TRDQ: ROCK LORDS! Bottom of the Barrel Special!

[@TM2DB]

The thing people need to remember, Rock Lords sounds like a joke, but by accounts was the best selling year of GoBots. Go figure.

[@Sparticuse]

I LOVED rock lord when I was a kid. The gold nugget was my favorite. This put an interesting spin on the scene from Big where he questions the antagonist about his building transformer by saying "what kid would want to play with a building?" And I reply "I played with ROCK robots, you know nothing doofus!"

[@dedalionarts6077]

Isn't it just me, or does Bolder look like "What if Cosmos, was a rock". Also where is Repugnus? This video number of bad puns, would drive this little bigger NUTS 3:24 😉😁

[@fishpop]

Sticks & Stones were voiced by Megatron & Optimus.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

In all fairness though, Frank Welker voiced 72% of all animated English language characters between the ‘60s and present day (despite a solid proportion of those characters not actually speaking any human language)

[@TheHungarianMan]

It's a shame that Hasbro forced the Vehicle modes on their new incarnations. I would've loved if we could've had a line of "Weaponisers" who could become terrain pieces for one's battle scene!

[@legogodzilla]

TBH with how some of these rock lords turned out, you could probably make a halfway decent rock mode out of Magneous.

[@batangbatugan]

Gawin, you control their appearance but no force in the universe can control the power and the fury of their rockin' THEME SONG!

[@CardboardBots]

Everyone goes into the TF nation hot tub, rock hard and tense... but everyone leaves stress-free and oh so relaxed.

[@rodnog6526]

Terra-Roc and Spike Stone are rad as hell because they don't transform from rocks to weird rock men, they transform from rocks to ROCK DINOSAURS with inlaid bones and are the coolest shit you've ever seen (maybe). There's also a combiner called Fossilsaurus where a gaggle of strange stone lads combine into a kaiju with oddly technological accessories, but he was both Japan only and is very, very expense to get nowadays.

[@Psientologist]

I quite like 'em. Always fancied owning a Nuggit as I watched the movie (taped off the TV) quite a lot a child and I have not matured one bit since.

[@tmntman3086]

You missed out by not getting Nugget. He's a rock; he's a robot; and he has a jet pack!

[@summonersumnerus4364]

Every collector has at least one Rock Lord. They're almost a requirement to join the community :)

[@Zmoibe]

i picked up sticks n stones at a toy show semi recently and immediately fell in love with the little idiot. honestly enough to potentially send me down a future rabbit hole

[@leftygurl]

i was lucky to find ol’ welker n’ cullen in a thrift store near my home, i think the store knew to expect a schmuck like me to show up and buy them because they were in the cabinet with the fancy stuff and the videogames with their own price tag. at another store of the same brand i found hound and swindle just laying on the ground, yet someone at this store knew to put some respect on the rock lords.

[@Theover4000]

Poor Swindle and Hound! :(

[@augustusgraham3112]

Love the little pearly whites on brimstone.

[@HeresWhyItsCool]

I recently stumbled across a fanzine on Rock Lords you'd contributed to some years ago, and had a barrel of laughs with it, especially the fun facts about Rock Lords! I think they're great, I mean, who needs 80s toys that turn in to vehicles when you can have them change into gravel for your garden! Wonderful!!!

[@daverage4729]

A absolutely loved these boys as a kid and I had Granite while my brother had Boulder. They have a lovely glossy sheen and I always loved them going up against my Decepticons where they simply turned into the rock forms and bashed the cons like bowling pins. I would have loved to get the two dinosaur style Rocklords... The Rockosaurs; Terra-Roc & Spikestone. Seriously good times with these lads and thrilled to see you cover them Gav! :)

[@lilithofthevoid4922]

Never thought I'd see rocksticles, but here we are

[@segadriven]

Appreciate you featuring the Garfield bike reflectors Gavin. Thank you x

[@HiperPivociarz]

Granite is a little cutie, but his alt mode is a such a slab I'm worried King Ramses is going to haunt you.

[@incoherentbabbler4636]

3:10 I love how the chipped paint makes Brimstone's teeth look bloodstained. Just chipped paint. Right? 4:29 Who came first, Sticks N' Stones or Rack N' Ruin?

[@sophiegoose]

Absolutely love Rocklords, the absolute definition of a bad idea executed beautifully. They're just so chunky and satisfying to fiddle with, and I love me a fun bot that just turns into a lump of something or a shape or a rock, there's something so charming about it and the engineering always gets interesting as a result. Great vid as usual.

[@AlexReynard]

So fond of these adorable little chunks of stupidity. I have most of them, and these six are the most basic. So any more you get from here will likely pleasantly exceed your expectations. Nuggit is my favorite. The two rock beasts also have very enjoyable chunky hand-feel. I have no bloody idea what possessed them to make the Narlies.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

I had Tombstone and Silverstone (second wave figures), and I loved them! Back in the mid eighties, transforming toys were such a novelty that we didn't care what they changed into.

