I'm sure this will be said a million times, but for the back panel on solo hotrod mode, you can rotate the legs into place to lock them into the panel, and it avoids any and all flexing and stressing.
"He looks like he was listening to Motorhead." ... You know there's a lot of us, myself included, thay call him Lemmy Prime right? All he needs is a sweet hat to capture the look perfectly and probably that Laserbeak that transforms into a sick axe to be complete. Homage to a great right there!
@@chaoticproductions3922 Well, I mean, Hasbro didn't INTEND for it to be deep and metaphorical, they just wanted the leader to be a truck, like before. HOWEVER, it can easily be interpreted as a reference to the burden hardest to bear that Hot Rod now has to face.
Hasbro should hire you as a Brand Ambassador Because you're -this- passionate about the hobby, it is beyond any doubt anyone would do better than how layered and so much thought put in into each one of your reviews are
Rodimus Unicronus is actually one of my favorite POTP figures just for how fun it is. I skipped out on the regular Rodimus Prime one though. I felt like the half Shattered Glass half metalhead look was all I needed out of the mold.
God I remember watching your "best bots of 2018" or something video with this guy in it at like New Years Eve of that year and being shit faced drunk just impulse buying a ~60 euro toy for the shits and giggles. Not the first time one of your vids convinced me to buy Transformers lemme tell ya HWAT
I laughed so hard the first time I saw this on the shelf. Someone bought it for me, and it was the gateway back in to transformers collecting. I love how weird and bizarre he is. Thank you for the spooktakular review!
Fun fact: Rodimus Unicronus' mustache is a reference to Star Trek's episode Mirror, Mirror, in which the mirrored version of Spock rocked a handlebar mustache.
3:44 Thew: it rocking that skywarp look Me: wait did you get that figure for this halloween themed video or because it has skywarps colour scheme? Thew: ummmm........ the first thing
The most genuinely terrifying part of this Halloween video was when you briefly reminded me that the Prime Wars Trilogy web series existed. The horror! THE HORROR!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I love Nemrod, lmao. I totally agree about the actual sports vehicle mode effectively coming across as more threatening and visually impactful in the darker colour scheme; It lends a certain additional sleekness to the design which suggests a more aggressive driving style; It pairs well with high speeds and high energy, which retains the original Hot Rod/Rodimus vibe while successfully meeting the idea of a darker take on the character. (And the Winnebago mode as a hearse would have been such a great way to change the design for a darker concept while maintaining a bigger, chunkier frame... Now I wish we got that, although I'm pleased with how silly a big ol' evil Winnebago is!)
Thanks Thew. This was the entertainment I needed this morning. What a fantastic way to start off Halloween. 'Rodimus after listening to Motorhead once.' Classic. It was worth the wait.
You did it again! Gave me a sensible chuckle, while I watched your review. Awesomely done! Speaking of that mustache, I once visited a show of a German band called Moustasche. They're awesome and you should check them out! Greetings from Bas from the Netherlands!
"It's more like an upmarket garbage truck." Ooh, there's an idea. Unicron gets his hands on Hot Rod and wants to reformat him as his new emissary, so he makes him into something like a more mobile version of himself. It's not enough to simply KILL your enemies, but he has to CONSUME them as well. Devour their essence. Make them a part of YOU. All of that kibble delivery system is actually a massive trash compactor and energy converter, making Rodimus Unicronus no longer hunger for energon... but for those who stand in his way.☠
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard Macho Man's voice when I saw this silly thing. All I could hear in my head when posing him is "Oooh yeeeeeeeeah, I'm 'ere for YOUUUUUUUU, Prime!"
Before Siege and Earthrise, I was so sorely tempted by those all-encompassing nearly there POTP Leaders. This video has me thinking of hunting down the evil versions, at least.
When you made that Motörhead joke it clicked how similar to Lemmy Kilmister that look is. Black like leather, silver lines like a studded jacket, and that dashing-as-hell handlebar and mutton chop echoing Lemmy’s own look. Like seriously, I can see Rodimus ‘Cron blaring Motörhead’s version of “Hellraiser” while knocking the sprockets out of Optimus, all leading to him saying something like: “You’re enjoying this as much as I.”
5:21 - Oh hey! There you go! I've heard some people complain about Rodimus' lack of a battle station (that he always all-the-time has... and calls a BATTLE STATION!), but that works nicely, I think. lol I love my Rodimus, but getting the Hot Rod leg upgrade is definitely an improvement. Would recommend for Unicronus here.
One of my favorite pieces in my collection is the Fansproject Rodimus upgrade kit. It takes the Classics Hot Rod and turns him into a beast with the super cool trailer\weapons platform.
