2007 Movie Voyager Optimus Prime: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 255
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In the first instalment of #Baypril, we exhume a charming old piece of garbage (charbage) and heap way more praise on it than it deserves.
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That fake driver gimmick is actually from the comics, where Optimus has a holo driver which is styled after Peter Cullen himself
It shows up in the cartoons too.
@@MadcapMachinations No it hasn't?
@@ChomeDome They do the holo-driver thing sometimes in Animated. Prowl definitely does when Bumblebee calls him out on how obvious a driverless motorbike is.
@@manjackson2772 None of those characters mentioned are called Optimus.
@@ChomeDome That was the one example I can think of. I also remember the episode where they were all downloaded into cyberspace and took human forms, and Prowl's form was that of his driver, so I assume that means they can all do it.
Holo-drivers were also a thing in the movies generally. I don't know if Optimus did it but Blackout and Arcee certainly did.
The “doo-dee-doo” set to Optimus Prime’s speech with “What I’ve done” in the background?
Perfection.
DOOOOOOOOODEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Had this guy back in the day when all I had to worry about was getting grounded for bad grades. So nostalgic!
now I get grounded for murder and tax evasion 😐
With the last couple videos I feel it’s fare to say we’re in a golden age of Thew content.
Thank you mate! 💪
@@toygrind and we'll all feel dumb for calling it that in about 5 years😂
When prime wars thew is done and siege thew begins and his content gets 10000% better........ which at this point I didn't know was possible being the literal best shit ever!!!!!
I not ashamed to admit that I literally laughed out loud at "Baypril"... just brilliant...
And next month is... Bay.
Don’t worry about Optimus’s droopy foot. He’s just pointing to the viewer where to like and subscribe lol
Primus' sake, you are SPOILING us recently with these reviews!
And this is the first Prime I got from my Grandmother when I was 7 RIP Grandma 🥲
@@NeonGundamG1 ouch. Sorry about your loss, mate.
"40 quid and the best Christmas ever, or £3.50 and a kick in the dick". That made me chuckle much harder than it probably should have.
I missed out on this figure the first time and ended up picking up the even sillier Shanghai deco in RoTF with its muted colors and ostentatious gold kanji tattoos. It's still probably one of the neatest movie Primes just on the grounds of *being a fun toy*, and the tiny hologram cowboy is definitely one of my favorite features.
That friggin' Optimus doo-dee-doo had me rolling XD I'm looking forward to more Baypril
Had me grinning the entire time Thew, I’m glad there are people like you in the world who get what it’s all about.
'05 to 2010 was a magically fun time for Transformers, so many toys that were just great to play with!
I know right? I recently bought a ROTF Legends Devastator and he's great. I love that era, there was such a weird mishmash of out-there weirdness.
My thoughts on this toy can be summarized as "it's not a toy I'll display but a toy I'll play with." I had this on my desk for months and transformed countless times while the ROTF leader sits on a shelf after 1 flailed transformation attempt. 😂
I’d love for you to keep the 07 movie toy reviews going, some real gems hidden in that line
You know, I think that in hindsight my issue with Bayformers wasn’t that they changed a bunch of stuff and it’s different now. I remember really liking Transformers 07 when I was fifteen, before I grew a brain that could recognize the presence of misogyny and bad writing, dragging my mom to every Target we could find in a desperate attempt to find the Robo Vision version of this mold because I didn’t know this figure existed.
In retrospect, my beef with Bayformers is that the film version of a thing is always the most culturally dominant, and it broke my heart to see a franchise I loved that was so full of earnest heart and fun and joy and silliness being defined in the wider pop culture by an angry, obnoxious thing that knows no love, only fast cars, military fetishism, rampant sexism, and masculine insecurity. That’s the face of Transformers, is it? Mad respect to those who can still find something to like in it, but I’m happy to see the back of those films. That’s part of why I adore Bumblebee to this day; it’s an earnest film that treats its female protagonist well and pretty obviously loves Transformers.
TF 2007 and ROTF are guilty pleasures for me, but I have to agree. I don't like how the Transformers most people know are these films most people find obnoxious with very brutal versions of characters that usually aren't that and way too much love for the US military.
