If SS GE Barricade isn’t on No 1 I’ll be shocked Edit: Woah. I really wanted that SND Optimus Prime at first but after watching PrimevsPrime’s review I thought it looked even cooler and the transformation seemed intuitive but oh my god that sound dreadful
Prime vs Prime LIED!!! I am that patreon guy from the discord call. DO NOT GET THIS... THIS... THING!!!! OMG NO!!! 😭 This toy put genuine FEAR into my heart! I have never been so scared to transform something before, but all I could feel transforming this monster was DREAD!
I remember one time I went to a local store, but there were nothing but gamer editon Barricades. My dad asked me if i wanted that, since it looked "cool" to him. I ovbiously respoded "hell no". Glad we ended up buying a Legacy Prowl.
WOW!! I didn't think anyone was going to try and develop a figure that would surpass the RoTF 2009 leader class Optimus Prime figure in having the title of most difficult Optimus Prime figure to transform.
@@TFfangeek I'm the sucker from Patreon who got the figure. This thing, this.... monstrosity from hell is NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH!! Stay away! Stay far away!!
I felt the descent? ascent? to madness right away. I'm sorry for all these dogshi- you had to work with. I hope one day you do the "your likes! please give" in reverse, like "your likes! PLEASE GIVE!" haha
I kinda like Scourge’s head and neck because it looks like he’s wearing chainmail like some kind of warlord. But if you took the chainmail away he’d definitely look goofy with that giraffe neck
I saw what you did there with scrappnel and my jaw dropped in shock kn the transmeatle BA i see what mind set the Designers were in. Id like to see best delux and/or Voyager class best since you felt bad about the all leaders for best of year
Just discovered your channel yesterday and have been binging your videos while doing things around the house. Very entertaining, earned that subscription and bell. I gotta say, SS Scourge makes me sad. Definitely my favourite design from ROTB and it blows that his big flashy Leader toy falls so short. I have only transformed him once because I am TERRIFIED of breaking all that stupid clear plastic. And I had to wrap twist ties around his smokestacks because mine REFUSE to stay up. I am this close to grabbing the Yolopark kit because it looks a million times better.
Thank you so much! I'm proud to hear I've been able to entertain you so much already. Absolutely, the Transformation is so faffy because of all the little weird issues. Some people really want me to review the Yolopark, but I can't say I'm too interested my self. It's not something that really fits my collection you know.
Despite the fact, I have been here since really early on, I believe back when you uploaded earthrise is a bad toy line, I had not figured out with the two symbols next year mascot logo was. I always just found it pretty weird, until today, when I just noticed that it was a P and E for PerspectiveEnd, how did it take me this long to realize
That Optimus being shitty is like, the most dissapointing thing I've ever heard as it stands out so much and great size but fucking christ im so sorry for you
5:38 Thank you! I've recently found Scourge for half the price and been really debating on buying the thing. Now I know to stay away from that clusterfuck.
While I’m not here to convince you to get Scourge, it should be noted that Perspective did get a copy with some bad QC by the looks of things. There are other reviewers who decently like this figure and theirs’ have good QC. If you want to see those reviews, then I’d personally recommend The Sheep Wielder’s short and T.T.G’s first wave SS ROTB figures video. However if you are interested Scourge’s design and do eventually want to get a transformable Scourge figure and don’t want to have a toss up with the half price copy you found, you could wait for BaiWei’s copy to come out to see how people respond to that copy. The main bulk of the figure still has the same design, though it is still in its prototype phase, but it does have a movie accurate head without having to worry about the ball jointed neck piece on the Hasbro copy.
@@jaydonmagan4694 Thanks! To be honest, I've never wanted to buy it for the character, as it looks nothing like the movie. Sometimes the mold carries the entire figure, even though it looks nothing like the character it's supposed to represent. I hoped Scourge might've been that, but sadly it seems, that's not the case. I think I'll just wait for some third party offering, that's eventually going to hit the market.
@@VectorPrimeStopMotion At the moment the closest you got to that is either BaiWei’s copy or the upgrade kits for Scourge that make him more movie accurate and just a bulkier figure in general. I know I definitely intend to get a specific upgrade kit for my copy of Scourge to help fill him out some more. But who knows. Maybe we’ll eventually see a third party company give us an MP ROTB Scourge with Unique Toys levels of engineering. I would have said Takara as a potential future offer, but they’re clearly being slow at making their MPM figures. Though their Blackout and Bonecrusher have been received pretty well, so they could possibly do a pretty good MPM Scourge somewhere done the line. However an SS scaled third party Scourge might be tricky for some companies due to the more rounded limbs he has in the film. It’d probably be sturdier than the regular mold, but it’d also probably have sacrifices made for the design.
Scourges ss design and most of the ss rotb toys were based off early concept art from like 2 years ago which is why he looks like he has a eating disorder. I still want it tho and to get the upgrade kit and repaint it because I really like rotb scourge
well, get the baiwei version, it comes with an upgrade kit already installed and is much better built as well as having some retooling to be more accurate.
It’s funny that you say that Jobby is the horny uncle, yet even he would still call out masterpiece arcee’s proportions and the fanstoys arcee’s add on. “It’s too try hard and…. Too horny…. HORNY!!!!”
13:43 You didn’t punch Earthrise Cliffjumper when you had the chance? I am surprised and impressed by your restraint! See I knew you loved him! 😁😜😉 Great video!
It’s hilarious how that blackarachnia figure commits every single cardinal sin a transformers figure could have. Parts forming, shell forming, weak magnets causing shit to fall off, breaking under the slightest stress. Just a bad time.
I understand that everyone can have their opinions, which is why I believe you are very correct with most of these. Bad transformation is what pushes a figure from bad all the way to terrible. That’s the worst part of GE Bumblebee in my mind.
I didn't want to hammer it for that, because much of this list is bad for those reasons, and Bumblebee is honestly the worst ones are so much worse at that, it makes him look good.
