As much as i like to consider legacy bulk as a g1 versión of bulkhead rather than the prime character itself.......i think the figure is quite excellent.
So for those curious as to why this is being called the 'grand finale', it's basically for two reasons. The first is this is what I consider to be the 'last great Earthrise video', and after this I'm going to ease up my complaints about the line. Enough is enough; I don't want to become a broken record. The second reason is that from episode 115 onwards, there will be a format change. Some things are going to improve, whilst other things are sadly going to be compromised. - due to my family being forced to move house, I won't have a proper recording space. Video production won't slow down, but I going forward I won't have many shots where I'm facing the camera. Videos will become more 'video-essay-like'. The new format will take some getting used to, but I hope I can deliver the same quality I've always provided. - Production will switch to a newer version of adobe. As such, I'll actually be taking a week off video production to properly learn the new program. The next episode, which will cover Kingdom Airazor, will release on the 27th. - A new camera will be implemented. Was supposed to purchase it already...but this video took so long that I had no time to pick it up. - Transformation sequences will also have better audio quality. Nothing major; just a simple upgrade. Videos aren't going anywhere, but in light of coming events, things sadly have to change. Until then, I hope I'll see you for a Nintendo E3 stream on Tuesday night, and after that it's back to work! EDIT: The music is also going to change. InsaneInTheRain has requested people stop due to copyright. Going to switch to video game OSTs. Hopefully my identity won't change too much.
First of all, super hyped that you’re actually doing the review. I understand not wanting to become a broken record - though I don’t think you reached that point yet, it was sooner or later before someone made that comment. Second, that’s totally ok. Life can be the worst sometimes, and for the most part things are going to get better, so it’s stuff to look forward to! I hope you and your family stay safe and have a solid, easy move.
Issues i have with figure: I dont hate partsforming as intently as dr lockdown, but i do recognise it as a flaw in the design. The loose waist does bug me though. Its kinda annoying, there really should’ve been a tab included somewhere to keep the waist stable. Although it does provide a faux backward chest movement, which is somewhat useful in making him fly backwards in the air. Edit: forgot to mention, the paint is probably one of the worst on my collection. The paint on the chest has already begun to be removed.
Great review. While I personally love this Cliffjumper, and most of Earthrise for that matter, I can see why you don't. Your argument presented in this video is strong, and even if I don't completely agree with your conclusions, that is fine. It's ok to have different opinions about plastic robots, and it's ok to not freak the hell out of someone has a different view/experience than you. Anyways, I really enjoyed this video, and am looking forward to future ones!
With the mention of gunpla partsforming they absolutely need it. Gunpla is designed as a model kit first and a figure second. Every transforming kit I've handled except for one has been a complete nightmare.
Honestly, for owning this figure myself, I didn’t really have a problem with the parts forming. I understand the annoyance and all, but I’m the kind of person that’s bothered by parts forming if the parts aren’t incorporated into the figure. High grade Gundam kits are a good example, as their transformation actively requires replacing parts. HOWEVER, the part forming only poses one true problem……QC roulette. While I had no problems with Cliffjumper….my Bug Bite on the other hand has their peg loose, so it can’t even connect to the back. I might be lax with the whole situation considering that I’m still new to reviewing stuff on the gundam amino, but my idea of a figure comes down to one thing….is it fun to handle? Can I pose it without the joints giving out or the ratchets causing the figure to bend forward like it let out a small fart? Is the transformation end with a vehicle mode that tabs in unlike runamuk and DoubleDealer? I consider a lot more when it comes to a figure, which I guess shows that everyone views things differently and thus have a variety of opinions determined by our own perceptions of a figure. But I do agree with you on the bullshit regarding unicron trilogy abandonment as I too want to see wider representation so I can buy figures that aren’t the same characters…..like seriously, sideways needs an update to his cybertron figure….like really needs it
Same and personally, I feel like no-one realizes that weapons are kind of parts forming too. They go one place in the robot mode and go somewhere else in alt mode.
Parts forming isn’t really a big deal, I also like gundams and besides the rg unicorn if there’s a transformation there’s more than likely some kind of parts forming required
earthrise was a line I missed due to me taking a break from collecting near the middle of siege so its been interesting to see the reception of earthrise shift from this is one of the best lines in ages to this line was very flawed, makes me wonder how kingdom will be perceived once its done and over.
I can understand your issues with this figure but I can’t say the parts-forming in the back bothers me too much. As long as the figure is still fairly solid and has good posing, that’s all that matters to me.
And if they had integrated it into the figure itself it probably would have wound up on a translucent strut, yeah I'll take the parts forming instead this time
You really hit the nail on the head with that rant on people complaining about back kibble and really it’s just kibble in general that they complain about. For some reason people expect Masterpiece quality on Hasbro figures but make excuses for shit quality on actual Masterpiece figures. They complain about kibble and faux parts on Hasbro figures all the time and I just want to slap them, I’ve even told some of them that I want to slap them. People seriously complain about the kibble on Studio Series 38 Optimus Prime’s arms. Yeah, if you ever need a reason to lose faith in humanity, there ya go.
Well that was entertaining. You make a good argument that Cliffjumper is basically the poster child most of of all the grievances against WFC Earthrise. Based on your fairly sound logic, I would humbly suggest that title belongs to Netflix WFC Bumblebee. If has all the same issues and one more... it was an exclusive. Now, I am aware that it doesn't say Earthrise on the packaging, but we all know what it really is. Fantastic review and I applaud your production. I have no idea what the Thor stuff is about.
I don't have nowhere near as strong of an opinion on the matter as you do but it was nice to hear you explain the reasoning behind your dislike in detail after using this toy as a recurring bit so much.
It's not about infinite budget but it's a scale of expectations the more one pays the less tolerance for compromises should be had as you march upwards towards the 3rd party price brackets as they have proven that yes for the right price they can make a kibble free show accurate model happen no problem hell have it in 6 colors and with more accessories than a masterpiece and there in lies the issue we have seen the best so when hasbro isn't putting up a good showing in the same brackets people get angry
16:52 think someone that works at hasbro said something about Cliffjumpers backpack like "Oh yeah,we wanted to have a hinge there but our plastic kept breaking so we gave up"
My guess with Cliffjumper’s parts forming is that maybe the reason it’s built around the parts forming is because they couldn’t figure out how to do the design without the parts forming. And to make that work, they built the next draft of the design around that. And due to that parts forming, the rest of the transformation is allowed to shine as much as it does.