And the fact the first 3 are just feature length Chevy commercials
@@hardsellcomixreviews7514 I mean, The Transformers: The Movie was a feature-length commercial for the 1986 Transformers toyline, let's not kid ourselves here.
@@benreilly9513 and yet it is a better movie maybe because it was an ad for one thing the toys not also a car brand
The truck grill shot had me thinking Thrust was about to get it
I love the disappearing driver gimmick. That is so cool. It would be worth it just for that.
Legit sang along for the ending there, sad that you didn't do a continuation during the credits, left me hanging at "To cross out what I've become." Come on 😂
RIP Chester you will be remembered by us✌️
Dear PRIMUS... The level of nostalgia is over 9000 with this one. (Especially for a guy who's first ever transformers figure, was exacly THIS Prime).
Those 07 toys were a wild bag, I remember fondly the style of repaints that followed that weren't necessarily new characters but just cool colour scheme, like Desert Brawl, or jungle mission Bonecrusher. Great optional variants for fun figures.
Oh man, I never owned this toy, but I still feel nostalgic for it.
hahaha same! I never got it because even for me back then that was too much of a backpack on a figure, but man, I like looking at it now in pics and videos.
The only bayverse toy I had as a kid was goddamn camshaft (The "swindle but an autobot" repaint) and I still sometimes feel nostalgia for the other toys.
Same. My 07 collection consists of... 74 BB, Ratchet, and a few of the C-listers
But this Optimus stuck in my brain over the years despite never even handling it once.
I never had this toy but as Thew said, getting leader Optimus Prime at 5 years old was indeed, best Christmas ever. Even if I could never transform it.
It's always a party when Thew uploads! Thanks for doing what you do dude! Also, nice shirt!
Hey Thew. It's been legitimately one of the worst weeks of my life, and I just wanted to thank you for helping me get through it. A new review at the end of it was exactly the gift I needed. Thank you funny internet toy man.
Being absolutely oblivious to this figure, when you turned it around to show the back pack, my jaw quite literally dropped.
Prime Flavoured Fingernails? Amazing work.
I only got Optimus and Starscream from this line, and I loved both. They are now with a friend who has a great collection.
07 lleader prime is amazing for harassing you with sounds whenever you touch it, and on the night watch version all the leds were behind black opaque plastic, oh hasbro!
2007 Mainline figures were crazy chaotic.
Extra detail! The lil dude in the driver’s seat is supposed to be a tiny Peter Cullen! Apparently he likes cowboy hats
I actually have this model I have the redeco for Revenge of the Fallen and I find the figure enjoyable. It has that early movie charm that we don’t get anymore.
This is a phenomenal toy, a friend had the ROTF repaint and I've tried getting my own ever since then but I never find one in good enough shape, it kicks accuracy to the curb and just goes for sheer playability, I love it.
Glad to see transformers reviews that aren't an ass blasting of negativity exist. So many people pick things apart and scrutinize every last detail as if they don't even like Transformers. TL;DR your continuous positivity is very much appreciated and refreshing 👍
In 2007 all I got was some legends decepticons. I was 7 and Bionicle was my main thing. But I kinda want one of these. Partly because it is so... wrong. My very grown up 23 year old sensibilities love weird and strange and silly things. I'd also just love to get more old movie toys, the things I never had.
I listened to this while I fixed my Voyager Prime! His head snapped off a few nights back and I did an easy fix while I enjoyed your video!
The orginal movie toys are something I should get into. Only had Studio Series and Masterpiece ones. Well, apart from the DOTM Megatron I got from you. I like that one.
Oh hey, this was my brother's first Optimus! Screen accuracy can jog on, he and I loved this figure.
ThatToyGuy pointed out that, while not 07 accurate, the transformation is actually quite accurate to the DOTM hangar transformations where the legs form out of the cab.
