SOC Voltron's Expanding Weenis!!! Michael Reacts!

Yes, you've been heard...and RetroBlasting has responded.
#RetroBlasting #Voltron #SoulofChogokin

[@actormikelogan]

Loved the review! like yourself Voltron is right at the top of my list of favorites. Thanks for adding Weenis to my vocabulary!

[@sxhbk]

Form feet,and legs. Form arms and weenis,and I'll form the head.

[@retroblasting]

HAHAHA

[@BlackZillaPrime]

I am giving you a thumbs up just for saying Weenis! ALL HAIL WEENIS!!!! Now if I can get another Han Solo Shuffle Dance from you my life would be complete!

[@retroblasting]

HAHAHAHA

[@DexterMorgan4ever]

As someone who has dislocated both shoulders on multiple occasions from BMXing (amongst other less illustrious activities) I thank you on Voltron's behalf. You guys are awesome.

[@cdogcdog4814]

RetroBlasting Nice job Micheal! Everything you said is EXACTLY the truth. There is NO way to read the manuel unless we know Japanese..Luckily I had a friend in Japan that translated a Bandai Japan, Japan ONLY video (or it seems to be the case when I tried to watch it myself, said "banned in your country") So it really is the truth what you speak. You don't wanna break your toy & nothing is telling you exact motions needed. No one faults you for that. And its not like you reviewed it, step by step, claiming that's how we need to put it together. So no worries my friend. I'm glad you got your favorite TV show & robot character figured out! He really is a beaut isn't he? Brilliant! Especially when everything is locked and ready to fight Robeasts! :)

[@retroblasting]

Thanks Cdog. Appreciate it.

[@somarriba333]

I didn't even know that the elbow can extend. So I learned two things from this video. The extending elbow and "weenis". Thank you Retro Blasting!

[@retroblasting]

Sure thing, Juan!

[@nezumi6554]

Tonight on First World Problems: We see a youtube channel, whose comment section demands that they talk about an extra point of articulation on an action figure, based on some 33 year old robotic cats.

[@Tex-hh9rx]

Film at 11.

[@lucas_bock]

Hey Michael, really appreciate your reviews. Bobby Skullface had a very similar review where he didn't lock the shoulders or extend the elbows and the comments were exactly the same. Apparently there are quite a few people out there concerned about Voltron's weenis.

[@retroblasting]

HAHAHAHA

[@Cabin_Adventures]

Love the extra "weenis!" at the end. We are all 5 years old. :)

[@Geek_Chorus]

Awesome jacket! Looks like you work on the Death Star :)

[@artpercy5944]

Hilarious I saw the title and the first thing i could think of was what does Chandler from Friends have to do with Voltron. There was an episode where Chandler had to do a Weenis report for work.

[@Sharksleep]

I myself have had to force and extend a weenis from time to time. Results were mixed.

[@retroblasting]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@AshtonArcher]

Your work garb looks the same as your normal garb Michael!

[@retroblasting]

+AshtonArcher I'm just that stylish I guess...

[@jayfkncool4258]

Weenis ,lol hybrid for, lol cool mike, props on ur video like always bad ass

[@jamesprise4252]

keep on keepin' on, Michael! I lack the ability to understand internet people, myself.... lol! Thank you for all your hard work and videos 👊👊

[@bgddyphil]

say weenis again.... SAY IT!

[@TabbyTimeOut]

I've had this Voltron for 3 years and had no idea the elbows expanded. Learn something new every day. It took a transformation or 2 for me to notice the shoulder locks. After you've handled so many Voltrons you expect it to work a certain way I guess.

[@barbatoskun1663]

Form blazing weenis!

[@mathiasmorqubus]

I have mine but have yet to display it, thanks for showing the extended elbow.

[@Lio_Convoy]

F O R M B L A Z I N G D O N G

[@andrewtaylor940]

How do you think the Red and Green Lions stay connected?

[@Lio_Convoy]

andrew taylor Symmetrical Docking!

[@batangbatugan]

See? I always learn something new with each Retroblasting vid. I always just called mine elbows but now I can start calling them my weenis! Its completely understandable Michael, when I spend hundreds of dollars on my imported Japanese collector figure I wouldn't want to force anything. Years ago I bought a diecast Ghost in the Shell minitank with swap out parts on its legs. One of them wouldn't pop out so I gave up on switching them out even though I really preferred the other.

