These Transformers Never Get Good Toys

[@marknewland9314]

Speaking of Triple Changers, poor Broadside.

[@RialVestro]

I like Broadside but even I can admit the jet mode looks like a brick with wings and I don't know that they can ever make that design have a good jet mode.

[@Solfury]

@RialVestro If it was a Leader class, you could probably make more of the flight deck fold away to get a cleaner jet mode, but he's one where I don't mind liberties being taken and his jet being more of a flying fortress like what the Titans Return one had going on.

[@gavo7911]

@@RialVestro Honestly I think they should just take the triple changer component out entirely, and have him turn into a Helicarrier-style flying vehicle

[@wakeangel2001]

My favorite Arcee is the Animated version, she looks the most like her G1 counterpart while having a good transformation, using car parts to make her body, and having good sized feet that allow for posing. Arcee also has really good toys of the times she isn't a car, like Prime Arcee and Bumblebee movie Arcee. Now for a character that NEVER got a good toy, I'd have to go to my old standby, Airachnid. Her Prime figure was SO bad I remember it made you question your top 5 worst transformers of all time back in the day, her tiny little legion figure was better, but nobody is ever going to be satisfied by THAT. Since then her only official new toy so far was a one step changer for Transformers One, but I'm not even sure they announced a proper warrior or deluxe figure for her (which would be a massive shame, I actually really liked her One design and would love to get a good toy of it)

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

You have no idea how much I want a Voyager Class TFOne Airachnid

[@saturncrush]

Have you seen newage Arcee. They completely nailed all the engineering for the car vs feminine form. It is A+ beyond Hasbro or Takara.

[@Arrabbiata-o9t]

I feel like Arcee doesn't really belong on this list, because the Generations Arcee has aged very well compared to modern attempts at the character. While the design philosophy of the toy (shellforming and backpack) may be controversial, it is still objectively a pretty solid and fun toy to play and mess with. Honestly, she doesn't even shellform as much as you think - at least it tries to incorporate the car in its thighs and chest. And if the black parts aren't to your taste, the Takara color scheme has got you covered.

[@optimistprime3192]

Was also thinking this. You can even replace the odd hands with SS86’s since they are so similar.

[@557deadpool]

God look at the cope in this comment

[@braydenpage1808]

Arcee has one good toy you neglected, Studio Series Bumblebee movie Arcee. It's s great figure that manages to have an actual transformation and avoid an egregiously large backpack. It was good posability as well. Definitely the best Arcee made as of now.

[@schlieffenman957]

He's specifically talking about G1 arcee I think, but I agree with you

[@braydenpage1808]

@schlieffenman957 the first toy he mentioned was a Beast Wars figure though.

[@Teh_Spirit]

@braydenpage1808 isn't beast wars part of g1 continuity though?

[@Stuffies2022]

I honestly don’t think the SS86 one is bad, either.

[@braydenpage1808]

​@@Teh_Spirit yeah, but you wouldn't call a Beast Wars toy a G1 toy.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

Meanwhile, Shockwave always gets good ones. We don't count Shockblast. Different name, lol

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

The key to getting a good new Tracks figure would be to take the original toy’s transformation and simply make quality of life improvements. Who cares if he ends up with a wide chest because of it? I’d rather have a thicker Tracks than a spindly one who can’t hold together for crap but “looks like the cartoon more”.

[@franzise3605]

They seem to be doing this with a lot of characters lately; the Battlechargers come to mind as another couple of figures that have 3/4 of their car modes folded up on their backs for the sake of a slightly smaller faux chest I'm all for cartoon accuracy but not when the toys themselves have to sacrifice so much for it

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

@@franzise3605 Agreed. I'm frankly just at the point where once the 1984-1986 guys are finished (assuming that what Mark said about 2026 being the "end of the dream"), I want Hasbro to go back to Classics/Universe 2/early Generations-tier reinventions rather than slavish recreations of designs from a cartoon that couldn't even be accurate to itself.

[@VCXZ883]

Probably a good reason why the best toys some of these characters ever got where ones that took liberties with the original design or were remolds of something else.

