I actually really like Tidal Wave’s face, with his possibly unintentional mustache and “beard” strongly resembling the facial hair of a seasoned naval commander [as for the landing craft, I ended up purchasing some 5mm rods, cutting two smaller pegs, and inserting them into the back two screw holes to help it hold together]
@@PerspectiveEnd Do you think Hasbro is EVIL enough to pack just a purple torso with the inevitable green version so you have to get both versions to get a scale accurate purple Tidalwave
It's weird how the biggest toys of the line this year were guys who split into 3 things that all combine into a monstrous thing, but I'm down with it lol
Holy moly that green version of him looked fantastic! I might have to double dip on this figure if that does come to fruition one day. Still like this version since I'm all about toon accuracy, but the green one as a kid always was eye candy to me and gosh, I might want him in that color too.
My favorite feature of this Tidal Wave is that he floats pretty well in the water (yes, I took my titan Tidal Wave to a public pool.) Both the normal and mini dark fleets float and the Space-battlecarrier floats.
Great figure. Speaking of gaps, I don’t get why there couldn’t have been a flap to cover the back, which clearly has a smaller version of himself stored inside.
Tidal Wave, the ultimate Battleship boardgame player and warship piece on the board. I never played the Transformers Armada videogame, but I have seen gameplay of the huge Tidal Wave boss fight. I mainly remember the big guy from the Armada show, and I remembered how excited I was as a kid when he appeared. First in space in his giant space battleship mode, then fought the Autobots on the ocean shore, and then he transformed into the huge Decepticon and floated in the air, firing blast after blast from his blast turrets chest. But I wasn't really a fan of him doing the weaponizer gimmick with Megatron/Galvatron, as he was just too big compared to the avenge size Transformers. Yes I heard of mass shifting, but I still just didn't like the weaponizing idea. Same with this new base mode. I never had the original Armada toy, so I glad that I was able to get this Legacy United version. -Looking forward to Tidal Waves repaints in his toy/game colors, and in the Energon show colors. If Hasbro reuses his toy.
Great review PerspectiveEnd!!! I agree that the legs not pegging together to form the landing craft is one of the worst aspects of this figure. I wonder if we will get a Generations Selects Energon Tidal Wave? Also, TIDAL WAVE, TIDAL WAVE!!! Keep on being amazing.
Decided I needed the Legacy Cybertron Starscream. Compared to the original 3 Cybertron Starscreams I have... It sucks. The 3 Cybertron Starscreams transform like fine wine. The Legacy Cybertron Starscream transforms like expired milk.
Yeah, people actually got mad at me for that Review because I was being unfair, but I was like "My guys, have you handled this thing. It's just not made right."
I don't believe them when they say that. This is Smaller than the Nemesis, it's less complicated than the nemesis, it poses worse than the Nemesis. If it's Budget, then why did the budget clearly drop between the two of them.
I can't WAIT to get this figure. I loved Tidal Wave and I'm so glad they made the CORRECT choice in making him a titan, as Primus intended. His game boss fight was glorious and as a transformer that transforms into a giant aircraft carrier he SHOULD be big enough for the cons to use like a battleship. Imagine the size difference between this guys alt mode and an Earth aircraft carrier or battleship. Those are human size, Tidal Wave would be big enough to have hundreds of cons running around inside of him and a bunch of equipment, he'd be GIGANTIC. I just wish Hasbro would stop forcing a base mode on things. He never transformed into a base. That would be dumb. He isn't G1 Metroplex, stop going out of your way to make a stupid base mode an official mode, especially if it compromises other things.
I'm working on an illustration gig so I finally got some time to catch up. I too hate his hands. They're the kind of bad that everyone working on it must have known it wouldn't land well and decided to do it anyway :/
this reminds me that we don't get enough transformers that turn into aquatic vehicles like we get so many land vehicles, beasts, aircraft or just random piles of junk but how many turn into boats, or submarines, like seaspray is the only one who gets many figures and he's not the most frequently appearing character
I never watched the show past episode 2 but I remember going to my friends house and he had an original tidal wave and I thought it was so cool, so I too have a preference for the green version.
