Gonna Be Hard For Legacy To Top This! |

[@keayadeez6931]

everyone gotta agree on one thing that TFA is probably the best toyline in that timeline like the designers did a great job with TFA toys and adding to that idk why Hasbros QC has gone down so bad plus transformers are so expensive nowadays

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

It's my favorite toyline period. I love the new stuff, but Animated was so unique and had tons of variety.

[@theyamformerreborn706]

The Animated Blitzwing is awesome

[@Soundwave08]

@@theyamformerreborn706 agreed

[@kylewhitfield449]

Yh I can agree but I preferred the prime toy line personal. Granted i own more prime figures than animated

[@Jazmission]

Of course they did the designer helped with the figure

[@samurexatlas7373]

Animated was just completely perfect for toys. The G1 redesign route works for Prowl on what I've seen, hopefully they keep the balance. Prime Skyquake also looks like a good balance.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Yeah, if the line's going to be Animated Characters with more G1 proportions, then I'm all for it. Especially if Lockdown ends up being a new mold, alongside the eventual Lugnut.

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

@@TornaitSuperBird yeah, we need a new Lugnut

[@wakspacific6928]

Yes except for the vehicle mode. I think it should have been the same design, especially with how the vehicles are meant to be sleek and futuristic.

[@MojusPrime]

It’s amazing how Derek J. Wyatt and the animators worked with the toy designers to make these guys.

[@astrangerontheinternet5500]

I like how the gimmick tries to recreate how the characters transforms in the show.

[@cgumby]

TFA and TFP First Editions were amazing, you could feel that the designers were passionate about doing the aesthetics of those shows justice

[@LKPrime]

Transformers Animated came out in my first year is highschool. I'm currently 30. That's how old Animated is, and I feel my bones turning to dust.

[@Th3DankestMemer]

Go get some calcium, your bones need it

[@susmongusidkaltaccountbass4301]

💀

[@angusau9738]

I own a deluxe-class animated Optimus prime and that thing is still very good by today's standards, and I prefer that mould because it doesn't have the gimmick on the voyager one.

[@COMBOY]

And also the Deluxe one is in nice scale with most of the figures in the toyline like Sentinel Prime (which is Deluxe-only), Voyager Starscream, Leader Megatron (Earth-body) (which was massive in Season 1 and 2), just to name some examples.

[@fredericoarthurr]

The deluxe class one is the optimus that come with a megatron, and both has some battle marks on them? If it is I own one too and they are indeed pretty neat

[@karlmaalab]

Also I just wanna add the TFA theme song / intro is a BANGER. Still my favorite rendition of the classic theme. They really went all out to modernize it in 2008 that still holds up to this day.

[@Faiqal_x1103]

Have u seen the Japanese version of the TFA opening theme? I was surprised at how different it is lmao

[@ethanleslie588]

2007-2008 were great years

[@ethanleslie588]

I agree

[@theinhumanking]

I used to love this toy line and show a lot. I didn't have a lot of these figures growing up, but I had optimus, ratchet, lockdown, bumblebee, and lockdown in deluxe class. I owned prowl for two days before my brother came to visit, and I gave him the prowl because I loved him, and we lived apart at that time. My favorite was a voyager shockwave I found at a store a few years after the series ended. I loved this show and this series. I can't wait to buy the legacy toys. Here's hoping they get stylised looks.

[@SomeOtherBots]

Plastic honestly might not be different, it might just be the texture the factory applied to the texture. From my experience adding a light texture to plastic inherently makes it feel more dense and quality for some reason. Qualifications: I’ve filled out probably 100 texture memo documents dictating plastic molding texture. I know the show you’re going to! Glad these things run every few months!

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

RIP Derrick J Wyatt Without him, we wouldn't have this amazing figure

[@bondage8134]

God I don't think any toyline will ever top the Animated toyline

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

Legacy

[@lazydragon2551]

This toy was my world as a kid. Not only did it look like it stepped off the screen, it was just insanely fun to play with!

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

Always really enjoyed this variation of Prime, and the Animated line as a whole. Never had much use for the auto spin gimmick and an update, without it, and better articulation would be interesting to see. Never did mind the truck bits on the back, but never did like the axe as it was to big/unwieldly. Never knew the water gun accessory was intended to squirt water as I never looked at it too closely.

[@80sKidfromthe90s]

Action Figures used to be so cool! What happened? Everything today, is more for less. Great review, by the way!

[@A-Microwave]

cost to manufacture and ship goes up causing price inflation

[@jdashimusprime]

@ThatToyGuy I believe you have to keep the legs compressed but have all the tires at the bottom for the gimmick to work, you might also have to keep all the tires on the outside. it also has to click all the ratchets all the way

[@jdashimusprime]

ok after messing with it around a bit more you gotta keep the legs straight (and compressed with all the tire kibble at the bottom) if it's not straight it won't have enough weight in the right spot to keep the momentum going

[@DeadCannon]

Be careful with the animated bumblebee when you get him. His shoulders use ball joints and the connection on the torso has a chance of breaking.

