When I was a kid, I used the tank for one arm and the helicopter for the other. That way, he would have the tank's gun on one side and a spinning propeller on the other.
I've just recently saw one of the episodes of the Combaticons and I like this review you did! Swindle's my favorite of the group in both G1 and Animated!
that part about their minds locked in a computer but they are fully aware of their surroundings.
Besides swindle being one of the main 'cons in the TFA episode S.U.V, the device he builds (that ultimately causes his demise) is a homage to the combaticons minds locked away in the CPU, because one of the effects of the device is disabling your enemies and have them still aware of their surroundings.
Just ingore these types of comments Simon. You do great work explaining the characters, their histories and the different generations all while being entertaining. Just remember you got alot of fans out here. Chris
You don't like the way he looks because you have set him up wrong. With Onslaught, his arms should be pointing backwards, not down as you have them. This will ensure Bruticus' chest plate stays on correctly and will also give him 'shoulders' and a better profile because the arm modules will be higher up. Also, turn Brawl the other way round so his turret is at the front. AAARRRRGGHH....I can't stand when people don't assemble their gestalts correctly! Try what I said. He'll look much better!
RID ruination has brawl/armorhide with the turret at the back. I have my turret in the back because I am used to transforming it the RID way, that the holes in brawl/armorhide (I have ruination), became wider and easier to put the peg for the left foot in. If I turned it around, the other hole isn't really widened enough, and my peg is already stressed enough
And for the love of god. His transformer, his way of transforming it.
Yes I know what you're saying. But to me, there is a right way of doing things. The poster says he doesn't like the way he looks...and that IS because he is not set up correctly! Most people that own this toy for example, always put Onslaught's arms facing down, then complain because they think the chest plate doesn't fit correctly. Of course it won't! The way the toy is set on this video makes the arms lower which is why it looks ridiculous.
But, to make a transformer look nice, just fiddle it around to make it nice. If having the top of the space shuttle and helicopter facing forward and as feet makes it look "cooler" then so be it. Instructions tell you one way of transforming it. I played with a friend's sinnertwin and rippersnapper, and although the instructions might say one way, I find my own way as effective.
Yes some people do like their own way of setting these things up...but to get the perfect set-up for this toy (not Ruination) look at the cartoon. Brawl's turret is always at the front. If it's pointing the other way, you can see the underside of the tank which doesn't look right. The biggest mess people make though, is with Menasor. Cars in all the wrong places. And you'd surely admit, that with Abominus, putting Blot as a leg, or Cutthroat as an arm just wouldn't look right at all.
I put armorhide/brawl the bruticus way, and compared it with the ruination way. For display purposes, I put it the ruination way although I think it looks cooler the bruticus way. Reason why? I find that doing the bruticus way, one tiny nudge to the chest, the whole thing falls backwards, while if you do it the ruination way, it stays standing even with a tiny nudge, and even if the joints are loose.
With menasor, Dead end is left arm on TV while instruction says to put breakdown as left arm
Trust me I get plenty of exercize. I hike, rockclimb, kayak, paintball, and teach submission grappling. I get plenty! When the rest of my family is watching TV I like to get on the computer instead. You could use spell check.
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Man I can't belive all these videos. How old are you? and you still play with transformers? .....I'm speechless I don't know what to say... Grow up and get a life.
I don't, I just stumbled across it trying to show my son what he would wind up being like if he doens't grow up. I have to say I was a bit locked into watching it. I was just confused, you know waiting on a punch line or something. This guy is for real....lol It's almost scary. tho think some one like this could be living right next door and talking with your kids. You know.
dude try running 3,000 meters in under 7minute and 43 seconds!!shade26000 i love transformers i always will.i dont care what you think or anybody else for that matter.
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What the hell.... Chrisformers you what that means? It means you a fast running Dumass! What does running have to do with play with little boy toys? So does running make it ok for you to go and play with little kid toys? Hell, I can run and I'll start training to run faster if I get some kind of speical privledges.
Dude...what the HELL are you babbling about? You are claiming to be a fan, yet your poorly downing another Transfan in one of the most IGNORANT ways Ive personally ever seen. Shut up. For the love of god. Please.
