The more I look at Bumblebee, the more I enjoy his design, though I personally enjoy Starscream more, with me using him as a Live action version of Armada Starscream.
Bumblebee honestly looks like an earthmode of the High Moon design, and with the shoulders and door wings this feels like a better Prime design than the Prime design
I find it funny that you mentioned a Cliff jumper repaint, yet, not the amount of seaker repaints / retools that are probably gonna come from star scream
To my understanding, at some point the Transformers were knocked offline, the Quintessons invaded and have taken earth over. So humans repaired the transformers with some left over parts, and reactivated (get the name now?) them to save the earth.
I think they idea is that they scavenged only the parts that were missing of each of their bodies, and humans had no paint to spare on those, so that is why they have black parts mismatched like that. Damage for both must have been much more extensive on the left side of their bodies. It´d also explain why this Starscream has blue eyes: they probably scavenged those of an Autobot to replace his own. Silverbolt´s maybe? Gotta be a voyager sized autobot used to fly, so it`d be cool.
Yes, but why are they only the Left Side on both of them? It's a Left Wing, a right arm, a left hip. It's exclusively on the left side for both of them.
What you were saying about Bumblebee is hilarious, while I do love the mute psychopath that’s in the movies I do enjoy Yo Mama Gremlin robot as well. Also when redesigning the Transformers while I do love it when the go completely bonkers it’s also very fun to see the “this character but we give em the super soldier serum and also every steroid but the kitchen sink”
I think you forgot to spin Bumblebee's feet around for the alt mode. The back of the feet are supposed to be going out the back. Which is cool cause the heels look like stingers
@@PerspectiveEndI know some people like to transform their figures without the instructions but please, read a book ni- (Jobby reference in case you didn’t know)
In short, they maybe not the greatest , but they are quite good for what they are. As for my take, I like them design wise. And as for the question of the video ... What character that wasn't annouced to be in the game would you like to see in this style ?
And VERY cool for what they are. I don't know what characters were Announced, so I'll give you a list. Windblade: But She's probably already in it. Swindle. Bruticus. Dinobot, because of course. Megatron, I assume he's like a boss or something. Skylynx. Skyfire. Tarn. Ultra Magnus.
Interesting. I never considered that. They seemed mostly fine sticking out of the back as they were, it was just one of those compromises that seemed so normal.
the sad part is this line obliterates the gamer edition figures, which is SUPER sad when you think these are meant to be video game tie in figures, whereas gamer edition is meant to be dedicated screen accurate figures at maineline price, and yet these have clearly got much better budgets and much much better effort time and care put into them
4:56 With that, one can recreate the shot from the final scenes of _Revenge of the Fallen_ where Bumblebee collapses to his knees in despair after discovering that Sam was killed by Megatron.
These toys gone really hard that they make SS WFC line look even worse. This is how you're supposed to make "Studio Series Gamer Edition". Really love Bee and Scream aesthetic, not a big fan of null ray on forearms thou.
I never thought that adding black to starscream,s G1 colors would make a huge difference for an improvement, and yet it does. Personally I prefer the look of Starscream over bumblebee, but the alt modes still are equal to me
I like these. Now if I can buy them in Canada for the price of a Deluxe and Voyager combined, then these are great! On the other hand, if these are unnecessarily expensive for no reason then I can’t really give these the credit they deserve.
I believe there were supposed to be news at the gaming awards but nothing came up the devs even apologize about having nothing to show prior the awards. Maybe it's just me I see this as a red flag. NGL if it wasn't for leakers I'd forgot this game existed. In the game I disliked how long Bee's legs were. We definitely needed a game, the last game we had was devastation and that came out what like 2015. As for the movie do you mean design wise or character wise. Becasuse designs wise we all know MB didn't care about G1 designs, he even started he was gonna be doing his own thing. Character wise I just saw him as a guardian like as he's always been except his voice box problem is the most convoluted shit ever. And I love the film's (except the 5th one)
Wait what do you mean in the Game you don't like how long his legs are? Devastation was so good. And how has it been almost a DECADE since it came out... God I feel old. I mean Design wise. There's nothing left of the character in the design.
Do you think the Reactivate Starscream mold fits Thundercracker's character? I kinda see offroad VW Beetle in Reactivate Bumblebee's alt mode, but I also see a lot of Choro Q (which is Penny racers in USA) Jazz in there. Skybyte, Superion, and Swindle are confirmed in the new 2025 TF line, codenamed Prime because it contains the 13 Primes. Is 32 bucks a good price for Legacy Needlenose? I can't find it for a reasonable price. My country missed megatons of Legacy Evolution.
@@PerspectiveEnd Solid Snake is the clone of Big Boss, but only his dominant genes while Liquid is the recessive clone, so Bumper would be considered the dominant fusion while this Bee head would be the recessive fusion. Another way of thinking about it is potara and the fusion dance.
2:09 I was always confused about why it was attached to the guns being attached to the shoulder, mainly because it seems like your doing too much just to aim (Even if it’s just lifting your whole arm instead of just your forearm)
Oh Absolutely, it's a TERRIBLE way to mount your guns. If you want to aim around a corner you basically gave to get your whole body around it, it wouldn't be very accurate, but GOD DAMN does it have Panache.
I got the prime and soundwave 2 pack for christmas and i genuinely love them both. Sheer excellence. Currently waiting on another reviewer who collects primes and loves soundwave to make a video on the set. I may or may not get the bumblescream set, but the primewave set is definantly a really good prime and a really fun wave.
