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[Ballistic90]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble

Gasp! That's not a REAL dragon!

[fruityrobo]

70 USD?!!! What a ripoff but I will still get it for the toy. UGGH THERE GOES 70 DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN

[LE0KING]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

[Kurona]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

[william-james88]

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

And that guy must be the only one who loves his voice

[wilcosu35]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Addition to Peaugh: Has issues keeping things in view of the camera.


I do subscribe to him on Youtube but the only one i actively follow is Thew, because he's very entertaining.

[Carnivius_Prime]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

[LE0KING]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

He doesn't have bad paint, the reviews I've seen showed an impressive amount of good paint.

[Carnivius_Prime]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

He doesn't have bad paint, the reviews I've seen showed an impressive amount of good paint.

Breacher's words, not mine. And paint stuff doesn't bother me as much if the mold itself is still really good as I can have some fun painting it myself.

[Overcracker]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

I stopped watching Baltmatrix once he just started to not give a crap, and gets many many things wrong about figures and generally has no idea about a figure he's reviewing.

Peaugh is okay, he's neutral but will miss some key points about some figures, and will just ham fist many of them and yes will do things out of the view of the camera.

I really do like Emgo even if he does fangirl about the positives. He'll still point out the issues he has with the figures, he just won't rant or get all bent out of shape about them. And generally is pretty timely with the reviews. He also has a sense of humor I can relate to.

Vange1us is indeed the best, but he takes ages to get to any figures. Though his reviews are really good, and in-depth.


Optibotimus, can get on my nerves real easily. I try to avoid him, unless I have no other choice. But many times he just won't care about the figure he's reviewing and that can get annoying.

I guess I'll have to give Thew a shot


I generally go for a combination of Peaugh, Emgo and Vangelus when possible.

[LE0KING]

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

I stopped watching Baltmatrix once he just started to not give a crap, and gets many many things wrong about figures and generally has no idea about a figure he's reviewing.

Peaugh is okay, he's neutral but will miss some key points about some figures, and will just ham fist many of them and yes will do things out of the view of the camera.

I really do like Emgo even if he does fangirl about the positives. He'll still point out the issues he has with the figures, he just won't rant or get all bent out of shape about them. And generally is pretty timely with the reviews. He also has a sense of humor I can relate to.

Vange1us is indeed the best, but he takes ages to get to any figures. Though his reviews are really good, and in-depth.


Optibotimus, can get on my nerves real easily. I try to avoid him, unless I have no other choice. But many times he just won't care about the figure he's reviewing and that can get annoying.

I guess I'll have to give Thew a shot


I generally go for a combination of Peaugh, Emgo and Vangelus when possible.

Yep I tend to go with peaugh and thew, and vangelus if he puts any videos out.

Emgo was fun the first few times but he reuses the same jokes in every review. It gets annoying after a while.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

[Evil Eye]

Emgo I find cringeworthy to be honest. I just can't watch him.

Optibotimus much the same, I just...I dunno, man. He takes way too long to review simple figures and doesn't even do that good a job on them.

Peaugh is OK but very dull on occasion. Not terrible though.

Baltmatrix overuses the word "weird" and hamhands figures whilst blaming it on the toy. On the plus side he does review old obscure stuff and he is honest.

BensCollectibles is overly positive even with total crap. I have heard he's going through a real rough spot though so I find it hard to hate on him.

Vangelus I have no issues with. Well edited, short, to the point and entertaining.

Thew is the god of reviews. Most reviewers I'll only watch the ones I'm interested in. Thew though I'll watch them all. He's just so damn funny.

Bobby Skullface takes his time but he's very in-depth, quite professional and brutally honest. My one gripe with him is his obsession with everything being slathered in paint- and I say that as a paintoholic myself.


