Legacy Chase: Lookadat Face 

Honestly, with a little retooling, I can see this guy making a really solid Legacy Barricade. Fixing the shoulders, the weird little back fins, and changing the head. Or maybe I'm just taking copium because I want a new Barricade.

"Three goblins, in a trench coat, pretending to be a cop" is poetry.also accurate

Does it feel weird that the kids who watched rescue bots are now adults? Including me.

I can't hate this figure because it's a modern rescue bot and that's just fuckin awesome in my opinion

I think rescue bots was designed in the same mentality of bluey and old Thomas. Design it for the parents who have to watch/read it over and over again and it shows cause it is arguably the best show in aligned. It doesn't fuck up being a sequel like rid 2015, it doesn't downplay its audience like its sequel arguably does at times and the designs aren't just metal dudes like some prime designs

as a 44 year old who did watch many rescue bots episodes, all I have to say is: Titan Class Rescue Bots High Tide when?

People like rescue bots and bluey because it’s just fun and casual. Characters are well written, and it’s nice to watch something that’s not just fighting all the time

This definitely suits Prime Cliffjumer better

I like to pretend that Chase's Crimson-Chin is a face mask. I don't know why they couldn't give Chase a regular face as well as a neck.

I find it funny how rescue bots is set in the same continuity as the Cybertron games and prime.

"Three Goblins I'm a trenchcoat" might be a plot point for a D&D game.

Huh, you know what? That is a valid point on the whole "Back of the figure should get good treatment, too" aspect. Battle scenes may require that look of the figure from behind, and if the figure looks very much like they aren't a robot, but an attempt to recreate the robot as a toy with half-hearted energy, that's valid to be disappointed by. Also that 28 bit is too real, but I'm still younger than that and feel the body hurting more than it ever should at my age (Still in 20sl

1st. Rescue boats is a good show. 2nd. No that head is flat out wrong, it's the toy head not the show head. Anyone who knows rescue bots wants the show head.

Like others in this comment section, I like this figure because it's a more poseable version of Chase. I was 9 when the show came out, but I remember it being very maturely-written for a "baby show". I'll take rescue bots over the uncreative slop I'm supposed to watch.

I saw Rescue Bots a while back because it popped up and I was bored, I was actually surprised how good the show was. It's not a masterpiece but it was a pretty solid series. The characters are all distinct and the humans avoid so many stupid issues the franchise has, such as being useless and kids always running into danger. Plus their Optimus is a good iteration and despite not having Decepticons the human villains work pretty well. Though Rescue Bots Academy is 100% for the younger audiences, the writing lacks most of the nuance and elements adults will get (not adult jokes, just little nods for them). Regular Rescue Bots is a case of "made for kids, written for everyone". Also Heatwave is shockingly violent for a young kids show.

Fun fact: i grew up and was introduced to the transformers through two means: rescue bots and Age of extinction. So the idea that they’re making figures for this show makes me super happy. Cant wait for Blades (hopefully), he was always my favorite. So yes, nostalgia is carrying this hard for me

Rescue bots was my childhood, and I love this thing.

He looks like Bulkhead trying to cosplay Bayverse Barricade.

I still have a soft spot for rescue bots, I haven't seen it in a long time but it's the reason I got back into transformers in the first place no joke rescue bots and prime are what made me a fan of transformers again when I was younger

You know, I really want to see them attempt to make a Trex Optimus prime. NOTE: I am only saying this because I own the exclusive blue version that they sold for a bit.

Junior Prowl reporting for duty.

I definitely see what you mean about the shoulders… Yikes, and I thought the Voyager Bumblebee Shockwave was bad with the lack of a bicep swivel

This guy is definitely Autobot version of Barricade *Prowl in the corner watching*

Your fixed variant of the head proportions looks so much nicer, and in line with what we see on screen. Idk what they were thinking with this head

After I watched the video where you went over the revealed prime cliffjumper, and you said the shoulder joints were bad there, I knew that this would be a mixed review at best.

I honestly can't when it comes to most figures having their backs look like its been carved or when magneto forced the adimantium out of Wolverne's body.

The only thing you need to know about this guy is he’s pretty much as “by the book” as RiD strongarm or prowl with the enthusiasm of shockwave. And everyone on the show has bulkhead jaws but not that degree as a way of having a place for a mouth without giving a mouth outside of talking

So anyone else upset about the "leader" soundwave just being a voyager that comes with 3 cassettes which is essentially the value of 1½ core figures. When "leader" thundertron is a voyager that comes with 1 cassette and an entire deluxe and is basically a multipack not a leader.

I actually really like this guy because he looks like chase and I have nostalgia for Rescue bots.