[@Patolagos]

Seeing how the upcoming Animated Legacy Prowl does keep some of the angular shapes from his original design, Animated Legacy Optimus Prime could actually be really cool.

[@t65bx25]

Welp whadaya think of it?

[@speeddemon5339]

Holy shit! I bought that clear lockdown you were talking about!!!

[@ThatToyGuy]

Lol that's hilarious

[@karlmaalab]

Animated is still my favorite adaptation of all time. The character design is still fresh to look at because of how exagerrated they look that oozes personality. I’m so lucky that I was still able to keep my Voyager Optimus after all these years because I’m still in awe how they managed to nail the style of the show in toy form. Now I’m back on the hunt to find figures I missed out on like Megatron and Ultra Magnus.

[@happyboy7093]

god i hope animated prime has the stylish look i mean they heard the criticism so i hope its good for legacy

[@MellowGaming]

Only got one Animated figure in Leader Class Bulkhead. Grabbed him at TF Nation last year. Absolutely adore it. Reckon I'll be looking for the Voyager one when I'm there this year.

[@ThatToyGuy]

Im gonna try and grab the rest of the cast while I'm there too

[@Dillontheautobot]

That intro was the best thing ever

[@ghostofronin4917]

I remember I had this guy (or at least some version) he was pretty cool. But I was like 5 - 6 so I never "respected" how good actually was, I think it came with a DVD of the first couple episodes of Animated, so cool he turned into a firetruck but still looks like G1 Optimus, I may have to pick him up again, also great video

[@uainjansun]

Oh yeah the deluxe. Most common prime bought in the line

[@marceloleiva3417]

Try to get the dx9 upgrade kit if possible. You won't regret it especially if you want to comtinue to collect Animated's "Ark crew"

[@TheBlackShinigami]

I’m kind of surprised we never got third party animated figures. I would love a third party Jet storm, Hot Shot, and leader class Lugnut

[@notalexh0yt]

bro i got this guy when i was 6 and nothing about the waist was complicated

[@0Linkah0]

I love this guy, was my first Optimus prime, my first animated figure and the only animated character, i haven't gotten from ebay 😅

[@NinAmuro57]

My dad painted one of these as Nemesis Prime for my birthday several years ago and he still stands as one of my favorite figures in my collection.

[@dylansmith1995]

Thanks for the reminder about that Feb 19th convention. I completely forgot!

[@Chazzsg]

Emgo would be proud of that spin in the intro.

[@Faiqal_x1103]

I recently bought the leader megatron (my dream toy ive been lookibg for YEARS) and a deluxe bumblebee and the seller decided to throw in a free lockdown in it. Bless that guy

[@poato2112]

Ironhide is on the secret bucket of shame last time you showed him

[@zphyr6780]

“I wish there was a version that came with the trailer” 3D printing community: say no more

[@green-legacy]

i remember getting a bumblebee with a blue energon drill from animated and i have this bulk head with a purple mask

[@OfficialTransformers]

Yes I have Bee too!!! These are definitely fun figures I love animating🎬📸🎞️

[@tllgestalt1942]

I literally just finished watching TFA, and it was soooo good. Was inspired to watch it after the flux of TFA content and my own toys, Black Arachnia, Prowl, Battle Damage OP and Megs, who some are unfortunately missing parts or broken (abdomen and fang for BA, missing siren lights and broken thumb for Prowl, and worst of all, missing Meg's Fusion Cannon). The TFA line looks so good.

[@CaptainRex332]

I’m still kicking myself I’m pretty sure I found this guy for a few bucks at a goodwill except at the time I didn’t realize it was a animated toy so I didn’t get it

[@valfonso678]

Commenting to remind you of your mistake

[@CaptainRex332]

@@valfonso678 well you failed idc about that anymore

[@TheAxelandx1]

There's actually a way to lock that waist so it doesn't flop around. There is a blue tab behind the grill. And in the waist area there is a groove where it's supposed to fit in. What that does is it locks the gimmick itself, and allows the real waist joint to actually move.

[@toysmostwanted]

I started my collection with Transformers Animated in 2008 with Shockwave and Oil Slick. Got hooked right away especially with Shockwave as a quad-changer. I quickly wanted to own all the molds and characters.

[@Noveler00]

Love that you pulled out the old Animated intro, but you should check the Japanesse intro, "Transformers EVO"

[@SidewaysPrimeYT]

You and Thrilling 30 Hotshot is like Perspective end and ER Cliffjumper's relationship

[@MetalVII]

My first TFA figure was Blitzwing back in 2014/15 and I’ve only recently gotten; Leader Megatron, Wingblade Optimus, Starscream, Skywarp, Sunstorm, Lockdown & Lugnut. They are great…I’m now building an TFA Shelf…sigh, collecting problems.

