Knockoff Beatdown VII: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 277

[@KiwiKJ]

Love that this is becoming a holiday special. In the words of a wise man "Ahh, takes me back to the divorce..." -K

[@stunnastream11]

Ooh, that was from his G1 Motorvators review!

[@garrettmasters7281]

THAT is such a reference 😂

[@vustvaleo8068]

I found out that the "Galaxy Shifters" are a knock-off of an obscure Japanese toy line called "Diarobo" (no relation to Takara's Diaclone) made by a company called Agatsuma, they are a line of transforming robots who had a humanoid robot and an animal robot mode which makes them unique such as a Brontosaurus who turns into a truck, they even had play sets too and strangely enough a lore backstory for the robots.

[@BubblesTheBard]

That Slag joke was a 10/10. Merry Christmas Thew

[@solusprime8143]

I was laughing so hard I started to choke😂

[@Autobot032]

Completely wrecked me. When he was laughing, I was gone, man.

[@drakesterX]

3:07 Not just any metal riffs! That’s the theme from Pacific Rim!

[@Doctorme4]

That's what I thought I heard!

[@therandomtransformersanima6236]

I imagine his downstairs neighbor will see toys falling from the window and just go “he’s doing another on isn’t he?”

[@samurexatlas7373]

Doesn't he have his own house?

[@PhelesDragon]

I love how your typo “another on” totally works with the accent

[@rodntodd459]

Fun fact: I had the bootleg Transmetal Rattrap as a kid. I got it as a garage sale as a kid and it was missing half the parts. I had no idea what it was supposed to be but I did know I found the face really creepy. So I made him a Decepticon named, quite literally, "Ugly".

[@Whovastron]

That Titan sized bot from B&M is one of my favourite pickups of the year, it’s so fun and dumb and cheap and surprisingly well built

[@jessesaunders7043]

Aw I telt so bad you smashed Lawnmowerm'n, he didn't ask to be attached to a bankrupt company! But between him and Justice Warrior or whatever he was called and Cokehead I'm vibing with these creative robo designs. Makes me so nostalgic for the days when TFs weren't the same two dozen guys forever and ever and ever.

[@isuckatusernames4297]

but it's no longer "the same 12 guys forever" anymore, we've been getting new stuff with generations and legacy's been doing damn near anyone and everyone.

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

I genuinely died at the KO radio audio. Some of those beatdowns were super satisfying. Transforming robot turned puzzle into mere seconds. Those Titan Class KOs at the start really looked like fun, despite the terrible plastic quality.

[@SNAREWILD]

saw that massive first thing at B&M one day, came back the next day and all 4 were gone. hope some kids enjoyed those giant lads

[@ShyBiiteVT]

Next knock-off beatdown, Thew should get in touch with some who has a hydraulic press.

[@gbpackers5578]

“arse man, Jedi rebirth” 😂😂🤣☠️

[@erikmartinez1384]

I loved how he laughed while Thew stoned him. Like taunting him, "This is not my end!"

[@imperialbricks1977]

“Sassy Rock Lord.” That’s my new band name.

[@ThatToyGuy]

Oh hell yeah a beat down!

[@ToaArcan]

Time for my favourite holiday tradition: Watching Thew huck breezeblocks at just the worst knockoffs ever seen. I was not prepared for Knockoff Beandown, I'm dying here Thew.

[@teridax4]

There’s something so satisfying about how that last one exploded into bits. All those pieces flying about just has a fun feeling to it. Nothing like a good old Knockoff Beatdown for the holidays

[@ursor234]

"mmmmmm knock off bean down" got me, happy krimbus, mate

[@InfernalBanana]

Thanks, I was wondering what he was saying

[@GreenDiablo]

You just sent me through every stage of grief with that Macross KO

[@5unnysCorner]

Somehow the Macross Beans got to me most of the beatdowns. Merry Crimbles my good Thew!

[@tkdarkheart]

Wish my nephew luck you guys. He just got his first official Transformers toy for Christmas and my sister decided to get him Studio Series Scourge. I’m now going to drag him down a Transformers rabbit hole. I mean, personally, I think Scourge was too complicated for a first toy, but I’m excited to see him experience more Transformers.

