I Figured Out Why Legacy Blitzwing Has a D**k | Transformers Legacy Blitzwing Theory & Analysis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, we examine Blitzwing's impressively purple peepee and uncover untold truths about the original G1 design.
Show Notes:
Man, what a mess this video was.
When I snapped up a Legacy Blitzwing from Wally World a few weeks ago, I was absolutely excited but also felt incredibly pressured to start making the review about him.
I had some jokes ready in mind but was generally planning on going in with an open mind and possibly even defending it in some way. Until, as I note in the video, I came around to an altogether different perspective on this figure.
However the issue became how to present this information. Now typically, I have a loose formula for how to structure these videos, but something about it wasn't geling super well. I couldn't make the connection between the review proper and the info heavy dump that eventually became this video.
And that really stressed me out because it felt like the clock was ticking and I was gonna disappoint everyone by having a late video.
So I decided to just take the new info and concoct this video from it. This is probably for the best because it eases the issues I was having with the writing process as well as keeping the door open for future coverage about the figure.
But honestly, I don't think I'll review Blitzwing at this point. I think I covered most everything I wanted to say about him in this video, so unless a really dramatically different repaint or retool comes out, that's that for this mold unfortunely.
That said, I wish I had covered just how confusing this design is, because the more you look at the minutiae of the details the more strange and confusing the choices become. It really seems like whoever designed this figure either didn't know anything about the character or was taking the piss out of everyone.
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It’s actually meant to assert dominance on the battlefield and scare enemies into submission
I’m scared myself 😱
Having Jet Thrusters in front of the tank is use humans using 20% of our brain. Those thrusters would not be able to help a tank traveling on tracks go any faster, so why not use them as forward facing flamethrowers instead?
Aw yeah, that’s the real purpose! I can’t believe I didn’t think about that
Its a transforming alien fantasy robot. Ofc those thrusters can boost him forward. Having the thrusters in the back is 50% brainpower. And the COCKpit is just a sign of him being an absolute chad having no regard for autobots around him
@@Gei4Mei Well technically irl the m1 Abrams has a turbine engine so it close.
the thing about humans using 10% of their brain is not true I know I might be overreacting but pseudoscience has got people killed in recent history look at the anti- vaccination
Jet fuel.
This is what happens when G1 accuracy is implemented waaaaaay too much in the modern figures, you get errors like Blitzwing's tank wrong. Also weirdly enough Chris Mcfeely never mentioned the mistake.
Like my example in the video, it’s usually fine but the designers shouldn’t use it as a crutch and then not research the character too
I always knew bringing back G1 was a mistake...
Good thing tho that I was still a Beast Wars fan till' the very end since Rise of the Beasts is coming next year lol.
@@kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 We need more G2
@@speedeater500gamingchannel5 That too.
@@speedeater500gamingchannel5 I'd like a year or so of Generations dedicated to "G1.5" with all the Euro characters in their glorious neon windshielded light piped beauty! Could easily do Selects Machine Wars repaints too. I'd be so broke, but so happy. 😁
This mistake reminds me a lot of the scene in New Hope where the Stormtrooper hit his head on the door. The original cut never had a bonk noise and subsequent special editions of the film added in the sound effect to the scene. I think it's just kind of funny how artists and creators embrace these kinds of mistakes decades later. I feel like gives more personality
I think things like that are a little more innocuous than this, cause he’s actively made worse by this 🤔
@@Gei4Mei I guess I prefer it looking as stupid as it does. Sure it'd be better to make a more coherent design but this 🍆 makes it funnier lol.
It’s only weird if you make it weird
According to all known laws of aviation, there' no way the Blitzwing jet should be able to fly. Its tiny wings are too small to get its fat little kibble off the ground. The triple changer of course flies (or stays primarily in robot mode) anyway because Decepticons don't care what humans think are aesthetically unappealing.
Its funny, he’d be more acceptable if he were a spaceship I feel
STOPPPP OMGGGG 🤣
I love it
Blitzwing is suppose to transform into a mig-31 so he takes the russian philosophy of aviation, which is that anything can fly if you put big enough thrusters on it.
@@404cp To be fair, that's what the F-4 Phantom II was as well.
