I still love the concepts behind these figures, but the amount of reports coming in about nearly every figure having massive QC/tolerance/paint issues and that's it, that's all you get, Hasbro literally can't replace it what's broken as that's all that was made has been ridiculous (Soundtrack is from FTL by the way in case anyone is curious)
You know how we say Earthrise is just like a mini-masterpiece line? Well Masterpiece has been pretty notorious as of late for all it's QC and breakage issues, so I guess Earthrise is just trying to be authentic, lol
I’ve been searching for the last 2-3 months for this figure. It’s *BUMBLEBEE* for Primus’s sake, one of the two most prominent heroic figureheads of the franchise, but who cares about that, let’s make him an exclusive for Walmart of all stores.
They did give a announcement that they will be selling exclusives elsewhere at a later time as for what ones and how many and where I am not sure about that but also not impressed too.
For crying out loud we now have Wallgreens exclusives. What's next Gamestop/EB Games exclusives? (As always. Remember that I'm never trying to jinx things)
I've had a few issues with all the SS figures i've gotten (except for 86 Hot Rod). Heli Dropkick and Beetle Bumblebee just refuse to stay tabbed in all the way in alt mode. Mercedes Drift being a repaint of a pre-existing shellformer was also a huge turnoff for me. Keep in mind that was a Christmas gift, I had no intention on getting it for myself. The baby dinobots were cute though!
"And THIS guy got two left heels! Huzzah!" Funny. I have a Classics Bumblebee with two left fists. So if nothing else, it's not like this is a NEW problem. The only problem with Earthrise that I'VE run into is Doubledealer being a bit floppy, which I'm going to try to fix with a little nail polish in the joints.
Speaking of classics, I had so many issues with classic seeker molds, I ended up throwing most of them away. Nosecones and feet being the biggest issues. I still have a couple of KOs of SW and TC though, and the official hasbro TC with the paint variant is still in one piece.
This feels like a problem with them moving their factories to Vietnam or some other southeast Asian country where people will work in sweatshops for the dollar. Combined with the cost of plastic and a global depression, and the inflation we've been experiencing without an increase to wages, yeah, this is definitely not acceptable. A product as expensive as some transformer toys, especially the masterpiece line, should not be having this many issues. I'm sort of glad that I haven't bought a transformer in a long time, since if this was my main hobby and source of entertainment I'd probably find myself in a pit of despair.
@Mr. Al Sure, I'm just sharing my own personal experience as a budget collector. No excuse for for QC issues but I just wanted to share because this post's last paragraph is very exaggerated blanket statement, as if MAJOR QC issue will always happen in every bought figure cus if thats the case there should be a hell lot more angrier sets of consumers than they are now. So, in a sense, I'm not trying to downplay the issue. Rather I'm trying to downplay the "overplay" of the issue by the original poster here if that makes sense haha
Hasbro color matched yellow back in the 1980s....how can so much go backwards with all the technological advancements? I’m pretty sure the internet broke Hasbro......maybe if they got off the internet and actually paid attention to their jobs things would be better.
I HATE with a passion target exclusives I couldn’t complete multiple collections due to either eBay not having them or it costs the same as a freaking lambo same with amazon they’ll probably inflate more earthrise figures
It really sucked with Ironhide. I had to sell my Siege one and multiple other figures earlier in the year to get some cash and now him and the Earthrise one are so expensive
And if you live in a country that doesn't have Targets? Well, you either can't find them at all, or they'll get scalped to hell if you try to look for them in online stores! Have fun!
It's really weird to see these figures break when you breathe on them wrong. I grew up with the Dark of the Moon Transformers and the generations line that went with that and those things never broke on me even after I dropped them down the stairs or something dumb like that. I love transformers and I really want to actually play with these figures and I fear I can't which is really sad.
Also, earthrise should've been longer like we should've gotten earthrise sideswipe molds and hound molds. Earthrise shouldn't have been the shortest line so far.
My country's coin keeps devaluating, so that hits EVEN HARDER here, Combiner Wars deluxes were around 300 mexican pesos, deluxes from Earthrise are 550 mexican pesos, even without knowing what the exchange rate is, that's practically twice as much :(
You guys are lucky. I remember back in 2015-2018 deluxe/warrior prices were like 30 bucks but now WFC Deluxes are $35 while exclusives like ER Bluestreak were 39.99. And yet they're still going to increase the price of deluxes again.
Most of my earthrise figure that have QC issues were exclusives Edit: my Gigawatt’s wheel just comes off I can’t transform my lifeline without stress marks And I don’t need to explain the problem with Grapple
Dang I feel bad for you man my doubledealer leg popped off during the transformation. My father cut the mushroom peg off and pushed it back in. Leg is a little loose but I'm just glad I can stand him again.
Issues I’ve experienced: Arcee’s loose hip joint. Astrotrain’s knees are too loose that when he has the backpack he falls over. Megatron’s head gets stuck when pushing it down while transforming, which I assume why the head eventually broke off when it fell over. So I had to get a new one; and when trying to push up his tight head, one of the pegs that keep his head on broke off. Prime’s upper torso won’t peg on all the way. Starscream’s Wings will pop off during transformation. Doubledealer’s legs will pop off the mushroom pegs sometimes, and his arm can’t hold his gun up. Alot of the 5mm ports on Shockwave’s armor won’t hold the pegs right. (even though he’s siege)
Other non-QC issues include: Arcee’s face not being painted The bridge of Optimus Prime’s nose not being painted Megatron’s face All the FREAKING EXCLUSIVES (Especially when it comes to Amazon) And finally... Scalpers wanting 100+ dollars for the coneheads
My earthrise arcee and snap dragon have been fine, though my smokescreen has 2 loose ankles and if i just breathe on him when hes standing he'll fall back, and my earthrise astrotrain came without his big gun so i couldn't combine all his weapons into 1, im also suprised that eyebrow didnt talk about double dealer, ive heard a lot of problems with his legs
It's sad. I was looking forward on buying some earthrise figures. This is something Hasbro can't keep getting away with. Thank you for telling us this.
Honestly, videos like this from bigger channels like you make me feel like all the crap I got in discord for not thinking this line was the second coming of Christ hasn't been for nothing. Also, finally understand where the name came from. :P
@@elitegamer21005 what are you talking about?, ROTF is the greatest and most ambicious cinematic project in history by one of the most brilliant directors
Same they should recall the whole line , not make the majority exclusives( cone heads, prowl, iron hide, rachet, barricade, counterpunch , etc and minimize two packs) then fix these problems over the course of a few months a YEAR if they have to then mass realize them and BAM hasbro is golden
I recently got Smokescreen and this copy wouldn't completely seal up into car mode. I decided to get another copy from another store and it didn't have the same issue! I compared the two figures and I noted that the one that wouldn't seal up had this massive bump in the plastic on one of the connecting pieces/hinges attached to the roof of the car. This bump presses up against the port for the gun to go into and this keeps everything from sealing together nicely. If someone can shave that down then they're probably golden because the second copy I got was perfectly smooth in that same region. If @The Lazy Eyebrow wants pictures I got them. Also kinda happy in a way that my Cliffjumper isn't the only one with a loose backpack. But I am grateful his backpack at least stays on, it just doesn't feel as solid when I grab him around his torso.
Problems with Earthrise: -Tiny leaders and deluxes. -Partsforming. -Exclusives. Other than that I think the line was awesome, and slightly better than Siege.
