Man I wish Hasbro would take Animated Arcee as inspiration for new Arcee toys instead of constantly trying to make the G1 look work. Animated has a perfect redesign of the character, as it adds some bulk to the robot mode so she can transform without shellforming. And that alt mode is so cool and stylish.
He does know that black arachnida's feet are supposed to open so that way she has heels correct!? It literally helps her balance so she stands straight up 😂
2:27 Speaking for myself, this is my favourite design Blackarachnia has ever sported. It combines elements from Beast Machines, Transmetal II and the original, but the lilac 'flesh' and black & gold armoured sections give her a Warrior Goddess vibe. Were it not for the Decepticon symbol, I'd happily display her with my Beast Wars figures. If Hasbro ever revisits this design, it would look so freaking cool with the Transmetal II colors.
The standing issues with Animated Blackarachnia were a thing back when she was new...it's also why I avoided LG17 Blackwidow . They may have retooled her to look like her Beast Wars self, but the issues remained.
You know that joint connecting the robot feet and the spider legs? If you use them as high heels (like in the show) it'll stand better. I'm surprised how so many people didn't think of that.
i wish we got retro reissues for these guys likes we got reissues for the og G1 and BW figs. Animated was my childhood and i only got Leader Class Bulkhead as a kid.
I think you're supposed to utilize the hinges on Blackarachnia's shins to make it look like she's wearing heels and stand better. At least that what I always did with mine to make her stand.
Fun fact. If you buy lockdown, you can take his gun medical accessory and put it on Ratchet (there is a plug on his arm like on lockdown). Back in the day when Hasbro thought about things like that to ref in the toys from the show. Prowl was one of my fav figures. Bought him twice, because they brought out his samurai armour version which was so cool!!! Animated had some solid toys!!
man the drop from hot rod to these lot lol they all look really cool, and ive always wanted that takara remold of the blackarachnia, but these all feel very dated while hot rod still seems fantastic
Animated! Glad to be the series i grew up with Ohh blackarachnia always brings me memories Wish i wasn't a dumb kid that gave their toys to other kids to lost or just vaporise them out of existence
I didn’t have many of the animated toys. I think, oil slick, jazz, elite guard bumblebee, and the duo mold Cybertron mode ratchet and Ironhide, but they were always solid solid and so damn posable
Animated Jazz was one of my first transformers toys ever! When I was a lil' kid and Prime was out, I was still all over Animated, even if I loved Prime still. I just BEGGED my dad to get me Swindle... And I somehow ended up with Jazz
Arcee was one of the few figures from Animated that I never picked up, because she was a late wave release that didn't have very good distribution so I was never able to find her in stores. I've wanted one ever since, but the ones I've seen on the aftermarket get crazy expensive. some day...
I own these very Ratchet and Jazz from when I was a child, I got them for like 2009 Christmas or something, I LOVE them, I still have them stores somewhere (Sadly I still don't have a place to display them properly)
i owned this ratchet. the clear shoulders are meant to look like his emergency lightbar, though i dont understand why they chose to make them "move" there either
@@wizardblizzardgaming4460 actually fun fact, in recency the term "cephalothorax" and "abdomen" have been argued as inaccurate because they're based on the hypothesis that arachnids split from the larger hexapod group, fusing the head (cephalus) to the thorax (hence cephalothorax) which seems to not be the case as we've uncovered more evidence that arachnids were never split from hexapods and were actually their own evolution canon event thing! So right now the preferred terminology for cephalothorax and abdomen is prosoma and opisthosoma respectively! I also just learned about this like last month lol
I've got most of the Animated collection. I never really cared for the show itself but the toys were awesome. You really need to check out the Leader Classes. Ultra Magnus and Bulkhead are great but Leader Class Megatron is still one of my all-time favorite Megatron figs.
Animated is the only series I don't own anything from, and it's because I've had such bad luck with QC. I've owned the Takara version of Voyager Prime, Megatron, Deluxe Elite Guard Prowl and Black Rodimus and they've all come out of sealed boxes scuffed, floppy, or stuck to the point of breakage.
I never buy third party stuff, not for any moral reasons, I'm just not that hardcore, but Animated was the only toyline I ever bothered to and it was for animation accurate magnet accessories for Ratchet.
