TMNT Ultimates Super7 Rocksteady Review and In Depth Comparison Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

In this video I review the brand new TMNT Ultimates Rocksteady by Super7. I compare it to the original in extreme almost unnecessary depth and show how he fits in with many TMNT toylines including NECA and Playmates figures. I go over all of the accessories and compare them to the originals. I end the review by comparing him to a few Rocksteady's from across the toylines.
00:00 Intro, Unboxing, and Box Review
03:42 Inner Package Review, What's in the box?!
07:54 Rocksteady out of the package!
08:23 Rocksteady in the 1988 Series and Prototype
09:40 Ultimates Rocksteady and Ultimates Bebop together at Last!
13:31 Super7 Ultimates vs Playmates Sculpt Compare
25:37 Playmates Rocksteady Articulation
26:03 Super7 Ultimates Rocksteady Articulation
29:02 Super7 Ultimates Rocksteady Overall Thoughts
30:33 Accessories Part 1 Weapons Rack
31:30 Accessories Part 2 Retromutagen Gun
32:30 Super7 Retromutagen Gun vs NECA Retromutagen Gun
34:55 Accessories Part 3 Turtle Carver Knife, different than the Ultimates Foot Soldier
36:53 Accessories Part 4 Man Hole Cover Shield
38:51 Accessories Part 5 3, Count em, 3 grenades
39:32 Rocksteady's Gripping Hands
39:53 Rocksteady's Fists
40:00 What I think is missing that would make him perfect
40:50 Ultimates Rocksteady and Bebop with NECA Fred Wolf Figures
41:33 Ultimates Rocksteady and Bebop with Playmates Classics Donatello
42:28 Ultimates Rocksteady and Bebop with NECA 1990/Secret of the Ooze Figures
43:01 Ultimates Rocksteady and Bebop with Playmates Technodrome
43:24 Super7 Complete Series Size Compare
44:13 Super7 Rocksteady Ultimate Comparison Battle (Rocksteady across the toylines)
50:46 Which do you prefer? Super7 Ultimates or NECA Fred Wolf?
51:59 Wrap Up

[@elijahthekid_]

I like how he said that he doesn't like overly exaggerated reviewers, because I feel like that's what give these videos a good feel, he isn't fake.

[@Chalor.]

Sincerity beats out overly hyped pretentious 'this is just a job' cookie cutter reviews every time. Gary's creating a catalog of video art with these videos. _Reviews beyond reviews_

[@nicolevinters5807]

I prefer the cartoon designs, the bright colors and contrast make em pop. This one does look more scary and intimidating though.

[@joecantu5802]

The last few days, I kept checking your channel to see if you had started reviewing these. Glad they came in! 👌

[@razrentals8897]

Thank you! I appreciate it! I’m going to try and have the next three up every other day. I’m moving a little slow, but I’m pushing on. I also got NECA’s Muckman and mondo gecko in the mail so they’ll follow right after!

[@chinovo]

My first 2mins ever watching one of your videos, I already subscribed. Comedy Gold !!

[@razrentals8897]

Awesome! I’m glad you jumped on board!

[@Erik_Grossnickle]

They really dialed up the intimidation factor in this guy's sculpt. His angry, evil stare is the stuff of nightmares lol. Great vid, dude.

[@razrentals8897]

Thank you!

[@PoopFrogg]

Dude! I just got mine a few days ago too! I hadn't taken him out of the package yet, so I unboxed while watching your video. Also, pro tip: Wedge the knife between the shell on his belt and his hip. It fits nicely and looks cool.

[@razrentals8897]

Haha, I’ll have to do that! I do that sometimes with the old figure so I don’t misshapen the old knife.

[@tgonzalez1983]

I think Bebop & Rocksteady look fantastic! Their sculpts & details are very nice. I take issue with the decline in Quality Control. Rocksteady’s weapons definitely should’ve been painted & should’ve had an alternate head like Bebop. Bebops Chuck Taylor shoes should’ve had white clamshell toes but it was minor in waves 1 & 2. Rocksteady’s missing paint on weapons & no alt head! Metal head is small with a virtually identical alt head. The plastic used for April seems cheap & shiny. Mike has no turtle com. With prices going up, they should’ve done a bit better. The packaging should’ve had bio cards with stats like the originals too.

[@razrentals8897]

I’m bummed about Mikey’s missing turtle com. I was hoping he’d have one in his colors. I also didn’t understand the point of metal heads extra head. I’ll talk about that in my video when I get there.

[@retrorampage9015]

The file card is on the back. What type of head do you want? You seem really whiny.

[@tgonzalez1983]

@@retrorampage9015 I want a different head sculpt because two of the same is a waste. Everyone else with two have a different look on the second. Also there’s a small bio on the back but not a file card like the originals. I may seem whiny about the products I pay for because I know they can be better. Especially at these higher prices. Do you want people who pay for these to feel burned by the purchase? Or excited to buy another?