Armada tidal wave did have scenes where he was Titan sized they just struggled with his scale a lot. The epidemic where he arrives in Armada makes him seem huge
Im still impressed how the earthrise seeker mold managed to be no better than a sidegrade to the classics mold. Wait, no I'm not; because it's eartheise. The line whose biggest hilights were a trash retool that took an entire commander class for everyone to finally shut up about, a fragile deluxe reshelled from one made the previous year, and a voyager that broke itself due to hollowness.
I usually don’t go for titans but tidalwave is a really good titan the robot mode is big and imposing then the large battle ship looks great besides the gaps, idk why they didn’t have something to flip out from the skirts to fill those in. My minor gripes are the extra little parts can’t make a mini tidalwave or the combined ship that’s a missed opportunity and no elevator in the arm for his minicon which is also missing, that was such a neat little feature on the original and having a jet for the aircraft also neat
This is the one Titan Class figure that I would actually like to buy. The design is just so cool to me. Out of all the Titans, Tidal Wave seems to have the most effort put into him. He definitively has a lot of paint and color separation, as well as some fun gimmicks. ^^
This is my first, and likely only, titan, and he makes me SO happy. I added a little silicone lube to his knees (mine had that "I will shred myself" tension, and that helped a LOT), but he's otherwise perfect for me. Also, have you seen "Get Smart"? He's basically mecha Great Kalee because of that movie.
9:50 I mean... his size changed like 50 times an episode. Its kinda like how a broken clock is right twice a day. Only in this case, it is much more random. There are multiple frames where he is the same size as the other decepticons.
amazon says mine is arriving today. :) Great video now prepare for my long indepth reviews for the blind on this guy lol. First titan I have gotten in a few years so heres hoping that mine doesnt have the knee problem :) Be well mate and this was a fun video
Thank you so much. I expect that you will mostly love it, but I think that you won't much care for the way the small version of the Battleship is stored, because that pretty easily falls out of his back. Also there are shoes for Armada Megatron Stored in the inside tops of his shins. They are really hard to get out, so when you open them up for transformation, and you feel around up top in there you might think they don't come out, but they do. It's too bad you didn't grab the nemesis. I think you would have loved her.
@@PerspectiveEnd mate i hate to say it but armada tidal wave has been a compleat letdown for me. :( the transformation is lackluster the scaling for the black fleet just pisses me off and that giant negative backpack of a hole in his back should have been covered by a panel. they just phoned this one in. the plastic is amazing and feels like candy in the hand but why is the aircraft carrier smaller and why is it that this, next to cybertron metroplex and the ships -ark n' nemissis-, doesnt scale with everything else. the ark n' nemissis I get because they are a nice set. Cyber Metro I get because he is actually CHUG scale but this one is the outlier. I feel that where other Transformers are getting more complicated, which I love, it seems that the Armada Transformer are getting less complex with every release. Hotshot was complex n' fun, Optimus was the same. Then theres Armada Megs and I am not happy with him either. maybe I am just wanting too much from the engineers at Hasbro. When I am done reviewing this guy I am either going to return it or keep it for a few years and sell it at a higher price. It's not staying in my collection though it makes me very upset to have around. I feel like I wasted my money here
I swear I saw a picture of an upgrade kit that was all gray, but made the tiny tidal wave. not sure who it would have been made by though. legendary video by the way 🤘
Yeah I can 100% see them doing a “gAmeR EdiTiOn” Tidal Wave eventually with the alternate color scheme. Will I get it? Eh, maybe not. The purple on this version looks great as-is, and it’ll look great with my other Armada show stuff. Or my Star Seekers, cause they had a ship in the Aligned novels called the Tidal Wave, which isn’t actually Tidal Wave the guy, cause that totally isn’t confusing at all. And they fought the Nemesis, and I think the Ark, in that novel, so it’d be cool to have a similar fight where they’re all robots, rather than just ships.
When you were first talking about a green Tidal wave I thought you were mentioning the energon version. I like the deco of that toy more tbh I hope they do it too, although a toy accurate version would be cool too.
Ironically, the all purple titan thing was kind of the same issue back then. Too many purple cons on the shelves so thus they made TW green and orange.
