I had him since I was a little kid but never knew who he was and didn't appreciate him until recently when he is old and rigid. I can see that I never got the transformation all the way right when I thought I did. I came here to learn and there are no problems except the chest piece rotating. I'm glad I didn't get rid of this figure!
Whether it's watching the next episode of Transformers: Prime... going on a road trip with my family... or simply watching Optibotimus reviews... I'm always eating Recess Pieces.
Not in his hands on his forearms which is basically par for the course for Transformers figure a lot of different figures have missiles and/or guns on their forearms
With some customization, this could make a cool air version of Optimus if he took a different form. Judging from the facesculpt, at least. Great review, Optibotimus. I like all of your reviews. Keep them coming!
Great review. He seems kinda like the ultra magnus of this universe, considering he's one of Optimus' commanders. He also has a similar color scheme to magnus. Great, great figure.
Hey, thanks for running down the bio for him. I bought my Skyhammer off of ebay with no box (has everything else tho') so I didn't know about his backstory. He does have a really cool character to go with a great figure.
@@ilikepigeons6101 So what's your deal? You commented on a 9 year old post, thought it was a KO because you made a mistake because you misread what I said.
You literally just showed me after... I'd say.... 5 more or less years you have showed me how to properly transform this amazing toy. Thanks you. I now know why the little machine gun blade thing he has is broken and I'm still missing the rockets
am I the only one who got a Ultra Magnus feel from this guy? It's mainly why I picked him up. from his head design/paint, to his bio. I always saw this figure as Ultra Magnus. I think when I pick up the Kbb Mb10 Ultra Magnus, I'll give the sword he comes with to SkyHammer.
@optibotimus I agee about his rotor. It's nice to not see it dangle awkwardly off the back, or worse yet, half on each arm ala Blazemaster. Skyhammer is one of my favorites of all the ones I have.
2:20 Yes, thankfully Hasbro put some money into this one and made him a voyager class. He is ridiculously cool. Also, if we're talking 80's shows he'd be more a combination of Blue Thunder and Airwolf.
I scrolled through the comment section just for this. This has been a holy grail for me since he came out. I'll be ordering him Friday. He will be my movie verse Ultra Magnus , and I will put tlk hound's guns on him to really give him the ultra magnus look
Airwolf was a Bell 222 Model A. Skyhammer looks nothing like Airwolf however he does bear a striking resemblance to Blue Thunder, perhaps that is the helicopter you were thinking of? Also my Skyhammer came with the set of instructions that show that the rotor is detachable even though it clearly is not. I understand that there were some that came with different instructions that do not show the rotor as being detachable. Did they change the design after the instructions were printed?
I've put him with my Scout Blue Team... Breacher, Sea Spray, Beachcomber, Rollbar, and Scattorshot. He may not be blue, more of a grey, but he is definately my leader of my scouts.
I like aerialbots/cons because then you can make them fly transform in the sky and crush a bot/con or vehicle when they land. (uninhabited in bots case)
I just picked him up today at a local comic shop, He is awesome! The only thing about him I dont like is the mectech wepon. The "Blade" is upside down IMO. when it comes out the blade should be facing down.
His face is blue because he's suffocating from flying too high up in the atmosphere XD He is one of the best voyagers to be released in the DotM line. Not a fan of his gun though, so I bought an extra of deluxe Sideswipe's rifle off of ebay and gave him that. That gun was made for him, matches his color too and he looks bad ass dual wielding them! Plus it has a blade which matches his bio. Excellent review Optibotimus, and good luck with that finger cancer :( hope everything works out good.
one of the coolest i've seen so far in the original movie characters that more or less never appeared in the movie but i still don't know why they keep on pushing for the mech tech add ons, they don't feel natural when you plug them in and just really makes for a bad eyesore for good transformers
Hi. I really like to watch your reviews. But I have some problem - the lightening. I don't know if someone has the same issue, but for me the scene is too bright. For that reason I cannot see some details you are talking about. Maybe You can do some experiment and reduce the amount of light for the next review? And then we all (the subscribers) could check if it's better or worse. Best wishes to You and your wife (and the cats of course:) ) Mirczefski
Skyhammer is a very cool figure even doesn't have any movie or cartoon about this Bot i like the style of his weapon is very cool i see the photo of Skyhammer on a Chinese website , it's a very cool and a fun figure for play the best Voyager Class in Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon .
got this figure today i broke one peg, but it's unimportant it has something to do with the propeller in robot mode, since we all konw theres more pegs to support it, it's fine. right?
cool? Yes. Functional? probably not. The problem with engineering triple chagers is that you have to either make all the parts contribute too all modes, and those that can't contibute to a mode, out of the way. The closest thing I could think a Helicopter might work with could be a hovecraft, or possibly a hydrofoil.
I love mine. Wish I started watching your vid before I transformed mine because mine has a bit of the stress marks in the same place. Sigh. but otherwise fantastic. And the face, I think mine wasn't blue enough! LOL! Love the hint of blue but your copy has a better blue than mine. Really am looking for another one just because of that. Spot on on the leader look though. I made mine the leader of my Arielbots. :)
Oh I remember Airwolf. I did see it when I was young. But I tought that Macgyver, Nightrider and there was another show... Anyway they were more cooler then Airwolf. But the airwolf themesong. Man that was great!!
Oh, also, that wheel? It *is* just your figure. It's supposed to move like the other. It looks like it was overextended down though. Try pushing it back a bit. You also didn't mention that he has two definite 3mm clip points (On his forearms) and two *usable* ones on his landing gears on his hips. :)
@optibotimus yeah ik that, it's just that i have bad luck with figures (out-of-box loose joints) and i thought the mechtech in their arms would make them collapse. turns out they're just light enough on my loose-jointed toys to work. i just don't understand the "mechtech combination weapons" since barely any of them have ports on the weapon
this is waaaay better than the sky hammer from beast wars. it would have been cool if they mad him into a leader class and had him go from the helicopter, to a water vehicle, to robot.
@nintendopwns002 Blackout (or Grindor) doesn't hold it like a gun. He either uses his small propeller as a buzz-saw (it's on his arm) , or his main propeller (which is on his back) as a sword, according to the video game.
This certainly does indeed seem to be one of the best of the movie-verse figures thus far (I seriously regret not picking him up from Toys R Us when I had the chance. :(). And I do look forward to getting that Drift retool, knowing that the Copter mode is actually canon as a third mode. :D Great review btw. :)
@optibotimus Well, I think this issue is only present when some bright parts of the figure is shown directly in front of the camera (I really apologize for my English - I wonder if You understand me enough :) ) And back to the topic - Your background is really bright and then the parts of the figure (that are bright, white, you know what I mean) melt with it. But that's not a compliant, Your's reviews are just great.
I think he's got a little bit of a Silverbolt vibe to him. Beast-era Silverbolt I mean. I think it's his sorta muzzle-y face. Also, I'm pretty sure it's just your figure. On mine, the forearm ports are a touch loose.
i felt the same way -i had seen him but waited to get for whatever reason but i knew i would get for sure but i had other purchases first but finally got him and i lve it-more like blue thunder though
I had him since I was a little kid but never knew who he was and didn't appreciate him until recently when he is old and rigid. I can see that I never got the transformation all the way right when I thought I did. I came here to learn and there are no problems except the chest piece rotating. I'm glad I didn't get rid of this figure!
This was one of the first transformers I got when the movie came out and I love this figure.
Whether it's watching the next episode of Transformers: Prime... going on a road trip with my family... or simply watching Optibotimus reviews... I'm always eating Recess Pieces.
You can put the missle pods on his hands which explains why the peg hole is tight because it's made for the missle pods
Not in his hands on his forearms which is basically par for the course for Transformers figure a lot of different figures have missiles and/or guns on their forearms
i always wondered what the hole on the bottom of autobot drifts helicopter mode was used for 😐
Ben Moreno lol repaint
i forgot posting that lmao
With some customization, this could make a cool air version of Optimus if he took a different form. Judging from the facesculpt, at least. Great review, Optibotimus. I like all of your reviews. Keep them coming!