SS Mirage feels like they tried despite the strict licencing, Mainline feels like they didn't try at all. Such a shame the main character of the movie had so few toys, and what ones he did get ranged from necessarily compromised, to ugly and half-assed.
A friend of mine has had the misfortune of getting an SS Scourge recently, and we both agreed that it was one of the worst Chug figures of 2023. To this day I will never understand why people enjoy that thing so much when it has the engineering and height of a bad voyager yet still costs nearly double the price where I live.
The ASDFMovie reference during the scourge part was very much appreciated ☠️ I coped so hard when I first got SS scourge now he’s just sitting in the box waiting to be sold
I got SS Rhinox to turn into a Cybertron Backstop. I started painting the red on it... and gave up because the design manages to look even worse with significant colour.
Had to check myself when the blackaracnia came out I've never once been so attracted to a toy thats a robot chick that "transforms" into a spider that's based on a character from a show I watched as a kid ( I'm 17) I need to take a seat im not well
I was fine with the scourge, mine had good qc. The head on mine never rlly comes off unless you force it. I just dont transform it cause the clear plastic cracked when he fell of my shelf
Hilarious video! its obvious you put a lot of work into your scripts. Loved the jokes and visual gags in this one. Hopefully 2024 wont stink as hard as 2023
@@PerspectiveEnd As you should be! Making videos is a lot of work, and making good videos is even more work. Your videos are much better than 30 minutes of someone yammering on about a fig in front of their camera. They are consistently great and never a waste of time. Its always a pleasure to watch your stuff.
I kinda want to get the SND Prime. He looks like he poses really well and while not my favorite IDW Prime design he still looks good and it won’t bother me to never transform it. I’ve found it for $60
OMG CLIFF GOT SPARED??!??!!?!??! Mainline bumblebee is weird but to transform it you got to shove his fake gut as far up the body as possible for it to be flush scourge for a lot is the QC lottery where i've got perfect stacks and a decent head, but his ankles and legs DON'T WORK AT ALL!!!!!
I actually enjoy studio series scourge, I never had a problem with my copy and I don’t mind that it uses the concept art design. The figure is what got me back into collecting transformers after suffering through SS car shatter and a terrible copy of siege prowl.
Man, it would have been great if we got full reviews of these dumpster fires. I think Transarts can be a hit or miss sometimes with their releases. But also, they've been pumping out figures like crazy after TM Megatron was released. With TM2 Black Arachnia, I think the transformation is so bad is mainly due to the character design. The designer was so busy trying to make a sexy woman and forgot she needed to transform.
After this that's actually more likely, because I realize now that I've actually been too focused on the good stuff, or the Mildly disappointing stuff. I'm so much happier and more creative, when I'm furious. To be fair yes. She is a design that's just about impossible to make work without MASSIVE cheats.
I got really lucky and found Concept art Megatron on a shelf the other day. This thing is absolutely beefy, it’s heavy and feels like it’s premium collectors’ plastic you’d find on an old fansproject figure from 10 years ago. That all being said, it has so much paint on it I’m afraid it’ll scuff up from just looking at it 🫠 happy hunting y’all
That Waspinator turning out so horrible was so disappointing. I can only thank you for taking (another) one for the team to check it out, as not buying one meant I could get several Deluxes I actually liked but wouldn't have put on a must-have list.
Man its a good thing I preordered dk- 46 and dk-49 to make scourge the best he can be. Also on this list ss 102 would probably go in 9 because the posing is pretty good and so is the transformation but the back of the truck is bad and so is his hot rod shoulders (good thing I preordered dk-44) and also if you review ss Optimus primial I can garunte you will love it its transformation with the arms is the best part cause its really fun.
Hope that the figure quality gets better for the SSG figures because there are characters from the high moon games that deserve brand new figure that due them justice. I cant wait to see a fall of cybertron grimlock when they finally get around to do that because i was never much of a fan of the derpy G1 grimlock design.
I can agree that they deserve better, even if I'm not a fan of the designs from the games. See I think the Game Design for Grimlock is WAY more derpy with his bloated torso, giant toddler shoes, and dinky little head.
I got really lucky with my Scourge. He has very good qc with just a slightly loose smokestack. Personally, he's one of my favorite figures of the year but I get why you put him in here.
That Pablo toy looks like they took it. Out of the oven to early. there's actually some bits that seem like they would work, especially if it was. You pablo and not wheeljack... But as it exists in the real world, it's just hinting at something that could be decent
Honestly my worst figure of the year would have to be Studio Series battletrap. Not because it’s a bad figure but because the qc was horrible. When I opened it and tried to rotate the right bicep it fell off. And because it was clearly too tight for the assembly line to attach it I obviously went to do it which resulted in the upper of the double mushroom peg going into the lower slot. So now it’s borderline untransformable.
Batteltrap was going to be on the Honorable Mentions here, just because the Transformation is pretty bad, and the altmode is infuriating with how it never feels done.
I was kinda interested in TransArts Blackarachnia, but the removable bra kinda dragged that into the street and shot it with a Fatman nuclear launcher.
I don't understand why nothing on SS Rhinox was pinned. I avoid transforming that thing and for some reason I have two of them. I loved the disarray the figures were in I wish my Walmart would stock shit so I could get RotB mainline Optimus Prime.
I’ve been watching your channel for a couple of years, met you at TFCon in March, and somehow this one slipped under my radar till today. I noticed something awesome about you for the first time in this…you’re kind of like the Angry Video Game Nerd of transformers reviewers. Gonna have to get my daughter to watch this. I’m sure it will make her an insta fan. My son is already kind of a fan.
