Stop Motion Review 091b - Combiner Wars Blast Off (GCN)

Arguable the best figure of the bunch. Unless of course you don't know how to wave dash....
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[@dirtbones3694]

Having him be a jet feels better, imagine a giant ass space shuttle attach to a little combat vehicle. Not to mention how bad Brawl and Swindle would be out of scale.

[@GT-lv1xg]

I 100% agree cuz space shuttles are heckin' big

[@simonho413]

Yes and they're technically not combat vehicles

[@LiamDyC]

​@@simonho413 In Hasbro's defense, they only made G1 Blast Off a space shuttle because it was the 80s, when anything was possible

[@Ezilla82]

Well it's four years later, but let's go with it anyways I do dig that Blast Off is a jet it does make sense with the whole combat/military thing and also gotten the shuttle version of Blast Off as well because why not more limbs for Bruticus. And also for jet Blast Off I did order myself a Renderform head for him and his blaster and I'm glad to have that.

[@ian1231100]

0:59 1.5 years later, a repainted version of shuttle Blast-off was released as an Amazon-exclusive. Huh.

[@nightlypiano4116]

Cool, but the chest protrudes

[@TheAxelandx1]

Funny i always thought that blastoff as a military shuttle was a bit dumb , but i guess it was the 80's so anything is possible :P , the fireflight head sure works better than the slingshot head , it definitely raises questions about who came first Slingshot or Fireflight , but i guess it's another riddle about the chicken and the egg XD

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

I'm actually convinced it's Quickslinger. you should check out camzilla51's video on Combiner Wars Ratchet. The First Aid mold was actually intended to be Ratchet, and for every First Aid made there was a discarded Ratchet head

[@TheAxelandx1]

The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer ohh so that's why they were selling ratchet heads at botcon last year? I would've never guessed it

[@lego0788]

The hole where the hand is supposed to plug in came cracked for me

[@murdermusprime7065]

you have just became my favorite reviewer.

[@thecianinator]

I wouldn't have gotten Bruticus if he was a space shuttle. Having him as a jet is just flat-out better. I have no nostalgic connection to the original toy or cartoon, I just wanted a cool robot toy. They are the Combaticons. They transform into combat vehicles. Space shuttles are not combat vehicles. Even as a kid, that would have been a stretch for my imagination. Having him be a jet makes sense and is an improvement, in my opinion.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

thecianinator could not agree more

[@crossyfirezx9659]

thecianinator but there are military space shuttles,

[@crossyfirezx9659]

Even in one of the videogames blastoff he was a shuttle

[@rav_productions2136]

If your talking about foc that doesn't Realy count as a shuttle its a cybertron altmode not earthbased

[@onyaksr.1026]

For an accurate head have you tried alpha bravo's head sculpt? It looks similar to first aid's face and in turn blastoff.

[@jans353]

I love you're reviews! :D Too bad I can't invest my money in spare bots to replace the head etc, but still, I admire your creativity when customizing the figs! :)

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Edward Kenway thanks = )

[@nrp1442]

Did anyone else go back and forth trying to read the text, "There Jim, Happy? =)"?

[@decepticonleadermegatron5239]

I love the way you do this

[@k.g.studios9964]

Great video Eyebrow

[@Sigmaprime369]

THIN YO PAINTS!

[@PerkyPyra]

Were you running this review on a Dolphin Emulator? Looks like you're using the HD Texture pack for Blast Off. The resolution on the head and the cleaned up look all around gives off that impression to me

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Iris Equinox hahahahaha awesome

[@DevasiaMotion]

This is 150% why I skipped bruitcus. Not only is this guy not a shuttle, the mold they used instead is my absolute least liked CW jet mold. The harrier never looked good to me no matter what media I've seen it in, and the robot mode looks almost nothing like Blast Off anyway. Also while I do get the whole "Shuttle not a combat vehicle" thing, I have a couple of couterpoints. #1 IIRC the Space shuttle design was a US military design project, and they still make space plane drones based off the concept. #2 as demonstrated(rather poorly on Movor's part) Tactical Orbital strikes can add a lot to a precision combat unit like the combaticons/commandos. True it puts him out of range of his comrades when combination needs to happen, but I'd like to believe Bruticus would be a last resort scenario where the shuttle guy would already have made orbital descent by the time it was needed.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

toycolorwarz1 that's totally fair. did you end up with unite warriors then?

[@DevasiaMotion]

Time, budget constraints, and inevitable exclusive redecos have forced me to put off UW Bruticus in favor of UW Baldigus.

[@StopMotionReviewer1]

I am in the process of reviewing the G2 5 pack but Blastoff in his White Plastic has the worst feeling plastic I have ever worked with. I am really contemplating the Unite Warriors one to replace it

[@beepityboop3740]

well. its a combat shuttle. Don't question it. it was g1

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

richard that person u don't know oh believe you me, I'm questioning it = P

[@beepityboop3740]

The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer then don't. its g1. ANYTHING can happen. like a jet turning into an airship carrier

[@cooperbrown5597]

blast off is my favorite combaticon well if u include bruticus then bruticus is my favorite combaticon and blast off is my second but I don't because menasor is not a stunticon he is a gestalt same with devastator aka my favorite combiner and abominus and predaking and so much more

[@AimeeRose1997]

Forgive me for nitpicking, but the official abbreviation for the GameCube is GCN.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

BHarribo or NGC in Japan! good call man. my bad

[@Coboxite]

GANON MAINS UNITE. Oh, and blastoff is cool too. My only gripe is the arm mode is, again, backwards. seriously, why are the only two upcoming Bruticus sets that have the arm correct be both literally the smallest and biggest?

