@@samuelbakos4740 I already know that some gundam units can transform but still I just wanna see optimus teaming up with amuro as they fight off mrgatron and char
@@EmperorKariq yeah that would be pretty cool, what I was trying to say is that I can't imagine what figures they would make from it since both franchises already have transforming robots
I still kinda wished this Hotwheels collab gave us some Transformers figures based off of hotwheels original vehicle designs, LITERALLY ALL I WANTED OUT OF THIS COLLAB
It would be cool. I don't know what its called, but I've got a very, very cool futuristic HT car with a silver and blue color scheme, that would be really cool as a new TF character. The car's one of my favorites. The car is very sleek and swish and very racecar-like as well as very space-y, wish I knew what it was called so you'd know. Also, the car has light blue wheels and is kinda spiky (not literally, but it has some silver panels protruding toward the back, that are kinda layered). It has a double canopy/cockpit thats in light blue thats kinda merged together. Idk if I'm describing it well. Anyway, Imo, it would look sick driving around Velecitron if it were a TF character!
@@fennekin1750 RD-02, 2015 release, "HW Off-Road: Ice Mountain", 107/250 for the year's mainline. The names of Hot Wheels cars are usually printed on the underside, for future reference! Would make a sick Vehicon alt mode.
I would've loved to see the spychangers return, for either Hasbro or Mattel to reissue them as crossover product. They were designed back in G2 to fit on 1/64 scale track, you know.
yeah....unfortunately, hotwheels collectors hate original vehicle designs (except some ofcourse lol) and i bet the hotwheels design team wants to as well but again........collectors just want 42069th variation of either a JDM car or chevrolet bel air gasser or some lambo
Yea, at least Hasbro's prices aren't that bad, comparatively. $25 for a Deluxe? Worth it. $55 Leader? Also worth it. HT Prime for $80 (USD)? Ehh, not really worth it, tbh. Hes cool, tho
I definitely think they should've read the room and rethought their approach to this release. It looks nice and fun, but being above 30-40 USD (what i think is economically appropriate for a specialty item like this) and having messy paint and tampographs is kind of frustrating, even for someone who wouldn't be that interested in it.
It would've been nice if a Transformers x Hot Wheels crossover took classic Hot Wheels concept cars like the Deora 2 and the Shark Car and made Transformers out of those.
Perhaps Hasbro will be able to do one in the future. Though, the collaborator team is kinda hit or miss, so who knows how that would turn out, if they even do it at all.
I saw they did a hotwheels of the racecar wheeljack is based off of with the right decals. So if you wanted to you could get a prime, bee and wheeljack.
I remember being interested in this when I first heard of the idea of a Hot Wheels Optimus Prime that transforms. Then I found out the price tag and just noped right out. Also as someone who orders stuff from Premium Bandai, for as terrible as it is, even it is better than this. At least with P-Bandai's US Store (Japan might be different), when something sells out immediately, they'll sometimes sneak in a second batch in a later release wave to let people who missed the first batch get another chance. This is how I managed to get my Phantom Gundam after it sold out in one minute the first time around, for instance. This Prime is just a one-and-done thing, and it sucks.
The Dino thing was more Ferrari’s fault than mattel’s. Ferrari only partners with one toy company at a time, and now they are no longer working with mattel so you won’t see new hot wheels Ferraris for a long time, if ever
80 is way to much. This figure is to me isn't even bad because of it being small I think that's bad because of QC issues they have. A figure shouldn't have that much QC problems as I've seen it have if it's so small and if they're charging so much for not having that much in the budget after diecast is not a good excuse if that's what they're trying to say cuz if they make a an apology it will probably be something like that that they say I think.
Seeing the price of this thing, especially converted to US dollars, yeah that thing ain't worth 80-90 bucks. Alot of the collab figures aren't great, but examples like Gigawatt, Ectotron, and the Jurassic Park 2 pack show they can definitely be good. This figure excells in the vehicle mode and the diecast, but the fact that the robot mode's decals look so sloppy is ridiculous, and is not worth what they're asking for. As both a Hotwheels and Transformers fan, this figure ain't great(not even getting into Mattel's business practices). TLDR: The toy is alright, but there are many things that could be better. Thx for the video Doc!
Its cool, but not really worth the price. You're probably better off getting Track Fleet Optimus and LGY United Optimus if you want a G1 Optimus based on the original toy. I know I want both; both look really cool. Track Fleet Prime might not transform, but at least hes really cool and won't break the bank. Also, you meant both JP 2-packs? If so, yea, agree.
'Gundam colored Zoids vehicle' Sir, that is the White Base, home ship of the original RX-78-2 Gundam and hero ship of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series.