I feel like im the only one that actually likes the tankock. Makes the tank mode look like this giant scifi tank that like 100 people could fit in.
Thats true, and I sort of imagine thats what their intention was. But it is supposed to be based off a real tank too
I always thought if there was a pilot he could just stay in the cockpit in both modes
The only problem I have with the nose cone on the tank mode is that it sticks out a bit too much for my liking. Even in the G1 cartoon and mistransformed toy it didn’t stick out that much. If it had a way to collapse in just a bit more, I wouldn’t have minded it. But it doesn’t....
The junk under the jet mode is pretty inexcusable no matter how you look at it though.
Yes it is, hes just really goofy all around
Not to mention it feels like it extends out further in tank mode than jet mode
As I pointed out, you know what's even worse about the jet under wing junk? Take a look at the shape of the folded treads. Now take a look at both the show model and the original toy. Doesn't it look like Legacy's jet junk is facing the wrong way, the angled side facing the back than the front? If you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.
If it could flip around, the angle would face forwarda nd at least be more in line with the shape of the wings AND THUS be MORE toon accurate.
Now, I wonder where they could have gotten the extra parts to make the rotation joints on those tank hinges possible....
Maybe fan transformation can fix it who knows I stopped buying toys years ago sold my transformer toys yeah it’s hard sell transformer toys regardless what they g1 other series hard find sellers buy them mint in box or loose complete don’t matter
The "humans only use 10% of their brain" thing is a myth. Next thing you know, we're gonna make androids that use 10% of their brains to be accurate to a mistake!
You are become Hasbro, the destroyer of worlds.
Good video though. Had conspiracy wall vibes, but in a good way.
Oh I know, its just for the joke lol
I was gonna lean into a sort of Unsolved Mysteries kind of thing, but that seemed too goofy
@@Gei4Mei that's best saved for anything related to Ultra Magnus. Those, he can deal with at any time.
That conk pit is impressive, though he might want to see a doctor about those red spots
Yeah, I have that concern as well
Personally, I kinda like the G1 aesthetic, but dont care for G1 accuracy. Specially in cases like Blitzwing.
Its a fine line, they should always make improvements whenever possible
It's crazy that the titans return figure actually got the jet boosters right
TR did everything just a little better
Still think 2013 Generations was the best one. @@Gei4Mei
This is like how the cone heads were originally meant to be like the rest of the seekers but the photos used for concept art had them missed transformed and now it doesn’t look right if the cone heads don’t have a jet tip on the top of there heads
Oh yeah lol cause they’re just regular Starscream repaints. But it makes them unique so I like it
IIRC, the Coneheads were deliberately mis-transformed in an attempt to make them look different from Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker.
I feel like they should’ve used more elements from Blitzwing’s Animated incarnation. Yeah the tank and jet modes still look silly but not in the same way as he does here.
They should always defer to Animated
Honestly I wasn’t expecting such a fascinating theory clicking on a tf toy review lmao
I try to be interesting lol
Here's the funny thing about them trying to be toon accurate, even forgetting that the entire problem is that the cartoon was wrong to begin with.
They didn't even fully succeed at it. They tooned so hard they actually failed at it.
The jet, for example.
Take a loot at the shape of the tank bulk beneath the wings. If they could only rotate 90 or flip 180, they'd be more in line with the shape of the wings, and therefore at least look more like the shape of the toon model's under-wing junk.
It'd still be a horrendous mess of kibble, but at least there was more effort to match the onscreen design that otherwise people are using to justify both it and the tank COCKpit.
For the cockpit itself, the toon model is actually not bad about it and kinda cool. But as already repeated before, it sticks out too much. Furthermore, the head is so visible.
Maybe the hands could have been sacrificed for a few double hinges that allowed the cockpit to collapse further into the tank and the tank treads' folded shape to be more in line with the toon model.
I don't doubt that the toy is good, but I still have to question for myself if it's worth the $70-80 he's going for.
Especially after I just got LG59 last year in case I wouldn't like Legacy Blitzwing.
I wouldn’t recommend him at full price and I just love TR Blitz so much so I’d stick with him
@@Gei4Mei glad then I got LG59 for about $50 last year, and I still enjoy him!