What was the reason why molding plastic that thick become expensive tho? I mean i find it pretty hard to get into recent tf stuff because it feels thinner than my old collection
Because the cost of the plastic went up, manufacturing costs went up, distribution costs went up, and design costs went up. This forcing companies (in this case Hasbro) to either charge more or cut cuts somewhere to not charge as much more. Companies like Apple or Lego charge a lot more but their build quality remains the same ish. If that makes sense
@ThatToyGuy well that just sucks man. Still have my TFA Swindle and Blazing deco Lockdown, they're awesome. Just kind of sad we wont see these kind of quality from hasbro for the time being
If you can get your hands on the original Transformers Prime Knockout, that would be awesome. I have the Dark Energon version, but I still love the toy.
Can anyone help me figure out what this one action figure is it’s a Optimus prime and he has a circle thing on his back and it has a blaster at almost every angle and it’s gonna bug me for ever if I can’t figure out what it is
Hey here's a suggestion for a Review, so you know how you like to collect.The bumblebee movie seekers. You have a reviewed Skywarp So could you please review him thanks
Man I wish Hasbro would take Animated Arcee as inspiration for new Arcee toys instead of constantly trying to make the G1 look work. Animated has a perfect redesign of the character, as it adds some bulk to the robot mode so she can transform without shellforming. And that alt mode is so cool and stylish.
I personally love the G1 look of Arcee but I do understand variety definitely could be welcomed for our lovely autobot!❤
Real
Hasbro is very insistent on not adding kibble to her limbs and instead put all of it in her back lmao
He does know that black arachnida's feet are supposed to open so that way she has heels correct!? It literally helps her balance so she stands straight up 😂
I was going to say that!😂
I want Transformers to go back to this era of toys so bad.
Animated toyline is literally part of PEAK
2:27 Speaking for myself, this is my favourite design Blackarachnia has ever sported. It combines elements from Beast Machines, Transmetal II and the original, but the lilac 'flesh' and black & gold armoured sections give her a Warrior Goddess vibe. Were it not for the Decepticon symbol, I'd happily display her with my Beast Wars figures. If Hasbro ever revisits this design, it would look so freaking cool with the Transmetal II colors.
Animated was what got me back into Transformers since G1! I love these figures!!
BLACKARACHNIA MENTIONED! My favourite Transformers character
MINE TOO
I’m praying she gets a legacy figure of her animated design!
Never knew how good Ratchet was. My copy’s legs fall off at the thigh rotation if you look at them the wrong way so I don’t really mess with him
Jazz can perform a RIder Kick now. A jump to the sky turns into Rider Kick
The standing issues with Animated Blackarachnia were a thing back when she was new...it's also why I avoided LG17 Blackwidow . They may have retooled her to look like her Beast Wars self, but the issues remained.
You know that joint connecting the robot feet and the spider legs? If you use them as high heels (like in the show) it'll stand better. I'm surprised how so many people didn't think of that.
I have animated blackarachnia and I honestly love her. She's definitely not perfect, but she's just a joy to mess and fiddle around with
But you also did mistransform the legs, as they are supposed to be pulled forward to look sort of like heels
Speaking of, Got animated grimlock today for Black Friday for 20 bucks lol
I've got Grimlock, Slag and Swoop. I really wish they had completed the Dinobots before the series ended.
We've had that Blackarachnia for ages, it's an incredibly nice mold overall.
Ratchet and black arachnia were my first few animated toys
im older than animated, damn
Ooga
@@komdiv_Jones booga
Damn unc 🤣
I'm older than RID 01😂
Same I am 1 year older than animated and my brother is 4 years older than animated
i wish we got retro reissues for these guys likes we got reissues for the og G1 and BW figs. Animated was my childhood and i only got Leader Class Bulkhead as a kid.
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend tracking down animated lockdown. It’s the only way to complete Ratchet and give him his EMP Generator
I think you're supposed to utilize the hinges on Blackarachnia's shins to make it look like she's wearing heels and stand better. At least that what I always did with mine to make her stand.
