most bots have already known engineering making it easy. Think the new Triggerhappy titans return has a more new engineering. Basically what highbrow and scourge do is not unknown and lends from the bumblebee/nightbeat mold. A lot of engineering is straight from combiner wars.
The instructions don't make any mention of this, but to get the landing gear on the guns oriented properly, you need to plug the magazines on Highbrow's guns into the hexagonal ports under his wings.
I always loved the Apache/Blue Thunder cockpit on this guy. I still have “a version” of this guy.. not sure which one. I used to have the original way back when, then I got one quite a few years ago, and now there is this one I must have... and XORT! 🤓
Hey EmGo, the guns are supposed to be attached to the helicopter mode via the grey tabs and not the blue pegs so the wheels in the weapons are "usable" by the chopter.
It's a reference to Pinky & the Brain from Animaniacs. P&tB were 2 lab mice usually in a plot to try to take over the world. Brain had the plans, and Pinky usually was the foil to that plan directly or not. Pinky usually used words of "Narf," and "Zort" to express various statements, not to mention coming up with weird and strange answers to Brain's question of "Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky?"
Since the weapons have landing gear on them, why not flip the guns around and use those black columns as the pegs for the peg holes? That's what I've been doing
+Marc Fernandez that's why I brought it up. I know that technically it isn't a peg designed for that hole, but it does help balance it when you have the front landing gear down.
I watched this review and weijang oversized review. In both you overlooked the wheels on the guns and how to put the on so they are functional and prevent it from tipping back as you pointed out in one of the two vids.
If only the PROPELLERS didn't smack into each other in helicopter mode. If you're a transformer that transforms into a helicopter with two propellers that smack into each other, there's something wrong. It's still a pretty nice figure, but I think the propellers could have at least been spaced apart by a slider or something.
I just picked up Highbrow today, I started collecting transformers for the first time last week, so far I've been able to find blurr, highbrow, swoop, jazz, and chromedome, and I picked up the Starscream out of the deluxe scale just because he's my fav character, but I will only be collecting the Deluxe scale figures, unless of course if it's Starscream. I did see hardhead and Dreadwind but there were tons of them at the 5 stores I went 2, I figure quantity will stick around till next weeks paycheck and I'll pick them up then...
Thighs, hips, and spine. Their titan masters are mostly the same as well. However, where Blurr, Chromedome, and Brainstorm's titan masters are 100% the same mold (except the main bot face), Highbrow and Scourge's titan masters have different heads.
Just got him. Xort keeps flapping around, upside down, his head stuck inside the transtector neckhole. =) Not much use for the front landing gear since theres nothing in the back.
I like Highbrow but mine has SEVERE bobble head syndrome and the hips on the headmaster are extremely loose, which kill most of my enjoyment of the figure. But it's still very nice
the bobble head issue is fairly easy to fix, you just need to put something(like a folded piece of paper or plastic) behind the grey tabs that hold xort's head. just make sure it that it's flush with the grey tabs so it doesn't interfere with the transformation. i used a piece of a nintendo e-shop card that i cut to the proper size.
Alpha Trion needs to actually make sense in the remaining Titans Return skits. Besides, the Decepticons would have blasted him knowing he is an Autobot (makes sense, given the corny stuff Alpha Trion says in the skits).
Yup, he's been a reoccurring background character in IDW's more than meets the eye series. Also he was in the new institute (a lab where minds were tinkered with) along with Chromedome and Brainstorm (yeah apart from Hardhead the Autobot Headmasters have worked in the new institute and aren't actually headmasters, also they got head themed nickname's)
I recently picked up Highbrow and I noticed that the guns have landing gear molded on to them. Is there a way to place them on Highbrow with the landing gear down or is that just a Hasbro mistake molding them that way??
I was really surprised to see this transformer because I found a Arm of it and I was confused what it was it took me 6 months but I found out it was a transformer from this video so yeah
Now if my XORT wasn't incredibly loose, this would be perfect. All the others are though, and the looseness isn't truly bad, but it would be better if it wasn't loose.
Maybe I'm a biiit late to asking, seeing how many videos its been in, but what's the Headmaster he keeps using for G1 scale? (90's kid, I hate my generation XD)
Great review Emgo!!! He looks like a really good figure. I think Wolf Wire is my favorite so far but there really hasn't been a bad figure in the line so far.