You made a comment about Bruticus's torso being too square. That's because you actually don't have him transformed properly. Onslaught's arms do not lay at the sides of Bruticus's torso. Onslaught's arms are supposed to be swung upward, so that the grill of his truck mode is facing behind Bruticus; forming his shoulder blades. In this manner, Brutcus has a shaped torso, having "lats." You can see many examples on Japanese gift se box art, etc. Regardless, your reviews are entertaining!
Have you considered the Sticker Upgrade set from reprolabels? I do agree that he looks very bland. At the very least they could have put some stickers on his chest.
Still, out of all the scrable-city combiners, he's my choice for the one I'm getting. I am getting the regular-sized KO for about $6, and I'm hoping its okay. I'm still getting the original regardless.
Bruticus was one of my favorite combiners. I actually own the all metal chest version today and I would never give him up! Bruticus was not very intelligent but, he could really kick some ass case in point shockwave!
"Worse then the generation 2 devastator" What?...the g2 devastator is a nice yellow variant which depicts an accurate color sceme in reference to our 'earth' construction vehicles. The first lime green devestator is quite questionable. And the second variant of bruticus is also not that bad, its better then the desert strike ruination. This just proves that your poor british opinions and reviews on g1 and current day transformers merchandise is highly quesitonable and inaccurate. Good day.
I don't know but for ruination, the instructions said to put mega octane/onslaught's arms backwards when transforming into ruination/bruticus to give it a "thinner feel", but I guess that you don't want to turn him into a "silverbolt", aka the very skinny aerialbot.
Is Bruticus transformed like that? I don't own any G1 stuff so I don't really know, as in with the onslaught arms positioned downwards compared to backwards?
The episode that you refer too with Swindle selling the parts of the other combaticons is B.O.T. and was the last episode recorded before the TF:TM. So, By watching this episode, We realise that the writers of TF:TM had no idea what they wanted yet.
I got a knock-off of Bruticus from Walgreens this week, and it is freakin WIERD!! It's got G2 Blast-off, Car robots Swindle, Car Robots Ruination pieces, and the rest is RID colored!(The series is called Transformable Motorbots, and there other Knock offs are good, in case someones interested.)
You know. If they ever put in the other Combaticons in future Transformers movies, I wonder how they are going to pull off some of other ones, especially Blast Off, who transforms into a Space Shuttle.
good review, I have the Universe desert camo version of Bruticus (or Ruination as he's called). Can you do a classics Devastator or Universe Devastator review?
I know The Combaticons first featured on Starscream's Brigade but why were they seen ambushing The Aerialbots in an earlier episode (I forget the name) on the new dvd series release?
Agreed, I'd also like to see the Insecticons featured. But a more logical progression would probably be the Constructicons (seeing as you've covered the other Season 1/2 combiner teams)
y'know, i like that it's been repainted so many times. i can pick 'n choose, even though i agree that the toy really seems to lack play-ability being such a square and not really functional toy because of stiff joints and lack of knees and elbows, i do really like the walmart "camo" color schemes, and the price is right for what's essentially a shelf-toy.
I'd second that. I love Powermaster Prime and have wanted Galvatron since forever, even though they're both clunky, malproportioned and Galvatron is colored all wrong.
dont ever get rodimus prime. i got him for my birthday,(4 days after feb 18 07) mine never came with the trailers sticker that goes around that rubby autobot symbol and the head light stickers. never came with gun, his yellow spoiller is rediculus and his stickers are all worn out. so never get rodimus, his legs dont move. i would take G1HotRod
Yeah if they retroactively fix brawls name on the DVD it'll be because they realized how bad they shot themselves in the foot in using the most recognisable gesalt name on some random decepticon. It would also be an indicator they want to make another film (using the gesalts somewhere because they're a great hook.)
I must say that Ruination (bruticus XD) has a Gay Cowboy look going on about him T.T i would know I use to have him >> then he broke and ive been tyring to get the rid repaint ever since
great review silverbolt. Bruticus is a great Decepticon. My favorite combaticon is Onslaught. How I display my own Bruticus is that I make Onslaught's arms face towards the back, that way Bruticus doesn't look so "square".
