They just need to work on that QC. So many toys of last year should not have belonged anywhere near a worst-of list, but they ended up there because of QC kerfuffles that completely ruined the figure.
I don’t expect them to do repaints with this figure since neither of them showed up in Armada. I hope I’m wrong but if they do I’m damn certain that they’re going to be impossible to get store exclusives.
This figure looks amazing for what its trying to be. And I like that this line will offer more figures from more continuities to appeal to the majority of transformers fans
Armada Starscream was one of my most anticipated figures of 2022 and he delivered for me. Him and Armada Hot Shot are very good next to each other, plus a gave Hot Shot the Starsaber because it made more sense to me.
He seems to be seen as really underrated, sure he has poor QC but the look and quality make up for that. My copy of Armada Starscream seems to not have any issues besides his right leg.
Your Logo variant for the wings in the thumbnail actually looks pretty cool. Could make a fun variant for some event like some sort of anniversary or whatever
Here I thought the thing I had to worry about was the color scheme looking subtly off and the sword not transforming into one of the wings. Turns out there was more to fear.
As a fan of Satrscream, I appreciate The changes this specific version of the character made. That's why I'm happy he at least looks like the character I love. Posing him and Dinobot together makes me wanna cry, as my 2 favorite characters at least look the part in the modern era. My main QC gripe is that the head always veers left for some reason. When I try to snap it back, it pops back. I'm pissed.
My Dinobot was fine aside from a loose foot tilt which always leaves him leaning forward when standing up (Also I accidentally broke his sword so that was fun)
So somehow despite all the issues this mold has I bought one through the hasbro ware house sale and surprisingly I don’t have any of the problems on my copy (I even swiveled the leg aggressively to see what would happen it stayed on) I got really lucky 😊 and thank goodness because I love this toy
Wow congratulations, literally yesterday I got a comment from someone who did the same thing as you, and he did not win that Game of Roulette, so that was sad to hear. Cool that you didn't suffer the same fate.
I am commenting once more, been a while but I love this figure. Well, the character to me was special as I recall seeing him one early morning with my brother, which got us both back into Transformers as previously we had watched RID (2001) and we just wanted to more, so with G1 in our minds and a bit of beast wars, we had went onto Armada. Starscream was my favorite because of the gimmicks with him. The wing becoming a sword was such a cool idea and I hope if a third party company makes a kit upgrade or even make their own version of this Starscream, I'd hope to see such a gimmick brought back like the original. Thanks for reviewing this figure and please keep up the good work.
It has been a while indeed. Yeah, it's unfortunate, he was probably the coolest character in that show, and the best Remembered by the community, and he gets screwed like this. And thank you I will.
When you said the leg doors are " the most aggressively hateful things," I noticed the doors have a very angry, hateful, disgusted scowl of a face, as if it were the wrath of the designer in plastic form!
Armada Starscream was my first introduction to the character. And I honestly like that version, mostly because of the coloration, over the G1 Starscream. Now onto the Legacy figure himself. He's really cool. I didn't have the original Armada Starscream toy, so having version, in box, is great. Robot and jet mode looks cool. The Star Saber sword is cool, but I wish he came with his mini-con Swindle too. Anyways, looking forward to who's next from the Unicron Trilogy. Besides the Legacy Evolution Hotshot, the rumored listed Megatron, and the coming Optimus Prime. -I don't have the Thrilling 30 toy either, but I wish the orange swords carried over to this Legacy version. To be the energon weapons Hasbro was doing at the beginning of Legacy before dropping it later on. As I never was a fan of his wing turn sword weapon from the show. It does look cool, but it made him look lopsided. And here it looks strangely out of place since it's not the wing anymore.
Totally understand it, I personally can't think of them as really the same character though. Aramada Starscream is more like Dinobot than he is Starscream. Leaving him in the box and displaying him that way is the best way to avoid the bad QC. Yeah, it's supper weird how much the Legacy Line gave up on the Energon Weapon Gimick Immediately.