[@ejhproductions1]

*Broadside has entered the chat*

[@SpaceManRD]

Funnily, the 'hoverboard' idea probably would have worked better if they'd used more of the car-like, incorporate the hood so it's at least shaped vaguely like a _board,_ maybe collapse the cockpit a bit. Would result in Arcee herself having less of a backpack (and a more accurate one).

[@jessmarz649]

Megatron: Astrotrain, find anything? Astrotrain: No, sir! Megatron: Octane, find anything? Octane: I DIDN'T FIND SCRAP!!!

[@Hurricanelive]

I'd be fine letting Arcee have a little more. Bit more cushion and give her that 40/50's pin up vibe. They again are stuck in a G1 mindset but with modern engineering, on a bot that never had a toy, just a bot and alt mode that was never meant to mesh.

[@brentsimard977]

"Ronald Mc Donald looking son of a bot" 😁

[@Matthew-pt9wf]

There's a really neat third party octane, but the hasbro ones ain't doing it

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I don't get why Knockout was made out of Jazz and not the Prowl/Bluestreak mould. I feel like the big bumper chest doesn't work for Knockout at all.

[@BioMega96]

You say that yet that mold also got a bit of a bumper chest as well

[@felderup]

easy, do a gender swap.

[@TristenSarelvun]

I don't particularly want another recent breakout character being reduced to yet another Datson remold (Barricade, what have they done to you? Gimme the wheels and windows above his shoulders!), but maybe most people would be cool with it.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

With how TFP Knock Out's chest is shaped, I don't see Legacy Knock-Out as a bad interpretation. Now if only he was free from Jazz's clear plastic breakage issues...

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@TristenSarelvun Barricade's Datson remold wasn't bad at all.

[@galaxycamerata]

I feel like whenever they try to fix Armada Hot Shot - or most characters they re-do really - they misconstrue what fixing that design really means. They can - and most often should - just redo the original transformation with the hindsight of the original design's flaws. Legacy Armada Hot Shot would've been so much better if they had just accepted that Hot Shot's visual style innately used the forearm windshields to accentuate that sports-jock personality. Just make it so they can be repositioned rather than just shoving them onto the back of the legs and hoping no one will notice. Not all kibble needs to "disappear". Let characters have visual quirks. As for Sunstorm: I think it's because they were trying to make him into the yellow Rainmaker before they decided to reinvent the yellow one into Nova Storm

[@Cadeho3]

I wish we'd get Sunstorm and Bitstream as Siege tetrajets to complete the Welcoming Committee

[@SillyDartPony]

We had the former in a three pack, the colors are a lil' plain

[@Cadeho3]

@SillyDartPony those were earth jets... they never came to earth if we are to complete the show cast

[@Brickerbrack]

@@Cadeho3 I think they're referring to the 3-pack of tetrajets, Acid Storm, Ion Storm and Nova Storm. I'm guessing we're getting mixed up with Nova Storm, who's also yellow.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

Hey TJ, have you ever thought about combining your two intros? That way you can keep track of both the amount of daily content, and the Patreon shoutouts.

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

I forgot how unpleasant Legacy Armada Hot Shot's legs are to handle until you brought him up and I messed with him after like a year. They feel legitimately incomplete.

[@mechanwhal6590]

All they had to do was slightly update his original toy. But no.

[@Trebleshot]

Legacy Wildrider came out first. Breakdown is his retool. That's part of the reason the spoiler is half-assed, since Wildrider didn't have one. If Breakdown had gotten his own mold, they might have been able to make it work properly.

[@galaxycamerata]

That's the weird thing: They had to remold the part back there to add the pegs FOR the spoiler. They could've just molded it so that it's a more flush spoiler that also splits in half, and given him either a second gun or a more convincing blade attachment for the one he got.

[@tracytron7162]

He really didn't need to be his own mold tbh, they were just really lazy with the remolding. All they had to do was remold the shins, roof, windscreen and front section, and make the spoiler two separate pieces or integrade it into the new shins, and I don't think most people would really complain about it anywhere near as much

[@BainesMkII]

Third party Magic Square kind of made an Arcee without a big backpack, but they cheated with an SD character design (MS-G01 Peach Girl) where they could use the giant head as a backpack. Though they still did a better job than I'd honestly expected.