He’s one of the LG figures I want the most ngl
@@Gei4Mei WELP! Fast forward to Feb 2024, and I caved, though only because I managed to get one brand new for $34. And, you know what, for that price, barring the need to sand down the tabs for the leg extensions and the ones holding the arms in tank/robot mode, I feel quite a bit less remorse than I did Astrotrain..
Honestly, the modes no longer bother me as much. My imagination is straining (because it isn't being used for....other...things. We speak the same cultured language, you know what I mean by that), but I AM able to cope.
- just imagined the jet as not a terrestrial jet, but a flying space tank in the vein of the Mega Winger from Power Rangers In Space (Silver Ranger's Zord).
- for the tank dongus...when I extended the nosecone tip as the first step, I got struck with a good idea. That isn't a COCKpit, that's another more awesome penetrating phallic symbol: A DRILL! YEP! Blitzwing's tank mode now has a drill tank configuration!!!
Am gonna miss the robot height, but...eh, I'll be ok. He's actually frustrating me a bit less tan the TR mold, coz, admittedly, he was starting to feel unwieldy. Especially being unable to keep the Titan Master in one compartment between alt modes.
Can send some pics of the "drill tank" and the "cope space jet" ideas on Twitter.
"A legacy built on lies" reminds me of Megatrons helmet & angry eyebrows.
Someone else mentioned this but I never heard of this before
@@Gei4Mei Thew brought it up in his G1 Megatron review. Basically if you look at the original toy and ignore the show he has this kinda 3 pronged crown helmet like Galvatron, but the TV Design incorporated the gun kibble around the head to make his classic style helmet with the crown becoming his forehead and the negative space becoming the "Angry Eyebrows" you see on all his G1 inspired looks.
I don't know if anyone has yet pointed out, but great job addressing this figure from an art-world standpoint/perspective. It's a refreshing direction for a toy-review video, not typically seen or heard.
By your usage of wordage, and exercised knowledge of art-logistics, I'd imagine you're versed in artistry...
....particularly painting or illustration, perhaps
Nope lol, but I had a friend who is a model painter give me some information
@@Gei4Mei Nice. ^_^ Articulate video, nonetheless. Nicely done.
Titans Return Blitzwing has the thrusters facing forward in tank mode, and less kibble under the jet wings too. Sure the new one has a better bot mode, but if all you crave is a robot, wait and see if Hasbro do a R.E.D. version.
RED Blitzwing will only be acceptable if he has the tank cannon in the back of his head too
I just wish the TR Blitzwing hadn't been made into a Headmaster, as well. The damnable thing is, all those Triple-Changer Headmasters have push-buttons to deploy their spring-loaded "shoulder pylons," so why couldn't they have just done that with a pop-up noggin? Baffling.
Too bad RED is such a terrible line. Cheap, gummy plastic that is prone to warping. Sculpts are generally fine but the materials are rubbish.
As much as people like to shit on Blitzwing's alt modes, I feel like it gives him more character. He's supposed to be this military juggernaut, so if he were just some perfectly slimmed down jet that was also a tank it wouldn't give him the heft he requires to look intimidating. If that weren't a fighter jet and were instead some other form of military aircraft, that'd look like something I wouldn't wanna fuck with in the sky. The cock-pit also gives the tank a neat vibe that makes it look sort of futuristic, as well as the thrusters at the back.
I like this interpretation. I could believe that’s what they were going for
you said everything! which unfortunately is far from the only case of ''the cartoon did something stupid but we'll be stuck with it till the end of everything'', except for Frenzy being red and rumble blue apparently 🤔
FRENZY IS BLUE!
@@Gei4Mei see? that's the opposite of the cartoon 😂 because it's something the cartoon got ''wrong'' and got corrected, but then we still get Blitzwing's dingdong because ''the cartoon is so perfect let's just copy it''
@@Alzeal07 There's a reason I always use sarcastic quotation marks when I talk about something being cartoon-"accurate." RIRFIB!
Whether you like it or not, I got one today and it's super fun to transform between his 3 modes.
He is tho 🤔
The Legacy Toy was designed by the lead masterpiece designer. It’s unequivocally meant to be G1 in its design, warts and all. There has already been three other modern voyager figures that have taken different routes with the deign, there was no need for another.
