If I were to give a reason why he has a gas mask, it would've been a dark. I thought Blitzwing is one of three main villians but taken down for like first 10 minutes. I would add the time when Bumblebee get caught by him and was given no choice but blast his face, give a bit of body horror. But hey, he does look cool.
7:49 Honestly that's probably actually the answer. AFAIK in the movies Optimus and Barricade are the only bots who display their faction logos in vehicle mode: Optimus has a barely noticeable metal emblem at the top of his grill, and Barricade had some hilariously inconspicuous Decepticon decals. Technically Bumblebee does too, but it's on his steering wheel for some ungodly reasons. Even if the other bots had them too, the fact that they're so difficult to notice on-screen is pretty telling of the brand execs' meddlings. SS is just trying to stay consistent to the source material, because the original tie-in toys sure had them.
That Blitzwing continues to impress. He's honestly one of the things to go after once I complete my "main cast" collection. Honestly, the fact that Blitzwing wasn't the exact triple changer never bugged me. I think I and others people would've been less confused, even bahooties, about it if Starscream was revealed first, THEN Blitzwing to establish that they reimagined the latter as a Seeker, but production shenanigans prevented that, I guess. Am I crazy for thinking that not only should Blitzwing be the one to get more redecos, but his jetformation mechanism should be more incorporated in future Seeker molds regardless of sub-line? Coz that is a NEAT transformation that results in an aesthetically CLEAN bot! Especially dem legs!
I think the point was that it was supposed to look like Starscream, to appeal to people who didn't like how the other movie designs didn't look anything like the source material. At least I'm the Bumblebee movie, you can look at that character and tell it is Starscream. Technically you're wrong, but it's obvious who it's supposed to be. They just couldn't use "Starscream" since both die
The missiles on Blitzwing are supposed to be gas tanks, but hey, they have a similar shape so it's easy to mistake them so I don't blame on anyone for thinking that. I thought that they were missiles for the longest time too.
I for one am glad for the Thrust version we are getting, I love the Blitzwing and I wanted the Cybertronian version, but I did not want another ****ing Starscream.
Sick Comp dude, im definitely gonna be picking one of these guys up now. Maybe Blitzwing most likely, but Screamer just looks so Metal its gonna be a hard choice
@@DrLockdown Tbh when I saw BB I always thought that was supposed to be Acid Storm😅, it wasn't until this vid till I realized what it was referencing once u pointed it out. So if they're doing redecos of the seekers in this body type then I may go for Screamer to match with Thrust and the others they're coming out with- do u think they might even start making recolors of seekers that didn't appear in the film?🤔 kinda like SS09 Thundercracker
@@DrLockdown Most Definitely, tho if they made a Sunstorm figure in this body type I'd literally(star)Scream with Joy! Tho considering besides 3rd party, Sunstorm only gets one release every 1,000 years its just wishful thinking at this point...
bruh both devestator g1 and movie devestator are made for destruction. hell there were clones of the constructicons because each of them can do huge damage to anything in their path
I agree wholeheartedly with Blitzwing feeling more sleek and refined. Though if I picked him up I don't know if I'd be able to resist giving him a nice black wash. I've never painted or panel lined a Transformer, but not doing something to highlight all that beautiful detail would be absolutely criminal. Dangit now I'm feeling that Transfomers itch again... Great review as always!
On my point of view, blitzwing would get a 5 out of 5 IF he had an accurate alt-mode. Then he would be perfect(btw, i do own blitzwing, still on the fence for starscream, will prob get the thundercracker repaint of the bbmovie seeker mold)
Good comparison! Personally I think Starscream is a better figure, I’ve had a lot more fun messing with him and he feels more substantial. My main issue with it is that I wish it just had a better color palette, but I totally understand why someone would like blitzwing more. One thing I noticed that helps blitzwing’s robot mode is that his shoulders are molded at a slight angle, while starscreams are straight on, so it gives a different look. I’m dying to see a skywarp out of Starscream though, and I’m glad that’s the mold they are choosing to do repaints with
7:42 I know what you mean when I got my SS Mixmaster I noticed something was off about his vehicle mode and that's when it hit me... Where are the freaking decepticon logos? The big ones on his mixing drum that made him stood out from the crowd? But again I'm not complaining it's a good figure anyway. But still I would like to see that breaking up the gray and I would take big purple decepticon logos rather than silver gray stripes
Tbh, this version of the tetrajet has grown on me immensely since I got Thrust. Reminds me a lot of the Silver Hawk ships from the Darius series, only with a weird turret made of kibble underneath.