I was tempted to get that RotB Cheetor since I enjoy beast-mode characters with simple fun transformations; but the colour scheme was too jank for me to wanna to pay full price for it.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah, toy companies should've learned that putting on a complex transformation that should've been only applied on 12-inch-or-above figures into a 6-inch figure is a death sentence to the structural integrity 💀💀💀
It's interesting that it was mostly the rotb and gamer edition figures were the most phoned in. I wonder what the politics behind the situation was. One of the figures I was disappointed with was Bombshell. The stupid hat ruins everything. I'm really worried about how they'll phone in other factions. I'd also love to hear more of your takes on star wars sometime. Also, was that a fifth element reference at 6:38? "not one, or two, or three, but four. Four stones". Also, I concur that rotb Wheeljack was a bad design. I guess I was buying into hype at the time. I guess from the neck down, it's not a bad design
Someone should tell X Transbots that you're not supposed to assemble the model kit before you sell it. ...it's a toy? Could've fooled me with that very obvious model kit plastic. Seriously, you're not supposed to use that plastic for figures that take the regular abuse that a Transformer does.
The fact that transarts black arachnia’s boobs are sculpted discusses me. At least the transmetal version from the 90s was a different color from the main body. When the og version had a wardrobe malfunction, it was funny but the other just feels so wrong and gross
Honestly i really like Gamer Edition Bumblebee but i mostly agree with the list. I remenber a few years ago i bought Kingdom Rhinox even after you said it was shit and ended up regretting it so this year i decided to get the Mainline one over the SS and i gotta say, it is just great, feels amazing and the transformation is actually fun so im glad i listened to your recommendation this time. Also, i was tempted to get that 3rd party Optimus but i am really glad i forgot about it, i had no idea it was that shit
I wouldn't call him a Steaming Pile of Poo, He's got a great look in both modes, and Good poseablity for a masterpiece, but that transformation is Cancerous.
I liked how Pablo jumped into your hands thanks to editing, cute touch. Barricade was my number 1 as far as not buying. I bought Gamer Edition Prime and Megatron. Love Prime, and Megatron was so disappointing i returned him. Every review of Barricade I watched was negative, and it poisoned the well rather completely. However I'm not FOMOing over it, as it looks like i dodged a bullet. As far as things I got in my hand I suppose I have to say Gamer Megatron. Only figure I returned. Tiny head, he holds his mace stupidly, which would be forgivable if they didn’t JUST make Prime with a segmented axe for decent display, the knees and their infamous rear pegs that do NOTHING for transformation and exist simpyl to impede articulation. The arm cannon is flimsy, feels cheap, and is super tiny. Finally, it's a Voyager, and somehow is less accurate in alt mode, and even missing the neat little feature of a 10 year old deluxe with the tank treads you could flip up for hover mode of deploy for running fools down. I'd say his existance only contributed to not only skipping Barricade but not even attempting to give Bumblebee or Cliffjumper any chances, again bullets dodged.
I did so many things in this video wrong on purpose it's great. Yeah, I love how in this very positive Community, NO ONE has patience for Barricade. I actually don't hate the Gamer Megatron, I thought I would, but I'm OK with it.
FINALLY. Someone said that Scourge, a goofy looking, ugly, easily breakable, with both modes being mid, with a head that pops off way too easily figure, doesn't deserve the hype.
@@PerspectiveEnd mine felt great now I wish they had done something with the front legs for possibility and had a way to store the hands but other than that he looks cool and has all the articulation points in bot mode that I expected. I agree with rinox tho he is a nice looking figure but he falls apart and is very loose
I see your points on each one, except the rhinox. Maybe you have a faulty copy for transformation, cuz none of the parts fall off. But well the proportions are kinda off yeah, and the articulation is pretty bad yeah, but i think he looks cool with the color and detail in both modes, and you can cover up the empty hole with the accesory
The rotb ss figures have been a roller coster about if they're good or not in the community, haven't they. The only one that seems to have a general consensus is Bumblebee, which I never expected. Honestly, the yolopark's scourge, though it doesn't transform, just seems so good from everything I've seen. which makes me super tempted to get cause it's larger than a leader, poses better than most figures, and only coasts £25 in England. it's the same price as a deluxe from most retailers. I want yolopark to be the go-to company for all non transforming transformers.
Another really good ROTB SS figure, and just a really good SS figure overall, is the Optimus Primal. The only main toss up with that figure is if you really want to pay leader price for a slightly more upscaled modern day voyager figure that comes with some accessories. And the only visual problem I’ve primarily heard some people have about the figure is how the robot mode feet fold away for the gorilla mode, but that bit doesn’t bother everyone.
What's funny is I used to lower the volume by 4 decibels of the whole vocal track, because I didn't want it drowning out the music. I recently stopped doing that, yet you still can't hear it.
Honestly if you had SS 102 Optimus, it would also fit right in to the worst list. Because I have it now and let me tell you, I feel the same way as you feel about ss rhinox.
Worst figure of 2023 for me? It’s a tie between Evolution Bludgeon and Evolution Strongarm. Now, don’t get me wrong, both have aspects that I like. Bludgeon has all of Tarn’s good qualities semi-amplified by not being Tarn and Strongarm is an impressive retool that’s about 80% of the way there to being accurate (even if a third of that is her truck mode being perfect). However, both of them suffer because of their source material. Bludgeon still has Hot Rod shoulders, inappropriate use of clear plastic, and is pretty puny by modern Voyager standards; Strongarm suffers from Elita/Minerva’s clashy transformation and clunky shoulders. Both are 6/10s, but they’re very low 6/10s.
I wish Tarn could have been on the best of year list, but he just gets nowhere near it, though I do thing Bludgeon has a better look with his Pumpkin Colors.
I'm glad that you have the option if it helped you enjoy the video. And thank you. My rage is what people love about my stuff. I have a talent for rants.
Hey, I’ve been trying to complete my ROTB collection for some time. All I need now is Pablo and Scourge. If you want to get ride of your scourge I would be happy to buy it off you. I plan to get DNAs kits so the head problem is ignorable. I have been hunting for him since he released with no luck, so I’m getting desperate.
I just may take you up on that, if you want to DM me Through Discord, or Twitter we can chat, if that doesn't work for you, you can go through my Gmail, though I do forget that exists all the time, and rarely pay attention to it, so it'll take me like a month to get back to you like that.
