Kingdom Tracks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2021
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You know, this figure is the embodiment of Tracks' personality: All looks, no substance.
You look at him from a far, yeah he's pretty hot. You start handling him, dear God he's a mess.
Precisely
Man that's some Brutal Shade you are throwing at Tracks.
@@PerspectiveEnd I love the Shallow Diva of the Autobots like most people, but dude needs a reality check.
OOOOH, shots fired
Lol
I honestly think tracks himself designed this. 😂
They put all the effort into the paint job.
Just like Tracks would.
That makes too much sense.
Lol
As tracks would say " I'd rather stay in my stunning auto mode!"
"You know the one with the fender that's cracked on both sides."
Its almost poetic how this figure is full of itself just like Tracks himself.
Difference here is that this has NO business being that way.
I agree
Tbh whoever designed this might be the same guy who designed the 86 jazz, I could be wrong but I’ve noticed that both have similar design choices.(clear plastic being on of them)
There are a ton of clear plastic roofs out there, and this guy for the most part holds together much better, but I will say that the knees do bear some similarities.
happy birthday godzilla lmao
Happy birthday to the king of the monsters.
I'm sure he's having a great one.
@@PerspectiveEnd help me i try to search everyone say trash to earthrise but no result there are some but all it they say earthrise is good
@@Sotau890 there are good ones in er like sunstreaker, but the qc of the line was very bad. a lot of peoples copies of all the figures broke due to clear plastic joints and the figure just not being built very well
@@byrpst i mean netfilx one
Classics style stuff has done clear windows since it first started, but usually the windows where a seperate piece that was bolted to the roof with screws, which surprisingly, kingdom huffer actually does this
Exactly, normally they don't bear any structural strain. That's the problem with this new stuff.
And it makes sense cause Huffer is actually an older design.
@@PerspectiveEnd What?? I didn't know that, when was it made? Does that explain the Halo Spartan Laser he wields?
Yeah I brought it up in my review of it. It was designed in 2011 as a Pack in figure for the MP 10 Optimus Prime.
It's a shame, because he's one of the best designs from the G1 cartoon
I don't know about that, but he was still a good one, and I enjoyed his character alot, but yeah he deserves better.
@@PerspectiveEnd I never really liked tracks because he was a narcissist.
I’d actually argue the opposite as his wing pack gimmick requires figures make compromises to accommodate it which isn’t good for a transformer
@@rhyperiorhunter7339 sure it can be difficult to transfer into a physical figure, but as a character design in the cartoon, I always thought he looked super cool
@@izzik2781 yeah it's good as a cartoon character but as something that needs to be made into a toy it just doesn't work
Sometimes I wonder if takara is making some of these molds.
Cause of the obsession with Fauxforming?
@@PerspectiveEnd yep.
the backwards flop at the end of the transformation montage lmfao
those legs are a menace to society
Yep. I left that in because of the frustration I was feeling, and I didn't think of how that was because of the shitty legs.
Masterpiece tracks scaled down and then smooshed together with reveal the shield tracks, great, thanks hasbro
through the roof engineering right here
its WFC/FOC bumblebee but with bad legs and more, thanks hasbro
I wouldnt' say this has much in common with the MP at all, the legs are a little similar and that's really it.
He looks like a prototype unfinished figure
I don't understand how they didn't catch the issues of this figure in the prototype stage.
Love how you call it for what it is...every other review I've seen just raves over anything as long as its G1.
I'm glad that people appreciate that. It's not what I'm trying to do, I just say what I want to say, and I don't try to sugar coat it. I think that's the difference. I think everyone else is afraid to be negative for some reason.
Except Thew who just LOVES being positive, so I can't fault him.
I still think he should've been a retool of runamuck/runabout
He is a repaint/remold of the mold.
That would have worked out way better than this.
Stopped watching another video when I got the alert. So glad I did. It really is a shame this falls so short. At least it has its alt modes going for it.
Also a very happy birthday to Godzilla.
I didn't know that my videos have an alarm on them that will interrupt other videos.
@@PerspectiveEnd I was watching on my phone and have the notifications for your channel on. Notification popped up and I tapped it to watch your video instead.