Also at this point I feel like the odds of you finding the gamer prime are low, so I'm just gonna ask your thoughts on the desighn and consider that good enough for a review.
I missed my usual Singapore pick up for this line so I'm hoping they show up locally, but I gotta admit as more time passes the less fussed I'm becoming on getting them
I think in the game you can customize and upgrade the characters a bit and the asymmetrical colors might be how they're trying to portay designs that don't stay consistent throughout the game
I personally can’t help but see combiner wars star scream in this, with the chest being the biggest indicator. And I never would have thought the head looked like sideswipe if you didn’t point it out. Good eye! 2:22 also the more you talk about the wfc the more eager I await the roast/review
I didn't really like bumblebee when I first saw him but in hand he has grown on me a lot and I really like the starscream. I've been working on my own transformers story and I have some of the designs done mainly optimus prime even turned him into a 3d model in blender. And I think these designs especially the starscream will work really well as inspiration
With bumblebee back problems, I also struggle with it. so I decided to leave it out, not to push it in his backpack all the way and now I enjoy these toys more
I definitely like the Starscream a lot more than the Bee. He just has a presence that the other doesn't. And for the first time, I feel like the wings sticking straight out is not the right choice for the design. What I like to do is have them angled backwards and pushing them slightly into the shoulders so they stick straight up. Not sure what character it reminds me of but it looks so much cooler
@PerspectiveEnd Well, they're on hinges and swivels, so I hinge them backwards so that they are fanned away from the body, and then I swivel them upwards and the edge of the wings that are closest to his back rest nicely on his shoulders, giving them a look that is similar to Prime Starscream, but with just more mass
There was no transition. I took the Footage of the figure you were currently seeing, duplicated it, flipped the Duplicate, and then cropped out half the image. So you were seeing two combined live to look like one with two black wings. Unfortunately the Turn Table wasn't in the PERFECT center of frame, so it caused it to not be seamless, also the editing software was doing some weird stuff. The the Video was playing faster Reversed for some reason, so it took a lot of tweaking to make it look even that good.
I've seen how Shockwave is going to look in this game and man, if that design gets a figure with the same level of quality as the four we've already gotten, it would probably be in the running for my favorite Shockwave figure ever. Also, super hyped to see Steve Blum come back to voice Starscream for Reactivate. He's by far my favorite Starscream voice actor (Charlie Adler coming in second), so I'm really excited that between this and Earthspark he's currently the "main" Starscream voice. I'm going to die of excitement if he's in TF One too.
Bumblebee is such a good redesign of the character I think he is my favourite bumblebee design ever I hope the next version of bumblebee has inspiration from this one and the g1 design like a combination of the two more so then it is
I can't say that he's my favorite, because I will always love the classic one for being the thing that introduced me, but I can't help but see this as a TOP TIER alternative.
I can’t be the only one that sees the star scream design kind of looks like rid 2015 star screams design, but this is way better because it doesn’t have a terrifying face
I legit love the designs. If I had to really give it a notch. I would kinda like Bee's feet/shoes to resemble military boots kinda like how he does in the Bumblebee movie. To give him a bit of a more bulky and stable feel and also keep him a bit more balanced. For Starscream. I would love it if he had his null rays connected to the upper arms or shoulders. But i feel like they made his null rays act a bit more shields, but nonetheless, hella cool figs
the reactivate starscream is my fav design for starscream and all my life for trying to find the starscream for my shelves this is it.... now only if they did a voyeager earthspark soundwave to complete my decepticon 4 megatron - gen selects super megatron starscream - reactivate starscream Soundwave - currently empty shockwave - energon, prime, studio series dotm, authentics, animated (purple colours) yeah litterally any of these
Glad to hear that this one speaks to you so much more than it does to me. People really want that ES Soundwave so bad. I wonder what Reactivate Megatron will look like?
These are pretty good versions of these characters especially starscream the head and nullrays are a miss but I’d take this over recent chug versions. Both of these 2 packs pricy yea but still good sets it’s just a shame the game is in limbo and these could be the only rise/reactivate packs we get for a long time, I’d always wanna see shockwave, megatron, ironhide, and sideswipe another run of 2 packs
Compare this to ROTB Bumblebee and you;'ll see the better design with Reactivate Bee. Mainly because you're able to see the front bumper on the Robot mode.
the black parts are supposed to be battle damge either burns or replaced parts.... though is it me or is the one on starscream reminding me of the roft tatoos.... it can't just be me... right?
It's not reminding me of that. And my question stands, why would they both only have damage on their left sides, that was replaced by parts that were still in their correct color schemes but also having added black?
Maybe it’s just me, but something about this Starscream having blue eyes feels off. I _think_ this is supposed to be him on the Autobots side, but even still, the blue eyes look odd. I would have preferred his usual red eyes as they look cooler. There’s something about a “good guy” character with scary looking eyes that’s just more interesting to me.
What's funny is I know a lot of people who prefer it when the Cons have eyes other than Red because it's different. I suppose this is a slightly more heroic version of him, which might be why I find it more boring.
Something that makes me more cautious about the game is that I remember hearing that it'll be sorta inspired by Warframe. As someone who spent a bit too much playing it, it both gives me positive hope and makes me afraid that they might turn the game into another "Warframe killer" and it'll not live up to that name, like pretty much every other game that tried it. If it'll try to make it's own identity while taking some ideas from Warframe, that'd be the best option, but kind of unlikely.
