@@ThePlank1991 I doubt that we'll get most of them if they do plan to make more since Vos turns into a fairly realistic sniper rifle, and Kaon turns into an electric chair on tank treads, sooo yeah, probably not happening for those two
@@qtarocujoh Nickel might be good as Flame 1245 points out. And some tweaks could make the others passable. Like change the barrel of Vos' sniper rifle mode be a rail gun. And make Kaon into a taser styled tank or truck.
Tarn being “skinny” kinda works imo. After all… He’s the Decepticons own personal Boogeyman, specifically the one that terrifies them. 😈 Plus… Bludgeon retool/remold?
Eh kids have seen Tarn has "the perfect decepticon" in the Bumblebee show and if memory serves he never got a toy so this might fill the hole in those kids collections's
You're not alone - Tarn's alt mode has always struck me as "robot mode was designed first", even in the comics. I've never particularly liked it, since it's more or less a brick with treads and guns randomly slapped on it in a way that doesn't look like it's actually functional. Then again, it is a faithful adaptation of the comics design to plastic, so if you like the character it'll be all good.
They were likely never designed to be sensible alt-modes for action figures. So while awkward that it pulled it off with Tarn and still made the robot mode look that damn good, I'll accept it.
@@jgvillan01 even as someone who didn't grow up with g1, soundwave has always been *the* poster boy of the decepticons to me. He is mr. Decepticon. Tarn does admittedly look awesome and did gruesome things but cassette boy all the way.
@@magnolia549 That's kind of Tarn's deal. He's basically a massive nerd larping as a cool badass Decepticon. Even when his former hero is telling him to let go and move on, he can't, because being a Decepticon is his entire identity. Without the Decepticons, there is no Tarn. And well, that kind of identity crisis mixed with a sociopathic murderer usually doesn't end well.
IDK I think Tarn is an evil looking enough figure on his own that people who aren't familiar w him still might pick him up, at least until Bludgeon hits the shelves.
I haven't read IDW outside of Last Stand of the Wreckers and a few random issues. This figure looks really cool especially with the purple/black/grey/gold color scheme and the Decepticon insignia mask. It has minimal hollowness, opening hands, multiple weapon configurations, and light piping. My only gripes are the visible hands plainly jutting out the back of the tank and no real rolling wheels in the tread sections. I like that the tank is not an "H" tank like so many "cybertronian" alt modes. I can't wait to get him.
He looks cool but definitely could use a little more mass, just for intimidation factor. In this case, while many of us want a clean looking minimal backpack, when we finally get one here, now we're asking for a little more lol. i dont recall how tall he was in the comics but maybe making him a leader class wouldve been better? Or what we call a leader class now, which is voyager +.
Just found this guy today (And Minerva in the wild, gasp). Robot mode is by far the best part of the figure, and it's stellar. Vehicle mode is a thing. But considering the weird nature of the DJD it works fairly well. I prefer doing his cannons individually on each arm, or over his shoulders, to avoid the weigh-down issues.
I think you had it bad with the QC issues, since my copy didn't have those issues, aside from the slightly loose hip joints. The back guns never popped off on mine and the cannons on tank mode attach nicely.
I'm finding it's getting harder to find figures in stores. It seems like online retailers like bigbadtoystore is the best place to get figures these days, the only downside is having to wait for them to arrive. My newest purchase from Walmart was studio series bumblebee movie Ironhide, speaking of transformers, it seems like Hasbro is abandoning the no plastic in their packaging, because I saw in some of the new legacy packaging there is a plastic window, maybe Hasbro realized figures were either being damaged in transit, or reports of damage in stores.
1:11 Flat-Megatron; Am I a joke to you?! (If you want to include him, of course.) 11:31 Nice pun. For me, his tank mode looks nice especially the threads. We rarely get to see this kind of design in any other Transformers (?)... besides Shockwave.
With a name like Tarn I expecting a guy wielding a massive great axe and speaking like Arnold from the 1st Conan movie. LOL With all kidding aside the only complaint I would have is the QC issues too. Nothing should be that loose or pop off like that
I got this yesterday for my birthday. Thoroughly enjoy it with my only issue just being his arms falling inward while having his canons on. It’s annoying but I do find ways to balance it. I had chose Tarn over Lio Convoy but do plan to get him later thankfully found both at my Target seeing as they’d be the only ones I’d get out of their wave.
Normally I would only get one of the bigger figures at a time, but with how dry it's been here for -anything- new and I've always wanted a Lio Convoy who wasn't super huge compared to everyone else I had to grab both. Who knows when I'll get back into the bigger city this time of year.
