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I have them all except Swoop. Coming off of the POTP ones I really appreciated how every single one of these is unique and different, it really helps sell them as a group.
When I first got into adult collecting, SS86 Grimlock was one of the first figures I bought. To say he lit a FIRE UNDER MY ASS is an UNDERSTATEMENT. His intuitive transformation, the plastic quality, and the SHEER BULK of this guy really made a statement and showed me how cool Transformers had become. I had kept up with the Dinobots as they came out, each one I got had such a story behind it to make them that much more special to me. For instance, Slug I got from a guy on Facebook Marketplace, since I didn't have a car, I had to take a city bus to the literal OTHER SIDE of my city of Jacksonville to meet him at the beachside Target where I met him and got Slug and a bonus Siege Shockwave. Shortly after, a heavy rain hit and I nearly got soaked running like hell back to the bus stop. A royal pain in the ass, but worth it. I remember staring at the box art as I was riding the bus home like it was yesterday... Sludge is another story, I had gotten him relatively early, and, like most, I got stuck with some major QC issues as both the hip AND knee ratchets were loose. I had to deal with standing him up awkwardly so that he wouldn't fall over till my friend decided to let me use his step-dad's tools to open him up and plug the gaps in the ratchet's teeth with bits of Q-Tips. It was my first time modifying a figure. But after that, I got to REALLY enjoy Sludge. And I gotta agree, he is absolutely the most bang for your buck when it comes to the 86 Dinobots. The plastic quality is incredible, he feels HEFTY and thick, not to mention that SOUL SHREDDING GUITAR SOLO of a transformation. Snarl, is a bit of a heartbreak. I got my first copy as a birthday gift, but one time I got into a huge fight with my little brother. He got so angry he took it out on some of my toys that happened to be sitting on the coffee table in front of him. He threw all my Dinobots against the wall, and thankfully all but Snarl survived, as he straight up broke his right leg off. This year I was able to secure a second copy and my brother and I are on much better footing with a much bigger mutual respect for one another. So it's good that everything wound up working out, and I was able to give the broken one to my little sister by transforming him into dino mode. As for Swoop, his story is yet to be told as he's currently on his way to me from BigBadToyStore. But I have a feeling he'll just serve as the cap off to my legendary collecting journey of these Dinobots thus far, and it'll serve to remind me just how much my life has changed since then, and I'll love him with all my heart like I do all the rest of my Dinobots.
Awesome memories you have there! But you just looked at the box art on that bus ride back home?? Yeah, I would've dove right into that box the moment I sat down! (And I have done exactly that over the years on many occasions. Transformers, Beyblade, Power Rangers, if I wanted it that much, I opened it right away.)
@@DragoonMS Well, I was on a public transit bus and I had to take, like, 3 to get from the beach to my house. I didn't wanna lose any accessories along the way.
Snarls sword can store under the belly in dino mode so it's less obtrusive. Theres a pair of tabs on the belly area that go into two slots on the sword.
Really curious what SS86 Leaders look like now that the Dinobots are finished. Starscream and Springer have been retools, but it seems likely that Megatron will be entirely new. Who else would be a good choice for this price point?
Astrotrain? I’d like him to be a new commander class but could see him being a leader again. Galvatron will probably get either a reissue or a retool under SS86 Rodimus will probably show up again in some form, maybe the base commander figure and an accessory for the leader price point?
@@LIMITLESS2774 Soundwave, Shockwave, the Quintessons, Astrotrain, potentially Cyclonus again, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Rodimus Prime and that’s all I got.
@@conehead9796yeah id love foc dinobots, probably my thrid favorite designs for them behind Animated and g1. But damn give us the aoe dinobots, theyre some of my favorite designs from the bayverse. Thats saying a lot since bayverse is far from my favorite designs.
@@josephbolcome5462 that's fair. I respect your opinion. Unfortunately, Michael Bay has created a rift between G1 enthusiasts and his movies. To put it kindly, not a fan of Bayverse Devastator and the only wreckers I know are from the comics.
13:38 fun fact about that, there are two slots (or tabs, can't quite remember) under the stego neck in which you can plug the sword. Great review and hope this helps!