I have Jazz and Ratchet, they are some of my most memorable figures of my childhood, specially Jazz
I have animated leader Magnus and deluxe ratchet paid less then 10 cad for both of them from value village really great figures
animated jazz is legit probably my favorite toy i've picked up this year he's so good
He's got more
Animated was the best line imo only bad i can remember is how fragile they were especially when i had the safeguard set
I still have my Jazz, mostly, I lost his head and nun chucks as a kid
Fun fact. If you buy lockdown, you can take his gun medical accessory and put it on Ratchet (there is a plug on his arm like on lockdown). Back in the day when Hasbro thought about things like that to ref in the toys from the show. Prowl was one of my fav figures. Bought him twice, because they brought out his samurai armour version which was so cool!!! Animated had some solid toys!!
Samurai Prowl is a MUST, he’s got updated hips over the original mold, which definitely helps with transformation & posability
I have a whole shelf of my old animated plus purchases over the year. Animated Blackout was my favourite and most expensive purchase
Seeing this review made me get my animated Ratchet figure, still holds up to this very day, lost half of his tools, but still plays well like a charm.
man the drop from hot rod to these lot lol they all look really cool, and ive always wanted that takara remold of the blackarachnia, but these all feel very dated while hot rod still seems fantastic
You should hunt down Deluxe Sentinel and Cybertron mode Ratchet
Animated! Glad to be the series i grew up with
Ohh blackarachnia always brings me memories
Wish i wasn't a dumb kid that gave their toys to other kids to lost or just vaporise them out of existence
I have blackarachnia and she stands a LOT better with a little knee bend and those foot-hinges out
You can hang Blackarachnia with her grapler web thing. Man this so cool.
I didn’t have many of the animated toys. I think, oil slick, jazz, elite guard bumblebee, and the duo mold Cybertron mode ratchet and Ironhide, but they were always solid solid and so damn posable
Animated Jazz was one of my first transformers toys ever! When I was a lil' kid and Prime was out, I was still all over Animated, even if I loved Prime still. I just BEGGED my dad to get me Swindle... And I somehow ended up with Jazz
and now swindle is like a million dollars on secondary market 😭
Ratchet and black arachnia were my childhood especially black arachnia I would always have the spider legs on her arms out as arm blades
sir you have pleased the king wonderful work
This was my childhood Jazz and I didn't even watch the show I just thought his weapon storage was sick and got him for Christmas
Arcee was one of the few figures from Animated that I never picked up, because she was a late wave release that didn't have very good distribution so I was never able to find her in stores. I've wanted one ever since, but the ones I've seen on the aftermarket get crazy expensive. some day...
I love animated so much it was so cool omg I'm gonna cry
Animated Arcee might be one of best Arcee toys ever
Reviewing all the best animated deluxes in like two weeks is crazy
its been forever since an animated review and now i want arcee
Debated on Blackarachnia for a while but this definitely sold me on it
All this time I thought my ratchet was broken. Whole time I just needed to straighten his arms 😅
These look fantastic… now if only the danish transformers aftermarket had ANYTHING from this timeperiod other then 2007 movie stuff
I have this Jazz figure too
I own these very Ratchet and Jazz from when I was a child, I got them for like 2009 Christmas or something, I LOVE them, I still have them stores somewhere (Sadly I still don't have a place to display them properly)
i owned this ratchet. the clear shoulders are meant to look like his emergency lightbar, though i dont understand why they chose to make them "move" there either
Hope he can find an animated swindle or prowl next, such good deluxe figures.
The jazz arms on my version does go foward a bit more at the transformation joint and that locks in the xhest
3rd parties are so stupid for letting Animated go, accurate upgraded TFA characters would be great.
one day i'll track down a lockdown so ratchet gets his emp gen back
12:53 you need to rotate the head so if can fit perfectly, for a long time i only had that toy to play with so that's why i noticed that detail 😅
Bro open blackarachnia's heels, this review was pain
Arcee's the only Animated fig I have along with the Legacy trio. Really hope they get more Animated figs in modern stuff.
carefule with arcees swords they can break the hands and stress marks forming is very common
Ratchet has Lumbago.
Animated my beloved
You owe it to yourself to get Animated Soundwave if you don’t have him, already.
6:01 that's called a thorax
Do you mean "spider butt", because that's false in that case. "Spider butt" is the abdomen, the part with the head and legs is called a cephalothorax
@@wizardblizzardgaming4460 actually fun fact, in recency the term "cephalothorax" and "abdomen" have been argued as inaccurate because they're based on the hypothesis that arachnids split from the larger hexapod group, fusing the head (cephalus) to the thorax (hence cephalothorax) which seems to not be the case as we've uncovered more evidence that arachnids were never split from hexapods and were actually their own evolution canon event thing!