@@isaandreso215 no it is I’m just saying I don’t like the paint on the head, and you know something is amazing if that’s the only problem. Minus QC but that’s a different storu
Great Video, I lucked out and didn't have the breakage issues but did have missing parts that I was able to replace with store returns. Except my damn Super Megatron. A lot of what you touched on hit the nail on the head, great figures and concepts....put together in the cheapest way possible.
Additionally, these figures are also supposed to be played with by kids that aged around 7-10 and they are definitely NOT going to be gentle with these figures. So that argument of being gentle with figures is irrelevant when you consider the fact that they should be designed to withstand being thrown around.
I can agree with a lot of this. My Trailbreaker's arm was so tight, I broke a piece off the roof trying to transform him. That was day one out of the package. I've been having issues tabbing multiple figures together in vehicle mode and had just assumed it was me doing something wrong. Hell, I had trouble getting Lifeline and Elita-1 into vehicle mode (Arcee, not so much) at all!
I can definitely agree it’s super frustrating on all fronts. When the toys come, even with QC issues, can still be fun, but these issues shouldn’t really be a thing since they know better (or at least they should). A whole other issue this year as well has been distribution. It’s been so incredibly difficult for lots of people to get nearly anything past wave one. And with half the toys being exclusives? It’s all just been not great. I’m still gonna work toward making my collection what I want it to be, just this years been all sorts of messy
I feel like ive been lucky as well. I did the fix for grapples rear pegs when having to file them down a bit so they dont get stuck. Also been cautious of ape faces shield , by not plugging it all the way in for jet mode (apparently you can snap the peg if it goes too far in).
I have most of the earthrise figures, luckily I haven’t had most of these issues. I think I’m just overly happy with how good they look, as “mini masterpieces”. The mismatching colors really doesn’t bother me as much as I feel like it should, same with the ironhide/ratchet feet. However this video is seriously valid. I feel like earthrise could’ve been so much more than it was. The exclusives definitely didn’t help. I feel like the state of the world could have had a big part in some of this stuff. Here’s to hoping kingdom has less qc issues. I feel for the people that got these issues. I’m glad someone made a video on it. Love your channel btw.
Makes me glad that I skipped most of these guys. The only one that I bought was Optimus who, thankfully, doesn't have any problems on my copy. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come in Kingdom and SS86; I'm actually looking forward to a lot of those lines.
The only problems of Earthrise is the mismatched colours on Sunstreaker and a broken shoulder cannon slot for Netflix Wheeljack... Now I can’t even use the shoulder cannon for him! Luckily I'm getting the Earthrise Wheeljack now
@@TheLazyEyebrow I am not looking at this from an animation standpoint, I'm looking from a general fan's standpoint. (Also I was not expecting a reply from the man himself)
@@Kuriboh1008 With all due respect, partsforming was there *at* the beginning, not _as_ much since, until now. It's 2020, we as consumers *should* be getting better quality figures, in both design and manufacturing.
I got an earth rise Bumblebee and he was missing one of his pieces to his rocket launcher. My brother also ordered Optimus and after one time of him transforming Optimus it started to develop stress marks under the truck panel, not to mention during transformations of Earthrise Optimus the head wouldn’t fold in properly and would scrape the paint off of the head revealing red, I’ve also had many problems with siege figures, such as Starscream: one day I was transforming him and the connection point between Siege Starscream and his wings snapped. Although with that problem I just used some plastic glue it was still irritating none the less. These are my main problems with Earthrise and Siege Transformers.
I luckily have been spared these issues, but I also wanna say that I am grateful for people like you and the other reviewers who are around to review and analyze these figures so the rest of us don’t have to go in blind. You are awesome, my dude!
I can forgive sunstreaker a bit, yellow is admittedly a very hard color to get right, and even though the QC on all my figures have been fine, I can’t deny ER has been a QC nightmare
My QC issues: Chipping on the seeker head. Warped left foot on sunstreaker. ER Trailbreaker had no tolerance in his arms or legs. Snapdragon's headmaster paint stripped. MY VERY EXCLUSIVE RATCHET had wrapped paint bubbles everywhere that had to be removed.
Hey, it's my thumbnails! 😀 Really great video! I've noticed the same drop in QC over the course of the last year. I hope they get their stuff together with Kingdom.
Almost every reviewer has mentioned some of these things, thankfully I've not really experienced any of the variable issues (except Hoist's super loose joints) but I and I'm sure many others appreciate you standing up and pointing these out honestly quite unreasonable q/c issues👍
The engineering and look of the figures still manages to wow me, but with the number of issues with my ER figures makes me not want to "play" with them. I'm fine just leaving them on a shelf, but unlike my Siege collection, I'm hesitant to handle them. I don't ever want to transform them because I fear breaking them or chipping paint.
I feel the same but at the same time feel the transformation has become rather tedious and not fun anymore. Specially for the SS line and I have a bunch.
I play with my Earthrise figures a whole bunch with my bro, there's not that much issue tbh and we play them quite rough. The only paint chip issue I've had is with Optimus but that's only cus we've played with him so much so it is inevitable, natural and it's quite minor all things considered.
Here's a few issues I've had: ER Grapple pegs breaking off, one 3 days after getting the figure, one a month later Buzzworthy Silversteak's back hood broke off when I was literally UNBOXING HIM. I had to glue it back on (luckily, theres a panel you can glue it onto without affecting transformation) And last that I can think of, my Earthrise Optimus Prime's truck mode cab doesn't tab down, and his legs don't stay together.
Thank you for posting this. I'm lucky I haven't had any issues with my Earthrise figures, but I will keep all of this in mind. I'm ok with the Botcon version Bugbite so I don't need the Earthrise version. Same with the Thrilling 30 Arcee. Paint issues I can live with. Finding an Earthrise Soundwave, Bumblebee, and Thrust are now my only issues. UPDATE: Only missing Earthrise Thrust.
You take that back. Anyone actually subscribed will love and most likely understand this or enjoy this. I know you mean well but I found it rude since he IS my childhood favorite
I tried Earthrise Hoist, Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker, after attempting to transform Hoist and Sunstreaker into their alt modes, and failing to do so (Hoist's hips refused to swivel all the way, and Sunstreaker's roof does not want to tab in all the way)... I didn't even open Trailbreaker's package and returned all three to the store. I got my money back, but the store owner used the excuse "they are just kid toys". Apparantly kids do not get to have properly functioning toys these days...
And that's the stupid part! These "kids toys" are so expensive that I'm apprehensive to buy them because I couldn't even begin to afford that Here Abbey, have a $300 battle station that becomes a giant robot, for the kids!
@@TheLazyEyebrow in my humble opinion: they are made with collectors first in mind, and any kids they get interested is just a bonus. They are indeed too expensive for kids, and more importantly: too fragile. Even adults break them all the time.
G1 is the best bc i don't like beast wars bc i love the 80s transformers so much thay are so cool i don't like beast transformers i love so much vehicle transformers & g1 have vehicle transformers & transformers war for cybertron earthrise is so cool bc they are literally renewed g1 transformers toys and I'm only going to buy the g1 style transformers from transformers war for cybertron kingdom. Ps THE 80S STYLES ARE BACK NOT THE 90S STYLES. 🤨 and the transformers movie that will be released in 2022 go be a transformers movie in the universe of the transformers bumblebee movie and the transformers go back in the style of G1 like the bumblebee movie 🤨 beast wars SUCKS A LOT 🤨
@@marlonrvlogs I used to watch Beastwars as well but the nostalgic isn't that close compared to the G1. Maybe because I was born and raised in the 80's.