Can't say I like the gestalts, but Silverbolt seems to like them. I just never liked them that much because the big robots rarely look good. They always look like they have cars for legs (Menasor, Defensor) or they have Airplanes for arms (Superion, Computron). Even in the cartoons they looked terrible. I think the only ones I liked were Devastator and Predaking.
excellent review as always. just bought the transformers ultimate guide- omega supreme looks awesome (page 37?) if there is a toy and you have him he would make an excellent review. cheers!!
Great vid as usual. I've watched most of your reviews and you have rekindled my interest in the Transformers. Your knowledge of the characters is quite impressive. Do you research before you make a vid, or is this all from memory? If so, you should look into teaching this at a university. I mean, if they have courses on "The histroy of comic book heros" and "How to speak Klingon", why not Transformers? Ha! Keep up the good work!
Another great review Silverbolt, I like your personal touch with each character you review. When it comes to Combiners I could never get the complete Giftsets, my local independent toystore during the 80's/early 90's never stocked them. It was always the individual TFs and that put me off as I new I could never complete a Combiner. :(
SWINDLE!!! SWINDLE!!! SWINDLE!!! Swindle Rocks! He's so freakin great!!!!!! SWINDLE! SWINDLE! SWIIIIIIINNNNDDDLLLLEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best Transformer out of any combiner squad!!!!
Best thing about Bruticus is the Scramble city tech of swapping arms and legs really matters with his toy form and in Robots in Disguise, different formations give him different abilities.
You should fold onslaughts arms back so bruticus has a waist instead of looking like arms and legs stuck on a refrigerator. It makes a huge difference in my opinion.
Excellent review, by the way - I don't suppose you could feature any figures from the latter half of G1 ie: 1987 - 1990 (Headmasters, Targetmasters, Powermasters etc...) in your next review?
i seem to remember that they defied megatron in the story in the cartoons too... only reason i say is because i remember this aspect of the story but i have never read a transformers comic, only seen the cartoons
Btw you don't quite have Bruticus transformed properly. You need to swing up Onslaughts arms, that way Brutics has a much thinner waist and a more "upmf" feeling too him and he doesn't look like a square brick.
Bruticus had 6 Hasbor/Takara recolors there was the G1 version, the Operation Comibination, recolor the G2 version, RID Runination, and 2 diffenent Transformers Universe recolors. Then there were all those knock off's. The most reused of the combiners.
When I was a kid, I used the tank for one arm and the helicopter for the other. That way, he would have the tank's gun on one side and a spinning propeller on the other.
I wanted him to be able to fuck shit up!
kufygfykt 1 month ago
I've just recently saw one of the episodes of the Combaticons and I like this review you did! Swindle's my favorite of the group in both G1 and Animated!
PercyandDuckfan94 9 months ago
Not to be annoying, but the title is spelled wrong. Great review, as usual, simon.
THTTYKID 1 year ago
u have got to be kidding me
ottopartyboy 1 year ago
actually TFW2005.com says "Blast Off" is Movor
mjhilst 1 year ago
are you gonna review the NEW Bruticus?
Halostar22 2 years ago
Don't forget, Silverbolt, Onslaught also gets another lease of life as part of the Classics 2.0 Universe line as an Ultra Class figure. Nice toy too.
BuzzsawtheHedgehog 2 years ago
this was before that came out...like 2 years before XD
iHaveOneArm 2 years ago
I was actually reminding him. I know when it came out. Silverbolt already knows perhaps.
BuzzsawtheHedgehog 2 years ago
lol sorry XD
iHaveOneArm 2 years ago
We're cool.
BuzzsawtheHedgehog 2 years ago
that part about their minds locked in a computer but they are fully aware of their surroundings.
Besides swindle being one of the main 'cons in the TFA episode S.U.V, the device he builds (that ultimately causes his demise) is a homage to the combaticons minds locked away in the CPU, because one of the effects of the device is disabling your enemies and have them still aware of their surroundings.
r0b0leadr 2 years ago
military vehicles plus decepticon affiliation should be a knock out combination but he fails.
horrible back story, and horrible transformation mode.
he just looks boring. and really two huge rail guns and they no imagination for its uses but to make it part of his back?
punkjoes 3 years ago
The Combaticons were some of the most evil Decepticons out there. Swindle's my favorite one. Good review here.
