 Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again and it is that time of year. The end of it. And time for my top 10 list of favorite figures for the year. But before I start going over the figures, I hope each and every one of you had a very merry Christmas and the bottom of your trees was overflowing with the bots that you wanted. Now unfortunately I didn't get any bots for Christmas, but I did get quite a few of these, so there will be bots forthcoming. Now I had a very busy holiday season. I had multiple Christmases at multiple households visiting the family which is scattered everywhere. Plus I got to meet up with fellow YouTuber Bert the Stormtrooper. We've been great friends for a couple years now. And we finally got to meet face to face at a vintage toy store in Princeton, West Virginia where we actually did a live show and man did we bring the house down. But still very nice looking tank mode. So yeah, I dig Megatron as a tank. Yup. Oh, he has an eBay page. I saw that coming up here. Yeah. Okay. 80s toys as an eBay page. That's why we keep hearing the eBay ding. Yeah. We were off earlier. We were talking with Matt and... Whoops. There it goes. What happened? I leaned back and there wasn't nothing there. Live look. Now, if you'd like to see the full video that Bert and I put out from 80s toys of Princeton, West Virginia, just click the link right here. Now, before I start going over my top 10 figures of 2019, I've narrowed down a list of five disappointments. These aren't bad figures. These aren't the worst figures. These are just figures that I was disappointed in once I got them in hand. You know, I'm looking really forward to getting this figure. I get it and I'm like, huh. So I kind of thought that'd be kind of fun to put out my top five disappointments first. And as a full disclaimer, these are my opinions and opinions may vary. So starting off with number five, which is actually a tie and may cause quite a few of you to unsubscribe from me. My number fives disappointments of 2019, Siege Springer and Siege Eight Face. Now, before you start throwing your drinks at the screen, let me explain. Both of these figures have fantastic robot modes. They look awesome. I don't care for all the battle damage on Springer. I think they did a little too much and eight face that weird white plastic. Not a fan, but other than that, robot modes look great. What kills me with these two figures is their alt modes and how wonky they are and that it just will not stay together. At least not for me. I got so frustrated with Springer. I never even bothered to review the guy. Now, it may be my fault that I just haven't given them a chance and I may go back and revisit these toys now that they pull them off the shelf, but really disappointed in the alt mode transformations of Springer and eight face, pretty much the same thing. I mean, he very wonky figure, very hard to tab in place as far as the alt modes are concerned and his alt modes aren't that great. I mean, gorilla mode could have been so much more jet mode. Jet mode looks just like the G1 counterpart, but the way the nose cone and the gorilla mouth hung off, which gave him a really, really weird Muppet look was not a fan. So there is my number fives siege eight face and Springer. Number four disappointment for the year is Transformers generation one pretender Grimlock. I've never had a Grimlock pretender before. I've got a G1 Grimlock pretender. Got this guy for a really good deal and I mean, look at this, this, that's Grimlock pretender shell. Well, I hate Autobot pretender shells anyway. I'm a fan of the Decepticon pretenders. You know, I'll take a demonic looking monster over a human in a fat space suit any day. But this one's especially bad. I mean, just look at it. Now supposedly the face sculpt is supposed to resemble Greg Berger, who was the generation one voice actor for Grimlock. So no offense, Greg. I'm just not a fan of the toy decent sculpted details. It's just a weird look and no pain applications on the back whatsoever. But Grimlock, man, Grimlock sucks. First off, his whole face is painted. He could use different pain applications. He's got this weird tail gun and check out dinosaur mode. This is, this is bad. This almost reminds me of a dollar general transformer. Let me get flipped around here. Very simple transformation. Just fold him up, flip him around that lock down. There we go. So here's your dinosaur mode. Plug the tail into Grimlock's head back there. And there we go. Painting purple. That's Barney. Rawr. So there's my number four generation one pretender, Grimlock. Number three, I've seen this on quite a few worst lists of 2019. Siege, Ravage. I mean, look at that. I was expecting so much more with a modernized Ravage figure, especially when you look at the laser beak figure he came with. Laser beak is awesome. They did laser beak right. Ravage looks like a badger. Got big old thick upper legs, scrawny spindly lower legs. I mean, at least they gave him painted eyes. But yeah, I was expecting a lot more for a Ravage figure. Number two for me is another one from the Siege line or another two is the race car patrol. These guys, I love their generation one counterparts. Their generation one counterparts were actually the very first micro masters I ever owned. These guys feel so cheap. Just like Grimlock, these guys feel like dollar general transformers. Barely any paint applications with them. Granted, they're micro masters. I didn't expect too much, but come on. Road handler is the best of the two, but Swindler, he sucks. He's