[@megatronacepticon]

To be fair that original T30 Arcee is a good toy. The SS version is a side-grade and also good, but yeah, her other toys all suck.

[@skystreak1983]

Hot take: I like the 2008 Octane/Tankor. I concede the death comb, but I like the toy itself. Going from a tanker truck to a 747 is almost as unbelievable as Broadside, and Transformers needs more propeller planes. Would Octane work better if he was retooled from Jazz?

[@raevir]

If Kingdom Track's legs transformed more intuitively, he would be more fun to play with. I agree that headmaster Arcee is the best Arcee out there, love that mold. I wish there was a good Mirage toy based on an F1 Race Car. I was not a fan of the transformation of the Earthrise/Siege versions being so different from the original and the fact that there is no space to fit a driver inside.

[@Saturnlock]

The legs are fine imo. The real problem with Tracks is that God awful stress-inducing windshield transformation. I also wish the WFC Mirage mold was better. I have no idea why they felt the need to change it from the G1 style. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@Miragereviews]

9:12 I love kingdom tracks

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

Why not have Arcee laying on her back, and shooting the production photos from a ceiling view?

[@leanarchista133]

Cuz some shots are kinda impossible even while laying down Plus the shadows,all that

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

@TJOmega you're being unfair to Rhinox toys. Both of his original Beast Wars toys are a lot of fun and look cool. The original is a samurai with a spinning mace saw. The Transmetal has three legitimate modes and looks badass. The Thrilling 30 had weak legs, but he looked cool and transformed well. Rise of the Beasts mainline Rhinox is one of the most underrated figures of all time. He just needed a little more color. So when you really think about it, he's gotten one bad toy (Kingdom), one mediocre toy (Rise of the Beasts Studio Series), and the rest have all been good to great.

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

What Legacy Armada Hot Shot needed was for the windscreen/roof halves to be attached by 5mm posts instead of ball joints. At least then you could partsform them onto his forearms for an accurate robot mode...

[@RogerPyoko]

Masterpiece Arcee has a crazy amount of balance and can hold so many poses though. Those tiny feet hold up far better than some huge planks for feet I've seen on other transforming. It's almost crazy.

[@TheGravityAxe]

If they could mass-shift some of the backpack into Arcees torso, it may give her a good figure. You won't get much in the back, but even folding some of the side panels in there may free up space to better hide the rear of the vehicle underneath the hood.

[@BotsNBricks-eo1ot]

I would throw Ravage on this list too. I don't think I've ever had a Ravage I would call good. The closest was the Universe one that came with Hound but his head sculpt looked more like Laserbeak. I'll admit there are quite a few versions I haven't got my hands on so I could wrong but I think out of all the cassette bots he's suffered the most.

[@mateosalim11]

Sorry but even Arcee's animation design has a backpack. It's inevitable, it's like not wanting Sandstorm to have a backpack.

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Poor Nightbird. Just because their G1 cartoon proportions were kinda similar doesn't necessarily mean that an Arcee retool would work to give Nightbird a transforming toy in scale with the rest of the line. I think Transformers needs a sub-line of Marvel Legends or Star Wars Black Series style for Nightbird and the human characters. Can you imagine a fully poseable Kicker Jones with a swappable head that has the Energon detecting glow to it?

[@vine1313]

As someone who only wanted Rynox for display purposes, the Kingdom version is damn near perfect for THAT.

[@thedesucomplex4365]

Breakdown reminds me that we probably won't get a good figure of his appearance in Earthspark, and that makes me sad because that design is SO good.

[@Gatherway]

Yeah, G1 Arcee's a rough one. If your goal is to faithfully recreate both her Cybertronian sports car mode, and the slender supermodel figure she had in robot mode, you're gonna have a bad time.

[@hagridindahouse]

Actually Unique Toys Provider was good Octaine

[@johngavin1175]

Have you checked out their Sandstorm? It's an older figure and definitely not perfect,but I have always wanted it.

