I literally just pre-ordered the box set over at Hasbro Pulse. I passed on the pre-order of the single figures because I knew the repaint was on the way. I had them as a kid and I really wanted the figures in G1 colors. I've watched this review several times and I can't wait to have them in hand.
Suggestion: The other two round shutter pieces can be used in camera mode. One can stay in place behind the lens. The other one can go on top of the camera, in the neck joint of one of the side Reflector bots, to use as the actual shutter button. Looks awesome and helps break up the camera mode top a bit.
FANTASTIC REVIEW CHEFATRON!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Reflector is amazing, I am sure glad that we can make the G1 camera alt, despite having to buy three separate deluxes. :D Keep up the outstanding work you do, Double Thumb's Up. ;D
No wave 3 in my town yet. My stores are really bad at stocking up, I've seen one Walmart have the same stuff for about 6 months. Pretty sad, but nice review!
whoa! really? same thing with Philippine retail lately. the local hasbro importer/distributor has been pumping the market with clearance stuff they got from other hasbro offices in Asia. we have to resort to hobby shops for the latest stuff. thanks, man. i really appreciate it :-)
I finally got them yesterday i love how they look i been playing with them the whole i want the new set saw your other review you did of them they look great too but i like how this set looks with them other parts
I love the look of these, but if Im gonna shell out leader/commander price for a full set I expect more from them. I’ll just stick with my Papa Toys version.
Summer time review light gnats! I hate them. They been flying in through me window from the AC unit. I didn't think I would be able to afford three of these guys so I only ordered one to learn later that it wouldn't be the case that I couldn't afford them....*Regret*
It's a nice figure... but I wish it had a flash piece and shutter button piece like the G1 version came with. I bought the three pack from BigBadToyStore and it comes with the flash and all the extra parts. It's about $75 for the set.
I have them in my pile of loot am just waiting for my Jetfire and Springer to arrive so i could send for them i can't wait for that he looks awesome and the camera mode looks good
Very good review, as usual :). To be honest, I don't find spaceship mode convincing. Soundwave (in my opinion) barely passed as the spaceship but this... It feels like someone just folded robot into plank and said "Look, it's a spaceship!". I wish these were legend class sized and sold in three-packs, but I get it, "Anything worth selling is worth selling thrice". Maybe I'll buy one but three are very unlikely. I think that click on the waist is locking mechanism similar to one on Ironhide - rounded peg and peg hole - rather than ratchet (i had to disassemble my Ironhide because it locked too well, I thought it's glued or something). BTW, it's a sad day today, I've noticed that hinge on my CW Cyclonus (the one just above crotch, which allows combined mode had to swing out of Cyclonus' belly) developed nasty crack (to be exact, it seems that stress mark turned into crack because after stress mark developed there, I've stopped transforming him into torso mode). Gotta find a replacement asap.
There's actually a ViewFinder, Spectro and a SpyGlass version of these guys out there but I don't need it as I own the original G1 Reflector as well. It was a painful purchase I have to say but I love that version alot though..There have been quite alot of 3rd variants of this trio squad but I never really went for it as I was assured that Hasbro would give us an official version. Now there's word that if you buy even more Refraktors, you can combine him(s) into a even bigger bot?!! There's almost unlimited potential in this guy(s) but because of that there's a even more of a mad rush to get these for his fan combiner mode!! Brilliant!!!
The circle lens thing on him only one of them makes him leader because is the middle part of the camera mode and the others two without the circle lens looks like they serve him .
For me the individual vehicle mode is more like a spy satelite and when they combine in a camera they become a superensing device able to look and analyze things miles away, something that fits Refraktor role as spy and information gatherer. Check at TonTon Review's channel, he made a video full of fan modes for the Refraktor trio, their ability to combine themselves in so many different ways make it worth to buy the same figure three times.
Found 2 at 1 store decided to skip and then found 1 at another. I decided to buy and went back to the first store but the 2 were gone. And I’m stuck with one. And it doesn’t make sense to review only 1 figure. Must have 3!
