Hey Thew, just your friendly neighborhood Toyhax representative stoppin’ by! Here’s what’s up with the weapons: Wingspan’s horizontal tabs peg into the robot mode hip slots when in bird mode, just rotate those cubes upward. Pounce’s weapon slots at the back of the guns are to peg onto the puma mode’s shoulders. And as a couple people have pointed out before, the holes on the tail bits are for flight stands to plug into. Hope this helps!

"anything's a melee weapon if you're mad enough" That's Plato level truth there man.

Pounce and Wingspan are Sixshot's kids with Weirdwolf and Cutthroat? Wow, Thew, you really are gonna miss IDW.

"Wingspan is also looking considerably HAWKward".... God dammit I love this man.

Pounce’s chest logo makes him look like a Thundercat

Anything's a melee weapon if you're mad enough. - Thew Adams, 2018

I can't wait for when we get to the point when we start getting masterpiece figures from the Unicron trilogy.

Personally, I'd love to see this gimmick in reverse; two identical alt modes with wildly different robot modes. Like, two identical T-rexes, but one of them does a Dinobot and the other does a BW Megatron

"Recteagle" sounds like a really disturbing medical condition for which you'd need both a doctor _and_ a vet to resolve... O_o

“Anything’s a weapon if you’re mad enough.” ~Thew Adams

I missed “Doppelbängers” the first time round. Genius.

A basics episode from Chris AND a Thew review IN THE SAME DAY?!?! Lord have mercy!

4:22 When I heard that Ween parody, I was Impressed that somebody knows more than one song by them.

I have a thing for z-list mooks, and it doesn't get any more z-list than these guys. They look like default create-a-decepticons and I love them for it.

That Headmasters shirt is so awesome!

3:10 - Oh dear... It just hit me what unexpectedly chilling subjects for a Halloween review these two would make. "Come play with us, Thew... Come play with us... Forever... and ever... and ever." "Gotta love how they fold out to reveal glorious purple plumage..." The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone-dead.

Ya know, the whole "exact same robot mode" thing can be used for some rather clever mind games. (Pounce has a grenade and the Autobots know it's Pounce that has it) Sideswipe: Ok, Pounce. HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM! *Wingspan raises his hands up* "Pounce": OK, OK, YA GOT ME! Sideswipe: All right...Slowly give me the grenade, Pounce, NOW. Actual Pounce: If ya say so! *Pounce chucks the grenade at Sideswipe and blows him away* Wingspan: PSYCH! *The two laugh and high-five*

The clones are so dumb, clunky, and conceptually 80s that I love them completely. They are a great update to a lousy original, and great for collectors, or kids with an affinity for retro concepts. Y'know, like if a kid in the 90s was into Dick Tracy or something.

Always imagined these two as being Sixshot's henchmen.

Funny enough, Sixshot already has a kid: Quickswitch I still don’t wanna know how robots have kids 😬

I'm going to be completely honest, the only reason I care about these two in any capacity is because of Sixshot killing them in Headmasters, more specifically in the English dub where he just politely apologizes to their corpses for murdering them.

I expected him to mention Thundercats when he was talking about their chest logos.

Whoaaa dude that Ween cover. Didn't expect that, Transdermal Celebration is one of my favorites!

Digging that tune at 4.20. That needs to be the theme for every transformers toy advert from now on. Lol!

I'm rewatching this review because of the Target exclusive re-release that just got revealed. I was on the fence on them but after Watching Thew have so much fun in this video I'll probably get them if I can find them in person. I've always loved there colors which is why I got the Botcon Vehicon repaints from 2014.

Another great and entertaining review! Glad to see someone talk about these two also, was kinda curious how they were.

This is an interesting concept, seeing how the same basic character can go two different ways

