Siege Skytread: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 202

[@thetsarofall8666]

"G1 accurate, not always a compliment" sadly true

[@Sparkbomber]

The idea was good, the execution... limited by the toy tech at the time.

[@russellharrell2747]

Sparkbomber toy tech at the time...you mean how the line showed a huge decline in quality from the much older Japanese diaclone and microchange lines while Gi joe has extreme posability and excellent sculps in figures less than 4 inches? Yeah, transformers got cheap and shotty, even going to ‘futuristic’ vehicle modes to completely cop out on making passable alt modes. Their non-transforming action masters even had fewer POA than the earliest Joes made almost a decade earlier BY THE SAME COMPANY. Wtf man, WTF (worst transformers)

[@SuzanneHomemaker]

Russell Harrell *cough Brawn cough*

[@masterfarr8265]

MP 44

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@Sparkbomber It wasn't so much the toy tech at the time as much as it was their priorities. They chose a simplistic robot mode with limited poseability so they could have a single-step transformation. BUT, it's actually possible to do both given the materials available at the time. They just had the wrong mindset when designing it.

[@battleupsaber462]

Ya'll are sleeping on Marvel UK Flywheels. He fought zombies with Ultra Magnus and Trypticon!

[@tigerbread78]

Y'know, sometimes it's like Thew never read the UK comics at all ;)

[@rubiconprime1429]

Holy Crap! He saved Ultra Magnus’ life, summoned Trypticon, and survived a fight with the Wreckers! This man is no big footed goof ball, he’s a certified badass

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Marvel UK Flywheels isn't a toy so he doesn't count in this review...

[@MrRe-pg7fj]

BattleUp Saber And he got killed by the D.J.D

[@Raziberry]

I actually love his colour scheme! There's a load of blue and grey Decepticons, but I can't think of a single other Transformer with maroon and brown off the top of my head.

[@hurricane567]

A tank with no turret might be self propelled artillery or, more likely for Skytread, a tank destroyer. The Archer is a great example and I think Bovington has one on display.

[@Bobsheaux]

No idea what Skytread's official backstory is, but I can't help but imagine that he's the Decepticons' first experiment in triplechanger technology. He starts off as a regular tankbot, he has a jet mode adapted into him to coincide with his tank mode, but when he transforms for the first time, he just splits apart into two different entities. SKYTREAD: Did it work? Am I a jet?? SHOCKWAVE: Uh... Kind of?...

[@TheRealHiboman]

Just caught the sneaky Emgo reference! “Squozen” Thew bringing the rewatch value as always!

[@ReaverPrime]

You pronounced Punch/Counterpunch properly?! I DEMAND a do over!

[@Enkye_CA]

ReaverPrime No! A DUO-over!

[@cartkart1]

Counch/Puntercouch

[@zestybagels930]

Me: I'm going to bed. Thew Video's: No... your not.

[@VorpalSlade]

Judge Tredd, Treddie Mercury, Treddy Kruger, Treddy Roosevelt, brilliant haha You had my subscription at "Coccyx-blocked"

[@cartkart1]

What does Coccyx blocked mean?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@cartkart1 In this case it means Skytreads can't turn at the waist very well because his jet tail is bumping into his hips.

[@Osna_Durtha]

I lost it at Ass Mounted Kibble Fish. My standards are both getting lower and higher at the same time

[@VRHyoumaru]

Someday Thew will have to publish a guide to alliterative prose, because he's like a alliteration machine gun.

[@SteelAngelJohn]

HARMPITS! ...yeah I love this guy :D

[@ChaosWolf1982]

I prefer ARSENALHOLES.

[@AtticusTsaiMcCarthy]

Thanks for the shout out! I also picked this guy up to help bolster my official (Hasbro/Takara designed) Scavengers group.

[@Cyclownus]

Honestly he is my favourite wave 1 deluxe figure.

[@ZstackZip]

Dark Scream same

[@cartkart1]

My favorite Siege figure

[@Bokobling]

What about cog

[@GeekBearReporter]

Hahahaha, I'm so glad you brought up this death in the IDW comic. Nicely delivered!

[@DonaldWWitt]

And then in the Netflix show, Chroma snipes him in the face after he helped the Resistance escape Spark Harvesting...

[@ZimMan2]

Drinking game for Thew's reviews: take a shot every time he says "on the go."

[@thomashollingshead015]

“Ass mounted kibble fish” is something I never thought I’d hear anyone say ever, but I’m glad I did.