I picked up 3 today at Walmart. I don't collect mainline anymore, but it's cheaper than 3rd party so I made an exception. I never had the g1 toy. The Siege line doesn't really interest me that much.
Yeah it's a lot harder then you think to actually find three of them unless you're there when they open the case. I've only managed to get my my hands on two
i made a mistake. the regular case i believe only has 2 per case. so you'll have to go to another store to get the third one. my bad. but best of luck hunting that third one :-)
@@chefatron The numbers I heard have 3 per case. I think someone got three at one store to make the camera and maybe picked up the 1 to display in robot mode maybe. The rest of the figures there lined up with a full case minus 1
I hope toyhax makes labels for the 3 of them to make them different from each other and hopefully they do it in one set and don't sell you 3 different sets
There are rumors that Hasbro will do some sort of limited release of a 3-pack styled like the G1 toys. But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Toyhax does both an individual sticker set and a G-1 styled set for all 3, that gets released later.... for a hefty fee... but it will still be worth it.
Sucks that they don't have the camera flash module. Meanwhile, one of the ab pieces could go on top to make the shutter button. I hear that Hasbro is planning a box set with all three, in G1 toy colors. Won't matter if the camera is exactly like this without the flash module - they could make it a weapon, too!! (And nope, there's only two of the regular Refraktor per case, which is even dumber) As it is, while it's cool, I would just get either the Mech Fans Toys or Papa Toys oversized KOs of that old PerfectEffect "Scouting Force X" Reflector and have all three for a lot less than the sixty bucks Hasbro wants you to drop for their half-assed camera. (Mech Fans Toys "Camera Brothers" goes from $30-$40, Papa Toys "Camera" goes for like $38-$45.)
John Evans yeah they’re releasing a toy accurate version with all the accessories. i’m not even sure i want to get it. but i probably will. thanks bro, as always :-)
I have the pe 12 version and I showed a relative which is better the version? the one that I have or the new hasbro version shown on a pic? And the answer was the pe 12 version. Especially the camera mode. Saying that it is more realistic. And that the newer hasbro version was ugly. That was the answer I got.
Even though I want to get it anyway. Wish it came with the other two accessories of the camera. Like that little box thing in the middle of the camera along with the flash. Which my relative also said it looked plain and less realistic without.
Just take the camera lens piece off 2 of their fronts and put them in the screw hole on their butts. Fits perfect and is out in the way. Lets you keep that G1-ness and keeps from being identical triplets without leaving parts off to the side. :thumbsup:
Nice review, and I have to say you are dedicated to pick up three! If HasTak puts out a gift set with extra parts, as the rumors are saying, you going to pick it up? Btw, you missed a step on the "ship" mode
@@chefatron it's just a fan mode, but it's possible to peg the extra refraktors to the sides of a central refraktor. the result looks a bit more like a proper space battleship.
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It only took TAKOMBRO., 35 years to come up with a world wide release of this character! Shame all the way around for taking this long to do this character right.
I literally just pre-ordered the box set over at Hasbro Pulse. I passed on the pre-order of the single figures because I knew the repaint was on the way. I had them as a kid and I really wanted the figures in G1 colors. I've watched this review several times and I can't wait to have them in hand.
awesome bro! i hope you enjoyed them and thanks for supporting the channel 🙂
I would keep the round piece off of two of them in the bot modes.
yes, perhaps. thanks, man
I was just thinking the same myself.
Reflector members: ViewFinder, Spectro and SpyGlass
Mixey Boy yes, omg i wanted those when i was a kid but couldn’t get them
And look at that. They just announced at SDCC that a cartoon coloration 3pack of Refraktor with added gear is going be produced.
yup. looks amazing
The SDCC exclusive is the G1 toy color not the cartoon.
Edward Ospina The video I had originally seen referred to it as the cartoon colors. So that was my bad for not digging into other articles/videos.
