Dammit, Open: Warpin' and Swoopin'!

[@puzzlefischer1205]

20:20 the girl Skywarp is Iron Factory IF-EX-27G Wing Guard, it usually came in a set of 3 with girl Starscream and girl Thundercracker, Iron Factory is also planning on releasing another version of Seeker girls with actual humanoid proportions and anime girl heads

[@sadierobotics]

I'm a huge fan of these. In addition to feminine versions of the OG three Seakers, they also did a Slipstream from the same molds. The "human girl in armor" figures have started coming out too. I got the human-girl-Starscream already, and human-girl-Thundercracker should be out within a year. They're also animal themed, with human-girl Starscream having mechanical bunny ears and human-girl Thundercracker having mechanical cat ears. At least I think they're cat ears. They're a bit abstract. I didn't even realize Starscream's headgear was bunny ears until I saw the other girls had animal ears.

[@graywolf1339]

Your my Hero, i saw that and wanted one so bad. Hopefully they dont cost a arm and a leg

[@aarongriffiths7878]

@@sadierobotics I have the Slipstream as part of my core collection and it's one of my favorite figures that I own.

[@puzzlefischer1205]

19:03 the tiny Powerglide is a Dr.Wu DW-E13 Sky Glider, it came in a 2-pack with tiny Thundercracker

[@Kurotitan7125]

The fact that Thew enjoyed Cosmic brownies fills me with delight. They were a semi prominent snack in my childhood

[@cactus_judy3929]

Little Debbie gang rise up!!

[@SilverScarletSpider]

he didn't enjoy them that much 😂 microwaved Honey Buns forever!!

[@treebotreviews]

Staple of every kid I swear

[@chrisgossett2592]

Still a prominent snack even at 42 lol

[@sukmykrok3388]

Ah. Not the kind of brownies I was thinking of, haha!

[@eramferguson1701]

The Council of Skywarps.

[@antarcticpress8134]

As you may have already discovered, Cybershark has a pair of missiles stored in his back, flanking his spine. (You can just see the ends of them behind his head around 5:39 - 5:41, with the one on the viewer's right poking up a little higher than the one on the left.) They have teeny shark faces carved into the tips. The detail isn't painted, so one could completely overlook it, but it's there, and I found it delightful.

[@wakeangel2001]

Your female skywarp looks like a repaint of "Shrike's Feather" which is a 3rd party scout sized Slipstream. That is another argument for us needing a proper female seeker mold instead of a windblade repaint

[@kram67kram]

Iron factory slipstream mold was recolored in a three pack of starscream thundercracker and skywarp

[@noahwadhams9797]

17:30 My guess is they thought it was a clever pun, since the seekers are the Stormtroopers (both Star Wars and German) of Transformers and their leader turns into a German pistol and all of them are evil. At least they knew to get rid of it once they started receiving complaints.

[@danielwoodhouse8475]

Wait, what did they write?

[@noahwadhams9797]

​@@danielwoodhouse8475 On the side of the box, they had the name of the German "Special Forces" from the 30's-40's who were responsible for finding people to be put in the Camps.

[@MakeItPerfectlyWrong]

@@noahwadhams9797yeah that not cool at all

[@mitchmegaw7201]

“We have created a clone of you, Swoop. He is exactly like you, except one eighth your size.” “Cool. Me Swoop will call him … Mini Me Swoop.”

[@andrewgrant6516]

Word of the day: Lucubrations - work produced at night, especially by moonlight or candlelight.

[@archivist8523]

bumblebee, stop lucubrating the man

[@skystreak1983]

I needed this today. Your mood is infectious (in a good way). I believe Cybershark’s shark head is a missile for his chest launcher.

[@BarricadeSkywalker]

I love that Paddles hasn't been forgotten. :)

[@VRHyoumaru]

Nonnef sure didn't forget him

[@bastien-]

Cybershark looks like he's picking up litter on the highway in one hand while enjoying a hammerhead lollipop in the other

[@jackacebedo2318]

Thank you Thew I needed this today. Tony Todd who played the Fallen and Prime Dreadwing passed away and I needed something to take my mind off this garbage week

[@DanMcCudden]

17:27 theyre by Jinbao, can confirm quality is superb.

[@SlytherinReviews]

That powergilde is from Dr. Wu line up. For the female Skywarp I’m going to say Iron Factory

[@patimusprime6636]

Someone send this man the Little Debbie Christmas Tree cakes!!!