a floppy mess. He can't move the arms around because they're up so high they bump into the back and not to mention the tires pop off at a whim. I mean, they're just tabbed in. You just flick them. That tire is going across the room. He disliked these figures so bad I didn't even bother to get their repaints, the Decepticon Sports Car Patrol. So yeah, there's my number two, the Siege race car patrol. And my number one disappointment for the year was a figure I picked up at TFCon in Reston, Virginia at the end of October. Well, this guy, my very last day there. The box just called out to me. This is Mecca Warfare Grand Patriot. This is a nice looking figure. He's got a great looking alt mode, but the figure himself is a floppy mess. I mean, he pops apart when you're transforming. He's got a lot of bits like these cannons here on his arms. They just flop around. I'm glad I only paid $35 for him because if I paid what he went for back in the day, I think this figure is about 10 years old. I think there's about 100 bucks or so. I would have been so pissed off. This guy, it's just, he wasn't at all what I thought he was going to be. He feels cheap. He's hard to stand up on the shelf, but once he's getting in position, he looks good. I may add some rep rail labels to him to kind of spice him up a little bit, but I'll never transform him again because it's scary as hell to transform this guy. He's got terrible joint and he's waist. And I swear to God, I think I'm going to break him every time. So there we go. There is my top five disappointments for 2019. Now let's take a look at my top 10 favorite figures of 2019. And oh yeah, welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now before I start counting down my top 10 favorite figures of 2019, I need you guys to do me a favor. If you're watching this video right here and have not subscribed to Patriot Prime Reviews, please hit that subscribe button right now. It won't cost you a thing, but will help me and my channel out tremendously. Now on to the list. Now these are not figures that came out in 2019. These are figures that I purchased in 2019. Most of these figures I have reviewed and I'm going to put a link to their reviews in the description of this video. So starting off with number 10, which surprisingly is not a transformer. My number 10 for 2019 is NECA's Friday the 13th part six Jason figure. I love Friday the 13th. For those of you that don't know, my name is Jason and I was born on Friday the 13th. So yeah, I've got a thing for Friday the 13th. Part six was my favorite Jason movie. Granted, part seven has my favorite Jason design. You know the one where his ribs are showing and his back bones hanging out but they don't have a figure of that out yet. So I went with this guy and he is great. Tons of molded details, great accessories. He's got the fence post, the machete, the dart pouch, his hunting knife. The details on this thing are amazing. I mean, I love the zombified head sculpt. Granted, you don't see that zombie look hardly at all in the film, mainly behind the scenes footage. This figure would be higher on the list for me if his mask was more round instead of this oval shape because in the movie it's round. But for what it is, I love this figure. This thing is awesome. So there's my number 10 NECA Friday the 13th part six Jason. Number nine was a gift to me from a subscriber and that is generation one road buster. This is a generation one transformer that I have never seen in person. I've never held and I was absolutely floored by the generosity of this viewer. I mean, he sent me him completely free as a gift with a bunch of other items. Road buster was 100% complete. He is in fantastic shape. All the pieces and parts, unique transformation, unique vehicle mode. I love this figure. This was one I never, ever thought I was going to get. And lo and behold, a subscriber to the channel who loves what I do just sent me one of these out of the goodness of his heart. So yes, there is good in the world. So there is my number nine for 2019 generation one road buster. Number eight, we're going into the siege line again. Number eight for me is the siege three pack reconnaissance refractor team. I love this. I mean, come on, did we actually think that we were going to get a camera mode reflector again in a main line of transformers? I mean, I love this. This thing is awesome looking the telephoto lens, the flash cube, the little grip right here so much detail in this three packs three pack set. You didn't get all these extra bonuses with the retail versions. I mean, this, this version comes with a little top section here. It says refractor, the flash cube, this section right here, and it's collared more like the toy than what the retail version. Now the retail version looked more like the generation one cartoon. Now as far as camera modes concerned, I flipped these two and switched sides with them. So this black section covers more of the gray, the black section is supposed to go with this guy here, but this makes the camera look more uniform. So yeah, number eight, siege refractor reconnaissance team. This thing is awesome. Number seven for me is also from the siege line and kind of a surprise figure. And that would be siege barricade. Now I know a lot of you guys are like, what? He's just a prowl repaint. But think about it. We have a siege G1 barricade where Hasbro took Bayverse barricade combining with G1 hot pink barricade and gave us this great looking repaint of prowl. Now I'm not going to hate on the Bayverse movies too bad. I loved one. I