I wish this guy was a shelf warmer, this vid came out 4 months ago and I haven’t seen this figure in stores at all, but I can find the wave 2 voyagers and leo prime just fine
Great opinions! A so-so figure that will be forgotten quickly. Wish the 'tank'had rollers. Hope the upcoming retool, Bludgeon, will fare better. Stay awesome, old timer!
Where can you get the MMC Kultur, or this? I would like to have that figure and the Walmart multi pack figure as coleaders of perfect Decepticons, which will be represented by this figure.
In my experience, the inward elbow joints are loose on mine. This gets really irritating when Im trying to put him into aiming poses. Still a bangin figure
The vehicle mode should always be the base for making a Transformer. It in the name. Thats my problem with most of the future vehicles that arent based on real vehicles.
This is pretty much my only 100% gotta-get figure currently. I don't care much for beast wars stuff, but IDW? OOooh, boy that's my jam. I've been eyeing the third party DJD stuff on eBay forever, but they've been hard to find and too expensive… I just hope this figure makes it to my country, so I don't have to pay scalper prices on eBay. Not aying I won't if I that's the only option, I just… hope I won't have to.
To me, given how thin and compact he is. I think the design would better suit a Megatron-based, army builder drone. Beast Machines style. Aside from that, I can't look at that altmode and not see the retool potential for G2 Omega Spreem.
the main reason I bought this was to get him super thick with every weaponizer I have. when u said there QC issue and its really loose I got scared of what mine will be when it arrives
A fix ive figured out if the backwards and forwards motion on the legs is loose and only if the waist has a screw that you can open up is to go in and paint the friction parts and let it dry or cover them in a light layer of superglue and left them dry but also the inside of where they fit. It helps with solidity in the long run same with the arms if they're on mushroom pegs.
I love the look of this figure. He looks so badass in both Robot 🤖 and tank modes. Hopefully he gets to come to my country New Zealand toy stores, so I can grab him
It's because with tankformers It's hard to have the actual treads work (depending on the transformation), so they use fake wheels so you can still roll it
@@Ryozenflame I assume those are just meant to keep the paint on his chest from scraping by elevating the toy enough above a surface where those fake wheels are the only parts that make contact.
Bad QC rears its ugly head again. The "flatness", design shortcuts in vehicle mode, and low overall mass are troubling, but I think this is the new normal. Hasbro took a sizeable staff and budget cut in 2022 in their efforts to restructure. It is what it is, and people will have to weigh the inconsistent quality of mainstream toys vs high cost and unreliable release schedule of 3rd party (with the political unrest occurring overseas).
Don't worry, I feel much the same about this figure. The robot mode does look a bit skinnier than most modern voyagers, and while it's very accurate, I'm not a huge fan of the tank mode either. It just looks like a bunch of kibble with guns strapped on top. Otherwise, robot mode at least turned out great!
Went all the way to my nearest Smyths the other day to get this guy. Annoyingly they had ALL of wave 4 EXCEPT Tarn. There wasn't even a price marker for him unlike the others. Needless to say i was frustrated but at least i'd found Galaxy Shuttle in GAME a hour beforehand for £25.
I wonder if this is because of his popularity he's got from the comics. The DJD were EVIL, even by Decepticon standards, in non-kid friendly way and I'd be surprised if H do any other figures from that group.
this Tarn was obviously reverse engineered from the MMC R-19 Kultur piece back in the 2017. same build, same "slim"-ness.. heck, when the video started i thought "Kultur made by Hasbro"
I think we're just getting too many Decepticons that turn into tanks. That being said, I think the only issue with this Tarn is that I wish he were a little more bulky
Look dude You don't have to know why you dont like the tank mode. You don't have to to like it either. And you don't have to justify yourself. You just don't like it. Period. I dont either. People gush over him, but i'm more in the MEH clan. thanks for the review
Probably the only member of the DJD(Decepticon Justice Division) that'll ever get an official Hasbro toy.
Well possibly nickel would be a cool(and safe) choice for a core class figure
the fact we have Tarn tells me the others could be on the way
@@ThePlank1991 I doubt that we'll get most of them if they do plan to make more since Vos turns into a fairly realistic sniper rifle, and Kaon turns into an electric chair on tank treads, sooo yeah, probably not happening for those two
Well if they made the eletric chair guy turn into a dentist chair instead we might. LOL
@@qtarocujoh Nickel might be good as Flame 1245 points out. And some tweaks could make the others passable. Like change the barrel of Vos' sniper rifle mode be a rail gun. And make Kaon into a taser styled tank or truck.