Something that alot of people don't realize about the earthrise mold is that the bottom of the jet is 1 to 1 to how it looks in the cartoon, making the vehicle mode almost 100% accurate to the cartoon as a 3d object.
For screamer, I don't like how the gun sits on top, so I swivel the hand into the empty space in the arm and plug the cannon there. Its upside down, yes, but it looks like it should be formed into one solid thing. But that's just me.
the Transformers are supposed to be robots in Disguise, so it makes sense for the Autobots at least for their faction symbols to be hidden in alt mode.
This really helped in deciding which seeker mold to get, blitzwing will now fill the roll of ramjet on my shelf because... Thems ramjet colors and damn I'm down for that.
I think people complained about that Seeker being Blitzwing is because the new(?) contiuity is taking heavy inspiration for the designs from G1. So now that there's _one_ character that looks nothing like his G1 self, it's gonna raise some eyebrows.
For the best of both worlds, I guess you could always get the Trumpeter kit and paint it into Starscream's colouration! ...which I am SO tempted to do.
Not gonna lie, I hate blitz’s jet mode. The f-4 is my favorite jet and I really wanted a *GOOD* figure that turned into it, *FIREFLIGHT* but the robot mode is beautiful enough to save the figure
There it another way to attach the null rays for both jet and robot mode there’s a rectangle hole right underneath where the wing tip rotates it’s much more secure then the peg hole and gives them more prominence in jet mode
I hope that whenever we get an Earth setting Transformers movie set in the Bumblebee universe we'll get to see some Blitzwing variants. Much better jet robot than Maverick.
I was in the process of selling off my studio series blitzwing (financial reasons) along with a bunch of other figures, it never sold, thrn I watched this video and transformed blitzwing (first time doing it aswel) and i fell in love with him again...
@@DrLockdown fortunately they have, and now im in the process of moving and im the yardwork person and ive been struck with the unfortunate event of being paid $1000 usd (idk what it is in Australian money) and because of this im constantly watching reviews for possible figures...
I have the recently released Thundercracker version and it’s quickly become my favorite figure in my collection. Honestly interested in the titanium version but I need to stop my impulse purchasing considering how many other seekers I bought this week
Interesting note on Thundercracker. Idk if this was an addition for Thundercracker or thrust as I only have Thundercracker of the three, but they added a tab for the arms in vehicle mode. Oddly enough though the tab on my copy is just missing.
It's weird considering the figure version of the design in ny opinion looks weirder, cause I can't unsee the weird Geno/ventriloquist dummy block mouth.
Something I noticed about the two figures, is that since G1 Blitzwing is a much bulkier character, and G1 Starscream was much thinner, that it would have been more logical to switch the bodies for the characters. Anyway, my two cents.
One thing that will always bug me about SS Blitzwing is the shots we got vs the figure we got when it comes to painting. On sites like Big Bad Toy Store the pictures they show us show a more properly painted jet mode where the nose and cockpit area is concerned instead of just what looks like they spray painted grey onto it, and the face mask was actually painted to be more movie accurate. I think there were a few more details but I forgot, either way though I just wish they never took shots with better paint only to release what we got. Its still a great figure of course, I just wish we got the colouring that was advertised. Also I don't really like how the cockpit is clear unpainted yellow plastic but then on the top of the chest they painted the fake one, which both figures have, and I wish they either painted the cockpit or, assuming they used that same clear yellow plastic and painted over it for the top of the chest, left that section un-painted.