Sky Hammer along with Drift reminds me a lot to Star Saver !
Great review. He seems kinda like the ultra magnus of this universe, considering he's one of Optimus' commanders. He also has a similar color scheme to magnus. Great, great figure.
Ok guys, hear me out… Bayverse Springer repaint….
What I like about Skyhammer is to me, he looks like a mix of movieverse and classics/generations.
Bro, skyhammer is so underrated!
Hey, thanks for running down the bio for him. I bought my Skyhammer off of ebay with no box (has everything else tho') so I didn't know about his backstory. He does have a really cool character to go with a great figure.
Then you prob bought a knockoff version, if your box had no text
@@ilikepigeons6101 No, I didn't have a *box*, not *a box with no text* hence the *I bought off of ebay without a box*.
@@alekesam then it was 2nd hand obviously then..?
@@ilikepigeons6101 So what's your deal? You commented on a 9 year old post, thought it was a KO because you made a mistake because you misread what I said.
@@alekesam idk i just thought you had the same problem as i did once.
Tho i am surprised you responded 9 years later, warms my heart
You literally just showed me after... I'd say.... 5 more or less years you have showed me how to properly transform this amazing toy. Thanks you. I now know why the little machine gun blade thing he has is broken and I'm still missing the rockets
i cant wait to see his as drift
as a tri-tri-triple canger?
TheEnk429 that is what has being throw out to us
it happens in the movie
*him* Sorry I can't help it D:
Lenny Is A Carrot hi
am I the only one who got a Ultra Magnus feel from this guy?
It's mainly why I picked him up. from his head design/paint, to his bio. I always saw this figure as Ultra Magnus.
I think when I pick up the Kbb Mb10 Ultra Magnus, I'll give the sword he comes with to SkyHammer.
Joseph Oakes agreed how much money he cost for you?
im having trouble turning the thing under the perpellors
The best figure in DOTM series of transformers, it was much better than Voyagers class Optimus prime.
@optibotimus I agee about his rotor. It's nice to not see it dangle awkwardly off the back, or worse yet, half on each arm ala Blazemaster. Skyhammer is one of my favorites of all the ones I have.
this review brings me back to your blackout review
I love this guy. I see the leader aspect you're talking about. He gave me kind of an Ultra Magnus vibe.
DUDE! YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN! You convinced me to get this. At 1st I was kind of iffy, but yeah. XD
Picked him up for $13 at walmart, in my opinion one of the best in the DOTM toyline.
You can take off the right arm and attach the mechtech weapon to hole for vehicle mode
2:20 Yes, thankfully Hasbro put some money into this one and made him a voyager class. He is ridiculously cool.
Also, if we're talking 80's shows he'd be more a combination of Blue Thunder and Airwolf.
Easily one of the best DotM figures.
picked this guy up recently. Really digging him, he's definitely got a very Ultra Magnus vibe to him.
I scrolled through the comment section just for this. This has been a holy grail for me since he came out. I'll be ordering him Friday. He will be my movie verse Ultra Magnus , and I will put tlk hound's guns on him to really give him the ultra magnus look
both landing gear ARE supposed to rotate. maybe you can loosen your second one so that it moves.
He looks like helicopter drift in transformers 4
He is
Duyphong Tran it is NO SURPRISE THERE 👍
Airwolf was a Bell 222 Model A. Skyhammer looks nothing like Airwolf however he does bear a striking resemblance to Blue Thunder, perhaps that is the helicopter you were thinking of?
Also my Skyhammer came with the set of instructions that show that the rotor is detachable even though it clearly is not. I understand that there were some that came with different instructions that do not show the rotor as being detachable. Did they change the design after the instructions were printed?
I've put him with my Scout Blue Team... Breacher, Sea Spray, Beachcomber, Rollbar, and Scattorshot. He may not be blue, more of a grey, but he is definately my leader of my scouts.
