That Bumblebee's one of the more solid versions of the guy in the line, he doesn't feel like he'll fall apart, the quality is good, he's simple in a satisfying way
Pretty sure the "'till all are one" line has always been a reference to how sparks all return to Primus, kind of a roboty may god be with you sort of thing.
Yes, but it turning into like a rallying cry for different groups so come together (both literally and metaphorically) is great. It's like how in The Mandalorian "This is the way" is just the pseudo-religious thing they say, but every so often it's used for a big "we stand together" moment.
Not so much in the original TV series, since Primus came from the G1 Marvel comics while the G1 TV series/1986 movie had it’s own creation story for the Transformers, but I definitely agree that in pretty much every series post-G1 it’s probably like a reference to Primus or the Allspark or the like since those parts of the the story have definitely been more adopted across the franchise than the Quintessons.
I always interpreted it as fighting the good fight until everyone is unified instead of being at war with or enslaving each other. Before it became a constant reference because it's a good line, at least.
That can only be true if the line appeared in the G1 comics before it appeared in the show/movie. Primus exists in the G1 comic universe but not the G1 cartoon universe.
The "In shock" scene was NOT in Rise Of The Beasts... apparently it was from an earlier cut where a hologram shows Unicron arriving and the devastation he causes, which makes the human(s) freak out. It was removed so the film wouldn't be so "dark" - hopefully it'll be on the Blu-ray. :)
Scourge (And Battletrap) is honestly great, takes a lot of classic and standard transformers ideas and puts a slightly new spin on them. What I do like is that Scourges transformation has the nods to different versions of the character as well....The shoulders forming the front of the alt mode is very RiD 2001 Scourge/G2 Prime and the backpack wrapping around to form the sides is a little like the G1 shellformer without being a shellformer itself. .....Also it can't just be me that thinks you could get a decent Shockwave out of the Scourge mold.
@@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ seriously, take the mad-max grill off, new headsculpt and a new gun-arm attachment and there you go. The spindly legs are even a callback to the G1 toy.
@@ReallyTwistedHumor I can already envision it right now. Immediately when I read your comment I had this "bingo" moment, things just made so much sense.
I fell off Transformers for a while but now that im falling back into the hobby its great to see you still doing your thing bringing so much laughter to my face. Absolutely love the Bumblebee mask Sleep Token moment. Keep being you man, love your stuff and thanks for making my day ❤️ 😊🤘
I really love the Studio Series ROTB Bee cuz he got those squat bumble proportions that no Bee figure from the 2018 movie were able to achieve. He's also a brighter yellow as oppose to the amber yellow that is more like a bayverse thing. Studio Series ROTB Scourge is a bit underwhelming in truck cuz it's a bit hollow and doesn't compress at all. Not as bad SS DOTM Megatron's truck mode tho. But Scourge's robot mode is pretty awesome even tho it's based on an earlier design. I may prefer it tho cuz he comes menacingly creepy.
Dunno if it was the way you said it or what but "Did you beat Bumblebee face angel weapon?" cracked me up. Your vids are always a delight, your enthusiasm and cheerfulness are always infectious.
I highly recommend just throwing the instructions for scourge in the trash and looking at some reviews to get the hang of it. I found them to be completely incomprehensible. After seeing a reviewer do the transformation in real time and applying what I saw, it became so much easier and made me enjoy the figure that much more.
Always fun to see Thew puttering about with Transformers :) That Scourge toy's head is giving me Lord Humungus vibes from Mad Max 2. Weirdly long neck.
That scene where Arcee waves at Alana(?) was indeed cut- about 25-30 minutes of footage were cut from the filn including a fight scene between Optimus and a Decepticon bus called Transit, which takes place in the bus yard he pulls up through when he meets Noah
Yeah there was a load of stuff they cut out of the final film, Optimus was supposed to have a whole ass battle sequence with Transit, but the whole scene and Transit himself got cut out as well. It's a shame cuz I would've loved to see that.