That’s kind of pathetic actually
Help me out here. We had the generations BW that was just awful. The TR version was a little better but the jet modes floppy wings and skimpy seat in tank mode for the titan master made it crappy. Not counting the legacy BW that's only two previous voyager class figures. Where is this third one? I for one admit the new Blitzwing isn't perfect but honestly you're never going to get one.
G1 accuracy to a fault. How can anything be totally G1 accurate when the show itself was incredibly inconsistent? That's why, to me, most G1 fans love the IDEA of the design of these characters, not the objective designs themselves, because they were too I consistent to have one definitive idea of the character. Which is why G1 can be revisited so many times. It's also why some love MP44 over MP10 and vice versa; both of them represent a perspective on the idea of G1 Optimus, but both are G1 accurate.
TL;DR: It's very silly to fight over details and shapes when the source material was laughably inconsistent. Let's enjoy our own ideas of who these characters are and enjoy the figures that best represent our perspectives.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Sadly, the true "source materials" are often glossed over amongst many Geewunners, and designers attempting to cater to that crowd.......typically referencing the [inconsistent & flawed] cartoon show as the "bible" for "G1 Accuracy".
This, in itself, to me, is arguably laughable and disappointing, at the same time.
@@DPXEntertainment Like copying a piece of art. You could replicate it perfectly to the smallest detail...but it will still seem like a lifeless forgery.
I actually like how Blitzwing's jet mode is different. Basically a jet biplane. The nub at the front in the cartoon never really bothered me since chalked it up as a consequence of the triple transformation. It's just that the toy doesn't make the cockpit as flush with the body as the cartoon.
I kind of like that idea, like picking two alt modes inherently causes excess kibble to appear
@@Gei4Mei Yeah it's a recurring thing with triple changers in general. Most of the G1 toys with just one alt mode were either highly simplistic or had all the kibble on the bot. So making one with two alt modes with the engineering they had back then, and make it look passable was a minor miracle. Even now it's hard to make triple changer figures that don't show obvious parts of the opposite alt mode. Though, I now consider it endearing when an alt mode has vestigial bits of the other alt mode.
You should do more videos like this. I'd love to see a video about how Megatrons helmet wasn't intended to be a helmet and he actually has a crown
A couple people have mentioned that, I’d have to research it
@@Gei4Meiany update on Megatron's crown?
No way I'm buying the purple peened tankburger at RRP. I love the LG one, even if he is a Headmaster. Will have to see Legacy Blitz at beefy reductions ot seduce me to the dark side.
Nicely informative video, btw. Good work!
Thank u. I think he’d be worth it on sale just for the robot mode, so I’d consider it
@@Gei4Mei Yeah, same. I don't hate it, just don't like it enough to justify £50+ for it.
This has the same eye opening red pill vibes as Thew's dissertation of Megatron's angry eyebrows being a lie made to cover up the G1 toy's kibble helmet and actual crown head design
Now I can't unsee this FUCK
We are cursed with knowledge
Alright I gotta say it, I loved your channel. It's fun to watch, the jokes are pretty good, the usage of nendoroids in the middle of the footage is cute and the overall quality of the reviews is AMAZING! Came for the Transformers but I'm gonna stay for all your content! Hope you'll be able to grow your channel and fast!
“Having a jet powered tank sounds pretty cool!”
Fun fact, that’s actually how the M1A1 Abrams is powered. It’s a jet turbine engine
A lot of people have mentioned it lmao 😂 making this video has been very informative for me
Finally a new refreshing type of transformer reviewer.
I’m a genetic freak and I’m not normal
Bro your in depth analysis and presentation are top of the pops. Lucken Fegend bro.
Me who watches top of the pops "I get that reference"
Yeah the robot mode looks good but the other two modes look goofy. Like the nose cone, fine it's "g1 accurate" so it's good for that design, and even though it's ugly it is accurate and that's what the figure is going for. Even though I think it makes the toy a whole lot worse fine, I can maybe give you that. But that is no excuse for the head to just be visible like that. Like you can see right in the figure and the head is yellow so it sticks right out against the purple. The head being concealed is one of the bare minimum things a transformer has to get right and this just failed. Like that isn't an angle people won't be looking at often or anything it's the very front of the vehicle mode.
