Im pretty shocked this review is getting the views it is, but since my audience has a pretty big younger age demographic, I figured thursday Throwback wouldbe a good way to introduce the stuff that got us hooked. And the best pa!!!rt about it its gien me a renewed appretion of these guys. I forgot about the sexy ladder till i broke it out again
I remember having this entire set and loved it, they were the first complete combiner set I ever had until years later. I wish I hadn't given them away back in the 90s. Would be nice to see them return with a Generations remake and be able to combine as long as it's made well.
The older stuff is kinda neat for a restrospective. Can't really remember a ton about the true G1 stuff (plus all of my older toys have been lost over the years) so it's like seeing these things for the first time.
Nice set, mine is showing it's age but still holds together, can't beat G1. He's probably the best proportioned G1 combiner. Great review, keep 'em coming.
I've watched a lot of transformers toy reviews, mostly g1 stuff, but this is the first one that i actually felt nostalgic. I don't know why, but watching you transform and talk about them made me remember watching the cartoons and wishing I had these :) Keep up the great work!
I only had 3 members of Defensor....Hotspot, first aid and the cop car. Also only had 3 of Menasor (dead end, break down, Motormaster)...and 3 of Superion (no Silverbolt)....and none of Bruticus. Had to mix them up to combine. Ah, nostalgia. Cool reviews, buddy. I'm 36 now, and still love this stuff. G1 rules.
man i wish i was born in the G1 ERA, but sadly i wasn't,BUT if i was i would spent most of my time collecting the G1 figures, and i will getting encores and originals when i get a job, and since you uploaded this guy he will be the first one to find :D
The Protectobots really don't get enough love, they are great combiners and the toys of them are just as good. Nice to see you kept yours in such great condition, Great review mate.
They were a great set. Unfortunately I wish they had them featured more in the cartoon and the comic book. Even had a introduction episode for them. Than just have them pop up out of nowhere in the revenge of Bruticus.
They held a place in my heart because of the comics. In UK, they were special teams, and in US, they were assigned to arrest Goldbug and Blaster by Grimlock
You can 'fold out' the legs of First Aid in his arm mode, since the other side also has a place fit the fist ( I know, it sounds wrong). This way you can make his First Aid arm longer
Definitely have to agree with the awesomeness of Hot Spot, not just for the telescoping ladder, but also for the fact that Defensor's head is built-in and not another separate piece that can easily be lost.
My favourite autobot combiner group had them all loved groove for some reason and yep I just got mp grapple and have to be very careful with those tight joints
I had the entire team when I was young, the only complete combiner team I ever had. They were great. Looking forward to having the Combiner Wars set soon, hopefully.
I was lucky to be able to get them all bit by bit, sadly I gave them away in 1995 because I thought I no longer needed them. Fairly miss them. So I'm looking forward to the Combiner Wars remakes, hope they'll be joining the collection soon.
The limbs I got gradually over the years and my brother gave me Hot Spot for Christmas in 1992 or so. They were a great team, limited in many ways yet a lot of fun.
I had Hotspot, Streetwise and Blades when I was a kid. Hotspot was really good, I used to love his stickers and stripes and stuff too. I used to have to make up mish ash combiners though cos I never had a complete team! I used to use technobot Nosecone and slingshot to make comp/defender-rion or something. lol
When I was a kid in the mid to late 80s I had the blue firetruck,couldn't remember his name till I I seen this.The only full combiner I had was bruticus.
Great review. I have Hot Spot and he looked awesome up to a few years ago when i got him out of storage. The cab part has started to discolour into green(?).
First Aid can be a longer arm. Everyone does it like you have, with the stubby ambulance arm, but if you flip his legs down, there are holes for the hand just like before, and you can give him a longer arm.
thank's for replying, like i say it's the first time i'd seen a metal chest one, i know on some of the other combiner's they had two different chest's either die-cast or plastic but i never knew it applyed to hotspot? very cool!
One of the protectobots I had was Hotspot. I even brought it to the school. I said to my classmates who never known him that he was Optimus Prime xD, that made them so jealous. My friends were the only ones in my class to know that it was Hotspot lol
Seems like, if I can remember correctly, Firstaid had a port for the hand on the bottom of his feet so while in arm configuration his legs were folded down, making him the same length as the other arm.
I just picked up a G1 Defensor recently. I just love those G1 combiners! So far, I've got Defensor, Computron, Abominus, Bruticus and Devastator. So, if memory serves me correctly, I need Superion from the Autobot side and Pirahnacon and Predaking from the Decepticon side. I know somebody who has a Takara Tomy Predaking for sale, and they want about $250 for it. I don't know if that's reasonable by collectors' standards. As for the combiners I don't have, I see the individual robots here and there, but not enough for a complete set. Like this one place I visited called Level Up Entertainment in my local mall, and they have 4 of the 5 Seacons, 2 of the 5 Aerialbots, and only Razorclaw from the Predacons. Damn, so close! LOL! Anyway, it gives me something to aspire to, and I plan on growing my G1 collection by leaps and bounds!