Scourge definitely feels like a overrated figure, and that is someone who likes the design from the movie. And yeah, if you hate the mainline ROTB Bumblebee, do not get SS 49, like, never. Mainly because the transformation sucks, oh and it breaks Edit: also this a great video.
As a side tangent about the TransArt TM2 Black Arachnia, you were actually more brave than Jobby with how many times you showed the figure with the bra off, and at so close of an angle. I don’t know if you should view that as a compliment or something to be concerned about. But speaking of TransArt I’m decently excited for their upcoming Quickstrike. I really like how they fixed the shoulder transformation from the prototype images. However I wish his head wasn’t visible from his underside in beast mode. I don’t care if that’s how it looked in some shots of his animation model, an organic alt mode should have a more proper underbelly. If Takara ever takes a shot at an MP Quickstrike, I hope they can add more moving parts for a full underbelly that can cover everything on the bottom.
i was dying at the mistransformed mess on the turntable for each figure hahahah
The Gamer Edition Bumblebee one with him staring at his missing arm had me in hysterics ngl
Same bro!
The Scourge head bouncing around on the turntable trying it’s best to fall off even while not attached to the figure
The studio series rhinox one 💀
I'm truly thrilled that so many people loved this joke.
The fact that ER Cliffjumper SPECIFICALLY was spared from his normal wrath really proves how bad Number 1 is.
Finally we found something worse than him.
@@PerspectiveEnd wasn't earthcee already worse than ER cliff?
Scourges head coming of is surprisingly movie accurate. Hope it wasn't intentional.
HAHAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
13:42 You know you are doing something wrong when Perspective End would rather mess with ER Cliffjumper
It's hilarious, no one pointed that out, until three of you did it one after the other. Glad it got the desired reaction out of you.
I'm so upset about Barricade, they messed up my favorite character. My friend got it, so I got to mess with it and it made me want it less.
He's not bad,got him for $11.74😂.He's staying in alt mode forever though.
@@INSIDEVIEWOFYOURMOTHER77 you bring up a good point, his vehicle form is probably the only thing he has going for him... Well to me at least
@@INSIDEVIEWOFYOURMOTHER77 Best buy had him for that, but it was plus $6 shipping and I don't think he's worth $18
I had to remove him from my stop motion series I’m making cause he’s to annoying to deal with😂
If SS GE Barricade isn’t on No 1 I’ll be shocked
Edit: Woah. I really wanted that SND Optimus Prime at first but after watching PrimevsPrime’s review I thought it looked even cooler and the transformation seemed intuitive but oh my god that sound dreadful
Be Shocked Son.
Prime vs Prime LIED!!! I am that patreon guy from the discord call. DO NOT GET THIS... THIS... THING!!!! OMG NO!!! 😭 This toy put genuine FEAR into my heart! I have never been so scared to transform something before, but all I could feel transforming this monster was DREAD!
@@senipain2785 That sounds horrid, I wish you a safe recovery from this dreadful piece of vile garbage.
I remember one time I went to a local store, but there were nothing but gamer editon Barricades. My dad asked me if i wanted that, since it looked "cool" to him. I ovbiously respoded "hell no". Glad we ended up buying a Legacy Prowl.
The deity Perspective End publicly defiling and humiliating the shitty figures by mis-transforming and rotating them on pedestal. Terrifying.
I do kind of have the energy of a Chaos God.
39 buried 0 found (never forgive me never forgot me music play)
Barricade lookin like he in a coffin with that vehicle mode bottom shown in front of the camera. Truly summarises the entire figure as a whole
Seige Barricade>>>>
Considering how he was a rushed design...sums it up pretty well.
My worst nightmare is getting gamer edition barricade as a birthday present
Thank you for the shout out! 12:16
Yeah, the Optimus is a Red Figure for me now 😅😅😱😱😭😭
Hahaha yeah that was pretty funny
WOW!! I didn't think anyone was going to try and develop a figure that would surpass the RoTF 2009 leader class Optimus Prime figure in having the title of most difficult Optimus Prime figure to transform.
Oh believe me there are multiple figures that put that thing to shame in their Nightmarish complexity.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yikes! I thought a Rubik's Cube was the most difficult puzzle to solve. lol
@@TFfangeek Mp 44 would like to materialize on your bedside desk at 3AM.
@@TFfangeek I'm the sucker from Patreon who got the figure. This thing, this.... monstrosity from hell is NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH!! Stay away! Stay far away!!
I think it lost that title already when mp 44 released
I'm loving the choice of posing some these figures on your turntable like they've collapsed from heart attacks 😂
The poses that the figures were in throughout were hysterical, especially for some that like were either dead or just gave up on life completely
I was so happy with that idea when I came up with it.
Interesting how most of the toys in this list are from Rise of the Beasts.....
I think he hates it
13:40 you know a figure is bad, when perspective end punches it instead of cliffjumper
He was spared just this this once.
To be fair even Jobby didn’t like the transart black arachnia lol
Indeed he did not, which is why I felt confident in saying they did horney so wrong here.
@@PerspectiveEnd yep, clearly designing a figure with one hand didn’t work too well this time😂
Pablo is a good design for a film original character, but not Wheeljack.
Ehh, The glasses are a bit much, and his face hurts my eyes.
I felt the descent? ascent? to madness right away. I'm sorry for all these dogshi- you had to work with.
I hope one day you do the "your likes! please give" in reverse, like "your likes! PLEASE GIVE!" haha
That is one way I could keep that bit of the video fresh.
Jobby really is THAT one guy. You've made me laugh so hard on this 😂😂😂
I'm glad to hear that, I was super proud of this one.
"The horny uncle of the fandom" I feel is an accurate and very respectable way to refer to Jobby. I see or hear nothing wrong, lol.
I kinda like Scourge’s head and neck because it looks like he’s wearing chainmail like some kind of warlord. But if you took the chainmail away he’d definitely look goofy with that giraffe neck
It does look like chain mail yes, but it's also got the energy of Son I am Disappoint.