I normally do grab the TFs with police alt modes for my copaganda squad, but the shoulder jointing on this looked iffy to me from the first laeked photos, and your review has backed that impression up and more. For once more taking one for the team, I thank you and my wallet thanks you too.

i feel like the prime universe cliffjumper they announced wears this mold better than chase does

I got a pro tip to help out when transforming the figure into car mode when it comes to the last step of the transformation. I don’t think it will completely change your mind on said process, but I do think it will ease up for you. Basically what you want to do is focused on getting on arm into position for the car mode, then when your bringing down the back panel, you want to push it in the direction to avoid bumping into the plastic. Push it forward towards in front the piece with the wheel, then down, then once you get past it, push it backwards as your pushing it in to clip into place. I know it’s been a while since you might’ve got this figure, but I do hope this info helps as I think it helped me out when I discovered how to do it.

Well, I guess it's time for that yearly tradition of commenting on the last PE video before the end of the school year. This one is different though. There isn't a next year. This was my senior year. It was crazy, I had a great senior year, got close to my boys, slept in the woods for 7 days, went to New York for the senior trip (and almost got mugged), brought the Studio Series ROTB Prime with me (we both saw Wicked), and now I'm graduating. I'm gonna miss those drives watching you with my brother on the way to school but I'm very excited about the future. Thank you for being special part of my mornings in basically all of High School. And here's to the future.

They must have someone on the design team that’s stuck in the past and doesn’t understand modern engineering, how else do you explain Kindom Track’s legs, Pointblank’s arms, everything from Gamer Edition and now these shoulders

I’m happy you finally reviewed this figure I got him because he actually holds a special meaning to me because the chase I had as a child was the big figure that couldn’t transform that came out when the show was brand new. I was 4 at the time and I thought it was cool he and I share the same name but was disappointed when it the toy couldn’t transform so I actually was the age to be watching rescue bots when it first aired so don’t be judging me please

Idk why but I feel like you already reviewed this one. Like literally yesterday I was thinking "man that perspective end review of legacy chase, that sure was a thing that happened."

I grew up with Rescue Bots. I wasn’t born when the toy line started, but I was 1 when the show premiered. This isn’t bias, but they should finish the Rescue Bots team. They have good potential as Legacy figures.

Cliffjumper's the one that will claim my money.

Remember??!!?? I feel a shift and increase in intensity in this video, maybe it’s just me

I fully agree with the things you have said in this video, however I do still really like this figure, I got this a day before Easter, and I was really happy. It’s not perfect, but ever since I got back into the transformers, I have always been curious to see how a modern, fully articulated version of the RB characters would be like. Plus, RB is quite nostalgic to me.

I came into Transformers on Rescue Bots, so this figure is deeply special to me. It's not the best, I have my issues with it, but he'll continue to sit on my desk in vehicle mode. Can't wait for the upcoming Heatwave! I will say, the face really let me down, and the shoulders are a pain, but I'm so glad he got the Power Up and Energize accessory, I hope all the other Rescue Bots get theirs too.

As someone who has watched the show and is 15, it is actually reasonably good, not perfect, but good definitely better than what came after it so yeah, keep up the good work👍

A fantastic alt mode, which makes it obvious it was a cliffjumper pretool

Your pain started at 28, mines started at 15

I find it funny, by the time you’ve made the review, I’ve made my version of Chase into TFP Tailgate if he had a good head instead of a lazy Cliffjumper head recoulor.

I find it funny that out of all the wave 1 figures. This was the one that sold out the fastest in my local shops. I figured Windblade would be hard to find, but she warm the shelf like a sweater in summer.

im just happy they paid attention to my childhood

Every time I’ve seen a photo of this guy I’ve never seen the hollow behind, and I’ve never seen him posed in anything. Yet I still would want the cliffjumper…

Yeah the face does look really weird. Honestly I think the mould works a lot better for that retool into cliffjumper from prime

The shoulders on this thing are pain, but to be honest I rather like the look of this guy. I just wish he was better. I love the alt mode, the muscle car police car is always a win for me

Im looking foward to Heatwave, and i hope Blades and Boulder get toys someday

1:13 🤣 oh my gosh one of your funniest lines!! *sigh*.....I still remember being 13 and thinking the 90s was the best era of comics...💀

Because of those chicken wings, mine is losing paint fast. But he's in storage now

Happy to know im not the only person that hates barricade being a smokescreen repaint

Dude ive been at the stage of enjoying socks for nearly a decade. Good look my friends, aging blows. Good review!

Dude, please, stay happy,healthy, and alive.

As a guy that grew up with transformers prime. And my little brother had this show as his first And with anyone with smaller siblings know. I ended up watching this whole show with him

I really like this figure! I fiddle with it all the time. The leg transformation is especially fun.