Groove's a Harley Davidson Tour Glide police motorcycle, Streetwise's a Nissan 300ZX Z31 police car, Blades's a Bell 204 rescue helicopter, First Aid's a Toyota Hiace ambulance and Hot Spot's a Mitsubishi Fuso fire truck
I love tranformers G1 defensor so much it's my favorite combiner tranformers my favorite is blades from the protectobots crazy you might think but I love it I am still trying to get the G1 version of him but soon I will get him one day
Great review. I bought a KO, very cheaply made defensor for like $8. It came with a red Hot Spot. A bit of baby blue paint and stick him behind some other TFs, and you can't tell the difference from across the room. Just don't try to pick it up :)
I used to have that team as a child. Of course, being a child Defensor ended up in the trash. Now I got it back and I had to pay almost 200$CAN to get it back. No regrets because he's fucking awesome.
Hey I don't know if you mentioned this in your wheeljack (transformers prime) review or not but I just got him today and I love the the figure. Not sure if you notice this but you put the handle on the back of the sword in his hand and have the blade facing towards him they look like guns or in my opinion little welders. I don't think it looks bad since the blade curves down and the way his are is. Let me know what you think
One thing that makes Hot Spot superior to all other Scramble City team leaders is that you cannot lose Defensor's head, and we know how kids and even adults will lose those accessories.
Hey Mitch, wanted to let you know that Hot Spot's base mode is supposed to be a repair bay, and it looks much better with the tentacles he originally came with. Not great, mind you, but better.
I have had all of them except for Groove for years so I've never been able to make them into Defensor. And Hot Shot is my favorite because I've never seen a blue fire engine.
When I was little, I used to binge these videos all the time. These guys were my favorite autobots
Im pretty shocked this review is getting the views it is, but since my audience has a pretty big younger age demographic, I figured thursday Throwback wouldbe a good way to introduce the stuff that got us hooked.
And the best pa!!!rt about it its gien me a renewed appretion of these guys. I forgot about the sexy ladder till i broke it out again
Coming back to this, does anyone have any nostalgia reducing pills. Because I'm about to overdose on nostalgia!
Yes, used to watch these as a kid
I remember watching this before I was in school. It’s been such a long time, thanks for the memories
One of my favorites! Protectobots! Awesome indeed! The good 'ol days when steel was added commonplace on a G1, and the plastic wasn't chewy!
My 6 yr old son loves all ur posts! He demanded I comment that Defensor is his favorite! Great work.
Burton Lee sorry I’m a Decepticon fan I like Bruticus tell him that
Soviet Gaming/DecepticonBlackout hell yeah Bruticus the best combiner ever
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Beast Wars will be some of the reviews I'll be doing on Thursdays! Thanks for watching
Now thats totally old school!!! like 1800's old school!!! lol
I remember having this entire set and loved it, they were the first complete combiner set I ever had until years later. I wish I hadn't given them away back in the 90s.
Would be nice to see them return with a Generations remake and be able to combine as long as it's made well.
yessir. They called them Scramble City because you could switch them up! thanks for watching!
Me too,only my Computron isnt a reissue and is really beat up. I was going to do him... Thanks bud!
G1 autobots are always wickedly awesome and amazing combinations
talk about a throwback, nice choice. This one is definitely a great transformer. Love the intro music man, lol.
old timey music is a hit!!! lol. Yeah, well, it didnt quite get uploaded till really late Thursday, but I made it...lol
Thanks bud. Glad you enjoyed!
wow a bright green would be sweeeeet!!!
thanks bud, I just switched First Aid to a foot and think that looks a lot better than streetwise. Streetwise is a nicer arm. Thanks man
I'll have to give that a looksee. Never noticed! Thanks bud
The older stuff is kinda neat for a restrospective. Can't really remember a ton about the true G1 stuff (plus all of my older toys have been lost over the years) so it's like seeing these things for the first time.
ooh. Yeah, I'm on the hunt for some G1 goodies too at TFCon
Nice set, mine is showing it's age but still holds together, can't beat G1. He's probably the best proportioned G1 combiner. Great review, keep 'em coming.
thanks my friend! truly appreciate it!!!
Streetwise is one of the few interchangable combiners that has a head that is not a connector to the leader leg
This is great! My 4 year old son and I have lots of fun watching you transform all the bots!
I thought you had this ensamble!!!