I really wanted to love the starscream but it has many things that I don't like while a few things I do. If I want one, I'm gonna need a cyber factory star storm cause god it's good
This is what I've been saying! Everyone keeps saying that Starscream is better! While I agree it is a good figure, it is just not at all as better as Blitzwing. Something about him just always feels, off.
in my opinion i think the studios 86 series are great i just really like g1 and im thinking about collecting all of them i always like the g1 simplistic body models. But theses figures are really great too im getting them too
Honestly i love starscream it makes me wish i didnt skip out on blitzwing but im still happy cause i found both dino and b-127 at my local target and ngl love them both tho dino could do woth a bit more ankle rocker joints
@@DrLockdown according to everyone its either you despise it or you love it in which i am the later and funnily enough i prefer the b-127 over offroad bee something about it just makes me hate it
10:22 Some folks in this community still can’t accept whenever something changes in this franchise, whether it be a reinterpretation of the lore and world, to the names of past characters being slapped onto unrelated characters. I know this sounds gatekeepy, but this is Transformers, so if one can’t accept the change that happens in this franchise, then it may not be for them.
I’ll say that some figures Hasbro throws into the mix and slaps on Studio Series to get people to buy it, they probably just put that on because they want to sell some stupid characters that either aren’t seen or didn’t even do anything.
I know I’m gonna sound like one of those “UM ACTUALLY “ nerds, but whatever. Ur criticism about Starscream’s eyes are eh… wrong. First of all when looking at all of starscream’s models and even in the film, he has these “ eye brow” eyes. They’re not even eyebrows. The models clearly show that the eyes were meant to be like this. Maybe do ur research next time. Not a gush fest of how bad ur opinion was, but just correcting ur “ mistake”. Most of ur opinions in this video I agree with. Except you maybe should have made Starscream a 3.5, (if that exists). This videos great btw.
I hated the way she looked, and I hate all of the merchandise they've made that looks super accurate. In a twist of fate though, the studio series toy is amazing. Never thought it would happen
I really do love the look of Blitzwing's robot mode, but man... that jet's just ugly. It's not that it isn't an F-4, it's that the made-up jet looks less like a real fighter and more like an amateurish drawing of a jet than something that would actually be made. Mainline Generations has more convincing jet modes than it, and that makes it really stick out compared to the rest of the Studio line.
Well for me the fact that Blitzwing is not a Triple changer in the BB movie never made me even slightly mad because they know what they are doing and I'm pretty sure Blitzwing will be rebuilt as a Triple changer by Shockwave
I kind of wish blitzwing had another colour scheme, like I don’t mind him being different than G1 but I can’t help but feel like they threw away a character because they couldn’t use starscream...
I don't know from the bee movie but Blitzwing is not a seeker at least he isn't in g1 he may be a jet but like Astrotrain, springer, sandstorm, doubledealer, etc they were all triple changers. If you want to say all jet transformers are seekers than hypothetically speaking the Arialbots, skyfire/Jetfire, Shatter, Dreadwing (I think), Flywheels, and Powerglide to name a few are seekers to.
Blitzwing is just another seeker in the Travis Knight continuity. Different continuities, different precedents. In the Michael Bay continuity, seekers are old Decepticon explorers that turn into old cars, trucks and planes.
@@DrLockdown ya that's what I was thinking which is why I said I don't know about the bee movie version. See Blitzwing is my favorite triple changer and I hated the bee movie one because they messed him up he was able to crush and beat most of the autobots and made a throne from their body's yet he was bested by bee, man I hat that the bad guys almost always lose.
I’d like to see Blitzwing revived in the next Transformers movie but as a Frankenstein mishmash similar to his Transformers Animated counterpart.
YES
Oh hell yeah thats the best way they could introduce a "classic" style Blitzwing at this point
Don't remember who brought this up but it'd be really cool to see Blitzwing mixed with Shatter and Dropkick for the switching faces/personalities
I actually love the gas mask design Blitzwing has. It's so stupid that it becomes genius.
same, but it would fit better as a rainmaker
If I were to give a reason why he has a gas mask, it would've been a dark. I thought Blitzwing is one of three main villians but taken down for like first 10 minutes. I would add the time when Bumblebee get caught by him and was given no choice but blast his face, give a bit of body horror. But hey, he does look cool.