4:34 I remember the video the footage for this cameo actually came from! It’s from TJOmega’s Titanium Megatron review as part of the Plastic Addict series. He was doing a countdown of the five worst Transformers toys that were released at the time, and Titanium Megatron was at the top of that list.
Also it’s easy for us to make fun of this because we’re Transfomers fans, this is definitely more catered to Hot Wheels fans whom are used to constantly shelling out $100+ for a 1:64 toy car with fancy paint (Redline, premium, AcceleRacers) In all we’re very similar in that whether it’s Hot Wheels or Transformers (or this case both) we both spend waaaayy too much on toys
Ah the original price, it's not too bad. Newage David was about the same; this just traded out the parts count and trailer for full diecast and chrome. I just think the Aussie price, and of course the aftermarket, are the problem
To Bandai's credit, PB tends to multiple print runs for popular items. Anything that immediately sells out on pre-order will almost always get another pre-order right away with a later release date.
@@DrLockdown nah, I pay 1.25 for die cast hot wheels (maybe 5 for a trademarked one) or 9.99 for one with a trailer. A prime transformer at that size should be 20 or 40 if the diecast was top quality. On top of that, the diecast is extremely subpar and never meant to be played with. I only buy “toys” so I can pose them on my shelf… after my son played with it with me. Wtf kinda toy starts to paint chip the first time you pose it? KO trash, you paid full price for KO quality trash.
Takara and Bandai dream together was able to actually do a lot more, just without the blatant title. It's the reason why we got Masterpiece Skyfire's "Battloid" accessories and "Gerwalk mode" ability. Heck, Kitzconcept even made a Valkyrie that had Jetfires toy colors. It's also the reason why we got "Rock Lords" for Legacy United, and a new Gobots 3 pack, and why Bandai was able to make a model kit of Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber in their Brave Express Might Gaine colors, while Takara is now working on a new Exkaiser and GaoFighGar for their T-spark series. Dream Together basically laid down the foundation.
Damn, this was kind of eye-opening for me. I was almost tempted to get this on the aftermarket just so I could have my Missing Link Convoy carry a smaller version of himself in his trailer, but seeing how balked the QC was on your copy...yeah, maybe I'll just hunt down the Core class instead. Or maybe that Newage Optimus you have here - I've been meaning to get into 3rd party for a while, and I'm liking the toy stylings. To answer your end of video question, I think my favourite 'collaborative' figure I've seen so far is the JAXA Lunar Cruiser Optimus Prime. Haven't handled it myself, nor have I handled any other collaborative figures, but I've seen a review on it and it looks great. That being said, I also kinda wanna hunt down some of the weirder ones too. Those Nike shoe Transformers look horrible to handle with all their kibble everywhere, but they're also some of the funniest things I've ever seen.
this is why I always give chrome parts a coat of floor polish for anyone unfamiliar, Pledge with Future Shine is a floor polish that is basically liquid acrylic - it makes a great high-gloss varnish and can be used to tighten joints
The type of transformers hotwheels toy I remember the most is Robowheels. Even managed to track a copy of the one I had when I was a kid, still in package, though sadly the hip joint was broken. Good news is that it didn't effect the vehicle mode stability. Also, World's smallest Prime is about the size of a 1/144 truck and Earthrise Sky Lynx is about 1/139 (Based on Lazy Eyebrow scale chart) so actually very close in scale, and is about what they would likely look like in sized to each other and with the usual gundam kits.. Sky Lynx is BIG.
As a Hot Wheels fan, I can say that the tampo work looks about par for the course. For mainline casting. As someone who owns a few of the premium offerings, hearing about the issues is a huge turnoff outside the price.
More than anything I'm just kind of bewildered this thing was even released, especially at the time it was. It really feels like "Missing Link at home", so why release it right between actual Missing Link and the upcoming G1 Toy Deluxe Prime? Between that, the crazy price, and the limited availability, I'd think that would have to hurt sales.
It's the 40th anniversary. This is the year of G1 Optimus prime. We have: - Earthrise reissue - Takara dramatic bridge capture - legacy deluxe - hot wheels - missing link - ss86 commander
This toy is actually sold through the same place as the Red Line collectors' club which means it's scalped to HELL by bots and ten times more expensive if you want to get it somewhere else. And iirc the toy is actually painted with this special "spectraflame" paintjob which is also seen on both RLC And original Hot Wheels cars from 1968 which is a transparent paint that required a smooth metal surface to work its magic. Also, I am waiting for hasbro to make a transformer based on hot wheeels' classic castings such as twin mill or rodger dodger.
Actually got this from Mattel. Never removing it from the box. Had it signed by Peter Cullen. This wasn't something Mattel expected you to play with. They knew people were going to over inflate the value of them from minute one.