And the jet mode is even worse. Those tiny wings barely just out from that brick of kibble. Like that looks like a failed parade float. The wings look like someone took a big brick and drew triangles onto the top. And as an animator animating this thing's jet mode would be absolute hell. Like because it's all squished into a ball it would be so heavy on a flight stand.
Also I've seen the whole fan mode of the kibble turning into a "flight stand" but for animation purposes that's even worse. Now if I want to animate the jet mode I have this giant hunk of plastic stuck to the bottom of the jet, and I don't want to have to remove that to animate it because I risk breaking the figure so I'm stuck.
Over all I'll have to hard pass on blitz wing. Normally a figure with one bad mode is fine, because that's like 1/2 of the figures modes. But with a triple change to have 2/3 modes be just not good that's a majority. And for $50 buying a transformer where most of it's modes are bad, it just gives me no reason to buy it.
I did mostly buy him for his robot mode. I think they really needed to take this guy back to the drawing board cause like u said, there’s a lot of other small issues that other figures don’t have. He’s really sloppy
Good thing that to me Blitzwing was also alot funnier in Animated lol.
His faces changing was my favorite part about that incarnation 😂
Great way to throw in a little color concept art lesson too!
Yep, now you can apply this knowledge everywhere lol
@@Gei4Mei knowing is half the battle 😅
“‘G1 Accurate’ ain’t always a compliment!” -Thew Adams
"Not every Transformers series has to be G1" - Me.
I just got mine a few days ago, and I am not bothered by it one bit. Triple changers always have their fair share of jankiness to them. Hell, none of the live action Triple changers are an all in one figure. They usually end up making 2 figures of the same bot with the Alt Alt mode. Drift is a good example. One figure turns into a car, the other figure a heledrone. Forget the names of the in the Bumblebee movie, but same thing.
So for a figure, trying to emulate what was saw on our TV screens when we were children, and has 2, not perfect but very passible alt modes, it's a damn fine figure, and a very welcomed addition to my collection. I am trying to focus on boosting my Decepticon/Predators roster, so Blitzwing was a must.
Luckily we’re getting lots of cons in Legacy
@@Gei4Mei I saw, and couldn't be happier. I promised myself no variant characters, but I never had Transmetal 2 BW Megatron... don't thing I can let it go a second time in my life.
I can imagine this.
Ratchet: According to the tests, Blitzwing, you have cancer, and you've got 50 earth years to live, which in our years, would be 1 year. So, yeah, you're fragged. Also, your pingus is big, so you gonna have to use that first before you die.
Blitzwing: ok, doctor, but if I become a father and I die before I even could see my sparklings, Who is gonna be the father figure for my sparklings?!?
Ratchet: Astrotrain.
AstroTrain: uh.... *is doing research on how to be a father*
Too real
@@Gei4Mei sorry, I just made it too real, because it's accurate enough to real life, in a way, y'know?
I saw this video and said I know why, I wonder if he'll say the same. You did. Nice job. Nice explanation
Hopefully it’ll be informative to others 😌
As much as the Tank Dick bugs me, it’s nothing compared to the tread kibble. Just doing something about that would make the other eccentricities (the turret in jet mode and cockpit in tank mode) a million times more bearable!
Very true, i had a few ideas about what they could’ve done with them that I cut from the video
At the end of the day I think since the cartoon designed it like that in all appearances, the is no reason for them to change it now. The modern G1 toys are all about cartoon accuracy, maybe if they made a Diaclone inspired Blitzwing they could change it.
This is somehow too accurate and not accurate at all!
"And they say I'm the crazy one!"
-Animated Blitzwing
He needs to come back ngl
"It depends how bothered you are by a nearly 40 year old mistake." You don't need to call me out like that.
I’m sorry 😣
very happy youtube magically recommended this to me an i found you. i love your content and hope you keep growing :)
Thank you, I will do my best
Honestly I don't think having the jet in front of the tank was done solely for show accuracy and more of "oh shit, we don't really have a proper way of concealing the entirety of the jet mode, so I guess we'll just have the cockpit stick out in the front since it's technically still accurate"
Surely it could’ve folded away underneath the tank 🤔
Except the part that sticks out is a faux-cockpit. The actual jet mode cockpit is on the underside. It could have been solid purple and worked just fine.