Maybe he just gasses autobots like the other rain makers and maybe a few Decepticon
It's just to look alien. Like that's Movie Con design 101. Lol
I can imagine it as a battle mask for Blitzwing.
Is kinda cool that way.
I've always pictured g1 Blitzwing as a modified seeker, so I imagine he survived his fight with bumblebee and got his tank form
Yes
The gun can actually peg onto the middle of the underside of the jet, so you can make it so it doesn't stick out at all.
ya know starscreams head looking like a gremlin is actually pretty fitting
Not that much! :P
@@DrLockdown well given that this is starscream calling him a gremlin is an understatement
7:49 Honestly that's probably actually the answer.
AFAIK in the movies Optimus and Barricade are the only bots who display their faction logos in vehicle mode:
Optimus has a barely noticeable metal emblem at the top of his grill, and Barricade had some hilariously inconspicuous Decepticon decals.
Technically Bumblebee does too, but it's on his steering wheel for some ungodly reasons.
Even if the other bots had them too, the fact that they're so difficult to notice on-screen is pretty telling of the brand execs' meddlings.
SS is just trying to stay consistent to the source material, because the original tie-in toys sure had them.
"not the same toy"
THANK YOU!! I've been getting flak for saying it's a new mould, and no one believed it.
Siverbolt discord 2.0 in the making.
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to educate some people
Even if it's a retool (unlikely given the differences) it's been retooled so hard that it may as well not even be the same species or mold
You have officially convinced me to finally Get Studio Series Bumblebee Starscream, thank you!
No prob
@@DrLockdown think this just convinced me too
That Blitzwing continues to impress. He's honestly one of the things to go after once I complete my "main cast" collection.
Honestly, the fact that Blitzwing wasn't the exact triple changer never bugged me.
I think I and others people would've been less confused, even bahooties, about it if Starscream was revealed first, THEN Blitzwing to establish that they reimagined the latter as a Seeker, but production shenanigans prevented that, I guess.
Am I crazy for thinking that not only should Blitzwing be the one to get more redecos, but his jetformation mechanism should be more incorporated in future Seeker molds regardless of sub-line? Coz that is a NEAT transformation that results in an aesthetically CLEAN bot! Especially dem legs!
I think the point was that it was supposed to look like Starscream, to appeal to people who didn't like how the other movie designs didn't look anything like the source material. At least I'm the Bumblebee movie, you can look at that character and tell it is Starscream. Technically you're wrong, but it's obvious who it's supposed to be. They just couldn't use "Starscream" since both die
The reversed wings on Blitzwing's shoulders are actually misassembled. If you swap them, the detailing lines up.
The gun can also be tabbed in the bottom of the jet. It slots in to the tab on blitzwing's piston shoulder assembly
The missiles on Blitzwing are supposed to be gas tanks, but hey, they have a similar shape so it's easy to mistake them so I don't blame on anyone for thinking that. I thought that they were missiles for the longest time too.
Huh. Neat.
So I researched a little bit, and they are called drop tanks and apparently can be used as improvised bombs.
Blitzwing’s gun goes under his jet mode where the dark grey pistons are
I for one am glad for the Thrust version we are getting, I love the Blitzwing and I wanted the Cybertronian version, but I did not want another ****ing Starscream.
Thrust looks lush
Sick Comp dude, im definitely gonna be picking one of these guys up now. Maybe Blitzwing most likely, but Screamer just looks so Metal its gonna be a hard choice
Maybe thrust?
@@DrLockdown Tbh when I saw BB I always thought that was supposed to be Acid Storm😅, it wasn't until this vid till I realized what it was referencing once u pointed it out. So if they're doing redecos of the seekers in this body type then I may go for Screamer to match with Thrust and the others they're coming out with- do u think they might even start making recolors of seekers that didn't appear in the film?🤔 kinda like SS09 Thundercracker
I reckon we'll at least get the main trio. It's easy money
@@DrLockdown Most Definitely, tho if they made a Sunstorm figure in this body type I'd literally(star)Scream with Joy! Tho considering besides 3rd party, Sunstorm only gets one release every 1,000 years its just wishful thinking at this point...
bruh both devestator g1 and movie devestator are made for destruction. hell there were clones of the constructicons because each of them can do huge damage to anything in their path
You’re everywhere aren’t you?
