Feel like there’s a prime opportunity for third parties to make upgraded molds for this line. They don’t even need to make the individual molds all that great. Just make it so the combined mode has some knee/elbow bends and a bicep swivel. There’s potential for a really good ko.
There was a bumblebee combiner ko, but nobody bought it, I guess the option was swept off the table after that. China loves military and combiners but menasor always ends up left out...even his g1 ko has some techno bots
Thank you for highlighting figures like this. I wasn't collecting during RiD2015, but this would 100 percent be my jam (way more a fan of small, playable combiners than ones made of Deluxe-sized bots). May have to be on the lookout for this!
I’m not usually one to complain about repaint, or the lack there of, but i feel like Hasbro dropped the ball when it came to this line. All they had to do was release a set with an Optimus prime remould/repaint for Motormaster, a Dragstrip/Wildbreak remould/repaint for Bumblebee/Drift/Sideswipe and a Strongarm/Bulkhead/Ratchet remould/repaint of Heatseeker/Slashmark and called it “Optimus Maximus” after the one from the Combiner Wars toy line or “Omega Prime” as a nod to the OG Transformers RID. I would have bought that then and there.
Hasbro has definitely left off paint apps for years on many figures. I personally use a combination of paints, markers, and occasional reprolabels to enhance mine. You should definitely update all of yours and upload videos on it.
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second, I thought that was some cheap rip-off that you would get in a kids meal or at the dollar store. It is actually quite amazing that the transformer toy line made it through those days without getting shelved.
Hmm, looks like Heatseeker and Slashmark's chests are indeed different, but the difference is so minimal that it's easy to miss. There are those to "spikes" at the bottom of the chest coming up. On Heatseeker, those "spikes" have divots on the outside, while Slashmark looks to have those divots on the inside.
these guys should be revisited, even if (nextyear, I think?) they do combiners again these guys, the weird Galvatron dude, Ultrabee and... I swear RID '15 had another Autobot combiner, maybe it was just a Mandela Effect lmfao
Oh yeah, forgot Galvatronus did appear on screen in RID15, and wasn’t just a Combiner Wars Cyclonus thing. Aside from the little Mini-Con dudes fusing with the Autobots and the Stunticons doubling up Energon-style, I do believe that was it for RID15’s combiners. Side note: still think it’s a shame we didn’t get Scourge/Sweeps as a Combiner Wars limb to make a Galvatronus with uniform limbs.
The cheats on the red and blue SUV guys are different but it’s only in those little raised pieces that aren’t painted on slashmark at the bottom. His curve inwards and heat seekers curve outwards.
Actually the chests of Heatseeker and Slashmark are different. there are the two details at the bottom of each chest but they are facing the opposite way on each figure. You can see clearly at 14:20. How could you miss that! Just because of that im giving you 0/10 stars >:/
Feel like there’s a prime opportunity for third parties to make upgraded molds for this line. They don’t even need to make the individual molds all that great. Just make it so the combined mode has some knee/elbow bends and a bicep swivel. There’s potential for a really good ko.
If the upgrade was good and cheap then it would be a go to menasor which would be col
There was a bumblebee combiner ko, but nobody bought it, I guess the option was swept off the table after that. China loves military and combiners but menasor always ends up left out...even his g1 ko has some techno bots
That's a lovely use of words
i like the sound of your mic, it reminds me of the early 2000s lo-fi quality
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I'm glad I discovered this channel, great reviews
Thank you!
This is a great video. I never thought I would spend 40 minutes watching someone review a random kid toy, but you made it entertaining
Thank you for highlighting figures like this. I wasn't collecting during RiD2015, but this would 100 percent be my jam (way more a fan of small, playable combiners than ones made of Deluxe-sized bots). May have to be on the lookout for this!
I wish we got a legacy or studio series combiner of these guys.
I mean rid has some diamonds in the rough.
Absolutely! Like if we got a Legacy Thunderhoof? 🤩
Legacy Menasor: Am I a joke to you?
I would honestly love if these got some love in the Generations line.
I’m not usually one to complain about repaint, or the lack there of, but i feel like Hasbro dropped the ball when it came to this line.
All they had to do was release a set with an Optimus prime remould/repaint for Motormaster, a Dragstrip/Wildbreak remould/repaint for Bumblebee/Drift/Sideswipe and a Strongarm/Bulkhead/Ratchet remould/repaint of Heatseeker/Slashmark and called it “Optimus Maximus” after the one from the Combiner Wars toy line or “Omega Prime” as a nod to the OG Transformers RID. I would have bought that then and there.
Thanks for the review. Wanted to buy this for my boy when he was watching the series but never had the chance to do so.
I wish these guys got warrior figures, then you could cobble the combined form together
That would've been cool, but I'd imagine since it was RiD the warrior figures wouldn't have been able to combine. 🙁
Hasbro has definitely left off paint apps for years on many figures. I personally use a combination of paints, markers, and occasional reprolabels to enhance mine. You should definitely update all of yours and upload videos on it.
When I saw the thumbnail, for a second, I thought that was some cheap rip-off that you would get in a kids meal or at the dollar store. It is actually quite amazing that the transformer toy line made it through those days without getting shelved.
Hmm, looks like Heatseeker and Slashmark's chests are indeed different, but the difference is so minimal that it's easy to miss.
There are those to "spikes" at the bottom of the chest coming up. On Heatseeker, those "spikes" have divots on the outside, while Slashmark looks to have those divots on the inside.
man yaps about a combiner for 42 minutes. fire content.
I choose to interpret that as a compliment. 😅
The prices on some of these are nuts but deals do pop up. Still a lot of people who do it for the love of the hobby.
I had this back in the day. Pretty sure I still have some of the components floating around somewhere.
these guys should be revisited, even if (nextyear, I think?) they do combiners again
these guys, the weird Galvatron dude, Ultrabee and...
I swear RID '15 had another Autobot combiner, maybe it was just a Mandela Effect lmfao
Oh yeah, forgot Galvatronus did appear on screen in RID15, and wasn’t just a Combiner Wars Cyclonus thing. Aside from the little Mini-Con dudes fusing with the Autobots and the Stunticons doubling up Energon-style, I do believe that was it for RID15’s combiners.
Side note: still think it’s a shame we didn’t get Scourge/Sweeps as a Combiner Wars limb to make a Galvatronus with uniform limbs.
There was some promo material with a Bruticus but that never made it to the show or toyline
The cheats on the red and blue SUV guys are different but it’s only in those little raised pieces that aren’t painted on slashmark at the bottom. His curve inwards and heat seekers curve outwards.
31:35 Hahahahaha!!!! Wait, what's his name again?! 😂
1:50 face(s) reveal, when?
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We know what skidmarks are. "A slash" is slang for peeing. So Slashmark is pee pee doo doo
Actually the chests of Heatseeker and Slashmark are different. there are the two details at the bottom of each chest but they are facing the opposite way on each figure. You can see clearly at 14:20. How could you miss that! Just because of that im giving you 0/10 stars >:/
Oh nooooooooo!