Actually the vehicle mode is most likely a Mitsubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest. Though I understand why people don't remember it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Starion Fantastic video by the way 😊👍
Considering the von character basically lives at your house I was half expecting A joke at the end were you two are looking at the burning house and him realizing he’s basically homeless now
One of my Cliff's door hinges is cracking for no reason i can see, plus pretty bad paint chipping on the shoulders, a grill paint error, plus the backpack peg being loose in robot mode.. i have some hate for this figure, but for different reasons, so i somewhat relate to the hate.
@@kevinp.h157 that's fair and reasonable. Personally I feel that parts-forming, shell-forming, and Faux-forming are all the result of lazy engineering, and that we the consumer should demand better
Despite the partsforming...I consider this my deluxe of the line. Yes, even over the Datsun, who I like to, but Cliffjumper hits that sweetspot for me.
It is fascinating to me just how much these fanbases built around loving something so easily shift into becoming pools of negativity and criticism. To be honest, it feels like a lot of these fandoms are filled with people who never grew up. It feels very abusive. It's sad in both the tragic and pathetic definitions.
I really believe it's simply a matter of how varied in opinion fanbases are. Everyone has one thing they despise enough to be vocal about (partsforming, backpacks, scale, price, paint). From the outside it sounds like an endless chorus of hatred about everything when in reality it's everyone making one complaint, it's just that one complaint made by a thousand voices happens to run the full spectrum of toy designs.
I heard someone actually complain that cyclonus’ back wasn’t accurate because the cockpit isn’t facing the right way. And I mean they complained about it throughout their whole review. It makes it hard sometimes to want to interact with some fans when they will literally complain about anything.
@@DrLockdown facts. I’ve always been willing to give a little bit with the mainline, I guess my main complaints with it now would just be the over use of clear plastic. If they could get that under control, I’d have little to no complaints about these lines. But I totally understand why someone would be irritated with partsforming, especially when everything else is done so well.
@@Natee178 I will never understand why they use clear plastic for joints ever, i can undersand for windows, eyes and effects, but if it needs to move then DON'T do it.
@@Majinhero I would 100% prefer painted windows over clear ones. While clear plastic may look nicer, it is just not strong enough to last when you have all this other decently hard plastic around it. Like if I worked for hasbro that’s what I would change the most. No more clear plastic (maybe except for blast effects). The weirdest part is that a lot of the time the clear plastic is actually more expensive for them, because they have to paint the entire piece. Imagine how much less paint would’ve had to been used on something like SS86 jazz, had they used white plastic with painted windows
@@Natee178 Depends on how you see it. If it is only to highlight something then it's good for me(cockpits, tapedecks effects etc) but once it structuraly makes something weaker it needs to be dropped.
11:34 Okay to be fair, Model Kit plastic can be extremely brittle, so making the cheaper HG kits into Full-on Partsformers is actually the wiser decision. They tried making a smaller-scale kit that was fully transformable, and it was so brittle that most people ended up having their kits break after 1-2 transformations. seriously though, fuck the RG, it's a Hand-Grenade waiting for the right moment to just explode into pieces on you. the Larger scale MG kit is fully transformable without Parts-forming.. unless you were referring to the Shield becoming the nosecone of the Jet Mode. then I must have missed the point of this jab entirely.
I admit I didn't check entirely, since this was a bit of a nightmare to edit, bit the majority of non-transformers transforming robots, kits or otherwise, heavily rely on partsforming
I think you nailed the aspect of whiney fans leading to misguided engineering direction. But you can't deny that at leader and commander pricepoints that said direction has lead to some absolute bangers. They haven't had any missteps since doubledealer. I think we're at a nice sweet spot now. Where characters are a nice blend of toy and toon. With some transformations that can only be described as black magic.
this figure was how I got back into collecting. Honestly I enjoy it overall and ya its smaller and the parts forming is not ideal but if you can land it on sale its worth every dollar
Yep, as I suspected. What definitely is the problem is not so much Cliff's partsforming, but what it represents. It makes the bad quality even worse, because it both is the culmination of a festering problem that people are oblivious to, while setting a new rotten precedent, which many excuse. And that's what makes it more damning than being a mere engineering shortcut. It's like what I recently said in the ER Scream video, about what his choice of engineering represents with Arcee and Ultra Magnus as victims. How people let that go so easily is baffling, among other things. Especially Geewunners who excuse Arcee's proportions and Magnus' Kingdom looks. TBH, I got this guy for the car mode, NGL. The Mitsubishi Starion-esque aesthetic awoke something in me in terms of car appreciation. Not enough to join my friends in being an enthusiast, but if this thing was a real car, this WOULD be my perfect car, aside from possibly the Cybertronian Lamborghinis. It also made me enjoy the boxy yet angular 90s aesthetics of cars, like Initial D's AE86 Trueno. I will stand by that the Vanettes' roof shields are better done, coz they look like sturdy AF tower shields, and ones that are big enough to bash some poor fool's "brains" in. But I'm not gonna argue they're "good". I like them, and they're the only ones I will say I like, but doesn't mean I won't shit on them for what they are. And yes, I'd actually rather take the pure partsforming than the upgrade kit, hypocritical as that sounds. Oh ok, so it's not just mine that feels a bit floppy on the waist. I won't deny I'm one of these complainers. I mean, look at this entire spiel I'm writing, and those I've written before. But I'd like to hope that I'm framing these as points to bounce discussion from. I've certainly not done well about it, but it's an exercise in trying to be better at it. I know it's annoying for you and others to sit through these essays, but my thoughts can't be condensed so easily. Overall, I'm happy with this guy, but same as you, what he embodies will always fester in my mind. AI got more minor thoughts, but I won't bog you down with them. This take on the ramifications on fandoms' opinions and how much the company kowtows is very thought-provoking. Kudos and thanks, Doc, for this long-awaited video. Primus-speed on the changes going forward, in life and presentation. (friendly salute)
Hm, X-Transbots did an excellent job with Ultra Magnus but I'd love to see what you say about it. Despite the Earthrise Cliffjumper, I ended up with Fanstoys Parkour. 😅
I think it speaks a lot to the diversity of the fandom and its range of tastes. Personally, I’d never buy any of those highly articulated and screen accurate, but non-transforming figures, but I’ll immediately accept partsforming if it sees a transforming figure get closer to what makes those non-transforming figurines so appealing. Additionally, I feel partforming is always better than engineering that impairs articulation or makes the figure look ‘off.’
By and large, I agree. However, parts forming has been there since practically day one, so it annoys me, but I can see why it's there. As for 3D printed parts, at least the online stores, and reprolabels, I've always sort-of suspected Hasbro is a silent partner in there somewhere...
I know this is an older video, but it’s interesting to think about how, by expressing such a strong negative opinion on a disputed aspect of transformers figures, you’ve technically done exactly what you disliked about transformers hyper-fixating on back kibble by instead hyper-fixating on partsforming. I still like the review and respect your opinion, but I do think it’s worth mentioning.
since I already have the GDO version of Cliffjumper. how do you feel that the Netflix bumblebee is a heavy retool of Cliffjumper using the same Parts forming for the backend.