They’re terrified of making these movies long enough for mainstream audiences to have a problem with after some of the latter Bayverse slogs, we’ll probably have to wait until more mainstream trust is re-earned by the new movies to get longer films
7:44 Wasn't in the film in the same bit of a scene of Optimus in a Bus depot (Transit battle scene). Apparent that scene was when Airazor project a hologram when her homeworld got invade by Scourge and Unicron and she then shows a large hologram of Unicron gonna to devour Earth from above.
Has anyone yet pointed out that Core Arcee's gun is her kickstand? Also, her back wheel really doesn't want to spin, but if you cut off all the pegs, it works way better. The long thin peg in the wheel arch does plenty to hold it together.
Studio Series 100 Bumblebee is my favorite Transformer I've gotten in a while. He was a birthday present from my younger siblings along with Terrircon Freezer after I'd had a rough week and wasn't expecting anything. It also helps that he's a really good figure.
20:38 this is my problem with fanon and headcanons in general. When people allow them to replace actual canon in their mind and get mad that the source "isn't following what's supposed to happen"
The most speculation I saw going around about Scourge was that he was Optimus from the Bayverse movies turned evil and brought into this new rebooted universe.
Thank you thew,I've been going through a lot lately and everyone else seems to say it so I feel I should too,thanks for just being a great guy and loving transformers with us, transformers is probably one of the few things that makes me happy nowadays and honestly your personality is enlightening,keep up the great work man and stay strong
23:18 Mate, ya can't give Megatron shit for being in his vehicle mode for "10 seconds" when Scourge has been in his vehicle mode for even less time. Besides, Old Megs has been a lorry twice, again in AoE, so that's epic too.
Love the core class size figues. The closest in terms of engineering we've had that I can remember were the TF Prime era Cyberverse Commander class figures which had engineering rivaling their Deluxe and Voyager counterparts
I'd also like to add that Wheeljack (Pablo) wasn't the original radio broadcast van-former. Good ol' Energon Towline wore it first. 😆 Ey, ey? Remember that classic? (Technically, Animated Soundwave is nestled in between.)
I keep feeling like there was some last minute change or something with the film that shifted Mirage to the main protag bot instead of bumblebee cus there's just... barely any Mirage merch out there. Hell, his Funko Pop has a completely different head that looks nothing like the film lol.
SS bee and Scourge is 2 of the best figures I’ve gotten all year and possible the best and cleanest SS figures I’ve ever had. I think they’re even better than the 86 stuff.
I wonder if the reason Hasbro left Mirage out of this gift box is how his toys were obviously based on early scrapped concept art. I mean, I know you established here that SS 2018 Bumblebee had the same issue to s degree, and Scourge appears to as well, but SS ROTB Mirage is very blatantly just a completely different guy. "Studio Series Mirage was The Imposter"
I saw that automorph prime at the beginning of one of Toy Guy's reviews and I wanted to know moar. That thing is so neat, I would have loved at as a kid.
I still think this promo set should had come with all 4 ROTB "Core" Series Maximals; both Deluxe Cheetor and Airazor along Voyager Optimus Primal and Rhinox.
Had to rewind because I missed a full ten seconds laughing when Thew said "...and I will make the decision when I want feet in my mouth, thank you very much." LOL X 10, literally. Also, that Skullcruncher with Primal isn't a robot-crocodile-guy, it's just some poor swamp crocodile that Primal decided to body-slam onto his noggin like a confused and concussed Bane from the Batman movie so that Primal could wear Skullcruncher like a hat. It's a maximal version of the coonskin cap.
Well, considering that the Studio Series has just expanded into Commander Class with the introduction of '86 Ultra Magnus, I'd say a Commander Class Stratosphere doesn't sound too out of the question.
I loved Rise of beasts, the little bit at the end made me so excited.....though i wish they had gone with 'Special Counter-terrorism Unit Delta' but i understand why they didnt.
