Love this set and i can't wait to get it. The only thing i don't like is the brown on Blast-off, they should have left it the dark brown that it was in the prototype stage. Oh and they should have given Onslaught/Bruticus a dedicated rifle. Btw, Blast-off's tail wings need to be rotated and tabbed together in arm mode, that way it stays together better. It might not be in the instructions but it is like that on the box.
Bought this set for Blast Off. Found him a mess, but couldn't get what I paid out of it. Kept him, sold off the rest, paired him with my CW set with Reprolabels. Love it.
@@michelcoolguy1701 , he ended up being better than I initially gave him credit for. He was one of the better molds for that line. He's being replaced (they all are) in Legacy next year or 2026.
swindle also has a gun groove peg on the side of his arm. it's tiny but it's there and works well, you can also peg up to 3 of those miniguns together and it will still peg onto side of shoulder
Also, Transform Dreamwave is going to be releasing Bruticus and Defensor torso upgrades. In addition, there are also combiner hands and feet available on shapeways.
Keep blastoffs tailing together instead of splitting it for arm mode. That could help and keep hood of swindles vehicle mode down instead to swiveling it up in leg mode. Yes it goes against the instructions but those tabs will help keeping it from splitting.
Yeah see, I didn't have any of the QC issues you had with this set. Blast Off has a strange design choice and I WOULD like the US Jet version if they used the other jet design for him, like if they had used Air Raid and modded him out a bit and gave him a Blast Off head I would have liked that WAY more than the Slingshot mold they used for the US version. Like, I got the Curse Armada Thrust figure alone as a sixth member of the Combaticons and I think he looks amazing as a stand in for Blast Off. That being said I like the Takara Blast Off mold as an arm because if you use the shuttle thrusters as a plug in port for the Onslaught guns you have some sweet forearm mounted cannons As for Vortex...I personally LOVE that figure in these colors. I don't have any issues with the rotor blades popping off and the two lower blades sticking out a bit doesn't bother me.
A little floor polish helped Blast Off a bit. Still have an issue with Onslaughts thigh in combined mode... not holding together well. Superion was better imo. No more CHUG combiners for me. Rather spend my $100+ dollars on a higher quality piece
I own both sets (because I love the line and I love Bruticus) but in some instances I do disagree with you. I think Blastoff's color scheme is one of his biggest weaknesses; the light brown is neither accurate nor fitting for him and the brown is too dark. Something between Hasbro and Takara for the Brown would've been best but Hasbro's brown actually fits Blastoff more. I do agree on the arms and monoboob though. Those stick out and don't feel quite Blastoffish. The legs look great in bot mode although I feel the feet are a major sacrifice in alt mode as that platform on the back of the shuttle looks silly. Totally agree on Vortex. I do think the lower rotors CAN be folded more to be somewhat cleaner (although they may pop out sadly; that IS how the box shows it done though). However one small touch I like is the peghole on on the center of the rotors; that's something the mold should've always had. Colors as you say are vibrant and gorgeous. I think the Swindles are actually quite even between Hasbro and Takara. I personally prefer Hasbro's and I feel in combined mode the lack of silver paint on the fists on Hasbro's actually works better. I don't really feel Takara outdid Hasbro there. I also feel both Onslaughts are solid although Takara's is more vibrant as you say and I do feel it turned out superbly. With you on the orange on the head on Brawl. And yeah; Blastoff's legs are a problem everywhere. I wish there was more time put into him. They may as well have stuck Sky Reign in first to get that right.
Has anyone else had their Blast-Off's head falling off at the tip of a hat? That's been happening with mine, which is a shame, because I otherwise love the set.
I have the Hasbro set and I must admit I'm really glad now. loved the 4 blades for Vortex but it just looks awful outside of helicopter mode and Blast Off and Brawl look terrible imo compared. not a huge fan of the cartoon chest either but thats personal pref.
Whelp, Hasbro has released the shuttle Blast Off and.................well I can at least that mine holds together better than this UW version and having it transform like the UW Shuttler helps proportions dramatically without big boobies. Only problem with the Hasbro version: the shoulders were swapped and thus don't allow the arms to fold properly for Bruticus' arm.
this set is great and all, but it suffers from takaras lack of giving the extra 6th members, although most of the 6tg members arent very g1 accurate of coarse, but i mean with bruticus, shockwave woulda been perfectly acceptable with uw bruticus, and i even fear for uw victorion, as i really feel like her bra added tgat extra little something to her i guess.
Raven Lanier Could always grab an extra shockwave, or the takara one if you really want. I put PE hands and feet on all of mine, and they don't hold the guys very well in the case of Brooty Frooty n Superion.