I ended up stumbling onto a site that does 3D printed add-ons and upgrades. They had a scythe that breaks down into a sword, and the shoulder cannons from the machinima animation for UnicRodimus. Pretty affordable too.
I'll be honest I don't own a single transformers figure. Your channel is just really fun to watch. I might start collecting some of these figures eventually.
hot rod: "if you're gonna ride, ride in style."
nemesis: "if you're gonna run, run them over."
Nemesis Prime: *And I took that personally.*
Rodimus Unicronus doesn't need to light the darkest hour.
He IS the darkest hour!!!
Oh shit that's good
@@toygrind
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! THEW SENPAI HAS NOTICED ME!!!!!
@@imperialbricks1977 Ok, you lost your cool points.
He's here to kill the light!
He darkens our lightest hour!
I am 100% down for "Turbo Hearse" as an alt mode.
When Hasbro decides to release a toy of Flatline, the whole fandoms gonna lose it.
Nemesis Hot Rod? Nah, that's Goth Rod!
Also, I call my copy of Rodimus Unicronus Lemmy, for obvious reasons ;)
Mobster Hot Rod actually
Nemesis Rod?
“Look closer Lemmy!” - Golden Optimus Prime.
Hot Rodpic
"Who's better, Rodimus Unicronis or Primus?""Rodimus!""WRONG!""Primus?""Wrong, trick question, Rodimus *is* Primus!"
"taint destroying perma-split" that's one hell of a sentence...
Ikr? 😂😂😂
"What's the baddie version of [ride in style]?"
Slam in the back of my Dragula.
Dig through the ditches and burn down the witches! I slam in the back of my DRAGULA!
I just imagined what he would say when opening his matrix
,,To drown out your brightest hour''
King of desire
"Purple, poison- type pollution plume..."
Thewlliteration at its very best.
Turns out the goatee on shattered glass rodimus is a reference to mr.spock’s evil counterpart in the Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror”
you watched the basics episode too huh?
All I can see is lobo from DC comics
How ironic that his nemesis “galvatron” is voiced by Leonard nemoy
@@pog2444yep
It's like he turns into a semi responsible goth bands tour bus.
Thew has a hoodie hung up to look scary. -calm
It moves.-panic
Its just Thew.-calm
There are two Thews.-panic
But two of Thew means twice the videos!
@@DalekTheSupreme -calm
"Its long and mean and smooth"
That is definitely what she said.
"spooky review-ky" - just over 20 seconds in, and i'm already cackling!
*sees likes*
nice
I can say my life is enriched by the phrase “taint destroying perma-split”.
Best line of this episode:
“Its not a phase mom edition” that had me laughing uproariously
I'm sure this will be said a million times, but for the back panel on solo hotrod mode, you can rotate the legs into place to lock them into the panel, and it avoids any and all flexing and stressing.
"He looks like he was listening to Motorhead."
... You know there's a lot of us, myself included, thay call him Lemmy Prime right?
All he needs is a sweet hat to capture the look perfectly and probably that Laserbeak that transforms into a sick axe to be complete.
Homage to a great right there!
There's Transformers Animated Ratbat, who turns into a Keytar. Is that close enough.
To me, the head sculpt reminds me of Rob Zombie.
I'm more Lobo Prime myself; shame he doesn't have a shotgun.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Laserbeak came first and turned into a guitar. Ratbat came with the recolor.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Huh. I've never seen that one.
Who knew the term "Turbo Hearse" would tickle me so much.
If the phrase 40 year old metalhead was an action figure:
If the phrase Thew Adams was an action figure
Lost it at "...I'm not saying that"
Jobby has "Putitinmyass," Thew has "Wankles."
I don’t get it
Maybe the trailer represents the weight of being leader being passed on to him.
Metaphysical burden of leadership representation, I like it
It also represents aging from a young cool guy into a boring middle aged blue-collar worker, replacing his sports car with a camper.
or its just a piece of junk made to sound deep and metaphorical
@@chaoticproductions3922 Well, I mean, Hasbro didn't INTEND for it to be deep and metaphorical, they just wanted the leader to be a truck, like before. HOWEVER, it can easily be interpreted as a reference to the burden hardest to bear that Hot Rod now has to face.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer You just HAD to reference that episode, eh? XD
"... that asks, what if Hot Rod owned a tarantula?"
I laughed so hard I choked on my soda. You're f****** amazing!
"I'm not saying that." Have i every told you that I love ya Thew?
7:36 A responsibili-toy.
When you become a prime you get a trailer its the rules.