10:29 the delivery lives in my head rent free.
Proud to have infected your mind.
I saw what you did there with scrappnel and my jaw dropped in shock kn the transmeatle BA i see what mind set the Designers were in.
Id like to see best delux and/or Voyager class best since you felt bad about the all leaders for best of year
13:42 Cliffjumper had to have been like “thank god it wasn’t me 🙏” 😭😭😭
For once. He shant get used to it.
Just discovered your channel yesterday and have been binging your videos while doing things around the house. Very entertaining, earned that subscription and bell.
I gotta say, SS Scourge makes me sad. Definitely my favourite design from ROTB and it blows that his big flashy Leader toy falls so short. I have only transformed him once because I am TERRIFIED of breaking all that stupid clear plastic. And I had to wrap twist ties around his smokestacks because mine REFUSE to stay up. I am this close to grabbing the Yolopark kit because it looks a million times better.
Thank you so much! I'm proud to hear I've been able to entertain you so much already.
Absolutely, the Transformation is so faffy because of all the little weird issues. Some people really want me to review the Yolopark, but I can't say I'm too interested my self. It's not something that really fits my collection you know.
Despite the fact, I have been here since really early on, I believe back when you uploaded earthrise is a bad toy line, I had not figured out with the two symbols next year mascot logo was. I always just found it pretty weird, until today, when I just noticed that it was a P and E for PerspectiveEnd, how did it take me this long to realize
That would make you one of my oldest Subscribers. So thanks for sticking with me for so long.
That did take you impressively long.
That Optimus being shitty is like, the most dissapointing thing I've ever heard as it stands out so much and great size but fucking christ im so sorry for you
It is a shame, but at least it's not HORRIFICALLY expensive, just really expensive.
5:38 Thank you!
I've recently found Scourge for half the price and been really debating on buying the thing. Now I know to stay away from that clusterfuck.
While I’m not here to convince you to get Scourge, it should be noted that Perspective did get a copy with some bad QC by the looks of things.
There are other reviewers who decently like this figure and theirs’ have good QC. If you want to see those reviews, then I’d personally recommend The Sheep Wielder’s short and T.T.G’s first wave SS ROTB figures video.
However if you are interested Scourge’s design and do eventually want to get a transformable Scourge figure and don’t want to have a toss up with the half price copy you found, you could wait for BaiWei’s copy to come out to see how people respond to that copy. The main bulk of the figure still has the same design, though it is still in its prototype phase, but it does have a movie accurate head without having to worry about the ball jointed neck piece on the Hasbro copy.
@@jaydonmagan4694 Thanks!
To be honest, I've never wanted to buy it for the character, as it looks nothing like the movie.
Sometimes the mold carries the entire figure, even though it looks nothing like the character it's supposed to represent. I hoped Scourge might've been that, but sadly it seems, that's not the case.
I think I'll just wait for some third party offering, that's eventually going to hit the market.
@@VectorPrimeStopMotion At the moment the closest you got to that is either BaiWei’s copy or the upgrade kits for Scourge that make him more movie accurate and just a bulkier figure in general. I know I definitely intend to get a specific upgrade kit for my copy of Scourge to help fill him out some more.
But who knows. Maybe we’ll eventually see a third party company give us an MP ROTB Scourge with Unique Toys levels of engineering. I would have said Takara as a potential future offer, but they’re clearly being slow at making their MPM figures. Though their Blackout and Bonecrusher have been received pretty well, so they could possibly do a pretty good MPM Scourge somewhere done the line. However an SS scaled third party Scourge might be tricky for some companies due to the more rounded limbs he has in the film. It’d probably be sturdier than the regular mold, but it’d also probably have sacrifices made for the design.
It's complete 🚮
Scourges ss design and most of the ss rotb toys were based off early concept art from like 2 years ago which is why he looks like he has a eating disorder. I still want it tho and to get the upgrade kit and repaint it because I really like rotb scourge
im sure he knows
well, get the baiwei version, it comes with an upgrade kit already installed and is much better built as well as having some retooling to be more accurate.
It’s funny that you say that Jobby is the horny uncle, yet even he would still call out masterpiece arcee’s proportions and the fanstoys arcee’s add on.
“It’s too try hard and…. Too horny…. HORNY!!!!”
13:43 You didn’t punch Earthrise Cliffjumper when you had the chance? I am surprised and impressed by your restraint! See I knew you loved him! 😁😜😉 Great video!
You should do this for every year please. This is so funny.
It’s hilarious how that blackarachnia figure commits every single cardinal sin a transformers figure could have. Parts forming, shell forming, weak magnets causing shit to fall off, breaking under the slightest stress. Just a bad time.
Indeed. It's impressive that she isn't number 1, but at least she looks good.
I understand that everyone can have their opinions, which is why I believe you are very correct with most of these. Bad transformation is what pushes a figure from bad all the way to terrible. That’s the worst part of GE Bumblebee in my mind.
I didn't want to hammer it for that, because much of this list is bad for those reasons, and Bumblebee is honestly the worst ones are so much worse at that, it makes him look good.
SS Mirage feels like they tried despite the strict licencing, Mainline feels like they didn't try at all. Such a shame the main character of the movie had so few toys, and what ones he did get ranged from necessarily compromised, to ugly and half-assed.
Yeah as weird as the Studio series is, they look like they put their all into it.
A friend of mine has had the misfortune of getting an SS Scourge recently, and we both agreed that it was one of the worst Chug figures of 2023. To this day I will never understand why people enjoy that thing so much when it has the engineering and height of a bad voyager yet still costs nearly double the price where I live.
I sent that thing back I less than 24hrs. 😂
Yeah several people have told me that's where my list was wrong, and I just don't see it. It wouldn't be great if it didn't have it's problems.
@@PerspectiveEnd You're missing a few yet they suck so much i can just faintly recall them.I'll check my closet later.
