Video review for Transformers Kingdom Wingfinger
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 10:50PM CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on May 5th, 2021 @ 11:43pm CDT
He should be skinny. He's a ninja, after all.Nuclearxpotato wrote:I'm already expecting all early reviewers to complain about Wingfinger being skinny / abnormally proportioned, but honestly that's a plus for me (adds variety).
Posted by Nuclearxpotato on May 6th, 2021 @ 12:22am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:He should be skinny. He's a ninja, after all.Nuclearxpotato wrote:I'm already expecting all early reviewers to complain about Wingfinger being skinny / abnormally proportioned, but honestly that's a plus for me (adds variety).
When has something like that stopped a reviewer from complaining? I'm glad they're a thin bone being. The rest of the Fossilizers have added some much needed body-shape diversity.
Also I hadn't noticed until now that Wingfinger reuses the robot legs of Paleotrex.
Posted by First-Aid on May 6th, 2021 @ 12:23am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:He should be skinny. He's a ninja, after all.Nuclearxpotato wrote:I'm already expecting all early reviewers to complain about Wingfinger being skinny / abnormally proportioned, but honestly that's a plus for me (adds variety).
Hey now...Chris Farley was a ninja once too!
Posted by Bounti76 on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:08am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:46am CDT
Bounti76 wrote:If we're being anatomically correct, Wingfinger is actually female. As I understand it, females of the pterosaur species (or pteranodon, I forget which is the correct word) have noticeably smaller head crests than males, so really, she is a ninja.
OOOoooohhhhh. Nice! But she clearly need a sammich or two.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:56am CDT
Posted by MeGrimlock78 on May 6th, 2021 @ 6:59am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:29am CDT
MeGrimlock78 wrote:It's not the thinness in robot mode that bugs me...I just can't figure out how Wingfinger can fly with those "wings!"
Same thing with so many bulky-non aerodynamic planes.
Or it just go fokkit and do the Superman like the G1 Decepticons.
Posted by Galvamaximus on May 6th, 2021 @ 8:01am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 6th, 2021 @ 8:16am CDT
Tigatron and Waspinator scanned female beast modes too, yet they're both still male.Bounti76 wrote:If we're being anatomically correct, Wingfinger is actually female. As I understand it, females of the pterosaur species (or pteranodon, I forget which is the correct word) have noticeably smaller head crests than males, so really, she is a ninja.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 6th, 2021 @ 8:19am CDT
galvamaximus wrote:When the Earthrise line was launched, I confess that I was disappointed that they did not launch any Dinobot. But since the first Fossilizer was shown, I loved the concept. The fossils are directly linked to the origin of the Dinobots (in the episode SOS Dinobots, in the cave and in the museum) as to some characters from Beast Wars (who scan buried fossils), in addition to the fact that the Fossilizers are extremely creative, allowing for several different combinations and assemblies . It was a big hit by Hasbro, which went beyond the conventional and gave us something really new and interesting.
It's also a nice nod to the early days of paleonthology, when scientists barely knew what they were doing when rearranging the dino bones.
Posted by Galvamaximus on May 6th, 2021 @ 8:27am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:galvamaximus wrote:When the Earthrise line was launched, I confess that I was disappointed that they did not launch any Dinobot. But since the first Fossilizer was shown, I loved the concept. The fossils are directly linked to the origin of the Dinobots (in the episode SOS Dinobots, in the cave and in the museum) as to some characters from Beast Wars (who scan buried fossils), in addition to the fact that the Fossilizers are extremely creative, allowing for several different combinations and assemblies . It was a big hit by Hasbro, which went beyond the conventional and gave us something really new and interesting.
It's also a nice nod to the early days of paleonthology, when scientists barely knew what they were doing when rearranging the dino bones.
It just gets better.
Posted by o.supreme on May 6th, 2021 @ 9:56am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:It's also a nice nod to the early days of paleontology, when scientists barely knew what they were doing when rearranging the dino bones.
Although the field has made some advancement, any honest Paleontologist will admit they STILL today barely know what they are doing.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 6th, 2021 @ 2:38pm CDT
Once again, Prime VS Prime deliver with an early Kingdom video review!
This time, it is for Deluxe Class Scorponok from the classic Beast Wars series! Scorponok is part of Deluxe Wave 3 that will be hitting store shelves along with Fossilizer Wingfinger, a repack of Earthrise Wheeljack and Tracks!
He come with a look that closely resembles the original show but with a modern interpretation of it.
Are you planning to pick this guy up?