I only played Warframe right when it came out and I didn't have any fun with it. The only Warframes that were out at the time where Rhino and Loki. Just didn't feel like there was much to do.
Personally, from the teaser trailer I think the song they used feels like a transformers song. Also, definitely picking up these two, they look pretty bada$$
6:08 As for bumblebee, ive seen the14th prime say the same thing but after a while they figured out they just had to do it another way, i forget how tho Also you forgot to rotate the feet in his altmode
I understand why they aren't saying any release date because they don't want to make false promises and have to constantly push back the date like bendy and the dark revival did
This game taking so long to release is just like how long it toke for spiderman 2 ps5 taking 3 years to make. Kind of like across the spiderverse taking 4 years At this point I'm kind of certain reactive won't release till 2025 or 26. Let's just hope it was all worth it and if its able to compete with its previous games like Devastation, War, and fall.
I assume you are talking about the part where he's Got two black wings? Nope, what I did was Duplicate the video, flip it, reverse the speed, and then mask out half it.
i really enjoy this two pack. Starscream to me is great, though the only i don't like is the blue eyes. fortunately, i had a red Gundam Marker and painted his eyes red and it looks much better.
I got the Optimus and Soundwave. I passed on this one due to been fed up of so many bumblebees... I have never been much of a G1 Starscream, and every time I got 1 seeker I end up getting the rest. In this case I would rather get the Skywarp than the Starscream. Now as a friend, would you recommend me to get this guys? I have only seen reviews praising them. And you said they are pretty good. Got me thinking.
@@PerspectiveEnd I think they could do it, if they can turn blur into the the bounty hunter guy, I think they have the ability to turn Starscream into Starscream
Another Bumblebee who looks like someone cosplaying 'Bee. At least this time, that only applies to 'bot mode: *the vehicle mode looks great!* Based exclusively on this video (no hands on, no even watching someone else's review). I'm also not saying the 'bot mode looks bad, I just think it is chasing a self-defeating goal; "upgrading" Bumblebee into a bigger "warrior" bot. *That's not Bumblebee.* I mean, technically it is because they've made him that in many, *many* different series. The problem is, once you try to force him that way, you lose what makes him unique. As a long time fanboy of questionable tastes and reasoning skills, I see only two solid approaches for Bumblebee: G1, the short, chubby, wise-cracking Bumblebee TFA the short, slender, wise-cracking Bumblebee. Doesn't mean Bumblebee can't be a fighter, but if we're describing roles, he's a scout or spy, not a "warrior" designed for the front lines. Forcing him that way causes him to overlap too much with characters like Cheetor, Hot Shot, and Sunstreaker in terms of aesthetic, personality, or both. Granted, I also feel like Bumblebee deserves flight capabilities, even if through external means; see his Action Master and Classics counterparts. I think also a canceled TFA figure... *Not that I didn't enjoy the video.* I found it fun and informative. I probably like the Starscream more than PE (reminds me of one of the few positives from Energon). Even with what I've just said, this still looks like a very good Bumblebee. I just wish they hadn't tried to make him look like a svelte warrior again.
I don't think this looks like someone cosplaying him, unless that someone is Cliffjumper. I think this does look like the Short, Chubby, Wisecracking guy, just in a post Apocalypse, so he's a little more serious. A Slightly different head I think would have made all the difference on the Starscream.
So, I have a question for you. Starscream. Do you have the tail fins oriented opposite angle of the large wings intentionally? I think the "proper" way is for them to be flipped up, same angle as the big wings, resting slightly above them. The reason I ask, is because I keep going back and forth on that step, because I like the way both orientations look. Also, I don't think the way you have the tailfins, in jet mode is "proper" either, but I'm not conflicted on that part. That's EXACTLY how I put them, because I mean, yeah look at it lol.
I like this set a lot. So much that I preordered it (and the Optimus/sound wave pack as well) as far as price goes, I think it’s a bargain, two larger than standard deluxes for 60 bucks (that was what I paid at least) is awesome!
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this is probably my favorite Bumblebee design EVER As for the Starscream i wasnt sold until I saw it in Animated colors. I've always HATED G1 Starscream but w a different deco, fuck this deco is amazing Also props to Hasbro for finally doing the nosecone flip on a Seeker only took them 2 decades since the Seeker Deluxe lmao
@@PerspectiveEnd it was a custom i saw online and the muses of inspiration struck, plus im getting an airbrush kit for my bday and i have so much acrylics left over lol
@@PerspectiveEnd it more depends on character, Starscream and especially Megatron does not work with blue eyes, other than Cybertron Megatron of course but he looks so different. I just think the major con characters like soundwave, megatron, shockwave, and starscream really need to have their typical g1 eye color. (yellow and red both work for soundwave tho)
I would love to see this set straight up repainted as Cliffjumper and Skywarp - my only Cliiff is the Buzzworthy WFCE repaint, with all the things to hate about that mold, and Skywarp is always the Seeker picked for low-production exclusives so the giant Combiner Wars one and LGC core with a slingshot instead of null rays are it for him, versus VOYs for WFCS Redwing, Thundy, and Screamer. (And no coneheads but Toxitron Collection Cloudburst and Cyberverse Ramjet-with-Thrust's-fans, but I'm not as annoyed about them.) I never need another Starscream as I loathe the character, but I also refuse to pay 4-5x on the collector's market for a Skywarp, whether it's the cool BSG Viper like Siege mold or the Earthrise almost-F-15 upscaled from a now 20 year old deluxe mold, double packed with a Thundercracker I don't care about.