In the original series "American", the smaller bot "head" was the transformer themselves, the bigger body was just a lifeless shell they constructed in order to survive the harsh conditions of the planet they crashed on after evacuating cybertron. In the Japanese series the body and the head were 2 separate entities that if I recall correctly shared on body, with the smaller being acting as just head.
Who else only has to read the instructions once and then u remember the transformation from vehicle mode to robot mode and back to vehicle mode again
me
nope i can transform anything without instructions
Same here. But it usually depends on the figure.
most bots have already known engineering making it easy. Think the new Triggerhappy titans return has a more new engineering. Basically what highbrow and scourge do is not unknown and lends from the bumblebee/nightbeat mold. A lot of engineering is straight from combiner wars.
Tony Stark Yeah besides galvatron I can transform anything
This is the best version of Alpha Trion ever written. Sad will be the day when he no longer graces our phones and computers with his senility.
You can insert the guns under the wings so that the landing gear on the weapons can support the helicopter.
The reason Highbrow has a similar transformation to Scourge is that it's an extensive retool
The instructions don't make any mention of this, but to get the landing gear on the guns oriented properly, you need to plug the magazines on Highbrow's guns into the hexagonal ports under his wings.
That's it. I am going to go hunting for Alpha Trion. Why? Because of these skits.
Don't feel alone. I bought Combiner Wars Vortex because it's... It's... It's Alpha Bravo.
me too, me too
Agreed, I was considering him, but emgo's goofy sean conneryish wise wise trion has sold me on the toy
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG WARRIOR
Shouldnt be hard he stocks up every shelf I see lol
I want Hasbro to paint this toy gray and red, and stick Voyager Megatron's Titan Master on top.
BOOM! Animated Megatron! Shut up and take my money!
They made combiner wars armada Megatron, so why not
sounds about right
I mean, youre not wrong ,but what about the dual guns? Paint them too? Animated megatron had a big gun on his arm and a sword.
Yeah, I'm SO getting the Titans Return figures(like Hot Rod and Blurr) more than the Combiner Wars figures(except Wheeljack and maybe Menasor).
"XORT", the moment he said that I spit out the water I was drinking on the floor
I always loved the Apache/Blue Thunder cockpit on this guy. I still have “a version” of this guy.. not sure which one. I used to have the original way back when, then I got one quite a few years ago, and now there is this one I must have... and XORT! 🤓
Why does xort look like beachcomber?
I love the transformation of this Highbrow toy more so than the G1 version.
Hey EmGo, the guns are supposed to be attached to the helicopter mode via the grey tabs and not the blue pegs so the wheels in the weapons are "usable" by the chopter.
+Chris Carpenter I don't
maybe he has, maybe he hasn't
there is nothing wrong in giving a tip
Xort!
Pinky: "Narf!"
I like how the head looks like it has Aviation sunglasses on
Really like this figure! Maybe I'll buy the hasbro version after I get my Takara Tomy Highbrow in first. As always great review!!
Because of you, good Emgo, I needs me an Alpha Trion now. (Or as they say in Japan, ARUFA TARION!!)
That's a "go-bot" level transformation. Simple, maybe too simple...
I had the G1 Highbrow. They kept him pretty much the same transformation and design. That is a nice touch.
Man, after watching this review, there'd better be a Titan Master released later called Narf.
was that a reference, or am i just not getting the joke?
It's a reference to Pinky & the Brain from Animaniacs. P&tB were 2 lab mice usually in a plot to try to take over the world. Brain had the plans, and Pinky usually was the foil to that plan directly or not. Pinky usually used words of "Narf," and "Zort" to express various statements, not to mention coming up with weird and strange answers to Brain's question of "Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky?"
"it's late , where are your parents?" the best one so far XDDD
Do Scourge and Highbrow have the same thigh mold? If you pause at 10:38 you can see both at the same time and their thigh pieces look identical.
Since the weapons have landing gear on them, why not flip the guns around and use those black columns as the pegs for the peg holes? That's what I've been doing
Nearly every reviewer I've seen cover this toy doesn't figure that out...