I got this figure and I love it. I definitely agree that the arms clashing with the back kibble is a problem. I really wish they could have tucked into the torso, maybe to help hold up the arms struts since mine never want to stay in place. I wonder if those kibble struts locking the altmode together meant they couldn’t be more articulated to fold away, else risking fragility problems? Either way, giving this guy a bunch of detail paint really helped me love this guy. I’m still considering getting the reprolables for all the cool police text. Oh, and for the record, I’ve never watched Rescue Bots. If the upcoming Blaze is anything like this figure I will be very excited.

I was literally about to buy this figure but you came in clutch again I have dodged a bullet thanks to you

Perspective End evolves into Perspective End the Impaler.

Great review PE, never really got the hype about Bluey or Rescue Bots so the lack of quality on the figure wasn't too surprising. As a side note... Any chance you're getting Magic Square's Grimlock? Maybe for an 8/8 anniversary/birthday review??

I wonder, how will this mould look if it was reetooled into lockdown

The first edition Prime figures were like a weird preview wave for the Prime line, and they were great. All the characters that got first editions got new figures as part of the main Prime line that were worse than their FE counterparts.

"Gasp! How dare you crap on Bluey good sir!!!" jk

The only thing i remember about rescue bots was steve blum voicing the firefighter dude with the same voice he used for Tank Dempsey from call of duty lol.

Hey PE! I know you usually don't go for the "budget line" toys, but I suggest making an exception for TF1 Prime Changer Alpha Trion, and possibly the rest of the subline. The Optimus looks better than the Studio Series version IMHO. Anyway, I finally got time to fiddle with him after he arrived yesterday, and he's really, really good! Feels at least as nice and solid in the hand as a normal main line TF, minimal paint but well placed to make it count (and it's metallic maroon and silver with a little purple on the chest plate, so bonus points, my brother in Shiny Things Good.) Ball joint head, shoulders, and hips, swivels above and below the 90° elbow (the latter is effectively wrist swivel, but the whole forearm tuns with the hand) and thigh swivel above the 90° knee, no foot up or down and the heel is more likely to collapse than support a position outside its soft-click end point, but moving it does let you put a foot forward to rest on the "arch"/hinge point for it. Lots of ankle tilt inward for wider stances, which persists on the rear legs in ki-rin mode too. The cape doesn't get in the way of the arms much in its standard position and can be partially untransformed to make more room. Almost every inch of him is solid from all angles, with just a single waffle pocket at the inside of the forearm and the usual double-headed mushroom peg slots in the thighs and forearms, though if you have him in a T-pose he is also hollow inside the shoulder spheres. The horn is small enough that I wonder how it got through choke testing, and there's no real place to store it but in his hand in robot mode. The tail/lightning sword is held on by a tab in beast mode, trhis tab is also the right size to be gripped in a 5mm hand or port as a lightning gun, and looks passably like the switch on Luke's lightsaber when being wielded that way. Joints are all firm without being too tight, unlike the floppy mess that was the Scourge-remold AT, so that's good. 100% recommend despite being a "budget line" not-quite-Deluxe; this bodes well for the rest of the Prime Changers class from the images so far released.

Being the rescue bot fanboy I am because I grew up with the show, I can’t help but love this thing, bad shoulders and all

I think that the reason for it being so loved by many, me included, might come from it being closer in proportion to the show model and having more articulation than the Super Deformed toys with playskool lvl engineering all RB Chase toys had to settle with for years. Plus, his design and transformation is pretty much a modern reinterpretation of the OG Chase toy with a police deco. Have to agree on the kibble tho, it is so awful that I had to shave the tabs for it to actually be pleasant to transform, and would it have killed the designers to make it fold further in robot mode? They clearly didn’t test this mold at all

He carried a meteor on his back

I just got this figure after I passed my road test and I love him I grew up on rescue bots and I hope they make more

This means something to me because my mother would play rescue bots before and after school and she would play it during her kindergarten class

That’s such a good alt mode. I really wish they got his arms moving better.

I'm still getting the Cliffjumper. I need it for my LORE.

That's pretty rough. Might still get them someday if I go to a store and he's the best one there, or if I don't care about any of the other characters

I recommend the Rescue Bots Christmas episode, it's incredibly wholesome.

Chase! I own him. I don't dislike him but yeah, those shoulders...

