The Goofiest Of Combiners…..And Grimlock’s A Digger |

[@shifty0212]

I've always known him as Build King, since I originally imported the Car Robot toys back in '00. Fiddly to be sure, but he has such interesting combined modes and a great design.

[@NeilBlumengarten]

And how can you not love the name, "Build Boy" for Wedge?

[@Zyugo]

I completed watching the anime, but never owned a single figure, although I like how unique this guy forms in comparison to at least JRX.

[@UuIi-no4xn]

"This is probably where they-ow" - ThatToyGuy 2/2/24

[@crazzydude0117]

Haven't touched this toy in like 15yrs and I can still remember it's transformation like it was yesterday. I remember how hard it was to track down all 4 back in the day.

[@mattimus3667]

This is one of my favourite combiners from the Transformers series!

[@darrenbent7601]

Same here. I liked how the limbs could be in any combination, without taking it fully apart..

[@tracytron7162]

I just look at Heavy Load's face and all I can image is him just saying something mischievous or stupid like "I just took a shit..." but in duke nukems voice for some reason

[@braydenpage1808]

Grimlock not being a Dinosaur has to be some sort of War Crime.

[@Jazmission]

I wouldn't mind it if he was a triple changer

[@tehuselessguig3138]

eh, this is the least of this thing's problems. characters changing designs and alt modes, names being used on characters that have nothing to do with the original, those are nothing unusual

[@boulder5540]

Don't look at the Alternators line

[@Captain_Timezone]

Or megatron not having a arm cannon

[@MaverickMagnus]

He was an armored assault thingie in Dreamwave's War Within. :p

[@TheOptinater]

I love the idea of this guy having different forms, and only having 4 members.

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

One of them forms the chest, head and is the leader, and is also the smallest of the four

[@V1C70R10N]

​@@wilsonweiseng6485Not always in all cases the greatest is the leader.

[@marbles8641]

The RID Wedge is by far one of my favorite Transformers. His transformation, colors, look.. everything is just perfect for the type of figure he is.

[@irontownpictures9283]

RID2001 is severely underrated. It had some of my favourite designs (Prowl my beloved)

[@xmann10761]

Googiest combiner? Pfft! Animated says 'Hold my beer while I show you something...'

[@autobotyscorner6404]

Safeguard was pretty cool imo

[@xmann10761]

@@autobotyscorner6404 Really fantastic engineering. I have 3 of him in fact. But honestly? Still a little goofy.

[@nobodycares9186]

I have all of them except high tower. Got them at a vintage store. Really cool to see how different toys were two decades ago

[@Eevee007King]

I have my eyes on this figure for awhile and its still worth the wait for me.

[@theotakux5959]

This saddens me, because while I bought basically the entire first wave of RID and a lot of later figures, I was 14 when it was running and Ruination was the only combiner I completed. I only got Grimlock and Wedge from Landfill, and I didn't get any of the Trains.

[@RTDuellist]

what i like about this combinder, is you can rotate it round so you can chuse which are going to be the arms and which are going to be the legs

[@awesomeguy9513]

With the omega Prime being a thing hopefully we could see a legacy landfill. Wedge/Grimlock could be deluxes while heavyload/hightower could be deluxes but if the combiner needs bulk voyager class. Or a commander box set cause magnaboss opens up that possibility of smaller combiners being a commander box set This a very unique combiner team we usually don’t get 4 bot combiners and they have a cool gimmick to rotate the combiners design to your liking. There is some repaints of this team mainly an all yellow construction team and maybe a G1 devestator colour so there’s repaint possibilities for a legacy version

[@Zyugo]

I would be down for an all four deluxe setup though.

[@aldolibreri791]

Love RID 2001 because it had memorable characters and insane combiners like this. Really happy Onega Prime is getting a HasLab. I would absolutely fall over if we get good redos of the build team and Rail Racer.

