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The LEGACY of Blitzwing | #transformers Legacy Leader Class Blitzwing Review
This video is meant for adult collectors and not for kids. 
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Little anecdote about spikey bits being made in soft plastic. So MPM Megatron had a lot of spikes cast in soft plastic, and of course at least a couple people complained. In comes KO MPM Megatron, which changed all the soft plastic into hard plastic. And guess what? Some of the spikes snapped. People tend to not care about toy regulations this, toy regulations that, but this just goes to show that some things are made of soft plastic for a reason beyond "toy regulations".
Softer plastic for spikes and pointy objects also make figures with them less of a hassle to handle
Cough cough, *planet x Megatron.* Thing can easily cut your finger with the back spikes.
Personally. I dont mind soft plastic at all, it's just a way for small kids won't get hurt and if thin soft plastic was just normal plastic,it would just snap off like a twig. And if hasbro would make like.. A legacy IDW universe Whirl (Please hasbro) for example, his hands/Claws would be soft plastic so small kids won't get cut or stabbed and so they won't snap off
I do think that hastak takes into account the longevity of their figures more than 3p/KO companies do as well.
I hate rubber swords but that said my Netflix nemesis primes sword snapped in like 2 hrs
I'm gonna have an unpopular opinion, I like the jet mode. I feel that they intentionally left the tank kibble there because they were trying to be screen accurate. Let's be honest, blitzwing was never supposed to have an aerodynamic jet mode, it's a tank going to jet, we are kinda expecting too much.
Fair. Except Titans Return did it better with less kibble, and a more proportional jet, and the treads face down to potentially act as landing gear. So this new one is just worse is most ways
@SilverSurfer-mg6tihard to do it when you have to make that jet turn to a tank, then into a robot, with decent enough posability, and on top of all of that make it look g1. You also have a budget that forces you to compromise aspects of the figure for the sake of not going over budget
@@izzik2781titans return blitz wing also used shitty stickers and didn’t have to worry about where the head goes. TR Blitz also doesn’t have to worry about being G1 accurate.
@@shockwaveshockwave356 I have the Takara Legends version. No stickers, and easily more G1 accurate than the Legacy.
Also the headmaster doesn't count as a criticism. It's something you personally didn't like and that's fine, but the reason it's not a valid criticism is because its inclusion doesn't change the design of the figure. The only reason the headmaster exists is because it was the line gimmick, but you can see how it would have worked if it wasn't included. The head would have just folded into the chest where the other gimmick is.
@@izzik2781 that’s the takara version though. Not the standard release. And the headmaster gimmick doesn’t bring that figure down whatsoever, I brought it up to simply point out the designers didn’t have to worry about it unlike the ones that worked on legacy blitz. And again. Titans Return Blitzwing didn’t have to worry about being g1 accurate. It nailed down the look and expanded on it while legacy basically nailed it 1:1. Both are good figures, but they each had different priorities when being made, is all.
Honestly genuinely surprised by how much I loved this guy. The transformation is addicting, the robot mode is absolutely phenomenal, the alt modes are definitely compromised but still really fun to me, the paint work and the sculpting is excellent, there is so much I just adore about this guy. Highlight of the line to me
I agree about that transformation being addicting
Little fun fact blitzwing is actually meant to have the tank turret facing opposite of the cockpit not parallel everyone in the g1 animation staff just mistransformed him and now he has a COCKpit
Exactly. Blitzwing is supposed to be both a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat and a Japanese Type 74 tank. The tank mode clearly has a sloped upper glacis with molded headlights (which also become the jet's engines), which is exactly like the real-life vehicle's upper glacis. The G1 animation staff messed something up, which led to the entire thing about him having a cockpit in the front of the tank today. Not to mention, but I think I also saw an original Diaclone ad (where they also show an unreleased triple changer that was both an AH-64 Apache and an F-14-looking jet), and I think the guys behind the ad also did not understand the toy's looks, because I think they also had the cockpit at the front. It was supposed to do this cool thing where the helis attack and the tanks transform into jets to chase after, but I guess the guys were like "oh, the jet canopy is in the front of the vehicle!", which is completely nonsensical.