[@Eevee007King]

The last video I remembered sending Ironhide in a video was the bucket under your bed if that's helps.

[@kennythetrend3688]

This was basically my first Transformer. So this was holds close to me. Hope Legacy can recreate that magic.

[@itmedan]

the intro alone made me subscribe. gonna stick around for more reviews

[@ArsiRochell]

Damn the inclusion of the original opening theme was just eargasm for my nostalgia

[@NewFerrett]

0:14 there was a guy on my strange addition who also had a relationship with a car too...

[@xmann10761]

As a full line Animated collector, good luck on those prices. I'll take a look in my spares bin and see if I have any to pass along to you.

[@wangeroogerque]

His waist dose lock, so it isn't loose. I hated the loos waist at first too until I found this out. There is a tab under the grill which tabs in like a ring on the bottom half. It's sometimes misaligned but you can see it easy. Unless the tab is broken on your used copy.

[@BoopernautApAdams]

Imagine if they do masterpieces of the animated

[@unggoymaster1217]

The figure waist should have a washer piece that increases the friction with a notch opening towards the front.

[@drewo.127]

THAT INTRO WAS FIRE!!!

[@waynesoon0101]

This was one of the best animated figures. Back then I was so bamboozled his mask can actually retract when I was a kid

[@galaxychad816]

funny thing about the waist joint, it's not actually loose. the spinning thing locks into a notch on the waist that kinda "locks" it into place and makes it tighter but still useable as a waist joint.

[@theautisticcreative2619]

This doesn't need much for a legacy reimagining, just mix in a little G1 and some 5mm ports, then add a fire engine trailer that can store weapons (Double Fire hose gun that separate and attaches to the forearms, then a new energon fire axe on the side like the classic fire truck would) and maybe give it the ability to transform and combine with the TFA Optimus Legacy figure for his flying super mode. Then just need to update the: joints to make them stronger, mask to either come off or be on push tabs to come out from the helm and meet in the middle, waist joint/peg to be stronger and allow it to rotate and the ability to stay stable with a lot of weight attached to it, maybe posable hands, like Rodimus' I still hate that Legacy Bulkhead, that cab body not being collapsible is an issue for me, but has some of the best upgrade kits though. I'll just get a 3rd party Bulkhead at some point.

[@Atom_66]

The last time I saw your animated ironhide was in the bucket of shame

[@ThatToyGuy]

Yeah he isn't there anymore and I have no clue where I moved him

[@abacus438]

as someone just getting back into collecting the tfa line recently, the prices have been going up and up lately since everyone wants the toyline. good luck to anyone who wants a shockwave or a big megatron for under 100$

[@peytonredulfin4850]

I had the jet fire and jet storm toy that would turn into safeguard. I even had the comic book. Younger me Lost the comic book and broke both toys in different ways. Was one of my favorite toys as a kid.

[@arrowblueberri]

Here only days before PrimeVsPrime reviews this as well 😂

[@Mythic2099]

Bringing in that nostalgic like with the studio series collection video I had this figure and loved it so much also had a bigger lights and sounds Optimus the figures out of the Animated series were phenomenal

[@Booey_Animations]

Why don’t you have more subscribers. These videos are so funny and you do so much research into every figure you review. Most KZbinrs just talk about their copy of the toy.

[@buckshotdoctor3845]

Managed to pick this guy up on buyee for like 2 dollars over retail when it came out back in 2007, still sealed in the box!

[@turtwig104]

I hope the legacy version is unmasked.

[@simonmann4922]

I had this as a kid but then my parents sold all my transformers toys… this brings back good memories

[@ShokoArc]

I got my animated lockdown for cheap, the seller found it had a broken (and non-essential) tab thank god

[@shinwave]

4:58 Actually if you proceed to push the mouth plate deep into the slot you still have the access to rotate the head without the chin part being on top

[@lcnevius]

Just a recommendation if you don't have it, get a Shockwave and Black Aracdid. Both are exceptional figures, also blitzwing.

[@speeddemon5339]

I think this should be a pretty easy slam dunk for Legacy. All they gotta do is remove all the shitty gimmicks, give it thigh swivel to replace the shin swivel, give it wrist rotation, panel covers for the wrists, and then boom, Legacy Optimus Prime.

[@socaddict]

As someone who still has pretty much the entire animated toyline, of you can, get leader bulkhead instead of voyager. Scale better and does more fun things. Can even use the back kibble as a seat, like in the show!

[@Blue1true4]

I own the transparent variant, with the wing pack and Magnus hammer, picked it up for £15, something I will never regret buying.