[@Ravenfellblade]

I just really loved how completely different all of the combiners were in RID. We got a straight reissue of Bruticus as "Ruination", a straight recolor of Dreadwind and Smokejumper, a mashup Scramble City and Sentai Super Robot in the Build Team, a Japanese Train Combiner™, and a classic Super Robot in Omega Prime.

[@Magmafrost13]

When I was like 4 or 5, my best friend had this set, and I still remember Wedge so vividly, but I never had a name to put to it. So glad to see someone revive that memory for me and give a name to the toy. I should go buy a copy. I'd love to see more RID2001 videos, because the more I look into it, the more I suspect it might have been my first exposure to the franchise Now Ive just got to find out what a giant-ass heavily chromed purple and turquoise transformer owned by one of my brother's childhood friends was

[@james_no_last_name]

I would actually find it cool to see these be the next Legacy Combiner Team

[@Sykeadelick]

At least in RiD 2015 Grimlock was still a dinosaur and only wore a digger as a disguise

[@moltenamber85]

If I had a nickel for every time Grimlock appeared in a Transformers series called Robots In Disguise and was green, I’d have two nickels! Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@TechnicalJimActual]

It was a crane.

[@pouse4]

I picked up Landfill at Toronto's TF con. Very happy to get it, as RID Grimlock was the very first transformer I ever own. So nice to get him again along with the full team.

[@redheartnorvus8997]

This set actually fit to G1 aesthetics. I have a -Cybertron Landmine -Car Robots Combiner Landfill redeco both to yellow orange -G1 Grapple , -G1 Micromaster Erector with Flatbed-battlestation. Sure played with it 10 years ago as an autobot Buildbot subgroup as counterpart to Constructions though Landmine, Grapple and Erector is not part of combiner mode. I renamed him Baseframe (I know it's weird I was a kid) as he is the Shockwave-esque leader and the buildbots were his team. Also had a Grapple which is his right-handman renamed Flexbeam. They left Cybertron on a mission to a Cybertron colony as a construction team that somehow got sucked into a wormhole and ended up in G1 where they work behind the scenes to help rebuild on damage control cause by the Earth Autobot Deception war but not interfering in a war they were not a part of. Hey I was a kid with a hyper imagination so don't judge. I remember putting them in a box somewhere. Maybe I would display em it was a part of me growing up. I would like to get a Cybertron Quickmix if it's not too expensive online and add that. Its a big figure. Maybe a Rescue Bot Wedge the one with a trailer base, saw that and it wasnt that bad, its quite cool actually. Since I have a Landfill and I really want a Cybertron Gigantion Quickmix, I'll finish it up with a Generations Double Targetmaster Scoop. Just because they were a G1 Double targetmaster team of Scoop, Landfill and Quickmix, and I know there is no way I can get my hands on G1s, or maybe too much of a hastle since they are really old. I don't know my dad just buys me construction bots as a kid. Never bothered me. I mean my friends had Optmus and starscreams and Bumblebee the popular ones. Im happy with mine. And used to work well with my lego base and city builds.

[@yungntoxicnetwork94]

I started re watching RID 2001 And it Nuffin how I remember it 😂

[@chell33]

-oh look it has no heels it cant stand! >literally throws toy on a table

[@WaveSineReverse]

Build King always felt to me like a design intended for a Brave series that got reimagined for Transformers, even moreso than JRX does. The excavator being named 'Grimlock' is definitely symptomatic of Early 2000s Hasbro Trademark Maintenance

[@chrisclifton192]

You missed that hightower has little black pegs that flip out near his front wheels (the ones that become his shoulders), they exist bc crane trucks IRL have anchors that fold out to lock them in place so they don’t fall over while lifting things. While the IRL ones don’t exactly look or work like that, it is neat they put something in to add “realism”.

[@skyquake87]

I love this combiner team. Such great, fun colourful designs and entertainingly challenging transformations. I liked them so much I bought them three times over; the Wal Mart all-yellow version is nice and the predictable Constructicon repaints Universe gave us are also nice! This era of Transformers from around the turn of the century is my absolute favourite period and these four chunky builders are a good example of why; so much experimentation and innovation going on around this time. Brilliant.