Yeah, too expensive and takes too much space for me to even consider. I'm glad you found another winner, though, and if they'd released this guy back when Armada was the current line I would probably have been as all over him as I was the original toy.
It's unfortunate that my only interest in this figure is going to exclusively be in the green repaint (that they apparently want to put in the GAMER EDITION line). Also, I feel like this figure is, with the leg joints for base mode, some slight redesigning away from doing the robot to mega ship transformation that this thing feels incomplete without.
Same, but that's normal. The Green Version from the Game is WAAAAAAY more famous than the Purple one from the actual show. And yeah the basemode is just in the way of the figure being better, it could have so easily just not had partsforming in the transformation.
@@PerspectiveEnd Honestly, I think they'd easily be able to make a full transformation work if they made a version that dropped the kibble-bound megatron gimmick, that whole combination never looked good. Just give us a green boat man with good looking hands, no mini version of himself, and that turns into a big ship directly from robot, as well as the 3 smaller boats.
Tidalwave accessories can combine with the Armada Megatron. My e-mail if you have an issue with Tidalwave, Gears, and Cliffjumper. I have some more room for archiving these pieces of history.
Just remembered that mine is in the BBTS loot pile. Had the OG when I was Kid, Minicon gimmicks was such fun. Wish the lander kept the gimmick because it'd go good with the siege mini bots and core class figures. Also, I gots a bath tub and a Worlds smallest OP that transforms, so que the Vs. Tidal Wave theme (When I probably click to ship in a week or so)
My copy of the landing barge part of tidal wave is able to stay together. Thare is an upgrade kit where the green version is also compatible with legacy armada megatron.
I think the base mode is supposed to be some kind of Power Rangers Water base The legs look like docks for both large and smaller ships, while the rest is a lookout tower and takeoff zones for planes
"What if Easter Island stood up and also was a muppet" 😂 What did you dislike about Earthrise Scorponok? I remember you saying you weren't gonna pick it up ages ago. I got it when it was restocked during Kingdom, and I really love it. It's also surprisingly clean looking due to the way the stinger folds up into a small (relative to his size) backpack. Good articulation, holds its poses well. It's a massive beast for sure, but then so is Omega Supreme. To me he was one of the bright spots in an otherwise pretty bad toyline.
I still really want this figure as my first titan class figure, especially since I have a lot of character affinity for him. And since I love naval history, and I always wanted a transformers figure that transformers into a warship
I mostly know Tidal Wave cuz of the Armada PS2 game that I never played but god damn how they used him was fucking sick scale that son of a bitch for an entire stage only to end up with a boss fight where he's gunning towards you
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The "Please give" won't even be audible by the end of the year
he'll just reset the sound level
@@isuckatusernames4297no, it'll overflow to being at 500% with surround sound
Dogs will hear it and go nuts.
whoa same pfp
@@Alexisme. *insert spider-man meme*
I'm convinced that satan has the designers held captive to make sure that something as good as a mini tidal wave can never happen..
That's also what's keeping Hasbro from giving me my Commander Class DotM Devcon
@@Dummy_israndom I want to see if the mini dark fleet could at least become a mini combined ship.
If you're curious, the "base mode" is suppose to be habour, the asymmetrical piece is a pier.
Tidal wave Tidal wave TiDaL wAvE TIDAL WAVE TIDAL WAVE
Now please yell at takara tomy “chair”
CHAIR.
At least mine came within an alright Starscream figure
I'm baffled that they're releasing that thing on its own.
@@chadderbug7587 watch it be a voyager
Wait what? Why?
Tidal Wave. A Titan that doesn’t take up twice it’s mass on a shelf.
At least in robot mode.
Remember how this guy was doing push ups in PS2 Armada game?
I must say it’s quite impressive for a guy of his size :o
he's not doing push ups he's pushing the earth down
@@ilikepigeons6101 push downs then
It blew my mind when the level I was playing stood up. Everyone should play that game.
They need to remaster all Tf games.