Animated Blitzwing is close to perfect. The tank jet and the actually tank mode (as wacky as it is) work for the animated feel.
Here’s a tip. Flip the jet mode upside down. Now you have a cybertronian tank jet hybrid mode for Blitzwing!
Most people seem to fail to grasp that blitwing's jet mode is a mig-25, which is known as a very large and chonky jet, instead of a perfectly seemless f15 eagle.
Yeah, but the MiG 25 isn’t that chunky, nor does it have an additional pair of wings below the main ones.
as much as the kibble runiee the alt mods,i think with a reissue release,or with a heavy retool,i think legacy blitzwing will be the best triple changer alongside thrilling 30/generations springer and siege astrotrain,i hope for more solid triplechangers(we really need a new octane and broadside,sandstorm)
T30 Sandstorm is still awesome?
Also they should just take the piss and turn this into a big Flywheels, I’d buy it.
Overcharge repaint also pls
@@Cdr2002 a flywheels from blitzwing and nightbird from bike arcee would be great
@@meganura1559 yeah that could be cool. Speaking of that Arcee mold I have a friend who would lose her mind if we got a Flareup and I hope they do it at some point
@@Cdr2002 flare-up with a remolded torso where the wheels would be able to go behind the shoulders would be cool and allow them to make a rotf backfire
@@meganura1559 nice!
The fact that blitzwing is one of my favourite purple color scheme characters and now he's got a unique toy like the titans return-animated one,make this toy even more better
I like to think of the hulk hands as like ancient artifacts from the primes like leige Maximos arm from prime not hard to believe Blitzwing may have picked up something like that on one of his many errands runs he does for Megatron
And legacy’s theme IS the multiverse.
@@APlatypus exactly, putting lore behind this stuff to make it work is so much better than complaining about it over and over again
Honestly my only complaint about this figure is how those arm panels are as well as the wings on the lower legs not pegging in the best
I'm absolutely in love with mine. Due to limited budget I was hesitant on whether I should get him, but arm posability seems to be much better than I thought. I love the sculpt, I love the mold, I love the transformation, the accessories, the alt modes, even the kibble. Definitely worth it.
That does not go on to say that it doessn't leave much to be desired. There was so much room for improvement and better looking alt-modes. Kibble management is this figure's main issue.
Blitzwing is always been my favourite triple changer besides springer-broadside and sandstorm,octane and astrotrain,especially his role in the g1 cartoon and his cool looking design,while his TR toy did give the character a lot of love (it needs some more articulation),i honestly love this figure,the robot mod is a pure mini masterpiece,but the kibble kinda ruined the alt mods,i honestly want a fever dream out of this mold,i hope if we can get more solid triple changers like energon scorponok,cybertron megatron and generations/thrilling 30 springer and siege astrotrain etc...
Honestly I'm somewhat unimpressed with this figure overall and I'm just going to stick with my Titans Return Blitzwing.
Agreed
It’s honestly sad how this figure focuses and purposely goes out of its way to replicate animation errors and the animators mistaking what the G1 toy was supposed to be.
Ik because hasbro loves to recycle g1 stuff and don’t focus on other continuity’s
@@domydomy6668 Blame fans in this case, really.
@@tfan2222 true considering hasbro only listens to 50 year old man child’s that cry about a truck having flames
Keeping my Titans Return version, it's plenty good (at least for me). I did however see that someone removed most of the tank parts on this and displayed him without the tank kibble which really improved the jet mode a lot. Don't know exactly what they did but it removed most of it quite easily.