I like aerialbots/cons because then you can make them fly transform in the sky and crush a bot/con or vehicle when they land. (uninhabited in bots case)
I just picked him up today at a local comic shop, He is awesome! The only thing about him I dont like is the mectech wepon. The "Blade" is upside down IMO. when it comes out the blade should be facing down.
I SO want this guy and Leader class Ironhide... I kinda envy you, optibotimus
His face is blue because he's suffocating from flying too high up in the atmosphere XD
He is one of the best voyagers to be released in the DotM line. Not a fan of his gun though, so I bought an extra of deluxe Sideswipe's rifle off of ebay and gave him that. That gun was made for him, matches his color too and he looks bad ass dual wielding them! Plus it has a blade which matches his bio.
Excellent review Optibotimus, and good luck with that finger cancer :( hope everything works out good.
one of the coolest i've seen so far in the original movie characters that more or less never appeared in the movie but i still don't know why they keep on pushing for the mech tech add ons, they don't feel natural when you plug them in and just really makes for a bad eyesore for good transformers
Hi. I really like to watch your reviews. But I have some problem - the lightening. I don't know if someone has the same issue, but for me the scene is too bright. For that reason I cannot see some details you are talking about. Maybe You can do some experiment and reduce the amount of light for the next review? And then we all (the subscribers) could check if it's better or worse.
Best wishes to You and your wife (and the cats of course:) )
Mirczefski
The helicopter that sky hammer is modelled after is a mi24 hind
I like his chest! So cool!
THX NOW I KNOW HOW IM GONNA TRANSFORM IT
Skyhammer is a very cool figure even doesn't have any movie or cartoon about this Bot i like the style of his weapon is very cool i see the photo of Skyhammer on a Chinese website , it's a very cool and a fun figure for play the best Voyager Class in Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon .
got this figure today i broke one peg, but it's unimportant it has something to do with the propeller in robot mode, since we all konw theres more pegs to support it, it's fine. right?
- This is the nicest Transformer figure I've seen.
Wow, what a great figure!
Just picked him up yesterday, great figure. His face somehow reminds me of BW Silverbolt?
Just got him for 26 usd 2nd hand, no box! He's so awesome!!! :3
@optibotimus its just tight mine was the same way i just loosened the screw in it and it moves fine now.
I hope I can get this guy before he costs a lot,I can't find him anywhere I live,looks amazing.
thanks for all the great videos,everytime i have problems transforming my toy´s i watch your videos haha,cuz you make such awesome reviews.
cool? Yes. Functional? probably not. The problem with engineering triple chagers is that you have to either make all the parts contribute too all modes, and those that can't contibute to a mode, out of the way. The closest thing I could think a Helicopter might work with could be a hovecraft, or possibly a hydrofoil.
@optibotimus actually... yeah! But moving it b/c me? or is it not just me, but alot of others?
@optibotimus Maybe there's extra flash jamming it? I wouldn't try to move it unless it's really annoying me.
i am planing on getting the dark of the moon voyager class mech tech iron hide is that a good figure or should i pass on it?
i never got the purpose of grindor and blackout holding their propellor like a gun. what are they gonna shoot, air?
hey i wana ask~~ should i go for leader class bumblebee or sentinel?? which 1 better? i only afford 1..........
this guy deserves a leader class figure
I need this! Why isn't this on sale on any online stores including Amazon? THIS IS TOO DAMN COOL TO MISS OUT ON!
penny bradley I don't really trust Ebay. Everything my family gets from it is either broken or completely different from the picture.
The fancy folding on mine does not happen every time I have to do semi-helicopter
which should i buy Skyhammer megatron or schockwave
I used to have Skyhammer a long long time ago.
I love mine. Wish I started watching your vid before I transformed mine because mine has a bit of the stress marks in the same place. Sigh. but otherwise fantastic. And the face, I think mine wasn't blue enough! LOL! Love the hint of blue but your copy has a better blue than mine. Really am looking for another one just because of that.
Spot on on the leader look though. I made mine the leader of my Arielbots. :)
Oh I remember Airwolf.
I did see it when I was young.
But I tought that Macgyver, Nightrider and there was another show...
Anyway they were more cooler then Airwolf.