I actually really like Tidal Wave’s face, with his possibly unintentional mustache and “beard” strongly resembling the facial hair of a seasoned naval commander [as for the landing craft, I ended up purchasing some 5mm rods, cutting two smaller pegs, and inserting them into the back two screw holes to help it hold together]
That base mode is Tidal Wave doing yoga in retirement. Transformers have way more advanced positions than most humans do.
"All the Decepticon titans so far have been purple"
Black Zarak: And I took that personally...
Ah yes, the shortie of the titans
And if you go by the show, he's barely a commander.
Yeah, his knees do explode.
That's unfortunate. I've messed with mine a bunch and it's not happened to me yet.
I'm really glad you reviewed this because you're my favourite reviewer and I've been saving up to buy this.
I'm proud you feel that way about me and what keeps me doing stuff like this is how happy it makes you guys.
@@PerspectiveEnd Do you think Hasbro is EVIL enough to pack just a purple torso with the inevitable green version so you have to get both versions to get a scale accurate purple Tidalwave
2:13 tidal wave walking up to someone front doorstep be like
It does look like you are watching him through a peep hole.
Now a Jetfire to combine with Optimus Prime
We need that.
I'm sure that's being worked on.
One that doesn't die in the process lol
2:57 yeah his head is a bearded old man. Back in my day Sonny.
Back in my day sonny, boats with big guns were still viable, and it wasn't all about ship to ship missiles.
It's weird how the biggest toys of the line this year were guys who split into 3 things that all combine into a monstrous thing, but I'm down with it lol
Yeah I thought about mentioning that in the video, but I made it too labored and I cut it.
I'm trying to think who else you mean and I'm drawing a blank. What other 'bots?
@@chrisjones5949 I was referring to Tidal Wave and Magmatron
Amazing timing! I just got this guy yesterday, and my favorite reviewer endorsing it makes me even more excited
I expect you will love it.
@PerspectiveEnd after having fidgeted with him for a couple days, you are absolutely right. You nailed every aspect
3:37 I legit thought that it was just my copy of Armada Megatron that couldn't handle the weight of the "accessories"
Holy moly that green version of him looked fantastic! I might have to double dip on this figure if that does come to fruition one day. Still like this version since I'm all about toon accuracy, but the green one as a kid always was eye candy to me and gosh, I might want him in that color too.
Yes, not only is the Green version his more famous one, but man did it just look better.
I think the base mode is a harbor or bay, and the little grey flap is a dock for smaller ships.
Also what I always saw it as.
Also, hi Nick.
Bro had an animated head design before animated existed😅
Damn I should have made that joke.
0:32 - I've watched a lot of Armada recently and indeed this is very accurate to literally anything he does in the show
They did their utmost to animate him 0% it was weird.
He simply A-poses to assert his dominance over any puny Autobot that dares to challenge him.
I am glad you didn't complain about him being boats who can't go on land, we need more alt modes
Why would I be mad about him not being able to go on land? I didn't complain about that for Cybershark?
My favorite feature of this Tidal Wave is that he floats pretty well in the water (yes, I took my titan Tidal Wave to a public pool.) Both the normal and mini dark fleets float and the Space-battlecarrier floats.
I didn't think that would work out, but cool that it actually does.
Wait seriously? You can actually simulate naval combat with this guy? 😮
lol, I think PE is trying to casually tell us that he dislikes that lil bit sticking out on the leg while in base mode gang, lol.
I might have been a little too subtle about that part, true.
8:02 think of that protrusion as a ship dock. This whole base mode feels a lot better if you imagine it’s at sea. At least it does to me.
_ahem_ *TIDAL WAVE. TIDAL WAVE. TIDAL WAVE.*
T I D A L W A V E A T T A C K
Elegantly put.
Great figure. Speaking of gaps, I don’t get why there couldn’t have been a flap to cover the back, which clearly has a smaller version of himself stored inside.
The gaps weren't there so it could have the Worst Base Mode ever released.
This thing is cool but come on Hasbro I need my mini tidal wave
That massive combined aircraft carrier super-deathship mode alone makes this guy worth it.
That's what I'm saying.