Anyone else notice how the perspective end logo was the wings on the thumbnail? That was a nice touch. So this figure looks nice and accurate. Uh what else…….
Great video as always! I just ran by two of this guy on Monday at target having literally 13 dollars to my name and died a little inside lol so I’m really hoping to win him, but wish everyone else the best of luck too!
I was casually scrolling through figure reviews for the next addition to my collection, and i´ve found this gem of a channel with one of the most likeable negative nancys on the internet reviewing figures i really like even if he´s trashing tf out of them. You earned a sub good sir!
Can confirm, the leg on mine loves to pop of too, otherwise I love the figure, luckily my armada hotshot doesn’t have any QC issues, which gives me hope for the rest of wave 4
Great review PerspectiveEnd!!! I was going to pass on this figure completely, but my local Target store suckered me into getting this figure, since he was on sale for only $29.99 the day I found him. (grunt) At least I still have the original Armada Thundercracker figure in my collection. lol Keep on being amazing.
@@PerspectiveEnd Not where I live. In my area of California voyager class Transformers cost $34.99, and with sales taxes, the final price tag is over $37.00 for one voyager figure! (grunt)
I feel like we're getting ripped off, we're paying more for 2015 QC. Hasbro apparently doesn't care. This is why I've been very selective with the legacy line. Your videos are helpful because you haven't been wrong yet. I've been buying more chug friendly third party figures due to legacy being hit and miss.
I'm happy to hear that you feel that way. You've been with me a long time, so the fact that you don't think I'm wrong yet, tells me I'm doing something right.
That left thigh is a bugger, but at least it's manageable. I did tighten his shoulders a touch so he could handle the micromaster jet duo's sword mode as a not-stat-saber. I like the idea of Screamer with a pair of buddies who gang up on jerks. And this Samurai Screamer is my favorite, so he gets friends.
Those guys are a bit heavier, and good news, they are cons too so they make sense working with im. And yes this version of Starscream is a far more likeable guy.
This is my #1 favorite starscream of all and I would like to be announced as a winner if I do win and mine really doesn't have any QC all are fine and tight.
I grew up with Transformers Armada, and Starscream was my 3rd most favourite Decepticon, but when I became a teenager and I rewatched the series, he became my most favourite Decepticon and character in general.
@@PerspectiveEnd When I was a kid, Megatron was my most favourite Decepticon because of his tank mode, you see as a kid I really loved tanks. My 2nd most favourite Decepticon was Cyclonus because of his helicopter mode and his kinda lunatic personality.
Man I remember when I first bought the G2 Laser Prime in Wave 1 and immediately I had that mushroom peg problem where his arms threatened to pop off at even the slightest rotation. So I know how that feels. Thankfully my Velocitron Scourge didnt have that, thank GOD. But yeah, on a side note, good luck to whoever wins that Armada Starscream, and may the QC be with you.
I'm so glad I don't have any of the problems besides the leg popping off but even that has bean extremely minor I feel sorry for those who have had these problems
@PerspectiveEnd hopefully an upgrade kit comes out for the legs and sword to fix the issues or if they do thundercracker then at least fix the legs because this could have bean pretty great in my opinion it's a shame
@@PerspectiveEnd also I found a hack to make him look almost all the way back his neck is connected to his back plate so if you half transform his chest you can just lift the clip up and lay his head on his back
I kid you not. The original figure literally has the exact same problem in jet mode with the legs. But I still want to buy all the repaints they’ll make ESPECIALLY RAMJET!!!!!
This is probably my favorite legacy figure ever, mostly because my figure doesn’t seem to suffer from any major QC issues the back of the jet mode tabs in just fine. The only thing I can say suck about this figure is the wing sword can’t believe that the red paint was removed just because of a stupid energon gimmick no one gives a shit about.
Thankfully i must be one of the lucky ones with good copy of this figure. Legs are a tad loose but he can still hold any pose I put it in. I can only hope others get as lucky as I did, my favourite legacy figure so far.
