Not sure if anyone answered this yet... He's called "Snow Warrior" because that model of bullet train was used in the Hokkaido region (Northern Japan), a place that receives the most snow in the country. Each train is nicknamed according to either location in Japan or a certain function.
Liokaiser was also a six-member combiner. Plus if you really wanna get technical, there were some six-member Micromaster combiners in Operation Combination.
I actually owned the original Japanese version of this/these as a kid. I was lucky enough to get it while visiting my dad who was stationed in Japan. Now only if I could remember which attic/garage/box I put it in.
Funny fact: the Trainbots were originally from the same Japanese line that gave us the Autobots: From Diaclon, owned by Takara, the Car Robots subline had the Trainrobots, who could form a 6 part combiner. Also, the constructicons belonged to the same line.
I had that as a kid, from the Diaclone series. My brother got the dudes who would become the Constructicons. They were cool! The trains came with tracks and power bracket...things (they're all over the place in Japan). The constructicons came with a full-on construction site: terrain piece, plastic (or cardboard...I can't remember) i-beam girders and little plastic pellets for shoveling.
Thanks for the review, had mine in storage. Pulled him out and got most of him combined, but forgot where the two waist parts on the back went. Thanks again for having done this vid.
Off eBay, several years back. I was collecting the WST (Worlds Smallest Transformer) line. I was looking into KOs like mini Bruticus and Devestator. Just came across Raiden for $20.
Can't say I do. I remember it was large carded figure. You could try Toyhell, Toymoda, ToyArena, Sirtoys...then again the window to get it might be gone. I kick myself for missing out on a certain ko Dinoking. I take that back, here you go. Just like the one I got. www.acetoy.net/g1-raiden-ko-p-30139.html
Thanks for the video. I never knew about these guys, but i think they're quite good for that time! Oh and btw Japan gets lots of snow, so that bullet train's name makes sense.
When first saw the Trainbots, I was all "oh wow, that's a cool concept!" then I saw the head and I was all "NOPE." Good review either way, thanks for highlighting these guys.
Monstructor, Piranacon, were also 6 team combiners available in America and to complete Piranacon as a 6 team you had to order nautilator from japan in 1988 as he was not included in the giftset. Raiden was not a diaclone ever that team was part of the Headmasters series which is no available for purchase. This is what would be considered season 5 which never aired in America.
You know what, this idea actually was released as one of Transformers Cybertron/Universe Rail Racer/Raiden combiner set with all six trainbots, where was this three guys (Railspike, Rapidrun and Midnight express) and some over there guys : Overload/Overdrive, Swindle and Tankor. Yeah!
@@СлесаревФёдор-о7д If I may add on to that, here’s my head canon Trainbot names (with the RID ones) Getsuei = Midnight Express Yukikaze = Blizzard Kaen = Blaze Shouki = Railspike Seizan = Rapid Run Suiken = Dustdevil Raiden = Rail Racer
Correction there is Monstructor, Dinoking, King Poisedon aka Piranacon-sort of as 1 figure becomes a gun and doesn't combine into the main robot, Devastator, Landcross, Liokaiser, Raiden, Sixwing, Sixbuilder, Sixtrain, Sixliner and Sixturbo.
the new combiner wars figures I can totally see them make these guys out of them. I know some would suggest the arms where to leave them but the joint that firefly has for the arms can move them all the way above his head, thus they could be made into the rear of the train together with the "backpack". As for the rest it should be like with alpha bravo being the front part that can split etc. This is so easy to do.
-GOD DAMMIT CODO!!!- whoops, wrong franchise. (in case you're wondering. In RWBY, yang and her voice actress (Barbara Dunkelman) have an habit of making puns, so when someone hears a pun yells GOD DAMMIT BARB)
You could quite possibly get Nautilator by himself in America, and Raiden (and, of course, the Trainbots) were Diaclone figures. Also, Headmasters was season four in Japan, as "The Rebith" never aired there.
Oh yeah, the different colors are to represent different train lines in Japan. Some trains service the plains (Kansai, etc), other lines run through the mountains. Ditto with the bullet trains, blue is the line to Osaka, green to the north (hence snow association).
great video and review, great character and toy, got this guy sitting in its package still waiting for my boy to get old enough so I can give it to him !
Nice review on a rare character. I also like the knock off transformers - especially the ones that were in the Easter Baskets - I never saw him but I picked up Devestator, Superion, Defensor, Bruticus, and Menasor in Easter Baskets.