Tidal Wave, the ultimate Battleship boardgame player and warship piece on the board. I never played the Transformers Armada videogame, but I have seen gameplay of the huge Tidal Wave boss fight. I mainly remember the big guy from the Armada show, and I remembered how excited I was as a kid when he appeared. First in space in his giant space battleship mode, then fought the Autobots on the ocean shore, and then he transformed into the huge Decepticon and floated in the air, firing blast after blast from his blast turrets chest. But I wasn't really a fan of him doing the weaponizer gimmick with Megatron/Galvatron, as he was just too big compared to the avenge size Transformers. Yes I heard of mass shifting, but I still just didn't like the weaponizing idea. Same with this new base mode. I never had the original Armada toy, so I glad that I was able to get this Legacy United version.
-Looking forward to Tidal Waves repaints in his toy/game colors, and in the Energon show colors. If Hasbro reuses his toy.
Bloody hell, I had to double check if I changed the speed of the video by accident, lol
You are not the first person who's needed to do that.
One of the figures that take more space in alt mode than in robot mode.
Yeah when your legs don't get much shorter, and then you do a full stretch with your arms, that's when the altmode becomes harder to store.
2:09 he now looks to me like a stand-up bricks. Just like generation 1.
The heck is Stand Up Bricks?
@@PerspectiveEnd he looks like a bunch of square pieces put together like bricks. The shape of his body. Arms legs.
The base mode is a dry dock, careful with the knee's the teeth on the ratchets
are weak due to the springs strength.
I think calling it a Dry Dock is INSANELY generous. Especially when there are no cranes.
@@PerspectiveEnd A couple of modulator earthrise parts on the 5mm ports could fix that, great idea though i’ll see if can implement it on mine.
Great review PerspectiveEnd!!! I agree that the legs not pegging together to form the landing craft is one of the worst aspects of this figure. I wonder if we will get a Generations Selects Energon Tidal Wave? Also, TIDAL WAVE, TIDAL WAVE!!! Keep on being amazing.
Thank you so much.
I take it you have one as well then?
Perhaps we will but I just want a regular green one.
@@PerspectiveEnd You're welcome. I do have Tidal Wave, but I still have him in the box. Hopefully a green PS2 Tidal Wave is in the works.
Decided I needed the Legacy Cybertron Starscream. Compared to the original 3 Cybertron Starscreams I have... It sucks. The 3 Cybertron Starscreams transform like fine wine. The Legacy Cybertron Starscream transforms like expired milk.
Yeah, people actually got mad at me for that Review because I was being unfair, but I was like "My guys, have you handled this thing. It's just not made right."
YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES
Compromise will always lead to corruption. Great video!
Hey man! Feels like it's been so long!
@@PerspectiveEnd Nevertheless I haven't missed a video from yourself ever. Congrats on your current sub count!
The reason why there wasn't a mini robot mode for those parts was because of budget, they admitted they tried but the budget didn't allow it
I don't believe them when they say that. This is Smaller than the Nemesis, it's less complicated than the nemesis, it poses worse than the Nemesis.
If it's Budget, then why did the budget clearly drop between the two of them.
I can't WAIT to get this figure. I loved Tidal Wave and I'm so glad they made the CORRECT choice in making him a titan, as Primus intended. His game boss fight was glorious and as a transformer that transforms into a giant aircraft carrier he SHOULD be big enough for the cons to use like a battleship. Imagine the size difference between this guys alt mode and an Earth aircraft carrier or battleship. Those are human size, Tidal Wave would be big enough to have hundreds of cons running around inside of him and a bunch of equipment, he'd be GIGANTIC.
I just wish Hasbro would stop forcing a base mode on things. He never transformed into a base. That would be dumb. He isn't G1 Metroplex, stop going out of your way to make a stupid base mode an official mode, especially if it compromises other things.
so tital wave move like an early 2010's horror game monster
Wow the thing that made this man go insane is a single ramp in a total nothing base that kids probably made and called it a made mode
I mean can you blame me? Why is there a single asymmetrical ramp that leads to a will, that you have to climb up, and cant roll up?
I never knew the gaps existed in the combined ship mode. I think I usually have the top of the ship mode flipped around.