@@elitegamer21005 so what's the point of pointing it out huh
@@LightningZetton well I’m assuming you’re a fan of the bay movies
@@elitegamer21005 not saying they are the best but they do have some ups and downs
I once compared Starscream’s head to Edna from the incredibles and I can’t unsee it now
Having just got Fans Hobby's Armada Prime I might just get that Thrust to go with Starscream and Tidal Wave on my teensy gen Armada shelf.
You getting their megatron? I already preordered it
Honestly, I'm feeling kinda split on getting Starscream or getting Blitzwing and using him as Starscream.
What does Bumblebee say during the "Let'smakeitofficial-inator" segment?
"okay"
I agree wholeheartedly with Blitzwing feeling more sleek and refined. Though if I picked him up I don't know if I'd be able to resist giving him a nice black wash. I've never painted or panel lined a Transformer, but not doing something to highlight all that beautiful detail would be absolutely criminal.
Dangit now I'm feeling that Transfomers itch again...
Great review as always!
...joooiiiiiinnn uuuuussssss...
On my point of view, blitzwing would get a 5 out of 5 IF he had an accurate alt-mode. Then he would be perfect(btw, i do own blitzwing, still on the fence for starscream, will prob get the thundercracker repaint of the bbmovie seeker mold)
19:10, I swapped them around because they sit flush when swapped around
Cool vid, I'll have to pick up Blitz when I get the chance 👍
Good comparison! Personally I think Starscream is a better figure, I’ve had a lot more fun messing with him and he feels more substantial. My main issue with it is that I wish it just had a better color palette, but I totally understand why someone would like blitzwing more. One thing I noticed that helps blitzwing’s robot mode is that his shoulders are molded at a slight angle, while starscreams are straight on, so it gives a different look. I’m dying to see a skywarp out of Starscream though, and I’m glad that’s the mold they are choosing to do repaints with
Hey doc, what are your thoughts on the SG starscream, i think it looks to be the best use of the siege mold
He looks fantastic
Im thrilled to- oh yeah exclusive, fuck hasbro for litteraly mocking the Fans who cant get exclusives
@@ignite5329 at least it isn’t earthrise
What do mean by that ?
7:42 I know what you mean when I got my SS Mixmaster I noticed something was off about his vehicle mode and that's when it hit me... Where are the freaking decepticon logos? The big ones on his mixing drum that made him stood out from the crowd? But again I'm not complaining it's a good figure anyway. But still I would like to see that breaking up the gray and I would take big purple decepticon logos rather than silver gray stripes
Tbh, this version of the tetrajet has grown on me immensely since I got Thrust. Reminds me a lot of the Silver Hawk ships from the Darius series, only with a weird turret made of kibble underneath.
I have the starscream studio series figures and the null rays actually can stay on believe it or not during transformation
I use Blitzwing as Red Wing since I don’t have the over hyper siege version
Fun fact, the bb movie TetraJet concepts werent even designed for product, but they frickin did awesome for this.
You can swap ER and SS Starscream’s heads. It looks way better on SS and looks like a nightmare on ER
Something that alot of people don't realize about the earthrise mold is that the bottom of the jet is 1 to 1 to how it looks in the cartoon, making the vehicle mode almost 100% accurate to the cartoon as a 3d object.
For screamer, I don't like how the gun sits on top, so I swivel the hand into the empty space in the arm and plug the cannon there. Its upside down, yes, but it looks like it should be formed into one solid thing. But that's just me.
the Transformers are supposed to be robots in Disguise, so it makes sense for the Autobots at least for their faction symbols to be hidden in alt mode.
But faction symbols are cool...
This really helped in deciding which seeker mold to get, blitzwing will now fill the roll of ramjet on my shelf because... Thems ramjet colors and damn I'm down for that.
If Blitzwings alt mode was just finished then it’s great
Still holding out for a reprolabels set
5:43 Pitch Meeting catchphrases are tight! But using _half_ of that quote to use in a different context is super easy...
