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Animated Seekers REALLY Need A Good Toy | #transformers Animated Voyager Starscream/Skywarp Review
The og animated theme is such a jam. The one tf show that intro I would never skip
I watch the G1 intro every time
I agree with both of you, and I’ll never skip the beast wars intro.
@@linusfornow facts bro that one is also a jam but imo it's definitely in this order
1 animated
2 season 1 G1
3 beast wars
For me it’s probably
Animated
Beast Wars S3 (all of them are good but something about that version of it sticks out to me)
G1 S2 probably
But there are other good ones also.
The prime theme is heavenly.
Am I the only person who saw animated lugnut this morning from him, and the title was Lug deez Nuts, or am i tripping
Looks cool for a coward
I actually got this guy earlier this year, and mine hold’s together really well. Nothing is really loose or falls off, unlike the starscream version I got after enjoying the mold so much (granted the starscream I got was particularly bad. the fingers were glued on the wrong hands, and stuff was broken, all of which wasn’t advertised on eBay at all)
The whole animated toy line is very impressive. A couple of choices in the figure may vary but still a great toyline
In fact Swindle is probably the worst there ever is, because his joints are clear plastic and clear plastic breaks easily
SKYWARP! I'm praying for a new animated seeker model, and this one looks nice, but I just need a voyager skywarp for my collection
Watching him fall like Peter Griffin really made my day thank you
Great figure/ mould. Unreal to animated with, was my MOST WANTED FIGURE as a kid growing up and I still love it to bits! Unlucky you got a crappy copy 😯
My animated Bumblebee was my first transformer, gifted by my dad after we watched Revenge Of The Fallen in theaters. It would constantly break so much that I would avoid any toy that didn't come from the movieverse assuming they were poor quality.
*To this day my collection is entirely exclusively Bayverse, minus the animated Bumblebee in shambles being crushed by SS Blackout lmao*
I have an animated bumblebee, the thing got lost in a box for years and tossed around before being unearthed about 5 years ago. Nothing's broken- shoulders are loose though
@@nakeysnakey6220like tfp rid primes cab panels
4:46 he’s doing the Smooth Criminal lean
This was my first ever Decepticon and for like a third of my life my ONLY Decepticon!
I didn’t know what the seekers was so I always saw him as Starscream bc I just thought Jet Decepticon = Starscream
I rlly hope for a good version in Legacy as Animated Starscream design is my favorite Starscream ever along with Bay Starscream and Armada Starscream
The first and only Transformer I bought for years was Blast Off was because I saw him in a shop and he reminded me of Starscream from Transformers Prime at the time. I somehow remembered Starscream but nothing else from the show which I had previously watched years before. The last four or so years I've been properly into Transformers though. But I thought Blast Off was close enough to Starscream because he turned into a jet and wasn't very bulky and was a decepticon. I still really like that figure because of how simple yet effective the transformation was. Most figures these days are quite complicated and take a while yet this Blast Off was so quick but looked great in both modes. I never got the other Combaticons and because we are getting new figures in this Prime line I probably won't ever get the CW versions.
I had this mold brand new well over a decade ago. The Hasbro Starscream ver iirc. Most of those loose joints and parts issues were already there so I don't think that's just the age of the plastic though that probably didn't help either. The thigh bends and arms had the most problems for me.
Also those wing bits at the back, I liked to partsform them off and flip them flush on his back. Keeps them more secure imo.
That optimus you said to get it got the for free from a charity shop as it head was missing I just keep it in truck mode. ( I offered to.still pay for it they just said take it or we'll throw it in the bin so yh)
Yea the seeker mould isn’t the best but the activator version is amazing. As someone who has bought starscream, sunstorm and skywarp, this mould has massive degradation, my skywarp has a lot of problems mainly fingers falling off and sunstorm has a little bit of that but starscream is really nice, I find that his tolerances are a lot better so if you want a good representation of this mould I’d suggest him
When I went to get my Animated Skywarp at Toys R Us back in the day, One of them had one of it's fingers loose in the package, so I went for the other one where upon opening it, it's arm came off ^^; But fortunately I could peg it back in. Wasn't bad, but I could tell the QC on him was lower compared to the Starscream release. Rather surprised with how bad your one is out of the box.