You know, I think a cool video would be a ranking of the toy lines you’ve made videos on, like Titans Returns, Siege, ER, etc, I’m curious what the rankings would be
This figure is bittersweet. One on hand I'm ecstatic that they remade armada starscream since that original toy was the first transformer I ever owned so this will always have a place in my heart. On the other hand it's a huge bummer how floppy and loose this guy is. I was able to fix most of them but you shouldn't have to. Still happy to have him regardless
Yeah, it shouldn't be on US to make the toys good, they should come good. It's so sad because I think everyone who watched Armada has fond memories of this particular character, so it's just tragic it turned out like this.
Ok that made me think of something cool. A Selects or Buzzworthy release with two swappable heads: one head would be a new Armada Ramjet tooling, and the other would be the regular Starscream head in Nacelle’s colors. That wouldn’t be hard for them to do, and it’d be pretty cool to see them utilize alternate heads again.
I really love this figure, my quality is good with only the arms being floppy when put on the middle of the slider, but easily fixable when not bothering to slide them in, which means that MY starscream is perfect, yeah his leg does pop off but I circumvent that with just holding his leg with my thumb while rotating it
I’m not a fan of UT, but as a Starscream, I am obligated to get him and add him to my Squall of Screamers. A shame about the QC, but it seems like a solid figure.
He’s amazing. I don’t have interest in watching armada but he is such a good voyager. I got him and inferno the same day Infernos great. I can get over his leg falling off sometimes. I really enjoy the transformation and there’s just something about his look. 10/10
I must've gotten incredibly lucky with this guy, because I got him twice and I've experienced neither of the QC issues listed in the video. The leg stays on, and they stay in place in jet mode too. My first one had a slightly gammy right arm, so I grabbed a second one with intent to frankenstein them together, only to find that the second one was perfect. Holds together just fine, nothing loose, he still has a few balance issues thanks to his small feet and the weight distribution in his upper torso, but he's fine.
I got my copy of this Starscream last week and the issues aren't quite as bad for me. The legs are loose but not so bad that he can't stand up. Never fallen over of his own accord yet. His legs do come off when rotated but slowly like it's hard to tell at first that it's happening. If I kept doing it without correcting then it'd definitely come off. And while the connection at the back of the jet is loose, it never comes out of its own accord.
Best Starscream design in my opinion it's not like him because I'm a weeb or anything haha lol 🤣 (i have this figure and i love it) And Alexis is my waifu in armada 😍
6:35 3 children laser sword? It's anime there's no such thing as logic i really don't care about logic in fiction because your talking about giant robots that turned into cars and other things lol i love this Star Saber sword 🗡️
It looks so perfect. Poses like a dream. It has one bad accessory (Star Saber is too damn small). It’s accurate, has no gaps, and even retains all the functions it had in the show. All it needs is like...one weapon kit (Whether it's the twin swords of his Universe counterpart or a bigger, badder Star Saber. Remember, that sword's supposed to be almost as tall as Hotshot.) Why is it so thoroughly fucked by QC? Why does this keep happening to the figures I want the most? I'm sure there's some sort of homebrew fix for at least the ultra-loose joints, but I'm not sure about that Mushroom peg hip.
I got pretty luck with QC for once. Still got the leg problem though, but I don't even put him in to full jet mode anymore. I just put him in a Macross Gerwalk mode since he has the perfect limb placement for it. Ironically gave him one of Jetfire's weapons for the jet gun, since G1 Jetfire WAS a Macross Valkyrie.
Though it has no correlation to the video i have been wondering whether you would reccomend me pickup the commander Armada Optimus Prime or the commander Siege Jetfire? Also, keep up the great work!
I think both of those are good figures, I would say it the seeds Skyfire is better than the armada Optimis, but I wouldn't be unhappy with either of them.
This figure is excellent! All you need to do is tighten the hips and ankles, thicken the peg holding the alt mode together, paint in a few large areas of missing grey and black and always, always be very careful with the left thigh, and then this figure is excellent! I have Needlenose from wave 1 of Legacy Evolution and it has the most perfect joint tolerance I have ever experienced on a Transformer, so fingers crossed, whatever the hell was going on with wave 3 QC has already been sorted.