[@Derpsterchief]

SS86 Arcee is honestly one of my favorites at the moment. As long as both modes look good,and the transformation is fun,it doesn’t matter if it shellforms a bit.

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I know this show was recent, but so many Cyberverse characters got c=shafted in the toy department. They often got just one or two figures and both tended to be bad or flawed. Heck, many characters didn't even get toys for that series like the insecticons, Astrotrain or Perceptor.

[@Gigi4u]

We probably need a new Powerglyde, it was ages since we last go one.

[@Solfury]

Accounting for rumours, Poweglide and Windcharger are the last two 84-85 Minibots without modern releases

[@Brickerbrack]

@@Solfury Windcharger, Powerglide, Seaspray, Outback, Swerve, Tailgate and Wheelie are all missing new versions, assuming they intend to continue with these small Deluxes for Minibots.

[@Solfury]

@Brickerbrack Seaspray is on the rumoured list for 2025 - potentially in a future assortment of Walmart Retro releases with toy style Brawn. Wheelie got a Core in Studio Series so he's probably considered to be done. Outback, Tailgate and Swerve are all 1986 guys, but I reckon they'll be done in Generations Selects once Windcharger happens.

[@Toastman30K]

I can only assume Sunstorm keeps getting yellow toys because people mixing him up with Nova storm, the yellow rainmaker, hell Threezero's promo images for Sunstorm show him with Acid storm (and a blue seeker wireframe) recreating the rainmaker picture on the wiki! thats my theory anyway, and then Cyberverse opted to make Nova Storm all purple, which just adds to the idea they're tryna make Sunstorm the yellow one (by the way, hi! I like Legacy Breakdown :D)

[@grimwolf100]

this is definitely a case of personal taste because i like most of the new toys that you mentioned.

[@tracytron7162]

I'm gonna be honest... Knockout is really the only character here that I'd agree on

[@smileformer968]

I like the kingdom tracks and legacy breakdown tracks more than breakdown

[@MrRobosquad]

I've been saying for years that Arcee should just be a standard Blurr retool, like Cliffjumper and Bumblebee.

[@WillisWheeler]

The best arcee is the legends one because they got rid of the black paint on here . I got both .

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

Yes, I like the modern Breakdown / Wildrider toy. The cape is cool.

[@Red_Kaiju_Lord]

Are we gonna get the 10 best figures of 2024 in the near future?

[@leanarchista133]

Since it's actually done, hopefully-

[@BCchannel1993]

I love the kingdom tracks...and i accept any and all resentment coming my way, i will stand by my opinion, hes no where near the blight everyone claims he is

[@quickshot112]

me who liked the kingdom tracks and prefer it to the classics watching this: 😮

[@jonahlink987]

I know how you feel, I love Kingdom Tracks and I still really want that Road rage

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

The "sagging" is what stopped me from getting Masterpiece Arcee. I still think she's one of the best Arcee toys, but what were they thinking with how low that chest is. It's awful.

[@nericen82nd]

Staring at Tracks, and then looking at my Runamuck and Over-Run...

[@NerdRahtio]

My fav Arcee is actually the cyber verse one you didn’t mention. I had thrilling 30 but I think I sold her.

[@AliciaFytche]

As arguably the biggest Octane fan in this fandom I'll defend any toy he gets but yeah he does still need that definitive G1 take, takaras titans return one for now has been the definitive version, especially that perfect headsculpt and I'm still sad we didn't get the cybertronian design for him on the siege tcg artwork but we all know the Leader is bound to pop up in age of the primes and I'm kinda worried they're gonna mess him up in some way like with blitzwings weird shoulders but I'm hoping for the best!

[@SicMetalMaggot4life]

Not sure if you take video suggests from comments, but what about a “WHAT IF CHUG/GENERATIONS/MASTERPIECE DIDN’T EXIST?” video? In it, we pretend no character ever got a new figure beyond the FIRST figure from the original toyline/show they debuted in? Homages like Cybertron Downshift and unique universe iterations a la Animated Rodimus still count but not second iterations like Powermaster Optimus Prime. What would the best mainline figures of the franchise be without those staple toylines or direct character remakes as a whole? How would we view G1 OP and Megs if those were the ONLY toys of them?