This is making me have clear plastic phobia because how easily they crack but i am glad they did something because how jolts clear plastic is more thick
Yeah it wouldn't be so bad if they made the clear stuff thicker but it's not.
I actually got a pretty good copy of this figure. The flaps on the side of the shins on my copy hold together decently. As long as I don’t hold the figure from there (which I normally don’t do on any figure), they stay in place. The tolerances in my copy’s shins were alright since they had a tighter strut. And also, the feet are juuuust loose enough to not make the shin flaps worse. The sides in the front of the car actually manage to tab in. The clear plastic backpack is pretty weird, but I don’t mind it. The tolerances still aren’t good, but he IS functional. I’m not comfortable recommending it to friends because of all the bad plaque this figure gets even though my specific copy came out better, but I can say I’m satisfied.
Nice. I have more thoughts on this and I will cover them when I do my WTB on the figure, good to hear that QC can be better.
Lol I’m staying up all night, and I’m glad this was uploaded right now.
It's five in the morning when this came out. Where do you live that it's night?
Your knowledge of insect phallus is astounding. Also those legs remind me of impactor.
Fun fact, I was going to say a Gnat's Phallus, and not Junk originally but I thought it didn't flow.
It’s one of those toys were there are a few CATASTROPHIC issues that just ruin the toy
I think it's honestly just kind of several things that ruin this thing.
Imagine working with tracks and you just see The entire car mode just floating
Like because of his flight mode.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah pretty much
The backback just being the roof is absurd
And sadly it's not the worst problem.
Sad to see that the leg problems isn't just a thing on my copy. I was so excited for this figure but the legs killed it for me. Keep up the great work PerspectiveEnd
Thank you, and I'm sorry you have my issues too. I don't know how someone could not have them but I still hope that theirs would hold together better.
Literally returned it the first 15 minutes I got it.
Yeah probably deserved. I came to hate this figure eventually.
6:02 I never thought I would hear that comparison
That's just a phrase. I'm not the person who invented it.
@@PerspectiveEnd caught me off guard XD
Man, even after watching this I had a revelation that just adds insult to injury; when was the last time we got a depiction of Tracks? I only remember the G1 cartoon and his Alternators figure, which honestly says a lot don't you think?
There was a Universe 2010 I think.
I normally don't watch videos of figures I don't own yet but it's your video and gotta support my favorite reviewer
Thank you very much, and I'm the same way, I like to form my own opinions, sorry to bear such bad news. I hope it doesn't taint your enjoyment of the figure.
@@PerspectiveEnd it won't, my daughter and I don't have a Tracks so we need it anyway for our G1 line up
The sunbow model had him with chrome windows in vehicle mode and black windows in robot mode, so it only makes sense to give him chrome windows in robot mode and clear ones in vehicle mode.
i love this thing so much
Glad you enjoy this a bit better than mine.
I don't know How but my favorite thing about the car mode is the weird shin-Bumpers, Something about them Just looks really cool.
I don't disagree, but I don't think those help make it worth it.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah indeed, Also What is your Shoutout Gmail?
@@joaoandlucas5867 PerspectiveEndShoutOuts@Gmail.com
@@PerspectiveEnd ok thank you
I transformed my kingdom rhinox while watching this and I’m now in a bad mood
I'm sure, that sounds like a Recipe for suck.
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah
Well seems like I’m not missing much on this guy, so thanks for that one
Happy to be of Service?
You wanna hear something funny? The day after you release your figure reveal vid, PrimeVsPrime just HAD to show off Kingdom Tigatron, and... how do you feel about it?
Oh believe me I am very aware that a ton of announcements and leaks happened as soon as that video went up.
The front gaps on the car mode can be fixed by straightening the spine-thing before folding in the arms.
Like where the wheel wells wont hold, because I don't see how the spine is supposed to help with that when the main problem is the pegs.
@@PerspectiveEnd The spine not being aligned causes the middle of the hood (shins of the robot mode) to push down, consequently pushing the sides of the hood to go slightly up.
Straightening the spine causes both the middle and sides to be on the same level, at which point the pegs will either help or harm it.