Happy Easter Thew! I have to say I've always loved the little driver guy (who is actually designed to look like a soft-focus Peter Cullen) and the cool smokestack guns. The robot mode is what made me decide against it in the end, but maybe it's worth checking one out. It got rereleased and recolored so many times it's super easy to find SOME version of it. My favorite was the Battle Blades Optimus, with its movie-accurate design, lovely Voyager scale, Matrix of Leadership, and sick nasty wrist swords.
The built-in comic-accurate holomatter avatar sold me on this thing.
I am here for these shorter reviews released more frequently. Your larger, sprawling reviews on a set topic or theme are great fun, but sometimes it's fine to settle down and say "Cor, look at this random fella".
Happy and snappy. Looking forward to the rest of Baypril.
VERY much appreciate the optimus themed nail paint
The best Thew reviews have him meeting your own energy gushing over the best qualities of your fav toys.
You always manage to successfully hype up the weirdest figures and I love it.
Primes right foot is driving me crazy 😂 God knows how you got through it!!!!
I have the First Strike version of this mold, The Truck mode is really giving me MASK vibes.
-- despite the figure's backpackssues I really love that it has a mini peter cullen-isshhh driver.
It really does look like a repainted Rhino. I was delighted that the smokestacks kind of do the same thing as Rhino's, even
E: wait it actually is the same truck mode as Rhino
This was the figure that got me back into collecting.
ah yes, the switch-over from cybertron to '07 movie:
The moment 7-year-old me found out that change is the only constant in life, whether we like it or not.
(classics flew under my radar at the time).
The first strike Optimus prime repaint of this mold is probably my favorite optimus truck of all time
Man, I forgot what an absolute banger this was. I couldn’t afford the Leader Class as a broke student so this WAS my movie Prime.
I found the 2 pack with bonecrusher in a mall and I swear I was gonna cry cuz this Prime and that deluxe bonecrusher were my favorite toys as a kid, always brought them everywhere rather it was the park, beach or hell even school. Love this optimus forever
Right there with you, Thew. Never owned this guy when he was new, and a couple years back, someone threw him in with a box of figures I had bought off them. I was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed him.
The disappearing truck driver is such a stupidly cool gimmick. Was it worth sacrificing basically a whole third of the truck for?
....god, it might be, actually.
Happy Easter Everyone! Can't wait to start the celebration with one of my favorite toys of my childhood! 😁
Thanks Thew. Now this thing will blow up in price, and everybody’s gonna fight over it. On another note Thew really knows how to make something that looks like crap, sound like the greatest thing to bless the earth. This man has made me get my hands on so many figs and put many more on my want list.
It's because of him I got MPM-3 Bumblebee and Energon Tow-Line.
I had the RotF repaint of this guy when I was nine and I absolutely loved it as a kid.
As a 19 year old, I speak for everyone when I say we are all 40.
I always wanted that toy when I was a kid and every time I see it I remember how much I wanted it
I would love to see a video explaining how you choose what to review, cause you are ALL OVER THE PLACE. and I love it
It's literally: I do what I want 😁
Man, it's so genuinely nice to see a Bay toy review without a chunk dedicated to hate. This is the kind of stuff and the vibe I grew to love from you and I'm down for this ride.
I have this one in my collection since I was a small child.
I do have the SS 05 optimus, but man, that little guy just doesn't have the same presence my 2007 optimus has in my display.
Dude, please do a full acapella version of "What I've Done", that was way too entertaining 😆
Also, back in the day I absolutely loved this more than the Leader. It was just overall more playable due to the size in my opinion.
Regarding the truck: Takara Tomy evidently based the design of the truck on a Kenworth W900, a different truck to the Peterbilt 379 that was used in the first 3 movies. For some reason, Takara Tomy made sure to mention this (wrong) truck brand in Japanese figure preview magazines at the time.
Baypril rolling over into the Bonth of Bay.
the design is a transition from the simple shapes of the Unicron Trilogy toys to the over-complicated jagged shapes with layers of the Bay movie toys, an in-between evolutionary stage.
I had the ROTF version of this growing up, and I loved it just as much as the Leader ROTF and Allspark Power Nightwatch versions. Say what you want about those older toys: they rarely did the same thing twice.