[@garrettmasters7281]

Bro, that entire bit he does with that sentence is quote book worthy just saying

[@PhelesDragon]

This is probably my 18th time watching this video and I’m just now noticing the 69 joke

[@fen4554]

I think I hurt something laughing at the Overlord x Skytread combination.

[@HIllowder]

i had a fly wheels with no head, i thought it was just a no headed tank bot

[@teknonaught]

....... now i gotta do that Overlord Skinny Khakis swap.. lol

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

My advice is to get a second TR Blitzwing or Megatron and custom paint it, then whack the Skytread Titan Master on there and just pretend it's a Generations version of the Platinum Blitzwing that made a cameo in your Astrotrain video...then get another Astrotrain and do the same Platinum Edition custom paint job to him so they match...

[@tigerbread78]

Tready Roosevelt Judge Tread Tready Vedder Tread Flintstone Tready Mercury Tready Kruger - Name pun quota exceeded OVERLOAD IMMINENT!

[@cartkart1]

And Overlord is in this video! It all comes full circle

[@Roctev]

Wow Thew how many nicknames can you give this bot? Not that it matters they were all great and hella fun to hear.

[@lampy5490]

He's not a tank, he's self-propelled tracked artillery and thus no turret to swivel. LOVE YOUR VIDS!

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Flywheels did appear in the Headmasters cartoon and the animated segment of the Duocons commercial, so Siege Skytread is based on that version of the design...

[@j-sant-animations8105]

That moment on 7:38, it was for some reason hilarious when the last combination option popped up. But great video! It’s good to get love for the obscured.

[@LarkinsLair]

HARMPITS.... a new word I will add to my vocabulary because of your video. 👍🤙😃

[@davidf7550]

You had me at Treddie Vedder LOL #thewbeingthew

[@ryliemorgan3725]

Same that gave me whiplash it took me by surprise so much

[@swindlegaming7397]

First battletrap now flywheels thanks hasbro

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

As soon as Skywheels/Flytread appeared in the line, I immediately thought of your love for Battletrap and for Generic Decepti-troops. Glad you like him. His Titans Return head looks great on Chromedome by the way.

[@lagbait3076]

Skytread, the Fred of Decepticons.

[@michaellombardi1620]

Ooooh! I love it when you do a toy that I own. Plus one I also had the g1 of. Although a bit of a brick in bot mode, that guy was fun to show off in the school yard. He transformed as fast as anything in the cartoon

[@rathorclemenger6125]

Looks like Thew's gonna do another "Damnit... Open".

[@TaurusPrimus]

I have the whole complete first wave including battle masters and micro masters. And waiting for wave two first on my list is Skifire my wife is preordering him for my birthday can't wait. Thanks Thew for a great video.👍🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@AtreiusLux]

And now I want one more so than before. Hope Smyths still have some!

[@chrisvellner3922]

Joke left out for time: "Brotherhood of the Robot-pants"

[@nowaytoisop8776]

Skytread is one of the only deluxes I have (only got him to go with battletrap) and I gotta say I love him

[@technosaurusarcanex3247]

Yes! My Skytread has the exact same issues with the tank half that yours does, which is really disappointing as this guy was one of the few transformers I had as a kid. I still have his jet half in a bin somewhere too...

[@littlespiderjunior6798]

Spoilers for siege He had the nerve to punch Optimus IN THE FACE

[@ZstackZip]

Should I give this guy a voice based on the sniper from TF2 when I make my series?

[@AksulKrumpskragga]

as we talk about duocons you think Overlord counts as one?

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Yes

[@iLO80]

In the TF universe, it makes sense. A Power Master Duocon. If “Duocon” is based more on the “spring” gimmick than just coming together, I’d say probably not for the toy line.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

@@iLO80 no overlord was retconed into being a duocon. 5 real

[@MDonuT-of7px]

>Judge Tread Oh my god.

[@MathewHaswell]

Speaking of Judge Dredd... Thew, have you bought Rebellion's "Cor & Buster Humor Special"? If not, do you intend to?

[@andrewthielmann5342]

He might be my favorite of the deluxes...or of all the things so far...ever.