Tarn being “skinny” kinda works imo. After all… He’s the Decepticons own personal Boogeyman, specifically the one that terrifies them. 😈 Plus… Bludgeon retool/remold?
Eh kids have seen Tarn has "the perfect decepticon" in the Bumblebee show and if memory serves he never got a toy so this might fill the hole in those kids collections's
You're not alone - Tarn's alt mode has always struck me as "robot mode was designed first", even in the comics. I've never particularly liked it, since it's more or less a brick with treads and guns randomly slapped on it in a way that doesn't look like it's actually functional. Then again, it is a faithful adaptation of the comics design to plastic, so if you like the character it'll be all good.
They were likely never designed to be sensible alt-modes for action figures. So while awkward that it pulled it off with Tarn and still made the robot mode look that damn good, I'll accept it.
Me being a kid from the '80s. If I wanted a Decepticon with a Decepticon face, I'd pick up Soundwave.
@@jgvillan01 even as someone who didn't grow up with g1, soundwave has always been *the* poster boy of the decepticons to me. He is mr. Decepticon. Tarn does admittedly look awesome and did gruesome things but cassette boy all the way.
@@magnolia549 That's kind of Tarn's deal. He's basically a massive nerd larping as a cool badass Decepticon. Even when his former hero is telling him to let go and move on, he can't, because being a Decepticon is his entire identity. Without the Decepticons, there is no Tarn. And well, that kind of identity crisis mixed with a sociopathic murderer usually doesn't end well.
IDK I think Tarn is an evil looking enough figure on his own that people who aren't familiar w him still might pick him up, at least until Bludgeon hits the shelves.
I mean he’s already sold out on HasbroPulse, so he’s definitely making Hasbro some fast money.
I haven't read IDW outside of Last Stand of the Wreckers and a few random issues. This figure looks really cool especially with the purple/black/grey/gold color scheme and the Decepticon insignia mask. It has minimal hollowness, opening hands, multiple weapon configurations, and light piping. My only gripes are the visible hands plainly jutting out the back of the tank and no real rolling wheels in the tread sections. I like that the tank is not an "H" tank like so many "cybertronian" alt modes. I can't wait to get him.
I've always liked his design so it's a must-buy for me
He looks cool but definitely could use a little more mass, just for intimidation factor. In this case, while many of us want a clean looking minimal backpack, when we finally get one here, now we're asking for a little more lol. i dont recall how tall he was in the comics but maybe making him a leader class wouldve been better? Or what we call a leader class now, which is voyager +.
If I remember correctly, he was just a head shorter than Megatron.
Just found this guy today (And Minerva in the wild, gasp). Robot mode is by far the best part of the figure, and it's stellar. Vehicle mode is a thing. But considering the weird nature of the DJD it works fairly well. I prefer doing his cannons individually on each arm, or over his shoulders, to avoid the weigh-down issues.
I think more praise should be put on the fact that Tarn has close to no gaps in the limbs and whatnot, and even those are minimal.
I think you had it bad with the QC issues, since my copy didn't have those issues, aside from the slightly loose hip joints. The back guns never popped off on mine and the cannons on tank mode attach nicely.
I know what you mean with the feel of the figure. He feels more like a normal action figure than a transformer, do to his proportions.
I'm finding it's getting harder to find figures in stores. It seems like online retailers like bigbadtoystore is the best place to get figures these days, the only downside is having to wait for them to arrive. My newest purchase from Walmart was studio series bumblebee movie Ironhide, speaking of transformers, it seems like Hasbro is abandoning the no plastic in their packaging, because I saw in some of the new legacy packaging there is a plastic window, maybe Hasbro realized figures were either being damaged in transit, or reports of damage in stores.
Nah. They are saving money and since you can't see the figure there been cases of bad quality control on the toys.
@@Directo13 I don't think you understand what I'm saying. I just saw some legacy packaging with plastic windows. Whereas before the figure was exposed
@@scottsummers5994 oh sorry my mistake. Maybe Hasbro been hearing the customers complaints.
Hey baltmatrix, glad to hear in your voice that you are recovering from COVID, you sound a lot better than in your previous videos
The only figures that have clear plastic in their packages were the Walmart exclusive beasties (Night Prowler, Sky wasp and so on)
1:11 Flat-Megatron; Am I a joke to you?! (If you want to include him, of course.)
11:31 Nice pun.
For me, his tank mode looks nice especially the threads. We rarely get to see this kind of design in any other Transformers (?)... besides Shockwave.