[@fracturedkoi1]

This series had the most awesome combiners. Optimus was a single robot combiner, Optimus and Magnus were a 2 robot combiner, Raiden was a 3 combiner, these guys used 4 members, and Ruinitron had the traditional 5. So much variety.

[@CosmicHase]

What about devastator? Was he not in rid?

[@fracturedkoi1]

@ Devastator was not in RiD. There was a repaint of these figures in green that was released in the Universe toy line named Devastator.

[@RodimusPrime1982]

I still have these, but I call them by their true Japanese names not the weak Americanized names, so Buildboy, Build Typhoon, Build Hurricane, and Build Cyclone, finally Build King, same for the train trio J4, J5, and J7 who form JRX

[@CosmicHase]

Those names make a little more sense

[@DIVINSTERIO]

10:39 and now we gonna do.... This Fu##er Got me laughing so hard😂

[@PenguinMasterKnight]

Oh boy I remember this set of toys, well, not SPECIFICALLY this set, when I was younger, except they were all done up in Heavyload's color scheme and all came in 1 packaging so you didn't have to buy them separately, still have them to this day, Ah fun memories....

[@joshluke7105]

Remember playing with this as a kid and loving it, so nice to see it again :)

[@Alexprime-ve1od]

They look way Better in the cartoon.

[@soundwavegamer2321]

I actually have this guy. About 4 years ago I was at this place that would sell old games and toys. Which they sold old transformers they had in the time I start going to it and seeing their selection some really good stuff like Armada Unicron, Cybertron Primus, RID 2001 Optimus Prime mint in box (I had wanted to pick it up, but it was $200 American) and even a Beast Wars II Lio Convoy (which I picked up eventually before they closed for good.) and a version of this team was one of the things I saw there, but it was the Yellow version of the team in a box set. It was $52 American so I said why not and picked it up. It sits proudly combined on top of my IKEA desk alongside all the rest of my other pinnacles of my collection (including my Lio Convoy) though I don’t like to touch it much as the dump trucks foot hinged cracked as a result of them never being played with for over 19 years because they were fresh in box when I got them (well as fresh in box as you can be when the plastic window broke. Causing the rubber bands to dry out)

[@sir_duckduck8367]

I love how accurate the transformations are to the show no matter how goofy they are

[@thesaiyanlegacy]

This was one of my favorite sets as a kid! I only had 3/4 for years until I came across the Grimlock in like new condition at a yard sale in like 2012

[@gabdlc_]

Tbf, toys back then are more for play rather than display (I know most toys today still do) so not just the articulation, being able to stand for display doesn't matter when they used to just end up in kids' tubs of toys after playing with it. I think it's fun and nostalgic.

[@shresthasengupta8984]

0:29 Hasbro, where's our pizza party at?

[@roysmoothfinger]

Dude this was my favorite toy when I was a kid. You can call it goofy, I call it versatile for the imagination.

[@BludgeonWarrior]

Hightower I'm pretty sure was my first ever Transformers toy, I still have his crane but the rest of him went somewhere, probably a farm. Maybe...

[@isaacsussman5632]

Found a Wedge for 5$ at the flea market today. Shocking solid little dude for a 2001 toy. May need to track the rest now

[@deathsceane]

I have ton constructicon repaint of those figures. While the instructions did help, what really help me was actually remembering how the combining was done in the 2001 anime. While they are the same molds as the Build Team (that's what they were called), the coloring of the constructicon repaints were definitely more uniform. Still it does have all the same issues you would have. Me personally I was just happy to have something that reused the same molds.

[@eclipticsolar5441]

The best combiner of all time

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Hell yeah

[@fracturedkoi1]

Also always thought it was cool that these guys’ robot heads have designs inspired by their vehicle modes!

