Transformers Dinobots G1 Vintage Toy Review - Hasbro 1985
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2016
- RetroBlasting looks back at the original Dinobots and their place in the legacy of Transformers and Hasbro in this vintage toy review!
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As someone who never got too into Transformers, I found this video super interesting and very entertaining. The Dinobots are one of the few parts I've always been drawn to from the franchise. Vintage Grimlock is one of the few Transformers in my toy collection. Great stuff!
Thanks Dan! Much appreciated!
Gotta go into full Dino-dweeb mode for a moment: The Dinobots had a much better origin story in the Marvel comics of the '80s, where they were Autobots awakened by the Ark to deal with a threat after it originally crashed on Earth in prehistoric times. Since dinosaurs were the dominant life form then, the Ark appropriately gave them dinosaur alt-modes before they were buried and rediscovered and re-awakened by Ratchet millions of years later.
Yep. Better.
Ben Hopper the million years thing I always chose to ignore. Why would soldier survivors be interested in continuing a war that was a million years old stranded on an alien planet?
the comics may have been better overall for both GI Joe and Transformers. I still like Transformers G1 cartoons better than the GI Joe 80s one though. Just so many jokes and hilarious moments (intentionally and unintentionally). Starscream rules!
And that threat to the Ark being Shockwave also explained why he still transformed into a huge Cybetronian flying gun, having been trapped in a tar pit for 3 million years. Also Shockwave fighting the Dinobots was pretty awesome.
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Yep. My guess is that the first issue of the comic was written first and shortly after was adapted into the cartoon, and the writers keeping the "4 million years later" angle was an oversight. It really doesn't add anything to the cartoon's plot.
I remember being exceptionally confused as a kid when I got Grimlock after seeing him on the cartoon and looking at the "Tech Spec" bio that was printed on the box he came in.
His quote, "Among the winners, there is no room for the weak." Pretty well spoken for a guy that started nearly every sentence with, "Me Grimlock say...."
Then I remember looking at his actual attributes.
"Strength: 10" I'll buy that.
"Intelligence: 7" What. The. F***.
+DoktorKlaus666 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
the dinobot didn't talk like cave man in the comics before the tv show. they talk pretty normal.
Earlier this month at Anime Expo, I learned that Shoji Kawamori (Macross) designed a lot of the OG Transformers. He also did mech design for Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Gundam 0083 and Armored Core. Truly a Mecha God.
"A robot dinosaur? It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
I appreciate the inclusion of Slag's "Excuse me" line from the movie. He was a grump (relatable), but he was also polite.
Transformers are the coolest 80's toys and show. The concept still blows my mind to this day :)
Poor Grimlock would be one of the only dinos to make it into season 3 on a regular basis. The fall might have been their creation in ditching the disguise formula, but by season 3 Grimlock is a bad caricature of his old self setting the blue prints for what would become barney the dinosaur fame.
While it is true there are two grimlocks, Brute Grimlock (1&2) & Child Grimlock (3) I love them both.
Sic's Space and then would go on to be very much redeemed by Dino Bot in Beast Wars.
Season 3 gromlock was awesome. He had way more wins than a mentally challenged Dino should have and we loved his character for it. He saved the day when Tornatron was threatening to rule the universe and he created the technobots when some intelligence got zapped into his brain. Best of all he seemed to always be in T-Rex mode even inside confined spaces. It was glorious.
The cartoon portrayed Grimlock as simple minded, however he was quite articulate, if agressive in Marvel comic stories.
Grimlock is my favorite. The Dinobots are seriously awesome, and made me love Transformers
Grimlock had some great moments in the old comics too, saving the Autobots and being all cocky about it with Prime :D
If I remember correctly, Optimus OK'd the Dino project as a counter to Devastator. I liked what Dream Wave comics did with the Dynobots, actually giving them, or at least Grimlock, some intelligence. It's a shame someone back then did not think about upgrading the Dinos into a combiner.