Nice review. This was the very first full set of transformers I got as a kid.
totally old school!!!
And i love THE firetruck!!!
Yes! Cybertron Mudflap! thanks! I was gonna make that reference and couldnt remember the name for the life of me!! lol
I like Hot Spot,Drago
Hot Spot was my first Transformer I had in life.
Nice video.
I've watched a lot of transformers toy reviews, mostly g1 stuff, but this is the first one that i actually felt nostalgic. I don't know why, but watching you transform and talk about them made me remember watching the cartoons and wishing I had these :) Keep up the great work!
I had this whole set once too! I remember getting Hot Spot first for Christmas. What happy memories! :)
I only had 3 members of Defensor....Hotspot, first aid and the cop car. Also only had 3 of Menasor (dead end, break down, Motormaster)...and 3 of Superion (no Silverbolt)....and none of Bruticus. Had to mix them up to combine. Ah, nostalgia. Cool reviews, buddy. I'm 36 now, and still love this stuff. G1 rules.
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man i wish i was born in the G1 ERA, but sadly i wasn't,BUT if i was i would spent most of my time collecting the G1 figures, and i will getting encores and originals when i get a job, and since you uploaded this guy he will be the first one to find :D
The Protectobots really don't get enough love, they are great combiners and the toys of them are just as good. Nice to see you kept yours in such great condition, Great review mate.
I'm only 17 and after watching your review I like the g1 version better than the combiner wars version
They were a great set. Unfortunately I wish they had them featured more in the cartoon and the comic book. Even had a introduction episode for them. Than just have them pop up out of nowhere in the revenge of Bruticus.
Cool video as always! Keep up the good work. I love these g1 reviews
Ahhh, my first ever Autobot combiner brings back the memories, this and Devastator used to be my favorites. Now it's Superion, and Predaking :)
I love the protectorbots... because they are rescue vehicle transformers...
Had a few of the originals back in the day! Seen the re-mold knock offs a few places. Bought the gift set where Hot Spot is red.
They held a place in my heart because of the comics. In UK, they were special teams, and in US, they were assigned to arrest Goldbug and Blaster by Grimlock
I can't believe this. I HAD A G1 PROTECTOBOT?! I never even knew what they were until I searched this stuff up! I had/have G1 First Aid!!
You can 'fold out' the legs of First Aid in his arm mode, since the other side also has a place fit the fist ( I know, it sounds wrong). This way you can make his First Aid arm longer
Definitely have to agree with the awesomeness of Hot Spot, not just for the telescoping ladder, but also for the fact that Defensor's head is built-in and not another separate piece that can easily be lost.
Never had a defensor, very much looking forward to his CW update.
My favourite autobot combiner group had them all loved groove for some reason and yep I just got mp grapple and have to be very careful with those tight joints
When auto bots and deceptions for into a big robot like devastator.you should call it morphing Monday
One heck of an awesome review dude! this figure def. looks kool! nice work my friend!
This is another video of what my mother gave away.....ah man I miss this guy. I remember he was heavy when combined.
I had the entire team when I was young, the only complete combiner team I ever had. They were great. Looking forward to having the Combiner Wars set soon, hopefully.
I was lucky to be able to get them all bit by bit, sadly I gave them away in 1995 because I thought I no longer needed them. Fairly miss them.
So I'm looking forward to the Combiner Wars remakes, hope they'll be joining the collection soon.
The limbs I got gradually over the years and my brother gave me Hot Spot for Christmas in 1992 or so. They were a great team, limited in many ways yet a lot of fun.
Blades is my favorite of the Protectobots because he makes a great addition to my Metroplex and his helipad.
I had Hotspot, Streetwise and Blades when I was a kid. Hotspot was really good, I used to love his stickers and stripes and stuff too. I used to have to make up mish ash combiners though cos I never had a complete team! I used to use technobot Nosecone and slingshot to make comp/defender-rion or something. lol
Mitch, miss your throwback Thursdays bud! Hope you are well and hope you come back with more reviews!
Cool stuff, cool review! You're definitely one of my fave reviewers!
lol. Do you have him in Red or something?
Holy crap dude, that looks brand spankin' new!
When I was a kid in the mid to late 80s I had the blue firetruck,couldn't remember his name till I I seen this.The only full combiner I had was bruticus.
Motorcycle Groove same size with other vehicles.
Great review. I have Hot Spot and he looked awesome up to a few years ago when i got him out of storage. The cab part has started to discolour into green(?).
First Aid can be a longer arm. Everyone does it like you have, with the stubby ambulance arm, but if you flip his legs down, there are holes for the hand just like before, and you can give him a longer arm.
thank's for replying, like i say it's the first time i'd seen a metal chest one, i know on some of the other combiner's they had two different chest's either die-cast or plastic but i never knew it applyed to hotspot? very cool!