But the airwolf themesong. Man that was great!!
Is it worth it to buy a KO version of this figure??
he does look like a prime
Oh, also, that wheel? It *is* just your figure. It's supposed to move like the other. It looks like it was overextended down though. Try pushing it back a bit. You also didn't mention that he has two definite 3mm clip points (On his forearms) and two *usable* ones on his landing gears on his hips. :)
Can you please do a "now" review of blackout? the videos back then was hard to see the details.. please?
Is there a mirage dark of the moon toy already? If so, can you do a review of it? :)
He looks good, but how small/big is he? You didn't do a size comparison
I have sky hammer and everything works perfectly so it might just be yours
@optibotimus yeah ik that, it's just that i have bad luck with figures (out-of-box loose joints)
and i thought the mechtech in their arms would make them collapse.
turns out they're just light enough on my loose-jointed toys to work.
i just don't understand the "mechtech combination weapons" since barely any of them have ports on the weapon
is it me, or is the cockpit for both skyhammer and tommahawk the same?
You are my favourite optibotimus
I have skyhammer and he's cool looking and awesome
how tall is he? like 6 inches or like 7?
this is waaaay better than the sky hammer from beast wars. it would have been cool if they mad him into a leader class and had him go from the helicopter, to a water vehicle, to robot.
just got skyhammer saturday indeed he is awesome!!!!!
@nintendopwns002 Blackout (or Grindor) doesn't hold it like a gun. He either uses his small propeller as a buzz-saw (it's on his arm) , or his main propeller (which is on his back) as a sword, according to the video game.
I can't rotale object uner perpellers. Any one have same problem with me?
piyokung you have to first pull out the little white pole that the propellers are on. once you have done that, you can easily rotate it
oh yeh.. got it !! thank you ^ ^
can the cannons change the position in robot mode i think it can changes it in arms and not in back ..... can it do???
The impression thing about him feeling he could be worth of prime is the same for me to. I wish he was.
Odd that people cant find him in stores, he is all over the place here
hay paul great review as always but wat happened to the new opening u showed in the promo for this vid
This certainly does indeed seem to be one of the best of the movie-verse figures thus far (I seriously regret not picking him up from Toys R Us when I had the chance. :(). And I do look forward to getting that Drift retool, knowing that the Copter mode is actually canon as a third mode. :D Great review btw. :)
The hole in the front has it on drift version
Cool figure, one I wish I had bought when I had the chance. But the white on his robot mode just feels... sorta off.
the landing gear is only staying there on yours
@optibotimus Well, I think this issue is only present when some bright parts of the figure is shown directly in front of the camera (I really apologize for my English - I wonder if You understand me enough :) ) And back to the topic - Your background is really bright and then the parts of the figure (that are bright, white, you know what I mean) melt with it. But that's not a compliant, Your's reviews are just great.
I think he's got a little bit of a Silverbolt vibe to him. Beast-era Silverbolt I mean. I think it's his sorta muzzle-y face.
Also, I'm pretty sure it's just your figure. On mine, the forearm ports are a touch loose.
Russian Hind Mil Mi-24 is the vehicle mode inspiration I would say from the cockpit.
his evil twin mast be blackout LOL
Nice video ;)
His vehicle mode looks like a repaint of Hunt for The Decepticons Tomahawk.
TheTrojanToaster that would be a triple repaint
His head gives me an ultra Magnus feel to it
hay optibotimus im trying to make a lego /bionicle transformer what do u think i should do
I like the old intro please bring it back
if you mess with the mechtech weapon for three days it messes up but is still fixable
both back landing gears should be able to turn/pivot.
sick transformer. it does look like ultra magnus. good review.
I expect an Evac repaint of this one someday.
In the new transformers drift has has a helicopter mode which is a repaint of the mould
Its a really cool transformer though I just got it a couple days ago and its a awesome one. U can look up pics for it though
He looks like an awesome prime!!!!
i felt the same way -i had seen him but waited to get for whatever reason but i knew i would get for sure but i had other purchases first but finally got him and i lve it-more like blue thunder though