The only Dinobot I had as a kid was Snarl and his tail pin ended up breaking - though It would stay on when in Dinosaur mode. Many years later I sold my Transformer and G,I Joe toys to local Comic Book Store for a couple hundred dollars. Many more years later, while going through some boxes I found Snarl, which had not been in with the other Transformers. I took him apart, cleaned him up, replaced the pin and touched him up with a little paint. Then I bought the accessories for him on Ebay.
Thanks for the effort in making these episodes guys.
Thanks again for posting these videos Mike and Melinda. It's nice to take a break from the real world, and go back into time to relive these shows that brought a lot of joy in my life. Great work!
Thanks Mark!
Thanks for continuing making these videos. You guys always do excellent work. So much fun :)
Love this channel! Let's me reminisce about all the awesome toys I once had that my parents threw away.
Great video! I really love all the history that your channel provides about the toys and cartoons I grew up with.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Like someone else mentioned, other continuities gave em better origins. Fall of Cybertron is my favorite, Grimlock and his team were investigating Shockwaves demented experiments that created the Insecticons, and end up being captured and tortured into the Dinobots. Grimlock especially doesn't take this too well and bit off Shockwaves hand, as a way to explain his hand laser. I love that game
Awesome. Just what I needed today! Good job!
:)
My first Transformer toy was Grimlock in I want to say Christmas Eve of 1985. I ts crazy I still remember this almost 32 years later like it was yesterday. Thanks for making this video brings back great memories RetroBlasting :)
Aww, I love the 86 movie. I always sorta liked the Dinobots as a kid, but I came in during late G1 so all I had was Pretender Grimlock and eventually a G2 Slag. I got to love Grimlock from the old Marvel comics and was ecstatic when I found a G2 Grimlock at a thrift shop when I was 18 or so.
Great review, by the way. And good on you for being so kind to your Swoop, at least as an adult.
Man, another AWESOME video! Took me right back to 1985 with Dinobots taking over the control room of the old cardboard Autobot activity center. Thank you so much for your videos, Michael and Melinda. Can't wait for the next one.
+John Sullivan thanks John! More on the way!
Always with the great content. Keep up the good work man.
Thanks. Will do.
This was awesome! Great review. 😎👍🏼
Thanks!
Brilliant video guys! Well done again! :)
When I was a kid, Grimlock was my favorite Transformer. I remember the day my mom bought him for me, I thought he was so damn cool. It was a combination of two things I was nuts about when I was 6: dinosaurs and transforming robots.
I actually think the Transformers movie was the best examples of the dinobots, especially when they are skydiving out of the ship to attack Devestator (sp?). Grimlock was my favorite of course. LOL.
Agreed!
Hell yeah! Dinobots Vs. Constructions?!!
I think the first third of the animated movie is a great, though tragic, film.
But then it keeps going...
RetroBlasting - I think the Dinobots were a good idea for Prime, as the Dinobots provided much needed Muscle for the Autobots.
Remember, in Early G1 the autoboots had no Combiners. It wasn't until Scramble City that Autobots gained Combiners.
that said, the Dinobots should have been made into Combiners, Hound created a Hologram as a Distraction, but was never Realized by Hasbro as the Dinobots were adapted from Diaclone. but Perhaps if Hasbro Released RAIDEN in G1 that Might have worked. but then America did NOT have Bullet Trains.
"You can keep the Autobots and the Decepticons, give me the Dinobots any day". > True that!
in the comics they were given their dino forms to adept to the savage land when they were reactivated by telatron 1.
i loved the dinobots and i want the masterpiece third party versions of them. just awesome!
Hahaha! A german P38, that's no "Autobot", that's a "Personenkraftwagen-Roboter"
+Rictus Metallicus HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
"If the whole purpose is to hide in plain sight, then robotic animals is a bad idea."
And then, _Beast Wars_ came along.
Well At least they werent looking robotic in their beast mode
@@ekgbrolarekg1182 Transmetals.
@@JomasterTheSecond well about that is also a bad idea if we are talking about robots in disguise
Sweet! I LOVED the reveiw of tge toys and cartoons. I watched season one of transformers when I was 8 in 2010, and it was sweet! Love you guys, and keep up the good work!
Thanks Griffin! Will do!