Studio Series: I think I forgot something. Hasbro: if you forgot, then it wasn't important. Studio Series: Yeah, you're right! The 3 remaining Dinobots from aoe: 😓 🌧
I'll take G1-style Scorn, Skar, Paddles, and Slash first. Maybe even Strafe (Imagine a G1-styled CV Swoop with a G1-styled AOE Strafe dinomode; 2 heads in botmode, idk where), too.
My Ranked Studio Series 86 Dinobots (There No Really Bad Figures) 1. 86 Leader Class Snarl 2. 86 Leader Class Swoop 3. 86 Leader Class Grimlock 4. 86 Leader Class Slag/Slug 5. 86 Leader Class Sludge
This, but I think we need a new Deluxe for her - if the other Minibots can go from Legends/Cores to Deluxes, she absolutely should've done so as well!! Also, add a new Deluxe version of Legacy Skarr, so he can tend to them like the team medic should!
@@DragoonMS Eh, seeing that velociraptors have been reclassified to being the size of small dogs than being, well, BW Dinobot size, she'd still fit in if one wants to be dinosaur accurate in size. Then again....Sludge is meant to be way, way, WAY bigger....
Voyager, not Deluxe. Deluxe be too small for me Slash. Voyager be better. And, Leader Classes for Scorn, Skar, and Paddles, too. Maybe Strafe, too (imagine G1-ified CV Swoop, with G1-ified AOE Strafe dinomode; still 2 heads). If Strafe existed, then she'd be Voyager with Slash, the other boys be Leaders.
Personal ranking: 1-Snarl 2-Grimlock 3-Swoop 4-Sludge 5-Slug My Sludge unfortunately has loose hips, else he'd be some posts higher. Still, all five are amazing figures I'm glad to own.
*is unreasonable* I would love to see Paddles, Slash, Scorn and Scar in this sort of style. Not necessarily size class (they might have a harder time selling even more leader class Dinobots).
They're great and all, but it's sad how low our standards have fallen for what passes as leader class these days. Back up to the time of the third movie, leaders were huge, complex, had electronic lights and sounds, and were heavy. Those would be commander class nowadays, and they still wouldn't have electronics.
Yup, that's Hasbro for you. I got these so that I'd have G1 versions to scale with the rest of the G1 figures but the hollow parts and lack of accessories and needing upgrade kits to make up for that has resigned me to pretty much give up mainline except for the mini bots that haven't been updated yet.
They really gotta reprint Grimlock again. I've gotten the 4 others for retail and I refuse to pay aftermarket prices for Grimlock. I've been tempted to get the legacy G2 or the comic version just to have something while I wait for the SS86 version to be available again.
Swoop shares transformations steps similar to his Titans Return Combiner Swoop mold if you notice it Which really tells how good of a transformation that was for a smaller size
Love that theres slag, snarl and sludge who just have a consistent color pallet and then grim and swoop just have to be extra with the gold and blue chests
I've just started to see Snarl at my local retail regularly for about 2 weeks now. I say regularly because I found mine at a Target about 2 months ago, but it wasn't in their system and they didn't have a SKU for it so they scanned a Sludge to in order to process the sale for me. No one knows how it got there but, I was sure to snag it when I had the chance. Most things seem to hit my area a few months after everyone and their mom does their RU-vid review on it. I am starting to see some newer Tubers doing reviews on figures that even I've had for a bit so, at least I know it's not just my area. People should definitely check some of them out if they happen to pop up into your feeds. Show them some love too.
Good timing I was just watching Desertion of the Dinobots and thinking about the new toys, it would be neat if we got some based on the generic characters on Cybertron and in the flashback
i'm happy about this because it means we'll finally start getting the bayverse dinobots, maybe even a new bayverse grimlock (for TLK since they've redone figures before like prime with his ROTF first version and 07 second version)
Swoop's one of my favorite Dinobots, next to Grimlock. And, SS86 Swoop is great, so I just have to get him! This figure is just that awesome! Also, can't wait for SS86 Grimlock's rerelease next year! Don't worry, I adore all the Dinobots alot, so no-one's being ignored here.