The end result is front gaps that are about twice the size of the paneling on the rest of the figure, as well as the hood of the car looking cleaner in silhouette.
(p.s. , the paint on the figure is a curse in the long run, I know know that the color of the head is black under the paint.)
So I guess not fixed, but helped.
I thought of the perfect subtitle for the one piece skirt so many figures have (a name like fauxforming pr partsforming)
“Flapper” or “Flappers syndrome”. You could just yell when a figure has a solid one piece skirt, “guys, this thing’s a Flapper”. Or “dang it, another one with Flappers Syndrome!”
Then, if a figure has a skirt broken into sections (like ER Soundwave) you could call it a “flappie”.
Then, where the front skirt detailing is built into the hips (like ER Prime or SS Hotrod) it could be called a “Sinker” since the front skirt sinks into the hips.
That's not bad... I had kind of settled on mono skirt, but now I have to rethink that.
I actually like the huge backpack, I mean the back of the car is just behind his head so I like to think he has a backpack instead a chunk of the car hanging on a hinge, I think what would be better is to make the tabs on the legs longer, taking advantage of the square pegs in vehicle mode, and replacing the clear plastic with regular plastic, then releasing it in buzzworthy bumblebee SS86 like they did with cliffjumper and kup, I own the figure and the windshield has a crack on it, and one of the hinges is broken, sucks but whatever, if I had a choice of getting the mold in which version I'd go with road rage because diaclone
Yes the tabs on the legs absolutely needed to be longer so they no longer had such trouble reaching the ports they are supposed to lock into.
I guess now I understand why Tracks preferred to stay in his auto mode
I would to if every time I to a step my shins catastrophically broke.
Iirc according to someone at Hasbro, the reason why clear plastic happens is because clear plastic has better fitting at times that hard plastic can't do.
I do not know what fitting times are?
@@PerspectiveEnd I meant that clear plastic on occasion fit/connect on a figure better than traditional hard plastic at times, hence why Jazz and Tracks for example have good portion of clear plastic.
The figure looks nice, definitely the best version of Tracks yet.
It looks good, but that's not where this things immense problems are stemming from.
Tip: When transforming him, pull the shin-flap things down first.
I've pretty much given up on ever transforming this again.
I have the original G1 toy and it’s arms have fallen off and I’m not sure if I should buy the Kingdom version I’m worried about the plastic but after seeing this video yeah I’m still worried about the plastic lol but I might buy this one
Sorry to hear that about your G1 Figure, those things just don't last for ever sad to say.
If you still want this, just know what you are in for.
His lower legs actually are coated in grey paint
Truly a waste of Budget.
Thank you
You are more than welcome.
Its kind of fitting that tracks would have a massive paint job
Yeah I suppose on a meta level, IRL it's still a problem though.
On an unrelated note, if you're still interested in Yes Model Defensor, you should know mine had major issues with loose joints and ridiculously tight locking tabs. It took an xacto knife, nail polish, and shock oil to make it somewhat normal.
On top of that, one of Hot Spot's guns had the barrel missing. It doesn't even look broken, it's just missing, like it was never there.
I actually got that, I've been meaning to review it, but even at 3 videos a week it's hard to get around to it.
My biggest issue with it, is Streetwise's robot arms are INSANE to get out.
@@PerspectiveEnd same here. I cut down the slide catches significantly and it's still rough. It makes no sense, they lock in other places in all modes, there's no reason for it to be so tight.
It looks ok but I already have the MP version, for some reason I have two MP figures and thats Tracks and Wheeljack. Got them years ago and never gotten any since.
The MP has it's issues but it's SOOOOOOO much better than this.
Interesting thing that just happened, i just transformed my tracks, no instructions nothing, took my time, and i liked his transformation, i can see how people can get confused with the legs and can get frustrated making it harder, but i enjoyed it
Edit: the order i went in, windshield / backpack , arms (half way) feet then rest of arms
It's like they specifically hired someone that hates Tracks to design this.
Well, maybe that's a bit exaggerative. It's just...WHY THE FUCK IS IT THE WAY IT IS.
I wouldn't put that pass them.
I don't mind the hinge or ball joints. I mind the fake chest, I mind that certain weapons doesn't fit into the vehicle..
