Agreed on both counts. Not to mention, Arcee was a major character for season 3 and had that really sweet small arc with Daniel in season 4, so I think she just wound up dominating the mind-share. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a point where a lot of fans confused Elita-1 for Arcee, what with them sharing a color scheme.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah I definitely see your points for sure, and I love Arcee’s sweet dynamic with Daniel as well, really deepened both characters imo
@@ronbondujon9690 Which is why I'd prefer Arcee take the brighter pink, and Elita more of a magenta like her Earthspark colors. Or the red and coral that her POTP and Netflix self is. Hell, perhaps even lean into the movie or ONE version, and make her pink purplish.
It's interesting to note that Energon Arcee in the Japanese take on Energon; Superlink, Arcee's name there is Ariel. It's homaged through her head sculpt having that fin on her head.
You and me both. I could watch that move twenty more times, I love it to pieces. Plus, between it, Earthspark, and Skybound, Elita is finally getting all the love she deserves.
The BotCon figure really should’ve been a repaint of Cybertron Override, since her design was based on G1 Elita One to begin with. Override’s repaint was even used to represent the Shattered Glass Elita One. That original figure has its jank to but it’s much better than Thunderblast
You are speaking my language. I don’t want to be casting dispersions, but a part of me thinks Botcon chose Thunderblast due to her being more obviously feminine in design. After all, we’re only now in the 2020s getting to a point where women transformers are presented as being about as bulky as the men.
@@Cdr2002 One of the things I’ve always wondered about those Botcon exclusives was what would come first between the convention toys and the character designs sometimes. Like, I thought that Botcon would always choose the toys they were going to use first, but from what I understand it was the opposite when they were doing Beast Wars Uprising.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah I think it might depend from figure to figure. Sometimes, like with most Uprising designs like you said, they seem to have the luxury of choosing a mold to fit a character. Shame most of these never got turned into toys, I would’ve especially been into stuff like the Botanica made from Prime Soundwave or the BW2 Galvatron made from Hunters Optimus. Other times, like Elita, or the randomness of a lot of their very earliest exclusives like a lot of the Beast Wars OCs they created, it does kinda seem like they just got handed a mold. I’m really not sure
She really does deserve better as AutoMom, though it's good she's FINALLY getting a renaissance in the spotlight. And while Legacy is great, I have a feeling she really should be larger than that. No offense to whoever think that's the best Elita, but when I showed her next to Earthrise Optimus to a non-fan friend, she thought Elita was Optimus' daughter. So perhaps it's in her best interests to be a short Voyager at shortest, like the height of Override or Siege Ironhide (which she was in the Netflix show, Earthspark, AND even G1, going up to Optimus' pecs). Make her a truck or some heavy land vehicle like Earthspark. Something that lets her stand alongside her hubby at a more respectable height difference.
I agree on all counts! I love Legacy Elita the most because of how the figure works, but I do wish she was larger. I think her and Slipstream should be at least voyager size to pair up with other characters better. Of course, the POTP Elita is excellent, and has more of that size you might be looking for!
@@ronbondujon9690 That's why I have two. One I got back in my colleciton to be an unaltered (except probably for paint) figure, coz my first one, I've sorta cannibalized for a semi-desperate plan to convert into a truck. No such luck tho... Legacy Elita, meanwhile, has been relegated to being my take on Dock Head Foreman Ariel//Erial, mentoring the new nerdy rookie (former librarian) that just joined the dock crew
@@reyonXIII That sounds so cool. I wish I had a talent in customizing figures, but I just got way too shaky of hands. I really love the idea of Erial just being a huge nerd on a dock, her and Orion just bumbling around until Dion tell them what a wrench is.
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt That would be ideal. Plus, Elita-1 doesn’t have an evergreen design like Arcee does. I think Earthspark had the right idea bulking her out and giving her a SUV mode to contrast with Arcee’s usual silhouette.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah. She should be the optimus equivalent to female transformers. Not sure if the optimus romance would help to, also giving optimus a little more character, as he's always stoic and doesn't have actual relationships with people.
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt That’s the thing: Elita-1’s claim to fame was being Optimus’ love interest, but I don’t think that’s the only way to take it. To me, the core of their relationship is that Elita was the person he was closest to as Orion Pax. She’s the only link he still has to the life he used to live, and vice versa. Nowadays, the role of Optimus’ oldest friend is usually filled by Ratchet, but they didn’t meet up until after he was Optimus most of the time. You could tell amazing stories about Optimus, Elita, and Megatron all being the three best friends that fell apart. I don’t really think you need a romantic element, Elita-1 just being the one friend Optimus lets his guard down around is a powerful enough relationship by itself.