BuzzsawtheHedgehog 3 years ago
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this guy still suckles his mothers nipple ,little gobshite
toughload 3 years ago
and yet you being the uber guy makes himself feel "tough" by making infantile comments on peoples videos
dyansis 3 years ago 4
Just ingore these types of comments Simon. You do great work explaining the characters, their histories and the different generations all while being entertaining. Just remember you got alot of fans out here. Chris
PS High Score is finally coming.
Cavillier1970 2 years ago 5
starscream did not find a space shuttle
transformer5622 3 years ago
True, Blast Off was an old WWII plane to my best knowledge. I don't see how space shuttles are part of the military though.
BuzzsawtheHedgehog 2 years ago
You don't like the way he looks because you have set him up wrong. With Onslaught, his arms should be pointing backwards, not down as you have them. This will ensure Bruticus' chest plate stays on correctly and will also give him 'shoulders' and a better profile because the arm modules will be higher up. Also, turn Brawl the other way round so his turret is at the front. AAARRRRGGHH....I can't stand when people don't assemble their gestalts correctly! Try what I said. He'll look much better!
BigGigantos 3 years ago
RID ruination has brawl/armorhide with the turret at the back. I have my turret in the back because I am used to transforming it the RID way, that the holes in brawl/armorhide (I have ruination), became wider and easier to put the peg for the left foot in. If I turned it around, the other hole isn't really widened enough, and my peg is already stressed enough
And for the love of god. His transformer, his way of transforming it.
signofzeta 3 years ago
Yes I know what you're saying. But to me, there is a right way of doing things. The poster says he doesn't like the way he looks...and that IS because he is not set up correctly! Most people that own this toy for example, always put Onslaught's arms facing down, then complain because they think the chest plate doesn't fit correctly. Of course it won't! The way the toy is set on this video makes the arms lower which is why it looks ridiculous.
BigGigantos 3 years ago
But, to make a transformer look nice, just fiddle it around to make it nice. If having the top of the space shuttle and helicopter facing forward and as feet makes it look "cooler" then so be it. Instructions tell you one way of transforming it. I played with a friend's sinnertwin and rippersnapper, and although the instructions might say one way, I find my own way as effective.
But I do agree he has it wrong.
signofzeta 3 years ago
Yes some people do like their own way of setting these things up...but to get the perfect set-up for this toy (not Ruination) look at the cartoon. Brawl's turret is always at the front. If it's pointing the other way, you can see the underside of the tank which doesn't look right. The biggest mess people make though, is with Menasor. Cars in all the wrong places. And you'd surely admit, that with Abominus, putting Blot as a leg, or Cutthroat as an arm just wouldn't look right at all.
BigGigantos 3 years ago
I put armorhide/brawl the bruticus way, and compared it with the ruination way. For display purposes, I put it the ruination way although I think it looks cooler the bruticus way. Reason why? I find that doing the bruticus way, one tiny nudge to the chest, the whole thing falls backwards, while if you do it the ruination way, it stays standing even with a tiny nudge, and even if the joints are loose.
With menasor, Dead end is left arm on TV while instruction says to put breakdown as left arm
signofzeta 3 years ago
I have a black and grey army type repaint
qihasfpg 3 years ago
That repaint is from the Robots in Disguise line. Bruticus(the Combaticons) were repainted into a character called "Ruination". I have the same.
Ihsanthecursed 3 years ago
The episode you are reffering to isnt called "The Key To Metroplex" its called "The Ultimate Weapon"
badabeefy 3 years ago
yes it is
tcot0663 3 years ago
Yes it is what tcot0663?
badabeefy 3 years ago
I like Bruitcus I like his head to
kalmah2000 3 years ago
good review mate-i wished the g1 toy could move like bruticus does in the cartoon.he does in energon-but the g1 toy looks better
lonewolfshogun 3 years ago
Also, shade26000.
If you don't like them, get off of tour computer, go uotside, and get some exercize.
kufygfykt 4 years ago
Trust me I get plenty of exercize. I hike, rockclimb, kayak, paintball, and teach submission grappling. I get plenty! When the rest of my family is watching TV I like to get on the computer instead. You could use spell check.
shade26000 4 years ago
Dude, you misspelled Bruticus...FYI
kufygfykt 4 years ago
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Man I can't belive all these videos. How old are you? and you still play with transformers? .....I'm speechless I don't know what to say... Grow up and get a life.
shade26000 4 years ago
Why watch them then?