Awesome video... If there was ever a show crying out for a toyline it was Denver The Last Dinosaur. I can picture it now... Poseable Denver figure with three accessories. A shell fragment that glows in the dark along with matching pink flying 'V' guitar and pink skateboard.
Slag was always my favorite, then again the triceratops is my favorite dinosaur
another great episode by the way.
There is no other channel that I get more excited to see a new video from than you guys. Seriously! Every episode is top notch and just so well done. I hope you guys are going to put up your panels from DragonCon for those of us who cannot make it.
+standepain guaranteed we will. :)
Just bought all the KO reissue dinobots on ebay. With that 80s style box art, theyre nearly 99.5% identical to the original toy I remembered I had as a kid.
love your videos. thank you
Thanks Tam!
That was a great video!! The dinobots were my absolute favs of the series. I was 11 when they were introduced and loved them. I still have Snarl, Slag, and Sludge.😍
As a huge fan of the Transformers, I agree with everything you said. I had Swoop and yes, everything you said about transforming Swoop is true. I transformed Swoop so much, his arms broke. The Dinobots were a huge part of the Transformers lore and I'd loved everything about them. So much that I'd bought the Grimlock Funko Pop!
'Trolling the very series they're in...' hahaha. Great summation.
great video thanks
I loved the show and when these toys came out, I loved them too. I got all of the dinobots except the terydactyl. (I remember going to the toy store to get them the day they were released or something like that.) But as always, Retroblasting has shed new light on what these toys really were. Retroblasting is right - this is where the Transformers jumped the proverbial shark! Excellent analysis - thanks for this perspective!
The Dinobots are the very reason I got interested in Transformers in the first place. They are still the most fun to watch. And of all the Transformers toys I had as a kid, I STILL have the Dinobots, and on display in my front room. :D
Snarl was the only Dinobot I ever had as he was the only one I ever saw in the stores. My friends just never saw the Dinobots in the stores. Hot items!
TY Michael!
spot on. the toys have aged well, unlike the tv show.
Great video!
Thank God I was just a kid and didn’t know better.
And suddenly all RetroBlasting fans were jealous of Grimlock. lol
Very nice!
INCREDIBLE
This is a video I missed thinking I've seen them all. And after upgrading to the fans toys versions it is neat to look upon a vintage set that also will never be in bot mode either.
Sweet, well done.
Love it 👍
another brilliant RetroBlasting video! You should totally do Dino Riders if you can!!
+Jon Roop gotta find those toys...a nightmare of fragility
I can donate 3 dinos, absolutely no accessories though! School teacher mom borrowed and of course it all gets lost
soul of chogokin voltron! can't wait for your review
We will have one. We've pre-ordered two of them.
The Dinobot episodes were the most exciting ones for me as a kid. They were different from the other Autobots and they weren't in every episode. Kicking Deceptitale. Saving the day. But then in season 3 they changed Grimlock into Jar Jar Binks of the Transformers and the other dinos just "love to fish".
Great review!! I love SLUDGE he was my favorite! Yes every kid loved dinosaurs.
+Demond Scott thanks Demond! Sludge was my brother's first and only dinobot. I got Snarl that same day.
I had Grimlock, but my memory is of the Dinobots being really hard to find.
Mostly you are correct, Swoop was the hardest to find next to Skywarp, Grapple and Hook.
When I was a kid watching transformers reruns in the early nineties I was already sold on the concept of cars, planes, ghetto blasters, and guns transforming into giant robots but when they gave us robot dinosaurs that transformed into humanoid robots I was pretty much foaming at the mouth with happiness. As a kid that time robots and dinosaurs were each like the coolest things imaginable and rolling those two things into one was just more than I'd dared dream of. I would have loved to get the toys of them as a kid but I did manage to get my hands on a swoop.
I got the oversized Grimlock MP for my daughter, he's her fave!!
To me, he and MP10 Prime are my top 2!
Well, good luck getting that Rozalla song outta my head today.
Awww Grimlock got a kiss from Melinda.....lucky Dinobot!!!
Agreed, the Dinobots would always steal the show whenever they were around. Another excellent review you guys. ^>^
+maximpact24 thanks max!