@@DrLockdown I do have the bug bite version of the mold since it's a different character from Cliffjumper I don't have a problem with the parts forming since it's separate character.
4:05 Honestly i bought him because i thought he resembled a toyota ae86 with heavy tuning It looks very average, bringing the ,,robots in disguise" to reality, as it looks almost undistinguishable from most cars, yet keeps its drip A Perfect ballance, just like what silverstreak kinda achived
0:59 Never show this guy SMG4's videos. The moment he found out said RUclipsr is Austrailian. I think he would set the guy's house on fire faster than you can say "BURN TO THE GROUND!
Mmm... I feel kinda dumb for buying this thing three times. Wanted to buy Hubcap because I needed a new toy for him even though he had horrible partsforming, then found Netflix Bumblebee at Kmart and had to get it to flex on my friend in Malaysia and my buds in America... then felt like I had to complete the trilogy with Cliffjumper when he was discounted at Myer. I can only hope and pray that an Ebay Special™ upgrade part that _doesn't_ suck gets released some time soon.
The partsforming… no doubt about it, it’s very lazy, and antithetical to the appeal of Transformers, but in the case of Cliffjumper, the piece ends up somewhere in both modes, and in stop motion, where the partsforming should be hidden, it can look alright. And the retool of Bumblebee doesn’t look bad either. I definitely would’ve preferred they had integrated everything into the transformation, but in this specific case, I’m not worked up about it.
If I had money, I only buy a bumblebee version, walmart probably made a smart move since he's one of the most popular characters, I don't care how much partsforming effects the thing even if that guy (not you of course) himself punches the thing in almost every video, I don't hate him but I do disagree with some of his opinions on ER, and I like it that they made him an actual proportionally accurate volkswagen beetle, sure most GEEWUNNERS and cartoonists might hate it (even the person I meantioned earlier) but then again if the cartoon was gonna go for the choro Q thing might as well put a panel at the back, I think what would be better if it's attatched onto a peg on some hinges, with the other end attatched to one of the arms, and you would fold it so cliff would have the shield on his arm without partsforming, I am going off of the animated cybertronian mode optimus, which I think handles partforming weapons better where you don't have to take them off, if ironhide is getting a new mold for studio series bumblebee should get one too
Okay look I know it's your opinion you can say whatever you want about it but I just want to say I like earthrise and I'm a new transformers fan in fact I like the whole WFC trilogy I can understand so issues like they could've made the car back into a actull decent sheild or have it attach to the back but they tried to do a modern take on g1 figures and I would say it's good maybe they were under pressure from the higher ups and should probably give them a little slack
oh does 15:16 mean that Drlockdown thinks Rodimus Prime is one of the best figures of the line? Guess we'll have to wait and see. Looking forward to his review! Also that you can get back on your feet. You produced great content then and we can hope you can produce great content now. Also little word of advice for the "Moving out situation" since I'm actually going through that right now, maybe you should take a break from youtube for like a week if you want to, so you can get accustomed to your new setting and also get all your stuff over there properly.
Personally, I got into this stuff at the time of aoe, and I loved the knight optimus prime design. I didn't want it to parts form, per say, but I wanted the kibble (back, arm, shin, wherever it was I didn't care) to be easily detachable (i.e. Not on pins;swivels and slot in hinges please) so I could remove it and then put it back at will for transforming into vehicle mode, and still have the option to temporarily remove transformation functionality for the sake of a perfectly clean robot mode cuz, tbh, that's what I care about most
About the magic square stunticons those parts are just extra options those are for a toy accurate mode on menasor. The trailer has the feet and thighs already on but the ones that came with breakdown and wild rider are different options
@@DrLockdown in the video you implyed that it was mandatory or at least I thought you did. And do you get the motor master yet. I just got mine the other day and it’s amazing the trailer is kind of annoying to transform but not dread full like the mpm Optimus that’s was frustrating. But the trailer isn’t fun to transform but motormaster is really fun to transform and is an amazing figure I’m just waiting for dead end and dragstrip to arrive. Are you gonna get the whole menasor and if so are you gonna review it.
@@DrLockdown nice I hope you do review them I love the motor master. The leg bots aren’t as good as him but there not bad. I’ll hopefully update you when I get the arm bots :)
I can't say if your final score was more so ironic than fair, cause even with all you said, a 3/5 would have made more sense, or even a 2.5/5, the ultimate mediocrity. But it's your video and this one had been a long time coming. Good thing you finally got it off your chest I also wanted to tell you about the first WFC figure that I bought, which is Kingdom Warpath whom I absolutely love. I've never had a toy which feels this good to play and have a jolly time with. But sadly.. after seeing how you seem to have soured on him too and seem to hate him as well to some regard, even though it was your Warpath Versus video that sold me on the figure, now I don't know if I should expect you to be disappointed with my purchase or be happy with it. Eitherway, good luck with future content
@@DrLockdown yeah well at least Warpath only uses it to fill out a small gap which would otherwise be ignored while Cliffjumper's just has to be put on otherwise it'd ruin the cohesion of the alt mode. It is a shame but at this point, nothing can be done And I'm happy you don't hate Warpath at least, cause your videos are always a good source of info to know whether if I should get a figure or not. So thanks for that as well BTW, I wanted to know, do you think despite all of Earthrise Cliff's issues, could it serve as the definitive mainline Cliffjumper mold? Cause most of the other cliffs are just bee repaints. Save for TF prime one which while a good figure, I still ain't sure if the muscle car deco sits right with everyone
actually there are claims that they tried to make this figure without the partsforming but the plastic kept breaking so they gave up and made him a partsformer
saying "kibble has always existed in transformers" isn't a good reason for not having clean backs. Cyclonus and warpath have practically no kibble. Earthrise Optimus has a cleaner back than siege and they gave you the option to remove the remaining kibble cause it was left on an easily removable clip. Saying (blank) has always been a part of (blank) is not good reasoning. Eating meat has always been a part of life until it isn't, things can always improve. I don't mind back kibble that much but kibble is still kibble and transformers are better without them. I like cliff jumper despite its parts forming because I really enjoy the transformation so the parts forming doesn't bother me that much. I think if cliff jumper was a bit bigger maybe closer to the size of warpath we could have had the best of both worlds.
BAM! I find it funny it's the reverse for us Joe fans where we can't get anything and etc by Hasbro since I still after a whole year still having a ruff time finding the GI JOE RETRO toyline in stores and online.