TopGunSGA 4 years ago 2
I don't, I just stumbled across it trying to show my son what he would wind up being like if he doens't grow up. I have to say I was a bit locked into watching it. I was just confused, you know waiting on a punch line or something. This guy is for real....lol It's almost scary. tho think some one like this could be living right next door and talking with your kids. You know.
shade26000 4 years ago
Just because someone collects toys doesn't make them a pervert who's out to get your kids.
Toys such as Transformers are extremely collectable/valuable therefore it's good such a bad hobby
It should be noted that Silverbolt displays most of his Transformers.
Would you say that same thing about someone who makes models?
TopGunSGA 4 years ago 2
dude try running 3,000 meters in under 7minute and 43 seconds!!shade26000 i love transformers i always will.i dont care what you think or anybody else for that matter.
chrisformers 3 years ago
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What the hell.... Chrisformers you what that means? It means you a fast running Dumass! What does running have to do with play with little boy toys? So does running make it ok for you to go and play with little kid toys? Hell, I can run and I'll start training to run faster if I get some kind of speical privledges.
shade26000 3 years ago
u are a fucking fag
cliffjumper1984 3 years ago
Dude...what the HELL are you babbling about? You are claiming to be a fan, yet your poorly downing another Transfan in one of the most IGNORANT ways Ive personally ever seen. Shut up. For the love of god. Please.
Ihsanthecursed 3 years ago
lol! showing your kid what he'll be like if he doesnt grow up and then making fun of someone? i think you need to grow up
NathanDanielMaskel 3 years ago
shut up what does it matter to you anyway
transformer5622 4 years ago
Was that addressed to me or Shade26000?
TopGunSGA 4 years ago
it was directed to shade26000 no not you topgunSGA you have a good point
transformer5622 4 years ago
Ok just wanted to be sure
TopGunSGA 4 years ago
you missed out battle gaia from operation combination, which is a nice repaint. Good review though
CobraCommanderTFW 4 years ago
You made a comment about Bruticus's torso being too square. That's because you actually don't have him transformed properly. Onslaught's arms do not lay at the sides of Bruticus's torso. Onslaught's arms are supposed to be swung upward, so that the grill of his truck mode is facing behind Bruticus; forming his shoulder blades. In this manner, Brutcus has a shaped torso, having "lats." You can see many examples on Japanese gift se box art, etc. Regardless, your reviews are entertaining!
MaximusB4 4 years ago
Have you considered the Sticker Upgrade set from reprolabels? I do agree that he looks very bland. At the very least they could have put some stickers on his chest.
Still, out of all the scrable-city combiners, he's my choice for the one I'm getting. I am getting the regular-sized KO for about $6, and I'm hoping its okay. I'm still getting the original regardless.
TheDeej42 4 years ago
They actually look better as the combaticons because of the really nice colors on the stickers!
dan75robot 4 years ago
Swindles a man whore!
dan75robot 4 years ago 2
Bruticus was one of my favorite combiners. I actually own the all metal chest version today and I would never give him up! Bruticus was not very intelligent but, he could really kick some ass case in point shockwave!
dan75robot 4 years ago
could ya do a review on G1 galvatron??
iHaveOneArm 4 years ago
"Worse then the generation 2 devastator" What?...the g2 devastator is a nice yellow variant which depicts an accurate color sceme in reference to our 'earth' construction vehicles. The first lime green devestator is quite questionable. And the second variant of bruticus is also not that bad, its better then the desert strike ruination. This just proves that your poor british opinions and reviews on g1 and current day transformers merchandise is highly quesitonable and inaccurate. Good day.
Shockwave567 4 years ago
wow..dude, its OPINION leave silverbolt alone
RGPProductions 4 years ago
I don't know but for ruination, the instructions said to put mega octane/onslaught's arms backwards when transforming into ruination/bruticus to give it a "thinner feel", but I guess that you don't want to turn him into a "silverbolt", aka the very skinny aerialbot.