I love this figure: I don’t care about the jet for some reason, the robot mode is amazing and the tank is really good. Just wish he was bigger: thanks for being basically the only person to address that
The tank mode is the perfect example of why animation accuracy is not always a good thing. I would be perfectly okay with the jet mode being trash if the tank mode was great but that’s just not the case. The cockpit just makes it look terrible and it was 100% intentional. Thankfully the robot mode looks good, but sadly it’s just too short and I don’t just mean for a leader class figure. Blitzwing and Astrotrain were both larger than Megatron in G1 so having this and the Siege Astrotrain be shorter than the Siege Megatron just hurts. I wish this figure was better, I was so hoping for the perfect mainline Blitzwing but I guess I’ll just have to wait until Hasbro gives him another go after a few more years.
The tank mode looking like it does nowadays is thanks to an animation error way back in G1. If you look at the G1 Blitzwing toy, it has the jet canopy in one side, and then the tank's upper glacis with the jet engines under it on the other. Funny enough, the guys behind the show got the front of the tank wrong, since the toy has both the upper glacis and molded headlights, but the canopy for the jet would technically be where the engine sits on the tank. Blitzwing is a Type 74 tank, and if you look it up, you can see the sloped upper glacis on the front, just like the toy does. I wouldn't even say it's 100% the animation team's fault, because the original Diaclone ad (where they also show an unreleased triple changer that could transform into either an Apache helicopter or an F-14-looking jet) also had this same error as far as I know, where they would make a cool sequence of the tanks transforming into jets, but they also got the original toy wrong.
One mistake led to several mistakes later on. And seems that nobody notices it, either.
G1 Blitzwing, the Decepticon with the highest Autobot killcount pre movie below the hunter Chumley.
So thing about blitswings altmodes, he’s always been designed like that, even in the g1 artwork so I personally can’t complain about their choice regarding that as in I don’t mind it cause it’s accurate, but I completely get why people don’t like it, I just ends up making the other modes look incomplete and wacky but then again, he flew with those chunky wings in the series so is it really that wrong?
The "schlong" shouldn't be on the front to begin with. Not even in the cartoon. That's based on a mistransformation. Which you constantly show G1 Blitzwing with in this video. Turret is supposed to face the other way.
The toy had the thrusters forward, the animation the cockpit. Thats how it is.
blitzwing should own the "weird" look for his alt modes. something like the Halo pelican/scorpion instead of regular earth jet/tank
I love how he looks in robot mode but I'm definitely not getting him for full price because both alt modes suck (the jet mode especially) and he is just too small for a leader class.
blitzwing has always been one of my favourite transformers. this one is pretty kibly, but FFS, on-screen blitwing was just as kibbly!
legacy gives the impression of sturdiness that is somewhat missiong from the other version, and the engieneering is superior to anything that was before
the veicles mode are all serviceable; the tank is a 1:1 to both the inspiration and to the G1 appearence; the jet is chonky, but every bio litterally has it just as chonky, the cartoon intro has it just as chonky. the kibble is a bit visible, but yet again, pay attention to the intro. the very same parts, visible treads aside, is there. the only note, is that the 'point' has a separate cover on the top
a small note, this model while extremelly similar to the cartoon, but is absolutelly identical to the Blitzwing from Transformers Devastation. check the model wiever, shlong cover included
I have to make a confession here, I had the chanche to grab one of those "right after the official announcement but boxless" copies for 50 and I decided not to grab it. as now it has been impossible to get a copy here for less than twice that, I am still kicking myself for not being a asshole in that case
the gloves are just, what? at least they can be fit in all modes
As someone who owned the G1 Blitzwing before knowing about the cartoon, I can say for sure that the protruding cockpit in tank mode was supposed to be in the back as a thruster, It was even shown in the manual.
well. and that was before you knew about the cartoon.
@@duyphan4617but why are we designing figures after animation errors? They were errors. We should move past them and create figures that look how the design was always meant to look
@@izzik2781 well error is not rare in G1.
@@duyphan4617 yeah I know. So why design figures that look like animation errors? Why not design figures that are accurate to the intended design?
