Vangelus Review 107 - TF2 ROTF Skystalker

[SerialKiller1986]

Just picked up the my delivery from Amazon of this badboy from the Mail Office after leaving work today.

and he indeed does look awesome , yet much smaller then I imagined.

still worth it , though.

[TheProtoman51]

wish i knew where to buy this still

[nitrodudezoom]

gerwalk mode: ROTF lazerbeak.

[kovahk]

Unfortunately, I was NEVER able to find this figure despite owning Mindwipe. I had to settle for Sunspot.

[UnholyJesus181]

How does Skystalker combine with Mindwipe, you might ask? BY HUMPING HIM.

[ThePeblo]

I feel like somewhere in the making and designing of mindwipe and skystalker combo,skystalker could become a headmaster superhead for mindwipe. thumbs up if you think that would have been cool,thumbs down if you think that is ludacris in thought.

[ultimantshadow25]

stop hinting at it and review mindwipe already

[wakeangel2001]

that IS a pretty awesome looking plane transformer...somehow the idea that he turns into something that's basically a robot ANYWAY makes him kind of cooler...oh, I just thought how awesome it would be if there was a transformer predator drone! Do they have one of those? That would be almost as cool as the biplane!

[demokratorkodo]

Yay!! I got finally a Sunspot! Now to repaint him as Skystalker...

[darkestanimefan]

you probably already know this by now but the clips on his axes can connect to his arms instead of his hands

[ooOOFragileOOoo]

You do realize that most of us Germans would wish the Berlin Wall would have never been brought down do you? ;)

[TaiyouShounen]

My god, it's a Metal Gear!!!!!!

[amitamaru]

....*hic*

[darkshadow574]

i just picked up the sunspot repaint and the firetrap(scattor shot repaint) and sunspot is diffintl my fave

[dendariiprime]

What's with the chicken legs on almost all of the movie style figures?

[Phantom9252]

YEEEEESSS!! Vangelus you got your wish, there is a white and yellow repaint of him named SunSpot

[Phantom9252]

you know what sucks... I love this guy but I live in Iowa so we never get any of the good figures

[vultwaz]

life hatchets! :D

[lunglad]

would make a good cybertronian bumblebee

[burningsirius]

So Vangelus, I bet you thought no one was going to call you on this. Have you bought Sunspot?

[Vange1us]

@burningsirius You are certainly the first person to ever bring that up, which I had never once anticipated, and you have won a prize that is already on your doorstep!

[burningsirius]

@Vange1us Is that some weird Haiku? What a wonderful prize if it is so.

[poik12]

@Vange1us sunspot or sktstalker? (overall)

[blakstar10]

he be an bug

[Starwarstreky]

cool toy.

[HardCoreQWERTYA7X]

looks more like shockwave tbh

[zygas25]

808? so im guessing this is where B.O.B got that airplane song from. lol just kidding

[UnnamedSeeker]

This guy costs about 22$ here.

I bought it today.

ONORE VANGELUS!

[BioformerCorviz]

skystalker or brimstone?

[necrokratia]

one nerd to another. the toys and knowledge are great, but friday night, go party get a girl and remember all that hentai you just finished watching...

[Botar95035]

it'd be awesome if his color scheme was purple and light purple.shockwave :D

[holsson85]

Are you gonna get HFTD Sunspot??

[zygas25]

who?

[megamanpwn3dmario]

this guy is rare, man. he's only avalible in like, 7 states

[zygas25]

probably because he can combine with mindwipe to form mindstalker

[MunkyDrag0n]

@zygas25 How does it combine? Doesn't it just sit on top of mindwipe while they are both in plane mode?

[zygas25]

type in mindstalker then press serach

[MunkyDrag0n]

@zygas25 Okay, okay. ONE combination mode was (predictably) to just put one plane on top of another. However, the robot combiner looks pretty nice without compensating either robot. I like it! :)

[rubitu21]

SINE brilliant :D

[roni134730]

Are you going to do a Mindwipe review, or was that part at the end just for fun?

[MrVash104]

dude do a mindwipe review plz lol

[GMfan101]

Ha HA! I got a name drop! And YES! I have been army building them...I got 3 and was SOOO tempted to get more when they were $5 on clearance but I was hooking up people who didn't have them yet...damn people pleasing concept. Needless to say all TRUs in the area are now dry of them and I'm left wanting more....hopeful future cheap convention purchases.

[gravehart2002]

Good news- he HAS a repaint coming out in the Generations line

Bad News- The paintjob is a horrendous clash of white and pale orange /yellow

[anguirusfan26]

i call him bob (the 808 on his arms)

[mechanova]

All gimmicks i find are a bad idea. I always thought transforming was a cool enough gimmick.

