has an accurate back with such a simple, intuitive transformation
Nah if you upscaled it, it would look pretty messy. I've seen legends upscales. They don't work so well.
This works BECAUSE it's legends, and because the designers know what they can do at the scale
@@DrLockdown Could a future Voyager seeker mold at least take inspiration from this? Mainly to solve ER Starscream's various issues, plus how small its wings honestly seem in robot mode, compared to the vast wingspan of this?
Oh my god thank you sooo much for that heel spur tip! I just got Thundercracker from ShowZ and that was the one thing that bothered me.
That and the clear plastic stand port breaking... Oh well.
Just cause I'm like that, I figured I'd come back to say that I took your advice and ordered a version of this mold. Went with the Animation colors Lucifer. can't wait to get it Thursday!
Hope you like him :D
@@DrLockdown Well, after multiple shipping delays, he FINALLY got here..... and I absolutely adore him! I didn't notice in the pictures, but they used thick chrome paint to mimic the G1 stickers on this guy and everything. I'm honestly wishing I'd known about figures like this when I first started collecting. lol
Yeah it's a whole other world
I've never bought a figure bc of your reviews, I just mostly like watching your content for your analysis.
But I caved and got an og colors Starscream deco about a week ago.
I love him
He's a damn good one. Still hoping we get a nacelle
That torso transformation was amazingggg 😮 And it has waist articulation?? whaaa
The action is alive.
new age has slowly made me more and more a legions collector
there magnus was the first and i was blown away
Something about your "DAY AFTER" edit was incredibly funny to me.
I guess you could say it his "Achilles heel"
just realized that shattered glass thundercracker was based on an action master... My life will never be the same again...
Happens quite frequently.
SG Ironhide and tracks are based on diaclone
It’s a shame that this is a legend scale figure, I would love to have it
It works so well BECAUSE it's legends scale
@@DrLockdown yeah I know, problem is, I’m on a budget 99.999999999999% of the times and so I always want something that Will fit in my collection and that I will not have to replace, so legends scale figure aren’t usually an option, unless they are in scale with my collection like the maketoys tailgate that I wanted for Christmas But I will not be able to buy it since there are some problems that made it so that I couldn’t choose what I wanted for Christmas….*screams in pain*
That Shattered Glass colour scheme is growing on me
Really making me regret not getting this one when it came out.
as a dedicated Magic Square fan... yea, this Newage seeker is better than the MS one. Those legs are genius.
Thundercracker: i AM fabulous
That he is
I pretty much hate the color scheme except for the helmet. That gold helmet is great. This mold is awesome. Might try to get their Skywarp.
Yeah you got options.
Weirdly people are saying "it was always bad", but like...no. Since when was this mould bad?
I've been on the fence on this for ages. Ive just been sold on it
I would give ridiculous money if a company can upscale these molds to Generations Voyager scale
Welcome... To "Shattered Glass" Thundercracker.
The action master figure came first. Shattered glass just repurposes a lot of existing designs
yeah these look great. I hope iron factory does more colors for their seekers. I would love to see a action master thundercracker for them. Can't wait for you to do a review on those seekers But this mold looks great and I love how much stuff it comes with. To me that takes the price down because you don't have to go hunting and paying for a stand by its self. Love the megatron gun those colors do remind me of the Nintendo zapper.
Yee the zapper is awesome.
Iron factory has a nacelle coming up. I'm super tempted
@@DrLockdown I ordered it. I had to because how often do you see nacelle. It is sad that some come with a stand and some don't for iron factory. I would like to have all my jets in the air.
I like the open hands but I wish they came with relaxed hands. It's easier to pose.
For anyone following along $110 AUS is about $79.33 US or about €70 currently, not counting shipping and the like
heyy dude there's a ko of this called "Jinbao Seeker", they're cheap and i think that would be a great content for your channel. great review, hoping you release more of legends scale TF reviews
Thanks, well aware, but not interested. They're upscaled, and I like small scale figures.