Suggestion: The other two round shutter pieces can be used in camera mode. One can stay in place behind the lens. The other one can go on top of the camera, in the neck joint of one of the side Reflector bots, to use as the actual shutter button. Looks awesome and helps break up the camera mode top a bit.
interesting. thanks, man :-)
FANTASTIC REVIEW CHEFATRON!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Reflector is amazing, I am sure glad that we can make the G1 camera alt, despite having to buy three separate deluxes. :D Keep up the outstanding work you do, Double Thumb's Up. ;D
hey, thanks, man. i really appreciate all the support :-)
@@chefatron You are welcome. :D
Refraktor's so called space submarine mode looks like a speeder Anakin used in Episode II
yes, perhaps
No wave 3 in my town yet. My stores are really bad at stocking up, I've seen one Walmart have the same stuff for about 6 months. Pretty sad, but nice review!
whoa! really? same thing with Philippine retail lately. the local hasbro importer/distributor has been pumping the market with clearance stuff they got from other hasbro offices in Asia. we have to resort to hobby shops for the latest stuff. thanks, man. i really appreciate it :-)
I finally got them yesterday i love how they look i been playing with them the whole i want the new set saw your other review you did of them they look great too but i like how this set looks with them other parts
that's so awesome bro! congrats :-)
I love the look of these, but if Im gonna shell out leader/commander price for a full set I expect more from them. I’ll just stick with my Papa Toys version.
Slade Garrison cool man
If these were battlemaster sized figures, the individual modes would make sense as weapons. Atleast well done to Hasbro for making these figures
yes, perhaps
Summer time review light gnats! I hate them. They been flying in through me window from the AC unit.
I didn't think I would be able to afford three of these guys so I only ordered one to learn later that it wouldn't be the case that I couldn't afford them....*Regret*
Im sure they will be stocked well..
i know right. the insecticons are invading LoL :-)
i'm sure you can hunt 3 others on retail :-)
Crossing fingers you get the other 2
Also, eww. I hate gnats. They splat into your open eyeballs and it's a horrible, horrible feeling. 😩
It's a nice figure... but I wish it had a flash piece and shutter button piece like the G1 version came with. I bought the three pack from BigBadToyStore and it comes with the flash and all the extra parts. It's about $75 for the set.
yes, indeed
I hope they come out where you can buy the parts separate so I can add them to the cartoon accurate refractor.
@@slkric1724 maybe 3rd party companies will do that
I'm incredibly jealous. They look awesome.
Work at Wally world and can confirm only 2 to a case put out 3 cases and each had 2 Refractors ,2 Hounds ,2 Brunts and 2 Red Alerts.
David Arnold wow really? the cases that hobby shops got out here had 3 refraktors and only one hound. hmmm. maybe i saw it wrong.
Amazing combinación they refraktor
I have them in my pile of loot am just waiting for my Jetfire and Springer to arrive so i could send for them i can't wait for that he looks awesome and the camera mode looks good
Jose Flores awesome bro!
Very good review, as usual :). To be honest, I don't find spaceship mode convincing. Soundwave (in my opinion) barely passed as the spaceship but this... It feels like someone just folded robot into plank and said "Look, it's a spaceship!". I wish these were legend class sized and sold in three-packs, but I get it, "Anything worth selling is worth selling thrice". Maybe I'll buy one but three are very unlikely.
I think that click on the waist is locking mechanism similar to one on Ironhide - rounded peg and peg hole - rather than ratchet (i had to disassemble my Ironhide because it locked too well, I thought it's glued or something).
BTW, it's a sad day today, I've noticed that hinge on my CW Cyclonus (the one just above crotch, which allows combined mode had to swing out of Cyclonus' belly) developed nasty crack (to be exact, it seems that stress mark turned into crack because after stress mark developed there, I've stopped transforming him into torso mode). Gotta find a replacement asap.
Happy to have these toys, thanks bro!