My ER prime had the whole "chest doesn't sit flush" deal going on. His right shoulder/cab area always clicks just out of place. His right kneecap was also inexplicably glued to the leg so that it couldn't open, which was odd since that area shouldn't have glue at all. I managed to fix it by luck with a knife, a thumb tack, and some super glue, but I shouldn't have needed to spend 3 hours whittling away at a knee joint.
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The only earthrise figure I have in collection is wheeljack, and a while ago, your arm simply disengaged during the transformation, and it was very difficult to fit.
Also a problem I had with Starscream was a giant glump of plastic that sat in his elbow between where the two parts were connected by a pin. It bent the plastic in the wrong way, and had I not removed it, he would not have a functional, if not unbroken elbow. Unfortunately I was too caught up in fixing it that I forgot to document it
The worst part is that the QC is no better and is even worse in some areas, the prices are going up, the deluxe figures are downsizing again to around an average of 4.5 inches, and I am just sick of inferior products. First, Rattraps head snaps in half out of the box and I have to glue it back on to the socket, seemingly no big deal. Then reports of a tab in Cheetors head pretty much being guaranteed to break are are popping up on multiple transformers pages, beast wars Megatron is made of a rubbery material that is outright glued to plastic that will someday dry up and crack, a hinge on Warpaths leg snapped off from transforming it EXACTLY THE WAY THE INSTRUCTIONS TOLD ME TO DO SO leaving a gigantic tab in the back to have to partsform in to the tank, the paint chips off easier than ever, I could go on. Even the best figures out of the Earthrise line have given me issues, like classics prime having a panel that formed the side of the truck snapping off, cliffjumpers autobot logo essentially rubbing off in 2-3 weeks, the paint has pretty much worn off my wheeljack to the point of looking like he melted, the windscreen broke too, Gigawatt had a back tire break off and I had to spend an hour snapping it back in to place, smokescreen's windscreen cracked and he snapped in half at the waste joint, I could go on. I am really wishing we were back in the reveal the shield/classics era. Yes, the engineering was simplified with less articulation, but at least they weren't barely painted, guaranteed to self-destruct after a couple of weeks, and hollowed out to fuck or downsized.
I think having high standards for something you spend your own money on is not at all "being negative", I think toys are too unimportant to have low standards for.
I had my ironhide come with cracking hinges on the windshield. It's mainly because the factory workers just gave up and the figure isn't assembled correctly. So if you want to tab in on both side for that windshield, you have to twist it slightly. And we all know how brittle clear plastic is
You are right @Lazy Eyebrow My earthrise wheeljack left leg is kinda loose I have no idea how to fix it But otherwise I do not have the windshield pegs problem but loose leg of left side
Correction on the pegs for Grapple: That is not a quality control issue, that is a straight up design flaw. To quote DrLockdown: “If you take a look at the pegs designed to hold the truck together, you’ll notice they’ve hollowed them out to cut back the cost a bit. This has caused a small part of the peg to jut out at the bottom, creating a sort of toothed design. That in itself is no cause for concern, but then you take a look at the holes at the bottom of the feet. You’ll notice they’ve added a nice bit of rivet detail on the inside, pretty cool right? Well here’s the problem. In doing so, they’ve put panel lines at the circumference at the bottom creating a groove for the peg to lock into, with no clearance for the thing slot out, once it’s stuck in there, it’s permanently stuck in there.”
On the topic early on, I remember having a very messed up Gen Scoop, and was told I screwed up opening the figure. Totally makes sense even though I never said that, he never saw me open it, and he's pulling it out of his ass. Anyways, Earthrise I don't mind the figures I own, but I also only have mostly wave 1 figures, no Selects Earthrise currently.
I can't possibly afford all of the Siege, Earthrise, and Kingdom figures since I chose to focus on Studio Series back in 2018 and everyone going around calling them mini masterpieces is really giving me a sour taste in my mouth.
I haven't experienced a lot of these issues,as I only have ER Prime, but after spending months tracking down ER Prime, I noticed virtually every issue you mentioned for him except with the feet, including an additional issue. The hinge that is used to form the top of his chest started suffering stress marks the very first time I transformed it. I also noticed that the paint almost immediately began coming off of the back of his head and it's almost at the point where I'll have to repaint it. This sucks because I adore this design.
My Prowl has alignment issues on the hood. It pops up a bit near the windshield where they separate. My Bluestreak doesn't have that issue. It has an issue in the back, where the roof pops up. I've seen two other reviews where they had the same problem. I cannot figure out what causes this. I'd love to fix it. Bluestreak's tires look better than Prowl's because they're painted. One of the inside leg panels pops off constantly if I move it. The black covering that only covers 75% of the gap in the bottom foot. My Siege Ironhide has a side door that falls off from the hinges on the leg. They refuse to pop into the pegs on the leg. Same with Walgreens Ratchet, on a leg but the hinges are stronger on those doors. I think my Earthrise Ironhide is already showing 'pink' wear marks in the plastic in certain spots and I've barely touched him. The back of siege Megatron's feet pop out of their slots. Those ankle platforms so he can stand. I only buy the G1 stuff or the 2005 guys, like Cog, Brunt, and Sixgun. I agree with Arcee's carmode but I like her robot mode. I wish her hoversled could peg into her arm and be a shield. I wish Wheeljack was white and not pea soupish. You make valid critiques. I love the design of these figures but I worry about how long they'll last. I might look into videos that have 'fixes' for these problems. Love your stuff. Thanks for posting this video.
I'm just grateful with how lucky I've been with these figures because, good lord, these issues are inexcusable. ESPECIALLY on exclusives like Bluestreak and Ratchet and Bug Bite and so forth. The toys are mostly really good, but only when they aren't breaking like this. The biggest takeaway really should be this: DO NOT make important joints in translucent plastic. That will more than likely end in tragedy. Even Studio Series hasn't exactly been immune. I just picked up Jetfire(A figure from last year, but my Walmart oddly restocked that Wave a couple weeks ago when I went to look for Bumblebee) and when I first transformed him back from his Blackbird mode, I ended up breaking the pin section of one of the pieces that tabs into his chest, the parts tied to soft plastic, which now dangles loosely. While that luckily isn't fatal and works with Jetfire's character, it's still a worrying problem that one needs to keep a watch for. Hope the SS86 and Kingdom figures aren't this prone to failure.
At 5:24 the image of the cab not connecting is because the knee panels haven't been unfolded properly, however mine does still struggle to connect there even with the panels out.
So I ordered Siege Soundblaster and got Earthrise Grapple (Somehow) so I bought another Soundblaster. So I decided to keep Grapple so I keep transforming it and the same night it arrived his left foot peg just sheared off. I thought I was just too rough (even though I try to be careful) but it's a problem with the figure not me.
I also have a problem with my prime that when I flip the knee caps the cab of the truck won’t sit flush on the truck bed (btw this is the WFC Netflix release, but the 2 molds are practically the same)
I definitely have had some issues like this, so far among what you mentioned my doubledealer has a really loose arm, hoist has loose legs, my startscreams wings fall off a lot and lifeline is missing her little tail fin. Plus my gen selects smokescreens one ankle isn’t tabbed in and is super stressed out now on the plastic. It’s really unfortunate. Plus more recently my kingdom Megatron is the lastest issue with the one tail flap already showing stress marks and I have to actually cut down some of the soft plastic to make it transform but now I’m worried about the longevity of it.