[@toygrind]

Oh damn, that's awesome! ROTB Scourge or 86 Scourge? Both great toys but VERY different 😁

[@tkdarkheart]

@ ROTB Scourge! I was super excited since I have the Studio Series Bumblebee Soundwave and finally got to see him understand why I love Transformers figures so much.

[@RazgrizXMG0079]

8:32 Actually Thew, they do make cherry vanilla coke over here in the states!

[@brillion_]

9:19 I wonder how many people got that reference

[@bryceciampitti]

I immediately went to the comments to see if anyone else did

[@savagewhitmore2815]

I also realized after my most recent rewatch of Arthur Christmas that there was a Macross Valkyrie in the opening, I was surprised that not many people were talking about it online but glad you pointed it out

[@treebotreviews]

7:32 Us complaining to Hasbro about cliffjumper: 9:19 did anyone else think he was gonna do the optibotimus thing?😂😂😂

[@kirbyfanprime]

Pour one out for Big Lots, who's closing its doors at the turn of the year. Bunches of good knockoffs were to be found there. I remember finding a knockoff Heinrad once that I've regretted passing up ever since.

[@samurexatlas7373]

"One. Two. Three" Rock God that was perfectly timed

[@anthonybehan6031]

"It doesn't transform, so much as it gets changed." Amazing 😂

[@callumdavis9841]

21:29 oh, that's a shame I thought he might be spare-oh, oh god that's a much worse fate to suffer.

[@BoisegangGaming]

"Not the beans! Not the beans! Aaaaaah"

[@Nil_25k]

Valkyrbeans

[@reedy9333]

I have got to say, these provide a valuable service for broke ass people trying to get their kids a fun experience on christmas.

[@shadowbyname2802]

27:51 “Me brother and I must have gone through three Snarls and who knows how many Slags…” Alright that got a good laugh out of me. Thanks Thew, Merry Christmas to you dude. XD

[@n.maximo5505]

Me: Is Justice Warrior green or purple? Life: YES!

[@versebuchanan512]

9:47 England is now officially part of the United States Midwest. Congrats, ya'll!

[@violagreene4643]

"Stolen Dreamwave artwork". So, just Dreamwave artwork?

[@Angel0fSleep]

I forgot how cathartic knockoff beatdowns can be! Merry Christmas, Thew!

[@transformerstuff7029]

a robot that blows smoke........thats amazing. I'd LOVE that thing as a kid.

[@kaiko6450]

One of my favorite things about these knockoff beatdowns is that you take the time to do little photoshoots with all of them

[@Pikminer-5087]

Nothing like waking up on Christmas for the best show on this sector of KZbin. It feels so good to be back.

[@JDPlaysMoth]

I found your channel from Bumblebeans, and I'm so glad you're making more of these knockoff destruction vids! I absolutely love it

[@DuffMan.]

Absolutely brilliant. Made my Christmas day this! I only found this channel earlier this year and its kept me going, rekindled my 80s and nostalgia for simpler times... and I now know the difference between commander, core, deluxe and voyager! (Also purchase 'a few' chonky lads). Thanks Thew. You're a top bloke. 7 year old me thanks you. 44 year old me owes you a beer.

[@AFistfulofCrayons]

I like the episode of Knockoff Beatdown where Thew talks about a Can of Pop for a loooooooooooong time

[@ImALombax]

Happy holidays, thew! I always love your knockoff beatdowns! But i just loves your videos in general. I hope you have a wonderful holidays 🎉

[@Hipojak]

Thanks for the Christmas video. Turned .y holiday spirits in a better direction. Been a bad year for my family.

[@johngavin1175]

I seriously lost it at the ko Valkyrie part. Reminds me of the time Jobby put noodles in War for Cybertron Grimlock's chest. I think Cracker Barrel sold those wooden bots at one time. Maybe they still do,I will find out next time I want some mediocre food and manufactured nostalgia😂. I always find it weird but charming when I hear "pop" for "soda." There is a dinosaur themed place between where I live and Tampa that sells dino themed bots with the same transformation as that tiger bot. The JustIt Toys Swoop was one of my first Ebay purchases back in 2010,along with Super GoBot Baron Von Joy. That's also when I found your channel. I'm super glad I did!