Huh? Maybe I should try that.
I was wrong. It doesn’t work.
This review was just for me 😁
I'm glad you feel that way.
I'm working on an illustration gig so I finally got some time to catch up. I too hate his hands. They're the kind of bad that everyone working on it must have known it wouldn't land well and decided to do it anyway :/
Hey congrats.
And yeah they compromised this thing so hard in a few ways for gimmicks no one thinks was worth it. Still a fun figure though.
0:32 this sounds like the song from radiohead15 steps 😭😭😭
That is Zynthetic Bled Dry. ruclips.net/video/-YCa37r3t6k/видео.html
If I get this guy, I am blasting Sabaton and giggling like a madman.
He does feel like it goes with him.
Tidal Wave and Nemesis together make the most terrifying Decepticon armada
Praying we get our toy-accurate green Tidal Wave out of this mold.
I agree the hands were really needed individually fingers and wow you really roasted the city mode and to be fair you ain’t wrong lol
I honestly could have gone harder on the base mode.
this reminds me that we don't get enough transformers that turn into aquatic vehicles
like we get so many land vehicles, beasts, aircraft or just random piles of junk but how many turn into boats, or submarines, like seaspray is the only one who gets many figures and he's not the most frequently appearing character
*I would LOVE to se a "Shattered Glass" version of this in Broadside's colors.*
That's a funny idea. Hopefully they'd extend the beard upward to make it a faceplate on that like Broadside had.
I never watched the show past episode 2 but I remember going to my friends house and he had an original tidal wave and I thought it was so cool, so I too have a preference for the green version.
I don't know who wouldn't have a preference for that color scheme?
Armada tidal wave did have scenes where he was Titan sized they just struggled with his scale a lot. The epidemic where he arrives in Armada makes him seem huge
I was gonna say titan class is associated with the base mode gimmick but remembered ark and nemesis had no base mode
Indeed, and they were way better for it. Also did Cybertron Metroplex have a Base Mode?
Im still impressed how the earthrise seeker mold managed to be no better than a sidegrade to the classics mold. Wait, no I'm not; because it's eartheise. The line whose biggest hilights were a trash retool that took an entire commander class for everyone to finally shut up about, a fragile deluxe reshelled from one made the previous year, and a voyager that broke itself due to hollowness.
Tidal Wave truly is the best titan, it will not take more space than it needs, and its joints are some of the best quality ratchets I have ever heard.
I usually don’t go for titans but tidalwave is a really good titan the robot mode is big and imposing then the large battle ship looks great besides the gaps, idk why they didn’t have something to flip out from the skirts to fill those in. My minor gripes are the extra little parts can’t make a mini tidalwave or the combined ship that’s a missed opportunity and no elevator in the arm for his minicon which is also missing, that was such a neat little feature on the original and having a jet for the aircraft also neat
This is the one Titan Class figure that I would actually like to buy. The design is just so cool to me. Out of all the Titans, Tidal Wave seems to have the most effort put into him. He definitively has a lot of paint and color separation, as well as some fun gimmicks. ^^
This is my first, and likely only, titan, and he makes me SO happy. I added a little silicone lube to his knees (mine had that "I will shred myself" tension, and that helped a LOT), but he's otherwise perfect for me.
Also, have you seen "Get Smart"? He's basically mecha Great Kalee because of that movie.
I have but it's been a long time. I also saw the show Get Smart but it's been even longer.
2:53 A Jason and the Argonauts reference? An unxpected yet pleasant surprise.
6:02 HOLLLI SHHIIIIIIIIIIT AN OKAMI REFERENCE
Looks great... we were robbed of small tidal wave
Agreed on both fronts.
9:50 I mean... his size changed like 50 times an episode. Its kinda like how a broken clock is right twice a day. Only in this case, it is much more random. There are multiple frames where he is the same size as the other decepticons.
amazon says mine is arriving today. :) Great video now prepare for my long indepth reviews for the blind on this guy lol. First titan I have gotten in a few years so heres hoping that mine doesnt have the knee problem :) Be well mate and this was a fun video
Thank you so much. I expect that you will mostly love it, but I think that you won't much care for the way the small version of the Battleship is stored, because that pretty easily falls out of his back.