I have the Sludge figure, and I never noticed the knee problem, but the left hip specifically has a loose ratchet on my copy, but other than that and the panels that form the front of the dino/ wings in robot mode not staying on at all (I really wish they just thickened the plastic a bit and put a pin into there) I like him. But, my preference is when in robot mode, I prefer to rotate the dino head 180° and have it look like Grimlock. So, a little column A, little column B.
I hope we can get a slash a paddles. Along with other g1 type dinobots to add to the team. I also hope we can get the combiner that could be a little bit bigger. To go against a future predaking combiner.
My ranking of the 86 Dinobots 5. Slag (good but worse then the rest) 4. (Great but can be hard to pose at times) 3. Snarl (Also great and fun but the knees look weird, next two are better) 2. Grimlock (Great and fun to pose, nice gun, nice paint) 1. Swoop (Him and Grimlock are kinda tied but I’m leaning a bit more towards Swoop. Super fun to handle and transform, accessories are great too. Amazing set of Dinobots)
I will never understand people fascination with Sludge. His QC is bad enough to be a deal breaker out of the box and his wings being on rubber is so stupid and his transformation is way too complicated for what it needs to be. He’s easily the worst of the 5 and SEVERALLY needs a redo
If you can't find SS86 Grimlock for a price you're willing to pay, I'd recommend the Comic edition Grimlock from Hasbro pulse, although it looks different and is USD$5 more.
Man, I wanted to like these, but I only got two of them, and both of them are so lacking in friction that transforming them is misery. The plastic feels like lunchmeat packaging; go squeeze a Lunchables tray. It's that stuff.. So many joints and pegs had to be fixed, and the plastic was so waxy that nail polish just flaked right off. Ugh.
I feel like the scale of the Dino’s to each other is off, and since by screen time those dinosaur modes are their main modes, that being better would be nice
I’m happy I started with Sludge, I was able to get him on clearance for $41 at Walmart and I’m really happy, now I just need to find cheap ways of obtaining the other 4; and I always thought his name was Slag not Slug, idk, Slag honestly sounds better imo but it works either way
I gave up after the 3rd one, because previously I had bought one at Wall Mart every year around Christmas but they stopped showing up at Wall Mart and became pre order only online, and I was generally annoyed they changed the gold plastic on the Stegosaurs head compared to every other one.
These will be the last versions of these guys I'm getting from Hasbro. They're just not worth the Leader class price point for having all those gaps and lacking accessories. Heck, they could have included a stand for Swoop for $55. I managed to pick up a loose Grimlock for less than retail shortly after he was released. It's crazy what people are paying for him now just because they can't wait for a reissue.
as a whole theyre pretty awesome. I wish someone would judt sell dome joint fixes. mine is not bad... but theyre not as good as the last 2 dinos that came out
Missed em all at this point but not really bothered. Would love to get that Exclusive comics variation of Grimlock though. AOE can't be to far behind, because LC EOE Prime is scheduled for next year which should finally do the design from the movie justice, as the first Leader was too simple and the Voyagers have not been too great either. Scorn as a SS Commander Class in 2026 would be amazing.
I must have just gotten a bad Sludge. I've had mine for a while now, and out of the box he just felt terrible. He has the knee problems, the tail pieces on the legs hate staying in place, the panels on the back just fall off whenever they want. I'm glad to know not everyone's Sludges were like that, but still yeesh. Also I've never seen any of the other dinobots in person because my stores out here are absolutely terrible yay.
Seeing how expensive grimlock is holds me back from grabbing any. Paying what amount to the price of 3 or even 4 other bots just for 1 to complete the set is a gut punch. I’m happy enough with the core set but I can’t lie…. Having all of the 86 dinobots would be amazing. Fucking grimlock though.
I got my Swoop the other day. He's great, except he has 2 right feet. And that affects nothing, EXCEPT the last step of transformation since the pegs aren't centered
I don’t have Grimlock yet but Slug is actually my favorite. I hate Sludge though. His hips and wing things are so insanely loose that the toys basically broken out of the box. That toy has made me forever anti-sludge