[@rileyrattray]

All together now DAMMIT OPEN! 🥳🙌

[@Agarricus]

19:10 yes that is the Dr wu powerglide, there is also a skywarp in the same scale which im sure you would appreciate

[@Shazwazzlers]

Genuinely so glad you finally answered the secret cad file Evan showed you. I had guessed Swoop but that mystery had been bugging me all this time😂

[@aClockworkTomato]

15:18 This Skywarp looks fantastic! Need to search him up ASAP. Great to see you in my feed, Thew! 👍

[@The_Real_Mr_Al]

I got myself that Cybershark reissue recently and I love him. I think it and G2 Megatron were the first time I saw actual TF toys at some other kid's home and even though i had no awareness of TF as a small child, seeing them - especially Cybershark - made such an impression to my tiny little child mind. Because as you pointed out, CS just gives you that "Woah, what is THAT!?" first impression! I was born in 92 so I only got into the TF in my twenties when I decided to delve into G1 and BW. Armada just failed to catch the interest of 10 yo me, sadly.

[@rossmonasweebro]

Why do I feel like Thew's gonna get himself on a government watchlist for getting dozens of emails that all just say "are all dead"?

[@andrewgrant6516]

I'm now imagining the new years episodes where you got progressively drunker, only with special brownies. Overload can't fit through the door of Macaddams, so you have to buy him 4 pints at a time and take them out to the car park.

[@ZeeengMicro]

The opening and ending couldn't be more perfect

[@stijnVDA1994]

That mini powerglide i love so much! I would love having it!

[@MrLurchsThings]

The Powerglide is possible the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time. I must find it.

[@colmodonnell3405]

I'm also an Irish fan who discovered you from the CW Cyclonus, once in college I had it playing on a loop in the background to get some extra fews😂

[@Brickerbrack]

3:35 I _was wondering_ about that Korean Garbatron fig in the background; guess I'll have to look that up after... 3:40 The Powermaster is Skar with a K, and in the IDW comics, so is the Dinobot, but the toy is Scarr. And in my 2 minutes of research on TFWiki, apparently he's their "tactical medic", and one of the brilliant minds behind their ability to scan new alt modes on the go! Nice one, Scarr! 4:20 I'd say 11; there's also Strafe (not the two-headed Swoop from the movie, but the Sinnertwin-a-like fembot from IDW). And then there's Kakuryu from Dinoking, who defected to the Autobots and became Grimmaster (who's a Japanese redeco of Brimstone). 9:25 Overload just wants all the hugs. 13:55 They teased in TF Prime Beast Hunters when Optimus got his new alt mode (an AFV designed by Unit E's "MASK division")... then nothing happened. I'm still disappointed they never used Kre-O to launch a huge crossover; it would have been the perfect opportunity! 20:20 The Bishoujo Series figures are indeed officially licenced...

[@crimsondynamo615]

Finally had the chance to see One yesterday. My god what a beautiful movie.

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

the small power glide is drwu I belive and that is a version of iron factory skyward.

[@AugustusFGraham]

SEND THEW MORE LITTLE DEBBIE’S

[@Freddyfan1428]

Wilford Brimley is staring at you in "DIABEETUS!!!" lol! 😅

[@nemesisprime1758]

Greeting Thew, I'm from Poland and this is also the day I've got my Leader 86 Swoop

[@anastasiatanaseraphina810]

The female skyward is from Iron Factory - IF EX-27G and is one of three female deceptions, other two being Thundercracker and Starscream ( both in female versions).

[@ReikoShadow]

Female Skywarp was indeed made by Iron Factory. They repainted their Slipstream in a three-pack of the original Seekers.

[@benreilly9513]

2:31 Foreshadowing is a literary device in whi-

[@imperialbricks1977]

A Dammit, Open day is a good day.

[@mattr75]

The deluxe BW Cybershark is my favorite BW toy. Glad to see you liked it as well, though there are two missiles in his back with shark faces sculpted on them you can fire through his chest canon too

[@MojoTheClown]

RotF SS Devastator is eight great robots, eight great alt modes, and eight great combiner parts. If you plus him with the DNA Design upgrade kit and the Toyhax stickers, he's one of the most impressive Transformers ever produced.

[@ZombiWorkshop]

As a big fan of red and black bots, that Overload looks grand... and WAAAY bigger than I expected. I've got a couple of the normal size ones and they're voyager size at most :P

[@ZombiWorkshop]

Oh, just got to the bit with the shoutout - thanks bud. That explains a couple of things. :P

[@DanMcCudden]

15:02 I just got the set of 3 in the mail today. Even had the same polybags.I only had the chance to open Thundercracker. I want to swap heads between him and Starscream. The smirk he has is totally Starscream.