I love that Starscream actually looks like a jet and not a robot laying down like the Earthrise.
Or the g1 show and/or toy
Huge Pluss yes.
I legit love how the head actually gets covered instead of it being like. When you flip it over, he is just staring at you
The more I look at Bumblebee, the more I enjoy his design, though I personally enjoy Starscream more, with me using him as a Live action version of Armada Starscream.
I'm glad you appreciate the Starscream more than me. I wish I was more on board with the design.
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Bumblebee honestly looks like an earthmode of the High Moon design, and with the shoulders and door wings this feels like a better Prime design than the Prime design
I don't see it. High Moon bumblebee was more Chubby than this.
Um, no.
I'd say it looks more like an earthmode of his cybertronian mode from the bumblebee movie with an actual face for his face.
The change between engines, from what I read, was unity to Unreal 5. Unity really unalived themselves.
That's fine, then. Unity has been absolutely sucking as a company lately. Splash Damage wouldn't waste budget on their exorbitant subscription fees.
I don't think that was for those reasons though.
this is completely wrong, it's unreal engine 4 to unreal engine 5
I find it funny that you mentioned a Cliff jumper repaint, yet, not the amount of seaker repaints / retools that are probably gonna come from star scream
Well I think one's a given isn't it?
To my understanding, at some point the Transformers were knocked offline, the Quintessons invaded and have taken earth over. So humans repaired the transformers with some left over parts, and reactivated (get the name now?) them to save the earth.
I get the name, but Reactivate sounds like an incomplete name. Reactivation would be better.
I think they idea is that they scavenged only the parts that were missing of each of their bodies, and humans had no paint to spare on those, so that is why they have black parts mismatched like that. Damage for both must have been much more extensive on the left side of their bodies. It´d also explain why this Starscream has blue eyes: they probably scavenged those of an Autobot to replace his own. Silverbolt´s maybe? Gotta be a voyager sized autobot used to fly, so it`d be cool.
I feel like his blue eyes are just his natural eyes as there really isn’t any indication that his eyes have been ripped out and changed.
@@isplat927 While you have a point, Starscream´s eyes are more often red than blue, and it´d be a cool plot line in this kind of game to have.
@@danielmedela8725 it would be but I would like to have the Aerialbots in this game so the possibility of Superion could stay on the table.
@@isplat927 Same here... so let´s think of another voyager-sized Autobot with plane mode. Like Scattershot.
Yes, but why are they only the Left Side on both of them? It's a Left Wing, a right arm, a left hip. It's exclusively on the left side for both of them.
What you were saying about Bumblebee is hilarious, while I do love the mute psychopath that’s in the movies I do enjoy Yo Mama Gremlin robot as well.
Also when redesigning the Transformers while I do love it when the go completely bonkers it’s also very fun to see the “this character but we give em the super soldier serum and also every steroid but the kitchen sink”
Yeah but the trouble with the movies is at the end not even the head was left like Steve Rogers.
@@PerspectiveEnd Fair point, still I do enjoy them but it’s understandable.
It's hard to put into words, but... the way that both of these are asymmetric fills me with rage. I almost wanna pay someone to take it off XD
Probably easier to pay someone to put more on.
5:29 This is the best Official Starscream ever just cause it can spin in the waist area
What about the Siege One?
It's definitely better than the ER one.
I think you forgot to spin Bumblebee's feet around for the alt mode. The back of the feet are supposed to be going out the back. Which is cool cause the heels look like stingers
The reactivated villain is quintesson. Autobot and Decepticon lost and humans rebuilt them using spare parts.
Forgot! Please don't insult me! I didn't know.
Instructions are for the weak... And the people who want to get the transformation right.
@@PerspectiveEndI know some people like to transform their figures without the instructions but please, read a book ni-
(Jobby reference in case you didn’t know)
In short, they maybe not the greatest , but they are quite good for what they are.
As for my take, I like them design wise.
And as for the question of the video ...
What character that wasn't annouced to be in the game would you like to see in this style ?
And VERY cool for what they are.
I don't know what characters were Announced, so I'll give you a list.
Windblade: But She's probably already in it.
Swindle.
Bruticus.
Dinobot, because of course.
Megatron, I assume he's like a boss or something.
Skylynx.
Skyfire.
Tarn.
Ultra Magnus.
On Bumblebee, his feet rotate and then flip in for transformation. The back of the feet have exhaust pipes.
Interesting. I never considered that. They seemed mostly fine sticking out of the back as they were, it was just one of those compromises that seemed so normal.
the sad part is this line obliterates the gamer edition figures, which is SUPER sad when you think these are meant to be video game tie in figures, whereas gamer edition is meant to be dedicated screen accurate figures at maineline price, and yet these have clearly got much better budgets and much much better effort time and care put into them
I have not been able to find these two anywhere except for a collectors shop while I was visiting Los Angeles, but happy that you enjoyed them
They are on Amazon right now, so you can probably get them there.
Nice question of the video very thought provoking
It has been a long time since I consistently did that.
4:56 With that, one can recreate the shot from the final scenes of _Revenge of the Fallen_ where Bumblebee collapses to his knees in despair after discovering that Sam was killed by Megatron.
The more I look at that starscream the more I think “I want them to do that as slipstream”
Hopefully without the asymmetrical parts when they do.
If they do a cleaned up screamer without a tag along figure I'll buy it
You don't like the Bumblebee? I hope the game version if it does come out has a different head.