I never took any kind of thought to why the Dinobots and Insecticons and later on the road,the Predacons and Terrorcons were different from the other Transformers but then I realized they were purposed. Insecticons were MEANT to be pests of Cybertron who were scorned by all as living embodiments of cancers and the Dinobots,being dinosaurs...were ACTUALLY manifestations of primal RAGE and ANGER of soldiers rushing into a war since you know..Autobots and Decepticons were always at war so its gonna be crazy like that. Dinosaurs are literally the world leaders and warlords of their time no matter how crazy that sounds but it ALL makes sense. The Dinobots' robot forms would be an analogy of hiding their savage natures thus they DISGUISE their true nature but their "TRUE" Robot forms...are INDEED the dinosaur forms. Say what you will but the robot forms of the Dinobots are LITERALLY their TRUE forms no matter how dumb it sounds but it makes sense.
It comes so true to me and I think the same thing could be said about other groups of animal Transformers who AREN'T cassette forms like Laserbeak and Ravage because they took the forms of animals who are domesticated. Slugfest and Overkill,yeah they are dinosaurs but they seem to be taking the forms of baby dinosaurs who would follow their perpetual mother a.k.a Soundwave. That's messed up.
Yeah,it's a kids show at first but wow,I can't believe I've actually made a pretty good theory on why these Primitives came about. Man,I really wished 'Call of the Primitives' had a better story like I described above for you guys. But eh. Oh well.
My G1 JetFire is the one!!! Best Transformer ever to grace the palms.
Snarl is prone to broken tabs on his rear legs, making his spring-loaded fists pop out when he is in dinosaur mode.
Pretty cool
The Dinobots are now the most awesome Third Party Masterpiece figures out there.
Nice and good points! I still have Grimlock locked somewhere.
Loved this episode.
Thanks Adrian!
8:11 is why i love grimlock because i see how cool and strong optimus and megatron before and when this grimlock came he make it damn awesome toe to toe with everyone is why i love this bunch group of dinosaur :) a team you cant underestimate.
as a child i HATED being British for we had NO trail Blazer or Swoop. An American kid was a legend in school for having them. The poor people at Marvel UK had SO many people writing into SoundWaves problem page DEMANDING to know when toys they had nothing to do would be in the UK
My favorite Grimlock moment is when he took over as leader of the Autobots in the Marvel comic books!
Yeah, agreed. That was amazing.
My favorite episode is Grimlock's New Brain.
Our how about the fact that Grimlock helped create the Techno-bots
Jon Stewart part of the reason I love that episode
I love them too. I bought a whole new set....The best of the G1 line..
Yes the Dinobots !! My favorite Transformers ever Grimlock, Snarl, Slag, Sludge, and Swoop. Oh how i loved them.
Okay on to business the dinobots did break the illusion of robots in disguise, however one must remember that all 80's and 90's cartoon shows where created to be a 1/2 hour long toy commercial. That being said one should also take into acount how many times the dinobots appeared on the show. I can only remember about 4 to 5 episodes that they were in. The whole idea of transformer was cool and seeing robot dinosaurs was even cooler when your a kid. I have always loved them and always will.
+RaptorRed79 they are my favorites as well, plus Optimus Prime.
I loved the Dinobots! They took Devastator head on and left without so much as a scratch. That bad ass factor went up in the movie when all the other Autobot were cowering in fear of Devastator and Optimus just told the Dinobots "Dinobot! Destroy Devastator". The Grimlock just says "Me Grimlock like challenge". I mean outside of Slag getting a good hit on Devastator they were all smack around by him and not only loved to tell about it but acted as if they were not damaged at all. They were definitely the most durable of the Autobots.
And didn't have the Autobots weakness as they weren't built with Cybertonium or whatever.
The dinobots would have been awesome as a combiner gestault team.
Nice video
I remember getting every single one for my middle son Ben. I had a ridiculously hard time finding the Pteranodon or whatever he was and had to put out a family APB for him...Aunt Betty came through with one after scouring Michigan for it. She lived in Ohio and I could've found it by traveling 15 mi. South. After all that...he had the complete set. A few months later to my angry opinion, he had traded them all to a friend for....Masters of the Universe figures. Now the hunt began again. Now he wishes he'd never traded them. Don't we all.