G1 (Takara) 6 figure combiners ::cough:: seacons/piracon, Multiforce/landcross, Dinoforce/Dinoking, Liokaiser as mentioned before, Monstructor, and all were toys.
Gosh i remember the year they had those ko easter baskets, i bought like 4 of em and im Jewish, i got superion, defensor, and a fucked half menasor half computron jobber, wish theyd do it again, i love ko's
uh....devastator, raiden, piranacon (which one WAS a gun) monstructor, my FAVORITE LIOKAISER, landcross, sixbuilder, sixtrain, sixturbo, and sixwing, ahem were all six robot gestalts, so no devy and raiden were not the only two 6 robot combiners
The Trainbots were being the most useful little engines until the Decepticons showed up. Rodimus Prime tried to tell them, but it was to late. You probably realize where the speech patterns are from.
Raiden definitely needs a third party figure. AND NO RANDOM HANDS FEET OR CHESTPIECES COMING OUT OF NOWHERE 2021 edit: Sorry for being so aggressive about the partsforming, I used to have some really bad anger issues -~-
There was another G1 Combiner who was made up of Six robots; the Seacons. They only appeared in the TF comic and the Japanese God Force series. One difference though was one Figure would instead form the Combiner' weapon, rather than form the lower torso or shoulders.
You're right___for a toy probably originating from the end 70's, he's a great combiner. Better than Devastator.Despite the loooong head and falling kibble....
Here are the rough translations for their names(There were no kanji characters for the names, so I had to guess.): Shouki(正気 or 正輝): Consciousness, or True Shine Kaen(火炎 or 火焔): Flames, Blaze Suiken(推拳 or 酔拳): Thrusting Fist (Punch) or Drunken Boxing Seizan(制山 or 制斬): Mountain Conquering, or Punishing Slash Getsuei(月映 or 月影): Shining in the Moonlight, or Moon(Moonlight) Shadow Yukikaze(雪風): Snow and Wind, Blizzard Raiden(雷電): Thunder, Streaks of Lightning
OK, Dude. I'm sold, where did you buy these beauties? Heck, I'm sure I speak for a lot of other people here as well as myself. Please tell us where can we get our own set of trains and hopefully a whole lot more similar stuff? Do tell, my friend, do tell!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IVE never had seen a review like this.I am so grateful to you and I have a question:from where did you buy it? hope you have a nice day.by the way I ignored the plane sound.
the Raiden figure is actually quite nice in the sense of not being a total brick. if you think about it then you kan see that he looks like one of the power rangers megazord.
i remember hunting down all my close by wal marts for these knock offs because their my favorite transformers next to rail racer because of my love of trains and transformers and could never find this set,but i could find all the other ones witch was unfair for me :'( and their no way im paying 50 for a knock off,i rather pay the full price for a real one if i have to unless i can find it for 20 or less but great review btw
I Kinda Wish The Trainbots Would Be Rebooted or Something Like That, I Love Trains & I Love Transformers & This Is Two of My Favorite Things Mashed Together But This Isn’t The Second Time Trainsformers Isn’t Combined, We Had One For OptThomas Prime!!
Actually, the seacons (or "pirhanacons") were another combining group of six. (and i "think" preda king was another group of six, but I'm not for certain)
Not sure if anyone answered this yet...
He's called "Snow Warrior" because that model of bullet train was used in the Hokkaido region (Northern Japan), a place that receives the most snow in the country. Each train is nicknamed according to either location in Japan or a certain function.
Liokaiser was also a six-member combiner. Plus if you really wanna get technical, there were some six-member Micromaster combiners in Operation Combination.
Yeah but he meant in G1 there were only 2
@@mechamadness The examples I gave are also part of G1, though.
@@OptimusPhillip I thought Liokaiser was part of victory, and the Micromaster combiners were from somewhere else as well.
@@mechamadness Victory and Operation Combination are, in my experience at least, considered sublines of G1, similar to Headmasters and Masterforce.
@@OptimusPhillip oh I didn't know that. Cool.
I actually owned the original Japanese version of this/these as a kid. I was lucky enough to get it while visiting my dad who was stationed in Japan. Now only if I could remember which attic/garage/box I put it in.
Did you ever find it?
Funny fact: the Trainbots were originally from the same Japanese line that gave us the Autobots: From Diaclon, owned by Takara, the Car Robots subline had the Trainrobots, who could form a 6 part combiner. Also, the constructicons belonged to the same line.
Takara was merged with Tomy as Takara Tomy in 2006, & it's simply called Tomy in the copyrights.