Is Bruticus transformed like that? I don't own any G1 stuff so I don't really know, as in with the onslaught arms positioned downwards compared to backwards?
signofzeta 4 years ago
The G2 bruticus. Here's my opinion.
OH HELLLLS NO.
signofzeta 4 years ago
When Starcream created the Combaticons, Blast Off and Vortex were both WWII airplanes before the personality components were put into them.
jadekoolkat 4 years ago
I want a Brawl but its 40 quid which is bloody dear even though its a VERY nice toy
alki4eva 4 years ago
Well.... you know by now that Brawl got called Devastator in the DVD... :D At least he was in mine.
jerryteacup 4 years ago
Do you have Devastator
Jetfire28 4 years ago
Your reviews are really great. I really enjoy watching them. I have a review request for Darkwing and Dreadwind. Those would be really great!
smileyabuser 4 years ago 2
The episode that you refer too with Swindle selling the parts of the other combaticons is B.O.T. and was the last episode recorded before the TF:TM. So, By watching this episode, We realise that the writers of TF:TM had no idea what they wanted yet.
vonrojas 4 years ago
Do you have G1 devastator?
miles93093 4 years ago
not yet now i but i will do
dyansis 4 years ago
can you do beast wars rattrap, quikstrike and tarantulas review
krana123 4 years ago 2
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That is g2 bruticus you showed.
supermegatron1245 4 years ago
I got a knock-off of Bruticus from Walgreens this week, and it is freakin WIERD!! It's got G2 Blast-off, Car robots Swindle, Car Robots Ruination pieces, and the rest is RID colored!(The series is called Transformable Motorbots, and there other Knock offs are good, in case someones interested.)
etmelter2 4 years ago 5
walgreen sell transformer and KO?
kitonight 4 years ago
the other Maximus looks exactly like Superion Maximus as he appears for 10 seconds at the end of Superion's fight with the others
Slixer 4 years ago
You know. If they ever put in the other Combaticons in future Transformers movies, I wonder how they are going to pull off some of other ones, especially Blast Off, who transforms into a Space Shuttle.
SubZero7th 4 years ago
does bruticus appear in toys r us? i really want to get him
Transformation619 4 years ago
nope, hes long off the shelves
dyansis 4 years ago
good review, I have the Universe desert camo version of Bruticus (or Ruination as he's called). Can you do a classics Devastator or Universe Devastator review?
tomsandee 4 years ago
Cool! I used to have the space shuttle. Forgot his name.
Any chance of reviewing G1 Cyclonus? I used to have him as a kid.
uncannyrman 4 years ago
blast-off was his name.he was a space shuttle next to astrotrain.
so7a 4 years ago
hey lov ur reviews man can u do a review on movie verison Signal Flare plz
alucard90 4 years ago
what type of camera do u use is it a web cam
johngav123 4 years ago
hey silverbolt cud u do a review on fortress maximus
BradLad56 4 years ago
i would if i could i havent got him
dyansis 4 years ago
thats ashame
BradLad56 4 years ago
do u have armada prime? ive had the unicron triligies armada optimus. i want armada megatron/Galvatron.
mickmicah 4 years ago
wuldnt it be cool if he reviewed cybertron optimus prime
billylewis23 4 years ago
i guess but i dont like cybertron prime. i like energon and armada prime. ive had armada prime loveds him untill my older sis killed him.
mickmicah 4 years ago
u kno i heard da combaticons will be on da nex transformers movie i also heard da dinobots nd soudwave will 2
billylewis23 4 years ago
jazz will be brought back as smokescreen i think.
mickmicah 4 years ago
I know The Combaticons first featured on Starscream's Brigade but why were they seen ambushing The Aerialbots in an earlier episode (I forget the name) on the new dvd series release?
alki4eva 4 years ago
dude get hired by the BBC to do editorials and shit on transformers cause that would rage hard
lowfiwhiteguy 4 years ago
cool review
g1skywarp 4 years ago
Greetings from Singapore, Alex here. May I request a review on Insecticons? Possibly all 3 of them ?