There's actually a ViewFinder, Spectro and a SpyGlass version of these guys out there but I don't need it as I own the original G1 Reflector as well. It was a painful purchase I have to say but I love that version alot though..There have been quite alot of 3rd variants of this trio squad but I never really went for it as I was assured that Hasbro would give us an official version. Now there's word that if you buy even more Refraktors, you can combine him(s) into a even bigger bot?!! There's almost unlimited potential in this guy(s) but because of that there's a even more of a mad rush to get these for his fan combiner mode!! Brilliant!!!
yes, i've done a review of it. check it out :-)
I just found two at my local wal-mart during my lunch break. Need to hunt down that third one now.
awesome! happy hunting, man :-)
The circle lens thing on him only one of them makes him leader because is the middle part of the camera mode and the others two without the circle lens looks like they serve him .
yes, perhaps
I really like that a lot. I need to hunt these down. Thanks for showing.
no prob, man. happy hunting ! :-)
This G1 War for Cybertron G1 Refraktor looks great! I may buy all 3 of them to make the camera.
awesome! happy safe hunting !
For me the individual vehicle mode is more like a spy satelite and when they combine in a camera they become a superensing device able to look and analyze things miles away, something that fits Refraktor role as spy and information gatherer.
Check at TonTon Review's channel, he made a video full of fan modes for the Refraktor trio, their ability to combine themselves in so many different ways make it worth to buy the same figure three times.
yes agree with you bro
oh? who's TonTon ?
@@chefatron Here is the video with the fanmodes:
ruclips.net/video/VpRErXesHgU/видео.html
@@Hektols i wasn't impressed. sorry
Found 2 at 1 store decided to skip and then found 1 at another. I decided to buy and went back to the first store but the 2 were gone. And I’m stuck with one. And it doesn’t make sense to review only 1 figure. Must have 3!
I picked up 3 today at Walmart. I don't collect mainline anymore, but it's cheaper than 3rd party so I made an exception. I never had the g1 toy. The Siege line doesn't really interest me that much.
awsome score man! glad you got them :-)
There names are Spectro,Spyglass, And Viewfinder
Soviet Gaming/Strigon1 thanks bro :-)
chefatron your welcome ;)
His alt mode looks like a cybertronian boat with circle thing on the back looks the spinning thing on some other boats.
yes perhaps
Yeah it's a lot harder then you think to actually find three of them unless you're there when they open the case. I've only managed to get my my hands on two
i made a mistake. the regular case i believe only has 2 per case. so you'll have to go to another store to get the third one. my bad. but best of luck hunting that third one :-)
@@chefatron The numbers I heard have 3 per case. I think someone got three at one store to make the camera and maybe picked up the 1 to display in robot mode maybe. The rest of the figures there lined up with a full case minus 1
KnightWolfPro i see, well best of luck on your next toy hunt bro :-)
I love transformers
cool
I hope toyhax makes labels for the 3 of them to make them different from each other and hopefully they do it in one set and don't sell you 3 different sets
There are rumors that Hasbro will do some sort of limited release of a 3-pack styled like the G1 toys.
But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Toyhax does both an individual sticker set and a G-1 styled set for all 3, that gets released later.... for a hefty fee... but it will still be worth it.
Sucks that they don't have the camera flash module. Meanwhile, one of the ab pieces could go on top to make the shutter button. I hear that Hasbro is planning a box set with all three, in G1 toy colors. Won't matter if the camera is exactly like this without the flash module - they could make it a weapon, too!! (And nope, there's only two of the regular Refraktor per case, which is even dumber)
As it is, while it's cool, I would just get either the Mech Fans Toys or Papa Toys oversized KOs of that old PerfectEffect "Scouting Force X" Reflector and have all three for a lot less than the sixty bucks Hasbro wants you to drop for their half-assed camera. (Mech Fans Toys "Camera Brothers" goes from $30-$40, Papa Toys "Camera" goes for like $38-$45.)
