It was a decent line, but siege makes me think they could’ve done better

I don’t think it’s bad, it just had some really big L’s.

I'm actually surprised with Hoist's positive reception; he's all hollow, doesn't feel solid, and his entire hood being cast in transparent plastic scares the ever living hell outta me whenever I transform him. Then again though, I actually liked ER Starscream and Wheeljack, so maybe I just have bad taste.

I think earthrise’s biggest issues where QC and tolerances, I feel like quite a few figures in the line had you flexing the plastic, and of course, QC was a nightmare, I was pretty lucky when it came to QC though

Let's hope that the next trilogy doesn't have another earthrise

After getting earthrise starscream I didn't bother hunting down the rest of the earth seekers and just kept the siege ones as my main seeker team.

Starscream er is credited for being the literal only wfc figure with no waist swivel

The nice things about your review are that they are nice and quick and don't take 20 minutes. This is why I like watching your videos you get them dome quick

Every other review: *praised earthrise* Also Every other review: *says earthrise is not as good* Perspectiveend: “You couldn’t live with your own failure, and where did it bring you? Back to me.”

Complain about the Cliff mold's shortcomings if you must, but, still be grateful we got a Bug Bite figure out of him.

I feel like there is no excuse for the QC problems, the plastic on ironhide feels like a bootleg, and also all the other Design problems. Like making hinges out off thin transparent plastic and adding partsforming just to save some budget. And also the higher prices and smaller size

I think earthrise is like the weird middle sibling of the war for Cybertron trio, siege was awesome, kingdom was great with the beast wars figures and the fossilisers were kinda cool, but i feel like earthrise was trying too hard to meet the standards that siege set and QC kinda got thrown out the window. (Grapple and Hoist were sick though)

Yeah, the Earthrise toyline section of the WFC trilogy was decent. It had a interesting roster of characters. But should have been made better and lasted longer. -The distribution sucked, with these exclusives and store retell quantity.

I'm surprised that cliffjumper paint hasn't shipped after so many direct hits!🤣🤣🤣

Despite the good and positives of this line, there's are some bad and negatives too. Honestly, this line feels like we're getting unfinished and unpolished prototypes released for retail.

i really feel like the WFC figures have had WILDLY inconsistent quality. sometimes they have been bangers, sometimes they have been... well..shampoo bottle plastic dollar tree quality. this isn't even factoring the chaotic QC.

I love how you didn't include cliffjumper in the beginning because of your beef with him haha

nice edit to an old video also that part where cliffjumper explodes was my favorite

That missile hitting cliffjumper part was hilarious 😂

I don't think Earthrise in its entirety is meh, in fact I still think it's really good, it's just easily the weakest out of the 3, but siege and kingdom have been some of the best toylines in Transformers history. I honestly think if it had more of a chance with distribution and quality control, this line would be almost as good as the others, because a lot of the best and coolest figures were exclusives or had bad QC issues, and if those were fixed then really the only weak figures would be a slightly worse version of the best megatron, the alliconz and quintessons, which are harmless and weird figures, and Arcee, which at least has a good robot mode even if it's not that good overall.

It was an excellent toy line! It did have its QC issues sadly.. but other than QC issues enjoyed it as a toy line!

I really like the earthrise Optimus prime cause for so long I've been looking for a g1 accurate Optimus that I didn't need to sell my kidneys for and this was practically perfect except for part of the back wheel assembly being bent straight out of the box and the trailer is great for storing weapons I stored so many weapons in it I called it the weapon storage trailer cause I stored weapons from g1 to AOE

Another Cliffjumper death. Perspective End’s Cliff abuse will never disappoint me.