[@michaellombardi1620]

From Swoop to Swoop! Nicely done!

[@VRHyoumaru]

Just the other day I saw Swoop's box in a Target, but there was a Sludge inside it. Seriously, Sludge was the only SS86 Dinobot that wasn't a hassle to find.

[@syafiqjabar]

Overload in the concept art is a crab-legged centaur. I hope we get a toy of that.

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

Amazing unboxing video with some really nice novelty choice picks. Two Swoops, and two Skywarps in the same episode. Talk about Christmas in November. That Soundwave shirt is both clever and hilarious.

[@ehtangabirel]

As a new follower, the way you talk in your videos is really entertaining

[@Techtris89]

Same! I just started watching over my summer break, as that’s when I got into the hobby, and Thew is one of my fave channels!

[@waynetaylor1044]

Leader Swoop is a damn fine figure. Smyth's toys were doing him on delivery here in the UK. I'm going to hunt down that tiny Powerglide I think.

[@LunaticPrime]

That is Earthspark Shockwave (yellow chest window instead of pink). And the back kibble of Overload is a kind of scorpion stinger. The original artwork of him shows him with several insect like legs. I guess they couldn't incorporate that into the figure. We get way too few Transformers with non-humanoid robot modes. But I kinda have a little collection of Transformers with four arms.

[@WatsonDynamite]

your lady skywarp seems to be the Iron Factory EX-27G Wing Guard

[@weaselwolf]

10:39 "I would like, if I may, to offer--" YEESSS PLEASE!

[@EclipseAtDusk]

Overload just makes me think of a quote from a short-lived TF podcast that Really is telling on what part of the fandom I’m in “Imagine just going ‘here’s my buddy Orgasm’ when you’re meeting new people”

[@nemesisprime2093]

a female sky-byte in skywarps colors would be a fun idea!

[@toygrind]

Hellwarp could be a girl!

[@MalLoud]

@@toygrind hi dude how are you

[@Number_1_Rated_Salesman1997]

I’m not bothered by “excessories” that much. I have 86’ Ultra Magnus and RED Magnus for the core robot, and I just keep all the parts I don’t use in a bag called “Ultra Bagnus”.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

19:20 A wonderful meeting of Bobby Skullface and Thew.. "They're just kind of shit"! 🤣

[@JunkyardGod]

I'm friends with Jake (the old vocalist) of Rivers of Nihil. They remastered their Hierarchy album recently. 10/10 Middlesworth BBQ are great.

[@Lord_proxy]

Maybe we'll have another Dammit, Open, as a little treat

[@ryanzdawson]

I like to go where owls know my name. Elsewhere, whenever you mention me to an owl, it just asks, "Who?"

[@patgeta2678]

WOOOO!!!!!! It’s Thew!!!!!!

[@MrDoctorVK]

Think this was one of those times that all was timed perfectly, Thew getting Legacy Core Class Swoop in beginning and SS 86 Leader Class Swoop before end of the vid.

[@ProtoArrow]

Thew is always the greatest to watch

[@wbennin]

Can we make "storm" the official plural for each seeker? On no, look, it's a storm of Skywarps!

[@madmerlinsart]

Would love that Swoop video to be a March video, but just because he's my second fave and it's my birthday month. 😅 Also I may have sent two emails for the shockwave giveaway as my fat thumbs put the first one as shockeave...😂

[@RND_ADV_X]

5:45 he's a Necron flayed one who thinks he's a shark. 🎉

[@gloriousbeast2548]

Somebody please mail this dashing British man a Studio Series ‘86 Optimus.

[@heathhimstedt624]

Love the We Lost the Sea shirt!

[@sukmykrok3388]

I recently started collection the Earthspark figures, and lemme say that Starscream is probably the BEST ONE in that series, HANDS DOWN!

[@capness1228]

I have the KO G1 Megatron from that company and yes the explosion of excessories is a bit much, just a load of helmets and keys and the laser sword and blaster from the movie because of course they would.

[@waspshot23]

Wheyyy glad to see the zine get to you at last! Enjoy it our lad! I have got to stop feeling sold on big Swoop just for Grimlock's sword... not what you're paying for is it

[@reedy9333]

Hey, I'm a pretty big fan, and that's what Michael Bay Transformers look like to me too.😅

[@plumdowner1941]

In this house we love and appreciate cosmic brownies.