Well.. This fits this figure quite well. Good ideas here and there, but part's forming kill's it in more them one way. Plus I have view questions 1 Why did you ment with "waste of a gimic" with Doublecrosser? We're talking about bot's that turn in to piece's of roude block/shields. Out side out Slitherfang I don't see what eals could they did with it 2 About "Repro labels" , if what you where saying about "not guying it for figures you don't like" is true... Why Doubledealer Rocket has an Autobot symbol on it?
Doubledealer's using the bottropolis rocket, since I couldn't find the normal one. And the thing is they could have done way better with the gimmick by using blockiet designs. Jizai toys did some, and they were awesome. There was no reason to make them like this
Interesting choice to use a megazord to illustrate 'every other transforming mech line on the market using partsforming'. Not disagreeing on partsforming being bad, but those are essentially combiners, and outside the combination they rarely partsform beyond the 'moving weapons around' type that the vast majority of transformers very much also do. Not the best choice of comparison.
im just commenting to support a channel i really like, and i could tell for a bit you were probably moving, obviously the poster and that your collection was becoming more and more baron as videos went along and i dont know how to end this comment
Ehhh, I'm of the mindset that back kibble IS something that can compromise a figure more than parts that can be separated and re-attached to the robot. Cliff jumper looks better with the shield in hand than it garishly hanging of his back. They're Three dimensional and Decently poseable; Wide splits stances pointing them against the enemy figures from a variety of angles is always nice to have. And besides, you can flip the plug down and make him hold it like an actual shield, with the curved section of the Boot facing up.
Damn Doctor, you just took most of the words out of my mouth I agree with everything you said regarding the cynicism, as for using Dino as an example, I own the figure, shit's good. though this is why my collection is movieverse dominant heck SS dominant, Studio series is my favorite toyline hands down at the moment *except for the 86 subline that can go burn in an inferno* if you don't mind I do wish to react to this video.
I personally really enjoy aspects of cliffjumper but quality control was terrible. The panel the shoulder is connected was loose and damaged out of the box and the back packs hinge is super tight
While I have no problem with your opinion as a whole, my one only real nitpick is that when you complain about Bandai Sentai toys using partforming you showed the Original Megazord. One of the combining Mecha that doesn't do that. It's a small thing that probably shouldn't be brought up, but you would've been better pointing to the likes of Shurikenjin or Go-Buster-Oh
They said they couldn't ship my freedom leader with free shipping, so I dished out an extra $50. They then waited three months and used the old 'return to sender' trick, basically claiming I had sent it and they were sending it back. This is fraudulent. Not only could the coast guard confiscate it (thank fuck they didn't), but I could've been fined. Yes. Not them. ME.
i'd say if the backhalf transformed into a shield like the upcoming legacy bulkhead than I would give it a pass but it doesn't and its not really that great
Yeah at least those examples do something, although having handled both they aren't actually partsforming. They can remain on during transformation. I'd say studio series sideswipe would be a better example with the swords
Legacy Bulkhead is legit this guy done right. I love the optional parts forming there
As much as i like to consider legacy bulk as a g1 versión of bulkhead rather than the prime character itself.......i think the figure is quite excellent.
So for those curious as to why this is being called the 'grand finale', it's basically for two reasons. The first is this is what I consider to be the 'last great Earthrise video', and after this I'm going to ease up my complaints about the line. Enough is enough; I don't want to become a broken record.
The second reason is that from episode 115 onwards, there will be a format change. Some things are going to improve, whilst other things are sadly going to be compromised.
- due to my family being forced to move house, I won't have a proper recording space. Video production won't slow down, but I going forward I won't have many shots where I'm facing the camera. Videos will become more 'video-essay-like'. The new format will take some getting used to, but I hope I can deliver the same quality I've always provided.
- Production will switch to a newer version of adobe. As such, I'll actually be taking a week off video production to properly learn the new program. The next episode, which will cover Kingdom Airazor, will release on the 27th.
- A new camera will be implemented. Was supposed to purchase it already...but this video took so long that I had no time to pick it up.
- Transformation sequences will also have better audio quality. Nothing major; just a simple upgrade.
Videos aren't going anywhere, but in light of coming events, things sadly have to change. Until then, I hope I'll see you for a Nintendo E3 stream on Tuesday night, and after that it's back to work!
EDIT: The music is also going to change. InsaneInTheRain has requested people stop due to copyright. Going to switch to video game OSTs. Hopefully my identity won't change too much.
I didn't think you would actually review the toy you don't even surprised me.
Yeah a divorce can be tough
Yesss Kingdom Airazor Bady!!!! My favourite figure from kingdom so far can’t wait.
First of all, super hyped that you’re actually doing the review. I understand not wanting to become a broken record - though I don’t think you reached that point yet, it was sooner or later before someone made that comment. Second, that’s totally ok. Life can be the worst sometimes, and for the most part things are going to get better, so it’s stuff to look forward to! I hope you and your family stay safe and have a solid, easy move.
This felt like one of jobby’s meltdown, like with split or gladius, but more sane.
#backlivesmatter
It all comes down to this. This was inevitable. We’re in the endgame now.
sort of
Issues i have with figure:
I dont hate partsforming as intently as dr lockdown, but i do recognise it as a flaw in the design.
The loose waist does bug me though. Its kinda annoying, there really should’ve been a tab included somewhere to keep the waist stable. Although it does provide a faux backward chest movement, which is somewhat useful in making him fly backwards in the air.
Edit: forgot to mention, the paint is probably one of the worst on my collection. The paint on the chest has already begun to be removed.
Great review. While I personally love this Cliffjumper, and most of Earthrise for that matter, I can see why you don't. Your argument presented in this video is strong, and even if I don't completely agree with your conclusions, that is fine. It's ok to have different opinions about plastic robots, and it's ok to not freak the hell out of someone has a different view/experience than you.
Anyways, I really enjoyed this video, and am looking forward to future ones!
With the mention of gunpla partsforming they absolutely need it. Gunpla is designed as a model kit first and a figure second. Every transforming kit I've handled except for one has been a complete nightmare.
Honestly, for owning this figure myself, I didn’t really have a problem with the parts forming. I understand the annoyance and all, but I’m the kind of person that’s bothered by parts forming if the parts aren’t incorporated into the figure. High grade Gundam kits are a good example, as their transformation actively requires replacing parts. HOWEVER, the part forming only poses one true problem……QC roulette. While I had no problems with Cliffjumper….my Bug Bite on the other hand has their peg loose, so it can’t even connect to the back. I might be lax with the whole situation considering that I’m still new to reviewing stuff on the gundam amino, but my idea of a figure comes down to one thing….is it fun to handle? Can I pose it without the joints giving out or the ratchets causing the figure to bend forward like it let out a small fart? Is the transformation end with a vehicle mode that tabs in unlike runamuk and DoubleDealer? I consider a lot more when it comes to a figure, which I guess shows that everyone views things differently and thus have a variety of opinions determined by our own perceptions of a figure. But I do agree with you on the bullshit regarding unicron trilogy abandonment as I too want to see wider representation so I can buy figures that aren’t the same characters…..like seriously, sideways needs an update to his cybertron figure….like really needs it
Same and personally, I feel like no-one realizes that weapons are kind of parts forming too. They go one place in the robot mode and go somewhere else in alt mode.