[@MitchBam]

My RTS Tracks is a loose mess, every single joint except the wrist swivel is loose and it led to me buying the Kingdom version which isn’t as bad as people say, but a 4/10 is still a 4/10.

[@Katarn84]

Weird how the best Tracks toy is the movie Hot Shot, a blue repaint of Crosshairs with Reprolabels.

[@Jazzer995]

I like the Kingdom Rhinox - except the weapons, but two ROTB Rhino Battilizers solved that. There is an Arcee that they can make that won't have a backpack, but it's not G1 - the version from the Terminator crossover comics and you can also get a Velocity out of her aa well. Dr Lockdown recently had a video of a 3P Octane that Hasbro should copy when it comes to making a Legacy version.

[@danielmedela8725]

Octane is so getting a new figure soon. He´s the only G1 triple changer that hasn´t gotten a new version since Siege.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

I wish they'd just let someone take the lady bots in their own direction kinda, so theyre not all just arcee repaints Im a victorion mark, let the chicks do their thang hasbros

[@ericbay398]

Agreed. The Combiner Wars fembots were almost an insult

[@BainesMkII]

Hasbro seems to still follow the idea that female figures don't sell. Though they are at least willing to release multiple female figures, they only seem willing to create one female design which gets reused to make every other female bike/car, plane, or whatever.

[@felderup]

for april 1st, which everyone round here will forget about, maybe grab an orange polo shirt for a gripe segment?

[@gotonewchannelshamelessanimals]

The Ocular Max Arcee is amazing.

[@johngavin1175]

Ocular Max makes good figures. Gotta get more of them. Im tempted to get their Protectobots and maybe their Constructicons.

[@optimaltron2768]

Kingdom tracks is a fantastic figure. Probably the best update he couldve gotten, not to mention his masterpiece is fantastic. 9:14

[@nobodyimportant5140]

I’m gonna disagree with you about Sunstorm. His Animated toy is the right colors. I just got one recently. :3

[@Gregory11811]

Does anyone like Legacy Breakdown? No, because no one could ever find it!

[@synthwave1337]

all ive been hearing this video is "jazz has good toys"

[@KRBrickBot]

19:50 At least HasSun has a hot orange fire wing deco. That part alone should be an inspiration for an Earthrise deco sheet. (as with MP Acid Storm)

[@Soundwavefan-2012]

22:14 Space Balls was crazy

[@hannahleith52]

Windblade deserves so much better than she's got in toys, they've been okay.....and that's the entire problem. The Thrilling 30 and Titans Return versions were okay, Takara managed redeemed them with better paint. Legacy Windblade was once again disappointing every time I look at her is that she would be so much better if she was a retool of Cyclonus/Metalhawk.

[@RialVestro]

TJ: I've got buttons down below, just hit buttons. Me:😂 I'm going to disagree about Arcee. The Thrilling 30 toy already was a good toy. Yes it has a big back pack but there is literally no other way to make that design work. The later one let you remove the shell because there is never going to be anywhere for it to go other that on her back or as a removable part. And I personally prefer the back pack. The Blurr retool is not a bad figure but it is a TERRIBLE Arcee if you actually want an Arcee who looks like she did in the cartoon that ain't it. I do appreciate making the robot mode of her Titan Master look like the Exsosuit because she was a Headmaster with Daniel in the cartoon and that's what the design was but Head mode is far too blocky and doesn't really look like Arcee. She needed an original mold to really make that toy work. I would accept it as a different take on the character. That's fine. I do like the more bulked out designs of Cyberverse and Earthspark Arcee who use more of the vehicle's bulk to make the robot. There's nothing wrong with that. My only issue with that toy is it being G1 Arcee, specifically the Headmaster version of G1 Arcee cause she did not look like that. It's a nice homage and can work as a different take on the character just don't call it G1. I do agree about Tracks however. Honestly it's the flight mode. Those toys usually have a good robot mode and a good vehicle mode but they can never get the flight mode correct. The Alternators version didn't even try to engineer it. The Generations toy made the wings TINY and you have to fold out the doors to make it work. And both the Kingdom and the Masterpiece version have super obvious robot mode arms visible. I know the original toy also did that but that was limitations of the engineering at the time. We shouldn't still be having problems just puttings wings on a car 40 years later. Transmetal Cheetor figured this out in Beast Wars... granted that one could also be better but at least they were the right size and didn't leave him with robot kibble hanging off.