I actually have this figure, I bought it sealed too. And all of the problems you mentioned are the exact same on my copy. Even down to the loose thighs and the fact that they come off easily
I prefer the Combiner Wars Skywarp it just feels like an actual Seeker, no comments from the Peanut Gallery.
I hate to be this guy, but I don’t think you’re folding the landing gear far enough for it to click in. Apply more pressure and it should work
I was going to buy this toy at the convention
One of my friends bought Starscream when we first came out. After the second week of opening it, the figure started flopping about and those panels on the back would CONSTANTLY FALL OFF WITH THE FINGERS.
What's up king?
I seek a purpose in life
I can’t wait for the Animated Megatron vid.
Nice
It’s crazy how this thing has that many problems when it was sealed
I think you might of gotten a bit of a dud copy dude, I've had a collection of starscream, skywarp and Sunstorm and all of them have held up really well, I'll admit the fingers have always been a problem but I've never had the cockpit fall off like that
Cockpits a my copy thing for sure. But all my friends who have the mould have the same issues I have
I just got the elite guard bumble bee and lock down
I’ve been expanding my Animated collection and picked him and Starscream up still new in box. I’ve always been curious about opening them and playing with them but now…I think I’ll just leave them sealed
your copy is super loose, my starscream stands ok
Another reason we need reissues for animated! A lot of these toys have not withstood the test of time.
Hope they choose to do starscream In legacy Bc he NEEDS a new figure
You problebly buy The wrong Toy....
Such a shame, because I actually own this mold of the figure. And I have a soft spot for it. It does have flaws, and accuracy issues, such as the null rays not being in a correct position, those weird things on the arms, and the main issue on Starscream (and all other TFA Starscream toys) is the paint. He's not red, or is he blue. He's gray and magenta. And that's a shame, because Animated has my all time favorite Starscream design/personality and everything. He deserves a new toy. Fingers cross for either Legacy, or if Studio Series would tackle Animated (there is an interview about moving both Animated and Prime to Studio Series for better accurate toys, it's not confirmed yet).
Also, yes I still own the Animated Starscream mold, and he is meant to be my mascot of all Transformers Toys. I do recommend the Activators figure more, since it's better handled (I used to own the Thundercracker, but I sadly lost him). There's only 4 from the show that got that toyline (Skywarp and Ramjet are Takara exclusives), and Dirge is a random addition
can you do a colection review? show all the tf from all lines that you have and maybe show your room
I have done that before. But right now it's a mess and I have 3 shelves to still put up
@@ThatToyGuy well i hope to see it one day
I got both Skywarp and Sunstorm brand new at release and i had issues with both of them out the box. This mold was easily one of the most brittle I’ve ever owned. Like you said, visually fantastic but the mold has much to be desired
Now I understand why Skywarp was neurotic all the time.
He was afraid of falling apart
If you don't already have Shockwave, get him, he's amazing. There's the blue and also the purple variant.
The grey one is the best look, thou Its not Shockwave, its Long Arm Prime!!!
Who was secertly Shockwave all along!!
@@superomegaprimemk2 Exactly! That was a cool twist. I do like the purple variant, was much more accurate to the original. But in the show I think he sported those colours in season 3
I have shockwave, but he's missing a lot of parts due to his age. I do plan on getting one some day I'm just waiting for the right price
@@ThatToyGuy Mine never been in storage and well looked after, he one of my all time favourte figures, thou its partly down to that twist in the show but the toy is awesome, one of the VERY best if not THE best animated produced, I mean in about a minute you can change the whole robot mode look and you would think its a completely different characer, of course, one thing, I note, I think he might of been the first TF to have a faction system that spins between the two factions, the only other figure I can think of that does that is Seige Jetfire!!
@@ThatToyGuy I got a complete one, at Toy Traders in Langley BC, Canada. This guy came in and had the ENTIRE TFA collection and sold it to them. Those animated figures are out there, but they're so hard to find.