loved three to the force fight scene was good for four. And last night was just a dumpster fire. So I don't remember anything about that film. But here we have barricade looking great. I mean, he's got the cannons up here on top. He got I gave him a triple barrel shotgun for my combiner war series. Love the face sculpt. I can't wait for my toy hacks decals to come in. So I'll have punishing and slave on these doors. But yeah, I was so happy to get this guy. Barricade, my opinion, was the best thing that came out of the Bayverse movies. So there is my number seven siege barricade. Number six also from the siege line is siege ratchet. Ratchet is another repaint remold from the iron hide mold who actually got turned into a crosshairs figure later on. But I love what they did with iron hide. Not only is he a repaint of iron hide, but he is a completely different mold. I mean, it's the same vehicle with the same parts, but there's all these different molded mold changes, if you will. Plus, he comes with all these cool weapons. He has a wrench. He's got this thing here on his back to move back and forward. You can take that piece out, use for a gun. You can attach the wrench, multiple uses, great looking figure. Mine, of course, is enhanced with the toy hacks decals that really make him pop. Plus, we haven't had a decent ratchet figure from Hasbro in the mainline since ever. I mean, if you think about generation one ratchet, it didn't even look like ratchet. But this one right here, this looks like he stepped right out of the 1980s cartoon. And I am so happy to have him in my collection and a big shout out to caveman reviews who found a ratchet for me early. I was able to get mine in September. So there we have my number six for 2019 siege ratchet. Now my number five is an older figures, but that would be robots in the skies. Let me see if I can get them without dropping everything. Robots in the skies, Dreadwind and Smokejumper. I can't hold these guys. I love these two figures. These are awesome. These two were another gift from a subscriber to my channel and I couldn't be happier. These guys are fantastic. Now I have the generation two molds, but what made these guys hit my list was the fact that this version, the missiles here in the Gatlin gun, lock in place. The generation two version, you hold them down. All those missiles are dumping all over the place. They don't clip into the wings too good. I've already dropped two just picking these two up to show off. But these are great figures. I love them. And the fact that they were another gift from a subscriber to my channel, it really gets to me. I mean, I'm absolutely floored with the generosity I've been shown since doing YouTube. So yeah, these guys are my number five favorite figures for 2019. Let me get them down. Oh yeah, one more thing. Man, missiles are going everywhere. And one more thing when I did the video review for that, somebody made the comment that those were not robot in disguise figures. Here's the instructions. Look at the top. Robots in disguise. So yeah. All right. My number four for 2019 is another figure from the Siege line. Siege jet fire. This guy is awesome. Another figure that looks like he stepped right out of the television screen from the 80s. Great looking robot mode, great looking jet mode. He comes with a bunch of pieces and parts that I personally think are useless. A lot of people like him, but for me, I could care less. Now this guy would be even higher on my list if it wasn't for some design quirks. One, his wrists will not stay pegged in and his shoulders will not stay pegged in when you're messing around with him. I was complaining about the loose hip joints, but thanks to a lot of comments on my review, I got onto those screws in the back and tightened those up. So he's much better. But yeah, this was a fun figure to mess around with. I had him on my desk for weeks. Just a hell of a minute. I was playing with him. He's fun. He's a fun figure to mess with. So there is my number four for 2019 Siege Jet Fire. I have got butts all over the place here. Number three, also from the Siege line, a lucky find for me when I just happened to be walking into Walmart right before Thanksgiving. Siege Spinister. This figure is fantastic. I love this toy. It's amazing that the best figures of the Siege lines are the ones that are closing the line out. This guy is so G1. It's sick. I mean, he looks like he just stepped right out of the pages of Marvel Comics. Now I wish he had his Targetmaster partners, but you've got the Battle Masters you could use with him. He's got a very interesting transformation. I love how they have the cockpit molded on both legs. Some people complain and they don't understand why he has to be like this and why one of the cockpits have to fold in under the body. But it makes him look great in a robot mode. I mean, this is what Generation 1 Spinister looked like. His legs were the cockpits. And I think it's so cool that they used whole cockpits for the legs instead of, you know, half cockpits. Really cool transformation. Really cool figure. He looks great. He's got great sculpting, great paint applications. And yes, I was called out in my review for not mentioning it or thinking that the wrists didn't move. They do. I was wrong. They were just so damn tight. I thought they refused in. So yeah, there is my number three for 2019 Siege Spinister. And now for my number two of 2019, this is another figure that I picked up at TFCon just randomly. We were heading to a parts party or not a parts party. It was just a