[@SciFiDude79]

3:43 "No, America, there's other countries." As an American, I feel that. I feel like so many of us have out heads shoved so far up our own backsides that we literally forget that most of the rest of the world exists 99% of the time. I'd like to say I'm better, but I do sometimes have to remind myself that other cultures see things differently. Though, at least I do have awareness of it.

[@straker454]

Oh this IS Christmas! I'm so glad this is a continuing thing you do every year. BTW, speaking of Christmas, my room mate, after hearing it and reading the lyrics bought me a physical CD of Actus Reus for Christmas. XD I think I made him a fan as he imported it all the way to the US for me AND I just found out, hence the edit, that he ordered himself a copy too, lol. I already bought Sirenhead as a single but it's great to have the full album with a patch and a sticker to boot! Cheers, Thew!

[@Spatu10]

Okay the hardware store Megazord was actually pretty rad I’m just disappointed it doesn’t split into its constituent tools (well without a brick)

[@bluebraixen]

Some things about the knockoffs I noticed: Besides making the Robot Radio, Tai Fong also sold a toy called "Robotic Aeroplane" that reused the VF-1's arms and wings. Globo also distributed a knockoff G1 Optimus Prime called Battle Convoy (like the Diaclone version) or Battle Supbot. That knockoff Valkyrie appears to be based on the 1990 Bandai reissue, which had a different head from the one used for Jetfire.

[@DefrostedNeanderthal]

If I can't get 10 bots 10 shots, this will have to do. Merry Christmas Thew, thanks for all the laughs and entertainment over the years!

[@heofthevoid1181]

Sometimes you don't need an overarching message to a video, sometimes you just need to throw some shit toys out of a window and giggle as the pieces fly all over the yard, and at the end of the day, isn't that the true meaning of Christmas Charlie Brown?

[@user-tx3xh8uf5v]

I love seeing how much more confident you are in your productions, nothing but bangers this year.

[@SynapticBoomstick]

The fact that the Landrover continued to laugh after it was crushed is wonderful. Beandown hurt my ribs.

[@danmccarthy4700]

The way "Defenestrator" disintegrated on impact is art in and of itself.

[@xavierwalko4175]

I messed with the wooden guys and yeah, you can pose them into a whole bunch of insane things and they will not break.

[@delaneymcdonell5774]

Man Thew just never ever misses. This is another fantastic video which I’m slowly growing to believe Thew is incapable of making a un-watchable video. Happy Holidays Thew!!

[@DominusNox106]

Merry Xmas, bud. You've given me so many laughs and I love your vids. I hope your gifts were as cool as mine.

[@Maswartz226]

Bluesky Brawn is such a good name and joke.

[@DeamonChocobo]

I guess First. Honestly this is currently the high point of my Christmas celebration as I'm stuck in an airport, in a City i wasn't supposed to be in, and about one big thing away from a full meltdown.

[@daverage4729]

Absolutely fantastic! And that smash up of the dodgy Defensor....oddly beautiful! HAPPY XMAS AND A MAGNIFICENT NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

[@aClockworkTomato]

Haven't started the video yet, but I am SO excited! Knockoff Beatdown is what got me watching your channel all of twelve years ago. 😃

[@MrJans3n]

The fucking vibrato on the Knockoff Beandown bit had me rolling

[@Bobsheaux]

"It's probably not even sticky anymore." Hey, Slag! Get over here, you're needed!

[@pathosis]

*"Hm? What's that, honey? That racket outside? Oh, it's just the neighbor tossing shoddy toys out the window again."*

[@MineveraMacDougal]

These Knockoff Beatdowns are so cathartic to watch and enjoy every minute of them! Was not ready for the beans; laughed for a good minute!

[@optimistprime3192]

“kNoCkOfF bEaNdOwN” got me both rolling with laughter and mourning that poor Macross KO’s existence.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Thew's neighbors: *hears plastic slam into cement.* "Oh, it's him again."

[@scottywan82]

I have to say, I love that the Radio Bot transforms like one of the cassettes for Soundwave or Blaster. That has some weird symmetry to it that makes me happy.

[@manjiimortal]

Merry Christmas Thew!! Thanks for the fun video.

[@sabertoothtrucker4531]

Dang Thew i own the White tiger version of that robot there at 24:02!!!!! got him at the San Diego zoo and safari park back in 2018... I went with the white version of him but still...very cool...I'll have to find that 'Dalmatian one though I'd be interested to see what that one is like

[@SarcyBoi41]

15:45 I have a phobia of jumpscares so I genuinely took my headphones off just before this came up, expecting one. Thank you for being better!