*THE FATHER HAS RETURNED!*

I went a little bit crazy with the clones. I managed to get the two boxsets before they sold out and picked up the two pack but just in case I also got the Takara releases as well. Then for some reason I picked up a second set of Takara releases. So I have three of each figure. The Hasbro releases are the original pairs while the two sets of Takara releases are their slightly off color clone army. So I guess I took clones a different way. Instead of them being clones of each other with different alt modes, they're twins with different alt modes each with their own clones. It just all goes along with some of the rest of my collection. Anytime I have a good voyager or ultra sized character who also has a good deluxe counterpart, I get multiples of the deluxe to act as drones of the larger figure. CW/UW Cyclonus with a bunch of Universe, Generations and Henkei Cyclonus'. TR/LG Galvatron with U/H/Hasbro Asia/Platinum Galvatrons. ROTF voyager Bludgeon with ROTF deluxe Bludgeon. T30 Brainstorm with an army of TR/LG/SDCC Brainstorms. Universe Hardhead with TR Hardhead. T30 FOC Grimlock with Classics Grimlock. T30 Springer with both GDO and SDCC Springer drones. TR Astrotrain with Classics Astrotrain and so on. I even have two Classics voyager Jetfire to go with T30 leader Jetfire. The idea obviously started with Cyclonus, Scourge and Galvatron having drones made of each other by Unicron then spread from there. The other Decepticons are also agents of Unicron while the Autobots are knights of Primus to combat them.

It would be interesting if these guys were used in a series as a single episode villain where the Autobots struggle to beat them because they can't tell who's who and their alt modes are used to beat the autobots.

Nice Ween cover

Just picked up the Earthrise 2 pack of Pounce and Wingspan. Now I can resell the lone Wingspan from the Walgreens 2 pack.

5:12 Hawkward.. amazing. Had me laughing for ages. I'm picking these two up!

1:29 not gonna lie, I love that jacket :D

Please do a challenge involving Dutch triple-salted licorice.

I could see these in the background of every video and I was waiting for a review

HUG ME BROTHA Oh man, I forgot about these. I wanted these. And this video, this is some next level stuff. “They’re presenting a fantasy, and I am living it.” But I think that tail hole is just the stand h- THERE’S A SILVERBOLT MODE?!!?!

Amazing Ween cover, Thew!

God I wish I picked them up I only have Hasbros’ wingspan. Great review, thew

Barry:I'll wait for the Japanese release. Larry:I'll buy one at Target today cause there's a discount. Garry:I'll buy one at the closest illegal China shop. Me:I'll just stick with Studio series...

Honestly the wait between episodes well worth it just for the alliteration that he does it's so good

Always thought these guy's were affiliated with Sixshot.

That face sculpt/paint scheme looks like a cross between a Star Wars stormtrooper and one of the police officer androids from THX-1138

I know I'm late to the party.. but I'm totally here for that beautiful for Ween cover!

Thank you for always making me laugh while at the same time truly enjoying a marvelous review. 👍

Thew-dermal Celebration!

At least you got these waves around you

Excellent service as usual TA..

I was actually planning on getting this set too :) I love the modern legends class toys, they're Takara, and they're Decepticons (because there's always room for more of them) so yeah I think I need them too lol another great review Thew :D

God, this review was more hilarious than usual

liking these little skits

The hole on the end of Pounce's tail and the one on top of Wingspan's are for 3mm flight stand pegs, BTW.

2:28 No, actually, Pounce seems really into the Thundercats.

Dude. Transdermal Celebration! And it's the Devin Townsend cover as well! Dude! Between that, the regular subtle Homestar references, the Transformers themselves, and your band's cover of Giant Woman, I've determined that we like the same things and therefore we should be best friends. Can I be your best friend?

That ending spiel regarding whether people really needed new Clones is probably *why* Hasbro put Fastlane and Pounce in the box sets. On their own they're not up to much, but packed in with Laser Prime/Quickswitch/Nautica and Ginrai/Tidal Wave/Metalhawk respectively, they're a lot more appetising. Certainly, if I'd had the funds at the time, I would've got them for those larger figures. Cloudraker and Wingspan being packed together was mostly due to other box sets being cancelled, but selling them together meant they were more likely to be grabbed by people that did have the box sets for completionist purposes.

Love your vids man

What? The alt modes are god damn adorable and waaay fun to mess with.

I got mine at Nor-Con last month. Love em :) Gotta Toyhax them up though

These are great. Pounce's animal kibble does fold up a bit better in the back though.

Oh the G1 toys we all wish we hadn't sold...

They should totally be the first actual clone army. Just like poor bastard Cybertronians that the Decepticons kidnapped and just factory rebuilt into troops. Like Fulcrum from the Scavangers.

Keep up the awesome vids Thewbot

Is the idea that the Clones are supposed to resemble G1 Twin Twist for infiltration? I’m sure that’s a thing. Great vid, great jacket! 😂

A riotous good romp through your top gears Mr Thew, Rollicking stuff sailor.