These toys gone really hard that they make SS WFC line look even worse. This is how you're supposed to make "Studio Series Gamer Edition". Really love Bee and Scream aesthetic, not a big fan of null ray on forearms thou.
I never thought that adding black to starscream,s G1 colors would make a huge difference for an improvement, and yet it does. Personally I prefer the look of Starscream over bumblebee, but the alt modes still are equal to me
I like these. Now if I can buy them in Canada for the price of a Deluxe and Voyager combined, then these are great! On the other hand, if these are unnecessarily expensive for no reason then I can’t really give these the credit they deserve.
I believe there were supposed to be news at the gaming awards but nothing came up the devs even apologize about having nothing to show prior the awards. Maybe it's just me I see this as a red flag.
NGL if it wasn't for leakers I'd forgot this game existed.
In the game I disliked how long Bee's legs were.
We definitely needed a game, the last game we had was devastation and that came out what like 2015.
As for the movie do you mean design wise or character wise. Becasuse designs wise we all know MB didn't care about G1 designs, he even started he was gonna be doing his own thing. Character wise I just saw him as a guardian like as he's always been except his voice box problem is the most convoluted shit ever. And I love the film's (except the 5th one)
Wait what do you mean in the Game you don't like how long his legs are?
Devastation was so good. And how has it been almost a DECADE since it came out... God I feel old.
I mean Design wise. There's nothing left of the character in the design.
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah Bee's legs just look weirdly long
Do you think the Reactivate Starscream mold fits Thundercracker's character?
I kinda see offroad VW Beetle in Reactivate Bumblebee's alt mode, but I also see a lot of Choro Q (which is Penny racers in USA) Jazz in there.
Skybyte, Superion, and Swindle are confirmed in the new 2025 TF line, codenamed Prime because it contains the 13 Primes.
Is 32 bucks a good price for Legacy Needlenose?
I can't find it for a reasonable price. My country missed megatons of Legacy Evolution.
I wonder, if this game ever does come out will the designs be pretty accurate to the toys? Or will they be radically different in every way.
My bet is on 50/50
I'm assuming relatively accurate, if I'm remembering correctly there were some leaked cutscenes in the past and they aesthetic lined up.
Bumble bees heads up is for when starscream is flying him around seeing how they are working together against the quints lmao. A whole new world! XD
Doing his classic scouting job.
The bumblebee face does look like a mix of his and cliffjumper's but takes the exact opposite direction of a bumper head. Like solid and liquid snake.
What do you mean the Exact opposite of his head like Liquid Snake?
@@PerspectiveEnd Solid Snake is the clone of Big Boss, but only his dominant genes while Liquid is the recessive clone, so Bumper would be considered the dominant fusion while this Bee head would be the recessive fusion. Another way of thinking about it is potara and the fusion dance.
Starscream’s jet mode gives me vibes to his armada design. Especially if there was no blue
I can kind of see that, it does have the ailerons.
huh...good to know im not the only one
2:09 I was always confused about why it was attached to the guns being attached to the shoulder, mainly because it seems like your doing too much just to aim (Even if it’s just lifting your whole arm instead of just your forearm)
Oh Absolutely, it's a TERRIBLE way to mount your guns. If you want to aim around a corner you basically gave to get your whole body around it, it wouldn't be very accurate, but GOD DAMN does it have Panache.
I'm glad that starscream can do the gerwalk mode, it's my philosophy that every jetformer should have a gerwalk mode built into its transformation
I never even thought to try that.
I got the prime and soundwave 2 pack for christmas and i genuinely love them both. Sheer excellence. Currently waiting on another reviewer who collects primes and loves soundwave to make a video on the set. I may or may not get the bumblescream set, but the primewave set is definantly a really good prime and a really fun wave.
Also at this point I feel like the odds of you finding the gamer prime are low, so I'm just gonna ask your thoughts on the desighn and consider that good enough for a review.
I missed my usual Singapore pick up for this line so I'm hoping they show up locally, but I gotta admit as more time passes the less fussed I'm becoming on getting them
You may change your tune on the Optimus and Soundwave.
@@PerspectiveEnd fingers crossed 🤞 I jus don’t wanna have to pay import prices
I might be tweaking but I can see a pretty good looking skids getting made outta that bumblebee
I can see where you are comming from with that.
I think in the game you can customize and upgrade the characters a bit and the asymmetrical colors might be how they're trying to portay designs that don't stay consistent throughout the game
Perhaps but it's a strange decision to put it on only one of their sides. And have it be the same side with both.
0:39 I like Reaxtivate more
IT just sounds unfinished to me.
Never been too big on Bumblebee until this one finally came out, this is easily my favorite design.
I personally can’t help but see combiner wars star scream in this, with the chest being the biggest indicator. And I never would have thought the head looked like sideswipe if you didn’t point it out. Good eye!
2:22 also the more you talk about the wfc the more eager I await the roast/review
This Starscream provides an absolutely excellent Gerwalk mode too, basically a triple changer.
With or without arms. Either look great lol
You get gerwalk, or taking off mid transformation, if you leave the arms on the sides. 😊
I keep hitting that damn emoji instead of post lol
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I saw, I very happy!
I didn't really like bumblebee when I first saw him but in hand he has grown on me a lot and I really like the starscream. I've been working on my own transformers story and I have some of the designs done mainly optimus prime even turned him into a 3d model in blender. And I think these designs especially the starscream will work really well as inspiration
Nice. When it's done you will have to show me. And yes these designs rule, I too didn't fully appreciate Bumblebee until I got it in hand.