[@massnavii]

I finally subbed your channel because I wanted to tell you your nail polish is an absolute treat in every episode. That and the big one smashed real good when it hit the ground.

[@ElfishTM]

Amazing video as always Thew. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy holidays.

[@Ezilla82]

What a great Christmas present is watching a Thew's Knockoff Beatdown.

[@bumbledbees4977]

Omg i had the tiger when i was a kid! I named him "tigertron" and he was a mainstay in my collection alongside rts deluxe optimus happy meal tfa bumblebee and tfp hotshot

[@manjackson2772]

Ey, I was just thinking about this earlier when youtube recommended me a 13yo Ashens video about TF KOs. Ashens is always a great watch, but I found myself missing the in depth knowledge, brilliant nicknames and wanton destruction.

[@Streecer151]

22:28 "Really wants you to know that it loves The Hives." Same.

[@TTHBLOX_]

Merry Krimbo and a happy new Rotation! This was another delight on the holidays!

[@thejarebear45]

I used to have one of those wooden Transformers when I was a kid.

[@ransax]

Thank you for this. I was having a really shitty Christmas and I needed those laughs. You rule, Thew... Le.

[@cypherian2]

The last one going out the window was beautiful! Happy Crimbo Thew!

[@viv-toastergrl]

Love you Thew! Thanks for hyping me up

[@jadonherr6469]

Whenever I see any knockoff beat down by Thew, old or new, it makes my day.

[@pandacyy2276]

bout damn time! also, 9:18 , that reference to optibotimus is appreciated. I watched him all the time growing up and those little ads are genuinely nostalgic for me. I remember once i finally did make a youtube account and hopped onto optibotimus stream to tell him how much i unironically appreciated it, he thought i was trolling and banned me from chat lmao. Optibotimus if you see this i was being fr and not making fun of you

[@toolatetocolonize]

“It’s festive because I said so” is basically how the season is now

[@patrickbox3000]

I had the blue boombox robot when I was a kid. He came with a chrome axe. I got him at a gift shop in Sea World of all places. Sea World used to have a legitimate toy store in it lol.

[@lifedragon99]

Wife and I watched Arthur Christmas today. It's a great movie. Makes me cry, it's just so happy and optimistic. Love it.

[@pauljohnson4994]

*So d'ya* know American mid-westerners and Brits use the same and absolutely incorrect word for carbonated soft drinks?

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Those Roboforces brand bootlegs are absolutely everywhere in my home county of Estonia. No joke, they are more prominent in some toy stores than actual Transformers.

[@Xenomorphic911]

This has made my Christmas so much better, thanks from jersey thew!

[@sirtacozreviews]

I was happy to have this as my first Christmas present today. The return of Bumblebeans might be my favorite thing today.

[@SarcyBoi41]

Those bus-bots having such surprisingly good bus modes is making me even more desperate for a Studio Series Concept ROTB Transit than I already was 😭

[@kitfoxkitfox7201]

Man, the green/purple scheme yall got on the giant fella was way more fetching than our gold/black at Sam's Club, can't lie.

[@DMSledge]

Weird thing that happened is we found out that Harmony Gold never actually had the toy license.

[@tonyjackson4078]

That Protectolob out the window was peak satisfaction.

[@NutjobGTO]

Ah, yes. "It's festive because I said so." Words we all should live by.

[@jinpilla7420]

"joints weaker than your dad rolls" off-handedly tossed off in the middle of a knock-off video just shows the calibre of genius we are working with, here.

[@LeeRuss]

I was not ready for "bEeEeEeEeEans" but I'm so glad I witnessed it 😂

[@zetamagnus101]

Turns out it's a funny coincidence this went up because my grandfather gifted me the Metallic Alliance Dark Commander, a 3rd party KO of SS-38 Optimus Prime but in Nemesis colors.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Amazing video as always! Thank you! And Merry Chistmas to thee and thine, and Happy Holidays to whoever celebrates something else around this time of year.

[@davidwilliamson4559]

Beatoff Knockdown! This give me an unexpected surprise!

[@davewire87]

Thank you, Thew. This madcap video had me in stitches all the way through.