[@WhoopingRazorback746]

We definitely need legacy remakes of these guys, along with Heavy-load’s murderous smile😂

[@Toomanytransformers]

I own heavy load and love the figure

[@alexdoom1942]

I have the yellow Walmart exclusive version, and he’s still so goofy and funky looking, I still love it

[@Thalia_Aquaticaa]

Now realizing that some knockoff I've had for a year is a very simplified green and black version of the Hightower/Heavyload mold 💀 It DID advertise a construction vehicle combined mode on the back..

[@jeremiahkoenig2243]

I got this Toy in thr mid 2000's, some timr around 2004-2006. Loved the eay you can make alternate combiners from the tram of 4. Returning to transfomers in the last few years, I see they have their articulation flaws. I actully love Grimlock, though is legs are difficult to tab. My favorite landfill uses Hightower as the chest. These guys have some of the best playability. Hope they do a legacy version with all the improvements of modern Transfomrers

[@laredotxspidey]

Imagine Devastator waking up one day to the news of a new Autobot construction vehicle combiner to rival him, and then he finds out this dude's that new combiner.

[@BrynGill-b7y]

What if Landfill is just Devastator's son going through his rebellious phase, but his dad actually completely supports his decision to be an autobot

[@mrenderguy3431]

Just so you know I’m 13 and I love transformers figures putting the description won’t stop me from watching

[@HarmonyEdge]

Fun fact: The Japanese and American versions of Grimlock are ever so slightly tooled differently(I used to own both, kept the Japanese version, but also later got the all yellow WalMart version) with the cab windows being retooled. The difference was prolly too insignificant to mention in the Wiki...

[@hustle_simmons]

makes you appreciate the combiners now

[@DragonmanX90]

I got all of the build team for my birthday one year; but for the life of me I could NEVER get him into his combined form!

[@todddavis2041]

Got my Build Team at the end of 2017. Hightower, Grimlock and Wedge were loose but complete $40. Sealed (not for long) Heavyload was $45. Always liked how Landfill was unique. Maybe not the best execution, but still nice. I would like to see Hasbro attempt another combiner like him.

[@teecethegeese]

Wow I used to have Hightower as a kid and it wasn't until I watched this that I even remembered that!

[@lorcan0c]

Transformers in 2010: Reveal the Shield Transformers in 2001: [ 5:32 ]

[@daftysnake7019]

Memory unlocked,remember getting the red crane guy and wanted other ones so freaking bad uuuuuuh

[@Gappsbubbleboy]

Imagine if the g1 designs combined into this

[@DraconicDarkness]

I had this for the longest time! I loved it back then! And then someone stole everything but grimlock even took his shovel -_-

[@theodorelong9762]

I bought them to complete my RID autobot collection and they turned out to be my favourites.

[@AimeeRose1997]

Nobody: That Toy Guy: "Eee!"

[@Scourgymus]

Changing one letter in the title would end it all

[@Cool_Doge_A_Cool_Penguin]

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[@nachus134]

N

[@HuanYan-c9t]

​@@Cool_Doge_A_Cool_Penguindigger into n..

[@yungntoxicnetwork94]

A blue porta potty that transform into a shovel weapon would be dope 😂

[@jlashombjr]

These feel like they could be the next weaponizer team with a combination mode. Then, repaint them in classic devastator constructicon colors.

[@ryanweston6182]

I bought this backnwhen it came out during the early years of adult collecting because it was the closest to G1 they had in a while. It wasn't too bad for the time.

[@kyoswimm]

always wanted the devstator version of this guy. I know they’re bizarre but that’s exactly why I want them

[@jacobboehmer6355]

This was the first Grimlock I ever knew

[@DerpyDude777]

Got these goobers on my shelf in front of me haha. They are odd combined but fun in Alt mode and are very articulated in bot mode, I like em, why I had to pick em all up again.

[@swolie]

I remember I had High Tower. I was a 4 year old, I wanted Optimus Prime, but the only description I gave to my mom was "I want the red one"

[@CosmicHase]

that's hilarious ngl. Could've specified the red firetruck tho.