You can tilt the titty headlights on the studio series 100 bumblebee so it’s not as flat. So glad I found the variant with the extra gray paint around the eyes, because that yellow upper face with the blue eyes doesn’t work
0:02 I’m embarrassed I only just recently realized the “Dammit, open” in the title is a reference to Ultra Magnus and his inability to light their darkest hour.
😂 my friend and I looked at each other during the Mirage chase "those cops just died!" Haha but it's a cool chase so the movie just keeps going really the cops and the security guard doing their jobs got taken out for no good reason other then showing up to work that evening
Great video! I watched it during dinner and now I'm having an energy crash. Which sounds like it ought to be a Transformers gimmick: Energy Crash Optimus Prime or something. Just wanted to share that. Sorry.
I was thinking the same thing about Stratosphere. Would definitely buy a Leader or Titan class version of that character. A great nod to the ROTF toy line. Doubt we’d get anything big enough to put cars in though. But we can hope. Also was it just me or was that the same plane from the last Jurassic Word Film? Probably just copy and pasted the CGI plane model from that film.
My probably unwanted opinion of Rise of The Beasts: I enjoyed it a lot, I had fun watching in the theatre. I'm liking the new vibe the movies are going for.
ROTB Scourge being a mix between his G1 version and RID2001 is pure genius really, it appeals to both fandoms.
agreed, he's perfectly in the middle in a pleasing way
I still prefer him to have an optimus like head
In my opinion this scourge should become the defining version like the version that every version from hear on out should be based on
With hints of Predacon Scourge and Cybertron Scourge
The best of both Scourgeolds
That Bumblebee's one of the more solid versions of the guy in the line, he doesn't feel like he'll fall apart, the quality is good, he's simple in a satisfying way
I saw someone online saying that RoTB Wheeljack should have been Beachcomber and now I can't unsee it.
Also RoTB Mirage was very Prime Smokescreen.
Pretty sure the "'till all are one" line has always been a reference to how sparks all return to Primus, kind of a roboty may god be with you sort of thing.
Yes, but it turning into like a rallying cry for different groups so come together (both literally and metaphorically) is great. It's like how in The Mandalorian "This is the way" is just the pseudo-religious thing they say, but every so often it's used for a big "we stand together" moment.
Not so much in the original TV series, since Primus came from the G1 Marvel comics while the G1 TV series/1986 movie had it’s own creation story for the Transformers, but I definitely agree that in pretty much every series post-G1 it’s probably like a reference to Primus or the Allspark or the like since those parts of the the story have definitely been more adopted across the franchise than the Quintessons.
I always interpreted it as fighting the good fight until everyone is unified instead of being at war with or enslaving each other. Before it became a constant reference because it's a good line, at least.
@@DeamonChocobogives me BSG “So say we all!” vibes.
That can only be true if the line appeared in the G1 comics before it appeared in the show/movie. Primus exists in the G1 comic universe but not the G1 cartoon universe.
The "In shock" scene was NOT in Rise Of The Beasts... apparently it was from an earlier cut where a hologram shows Unicron arriving and the devastation he causes, which makes the human(s) freak out. It was removed so the film wouldn't be so "dark" - hopefully it'll be on the Blu-ray. :)
Man, they really wanted this movie to be a low stakes type deal.
16:29 No one knows what that means, but it's provocative... It gets the people goin'!
Scourge (And Battletrap) is honestly great, takes a lot of classic and standard transformers ideas and puts a slightly new spin on them.
What I do like is that Scourges transformation has the nods to different versions of the character as well....The shoulders forming the front of the alt mode is very RiD 2001 Scourge/G2 Prime and the backpack wrapping around to form the sides is a little like the G1 shellformer without being a shellformer itself.
.....Also it can't just be me that thinks you could get a decent Shockwave out of the Scourge mold.
It bothers me that this is the first time I've heard of somebody saying it would make a good candidate for good ol Shocky...That makes so much sense.
@@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ seriously, take the mad-max grill off, new headsculpt and a new gun-arm attachment and there you go.
The spindly legs are even a callback to the G1 toy.
@@ReallyTwistedHumor I can already envision it right now. Immediately when I read your comment I had this "bingo" moment, things just made so much sense.