@@DennisTamayo That's only internationally. They are Takara Tomy in Japan, AFAIK
They also have Diaclone pilot seats, although they're nowhere as obvious as they are on the Autobot cars.
12 years later here we have a mp version finally. Would be awesome to see a side by side if you still have these lol.
I did a full comparison with the original, the masterpiece and the junior version on my channel. Shouki first and obviously the rest as they come out
Monster Pretenders Monstructor was also a 6 figure combiner. One of my faves! Keep wishing we'd see a new version of him!
So we have a masterpiece of this guy now huh? Sweet!
I had that as a kid, from the Diaclone series. My brother got the dudes who would become the Constructicons. They were cool! The trains came with tracks and power bracket...things (they're all over the place in Japan). The constructicons came with a full-on construction site: terrain piece, plastic (or cardboard...I can't remember) i-beam girders and little plastic pellets for shoveling.
those have a good TRAINSformation
Oh my god! Now that is corny🌽🌽
Good pun
I actually really like that combined mode. I loved the headmasters line's big robot modes.
Raiden can be considered the counterpart of Devastator, although belonging to another series of the G1 continuity. Size and disposition are the same.
Thanks for the review, had mine in storage. Pulled him out and got most of him combined, but forgot where the two waist parts on the back went. Thanks again for having done this vid.
Jeff Perrin Where did you get them from?
Off eBay, several years back. I was collecting the WST (Worlds Smallest Transformer) line. I was looking into KOs like mini Bruticus and Devestator. Just came across Raiden for $20.
Jeff Perrin Thanks I guess. Do you know any Chinese or Japanese companies selling this KO?
Can't say I do. I remember it was large carded figure. You could try Toyhell, Toymoda, ToyArena, Sirtoys...then again the window to get it might be gone. I kick myself for missing out on a certain ko Dinoking. I take that back, here you go. Just like the one I got. www.acetoy.net/g1-raiden-ko-p-30139.html
Jeff Perrin I know exactly how you must of felt. Anyway I will keep looking. Thanks for the advice and the review.
Thanks for the video. I never knew about these guys, but i think they're quite good for that time!
Oh and btw Japan gets lots of snow, so that bullet train's name makes sense.
Hi,how you been?
When first saw the Trainbots, I was all "oh wow, that's a cool concept!" then I saw the head and I was all "NOPE." Good review either way, thanks for highlighting these guys.
it was a g1 toy...
Yes, but there have been better combiners than this in G1.
Each of the additional parts to form the giant robot actually cost $1 each. the other 6 figures were just thrown in for free.
Monstructor, Piranacon, were also 6 team combiners available in America and to complete Piranacon as a 6 team you had to order nautilator from japan in 1988 as he was not included in the giftset. Raiden was not a diaclone ever that team was part of the Headmasters series which is no available for purchase. This is what would be considered season 5 which never aired in America.
Yes. For Piranacon, he's also a a Scramble city style combiner
This would be a good set to give a modern iteration as the modern Rail Racer. Rapid Run, Railspike and Midnight Express plus three more
You know what, this idea actually was released as one of Transformers Cybertron/Universe Rail Racer/Raiden combiner set with all six trainbots, where was this three guys (Railspike, Rapidrun and Midnight express) and some over there guys : Overload/Overdrive, Swindle and Tankor. Yeah!
@@СлесаревФёдор-о7д If I may add on to that, here’s my head canon Trainbot names (with the RID ones)
Getsuei = Midnight Express
Yukikaze = Blizzard
Kaen = Blaze
Shouki = Railspike
Seizan = Rapid Run
Suiken = Dustdevil
Raiden = Rail Racer
I must say the combined form of all six robots is much sturdier than Devestator.
Skywarp: Hey guys, look; it's FAAAAAAAAAAAAbulous RAIDEN.
*Decepticons all laugh*
Raiden: Shut up :(
Two things I love all meshed together into something awesome!!!!
the knockoff could be the original diaclone train robo
Correction there is Monstructor, Dinoking, King Poisedon aka Piranacon-sort of as 1 figure becomes a gun and doesn't combine into the main robot, Devastator, Landcross, Liokaiser, Raiden, Sixwing, Sixbuilder, Sixtrain, Sixliner and Sixturbo.
the new combiner wars figures I can totally see them make these guys out of them. I know some would suggest the arms where to leave them but the joint that firefly has for the arms can move them all the way above his head, thus they could be made into the rear of the train together with the "backpack". As for the rest it should be like with alpha bravo being the front part that can split etc. This is so easy to do.
