The original Star Sabre was translucent, because of the light in the fist of combined Armada Optimus. There was a reissue of it, Dark Sabre, the Decepticon version, which was solid panels.
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
Well the hasbro dark saber yes. The Japanese one was still clear. Then kabaya candy had a solid default one
@dragonbuilder2278Ай бұрын
I like that fans hobby has done some mini-cons, but the mini-cons I wish for them to do the most is Grinder, Sureshock, and High Wire that combine into Armada Perceptor. Those tree mini-cons were my favorite in the Armada series.
@catman9985Ай бұрын
If the clear plastic was light piping for an LED, it would be forgivable because a glowing star saber would be cool. But alas...
@tailpig6417Ай бұрын
Missed opportunity to have Star Saber wielding the Star Saber (assuming any of the ones you own can)
@choppergunner8650Ай бұрын
I never thought in my life that 3rd party companies would make Mini-Con figures. Oh, Lord, I still have some Cybertron Mini-Cons, this takes me back a LOT. I was only 6 then.
@MaverickScytheАй бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="192">3:12</a> to be fair hasbro couldn't keep track of which plane was Jetstorm or Runway either.
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
Jetstorm or Jetter was always the pointy one.
@bennewbury2572Ай бұрын
‘Sonar! Runway! Jetstorm! To me! Powerlinx Star Saber!’
@user-bl9pj5wr3qАй бұрын
Yessir
@SamrailTanyrverdievАй бұрын
Said Hot Shot
@TerryTurnerАй бұрын
Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster next?🤞😁
@Obozo_GamingАй бұрын
There are pre prediction pictures for the Skyboom Shield Team from Fans Hobby.
@muigokublack6487Ай бұрын
@@Obozo_Gaming I think they also showed off pre-production test figures for the Space Mini-Con Team.
@matthewelliott7294Ай бұрын
I also hope for the Perceptor combining team as well
@Dj_Dedf1sh117Ай бұрын
Yes,and lol i was about to message that also
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
A red Star saber, skyboom shield, and the blaster will be made.
@Mr.Funk92Ай бұрын
Yes! Love the way Fanshobby is going about Armada.
@threeerasers4873Ай бұрын
I hope the release a version of this without the clear plastic because I am deathly afraid of clear plastic and the solid plastic would make it more “show accurate”.
@noahsterben5666Ай бұрын
Yeah I’d love a solid ver of the blade. Maybe it’ll come with the dark saber version
@TheDarkSparkVaultАй бұрын
Same. Clear plastic always has a higher risk of snapping.
@DrMostlySaneАй бұрын
Personally I'd like to see someone make some effect parts to replicate how it'd glow like a lightsaber in the show. Not sure how they'd do it but it'd be nice to have.
@TheDarkSparkVaultАй бұрын
@@DrMostlySane Oh yeah! I remember that!
@fulcrumagentАй бұрын
I dont know why the even did the clear ones since the only reason the original was clear was for a light up hand that barely worked
@optimistprime3192Ай бұрын
Lots of recolor potential here. Obviously a solid color version (preferable to the clear version here), potentially an “energized” version made with some sort of bright blue to emulate the lightsaber look from the show. I don’t need it, but I need it. Preferably in solid, it’d be very sad to have another crumbling Star Saber team.
@bigbear4120Ай бұрын
Loved the original, had the dark saber.
@samurexatlas7373Ай бұрын
SWEET TRANSPARENCY!!! I hope it's high quality plastic
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
Yeah these guys are pretty sturdy for what they are
@AfterAllWeAreHuman2 күн бұрын
A whole almost 2 months. Still good. They're made with a non brittle plastic. A bit flexible. You'd have to try to bend then snap. But it may just warp.
@Obozo_GamingАй бұрын
Wonder if they''l remold them into the Energon Star Saber. Hope we at least get a recolor of the Armada Dark Star Saber.
@knexxpertАй бұрын
Dark Saber eventually for sure. FH does have pictures of a red version on thier Twitter.
@Obozo_GamingАй бұрын
@@knexxpert Saw the red version with some photos of their Tidal Wave, it looks great.
@InspectornillsАй бұрын
damn, I want this since its super hard to get the original toys. Hope we get the other 2 weapons
@1969sportАй бұрын
They made em bro! Tfcon they had the Fans Hobby Tidal Wave with the shield(comes with show accurate cover) and the blaster 😊
@TwinsidedsoldierАй бұрын
@@1969sport There's also talk of potential repaints/remolds too from fans asking on their instagram so hope for a variety of sets.
@InspectornillsАй бұрын
@@1969sport do they just come with the Tidal Wave? I just want the shield and the blaster by themselves
@gabrielbrown7065Ай бұрын
I can not wait to see the Fans Hobby version of The Requiem Blaster.
