TRDQ: Webdiver! Gladion Review - The Boy With The Video Game In His Guts

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@TheSyliman Ай бұрын

The way you even managed to capture the intonation of me crying at my screen just hammers home how much of a pro you are Gavin.

@RepoWallop Ай бұрын

I've stumbled upon an unlisted video, I feel like I'm in a secret club... This almost makes me better than someone else! Excellent.

@pancakepower1006 Ай бұрын

This really is the early 2000s personified

@ae_double Ай бұрын

Gavin, please. I don't cry that much. I cry more than that! I wasn't too sure I felt too won over by the concept of the toy until you revealed its plug and play feature, which has certainly intrigued me over into seeing more of what Webdiver is all about. Finding new ways to make a toy have extra features and gimmicks that are also fun is quite a tall order in itself.

@MellowGaming Ай бұрын

I kept looking at this lad at TFn trying to decide if I wanted to grab it. Was so tempting but I knew someone much more handsome than I with far more eclectic tastes would like it more.

@talljoke Ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to this new era of hammer reviews.

@thomasalvarenga2839 Ай бұрын

I love how he moves his own head during the transformation in the game and show, gives a powerful feeling to the sequence.

@a_world_made_of_cardboard Ай бұрын

I remember seeing this and thinking how it was a novel idea. I also heard that the game was finicky. Tranforming the toy would sometimes mess up in the game and everything wouldn't work right. Neat idea, but an execution ahead of its time. Once again, Great review. (And you were scarring me with that hammer around that toy, but in a good, "Oh Gavin wouldn't smash that toy to bits...would he?" Kind of way.

@HolidayPirate Ай бұрын

Oh golly, that Manga preview trailer is a powerful cultural touchstone for cool people over a certain age. "What's happening?". And on CRT too - you're good people, Gavin.

@darthwinsor Ай бұрын

A cool non transformers Takara toy from Gavin with a quick cameo from Raoh Fist of the North Star? What a privilege.

@alt_mode_rose Ай бұрын

Well, I for one am Gladion to see a new range of toys being reviewed. The TV interaction would have blown my mind back in the day!

@FREKKI Ай бұрын

The early 2000s was the absolute peak for toy gimmicks IMO. I’m not saying the best ones, but the most over-the-top features came around that time for sure.

@kek23k Ай бұрын

I remember Webdivers at the time but had no idea there was a videogame built in! Such a cool gimmick and definitely different. I think you might be suffering with NTSC>PAL issues with your setup and that's the reason for the B&W. Maybe get round it by using an analog capture card if you've got an old one kicking around.

@dachannelfire7049 Ай бұрын

Literally never heard of this until now, and I have absolutely no idea how I've lived my life without it!

@harrisonwhaley7872 Ай бұрын

Ohhh gavvvvvin, that’s not a shield it’s his fancy dinner plate

@jedijam91 Ай бұрын

Trains and boats are two very under represented alt-modes in transformers.

@IcarusPenndragon 3 күн бұрын

Webdiver has both!

@no-rm9wg Ай бұрын

Yoooooooh this guy rules!! I LOVE that gun and he comes with his own video game too? Top notch

@manjackson2772 Ай бұрын

Ahhh the train mode's wheels do that!! Love it!!!

@lampy5490 Ай бұрын

Celtic Frost "Ugh!" for the win!

@incoherentbabbler4636 Ай бұрын

That train mode is madness, but in a very sweet way. I wonder if there's a way to export the games from the guts of these toys (non-destructively i would hope) and get them emulated somewhere.

@RobCamp-rmc_0 Ай бұрын

I’m starting to wonder whether I should keep watching these videos, if I run the risk of breaking down and sobbing uncontrollably every half hour or so, as it appears your viewers are prone to doing

@peradolia 29 күн бұрын

never seen this before, dont even know what web divers is, but im in love with this toy

@Prime501 Ай бұрын

First Transformer I've seen that turns into Subway surfers.

@Maswartz226 Ай бұрын

Ok that's a cool gimmick.

@michaellombardi1620 Ай бұрын

Thats one fun looking bot!

@thecheese4255 Ай бұрын

Cool toy, neat gimmick A man of his time for sure

@mattr75 Ай бұрын

I always kinda wanted this figure for years when I first learned of it

@soundblaster1987reviews Ай бұрын

If you're genuinely interested in the Webdiver franchise, Gavin, then check out some of TJOmega's oldest videos. He's talked about almost all of them at one point or another between 2009-2012.

@TRDQ Ай бұрын

They went a long way to getting me into it. Not enough to like, watch the show etc - but definitely appreciated

@walterlopez5054 Ай бұрын

I wound up buying a bunch of the toys that were used in those very reviews from TJ. pretty sure i got Phoenixion, Griffon, Lion, Pegasion, and the 2 Dogs from him.

@soundblaster1987reviews Ай бұрын

@@walterlopez5054 what a coincidence! The first toy I ever reviewed was the Armada Demolishor that TJ previously owned. I also bought his RID 2015 Skywarp.

@russellharrell2747 29 күн бұрын

All of the gimmicks that Transformers has had over 4 decades and this unknown train bot is an actual video game console! Theres even official Prime and Megatron figures that turn into video game consoles, and they still don’t do what this guy does. A real classic act. Oh and ‘The Basics’ will be suing Gavin in 3,2,…

@3Zleda Ай бұрын

I think I was eying that exact Gladion at TFNation!