[@skabcat242]

I got distracted by that awesome looking jacket.

[@retroblasting]

+skabcat242 WWII RAF

[@Corlock78]

Yeah, um, in the expanding elbow piece, there's actually a second joint, that I believe allows you to avoid needing to extend the lion's head. However, this joint only bends in one direction, so you have to look at it really carefully. Additionally, it's a super tight friction joint, so you will feel like you're going to break something, but it is, in fact, a joint. I discovered all of this by accident. At first, when I got the figure, I was rather upset that the elbows couldn't bend 90 degrees, that seemed like a huge oversight by Bandai to me. Then I somehow figured out that the elbows expanded, and I looked at the new part of the joint carefully, and it looked like it should bend but it was tough to do, so I got scared. Then, I forget how, but I think I looked at it more carefully, and saw that if it could bend, it was only going to bend in one direction, so I tried that, and with effort it worked, and I could get a 90 degree bend at the elbow, which was pretty awesome. This also allowed for dual handing the sword, since the arm could now bend as much as it needed to. It looked like in your images that you needed to extend the neck of the lions to get a little additionally bend from the elbow, in addition to the added length the elbow extension gives. Only reason I mention it. If that's not the case, and you already knew the extending elbow has a super weird joint in it, I apologize. I just know it was hard to figure out for me, and given the nature of the manual, people have a hard time realizing it.

[@CrimeSchool138]

Dude please tell me where you got that jacket PLEASE I love it.

[@echevarria125]

Hey hi retroblasting question are planning to get Titan power Voltron? Or the Threezero one?

[@troypollonais9143]

weenis.... WEENIS!!! 😂

[@makishepard]

Golion is just perfect. perfect design, perfect colors just perfect.

[@Blasthardchese72]

We do need more weenis in these videos

[@1andonlyhoncho]

I read Japanese and I didn't see the elbow thing or the neck thing when I put mine together. Maybe because I was so excited. lol. No need to worry.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Thanks for the video and I can see the point. Modern Chogokin collectors know to look for the extension joints, just because it is a common Bandai trick (There is also an easier to find one in Voltrons Waist for those that haven't encountered it. It gives a deeper Ab Crunch), but those arms are really poorly shown in the manual, even by normal Robot Otaku standards. I think the only other Voltron toy to have anything like those joints is the Mad Toys/Infinity Gokin King of Beasts (bootleg). The only way most of us Robot Collectors knew about them is someone posted a video of a Bandai designer showing them off at a demo a few weeks back. The shoulder locks are finicky. Mine go in smooth as anything sometimes, other times its like hitting a wall. There is some very specific positioning between the shoulder and torso that I have not quite worked out yet. If anyone does pick up any other newer Die Cast Robots. Always check the Waist, Hips and Feet for extension joints. That's where they normally hide them. Also sometimes rarely something complicated and interesting in the shoulders. Voltron is the first time I have ever seen it in the Elbows.

[@YourUncleBenis]

I didn't know about the elbow slang and thought weenis was a combination of two words for...You know. I was seriously really confused until you mentioned that slang bit.

[@joejupiter4138]

Hmm... that's an unsettling metallic swirl in the Green Lion's plastic. I'm wondering how structurally sound it'll be in a few years.

[@mattleuty5285]

You can 100% speak for me Michael!! Straight from work and posting a video shows serious dedication. Just give the weenie whiners the ELBOW. By the way, that is one cool uniform you have. Say hi to Melinda for me. Take care guys.

[@retroblasting]

WWII RAF pilot jacket. World's greatest heroes. :)

[@mattleuty5285]

Absolutely! My Grandad was in the RAF and is mentioned on the war memorial in our village as well as my Grandma's two brothers who were killed in WWII. Anyway, I have to thank you for introducing me to all this Voltron stuff as I don't remember seeing it on British T.V as a kid unless I just missed it. Much love.

[@retroblasting]

Your family members were in the RAF in WWII?! MUCH RESPECT. From a sincere admirer of the British vets of WWII. If my salute is even in the smallest way worthy of acknowledging their sacrifice, then it's theirs for this moment.