Zoids(1981) were my gateway drug to the Dinobots. Really.
I love how this almost started out sounded like you where going to deride the dinobots for existing...but was more of a excepting love of them for breaking the premise and still being cool, which i have to agree..who doesnt like robot dinosaurs?!?
i only had the luck of ever having, or being able to play with grimlock, slag, sludge and snarl...though i could swear i had a friend at the time who had swoop.. but he might have gotten broken. on a side note, I still have glittery memories of transformers the movie, seeing it in it a theatre that still had ROCKY VI banners up, Optimus's dying scene was the first time i remember crying over a fictional characters death along with the ACTUAL death of characters..Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet and Brawn get outright blown away...and we dont even get to see what happens with Windcharger and Wheeljack...its odd how emotionally scarring this movie was for a child.
Wheel Jack was like “Watch me punk Optimus, he doesn’t know these animals are extinct and don’t look like robots.” Grimlock was fun though. I guess Slimlock didn’t suit him
I love Dinobots!
I so
I've never seen a video about the original designers of the transforming toys. Just think about it, they made them in the late 70s early 80s. Thats just crazy that someone could design a toy the looks like a existing car and a real looking robot. How did they pull that off back then? You could even interview current designers that did the masterpiece line.
I was never a huge transformers fan when I was a kid (more into GI Joe, MASK, He-Man and Star Wars), but I do think the Dinobots were the coolest looking of them all. Well, them and Soundwave.
I still have my original Optimus Prime, minus the trailer.i loved that toy when I was younger. The boxes came with wee holograms on them as well.
''me swoop almost forgot, can transform.''
Loved the video! Never had a Swoop or Sludge early on but one friend did. Swoop broke for him as well. Only thing missing here is the mention of the dinobots in the Marvel Comics. Grimlock was even leader for about 20 issues there (that's when I was reading it fresh).
The comics have their own video in the future. They, like the Joe comics, will be a dedicated video.
Does the Marvel UK comic get a mention?
How did we not get dinosaur ninjas in the 80's? 😂😂
For me my love of transformers was the toy line. As a kid I liked the cartoons but getting the toys was my focus, so I didn't care about storyline inconsistencies. The dinobots and the insecticons were my favorite mostly due to my love of animals. I still have all my G1 figures but I need Swoop and Sludge! I'm also looking for a decent Hound and Ravage. The reissues are cool but I want the G1 originals. Thanks for more awesome content!
Thanks for watching! You're very welcome!
you guys should do a video on how good and then how weird the vintage G.I.Joe villain figures were
Truly it was the Dinobots that made me love the Transformers.Give a year and introduce the Predacons it was pure love from that point on.
I have 4 out of the G1 Dinobots. Missing Snarl won’t be the death of me though.
Oh my God a New video!
you can say the dinobots broke the premises of the show,but they were and still are some of the most popular characters ever in transformers history. it is like with snake eyes and storm shadow's popularity,ninjas and dinosaurs will always be cool,and when Slag says excuse me in the movie i can't help but smile.
+Mark Demeo (ARCTROOPERMARK) isn't that LITERALLY what I said in this video??
***** yes i suppose it is so yes i was agreeing with you. it was not my intent to just reiterate what you said,just expressing my love for the characters,no need to be nasty.
+Mark Demeo (ARCTROOPERMARK) I was being nasty? How?
+Mark Demeo (ARCTROOPERMARK) your phrasing, "you can say this, but..." Implied I didn't address the positives that you proceeded to outline.
***** when you put the word literally in all caps that is thought of as yelling,i guess that is what i meant as nasty. i didn't want to imply that you didn't address the positives,if i did i am sorry. i guess i just was very excited to give my thoughts on the dinobots and didn't realize i was just re stating what you said in the video,if this caused any bad feelings i apologize for this. i have been a big fan of your channel for years,and enjoy the content very much. this was another well done video as usual,i will stay tune for future releases as they come out,again sorry for any confusion.
Hail to the king, baby.