@@PerspectiveEnd Just think of it like a model kit and not, you know, the fully functioning action figure it's supposed to be. Now you can get to have that sense of accomplishment that you made something your very own 😄 I do hope Needlenose is a sign that things are getting back to the way they should be. Speaking of, I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on him. For me he has what I can only describe as perfect hand feel. He just feels so good to hold and to pose.
Oddly, my copy doesn't seem to have most of the QC issues. It might be a fix due to mine being obtained later or it just might be my copy, but the leg doesnt have any issues at all. The alt mode DOES still have some trouble staying together, but it holds together better than your copy. I do jave a friend who has a copy with your issues, so either a running change happened at some point or I just got extremely lucky with my copy of the figure.
Man I'm sorry. It turns out I'm wrong but only for bad reasons. Turns out that some joints got mixed up, so some people got Starscreams with two right hips, which means the leg doesn't pop off... While others got two left hips... I think you see the problem.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah that tracks 😭 tbh I still love the figure, the QC is tragic but the figure itself still makes me super happy! Very few TF figures I own pose this well. Side note, love your reviews. It's interesting because while I regularly disagree with what you're saying, I find you do a really good job at justifying your complaints - so I end up really enjoying your videos despite my own opinion.
My copy doesn’t have quite as bad QC as yours, but it should be better. Funny enough, I have the leg issue, but on the other leg. QC aside though, he’s pretty great, I’m really happy to see more armada representation
This guy, along with Bomb-Burst (Him and Iguanus are bounty hunters in my Transformers headcanon), BW Inferno (Need him to complete my Season 1 Predacons), BW Transmetal 2 Megatron (Yes...), and Crankcase (He'll look great along with Siege Spinister, Siege Flywheels, and Titans Return Krok for a Scavengers display), are must gets for me from Wave 3 (When that wave shows up in my area). I'm typically easy to please when it comes to Transformers toys, but I will still be wary of the QC issues. I'm quite excited for Legacy Evolution (In particular Armada Hot Shot, Needlenose, Tarn, and Leo Prime)
I happened into Target 2 days before Christmas and found 4 of these guys....on the opposite end of the transformers section. In the Transformers section there was a sale sign that said "Transformers Legacy Voyager $21.99" with nothing behind the price sign. I assumed it was for Starscream since there were no other Voyagers there. At the checkout it rang up at $34 or some shit. I told the cashier it was on sale for $22, and she then rang it in for $20 even. So in short, I got this figure brand new for nearly half off. I haven't even opened it. But even if it has QC issues, I can't complain that much for a $20 Voyager.
My starscream's joints are decent on 3 limbs, a tad floppy but hold on well enough but his left arm is so loose that it's a chore to have him in a dynamic pose with a sword in his left hand
That QC is tragic. At least loose joints can be mitigated with some floor polish or glue, but it's still a bad experience to have to have buyers fix figures when they should be out of the factory in good condition. Kids might end up screwing up the figure since they don't know what to do. I wonder if this is the same factory as their Victory Saber?
@@PerspectiveEnd Yea I’m pretty sure Peter Griffin is QC it’s to be expected The Star Splinter is Disappointing if your not going to minicons at least spend 50 cents more on plastic for certain weapons the thing looks like and old blow pop someone stuck under their desk with the stick still in it and what happened to the “energon” infusion weapons
I DON'T HAVE THE LEG PROBLEM In fact, besides the wreaked box and a paint mishap on the face, I got it PERFECT. Painted in some of the missing spots too for fun.
I actually have a Theory about the legs, where I think some of them are winding up being misassembled with two right hips, as there are people out there where both legs fall off, so they got two left ones it would seem.
@@PerspectiveEnd oh! Makes sence. exsept it looks completey normal. Also at first I was able to open the doors with a finger, but putting them together is annoying.
