I don't know how many other people pointed this out, but the name (pronounced shi-gur) is a reference to Anton Chigurh, the main villain from "No Country for Old Men".
Say CHIGURE a few times repeatedly and you will start to think your making the sound of a train coming down the tracks, sort of like the sound yad make as a kid, that's the most logical explanation for its name in my opinion. Why would they name it after a character from no country for old men? Or am I missing something that connects it?
holy cow! this is an amazing figure. The engineering put into this is incredible. im not a fan of third party figures at all. But this is one I would put with my Masterpiece Figures. Great review. Thank you.
I remember visiting a friend in '84 or '85, whose young son had Astrotrain. I became obsessed with that thing! Was able t switch aback and forth from train to robot modes but never got the shuttle mode. I was in my mid 20's at the time and while it was fun to hang with the kid and play for awhile, I felt I was too old for those things. Damn, I wish I bought one for myself!
"The wheels on the train go round and round!" That part was my LOL of the day! Unfortunately, limited funds are keeping me from scooping up any Not-Transformers as of late. So I'm passing on this guy. Great review, as always!
Kubz Mango my grandaddy warned me about *THE BIG PURPLE CHOO CHOO OF DEATH* but i didn't belive him that night at 2am he was killed by *THE BIG PURPLE CHOO CHOO OF DEATH*
This toy is amazing great look(in all modes) great scale good articulation decent transform great/fun box and the single gun was the correct accessory to me. One of the best 2 toys in my collection
Lol g1 astrotrain used to make me laugh so hard I used to always think "can u imagine a friggin ROCKET TRAIN just doing the Thomas the tank engine choo choo while getting flung at u?" 😂
The rear thruster assembly makes it look like Buran, the Russian space shuttle... the American shuttle has 5 thrusters, while the Russian one (originally) had 4... the Buran was also a smaller shuttle.
Great review as ever Emgo :) Just love the design effort that goes into these 3rd party Transformers. Especially this one; as you said you'd never tell the shuttle was a train and vice versa!
That Astrotrain is a 1-4-2 class locomotive using the European way of classification of counting the pair of wheels by size from the front... someone more involved in trains than me could list the few real loco that used those!
Actually, CHIGURH is taken from Hebrew. However the actual spelling is ment to be more in line with "SHIGUR". It literally translates to "Launch" or "Blast Off".
Chigurh is pronounced chig'ger (kinda like trigger) but I live in the South and our pronunciations are different. It's a weird name, 'cause down here, a chigger is a nasty little bug that lives in high grass until it clings to someone to feast on their blood. Itchy little bastards too....and hard to get rid of. AND this guy is way cooler than that. Oh right, Love the video. Love the figure. Keep up the good work. You ROCK!
Say his name repeatedly and you get maybe what they were getting at.....chigurh chigurh chigurh chigurh chigurh, choo chooooooohhhh.....great video man. Keep up the great work.
I just got this guy after years of wanting him....the head came mis-assembled...had to yank the pin out, flip a piece over, and then re-install the pin. I was sweating while doing it. Thought I was gonna break or irreparably bend the pin. Also, the bottom pieces on the wings in shuttle mode were mis-assembled. The left one was on the right side and vice versa. Had to switch those as well. Other than those two things, (which is actually kind of a big deal considering the toy was like 155 bucks), this thing is an awesome rendition of Astrotrain, and I've admired its engineering since the first time I saw a review of it.
The greatest thing about Astrotrain and Blitzwing was the hints of their vehicle modes in their names Astrotrain: Astro = Space Shuttle, Train = Steam Locomotive Blitzwing: Blitz = Tank, Wing = Fighter Jet
It's neat how much thought they put into changing forms, but I feel it's so intricate that in the time it takes to form the shuttle nose cone, I could have walked from the trainyard to Cybertron (cue rimshot).
I got to say WOW! Astrotrain is amazing especially his transformation from a train too a space shuttle I can't tell the difference. He is way better than his G1 version.
Given I grew up loving thomas trains astrotrain has always been special to me for not only being the only train that's a Decepticon but also being my favorite color purple
Regarding the "stiff thrusters", you gotta remember @emgo316, with many new toys(transformers are no exception) there will almost always be still components that seem impossible to move. all you have to do is continuously work said component in order to loosen it up, it's what i do with all new transformers
i just realized that the robot mode and shuttle mode for Chigurh could be redeco'd/ retooled into Armada Jetfire.... but im not sure how the train mode would be incorporated into the figure
I would have liked to see how the shuttle mode scales with legends size figures, because if I was going to display this guy in Shuttle mode, it would be with legends guys as I feel like that would be closer to an appropriate scale. They could concievably fit inside the shuttle, as they did in the g1 cartoon.
I wonder if Fans toys will ever make an accurate Astroteain. This one is by far the biggest and less "breakable" I had transportation captain. The shuttle mode is spot on. I like the robot form as well. Trains a lot like this one.
that line "jettison some weight, or we'll never make it to digital star" is similar to what astrotrain says in the animated movie only instead of "digital star" its "cybertron"
This guy is an absolute marvelous piece of engineering. We don't see enough figures with engineering like that. I especially love what they did with the arms. Too bad his estimated arrival date from BBTS is march... Also, I forgot how much I want MP Soundwave (because even though soundwaves make up 50% of my collection, I still don't have enough of them. They always turn out so well for some reason...)
I think he's a tad small for masterpiece. I'd hoped his jet mode would be at least as big as MP10 primes trailer, but I see how the manufacturers didn't want to make him to expensive so they sacrificed to avoid pricing him out of the market.
I was watching your video on invisible and although are really nice looking toy, you said you don't know if he belongs on the shelve with the rest of the other masterpieces. Just because to you he doesn't feel like a Masterpiece figure. With that being said what are your thoughts on Chiguurh do you think he feels more like a original masterpiece or just the same quality as Invisible.