@@jadeimusprime2158 weapons aren’t parts forming tho.
If you lose them you don’t ruin any of the other modes.
Parts forming isn’t really a big deal, I also like gundams and besides the rg unicorn if there’s a transformation there’s more than likely some kind of parts forming required
High grade probably isn't the best place to look given they are the cheapest kits like 20 bucks cheap so you getting a lot of toy for 20 bucks
earthrise was a line I missed due to me taking a break from collecting near the middle of siege so its been interesting to see the reception of earthrise shift from this is one of the best lines in ages to this line was very flawed, makes me wonder how kingdom will be perceived once its done and over.
I'm surprised to see this come out earlier than expected
Better not to drag it on
I can understand your issues with this figure but I can’t say the parts-forming in the back bothers me too much. As long as the figure is still fairly solid and has good posing, that’s all that matters to me.
Amen
And if they had integrated it into the figure itself it probably would have wound up on a translucent strut, yeah I'll take the parts forming instead this time
@@ironconvoy3831 exactly
Might as well be lego at this point.
Agreed
You really hit the nail on the head with that rant on people complaining about back kibble and really it’s just kibble in general that they complain about. For some reason people expect Masterpiece quality on Hasbro figures but make excuses for shit quality on actual Masterpiece figures. They complain about kibble and faux parts on Hasbro figures all the time and I just want to slap them, I’ve even told some of them that I want to slap them. People seriously complain about the kibble on Studio Series 38 Optimus Prime’s arms. Yeah, if you ever need a reason to lose faith in humanity, there ya go.
Well that was entertaining. You make a good argument that Cliffjumper is basically the poster child most of of all the grievances against WFC Earthrise. Based on your fairly sound logic, I would humbly suggest that title belongs to Netflix WFC Bumblebee. If has all the same issues and one more... it was an exclusive.
Now, I am aware that it doesn't say Earthrise on the packaging, but we all know what it really is.
Fantastic review and I applaud your production. I have no idea what the Thor stuff is about.
I don't have nowhere near as strong of an opinion on the matter as you do but it was nice to hear you explain the reasoning behind your dislike in detail after using this toy as a recurring bit so much.
And then Kingdom Wave 1 came out of nowhere with godlike engineering
Eyup. Dann right
It's a real shame what happened to cliffjumper. Never understood the complaint about back kibble in chug scale. Toy budget isn't infinite.
It's not about infinite budget but it's a scale of expectations the more one pays the less tolerance for compromises should be had as you march upwards towards the 3rd party price brackets as they have proven that yes for the right price they can make a kibble free show accurate model happen no problem hell have it in 6 colors and with more accessories than a masterpiece and there in lies the issue we have seen the best so when hasbro isn't putting up a good showing in the same brackets people get angry
Glad you reviewed this guy I own the hubcap version
Thanks for all your reviews so far💙
16:52 think someone that works at hasbro said something about Cliffjumpers backpack like "Oh yeah,we wanted to have a hinge there but our plastic kept breaking so we gave up"
I doubt that. The transformation doesn't seem to facilitate such
Oh yes, I am definitely excited to see this happen. With the others like Hoist and Doubledealer.
My guess with Cliffjumper’s parts forming is that maybe the reason it’s built around the parts forming is because they couldn’t figure out how to do the design without the parts forming. And to make that work, they built the next draft of the design around that. And due to that parts forming, the rest of the transformation is allowed to shine as much as it does.
Actually the vehicle mode is most likely a Mitsubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest. Though I understand why people don't remember it.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Starion
Fantastic video by the way 😊👍
Considering the von character basically lives at your house I was half expecting A joke at the end were you two are looking at the burning house and him realizing he’s basically homeless now
Gentlemen, the time has come.
I'm no man, and I am not gentle >:3
I feel that rant about the back kibble was directed at jobby a bit
No joke I’m going to be watching this on a tv
One of my Cliff's door hinges is cracking for no reason i can see, plus pretty bad paint chipping on the shoulders, a grill paint error, plus the backpack peg being loose in robot mode.. i have some hate for this figure, but for different reasons, so i somewhat relate to the hate.
It's amazing when the classics figure from around 10 years ago was better in every way, and had no parts forming.
It depends on how you look at it, personally I think the earthrise one is better with or without the partsforming
@@kevinp.h157 that's fair and reasonable. Personally I feel that parts-forming, shell-forming, and Faux-forming are all the result of lazy engineering, and that we the consumer should demand better
Despite the partsforming...I consider this my deluxe of the line. Yes, even over the Datsun, who I like to, but Cliffjumper hits that sweetspot for me.
It is fascinating to me just how much these fanbases built around loving something so easily shift into becoming pools of negativity and criticism.
To be honest, it feels like a lot of these fandoms are filled with people who never grew up. It feels very abusive. It's sad in both the tragic and pathetic definitions.
I really believe it's simply a matter of how varied in opinion fanbases are. Everyone has one thing they despise enough to be vocal about (partsforming, backpacks, scale, price, paint). From the outside it sounds like an endless chorus of hatred about everything when in reality it's everyone making one complaint, it's just that one complaint made by a thousand voices happens to run the full spectrum of toy designs.
I loved the sponsored segment
That is a beautiful trailer
I have never seen someone with such philosophical reasons for hating a toy.
Eh. Every toy has context behind it
I heard someone actually complain that cyclonus’ back wasn’t accurate because the cockpit isn’t facing the right way. And I mean they complained about it throughout their whole review. It makes it hard sometimes to want to interact with some fans when they will literally complain about anything.
Yeah at that point I don't know if they truly like the hobby
@@DrLockdown facts. I’ve always been willing to give a little bit with the mainline, I guess my main complaints with it now would just be the over use of clear plastic. If they could get that under control, I’d have little to no complaints about these lines. But I totally understand why someone would be irritated with partsforming, especially when everything else is done so well.
@@Natee178 I will never understand why they use clear plastic for joints ever, i can undersand for windows, eyes and effects, but if it needs to move then DON'T do it.