[@elijahjarman2837]

I honestly felt like skipping him, mainly because of the lack of two robo modes, like battletrap. It could have worked

[@a3s1r1986]

Possibly. A retool of Battleslash for the jet top and a new mold for the tank might have worked

[@elijahjarman2837]

@@a3s1r1986 hmm.... it would be a difficult one, but entirely possible

[@ARCWuLF]

I find it funny that thanks to the price increase of the Siege toy line, Skytread costs exactly the same as buying both the Battletrap Legends figures (at least here in the United States). I'm glad that we got this figure though, as now I have a Duocon trifecta: Battletrap, Skytread, and I can use Titans Return Overlord as their commander (he is, after all, just a big Duocon)!

[@hollowknightfan2379]

0:17 One of these things. Is not like the others. One of these things. Doesn't belong.

[@Technochaos03]

Just got my Flywhee- I mean Skytread in the mail and I love the little daft man. Just the right amount of goofy in my evil robots.

[@todddavis2041]

You could consider Skytreads bottom half as a Tank Destroyer, most of those don't have a turret! Love the review!

[@TheTurnipKing]

Also, of course, he has the jet mode to act as a spotter for his destroyer.

[@todddavis2041]

@@TheTurnipKing Very True!

[@Evaunit98]

Interesting thought: overlord is made up of a huge jet and a tank that come together to form overlord, so this technically means that overlord is the biggest duocon ever

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

If Skytread had done the same thing as Battletrap, I bet Hasbro would have named the two parts Skyblast and Treadshot...

[@toyscourge4983]

Yay! My Thew fix is here! Who’s Andrew rigidly? And when’s the next DAMMIT OPEN!!

[@Psyche1903]

Love the new Duocons, have them posed up with the LG Overlord. Of the two I'd say I prefer Flywheels, even if his tank mode doesn't hold together that well. Battletrap having to have his halves become robots make his main mode a bit fiddly, and his robot modes a bit stocky and busy seeing as they have to hide the combiner kibble. Flywheels just having the vehicle mode and combined mode makes him feel sturdier, in addition to your comment about the waist. Both are still great tho.

[@optimoosejones9493]

I bet we could get a blitzwing out of this mold or atleast a slamdance!

[@syntheticpacifist]

Except the current people running the Generations line probably won't do Blitzwing, because they'd probably want to do a proper, voyager-scaled one to go with the new Springer. Idk who Slamdance is, but sure! Another nobody as a repaint of a nobody!

[@muisverriet]

@@syntheticpacifist tfwiki.net/wiki/Slamdance_(G1)

[@SideswipePrime606]

Wow, he's actually getting retooled into Slamdance!

[@optimoosejones9493]

looks like flywheels got a new pair of Thews!

[@8bitPikachu]

love this guy, he one of those just pick me up and mess with me dudes. it also helps that he is front and center on my Decepticon shelf as I haven't the time to reorganize... or dust.

[@YoshiArmy]

'An Excellent Compliment'

[@benvoliothefirst]

You gotta be careful with those "just pick me up and mess with me dudes"...

[@LordGrim1313]

He's one of only two seige deluxe figures I've bought. It's just him and Cog. He looks great on display with battletrap though!

[@hobartpaving8986]

Best colour scheme in the whole of Transformers. He looks like he scanned his alt-mode in a Wimpy bar in 1976.

[@nemesisbloodryche22]

Ah yes, the most popular wave 1 siege character

[@jelgerbudding8140]

He's actually one of my favorites in the line so far

[@NightmareZerogbs]

Huh, I hadn’t noticed how dark his colors were.

[@whitelioconvoy4146]

I mainly like the duel transformation concept.

[@Spike-Prime]

So, I think this is a friggin great idea for a figure, two vehicles to merge into one genuinely good robot, but the plane is seriously disappointing. In jet modes, they either hide the arms well, or hide the legs well, or fail at both and awkwardly clamp a big block under what's meant to be a sleek plane. Here, they get to ditch the entire lower half of the robot and focus on a good jet, and yet the arms still ended up with a breeze block look under the aeroplane, despite being handed every opportunity for it to be good!

[@gtp_vexd3507]

I got a KZbin ad for a ROBOT lawnmower....... co inky dink?....

[@originaluddite]

No way, Flywheels is totally the George Michael of the duo.

[@innocentdemon87]

Is that an on-screen watermark??? That's kinda cool.

[@A.MNeverP.M]

Great review Thew!

[@suprizeoptomist4680]

The body bits on the back of the alt mode don't sit right unless the thighs and pelvis are rotated exactly in the right position. Done right, the tabs just snap into place without any effort at all. How long have you spent deliberating between forcing the tabs to go in with a hammer or just chunking it at a wall.