[@NorthstarSystem]

the return of the TF nation hot tub mentions!! cant wait until we get enough lore of the tub that someone makes a video documenting all of them so we can piece together each years 'tubbing events.

[@michaelpytel3280]

Gavin is gonna Rock & Roll All night ! YEAH !!!🪨

[@ChakatStripedfur]

I had Sticks n' Stones at one time, I believe, as well as maybe a couple of others. I distinctly remember the legs feeling like they were going to either pop off or somehow injure my fingers. I really wish they'd bring them back, and not as weaponizers but actual Rock Lords. Really good to play with, and goes good with other figures. Much like me in the secret TFNation hot tub.

[@Skelevision1]

This made me laugh a lot, I love this content definitely watching more of this

[@jordanwhite352]

"We Got Sex Rock Lords!" 👀

[@cowpuddles4851]

I owned a Rock Lord as a kid (Boulder) and some of those meteor animals and rock people from Masters, too. I was always a bit embarrassed until I recently discovered Transformers that turn into cubes. Literal cubes. That’s the best we can do in the 2020’s? I’ll take my rocks, thank you.

[@Titleknown]

And now I'm eagerly awaiting the day when Gavin reviews Rocks, Bugs and Things...

[@Dragokaiju2000]

Ay, these guys are charming. I just ordered Stick n Stones yesterday on ebay

[@ryantyson2008]

I had these as a kid and my mom sent over some of my old toys for my youngest son. I now display the 2 that my kids have, I need them all now LOL. I am a big 42 year old kid LOL

[@mrjasonsinco]

I think I have a couple of those rolling around the bottom of my box of childhood Transformers. I had the gold one and a green one with a snake head. I remember as a kid being at an absolute loss as to how to play with them.

[@HiperPivociarz]

Gavin took "Kick rocks, mate" way too seriously.

[@pathosis]

An added bonus to the colorful rock-forms, is that they'll look very decorative all gathered up in fancy bowl or basket for display. I'm looking at pictures of the toyline right now. Those chromed metallic ones would be a lovely addition to your collection.

[@robonintendo]

These rock!

[@Mothbean]

The TFNation Hot Tub joke in this one fucking killed me

[@Theover4000]

I’ve always wondered what the deal was with team Geology, thanks for giving us the insight!

[@rellko3900]

If this is the bottom of the barrel, that’s a damn good barrel

[@WarriorWildhead1337]

The barber shop i grew up going to had toys for kids to play with while they waited for their haircuts, and Granite was one of them. Always thought he kinda looked like Rhinox.

[@WarehouseWilgus]

I have two of them and am SO HAPPY to see you review them. I mean yeh they are as fun as rocks would be lol they have some clear versions I was looking at the expensive! Love it and that the hot tub joke 😂 got me

[@Nediablo]

Still have Granite and Slimestone out and about!!!! Lost my Tombstone but always, I don't know why, used to pull out just the head to pretend it was an asthma inhaler. Kids. I don't get them. Or me.

[@mattr75]

The Rock Lords were an interesting part of toy history of the 80's. Kinda makes me wish they actually did come back with reissues of the toys if not modern updates

[@mrjasonsinco]

Can you imagine "Masterpiece Rock Lords" with super poseability and ultra realistic alt modes, $150 each!

[@MellowGaming]

Really do need to pick some Rock Lords up. Had 3 or 4 of them as a kid but I think they ended up being given away when I moved house. Had that crystal lady one and a chromed silver lad.

[@thachocolategod]

They're neat little guys just like Gavin

[@Bladexeno]

yooooo i just purchased my first rocklord a week or so ago. little golden nugget dude named, if you can believe it, Nuggit. I love him dearly.

[@dunkanbulk14]

If i remember correctly, Sticks and Stones were voiced by Peter Cullen and Frank Welker in the movie

[@Nediablo]

2:16 Hello Darkseid!

[@solianara2306]

Transforming Rocks Done Quality.

[@Cdr2002]

2:43 I will now refer to Vilgax as “Jerry”

[@dubuyajay9964]

1:48. Considering his Anerican voice actor was Telly Savalas, tempermental fits.

[@boblowes]

What about Nugget? He was a wee lump of gold that turned into a robot (face had shades of Johnny 5 from Short Circuit), and was surprisingly wel articulated. He even had a wee jet pack come out his back. I think there was a silver bad guy equivalent, but I could just be misremembering that part.

[@Greenhooves]

Distinct lack of Nugget

[@rexdamage]

The ballsack was awesome 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dubuyajay9964]

Imagine these things in the walls or terrain of GI Joe/Transformers/MASK playsets. Waiting to jump the enemy like the Viet Cong! "They're coming out of the walls! Literally!"