@shawndashno602228 күн бұрын
I've also never had issues with the clear plastic parts, but, I also noticed that some reviewers, not naming names, but some, are really "heavy handed," when transforming figures. I'm always gentle and deliberate with my figures. After all, these things aren't exactly cheap. 😂😂
That loose foot is giving me flashbacks to the originals it was always that foot that got loose too
@SwedishSeaconАй бұрын
Knowing Fans Hobby, they'll most likely make a more anime accurate version that replaces the clear plastic with opaque plastic (which is what the Kabaya gum versions did so you had an Air Defense Team that didn't shatter in your hands). Once they do that, then I'll get one
@ninjarmyАй бұрын
I had the original set, had to glue the sword to stay together
@megagundamva2694Ай бұрын
Mine stay together Fine and mine are your OG
@FlameGirlPlays-gq9xvАй бұрын
Glad I wasn't the only one to have that issue. They just did not ever want to combine properly and always popped apart as soon as possible. At least this one looks like you can actually have a proper battle with it.
@nickle2birdАй бұрын
I had the.shield and.blaster set back when I was a kid
@DewlayLomoАй бұрын
Same here
@megagundamva2694Ай бұрын
@@nickle2bird Same still do
@TheDarkSparkVaultАй бұрын
And who can see these guys combining into the Star Saber after Hot Shot holds Sonar and yells: "STAR SABER!" And when I get those guys, I'm gonna have their transformation be exactly like the one from the show.
@crackedzilla4910Ай бұрын
I’ve been watching for over a decade, glad your thriving. Your a cool part of the TF community
@emgo316Ай бұрын
I appreciate that 🙏🏼
@MrAnthem123Ай бұрын
I hope Hasbro takes a crack at the minicon sets because I love this gimmick.
@neosigma1007Ай бұрын
Mach, Shuttle, Jetter, Evolution! Star Saber!
@TheDaxter11Ай бұрын
Even if I can look past the clear plastic potentially breaking easily, I just think it makes them look kinda bad honestly. The molds are great, but just being made of clear plastic doesn't look great.
@KmationАй бұрын
I have the original ones. And, Yes they are mostly clear plastic. I know that they tend to fall apart when they’re in combine mode if you accidentally touch them. However, they do tend to stay in place when there’s no movement, but if you wanna play with them not so much.
@quinnheppe2959Ай бұрын
Honestly Ive wanted updates of the minicon teams so badly, this is super cool.
@eldeliciosomagnifico6503Ай бұрын
Waiting on dark saber to give my fans hobby shattered commander. Still have the original dark saber and gave it a 3D printed handle and the color match is chefs kiss
@ssjichigo666Ай бұрын
hot shot should be the one holding that lolz
@TheDarkSparkVaultАй бұрын
When you did that triple spin my stomach went into KNOTS! I really want to see if they make a solid group of Sonar, Jetstorm and Runway.
@ShaunStephens777Ай бұрын
I’m amazed that they almost transform like the original star sabre minicons
@VariantWW1076Ай бұрын
i love how they updated the original hasbro toy
@user-vo5hj7kf4hАй бұрын
The Saber team looks good
@CelineSeraАй бұрын
I'm very excited for this set. I'm looking forward to seeing how the shield and blaster teams turn out.
@Spedatr0nАй бұрын
What a bunch of cool fellas.
@MaverickScytheАй бұрын
Heres hoping for a retool into the Chaos Saber from the Cybertron toyline and comic in the future.
@patsycapo276525 күн бұрын
The three of them in the thumbnail gives Beastie Boys vibes lol
@omotodracoАй бұрын
runway is the concord, jetstorm was the one that made the upper half of the blade, i used to have to original and the dark saber version
@bronykingamethystrain5676Ай бұрын
Hopefully we get a Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster from Fans Hobby in the future, and an Armada Preceptor, plus recolors. Hope to see an Energon Saber retool to.
@CAPTIANZEUSАй бұрын
I had the originals and the role play toy when i was a kid, A+ design
@alanturnbull9163Ай бұрын
The foot on my sonar from the dark starsaber was also loosey goosey
@MetalloPrimeАй бұрын
Cant wait for mine to ship , but if they release a full painted one, Id be tempted to get that too
@hectorpreston6056Ай бұрын
Holy shit I'm old I had these guys and a lot of others
@SovereignJarodKwanАй бұрын
I had the original armada star saber team. The clear plastic did gain stress marks and cracks pretty quickly
@ernesteason5058Ай бұрын
Literally just showed my son the originals 😮 not broken even with the clear plastic
@muigokublack6487Ай бұрын
Transform and combine!
@gyrrakavianАй бұрын
It's a Runway strip!
@blueraccoon10TAGAMARАй бұрын
A talking sword and attitude with main character of story, where have I seen that before?
