TRDQ: Earthrise Grapple - Kingdom Inferno - Legacy Road Hauler - An Incredible Event! No Artfire!

[@dogrobot9933]

This is one of those molds where a good while after buying it you have to ask yourself "How did I end up with four?!"

[@kylegetz4917]

Here before he realizes that he put grapple’s name in the title twice

[@LAAAAAAAAAAG]

That's cause he's twice as good as the others, totally not a goof.

[@bumbleprime7713]

Here after he realizes that he put grapple's name in the title twice

[@ZachDy-xg9it]

Peter Renaday, who voiced Grapple in G1, recently passed away on September 8 earlier this year (as of writing).

[@RosencrantzxGuildenstern]

The ankles on these truckbelly boys are something else, they can do the leaning forward move from Smooth Criminal like it's nobody's business. Also, even though Inferno has the better feeling plastic and joints, I love how you can use Grapple's crane as a built-in flight stand if you plug his little grapple piece in it and don't mind futzing around a bit. Doing so enables the toy to pull off all sorts of piledrivers, German suplexes and other assorted bounds of Grapplemania.

[@talljoke]

Also when I one day come to Scotland to visit family, I will stop by your place and make my lasagna recipe. You'll like it so much, you'll adopt me on the spot.

[@summonersumnerus4364]

I've got these three plus Artfire. Fantastic quartet who due to them being a fair bit taller stand out nicely from my shelf.

[@EuphratesTalksTFs]

Gotta love that you have the option to give this mold zero usable hands

[@MinionOfCthulhu]

Big Beast Wars Quickstrike energy

[@flamekaizer8476]

I'm really happy to see this review come out. I'm sure it was a lot to grapple with but in the long haul i'm sure it was worth it.

[@yajeel]

This comment leaves a bit of room to infer, no? 😉

[@fduranthesee]

goddamn the puns so intense

[@oliverrichardson4429]

The Grapple gang are like mice, I didn’t even want one, and I found one in my room the other day! I’d better check behind the fridge before the Artfires make a nest back there…

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

Road Hauler is the one 250g Beef Mince 125g minced pig (not going to capitalize anymore) 125g mixed mushrooms (chopped VERY finely) 2 Fresh tomatoes (cubed, small) one tin of tomatoes (sent through the blender) one handful of fresh basil leaves 2 olives (finely chopped) herbs to suit taste peppercorns ground 1 of them trays of antipasto from Morrison's 1tsp of that green shit, tastes dead nice...Pesto...that's the stuff two tsp minced garlic 3 thinly sliced cloves of garlic (don't do the Goodfella's things lads, you sound like a twat when you explain it or worse cut your own finger and truin dinner) Liquid seasoning (oh yes) Pasta sheets Season the minced meats with all of the herbs and that, including the pesto and the minced garlic, leave overnight or an hour. fry the sliced garlic in olvie oil (1tsp of), when brown add some ground pepper, fry for three minutes and then add the seasoned meats, brown it gently, then add the mushrooms and olives, cook in gently, then add the blended tomatoes and herbs and more black pepper, reduce to a thick gravy In the meantime soften the sheets of pasta in hot water. Now make a white sauce, bechamel sauce, not fucking cheese you goddamn pig! This is already very far away from lasagna as it is and now you want to add a fucking CHEESE SAUCE to it? ARE YOU FUCKING DIZZY BABBY?! ffs...anyway, make the bech, if you can't make that, I can't help you, no, don't get one from the shop, it tastes like soap, make it, it's easy, done in five minutes, someone with patience can tell you how to do it. Now layer that fucker, halfway up, do a layer of the antipast (Italians will hate you for it, but they just voted fascist despite all the problems that caused them last time, dumb twats), just before you put the last layer on pop on the basil leaves ...put on the bechamel, perhaps a sprinkle of pepper, or a slice of tomato and there you go. It's about as authentic as a fifty-quid MP10, but who is going to know anyway? Not youse lot, even if you went to Italy you'd still eat McDonald's and cook a Dolmio with half a tub of Philadelphia in it, god you make me sick!

[@PatrickDunning]

I scrolled down for this and was not disappointed.

[@insanimal2]

Much appreciated. While I'm in morrisons for the antipasto I can pick up one of their frozen lasagnes too

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

@@insanimal2 ...if Glinner hasn't got there first.