Saw this video as a kid and wanted to get these guys ever since
Haha, loved your captions for each of the figures >=)
cant wait to see Rainen masterpiece counterpart in the future
if these guys were enlarged to scale he would be the most massive gestalt of all. pretty sweet.
Bigger than Superion?
Clearly... You've been TRAINing for this. :T
HAHAHAHAHAHA...It Hurts...
-GOD DAMMIT CODO!!!- whoops, wrong franchise.
(in case you're wondering. In RWBY, yang and her voice actress (Barbara Dunkelman) have an habit of making puns, so when someone hears a pun yells GOD DAMMIT BARB)
You could quite possibly get Nautilator by himself in America, and Raiden (and, of course, the Trainbots) were Diaclone figures. Also, Headmasters was season four in Japan, as "The Rebith" never aired there.
0:24 incorrect. My favorite combiner, Liokaiser is a six guy team
I noticed from the video you live near an air national guard base. I live near warfield air national guard base. Awesome video by the way.
Oh yeah, the different colors are to represent different train lines in Japan. Some trains service the plains (Kansai, etc), other lines run through the mountains. Ditto with the bullet trains, blue is the line to Osaka, green to the north (hence snow association).
Still don't understand why America never got these figures, nor why they haven't been redone in the modern toylines
HEADS UP! they are being redone as a combiner group, just not official Hasbro.
@@TheNewMichiganRepublic That likely means they'll be insanely overpriced. Oh well, I guess that's better than nothing.
0:31 in the Michael Bay series he's actually an eight piece combiner
great video and review, great character and toy, got this guy sitting in its package still waiting for my boy to get old enough so I can give it to him !
The tops of the arm trains suggest the old electric trans the used the same type of line as San Francisco cable cars
so true 2:48 he really should be one of those awesome giant rotary snow blower things they use to clear the tracks in the mountains XD
Nice review on a rare character. I also like the knock off transformers - especially the ones that were in the Easter Baskets - I never saw him but I picked up Devestator, Superion, Defensor, Bruticus, and Menasor in Easter Baskets.
G1 (Takara) 6 figure combiners ::cough:: seacons/piracon, Multiforce/landcross, Dinoforce/Dinoking, Liokaiser as mentioned before, Monstructor, and all were toys.
isn't the seacons a 6 combiner group also?
overbite is pironacons gun
And not to mention Landcross and Liokaiser, they are also 6 way combiner
Gosh i remember the year they had those ko easter baskets, i bought like 4 of em and im Jewish, i got superion, defensor, and a fucked half menasor half computron jobber, wish theyd do it again, i love ko's
I loved the trainbots as a child man.
a third party group needs to remake these guys
They were Autobots in The Headmasters cartoon.
Yes.
WOW you just burst my bubble on this figure.
"I only paid 10 dollars for this figure!" SOBS IN NOW THE KO IS MORE RARE AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ORIGINAL
Do you think we will ever get a G1 Raiden reissue? The original G1 Raiden and Masterpiece Raiden are way too expensive for me.
The first green guy has the same head sculpt as bumblebee
uh....devastator, raiden, piranacon (which one WAS a gun) monstructor, my FAVORITE LIOKAISER, landcross, sixbuilder, sixtrain, sixturbo, and sixwing, ahem were all six robot gestalts, so no devy and raiden were not the only two 6 robot combiners
The Trainbots were being the most useful little engines until the Decepticons showed up. Rodimus Prime tried to tell them, but it was to late.
You probably realize where the speech patterns are from.
thanks.. i just was able to assemble my ko raiden together with your help
it's scramble city (swappable limbs) even though it has six members
Snowpiercer that movie was just coming out when this came out and that was pretty much a bullet train
the fronts of the trains are like the headers in Goseiger
00:30 Liokaiser Landcross Pirranacon (kinda) micromaster 6-teams & others are also 6 way
Dinking, Monstructor, Landcross and LioKaiser beg to differ on the 6 bot combiner
When hasbro rans out of ideas these will be made
that figure "Raiden" is AWESOME!!!
Yous said that both Getsui and Yukikaze form the left feet. So Raiden is a bad dancer?
Piranacon is also a 6 team combiner.
I just realized: MORTAL KOMBAT!!
triagonal sign
triagonal sign same here XD
Great...
Mk: Ray-den
Tf: Ri-den
How I distinguise them in a cinversation.