Man, now you have me wanting that, too. I’ll always love Legacy Elita, but she would have looked so amazing with Override’s mold. Also, POTP is still an awesome figure, I like her proportions so much. It was also cool that she was actually a little taller than a lot of the Primes you could pair her with.
Mastermind Creation's Eupatorium stands on my shelf for her. I've been thinking trying to track down that Legacy to see if the head might fit but I haven't gone to that trouble yet. MMC is a lovely fig, but a pain to transform.
@@ronbondujon9690 I do hope we see another figure of her since those multipacks are so hard to get. We had some kind of Reactivate take on the way but it’s seemingly cancelled. Major shame, I find her to be a really interesting character in her role as a doctor for soldiers who hates war
@@Cdr2002 There’s nothing worse than being in a world where so many minor Transformers are getting new toys, but some of your pet favorites seemingly never get another go.
@@ronbondujon9690 definitely. If we can get Emirate Xaaron (which don’t get me wrong, also excited for), a simple repaint character feels like a no brainer
I really want to do Slipstream, she’s always been one of my favorites. The only reason I haven’t yet is because I want to wait for the Legacy figure to come out so I can include it in the video. That said, as soon as I have that toy in hand, her video is getting made!
Jazz would be cool! Right now, Tailgate is up next, followed by a twofer video with Ransack and Crumplezone, and Sideswipe following them. It may be a few weeks, but I think Jazz would be a great video to work on!
Sideswipe would be a good one! So, Tailgate will come out this weekend, and I’ve already committed to someone I’d do Ransack after him. That said, Sideswipe’s going on the list! His video should be out in a few weeks.
I’ve thought about it, but both Elita and Soundwave are going to get update videos eventually to make them more in-line with the rest of the series. I like this one staying distinct, as a prototype of what the show would eventually become.
weird detail I've noticed but you call Elita a they alot of the time, despite her being a woman and a single entity, like I can understand calling elita 1 from rotf a they cause after a while the fembots get connected into a hive mind from what I've heard, so it would make sense. I'm wondering if its cause the script you used had these mistakes when you wrote it in or if its because you used an ai libe chat gpt to help woth the script.
It’s more just a force of habit. I don’t use scripts for these videos, it’s all just off the top of my head and then edited down. Just as a side note, I’d never use ai for anything in my videos. As for why I kept using “they”, it’s just because I tend to use “they” in real life more often than not. There were points when I used “she” for Elita, I think, but in my normal speech I tend to just use “they” as a way to make things easier, which carried over into this video due to me just yapping.
I keep trying to comment about Earthspark Elita from Japan being better but I think bc I allude to where it is purchasable UA-cam flags my comment for spam. I really recommend that version though it is so much better than the US version!
I hate that there was some issue with the comments, that sucks. Thank you for telling me about Japanese Elita, though! I actually saw pictures of them, I might be trying to snap that off of Amazon Japan when it goes up!
@@ronbondujon9690 i definitely recommend it, I got a pre-order in for one right now, it’s like the only one of that wave that isn’t sold out right now. Sadly the price is more expensive since you pay for the retooling and paint but I think we will be glad when we have the definitive Earthspark Elita :)
There have been a lot of good ones. I honestly think any one of these figures could be the best Elita for someone out there! You know, besides the baby one.
Arcee was conceived before Elita behind the scenes, I think that’s why she became more prominent. That being said, Elita deserves a LOT more
Agreed on both counts. Not to mention, Arcee was a major character for season 3 and had that really sweet small arc with Daniel in season 4, so I think she just wound up dominating the mind-share. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a point where a lot of fans confused Elita-1 for Arcee, what with them sharing a color scheme.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah I definitely see your points for sure, and I love Arcee’s sweet dynamic with Daniel as well, really deepened both characters imo
@@ronbondujon9690 Which is why I'd prefer Arcee take the brighter pink, and Elita more of a magenta like her Earthspark colors.
Or the red and coral that her POTP and Netflix self is. Hell, perhaps even lean into the movie or ONE version, and make her pink purplish.
@@ronbondujon9690You are so right pls hasbro
@@reyonXIII All are great! I would also love to see an Arcee that’s basically 50% blue and 50% pink to lean into the Prime design.
It's interesting to note that Energon Arcee in the Japanese take on Energon; Superlink, Arcee's name there is Ariel. It's homaged through her head sculpt having that fin on her head.
I’ve only found out about that recently! I wish I knew when I made this video, I would have included it here!
“Listen, I really want you to hear this. I’m better than you.”❤
😂 She’s not wrong, though!
