The Human Alliance line was really like the wanna-be Masterpiece line for the Movieverse. I really wish they continued it; it was really the only line I bought from the movies ( except the leader classes). It was cool with the way they tried to make the cars look like models of the real things.
Great review man, but I gotta say this figure is a pass for me. Like you said, the alt mode is film accurate, but wtf is the point of being a transformer, if you can't look like a regular race car. If the Wreckers just look like that all the time then it kinda defeats the purpose of being a robot in disguise, yeah? So based off of that, I don't think he's worth the 40 bucks (i assume). His robot mode is okay, idk.
Paul, one thing I love about your reviews is you take your time with transforming the figure to make sure that we actually see where each tab or panel is suppose to fit and be placed. It helps me out a lot since I don't like looking at directions ever.
I love the human alliance roadbuster, but the deluxe in my opinion is terrible.. The color is very dull and not his real form. But human alliance has his actual form not a regular dull color race car. But guys it's just my opinion.
DUDEEE STOPP THAT INTRO IS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD optibotimus, back then when i was a kid, i used to beg my father to take me to the nearest cafe for wifi, I didn't have wifi back then. and when he got me there i ALWAYS watch this video. i remember every bit of this. this whole channel is my nostalgia and i know you probably will never see this, but DAMNNN. DUDEE THE NOSTALGIA IM GETTING FROM THAT INTRO
just came back to this and i left a comment 10 years ago just saying “where’d you get it?” 😂 12 year old me could not find this mf in stores anywhere 😭
Thanks for this video! I found this guy to be one of the most complex figs in DOTM, even more so than the leaders, and I needed help for sure! Nicely done, man! Following your clear steps really helped me. Keep up the great videos!
in case some of you don't know, (some of you do) the wreckers were based on NASCAR drivers. Roadbuster is Dale Earnhardt Jr, Topspin is Jimmie Johnson, and Leadfoot Is Juan Pablo Montoya
This guy just arrived in my mail - in anticipation I opened him up and started transforming him. It took me almost 2 hours to get him to robot mode!! *gasp* His Robot mode is very impressive, and he just looks real cool! But I don't like how some bits here and there are loose, especially the door windows that fold down and become his forearm panels - those are loose as hell. Quality-wise, I feel that Bumblebee, Jazz and Barricade have the toughest feeling plastic. Engineering wise - I feel that Roadbuster beats em all. He's real sleek in Robot mode and is a real delight to look at.
I find it odd that the wreckers are never shown in their actual disguised alt modes. The only 2 modes they are seen in are robot mode and stealth force mode. I wonder why they did that?
From 17:14-17:31 I thought you were just speechless about how awesome his robot mode is, but it must be RUclips's stupid new uploading quality that misses some of the audio. XD
I love Topspin & Roadbuster glasses. I wanted their wallpaper and their toys. But the toys is kind of average. I actually didn't know which one is which until now.....but Roadbuster was in Age of Extinction and Topspin was in Age of Extinction and in here playing bal
countcomedy Well.. there are courses in Ebonics. Though sometimes I have trouble believing how thats real at all. Seems silly to have an official recognized name for mostly slang.
I love coke too! Although I mostly drink Pepsi Cola, and almost never drank Coca Cola. What a shame they didn’t make a weaponized Roadbuster, and cancelled the deluxe Leadfoot. If I owned Hasbro, I would’ve replaced the old deluxe Roadbuster with the deluxe Leadfoot, and made a weaponized deluxe Roadbuster.
you have a good point on the vehicle mode, i was actually hoping that the armored vehicle form could also fold in neatly to form a "normal" vehicle mode just like the M.A.S.K toy line :) oh well i found him at my local walmart and one of the missile pods are not painted...