[@RialVestro]

Some other characters who never had good toys that aren't mentioned in the video... RID2001 Scourge. We have a few different modern takes on the G2 Laser Rod Optimus Prime and every single time they make one we never get a proper Scourge out of that mold. They always seem to go for a more pink shade rather than red and they keep giving him the upside down G2 Autobot insignia which is technically accurate to the cartoon except he was specifically called a Decepticon in America and the American toy had Decepticon insignias on it so that's the Scourge I'm more familiar with, where's that repaint? RID2015 never gave us good figures of Overload or Cyberwarp. Overload is only avalible as a Deployer which my brother recently just got that retooled into Transformers One Megatron for some reason. And Cyberwarp is only avalible as the combiner figure who because I'm color blind and both arms are the same mold on that figure with only the yellow and green stripes to tell them apart with I never have any idea which one she is! They both needed Warriors. Cyberverse never gave us a good Shadow Striker and I got excited when I heard she was going to be in Legacy only to be disapointed when she still isn't really the figure I wanted. If you told me that was a different take on the character it'd be fine but if you tell me it's suppose to actually be the Cyberverse character, no she isn't. She has the Cyberverse head and that's it, the body is entirely wrong. And she's a character I would actially buy TWICE if you gave me pre-accident and post-accident versions of with the appropriate retooling to make her design asymetrical. There's also several characters from Rescue Bots that just because of the nature of that toy line don't have good toys. Some of them have made the jump into a main line but still aren't hitting correctly mostly because so far they've all been retools rather than original molds and I don't think you can make Rescue Bots correctly without making original molds... except Whirl she could actually work as a Twitch retool, where's that toy Hasbro?

[@Weirdjason]

The Generations Sun Storm that came out last year was really good!

[@ThatsMildlyAdequate]

Thrilling 30 Rhinox was quite good despite having some problems, definitely doesn't qualify Rhinox even without the masterpiece

[@Brickerbrack]

I actually really like the T30 Rhinox, and yeah, I felt no need to get the Kingdom version, it didn't look like an improvement at all. T30 Arcee also, is actually pretty great. It's actually _less_ kibbly than the Masterpiece (her thighs, for instance, actually form the rear fenders rather than being entirely hidden), and she's got enough heel to hold some decent action poses. I do quite like the Blurr retool, actually, but I never saw it available. While he may not be _accurate_ (whatever that means), I actually prefer the TR version of Wheelie over the newer Core class one. Though he does need a new small Deluxe already to fit in with the other minibots. The Jazz mould was great, but for him, it looks almost like an "adult" Wheelie, because it's quite a chunky Deluxe. You _say_ they've improved on all the other TR Triple Changers, but I just cannot bring myself to pay money for Legacy Blitzwing, I like the TR version _way_ better, in all modes. Astrotrain, I do have and kinda like both for different reasons. They _may_ be able to improve on Octane, but I like the TR version enough that I'm not in a rush. Broadside, on the other hand... I actually do like the Legacy Breakdown... after I cut the spoiler in half. Now the two halves just peg in place on his legs, and I don't have to remove it to transform him. Easy. And the back kibble... I just don't open it up on him _or_ Wildrider. Looks far better to me closed up. Obvious ones to me... Triggerbots, Autobot Powermasters, Autobot Double Targetmasters... we've got pretty new versions of _all_ of the Decepticon counterparts (okay, Dreadwind and Darkwing are iffy, but they _exist),_ and yet... The newest we have of any of these are Getaway (or Breakaway), redeco of Chromedome, and T30 Scoop. I'm not counting Cybertron Quickmix.