[@Anton-de5vu]

I really like skytreads colours for some reason, reminds me of fancy cranberry or raisin chocolate

[@cheeseburgerpaladin]

Thew please write my eulogy

[@Chord_]

Yeah, did *not* expect that Overlord and Black Shadow swap in the slightest. That just looks absolutely horrifying. Or hilarious. Probably both.

[@JasonSawyer]

Damn Thew, your pun/portmanteau game was in top form for this one.

[@dylanwillis2812]

Thew, why is everything always “on the go” where are you in such a hurry to be?

[@Traph]

I smell a deluxe Overlord out of this guy...

[@Cyclownus]

Also a Blitzwing.

[@syamantakguha3518]

Died at Overtread and Sktrap! Cheers from India!

[@MrDoctorVK]

The perfect review for Good Friday. While TR Skytread I never get, I'm gonna have Siege Skytread. Though shame that he didn't showed up in POTP as it would have been interesting to see his jet and tank parts get robot modes of they own.

[@cartkart1]

That would be kinda cool but look how weird Battletrap’s body looks like compared to Skytread. Plus the two guys looks kinda weird and the vehicle modes are a bit strange. Idk it’s just not my favorite thing

[@Nagatem]

Who else preordered 3 reflektor to make a camera since they never had one as a kid?

[@GuzziHeroV50]

He's still one of my favourite UK Marvel comic characters just because of his accent!

[@ZstackZip]

I fricken love siege flywheels

[@keithrimer8415]

I actually really like him, especially the colors! Gotta get him!

[@ce2know7]

Tready Kruger, the one....cheers dude.

[@leekalba]

I like to combine the vehicle modes for extra daftness.

[@cartkart1]

I like Siege Skytread but one of the tabs on the chunky part of the tank doesn’t go in. It just pops out after you push it in. Other than that he’s a lot of fun and maybe even my favorite siege figure. I would 100% recommend it. Edit: There’s a piece of plastic inside the feet, and if you cut it down then it holds together. It’s hard to describe the piece but I looked up “Siege Skytread tank fix” and found it in the TFW forums. After that I made a video on my channel about it, you could just look at that that’s prolly be easier

[@therealding221]

Treddie vedder. Thew I love you.

[@XelhosTallyn]

"Treddy Vedder" 😂 I love this figure

[@BossEvasion]

I just realized that Skytread is pretty much a lamer, less known Overlord. At least in terms of alt. modes, poor con would probably trip on Pipes rather than... crap, I just made myself sad again...

[@Skullgrin140]

Wonderful stuff as ever sir!

[@blastermaster2047]

Only waiting to a Tesaur Figure.

[@Normonaut]

I prefer to have Skytread displayed with the larger weapon on his back. That way he has the classic cockpit chest of a jet transformer AND the classic back mounted turret of a tank transformer, which is perfect for a transformer that is both.

[@phinozomu358]

4:27 not gonna lie, this is the first time i've seen Thew genuinely angry, kinda a shock

[@dustbeans]

Love your stuff man!

[@a3s1r1986]

I mean, I like it.... but Battletrap spoiled me with the two robots coming together to make bigger robot thing. I kinda wanted to be spoiled again.

[@MojoTheClown]

Got him for a tenner today. He's great! Thanks for reminding me that his guns make a sweet super-weapon.

[@TakeWalker]

Skytread is absolutely fantastic, but I had to bin mine the other day because he was misassembled and I smashed him trying to get him apart. :(

[@alexlemonds2838]

I'm hoping that in the Siege cartoon he's depicted as a religious lunatic who refers to Opimus as a "false Prime" whose detestable "heathen" followers deserve to be "smited." It'd be a nice expansion of/reference to IDW Flywheels.

[@NeilBlumengarten]

There's an easy fix for the tank mode: i.redd.it/bvau5mfm32h21.jpg Just sanding/chiseling a tiny bit took Treaddie Prinze, Jr. from "Meh" to "Oh, Baby" for me.

[@bricktrooper540]

He the best random bad guy army filler.

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Just 15 away from 50,000 subs, Thew! Almost halfway to your long overdue Silver Play Button!

[@jnkwarior]

Maybe it's just me but I'm pretty disappointed that neither Battletrap nor Skytread have a vehicle combination mode, I mean how hard would it have been to just have a port so you could sandwich them together into jet tank or copter car

[@bayouhero6556]

Imagine if they did a sky tread repaint out of the over lord recolour from power of the primes