[@insanimal2]

@@TheOnlyCathyCat sorry not sure I get the reference. If glinner means Graham linehan i'd rather have as little to do with him as possible

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

@@insanimal2 ...Yeah me neither, he doesn't like my kind. His tag on Twitter, before he got banned/laughed off was Glinner so I use that to refer the ugly old twerp. There was a picture that went around after his wife left him of him buying a microwave meal for one and anytime anyone mentions such foods I get that delightful image of him looking sad and miserable.. He says a lot of nasty things about people like me, but that image or the thought of it has often brought me joy.

[@mechanwhal6590]

I’m impressed that my Grapple’s pegs didn’t break. Blind luck, I guess. Also, I’ve seen him no less than twice at antique stores. *New in box.*

[@robwilson4975]

yeah he’s been on discount at… some retailers… for forever. Wonder what happened there.

[@mechanwhal6590]

@@robwilson4975 I swear, Grapple’s going to be at my deathbed. It’ll be like the end of that one Kubrick movie.

[@crimsondynamo615]

@@mechanwhal6590 and then you turn into protoform sari and hover over the earth

[@MattyStoked]

I came to this video for confirmation bias and I received it in droves. Thank you for tipping me over the edge, I'm buying 'em now!

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Fun video! Thank you! Favourite lasagna recipe: I grew up in the USA, so it's the multi-layer beef lasagna with NO béchamel sauce anywhere near it. Pasta sheets, Italian pasta sauce of your choice, ground beef, maybe some peppers and onions if you're feeling cheeky, loads of lovely Italian cheese -- done.

[@Technochaos03]

I was going to talk about how much I like Inferno as an addition to my Wreckers shelf, so much that I'me considering getting the newage Inferno for some reason, but instead it's lasagna time. My go to is a variation of You Suck at Cooking's lasagna recipe. It already adds chili powder to the ground beef but I also toss in some ground hot Italian sausage so the less "authentic" flavor can sneak in under the cover of night. I also enjoy how it uses less cheese than other recipes so the whole thing doesn't turn into gunk after you pull it out of the oven. I've served it multiple times and it's always a huge hit. Leftovers keep very well and it reheats like a champ. I highly recommend it.

[@phinozomu358]

I recon Road Hauler would look baller under a UV light

[@a_world_made_of_cardboard]

Great review. Simple designs are the best. I have never liked the idea of spending a lot of money on a "toy" that takes half a day to transform: aka Masterpiece Transformers. So a simple, fast transforming version is the best for me. Give me a durable toy, not a delicate articulated statue. That said, I was not thrilled with the price point of the Velocitron Transformers. They were just to expensive for me. But you, Gavin, since you are rolling in the big bucks, you can afford these little treasures and, out of the kindness of your heart, you show them to us. Me, I'm rolling in it too. Not sure what "it" is but I'm rolling in it. Again thanks for the great review and channel.

[@leowatley]

wfc inferno is one of my favorite toys that i own. it feels so good to transform, looks awesome in both modes and just seems... right. i dunno how to explain it. plus, the fire crane is just awesome. such a great mold.

[@gull1265]

ach! i was not prepared to hand over a home-made lasagne recipe! i have been outwitted!

[@AlexReynard]

My favorite lasagna recipe is definitely Kingdom Inferno. I normally go straight for an Artfire, but it was nice to just have the original bright red red guy.

[@gonkdroid5851]

A little hidden feature on the grapple mold is that you can slide the crane arm over to one side.

[@HappyBirthdayRoboto]

My favourite lasagne recipe is classic, can't go wrong with basic minced meat, rich tomato sauce and cheese. Also I like how if you put Grapple in the middle they're the colours of a traffic signal. :)

[@AlexReynard]

2:53 Did you have him in his G1 box art pose? Sly dog.

[@threeerasers4873]

Fun fact: the crane can slide to the left so it doesn’t block the diver seat (US diver seat) but I guess hasbro forgot to put that part in

[@heli88]

I had no idea! Thanks for the tip!

[@mechanwhal6590]

They can’t dive with that crane in the way! Practice safe swimming!

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

Neat video! All that’s missing is is Art-Fire. Kinda surprising that he’s got new figure rep lately via Generations Selects & Masterpiece while Ricochet weirdly hasn’t gotten much other than the Combiner Wars one from a decent while ago.