@miguelarcachero6103Ай бұрын
G1 Grimlock:"Generations much better!" Cybertron Galvatron:"What a Heroic nuisance!"
@gormworldYTАй бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="934">15:34</a> Nuts from Berk
@ryanmetcalfmightycreatorvr4247Ай бұрын
i hope that the skyboom shield and requeim blaster get the fanshobby treatment. because it would be cool to see what they would do with the other 2 weapon combiner minicon teams.
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
They are.
@marcbrunson6986Ай бұрын
I have the Star Saber from Armada and Dark Saber. I need to get me this team. Maybe FH will do the other 2 weapons teams. I know Primus isn't Armada, but it's fun to display him with the 3 minicon teams posted onto him.
@SamrailTanyrverdievАй бұрын
Armada Forever ☀
@bakujinАй бұрын
The clear plastic used on the three seems to be the textured ones which to me is sturdier than directly clear ones. Hoping though, they might release a powered version of this set but will likely be just two robots forming the blade both in full blue color and likely provide an effect part which is a clear blue blade effect. As to why still having the two robots in full blue color, there were instances on the show that the energized sword silhouette are the basic combined form of the blade. But most of its scenes is the energized blade used in combat. Or the other scenario is an upgrade kit with a different main Robot given the effect parts for the sword or just the effect parts on its own.
@alphonsofrett2757Ай бұрын
Beautiful intro
@katenunyabizness9221Ай бұрын
I love how Runway looks heavily influenced by the Firefox from Clint Eastwood's movie.
@choppergunner8650Ай бұрын
To be fair, he comes from a cancelled Boeing SST (supersonic transport), AKA the American Concorde. But I can see the similarity to the Firefox though
@PlutoniumBossАй бұрын
The originals did indeed have all this clear plastic, the original Armada Prime had an LED in his fist that was supposed make the Star Saber light up. It was not super successful at this.
@rathorclemenger6125Ай бұрын
I wonder if they're gonna come out with a version that doesn't have clear plastic? If not, can the clear pieces be replaced with 3D printed parts??
@brandendrew2019Ай бұрын
I used to have them the original ones but 😢I lost them but some day like to buy them back some day.
@BrltАй бұрын
The Air Defense team can combine and form the Star Saber sword.
@Sloat_The_GoatАй бұрын
i mean "technically" the last updated sword we got was the new one that came with legacy armada starscream
@BrltАй бұрын
I’m so hope to see a Fans Hobby version of Armada Race Team.
@choppergunner8650Ай бұрын
I want to see all of them! 😂 I loved those Mini-Cons so much, even though I was already in the Cybertron era when I got them. I still have mine to this day, and Ramjet (Sonar, but redecoed) lost his foot exactly because the ball joint was too damn loose.
@davidm4566Ай бұрын
I still have the original Armada Star Saber set with its lovely transclearent plastic. Let's just say there's a few more pieces to it now and one of them has become a partsformer.
@muigokublack6487Ай бұрын
"PARTSFORMING?!?" "SHHHHHHH. It's okay."
@davidm4566Ай бұрын
@@muigokublack6487 Read between the lines of my comment. The original toy was not a partsformer but is now. That means it broke because of the translucent/transclearent plastic. Not a good thing.
@muigokublack6487Ай бұрын
@@davidm4566 r/woosh It's a running joke Emgo uses about toys that utilize partsforming. And I know because I had the Air Defense Team too.
@aunk1134Ай бұрын
now just to wait and see when Fan Hobby makes the Skyboom shield and the Requiem blaster, I own a copy of the Skyboom shield from Transformers Armada never got the other weapon mini-cons
@jasperhunt3050Ай бұрын
Had both the star saber and dark saber, sky boom shield and the requiem blaster I need to get this
Fortunately it's not the brittle junk like hasbro and takara did for all their clear releases. The wings are a different material. Somewhat flexible. Wouldn't snap or bend easily.
@alvinalarcon9332Ай бұрын
Next Is Boom Shield And Requiem Blaster Armada
@PrimeB127SmokescreenАй бұрын
Jetstorm looks like Jet from Little Einsteins and sonar looks like thunder bird 3
@superdraco3807Ай бұрын
I have had mixed results with clear plastics, so I'll wait for a redeco
@CameronDunn217Ай бұрын
What a transition
@Oma_EnderАй бұрын
I just hide they release versions where the translucent plastic is grey and white, not only for fragility concerns but it'll just look cleaner
@Kyuubi1500Ай бұрын
So I own the original and the fan hobby it is based off of the US version of the star saber. I also have the dark saber and the set version of the solid colors. I hope they make the solid color version. I may get it, but I may be content with the originals that I have for size for my figures but I’m getting there other mincon teams what I would recommend is get the third-party for your commander class size figures and get the original for your other figures or 3-D print the sword for your deluxe all depends on your preference but I find it funny with hotshot holding a giant sword like monster hunter
@AfterAllWeAreHumanАй бұрын
I forget if i posted this or not. But Sonars shoulders can actually rotate like the old one. But theyre kinda tight. Umm idk It exists ig
@nodsoldier5802Ай бұрын
pity it didn't come with a yellow translucent cover for them when in blade mode to look like how it does in the anime
@kdeathnote5537Ай бұрын
Star saber and sky boom shield.