@@Majinhero I would 100% prefer painted windows over clear ones. While clear plastic may look nicer, it is just not strong enough to last when you have all this other decently hard plastic around it. Like if I worked for hasbro that’s what I would change the most. No more clear plastic (maybe except for blast effects). The weirdest part is that a lot of the time the clear plastic is actually more expensive for them, because they have to paint the entire piece. Imagine how much less paint would’ve had to been used on something like SS86 jazz, had they used white plastic with painted windows
@@Natee178 Depends on how you see it. If it is only to highlight something then it's good for me(cockpits, tapedecks effects etc) but once it structuraly makes something weaker it needs to be dropped.
11:34 Okay to be fair, Model Kit plastic can be extremely brittle, so making the cheaper HG kits into Full-on Partsformers is actually the wiser decision. They tried making a smaller-scale kit that was fully transformable, and it was so brittle that most people ended up having their kits break after 1-2 transformations. seriously though, fuck the RG, it's a Hand-Grenade waiting for the right moment to just explode into pieces on you. the Larger scale MG kit is fully transformable without Parts-forming..
unless you were referring to the Shield becoming the nosecone of the Jet Mode. then I must have missed the point of this jab entirely.
I admit I didn't check entirely, since this was a bit of a nightmare to edit, bit the majority of non-transformers transforming robots, kits or otherwise, heavily rely on partsforming
I think you nailed the aspect of whiney fans leading to misguided engineering direction.
But you can't deny that at leader and commander pricepoints that said direction has lead to some absolute bangers.
They haven't had any missteps since doubledealer.
I think we're at a nice sweet spot now. Where characters are a nice blend of toy and toon. With some transformations that can only be described as black magic.
Earthrise was absolutely wonderful and I stand by that. As a toyline, it was incredible. I think a lot of collectors forget these are toys.
Actually, that's part of why I dislike it. These figures put display options before playability a lot of the time.
Are u going to go to supanova Sydney 2021
If u do I'm going on Saturday and hope to see u
Nah. I don't really feel comfortable going to cons at the moment. Maybe another time
this figure was how I got back into collecting. Honestly I enjoy it overall and ya its smaller and the parts forming is not ideal but if you can land it on sale its worth every dollar
Legacy Roadrocket does the whole parts-forming thing right with his saw blades
Definitely better than this, even if it's still annoying
@@DrLockdown not as good as Bulkhead
Why is this called the Grand finale?
I was thinking that
@@o.v.mtrains4070 it's the finale of shitting on Earthrise
What an amazing vacation for Vaughn I am sure he enjoyed it
With all the figures with the cliffjumper mold, Netflix bumblebee is my personal favorite
Not really a fan TBH. I think it looks clunky
Yep, as I suspected. What definitely is the problem is not so much Cliff's partsforming, but what it represents. It makes the bad quality even worse, because it both is the culmination of a festering problem that people are oblivious to, while setting a new rotten precedent, which many excuse.
And that's what makes it more damning than being a mere engineering shortcut.
It's like what I recently said in the ER Scream video, about what his choice of engineering represents with Arcee and Ultra Magnus as victims.
How people let that go so easily is baffling, among other things. Especially Geewunners who excuse Arcee's proportions and Magnus' Kingdom looks.
TBH, I got this guy for the car mode, NGL. The Mitsubishi Starion-esque aesthetic awoke something in me in terms of car appreciation. Not enough to join my friends in being an enthusiast, but if this thing was a real car, this WOULD be my perfect car, aside from possibly the Cybertronian Lamborghinis.
It also made me enjoy the boxy yet angular 90s aesthetics of cars, like Initial D's AE86 Trueno.
I will stand by that the Vanettes' roof shields are better done, coz they look like sturdy AF tower shields, and ones that are big enough to bash some poor fool's "brains" in. But I'm not gonna argue they're "good". I like them, and they're the only ones I will say I like, but doesn't mean I won't shit on them for what they are.
And yes, I'd actually rather take the pure partsforming than the upgrade kit, hypocritical as that sounds.
Oh ok, so it's not just mine that feels a bit floppy on the waist.
I won't deny I'm one of these complainers. I mean, look at this entire spiel I'm writing, and those I've written before.
But I'd like to hope that I'm framing these as points to bounce discussion from. I've certainly not done well about it, but it's an exercise in trying to be better at it. I know it's annoying for you and others to sit through these essays, but my thoughts can't be condensed so easily.
Overall, I'm happy with this guy, but same as you, what he embodies will always fester in my mind. AI got more minor thoughts, but I won't bog you down with them. This take on the ramifications on fandoms' opinions and how much the company kowtows is very thought-provoking.
Kudos and thanks, Doc, for this long-awaited video. Primus-speed on the changes going forward, in life and presentation.
(friendly salute)
Eh, i dont mind the partsforming :)
Hm, X-Transbots did an excellent job with Ultra Magnus but I'd love to see what you say about it.
Despite the Earthrise Cliffjumper,
I ended up with Fanstoys Parkour. 😅
I think it speaks a lot to the diversity of the fandom and its range of tastes. Personally, I’d never buy any of those highly articulated and screen accurate, but non-transforming figures, but I’ll immediately accept partsforming if it sees a transforming figure get closer to what makes those non-transforming figurines so appealing. Additionally, I feel partforming is always better than engineering that impairs articulation or makes the figure look ‘off.’
By and large, I agree. However, parts forming has been there since practically day one, so it annoys me, but I can see why it's there. As for 3D printed parts, at least the online stores, and reprolabels, I've always sort-of suspected Hasbro is a silent partner in there somewhere...
It has been there since G1, but since G2 it's only been used in clever and unique ways. This toy goes back to that old usage, which is hella annoying.
Congratulations on 4k subs!
Lol not yet. One off :p
Lets wait 😁
Turns out Vaughn was saying Fuck You in reverse at the end.
... why am I not surprised?
There are always hidden messages in his magic
I know this is an older video, but it’s interesting to think about how, by expressing such a strong negative opinion on a disputed aspect of transformers figures, you’ve technically done exactly what you disliked about transformers hyper-fixating on back kibble by instead hyper-fixating on partsforming. I still like the review and respect your opinion, but I do think it’s worth mentioning.
since I already have the GDO version of Cliffjumper. how do you feel that the Netflix bumblebee is a heavy retool of Cliffjumper using the same Parts forming for the backend.
Honestly I don't like it. It looks seriously off. People say it's better than the masterpiece, and...how?
@@DrLockdown I do have the bug bite version of the mold since it's a different character from Cliffjumper I don't have a problem with the parts forming since it's separate character.
For me it's the concept, not the character
Is that Buoy Base in the background? You sir have an excellent taste in music (also excellent sponsor transition).