Bombshell , Kickback and Sharpnel, thanxs!
macrick 4 years ago
Agreed, I'd also like to see the Insecticons featured. But a more logical progression would probably be the Constructicons (seeing as you've covered the other Season 1/2 combiner teams)
urizen123 4 years ago
hey Dyansis, are you planning on getting the new starscream repaint? I hear its going to be a walmart exclusive.
stukinabox 4 years ago
Nope, theres a TomyTakara release as well. Basically its the same packaging as US hasbro but with a stupid sticker in Japanese on it. :)
macrick 4 years ago
you put brawl on backwords
armorhide 4 years ago
y'know, i like that it's been repainted so many times. i can pick 'n choose, even though i agree that the toy really seems to lack play-ability being such a square and not really functional toy because of stiff joints and lack of knees and elbows, i do really like the walmart "camo" color schemes, and the price is right for what's essentially a shelf-toy.
midbackman 4 years ago
can u do a review of g1 galvatron and/ or powermaster optimus prime
mickmicah 4 years ago
I'd second that. I love Powermaster Prime and have wanted Galvatron since forever, even though they're both clunky, malproportioned and Galvatron is colored all wrong.
10thEnemyHasTheBomb 4 years ago
if u get takara reissue they have him with the colors all right.
mickmicah 4 years ago
dont ever get rodimus prime. i got him for my birthday,(4 days after feb 18 07) mine never came with the trailers sticker that goes around that rubby autobot symbol and the head light stickers. never came with gun, his yellow spoiller is rediculus and his stickers are all worn out. so never get rodimus, his legs dont move. i would take G1HotRod
mickmicah 4 years ago
I got Rodimus for my birthday, too. The legs may not move, but as a child I always loved him for his trailor.
"Okay, Galvatron, you wanna play rough? Say "hello" to my little friend!"
10thEnemyHasTheBomb 4 years ago
lol
mickmicah 4 years ago
Yeah if they retroactively fix brawls name on the DVD it'll be because they realized how bad they shot themselves in the foot in using the most recognisable gesalt name on some random decepticon. It would also be an indicator they want to make another film (using the gesalts somewhere because they're a great hook.)
spacedoubt15 4 years ago
I must say that Ruination (bruticus XD) has a Gay Cowboy look going on about him T.T i would know I use to have him >> then he broke and ive been tyring to get the rid repaint ever since
Oamanu 4 years ago
great review silverbolt. Bruticus is a great Decepticon. My favorite combaticon is Onslaught. How I display my own Bruticus is that I make Onslaught's arms face towards the back, that way Bruticus doesn't look so "square".
Wimplo86 4 years ago
Can't say I like the gestalts, but Silverbolt seems to like them. I just never liked them that much because the big robots rarely look good. They always look like they have cars for legs (Menasor, Defensor) or they have Airplanes for arms (Superion, Computron). Even in the cartoons they looked terrible. I think the only ones I liked were Devastator and Predaking.
yujinishuge 4 years ago
Hey Dyansis,
I swear I saw a Leader class movie Brawl/Devastator in Woolworths this morning. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure there was one.
Good review as always.
noddy121 4 years ago
Yes, they did make one & they are making a repaint of it called Desert Attack Brawl
Wheeljack65 4 years ago
excellent review as always. just bought the transformers ultimate guide- omega supreme looks awesome (page 37?) if there is a toy and you have him he would make an excellent review. cheers!!
AlphaPrimeProduction 4 years ago
a book i heartily intend to buy
dyansis 4 years ago
"it's like queer eye for the straight guy got their hands on him" - gold!
it's been a while since you did a g1 gesalt review, but it was well worth the wait. u r so funny
lamborghinivella 4 years ago
its a sonic stun gun
steve2275 4 years ago
Great vid as usual. I've watched most of your reviews and you have rekindled my interest in the Transformers. Your knowledge of the characters is quite impressive. Do you research before you make a vid, or is this all from memory? If so, you should look into teaching this at a university. I mean, if they have courses on "The histroy of comic book heros" and "How to speak Klingon", why not Transformers? Ha! Keep up the good work!
lkrny 4 years ago
now theres a plan lol, most of it is from memory but some things i have to research, especially the smaller stories from the comics
dyansis 4 years ago
looks goood
has a cool name being a brute and all
steve2275 4 years ago
Another great review Silverbolt, I like your personal touch with each character you review. When it comes to Combiners I could never get the complete Giftsets, my local independent toystore during the 80's/early 90's never stocked them. It was always the individual TFs and that put me off as I new I could never complete a Combiner. :(
footballgeorgiebest 4 years ago
Nice review, but yeah, he is -bland- colorwise. I have his G2 arms & legs (never found Onslaught back then) and I myself love the camouflage colors.