@wolkaiserdrake9946 Ай бұрын

it would be nice if TT rereleased him with out the clear plastic and the electronics to reduce the costs a bit so this guy can be more available for newer fans

@ThePhoto-VerseYT Ай бұрын

The Moderoid says hi.

@tonutboi5945 Ай бұрын

I need this thing in my life

@CrashHeadroom Ай бұрын

O.O manga video trailer, yes! You score 100 life points for that muh fwend :D

@jameswhitehouse5706 Ай бұрын

So cool and we can look at this and say oh wow that retro gaming action - then you remember at this time we had PS2 and Dreamcast and Xbox and you realise why it never took off 🙂. Cool robot though. Loving me that Cybertron Megatron awesomeness.

@SoHungry666 Ай бұрын

He's got the face of someone who frets over imposter syndrome.

@obviobvi Ай бұрын

A handsome train indeed

@Robofrog100 Ай бұрын

Webdiver toys my beloved

@walterlopez5054 Ай бұрын

Webdiver was such a fun line. apparently Hasbro had ideas about importing it as part of RID2001 or Universe 2003 at some point but cowardice took them and it never happened. damn shame, as i assume that would have made obtaining a Wyverion so much easier than it is now. I would commit so many War Crimes to obtain a Wyverion.....

@GodsDrunkestDriver1791 Ай бұрын

OOOOHH GAVIN...what was that video on the telly after you finished the game? With Akira and the like on

@TRDQ Ай бұрын

It was the Manga Home Entertainment trailer. On the Cyber City Oedo 808 vhs

@TokuWaffle Ай бұрын

Okay did no toy company from the era try importing these? That's an action figure and a plug-and-play video game in one!!!

@manjackson2772 Ай бұрын

It's a Takara project so Hasbro would have been the ones to do it. Aaron Archer has mentioned a couple of times that they considered it but ultimately passed on it. I wonder if they were thinking about the failure of Lego's Galidor, which had a kind of similar centerpiece toy with electronic games in its guts.

@ieuanbelcher Ай бұрын

Might be very late to the party Gav but I saw some Juggermorphs in B&M today!

@TRDQ Ай бұрын

Did you buy one?

@ieuanbelcher 29 күн бұрын

Unfortunately not, skint in the run up to Christmas

@RamblingCatastrophe Ай бұрын

Gallion is the one to own

@BenDaresAll Ай бұрын

Whoa! 90s anime! Was that um, fist of the north star?

@tylerferguson3193 Ай бұрын

Hope you'll have a good day

@thachocolategod Ай бұрын

I love how he automatically assumes all of his subscribers just cry, whine, and moan at every video he posts. I for one silently approve.

@camk8856 Ай бұрын

What the fuck there a video game built in holy shit that cool

@thefiresark Ай бұрын

wow this is cool

@HeresWhyItsCool Ай бұрын

I like that title "The Long and Short of It", but McFeely isn't the litigious type, I hope...

@manjackson2772 28 күн бұрын

McFeely is many things but short is not one of them

@Supahsenpai Ай бұрын

If you haven't seen any Daigunder stuff yet I'm pretty sure they're related to webdiver and some of my favorites

@Slayershoop Ай бұрын

Unfortunately this whole toyline is quite fragile, most of my Webdiver toys have broken in some way. Excellent design aesthetic though. Now to cry in the corner about trying to get a Wyverion.

@ThePuff18 Ай бұрын

Gavin, I got a question. While we all know that you are _the best_ transformers KZbinr, perhaps more than Hasbro themselves, do you have any others who you would say are as good, or, god forbid, better? I was going to say “Gav forbid” but I’m not gonna strike your ego THAT much. Also, I recently met my Roomate, who’s ALSO Gavin, and thanks to your meddling, I’ve started calling him “g-ah-vin”

@TRDQ Ай бұрын

I like Talljoke and Mangmotion! I SUPPOSE

@ThePuff18 Ай бұрын

@ haven’t heard of Talljoke, I’ll check them out!

@mutekichojin Ай бұрын

The broken joints are pretty much universal due to the translucent material used being pretty crap. Mine that I only bought a few years after release were already cracked and rattling inside the box. It's pretty baffling that the bootleg of it (of course with a Thomas the Tank Engine face on the shield part) is actually more durable than the real thing.

@thewashbrookshow Ай бұрын

Random Joan Collins movie thrown in 😂😂😂

@dadaism Ай бұрын

Webdiver was pretty hit/miss. The idea of them being animal people gave them a lot of identity, but some of the animal modes were pretty naft. The idea that they could turn into galleons or prop planes because they're web things was also great. There were weapon third modes and combination gimmicks too, like a two of the toys were headmasters for a bigger guy and there were two dogs that symmetrically docked, and they were... okay. But I don't think the video game gimmick did much besides run the prices on them up. There were better options for playing video games even back then, and it hampers everything to have to have so much electronics in the budget. It could have worked if they had gone with roleplay toys like Kamen Rider because those are already full of electronics... but I don't think Kamen Riders revival had even started back then, much less become the winning formula it is now. Toyline had a follow up, I think it was Gravion or something, but I've only seen the toys on a page back in the day and they pretty ugly and unappealing despite having transformers type engineering and combination gimmicks. Also pretty fragile from what I've heard.

@skuffy4930 Ай бұрын

I don't know anything about Web Diver beyond the obvious, will probably bully Chris McFeely to do a basics video about it.

@AugustusFGraham Ай бұрын

How come Manta Force Reviews Done Quick is playing with these stupid children's toys? I was told we would be looking at Masterpiece Astro Shark, not some silly nonsense for babies. Unsubscribed.