Raiden definitely needs a third party figure. AND NO RANDOM HANDS FEET OR CHESTPIECES COMING OUT OF NOWHERE
2021 edit: Sorry for being so aggressive about the partsforming, I used to have some really bad anger issues -~-
I totally agree with you. But, how they going to do it though?
@@jonathancoco8169 third party + upsize
@@duyphan4617 Good choice
@@jonathancoco8169 yep. For example: Warbotron
@@duyphan4617 but what about fanstoys tfc and maketoys
Only five Seacons formed Pirhanacon, the sixth became his weapon.
what a revolution
There was another G1 Combiner who was made up of Six robots; the Seacons. They only appeared in the TF comic and the Japanese God Force series. One difference though was one Figure would instead form the Combiner' weapon, rather than form the lower torso or shoulders.
So that makes it a Five Robot Gestalt.
Liokaiser was a six bot combiner
Devastator still nowaday. Mostly
I have no clue if he was released in the US
Stop @ 19:48, notice if you see the two holes on Shouki could actually fit onto the pegs so you'll end up with a strong interlocking torso.
I really love trains.
every time I look on ebay for these its a million dollars
The Pretender Monstors from the 1989 line had 6 bots to form Monstructor
You have just got another subscriber.
correction theirs another 6 robot combiner the seacons
So. Much. Kibble!
Is it weird that I find that hilarious?
did you know that moon studio will releases a in hand of raiden
wow...i used to have one of those trains, not the knockoff...but the original, me and my cousin had them...
You're right___for a toy probably originating from the end 70's, he's a great combiner. Better than Devastator.Despite the loooong head and falling kibble....
I can see why Hasbro never redid the Trainbots for The Combiner Wars toyline.
Here are the rough translations for their names(There were no kanji characters for the names, so I had to guess.):
Shouki(正気 or 正輝): Consciousness, or True Shine
Kaen(火炎 or 火焔): Flames, Blaze
Suiken(推拳 or 酔拳): Thrusting Fist (Punch) or Drunken Boxing
Seizan(制山 or 制斬): Mountain Conquering, or Punishing Slash
Getsuei(月映 or 月影): Shining in the Moonlight, or Moon(Moonlight) Shadow
Yukikaze(雪風): Snow and Wind, Blizzard
Raiden(雷電): Thunder, Streaks of Lightning
origional goes for 1000. and this is the best knock off ever
OK, Dude. I'm sold, where did you buy these beauties? Heck, I'm sure I speak for a lot of other people here as well as myself. Please tell us where can we get our own set of trains and hopefully a whole lot more similar stuff? Do tell, my friend, do tell!
Also, Devastator and Raiden are the only combiners from Diaclon
Jonathan weight well done sir ..very true
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IVE never had seen a review like this.I am so grateful to you and I have a question:from where did you buy it? hope you have a nice day.by the way I ignored the plane sound.
can i buy the whole set with extra parts on big bad toy store
the Raiden figure
is actually quite nice in the sense of not being a total brick.
if you think about it then you kan see that he looks like one of the power rangers megazord.
This can be found in Easter baskets? I think I may have gotten a set of g1 Aerialbots in an Easter basket once. Hmmmmm...
The seacons are a six group combiner.
Just seeing this made me design a Raiden earlier. No partsforming! Apposable hands! Five dudes... yay?
The face of the combine is WERID
i remember hunting down all my close by wal marts for these knock offs because their my favorite transformers next to rail racer because of my love of trains and transformers and could never find this set,but i could find all the other ones witch was unfair for me :'( and their no way im paying 50 for a knock off,i rather pay the full price for a real one if i have to unless i can find it for 20 or less but great review btw
Where can you find the train knockoffs?
I really want Hasbro or Takara to bring this guy back.
It's 2022 and they're back!!!
@@loveisfictional It will be complete by the end of this year or next year.
I Kinda Wish The Trainbots Would Be Rebooted or Something Like That, I Love Trains & I Love Transformers & This Is Two of My Favorite Things Mashed Together But This Isn’t The Second Time Trainsformers Isn’t Combined, We Had One For OptThomas Prime!!
Actual transformation time will vary.
Nope, Predaking was a five combiner. Headstrong, Dive-Bomb, Tantrum, Rampage and their leader Razorclaw.
Actually, the seacons (or "pirhanacons") were another combining group of six. (and i "think" preda king was another group of six, but I'm not for certain)
Predaking is the combination of 5 groups NOT 6. Hope this clears up your confusion.
@megaopjet As well as the Seacons___the 6th member served as a Targetmaster weapon. Neat :)
raiden is pretty awesome