I actually tried working in the whole quote in a different part of the script, but it didn't work
Imagine getting exactly what you wanted, and yet still complaining that one Decepticon isn't accurate to G1.
But you see it needs to be 100% accurate to the masterpiece level at a $20AUD price point with diecast metal because geewun
If they put a younger, inexperienced designer on Screamer, it'd match what I'd imagine the characters to be
Because in BBM Starscream looks like a high schooler out on work experience and Blitzwing comes off as an old, experienced shock trooper
I think people complained about that Seeker being Blitzwing is because the new(?) contiuity is taking heavy inspiration for the designs from G1. So now that there's _one_ character that looks nothing like his G1 self, it's gonna raise some eyebrows.
23:53 I love it when they do that
If Studio Series makes Blitzwing in G1 colors, I just might buy it.
I mean if that Non-Transforming 3A Figure can do it, why can't Studio Series.
Eh. I don't really think those colours work together
i 100% agree with the siege seeker being one of the best we have gotten
For the best of both worlds, I guess you could always get the Trumpeter kit and paint it into Starscream's colouration!
...which I am SO tempted to do.
Now realize Starscream's eyes were his eyebrows and thought it goes bit further to old school design, now I cannot unsee that.
Oh yeah, the shoulder fins on Blitzwing were assembled backwards, they're supposes to be switched the other way around.
I know. I mentioned that
We could get an origin story where blitzwing starts as a seeker, but is rebuilt into his traditional form
Not gonna lie, I hate blitz’s jet mode. The f-4 is my favorite jet and I really wanted a *GOOD* figure that turned into it, *FIREFLIGHT* but the robot mode is beautiful enough to save the figure
There it another way to attach the null rays for both jet and robot mode there’s a rectangle hole right underneath where the wing tip rotates it’s much more secure then the peg hole and gives them more prominence in jet mode
Right next to his thumb at 16:29
That's the tab I used for the tetrajet mode. It looks off in robot mode.
Oh hey, I have Blitzwing and I just got the Thrust repaint recently
Still waiting on my thrust
I hope that whenever we get an Earth setting Transformers movie set in the Bumblebee universe we'll get to see some Blitzwing variants. Much better jet robot than Maverick.
To be fair, it's not hard to be better than maverick :p
I was in the process of selling off my studio series blitzwing (financial reasons) along with a bunch of other figures, it never sold, thrn I watched this video and transformed blitzwing (first time doing it aswel) and i fell in love with him again...
Hope your finances recover soon. I'm fortunate to have never needed to sell figures off, but I can imagine the frustration
@@DrLockdown fortunately they have, and now im in the process of moving and im the yardwork person and ive been struck with the unfortunate event of being paid $1000 usd (idk what it is in Australian money) and because of this im constantly watching reviews for possible figures...
Ah. Know that feeling. Also moving. It's why a lot of my collection is in storage at the moment.
I have the recently released Thundercracker version and it’s quickly become my favorite figure in my collection. Honestly interested in the titanium version but I need to stop my impulse purchasing considering how many other seekers I bought this week
Interesting note on Thundercracker. Idk if this was an addition for Thundercracker or thrust as I only have Thundercracker of the three, but they added a tab for the arms in vehicle mode. Oddly enough though the tab on my copy is just missing.
Dunno about the tab, but yeah he's the best of the three
i own both of these but prefer starscream as he does not have the chest not locking in well issue
I might end up preferring thrust when he comes out. He does look really nice
I want a blitzwing repaint with starscream’s colors, I just like blitzwing’s mold better
In robot mode I mean
6:24 I will die on that hill as well! However, I DESPERATELY need to get ahold of a TF Cybertron Starscream. I also love me some Unicron Trilogy love!
Are there any specific issues you have with the Arcee design? It could be better, but I like it alot.
The face creeps me out
Ah, the doll face that makes everything creepy
It's weird considering the figure version of the design in ny opinion looks weirder, cause I can't unsee the weird Geno/ventriloquist dummy block mouth.
I need a Doofenshmirtz dub over the Movie
I really hope Hasbro comes up with an excuse to give the Blitzwing mold a nicer paintjob.