I once had Animated voyager Starscream. GARBAGE. The Automorph is annoying, pieces and bits fly off, and he's just not fun to handle. The legs were goo though so I used them for a custom.
A GOOD Animated seeker is the small Activator. Looks good in both modes and is FUN to handle. Try to get one.
The transformation I'd very macross. You must have got a dud. I have all three and Skywarp has the thigh swivel looseness, but Sunstorm and Starscream work and are tight. Looks like you got a dud
If the joints and QC had been sturdier, Animated would've been an all-time line. So many little issues that accumulate. Some of the later ones still hold up great though, like Rodimus. Oh, and I remember seeing multiple Skywarps on store shelves with fingers off and rattling around in the boxes. I think Skywarp had the worst QC of all the Seekers in Animated. Starscream would hold up ok; every one after would fall down in a light breeze.
This video is very informative. Ordered myself a damaged Animated Starscream for making custom figures, and I'll be using this video as a reference for making replacement parts. After watching this review, I don't feel bad in the slightest about my plans to make said figure unrecognizable while customizing it.
I had a Starscream variant years ago. One of my favorite figures I ever had
The “gorilla arms” thing is an unfortunate consequence of the “Animated” style. Give them a strong upper body, and thinner legs. “Prime” style, too, does it with some figures, and of those I have, they also fall over. Thew aficionados, does it count as a “beat down” if it’s not a knockoff, and falls apart on it’s own?!? Haha. I do love the design/colors, though. Best of the seeker colors… Thanks!
The transformation scheme is supposed to be based off the original 1/55 scale VF-1 Valkyrie toy from Macross (imported as G1 Jetfire, it’s a fantastic toy and earns its title as the best transforming robot and mech toy of the 1980s hands down) but holy SHIT what did they DO to the transformation?! They took such a simple and sleek transformation with tons of clever hidden joints, expanding segments and mostly kibble-less design and turned it into an ugly clump of joints and poopeedoodoo. : /
God I just got the sunstorm version of this mold I had no idea how terrible it is like it’s genuinely the worst figure I have in my collection next to ss Ksi boss I wish I watched this video before I purchased I’m so mad lol
Sorry the question but im from Portugal do you buy these figures on Canadá only or do you buy from other countries and continentes?
I've got the Hasbro Starscream version and the only problems with it are 1 thigh dropping off and the same fin/buttflap piece. Everything else is nice and solid.
Might be a mold degradation thing, might be bad luck with your toy.
i had the starscream version of the mold, I bought it new and the truth is that I don't have any problem, except for the automorph which is really screwed up
While this video got some laughs, I'm genuinely sorry you got such a shitty Skywarp. I have the Animated Starscream and mine doesn't have any of these massive issues (except the small back panels coming off easily, though not as easily as yours). Always a bit weird when the same damn mold can have such a wide variance of QC.
I got this and Starscream back in the day, at the time I was hoping for a Thundercracker, but they never did that, maybe if they had contuined animated for another year they might of given us Thundercracker and my copy of Skywarp does have the back panels falling off and ocasonally the hand, thou currently my animated figures are off in a storage box, at times the line was a big of a mixed bag, thou two of leader classes were pretty awesome, I skipped on the Bulkhead one because I was intersted in scale some what and a Bulkhead with his wrecking ball, plus the leader wasn't that appealing to me!
Also, I was laughing during this video at the fails, I know I shouldn't but I couldn't help myself
Glad I stuck with the Activators version back in the day. Everyone was singing this mould's praises when it came out, but I didn't like the way the wings sat in robot mode. Looks like it had more problems than that and it was just another case of people treating whatever they just spent money on as the best thing ever. Tale as old as time.
The Activator was cool, though. Basic flip-changer transformation, but for a figure as small and cheap as that one was that's all you need.
Another annoying thing about this mold is knowing that Thundercracker made it to the factory sample stage but was never produced. Peaugh has a review of a stolen factory copy of Animated Thundercracker and I'm so mad I didn't play the stolen toys from Ebay game in those days.
Got mine when it came out and mines still solid, stands straight and doesn’t fall apart :/ the feet do lock and become flat-footed.