@@izzik2781 Blitzwing was consistently drawn that way in the show. At that point it isn't an animation error, that's just what he looks like in the G1 cartoon. He may have been drawn that way because of an error, but he was still designed that way the entire time.
If they somehow was able to fold in the parts like the G1 jet mode, I'd forgive a lot of stuff about this figure.
11:06 That could be the tank's battering ram if you used your imagination.
One of the most unique blitzwing toys ever,the jet mod were unique and great,the robot mod looks very accurate,this figure is really give me a lot of titans return vibes,i honestly want to see a animated blitzwing repaint for this mold
This is why too much G1 accuracy, whether it be screen or toy, can actively be a problem. The nose cone was based off a mistake due to animators not realizing the reference material they had included the tank being mistransformed, and so much of the tank being visible in the jet was just due to engineering limitations. We've come so far, and to deliberately mess it up when it can easily be avoided this time around is downright stupid, all to pander to nostalgia
I'll get the mold if they do overcharge
This is a good figure with some solid transformation sequencing. The robot mode's writs are very nice with their inward movement thanks to transformation. Toyhax does a great job with this figure the jet mode's under wing gets caked with missile pods and the tank mode's shlong is decked out to be a battering ram.
Can we apperciate the fact that that this toy manged to give us one of the best robot mods,but did sacriface the alt mod ?
No, because the Takara Legends Blitzwing still looks just as good, if not better, and didn't sacrifice the alt modes nearly to the same degree
Absolutely love this guy he’s got a lot of stuff you can do like put the feet together pretend he’s flying or put the tank part up
Hey. it's me Joker. sorry about everything, good luck on youtube. I'm gonna get some appointments and hopefully fix what is going on.
They’ve never topped the G1 for how good all three modes look.
One thing I will say about him is the head mold I love it
Is so bizarre as a figure. None of the modes look quite right, but the transformation steps between them are so fun and engaging that I can’t help but keep doing it
NGL ankle pivots have completely spoiled all of us. And I am 100% included in that.
All that being said if you insult my precious $10 Botcon Vector Prime I will ROTF Sideways you.
I didn't he was supposed to be leader class, he was labeled as a voyager at my local Walmart, and costed that of a voyager.
Did you buy it?
Small tip for Blitzwing tank barrel. Use fork from core Skywarp, it has small enough pin to securely peg into barrel and can work as adapter for blast effects (can hold even big ones like those from Omega etc.).
6:01
RUMBLING RUMBLING
IT'S COMING
RUMBLING RUMBLING
There are slots at the arm panels and tabs at the back of the arms, but they might as well not exist, because they don't really work.
Hope the price drops on Blitzwing soon,I just found legacy Galvatron for $22 probably because he was released twice but I would still pay $30-$35 for Blitzwing during the right time bracket(I've seen extras people just aren't buying)It has to be at just the right time because a few months after it disappears from shelves the price will begin to rise again.
On the fence with this one. Only ever owned the Animated and thrilling 30 which I feel almost broke me as TF collector as in it was that bad. Gun and sword were literally the only redeemable quality I remember from a toy despite it's Voyager price felt flimsy, and cheap whichever mode he was in. Legacy looks to have done a decent enough job, accessories again are good though could easily do without the glowey hand bits. Strange they'd give this guy a rubber sword when I literally just got Legacy Laser Prime, and is sword though transparent is non pliable, and super pointy in that you would not want to stab yourself with it.
The jet is a mig 25 foxbat
This is one of the few figures I'm buying just for the robot mode
I liked this toy with all it's modes, problem is he was too damn small he had to be at least 25-30% bigger then what we got for the price.