The ASDFMovie reference during the scourge part was very much appreciated ☠️ I coped so hard when I first got SS scourge now he’s just sitting in the box waiting to be sold
Yeah, I think I should sell mine as well. And I'm glad so many people loved the flop.
I'll buy it from ya, I need parts for a custom
A couple of days ago I went to Walmart and found probably THE BEST sale ever, 17$ for TWO deluxe class figures, I'd just thought I'd share that.
Man why does my Walmart never do anything like that?
This is the absolute best Worst of Year video you've made
I got SS Rhinox to turn into a Cybertron Backstop. I started painting the red on it... and gave up because the design manages to look even worse with significant colour.
Really? That's amazing.
Had to check myself when the blackaracnia came out I've never once been so attracted to a toy thats a robot chick that "transforms" into a spider that's based on a character from a show I watched as a kid ( I'm 17) I need to take a seat im not well
A fun video would be taking the number 1 worst from each year for a decade and tier list them.
That could be Very Fun.
I was fine with the scourge, mine had good qc. The head on mine never rlly comes off unless you force it. I just dont transform it cause the clear plastic cracked when he fell of my shelf
You didn't mention Blackarachnia's lack of wrists, that was my big problem with the figure.
I should have, but I felt like in the face of everything else it was just wasted time.
Hilarious video! its obvious you put a lot of work into your scripts. Loved the jokes and visual gags in this one. Hopefully 2024 wont stink as hard as 2023
Thank you so much, I was incredibly proud of this one.
@@PerspectiveEnd As you should be! Making videos is a lot of work, and making good videos is even more work. Your videos are much better than 30 minutes of someone yammering on about a fig in front of their camera. They are consistently great and never a waste of time. Its always a pleasure to watch your stuff.
I kinda want to get the SND Prime. He looks like he poses really well and while not my favorite IDW Prime design he still looks good and it won’t bother me to never transform it. I’ve found it for $60
OMG CLIFF GOT SPARED??!??!!?!??!
Mainline bumblebee is weird but to transform it you got to shove his fake gut as far up the body as possible for it to be flush
scourge for a lot is the QC lottery where i've got perfect stacks and a decent head, but his ankles and legs DON'T WORK AT ALL!!!!!
I actually enjoy studio series scourge, I never had a problem with my copy and I don’t mind that it uses the concept art design. The figure is what got me back into collecting transformers after suffering through SS car shatter and a terrible copy of siege prowl.
This video had me fucking dying from laughter in a way I don’t think I have in a while
Can’t wait to see what else you cook up this year :)
I'm so proud to hear that, this is the Happiest I've been with my work for a while.
Hope to bring you more like it.
Man, it would have been great if we got full reviews of these dumpster fires.
I think Transarts can be a hit or miss sometimes with their releases. But also, they've been pumping out figures like crazy after TM Megatron was released. With TM2 Black Arachnia, I think the transformation is so bad is mainly due to the character design. The designer was so busy trying to make a sexy woman and forgot she needed to transform.
After this that's actually more likely, because I realize now that I've actually been too focused on the good stuff, or the Mildly disappointing stuff. I'm so much happier and more creative, when I'm furious.
To be fair yes. She is a design that's just about impossible to make work without MASSIVE cheats.
I got really lucky and found Concept art Megatron on a shelf the other day. This thing is absolutely beefy, it’s heavy and feels like it’s premium collectors’ plastic you’d find on an old fansproject figure from 10 years ago. That all being said, it has so much paint on it I’m afraid it’ll scuff up from just looking at it 🫠 happy hunting y’all
I still have never found that thing. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying it. Gives me expectations.
I love how Legacy was so good this year that the worst figure only got a dishonorable mention
Indeed, they slayed it.
You know how bad it was because PE punched the guy standing directly next to Cliffjumper. And he LEFT CLIFF ALONE!
When I came up with that Idea I KNEW I had to use it.
That Waspinator turning out so horrible was so disappointing. I can only thank you for taking (another) one for the team to check it out, as not buying one meant I could get several Deluxes I actually liked but wouldn't have put on a must-have list.
There are things I really like about it, but that Transformation is Heinous.
Always a treat watching our favorite fast talker scream about bad toys for 15 minutes
It is my greatest tallent.
The closer it goes to number one
The more insane and hesitant Perspective end is
Please. I can't get more insane, I'm already the max.
I much prefer the Studio Series version of ROTB Bumblebee.
9:07 - Ironically, Jobby himself didn’t seem to like the horny gimmick of this figure.
I've heard a few people say that about Bumblebee.
And yeah that was funny, you know you done horney wrong when Jobby aint into it.
Man its a good thing I preordered dk- 46 and dk-49 to make scourge the best he can be. Also on this list ss 102 would probably go in 9 because the posing is pretty good and so is the transformation but the back of the truck is bad and so is his hot rod shoulders (good thing I preordered dk-44) and also if you review ss Optimus primial I can garunte you will love it its transformation with the arms is the best part cause its really fun.
Maybe, I don't know that I've ever destroyed an Optimus on the Rankings just for how the Tailgate section of the Altmode wound up.
Hope that the figure quality gets better for the SSG figures because there are characters from the high moon games that deserve brand new figure that due them justice. I cant wait to see a fall of cybertron grimlock when they finally get around to do that because i was never much of a fan of the derpy G1 grimlock design.
I can agree that they deserve better, even if I'm not a fan of the designs from the games.
See I think the Game Design for Grimlock is WAY more derpy with his bloated torso, giant toddler shoes, and dinky little head.
I think Scourge was made when he had a different design which explains the wonky proportions compared to the movie
Indeed he was, but that just means they had all the time in the world to make him not suck, and they still failed.
I got really lucky with my Scourge. He has very good qc with just a slightly loose smokestack. Personally, he's one of my favorite figures of the year but I get why you put him in here.
Glad that you got the chance to like yours better.