[@Do_i_amuse_you]

Dude, I am so glad I got this. Mine should be arriving today. I almost passed him up because I didn't have him as kid either. For some reason I only had Bebop and Shredder as my only two villains. My mom motley bought me the good guys lol

[@razrentals8897]

Did you have any of the later villains?

[@Do_i_amuse_you]

@@razrentals8897 i did ended up getting baxter stockman but I do remember playing with muckman and Joe eyeball as if they were villains lol

[@wesleysteeleiv]

I like both Neca & Super7. Some of the baddies are supposed to be bigger than the turtles. So the Super7 Bebop & Rocksteady go well with the Neca Turtles. My only complaint about Super7 is them doing "variant" Turtles before doing other characters. At Wave 5 we don't need 2 Leo's and you only do 4 characters a wave. Either make a wave bigger or wait til a good amount of characters have been released before doing variant characters.

[@jamievaughn1485]

I wonder if they are just trying to ensure you get a turtle in every wave maybe?

[@razrentals8897]

I know what you mean. If waves came out quicker I wouldn’t mind a turtle in every wave, but because it’s so slow I’d like more unique characters too.

[@Hilltopperpete]

I got in late to collecting the modern TMNT lines and after watching a ton of reviews and evaluating the breadth of the lines with the look/articulation/price, I chose NECA over Super7. As much as I enjoy the faithful replication of the toys of my youth, NECA just looks so good on the shelf. And they hold their value very well. Super7 asking $75 now for single big figures is pretty nuts, but there are a couple that look like they're fit well with the NECA line that I might get on sale, like Guerilla Gorilla.

[@razrentals8897]

The good thing about Neca is their figures come out a lot quicker. They’ve covered a lot of stuff over the past couple of years while Super7 has given us so very few Ultimates.

[@heroesytumbas]

This Rocksteady has the proportions of the one from the third NES game, all he's missing is a harpoon gun.

[@razrentals8897]

We need a bebop with a ball and chain head!

[@heroesytumbas]

@@razrentals8897 He would look a lot better than bunny Bebop that's for sure lol.

[@nwobw]

I've watched this review 3 or 4 times. I put it on my playlist while I'm driving. ------- I've gone back and forth on Super 7's Rocksteady. My initial reaction was good, but not a exciting as Ultimate's Bebop. You already know what you were getting with Ultimate's Rocksteady in terms of size, weight, articulation, and accessories. So you already had expectations, and Playmates' Bebop is a more interesting design than vintage Rocksteady. Playmates' Rocksteady is a darker color palette and a very "realistic" design compared to a lot of what comes later. The cartoon Rocksteady has a more interesting design and color palette that also hurts this Rocksteady design a bit. Now that I have said that, I originally had Super 7 Rocksteady as the second best figure in the line, then I dropped him down to around maybe 6 or 7th place. I've since come back around and he's probably my favorite figure in the line. Realistically he shares that spot with Bebop, but I think I prefer Rocksteady ever so slightly. As an adult my tastes have grown, expanded, and are more nuanced. I love the paramilitary design of the figure. I love the darker color scheme The textures on the skin - all the bumps and wrinkles- add so much character. You can actually get him balanced on one foot with his head down in a full on charge. Bebop is colorful and cool, Rocksteady feels mean. The weakest part of this figure is the lack of paint apps on the gun and no trigger finger. Thankfully I prefer fists on mine. There's something about this figure almost a year later that has captured my imagination.

[@razrentals8897]

Wow! From second to sixth to the top of the line. You’ve gone back and forth a lot on the guy. I agree with you on all of the things you said about him having an awesome design and texture, the bumps and wrinkles all look very natural and really make him look more realistic than some of the other figures in the line. I don’t know who I’d pick as number 1. Bebop really impressed me more than another figure in the line before him. I loved how you finally had him with all of his details painted. Muckman is also an amazing figure but I feel like everybody says he’s there favorite so I feel like I shouldn’t pick him haha. I can see why you’d pick him as your number one, the military look really gives him a personality that’s unique within the line. Sure Sgt Bananas also has a military theme, but you can imagine him coming from a different angle with it, You could also think of him as a punk rocker who likes to dress in military clothes which is something some punks do. I never tried to balance him on one foot, but I’ll have to now.

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

The boxes with accessories lol. Seriously, he does look good, but agree on all your criticisms. Trigger hands would have been nice. I'm giving his weapon rack gun to Bebop so they can match.

[@razrentals8897]

That’s a cool idea!

[@dmc2008]

Loved the box bit. Ngl I'm actually disappointed that mine didn't come with the shipper box 👀

[@razrentals8897]

Haha thank you! How long ago did you buy yours that you didn’t get one?