[ironhide241]

put a few little army men parashutes on them and see if they can fall gracefully down

[narutoman876]

i couldnt find him anywhere and there asking for stupid money for them on ebay :(

[Jfireprime]

blue/purple repaint+new head=sweeps!!!!!

[paynefanbro]

B2 Bomber Plane

[MarcJoeseph]

you know his head may be a little similar to Shockwave if he's in Transformers ROTF

[ShadowconLM14]

"Oh, God, it's creepy when he tilts it!"

I bet you're creepy when you tilt it, too!

[tfmad]

the irony of you saying you would like a repaint of this mold and 2 are revealed (sunspot and the one seen in hyper hobby)

[Touya82TT]

Repaint is forthcoming for both these guys as G2 Smokescreen and Dreadwind. See July issue of Hobby Japan magazine.

[NCC63549]

awesome! i might have to get this guy now! cool review Chirs keep them comming!

[landmind666]

he'd make a great laserbeak/buzzsaw repaint maybe a slight head resculpt

[9021020]

vange1us, did you know you can clip the axes to skystalkers forearms with the clippy thing?

[venom2019]

okay what was thatat the end??

[MaximusRevolver]

@venom2019 That was Mindwipe

[PunThreeEx]

I have to agree. This is definitely one of the best scout-class ROTF figures (and I might even go as far as saying one of the best scout-class TF figures overall). Also not a big fan of the feet, but they're fun at the same time; I have no explanation for that. Can't say I would army-build this particular one, but I certainly wouldn't mind a repaint either.

[NeiliusPrime]

i love skystalker, but i HATE spring loaded feet as well, but i the spring loaded feet on him doesn't really annoy me that much either, awesome review!

[darkheart713]

Lord MindWipe commands you to post his review faster....

[megamanpwn3dmario]

foreshadowing..?

[Energyhedgehog]

looks awesome. I hope you do a review of mindwipe because he has some pretty awesome gimmicks. The only bad thing I can say about mindwipe though is that his arms are a little weird and his head is not very possible.

I really like skystalker. he looks awesome and that spring loaded feet thing looks kind of nice to me. sure it could get annoying but he looks awesome even with that.

[TheBillStickers]

OMFG HE IS COOL!!

[Dammit... I want one...]

[Triceratron]

You missed it. The axe clips attach to the thin grey parts of his forearms to be wielded like tonfas.

[imthe13thgod]

I like him very much but it's his price that doesn't agree with me. He's Php650.xx ($13.50 USD) at SRP here in Manila. Just $1 from our Deluxe SRP. I chose to get the Deluxes first before the scouts but must buy him soon because he's running out and the few that are still in the pegs hidden from view will be visible again when the new stuff comes out. Must get him soon.

[Darien0Shields]

Nice review! Although I get a weird feeling of dejavu. I need to stop watching different peoples' transformer reviews, I always thinkg "Didn't they do this already?" when other people review it. But I think this was a pretty thorough look, and definitely enjoyable even if I had seen the toy before. Grrwalk is cute. Can't wait to see it together with, err, the other one.

[boeingnz]

Mated painted would be great.

[poik12]

Vange1us, if you do army build this partucular figure, will you sell one to me for an unreasonably low price?

[SuperDwellington]

I still can't find him in my area, man.

TUNER MUDFLAP, MAN.

TUUUNNEEERR MUUUDDDFFFLLAAAAAAAAPPP

[Levitz9]

@Zekren

Just for that, I demand that Vange1us repaint his second Skystalker red.

He'll be 3x faster--er, cooler.

[grimwolf100]

rat bat repaint please hasbro.

[awquinn1201]

I love the "808" paint app. It looks like it says "BOB" Always wanted a Decepticon named Bob. :)

[8bitPikachu]

no mindwipe????

[openchallenge]

thats a pretty blatant Acroyer homage anybody else see the similarity?

[trancer1]

Wait, Scattorshot has that clip too? Where?

Vange I'm baffled how you didn't mention the spine or ribcage on this guy.

[BufferUnderrun]

Skystalker is the Decepticon's HAL 2000: "Good morning, Dave. What are you doing there, Dave?"

[raikutsu918]

does he also have a brother???

[hobbitninja]

Let's hope that tease at the end actually amounts so something.

Still waiting on that Hot toys Joker review haha

[Zekren]

on a side note...that wire in the back makes his weapons remind me of a Zaku's Heat hawk axe....

[Xenocidebot]

@Zekren

Heat Hawk + Monoeye

Obviously, Skystalker IS a Zaku.

[Zekren]

@Xenocidebot hmm more like the love child of a Zaku and a VF-17 nightmare......

[Zekren]

Looks damn awesome..i want! was this released a while ago? i've never seen it in my local stores and can't find it anywhere online atm....except amazon for 25 bucks....