That Pablo toy looks like they took it. Out of the oven to early. there's actually some bits that seem like they would work, especially if it was. You pablo and not wheeljack... But as it exists in the real world, it's just hinting at something that could be decent
Honestly my worst figure of the year would have to be Studio Series battletrap. Not because it’s a bad figure but because the qc was horrible. When I opened it and tried to rotate the right bicep it fell off. And because it was clearly too tight for the assembly line to attach it I obviously went to do it which resulted in the upper of the double mushroom peg going into the lower slot. So now it’s borderline untransformable.
Batteltrap was going to be on the Honorable Mentions here, just because the Transformation is pretty bad, and the altmode is infuriating with how it never feels done.
An ASDF movie reference in 2023 ?
That’s pretty good comedy
I thought so too. I'm pretty happy with the comedy this time.
I was kinda interested in TransArts Blackarachnia, but the removable bra kinda dragged that into the street and shot it with a Fatman nuclear launcher.
Just glue it on, it can still transform.
I don't understand why nothing on SS Rhinox was pinned. I avoid transforming that thing and for some reason I have two of them.
I loved the disarray the figures were in
I wish my Walmart would stock shit so I could get RotB mainline Optimus Prime.
I love the “Sears catalog” mis-transformations at the beginning!😂😂😂
Oh that is throughout my son.
I’ve been watching your channel for a couple of years, met you at TFCon in March, and somehow this one slipped under my radar till today. I noticed something awesome about you for the first time in this…you’re kind of like the Angry Video Game Nerd of transformers reviewers. Gonna have to get my daughter to watch this. I’m sure it will make her an insta fan. My son is already kind of a fan.
I was tempted to get that RotB Cheetor since I enjoy beast-mode characters with simple fun transformations; but the colour scheme was too jank for me to wanna to pay full price for it.
SND "Voyager" Optimus is just like Real Grade Zeta Gundam. Overly engineered transforming robots with teeny tiny brittle parts sprinkled around 🗿🗿🗿
That aint wrong.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah, toy companies should've learned that putting on a complex transformation that should've been only applied on 12-inch-or-above figures into a 6-inch figure is a death sentence to the structural integrity 💀💀💀
It's interesting that it was mostly the rotb and gamer edition figures were the most phoned in. I wonder what the politics behind the situation was. One of the figures I was disappointed with was Bombshell. The stupid hat ruins everything. I'm really worried about how they'll phone in other factions. I'd also love to hear more of your takes on star wars sometime. Also, was that a fifth element reference at 6:38? "not one, or two, or three, but four. Four stones". Also, I concur that rotb Wheeljack was a bad design. I guess I was buying into hype at the time. I guess from the neck down, it's not a bad design
It may have been a Subconscious one, but not an intentional one.
FINALLY somebody talks about how awful ss scourges neck is!
This is a video I constantly come back to because I love it when you rage at figures!
Someone should tell X Transbots that you're not supposed to assemble the model kit before you sell it.
...it's a toy? Could've fooled me with that very obvious model kit plastic. Seriously, you're not supposed to use that plastic for figures that take the regular abuse that a Transformer does.
That asdfmovie joke on the Scourge part got me.
I wasn't expecting that but I love it
Remember the key and Peele skit where Barack Obama has his rage interpreter with him? You're baltmatrix's rage interpreter and I love it 😂
The fact that transarts black arachnia’s boobs are sculpted discusses me. At least the transmetal version from the 90s was a different color from the main body. When the og version had a wardrobe malfunction, it was funny but the other just feels so wrong and gross
Yeah it's just unplesant levels of horney for no good reason.
What’s your opinion on Hasbro bringing back Rescue Bots?
I have none. I get that it was popular with kids, I never watched it though.
@@PerspectiveEndWell, here's a semi-spoiler: there are a lot of affectionate parodies of popular media, like Jurassic Park and Back to the Future.
Honestly i really like Gamer Edition Bumblebee but i mostly agree with the list. I remenber a few years ago i bought Kingdom Rhinox even after you said it was shit and ended up regretting it so this year i decided to get the Mainline one over the SS and i gotta say, it is just great, feels amazing and the transformation is actually fun so im glad i listened to your recommendation this time. Also, i was tempted to get that 3rd party Optimus but i am really glad i forgot about it, i had no idea it was that shit
4:56 huh I never noticed night bird was broken in the product photography
Yeah, most people didn't. All and all it's a very minor thing visually.
I've actually wanted the Trojan horse waspinator. Is really a steaming pile of poo? Also, that black arachnia made me *very* uncomfortable 😂😂😂
I wouldn't call him a Steaming Pile of Poo, He's got a great look in both modes, and Good poseablity for a masterpiece, but that transformation is Cancerous.
that's unfortunate to hear. I might still get him at some point, but thanks for the info!@@PerspectiveEnd
I liked how Pablo jumped into your hands thanks to editing, cute touch. Barricade was my number 1 as far as not buying. I bought Gamer Edition Prime and Megatron. Love Prime, and Megatron was so disappointing i returned him. Every review of Barricade I watched was negative, and it poisoned the well rather completely. However I'm not FOMOing over it, as it looks like i dodged a bullet. As far as things I got in my hand I suppose I have to say Gamer Megatron. Only figure I returned.
Tiny head, he holds his mace stupidly, which would be forgivable if they didn’t JUST make Prime with a segmented axe for decent display, the knees and their infamous rear pegs that do NOTHING for transformation and exist simpyl to impede articulation. The arm cannon is flimsy, feels cheap, and is super tiny. Finally, it's a Voyager, and somehow is less accurate in alt mode, and even missing the neat little feature of a 10 year old deluxe with the tank treads you could flip up for hover mode of deploy for running fools down. I'd say his existance only contributed to not only skipping Barricade but not even attempting to give Bumblebee or Cliffjumper any chances, again bullets dodged.
I did so many things in this video wrong on purpose it's great.
Yeah, I love how in this very positive Community, NO ONE has patience for Barricade.