[@bagea]

4:11 the tf nation secret hot tub jokes make me loose it every time

[@Technochaos03]

I don't much care for the rock lords, my main concern is if we'll ever hear about the secret TF Nation hot tub again after what I can only assume is the joke's logical conclusion.

[@ae_double]

Ah, you got the new Rock Transformers toys early!

[@jonimusprime6202]

Nugget was always my fave. A shame you didn’t show him

[@SaturmornCarvilli]

You can laugh at me if you want to. But as a kid, I genuinely wanted Brimstone. I can agree that the rock mode was by far the worse of the Rock Lords. However, Brimstone had the right kind of 1980s menace and goofy in robot mode only found in him and Saw Boss of the Wheeled Warriors. Even decades later, I still think that little red rock goblin is cool.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

My grandpa took to pick out any toys i wanted because i had been really sick. I got 3 rock lords and a Scooby doo vhs tape.

[@originaluddite]

There are fun and better than the two meteorite dudes from the world of He-Man and She-Ra. But hey I read something wild recently on TF Wiki... "In a very early draft of The Transformers The Movie, Lithone was a planet of living rock creatures (explaining its name, from the Ancient Greek for stone, lithos)." How crazy is that? That linguistic connection never occurred to me. In a parallel universe we TF fans could have had our own transforming rocks and been all "Lithons are _so_ much better than Rock Lords so there!"

[@michaelpecoraro486]

Ah man, you don't have the best one, Nuggit! And by "best one" I mean "the only one I had as a kid and in fact still have in a box somewhere."

[@shinkojima8903]

Ooh these remind me of Meteorbs! Could you be persuaded to do a vid on those?

[@TRDQ]

Sure thing just send them all to me

[@shinkojima8903]

@@TRDQ I wish I knew what happened to them :'(

[@ShaundoGecko]

Genuine crack-up moment🤣

[@HiperPivociarz]

I ask you, what is Optimus without Megatron? What is Karl Marx without Jeff Bezos? What is Gavin Spence without his comments section going "Blub blub blub BUT GAVIN!"?

[@elpizo1789]

Rock solid review.

[@Jamesotronart]

Gav corpsing? Send for the man!

[@clockworksaint]

I think I had Marbles, though I had forgotten his dweeby face. Honestly I kind of like these. Something satisfying about just transforming into a big lump. Oh, and Solitaire. Nice joints there, even if her diamond rock form is basically sitting very still and hoping you don't see her. Allegedly there were shows to go with these??

[@TRDQ]

I think there's the film that introduced them and that might be it? A star studded voice cast though!

[@tylerferguson3193]

Hope you're having a good day

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

Do you think they thought kids were going to incorporate rock lords with tonka construction vehicles? Cause that's the only reason i would think they thought these would succeed.

[@dubuyajay9964]

0:49. Tbh...never saw them with weapons in the ads. Other than the later motorized ones.

[@knetge]

for my hole life, I want to know what that thing is on the back of sticks and stowns.

[@darkangel076]

Wait, what happened to my all Voltron all the time channel? Why, if I were even mildly motivated I would write a stern letter to TRDQ management. Fortunately for you, I'm actually not even sure what I was upset about at this point and also sleepy sleepy time.

[@BenDaresAll]

No Nugget?

[@theuhohstory8995]

You did what in the TFNation hot tub?? Gavin??

[@TheMelloyMan]

The PVP callout lmao

[@TRDQ]

No idea what you're talking about

[@TheMelloyMan]

@@TRDQ I've forgotten too, probably not important then

[@lordsoundwarp]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 awwww man shame you don’t have any stolen figures 🤣🤣🤣

[@TRDQ]

I'd buy some if I could!

[@lordsoundwarp]

@@TRDQ not at the prices I’ve heard they go for🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bout the same as my deathsaurs

[@jinxedreviews]

When are gonna get a tonsil stone rock lord?

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

I can’t believe that Pokémon stole a name from a Rock Lord Shame on them

[@hyperchord]

Whoa, that first comment

[@ShokoArc]

Hello Gavin

[@TRDQ]

Hello Lex

[@gavinmerrifield9213]

Gav, this video was a bit rocky.

[@mattspada5018]

Everyone in the hot tub is now dead thanks to Gavin. Every year the fatalities increase. My Uncle who works at TFNation told me it's ture and he would never lie to me.

[@talljoke]

I zoned out, did you say you stole some rocks from a Vietnamese garden?

[@TRDQ]

Um yeah?!

[@ClintonMatos]

Next up brand new rocks stolen from a Vietnamese factory, please.

[@theholo-library4020]

"I could watch new toys, stolen from Vietnamese factories"? Iiiii... have no idea what hes talking about guys, Gavin has lost his mind. There's absolutely no such thing happening in the tf community for years now.

[@Brazil144hopeful]

🤣 who came up with this bs? Rock 🪨 lords