+Marc Fernandez that's why I brought it up. I know that technically it isn't a peg designed for that hole, but it does help balance it when you have the front landing gear down.
Highbrow:"Hmm, I find all of this highly suspect. Yes. HIGHLY suspect."
does anyone else notice that xort looks like beach comber?
Andrew Gochee dear god
I look forward to getting this. The head sculpt /master is outstanding.
I watched this review and weijang oversized review. In both you overlooked the wheels on the guns and how to put the on so they are functional and prevent it from tipping back as you pointed out in one of the two vids.
I'm sure you can place a "stat" sticker on top of the chest plate that flips out
If only the PROPELLERS didn't smack into each other in helicopter mode. If you're a transformer that transforms into a helicopter with two propellers that smack into each other, there's something wrong. It's still a pretty nice figure, but I think the propellers could have at least been spaced apart by a slider or something.
Lol every time i hear the "YOUNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG WARRRIORRRRRRRR!" I go "Oh no! here comes another wierd but funny saying from LION TRION! XD"
...and to think, Alpha was a 1st Generation product of Vector Sigma prior to the rise of the Mavrick who charges $200 a day...plus expenses
Actually Highbrow's Nebulan partner is Gort, the leader of Nebulan rebels against the Hive.
Can you make a behind the scenes of how you make you skits?
zort! narf! poit! troz!
These alpha trion skits are killing me
Whats with the weird panel cracks on his shins? Seems like they shoukd hinge or seperate there
emgo316 are you going to get the next line of the head masters i call them headmasters
emgo, did you hear about the Iron factory EvilLord? (not IDW not Overlord?)
wait a second emgo do you have a titan master Clobber? His the only one you didnt review in wave 2 of titans master
I'll admit this since I bought highbrow I never noticed that he had a landing gear
10:50 Arcee and braisntrom are the only ones missing.
Am I the only one that laugh when emgo say xort love it
nope. I did too.
nope ( apparently neither could he @4:46)
I get the feeling Emgo saw Pinky & the Brain when he was younger
I like highbrow too.
On a side note: I love your take on Alpha Trion lol
I just picked up Highbrow today, I started collecting transformers for the first time last week, so far I've been able to find blurr, highbrow, swoop, jazz, and chromedome, and I picked up the Starscream out of the deluxe scale just because he's my fav character, but I will only be collecting the Deluxe scale figures, unless of course if it's Starscream. I did see hardhead and Dreadwind but there were tons of them at the 5 stores I went 2, I figure quantity will stick around till next weeks paycheck and I'll pick them up then...
I like the title graphics. Are they new?
how many times will alpha trion pop out of nowhere?
Xort, not to be confused with his brother NARF.
Apparently highbrow is an extreme remold of scourge
Hasbro has said they are using shared engineering and pretooling as part of the design process now.
One day, Alpha Trion will get his soup
I feel like he is a HEAVY remold of scourge.
I want to see your next titans return review. is leader class soundwave next in line
Am I the only one who really wants an Obsidian retool out of this guy?
Why does Highbrow's chest fold down? A titan master stands perfectly in it.
Xort and Victorion must get along well.
I think highbrow has scourge's thighs as well
Thighs, hips, and spine. Their titan masters are mostly the same as well. However, where Blurr, Chromedome, and Brainstorm's titan masters are 100% the same mold (except the main bot face), Highbrow and Scourge's titan masters have different heads.
that's neat thanks for the info
hey
I believe Highbrow and Scourge have the same hands, too.
that is because highbrow is a heavy retooled scourge
He almost looked like power glide near the end of the transformation.
how does highbrow look with the nightbeat head
Hey emgo, can you review wallgreens exsculsive titans return
brainstorm?
I guess Alpha Trion finally got his soup
hey emgo can you review Walgreen's exclusive titans return brainstorm
when are you doing soundwave
It was hard to put his legs together for the transformation :(
the 2 guns that turn his landing gear 1 on the left 1 on the right
Just got him. Xort keeps flapping around, upside down, his head stuck inside the transtector neckhole. =)
Not much use for the front landing gear since theres nothing in the back.
emgo compairing brainstorm and the other three headmaster are they equal in hight
I like Highbrow but mine has SEVERE bobble head syndrome and the hips on the headmaster are extremely loose, which kill most of my enjoyment of the figure. But it's still very nice
the bobble head issue is fairly easy to fix, you just need to put something(like a folded piece of paper or plastic) behind the grey tabs that hold xort's head. just make sure it that it's flush with the grey tabs so it doesn't interfere with the transformation. i used a piece of a nintendo e-shop card that i cut to the proper size.