I really like the reactivate designs, I want to see what more characters like sideswipe, bluestreak or the combaticons look like
I need to know what everyone else is going to look like.
With bumblebee back problems, I also struggle with it. so I decided to leave it out, not to push it in his backpack all the way and now I enjoy these toys more
If you pop up the front you can yank on that pretty hard.
I definitely like the Starscream a lot more than the Bee. He just has a presence that the other doesn't. And for the first time, I feel like the wings sticking straight out is not the right choice for the design. What I like to do is have them angled backwards and pushing them slightly into the shoulders so they stick straight up. Not sure what character it reminds me of but it looks so much cooler
Wait how do you have the wings sticking up?
@PerspectiveEnd Well, they're on hinges and swivels, so I hinge them backwards so that they are fanned away from the body, and then I swivel them upwards and the edge of the wings that are closest to his back rest nicely on his shoulders, giving them a look that is similar to Prime Starscream, but with just more mass
The black-sides might be a sort of battle paint motif with the united factions. It won’t be that but it is an interesting idea.
A strange idea, you'd think it would be more a combined Faction Badge?
7:32 perspective, what happened with this transition...
There was no transition. I took the Footage of the figure you were currently seeing, duplicated it, flipped the Duplicate, and then cropped out half the image. So you were seeing two combined live to look like one with two black wings.
Unfortunately the Turn Table wasn't in the PERFECT center of frame, so it caused it to not be seamless, also the editing software was doing some weird stuff. The the Video was playing faster Reversed for some reason, so it took a lot of tweaking to make it look even that good.
I've seen how Shockwave is going to look in this game and man, if that design gets a figure with the same level of quality as the four we've already gotten, it would probably be in the running for my favorite Shockwave figure ever.
Also, super hyped to see Steve Blum come back to voice Starscream for Reactivate. He's by far my favorite Starscream voice actor (Charlie Adler coming in second), so I'm really excited that between this and Earthspark he's currently the "main" Starscream voice. I'm going to die of excitement if he's in TF One too.
Bumblebee is such a good redesign of the character I think he is my favourite bumblebee design ever I hope the next version of bumblebee has inspiration from this one and the g1 design like a combination of the two more so then it is
I can't say that he's my favorite, because I will always love the classic one for being the thing that introduced me, but I can't help but see this as a TOP TIER alternative.
@PerspectiveEnd yeah the original is number two for me
Can't wait for the optimus review. Ended up painting the inside of the windows on my optimus metallic blue and he looks way better
It should be a good one.
@@PerspectiveEnd anticipation is high. Hands down my favorite optimus since evasion mode
I personally like the starscream more, but I can see what you were saying
I'm glad to hear that, should mean there's very little downside here for you.
I can’t be the only one that sees the star scream design kind of looks like rid 2015 star screams design, but this is way better because it doesn’t have a terrifying face
I'm not seeing the connecting between the two that you are.
Ngl you're right. Starscreams head for this figure does look like sideswipe but without his horns
0:08 Reactivate is apparently gonna get a trailer by spring
Here's hoping.
I legit love the designs. If I had to really give it a notch. I would kinda like Bee's feet/shoes to resemble military boots kinda like how he does in the Bumblebee movie. To give him a bit of a more bulky and stable feel and also keep him a bit more balanced. For Starscream. I would love it if he had his null rays connected to the upper arms or shoulders. But i feel like they made his null rays act a bit more shields, but nonetheless, hella cool figs
the reactivate starscream is my fav design for starscream and all my life for trying to find the starscream for my shelves this is it.... now only if they did a voyeager earthspark soundwave to complete my decepticon 4
megatron - gen selects super megatron
starscream - reactivate starscream
Soundwave - currently empty
shockwave - energon, prime, studio series dotm, authentics, animated (purple colours) yeah litterally any of these
Glad to hear that this one speaks to you so much more than it does to me.
People really want that ES Soundwave so bad.
I wonder what Reactivate Megatron will look like?
Great review.
I enjoy listening to you waste my time😁
I am so proud to hear that!
These are pretty good versions of these characters especially starscream the head and nullrays are a miss but I’d take this over recent chug versions.
Both of these 2 packs pricy yea but still good sets it’s just a shame the game is in limbo and these could be the only rise/reactivate packs we get for a long time, I’d always wanna see shockwave, megatron, ironhide, and sideswipe another run of 2 packs
Oh for sure, the ER version sucks like a Head Wound.
Thoughts on these now being gamer edition figures?
Very strange. Almost pointless.
Compare this to ROTB Bumblebee and you;'ll see the better design with Reactivate Bee. Mainly because you're able to see the front bumper on the Robot mode.
And with the exception of the shoulders, the Bumper is the real one.
I’m glad the Decepticon Insignia is not upside down. I always disliked that in the G1 design.
For Starscream.
That is the strangest part to stay accurate to.
Your my favorite UA-camr.
I am so proud to hear that.
Will you be reviewing the reactivate Optimus and Soundwave pack soon?
Yes I plan to.
Now if only I could find either of the two packs anywhere
Amazon was my friend in this endeavor.
Considering my gamer bee broke & I dont have a starscream, i might pick this up
Sorry about your Gamer Bee, and yes I think this would serve you well.
the black parts are supposed to be battle damge either burns or replaced parts.... though is it me or is the one on starscream reminding me of the roft tatoos.... it can't just be me... right?