Let us know!
Posted by blackeyedprime on May 6th, 2021 @ 3:28pm CDT
Posted by Razorbeast88 on May 6th, 2021 @ 3:38pm CDT
I wish there had been a core class comparison, since he's so short maybe he'd be a good opponent to rattrap
Posted by DeathReviews on May 6th, 2021 @ 3:53pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:04pm CDT
Almost certainly stolen figures, yesDeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
Posted by jtanimator on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:07pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:Almost certainly stolen figures, yesDeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
Pretty sure we’ve gotten several confirmations that this kid does NOT steal these, he’s partnered with Hasbro.
Posted by blackeyedprime on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:09pm CDT
jtanimator wrote:Autobot N wrote:Almost certainly stolen figures, yesDeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
Pretty sure we’ve gotten several confirmations that this kid does NOT steal these, he’s partnered with Hasbro.
Nope.
Posted by o.supreme on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:27pm CDT
I mean most of us poor shlubs are living paycheck-to-paycheck so we have to budget our resources to get TF's when they come out, but of the several thousands of us, I'd imagine there are a few more well-off than others, so they get the reviews earlier. I'm not jealous, it gives me a good opportunity to look at something several months in advance.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:37pm CDT
DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 6th, 2021 @ 4:51pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Not an agreement with Hasbro, but someone here recently (I apologize I cannot recall at the moment), pointed out a UK website that somehow does obtain toys quite early, and they have sent items to PvP to review before (he has credited them on his reviews), and this is how PvP gets several of them. Some of the more well known (infamous) early reviewers are obtaining questionable factory samples, based on their close proximity to where the toys are being made, but my guess is that PvP's family is financially secure, so he can afford to get the earliest sources and pay insane amounts to get them shipped to him in the UK as quickly as possible.
I mean most of us poor shlubs are living paycheck-to-paycheck so we have to budget our resources to get TF's when they come out, but of the several thousands of us, I'd imagine there are a few more well-off than others, so they get the reviews earlier. I'm not jealous, it gives me a good opportunity to look at something several months in advance.
Yeah he got others off In Demand Toys, like Selects Abominus and Volcanicus. I suspect Scorponok here is similar. An early review to build up hype.
Posted by bodrock on May 6th, 2021 @ 6:51pm CDT
I'm really only waiting to get bots I don't have yet, like Tigatron! I can't wait to see his voyager -- I'm expecting similar quality as we saw with Dinobot. I know not everyone loved the Kingdom Dinobot -- but he's a helluva lot more of what I wanted than the original toys were, despite their charms. Of course, I'm only referring to Dinobot in bot mode, since I have yet to transform him.
Posted by Lore Keeper on May 6th, 2021 @ 6:53pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Yup. Some of us have moral standards.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:01pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Not an agreement with Hasbro, but someone here recently (I apologize I cannot recall at the moment), pointed out a UK website that somehow does obtain toys quite early, and they have sent items to PvP to review before (he has credited them on his reviews), and this is how PvP gets several of them. Some of the more well known (infamous) early reviewers are obtaining questionable factory samples, based on their close proximity to where the toys are being made, but my guess is that PvP's family is financially secure, so he can afford to get the earliest sources and pay insane amounts to get them shipped to him in the UK as quickly as possible.
I mean most of us poor shlubs are living paycheck-to-paycheck so we have to budget our resources to get TF's when they come out, but of the several thousands of us, I'd imagine there are a few more well-off than others, so they get the reviews earlier. I'm not jealous, it gives me a good opportunity to look at something several months in advance.
Early releases are weeks, not months before they're on shelves. I've also heard from several sources that he and Ton Ton sell their samples for crazy amounts privately to recoup whatever costs they had. Between the views and the sales, they're doing ok. For the record, Hasbro will never send out figures this early to be reviewed. If they did there's a long list of reviewers who have larger audiences and have a closer relationship to Hasbro than PvP and Ton Ton.
Posted by Lore Keeper on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:03pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:o.supreme wrote:Not an agreement with Hasbro, but someone here recently (I apologize I cannot recall at the moment), pointed out a UK website that somehow does obtain toys quite early, and they have sent items to PvP to review before (he has credited them on his reviews), and this is how PvP gets several of them. Some of the more well known (infamous) early reviewers are obtaining questionable factory samples, based on their close proximity to where the toys are being made, but my guess is that PvP's family is financially secure, so he can afford to get the earliest sources and pay insane amounts to get them shipped to him in the UK as quickly as possible.