I can accept that some figures weren't good, but figures like ER prime and bumblebee were near perfect

I had received Wheeljack as an early Christmas presents, one of those that you can’t open until the actual Christmas Day so you have to only stare at them for like two weeks. And when the day finally came I was so excited to open him and mess with it, but his leg windshield pieces were both the left one, so he couldn’t transform well. I tried reaching out with Hasbro but they told me to see it with the store i bought him and after some talk with the manager they got the faulty Wheeljack and I was able to grab another one free from the store. Unfortunately everyone had bought the other Wheeljacks in the store and the only Earthrise figures were Ironworks, Hoist and Cliffjumper, and I grabbed the Cliff. I know the figure isn’t perfect and I despise the Partsforming but thanks to that history I cannot bring myself to dislike it, he was some type of consolation price but I still like him a lot and will be forever one of the most important figures in my collection. If anyone read all of this, thank you for listening me :)

Sorry, but I legit laughed at your thoughts on Arcee. However, you summed it up perfectly. 👍

These are my criticisms of my er figs Grapple: it’s ok Smokescreen: the gun broke in half and very hard to get out of hand Sun streaker: just wish it had an actual gun Wheel jack: it’s ok Double dealer: the legs suck Starscream: nose cone Airwaves: great Allicon: it’s ok

My main takeaway from this video is Just buy kingdom stuff lol

Astrotrain IS a Siege figure. He was released in the tail end of Siege and got rereleased in Earthrise.

For a second, thought it was a re-upload.

We completely agree on Runamuck. It and Runabout may be the best Earthrise figures.

Wow, THANK YOU for your HONESTY! I always had doubts n' suspicions about the earthrise line and now I know - and knowing is half the battle! :D

I was looking forward to Arcee, and when I got her I realized I prefer my MMC reformatted/ocular max stuff.

The only ones I'm 100% keen on getting are Wheeljack, maybe Sunstreaker, Cliffjumper because he'll be a just decent substitute. I have Megatron, and though I hate the back panel that partsforms just to fill out the back and don't care for using the turret in robot mode, I think he's decent. And I think he looks great in a gun mode. But that is because it is a retool of Siege, which I'm getting.

would you be interested in doing a full review of ER Starscream one day? I know you outlined your main points on why it sucks, but I’d like to hear your full thoughts on it

I found your channel from the siege and earthrise toyline videos and im happy i checked out more of your stuff!

All the dislikes on this are just Earthrise Figures and their alts.

Most people: watch perspectiveend for the quality content Me: more cliffjumper abuse

Covid hit Arizona so bad that we only got wave 1 sunstreaker trailbreaker and runabout

I think the main reason as to why ppl say "its g1" is because of the marketing and the fact that "its the first time we get G1 again after a while"

It was a mixed bag imo. Had some that I loved/liked in DD, Lynx, Sunny, Cliff, Grapple, Hoistbreaker, and OP. But there were also some really terrible ones that either didn't need to exist, like Astrotrain and Megatron, or were shamelessly awful: Allicon, Arcee, and the Seekers. Also there was that filmy grey zone that was neither bad or good, with Wheeljack, Snapdragon, all the Modulators, and some others that I probably forgot existed...

When it comes to earthrise, if you want the best figure in the line, you’ve gotta learn to love some niche designs, completely unknown characters, and prime.

Honestly, even if the ER Wheeljack is not perfect, I still want it.

Arcee being a shell-former isn't her main issue. Her main issue is that she's a pain to try and transform (granted I have Netflix SIEGE Elita-1, but it's the same figure with a different head).

So 7 months in, I'm starting to fall under the spell of the design of Smokescreen/Barricade mold, and, with no hope of an evergreen-based Generations Barricade figure, I'm gravitating towards the Earthrise one. Except, of course, the issue of the plastic in general, especially the clear legs and KNEES. That still worries me like hellllllll. I know the Siege is sturdier, and has better colors, but I just can't shake the preference of that design out of my mind. And if I was gonna get only one of the ER Datsuns, it would be Barricade. Plus, I'm sitting on a good deal for the set for $32, though I still want to sell off P/CP to someone else. Really torn here, though leaning towards set on getting said set. What do you think?

Completely agree with you man, a completely mixed bag of a line. The seekers were probably my biggest disappointment out of the whole thing, though I’m happy we got new Grapple and Hoist figures. Those two were the best thing to come out of earthrise.

I must be the luckiest man on earth because none of the parts on any Earthrise figure that I own have broken off.

Are you going to make a perspective on the kingdom toy-line and how you feel about it

The lazy eyebrow basically confirmed it to me that er starscream is the generations mold upscaled to voyager. When he showed on his review of the seeker mold, there is a metal pin on starscream’s back that was supposed to act as a butt flap, but the plastic was already molded in with the rest of the body. Hasbro couldnt even be bothered to add that to the figure.