The Fake Chest is so stupidly pointless, it actually looks worse than if they used the real one. How did they manage that.
Kingdom Tracks is extremely loose I tried to put him in my shelf but suddenly he falls
He does not love to stand.
Late to the party, but the paint use really reminds me of Evasion Mode Optimus Prime
His hands and feet are gray plastic but are painted completely in blue and are color matched perfectly.
A bit funny how the Takara version also keeps the hands and feet unpainted.
Is it being like Evasion Mode Optimus a good thing?
Due to the incredible and dense amount of nostalgia I have for that toy, I couldn't say fairly.
This probably means the figure was made for earthrise
Because cyclonus and huffer dealt with the clear plastic really well
That's a good point. Though to be fair the Huffer is an Older Design, having been originally conceived in 2011, as for Cyclonus, it could be argued that's because he's a voyager, but they are both using the old style of clear insert pieces.
Great vid!!!
Also, there are officially only six days until Kingdom!!!!!!
I know. Soon we won't have to assume it's bad, we will just know that it is.
@@PerspectiveEnd Look up "look how they massacred my boy" on TH-cam. Set the vid filters to today,and click the the thumbnail with BW meg's on it. It's awful.
Believe me. I've heard it.
Tracks rather stay in his sunning automode because of his big gaps between the feet and the clear plastic
Unfortunately it seems like he had a bit of a fender bender considering how messed up his grill is.
I was debating getting this thing to replace the reveal the shield one but no i dont think so
That's probably the correct choice.
I gotta hand it to you, you’ve convinced me to sell my generations jetfire and get the siege one, even though I still thinks it’s a little too big for jetfire(I distinctly remember in the cartoon that starscream and Optimus came up to his chest), I can deal with it because of how superior it’s looks, posing, transformation and quality is, and those blast effects are just perfecto
Well I'm glad to hear you are getting the new one, but I'd caution you selling your old one. One of my biggest regrets is selling my old figures.
Well hey, if the windshields ever break, you can just say it’s siege battle damage
That's the spirit, thought it will be a bit strange if a section of the hood breaks.
I just Realized. 7K.
Mad Congrats Dude.
Thank you so much for all the support.
I picked this up today hoping that they e fixed some of the QC issues by now and fortunately I think they have. The leg panels on mine stay put when posing, and the joints are all tight, especially the ankles. That being said, the clear plastic roof still makes terrifying to transform due to the part where it clips into the hood. Debating returning this figure and saving myself the heartache, or removing those clips entirely. Think it would be worth making that modification? I think the car mode would still hold together, and it would avoid the inevitable cracking.
Sorry for the late response. It's funny how it's the better version of the figure and you were still considering returning it.
Didn't your icon used to actually be a Traffic cone I swear.
There aren't many good ways of removing clear plastic with out risking cracking the rest, so I don't think I can advise cutting those parts off unless you are really confident you can do it without damaging the figure.
@@PerspectiveEnd No need to apologize, I'm impressed that you made it a point to respond to a comment that was a month old!
I never had a Traffic Cone icon on youtube but maybe there's another Traffic Cone out there?
I wound up returning the figure a couple days after my comment. I transformed it a couple times hoping it'd get easier but it only got more nerve wracking each time. I just can't enjoy a figure that I know is prone to breaking. I sold ER Bluestreak for the same reason - I could see the stress mark forming in the clear plastic windshield hinge and I knew it was only a matter of time.
Crotch-forming? Crotching? Groin-forming? Groining? Cod-forming?
How bout Monoskirt?
The way I solved Tracks legs were screw in 2 holes each on the nubs and put in a small paperclip.
They make Paperclips that small?
@@PerspectiveEnd Had to bend and cut them.
Great review! But I soon realised something while I watched this.
I think at least studio series jazz must have the same designer because I was fiddling with that figure and some of the points you made reminded me of him. Especially the look of the car mode, just me?
There are some similarities, but I think the Jazz was done a lot better, though those knees are quite similar.
I think those leg tabs were compromised by that gray paint. If they didn't paint those tabs maybe they would have worked better, but I'm not sure. I don't have the figure at hand at the moment.