Can't wait until the 2007 line inevitably gets "Vintage" Anniversary releases in some anniversary in an interval of 5.
It's been 15 years, that's pretty long.
That scene with the police officer was awesome 🤣🤣
A Thew upload with a bayverse mini series? Couldnt get better
4:19 - "Midnight Express can press a button and, yes, the yellow thing will fling like a wing! And the Captain goes "Boo!"and my name's Thew. Chiminy-chim-chim-charoo!" - "Rail Racer - Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 65" which turned 13 in the year this video was uploaded.
I had this mold which was the ROTF NEST Defender Optimus Prime and didn't know it was just a repaint of the original 07 Voyager.
Man, 07 prime is design so cool
"Am I making these for anyone but me at this point?" Even if you were, more power to you on it. Your perspectives are always very refreshing. While there's room for criticizing a toy's accuracy to its source material and, "serious," jabs at parts counts, paint job, articulation, and the like - which you have done before, in fairness, and likely will do in the future - there's equally as much room to appreciate the toy for what it is, be it charmingly dumpy or weirdly executed. You've helped me appreciated things like Armada a lot more. Your videos are, overall, refreshingly light and easy to appreciate, even if you aren't a toy person (and for a while, I wasn't) because they're legitimately funny and extremely clever.
i picked up the premium version from a thrift store and man i reminded me of how much i loved this toy as a young lad. also found the leader megatron and optimus prime neither of which i got but i see why those are still strong.
This was a toy from my childhood. That truck front backpack brings me back
You earned a Like with "Baypril" and it went up from there!
love the "built-in movie scene" - that's definitely how would play with a toy XD
Month long minis! I’m certainly down for that!
Got really excited for a second because I think the movie Skywarp shown at 1:39 might be the one I sent almost 4 years ago! (jesus I'm getting old) Though I don't know if it is, but if so, I hope he get's featured in this miniseries as my "broken" contribution to the Skywarp shelf.
Lovely as usual! Still have a copy of this lad, loved 'em since I was a kid.
I had this one when I was a kid. It was always cool to me when he transformed he had a driver in the cab
It looks like it was designed using a police sketch based on the account of some shaken witness of the final battle of the movie, and I love it all the more for it!
I dunno about "Maypril" when "Mayverse Malaise" is on the table, but I'm definitely sticking around for the REST of the concert!
It's more like they went for the OTHER transformation on the highway in the movie vs Bonecrusher. Like prime is just driving along and he just seems to disintegrate into long thin strands of cybertronian spaghetti. Thats what the rear flipover reminds me of.
I had the ROTF Shanghai Showdown repaint growing up, but now his left shin falls off every time I transform him.
This is still one of the better movie Primes. He's not accurate, but then none of the 2007 designs really were. He strikes the right balance of looking good and being fun.
re: the transformation, there's a bit in ROTF where his legs unfold from the truck exactly like that, like they saw the toy and went yeah alright that's how he works
“Pick a hill!” Had me proper laughing.
I had this dude for a long time a while back
Fun fact: the leg transformation on this guy are actually decently accurate to how prime transformed in the movies
The ROTF redeco was my very first Optimus Prime.
Now I have 40.
I really kinda wish we could go back to toys like this. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that we're getting more accurate representations of the characters, but... There's something appealing about these "close enough" takes on the characters. Like, the fact it's a toy takes priority over accuracy, and the end result is just a fun figure to mess with. No fiddly bits and tiny moving pieces. Just big slabs of shifting robot chunk. Love it.
I enjoy Thew's nail polish, as I have come to appreciate the nail polish worn by all nice people
Always knocking out great entertainment with something I love. I blame you for me adding a Skywarp to my collection.
I've had this figure for 15 years and never knew about the disappearing driver gimmick.
I'm all for this look back at the 2000s jank!
I’m just now noticing that the nails usually fit the theme!!! Prmius
Thank you for the great video, I got my appendix removed at the time of this release at watching it after surgery made it just that much more bearable.
If this bleeds into may you can call it
Mayverse
I was not sold on the month concept until I saw the intro vid, 10/10
I want more. These are before my time.