[@plasmapakk9609]

I own this trio to, huge fan of them! And I can't get over road haulers endless screaming face

[@whztever]

hope you end up taking a look at the new xtransbots grapple or a version of the mold, heard its pretty good and impulse bought artfire so i need someone to validate my purchase

[@Kurotitan7125]

Missed out on Inferno and Artfire, but I am happy to have Grapple and Road Hauler

[@MellowGaming]

Broke one of the pegs on my Grapple which has made be think i should grab Road Hauler as a not so breakable alternative. The mold for these guys is pure classic Transformers. Practically transforms the same way as the G1 toy even. I like when that happens, like with Skids recently.

[@lorcannagle]

"an option you can mess around with without worrying about it breaking in your hand or taking 50 minutes to transform" - but enough about MP Grapple, you also have to rule out the G1 one.

[@MiyoKiyo]

My Grapple's peg did snap off inside the slot so now he just has the one permanently stuck in his foot :< A good group review all around though!

[@batangbatugan]

They should come packaged as a three pack named GrapplErnoAuler.

[@bchuggs]

Stouffer's, great vid!

[@Theover4000]

My Earthrise Grapple broke on first transformation, it hurts so I might get another one; still need to get the other lads, I love crane trucks a lot and these lads scratch my itches.

[@onetwelvewonders5480]

* 1 tbsp olive oil * 1 onion, diced * 1 celery stalk, diced * 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced * 250g beef mince * 250g pork mince * 1 tbsp tomato purée * 400g tin chopped tomatoes * 200ml beef stock * 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce * 9-12 lasagne sheets (depending on the size of your baking dish) * 50g Parmesan, grated * 150g pack mozzarella, shredded For the white sauce * 50g butter * 50g plain flour * 550ml semi-skimmed milk * In a large pan, heat the olive oil over a low heat. Fry up the onion, celery and garlic until soft, like the underbelly of a new born foal. Smash the mince in there and brown that shit until browned on a medium heat or whatever. Stir in the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and stock using a stirring motion, anti-clockwise is better but you do you. Add in the Worcestershire sauce and simmer for 15 mins, or until the liquid has reduced. Season or it’ll be more blander than a Maroon 5 concert. * Meanwhile, make the white sauce. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat and the smash in the flour. Whisk as vigorously as you masturbate until combined and cook on low for 1-2 mins. Remove from the heat and gradually whisk in the milk until you have a loose sauce. Give it a bit of salt and that. Return to a gentle heat and whisk constantly for the rest of your life or until the sauce thickens. * Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C). Layer up the lasagne in a baking dish, starting with a third each of the ragu, then the pasta, then the white sauce. Repeat twice. You’re trying to create a little three floor meat and white sauce prison here. Top with the Parmesan and mozzarella (or just cheddar if you can’t bothered with all that Italian shit) then bake in the oven for 40-45 mins, until piping hot and crisp and bubbling on top. Serve immediately but don’t eat immediately because you’ll burn your mouth.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

i liked the G1 version better.

[@TheInfiniteReview]

Favourite lasagne recipe: Regular

[@mattr75]

Road Hauler looks solid. I need to consider getting that toy in the future

[@alphatrion100]

So is hauler related to the constructicons?

[@dpompor1351]

My faveourite lasagna recipe is the one that my grandma used to make, I wish I had her write it down bc it was just so delicious

[@jamesveronese6519]

Gonna have to go with the standard lasagna recipe honestly. Pasta, cheese, sauce, maybe throw in a little ground beef. Straightforward, but it gets the job done.

[@goblord1700]

my partner's mum makes a fairly good one where she swaps out feta with a cottage cheese i believe very good highly recommend........... also it is slightly upsetting that we aren't getting crazy takara retools that much anymore bc an artfire from this mold WOULD be an instant pre-order that my wallet would whimper like a wounded animal from and you putting that in the video title got me excited that it might have happened and I somehow hadn't heard

[@kevinpeoples8702]

They *made* an Artfire from this. In Generations Selects.

[@monte_2000]

This mold is in my top 5 from the WFC line. They all look super sleek, but still a bit bulky at the same time.

[@forbiddenspatula4243]

My favorite thing to do to lasagna is to add just a few tiny drops of soy sauce to the meat sauce. It's a wonderful way to add extra umami punch without resorting to MSG or unbalancing the flavor by adding mushroom or beef boullion. *Please forgive my heresy*

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

They’re like a moving stoplight.