I've noticed the somewhat fragile/brittle feel on some of the figures, but I've been lucky enough to not have issues thus far. Here's hoping I retain said luck. EDIT: The insane amount of exclusives driving up prices on popular/mainline characters along with the general price hiking and down-sizing of figures is driving me up the wall. It's hard to maintain any hobbies in addition to TF collecting at this point. An extra $5 USD or so per figure isn't that much, but if you're out to get several figures it adds up FAST.
There is some color mismatch in my ER Smokescreen, too, namely the black parts: the wheel and most other black parts are actualy a little green in color, while the lower abdomen is pure black...
Well that's easy as fixing a loose ball joint. you can thicken the peg or the hole which the peg goes into(depends on which part is the problem) by using super glue.that will hold the backpack more securely.
After hearing about the issues about grapple Just to be safe I don’t push the pegs in all the way and have to use a flathead screwdriver to gently separate the head piece from the feet during transformation
I only own three ER figures, and here are my thoughts on each: Ironworks: A very nice introduction to the Modulator concept. While a touch basic in some areas, he/she/they carries the spirit of Siege's greebling and early Generations' reinvention by turning a once-obscure Autobot Micromaster base into what should've been the face of the brand. Unfortunately, his/her/their obscurity worked against them and made the toy an immense shelf-warmer. On top of that, his scaling is a bit weird if you don't have any Micromasters (or old Mini-Cons lying around) and his potential for arming other figures is limited. Cliffjumper (and those who were retooled from him): Great robot mode, excellent alt-mode, sadly hampered by his parts-forming. He's not a bad figure, but he set a bad precedent for figures like Arcee and Megatron who would do much worse with their parts-forming. Good parts-forming would be something along the lines of what happened with ER Ironhide and Ratchet (that mold's wonky feet aside) or smart weapon integration, not ripping off an entire chunk of a vehicle and calling it a weapon or a hoverboard. Airwave: I hate to say this, but this may be one of my favorite ER figures. Sure, he suffers from the same limitations of his Autobot counterpart, but he has a fun robot mode that doesn't look terribly out of place with everyone else and his 3(!!!) alternate modes are far more substantial than Ironworks's botched radio tower mode. I usually pair him up with some of the Siege jet Micros, and he's a good deal of fun with or without them. Also, hooking his "airport" mode up to Astrotrain's tender results in a mini Decepticon spaceport!
For my Optimus Prime, I have had two QC issues. One is that the cab won't sit flush (like you mentioned in the video) and second is that one of his front wheels won't tab in in vehicle mode. So, I have issues in the truck mode.
@@vickerandflips8061 Yes I know its just that I really like Cybertronian Vehicles(Even if they kinda look like Earth Modes) but thats probably just me...
I still love the concepts behind these figures, but the amount of reports coming in about nearly every figure having massive QC/tolerance/paint issues and that's it, that's all you get, Hasbro literally can't replace it what's broken as that's all that was made has been ridiculous (Soundtrack is from FTL by the way in case anyone is curious)
Hasbro are running out of ideas.
Your so very right @Lazy Eyebrow
Earthrise is smaller than siege,earthrise has alot of lack of quality control and was lazy
@Robotato I'm sorry to hear about that.
I haven’t even gotten a earthrise figure, and I was going to get earthrise runamuck, and runabout, and this isn’t giving me the best impressions
You know how we say Earthrise is just like a mini-masterpiece line? Well Masterpiece has been pretty notorious as of late for all it's QC and breakage issues, so I guess Earthrise is just trying to be authentic, lol
More you pay the more issues you get
@@Yoshiedude too true
Lol so true
We live in a society where Bumblebee is sold as a Walmart exclusive
And that is a crime
And soundwave is a walmart exclusive which sucks because scalpers are taking entire stocks and selliing them a higher price then it already is
@@thebubblorian4639 that’s one of my most wanted figures
I’ve been searching for the last 2-3 months for this figure. It’s *BUMBLEBEE* for Primus’s sake, one of the two most prominent heroic figureheads of the franchise, but who cares about that, let’s make him an exclusive for Walmart of all stores.
@@cartkart1 me too and soundwave
Me as a NECA fan: first time?
Bruh
The excessive amount of exclusives are intolerable!
Why did Hasbro make Runamuck a mainline release while Runabout is a exclusive
I know
It makes me wish they made earthrise 2 years so that we could get everything.
I hate how much it cost just to get er prowl and er ironhide I just hate it
They did give a announcement that they will be selling exclusives elsewhere at a later time as for what ones and how many and where I am not sure about that but also not impressed too.
The biggest problem... is store exclusives. :(
For crying out loud we now have Wallgreens exclusives. What's next Gamestop/EB Games exclusives? (As always. Remember that I'm never trying to jinx things)
“Smaller and more brittle.”
Bionicle Fans: Welcome to the club.
Lime joints and 2008. The pain
@@Yoshiedude Indeed
@@Yoshiedude and black joints... yellyow joints... EVERY BIONICLE JOINT
bro yes it breaks a LOT
@@notgray88 yes, oh the pain!
I find it interesting that earthrise does have a lot of issues and then you look at ss and they seem fine.
Lazy Eyebrow mentioned an SS Bumblebee having issues, actually.
I've had a few issues with all the SS figures i've gotten (except for 86 Hot Rod). Heli Dropkick and Beetle Bumblebee just refuse to stay tabbed in all the way in alt mode. Mercedes Drift being a repaint of a pre-existing shellformer was also a huge turnoff for me. Keep in mind that was a Christmas gift, I had no intention on getting it for myself. The baby dinobots were cute though!
"And THIS guy got two left heels! Huzzah!"
Funny. I have a Classics Bumblebee with two left fists. So if nothing else, it's not like this is a NEW problem.
The only problem with Earthrise that I'VE run into is Doubledealer being a bit floppy, which I'm going to try to fix with a little nail polish in the joints.
Speaking of classics, I had so many issues with classic seeker molds, I ended up throwing most of them away. Nosecones and feet being the biggest issues. I still have a couple of KOs of SW and TC though, and the official hasbro TC with the paint variant is still in one piece.
Distribution and scalpers are my bigest frustration. They need to reprint this series.
These figures be disintegrating like the Matix in ROTF 🤣
Love your stop motions
Hey man you misspelled matrix, not hating on you just pointing it out
Amazing stop motion. I wish I was like u MP conZ
@@Kiwighost-wu3cw same
Its better you just let them inside their boxes and contemplate them
Im really glad someone brought this up and your bringing more people's attention to it.
Honestly. Another channel who talks about these issues is Perspective End, though he’s a little less...positive about Earthrise
You're talking about it like it's a pandemic
Too soon?
@@jaylenware363 hard to believe that 5 months ago perspective end still had less than 100 subs
This feels like a problem with them moving their factories to Vietnam or some other southeast Asian country where people will work in sweatshops for the dollar. Combined with the cost of plastic and a global depression, and the inflation we've been experiencing without an increase to wages, yeah, this is definitely not acceptable. A product as expensive as some transformer toys, especially the masterpiece line, should not be having this many issues.
I'm sort of glad that I haven't bought a transformer in a long time, since if this was my main hobby and source of entertainment I'd probably find myself in a pit of despair.
Why did they have to move to Vietnam?
@@chasformer3091 Probably to keep costs down so they seem more profitable, since those countries usually have less lax regulation and labor laws.
I have bought a lot of Earthrise toys, the situation is not that bad at all tbh.