Haha Yup I saw pics of Leadfoot too. Can't wait to see you review him :) And regarding the new waves, we'll just have to wait it out.. I'll bet there'll be a Topspin since the Wreckers are getting so much attention :D
I just noticed something... you know how Transformers arrive on earth, they scan a vehicle, and they become said vehicle? What happened with this car that Roadbuster scanned?
great review as always, ive always like how thorough you are with every aspect of it. Ive been a fan of roadbuster and the wreckers in the comics like target 2006 and city of fear and even his few appearances in LSOTW since i was a kid, and while the nascar thing is kind of irking, yore review showed hes still weaponed out to the max. Thanks for the great review
hey optibotimus ever since you showed that video where you went to knotts berry farm i assumed you lived somewhere close to me and shop in the same areas, but i to this day i have not seen a human alliance roadbuster anywhere in my local stores. Do you know if its hard to find or stores just haven't been stocking them.
I think they were going for the "Stealth Force" thing but I agree. In vehicle mode it doesn't seem like a robot in disguise, I mean I'm not into nascar but I'm pretty sure they don't have cars that look like that. :P
@optibotimus the audio for this video get kind of fuck up after the transformation for a bit, also I don't have any human aliance figures, but I want a weaponized Roadbuster, so in that case would you still recomend this figure?
Nice review...your video is really helping me to transform Road Buster back to vehicle mode as the manual I have got is in Japanese, got this lovely bot BIB... :)
In regards to the lack of painted ares, Most NASCAR cars are largely unpainted, or at least a grey or white-ish in color, on the inside and thus any robot bits that are formed from the interior of the vehicle would likewise be lacking in brightly painted details. Artistic license DOES come into it, but a certain amount of authenticity would demand a certain amount of drabness in those areas. For what it is worth, I have no problem with the coloring, or lack there of, on the NASCAR Wreckers.
Did you get human alliance Leadfoot? I don't know if you reviewed it or not. It's a pretty interesting figure, it even comes with a robot dog! It's a target exclusive, I got it the other day, but haven't opened it yet.
Dude from experience, cybertronian modes are so much easier to build. For me, I have trouble making actual vehicles because it's harder to fit parts in and what not
How ironic. This car is sponsored by MTN DEW, A PEPSI PRODUCT!
Not that paint job that's amp energy
Shoulda been sponsored by Irn Bru given their voices
The Human Alliance line was really like the wanna-be Masterpiece line for the Movieverse. I really wish they continued it; it was really the only line I bought from the movies ( except the leader classes). It was cool with the way they tried to make the cars look like models of the real things.
Except for Roadbuster of course.
At least his robot mode is better than his deluxe class robot mode.
and now we have Studio Series
@@eliasnavarro9245 And MPM, the actual Masterpiece line for the movie.
i mean alternators i think thats how it's spelled but like that was just real cars and stuff it was just human alliance on steroids really
"We designed the damn thing didn't we?"
No
McDonald's :D
Domivator G. Rex XD
*Built*
"We were never in the ship"
"The ship?! We were never IN the ship! We designed the damn thing, didn't we?!" one of my favorite lines from the Wreckers.
Great review man, but I gotta say this figure is a pass for me. Like you said, the alt mode is film accurate, but wtf is the point of being a transformer, if you can't look like a regular race car. If the Wreckers just look like that all the time then it kinda defeats the purpose of being a robot in disguise, yeah? So based off of that, I don't think he's worth the 40 bucks (i assume). His robot mode is okay, idk.
Paul, one thing I love about your reviews is you take your time with transforming the figure to make sure that we actually see where each tab or panel is suppose to fit and be placed. It helps me out a lot since I don't like looking at directions ever.
I love the human alliance roadbuster, but the deluxe in my opinion is terrible.. The color is very dull and not his real form. But human alliance has his actual form not a regular dull color race car. But guys it's just my opinion.