Plus Jinbao's quality is dubious. I reckon I'll stick with the original.
From what I know Seekers often miss out on waist swivels because of, what I and my group have dubbed, the cutpit. Newage, Crimson Wings, MakeToys, Siege, all the Seekers have a cutpit and some people hate it. Hate it so much it's worth losing a joint. Like several people I know. I will never understand
I've seen that complaint around a bit too, but here's the thing: it only started being a thing when MP52 was revealed.
People started using it as an excuse to justify the lack of the joint there. Before that, nobody ever complained about segmented cockpits
@@DrLockdown exactly!! That's what I think. It doesn't look half as bad as people make out
And yet that design is also shattered glass thundercraker.
I know, but it's still a cool homage
Personally I actually love Starscreams coloring
You complained about megtron being to complex yet you give something with the same amount of steps a pass for your love for this molde !
It's less about how many steps and more about how smooth the conversion is
17:45 Okay but can he do the Polnareff pose?
Probably
You should add red Decepticon symbols to this guy, since the Action Master colours were the inspiration for Shattered Glass Thundercracker...
Nah. Just regular con symbols. Don't feel like going with the SH homage
Do you think there’s any chance of them rereleasing the coneheads? My Dr Wu ones need their fathers.
Wow, you weren't kidding about how great their seeker mold is. I haven't started collecting legends scale yet, but I'm tempted. Those colors literally caught my eye and you've sold me on grabbing some.
Great review! Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!
I see that they have an animation deco for the starscream color of this mold, I own a large amount of the recent three years of war for cybertron, I also have a lot of different sound waves from across different lines. Would you recommend this if I was considering starting my starscream shelf if the only other starscream I have is the earth rise?
Sorry for the ramble. I just haven’t actually been this impressed with a transformer since I got my masterpiece soundwave years ago
I guess so. It's a good seeker to have if size doesn't bother you
It's more based on the funpub shattered glass color scheme, with a slightly more red color
They're literally the same
The only 2 problems that mine has is that the back fins are ridiculously lose at the ball joint and that the stand has broken at the very tip of it
That's the problem with making stands out of clear plastic. I had a stand break that way too: not new age but a different one
GIVE US SLIPSTREAM NEWAGE!!!
Would need to be a new mould, and I don't think newage would do that
I personally prefer saying it's Shattered Glass Thundercracker instead of the Action Master one, but they are just the same.
I usually prefer the original names. SG keeps reusing stuff, and I'm not a fan of it overwriting the older obscure origins
@@DrLockdown I first encountered this design as SG Thundercracker so I guess I'm just used to calling it that.
1:56 You forgot to flip down the thigh covers
It's fixed in the transformation
@@DrLockdown I noticed
Hello doc,
Recently I got a used newage Man O war (the red and blue Seaspray) and he's really addicting. Before him I had Agamemnon and after him I got skywarp but newage didn't really grip me and my tactile needs until Manowar's small size and concise simple transformation
What other NA figures have that similar fun factor of simple ish transformations?
Bumblebee 1.0 or any of the powerglide alikes might be good.
@DrLockdown thank you!
Hey Dr lockdown what are your thoughts on the kingdom huffer mold? I'm thinking of yoinking it but I figured I would ask you first.
It reckon it's just okay
@@DrLockdown thanks :D
He's really cool
I'm planning on getting the newage optimus prime
I would love to see this exact mould but in sky warp or standard thundercracker colours
They already did
Can we get a Deluxe-class upscale KO for this mold? As much as I am thoroughly impressed, this is just too small for how complex it is.
See that's the thing: it's actually just the right amount of complexity for the size. Any bigger and it would look unfinished, and any smaller and it would be too complex
@@DrLockdown I guess maybe it's not really a modern legends class size. I've recently started getting into Scout class from the older hunt for the Decepticons Line and other lines from that era. Would you say that this is a scout class size?