@Mr. Al Sure, I'm just sharing my own personal experience as a budget collector. No excuse for for QC issues but I just wanted to share because this post's last paragraph is very exaggerated blanket statement, as if MAJOR QC issue will always happen in every bought figure cus if thats the case there should be a hell lot more angrier sets of consumers than they are now.
So, in a sense, I'm not trying to downplay the issue. Rather I'm trying to downplay the "overplay" of the issue by the original poster here if that makes sense haha
About sunstreaker's colour matching
I thought we had accepted that hasbro can never colour match yellows
Hasbro color matched yellow back in the 1980s....how can so much go backwards with all the technological advancements? I’m pretty sure the internet broke Hasbro......maybe if they got off the internet and actually paid attention to their jobs things would be better.
Also the figs being all exclusive is another problem.
I HATE with a passion target exclusives I couldn’t complete multiple collections due to either eBay not having them or it costs the same as a freaking lambo same with amazon they’ll probably inflate more earthrise figures
@@kenway-motions2544 exclusives are just stupid in GENERAL no matter what the toy is.
It really sucked with Ironhide. I had to sell my Siege one and multiple other figures earlier in the year to get some cash and now him and the Earthrise one are so expensive
And if you live in a country that doesn't have Targets? Well, you either can't find them at all, or they'll get scalped to hell if you try to look for them in online stores! Have fun!
It's really weird to see these figures break when you breathe on them wrong. I grew up with the Dark of the Moon Transformers and the generations line that went with that and those things never broke on me even after I dropped them down the stairs or something dumb like that. I love transformers and I really want to actually play with these figures and I fear I can't which is really sad.
As much as like Earthrise I’m inclined to agree
yeah sadly
Also, earthrise should've been longer like we should've gotten earthrise sideswipe molds and hound molds. Earthrise shouldn't have been the shortest line so far.
Gotta love how they’re going to increase the prices for Kingdom again.
I believe it was only the deluxes that are going up in price. Lucky ss86 still has deluxes for $19.99
My country's coin keeps devaluating, so that hits EVEN HARDER here, Combiner Wars deluxes were around 300 mexican pesos, deluxes from Earthrise are 550 mexican pesos, even without knowing what the exchange rate is, that's practically twice as much :(
@@NightmareZerogbs as a Canadian like lazy we feel that too trust me.
Yeah we're at 30 CAD for a figure, 32, for upcoming Kingdom figures. It's redonkulous
You guys are lucky.
I remember back in 2015-2018 deluxe/warrior prices were like 30 bucks but now WFC Deluxes are $35 while exclusives like ER Bluestreak were 39.99.
And yet they're still going to increase the price of deluxes again.
Well.. someone said it!
Your profile picture scares me
Perspective end?
Most of my earthrise figure that have QC issues were exclusives
Edit: my Gigawatt’s wheel just comes off
I can’t transform my lifeline without stress marks
And I don’t need to explain the problem with Grapple
Dang I feel bad for you man my doubledealer leg popped off during the transformation. My father cut the mushroom peg off and pushed it back in. Leg is a little loose but I'm just glad I can stand him again.
@@BurntTM oh god that leg peg is death on a stick I’ve gotten it back in but I’m still to this day not sure how
@@jonahcorona1178 yeah it took my father at least a good 2 minutes before it snapped on again finally
Same. Exhaust was misassembled and Bugbite's arm is warped
@@OhioFanatic97 dang
Issues I’ve experienced:
Arcee’s loose hip joint.
Astrotrain’s knees are too loose that when he has the backpack he falls over.
Megatron’s head gets stuck when pushing it down while transforming, which I assume why the head eventually broke off when it fell over. So I had to get a new one; and when trying to push up his tight head, one of the pegs that keep his head on broke off.
Prime’s upper torso won’t peg on all the way.
Starscream’s Wings will pop off during transformation.
Doubledealer’s legs will pop off the mushroom pegs sometimes, and his arm can’t hold his gun up.
Alot of the 5mm ports on Shockwave’s armor won’t hold the pegs right. (even though he’s siege)
Other non-QC issues include:
Arcee’s face not being painted
The bridge of Optimus Prime’s nose not being painted
Megatron’s face
All the FREAKING EXCLUSIVES (Especially when it comes to Amazon)
And finally...
Scalpers wanting 100+ dollars for the coneheads
The lot of QC issues has really stopped me from getting any earthrise figures, they just dont feel as solid as they used to
Yeah one of the knees on my smokescreen is fcked so it cant transform and stay together
Yay more for me
@@felipenavarro5340 shut
My earthrise arcee and snap dragon have been fine, though my smokescreen has 2 loose ankles and if i just breathe on him when hes standing he'll fall back, and my earthrise astrotrain came without his big gun so i couldn't combine all his weapons into 1, im also suprised that eyebrow didnt talk about double dealer, ive heard a lot of problems with his legs
It's sad. I was looking forward on buying some earthrise figures. This is something Hasbro can't keep getting away with.
Thank you for telling us this.
Honestly, videos like this from bigger channels like you make me feel like all the crap I got in discord for not thinking this line was the second coming of Christ hasn't been for nothing.
Also, finally understand where the name came from. :P
remember when transformers didn't have gaps like in rotf
Rotf was the best toyline
Wut is rotf?
@@Kian.sears. Revenge Of The Fallen
@@Kian.sears. a shitty movie
@@elitegamer21005 what are you talking about?, ROTF is the greatest and most ambicious cinematic project in history by one of the most brilliant directors
Hate to say it but Hasbro might as well delay Kingdom and Rerelease Earthrise as a whole
Edit: BY RECALLING THE WHOLE DAMN LINE
Nice profile pic
@@skeetyboot Thanks! Literally describes how much i abuse critical hits in team Fortress 2
I agree with you but mostly only because I've never seen the wave 2 or 3 deluxes.
Same they should recall the whole line , not make the majority exclusives( cone heads, prowl, iron hide, rachet, barricade, counterpunch , etc and minimize two packs) then fix these problems over the course of a few months a YEAR if they have to then mass realize them and BAM hasbro is golden
I wish that were possible. But I doubt it will.
I recently got Smokescreen and this copy wouldn't completely seal up into car mode. I decided to get another copy from another store and it didn't have the same issue! I compared the two figures and I noted that the one that wouldn't seal up had this massive bump in the plastic on one of the connecting pieces/hinges attached to the roof of the car. This bump presses up against the port for the gun to go into and this keeps everything from sealing together nicely. If someone can shave that down then they're probably golden because the second copy I got was perfectly smooth in that same region. If @The Lazy Eyebrow wants pictures I got them.
Also kinda happy in a way that my Cliffjumper isn't the only one with a loose backpack. But I am grateful his backpack at least stays on, it just doesn't feel as solid when I grab him around his torso.
Problems with Earthrise:
-Tiny leaders and deluxes.
-Partsforming.
-Exclusives.
Other than that I think the line was awesome, and slightly better than Siege.
also cheaper plastic.
@Robotato ER Prime’s head has the worst paint decisions they’ve ever made
@@leanmeangreenbeanmachine3347 oh I’m so glad I’m not the only one that thinks that especially the part around the eyes that should have been silver
@@yh132 I agree, but I think the figure is one of the best primes in history
@@isaandreso215 no it is I’m just saying I don’t like the paint on the head, and you know something is amazing if that’s the only problem. Minus QC but that’s a different storu
Great Video, I lucked out and didn't have the breakage issues but did have missing parts that I was able to replace with store returns.
Except my damn Super Megatron.
A lot of what you touched on hit the nail on the head, great figures and concepts....put together in the cheapest way possible.