Nice Review!

I’m glad I got this set! Love these guys! Never had the G1s. I mean yeah, they’re not “exact” beast modes, but they definitely pull it off better than the G1 versions & with poseability.

Alright, I will just say it, I like 'em... They're basic soldier boys with that squarish 80's bot modes I like. I wanna see an army of these doods layin' siege to an Autobot base!

So, if you check inside the box for legends Pounce and Wingspan, there's a little sheet indicating a misprint on the instructions - they swapped around the photos of Pounce and Wingspan in robot mode! No word of a lie, you can see their back kibble in the photos.

HOLY FUCK TRANSDERMAL CELEBRATION REFERENCE THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU THEW

Base bucks they could make into different alts? Sure. The concept was a cool idea. The story they gave is as exciting as Thew made it sound, but I can always explain these small batch per gimmick sub-lines as wartime tinkering.

Great and funny review

OMG, the moment from 01:00 to 01:07 made me chuckle bit till seeing moment from 01:25 to 01:39 which made me to chuckle again. XD I wonder were you feeling dirty after you did that ultimate collector expression. Though personality I would prefer Hasbro's release of TR Autobot and Decepticon Clones; all I would need is both TR exclusive sets plus TR Clones 2-figure Pack not only to get both clone teams but also ready TR collection.

I wish each side got 3 or 4 to push an implied mass produced body they quickly modded to have different modes as needed

i am loving this vid

Cheeky Transdermal Celebrations there

pounce has a good taste in music

These little bastards that I saw in an Earthrise two pack isn't even a retool!? DAMNIT HASBRO!

whoa Thew, nice one, also, you must share your photo setup, because, try as i might, i never have photos that crisp!

same reason i needed their Autobot Counter parts

I've got you for you Mr thew!

Hey thew! Nice video,keep ip the good work!

When the boxed sets with the other brother were coming out, I just couldn't convince myself to pay that much for a scout-sized figure. Instead I got a lucky deal on an ebay auction for both twins & punch/counterpunch. And I gotta say, I like the G1 versions more. Sure they don't have the nice posing options of the new versions, but they're bigger, the plastic feels sturdier, the alt modes seem more cohesive, and there's less hollow body gaps. I did later get the Walgreens 2pack so I've handled the new versions of 50% of the twins for comparison. I also find it amusing that I've passed on the Takara releases because of the color pink. The deceptitwins didn't have enough pink and I felt the autotwins had too much pink to their bodies.

What a plaeasant suprise

I definitely love this set, I got them off good old Bisto at TFNation, I need to get the Toyhax weapons

Now you get to buy them all over again with the Earth Rise release! 😃

Siege has got me hyped tho I mean those toys look spectacular imo, anyways awesome review thew 👍👍👍

I was going to leave a comment about how I loved these guys as a kid, and hated that Hasbro split them up to sell them. Aaaaaand then the song hit and made me stare at the crap on my shelf for more time than I should have.

I gotten those in an earthrise package. I wished the arms tabbed in place.

With earthrise hasbro seems to have figured out put things i want in a box.

Awesome review! Edit: anybody getting Battleslash vibes from this? Hmmm....

Compared to the original G1 versions the beast modes are quite a it better, plus the extra articulation, plus cheaper. I do wonder what those extra knobs and sockets are through.

"Truly impressive dick move" Truer words have never been spoken😂 And "Did the world really need a new Pounce and Wingspan?" I didn't grow up with this shit, and I still bought into them, so, yes.

That WEEN cover!

And then they got rereleased together in Earthrise WHEEEEEE

If this set wasn't so expensive I'd love to army build these and the autobot set.

The slots and tabs on the weapons are probably for alt mode storage

I definitely had the itchy horn for these essentially pointless additions to my plastic crack den. I don't know why i like them so much either, but as soon as they were announced I bloody needed them. I like the fact they are legend scale and can give the Autobot legends a shoeing.

So, I finally got these today. And I didn't have the originals. I got them because they are blocky robo dudes who don't look like anything and make good crowd-filler. They're like the Marvel Comics generics who don't look like they even HAVE an alt-mode, like Reflector's components.

Noooooooooooh, now when I hear Devin townsend, I will hear you singing.

i love the shirt thew!!