[@IdontCareWhatUthink143]

I got to point out that you missed transformed landfill in 2 areas one with hightower toes they need to point out not up like heavy load and the 2nd is the arms you need to rotate 90 with the holes on the top and bend to look like upside down V, this will bring the shoulders up inline with wedge’s treads.

[@AJOlaks]

hmm I wonder what might have spurred you to make an RiD toy video so mysterious jokes aside non-dino Grimlock is honestly kinda cool

[@ThatToyGuy]

It's funny cause I bought this a day before the haslab announcement. Lol

[@King_of_the_dinobots]

Me grimlock is going to kill mysel-

[@nightmare69metalmatt52]

Absolutely love this figure made my childhood prime

[@apostlenik809]

If they ever do a Legacy version of Landfill, the team members' molds might be viable for doing the BWII Autorollers and making a combiner out of them as well! Although I do wonder how they could possibly retool a bulldozer, excavator, dump truck or crane into an APC or a fighter jet...

[@samurexatlas7373]

Gods above, this video is just "Dunk on Excavator Grim at all costs"

[@HKLives]

I had the Universe Devastator version of this mold as a kid. The Grimlock redeco broke nearly immediately so i was never able to actually use the combiner.

[@EduardoGarcia-tn5je]

I really want an update on Ruination, and by extension Bruticus

[@HarmonyEdge]

There is a Ruination redeco of CW Bruticus as a Japanese exclusive as a option.

[@Gregory_ferrandis]

grimlock:why me grimlock digger?

[@mintpalmer]

When I first saw this guy it just reminded me of Big Motorvator

[@W0lverine1231]

Grimlock: “Me Grimlock no like being excavator, me Grimlock be Dino king, me Grimlock acquire Cesium Salami”. Grimlock is the coolest Dinobot from G1 and Fall of Cybertron.

[@Madmax-sj7sl]

I've had the yellow one for years, and didn't even know what it was.

[@psychoticbuzzsaw]

I wouldn't make a bad habit of making that noise when you pull something

[@LordAaronus]

at least there's something to recolor Legacy Devastator into

[@R3dB0t1]

So I heard the reason why the green one is named Grimlock is because Hasbro needed to keep their license for the name active otherwise it would have went public domain

[@dangreen6901]

I had this set as a kid, but the normal construction yellow version

[@OrinFinch]

I had this a kid, and I only have one of them left and couldn't find where the came from

[@kamenrideraquarius]

Hightower and heavy load were the first transformers I had as a kid

[@kamenrideraquarius]

Or they were the first ones I played with

[@condifennex3996]

Image a new toy of these guys lol

[@jash6244]

Did they pay you to take that because if you paid more than 25 cent's for the whole thing than you got taken 😢.

[@juankid8802]

I had this as a kid in an all yellow color scheme, and it was a bit of a disappointment even as a kid. I remember spending maybe an hour deciphering the instructions to put him together, only to be disappointed with the floppy and fragile mess of parts that the bots combine into.

[@elsaborgarsdottir8945]

Wedge also has a waist swivel.

[@AintNobodyAtAll]

The train team is where it's at.

[@a-silva]

Always wanted this set when I was younger

[@benedict1698]

Tjat grimlock wad my very first Autobot hahaha. I loved RID!

[@biospark4758]

Blud looks like he only does leg day lol

[@wingedswordslayer]

I always thought it was supposed to be GrimROCK when it came to the RiD 2001 name but someone didn't get the memo and wanted to keep the original name. I mean, it makes sense. He's a construction vehicle.

[@OscarTheChinchilla]

Oh, Hightower. Still appreciate him for being one of the first Transformers I ever owned, but really hate how he (and the Universe Bonecrusher and Scavenger 2 pack) has forever taunted me with the first of many incomplete combiners.

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Well if Haslab is willing to reincarnate Omega Prime, I wonder if they'll give the Build-Team and Rail-Racer a turn in the spotlight too.

[@garrettsmith4034]

Grimlock being a digger is a reference to dinobot having the same non beast alt mode ;). Just saiyan. I'd love to dee RID getting support. I'm so torn on RID opt and magnus.