@@_s-p-e-c-t-r-a_music_ obviously keep the knife arm thing though....He had one in DotM, so in the spirit of Thew we'll call it a "Michael Bay-onet"
You can actually remove Scourge's grill chains, revealing more badges, including what seems to be Wrecker and Terrorcon!
I fell off Transformers for a while but now that im falling back into the hobby its great to see you still doing your thing bringing so much laughter to my face. Absolutely love the Bumblebee mask Sleep Token moment. Keep being you man, love your stuff and thanks for making my day ❤️ 😊🤘
I want a buildup to Megatron. Were getting increasingly bigger threats and the finale has to be megs.
As someone who is currently on holiday in Manchester at the moment, I can confirm it is very warm right now in the UK.
I really love the Studio Series ROTB Bee cuz he got those squat bumble proportions that no Bee figure from the 2018 movie were able to achieve. He's also a brighter yellow as oppose to the amber yellow that is more like a bayverse thing.
Studio Series ROTB Scourge is a bit underwhelming in truck cuz it's a bit hollow and doesn't compress at all. Not as bad SS DOTM Megatron's truck mode tho. But Scourge's robot mode is pretty awesome even tho it's based on an earlier design. I may prefer it tho cuz he comes menacingly creepy.
Dunno if it was the way you said it or what but "Did you beat Bumblebee face angel weapon?" cracked me up. Your vids are always a delight, your enthusiasm and cheerfulness are always infectious.
I highly recommend just throwing the instructions for scourge in the trash and looking at some reviews to get the hang of it. I found them to be completely incomprehensible. After seeing a reviewer do the transformation in real time and applying what I saw, it became so much easier and made me enjoy the figure that much more.
The ROTB toyline is something else, man...I really recommend the Beast Weaponizers, Primal and Prime are super fun and each comes with a little pet!
I think you did Scourge’s alt mode better than what the instructions say lol
I absolutely loved the movie! And these figures look awesome! Great video Thew and was fun to have fun with someone else over the new flick
Always fun to see Thew puttering about with Transformers :)
That Scourge toy's head is giving me Lord Humungus vibes from Mad Max 2. Weirdly long neck.
If that was a SPACED reference at 24:12 then my already high opinion of you just went up a notch. Great video, thank you.
That scene where Arcee waves at Alana(?) was indeed cut- about 25-30 minutes of footage were cut from the filn including a fight scene between Optimus and a Decepticon bus called Transit, which takes place in the bus yard he pulls up through when he meets Noah
Singing songs while wearing the Bee mask was very fitting for the character. Lol
So this entire box has been nothing but straight hits to Thew? He's loved every single one of these.
I didn’t expect the opening of this video was Thew spanking the money for 5 minutes
I love that all the badges on scourges body included predicon badges, and a version of the wreckers and the elite guard insignias
Yeah there was a load of stuff they cut out of the final film, Optimus was supposed to have a whole ass battle sequence with Transit, but the whole scene and Transit himself got cut out as well. It's a shame cuz I would've loved to see that.
The fact that both Bumblebee and ROTB had to change their openings due to test audiences
They’re terrified of making these movies long enough for mainstream audiences to have a problem with after some of the latter Bayverse slogs, we’ll probably have to wait until more mainstream trust is re-earned by the new movies to get longer films
@@Cdr2002 good point
That smash changer looks like buckets of fun!
I cracked up when you did the “Oh you finished the game, did you? But did you beat Bumblebee Face Angel Weapon?!” bit
7:44 Wasn't in the film in the same bit of a scene of Optimus in a Bus depot (Transit battle scene). Apparent that scene was when Airazor project a hologram when her homeworld got invade by Scourge and Unicron and she then shows a large hologram of Unicron gonna to devour Earth from above.
I suspect that the toy designers didn't get the memo that Bumblebee is a side character in this movie and Mirage is the main.
That smash changer Primal is more engaging than it has any right to be. Something about the steps and all at once options is pure happy juice.