Is the small tank and poo car a dr. Lockdown reference?

Hey what was that wheeljack upgrade kit? Or like where can I find one?? I love the blue and the complete arc of the windshield on his chest

I think a lot of people think of Cliff as a straight copy of bee.

8:14 truly a wepon to surpass Metal Gear

Grapple is probably my favourite in the line

Concerning the Sky Lynx halves connecting, have you snapped it it? There should be a click sound from the back tab. I had a similar issue with before figuring it out.

Funny how I got an ad about Tinnitus after the Cliffjumper explosion.

Yeah, most of the figures is actually not that bad but the QC's issues make them bad. The plastic quality and the engineering is far when compared to the Siege toyline. I think the nostalgia that people have is so high that they didn't really mind the problem that those figures have. Anyway, great video.

If Blurr was in Kingdom, you would be a Perfect voice for him

lol I remember that episode. I also subscribed to you the day I saw it because your feelings towards Earthrise matched mine. Though my main complaint is that there are never enough Seige Ports. lol

I have a question. How come you hammer ER Prime and (somewhat) Siege/ER Astrotrain for not being worth leader price when Siege Shockwave does the exact same thing?

9:36 I just about fucking lost it

Do you ever get tired of crying?? Or is that like your favorite hobby??

I ordered air wave from Amazon two years ago and I transformed it once an when I put him back together he just kept falling apart to the point I had to return him which was annoying cause I think he looks kinda cool

Ok, that bit with CliffJumper getting hit by DoubleDealer’s rocket made me laugh. That was pretty funny. Also, great video and I really enjoyed the week of Big BOIS.

I’m just curious what’s going to happen when the Trilogy ends Also good video as always

Well it's an ok line they had some perfect figures ( fight me) but some of them sucked ( arcee elita etc) Edit: there goes another cliffjumper death again😂 Edit 2: IT BROKE THAT CLIFFJUMPER HATES YOU! Edit 3: if you had a po box I would send you another one because I'm evil

I really wanted to love that Sunstreaker mold, but every instance of it I experienced was a struggle to transform because of the windscreen not wanting to tab in, and the fact his knees clip in when he's in vehicle mode resulted in me getting stress marks on every single version of that mold's knee hinges. I wanted to love that mold, especially the Diaclone recolors, but consistently I had a horrible time trying to transform him and it just depressed me to no end considering how much I liked it upon first viewing.

the bumblebee fixed most of the issues with cliff but STILL! did not fix the parts forming.

I agree with the comment below mine, perspective, do you think I should get my brother double dealer for his birthday? I’d love to see a review for him.

Will you do another video about siege, like how you did with this one?

Enjoyed the retrospective. On my copy of Sky Lynx to fix his QC's, I put some primer and gunmetal paint on the stubby base mode tabs to better keep it locked together, also helps keep his shuttle butt tabbed in. I've joined those that swear by it, and put some of the pledge floor polish on the wings, not directly on the mushroom peg, but where the wing and joint slide against each other for added friction, without stressing the peg. Much sturdier now than dry spaghetti noodle. And funny enough, his box art does show his mouth unhinged.

Thanks for that tip about combining the hammer dude with Soundwave's gun! Now it truly looks great!

Earthrise is like the middle child of the WFC trilogy, which makes sense in more ways than one. Still can’t get Runamuck anywhere though

are you sure you have Sky Lynx tabbed in right? I had issues with mine when I got it until I found out I was just doing it wrong lol

It took me this long to realise that it's a plane crashing in the thumbnail.

I've always found it weird that they did a "War for Cybertron" trilogy and only one part of it was set on Cybertron. They started with the _end_ of the war on Cybertron and then the next one was more Earth modes and the last one was... a weird mix of the G1 movie and Beast Wars?

Honestly, I love the cliffjumper mold. I have the netflix Bumblebee and I find posing and transforming it quite enjoyable. I also don't really mind the parts-forming back as the "shield" mode I think looks pretty good on it.