I mean most of us poor shlubs are living paycheck-to-paycheck so we have to budget our resources to get TF's when they come out, but of the several thousands of us, I'd imagine there are a few more well-off than others, so they get the reviews earlier. I'm not jealous, it gives me a good opportunity to look at something several months in advance.
Early releases are weeks, not months before they're on shelves. I've also heard from several sources that he and Ton Ton sell their samples for crazy amounts privately to recoup whatever costs they had. Between the views and the sales, they're doing ok. For the record, Hasbro will never send out figures this early to be reviewed. If they did there's a long list of reviewers who have larger audiences and have a closer relationship to Hasbro than PvP and Ton Ton.
I wish these forums had a like button because this deserves one, sir.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:22pm CDT
Besides sometimes I do question whether someone has stolen from the factory or if Hasbro are being very sneaky and using it as a way to build hype for forthcoming figures, plus they don't have to worry about a reviewer not declaring they got it from hasbro as they can rely on the "thief" angle.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:26pm CDT
Good to know that you do. But does DeathReviews?Lore Keeper wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Yup. Some of us have moral standards.
Posted by o.supreme on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:35pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Yeah he got others off In Demand Toys, like Selects Abominus and Volcanicus. I suspect Scorponok here is similar. An early review to build up hype.
Yes, that was from you. Thank you sir.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Early releases are weeks, not months before they're on shelves... For the record, Hasbro will never send out figures this early to be reviewed.
There are many examples of toys released in other countries months before they came out in the U.S. It happens often. Last Summer , In Demand got ER Skylynx and Scorponok months before many other places did.
Also for the record, go watch Emgo's review of Selects Black Roritchi. He literally reviewed it the SAME DAY it came up for pre-order on Hasbro Pulse, and he did Credit BBTS & Hasbro for sending him one early. Since he usually is not one of the super-early reviewers it was quite a surprise.
Posted by william-james88 on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:42pm CDT
Posted by Spider5800 on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:44pm CDT
Also looks like the main reason for it is because so much plastic went into his tail
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on May 6th, 2021 @ 7:57pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Just curious but how do we know to distinguish Male and female dinosaurs when the reproductive organs are bot preserved? No one knows what a trex penis looks like
Wingfinger, being a Pteranodon, isn't a dinosaur, but looking at the somewhat larger clade in Archosauria that includes both dinos and pterosaurs:
Basically, as far as I'm aware, the same way we determine a lot of other stuff about them: looking at the fossil evidence (bones, skin/feather impressions, etc.) and comparing to the same things in their closest living relatives (birds), their much more distant relatives that are still closer related than any other group aside from the aforementioned (crocodilians), and also compare to non-related living animals that are filling similar or the same niches today.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 6th, 2021 @ 9:10pm CDT
This Scorpy is very smol, yes. But he's also BEEFY. Like a stronk manlet. The scroprion look creepy enough and that transformation is certainly creative. I'll be sure to pick him up when he'll come out.
Posted by Autobot N on May 6th, 2021 @ 9:52pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Good to know that you do. But does DeathReviews?Lore Keeper wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Yup. Some of us have moral standards.
Not sure if our concepts of "morality" apply to a force of nature such as the Grim Reaper
Posted by JazZeke on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:03am CDT
Posted by Lore Keeper on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:23am CDT
JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else find it annoying the sheer amount of times PvP uses the phrase "of course" in his videos? He's not freaking M. Bison.
Posted by Nuclearxpotato on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:39am CDT
JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else find it annoying the sheer amount of times PvP uses the phrase "of course" in his videos? He's not freaking M. Bison.
Or misusing "obscure" to describe kibble.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 7th, 2021 @ 5:13am CDT
Nuclearxpotato wrote:JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else find it annoying the sheer amount of times PvP uses the phrase "of course" in his videos? He's not freaking M. Bison.
Or misusing "obscure" to describe kibble.
Not to pseudo-mod but these kind of discussions should be left on 4chan.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 7th, 2021 @ 5:31am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Nuclearxpotato wrote:JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else find it annoying the sheer amount of times PvP uses the phrase "of course" in his videos? He's not freaking M. Bison.
Or misusing "obscure" to describe kibble.
Not to pseudo-mod but these kind of discussions should be left on 4chan.
Yep, let's just keep it on the toys
Posted by Munkky on May 7th, 2021 @ 6:40am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Greetings Seibertronians!
Once again, Prime VS Prime deliver with an early Kingdom video review!