ElementDrago I agree
I barely watch youtube and the time I do I see this in my recommended and my whole childhood just comes back
DUDEEE STOPP THAT INTRO IS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD
optibotimus, back then when i was a kid, i used to beg my father to take me to the nearest cafe for wifi, I didn't have wifi back then. and when he got me there i ALWAYS watch this video. i remember every bit of this. this whole channel is my nostalgia and i know you probably will never see this, but DAMNNN. DUDEE THE NOSTALGIA IM GETTING FROM THAT INTRO
just came back to this and i left a comment 10 years ago just saying “where’d you get it?” 😂 12 year old me could not find this mf in stores anywhere 😭
@@prozone435 LOLL
@@prozone435the classic line, 'ebay'
I love roadbuster, mainly because of his accent
I can agree with you on that the Scottish accent really did make him sound like a tough guy
William Pulfer-melville replies to comment from 3 years ago
@@user-qv6pg3mx3i what makes you think I won't see it?
Fomod lmaoo cause it’s hella old
Fomod Gn I’m going back to sleep :D
when Optibotimus was drinking Cherry Coke Zero it look like he was drinking cough medecine by his facial expression.
my mom got diabetes from drinking that and i don't know why
***** i don't know
***** whats's a deli?
***** okay,i'll listen to the video again
***** okay
Unless the wreckers start fighting about who's winning the race
Oh yeah that's true unless they like the same one
Phosphorus
Roadbuster: DALE IS GONNA WIN
Topspin: NO, JIMMIE WILL WIN
Topspin won since lead and buster died
Road buster is in the last knight lol you can barely see him in the background with topspin
I really liked the book version of Dark of the Moon, mainly for it's differences to the movie, and extra insight to the "Movie" Transformers universe.
I am always drinking WATER
mystic mhya from how cringy that intro was more like BLEACH
Le Mute 😂
neon neon me too
Edit: it’s the only thing I drink.
I am always drinking vimto
The Master Chief of the Transformers.
@e l f r i j o l e n e g r o b o o g a e l b o o g Who? You? Yea you're probably gay
Stfu Jul
Jul 'Mdama the entire covenant is gay
Jul 'Mdama except the arbiter we’re cool
Of bayformers...
Thanks for this video! I found this guy to be one of the most complex figs in DOTM, even more so than the leaders, and I needed help for sure! Nicely done, man! Following your clear steps really helped me. Keep up the great videos!
in case some of you don't know, (some of you do) the wreckers were based on NASCAR drivers. Roadbuster is Dale Earnhardt Jr, Topspin is Jimmie Johnson, and Leadfoot Is Juan Pablo Montoya
This guy just arrived in my mail - in anticipation I opened him up and started transforming him. It took me almost 2 hours to get him to robot mode!! *gasp*
His Robot mode is very impressive, and he just looks real cool! But I don't like how some bits here and there are loose, especially the door windows that fold down and become his forearm panels - those are loose as hell.
Quality-wise, I feel that Bumblebee, Jazz and Barricade have the toughest feeling plastic. Engineering wise - I feel that Roadbuster beats em all. He's real sleek in Robot mode and is a real delight to look at.
I find it odd that the wreckers are never shown in their actual disguised alt modes. The only 2 modes they are seen in are robot mode and stealth force mode. I wonder why they did that?
From 17:14-17:31 I thought you were just speechless about how awesome his robot mode is, but it must be RUclips's stupid new uploading quality that misses some of the audio. XD
The reason hasbro didn't paint good year on the tires is because of copyright
I love Topspin & Roadbuster glasses. I wanted their wallpaper and their toys. But the toys is kind of average. I actually didn't know which one is which until now.....but Roadbuster was in Age of Extinction and Topspin was in Age of Extinction and in here playing bal
Agreed. There is a good reason behind the ads, so I don't mind them.
"THE SHEP? WE WERE NEVEHR IN THA SHEP"
@Orieus
Yes, there will be a HA Soundwave, he is the mercedes. Odds are he'll come with Dylan and/or Laserbeak.
The cocacola intro always gets me
Isn't the human Dale Earndheart Jr. since roadbuster uses his car as a base?
Funny how an alien has a Irish or Scottish whatever accent, either he liked talking like that or what
When was searching the World Wide Web for his languge he must have come across jacksepticeye
lol, I still find that moment funny from the first movie because they regard ghetto as a language
countcomedy
Well.. there are courses in Ebonics. Though sometimes I have trouble believing how thats real at all. Seems silly to have an official recognized name for mostly slang.