Ok, I have two QC related questions. 1. At this point, I have owned two Snapdragons, and both of them had the same issue. When in dragon mode, the big white piece the arms are attached to doesn't peg into the chest piece that well, meaning that every time I go to move the dragon legs, the whole assembly unpegs itself. Is this normal? 2. I picked up an Astrotrain yesterday and literally returned it the day after. I found that his knees were loose, one more than the other, to the point that he would topple over if he was wearing his back pack. The second one I got had the same issue, only on the opposite leg. Also, the piece the boots attach to on the tender doesn't lay flat in launch pad mode. Again, is this normal?

Smokescreen for me didn’t break but still had QC issues. One effing arm was so loose it kept falling off so I was able to return it. Only good Smokescreen I still have is CW Smokescreen

Will ya ever get kingdom Barney Megs? Idk if I will- waiting on a Netflix repaint.

The arcee bit killed me 💀

Didn't the faux forming on Sunstreaker bug you? I thought it was ingenious how they got the feet to work but I thought you'd hate it

I just need a quintesson judge, runabout, ramjet and dirge to complete the map, them and some gen selects are left for me to complete earthrise, I completed siege, i am currently also working one wave 2 of the Netflix figures, already have all of wave 1, hopefully will have completed ER by fall, that will be 2/3rds of WFC completely collected by 22’

im pretty sure you can use one of those loose joints fixers to make skylynx stay together

I was thinking about what you said about ER Primes proportions recently, so I compared him to Classics Prime cuz I got them standing next to each other. It has the exact same problem which makes me wonder if it's a general problem with retail Prime figures besides POTP. Don't have Siege so I can't fully compare.

If you combine the siege torso with the earthrise legs you get a pretty tall figure

I will agree with the fact that siege prime has way better kibble because although it has more of it, it feels a lot better managed, like I'd rather take a nice jetpack that doesn't intrude on any articulation and flip out arm guns than some clumsy wheels on the back that not only break up the silhouette, but hugely hampers articulation and doesn't look like anything other than just kibble, not to mention the sacrifice in the robot mode's sculpt to get rid of as much kibble as possible is also a bit of a downgrade.

So hey update again lmao Just got a new Smokescreen and this time the arms didn’t fall off so at least o finally have a decent Smokescreen other then the CW one

Hey i gotta ask, what do you think hasbro is gonna do with the transformers next after beast wars?

honestly i think both siege and earthrise are equally good

i only had ss figures break on me and im worried for my ss ironhide his translucent arms have cracking ports and i cant find a replacement

If you were to rank Siege Earthrise and every Prime wars line, what would be the order?

My biggest disappointment with earthrise was the downgrade in accessories. Siege had some fantastic weapons like ironhide’s rocket hammer, hound’s heavy machine gun thing, even primes axe shield was kinda neat, but most of this wave was just… black plastic gun

I know cliffjumpers not g1 accurate and he does some partsforming, but i dont really mind it. Is what i wouldve said if the peg the backpack uses to connect to the figure didnt rub off. And now whenever i touch him it falls off. The Netflix bumblebee fixed this issue wich is great, and the "shield" actually kinda works for his character, considering he was more of the kid appeal character in g1, and less of a fighter.

front of truck and back of truck with canon are the heros we never asked for,but needed

Let's be honest the main reason why I think most people weren't as bothered by the partsforming on Cliftjumper was because it was a Cliftjumper that wasn't a repaint of Bumblebee

well in the case of optimus the hip design does allow for better articulation than siege which had the hip skirt hinder forward waste movement but different strokes for different folks I guess though I will agree with the QC as i have earthrise barricade and I've just stopped transforming him because I'm scared of the clear plastic hinge breaking

Ironically (for me) I only got Fasttrack in wave 3 (I honestly only got it because of the staff mode and because of possibly mixing and matching other weaponizers)

Personally i like the earthrise mold G2 ramjet and sandstorm… decent figures with no real qc Starscream (or ss86 starscream) FFS i have the wing qc problems Thundercracker and skywarp - YAY NO QC ISSUES

Cliffjumper is not g1 and thats why i love it. I am a big fan of shields and yes, the parts forming is a big problem to many people. But i am happy you can at least store it on its back. My biggest problem is that the bazooka pegs should have been on tilting joint with a pin in them so one peg can be angled to be held like how a bazooka should be held with the elbow bending to do so and the other peg folds along the shaft so it doesnt have this awkward peg just hanging out. The end piece of the bazooka i wish had some sort of use too