This is my absolute favorite Transformers animated action figure of all time I love skywarp he's my favorite because of the coloration and Thundercracker too.
The feet remind me of Zentradi Battle pods (The bad guys from Robotech The Macross saga.)
This jet more is a modified and fictional variant of the SU-47 Berkut
Got an Animated Sunstorm recently and I have the SAME problem with those back panels, the same one likes to pop off at the slightest touch
Maybe boiling it would help fixing the issues? (Don't boil him, I'm joking)
Fun fact: thundercracker was supposed to have a toy but before it could be released worldwide animated was cancelled, even animated was cancelled some thundercracker toys managed to reach some store shelves
I got this guy for $35usd sealed, and for that price he’s worth it just to have one of Starscream mould.
It so much very was almost a good figure, but, has all these weird things that make it just bad. And it's so weird because better joint tolerance, a few extra swivels on the legs and arms, slightly better connections on some of the extra bits.
I’d be happy as a pig in slop if we got a Legacy Animated Slipstream.
I remember having the Animated Starscream toy. Sold it so many years ago.
You should look for the old Transformers Animated Activators they had. I used to have like 4 or 5 of them and they were great little figures
I had the Starscream one. The colors and plastic feel made me sure it was a cheap knock off because I’d heard how good this line was. So disappointed..
I fucking hate that figure, i got it as a kid and couldn't transform it to save my life
I refuse to believe this video is already two months old. Why is time moving so fast
Can confirm, my sealed takara version sunstorm I recently got had all the problems you mentioned in the video, asymmetric toe, loose joint, and that piece of flap that likes to come off.
I have this toy but he's missing his head, arms and legs. 💀💀💀
Actually I actually had one of these starscreen Clones sunstorm when I was a kid and it came with a little ratchet's toy. And I don't remember a lot about it but I do remember that I lost all the fingers on all of the hands lost a blaster effect parts and it was just an overall mess. I don't have it anymore but I do have the little ratchets that it came with.
I have the black and gold bumblebee deluxe, I wanna say I also have the rockets but the paint is a little scratched
It’s not age btw, my animated starscream I bought in 2007 had the same damn problem
there is a good animated seeker toy, it was the activators version, simple af transformation but it was overall a good figure
As for the lighting equipment, I guess you can add some support from the ceiling of your room or re work it so that the lighting equipment is mounted on the ceiling. Just a thought 🙂
As others have said, the activators animated seeker mode is amazing. I just picked a starscream and love it
This video explains why I see so many used copies of animated Starscream missing his hands.
Shame it's so floppy and fragile it's a nice looking figure
tbh as bad as this mold is, the Takara release of Skywarp is beautiful paint-wise
It's like one PAIN after another. I feel for ya dude.
_Black Bumblebee?_ Dare I ask if that one is… _A real crowd pleaser?_
Mold degradation
My Sunstorm is a floppy mess but the other two are fine
Dude I was literally vibing to the animated theme but then he just fell over and I busted out laughing
Imagine this figure with GPS lol.
I have the starscream version and I have the opposite problem of where my copy is way to tight
They were designed on purpose to fall apart instead of breaking.
Another great video! Have you played the new resurgence map on warzone 2 yet
I've had starscream for years and yeah, this mold is a mess, the automorph is a death sentence in the long run
Of course Skywarp likes to lean, he's purple.
I find it ironic how bros shaped like the cyclonus jet.
I'm a bit confused that Megatron can beat a seeker. I mean a seeker is a fighter jet.
Solution for the back wings: stop dropping hats
Legacy would be a semi good opportunity for this
I hope we get a new one too I just don’t like the proportions on this figure the shoulders are a bit too low and the wings are a bit too high up
BRUH, I JUST ordered him last week…
I'm honestly in the minority that really likes this mold
I had the starscream as a kid, and yes. He fell apart out of the box lol
Bro you just unlocked a hidden memory of this toy.
No wonder he was so paranoid in the show, a light tap would kill this guy
why arent more figures done in that texture, it looks so good
I had the Activator as a kid. Never thought that I'd be glad I missed out on the full sized one...
Will you ever do titans return fortress Maximus