Would this also work for Scourge?
yes
I just tried this and . . . . . WOW his head is dead solid. Thanks bro!
Joeyz1231
your welcome.
so no leaders for this wave?
Alpha Trion needs to actually make sense in the remaining Titans Return skits. Besides, the Decepticons would have blasted him knowing he is an Autobot (makes sense, given the corny stuff Alpha Trion says in the skits).
What do you mean at 7:28?
Anyone remember if Highbrow appeared in the IDW stories?
I think he a brief cameo in MTMTE, according to tfwiki he's aboard the Lost Light.
Yup, he's been a reoccurring background character in IDW's more than meets the eye series. Also he was in the new institute (a lab where minds were tinkered with) along with Chromedome and Brainstorm (yeah apart from Hardhead the Autobot Headmasters have worked in the new institute and aren't actually headmasters, also they got head themed nickname's)
Emgo316 how you make such funny jokes LOL
im glad i watched this i now know my highbrows loose head is just on mine then :/
you should compare all of them to Fort Max for lols
Which is better, Fansproject's Highbrow, Hasbro's Highbrow or Takara's Highbrow?
Highbrow huh well we guess what comedy he's into
Hey emgo I have this figure and my headmaster's head and arms are really loose. How can I fix that?
I recently picked up Highbrow and I noticed that the guns have landing gear molded on to them. Is there a way to place them on Highbrow with the landing gear down or is that just a Hasbro mistake molding them that way??
Earmest Ladday use the rectangular tabs to position the wheels downward
Shockwave640 how do I do that. I haven't figured out a way to do that
how do I do that?? I may just be missing something but how do you do that??
+Earmest Ladday this might be late, but just use the rectangular tabs and just plug it in the hexagon
I was really surprised to see this transformer because I found a Arm of it and I was confused what it was it took me 6 months but I found out it was a transformer from this video so yeah
This used to be Scourge. That's some TITANIC retooling.
BryanPrime Reviews. It's just the thies
robowarrior 101 thighs, hands, elbows, heel/feet, and Titan Masters
If only his propellers folded I'd be all over this. Sadly, that let Wolfwire beat him out (can't afford all. XD).
Now if my XORT wasn't incredibly loose, this would be perfect. All the others are though, and the looseness isn't truly bad, but it would be better if it wasn't loose.
I'd hate to be that guy but I think I have discovered something that resembles an arm he can turn into!
They should do a combiner like devastor in the 3rd wave of titans return
Has the old man got his soup yet?
Hghbrow suffers Aerialbot syndrome.
Maybe I'm a biiit late to asking, seeing how many videos its been in, but what's the Headmaster he keeps using for G1 scale? (90's kid, I hate my generation XD)
When u get the complete team of 4 you should make a battle scene (including GIANT FORTRESS MAXIMUS!!!)
I really dont like most of the Titans Return figures because their transformation mostly consists of 1. Stand them up 2. Pull the front backwards.
my high Brow's connector where the head connects to the body is super loose and I don't know how to fix it. any ideas?
Great review Emgo!!! He looks like a really good figure. I think Wolf Wire is my favorite so far but there really hasn't been a bad figure in the line so far.
who knows what category it is in because I want it
So how does this all work? with no headmaster can the robot even transform? with a different head is he still highbrow?
In the original series "American", the smaller bot "head" was the transformer themselves, the bigger body was just a lifeless shell they constructed in order to survive the harsh conditions of the planet they crashed on after evacuating cybertron. In the Japanese series the body and the head were 2 separate entities that if I recall correctly shared on body, with the smaller being acting as just head.
alpha Trion is epic and a beast
Do more mascot reviews
I don't get the joke at the beginning
XD Best Trion line yet!
Each of the headmasters would control the combiner
I just hope Highbrow's headmaster fits better than Scourge's.
what about brainstorm