[KRiderMan1248]

yeah he is worth buying at a store but i think people are batshit crazy when they sell a toy of this size for $20 and up. He is easily one of the best and popular figures in the line but...its not enough for some of the online prices

[jameschee]

kinda have a resemble like mindwipe's head sculpt

[daveh013]

yeah army building, I have 7 swarming Mindwipe and want more with 3 Dead Ends working the ground.

The Vampire lord needs his minions!!!

[mikeyfuzz]

I have never even seen him or Mindwipe in my area. Great videos.

[shogun221]

Fantastic review as always!

Rather than using the landing gear in drone mode, have you tried folding out his bot-feet? Earns the guy extra "creepy points" by becoming a plane that's able to perch on things!

[Modo1984]

If this were getting a repaint, it could only one character; Ratbat! The mold just somehow fits the character (gee, maybe it's the bat-head?).

[MSvento06]

Now i gotta get this guy and mindwipe...

[shortnut1194]

i cant find that little fucker anywhere!

[SpecialAgentRavage]

skystalkers transformation in sine eh? i wonder if any other transformers have "cosine" or "tangent" as their transformations? (yes i've been doing trig in math recently, i cant help myself)

lol i wasnt too sure of this guy at first, but now i want him as my desk buddy :3

[TheHelldragon]

Skystalker and Mindwipe are sex. I totally gotta pick them up next time I'm paid.

[rememberjiraya]

I hate spring loaded missile launchers. 

[piemanbegins]

I'm gonna have to by 3 of these guys to be posed by Mindwipe.

[digioverlord]

lol this is what the VF-1s will look like in the new m Bay movie: robotech!

[CobraCommanderTFW]

dargh still need to pick this up at somepoint, shame about his feet but he still looks very awsome, me likey

[TFReviews7]

@Vange1us Skystalker is most likely the BEST scout class toy hasbro has made yet

[Angeia00]

Awesome review 'n' stuff, though I feel the need to point out the fact that his axes/sickles can be clipped onto his forearms, along with Recon Ironhide's weapons that use the same clip (though there's no need to detach the clips form the weapons, you can just switch the entire weapon). It's pretty awesome having Skystalker hold Ironhide's big sniper rifle-like gun. You can just imagine him hiding up in the shadows, waiting to take a shot at some poor, unsuspecting Autobot...

[sevensblack]

@Angeia00 I was thinking the exact same thing. I've had fun clipping weapons around. Skystalker is prety neat with his axes clipped in reverse when he's not using them ;)

[DIA333333]

Gimmick was starting to be a drinking gamenear the end.

[kinglaffo]

Of all these scout things this is my favorite. I'm with you on feet hesitancy. Feet hesitancy high five. It does work well enough though. My only real gripe is that the weapons are so bulky they look more like...tools than axes, something he'd bludgeon with rather than cut, but eh, pretty minor complaint really.

[jm32788]

I Think Its AWSOME

[ObakeOnna]

Armybuilding Skystalker? Please stop twisting the knife in my wound, I CAN'T EVEN FIND A SINGLE ONE! ;_;

[shazaro]

great review...great toy.....

[TheCOOLNINJADUDE]

that looks like the best scout evar!

[SoundwaveSkywarp]

Ball joints destroy a toy

[stef300000]

That looks like an excelent figure for TFROF

I will look for it,thank you man!

[Eucep]

The only thing that is a bit meh for me, is the weird knees, but that really falls under the category of nitpicking. So am very glad I got him.

[MetalPheonix]

I love that guy. If you unpeg his wings in gerwalk mode, he looks very ratbat/laserbeak like. Might be some good repaints there.

His head reminds me of Asuka's eva.

His feet work perfectly if they are clicked into place. (and he can balance on one foot, in a scout, that's well, really impressive)

Also, the axe's can click onto his arms. which make him look like an evil-robot-axe-stealth-air-nin­ja.

[DontExplaintheJoke31]

I want this guy so badly, pity none of the stores I frequent have him in stock yet.

[Phantom9252]

this is the most B.A. scout I've ever seen.

[JerkyChid]

I want one!

[ElectricTurahk]

Opposite over hypotenuse?

[trewerd]

It's like... a vampire shockwave.

[armorhide]

@trewerd we dont like to talk about what shockwave did while in transylvania

[SexyVampire99]

ive been searching for this guy for ages and i found him a few weeks ago and he's been my absolute favourite roft figure ive gotten so far!!!

[MalWave]

Skystalker: *tilts head* "Come play with us Vangelus >:D"

damn, after this review I'm not sure if I want to keep mine in box or not xD

[Majinhero]

Oh man...and to think i'm passing this guy off every time i see him! now i MUST get him!

[TheresPooOnMyShoe]

Do some Transformers Armada reviews.

[sagasky]

I can't find him, and online hes going 15 and over, its crazy.

[dude851884]

I was surprised you didn't mention how the pink doesn't look horrendous in robot mode, that was one of the things that was putting me off from getting him, actually.