I actually don't hate the Gamer Megatron, I thought I would, but I'm OK with it.
FINALLY. Someone said that Scourge, a goofy looking, ugly, easily breakable, with both modes being mid, with a head that pops off way too easily figure, doesn't deserve the hype.
He indeed does not deserve the hype and if anyone was going to say it, you know it's me. It's always me.
I actually liked cheetor I do wish they did more for his transformation though
I can't get why, my problem with it, is it feels insanely mid on everything.
@@PerspectiveEnd mine felt great now I wish they had done something with the front legs for possibility and had a way to store the hands but other than that he looks cool and has all the articulation points in bot mode that I expected. I agree with rinox tho he is a nice looking figure but he falls apart and is very loose
The posing was gold in this video, would love for this to become standard.
I'm so glad you enjoyed that, I was STUPID proud of the idea when I had it.
@@PerspectiveEnd you should be proud, it was hilarious.
i just love how you put those figs in the dumbest poses
I felt very inspired when I came up with that idea.
I see your points on each one, except the rhinox. Maybe you have a faulty copy for transformation, cuz none of the parts fall off. But well the proportions are kinda off yeah, and the articulation is pretty bad yeah, but i think he looks cool with the color and detail in both modes, and you can cover up the empty hole with the accesory
I mean even if mines QC wasn't so bad, it'd still be not any good. Weak Posing, Weak Transformation, Weak altmode, just over all weak.
The rotb ss figures have been a roller coster about if they're good or not in the community, haven't they. The only one that seems to have a general consensus is Bumblebee, which I never expected.
Honestly, the yolopark's scourge, though it doesn't transform, just seems so good from everything I've seen. which makes me super tempted to get cause it's larger than a leader, poses better than most figures, and only coasts £25 in England. it's the same price as a deluxe from most retailers. I want yolopark to be the go-to company for all non transforming transformers.
Yeah, this is why I've been telling him about the Yolopark AMK figures. They look great, good size, and cheap.
Another really good ROTB SS figure, and just a really good SS figure overall, is the Optimus Primal. The only main toss up with that figure is if you really want to pay leader price for a slightly more upscaled modern day voyager figure that comes with some accessories.
And the only visual problem I’ve primarily heard some people have about the figure is how the robot mode feet fold away for the gorilla mode, but that bit doesn’t bother everyone.
I cant even hear you say “please give” anymore
What's funny is I used to lower the volume by 4 decibels of the whole vocal track, because I didn't want it drowning out the music. I recently stopped doing that, yet you still can't hear it.
Honestly if you had SS 102 Optimus, it would also fit right in to the worst list.
Because I have it now and let me tell you, I feel the same way as you feel about ss rhinox.
And it has Hot Rod Shoulders as well.
Worst figure of 2023 for me? It’s a tie between Evolution Bludgeon and Evolution Strongarm. Now, don’t get me wrong, both have aspects that I like. Bludgeon has all of Tarn’s good qualities semi-amplified by not being Tarn and Strongarm is an impressive retool that’s about 80% of the way there to being accurate (even if a third of that is her truck mode being perfect). However, both of them suffer because of their source material. Bludgeon still has Hot Rod shoulders, inappropriate use of clear plastic, and is pretty puny by modern Voyager standards; Strongarm suffers from Elita/Minerva’s clashy transformation and clunky shoulders.
Both are 6/10s, but they’re very low 6/10s.
I wish Tarn could have been on the best of year list, but he just gets nowhere near it, though I do thing Bludgeon has a better look with his Pumpkin Colors.
It’s inevitable that one day you’ll get a figure so bad your anger is so high it turns into tears. 💀
First video I watched from you.
I slowed it down to 0.75 but this was a good laugh with colorful insults.
I'm glad that you have the option if it helped you enjoy the video.
And thank you. My rage is what people love about my stuff. I have a talent for rants.
wow when perspective end is THIS mad, you know something bad happened
edit: i will turn you into chicken nuggets for not liking scourge (jk)
Hey, I’ve been trying to complete my ROTB collection for some time. All I need now is Pablo and Scourge. If you want to get ride of your scourge I would be happy to buy it off you. I plan to get DNAs kits so the head problem is ignorable. I have been hunting for him since he released with no luck, so I’m getting desperate.
I just may take you up on that, if you want to DM me Through Discord, or Twitter we can chat, if that doesn't work for you, you can go through my Gmail, though I do forget that exists all the time, and rarely pay attention to it, so it'll take me like a month to get back to you like that.
I didn’t expect so much Rise of the Beasts figures to make the list. I suppose it makes sense since movie was released that year, along with its toys
I didn't either, and hell I forgot that I had Battletrap, who also would have made the list for his Transformation.
Scourge definitely feels like a overrated figure, and that is someone who likes the design from the movie.
And yeah, if you hate the mainline ROTB Bumblebee, do not get SS 49, like, never. Mainly because the transformation sucks, oh and it breaks
Edit: also this a great video.
Thank you very much. And which one is the Studio Series 49?
@@PerspectiveEnd bayverse bumblebee.
People say the transformation on SS 100 is better, nah, I’m not buying it. I have been through enough torture
As a side tangent about the TransArt TM2 Black Arachnia, you were actually more brave than Jobby with how many times you showed the figure with the bra off, and at so close of an angle. I don’t know if you should view that as a compliment or something to be concerned about.
But speaking of TransArt I’m decently excited for their upcoming Quickstrike. I really like how they fixed the shoulder transformation from the prototype images. However I wish his head wasn’t visible from his underside in beast mode. I don’t care if that’s how it looked in some shots of his animation model, an organic alt mode should have a more proper underbelly. If Takara ever takes a shot at an MP Quickstrike, I hope they can add more moving parts for a full underbelly that can cover everything on the bottom.
I mean it's not something I make a habit of doing.
That Quickstrike looks so good, I'm so excited.
I laughed so hard the way you said "gamer edition"
People love that joke.
@@PerspectiveEnd
I don’t