All these QC & other issues, while deluxes have reached their highest price-point YET (US market). Can see why so many fans turn to 3P
MaYbE yOu WeReNt GeNtLe EnOuGh WiTh YoUr FiGuReS. Maybe a figure shouldn't disentragrate in my hands because I did the thing it is supposed to do
Additionally, these figures are also supposed to be played with by kids that aged around 7-10 and they are definitely NOT going to be gentle with these figures. So that argument of being gentle with figures is irrelevant when you consider the fact that they should be designed to withstand being thrown around.
This comment is even sadder when you realize transformers used to have diecast parts as just regular parts of the everyday consumer level figures...
@@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment It truly is a lost art.
@@samjones7834 umm actually I am nine and my earthrise prime is *IMMACULATE* well it’s the only earthrise one I own
The stupid peg BS with Grapple in a nutshell.
The QC, the exclusives and the price hike they jabbed us with when Siege started have made me really cut back on what I even try to find.
Anyone remember the old RotF and Animated toylines? I miss those days
I can agree with a lot of this. My Trailbreaker's arm was so tight, I broke a piece off the roof trying to transform him. That was day one out of the package. I've been having issues tabbing multiple figures together in vehicle mode and had just assumed it was me doing something wrong. Hell, I had trouble getting Lifeline and Elita-1 into vehicle mode (Arcee, not so much) at all!
I can definitely agree it’s super frustrating on all fronts. When the toys come, even with QC issues, can still be fun, but these issues shouldn’t really be a thing since they know better (or at least they should). A whole other issue this year as well has been distribution. It’s been so incredibly difficult for lots of people to get nearly anything past wave one. And with half the toys being exclusives? It’s all just been not great. I’m still gonna work toward making my collection what I want it to be, just this years been all sorts of messy
God has been kind to me, I haven’t had a single issue on my figures, so far
I feel like ive been lucky as well. I did the fix for grapples rear pegs when having to file them down a bit so they dont get stuck. Also been cautious of ape faces shield , by not plugging it all the way in for jet mode (apparently you can snap the peg if it goes too far in).
Unfortunately my wheel jack has the window problem, my Cliffjumper has the shield peg problem, and my hoist has just terrible joints
Only issue on mine is my Cliff's arms won't stay in place without the back attachment.
I haven't had any of these problems fortunately, but this is definitely really disappointing. It just ruins it.
I cant stop saying “thank you” like you (in a normal intro.) lol
I have most of the earthrise figures, luckily I haven’t had most of these issues. I think I’m just overly happy with how good they look, as “mini masterpieces”. The mismatching colors really doesn’t bother me as much as I feel like it should, same with the ironhide/ratchet feet. However this video is seriously valid. I feel like earthrise could’ve been so much more than it was. The exclusives definitely didn’t help. I feel like the state of the world could have had a big part in some of this stuff. Here’s to hoping kingdom has less qc issues. I feel for the people that got these issues. I’m glad someone made a video on it. Love your channel btw.
Lol "planet you". I'm gonna still that.
Steal I meant 😆
Makes me glad that I skipped most of these guys. The only one that I bought was Optimus who, thankfully, doesn't have any problems on my copy. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come in Kingdom and SS86; I'm actually looking forward to a lot of those lines.
Now Earth rise ironhide and prowl are expensive now and I’m disappointed in hasbro now I really wanted er ironhide
Same here. I almost picked siege ironhide but held out for ER. Now i have neither.
I did see someone sell er ironhide separately but it was $100 NOT HELPing
The only problems of Earthrise is the mismatched colours on Sunstreaker and a broken shoulder cannon slot for Netflix Wheeljack... Now I can’t even use the shoulder cannon for him!
Luckily I'm getting the Earthrise Wheeljack now
I think my only problem is my first Smokescreen committing die on the roof
Real sorry about your stuff man!! I wish I got Sunstreaker
i like Earthrise but the QC, parts forming, the amount of exclusives, the feel of the plastics have brought down.
Could you kindly stop complaining about partsforming even though it's been in the toy line since the very beginning
I know, but I still don’t like it and it is like taking apart a rubrics cube to solve it.
@@Kuriboh1008 honestly if I didn't do this to my figures to animate them, I'd be annoyed at it too
@@TheLazyEyebrow I am not looking at this from an animation standpoint, I'm looking from a general fan's standpoint. (Also I was not expecting a reply from the man himself)
@@Kuriboh1008 With all due respect, partsforming was there *at* the beginning, not _as_ much since, until now. It's 2020, we as consumers *should* be getting better quality figures, in both design and manufacturing.
I got an earth rise Bumblebee and he was missing one of his pieces to his rocket launcher.
My brother also ordered Optimus and after one time of him transforming Optimus it started to develop stress marks under the truck panel, not to mention during transformations of Earthrise Optimus the head wouldn’t fold in properly and would scrape the paint off of the head revealing red, I’ve also had many problems with siege figures, such as Starscream: one day I was transforming him and the connection point between Siege Starscream and his wings snapped. Although with that problem I just used some plastic glue it was still irritating none the less.
These are my main problems with Earthrise and Siege Transformers.
4:26 that happened to my copy of Starscream as well
It doesnt bother me much but it happened to mine as well
I luckily have been spared these issues, but I also wanna say that I am grateful for people like you and the other reviewers who are around to review and analyze these figures so the rest of us don’t have to go in blind. You are awesome, my dude!
I can forgive sunstreaker a bit, yellow is admittedly a very hard color to get right, and even though the QC on all my figures have been fine, I can’t deny ER has been a QC nightmare
My QC issues:
Chipping on the seeker head.
Warped left foot on sunstreaker.
ER Trailbreaker had no tolerance in his arms or legs.
Snapdragon's headmaster paint stripped.
MY VERY EXCLUSIVE RATCHET had wrapped paint bubbles everywhere that had to be removed.
Hey, it's my thumbnails! 😀
Really great video! I've noticed the same drop in QC over the course of the last year. I hope they get their stuff together with Kingdom.
Almost every reviewer has mentioned some of these things, thankfully I've not really experienced any of the variable issues (except Hoist's super loose joints) but I and I'm sure many others appreciate you standing up and pointing these out honestly quite unreasonable q/c issues👍
The engineering and look of the figures still manages to wow me, but with the number of issues with my ER figures makes me not want to "play" with them. I'm fine just leaving them on a shelf, but unlike my Siege collection, I'm hesitant to handle them. I don't ever want to transform them because I fear breaking them or chipping paint.
Same when ever I transform my arcee I feel like I’m gonna break it and it scares me.
I feel the same but at the same time feel the transformation has become rather tedious and not fun anymore. Specially for the SS line and I have a bunch.
I play with my Earthrise figures a whole bunch with my bro, there's not that much issue tbh and we play them quite rough. The only paint chip issue I've had is with Optimus but that's only cus we've played with him so much so it is inevitable, natural and it's quite minor all things considered.
Here's a few issues I've had:
ER Grapple pegs breaking off, one 3 days after getting the figure, one a month later
Buzzworthy Silversteak's back hood broke off when I was literally UNBOXING HIM. I had to glue it back on (luckily, theres a panel you can glue it onto without affecting transformation)
And last that I can think of, my Earthrise Optimus Prime's truck mode cab doesn't tab down, and his legs don't stay together.
Thats why im scares to buy these "they look good" do
Thank you for posting this. I'm lucky I haven't had any issues with my Earthrise figures, but I will keep all of this in mind. I'm ok with the Botcon version Bugbite so I don't need the Earthrise version. Same with the Thrilling 30 Arcee. Paint issues I can live with. Finding an Earthrise Soundwave, Bumblebee, and Thrust are now my only issues.