[@XenotHedgehog]

I thought the Thrilling 30's Rhinox was great. It's just a shame that the way the side panels were designed led to one of them breaking off. But you are correct about the Kingdom figure. I've always disliked the design of G1 Arcee in large part because her design is meant specifically to evoke a pinup from a 1950's space opera; mostly bare skin, short sleeve turtleneck crop top, bloomers, arm warmers, heels, a backpack that sort of resembles a jet pack or oxygen tank, and a helmet that is designed to evoke Carrie Fisher's hairstyle as Princes Leia in A New Hope. And the masterpiece figure unfortunately emphasizes the cheesecake angle at the expense of the transformer angle. I will say however that the Masterpiece Arcee mold oddly works when used for Nightbird; she's supposed to be a ninja, and so her deco suggests that she's wearing a skin-tight body sleeve, meant for function rather than titillation.

[@SirBlade666]

G1 Wheelie could have been ok if they'd done the head different. Get rid of the grey flap and rotate the part above the shoulders to show the head.

[@crazyhanky8830]

When it comes to the Tracks figures i don't think any of them are bad, though they're not great either. Especially that kingdom figure. I will say that i think it's a shame the Armada/Cybertron Blurr was never used for a Tracks or a RoadRage...

[@Benjamin0119]

Poor Tracks. One of my favorite characters. I have the G1 toy and the Alternator and enjoy them. I was thinking of getting his Kingdom toy until I saw Lazy Eyebrow's review, and this video doesn't make it sound any better. Didn't know the Masterpiece toy was kinda mid. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't get that, either. And yeah, one of the springs on one of my G1 Tracks' legs is going too. D: Legacy Breakdown just being a retool and not a proper Lamborghini irritated me to no end. It makes me sort of partially glad I didn't get Menasor. It is a shame, since he's a fun character.

[@galvawave8403]

Seeing that Breakdown's crappy "weapon" has made me think, does it seem like modern toys have had an increase in ugly/lazy/stupid weapons? I feel like I'm turned off by seeing that more than ever, then again I can think of plenty examples as a kid too when I just was more forgiving

[@woodearthdvd]

Rhetorical question: So how about that Binaltech Arcee? 😂

[@Demonslayer1_398]

ive been watching this channel for a few years

[@mortelpaolo]

Kingdom Tracks has a fix for his legs. It's a really small piece you gotta glue in place. Then Kiki his thighs and feet. With all that he could pretty much stand on 1 leg while kicking thr other leg upward and he wouldn't fall down. His hollow forearms has a nice fix too.

[@Ezilla82]

Dang, I never knew some characters had some bad figures.

[@DanielRocha-gc3em]

And I want to have another chance of for another breakdown being reissued and have his vehicle mode be updated to have the new doors and windows sculpted in

[@sci-fi.tsunami]

Off-Topic 6:20 "SHE'S A ROBOT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE HER THAT WAY." Exactly what I've been saying about the human faces they constantly give all the charcters ever since the G1 cartoon. In the live-action movies, Optimus Prime looks totally ridiculous without his mouth guard. What the hell does he need a mouth for anyway? It's not like he's gonna be eating and chewing. *HE'S A ROBOT!* A lot of the G1 characters were ruined by the dorky human faces. G1 cartoon Bumblebee, Brawn, Gears & Trailbreaker look stupid as hell with human faces. Wheeljack is my favorite Autobot because of his awesome robot face on the G1 box. But the cartoon ruined it by giving him eyes & a nose.

[@Brickerbrack]

Sounds like you're a bit like me; I resculpted my modern Brawn, Huffer, Gears and Tracks to have visors and mouthplates, and I may well do the same for Trailbreaker and Bee when the urge hits me. It annoyed me that they gave Huffer and Pipes' toy heads to Road Ranger and Puffer, then put out that retooled Gears after I'd bought and modded the original one.

[@Okie-00-Spool]

Kingdom Tracks would be tolerable, but for the tab issue in the shins. It has some interesting design choices. If only he could stand.

[@Martynde]

Arcee was born in 1995 going by the UK comics story Prime's Rib.