It's not reminding me of that. And my question stands, why would they both only have damage on their left sides, that was replaced by parts that were still in their correct color schemes but also having added black?
@@PerspectiveEnd you mr perspective... idk...
Maybe it’s just me, but something about this Starscream having blue eyes feels off. I _think_ this is supposed to be him on the Autobots side, but even still, the blue eyes look odd. I would have preferred his usual red eyes as they look cooler. There’s something about a “good guy” character with scary looking eyes that’s just more interesting to me.
What's funny is I know a lot of people who prefer it when the Cons have eyes other than Red because it's different.
I suppose this is a slightly more heroic version of him, which might be why I find it more boring.
Will there be a "What's the Best" starscream
Eventually yes, I just want like 1 more or so Version of him, as none of the ones I have are really in direct competition.
The lack of a barrel on bumblebees gun makes me uncomfortable for some reason
It's there, but it's SOOOOO faint.
Something that makes me more cautious about the game is that I remember hearing that it'll be sorta inspired by Warframe. As someone who spent a bit too much playing it, it both gives me positive hope and makes me afraid that they might turn the game into another "Warframe killer" and it'll not live up to that name, like pretty much every other game that tried it. If it'll try to make it's own identity while taking some ideas from Warframe, that'd be the best option, but kind of unlikely.
I only played Warframe right when it came out and I didn't have any fun with it. The only Warframes that were out at the time where Rhino and Loki.
Just didn't feel like there was much to do.
@@PerspectiveEnd well, that's kinda opposite issue that it has now and it's that there's sorta too much content over the course of those 11 years.
Personally, from the teaser trailer I think the song they used feels like a transformers song. Also, definitely picking up these two, they look pretty bada$$
I can't even remember what the song sounded like, so it didn't leave an impression on me.
@@PerspectiveEnd Dead or Alive cover by Starchild, if you wanna listen. Or not.
Starscrea’s alt mode is reminding me of laserbeak oddly enough
An interesting take, a few others have suggested he looks like the Armada Version.
6:08
As for bumblebee, ive seen the14th prime say the same thing but after a while they figured out they just had to do it another way, i forget how tho
Also you forgot to rotate the feet in his altmode
I didn't realize that his feet flip around, I don't use directions, it didn't impact the final ratings.
I've never heard of The14th Prime?
I understand why they aren't saying any release date because they don't want to make false promises and have to constantly push back the date like bendy and the dark revival did
I mean it's one thing to not share a Release date, it's another thing, to not share ANY of the details outside of changing engines.
I want this thing so bad, but there's this little thing called: Being Broke that I suffer from
Understandable. Lots of people have that personal flaw.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah... Not to help I still need to go out and buy another mirage and mohawk...
This game taking so long to release is just like how long it toke for spiderman 2 ps5 taking 3 years to make. Kind of like across the spiderverse taking 4 years At this point I'm kind of certain reactive won't release till 2025 or 26. Let's just hope it was all worth it and if its able to compete with its previous games like Devastation, War, and fall.
I just hope it's getting made at all, the problem I'm seeing is they just aren't talking about it, which isn't a good sign.
What do you think of blue eye Starscream
I don’t know why it’s become a thing in recent media
And I’m not completely sure if I like it or not
I know a lot of people who prefer it that way because it's different from normal.
I personally nothing it. He looks fine with either.
Ay yes, the slowest talking transformers reviewer and the fastest talking transformers reviewer
So did you use two different images on Starscream's Jet Mode?
I assume you are talking about the part where he's Got two black wings? Nope, what I did was Duplicate the video, flip it, reverse the speed, and then mask out half it.
i really enjoy this two pack. Starscream to me is great, though the only i don't like is the blue eyes. fortunately, i had a red Gundam Marker and painted his eyes red and it looks much better.
What's funny is I know a lot of people who hate that most of the Cons have Red eyes, and they prefer them to have blue, because it's different.
I got the Optimus and Soundwave. I passed on this one due to been fed up of so many bumblebees... I have never been much of a G1 Starscream, and every time I got 1 seeker I end up getting the rest. In this case I would rather get the Skywarp than the Starscream. Now as a friend, would you recommend me to get this guys? I have only seen reviews praising them. And you said they are pretty good. Got me thinking.
Retool this Starscream into an accurate 86 one
I don't see that being possible, however it would still be better than the ER one.
@@PerspectiveEnd I think they could do it, if they can turn blur into the the bounty hunter guy, I think they have the ability to turn Starscream into Starscream
Yeah I absolutely loved both of these sets and i'm not a gamer
I mean you don't have to be a gamer to want to play a Transformers game, as long as you don't hate video games.
Another Bumblebee who looks like someone cosplaying 'Bee. At least this time, that only applies to 'bot mode: *the vehicle mode looks great!* Based exclusively on this video (no hands on, no even watching someone else's review). I'm also not saying the 'bot mode looks bad, I just think it is chasing a self-defeating goal; "upgrading" Bumblebee into a bigger "warrior" bot. *That's not Bumblebee.*
I mean, technically it is because they've made him that in many, *many* different series. The problem is, once you try to force him that way, you lose what makes him unique. As a long time fanboy of questionable tastes and reasoning skills, I see only two solid approaches for Bumblebee:
G1, the short, chubby, wise-cracking Bumblebee
TFA the short, slender, wise-cracking Bumblebee.