[@Chokun-Gaming]

The traffic light truck trio

[@TransmitHim]

Bacon lattice lasagne. You basically make a lasagne (however you want, I'm not holding your hand through all of this) but line tin with streaky bacon that you fold the ends of over the top. Don't over fill the lasagne though!

[@80memes]

ER Grapple’s been around the price of a deluxe class on Amazon for a while now, should I buy it?

[@TRDQ]

Absolutely not it's terrible

[@80memes]

@@TRDQ amazing, now I am going to go buy it

[@LAAAAAAAAAAG]

Absolutely, mind the peg foot connection, maybe file the pegs slightly, other than that it's a great buy at that price.

[@walterlopez5054]

No Artfire to complete the quartet?

[@TRDQ]

Nope

[@kevinpeoples8702]

@@TRDQ You what this means, Gavin? It means your collection is incomplete. And thus, inferior. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. 🤷‍♂️

[@ChakatStripedfur]

Hopefully you don't run into the same problem with these moulds that I did. The very first time I transformed my Grapple the left peg at the back of the crane dealer-bob-thing got stuck in his left foot, and snapped right off. Like it had something against me personally and, instead of coming out, said "You know what? Rather than deal with your shenanigans I'll just stay put, thank you very much." I had to get a screwdriver and dig it out, so now it only pegs in with one peg.

[@Kjellbot]

i think Road Hauler looks the best because him being green means the hazard chevrons pop more with their yellow whereas on Grapple it's really just little stripes of a colour he already has on him. i have the Artfire version but honestly if he had just a slightly different head than Inferno i probably would have bought Inferno as well... i want this toy in light blue, be it Hot Spot or Cybertron Mudflap. i'm sure it'd be a great colour for it

[@hackusprime]

Loved this review

[@marnockias]

Best Lasagna recipe? Asda Extra Special range.

[@Just_A_Cool_Person_Here]

Question: Do they combine?

[@twistederror]

Fun fact Road Hauler was in the very first episode of the g1 show

[@kylelangdon6724]

I was waiting to see Repugnus in the grapple.

[@SovereignKnight74]

Has your Grapple/Inferno started to change colors? Mine has. Inferno has parts that started to fade to orange, and grapple, a darker shade of orange on some parts.

[@TRDQ]

Not that I've noticed!

[@b-retrogamer2324]

Grapple is one of my favorites.

[@G1Grimlock94]

I'm only have KD Inferno retool from Grapple

[@RedneckOgre9000]

Favorite lasagna recipe? I eat Hamburger Helper Lasagna like a real man and like it!

[@tekyuinajarful]

Lasagna...? But it's not even Monday!

[@jmautobot]

What the *%$. The only reason I pressed play was to see that grapple claw on Iron Works. This channel is really going down the Tubes.

[@lookingatanime]

You would like to know my favorite lasagna recipe.

[@TyphonMar]

I have Inferno but your review kinda tipped me over into getting Hauler, he's great. I gotta ask how'd you get Grapple to hang on to Repugnus like that?

[@TRDQ]

Had to take his wings off and eventually found a space in his back to plug the airlock port into

[@francismarshall8201]

Im guessing you did not want selects artfire

[@mrjasonsinco]

My favorite lasagna recipe is my Granny's, there's no other like it!

[@michaelpytel3280]

Tomato sauce, pasta noodles, Mozzarella cheese, beef minced, spinach, repeat, repeat.

[@cybertronbob]

I once chopped a spicy peparami into a lasagna because I was feeling like a silly little guy. Can’t say I got much out of it.

[@benzmin6718]

I love lasagne topers the best, don't know how to make them though, it's just a deep frighed lasagne

[@NightmareZerogbs]

I *love* bolognese lasagna, it's my favorite food, so much that I always have that on my birthdays. And man...I wish Artfire was fully white, I hate how he looks just like Inferno wearing a shirt and shoes.

[@RamblingCatastrophe]

I call them: Grapple Core Grapple Apple & Grapple Green Apple

[@ZZtheDark]

2:53, good 'cause I'm in the mood for some action~ Inferno Also, Inferno goes by another name - Phoenix King. Defenders of Space reference there and NO, not gonna show the movie on this comment because you're gonna have to search it on here on your own since it's really bad. Trust me. See it at your own volition.

[@BenDaresAll]

Scream, Hauler, screeeeEEEAAAaaaam!!!