John Evans yeah they’re releasing a toy accurate version with all the accessories. i’m not even sure i want to get it. but i probably will.
thanks bro, as always :-)
why did they change the name,as it was originally called Reflector?
MANDALORIAN-JUSTICE copyright purposes, because some other company owns the name reflector so they changed it
@@minecraft_hero12roblox61 Just like Skrapnel
Got me at Refraktor, stayed for the wisteria-periwinkle.
hahaha thanks, man :-)
I have the pe 12 version and I showed a relative which is better the version? the one that I have or the new hasbro version shown on a pic? And the answer was the pe 12 version. Especially the camera mode. Saying that it is more realistic. And that the newer hasbro version was ugly. That was the answer I got.
cool, man
Even though I want to get it anyway. Wish it came with the other two accessories of the camera. Like that little box thing in the middle of the camera along with the flash. Which my relative also said it looked plain and less realistic without.
thespaceram2 indeed.
Just take the camera lens piece off 2 of their fronts and put them in the screw hole on their butts. Fits perfect and is out in the way. Lets you keep that G1-ness and keeps from being identical triplets without leaving parts off to the side. :thumbsup:
yes, indeed. thanks man :-)
Thanks man, I was like “Wtf” no instructions????
hahaha no prob man :-)
Nice review, and I have to say you are dedicated to pick up three! If HasTak puts out a gift set with extra parts, as the rumors are saying, you going to pick it up? Btw, you missed a step on the "ship" mode
Shockwave 2 Hastak? I like that.
It looks great nice
This is so kick arse. Great review.
oh, definitely! thanks, man :-)
I wish they were legends but this is still cool!
yeah, i actually thought they'd be legends scale
Looks great
Coolest toy you got I like the 📷
Evan Baltzer thanks bro :-)
You better call the Orkin Man for all of those bugs!
hahaha :-)
Hasbro also tricked me into buying three.
hahaha :-)
3 shall be the number! No more, no less.
You now for a figure where your supposed to get more than one there's quite alot at stores unlike brunt or red alert
Bruh sound effect interesting. out here only hobby shops have this wave. snd brunt is the figure always left behind
I like transformer from any line
cool
The three ship mode has a hidden combined mode
GUS1 oh really? i should try it out
@@chefatron it's just a fan mode, but it's possible to peg the extra refraktors to the sides of a central refraktor.
the result looks a bit more like a proper space battleship.
Marvin R i see, cool !
Can´t you attach the shield on the back to cover the hole?
i'm not sure
Megs discovered a new hobby at the end.
Glasses&Mouthplates yup hahahaha :-)
Triple dipping Hasbro?
perhaps
Do you know why they changed the name of them
copyright issues perhaps
Still pissed off Soundwave isnt a cassette player
there's an upgrade kit to allow the figure to turn into one.
So in the show its a giant camera?
A mass shifting, normal size camera.
우와 카메라? 이 시즈계열도 탐나는군요...
found the 3rd and final one today...so now i'm complete...
awesome! glad you found it bro :-)
Like this!!
Awesome video but im undecided
thanks, man :-)
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Kl video man
I love ya videos
thanks bro :-)
It only took TAKOMBRO., 35 years to come up with a world wide release of this character! Shame all the way around for taking this long to do this character right.
mathiasmorqubus hahaha :-) but i’m kinda glad it happened late when technology would allow something as awesome as these siege figures
what people see: g1 refraktor
what i see: canon foughter
Megatron
Dang wih i could find these for cheap
Ho much from rtoys btw
happy hunting, bro :-)
Shocking these are $30 each for deluxes...
Jonathan Lui whoa!
They're $30 on Amazon, but the 2 I bought from Target were only $20. Just depends on where you find them I think.
RevanZala cool man. awesome score!
No wait
I have the original g1 you can check my channel. but these are close but no cigar.
Its like nails on a chalkboard to hear em called 'refraktor' can't do it.
Lol yeah
Nice looking bot
Light 📷 robot
yes indeed