@Falx415Ай бұрын
Would be awesome to see the Skyboom Shield team and Requiem Blaster team next, never cared much for the Armada Star Saber (because the actual sword combine mode is just so... Meh) but the others were awesome.
@GenshionАй бұрын
I don't get why their shield comes with an extra part to make it look more like the show, but not this sword. It would look so much better on display if they could replicate the glowing blue blade
@thefandomchannel7900Ай бұрын
Only 3rd party can bring these back. Hasbro should also put them back like core glass.
@yami756Ай бұрын
I still have these guys from the original set i wonder if they plan to do the skyboom shield and requiem blaster sets
@RayShadow278Ай бұрын
I honestly kinda want these guys because my old original Star Saber team are... beat up to hell and back by this point, since I had them as a kid And yes, the original Star Saber team had this much clear plastic as well, they're pretty much 1-1 even with Sonar's clear thighs
@serina3872Ай бұрын
I hope they release these in the future without the clear plastic
@GenoLopez-kp1muАй бұрын
Dude they look so cute
@miguelybarra5126Ай бұрын
Powerlink, Star Saber!
@harutakami1313Ай бұрын
Surprised you didn't compare them to Storm Cloud and Visper, the Siege Air Strike Patrol, which were the closest we've gotten to a Star Saber / Dark Saber in recent years.
@twilightjester5672Ай бұрын
what about Starsaber wielding the Star saber?
@lexibyday9504Ай бұрын
in my personal transformers fanfiction, the transformers don't size change they're just always as big as their alt mode, but then can I not have minicons? Their whole thing is being miniature...
@theblackunicorn261Ай бұрын
I don't really mind clear plastic, but I'm still confused as to why they decided to use completely clear plastic. It doesn't particularly look that nice, and if they used a pigment of sorts, it'd look more accurate and strengthen the plastic a little.
@knexxpertАй бұрын
I see a lot of displeasure for the clear plastic, so let me ask. What style/color would you guys prefer for this original version of the team? I'm sure we'll get the purple Dark Saber sooner or later, but as for this team I was thinking go full white but feel that'd blend with the silver to much while blue would only look good for the sword mode but not Shuttle or robots.
@lordgzstg6181Ай бұрын
the originals also were mostly clear plastic to my knowledge. and that was for a light up hand gimmick the Hot Shot and Optimus toys had. to my knowledge fans hobby armada prime does not have a shining hand. so why they made them clear I don't know.
@Takaryu-Darkfluid5Ай бұрын
Emgo, I hope you are ready for the new Kamen Rider belt. By that, I mean you better pre-order the belt if you can so you can get the bonus collectables. Thought I would let you know about that.
@ruski2376Ай бұрын
jetstorm has a twin brother named jetstorm nicknamed runway haha
@Cahos_Rahne_VelozaАй бұрын
No Sad Pacman makes me Sad 😢😢😢
@user-xj5oc5lq6zАй бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="87">1:27</a> why dose sonar’s alt mode look like kamen rider fourze’s shield
@neo1up237Ай бұрын
I think a way Hasbro can revive the G1 Transformers continuity is if they decided to make Hot Rod turn out to be the son of Elita 1 and Optimus Prime. Would that not be awesome? No more Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime hate!
@tartatovskyАй бұрын
Nah
@neo1up237Ай бұрын
@@tartatovsky Why Nah? so far, Rodimus gets no love in movies even though he is as important as Optimus, if not more. Rodimus and Optimus as father and son, they would be unstoppable.
@tartatovskyАй бұрын
@@neo1up237 He doesn't need to be Prime's son to be loved. Case in point, Rodimus is very well liked in the IDW More Than Meets The Eye run and in that he's still a leader, and still does his own thing.
@xRoxas666xАй бұрын
No. Gods no.
@asian_wtfАй бұрын
I swear that box is pure perfection
@dubuyajay996427 күн бұрын
Have they done Dark Saber Team in regular or Translucent Plastic and/or the Dark Energon Saber from TF Headmasters Anime/TFP?
@jtd2113Ай бұрын
When are they gonna release the requiem cannon, skyboom shield, and the street team that for perceptor
@smokeyknapp2058Ай бұрын
What about a skyboom shield set to match?
@casualknight8962Ай бұрын
Wait Emgo you forgot to do Star Saber holding the Star Saber .