[@mlc9927]

Hey lazy just a throw back to your superion part 3 review and my question is what's wrong with the regular quickslinger hips?

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

MichaelDigimon2 they scratched and it looked hideous

[@Orion_Ramirez]

I actually do like him better as a jet because It makes sense, none of that space shuttle nonsense.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Wolfrey Prime agreed

[@lesserz6310]

I'm one of those guys that went the Shapeways (first model you showed) route and modded him and Vortex. Adding PE upgrades and well, the team and Bruticus is the star of all those combiners on my shelf.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Jeff Perrin got pics? I would love to see a final result = )

[@lesserz6310]

I have a album over on FB with mixed shapeways stuff I messed around with. Blastoff's painted colors on my figure look off in photos, but looks solid in person. Photo lights will do that. facebook.com/Jeff.Perrin.MRZ/media_set?set=a.10209747902236609.1073741870.1302570384&type=3

[@Heirtotheking]

Hahahaha "He'll never come out as an online exclusive" potp is proving us all wrong thank God

[@bluerazor7049]

thelazyeyebrowreviewer did you know that madyerpiece cliffjumper and jazz commed out from g1?

[@Alzeal07]

My big complaint about this figure is that... i have him twice with superion as autobots, and having a combaticon that looks the same is kinda...weird IMO

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

ΔĿZΞΔL07 that's a fair point

[@maneoj46]

I love the review, I wanted a shuttle, but didn't want to shell out for the upgrades or a figure so I just used some molding putty and formed it about the cock pit. I didn't mess with the wings so I kept them. And to go with the head paint, were the paints completely dry, or what type of clear gloss do you use because that can affect the paints from bleeding

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

maneoj46 enamel eyes, a day later acrylic gloss

[@maneoj46]

that explains it. I never used Enamel paints. those are always tougher to deal with so I use acrylic paints.

[@jeremysnead9233]

It makes sense that he is a Jet but if the would have made ALFA BRAVE a space shuttle for the Aerialbot people would had been less miffed and they could have given us and attack shuttle for bruticuss.

[@Cole-gq7sv]

I am early my favriot combaticon great work who's next

[@RennovaMOCs]

Have you not seen any of the Star Wars movies? They have combat shuttles.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

LegoGnocchi but this look nothing like those...

[@jocelinevaldez3610]

I got swindle this Monday yay

[@possumgod8998]

What was with the triforce? XD

[@Shockwave-ob2tx]

Hopefully Jim is happy...Caught it! Annnnd there has been a combat shuttle. Sort of. It was in what is considered one of the crappier James Bond flics, namely Moonraker. The lead bad guy has a laser on the nosecone of his shuttle. For reasons...the 70's I guess...🙄 And I agree with you completely about UW Blast Off. He looks too...Energon era for me...

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Shockwave 2 hahaha that's about the only example I can think of = P

[@gabrielortiz4031]

There Jim ,Happy

[@robolord117]

Irony at we get it in g1 colors

[@Delfromteamrad]

There Jim, happy?

[@JommiGommi]

Slingshot, y u influence Blastoff?? Now he wanna be leik u great work! keep up the good job! short sweet and simple. love it

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Alpha Seeker I am trying to keep them short and simple. A: it's easier to make and I don't lose my hair over a figure and B: who has time to watch an hour and a half long bruticus review?

[@JommiGommi]

The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer lol nobody i like it this way! more productive!

[@ConvoyProduction]

i can wait for brawl

[@JackCashStuff]

Brawl came out almost 10 years ago, and while it is very nostalgic to me and I do love the sub space emissary, 4 is just objectively better. There's not much else a review could do for it.

[@nemesisbloodryche22]

also he has a gun and an A16

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Nemesis Bloodryche i realized after filming I forgot to cover him and vortex. repaints and all, so i did cover it jn the main bruticus review = P

[@nemesisbloodryche22]

The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer oh... Well that's OK then. I don't care if you coved the haots though... (Haots? Fonds? Hm)

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Nemesis Bloodryche the Fonz. Aaaayyyy!!!!......

[@nemesisbloodryche22]

The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer now I'm waiting for Michael Bay to make Sunstreaker the fonz...

[@JackCashStuff]

So six shot is link and blast off is ganondorf. We're basically past the point of no return now.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Davie L arts haha we passed that point a loooong time ago my friend = P

[@murraygallop7403]

Davie L arts picks up young & SEXY GIRLS.

[@murraygallop7403]

Love it.

[@murraygallop7403]

no

[@murraygallop7403]

😲

[@xEagleOne1]

Pretty good review for an uneducated ninny if I do say so myself. (Comment by an uneducated ninny mk2) :P

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

xEagleOne Hahaha

[@autobotironhide6165]

Wow, I thought that you would get offended. I'm generally surprised.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Autobot Commander Ironhide if you thought that......why'd you say it?

[@autobotironhide6165]

Not sure why, coming to think of it.

[@Jimboliah3985]

0:19 Much. :3

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Jim van der Kolk Hahaha glad you caught it = P

[@Jimboliah3985]

:P

[@rollingvice]

seems like he is really salty about unite warriors.

[@TheLazyEyebrow]

Salty? I go on about how much better i love the CW take and your take away is "gee someone's butthurt" sounds like someone is seeing what they wanna see