... fully diecast metal, fully chrome, produced in limited quantities and paying a hefty licensing fee to Hasbro... ...I don't think that's feasible.m.
It’s definitely rewarding to see how much praise the original Optimus prime figure has gotten this year! If only legacy could make more modern remakes of the classic toy line
Hot Wheels Optimus is one of those cases where the figure should be a slam dunk of a release, and yet didn't. Charging around the same price as missing link for a smaller vanilla g1 prime with no trailer is one thing. But then you take into account the artificial scarcity that lead to mass scalping - and the rush to release leading to possible qc issues - and you have a figure that most people just laughed at (At least that the impression I got from Twitter.). Categorically I can't call it bad, but I also can't say I think it's good, at least in regards to what you had to pay originally, and definitely in regards to its after market prices.
I am still to this day frustrated but the lack of anything really cool from the Takara Bandai collab; my ideal would have been four figures; a Masterpiece Jetfire and Zeta Gundam from Takara, and a Master Grade Optimus Prime and Megatron from Bandai. Yeah, I know that's a bit weighted toward Transformers over Gundam; but like the good Doctor showed, we haven't gotten a good update on the G1 Jetfire TOY ever, because of the mess of licenses around it. As for the other figures, I've always been interested in seeing what a high-end transforming Gundam figure would be like made by Takara. The MG Prime/Megs are kind of obvious, but considering some of the stuff Bandai's pulled off at the MG price point, I'd be excited by the prospect of what they could do with those characters.
I wanted this when I saw it, the child in me wanted tiny g1 transformers made of metal ever since I learned of WST; imaging hot wheel sized transformers with a bit more complexity than the RiD spychanger scourge I got as a kid, but to glance at the price tag of $80?! Mattel.. Christ, no! There’s a reason I stopped buying a RLC membership this year.. I would LOVE this little guy, but the artificial scarcity, the obscene price, I just can’t, man.
I feel like the missing link style folding fists would've helped this thing to no end, something about the uncompromising reference to the g1 figure mixed with the scale really perturbs me
When they announced that the two companies were partnering, i immediately hoped for something along the lines of the g2 spy changers: hot wheels cars that become transformers and are fully compatible with hot wheels tracks. So when they finally did that, it only made sense for mattel to forget that there are more than 10 people on earth and assume that all the money in the world is split up evenly among them. Also whats that funny lego rover from?
There’s a timeline where we got Monster High x Transformers instead of Hot Wheels x Transformers. I would have preferred that timeline, but this one ain’t too bad considering how pretty Hot Wheels Prime turned out.
Yeah honestly if this figure was a full sized chromed out G1 prime, then I maybe would have been fine with it. But no… because it’s so tiny and the price, that really makes it not worth it. Especially with the legacy and SS86 figures coming up. It’s a cool idea, and a good figure… but it’s such huge shame that such a beautiful chrome finish wasn’t used for a full sized G1 prime.
Yeah, I get exclusivity and stuff but... given you could get one of the variants of Newage's Prime for a similar price (a truly PHENOMENAL little figure) I just... could never justify this.
16:20 as a collector of Halo Mega Construx, I am all too familiar with this Back in August, they rereleased a sought-after set based on Halo Reach. It sold out within 2 minutes. 3 at most. Yeah.
I hate that they knew people would try to buy both this and the track fleet version to see if you can give him the trailer so they purposefully made it to where the trailer doesn’t disconnect from the track fleet truck
Popcultcha 'might' be getting the non-transforming one, but not until December, so that could be in the new year. If I do want a G1, I might just get the Legacy Deluxe, no Diecast means it might last longer, also maybe if they do a 'G1 Megatron' but using his G2 mode.
@@DrLockdown - I wasn't specifically looking for it either, I was looing to see if they still had a figure in stock (they didn't). But I just thought I would post in case you or any other Australians watching wanted him.
I'd love to have a G1 version of Prime to display on my shelf. And that chrome is wonderful. But that AUD price just kills it. We got enough bs to worry about financially here it's at a point I'm shocked no one realises that's why I hate when artificial scarcity or even FOMO is used by companies. It's unfair for the consumers who have no means to get something as soon as possible, taking away all the fun in the product and turning them away from it instead. It's a sure fire way to slowly loose your consumer-base when your marketing is blantantly predatory.
I mean at least they didn’t put it behind an nft paywall and then mess up the release schedule in a way where the car never got in any of the hands of the fan base it was made for much less the hundreds of copy’s that didn’t sell and will be destroyed because Mattel messed up the release schedule. (Looks at NFT Teku Deora 2)
@@DrLockdown Thankfully they are releasing the car in the mainline in the same cases as bumblebee though with less detail because of mainline production cost.