3:14 "Some forgotten TH-cam clip..."
Still can't believe its been 2 years now and that show just trickled out of relevance XD
Other than the existence of this figure and character.
Hasbro should hire you as a Brand Ambassador
Because you're -this- passionate about the hobby, it is beyond any doubt anyone would do better than how layered and so much thought put in into each one of your reviews are
Brand-assador
Brandassador
When it comes to the Halloween reviews, I do miss Skele-Thew from the Terrifying Deathsaurus review. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
I JUST watched your Beast Wars Megatron review, and there's a new review ALREADY? *WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?*
I know right
It had already been announced before he did the review, so I'm guessing he chose to review it for comparison's sake next month.
I love this figure, unless they make a Shattered Glass recolor of the new studio series Hot Rod, in which case yeah this figure will be obsolete.
Rodimus Unicronus is actually one of my favorite POTP figures just for how fun it is. I skipped out on the regular Rodimus Prime one though. I felt like the half Shattered Glass half metalhead look was all I needed out of the mold.
My Unicronus' leg assembly disintegrated the next day.
"He's surprisingly heavyset" lol I'm dead
God I remember watching your "best bots of 2018" or something video with this guy in it at like New Years Eve of that year and being shit faced drunk just impulse buying a ~60 euro toy for the shits and giggles. Not the first time one of your vids convinced me to buy Transformers lemme tell ya HWAT
"Taint destroying perma-split" broke me
EDIT - "Serious face badness"....That's a mixtape name
In other words he’s trying to put his head up his ass. LOL
You legit had me at at "peace master" that's why your the best Thew, no one else can thew what thew do.
My first leader class. Was on sale. Only got my second leader class this week, a Studio Series Blackout that was also on sale.
SS Blackout was my first leader class! Cut to my Commander class Jetfire sitting on my shelf right now :')
my favorite genre of thew reviews is whenever it's basically just "this is shoddy but I love it!". never fails to make me smile.
"Look out, he's surprisingly heavy set" wow..if that ain't a mood for me right now...
I laughed so hard the first time I saw this on the shelf. Someone bought it for me, and it was the gateway back in to transformers collecting.
I love how weird and bizarre he is.
Thank you for the spooktakular review!
Fun fact: Rodimus Unicronus' mustache is a reference to Star Trek's episode Mirror, Mirror, in which the mirrored version of Spock rocked a handlebar mustache.
@@KairuHakubi He had both, iirc.
That episode was the entire point of Shattered Glass as a whole anyway
3:44
Thew: it rocking that skywarp look
Me: wait did you get that figure for this halloween themed video or because it has skywarps colour scheme?
Thew: ummmm........ the first thing
The most genuinely terrifying part of this Halloween video was when you briefly reminded me that the Prime Wars Trilogy web series existed. The horror! THE HORROR!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I love Nemrod, lmao. I totally agree about the actual sports vehicle mode effectively coming across as more threatening and visually impactful in the darker colour scheme; It lends a certain additional sleekness to the design which suggests a more aggressive driving style; It pairs well with high speeds and high energy, which retains the original Hot Rod/Rodimus vibe while successfully meeting the idea of a darker take on the character.
(And the Winnebago mode as a hearse would have been such a great way to change the design for a darker concept while maintaining a bigger, chunkier frame... Now I wish we got that, although I'm pleased with how silly a big ol' evil Winnebago is!)
this might be one of the most underrated channels on youtube
12:23 love the 4th wall break there
Nice video as always thew thanks for bring light to a dull year
2 wholesome TF reviews for Halloween? Thew, you are on fire on review making.
You're by far my favorite TF reviewer. I look forward to every video, keep it up.
Happy Halloween to you to Thew
Thanks Thew. This was the entertainment I needed this morning. What a fantastic way to start off Halloween.
'Rodimus after listening to Motorhead once.' Classic.
It was worth the wait.
@ 11:20. So, Rodimus Unicronus has his head up his...
Wait, can’t finish the line, TH-cam might burn my house down or something...
The red visor combined with the mustache really reminds of the streamer, Dr. Disrespect lol
A review so soon? You’re spoiling us Thew.
You did it again! Gave me a sensible chuckle, while I watched your review. Awesomely done!
Speaking of that mustache, I once visited a show of a German band called Moustasche. They're awesome and you should check them out!
Greetings from Bas from the Netherlands!
Two videos in one week? This is a Halloween miracle!
The head sculpt was what made me want this figure.
"Snap you like celery" ow. I mean goals
Happy Halloween Thew 🎃
"It's more like an upmarket garbage truck."