I’m so happy transformers one exists now.
You and me both. I could watch that move twenty more times, I love it to pieces. Plus, between it, Earthspark, and Skybound, Elita is finally getting all the love she deserves.
Elita-1 lives up to her name by being the number 1 Fembot of the Transformers franchise!!!
👏Preach👏
@@ronbondujon9690 Thank you very much!! I have subscribed to your channel!!!! 😎👍👍
The BotCon figure really should’ve been a repaint of Cybertron Override, since her design was based on G1 Elita One to begin with. Override’s repaint was even used to represent the Shattered Glass Elita One. That original figure has its jank to but it’s much better than Thunderblast
You are speaking my language. I don’t want to be casting dispersions, but a part of me thinks Botcon chose Thunderblast due to her being more obviously feminine in design. After all, we’re only now in the 2020s getting to a point where women transformers are presented as being about as bulky as the men.
@@ronbondujon9690 that’s very possible, especially with the day she was drawn in the pack in comic
@@Cdr2002 One of the things I’ve always wondered about those Botcon exclusives was what would come first between the convention toys and the character designs sometimes. Like, I thought that Botcon would always choose the toys they were going to use first, but from what I understand it was the opposite when they were doing Beast Wars Uprising.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah I think it might depend from figure to figure. Sometimes, like with most Uprising designs like you said, they seem to have the luxury of choosing a mold to fit a character. Shame most of these never got turned into toys, I would’ve especially been into stuff like the Botanica made from Prime Soundwave or the BW2 Galvatron made from Hunters Optimus. Other times, like Elita, or the randomness of a lot of their very earliest exclusives like a lot of the Beast Wars OCs they created, it does kinda seem like they just got handed a mold. I’m really not sure
She really does deserve better as AutoMom, though it's good she's FINALLY getting a renaissance in the spotlight. And while Legacy is great, I have a feeling she really should be larger than that.
No offense to whoever think that's the best Elita, but when I showed her next to Earthrise Optimus to a non-fan friend, she thought Elita was Optimus' daughter.
So perhaps it's in her best interests to be a short Voyager at shortest, like the height of Override or Siege Ironhide (which she was in the Netflix show, Earthspark, AND even G1, going up to Optimus' pecs). Make her a truck or some heavy land vehicle like Earthspark. Something that lets her stand alongside her hubby at a more respectable height difference.
I agree on all counts! I love Legacy Elita the most because of how the figure works, but I do wish she was larger. I think her and Slipstream should be at least voyager size to pair up with other characters better. Of course, the POTP Elita is excellent, and has more of that size you might be looking for!
@@ronbondujon9690 That's why I have two. One I got back in my colleciton to be an unaltered (except probably for paint) figure, coz my first one, I've sorta cannibalized for a semi-desperate plan to convert into a truck. No such luck tho...
Legacy Elita, meanwhile, has been relegated to being my take on Dock Head Foreman Ariel//Erial, mentoring the new nerdy rookie (former librarian) that just joined the dock crew
@@reyonXIII That sounds so cool. I wish I had a talent in customizing figures, but I just got way too shaky of hands. I really love the idea of Erial just being a huge nerd on a dock, her and Orion just bumbling around until Dion tell them what a wrench is.
We need to appreciate Elita one!!!
Preach👏
Absolutely
I'm sure with earthspark and tone she'll get mor figs as she spikes in notoriety
One can hope. Elita-1 has always been one of my low-key favorites, and I’d love to see them get more attention.
@@ronbondujon9690 there's plenty of room for arcee and Elita. Hopefully they give elita her more red colors to set apart
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt That would be ideal. Plus, Elita-1 doesn’t have an evergreen design like Arcee does. I think Earthspark had the right idea bulking her out and giving her a SUV mode to contrast with Arcee’s usual silhouette.
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah. She should be the optimus equivalent to female transformers. Not sure if the optimus romance would help to, also giving optimus a little more character, as he's always stoic and doesn't have actual relationships with people.
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt That’s the thing: Elita-1’s claim to fame was being Optimus’ love interest, but I don’t think that’s the only way to take it. To me, the core of their relationship is that Elita was the person he was closest to as Orion Pax. She’s the only link he still has to the life he used to live, and vice versa. Nowadays, the role of Optimus’ oldest friend is usually filled by Ratchet, but they didn’t meet up until after he was Optimus most of the time.
You could tell amazing stories about Optimus, Elita, and Megatron all being the three best friends that fell apart. I don’t really think you need a romantic element, Elita-1 just being the one friend Optimus lets his guard down around is a powerful enough relationship by itself.