I don't see that, it's not that theres too much pressure on them forcing them out, there isn't enough grip on them to work properly.
The legs actually hold together okay on mine. I guess that means mine is technically a defect but in a good way. I do enjoy him, but pretty much all of the issues he has were avoidable.
Yeah they didn't need to have defects be the good ones if they just made the tabs longer.
This reminds me of a stuffed dragon I got a family member online a few years ago. It was well made and soft, but one of the horns was misaligned, sticking out of the center of the head instead of to the side and now we just call it "Disappointment personified".
You got it for, or you got it from?
I wonder how they screwed up the horn placement?
@@PerspectiveEnd I got it from etsy as a present for a family member, which I usually have a good track record with shopping from. Everything else was aligned properly except one of the horns. It was Magnadramon/Holydramon from digimon.
Like I can wait a few years for a new tracks so what would you say try to get this or skip and wait
This is a Skip. I'll take a look at the Roadrage when that comes out but this version of the mold is a skip. Unless there's an upgrade to fix it, and then on if that's really good do I say consider it.
I'm so lucky all my tabs and tolerances are perfect for mine
I've never heard of that before so you must be.
I was watching baltmatrix’s newest vid and he talked about magic squares new legends jazz prototype so when it comes out are you going to get it???
I had not heard of that so yes I will probably nab that when it comes.
Hey have you seen the kingdom Tigatron it looks sick!!!!! It's really good looking and it is much more improvised than the kingdom cheetor!
I think you meant to say it's improved.
the yellowing looks really bad but it does look better than the cheetor at least
@@byrpst Well to be fair, it is accurate to how some real white tigers look.
I have. I need to do a new looking forward video already it's ridiculous. How did the video I just did become outdated the day I did it.
@@PerspectiveEnd 😅🤣
finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I now just wanna see the last fossilized figure, Wingfinger. My Wingfinger should be arriving sometime next week if lockdown doesn't slow down my packages. Still waiting for Tracks to come into stock on Amazon AU.
Wingfinger will come sooner rather than later.
Despite how problematic this figure is im still gonna get him.
That's fine, as long as you are properly informed.
He'd be proud of his paint and colors. "I'd rather stay in my stunning alt mode... But then I couldn't do this!" PEW PEW PEW
He's not proud of his ankles though.
Core ratchet, core bumblebee, vlyager starscream and voyager inferno got revealed
I didn't see the Starscream?
Oh wait no yes I did. For some reason I thought you were talking about the Studio Series line.
I think kingdom tracks should be repainted and retooled into loud pit
I mean he usually ends up that way.
Tracks is one of my favorite characters I also like that figure I don’t have it but damn looks good I have the masterpiece as well
I'd say stick with the Masterpiece.
I’ve ALWAYS been a fan of Tracks. Every version of him has been very priddy!!🥰 THIS one might be the best to date.
I don't know, I can't help but feel the MP was both Prettier and Made Better.
@@PerspectiveEnd I usually don’t ever include MP versions in my rankings because it’d be massively unfair. A good example of that would be MP BW Megs, he’s so cartoon accurate that he eclipses EVERYTHING before him, but for the longest time I would have put the OG figure BEFORE the MP version because of nostalgia! But, that is until KINGDOM BW MEGATRON CAME OUT & made me forget about BOTH!!😳🤯😍🥰
…I think it’s going to be the same case with Kingdom Tigatron, too. That is one sexy hunk of plastic!😊
Maybe crap flap for the single hipskirt?😂
I've since settled on monoskirt.
@@PerspectiveEnd not hateful enough but still good
i know i will talk more about road range rather than tracks itself, im just sad that road rage was just a recolor with a new head, i even have the mp road rage, thats how much i like her, while i think tracks looks good, i hoped for road rage to at leats fix the tolerances, and then have some remolded parts, since there are only a couple of early reviews i cant say for sure if the tolerances part is true or not, but, all i knows is that as things are right now, i have no desire for any version of this mold
I know. I love her too, and I also have her MP. It's just such a bummer that this mold was so pointlessly flawed.
This figure gave me clear plastic phobia
I understand why.