They did say the DJD members will be added, but probably very soon.
Other than that he's going to be a remold of Bludgeon but mixing IDW and G1 maybe?
If done right then it would be cool
I hope so. I'd like a shot at an IDW-esque Bludgeon.
With a name like Tarn I expecting a guy wielding a massive great axe and speaking like Arnold from the 1st Conan movie. LOL
With all kidding aside the only complaint I would have is the QC issues too. Nothing should be that loose or pop off like that
Well gosh darn, That's some good Tarn.
I got this yesterday for my birthday. Thoroughly enjoy it with my only issue just being his arms falling inward while having his canons on. It’s annoying but I do find ways to balance it. I had chose Tarn over Lio Convoy but do plan to get him later thankfully found both at my Target seeing as they’d be the only ones I’d get out of their wave.
Normally I would only get one of the bigger figures at a time, but with how dry it's been here for -anything- new and I've always wanted a Lio Convoy who wasn't super huge compared to everyone else I had to grab both. Who knows when I'll get back into the bigger city this time of year.
I found it in my mall one month early For only 40 bucks
Immediately grabbed him
I like the thinness, nice when they don’t have a big backpack mode.
Cool toy, love the gundam reference 👍, probably gonna get this guy, I like tank formers
I wish this guy was a shelf warmer, this vid came out 4 months ago and I haven’t seen this figure in stores at all, but I can find the wave 2 voyagers and leo prime just fine
I expect the upcoming Bludgeon will be remolded from Tarn.
I feel they should’ve remolded the blitzwing mode. Take out the triple changer gimmick and remold the tank mode. The thickness would’ve worked.
Great opinions!
A so-so figure that will be forgotten quickly. Wish the 'tank'had rollers.
Hope the upcoming retool, Bludgeon, will fare better.
Stay awesome, old timer!
Where can you get the MMC Kultur, or this? I would like to have that figure and the Walmart multi pack figure as coleaders of perfect Decepticons, which will be represented by this figure.
I’m so glad I was able to grab him and Leo Prime at my local target. Absolutely love Tarn’s robot mode.
In my experience, the inward elbow joints are loose on mine. This gets really irritating when Im trying to put him into aiming poses. Still a bangin figure
Tarn, Shockwave, and Soundwave are by far my favorite transformers.
The vehicle mode should always be the base for making a Transformer. It in the name. Thats my problem with most of the future vehicles that arent based on real vehicles.
This is pretty much my only 100% gotta-get figure currently. I don't care much for beast wars stuff, but IDW? OOooh, boy that's my jam. I've been eyeing the third party DJD stuff on eBay forever, but they've been hard to find and too expensive… I just hope this figure makes it to my country, so I don't have to pay scalper prices on eBay. Not aying I won't if I that's the only option, I just… hope I won't have to.
Crazy how you have, reviewed, and edited a video for tarn before any of the stores around me have wave 2
12:34 tarn wasn’t a shelf warmer there weren’t even any copies in my region lio convoy was the shelfwarmer
The only one I could find at target broke on me as soon as I went to transform it into tank mode a second time.
I don’t know why but when I hear the noice when the knees popped for the transformation, it sounded like knuckles/knees cracking.
To me, given how thin and compact he is. I think the design would better suit a Megatron-based, army builder drone. Beast Machines style. Aside from that, I can't look at that altmode and not see the retool potential for G2 Omega Spreem.
Funny, mine has the same exact problem at least on the lower half of the body. So much for being the leader of the DJD.
I really wish this figure had wheels
This figure is the reason why I like the comics even though I don’t have this figure
the main reason I bought this was to get him super thick with every weaponizer I have. when u said there QC issue and its really loose I got scared of what mine will be when it arrives
A fix ive figured out if the backwards and forwards motion on the legs is loose and only if the waist has a screw that you can open up is to go in and paint the friction parts and let it dry or cover them in a light layer of superglue and left them dry but also the inside of where they fit. It helps with solidity in the long run same with the arms if they're on mushroom pegs.
So happy I can go to the store and get him. Love this figure
You want to know something I haven’t seen any deluxe Wave 2 or 3 of Legacy in any of the stores near me and it sucks
I love the look of this figure. He looks so badass in both Robot 🤖 and tank modes. Hopefully he gets to come to my country New Zealand toy stores, so I can grab him
I love the figure but why does it have fake molded wheels I don’t get it
It's because with tankformers It's hard to have the actual treads work (depending on the transformation), so they use fake wheels so you can still roll it
@@razorshark6790 yeah that’s true but I’m referring it’s the fact that those wheels don’t roll they are just molded those are fake wheels
@@Ryozenflame I assume those are just meant to keep the paint on his chest from scraping by elevating the toy enough above a surface where those fake wheels are the only parts that make contact.