Beast wars was always one of my fav series
One of the protectobots I had was Hotspot. I even brought it to the school. I said to my classmates who never known him that he was Optimus Prime xD, that made them so jealous. My friends were the only ones in my class to know that it was Hotspot lol
Got it from Ebay a long time ago.
brings back so many memories
Seems like, if I can remember correctly, Firstaid had a port for the hand on the bottom of his feet so while in arm configuration his legs were folded down, making him the same length as the other arm.
Who would win in a fight 3 Heliformers vs Three Heliformers ok
Vortex,Blackout, and Grindor Decepticons
Vs
Alpha Bravo,Blades,Evac Autobots
i love the combiners all of them are super easy to transform
Can't wait ti get my TFC Toys version completed!! ^.^
Dude I love your reviews keep posting
Blades is the right arm, First Aid is the left arm Mitch so you made a small error.
Defensor was always one of my favorite Autobot combiners, ranks up there with Computron for me :) Great review Mitch :)
I just wanna put it out there that I LOVEd these guys in the original show.
Oh, how I miss watching Mitchsantona... The nostalgia.
mitchsantona I like what you said about Hotspot with his 2 guns
thanks my friend!
I just picked up a G1 Defensor recently. I just love those G1 combiners! So far, I've got Defensor, Computron, Abominus, Bruticus and Devastator. So, if memory serves me correctly, I need Superion from the Autobot side and Pirahnacon and Predaking from the Decepticon side. I know somebody who has a Takara Tomy Predaking for sale, and they want about $250 for it. I don't know if that's reasonable by collectors' standards. As for the combiners I don't have, I see the individual robots here and there, but not enough for a complete set. Like this one place I visited called Level Up Entertainment in my local mall, and they have 4 of the 5 Seacons, 2 of the 5 Aerialbots, and only Razorclaw from the Predacons. Damn, so close! LOL! Anyway, it gives me something to aspire to, and I plan on growing my G1 collection by leaps and bounds!
you forgot Raiden the trainbots
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Groove's a Harley Davidson Tour Glide police motorcycle, Streetwise's a Nissan 300ZX Z31 police car, Blades's a Bell 204 rescue helicopter, First Aid's a Toyota Hiace ambulance and Hot Spot's a Mitsubishi Fuso fire truck
Nice. You know which vehicles they transforms into.
Shaggy Rogers I’ve researched the Transformers G1 characters in Wikipedia
i have the G1 remastered box set were these guys in the show?? if they were which episode was it?
Protectobots and Defensor needs to make a comeback.
I love tranformers G1 defensor so much it's my favorite combiner tranformers my favorite is blades from the protectobots crazy you might think but I love it I am still trying to get the G1 version of him but soon I will get him one day
thanks V!!!
my favorite combiner, well, tied with Predaking
I think i'm gonna add defensor to my collection. He will look nice next to golden soundwave on the shelf
Always thought Streetwise was the cheap version of Prowl. I have owned Streetwise as well.
G1 awesomeness! Nice review!
Great review. I bought a KO, very cheaply made defensor for like $8. It came with a red Hot Spot. A bit of baby blue paint and stick him behind some other TFs, and you can't tell the difference from across the room. Just don't try to pick it up :)
I used to have that team as a child. Of course, being a child Defensor ended up in the trash.
Now I got it back and I had to pay almost 200$CAN to get it back. No regrets because he's fucking awesome.
Hey I don't know if you mentioned this in your wheeljack (transformers prime) review or not but I just got him today and I love the the figure. Not sure if you notice this but you put the handle on the back of the sword in his hand and have the blade facing towards him they look like guns or in my opinion little welders. I don't think it looks bad since the blade curves down and the way his are is. Let me know what you think
One thing that makes Hot Spot superior to all other Scramble City team leaders is that you cannot lose Defensor's head, and we know how kids and even adults will lose those accessories.
mitchsantona,you remind me of my Uncle Eric,and he used to have a colection of G1 transformers
The weird unknown feature? The "base mode" plugs into metroplex! I hope we see that when Mitch reviews metroplex.
I am a combaticon fan and I liked this rly cool g1 toy
G1 groove has Harley Davidson police motorcycle mode, look it up if you have another thought
I wanted to see the base mode
Hey Mitch, wanted to let you know that Hot Spot's base mode is supposed to be a repair bay, and it looks much better with the tentacles he originally came with. Not great, mind you, but better.
I have had all of them except for Groove for years so I've never been able to make them into Defensor. And Hot Shot is my favorite because I've never seen a blue fire engine.
I found a red hotspot. I dunno if it's a knockoff or not.
its not