So right now the preferred terminology for cephalothorax and abdomen is prosoma and opisthosoma respectively!
I also just learned about this like last month lol
I've got most of the Animated collection. I never really cared for the show itself but the toys were awesome. You really need to check out the Leader Classes. Ultra Magnus and Bulkhead are great but Leader Class Megatron is still one of my all-time favorite Megatron figs.
I had Ratchet, he was fun
Ratchet looks fun but I imagine he'd be more so with a Lockdown to face off with
@@Bunbiichuffn Which I also had
Animated is the only series I don't own anything from, and it's because I've had such bad luck with QC. I've owned the Takara version of Voyager Prime, Megatron, Deluxe Elite Guard Prowl and Black Rodimus and they've all come out of sealed boxes scuffed, floppy, or stuck to the point of breakage.
If ss 86 jazz is not released next year i want a AOTP animated jazz
Great video. ❤🎉
Pretty FeCkInG solid
ratchet looks like thath old man thath will beat up the bully.
Getting Ratchet as a kid is what started my hatred for fake parts
Which parts are fake?
The ambulance symbols on his shoulders are supposed to be the ones on the sides of the van
I reviewed my jazz it was fine but mine double clicks for the chest and it kinda locks into place but apart from that mines fine
I used to own the Jazz one, an idk if it was from the animated show but I owned the wasp one too
We NEED legacy versions
2 of those I really really want and one of those two I got recently
I still own my animated jazz I’m just missing his exhaust pipes
Oh man I had an animated Blackarachnia...
I accidentally broke her web gun... man.
I regret that so much.
I never buy third party stuff, not for any moral reasons, I'm just not that hardcore, but Animated was the only toyline I ever bothered to and it was for animation accurate magnet accessories for Ratchet.
Piece ❤️
actually 16 years ago (I’m as old as animated 4 days younger )
I had animated blackarachnia and my mom told me I had to throw it way because it looked too "sexy" I'll never forgive you mom!!
What was the reason why molding plastic that thick become expensive tho?
I mean i find it pretty hard to get into recent tf stuff because it feels thinner than my old collection
Because the cost of the plastic went up, manufacturing costs went up, distribution costs went up, and design costs went up. This forcing companies (in this case Hasbro) to either charge more or cut cuts somewhere to not charge as much more. Companies like Apple or Lego charge a lot more but their build quality remains the same ish. If that makes sense
@ThatToyGuy well that just sucks man. Still have my TFA Swindle and Blazing deco Lockdown, they're awesome.
Just kind of sad we wont see these kind of quality from hasbro for the time being
I just want to point out that arcee doesn't just have a windshield, she also has a butt shield. sorry but hasbroad wrote the joke for me.
If you can get your hands on the original Transformers Prime Knockout, that would be awesome. I have the Dark Energon version, but I still love the toy.
I'm as old as animated
2:07 Funnels? Gundam?
Do you loved TFA Blackarachnia?
I got the same problem lol. Got Jazz and Sentinal and want more 😂
You're not missing much with Wreck-Gar, one of Animated's few misses IMO. Grimlock is awesome though.
weird. I just sold my animated Ratchet this year.
I'm surprised you didn't give lockdowns emp gun to ratchet due to cross compatibility
Don't have lockdown unfortunately. Still one I need to track down
Hey I had that ratchet!
Love rachet
i got animated hot rod for 34 dollars and i got animated soundwave for 22
:D
Most 18 year olds are older then animated.
Damn me Arcee is nowhere to be found in europe
Can anyone help me figure out what this one action figure is it’s a Optimus prime and he has a circle thing on his back and it has a blaster at almost every angle and it’s gonna bug me for ever if I can’t figure out what it is
Beast hunters ultimate
Hey here's a suggestion for a Review, so you know how you like to collect.The bumblebee movie seekers.
You have a reviewed Skywarp So could you please review him thanks
Im choosing to believe blackarachnia was in this cause of my comment on the rodimus video, I will not be accepting counter arguments at this time.
I'm old as TF Animated
No Animated Lockdown? Bruh
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