Out of all the figures i like and you hate, i feel like this one got off easy

Honestly I kinda liked Rescue Bots. Yes it's kiddy but it's characters were very memorable, especially Heatwave being voiced by Steve freaking Blum. I don't have much of an attachment to Chase really, although he's a slightly more likeable version of strongarm. My little nephew loves this character though so I figured that I would get this figure solely for him. I taught him how to convert it and he loves playing with it alongside his other rescue bot toys

thank you PE for ranting about the shoulder design. finally, someone who gets it. (and before any of y'all comment "just don't buy it", I already don't buy figures with hot-rod style shoulders)

I have the same problem with Legacy Bulkhead's head that you have with this figure's head.

“and maybe subscribe….” Was so quiet 😂 Chase I think is just average i just fuckin hate his arms great review!

my favorite video you did was The siege War for Cybertron Jetfire/ Skyfire

the only thing i know about rescue bots is that its part of the tf prime show and the theme song is good

Congrats AlvinBall4!. From SoundTracks84

I swear I've seen you review this, but I checked your shorts, and recent videos, so I know you didn't, but that is just really breaking my brain. Also do you have bb megatron, and if so what do you think of him

1:14 - I think I have that very comic book with Cable in it. That panel is from one of the 'X-Cutioner's Song' tie-ins. Speaking of, have you seen X-Men '97? Dare to roast it?

My friends and I (all 30s and 40s) have an ongoing theory that at 25 you receive your first permanent debuff, and then receive an additional one every 5 years thereafter. It becomes a fun little game to figure out what all our debuffs are.

... well... TIME TO GET THE OLD TLK BARRICADE FIGURE THAT OR JUST WAIT FOR A STUDIO SERIES TOY

I love that rescue bots is getting love in legacy, but why did they have to ruin the shoulder so much.

I was already not going ti buy this figure but now I’m even hesitant on buying any potential repaints they do. Would have to be a good head and deco on discount for me.

I always find these videos after I’ve already purchased the figures, so it was a nice change of pace to see a video release after I got the figure. Also yeah, it’s not the best at all

I think a good name instead of looking forward is “more than my wallet can handle

From what I’ve heard from people who grew up with Rescue Bots as kids, they like this figure because it’s finally a Chase figure that ain’t just a brick with a gimmick. I guess crummy articulation is better than little to no articulation.

Honestly, despite the fact I like the figure, I acknowledge that I like the figure more for looks than I do for play factor. I’m not fond of the head, personally, and definitely agree that the neck is too short, and I’ve even found myself rotating the waist around, then the thighs just do he’d have more ankle movement, and were it not for the bumper blocking the hip movement I’d say it works great. Without a single doubt, though, those shoulders and back wings are the most miserable thing about this figure. He is a figure I like looking at, but those simple two things have made him a toy that I just NEVER play with. Those back wings seriously needed to be two parts with one hinging back, and one swiveling up so they can make a V shape and get out of the way. Also, you hit the nail on the head for the transformation, it’s honestly a blast up until those fucking wings come into play and ruin the whole experience. Like, there had to be a better way to do those, right? Surely. It’s just so infuriating how bad this mold feels to handle since I genuinely love the shape of it, the upcoming Prime Cliffjumper is a great use of it and ai am confident it was the main reason it was made, but they seriously fumbled hard with those two specific parts since this toy is one that I could see a kid breaking from normal play, or worse, getting bored of because it doesn’t feel as good as other figures Hasbro have released. If the only way someone can love a figure is if they don’t interact with it then there’s a fucking flaw, there.

If all of what you said is true, them WOW, talk about big UFFF. Let's hope the rest of resquebots get a better treatment than this. As for the question of the video... May I ask why Barricade/Prowl repaint is dissliked by you that much? Devoted fan of a black evil Prowl I'm not, but I also don't mind it since with acception of studio series, I wouldn't been suprized if Hasbro took their sweet time making a new one for quite a while.

Rescue Bots had no reason to be as okay as it is, so I'm happy that it at least has a modern figure. It isn't a good figure, but it's great that Hasbro acknowledged it. Now, onto waiting for Studio Series TLK Barricade, which will probably be a new mold if they get around to him. EDIT: I assume he has no bicep swivels. Looks like Bumblebee Shockwave isn't alone in an articulation standpoint. EDIT 2: he does have bicep swivels, it's just that the shoulders don't have their own separate swivel. Shockwave's is worse but I still like him. EDIT 3: THIS COMMENT IS GODDAMN CURSED! I just got SS Concept Art Bumblebee Sunstreaker. He has the same type of arms as Chase.

"ooohhh we need a legacy barricade from this mold!!!" we need a legacy barricade, just not this mold. chase sukks

I would never have watched Rescue Bots if I didn’t have kids. But it has good writing, good acting, and good characters, and it’s not the generic mindless baby show you probably think it is (that’s Rescue Bots Academy 😭).

awesome