Ive customized my lagacy elita by swapping the head with the combiner wars one and i custom painted it with a raspberry Marron color
Oh, I bet that looks sharp!
Legacy is fine but I like potp a lot more because she's tall and beefy.
Wish they would've made her from override instead of Minerva mold.
Man, now you have me wanting that, too. I’ll always love Legacy Elita, but she would have looked so amazing with Override’s mold. Also, POTP is still an awesome figure, I like her proportions so much. It was also cool that she was actually a little taller than a lot of the Primes you could pair her with.
I have both the Legacy and EarthSpark Warrior Elita-1 and really am happy with them. I hope TF One is good.
Fingers crossed on TFOne!
1:09 AYOOO
Elita getting shot?
@ emm not quite.
@@DaLegoMan. 😂
Mastermind Creation's Eupatorium stands on my shelf for her. I've been thinking trying to track down that Legacy to see if the head might fit but I haven't gone to that trouble yet. MMC is a lovely fig, but a pain to transform.
That’s what I’ve heard. She’s a cool looking figure, but it was an early toy for MMC, and it shows in a lot of ways.
I hope we get to see more of her now that she's going to appear in TF: One.
You and me both!
Personally Lifeline is my favorite version of the Earthrise Arcee
She’s a good one, and the only character of the three that didn’t get a “replacement figure” since then. I go like the green on her, for sure.
@@ronbondujon9690 I do hope we see another figure of her since those multipacks are so hard to get. We had some kind of Reactivate take on the way but it’s seemingly cancelled. Major shame, I find her to be a really interesting character in her role as a doctor for soldiers who hates war
@@Cdr2002 There’s nothing worse than being in a world where so many minor Transformers are getting new toys, but some of your pet favorites seemingly never get another go.
@@ronbondujon9690 definitely. If we can get Emirate Xaaron (which don’t get me wrong, also excited for), a simple repaint character feels like a no brainer
Do slipstream!!! Even tho she doesn’t have a lot of figures 😂
I really want to do Slipstream, she’s always been one of my favorites. The only reason I haven’t yet is because I want to wait for the Legacy figure to come out so I can include it in the video. That said, as soon as I have that toy in hand, her video is getting made!
The only thing that I will give botcon Elita is that she looks great with classics optimus prime
Super fair! Classics goes so well with Cybertron figures, it makes sense that Elita would mesh!
Do a video on jazz
Jazz would be cool! Right now, Tailgate is up next, followed by a twofer video with Ransack and Crumplezone, and Sideswipe following them. It may be a few weeks, but I think Jazz would be a great video to work on!
Sideswipe next please.
Sideswipe would be a good one! So, Tailgate will come out this weekend, and I’ve already committed to someone I’d do Ransack after him. That said, Sideswipe’s going on the list! His video should be out in a few weeks.
Hi, can you change the thumbnail of this many toys video? Right now, every other vid has 'The Many Toys of (BLANK)' and Elita looks like a sore thumb
I’ve thought about it, but both Elita and Soundwave are going to get update videos eventually to make them more in-line with the rest of the series. I like this one staying distinct, as a prototype of what the show would eventually become.
weird detail I've noticed but you call Elita a they alot of the time, despite her being a woman and a single entity, like I can understand calling elita 1 from rotf a they cause after a while the fembots get connected into a hive mind from what I've heard, so it would make sense.
I'm wondering if its cause the script you used had these mistakes when you wrote it in or if its because you used an ai libe chat gpt to help woth the script.
It’s more just a force of habit. I don’t use scripts for these videos, it’s all just off the top of my head and then edited down. Just as a side note, I’d never use ai for anything in my videos.
As for why I kept using “they”, it’s just because I tend to use “they” in real life more often than not. There were points when I used “she” for Elita, I think, but in my normal speech I tend to just use “they” as a way to make things easier, which carried over into this video due to me just yapping.
@@ronbondujon9690 neat.
I keep trying to comment about Earthspark Elita from Japan being better but I think bc I allude to where it is purchasable UA-cam flags my comment for spam. I really recommend that version though it is so much better than the US version!
I hate that there was some issue with the comments, that sucks. Thank you for telling me about Japanese Elita, though! I actually saw pictures of them, I might be trying to snap that off of Amazon Japan when it goes up!
@@ronbondujon9690 i definitely recommend it, I got a pre-order in for one right now, it’s like the only one of that wave that isn’t sold out right now. Sadly the price is more expensive since you pay for the retooling and paint but I think we will be glad when we have the definitive Earthspark Elita :)
Idk what elita it's the best
There have been a lot of good ones. I honestly think any one of these figures could be the best Elita for someone out there! You know, besides the baby one.