[@kevinpeoples8702]

Holler, even.

[@BenDaresAll]

@@kevinpeoples8702 O_O bravo on the amazing pun!

[@nullh486]

I like it with cottage cheese instead of bechamel because I can't let go of the seventies I never had.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

I really want that hauler!

[@0Marty0]

My boy Artfire is the fourth homie during a three person group project :/

[@MultiBrawler]

Huh, no Artfire?

[@TRDQ]

No Artfire

[@harlanPerry]

Road hauler is my favourite

[@rexdamage]

That was old Gavin money 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Gotta try that argument with my wife

[@darkangel076]

So long as it's not that unglodly vegetarian spinach lasagne, amIright?

[@talljoke]

No joke, I just recorded a video where I review three of the same toy with different paint jobs. I better bin the whole thing now, I can't risk another lawsuit.

[@TRDQ]

You'll never work in this town again

[@Alzeal07]

you can trick us by putting grapple twice in the title but that won't make us overlook the truth.. where is Artfire??

[@TRDQ]

Hellfire?

[@Alzeal07]

@@TRDQ Artfire, phone going wild

[@ExarAnubis]

There's a reason Hauler's Constructicon green

[@optimusmajor1325]

What ever happened to hauler he looks like he’s seen some stuff.

[@zenerstorm95]

Inferno is just Artfire without his t-shirt on, change my mind.

[@TRDQ]

No

[@CardboardBots]

What an airlock connector? Is that some sort of sex thing?

[@TRDQ]

Absolutely

[@colmodonnell3405]

This video made me buy Artfire

[@colmodonnell3405]

And Wheelie

[@Bearded_Bream]

I never liked Grapple at all over the twenty-something years I've been a Transformers fan. Always thought he looked kinda doofy, and kid me thought he was an arrogant idiot since the first time I saw him in the G1 episode where he built that tower with the Constructicons. Then I bought him during Earthrise on a whim one day, and hot damn is he one of my favorite figures of all time now. Something about this figure is just so dang charming and fun and perfectly executed in design that he's had a place on one of my favorite shelves the past two years since, and I'd buy every retool and repaint of this mold if I had the budget. I don't think there's ever been a toy that's made my opinion of a character do a 180° as much as this Grapple figure has.

[@pancakepower1006]

what cute little things.

[@unknownname1631]

TRDQ - Gavin Spence are you G.I. Joe fan?

[@TRDQ]

I dig it!

[@UnfaithfulServant97]

I cringed when he fully plugged in Grapple’s back pegs for his vehicle mode…the horror…

[@Maswartz226]

Oh god youtube what have you done!

[@lekanraposte6732]

You're missing Select Artfire! Have all 4 plus all the classic versions. But not the G1 nor the MP. I don't like them for reasons.

[@sunstormnova]

I take it we don't talk about Artfire then.

[@TRDQ]

Don't have him to talk about

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

I don't know if i can Grapple with the price of these,. might as well throw my wallet into an inferno.... Road Hauler.

[@elblekqet]

My pegs broke on my grapple

[@TheACcam]

I'm here for Artfire. Oh......

[@TRDQ]

Should have looked at the thumbnail - or title!

[@jaydenpatterson5165]

No mention of artfire. Poor guy

[@TRDQ]

Except in the title

[@jaydenpatterson5165]

@@TRDQ oh! If I saw the extremely blatant “No Artfire!” Beforehand I’d probably be less disappointed. Lol

[@cartkart1]

ironic that you said grapple won’t break because he will unless you sand down this one peg

[@TRDQ]

I didn't say grapple won't break

[@cartkart1]

@@TRDQ i’m sorry i think that comment might come off as rude but i didn’t mean it that way that being said, i think there was a part where you said the plastic felt sturdy like it wouldn’t break, but do you expect me to remember what i watched 9 hours ago!?

[@TRDQ]

@@cartkart1 haha I said many people said Grapples pegs were fragile so I'm glad they changed them out for Inferno and Road Hauler. I get it. Nine hours is a lifetime

[@cartkart1]

@@TRDQ it really is

[@uriahgarcia3329]

Lasagna. Use cream cheese instead of ricotta.

[@GR-ic7mt]

I love roadhauller but posing him in any kind of not action pose just makes him look shocked and appualed like he just walked in on his parents making salad past bed time

[@michaellombardi1620]

My mum makes the best lasagna in the world