UPDATE: Only missing Earthrise Thrust.
And this is how lazy eyebrow lost 500 salty subscribers
You take that back. Anyone actually subscribed will love and most likely understand this or enjoy this. I know you mean well but I found it rude since he IS my childhood favorite
ehh
Calm down, it’s just a joke 😒, I grew up watching him too
I know sorry. It kinda just hit me there.
Actually, as it stands now only 8.
My cliffjumper's shoulder would have fallen down, so I need the backpack to keep his shoulders up.... but now that peg is starting to be loose
The inside leg pegs of my Optimus prime just broke off, just sheared right off the first time I tried to transform it, right out of the box
I tried Earthrise Hoist, Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker, after attempting to transform Hoist and Sunstreaker into their alt modes, and failing to do so (Hoist's hips refused to swivel all the way, and Sunstreaker's roof does not want to tab in all the way)... I didn't even open Trailbreaker's package and returned all three to the store.
I got my money back, but the store owner used the excuse "they are just kid toys". Apparantly kids do not get to have properly functioning toys these days...
And that's the stupid part! These "kids toys" are so expensive that I'm apprehensive to buy them because I couldn't even begin to afford that
Here Abbey, have a $300 battle station that becomes a giant robot, for the kids!
@@TheLazyEyebrow in my humble opinion: they are made with collectors first in mind, and any kids they get interested is just a bonus. They are indeed too expensive for kids, and more importantly: too fragile. Even adults break them all the time.
I’d say about 75% percent of the figures most fans want(1984-1985 G1 characters) are some type of exclusive
I agree on that. I don't care about the kingdom series. Just van de G1 bots and no animals. Except the dinobots offcourse!
G1 is the best bc i don't like beast wars bc i love the 80s transformers so much thay are so cool i don't like beast transformers i love so much vehicle transformers & g1 have vehicle transformers & transformers war for cybertron earthrise is so cool bc they are literally renewed g1 transformers toys
and I'm only going to buy the g1 style transformers from transformers war for cybertron kingdom. Ps THE 80S STYLES ARE BACK NOT THE 90S STYLES. 🤨 and the transformers movie that will be released in 2022 go be a transformers movie in the universe of the transformers bumblebee movie and the transformers go back in the style of G1 like the bumblebee movie 🤨 beast wars SUCKS A LOT 🤨
@@marlonrvlogs I used to watch Beastwars as well but the nostalgic isn't that close compared to the G1. Maybe because I was born and raised in the 80's.
@@Georgie1106 i love the 80s so much for me is the 80s the best 📺📼☎️📻 the 80s are back in style in the 2020s 😎
My ER prime had the whole "chest doesn't sit flush" deal going on. His right shoulder/cab area always clicks just out of place. His right kneecap was also inexplicably glued to the leg so that it couldn't open, which was odd since that area shouldn't have glue at all. I managed to fix it by luck with a knife, a thumb tack, and some super glue, but I shouldn't have needed to spend 3 hours whittling away at a knee joint.
The only earthrise figure I have in collection is wheeljack, and a while ago, your arm simply disengaged during the transformation, and it was very difficult to fit.
Also a problem I had with Starscream was a giant glump of plastic that sat in his elbow between where the two parts were connected by a pin. It bent the plastic in the wrong way, and had I not removed it, he would not have a functional, if not unbroken elbow. Unfortunately I was too caught up in fixing it that I forgot to document it
Yea I agree, I love the new engineering that they put into most of these figures, but hasbro, where's the quality control?
The worst part is that the QC is no better and is even worse in some areas, the prices are going up, the deluxe figures are downsizing again to around an average of 4.5 inches, and I am just sick of inferior products. First, Rattraps head snaps in half out of the box and I have to glue it back on to the socket, seemingly no big deal. Then reports of a tab in Cheetors head pretty much being guaranteed to break are are popping up on multiple transformers pages, beast wars Megatron is made of a rubbery material that is outright glued to plastic that will someday dry up and crack, a hinge on Warpaths leg snapped off from transforming it EXACTLY THE WAY THE INSTRUCTIONS TOLD ME TO DO SO leaving a gigantic tab in the back to have to partsform in to the tank, the paint chips off easier than ever, I could go on. Even the best figures out of the Earthrise line have given me issues, like classics prime having a panel that formed the side of the truck snapping off, cliffjumpers autobot logo essentially rubbing off in 2-3 weeks, the paint has pretty much worn off my wheeljack to the point of looking like he melted, the windscreen broke too, Gigawatt had a back tire break off and I had to spend an hour snapping it back in to place, smokescreen's windscreen cracked and he snapped in half at the waste joint, I could go on. I am really wishing we were back in the reveal the shield/classics era. Yes, the engineering was simplified with less articulation, but at least they weren't barely painted, guaranteed to self-destruct after a couple of weeks, and hollowed out to fuck or downsized.
I think having high standards for something you spend your own money on is not at all "being negative", I think toys are too unimportant to have low standards for.
I had my ironhide come with cracking hinges on the windshield. It's mainly because the factory workers just gave up and the figure isn't assembled correctly. So if you want to tab in on both side for that windshield, you have to twist it slightly. And we all know how brittle clear plastic is
Reminds me that my Studio Series 2007 Bumblebee came with two left shin guards
You are right @Lazy Eyebrow
My earthrise wheeljack left leg is kinda loose I have no idea how to fix it
But otherwise I do not have the windshield pegs problem but loose leg of left side
crazy how Kingdom fixed everything, I mean there are no exclusives
*laughs in Kingdom Red Alert*
Correction on the pegs for Grapple: That is not a quality control issue, that is a straight up design flaw.
To quote DrLockdown: “If you take a look at the pegs designed to hold the truck together, you’ll notice they’ve hollowed them out to cut back the cost a bit. This has caused a small part of the peg to jut out at the bottom, creating a sort of toothed design. That in itself is no cause for concern, but then you take a look at the holes at the bottom of the feet. You’ll notice they’ve added a nice bit of rivet detail on the inside, pretty cool right? Well here’s the problem. In doing so, they’ve put panel lines at the circumference at the bottom creating a groove for the peg to lock into, with no clearance for the thing slot out, once it’s stuck in there, it’s permanently stuck in there.”
A wheel on my Wheeljack doesn’t work. It bugs me.
@@mmarvel2003 ah yes for his alt mode he goes under decepticon cars and pushes them slightly off the ground
i had the same issue, it had some extra plastic on it that i cut w some gundam clippers, doesn’t roll well still and now they’re a little loose
On the topic early on, I remember having a very messed up Gen Scoop, and was told I screwed up opening the figure. Totally makes sense even though I never said that, he never saw me open it, and he's pulling it out of his ass. Anyways, Earthrise I don't mind the figures I own, but I also only have mostly wave 1 figures, no Selects Earthrise currently.
Don't you love surface level context commenters that insist you're the problem and not the toy being broken?
I can't possibly afford all of the Siege, Earthrise, and Kingdom figures since I chose to focus on Studio Series back in 2018 and everyone going around calling them mini masterpieces is really giving me a sour taste in my mouth.
I haven't experienced a lot of these issues,as I only have ER Prime, but after spending months tracking down ER Prime, I noticed virtually every issue you mentioned for him except with the feet, including an additional issue. The hinge that is used to form the top of his chest started suffering stress marks the very first time I transformed it.