Has anyone yet pointed out that Core Arcee's gun is her kickstand?
Also, her back wheel really doesn't want to spin, but if you cut off all the pegs, it works way better. The long thin peg in the wheel arch does plenty to hold it together.
ROTB Scourge is pretty much a conceptual mish-mash of G1 and RID'01 Scourges, with a bit of Tarn thrown in.
Studio Series 100 Bumblebee is my favorite Transformer I've gotten in a while. He was a birthday present from my younger siblings along with Terrircon Freezer after I'd had a rough week and wasn't expecting anything. It also helps that he's a really good figure.
As a poor kid who grew up to be a tightwad, Core Class is my favorite
Also, great for folks with limited space
I could definitely see a crew of Orks riding Scourge "ER WE GO, ER WE GO"
6:39 Volcanic Climax, that’s a good band name
20:38 this is my problem with fanon and headcanons in general. When people allow them to replace actual canon in their mind and get mad that the source "isn't following what's supposed to happen"
Thews positive and uplifting toy reviews
Scourge gives me some animated lockdown vibes
Rise of the beast was a awesome movie and the popcorn bucket was worth it
Clicking Like right at the start of the video. Thank you Thew! For training us well! :)
There was tons of trailer shots that were removed from the movie. A lot of stuff was cut
The most speculation I saw going around about Scourge was that he was Optimus from the Bayverse movies turned evil and brought into this new rebooted universe.
Thank you thew,I've been going through a lot lately and everyone else seems to say it so I feel I should too,thanks for just being a great guy and loving transformers with us, transformers is probably one of the few things that makes me happy nowadays and honestly your personality is enlightening,keep up the great work man and stay strong
I cackled at the Sleep Token reference in the Bee mask , lol
Scourge is the truck from Jeepers Creepers. Love it.
23:18 Mate, ya can't give Megatron shit for being in his vehicle mode for "10 seconds" when Scourge has been in his vehicle mode for even less time.
Besides, Old Megs has been a lorry twice, again in AoE, so that's epic too.
"It felt like the first time "Til All Are One" meant something!"
Metroplex: *ma- robotly single tear*
a lot of scenes from the movie were cut out sadly :/ that scene with arcee going "hello :)" unfortunately was one of the scenes
Hope we get a figure of Unicron for this movie later on
Love the core class size figues. The closest in terms of engineering we've had that I can remember were the TF Prime era Cyberverse Commander class figures which had engineering rivaling their Deluxe and Voyager counterparts
20:41 thank you!!! Pre movie speculation is such a waste
Arcee gun acts as the bike stand
I appreciate the Sleep Token reference.
I'd also like to add that Wheeljack (Pablo) wasn't the original radio broadcast van-former. Good ol' Energon Towline wore it first. 😆 Ey, ey? Remember that classic? (Technically, Animated Soundwave is nestled in between.)
Scourge is giving me Animated Lockdown vibes
I wish SS Scourge's arms were a bit longer. The could've used some of that truck kibble on his back for the arm transformation.
If we wear the transforming masks does thay make the toy a Headmaster?
If Smash Changers Primal doesn't put a genuine grin on your face, you can't be my bestie.
Thew casually singing Sleep Token. Thew Adams is Vessel confirmed.
I keep feeling like there was some last minute change or something with the film that shifted Mirage to the main protag bot instead of bumblebee cus there's just... barely any Mirage merch out there. Hell, his Funko Pop has a completely different head that looks nothing like the film lol.
SS bee and Scourge is 2 of the best figures I’ve gotten all year and possible the best and cleanest SS figures I’ve ever had. I think they’re even better than the 86 stuff.
I wonder if the reason Hasbro left Mirage out of this gift box is how his toys were obviously based on early scrapped concept art. I mean, I know you established here that SS 2018 Bumblebee had the same issue to s degree, and Scourge appears to as well, but SS ROTB Mirage is very blatantly just a completely different guy. "Studio Series Mirage was The Imposter"
While I don't see the rid reference, unicron's minions felt like energon minions
The Arcee scene is not in the movie, I think they changed it up because by that point Elena had come to terms with the Autobots.