[@thecheese4255]

Ah… happy ya got your Swoop!

[@ArcNeoMasato]

Out of the loop, what's the thing about Newage Skywarp? I mean, they named their Starscream "Lucifer", so I don't think they have a good grasp of what they put on the boxes. lol (That all said, I ADORE that figure all the same)

[@dizzykahn5730]

As someone from central PA, I was going to get mad if you didn't like those Middleswarth chips. It is a staple of any Penn Stater's diet.

[@goldennightmare45]

Love ur videos u got me into nobody characters from transformers

[@davewire87]

Honestly, given that Hasbro owns M.A.S.K., I’m shocked that they haven’t done that crossover. Hell, they could even do it at G.I. Joe scale and give us a three way crossover. I’d buy that.

[@TheTurnipKing]

We've got enough truck bots that I think we could afford to do the Rhino as like, Thunderclash or Magnus or a nee character or something. We've got so many Optimii

[@optimusprimal6155]

that us iron factory skywarp! made from their slipstream!

[@majormalfunction1313]

you didn't clock it in the video, but girlwarp has the screaming face too!!

[@MantisNineNines]

Ben is the best! Thanks for the kind words Thew ❤

[@pattonkesselring4247]

Glad you are doing well mate, makes one of us

[@toyscourge4983]

I got lucky with my swoop and found him stuffed behind a bunch of other toys at a target!

[@Balasca]

Imliterally got leader class Swoop today too! The second sword is for Grimlock

[@zeroblade6599]

I thought Skorn was a pretty nice dinobaybot. Had some character to his shape

[@Doughtyap]

Haha yes, I had that episode on VHS!

[@mikemihalopoulos3645]

I was not expecting a Peep Show snippet but I am pleasantly surprised.

[@Believer1980]

I think let Hasbro get the G.I Joe crossovers done first, then full steam with Triple Changer Transformer X Mask Toys! Some of my pairings are : Prime X Rhino , Arcee X Shark , Nightbird X Manta, and Iron Hide X Firecracker.

[@TJSLAUGHTER666]

Cosmic brownies do not come with “an ingredient”.

[@Dat_MrBlack]

Dammit I missed the upload by a couple of minutes

[@tannerprice2018]

I keep hoping that Hasbro will make a box set of the Core Class Dinobots like they did with Dinoking.

[@Enbeanie]

Love to see a new Thew video

[@tuntacle1389]

another banger upload from the greatest of all time

[@robseman5212]

Ok, for some unknown reason, Garatron randomly popped into my head this week, AND NOW he appears in the background on this video. WHAT is going on, Thew??

[@MillenniumWolf13]

I wake up, I see Thew, I watch.

[@Reeping]

Thew, word of warning with 86 Swoop. Careful with his head: I've heard from a couple ppl that swoops head, on some copies, might be too tight and can cause it to break the balljoint clean off.

[@gabrielchee8470]

My POTP swoop also has the same problem (in fact I accidentally did decapitate it and barely engage the head rotation on my repurposed-as-female toy), it is just an inherent design flaw with swoops head?

[@DefrostedNeanderthal]

I miss 10 bots 10 shots, it became a christmas tradition of sorts for me. Would love to see you bring it back in one form or another. Maybe dont do hard liquor this time around? Haha

[@toygrind]

Nope

[@DefrostedNeanderthal]

@toygrind Damn, well, was worth a.... shot. 🤣

[@Keldroc]

I see you synching up you saying "Gigapower" to Past Thew saying "Gigapower" in the Gaudenter review at 25:30, clever boy.

[@DressShirtWeeb]

The Powerglide is from Dr Wu, while the Skywarp seems to be from Iron Factory.

[@puzzlefischer1205]

Dr.Wu Sky Glider and Iron Factory Wing Guard

[@Sabakryou]

I have that Shockwave too! :D

[@j0hn00]

Oh man you really gotta handle the rest of the Studio Series RotF Constructicons. They're all so wild. Pogo stick man, the guy who is just two giant wheels, the cement truck, and then Hightower is like the pet dog of the group. Tbh the whole combined mode wasn't great. Kinda flimsy without enough connection points, and didn't really pose like he did in the movie. But the individual figures are all so hardcore

[@PhelesDragon]

4:16 don’t forget the legendary *SCORRRRRRRN* altho that’s AoE so idk if you’re counting it

[@sagebova-s2x]

Good seeing ya