No it is modern legends size. It's just not that complex
@@DrLockdown Huh, guess I'll have to try to track one down. 100 bucks is pricey for a figure that small. That's nearing some of Unique Toys' Voyager or Leader class offerings. Hopefully I can find a used copy of the mold for like 50 or so
Jinbao did one, and it's a 3-pack for the main three. Thing is, I'm told the plastic is iffier, the stand doesn't work for jet mode, and the only thing it does better is to fill out the wings in jet mode for more altmode accuracy.
I dunno if that's really worth it, though...
I wish there were more 3rd party chug scale figures. There is just not a really good chug sized seeker rn.
If they do a Pretender Starscream (the internal robot), I'm buying one.
I think newage was founded by some of dx9's former designers, given the latter's products have appeared on the former's boxes without any cease and decist letters.
Oh no that's basically confirmed by the guy who runs the tfcon 3p panel. Dx9 and unique toys split. Unique toys went on to make magic square
@@DrLockdown plus it explains how newage released hits right out of the gate with their first releases, their designers already had plenty of practice with legends scale design.
I dub thee
“Araki the seeker”
Yay my favorite blue baby boy(well usually blue anyway)
I guess this figure's Achilles heel is his...heel.
Unless you UNtransform him. Huh. Lol
You culd say that the heel it's his... Undoing!
Alternatively could be Shattered Glass Thundercracker.
They're basically the same
Do you have the cone head mold and if you do is it good?
Also thanks for bringing back my love for the legion class figures and transformers in general
I do not. I may get it some day
Are you going to get the NA Constructicons? I'm still saving up for them.
Yes. The G2 ones
I hope someone makes/has made a Generation-Scale OSKO of this mold
It would be terrible. The transformation is tailor made for the size
Upscaled legends toys almost never work. Like imagine core Prime in Voyager size
I got the redwing version of this(mostly because it reminds me of armada screamer)
really wish they would do a slipstream deco. Don’t need a whole new mold, just give me the colors
They've got G2 ramjet coming up, which slipstream is thought to be a homage to
Yeah I'd like that too. If they needed to remould the figure (which they don't need tbh) all they need to do is reshape the chest panels to something more feminine (and conform the cockpit to accomodate them), slap on a new head (ideally one that leans towards the Cyberverse design rather then the TFA one) leave everything else as is and boom Slipstream.
Iron factory also did a slipstream a while ago
Hey Dec, Google isn't helping here. Do they have a pretender/action master Starscream deco of this?
I'm afraid not. All I have are the ones in this video and G2 ramjet
@@DrLockdown damn. Pretender Starscream is my favourite seeker deco
Episode 420...multiple bright colors.. hmm
Huh...that I did not realise
@@DrLockdown well, now you know. *insert 'the more you know' gif here*
sg thundercracker
Action master came first
Well,....you made me speachless doc, I'm supriezed how GOOD this is.
And I wanna ask something.
Let's say I wanted to do a fanart regarding your channel. Would it be a problem if i wanted to send it by a e-mail?
I don't really want to clog up my email and give it out randomly, but most of my social medias have PM options
@@DrLockdown aha. I asked since at least in my case, this is really the only way I can send it.
Sorry mate
@@DrLockdown but, since we're on the topic, on what platform I could find you?
Or just try send you fan art?
Twitter? Facebook?
God this video now makes me hate earthscream more. I might just buy one I think there are bootlegs of this mold on eBay If not then I won't mind having another hole in my bank account. Thanks for the recommendation
intro music, please?
Xenoblade chronicles definitive edition: colony 9
Sorry for the second comment, but the thumbnail.. if that's a mf jojo reference, I will have so much respect for you.
It is
@@DrLockdown I knew it. I even looked up the pose. I was right. Jonathan Joestar.. you have all my respect.
Since when is acidstorm nonbinary?
Since cyberverse
Is that a jojo reference
Yes
Omg respecting Acid Storm’s pronouns awwwww 🏳️🌈 ❤️
None binary more like something that does not exist hahaha
How edgy. Grow up.