[@tyguy1789]

I feel like I'm the only one in the world who loves kingdom tracks. I custom painted mine, and it looks just like the mp which I have. also, really good, and the altinators tracks is really good to, I don't get the hate at all. Ps : I love the covet and tracks G1 design, so I might be a bit biest

[@AIFT_Staff]

You need other alternators to get why alternator tracks is bad. But long story short: back looks like exploded car. And even car mode doesn't have trunk. I also thought why everyone hates optimus, before I got hot rod, shockwave, prowl and decepticharge

[@ravennoir7474]

20:00 lmao Ronald McDonald got me

[@dylancrossman8502]

Arcee just isn't an animation design that's possible to translate into a toy without violating the laws of physics. As a couple other people and you yourself have mentioned, the Animated Design did it best my inverting the bot to car orientation and using the legs for bulk. The SS86 is probably as good as we'll ever get. Tracks... another rough one, yeah. His Kingdom toy has some good aspects, but the legs are an absolute mess and way too complicated. I still don't get why they did them that way. At this point, I almost wonder if he doesn't need the "voyager budget for a deluxe size" thing to get it right. Wheelie's Market Six legends toy was actually one of his best outings, though I do have fondness for both the TR and core class ones. Octane desperately needs the "leader class budget for a voyager class toy" treatment the current triple changers are getting, though his TR toy is surprisingly solid. But it's absolutely one where you're going to just have to accept the truck is going to be comically undersized. Breakdown is definitely a weak link, both in CW and Legacy. He exists to be a limb and nothing more. (And the spoiler cost his legacy one a gun at that.)

[@capmodesty]

My major issue with MP Tracks was the horrible pinned ratchet joints that were toothed too far apart with too much play, if they had just gone with friction joints like with the cars before him I would have liked it better

[@doomslayerprime9749]

Literally in my opinion the only time Arcee Evers had good figures is 3rd party and the Models and the 2 Prime deluxes

[@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt]

Time for talking over, time to push buttons

[@jahey4763]

Honestly G1 Elita could be here too like her legacy toy is....fine (if not a little mediocre) but its not a great fit tbh and its way too small she deserves a better attempt

[@finlayyyyy]

really hope we get octane in 2026 so i can pair him with the new trypticon!

[@leanarchista133]

Ive actually wanted the Kingdom Tracks,but then i saw...whoever that red one is,idk why but i have a thng of wanting to get the cool repaint of a figure than the actual base figure Hell,i love Legacy Scourge more than Laser Optimus,cuz i finally have a nemesis ish prime

[@confusedshovel1232]

the red repaint of kingdom tracks is roadrage

[@leanarchista133]

@confusedshovel1232 why does alot of my fav repaints of figures have to do with something about the road- the repaint of Crashbar Red Repaint of Prime Arcee Black and Red Repaint of skids Red Repaint of Tracks-

[@confusedshovel1232]

coincidence? I THINK NOT (also the black and red skids is burnout)

[@leanarchista133]

@@confusedshovel1232 yea all I have is Burnout,really wanted Road Rocket,but alas I ended up with Scourge, Burnout and Road Hauler

[@Brickerbrack]

@@leanarchista133 Crashbar was _bound_ to get redecoed into Road Pig; if you look at RP's original G2 toy, those chest details were too perfect _not_ to be deliberate.

[@warlord8106]

Thunderblast should also be on this list, only one figure and you know Hasbro is never going to bring her back mostly for the fact that she is way too feminine(she literally has a pair of double ds undrr her chest armor) and no one gave her much characterization which is a shame, IDW took alot of characters that didn't have much in persona and made them awesome, it's a shame thunderblast never got the same treatment.

[@ATransformerTale]

I knew Hotshot would be on here even before beginning the video

[@AIFT_Staff]

2:26 but what about alternators? Skids was in alternators, and he was good. In fact so good, some fans wanted him to be Ironhide. 3:05 animated toy was good. Even tfwiki says it's the first normal arcee we've got 9:45 not really, even alternators tracks was bad, it's the worst alternators mold ever

[@gimpsickle5806]

I will never touch the CSAM website blue sky

[@kevinp.h157]

9:13 I have As for the others, this is why tf collectors go with 3rd parties, some of them ditching hasbro entirely

[@lynngreen7978]

I push da buttons!

[@ryanmason2502]

Airachnid gets no love.