[@dmc2008]

@@razrentals8897 got mine second hand, so no box. I recently got a Space Raph and it still had the outer shipper box, so maybe it's only the most recent wave that doesn't have them anymore

[@razrentals8897]

@@dmc2008 the slip cover or the brown mailer box? My robotic rocksteady and genghis from that wave only had slip covers. I haven’t gotten a space Raph yet.

[@rocketprime9940]

cool

[@Symphonia30]

I gotta say, I was never a big fan of this design of rocksteady at first, mainly because I’m so familiar with the cartoon and apparently this one looks nothing like the cartoon. But after seeing your review, he does look pretty intimidating. My only issue is I wish the weapons had a variety of colors rather than just that all gray color. I never realize how Super Seven figure was much rocksteady was bigger than the turtles. Also can the neca weapons fit on Rocksteady? Also when you think about it, this rocksteady looks exactly like the rocksteady from the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sega game Hyperstone Heist.

[@razrentals8897]

Hyperstone Heist was a cool game. I thought it was neat that Rocksteady was different in that game than turtles in time.

[@wallygator92]

If Bebop and Rocksteady were in the 2003 series I don't think that Shredder would have kept them on the job like he did in the original series if they failed he probably would have killed them.

[@razrentals8897]

That would have been cool actually. They should have had them in human form during the first episode and Shredder should have killed them at the end for failing like he did the guy with blue hair. That could have been a good way for them to say “this isn’t the turtles you remember, the past is dead”. I’m surprised Peter Laird didn’t do that haha.

[@creativemarquise6723]

I am always debating whether I made the right choice going for the NECA ones instead of the Super7s. I really like the Super7 sculpts but they are always so pricey and their accessories just seem so lackluster. Maybe I will regret my decision once Super7 releases Krangs Android Body but currently I just have to wait for my Necas to actually arrive. Or for another opportunity to buy their Bebop and Rocksteady since I missed them the first time

[@jamievaughn1485]

I actually sold off my NECA to do just Super 7 and have zero regrets. I like the cartoon, but NECA has real issues with joints, paints etc. Once you have one of these in your hand you'll see the paint difference almost right away. NECA seems like someone hand painted it but badly, where Super 7 looks like toy paint with zero artifacts or swirling like you see on NECA. I don't blame anyone from wanting NECA due to the cartoon, but I think once we start getting more mutants Super 7 is really going to stand out.

[@razrentals8897]

Both are offering amazing lines. Neca’s attention to obscure items is amazing. Super7 has giant figures with great detail. Necas joints can be too tight and Super7 too loose. I think both are great.

[@jamievaughn1485]

@@razrentals8897 Sadly almost half of my NECA figures had major issues. I had two 4 packs with bad figures, my Android Krang was broken, exchanged it and the next one had a huge red mark on the leg. It was just one failure after the next. I love the look but I lost a lot of money to NECA so I just cannot support them anymore. I think Super 7 will do some toon variants since they’ve stated they can do which ever they want.

[@razrentals8897]

@@jamievaughn1485 that’s such a bummer. The line does look amazing, but if you’re going to keep having those problems I don’t blame you for getting out. It’s very difficult to get replacement parts from Neca as well.

[@jamievaughn1485]

I would say Super 7 is better just simply because they are better designed figures that don't need to be heated up, rarely have paint issues and can be easily found. I never had a Rocksteady that didn't have a messed up leg that I couldn't fix out of 3 sets. I finally got tired of buying them as more and more of my NECA figures were broke or had joint issues. Their plastic is cheap and their design process is bad. Now I will say their new figures seem to be fixing this, but that doesn't fix all the older figures that still have this issue.

[@razrentals8897]

Yeah with Neca I’m almost afraid to pose the toys out of fear of snapping a joint.

[@jasonr4612]

I like the Super 7 versions better

[@BiosoniX]

I realy don t like the cartoon lines of neca :( im trying , i want the TMNT to cross over with my marvel and power rangers

[@deadaccount404]

0:16 did you mean something like pixel dan ? Lol

[@razrentals8897]

Haha no, I like Pixel Dan. I think he can be too positive sometimes, but I do think a lot of what he says is genuine. Sometimes he has to really jump over hurdles to say he doesn’t like something without coming right out and saying “I don’t like this”, but I still like his stuff. I was thinking more of the kind of people red letter media spoof.

[@deadaccount404]

@@razrentals8897 oh ok thank you

[@zerocool1ist]

I know its not much but necca rocksteady wins only because he can open his mouth.

[@shanemorris702]

I LOVE your videos but please stop talking with your hands. As a toy review, its distracting from the toy. Keep up the GREAT work!

[@Justincredibletoys]

Lol you a fool lol