party on Saturday night. And as we're walking down the hallway, this guy hops out and goes, hey guys, you looking for some deals? Come on in. We walk in and I find a commemorative Power Master Optimus Prime, the TR toys are us reissue. And he sold it to me for 60 bucks. This thing is fantastic. It's die cast metal. The whole cab's die cast metal. Beautiful chrome right here on the Power Master. This is the one whose fists fold up into him. I mean, look at that. Look at that shiny chrome. This thing is awesome. He's heavy. I love this figure. Plus, what was cool about this version, he came with an extra trailer, the God Bomber Armor. And since this guy looks so good, I mean, beautiful chrome. I mean, I had to display him like this, but I wanted to display the God Bomber Armor too. So I attached God Bomber to my regular Generation One Power Master. Now, look how beautiful this is. I love the chrome. I mean, hey, these guys, chrome just calls to me. So shiny. So chrome just, I love this. Granted, the dull blasters and dull plastic for my Generation One Prime kind of show through, but you really don't see it unless you know what you're looking for. So now I have both of these side by side on my shelf and they are absolutely beautiful. I love these two. Now, granted, I was really, really wanting to have these guys reviewed by the end of the year, but when I bought them, they came with terrible sticker decals. I mean, Prime himself was still sealed in the package, but the stickers he came with, it looks like they got wet in storage. They're all crinkled up and wrinkled and I can't even peel them off the plastic. They're kind of, they're not the plastic, the paper. I can't peel them off. They're kind of fused in here. So I had to order a decal set from Toyhacks. That's still on the way. I ordered it during their big holiday Black Friday sale. It's shipped. I'm just waiting for them to come in. Now, fortunately, I was able to salvage the God Bomber decals. So I've got the decals here and here. So those were salvageable thanks to my decal knowledge from all these Toyhacks stickers I've been applying over the years. But these, I couldn't do anything with those. So once I get the brand new Toyhacks decals in, I will do a full review on my number two figure for 2019, the Toys R Us Commemorative Optimus Prime Power Master Optimus Prime with the Apex God Bomber Armor. Get these guys down. Barely have room to work. And now my number one figure for 2019, which I'm sure most of you have already figured out, fans' hobby, double evil. I love this figure. I have had so much fun messing around with this guy. He is so big, I've got nowhere to put him on my shelf. So he's been sitting right here on my desk. So every time I'm up here doing something, I'm messing with him. I'm transferring, transferring him back. Once you figure out his transformation, he's really easy to fool around with. Plus the fact, you know, this one comes with the Power Masters. He comes with Mega and Giga. He's got the little weapons that pop out. See if I can do it. That's a weird angle to hold this figure. There we go. So the weapons pop out. You got the missiles on the other side. There we go. The little hidden details that I discovered, like these little missiles actually come out. I've never seen anybody else do a review that showed those. I felt like I was Indiana Jones. I discovered something new. Great figure. Great face sculpt. Great articulation. One fault. This figure only has one fault. His feet should be wider. He is so heavy and so massive. He kind of topples fairly easy. So you kind of have to have him in this wide stance. And when he gets on the table, he kind of sprawls out and locks into place. Nice ratchets. I love this guy. When I went to TFCon, I was determined. If you guys watched any of my videos, you know, I love Overlord. While my holy grails is I want to acquire a Generation 1 Overlord one of these days. And went to TFCon. I saw Carnifax for a good deal. I picked him up. He was cool, but he just didn't have that G1 to him that Double Evil does. This is a G1 transformer to me. And I'm a G1er. That's what I want. So I sold Carnifax off and got him. So there he is. My pick for my favorite figure of 2019. Fans Hobby Double Evil, aka Overlord. So that's it guys. That is my list of my favorite top 10 purchases. Figure acquisitions for 2019. What do you think? What's some of yours? Let me know in the comments below. And don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe. I've got a lot more bots that I want to put in front of this camera. I may start doing my interview show, The Sitrep Again. Who knows what 2020 is going to bring? You know, it's kind of up in the air right now with us as YouTube toy reviewers. Is the cop a thing going to be a problem? Are we going to lose our viewers? Are we going to lose our comments? Who knows? But this is going to be my last video for the year. And I want to take the time right now to thank you guys for sticking with me. I mean, I'm over 3,000. I'm in in the year 3,200 I think. And that just, that really humbles me. You guys really must like what I bring to the table because I know there is a bunch of transformer YouTubers out there. I also want to thank all my fellow YouTubers who've helped me out over the last year to kind of establish Patriot Prime reviews and make it what it is today. So onward and upwards for us YouTubers and hopefully we'll make it through this cop a thing. Guys, I appreciate each and every one of you. This is Patriot Prime signing out. Have a very happy and safe new year.