MR Red I wonder what movies Jazz watched in the World Wide Web
Ze Master Baiter
Obviously he got caught up watching Worldstar Hip-Hop :P
Optibotimus is THE best reviewer on RUclips that is a fact
having just gotten mine I agree with you the skinniness isn't all that bad! Love this figure and I look forward to the rest of these guys!
roadbuster is one of my favourite tranceformers toys it just looks so cool
"the ship? we would never end the ship, we designed the damn thing didn't we?
THAT INTRO , HAHA DEAD 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You, SeanXLong, Peaugh and Shartimus Prime are one of the best toy reviewers I watch in my opinion ;)
14:05 he aaaalllmost said a curse word xD
You are the only person that I know that makes advertisements enjoyable!
I miss this intro😫
I just picked this guy up and he's by far my favorite so far.
Love the intro.
Don't forget the wreckers are also the Autobots spec ops or black ops team
@optibotimus that is the best lego commercial i have ever seen!!!
Love it that you do the transformation both ways very intuitive
roadbuster was my favorite out of the wreckers in the movie
Roadbuster and sergeant recon
(Sergeant recon being Dale Earnhardt jr in my mind)
I love coke too! Although I mostly drink Pepsi Cola, and almost never drank Coca Cola. What a shame they didn’t make a weaponized Roadbuster, and cancelled the deluxe Leadfoot. If I owned Hasbro, I would’ve replaced the old deluxe Roadbuster with the deluxe Leadfoot, and made a weaponized deluxe Roadbuster.
Does your human alliance bumblebee have two hands because I feel like I saw a second hand
If you do have the solid yellow missile and the detailed numbers you have the rare repaint
For some reason, I have a craving to go out and buy some Coke. I have no idea where disapproving came from?
this needs to come to the UK toys stores asap!!
nice commercial XD cracked me up
He’s an engineer why’s his intel so low tho didn’t this guy make a rocket ship or smth
they should have made road buster's weapons able to hide to have him like a stealth mode figure that would be awsome :)
If you want to remove Evacs hood to make it look more ride accurate all you have to do is unscrew it
i looked at some pics of roadbuster (movie "prop") and the green things are supposed to go on the front of the tires down at the bottom
is it only me or does it suddenly mutes twice or thrice after the transformation?
Yea
yeah it just happened to me he could at least put an annotation saying sorry
pie Gillen i thought my head phone speakers busted so i took them out and it was still mute
Nope it's not you
thrice is not a word get off the inter net moron
#shamelesssponsorship
No shame when i cashed the check....
+optibotimus you rekt him so bad bro!!!
to much coca cola
Elitegamer051 #notmyrodrick
Optibotimus' sponsorship is tamed compared to what other youtubers do.
why was it muted around 17:15
Who knows
grat figure, and great review !!!
you have a good point on the vehicle mode, i was actually hoping that the armored vehicle form could also fold in neatly to form a "normal" vehicle mode just like the M.A.S.K toy line :) oh well i found him at my local walmart and one of the missile pods are not painted...
I don't know how you did it, but this is the first commercial that actually makes me want to get a coke.
Oh nice review too.
The Door issue is authentic to a NASCAR race car. Those types of cars do not have doors, which is why drivers enter via the window.
There are two versions floating around, both official. I got mine at Tj Max as well for$8 this past Friday
It seems like the human alliance sub class is the only size class that is not significantly smaller in DOTM compared to the ROTF figures.
Haha Yup I saw pics of Leadfoot too. Can't wait to see you review him :) And regarding the new waves, we'll just have to wait it out.. I'll bet there'll be a Topspin since the Wreckers are getting so much attention :D
I just noticed something... you know how Transformers arrive on earth, they scan a vehicle, and they become said vehicle? What happened with this car that Roadbuster scanned?
Did anyone else get a big cut in the audio at 17:14 ?