Anyway, Steelbane. The robot mode looks beastly. The dragon/wyvern mode is...well it's OK, hard to tell because Baltmatrix did a terrible job transforming him. The paint, I can see what they were attempting but it looks kinda awful. The QC is inexcusable. Like, yes you can fix it with floor polish but for £24 you shouldn't have to.

So yeah. Good engineering, rubbish paint, absolutely garbage QC. I'll pick him up if I have money to burn or he goes on clearance. At the very least I might be able to salvage him with the Airbrush of Power.

[Carnivius_Prime]

That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Is that how you get cool TF figures right now? Post lots of tiny Michael Bays and Kremzeeks? :O

[D-Maximal_Primal]

That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Is that how you get cool TF figures right now? Post lots of tiny Michael Bays and Kremzeeks? :O

Don't I wish. That is my major want of the line, has been since the beginning. I need him. yesteryear.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Don't I wish. That is my major want of the line, has been since the beginning. I need him. yesteryear.

Aye, 'tis a fine looking figure an' no mistake.

[chuckdawg1999]

*Reads previous posts* Uh huh, I see where I rank. For the record, EVERY review of Steelbane has said the figure is way too floppy out of the box. Yes, that can be fixed, but in 2017 should we have to do that with a new figure?

[LE0KING]

*Reads previous posts* Uh huh, I see where I rank. For the record, EVERY review of Steelbane has said the figure is way too floppy out of the box. Yes, that can be fixed, but in 2017 should we have to do that with a new figure?

Ouch... Sorry Chuck. To be fair, we didn't have many nice things to say, so maybe it's for the best we left you out.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Fellow board user MaverickPrime has kindly let us know that yet another batch of reviews of new figures have come from youtuber Chefatron; this time of legion-class Megatron, Crosshairs and Drift from The Last Knight! Check out the videos below and tell us what you think of the cute little guys in the energon pub!

I am so impressed by wave two of the legion class guys. I only hope they do a better Optimus legion figure to match Megatron. Then again, probably won't happen, which is sad, but I can only hope!

[TFmonkeybiz]

Wow those guys are way better than expected, I'll have to add these to my must haves for this line (the others being Deluxe Barricade and Nitro).

[Tyrannacon]

That Legion class looks surprisingly nice and reminds me of the TF: Prime Cyberverse Legion Megatron in a lot of respects. Usually they look wonky, but this looks very nice.

That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Max gets it here. Megatron love is always happy love. XD

[Insurgent]

Kapow have wave 2 voyagers and deluxes listed as in stock now. Has wave 2 been out anywhere else? Or have they secured a lucky early release?


https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... movie.html

[Carnivius_Prime]

Kapow have wave 2 voyagers and deluxes listed as in stock now. Has wave 2 been out anywhere else? Or have they secured a lucky early release?


https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... movie.html

Wave 2 Deluxes been out for a while. Haven't seen voyagers yet or else I'd have Megatron standing on my shelf by now. Strange that site lists Hound as £3 off but not the same deal on Megs.

edit: Ordered me Voyager Megatron and also Titans Bumblebee (mainly cos that one was price reduced and I felt like having a look at it) Paid for DPD delivery for Friday. Still cheaper going all the way to Cambridge just to find they ain't got stuff in yet.

[breacher]

Well, like someone else said, customers shouldn't have to deal with all of these problems, especially considering these things are now more expensive than ever. Yes the joints are fixable, but isn't that what QC is for to begin with? And no, no one should have to repaint their figures unless they really want to.

Have to agree though, Balt can be a little petty with his criticisms. But honestly, I'd rather have an overly skeptical reviewer than an over positive one. And his comments on the alt-mode still stand. It is trash. The head looks... bizarre, to say the least, and kinda ugly. The robot feet stick out like a sore thumb, and it all essentially looks like a robot broke its back, swung its legs around, and did the splits. The robot mode is nice though, despite the paint.

[primalxconvoy]

I'm not sure if this is an actual different version of Megatron. If anything, it's just the regular Takara version (which itself may or may not differ slightly from the Hasbro release).