[@mattleuty5285]

Thank you so much!! It's fascinating to view the War memorial in our village as most of the people on it have family still in the village. There is an old airfield just a three miles up the road and the wooden towers are still there that you can climb up. I live next to Sir Isaac Newtons manor house so there is so much history here in Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth in Lincolnshire. Sad thing is, I was too young at the time to ask my Grandparent questions and they have been gone a long time now and it is only now that I am discovering my heritage. But i will show my Dad your comment as I know he will certainly be chuffed to bits. Thanks. x

[@michaelh555]

It's similar to the issue people with Ultimate EX Voltron. A lot if people don't realise it has a hidden double elbow and hidden double knees.

[@mgoncalves1171]

Damn weenises!

[@blowba]

Is that a missile in your elbow or are you just happy to see me?

[@andrewtaylor940]

Great! Now all I see is Mazinger Z! And my mind says its something dirty!!! (well okay... it was Go Nagai do it likely was something depraved and dirty but still... elbows!?!?!)

[@bphater31]

Will you get threezero Voltron or blitzway Voltron?

[@MrGeo176]

Funny video but I can't help but be interested in the clothing you got on Michael it reminds me of ww2 R.A.F. I'm not clued up on the subject but I can't help but think about fighter command or bomber command. I know you've got a Delorean but I thought time travel was fiction. Long live retroblasting.

[@retroblasting]

+MrGeo176 you are correct. That is a WWII RAF battle jacket worn by pilots and crew.

[@zhangyi9496]

i'm still learning all those hidden joints. the one gripe i have with the Toynami is the hip joints. i wish they had placed a Ratchet joints in the hips. so that he can strike a pose and not have floppy legs. SOC is good. but still not the definitive Voltron.

[@weprin2]

What is your opinion about the Mad Toys Infinity Gokin Golion Voltron?

[@Charlou27]

Poor Michael. I feel he needs about four beers...followed by a bottle of bourbon.

[@retroblasting]

+Charlou27 you buying?

[@Charlou27]

sure. if you are ever in the NYC area. let me know. :)

[@frankdavf4599]

interesting

[@cliffyk3380]

And people scoff at me when I say their phalanges are showing.

[@shipped_my_pants_3000]

Nice Inspector Gadget shirt coat!

[@retroblasting]

That's a World War II RAF pilot's uniform jacket. Inspector Gadget???????????????

[@volttherobot]

"I've been around a lot of Voltrons in my life..." Loved that line... Hey, you ever see THIS mini "5 Lions" robot? I only have part of him... pbs.twimg.com/media/CrKDLwFWgAAiIlz.jpg pbs.twimg.com/media/CrKDLwGWcAAsLMe.jpg

[@killerpitdbo]

SOC has a 2 weenises and Toynami does not have one. Way to go Bandai!!

[@retroblasting]

HAHAHAHA

[@kairus1]

why dont they make a fully possible voltron smaller figure non transforming. like they do for Mazinger figures ?? they should also make a car voltron to go along with this bandai Gx -71 voltron awesome figure.

[@keithburdo5599]

every once in a while, I get caught playing with my wennis in public. nobody says anything...

[@RocketPunchArmy]

I was expecting expanding weenies but I got expanding weenis... you made the followup vid I intended to make. I extended the elbows but could not get the joint to bend...same with shoulder tabs. Not gonna push it on a $300 figure. Not with my luck haha

[@darksyde3278]

you know what I love about KZbin comments? no matter how big a dork I think I am I can always find a bigger one here.

[@Geerladenlad]

Don't let people bust your chops over that!

[@retroblasting]

+Geerladenlad gave me a good excuse to say weenis

[@ranwolf76]

I can't be the only one to look up weenis to see if what Micheal said was true...

[@retroblasting]

And you discovered I wasn't lying, right?

[@ranwolf76]

I did indeed. it is not an alternative fact

[@blackwormboy]

I still think it's funny folks don't know this word. Of course i use words like folks so.....

[@jonhufford6980]

That jackets sick

[@retroblasting]

onlinemilitaria.net/products/5395-UK-RAF-battledress-Jacket-Improved-Run/

[@maxbrandt6]

Am I the only one who thinks a dragon themed Voltron is pretty cool?

[@sfighter0085]

I was thinking that "Weenis" meant...well you know. Thank goodness it wasn't that.

[@stevenmabee3232]

lol!