Might just skip everyone in this wave and go with wing finger and legends sound wave
Im already passing on a lot coming out I might skip this too
Yeah this wave kind of sucks, So much bad dropped into one wave it's bizarre. Thankfully it's not the last one, imagine if this was the note Kingdom left on.
Yeah I mean tracks: horrible qc. scorponok: legs too short, torso too square, claws look like shit, giant beast leg kibble. That ugly disproportionate wheel jack. That wretched rhinox. That god awful vertebreak repaint. I mean all I really like is the galvatron, that core sound wave and the fossiliser.
As much as I hate the clear plastic on figures. ( looks at Jazz ) I'm still going to get it for a mainline representation oc Tracks and also because I can sort of do a impression of him
If you want it then, at least you've been informed of what to expect.
Thinking about all the WFC and Generations figures, I want this scale (1:32) for all vehicles, then making the bot modes as necessary. Maybe a third party can get this done. I do like his face though
So for you Vehicle scale is most important?
0:58 It’s a robot. What do you expect?
There are many Transformers figures that don't have bad proportions.
Figure looks fricking amazing!!! I can't wait to get him!
Do you still feel that way after the video?
@@PerspectiveEnd Yes I do. Although the knees will annoy me haha.
Mmmmmmm I like my vehicle more then my body
Yeah, it's definitely his better form.
The return of the king (attack dog!!!???......oooh foreshadowing the almighty....)
Foreshadowing what? The almighty what?
@@PerspectiveEnd .....BOOF.....
I had one of these and ended up returning him because my copy literally had limbs so loose they would just fall of if I moved them got a reveal the shield tracks instead light years better
Yeah this thing was just not OK to release in this state.
You reviewed this two days after I received mine actually.
I was too late to warn you then.
@@PerspectiveEnd I actually liked it for some reason.
That clear roof.... makes a lot if things worse... Loose legs.... NOOOO... I am not sure if getting it or not... I have mine pre-ordered, let´s see how it turns out to be.
I hope your's some how, holds together better.
Hey perspective what's Your opinión about the leaked kingdom tigatron review?
Looks good, looks like something that I need to talk about.
I got this toy along with scorpinok and wingfinger and this is my favorite of the 3
Infact it's one of my most favorite transformers just because I love the transformation.
I'm glad that you enjoy it. Do your legs hold together better than on mine?
@@PerspectiveEnd yes infact litterally almost everything you complained about the possibility and the looks on the toy are things I love about it actually.
@@justcommenting6791 Interesting. I pretty much thought that was impossible.
We need solid plastic. I don't mind painted windows
I don't think anyone would.
6:57
sadly they blew the paint budget on the robot mode on parts they could have just casted in the color its meant to be
You could say the exact same for the vehicle mode.
Hmm A self proclaimed attack dog. I guess that’s a fine legacy to leave on this planet
I wouldn't say I self proclaimed that, more that I pondered it's possibility.
It’s so close to a master micropiece.
I wouldn't say that, but it's almost Really Really good.
Finally we have our smug boy
Who's got nothing to be smug about.
Yeah I got mine a few days ago and the head paint feels like the weird chalky paint on my table which to say terrible but yeah at least gets the effect nicely
I’m just chilling and waiting for waspanator and tigatron in wave 4
Yeah that seems like the correct decision.
I thank u for doing a review on him I wanted to buy him
I'm just sad I don't have better news. The legs are just unbelievable.
What figure would you recommend under 100$ that has
No loud ratchet joints
Not very breakable
A lot of poseability
Decent transformation
I don’t care about fauxforming or partsforming
Why The fear of Ratchets?
TR Triggerhappy comes to mind. 86 Grimlock.
Or are we looking for something more in the Masterpiece Vein?
@@PerspectiveEnd I have a stepdad who can get very annoyed very easily
They shit the bed with this wave between this and Rhinox
And Scorponok, and Just Rereleasing a Wheeljack everyone already has.
@@PerspectiveEnd still haven't looked at Scorponok, I'll end up getting him probably because this is the only in scale modern figure he'll have for awhile at least. Yeah Wheeljack don't get that, they could have re issued Skytread or Spinster from siege or Bumblebee even