@@Ryozenflame oh I didn't notice they were molded in, that's pretty weird
Those two back cannons are supposed come off. He can use them as a pair of billy clubs
"I don't like the tank mode"
*ARGLE BARGLE RAZZLE FRAZZLE*
Bad QC rears its ugly head again. The "flatness", design shortcuts in vehicle mode, and low overall mass are troubling, but I think this is the new normal. Hasbro took a sizeable staff and budget cut in 2022 in their efforts to restructure. It is what it is, and people will have to weigh the inconsistent quality of mainstream toys vs high cost and unreliable release schedule of 3rd party (with the political unrest occurring overseas).
I definitely see someone putting Legacy Tarn with the Furai model IDW Optimus Prime and Megatron
I passed on Tarn (and also Hot Shot) from this first wave of Evolution. I might get the Bludgeon retool in the future though
I can't wait for mine. Still in preorder purgatory but one day
Don't worry, I feel much the same about this figure. The robot mode does look a bit skinnier than most modern voyagers, and while it's very accurate, I'm not a huge fan of the tank mode either. It just looks like a bunch of kibble with guns strapped on top. Otherwise, robot mode at least turned out great!
Went all the way to my nearest Smyths the other day to get this guy. Annoyingly they had ALL of wave 4 EXCEPT Tarn. There wasn't even a price marker for him unlike the others. Needless to say i was frustrated but at least i'd found Galaxy Shuttle in GAME a hour beforehand for £25.
it would be a miracle if we get all the members of the DJD as toys.
Tarn is my favorite deception behind soundwave and I love Leo prime except for that lion head hopefully Leo nemesis has a retooled head
I’m SO excited to get this dude!
great job about Transformers Legacy Evolution Deluxe Class Cosmic Universe Tarn from Decepticon Justice Division AKA DJD
Voyager class*
I wonder if this is because of his popularity he's got from the comics. The DJD were EVIL, even by Decepticon standards, in non-kid friendly way and I'd be surprised if H do any other figures from that group.
this Tarn was obviously reverse engineered from the MMC R-19 Kultur piece back in the 2017. same build, same "slim"-ness.. heck, when the video started i thought "Kultur made by Hasbro"
The day Tarn becomes a shelve former is the day I buy a hat just to eat it.
Shelfwarmer, not Shell-former
@@AztecCroc I said shelve former, not shell-former. If you are going to correct me and least have my mistake be correct.
@@lightdragoon88 How dare he imply you meant a think that actually makes sense.
I think we're just getting too many Decepticons that turn into tanks.
That being said, I think the only issue with this Tarn is that I wish he were a little more bulky
I love the robot design here, and I have him in my pile of loot at bbts, but there are too many deception tanks.
I wish tarn was a jetski.
Tarn look awesome
Personally I feel like this is proof that IDW's designs were NOT designed with transformation in mind.
The art itself is plenty proof.
I just got Jiaxus today!!!
I agree on the alt-mode. It has a real Multimac vibe, which feels jarring and out of place somehow. Not knocking Multimac, though - never.
FOC Grimlock:"IDW Tarn VS ROTB Scourge!"
Tesshō Genda:"Nani?"❓️😕❓️(What)
Tarn is on my wish list
Kibble? I definitely wouldn't class those shoulders as kibble as his shoulders are triple stacked in the comics and the front has none.
who is tarn? The first decepticon?
I wish Scourge looked like this in rotb
Ahh Tarn, started off as a badass, ended up jobbing to megatron just to prop up his face turn, what an absolute waste of a character....standard IDW.
*I hope that we get the rest of the D.J.D.*
I will be picking up tarn
Kitty prime I love that
Decepticon
New band name: Torn on Tarn.
Jobby would love this figure
Because of the waist swivel
Look dude
You don't have to know why you dont like the tank mode.
You don't have to to like it either.
And you don't have to justify yourself.
You just don't like it. Period.
I dont either. People gush over him, but i'm more in the MEH clan.
thanks for the review
5:00
hes so thin and humanish cause thats jist how MTMTE was drawn
And no legacy evolution breakdown 😭😭😭😭
Idw is cool 😎
WAIT
Kittymus prime
I don't know this character...
I have never had sex, but this figure is kinda close I think.
Pass
TARNK
DJD?
Pancake Man. Hard pass.
Face