Also there are shoes for Armada Megatron Stored in the inside tops of his shins. They are really hard to get out, so when you open them up for transformation, and you feel around up top in there you might think they don't come out, but they do.
It's too bad you didn't grab the nemesis. I think you would have loved her.
@@PerspectiveEnd mate i hate to say it but armada tidal wave has been a compleat letdown for me. :( the transformation is lackluster the scaling for the black fleet just pisses me off and that giant negative backpack of a hole in his back should have been covered by a panel. they just phoned this one in. the plastic is amazing and feels like candy in the hand but why is the aircraft carrier smaller and why is it that this, next to cybertron metroplex and the ships -ark n' nemissis-, doesnt scale with everything else. the ark n' nemissis I get because they are a nice set. Cyber Metro I get because he is actually CHUG scale but this one is the outlier. I feel that where other Transformers are getting more complicated, which I love, it seems that the Armada Transformer are getting less complex with every release. Hotshot was complex n' fun, Optimus was the same. Then theres Armada Megs and I am not happy with him either. maybe I am just wanting too much from the engineers at Hasbro. When I am done reviewing this guy I am either going to return it or keep it for a few years and sell it at a higher price. It's not staying in my collection though it makes me very upset to have around. I feel like I wasted my money here
I swear I saw a picture of an upgrade kit that was all gray, but made the tiny tidal wave. not sure who it would have been made by though. legendary video by the way 🤘
I'm sure you could still force it, but you'd need to put in way more work than it should have needed.
you know it’s serious when the backdrop changes.
Well you know it's large at least.
@@PerspectiveEnd true
THIS. IS. ARMADA!
Prime part of the serries indeed.
Yeah I can 100% see them doing a “gAmeR EdiTiOn” Tidal Wave eventually with the alternate color scheme.
Will I get it? Eh, maybe not. The purple on this version looks great as-is, and it’ll look great with my other Armada show stuff.
Or my Star Seekers, cause they had a ship in the Aligned novels called the Tidal Wave, which isn’t actually Tidal Wave the guy, cause that totally isn’t confusing at all. And they fought the Nemesis, and I think the Ark, in that novel, so it’d be cool to have a similar fight where they’re all robots, rather than just ships.
They'd be fools not to.
Weird for alien robots to have a Space Ship called Tidal Wave. That's a whole lot of mixed signals.
0:52 Holy crap! Perspectiveend advocating for toy loyalty?
More like Game Loyalty.
Did you see the new tfone trailer? "My finger can transform guess which one"
Awesome video, dude!
The only thing why it’s purple is because it wants to match the show model
Yeah, which is the less famous version of the dude, who was never supposed to be this size in the first place.
Bro looks like he caught a fish this big
I get that Minicons don’t fit into standard Armada figures’ budget but there’s no excuse for a Titan of all things to have a missing element.
Especially when a few figures at this point have come with them.
When you were first talking about a green Tidal wave I thought you were mentioning the energon version. I like the deco of that toy more tbh I hope they do it too, although a toy accurate version would be cool too.
0:32 Bro... I feel acknowledged for why I don't want this figure despite loving armada
Dude had like 1 frame of animation that just got slid across the screen.
@@PerspectiveEnd fr
The zero out of ten soundbite sounds like it is from Rerez.
Really? I don't think it sounds anything like Adam or Shane? Mainly because it's actually Lyle Mcdouchebag, also Known as Lyle Rath now.
Ironically, the all purple titan thing was kind of the same issue back then. Too many purple cons on the shelves so thus they made TW green and orange.
And some how they still fell in the Trap after they so deftly avoided it 20 years ago.
Yeah, too expensive and takes too much space for me to even consider. I'm glad you found another winner, though, and if they'd released this guy back when Armada was the current line I would probably have been as all over him as I was the original toy.
I know what you mean about the space, currently this lives on my floor cause I don't have the shelves for him.