Still contemplating on getting either this guy or takara legends astro train instead. On one hand yes it'd be cool to have everyone in my collection look g1 accurate. On the other hand I wouldn't mind having sex be taller and appear more imposing ya know
glad i waited on getting this dropped down to 30$ on hasbro pulse cant wait to get this figure
I've got my Blitz sitting in my "Pile of Loot" at BBTS. Granted I won't be doing a whole lot of transformation, I absolutely LOVE it's robot mode! And has anyone actually figured out what those bug dumb red hands are ACTUALLY for lol.
Managed to break the stupid energon hands within a minute of getting it out of the package by plugging them into the forearms as per instructions, tried to remove them and instant disintegration. Tank mode is ok, robot mode looks decent but the jet mode is pretty bad. Disappointing overall.
"there's just a tank hanging down there" So like any G1 Blitzwing toy ever made? Even Animated or 3d party stuff are like that. That's how Blitzwing looks
I feel like they could have found a way of the arms and tank bits pegging together ans swinging around in jet mode so the tank stuff is hidden by/a part of the wings and the arms are less egregious hanging out the bottom
Nice hellboy reference
The hulk hand ...things are fine as missile pods for tank mode ...other than that I try to forget they exist
I WANT ITTTTTTTT
(He's my favorite in animated, and G1)
Really wish we get an overcharge version of the guy
Things like the jet mode cockpit sticking out in tank mode is one of those things I hate, but when I complain people just say "bUt It'S g1 AcCuRAtE!" and I don't care. Just make better looking toys and screw imitating 35 year old toys!
With heavy retooling, it could probably be an epic Galleom (Subspace Emissary) for the collaboration line.
like how the camera work on the intros is becoming more steady even if its not too special, though i feel like some shots overstay their welcome imo, love the reviews tho
I watched a video on blitzwing don’t remember the RUclipsr but the turret is facing the wrong way the cockpit of the jet is supposed to be on the back of the tank. Also they used color theory to separate the vehicles where this is going based on what was in the cartoon the original idea was that the other modes colors would be erased by the mind. The g1 artists didn’t catch on this and so we got this bad version of blitz to deal with.
That toy guy, what is the hardest transformer to transform in your collection?
Mines legs where they clip together so do you have a fix
The hands is transformers armada Demolisher
when the g1 toy jet mode is better than legacy
I can't help but feel they should have kept working on the jet mode to make him less tank hanging. I like the robot mode, its how mine lives but the tank and jet modes are a let down.
if only the backpack could rotate then the treads would line up with the wings and you could fold out the secondary wings. At least then it would look like the G1 jet. One rotation joint instead of those stupid mittens would have made a huge difference.
LOL @ random "beetle..."
I actually really like Legacy Blitzwing and both of his vehicle modes. I fiddle with him on the regular.
Siege springer is probably the best triple changer so far
Inflation is no excuse for the sizes of toys we’ve been getting and how cheap the plastic is
Thrilling 30 Blitzwing is probably the most balanced design in that all 3 modes are passable. You forgot to pull out the tabs in the front of the tank, which make it look more streamlined.
I'm homeless now but damn I wish I could have had that titans return version of bkitzwing...oh well
This really bugs me but my legacy blitswing’s sword came bent so it’s now ever so slightly bent to the left (or right depending on the side you’re facing) and it just bugs me a lot it’s also way past return times so yeah I’m bothered by it but it doesn’t ruin the figure
That blitzwing legacy would be cool to have it oversized. If I see one I may get it. I’ll just keep it in bot mode.
1:10. Hey That Toy Guy did you know you mistransformed the tank so the turret is facing backwards?
Best BlitzWing ever
I recommend it for Robot mode. Thats what I got it for.
I still got my two missiles on my G1.
Yeah I wouldn’t know…they never had him out in my part of Maryland
I love when you have figures in the background of videos foreshadowing future ones. it gives a strange sense of continuity/something to look forward to lol.
I can’t get the gloves on the pegs on mine are too short
Honestly, if I get Legacy Blitzwing is for robot mode. I prefer the tank and jet mode from TR.