It's a jazz cover. Sadly these covers will retire starting next episode. Read the pinned comment
4:05
Honestly i bought him because i thought he resembled a toyota ae86 with heavy tuning
It looks very average, bringing the ,,robots in disguise" to reality, as it looks almost undistinguishable from most cars, yet keeps its drip
A Perfect ballance, just like what silverstreak kinda achived
a fitting end to how doc started this review lol
0:59 Never show this guy SMG4's videos. The moment he found out said RUclipsr is Austrailian. I think he would set the guy's house on fire faster than you can say "BURN TO THE GROUND!
Ok with warpath you don’t *necessarily* need that shield, but I understand the point
Mmm... I feel kinda dumb for buying this thing three times. Wanted to buy Hubcap because I needed a new toy for him even though he had horrible partsforming, then found Netflix Bumblebee at Kmart and had to get it to flex on my friend in Malaysia and my buds in America... then felt like I had to complete the trilogy with Cliffjumper when he was discounted at Myer. I can only hope and pray that an Ebay Special™ upgrade part that _doesn't_ suck gets released some time soon.
19:39 wait, is this Tfanpage101? it looks like him
Loving the video btw, it was worthy the hype:D
Thanks mate, and nah. That was a mate of mine
Car mode is definitely a 1986 Mitsubishi Starion
did you know you can take off Arcee’s entire backpack and get a vehicle mode and a robot mode…. Think about that
I didn't buy her
The partsforming… no doubt about it, it’s very lazy, and antithetical to the appeal of Transformers, but in the case of Cliffjumper, the piece ends up somewhere in both modes, and in stop motion, where the partsforming should be hidden, it can look alright. And the retool of Bumblebee doesn’t look bad either. I definitely would’ve preferred they had integrated everything into the transformation, but in this specific case, I’m not worked up about it.
I love this mold so much
If I had money, I only buy a bumblebee version, walmart probably made a smart move since he's one of the most popular characters, I don't care how much partsforming effects the thing even if that guy (not you of course) himself punches the thing in almost every video, I don't hate him but I do disagree with some of his opinions on ER, and I like it that they made him an actual proportionally accurate volkswagen beetle, sure most GEEWUNNERS and cartoonists might hate it (even the person I meantioned earlier) but then again if the cartoon was gonna go for the choro Q thing might as well put a panel at the back, I think what would be better if it's attatched onto a peg on some hinges, with the other end attatched to one of the arms, and you would fold it so cliff would have the shield on his arm without partsforming, I am going off of the animated cybertronian mode optimus, which I think handles partforming weapons better where you don't have to take them off, if ironhide is getting a new mold for studio series bumblebee should get one too
PLEASE do a review of commander class rodimus Prime.
I'll see. There's an idea in the works, but I'm trying to see which angle I can take
I liked this figure fine but something about hubcap's gaudy colors and orange face makes the good in this figure truly shine in my eyes.
Literally last night, one of my mates brought hubcap to a burger joint. I reckon cliffjumper looks better personally
@@DrLockdown I completely understand why. I personally see color through the lens of the mid 90s and love crazy colors.
I cannot stand parts forming, especially for figures and characters that never had them. I only got Cliffjumper because it was on clearance.
Okay look I know it's your opinion you can say whatever you want about it but I just want to say I like earthrise and I'm a new transformers fan in fact I like the whole WFC trilogy I can understand so issues like they could've made the car back into a actull decent sheild or have it attach to the back but they tried to do a modern take on g1 figures and I would say it's good maybe they were under pressure from the higher ups and should probably give them a little slack
oh does 15:16 mean that Drlockdown thinks Rodimus Prime is one of the best figures of the line? Guess we'll have to wait and see. Looking forward to his review! Also that you can get back on your feet. You produced great content then and we can hope you can produce great content now. Also little word of advice for the "Moving out situation" since I'm actually going through that right now, maybe you should take a break from youtube for like a week if you want to, so you can get accustomed to your new setting and also get all your stuff over there properly.
i know none of you care but that car is a mitsubishi starion i believe
Who is Michael Vella ? That surname is Maltese.
ruclips.net/video/bWoj9Q3d-2c/видео.html
@@DrLockdown are YOU Michael Vella ? I know that there are a lot of Maltese communities in Australia.
Nope. You can see him in that video
I am Michael Vella. My surname may be Maltese, but I was born in Australia. I am Australian.
@@MikkaVelli1991 nice bro 🤜🤛
You talking about how Hasbro listens to the fans it makes me hopeful for the rumored 86 leader Starscream retool
Doubtful. It's supposed to just be an earthrise retool. Not gonna impress me if that's the case
Have you ever thought of doing a collection tour? Id be interested to see the process of the doctor
Definitely not now. Moving house. Dunno if many people would be interested anyway. I often find collection tours bloated
@@DrLockdown Fair enough! hope the move goes well!
ER Cliffjumper is one of my fav bots.
Personally, I got into this stuff at the time of aoe, and I loved the knight optimus prime design. I didn't want it to parts form, per say, but I wanted the kibble (back, arm, shin, wherever it was I didn't care) to be easily detachable (i.e. Not on pins;swivels and slot in hinges please) so I could remove it and then put it back at will for transforming into vehicle mode, and still have the option to temporarily remove transformation functionality for the sake of a perfectly clean robot mode cuz, tbh, that's what I care about most
Both cars cliff is based on are really small, the 944/924 idk and the station arent that big, they're smaller than the 911 which is normally sized.
About the magic square stunticons those parts are just extra options those are for a toy accurate mode on menasor. The trailer has the feet and thighs already on but the ones that came with breakdown and wild rider are different options
It's for the toy aesthetic. At least he has those options; I like more detail on my menny
@@DrLockdown in the video you implyed that it was mandatory or at least I thought you did. And do you get the motor master yet. I just got mine the other day and it’s amazing the trailer is kind of annoying to transform but not dread full like the mpm Optimus that’s was frustrating. But the trailer isn’t fun to transform but motormaster is really fun to transform and is an amazing figure I’m just waiting for dead end and dragstrip to arrive. Are you gonna get the whole menasor and if so are you gonna review it.
Ive ordered the whole team and I hope to review them. We'll see though
@@DrLockdown nice I hope you do review them I love the motor master. The leg bots aren’t as good as him but there not bad. I’ll hopefully update you when I get the arm bots :)
I can't say if your final score was more so ironic than fair, cause even with all you said, a 3/5 would have made more sense, or even a 2.5/5, the ultimate mediocrity. But it's your video and this one had been a long time coming. Good thing you finally got it off your chest
I also wanted to tell you about the first WFC figure that I bought, which is Kingdom Warpath whom I absolutely love. I've never had a toy which feels this good to play and have a jolly time with. But sadly.. after seeing how you seem to have soured on him too and seem to hate him as well to some regard, even though it was your Warpath Versus video that sold me on the figure, now I don't know if I should expect you to be disappointed with my purchase or be happy with it. Eitherway, good luck with future content
I don't hate him at all actually, since my copy doesn't require partsforming.