Doesn't mean Bumblebee can't be a fighter, but if we're describing roles, he's a scout or spy, not a "warrior" designed for the front lines. Forcing him that way causes him to overlap too much with characters like Cheetor, Hot Shot, and Sunstreaker in terms of aesthetic, personality, or both. Granted, I also feel like Bumblebee deserves flight capabilities, even if through external means; see his Action Master and Classics counterparts. I think also a canceled TFA figure...
*Not that I didn't enjoy the video.* I found it fun and informative. I probably like the Starscream more than PE (reminds me of one of the few positives from Energon). Even with what I've just said, this still looks like a very good Bumblebee. I just wish they hadn't tried to make him look like a svelte warrior again.
I don't think this looks like someone cosplaying him, unless that someone is Cliffjumper.
I think this does look like the Short, Chubby, Wisecracking guy, just in a post Apocalypse, so he's a little more serious.
A Slightly different head I think would have made all the difference on the Starscream.
It's probably in Development Hell. And if it does come out, it'll likely be Games as a Service, or Free to Play Open World Sandbox.
Oh it's a foregone conclusion that it will be a Games as a Service.
I heard the game would be a live service game. Don't quote me that because I heard it as background noise, so I could be very wrong.
“YOuR LIkES” *whispers something so softly I can’t hear anything
Starcream head actually look more like Jetfire here
So, I have a question for you. Starscream. Do you have the tail fins oriented opposite angle of the large wings intentionally? I think the "proper" way is for them to be flipped up, same angle as the big wings, resting slightly above them. The reason I ask, is because I keep going back and forth on that step, because I like the way both orientations look. Also, I don't think the way you have the tailfins, in jet mode is "proper" either, but I'm not conflicted on that part. That's EXACTLY how I put them, because I mean, yeah look at it lol.
I like this set a lot. So much that I preordered it (and the Optimus/sound wave pack as well) as far as price goes, I think it’s a bargain, two larger than standard deluxes for 60 bucks (that was what I paid at least) is awesome!
The court finds you guilty of slander against the high moon designs. What do you have to say for yourself?
"While I would rather not die, I am not like you. I am not clouded. I have truth, and belief. A heaven for me, and a hell for WFC Fans. So Fuck Fear. I have nothing to Fear."
They’re quite good, but wished that we get more Reactivate game new soon. Love the Bumblebee more than the Starscream.
Yeah it's shocking how nothing has come out about it in forever.
Starscream jet mode is kind of fire 🔥 I'm meh on bumblebee but the starscream with the asymmetrical colors works for me big time.
The Starscreams Jet is great.
Which pack would you say is better to get if you could only get one?
The optimus seems to be the best out of the 4 but soundwave looks bad
Optimus. No Doubt. Soundwave looks better in hand.
How do you even have that image? What have they done to my boy?
The Satyrscream? I made that. Well I drew a bad pair of Satyr Legs on him, then used an AI to make it not look like shit.
Can’t wait for reactivate
I just hope it's good.
@@PerspectiveEnd me too
I heard that the game is done and we're gonna see the marketing campaign soon
God hopefully, but if it was done you'd think you'd see more about it before now.
@@PerspectiveEnd I mean yeah
this is probably my favorite Bumblebee design EVER
As for the Starscream i wasnt sold until I saw it in Animated colors. I've always HATED G1 Starscream but w a different deco, fuck this deco is amazing
Also props to Hasbro for finally doing the nosecone flip on a Seeker only took them 2 decades since the Seeker Deluxe lmao
It's a pretty cool one.
They are making one in Animated colors?
Truly insane they've never tried the most obvious thing till now.
@@PerspectiveEnd it was a custom i saw online and the muses of inspiration struck, plus im getting an airbrush kit for my bday and i have so much acrylics left over lol
I want starscream to have red eyes, just my personal preference, he still looks good tho
Which is funny because I know a TON of people who prefer the cons to have blue eyes because it's different than normal.
@@PerspectiveEnd it more depends on character, Starscream and especially Megatron does not work with blue eyes, other than Cybertron Megatron of course but he looks so different. I just think the major con characters like soundwave, megatron, shockwave, and starscream really need to have their typical g1 eye color. (yellow and red both work for soundwave tho)
cant wait for reactivate to absolutely blow ass on a level like forza motorsport 2023 and starfield
The only person on EARTH who knows how good Forza Motorsport is , is you.
@@PerspectiveEndthen feel free to look up a video on it yourself and see just how bad that game is
id argue its the worst game of 2023 tbh
Mark my words again, Reactivate will not come out in 2025
Very likely not at this point.
@@PerspectiveEndI was right
I would love to see this set straight up repainted as Cliffjumper and Skywarp - my only Cliiff is the Buzzworthy WFCE repaint, with all the things to hate about that mold, and Skywarp is always the Seeker picked for low-production exclusives so the giant Combiner Wars one and LGC core with a slingshot instead of null rays are it for him, versus VOYs for WFCS Redwing, Thundy, and Screamer. (And no coneheads but Toxitron Collection Cloudburst and Cyberverse Ramjet-with-Thrust's-fans, but I'm not as annoyed about them.) I never need another Starscream as I loathe the character, but I also refuse to pay 4-5x on the collector's market for a Skywarp, whether it's the cool BSG Viper like Siege mold or the Earthrise almost-F-15 upscaled from a now 20 year old deluxe mold, double packed with a Thundercracker I don't care about.
Starscreams head looks like hounds 😂
DAMN! You right!
@@PerspectiveEnd 😁