[ninjamonkey4]

I have been searching for him forever and cant find him anywhere. I have Mindwipe and i want him to complete the duo (even if the "combined mode" is retarded). I dont think that any store in raleigh has these.

[daniel3cb]

id like to repaint him as rat bat

[GodOfPlague]

Awesome Batplane repaint awaits this toy. I want him.

Gerwalk wasn't the drinking game?

[ZeltraxMillenium]

@GodOfPlague

I think he started the drinking game thing when he reviewed the toys for BotCon '09. Everytime he said Krylon, you had to take a drink.

[cannonfodder4000]

for a few minutes there i forgot he had those axes!

[TehMecheon]

...

You forgot to show that the weapons clip onto his awesome forearms

VANGELUS

[Nephy3107]

The initials of his buddy Mindwipe are visable in both modes. The 'M' on the nose of the plane and the 'W' on the engines.

[ZeroLifeless]

I am also one who loves Skystalker's design a lot. Unfortunately I've only seen him ONCE, and that was the one time I didn't pick him up. : / I've checked all around me and they just all seem to be gone from this later wave of scouts. A recolor would be so nice.

[forgotten1103]

this guy & Ejector are tied for the spot of favorite scout from ROTF.

[popculturehero]

Yes! The mindwipe review is next.

I would buy a repaint of skystalker. Maybe in shockwave purple with a yellow eye.

Or blue with yellow thunderbolts on the wings. (decepticon afterburner)

Its probably the robotech aesthetics that make this toy so attractive. That and servicing the fans of Transforming planes in a line that really favored cars.

[toadenk]

thank you for turning me into an alcohalic

[holsson85]

Laserbeak repaint???

[616INFERNAL]

even cooler too he can attach to mindwipe...

[RodimusMinor1987]

Love him I have 5 of him surrounding Mindwipe they are his Minions. are you going to review Mindwipe at some point. Sky Stalker is my Fav Scout Scattorshot is second and Rollbar is third then Breakdown and last is Deptphcharge When Hubcap is out he will overtake Rollbar

[gravehart2002]

DUDE! I am a HUGE jet-former fan and I been waiting AGES for this thing!

And MINDWIPE! (starts drooling)

[shazamman25]

@gravehart2002 thers rotf dirge

[gravehart2002]

@shazamman25 DIRGE I have- skystalker is no where to be found on aussie shelves. believe me- I've LOOKED.

[shazamman25]

@gravehart2002 hmm i think i have seen him in my store shelves

[darfjono]

ffffffffffff i wish i could find him

[kingloc4]

man i "love" ur reviews

[Kamentoyreviewer]

do SIC

[gamerfire3]

@Kamentoyreviewer If you tell him what to do he's not going to do it

[transformerslover217]

vehicons retern

[ricetrippycreeps]

You can clip his weapons into his forearms!

[Skullgrin140]

This figure was full of awesome the day I bought him, he's excellent on detail and his Gerwalk mode is unique. Great work as always Big V! btw, loved the ending lol.

[blackbeltpride2]

holy crap sauce this toy looks awesome! HOW MUCH?!!

[Vigadeath]

It's a pity you didn't show the other way of him holding his axe, cos it's well awesome.

Skystalker is a total army builder. If I get a Mindwipe, I'm getting a second Skystalker.

Good show old chap!

[destrond69]

I'd love it if they gave the mold a B.A.T. repaint... sure its still mostly black.. but it would be a DARKER black lol, and yellow and silver and who would begrudge this mold being the first official TF with Cobra Logos on the wings... they could even have M.A.R.S. on the 'arms' instead of BOB

[ClayWest]

Skystalker can make one sweet rider on Ravage.

Sweet toy, he is.

[VenomGundam]

hey guys its da gerwalk mode

[andrewdoubleu]

i like how u use the "berlin wall" for the comparison

yet... i bet barely anyone knows what that is...

[trivialpanda]

what no Mindwipe&Skystalker combination form?

[TheZabMaster]

Damn You Post-Processing!!

BTW lol luv your reviews Vangy =3

[zip190]

sweet

[Spydar82]

I love this figure, and as an FYI, the clips on the axes can be used to attach the weapons to his forearms ( instead of being hand-held.)

[MrVash104]

dude i cant find him any where

and dude did u see the combo in robot mode ???

[shad445]

I think the designers played to much metal gear solid 2. lol great review.

[javajunkie1961]

lol 3rd

[AcanLord]

i`v been curious about this figure.

i rather like him.

[jaxom]

yeah hes good..

but... "anitcipated"? hes been out for months

[Vange1us]

@jaxom I meant people had been looking forward to him before he came out, haha

[9mandazi9]

@Vange1us you sir are a legend (along with whoever reviewed transformers way before 2009). where do you get your figures? the Chinese black market, Chinese mob?