My review: Pay $20 for it and you'll love it; any more than that, and you will have a list of nitpicks that grows in size at a rate precisely equal to the amount over $20 that you paid. I must say, however, excellent review!!
He's great, and I love him.
This blitzing reminds me of tank man so much
Before I watch the video, yes, absolutely. He offers much more than Optimus or Galvatron (just the ones that came to mind)
Legacy blitz definitely has the best robot mode but both of the vehicle modes look ugly af to me. I will probably be getting TR Blitz for my collection. I'm hoping for a Legacy Octane though. I have the TR one already and it's honestly not super great. Get a Siege astro and there you have my preferred set of deception triple changers. TR blitzwing, Siege Astrotrain, and Legacy octane (if he ever becomes a thing)
Whilst the jet mode has kibble most jet modes that are non triple changer have lots of kibble any and are really chunky still so I don’t mind it
Wow Hasbro really dropped the ball on this one. Not only do both vehicle modes look goofy as hell, thanks to the other vehicle modes bits sticking out like a sore thumb, the size and cost of this thing do not add up. Give it whatever excuse you want, better engineering, better posability, or parts count. That doesn't excuse that this "leader" class figure is half the size at double the price. I'll stick with my Titan Return Megatron. A much better design in all three modes and it didn't cost me $70.00.
i mean, both vehicles look as they should though, that's what g1 blitzwing is, what were you expecting? Oh and titans returns megatron sucks ass. Looks unfinished, disproportionate, and has the same problems in vehicle modes as legacy blitzwing. Trying to reach here?
@@Sbungo61 you're entitled to your opinion. Titans Returns Blitzwing and Megatron look much better in my opinion. There's no plane nosecone sticking out of a tank, there's no massive tank chunks hanging off of the sides of the plane on the Titans Return figure. Sure you can see the tank treads and the top of the tank on the bottom of the Titans Return plane mode, but it's not no where near as bad as this figures kibble.
@@bigginaf well, tr has the sides of the tanks that protude unnaturally and thrusters instead of a nosecone and no, there's a whole tank under the TR jet, you can even take off all the kibble to make an actual tank
Safety standards weren't made for kids. They were made for parents :) Kids never had problems with sharp and pointy stuff.
Robot modes looks fantastic. That price hurts.
i am planning to get this one, looks great, even i can forgive for jet mode, and tank's pee pee, but i really don't like the energon hand things looks useless to me but it's accesorie so i don't care :D
I don't understand why anyone would buy G1 Transformers "used" I only buy them "MIB" or "MOC" sealed in an "AFA" graded case for 30 times the actual aftermarket price because I pride myself on being a dummy. When I die, my coffin will be "AFA" graded and sealed. Its only going to cost me $586,567,230,064! I can't wait! When I die, it's going to be so exciting!
In all seriousness though, I just bought this toy and it had a few things that seemed a little odd so looking at your video to see if I missed anything. Mine does have a defective part though. Booooo!
Nah bruh, Titans return did it so much better. It's a shame this sculpt was crippled by the Geewunn. Tank cockpit and entire tank on the jet. This was a serious compromise just for nostalgia.
For the gauntlets, I saw that when they were designing the energon weapon gimmick they had a lot of ideas, some were clearly gonna go with some figures, but in blitzwings case they had the weapon idea and needed a figure to put them with
His fist things are trash and that's where I put mine. They would've saved more plastic if they left it off and put plastic windows.
I can't remember where I saw it but I remember seeing that the missile pods I'm tank mode are actually based off a real vehicle
I'm quite happy with my Thrilling Thirty Blitzwing and nothing has ever persuaded me to buy a different. I'm aware of the flaws, especially the shoulders, but he's tall and good-looking, and I also like the ways in which he resembles a Macross Valkyrie, with the cockpit chest, the feet, and the way the arms resemble FAST Packs in the jet mode. As for the tank mode, well, it doesn't look much like a tank, but at least he doesn't have a giant shlong in the front!
Why does no one like the funny hands as much as me?