My favorite Titan. I'm down for all the Armada love. Can't wait for Wheeljack
It's unfortunate that my only interest in this figure is going to exclusively be in the green repaint (that they apparently want to put in the GAMER EDITION line). Also, I feel like this figure is, with the leg joints for base mode, some slight redesigning away from doing the robot to mega ship transformation that this thing feels incomplete without.
Same, but that's normal. The Green Version from the Game is WAAAAAAY more famous than the Purple one from the actual show.
And yeah the basemode is just in the way of the figure being better, it could have so easily just not had partsforming in the transformation.
@@PerspectiveEnd Honestly, I think they'd easily be able to make a full transformation work if they made a version that dropped the kibble-bound megatron gimmick, that whole combination never looked good. Just give us a green boat man with good looking hands, no mini version of himself, and that turns into a big ship directly from robot, as well as the 3 smaller boats.
Tidal wave and cybertron metroplex are peak titan class to me
Found him at GameStop last week. Solid man👌
Glad you are enjoying it.
0:42 tidal wave jumpscare
It is intimidating.
Tidalwave accessories can combine with the Armada Megatron. My e-mail if you have an issue with Tidalwave, Gears, and Cliffjumper. I have some more room for archiving these pieces of history.
Just remembered that mine is in the BBTS loot pile. Had the OG when I was Kid, Minicon gimmicks was such fun. Wish the lander kept the gimmick because it'd go good with the siege mini bots and core class figures. Also, I gots a bath tub and a Worlds smallest OP that transforms, so que the Vs. Tidal Wave theme (When I probably click to ship in a week or so)
You mean micromasters?
Minibots are small Deluxes now.
Thanks. I couldn't remember what they were callsed/classified as off of the top of my head. It was micromasters and battlemasters.
I think this might sink in the bathtub.
Rubber Ducky beats the Dark Fleet. Truly a weapon to surpass Metal Gear.
TIDAL WAVE TIDAL WAVE TIDAL WAVE
I remember him ONLY being able to say that, but I guess that's a Mandela Effect.
My copy of the landing barge part of tidal wave is able to stay together. Thare is an upgrade kit where the green version is also compatible with legacy armada megatron.
IM GETTING HIM THIS WEDNEADAY!!
An Ontario that caught almost $400 plus
That's insane.
TIDAL WAVE WIDAL WAVE TIDAL WAVE
I think the base mode is supposed to be some kind of Power Rangers Water base The legs look like docks for both large and smaller ships, while the rest is a lookout tower and takeoff zones for planes
Why is it a Specifically Water Base?
Where are the Take Off Zones for Planes?
"What if Easter Island stood up and also was a muppet" 😂
What did you dislike about Earthrise Scorponok? I remember you saying you weren't gonna pick it up ages ago. I got it when it was restocked during Kingdom, and I really love it. It's also surprisingly clean looking due to the way the stinger folds up into a small (relative to his size) backpack. Good articulation, holds its poses well. It's a massive beast for sure, but then so is Omega Supreme. To me he was one of the bright spots in an otherwise pretty bad toyline.
I still really want this figure as my first titan class figure, especially since I have a lot of character affinity for him. And since I love naval history, and I always wanted a transformers figure that transformers into a warship
I think you will enjoy it a lot. As much hate as I have for the base mode the Robot mode and combined ship mode is great.
@@PerspectiveEnd eh, a bad base mode doesn’t ruin anything, it’s just extra.
But yeah, I will be tracking this figure down
It baffles me how this man is able to EAT for the week with how much he spends on plastic robots
Believe me, I want to spend less. It's painful to spend so much.
I mostly know Tidal Wave cuz of the Armada PS2 game that I never played but god damn how they used him was fucking sick
scale that son of a bitch for an entire stage only to end up with a boss fight where he's gunning towards you
Yeah the game version is the way more famous one. He was so cool in that.
The Yamato would whoop Tidalwaves Three part segmented ASS!
Probably, but I was more referring the actual real life ship.
I've always been kind of indifferent to the Armada designs... but Tidal Wave is Tidel Wave, gotta have one!
Tidal Wave is just a ton of fun. I wish I had one as a Kid, I always wanted one.
I feel bad for passing this one up, but I'm sure my wallet won't.
You've made a wise but unfun decision.