[@Malysitos]

The openings of Transformers Cybertron and Animated, they just do an excellent job remixing the original G1 opening

[@j-sant-animations8105]

I said the same thing about them outperforming prime bulkhead, theyre not gonna replicate it exactly at all but I kinda wanna see a blocky flatnosed fire truck which on itself is such a weird fire and rescue vehicle

[@EuanEchidhog]

Was fortunate to have gotten these Animated figures back in the day as I have probably 90% of the main toy line. My Animated Optimus was the first Voyager I gotten and to this day his joints are all fine (not as loose as yours). Did get Wing Blade Optimus back in 2010 at London Comic Con (was the only one at the Expo while there were alot of Jet Pack Bumblebees). Oddly my fav Animated figure is Sentinal Prime. Not sure sure why, but I just enjoy it loads. If I had to choose the worst Animated fig, I suppose maybe Swindle due to his arms and legs being made of clear plastic and needing to twist them to get him into vehicle mode (the creaks it makes when I do that ain't pleasant).

[@Nerozero9]

I only got safe guard the 2 jet auto bots that fuse but I never got a blitzwing my favorite one I was a poor poor kid back In the day no toys or games until my birthday and it's a big bummer I can't find a old blitzwing to buy

[@Tannerbot2k]

Animated bumblebee is the weakest of the toys, but overall, that line is a joy. How they made those toys so cartoon accurate, I have no idea, but I love them.

[@HardHeadtfreviews2008]

For a new legacy figure of this I’d like to see the hand guard peices flip around to his the hollowness

[@Kylorin235]

That Animated theme is just fire, the Japanese version as well!

[@Revenuts]

I cant wait to get my hands on more animated toys and cant wait for the legacy line to make more

[@cyberproductions3736]

That intro is French kiss* perfect 👌

[@colmodonnell3405]

Bought one of ebay last year, seller included the deluxe axe for show accuracy👌

[@carlofaustino9373]

Do prowl next. The samurai version. I had a bootleg prowl but damn that lasted for a long time. Sadly, i lost the figure to a flood.

[@MisterSouji]

They should do a Legacy version... and then a premium one with a cell shaded paint job.

[@mischiefman8720]

This is one of the few Transformers toys I remember having as a kid, and it definitely lasted the longest and was my favorite.❤

[@SPGojiFan]

There has been discussion about Studio Series expanding outside of the movies. They thought about doing Animated and Prime to move to that line. This figure is too hard to top, I do own a few Animated figures (this, Activators Bumblebee, Starscream, Purple Shockwave and Soundwave). I used to own Leader Class, Bulkhead, Grimlock, Activators Thundercracker, Activators Lockdown, Lugnut, and Blitzwing. Now I lost them, alongside the Laserbeak accessory for Soundwave. I do plan to hunt several of them down, along with those I missed out

[@aladdinsane5925]

My man rocking the chad look.

[@WildFireGaming7]

Best intro for any of your videos ever

[@domydomy6668]

Just to help you find ironhide,the last time we saw the figure was in your tub short where you said that there are figures that don’t deserve to be in it,things that do deserve to be in it then things that definitely don’t deserve to be in it was when u showed off ironhide so he may be in that box of yours

[@wingdagger7612]

Might have to look into the Sam's Forge upgrade kit

[@boynextdoor23]

I have only animated leader Bulkhead, animated voyager Starscream and Skywarp all MISB this toys are amazing and ahead of it's time

[@z-592-z4]

A must for this figure is this old dx9 upgrade kit that gives prime a show accurate axe that completes the very show accurate bot mode

[@z-592-z4]

I forgot to include the kit name it’s called the DX9 D01 hero’s toolkit

[@johnathan7313]

Yeah these never can be topped, especially since the animators and toy designers worked together

[@Big_006]

Damn I was 4 when TFA came out. My first transformers were deluxe class Optimus and megatron in a 2-pack. 15 years later and the paint barely chipped, Optimus is mostly together but I tore that megatron apart 😂

[@breadzeppelin2705]

I own this exact one, it's still on my desk today

[@phantomknightpercival120]

Got mine for $27. I also have a voyager Blitzwing which is my favorite Decepticon

[@aYT-hs6kj]

No wonder I can’t find an animated Optimus online, everyone is buying one now that the Legacy toy is coming out!

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

Loved hearing the Animated theme at the beginning. I love this figure. Just have a few nitpicks.

[@MechaZeeReviews]

Feb 19? You going to Katsu?

[@kaiju_wastelandr7597]

I was not expecting to see that prime at 4:05 especially since I just pulled it out of storage Edit: does anyone know what version he is more specifically what was the name on the packaging if that makes sense

[@theashennathancroft7271]

Takara version with the metallic paint uplifts this figure even more

[@Transfixed]

Now that the Legacy version is out, what do you think of it? It looks sturdier but not as cool to me.