I also noticed that the paint almost immediately began coming off of the back of his head and it's almost at the point where I'll have to repaint it.
This sucks because I adore this design.
Great Criticisms! I feel like I suffer for loving the Hasbro mainline toys
My Prowl has alignment issues on the hood. It pops up a bit near the windshield where they separate. My Bluestreak doesn't have that issue. It has an issue in the back, where the roof pops up. I've seen two other reviews where they had the same problem. I cannot figure out what causes this. I'd love to fix it. Bluestreak's tires look better than Prowl's because they're painted. One of the inside leg panels pops off constantly if I move it. The black covering that only covers 75% of the gap in the bottom foot. My Siege Ironhide has a side door that falls off from the hinges on the leg. They refuse to pop into the pegs on the leg. Same with Walgreens Ratchet, on a leg but the hinges are stronger on those doors. I think my Earthrise Ironhide is already showing 'pink' wear marks in the plastic in certain spots and I've barely touched him. The back of siege Megatron's feet pop out of their slots. Those ankle platforms so he can stand. I only buy the G1 stuff or the 2005 guys, like Cog, Brunt, and Sixgun. I agree with Arcee's carmode but I like her robot mode. I wish her hoversled could peg into her arm and be a shield. I wish Wheeljack was white and not pea soupish. You make valid critiques. I love the design of these figures but I worry about how long they'll last. I might look into videos that have 'fixes' for these problems. Love your stuff. Thanks for posting this video.
Yay I got featured for ratchet!!!
Wait that's not a good thing lol
I'm just grateful with how lucky I've been with these figures because, good lord, these issues are inexcusable. ESPECIALLY on exclusives like Bluestreak and Ratchet and Bug Bite and so forth. The toys are mostly really good, but only when they aren't breaking like this. The biggest takeaway really should be this: DO NOT make important joints in translucent plastic. That will more than likely end in tragedy.
Even Studio Series hasn't exactly been immune. I just picked up Jetfire(A figure from last year, but my Walmart oddly restocked that Wave a couple weeks ago when I went to look for Bumblebee) and when I first transformed him back from his Blackbird mode, I ended up breaking the pin section of one of the pieces that tabs into his chest, the parts tied to soft plastic, which now dangles loosely. While that luckily isn't fatal and works with Jetfire's character, it's still a worrying problem that one needs to keep a watch for. Hope the SS86 and Kingdom figures aren't this prone to failure.
all I have to say is I've been very lucky with mine. knocking on wood as I type this.
At 5:24 the image of the cab not connecting is because the knee panels haven't been unfolded properly, however mine does still struggle to connect there even with the panels out.
I feel like a strike is in order to make these guy get their stuff together. for the buyers.
So I ordered Siege Soundblaster and got Earthrise Grapple (Somehow) so I bought another Soundblaster. So I decided to keep Grapple so I keep transforming it and the same night it arrived his left foot peg just sheared off. I thought I was just too rough (even though I try to be careful) but it's a problem with the figure not me.
People asking why I haven't bought an Earthrise figure yet. Me:
I also have a problem with my prime that when I flip the knee caps the cab of the truck won’t sit flush on the truck bed (btw this is the WFC Netflix release, but the 2 molds are practically the same)
SAME its so annoying, I gat the kingdom too and its the same
4:10 that happened with my copy of Grapple as well
Dang that happened to mine as well!
I definitely have had some issues like this, so far among what you mentioned my doubledealer has a really loose arm, hoist has loose legs, my startscreams wings fall off a lot and lifeline is missing her little tail fin. Plus my gen selects smokescreens one ankle isn’t tabbed in and is super stressed out now on the plastic. It’s really unfortunate. Plus more recently my kingdom Megatron is the lastest issue with the one tail flap already showing stress marks and I have to actually cut down some of the soft plastic to make it transform but now I’m worried about the longevity of it.
Haven't opened any of my wfc figures, now I'm gonna treat them all like masterpieces, transform slow and carefully and hope nothing breaks
I've noticed the somewhat fragile/brittle feel on some of the figures, but I've been lucky enough to not have issues thus far. Here's hoping I retain said luck.
EDIT: The insane amount of exclusives driving up prices on popular/mainline characters along with the general price hiking and down-sizing of figures is driving me up the wall. It's hard to maintain any hobbies in addition to TF collecting at this point. An extra $5 USD or so per figure isn't that much, but if you're out to get several figures it adds up FAST.
4:28 I had this problem with my Earthrise Starscream.
We all do
@Robotato I do that as well
Hasn't happened to me yet but i've only had him for a few days
My Starscream also has lighter paint towards his front above the turbine where it turns pink. Kinda odd.
My starscream is perfect nothing wrong with the transformation and no paint chipping
There is some color mismatch in my ER Smokescreen, too, namely the black parts: the wheel and most other black parts are actualy a little green in color, while the lower abdomen is pure black...
I’m really worried about getting my own Ironhide and prowl now :I and I have the same loose backpack problem on Cliff sadly :c
I dont have that issue with my Cliff , on mine I cant get his back pack to sit flush when in vehicle mode .
Well that's easy as fixing a loose ball joint. you can thicken the peg or the hole which the peg goes into(depends on which part is the problem) by using super glue.that will hold the backpack more securely.
After hearing about the issues about grapple Just to be safe I don’t push the pegs in all the way and have to use a flathead screwdriver to gently separate the head piece from the feet during transformation
Earthrise has been kinda......
S U S
I only own three ER figures, and here are my thoughts on each:
Ironworks: A very nice introduction to the Modulator concept. While a touch basic in some areas, he/she/they carries the spirit of Siege's greebling and early Generations' reinvention by turning a once-obscure Autobot Micromaster base into what should've been the face of the brand. Unfortunately, his/her/their obscurity worked against them and made the toy an immense shelf-warmer. On top of that, his scaling is a bit weird if you don't have any Micromasters (or old Mini-Cons lying around) and his potential for arming other figures is limited.
Cliffjumper (and those who were retooled from him): Great robot mode, excellent alt-mode, sadly hampered by his parts-forming. He's not a bad figure, but he set a bad precedent for figures like Arcee and Megatron who would do much worse with their parts-forming. Good parts-forming would be something along the lines of what happened with ER Ironhide and Ratchet (that mold's wonky feet aside) or smart weapon integration, not ripping off an entire chunk of a vehicle and calling it a weapon or a hoverboard.
Airwave: I hate to say this, but this may be one of my favorite ER figures. Sure, he suffers from the same limitations of his Autobot counterpart, but he has a fun robot mode that doesn't look terribly out of place with everyone else and his 3(!!!) alternate modes are far more substantial than Ironworks's botched radio tower mode. I usually pair him up with some of the Siege jet Micros, and he's a good deal of fun with or without them. Also, hooking his "airport" mode up to Astrotrain's tender results in a mini Decepticon spaceport!
Im a model builder and the broken parts just present a new modification to me
For my Optimus Prime, I have had two QC issues. One is that the cab won't sit flush (like you mentioned in the video) and second is that one of his front wheels won't tab in in vehicle mode. So, I have issues in the truck mode.
On a side note I wish they still had Cybertronian Modes instead of Earth Modes
Siege = Cybertron
Earthrise = Earth
Kingdom = Beasts
@@vickerandflips8061 Yes I know its just that I really like Cybertronian Vehicles(Even if they kinda look like Earth Modes) but thats probably just me...
I had a problem on my scorponok figure,
One of the fingers was put in the wrong place
so I had to fix it myself, and don’t worry I fixed it