10thEnemyHasTheBomb 4 years ago
He very big! Cool! I want!
gundamboy1138 4 years ago
I would have liked to see the individual vehicles but other than that, another great review!
Smoot1000 4 years ago
SWINDLE!!! SWINDLE!!! SWINDLE!!! Swindle Rocks! He's so freakin great!!!!!! SWINDLE! SWINDLE! SWIIIIIIINNNNDDDLLLLEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best Transformer out of any combiner squad!!!!
lamartherevenger 4 years ago
Best thing about Bruticus is the Scramble city tech of swapping arms and legs really matters with his toy form and in Robots in Disguise, different formations give him different abilities.
JABR1987 4 years ago
You should fold onslaughts arms back so bruticus has a waist instead of looking like arms and legs stuck on a refrigerator. It makes a huge difference in my opinion.
prisoner1138 4 years ago
Excellent review, by the way - I don't suppose you could feature any figures from the latter half of G1 ie: 1987 - 1990 (Headmasters, Targetmasters, Powermasters etc...) in your next review?
urizen123 4 years ago
there is a review of Targetmaster HotRod and Headmaster ChromeDome if you look deeper.
JABR1987 4 years ago
A rather trivial issue, I know, but you've repeatedly mispronounced this word.
ge·stalt /gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt/
[guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt]
w w w DOT thefreedictionary DOT com / gestalt
(has a recording of the word being intoned etc...)
urizen123 4 years ago
Also vortex was a spitfire plane.
ct2004 4 years ago
Blast Off wasn't originally a space shuttle he was a bomber plane. He was just rebuilt offscreen into the shuttle.
ct2004 4 years ago
Blackout was known as Vortex in early scripts.
-PYO
PaidYouOff 4 years ago
that repaint pic you put up is* the G2 one. i dont konw the year on it but yeah it's G2. they got all the pics on TFU
devastaticon 4 years ago
i seem to remember that they defied megatron in the story in the cartoons too... only reason i say is because i remember this aspect of the story but i have never read a transformers comic, only seen the cartoons
devastaticon 4 years ago
Nice...
Sh0ckwave07 4 years ago
Btw you don't quite have Bruticus transformed properly. You need to swing up Onslaughts arms, that way Brutics has a much thinner waist and a more "upmf" feeling too him and he doesn't look like a square brick.
Gripen90 4 years ago
great as always
sasorixd97 4 years ago
I feel the same way about Bruticus; to me, there's just something about him that feels unfinished.
linksysrouted 4 years ago
Bruticus has been recoloured numeruous times. G.1 Bruticus, G.1 Japanese Battle Gaia, G.2 Bruticus, Car Robots Baldigus, RiD Ruination & Walmart Ruination Desert camouflage & Walmart Ruination Urban camouflage - 7 repaints. I'm not sure if I forgot one.
Gripen90 4 years ago
Bruticus had 6 Hasbor/Takara recolors there was the G1 version, the Operation Comibination, recolor the G2 version, RID Runination, and 2 diffenent Transformers Universe recolors. Then there were all those knock off's. The most reused of the combiners.
mangamegs 4 years ago
i did know there was more recolours but wasnt too sure on the reasons behind tehm (comics, marketing, carttoons etc)
dyansis 4 years ago
Nice shirt
Megatrizzon11 4 years ago
great revieww as always
/5 stars
neojono 4 years ago
Kool video, though I have to say I do prefer the Generation 2 color scheme for the combaticons. But G1 Bruticus himself looks great.
ChurchGCF 4 years ago
You mean you prefer Fruiticus ? hehe
Gripen90 4 years ago
Awesome review as always..
jnzn 4 years ago
they all started out as world war 2 vehicles. after they had their put personalities in the vehicles they all gained new modern vehicle modes
nautilus500 4 years ago
cool
transformerman80 4 years ago
alright first to watch!
LIONITUS 4 years ago
cool
camo234 4 years ago