This genuinely took me by surprise it all makes so much damn sense
I’m onto them, Hasbro knows I’m coming now
@@Gei4Mei hasbro will try copystrike to silence you but it’s too late the knowledge is benign spread
Megatron says, "Use your imagination." Then the beige undercarriage disappears!
Oh I see 👀
While I knew about the tank being backwards the "negative spacs" aspect is very very interesting. This sort of perpetuated mistake is why I'm a proponent of concentrating on Modes above Show/Toy accuracy.
Damn, I was hoping you'd mention how the G1 cartoon also screwed up in designing Blitzwing as though the tank Cannon was an antenna on his head, rather than on his back.
Well the toy doesn’t have that so I just didn’t mention it
@@Gei4Mei Fair enough yo, great video overall!
i guess this is why later in some continuity they turn him into a combined robot, he splits into two vehicles
Wait which one is that!
@@Gei4Mei if i remember, it's the one with minicon engines
This is why I still have the Transformers Universe Blitzwing where he doesn't have this issue and 3 faces
Yeah, mines somewhere. I had my TR Blitz use his weapons too
As Jobby and Lazy Eyebrow put it. The show itself wasn't even 100% show accurate so it doesn't matter all that much
I had a joke about that but I cut it from the video. But thats why I focused more on the technical design of the character and less in the depiction in the episodes specifically in
I've heard a good way to think of the cockpit in tank mode, is to think of it as a battering ram. Blitzwing turns his turret around to the rear, fires up the engines and rams down walls or Autobots with it. Not a perfect solution, but it works.
He finna ram something thats for sure
Honestly if you exclude the cockpit in the front, I think Legacy Blitzwing's tank mode is great. For looks alone, this version is definitely better than the Titans Return one. The jet mode admittedly got shafted pretty hard though.
This coulda been a 7/10 figure if they just did something different with the cockpit
@@Gei4Mei But instead they put it right where it belongs for muh G1 accuracy, so now it's an 8/10 ; )
The jet would make more sense to be in front to turn the motor that turns the treads, it then would be in a front engine rear-wheel-drive configuration. If this bothers you so much there other versions of him where his cockpit disappears completely when he is in tank mode. They also have better looking plane modes too.
Oh I have them lol the only one I don’t have is G1 hence why I had to use all pictures in this video
@@Gei4Mei Okay, got it.
They’re both cool, I wish face swapping would come back 😭
Ok. It went from Optimus saying "Boobies" to Megatron being a fucking addict to Devastator having balls to BLITZWING HAVING A PINGUS!
Hasbro wilin
@@Gei4Mei makes sense. But I can just imagine if Hasbro just dumps Shit onto Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen would eventually rage quit, like "WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING RACIST WHILE VOICING OPTIMUS PRIME, I AM DONE! I AIN'T GONNA BE DISRESPECTING AFRICAN AMERICANS! BECAUSE IF I DID, JAZZ WOULD PROBABLY BREAK INTO MY HOUSE TO KIDNAP ME IN ORDER TO NEGOTIATE WITH ME! AND WHO NEEDS AN 80 YEAR OLD FRENCH ENGLISH CANADIAN MAN GETTING KIDNAPPED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTOBOT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" for real, to be honest.
I love how he has Armada Demolisher's hands as his Energon weapons
I hope this means Demolisher can still be in Legacy 🥺
@@Gei4Mei It's possible. We ARE getting Armada Starscream, and a Cybertron Metroplex!
@@Cinder_the_Art_Gal8144 And the Unicron Trilogy is what Leagcy should stick to along with Beast Wars for now on.
The kibble under the wings are the deal breaker for me, as well.as this, over extending cockpit.
Yeah super goofy
I love how much people have been focused on his cockpit, it never even crossed my mind till I saw about 50 Facebook posts a day complaining about it.
There’s worse stuff to complain about, and if they’d been more inventive with the design there’d be people saying it’s not G1, they just don’t know what to do because no matter what people hate it and will gladly tell you so as if it’s the end of the world and everyone needs to know.