Plus said partsforming is better than... whatever this is
@@DrLockdown yeah well at least Warpath only uses it to fill out a small gap which would otherwise be ignored while Cliffjumper's just has to be put on otherwise it'd ruin the cohesion of the alt mode. It is a shame but at this point, nothing can be done
And I'm happy you don't hate Warpath at least, cause your videos are always a good source of info to know whether if I should get a figure or not. So thanks for that as well
BTW, I wanted to know, do you think despite all of Earthrise Cliff's issues, could it serve as the definitive mainline Cliffjumper mold? Cause most of the other cliffs are just bee repaints. Save for TF prime one which while a good figure, I still ain't sure if the muscle car deco sits right with everyone
actually there are claims that they tried to make this figure without the partsforming but the plastic kept breaking so they gave up and made him a partsformer
I doubt that, given the way the figure is designed
@@DrLockdown ok that's just something I heard from Perspectiveend and Kit Katastrophie
I heard it too, but I think that may have been an excuse from the marketing department
saying "kibble has always existed in transformers" isn't a good reason for not having clean backs. Cyclonus and warpath have practically no kibble. Earthrise Optimus has a cleaner back than siege and they gave you the option to remove the remaining kibble cause it was left on an easily removable clip. Saying (blank) has always been a part of (blank) is not good reasoning. Eating meat has always been a part of life until it isn't, things can always improve. I don't mind back kibble that much but kibble is still kibble and transformers are better without them. I like cliff jumper despite its parts forming because I really enjoy the transformation so the parts forming doesn't bother me that much. I think if cliff jumper was a bit bigger maybe closer to the size of warpath we could have had the best of both worlds.
7:43
21:15 gundam verka Am I a joke to you
BAM! I find it funny it's the reverse for us Joe fans where we can't get anything and etc by Hasbro since I still after a whole year still having a ruff time finding the GI JOE RETRO toyline in stores and online.
I feel for Vaun, the Rickrolling thing has gotten too old. Let it DIE!
Parts-forming is such a huge non-issue in my opinion, especially if its 1 part.
I don't mind if it's a weapon of for the sake of combining, but this useless nonsense irks me. Transformers can do better
Of all the things the complainers complained about, hardly anyone complained a lot of the Earthrise autos don't have rearview mirrors!
Because it's a $34 deluxe? Because it's kind of inconsequential?
How much of Earthrise was done by Hasbro? Them and Takara have different philosophies
They don't do anything separately anymore. Each toy is done by both sides.
Worth the wait!
Well.. This fits this figure quite well. Good ideas here and there, but part's forming kill's it in more them one way.
Plus I have view questions
1 Why did you ment with "waste of a gimic" with Doublecrosser?
We're talking about bot's that turn in to piece's of roude block/shields. Out side out Slitherfang I don't see what eals could they did with it
2 About "Repro labels" , if what you where saying about "not guying it for figures you don't like" is true...
Why Doubledealer Rocket has an Autobot symbol on it?
Doubledealer's using the bottropolis rocket, since I couldn't find the normal one.
And the thing is they could have done way better with the gimmick by using blockiet designs. Jizai toys did some, and they were awesome. There was no reason to make them like this
Holy fuck he brought up the Thomas fandom.
Interesting choice to use a megazord to illustrate 'every other transforming mech line on the market using partsforming'. Not disagreeing on partsforming being bad, but those are essentially combiners, and outside the combination they rarely partsform beyond the 'moving weapons around' type that the vast majority of transformers very much also do. Not the best choice of comparison.
Ah. My mistake. Sorry about that
A better example would have been the Disney era toys, when they simplified the toys so much that some need to extensivley partsform to combine.
im just commenting to support a channel i really like, and i could tell for a bit you were probably moving, obviously the poster and that your collection was becoming more and more baron as videos went along and i dont know how to end this comment
i pretty much agree in all the points but i still really like cliffjumper p.s. great vid btw
Does 15:16 mean that in your opinion Rodimus is one of the best figures from the line? have i discovered something? hhhmmmm....
11:04 well at least the original creator didn’t destroy a generations arcee
Ehhh, I'm of the mindset that back kibble IS something that can compromise a figure more than parts that can be separated and re-attached to the robot. Cliff jumper looks better with the shield in hand than it garishly hanging of his back. They're Three dimensional and Decently poseable; Wide splits stances pointing them against the enemy figures from a variety of angles is always nice to have. And besides, you can flip the plug down and make him hold it like an actual shield, with the curved section of the Boot facing up.
Honestly it not that bad i still think it’s good
Damn Doctor, you just took most of the words out of my mouth I agree with everything you said regarding the cynicism, as for using Dino as an example, I own the figure, shit's good. though this is why my collection is movieverse dominant heck SS dominant, Studio series is my favorite toyline hands down at the moment *except for the 86 subline that can go burn in an inferno*
if you don't mind I do wish to react to this video.
Yeah go ahead.
15:39 what upgrade kit is that?
I personally really enjoy aspects of cliffjumper but quality control was terrible. The panel the shoulder is connected was loose and damaged out of the box and the back packs hinge is super tight
Ouch. Still, I'd prefer a tight waist joint than whatever I ended up with
Thanks for taking the time to respond keep up the great work
While I have no problem with your opinion as a whole, my one only real nitpick is that when you complain about Bandai Sentai toys using partforming you showed the Original Megazord. One of the combining Mecha that doesn't do that.
It's a small thing that probably shouldn't be brought up, but you would've been better pointing to the likes of Shurikenjin or Go-Buster-Oh
Yeah admittedly I didn't have a lot of time to find a proper photo. My apologies
11:05 Abusing shipping policies? Something sleazy about free shipping?
They said they couldn't ship my freedom leader with free shipping, so I dished out an extra $50. They then waited three months and used the old 'return to sender' trick, basically claiming I had sent it and they were sending it back.
This is fraudulent. Not only could the coast guard confiscate it (thank fuck they didn't), but I could've been fined. Yes. Not them. ME.
i'd say if the backhalf transformed into a shield like the upcoming legacy bulkhead than I would give it a pass but it doesn't and its not really that great
That and Arcee are amazing examples of parts forming done right. with Arcee the front wheels becomes a gun
Yeah at least those examples do something, although having handled both they aren't actually partsforming. They can remain on during transformation.
I'd say studio series sideswipe would be a better example with the swords
@@DrLockdown what about RID Ultra Magnus?
Never owned one
@@DrLockdown you should