Chiggen Tendies yeah
Chiggen Tendies yup
Chiggen Tendies WAY TO FUCKING GO YOU BROKE MY AUDIO .........I'm playing ya me to
Yeah not just you
Yup
great review as always, ive always like how thorough you are with every aspect of it. Ive been a fan of roadbuster and the wreckers in the comics like target 2006 and city of fear and even his few appearances in LSOTW since i was a kid, and while the nascar thing is kind of irking, yore review showed hes still weaponed out to the max. Thanks for the great review
hey optibotimus ever since you showed that video where you went to knotts berry farm i assumed you lived somewhere close to me and shop in the same areas, but i to this day i have not seen a human alliance roadbuster anywhere in my local stores. Do you know if its hard to find or stores just haven't been stocking them.
Damn ive never really liked human alliance figures but this roadbuster is just spot on in my opinion
I think they were going for the "Stealth Force" thing but I agree. In vehicle mode it doesn't seem like a robot in disguise, I mean I'm not into nascar but I'm pretty sure they don't have cars that look like that. :P
The Wreckers are also very adept at painfully maiming and killing Decepticons hehe
When you got to the robot mode part, it started muting off and on.
I think that snap on weapons that snap to a regular nascar would suit the figure more. Great review btw :D
lol at the coke ad in the beginning
later versions of roadbuster has the proper 88s and the nascar sprint cup series logos on the toy instead of the generic 88s and the nascar symbol
I read the DOTM novel as well and it seriously is incredable, much better than 1 and 2
i just got this guy and he is one of my fave dark of the moon figs
On Transformers Prime Season 2 They Explain
Autobots Wreckers Are Autobots Who Did Tasks No
One Else Would...But Most Never Came Back.
this isn't transformers prime -_-
I love the intro music that you have in all your videos:)
This version is so awesome I'm buying that soon
@ 3:52 i think your right hasbro should have picked one design because HA Leadfoot is a regular NASCAR
@optibotimus the audio for this video get kind of fuck up after the transformation for a bit, also I don't have any human aliance figures, but I want a weaponized Roadbuster, so in that case would you still recomend this figure?
the best thing for roadbuster would be if the made so you can change betvene atack and normal car mode.
Nice review...your video is really helping me to transform Road Buster back to vehicle mode as the manual I have got is in Japanese, got this lovely bot BIB... :)
in my opinion , such an awesome figure should be one of the best
Roadbuster is the only Human Alliance character I have and I like him very much
Roadbuster is. He is ahead of all Wreckers in a scene.
if your picking out fine details the right window shouldnt hazve mesh over it it should be plexy glass, or in this case plastic, but still
In regards to the lack of painted ares, Most NASCAR cars are largely unpainted, or at least a grey or white-ish in color, on the inside and thus any robot bits that are formed from the interior of the vehicle would likewise be lacking in brightly painted details. Artistic license DOES come into it, but a certain amount of authenticity would demand a certain amount of drabness in those areas.
For what it is worth, I have no problem with the coloring, or lack there of, on the NASCAR Wreckers.
Hahaha, i laughed when you talked about the wreckers story wise, I can't wait to see that on the screen haha
they need to make a soundwave,dino/mirage,wheeljack/que,and leadfoot deluxe
I love coke too optibotimus! and i know if i get bored of the sponsor i can just skip into the video!
Why didnt u reupload the video optibotmus? It got an error not roadbuster the video well maybe its just me idk
I wish they would make a human alliance topspin
Did you get human alliance Leadfoot? I don't know if you reviewed it or not. It's a pretty interesting figure, it even comes with a robot dog! It's a target exclusive, I got it the other day, but haven't opened it yet.
hey paul, do you think I should get Human Alliance Skids or Human Alliance Roadbuster? Thanks :)
Is it just me, or did audio start cutting out half way through around 18 minutes?
Dude from experience, cybertronian modes are so much easier to build. For me, I have trouble making actual vehicles because it's harder to fit parts in and what not
Hey, one question... where do you get the DOTM novels?
Barnes and Noble, perhaps?
the tires don't have to had texture because then you can get less friction force xdd nice review dude and great figure, cant wait for get it :B