Just turn it around or use another Blitzwing, or get used to it, idk.
At least it’s not the repaint wars of The Prime Wars trilogy.
That one's goated tho!!!
If you have ever been in or near or seen a tank you would know that the direction the turret is facing in relation to the hull of the vehicle is correct in the cartoon and this toy. The part that slopes down is the engine bay door in the front and the part that stops dead and turns down 90 degrees is usually part of the gas tank system and has a crew entry hatch that folds right down into a ramp, not trying to poke a hole in the video just speaking from experience because i used to build tanks and combat vehicles and this video kind of baffled me when i watched it
Notice also the headlights pointing forward on the front with the cockpit forward orientation
Sorry but I have to say this, it seems like Aqua is really really really intrigued with the cockpit..says a lot about the water goddess. 😅 Anyways great video.
Shes a weird little guy for sure
It’s the Devastator with the Wrecking Balls all over again lol
G1 accuracy was a terrible idea especially since G1 wasn't even accurate to itself.
Its more like a general feeling than a rigid design choice at times
1 Just because the cartoon did it doesn't mean it was good or that it should be adhered to like glue.
2 even with that excuse it doesn't work because none of the rest of the tank looks like the cartoon either
I noticed lol they were really fast and loose with it
Tell me about it, even I think the cartoon itself wasn't even good to begin with either.
I'd rather get a Battle Beasts cartoon that's based on Hasbro's short-lived figure line instead.
It's obviously intended to serve as a battering ram.
The mis-transformation theory is plausible, though. That's how we got the Conehead Seekers
Afaik the tank thing is true, though I did source it from the wiki
Cool video! First I saw from you, so right now I am going to see if you do 3P Legends stuff also :)
Not yet, but there’s some I have my eye on for the future
@@Gei4Mei I’d love that!
Honestly, I say if you can't get over the vehicles, if you don't mind a little size discrepancy, get the titans return Blitzwing, he is still amazing, although he is missing a couple of mostly modern articulation points such as ankle pivots. He can also be a little easier to find and perhaps a little cheaper now with the new legacy toy.
I own several versions already lol
@@Gei4Mei Can’t blame you lol. Still gotta get one for myself I am stuck with the thrilling 30 version lmao
I thought we all knew this. Calling the decisions that sunbow made as good would be a stretch. I hate tooners that want us to compromise something looking good for muh toon accuracy
I’m just getting the word out. As a G1 fan I think its hard to reconcile sometimes because non toon accurate characters like ER Prime are amazing, so I prefer if they mainly use toon accuracy as a base line. In another version of this video, I talked more about that but it distracted from the topic too much
There's a reason I always use sarcastic quotation marks whenever I refer to anything that's cartoon-"accurate." 😉
* reads title * “ok.” “ *wait w h a t?* “
Its quite an adventure
I always found this weird on it when I transformed it. But, I didn’t think that i would wake this morning and find this in my recommendations 😂😂😂
What, you don't like that the enemy tank has a bigger codpiece?
Feeling inadequate? Intimidated?
That means it's working.
So true!
Subbed! what a great way to handle this particular release. You know, there's something super appropriate about a tank with a huge cock-pit upfront... Real world weapons designers are pretty sick individuals.
Very true lol
even with it being inspired by the g1 cartoon the cockpit still sticks out way too much there should've been a slider so the cockpit for go back a bit more in tank mode
Yeah options could’ve been nice
I always transformed it the other way in tank mode & pretended the “jet thrusters” were “missile launchers” in tank mode
Also the two rounded bumps on G1 tank turret - I always thought was supposed to be the rear landing gear in jet mode.
I’m pretty sure they are
Him: a jet powered tank does seem more plausible
Me (army tank gunner): noooo, it's reality
Oh do tell lol
@@Gei4Mei if I do, you have to give me a couple of hours because there's so much to tell. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I enjoy the content BTW
Looks great! I can't wait to get him!