They don't need to make an excuse.
They should just release repaints like they did for the other movies.
i never knew about making the chin the seat thanks for the pro tip
Something I noticed about the two figures, is that since G1 Blitzwing is a much bulkier character, and G1 Starscream was much thinner, that it would have been more logical to switch the bodies for the characters. Anyway, my two cents.
I'm only getting blitzing as a earth starscream but the cybertron one looks cool
hey the jet mode for blitzwing is still cool
Sculpt wise yes. It just needs more paint
One tiny step you forgot on Starscream, his uh, crotch plate thing flips up a little. I know, it sounds weird, but that's with it does
I'm putting blue highlights on blitzwing's forearms and shins
At 6:25 what are those two tiny little jets that kinda look like jetfire and starscream if they had a baby
Cybertron legends Starscream and universe 2008 legends ramjet
I waited for this, I f**king waited for this
Sorry it took so long
@@DrLockdown nah, its all good, btw great job!!!
I feel so lucky actually getting Blitzwing and he was temporarily dethroned by Dinobot until this review skyrocketed him back to the top.
10:53 DECEPTICONS UNTRANSFORM AND SIT THE FUCK DOWN.
One thing that will always bug me about SS Blitzwing is the shots we got vs the figure we got when it comes to painting. On sites like Big Bad Toy Store the pictures they show us show a more properly painted jet mode where the nose and cockpit area is concerned instead of just what looks like they spray painted grey onto it, and the face mask was actually painted to be more movie accurate. I think there were a few more details but I forgot, either way though I just wish they never took shots with better paint only to release what we got. Its still a great figure of course, I just wish we got the colouring that was advertised.
Also I don't really like how the cockpit is clear unpainted yellow plastic but then on the top of the chest they painted the fake one, which both figures have, and I wish they either painted the cockpit or, assuming they used that same clear yellow plastic and painted over it for the top of the chest, left that section un-painted.
And now they're doing Shattered Glass Starscream in the Siege Tetrajet mold, the Tetrajet love has been ABSURD the past year and a bit
But, damn they look good, especially the SG Version looks so gorgeus
Glad the tetrajet is still getting some love
you should talk about Kingdom Rodimus
I really wanted to love the starscream but it has many things that I don't like while a few things I do. If I want one, I'm gonna need a cyber factory star storm cause god it's good
I've messed with one. Didn't like the engineering personally.
the arms on starscream are so tight that they don't need tabs
Depends on your copy, and it doesn't matter. Every surface should be tabbed in on a transformer
@@DrLockdown good point
This is what I've been saying! Everyone keeps saying that Starscream is better! While I agree it is a good figure, it is just not at all as better as Blitzwing. Something about him just always feels, off.
in my opinion i think the studios 86 series are great i just really like g1 and im thinking about collecting all of them i always like the g1 simplistic body models.
But theses figures are really great too im getting them too
Starscream feels a bkt hollow, i just feel like it makes him look somewhat wierd
Nice Review
you gotta talk about Kingdom Leader Megs
I don't have much to say about him, other than 'hes good'. Wouldn't make a very interesting video
@@DrLockdown what about Kingdom Inferno
Hey doc, would you ever consider reviewing the kingdom fossilizers?
Potentially, provided I find enjoyment in the combined mode. Don't really have an angle yet, but I'll see
Honestly i love starscream it makes me wish i didnt skip out on blitzwing but im still happy cause i found both dino and b-127 at my local target and ngl love them both tho dino could do woth a bit more ankle rocker joints
I don't really like the b127/cliffjumper mould. I reckon it's one of the worst of the line
@@DrLockdown according to everyone its either you despise it or you love it in which i am the later and funnily enough i prefer the b-127 over offroad bee something about it just makes me hate it
I'm sad I only have Starscream and not Blitzwing to stand with his 2 BB Energon Igniter figures.
Highly recommend tracking one down
@@DrLockdown Finally got one.