Was exited to get this set until I took them out of the box and nothing pegged together! Very disappointed about that other than that it's a great set! I guess that's what I get for getting him before watching a review first because I probably would have passed given his cost. Great Review!! Thanks for posting.
onslaut and blaster off are te only issues I ave, onlsaut looks nasty in tose colors and so does blastoff, also te arms for blastoff are off puttin, but its way better over te jet, just fit way more, colours are te only issue, and te cest plat is nasty, silver is te only color it looks nice in
how does onslaught look bad in those colors? They honestly look much better than the hasbro verison plus it makes me actually thinks its an vehicle that exists
+wolkaiser drake really its jist those grey colors on hasbro don't work plus the blue is so lovely on the takara it makes the figure shine and give it personality while on the hasbro not so much
Jetfire48 takara went over bored on pain, on most toys Il side wit tem, but lately, asbro ave been doin a better job, tey just ave a distribution issue is all
Love this set and i can't wait to get it. The only thing i don't like is the brown on Blast-off, they should have left it the dark brown that it was in the prototype stage. Oh and they should have given Onslaught/Bruticus a dedicated rifle. Btw, Blast-off's tail wings need to be rotated and tabbed together in arm mode, that way it stays together better. It might not be in the instructions but it is like that on the box.
Bought this set for Blast Off. Found him a mess, but couldn't get what I paid out of it. Kept him, sold off the rest, paired him with my CW set with Reprolabels. Love it.
Was he good?
@@michelcoolguy1701 , he ended up being better than I initially gave him credit for. He was one of the better molds for that line.
He's being replaced (they all are) in Legacy next year or 2026.
@@Autobot032 nice I hope the whole set is just as good as blast off
Especially hope vortex is good since he’s my favorite combat icon
swindle also has a gun groove peg on the side of his arm. it's tiny but it's there and works well, you can also peg up to 3 of those miniguns together and it will still peg onto side of shoulder
Also, Transform Dreamwave is going to be releasing Bruticus and Defensor torso upgrades. In addition, there are also combiner hands and feet available on shapeways.
I hope we get a U.S. release of this Blast Off soon. (fingers crossed)
The prime Wars figure: exists
G1 smokescreen: oh my god crossing my fingers worked
@@yaboi5832 HAHADJHDAJHAHDJAD
Keep blastoffs tailing together instead of splitting it for arm mode. That could help and keep hood of swindles vehicle mode down instead to swiveling it up in leg mode. Yes it goes against the instructions but those tabs will help keeping it from splitting.
I think you missed transformed Blastoff wrong
Another thing I didn't realize about this set; they gave Vortex 4 blades rather than the 2 that every other version of the mold has.
Bruticus are Color and repaint of Baldigus from Transformers Car Robots 2000.
If hasbro release a blast that has the same color as the plane one I'll buy it rather than that peanut butter one and onslaught my gosh o want him
There is an option for blast off to have his back become the front if that makes any sense
Perfect sense I have mine with the cab piece in the back
Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like Blastoff, and I normally love all shuttle transformers. How are people ok with the visible arms on top!?
What is the name of your background?
I would like to buy for my collection.
Man I love this set I wish I could get it 😩
wondering if you've ordered the battle damage M01 Evasion Optimus?
the KBB Black Lockdown?
The KBB Camouflage Hound?
How come Hasbro can't colour match Swindle's feet, but Takara can?
Yeah see, I didn't have any of the QC issues you had with this set. Blast Off has a strange design choice and I WOULD like the US Jet version if they used the other jet design for him, like if they had used Air Raid and modded him out a bit and gave him a Blast Off head I would have liked that WAY more than the Slingshot mold they used for the US version. Like, I got the Curse Armada Thrust figure alone as a sixth member of the Combaticons and I think he looks amazing as a stand in for Blast Off. That being said I like the Takara Blast Off mold as an arm because if you use the shuttle thrusters as a plug in port for the Onslaught guns you have some sweet forearm mounted cannons
As for Vortex...I personally LOVE that figure in these colors. I don't have any issues with the rotor blades popping off and the two lower blades sticking out a bit doesn't bother me.
There is also a new company that makes a kit called TCW01
0:11 Is it just me, or has anyone else happened to notice that Ben's camera gives the face of the packaging a spherical appearance?
It was the wide angle lens I was using , would quite thread all the way so gave a curved impression
I don't like the arms are too long. I wish someone would make a great combiner all devastator size cartoon masterpiece style. Great review
Transform Dream Wave. There's no other worth buying in the case of upgrading Bruticus.
where can I get that background?
A little floor polish helped Blast Off a bit. Still have an issue with Onslaughts thigh in combined mode... not holding together well. Superion was better imo. No more CHUG combiners for me. Rather spend my $100+ dollars on a higher quality piece
I'd like to get this set, but BO is kind of mixed on me.
Damn it! It's discontinued 😭
Will you be getting the UW Computron set?
I own both sets (because I love the line and I love Bruticus) but in some instances I do disagree with you.
I think Blastoff's color scheme is one of his biggest weaknesses; the light brown is neither accurate nor fitting for him and the brown is too dark. Something between Hasbro and Takara for the Brown would've been best but Hasbro's brown actually fits Blastoff more. I do agree on the arms and monoboob though. Those stick out and don't feel quite Blastoffish. The legs look great in bot mode although I feel the feet are a major sacrifice in alt mode as that platform on the back of the shuttle looks silly.