This time, it is for Deluxe Class Scorponok from the classic Beast Wars series! Scorponok is part of Deluxe Wave 3 that will be hitting store shelves along with Fossilizer Wingfinger, a repack of Earthrise Wheeljack and Tracks!
He come with a look that closely resembles the original show but with a modern interpretation of it.
Are you planning to pick this guy up?
Let us know!
Trransforms from Scorpion to Manlet and back!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 7th, 2021 @ 7:07am CDT
Munkky wrote:Trransforms from Scorpion to Manlet and back!
THATS MEAN AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!
But goddamn did I laughed!
Posted by DeathReviews on May 7th, 2021 @ 8:45am CDT
Autobot N wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Good to know that you do. But does DeathReviews?Lore Keeper wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Yup. Some of us have moral standards.
Not sure if our concepts of "morality" apply to a force of nature such as the Grim Reaper
Death doesn't judge the souls he reaps - that's for others to do. I just escort them to the courtroom so to speak .
But no - I would not accept stolen merchandise. I didn't accuse PvP of stealing - I just marveled that he is getting so many of these new figures so early, and wondered how he does it. He seems awash with all the stuff that was only just announced/revealed at the Pulse event a couple weeks ago. These are figures that aren't supposed to be available until late this year at the earliest. That kind of early access seems highly unusual. Maybe they wanted him to do the reviews first because he has an accent, and thus makes it sound 'classier'...?
Posted by Starseeker on May 7th, 2021 @ 10:29am CDT
It does suck that the rest of us have to wait, but at the same time it also helps us decide if we want to get a figure or not. Seeing someone actually handle the figure, transform it, pose it, as opposed to just photos of it, is a win for us, IMO.
Posted by sol magnus on May 7th, 2021 @ 10:33am CDT
DeathReviews wrote:Autobot N wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Good to know that you do. But does DeathReviews?Lore Keeper wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:DeathReviews wrote:Wow - how do some people get these things so dang EARLY? Do they have access to the factory floor or something? The rest of us casual reviewers have to wait for general release - there is no justice!
So you're saying if you had access to stolen figures before others you'd refuse them?
Yup. Some of us have moral standards.
Not sure if our concepts of "morality" apply to a force of nature such as the Grim Reaper
Death doesn't judge the souls he reaps - that's for others to do. I just escort them to the courtroom so to speak .
But no - I would not accept stolen merchandise. I didn't accuse PvP of stealing - I just marveled that he is getting so many of these new figures so early, and wondered how he does it. He seems awash with all the stuff that was only just announced/revealed at the Pulse event a couple weeks ago. These are figures that aren't supposed to be available until late this year at the earliest. That kind of early access seems highly unusual. Maybe they wanted him to do the reviews first because he has an accent, and thus makes it sound 'classier'...?
Last summer there was a big thing with him and TonTon and the source of their super-early previews. They were getting them from factory employees, who were stealing them - and then there was some kind of program they were running where you too might be able to become an insta-youtube celeb if you wanted by buying the figures early through them.
Posted by william-james88 on May 7th, 2021 @ 1:15pm CDT
Posted by Nemesis Reformatted on May 7th, 2021 @ 2:50pm CDT
JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else find it annoying the sheer amount of times PvP uses the phrase "of course" in his videos? He's not freaking M. Bison.
I absolutely despise it when reviewers constantly say tab this in "LIKE SO", this goes here "LIKE SO", flip this up "LIKE SO", "LIKE SO", "LIKE SO". Irritates the piss out of me JUST LIKE SO!
I also can't stand it when everybody calls extra parts "kibble".
KIBBLE:
ground meal shaped into pellets, especially for pet food.
Who's the jackass that started calling it kibble anyway?
Posted by Nemesis Reformatted on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:02pm CDT
All the Walmarts in my area got cases of Optimus Primal & Cyclonus. I don't think it was a smart idea for Hasbro to pack the case with 2 Primals & only 1 Cyclonus. Everybody seems to be buying up Cyclonus & leaving both Primals. That's exactly what I did too. I'm not interested in Beast Wars except for the 2 females & I already got them.
Posted by Rtron on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:16pm CDT
Posted by Notimus Crime on May 7th, 2021 @ 3:40pm CDT
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I also can't stand it when everybody calls extra parts "kibble".
KIBBLE:
ground meal shaped into pellets, especially for pet food.
Who's the jackass that started calling it kibble anyway?
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kibble#Origin_of_the_term
I personally don't have a problem with the term kibble other than it's meaning not being immediately obvious to non-transformers fans.