[@johnsadler2766]

toynami is a good voltron a little loose in the hip joints but a good piece I have it and I'm getting the soc as I'm also getting the ultimate voltron ex all three are good just depends on preference I'm going to sell my toynami to a friend just he don't have a voltron yet if he don't buy I'm not selling it I still like it

[@andrewtaylor940]

I have both my Toynami and GX-71 on display. I don't like playing with the Toynami as much as it doesn't stand as well and takes more to get balanced and set safely. Plus I always feel that the Black Lion Legs feel fragile. I've always been tempted to get another to display in both modes. But I do like the Toynami. It's a great Voltron. Just not as well rounded and fun as the new Bandai. But it is a good solid take on the character. With a nice gorgeous finish. The EX I have no interest in. I hate modern Roided up interpretations of clean classic designs. Too many scribbly pointless panel lines and such. The EX looks like Voltron as drawn by Rob Liefeld. Plus those ball and socket hip joints, who thought THAT was a good idea?

[@GarouLady]

OMG, Just woke up, saw the word Weenis, and mind went sleepily right into the gutter, thinking Michael was trying to be PG rated, until I looked it up, and then watched the video. LMAO! XD. And $300 bucks for a voltron?? Woah! Totally understand its a collector's piece but I thought you were paying around 100 bucks for that.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Oh no, it's $300. One of the more expensive Bandai pieces to date. The larger more "collector driven" Gokin pieces can run that (or more) these days. (price out a Fewture Getter robot or a Sen-Ti_Nel or a Bandai DX). But they put every cent of the $300 into the product and it shows. To keep it in perspective the Toynami one that Mike and Melinda like is a few years old, depending on which version you have (they released it for Voltrons 20, 25th and 30th anniversaries, so a lot of use of the molds) has an MSRP of ~$225 usd. The Madtoys bootleg King of Beasts and the Miracle Metals Vehicle Voltron that Mike showed also both had an MSRP of between $225 and $250. So the new SOC is within the ballpark of similarly sized figures. The modern $100 figures are typicaly 6-8" tall. Voltron is a 13" one.

[@zachary_attackery]

It just wouldn't be a proper RetroBlasting video if the words "Beast King GoLion" weren't said at least a minimum of 2 times

[@retroblasting]

+ZachAttack84 gotta pay respect to the origin

[@scikaiju]

Totally didn't read the title like you pronounced it lol.

[@oliwan666]

WEENUS!

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Expand Don-I mean Weenis.

[@mrmortimer710]

At least you have a highly opinionated views. Have a good and inspirational day. Thanks.

[@zogsquid]

I admire your choice to do these videos, but man, you are in the firing line for all these 'perfectioniserists'. I enjoy every post. If you didn't do this, then we would be , ok, sad.

[@nosommer9470]

can you do some star wars videos

[@retroblasting]

+No Sommer we just got done with the twelfth episode of Star Wars Follies. Gosh you Star Wars guys are like crack addicts.

[@kobrashangar1674]

talk about "click bait" title...lol

[@retroblasting]

I don't see it that way. That's RB's comedic spin on this particular feature of this toy.

[@EPS5000]

Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion, and they are free to like whatever they want. But for me, the Toynami Voltron sucks. First of all, instead of connecting the arms via the tails, like in the show, Toynami decided that the red and green lions need to be connected via a newly added penis. Also, instead of flipping down the tails for blue and yellow, they slide inside the body, creating ugly knee caps on Voltron. Overall the Toynami one is a mess.

[@JosephProductions]

Still the 80'S Version will always rule...

[@michaelh555]

You willfully won't learn Japanese!!! :P

[@medicwheat69]

Tell me about that military looking jacket.

[@medicwheat69]

I want one myself.

[@medicwheat69]

That's right come for the go lion stay for the fashion tips.

[@retroblasting]

It's a Royal Air Force WWII-era pilot's "battlejacket" from their "battledress" uniforms which you can see all over films like "The Great Escape", Mosquito Squadron, and others with Brit pilots. You can get them reproduced from WhatPriceGlory .com

[@medicwheat69]

***** found it. $125. I don't see the blue version you have. Just green. Brown. Khaki

[@retroblasting]

onlinemilitaria.net/products/5395-UK-RAF-battledress-Jacket-Improved-Run/