Totally agree on Vortex. I do think the lower rotors CAN be folded more to be somewhat cleaner (although they may pop out sadly; that IS how the box shows it done though). However one small touch I like is the peghole on on the center of the rotors; that's something the mold should've always had. Colors as you say are vibrant and gorgeous.
I think the Swindles are actually quite even between Hasbro and Takara. I personally prefer Hasbro's and I feel in combined mode the lack of silver paint on the fists on Hasbro's actually works better. I don't really feel Takara outdid Hasbro there.
I also feel both Onslaughts are solid although Takara's is more vibrant as you say and I do feel it turned out superbly.
With you on the orange on the head on Brawl.
And yeah; Blastoff's legs are a problem everywhere. I wish there was more time put into him. They may as well have stuck Sky Reign in first to get that right.
would you get baldigus?
Takara just simply puts Hasbro to shame
Except for blastoff. Just Dump him and use the jet
+Shigani Kanaki Blast-Off was a disaster. The paint scheme ruins it, assuming you are okay with the figure above the knees and below the neck.
They should've used the nosecone to bulk up his arms, the back of the robot makes a pretty good chest anyway
lol. Fuck that!
+Shigani Kanaki the jet blast off still isn't good though
Has anyone else had their Blast-Off's head falling off at the tip of a hat? That's been happening with mine, which is a shame, because I otherwise love the set.
How tall is this?
on the site it says it's discontinued, what does that mean
Rocket Kid they're not making it anymore.
I have the Hasbro set and I must admit I'm really glad now. loved the 4 blades for Vortex but it just looks awful outside of helicopter mode and Blast Off and Brawl look terrible imo compared. not a huge fan of the cartoon chest either but thats personal pref.
Proper Blast off! They just need to use PE hands and feet an the arm and leg length dont look so out of proportion. Chest piece color smh...
thats how it is in the show whats wrong with it
Awesome!!
Whelp, Hasbro has released the shuttle Blast Off and.................well I can at least that mine holds together better than this UW version and having it transform like the UW Shuttler helps proportions dramatically without big boobies. Only problem with the Hasbro version: the shoulders were swapped and thus don't allow the arms to fold properly for Bruticus' arm.
Yes
Blast off looks like he ate too much energon goodies
To bad most CW don't match Devy size
this set is great and all, but it suffers from takaras lack of giving the extra 6th members, although most of the 6tg members arent very g1 accurate of coarse, but i mean with bruticus, shockwave woulda been perfectly acceptable with uw bruticus, and i even fear for uw victorion, as i really feel like her bra added tgat extra little something to her i guess.
by g1 accurate, i mean they werent part of the combiners back then for clarification
Well Takara Victorion doesn't come with RustDust and isn't Victorion. It's Megatronia.
Tarv Is even still, it really is a shame takara doesnt do the extra figure, especially if it works g1 wise, like shockwave would have with bruticus
Raven Lanier Could always grab an extra shockwave, or the takara one if you really want. I put PE hands and feet on all of mine, and they don't hold the guys very well in the case of Brooty Frooty n Superion.
ok now blastoff looks vile id rather have the plane
I got this on Amazon for about £133
just buy the PC hands and feet, like.. really
Was exited to get this set until I took them out of the box and nothing pegged together! Very disappointed about that other than that it's a great set! I guess that's what I get for getting him before watching a review first because I probably would have passed given his cost. Great Review!! Thanks for posting.
All Combiner Wars just doesn't do it. Except Devy
not really CW superion was good, same with menasor, defensor, but UW did the rest better overall
Jetfire48 they all have the same design scheme with different colors and parts
+Cubamus Prime no they don't every CW/UW combiner is never the same especially in paint scheme wise
Jetfire48 menasor is universally hated what drugs are you taking
I hate brawls tank mode, dosent peg well and the waist is flimsy
you mean robot mode? Cause the tank mode is pretty good
+Jetfire48 Dosent peg/clip well
Huh, that sucks, my tank mode is so secure I could chuck it at a wall and he'd be nice and pegged. That sucks.
i have the original swindle
Did you sell this guy?
Yep sold a lot of my bits unfortunately
maybe if it good if not then no
onslaut and blaster off are te only issues I ave, onlsaut looks nasty in tose colors and so does blastoff, also te arms for blastoff are off puttin, but its way better over te jet, just fit way more, colours are te only issue, and te cest plat is nasty, silver is te only color it looks nice in
how does onslaught look bad in those colors? They honestly look much better than the hasbro verison plus it makes me actually thinks its an vehicle that exists
Jetfire48 asbro looks better, its not over te top,
+wolkaiser drake really its jist those grey colors on hasbro don't work plus the blue is so lovely on the takara it makes the figure shine and give it personality while on the hasbro not so much
Jetfire48 takara went over bored on pain, on most toys Il side wit tem, but lately, asbro ave been doin a better job, tey just ave a distribution issue is all
+wolkaiser drake so lately takaras job on tR figures are just are inferior to hasbro then?
Thay are military vehicles they should not be vibrant
tln productions it’s toon accurate colors dummy