I coulda shown more shots of the robot mode, cause its pretty good
Oh and i absolutely fucking love this thing. I like the chunky ass altmodes and that perfect robot mode
The robot mode is kind of that good
I am upset that the jet mode looks like a jelly biscuit, but the robot mode does look neat. He and Siege Astrotrain suffer from the same problems, honestly. They could be a little taller, and alt modes could have been a little more accurate
I feel like I need to look at Astrotrain again cause I really like him but a few people have told me he has the same problems as Blitzwing 🤔
I just subbed, your videos are pretty cool dude. Your reviewing style is a bit of fresh air in the overall TF reviewing community ha
Thank u, hope u enjoy my future videos too
This video has cursed me with nearly 40 year old knowledge I can never unlearn X _ X
I’m sorry but these revelations must be known so future generations don’t make our mistakes
Seriously I kind of thought Hasbro stopped doing this stuff in the 2000's....But I guess not 😂
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but someone on the website that dare not speak it's name worked out that the ENTIRE tank part is literally just a backpack attached to Blitzwing by a single hinge joint that if removed results in turning him into a Duocon. I think someone went and converted theirs into a C-Clip attachment.
I saw that, yeah. Pretty clever thing to do
Ironically the jets in the front could work if they double as flamethrowers like how Blastoff's rockets are Bruticus's flamethrower. It would also be a good reference to Animated Blitzwing's fire gimmick in his tank mode.
Unfortunately I don’t think his turret can use effect parts 😣
Anime profile,transformers this is the best channel ever
Thank you I try
When you want to aim that G1 style but your is too near and far at the same time
I might make a video about that too
I mean you are right I learned some more facts thanks to you. This is really interesting stuff and u should keep it up :o but since I put my figures in robot mode this won't bother me as much but I can see why to a lot.
Very pragmatic of you lol
looking at the G1 toy it hides the tank better than the modern legacy one. I think the previous TT Blitzwing had the better vehicle modes, while the legacy one has the better robot mode.
Yeah this is pretty much how I feel
So in other words, the forwards facing jet thrusters on the Titans Return figure are actually toy accurate?
You bet!
Poor guy is just overly excited in his tank mode. He can’t help it.
He just loves blowing shit up!
Blitzwing’s tank mode really did have a cockpit
Tbh it's not even the junk underneath the trunk that's the problem, it's the cockpit and wings. They look weedy on that absolute unit of chonk.
I had more fat jokes originally but I cut them for time
I still think Legacy Blitzwing is frickin awesome. Not perfect-sure. It’s still super fun to pose and play with.
His robot mode is great!
@@Gei4Mei IKR
@@Gei4Mei literally I can’t put this guy down. I just stare at him and pose him in cool poses
2:25 "A jet-powered tank does sound more plausible." Gei, you have NO idea.
The M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank *IS* Jet powered. It's main engine is a jet turbine. That means jet engine powered generator.
Yes, the Abrams, like a Diesel locomotive, is actually an electric vehicle that carries along a BFG (Big Funny Generator) to generate the comically large power it requires, and uses a monster of an engine to turn said generator.
Listen I don't know a ton about military vehicles lol
This got recommended to me and I’m very happy it did
Me too ☺️
I often tuck my cockpit between my tail end.
I actually don't mind that, I mean Megatron (at least in rotf, 2007) transformed into a piece of kibble
There’s sort of the fine line when designing a fantasy vehicle
I can't forgive that the tank mode can't use a blast effect.
I know, I woulda mentioned it, I shoulda
This guy got outclassed by his 2 previous voyager figures as they did it all better.
He also got outsized by them in robot mode.
But he thick
Glad I always found the jet boosters on TR cool! :P
You’re ahead of the game now
so they turned Blitzwing around the wrong way, sort of like how Brawl is almost always depicted attached to Bruticus backwards
Uh yeah I think so, I don’t have G1 Bruticus so I’m not sure
@@Gei4Mei long story short, he's usually shown, even in the animation, with the tank turret on the front, like a kneecap. But the turret is actually supposed to be on the back, where there is a notch in the foot (or the upper leg?) to accommodate it's shape
Oh I see, I never looked at the toy too hard I guess
Well cartoon accuracy seems to be the focus of these guys but...
Maybe they could have had the cockpit not stick out as far as it does since it definitely doesn't in the cartoon.
The designer wilin
I notice in the picture the original blitzwing toy tank being upside down is missing a small beige wheel underneath.