I actually don’t have the left leg problem, mine’s thighs are very tight along with the feet. The only looseness I had are the arm sliders (which I think you had the arms transformed wrong or I’m just seeing wrong), the waist, and the legs going front and back. Luckily I was able to fix them easily, though it took me about three goes with the floor polish on the arms and I might have to go again one more time and I did the legs twice just out of caution, but I can’t remember if I actually fixed the waist. And my alt mode actually holds together decently, and I don’t think QC is the problem with the alt mode holding together but rather the design choice they made. The tab isn’t going into a normal slot, but the place where the waist’s mushroom peg is and obviously on many’s it’s just not working. For me personally, I really like this and this has been standing on my shelf the last couple months as my definitive Starscream.
I actually have a Theory about the legs, where I think some of them are winding up being misassembled with two right hips, as there are people out there where both legs fall off, so they got two left ones it would seem. Happy to hear your's is over all great though.
I always said I always wanted to see Unicron Trilogy figures since they along with Prime,Beast Wars,RID 2001, and Animated are the only Transformers series' I liked more than G1 lol but then again since I noticed the QC on this, I'll probably get the Thrilling 30 Starscream on eBay soon, cause' I just feel like it XD Besides, this sounds off-topic but what really makes me angry with Hasbro the most was it's lack of Rise of the Beasts toy leaks, not because of the designs but we kept getting alot of Autobots and Terrorcons (*even if I liked the Terrorcons more than the Autobots) but less Maximals, I know we have some Maximals on the Mainline but I meant like Studio Series versions of them besides Airazor because when I heard some SS Core Class figures were annouced on the listings last year I was excited when Optimus Primal from ROTB and BB movie Starscream were the only 2 Core Class figures that interest me but then all we get was ROTB Arcee which made me roll my eyes since she wasn't my favorite Autobot to begin with in my unpopular opinion tbh.
It's just too bad about this thing. It's like an 8 out of 10 figure, dragged down to a 4 because of unreasonable QC. Yeah, I get the feeling there wont be a lot of Maximal Involvement in the movie. Probably Cheetor, Probably Airazor, and Optimus, Probably Rhinox, and Probably NO ONE ELSE.
Sweet Primus this is sad and yet it looks so freaking cool I really hope that legacy evolution isn't as bad with QC Also in the email I might have put QC as lowercase so (qc) and I was wondering if I might have screwed myself.
I don't think that should have effected the odds of it being detected. Rather than sending a second email or something, you might try responding to the email you already sent, putting an extra one in that email chain. It would change your position in line, but not your chance to win.
I like the figure my only nitpick is the back of the legs door still should have been painted black, the wing sword NGL i legitimately wished he used his wing as an actual sword or if the sword was just painted to look like the wing. And the Starsaber could've looked better. Plus you can clearly see half of his head. One more thing have you finished armada if so what did you think of it? and what do you think about Starscream's character despite being drastically changed
Yeah I watched all of Armada, I fell out of the Fandom between the end of Armada and the beginning of Energon. I liked it, though I haven't watched it again in like literally 20 years.
Adding on to my previous for this video what's the best Armada Starscream in you r opinion? Because his original toy had HUGE robot kibble in jet mode while his universe toy had frail translucent plastic parts.
Worst part is the QC on newer Evo Wave 1 figures are all pretty good. Tarn and Needlenose are both smooth as butter and the rest are just pretty good. Have you got inferno or dragon Megs yet?
Hey PE, awesome review! One question: Do you think Legacy will get a show? If so, do you think it could actually be good or would just be a easy cashgrab on the nostalgia multiverse deal... Anyway if it inspires you, i would love to see your thoughts on video of what the potencial show could be! (Also i really dig this interpretation of Starscream, easily my favorite character from the Unicron Trilogy)
According to Hasbro, they pitched a Legacy show to Netflix but they turned it down, so it looks like this is the first toyline in a while that isn't getting one
I don't think so no. Hasbro can't really foot the bill right now, and their last several shows have flopped because they sucked, so Faith in the property is at an all time low.