When this was first announced I thought, huh, that's neat. Which quickly changed to "you are out of your goddamn mind" the moment I saw the price lmao.
16:52 yeah, I really don’t get why this exists, as it isn’t accurate to any iteration of Beetle Bee, but with that said, I really like the looks of the Crosshairs, Barricade, and Stinger that’s releasing within that line-up.
Favorite TF Collab? Only ones i have are Gigawatt and Frankentron, and they're both fun, so I can't pick a favorite tho, a piece of Gigawatts chest broke off because some genius thought the piece that you have to press on one end to flip it around should be made with clear plastic. It'll hold in place since only one side snapped off, but the fact it snapped in the first place is annoying
I started watching this with no intention whatsoever of buying it, merely because I enjoy (and somewhat relate to) how worked up you get about Transformers. I thought this was a Hot Wheels non transforming so under $10. When I realized what I really was I went up to $20, with awareness that it was probably $40. When you got to the actual price I was offended on every possible level. As a Dad who has previously explored Mattel’s online presence as I debated what toy lines to go hard on for my kid, I heartily agree about your “HasbroPulse are almost saints” comment. Great entertaining vid about something I will never buy. Legacy Wheeljack forever!
Hey I hear that Super Metroid music. Dr Lockdown has great taste. Artificial scarcity sucks. I can kinda understand it with some physical products (though it's often way too small a number) but I've seen it happen with digital products as well which is asinine. Add in the fact that bots are used to buy things instantly (should be illegal if you ask me) and it becomes too easy to miss out on stuff. Such a shame about the price. I'm one of those Transformers collectors that wants like a million Optimus so I wanted to get this one too. For me though this figure would be 110 canadian dollars before shipping. Add in the problems shown here and it's just not worth it. With a little more money I can buy a Commander. I'm with you on small Transformers. While I didn't buy many of them I adored Legacy's Core Class figures. I'm crushed they're going away.
Ngl Im veeeeeery curious to see u eventually review Lego Bumblebee, as for this video, good stuff once again, Ill be real, I had no idea that they made a transforming one for this collab, I knew about a regular hot wheel but not this, still tha price is bloody ridiculous
That SS86 Leader Swoop, it taunts me. Anyway I had the page for this pulled up when it went live and could probably have gotten one if I went through with it, but I don't think I missed out anymore
I am both a HotWheels fan and Transformers fan. They’ve something I’ve collected both of for years, so upon hearing of this figure, I really wanted it, and was super close to purchasing it, but unfortunately I was working when it went live, so I had no chance in getting it. I still really want the thing but am not willing to pay scalper prices for it, so there goes that. It’s the same reason why I can’t collect a lot from my favorite movies, HotWheels Acceleracers, because the cars are too expensive and they stopped being sold years ago. But if you think this was bad, this is NOTHING. Just wait until you hear about the recent Acceleracers Teku Deora II debacle. That was awful. And also, I think it’s funny how they did the exact opposite of what I was hoping for with this crossover. I really want a transformer that transforms into the Acceleracers Deora II.
I would love it as a curio…. Not as a premium figure, wich clearly is not. Btw, dunno if you noticed since you didn’t mention it, but the qc on the hip also makes it lean a bit to one side on yours. I couldn’t unsee it all video :(
I was super lucky to get 3, after downloading a vpn, on 4 separate pc’s, waiting 30 minutes in a queue to checkout. And after all is said and done I am too scared to open any of them because of the immediate scalping.
The Macross VF-1S and G1 jetfire issue has nothing to do with takara and Bandai issues but more to do with harmony gold USA being the shittiest company and abusing a copyright loophole for decades as they own the distribution rights to the original Macross series outside of Japan and refuse to let go making false promises every 3 years to make more cheap junk that breaks rather than let the series go and allow for more people to enjoy the series I love so much and I love when we get homages with jetfire like the thrilling 30 battle mask on jetfire, thank you for coming to my ted talk
Correct. But Takara and Bandai, as Japanese companies, had every opportunity to make their own collaboration completely separate from harmony gold's issues. They just chose not to.
As someone who F$%&ing **HATES** P-Bandai with a burning passion, it breaks my heart to know that western companies are adopting this accursed method of "selling" figures as well. No company anywhere in the world should be permitted to take advantage of artificial scarcity to empower scalpers on **purpose.**
@@DrLockdown Also, Hasbro Pulse usually restocks and also puts figures on sale when they don't sell (Powerlinx Hotshot went on for nearly $15 USD at one point). P-Bandai? Miss the window *once* (because bots bought everything within 2 minutes of the window opening) and your only option is Ebay, which typically sells kits for double to triple.