I saw that automorph prime at the beginning of one of Toy Guy's reviews and I wanted to know moar. That thing is so neat, I would have loved at as a kid.
It would’ve been insane if we got Cop Killer on the soundtrack for the chase scene but alas, Body Count’s a West Coast band.
I still think this promo set should had come with all 4 ROTB "Core" Series Maximals; both Deluxe Cheetor and Airazor along Voyager Optimus Primal and Rhinox.
Had to rewind because I missed a full ten seconds laughing when Thew said "...and I will make the decision when I want feet in my mouth, thank you very much." LOL X 10, literally.
Also, that Skullcruncher with Primal isn't a robot-crocodile-guy, it's just some poor swamp crocodile that Primal decided to body-slam onto his noggin like a confused and concussed Bane from the Batman movie so that Primal could wear Skullcruncher like a hat. It's a maximal version of the coonskin cap.
A Scourge mask would make the most sense. Some real MF DOOM vibes right there.
Twisted Metal World Tour was my favourite of the series.
"What a load of silly b****cks!", my one sentence review of any Michael Bay Transformers movie.
Smack that money! That got me 😂
Thew, I’ve been waiting for your ROTB review since I walked out the theatre… hell since before that. Can’t wait!
So jealous. I need to get myself a Scourge
Place a bottle of frozen water in front of the fan. Works like a charm.
yknow I once played bass for upgrade alligator
The Bumblebee mask suits Thew, I think.
Well, considering that the Studio Series has just expanded into Commander Class with the introduction of '86 Ultra Magnus, I'd say a Commander Class Stratosphere doesn't sound too out of the question.
I loved Rise of beasts, the little bit at the end made me so excited.....though i wish they had gone with 'Special Counter-terrorism Unit Delta' but i understand why they didnt.
Tbh core class removes what a small figure should be. It's 15-20 bucks with decent engineering. Legends used to be 2-5 bucks.
You gotta wear that bee mask at TFN!
You can tilt the titty headlights on the studio series 100 bumblebee so it’s not as flat. So glad I found the variant with the extra gray paint around the eyes, because that yellow upper face with the blue eyes doesn’t work
“No one is going to look at that and think it is a normal car.” Thew, my friend, you have never been to the Southern United States.
Core class is weird because there are some really good ones and then there's Sludge
Core, that's brill!
0:02 I’m embarrassed I only just recently realized the “Dammit, open” in the title is a reference to Ultra Magnus and his inability to light their darkest hour.
Hope you have a lovely day today, Thew.
Take care.
I'm surprised you haven't gotten any other SS bees. I have dotm and he is soo awesome
I'm waiting for commander class stratosphere he will go great with the rotf one
😂 my friend and I looked at each other during the Mirage chase "those cops just died!" Haha but it's a cool chase so the movie just keeps going really the cops and the security guard doing their jobs got taken out for no good reason other then showing up to work that evening
Great video! I watched it during dinner and now I'm having an energy crash. Which sounds like it ought to be a Transformers gimmick: Energy Crash Optimus Prime or something.
Just wanted to share that. Sorry.
Hasbro supplying thew with bumblebee brouhaha materials
12:40 I wanna hear the full song!
I don't think that Arcee scene was in the movie yeah
I was thinking the same thing about Stratosphere. Would definitely buy a Leader or Titan class version of that character. A great nod to the ROTF toy line.
Doubt we’d get anything big enough to put cars in though.
But we can hope.
Also was it just me or was that the same plane from the last Jurassic Word Film? Probably just copy and pasted the CGI plane model from that film.
My probably unwanted opinion of Rise of The Beasts: I enjoyed it a lot, I had fun watching in the theatre. I'm liking the new vibe the movies are going for.
That looks more like a Beast Machines Primal.
Yes. they skipped the the cute Arcee "hey" wave in the movie. I pay close attention to her.
No, Arcee didn't do that little hand gesture in the film