Ooh, there's an idea. Unicron gets his hands on Hot Rod and wants to reformat him as his new emissary, so he makes him into something like a more mobile version of himself. It's not enough to simply KILL your enemies, but he has to CONSUME them as well. Devour their essence. Make them a part of YOU. All of that kibble delivery system is actually a massive trash compactor and energy converter, making Rodimus Unicronus no longer hunger for energon... but for those who stand in his way.☠
One of your best. Utterly brilliant.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard Macho Man's voice when I saw this silly thing. All I could hear in my head when posing him is "Oooh yeeeeeeeeah, I'm 'ere for YOUUUUUUUU, Prime!"
You are spoiling us man, thanks so much
“What if hotrod owned a a tarantula?”
Pffffffff XD spot on as usual Thew
Rodimus Unicronus is the fig that got me back into collecting as an adult.
It took me 4 minutes to notice you matched Rodimus Unicronus' color scheme and layout with your outfit.
I bought this toy when it was available without hesitation when I saw the head sculpt, because it just reminded me of Lemmy and I had to have it.
Looks like Rodimus cosplaying as Dr Disrespect xD))))
'Taint destroying perma-split'.
I laughed so hard I started wheezing.
Can we appreciate the Hot Topic Rod joke? I appreciate the Hot Topic Rod joke.
Before Siege and Earthrise, I was so sorely tempted by those all-encompassing nearly there POTP Leaders. This video has me thinking of hunting down the evil versions, at least.
I also love this toy. I've named him Chaos Prime.
Roddy Kilmister : literal motorhead
Happy Halloween Thew!!!!
i like the idea of evil rods trailer making him a garbage truck. I can just hear him go "This time Autobots you're gonna get DUMPSTERED"
So Rodimus gaining the space winnebago is a metaphor for the responsibilities of leadership! It's taken this 40 something this long to realise that.
When you made that Motörhead joke it clicked how similar to Lemmy Kilmister that look is. Black like leather, silver lines like a studded jacket, and that dashing-as-hell handlebar and mutton chop echoing Lemmy’s own look. Like seriously, I can see Rodimus ‘Cron blaring Motörhead’s version of “Hellraiser” while knocking the sprockets out of Optimus, all leading to him saying something like: “You’re enjoying this as much as I.”
I find that having him hold a combiner hand to hold the matrix of chaos looks incredibly badass, especially when posed.
I Hope Thew Had a Great Halloween!🎃 looking forwards to see what your going to do for a Christmas special 😋
Your intro just woken up my dad in the middle of the night
Nice Scott the Woz Reference hidden there Thew
What does it look like to combine the normal hot rod with the unicronus rodimus thingy (idk what to call it) and vice versa?
Having two Thew's in this was amazing.
Glad we can share enjoyment of POTP Rodimus for being a Hot Rod who turns into a Rodimus!
The second Hot Rod elbows are so the little arms can come up over the shoulders and cover the splits. Like a huge popped collar of pipes.
"Turbo hearse" hahaha
Thew: no repaints of rodimus work. *transformers animated rodimus wants to know your location*
5:21 - Oh hey! There you go! I've heard some people complain about Rodimus' lack of a battle station (that he always all-the-time has... and calls a BATTLE STATION!), but that works nicely, I think. lol
I love my Rodimus, but getting the Hot Rod leg upgrade is definitely an improvement. Would recommend for Unicronus here.
Two Thew videos in one week, we are spoiled for sure
One of my favorite pieces in my collection is the Fansproject Rodimus upgrade kit. It takes the Classics Hot Rod and turns him into a beast with the super cool trailer\weapons platform.
I ended up stumbling onto a site that does 3D printed add-ons and upgrades. They had a scythe that breaks down into a sword, and the shoulder cannons from the machinima animation for UnicRodimus. Pretty affordable too.
I don't even like transformers but i just love how you talk about things
Never been this early for one of your reviews. I feel like I’m watching a premiere.
I thought the best cameo was when he showed up in animated... And that is also a great toy!
I had fun with the mold.
1:10 I knew this was coming and I absolutely love it!
MASTER, MASTER! Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream!!
Would you ever make a video of you building the flame toys idw prime? love the content as always.
"Transvolving" A new phrase when your friend fully transitions after HRT
Wait, Jennifer is transvolving!
Congratulations! Jennifer transvolved into Jeremy!
@@Silvershenlong you fucking rock it, Jeremy
"Upmarket garbage truck" is killing me in 2022 😭💀
I'll be honest I don't own a single transformers figure. Your channel is just really fun to watch. I might start collecting some of these figures eventually.