10:22 Some folks in this community still can’t accept whenever something changes in this franchise, whether it be a reinterpretation of the lore and world, to the names of past characters being slapped onto unrelated characters. I know this sounds gatekeepy, but this is Transformers, so if one can’t accept the change that happens in this franchise, then it may not be for them.
Although I’m not sure where the doctor got the idea that the prequel comic isn’t canon. It’s a prequel comic.
What about the thrust repaint ?
Didn't have enough to say about it. It's good though
Should have called blitzwing, red wing
I’ll say that some figures Hasbro throws into the mix and slaps on Studio Series to get people to buy it, they probably just put that on because they want to sell some stupid characters that either aren’t seen or didn’t even do anything.
Honestly if they look cool and are engineered well, I don't see the problem
I have thrust and I like it a lot but it’s kind of a annoying transformation
I know I’m gonna sound like one of those “UM ACTUALLY “ nerds, but whatever. Ur criticism about Starscream’s eyes are eh… wrong. First of all when looking at all of starscream’s models and even in the film, he has these “ eye brow” eyes. They’re not even eyebrows. The models clearly show that the eyes were meant to be like this. Maybe do ur research next time. Not a gush fest of how bad ur opinion was, but just correcting ur “ mistake”. Most of ur opinions in this video I agree with. Except you maybe should have made Starscream a 3.5, (if that exists). This videos great btw.
Oh ive waited for this
Arcee looked great in the Bumblebee movie though
I hated the way she looked, and I hate all of the merchandise they've made that looks super accurate.
In a twist of fate though, the studio series toy is amazing. Never thought it would happen
@@DrLockdown I liked the look in the actual movie, the CGI model is weird though with the ugly face plates
I really do love the look of Blitzwing's robot mode, but man... that jet's just ugly.
It's not that it isn't an F-4, it's that the made-up jet looks less like a real fighter and more like an amateurish drawing of a jet than something that would actually be made. Mainline Generations has more convincing jet modes than it, and that makes it really stick out compared to the rest of the Studio line.
Well for me the fact that Blitzwing is not a Triple changer in the BB movie never made me even slightly mad because they know what they are doing and I'm pretty sure Blitzwing will be rebuilt as a Triple changer by Shockwave
Surprisingly I still see complaints. Is so dumb
@@DrLockdown Yes and even so it's their own TF universe they can do what ever they want (except if it's... Enemy Scrotum level of whatever they want)
That’s not his eyebrows....that’s his eyes, his eyes really look like that in the movie
No, even early samples had the eyes painted correctly. It was a factory muck up; one that will hopefully be fixed in the coming releases
I have and I prefer the way it looked in promo pictures
I kind of wish blitzwing had another colour scheme, like I don’t mind him being different than G1 but I can’t help but feel like they threw away a character because they couldn’t use starscream...
can you talk about more Beast Wars Kingdom figures?
I've got some planned in the future
@@DrLockdown ngl the earthrise bashing is getting kinda preachy,
What's your opinion on the new shattered glass figures. Also, great video!
Thanks mate. Starscream looks lush
@@DrLockdown I have to agree
Love these verses videos
I don't know from the bee movie but Blitzwing is not a seeker at least he isn't in g1 he may be a jet but like Astrotrain, springer, sandstorm, doubledealer, etc they were all triple changers.
If you want to say all jet transformers are seekers than hypothetically speaking the Arialbots, skyfire/Jetfire, Shatter, Dreadwing (I think), Flywheels, and Powerglide to name a few are seekers to.
Blitzwing is just another seeker in the Travis Knight continuity. Different continuities, different precedents. In the Michael Bay continuity, seekers are old Decepticon explorers that turn into old cars, trucks and planes.
@@DrLockdown ya that's what I was thinking which is why I said I don't know about the bee movie version. See Blitzwing is my favorite triple changer and I hated the bee movie one because they messed him up he was able to crush and beat most of the autobots and made a throne from their body's yet he was bested by bee, man I hat that the bad guys almost always lose.
@@lorddrakkon744 Cry about it.
@@_V.Va_ do you have a real reason to reply or are you just a douchebag?
@@lorddrakkon744 Cry, ya know?
Oof I'm the complete opposite with the robot modes.
Just proves you cannot please everyone