Siege Skytread: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 202

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[0:00] Intro
[0:48] G1 Flywheels
[1:58] Titans Return Skytread
[3:18] Siege Skytread
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@thetsarofall8666 5 жыл бұрын

"G1 accurate, not always a compliment" sadly true

@Sparkbomber 5 жыл бұрын

The idea was good, the execution... limited by the toy tech at the time.

@russellharrell2747 5 жыл бұрын

Sparkbomber toy tech at the time...you mean how the line showed a huge decline in quality from the much older Japanese diaclone and microchange lines while Gi joe has extreme posability and excellent sculps in figures less than 4 inches? Yeah, transformers got cheap and shotty, even going to ‘futuristic’ vehicle modes to completely cop out on making passable alt modes. Their non-transforming action masters even had fewer POA than the earliest Joes made almost a decade earlier BY THE SAME COMPANY. Wtf man, WTF (worst transformers)

@SuzanneHomemaker 5 жыл бұрын

Russell Harrell *cough Brawn cough*

@masterfarr8265 3 жыл бұрын

MP 44

@OtakuUnitedStudio Жыл бұрын

@@Sparkbomber It wasn't so much the toy tech at the time as much as it was their priorities. They chose a simplistic robot mode with limited poseability so they could have a single-step transformation. BUT, it's actually possible to do both given the materials available at the time. They just had the wrong mindset when designing it.

@battleupsaber462 5 жыл бұрын

Ya'll are sleeping on Marvel UK Flywheels. He fought zombies with Ultra Magnus and Trypticon!

@tigerbread78 5 жыл бұрын

Y'know, sometimes it's like Thew never read the UK comics at all ;)

@rubiconprime1429 5 жыл бұрын

Holy Crap! He saved Ultra Magnus’ life, summoned Trypticon, and survived a fight with the Wreckers! This man is no big footed goof ball, he’s a certified badass

@soundblaster1987reviews 5 жыл бұрын

Marvel UK Flywheels isn't a toy so he doesn't count in this review...

@MrRe-pg7fj 4 жыл бұрын

BattleUp Saber And he got killed by the D.J.D

@hurricane567 5 жыл бұрын

A tank with no turret might be self propelled artillery or, more likely for Skytread, a tank destroyer. The Archer is a great example and I think Bovington has one on display.

@TheRealHiboman 3 жыл бұрын

Just caught the sneaky Emgo reference! “Squozen” Thew bringing the rewatch value as always!

@Bobsheaux 3 жыл бұрын

No idea what Skytread's official backstory is, but I can't help but imagine that he's the Decepticons' first experiment in triplechanger technology. He starts off as a regular tankbot, he has a jet mode adapted into him to coincide with his tank mode, but when he transforms for the first time, he just splits apart into two different entities. SKYTREAD: Did it work? Am I a jet?? SHOCKWAVE: Uh... Kind of?...

@Raziberry 5 жыл бұрын

I actually love his colour scheme! There's a load of blue and grey Decepticons, but I can't think of a single other Transformer with maroon and brown off the top of my head.

@VRHyoumaru 5 жыл бұрын

Someday Thew will have to publish a guide to alliterative prose, because he's like a alliteration machine gun.

@AtticusTsaiMcCarthy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shout out! I also picked this guy up to help bolster my official (Hasbro/Takara designed) Scavengers group.

@thomashollingshead015 4 жыл бұрын

“Ass mounted kibble fish” is something I never thought I’d hear anyone say ever, but I’m glad I did.

@garrettmasters7281 Ай бұрын

Bro, that entire bit he does with that sentence is quote book worthy just saying

@Osna_Durtha 5 жыл бұрын

I lost it at Ass Mounted Kibble Fish. My standards are both getting lower and higher at the same time

@VorpalSlade 5 жыл бұрын

Judge Tredd, Treddie Mercury, Treddy Kruger, Treddy Roosevelt, brilliant haha You had my subscription at "Coccyx-blocked"

@cartkart1 3 жыл бұрын

What does Coccyx blocked mean?

@OtakuUnitedStudio 18 күн бұрын

@@cartkart1 The coccyx is also known as the tail bone, a single fused bone at the base of the spine under the pelvis, the last remnants of the mammalian tail left in the ape lineage. The full phrase, "coccyx blocked," is a pun based on the turn of phrase "c*ck blocked," in which someone is deterred from potential intimate conjugation by an outside force, usually a friend or relative of the individual they wish to engage in intercourse with.

@OtakuUnitedStudio 18 күн бұрын

@@cartkart1 In this case it means Skytreads can't turn at the waist very well because his jet tail is bumping into his hips.

@GeekBearReporter 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, I'm so glad you brought up this death in the IDW comic. Nicely delivered!

@DonaldWWitt 3 жыл бұрын

And then in the Netflix show, Chroma snipes him in the face after he helped the Resistance escape Spark Harvesting...

@zestybagels930 5 жыл бұрын

Me: I'm going to bed. Thew Video's: No... your not.

@cyclownus3658 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly he is my favourite wave 1 deluxe figure.

@ZstackZip 4 жыл бұрын

Dark Scream same

@cartkart1 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Siege figure

@Bokobling 2 жыл бұрын

What about cog

@SteelAngelJohn 5 жыл бұрын

HARMPITS! ...yeah I love this guy :D

@ChaosWolf1982 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer ARSENALHOLES.

@ReaverPrime 5 жыл бұрын

You pronounced Punch/Counterpunch properly?! I DEMAND a do over!

@Enkye_CA 5 жыл бұрын

ReaverPrime No! A DUO-over!

@cartkart1 3 жыл бұрын

Counch/Puntercouch

@fen4554 5 жыл бұрын

I think I hurt something laughing at the Overlord x Skytread combination.

@HIllowder 5 жыл бұрын

i had a fly wheels with no head, i thought it was just a no headed tank bot

@j-sant-animations8105 5 жыл бұрын

That moment on 7:38, it was for some reason hilarious when the last combination option popped up. But great video! It’s good to get love for the obscured.

@Roctev 5 жыл бұрын

Wow Thew how many nicknames can you give this bot? Not that it matters they were all great and hella fun to hear.

@ZimMan2 5 жыл бұрын

Drinking game for Thew's reviews: take a shot every time he says "on the go."

@teknonaught 5 жыл бұрын

....... now i gotta do that Overlord Skinny Khakis swap.. lol

@lagbait3076 5 жыл бұрын

Skytread, the Fred of Decepticons.

@swindlegaming7397 5 жыл бұрын

First battletrap now flywheels thanks hasbro

@chrisvellner3922 5 жыл бұрын

Joke left out for time: "Brotherhood of the Robot-pants"

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 5 жыл бұрын

As soon as Skywheels/Flytread appeared in the line, I immediately thought of your love for Battletrap and for Generic Decepti-troops. Glad you like him. His Titans Return head looks great on Chromedome by the way.

@soundblaster1987reviews 5 жыл бұрын

My advice is to get a second TR Blitzwing or Megatron and custom paint it, then whack the Skytread Titan Master on there and just pretend it's a Generations version of the Platinum Blitzwing that made a cameo in your Astrotrain video...then get another Astrotrain and do the same Platinum Edition custom paint job to him so they match...

@davidf7550 5 жыл бұрын

You had me at Treddie Vedder LOL #thewbeingthew

@ryliemorgan3725 3 жыл бұрын

Same that gave me whiplash it took me by surprise so much

@hobartpaving8986 Жыл бұрын

Best colour scheme in the whole of Transformers. He looks like he scanned his alt-mode in a Wimpy bar in 1976.

@Evaunit98 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought: overlord is made up of a huge jet and a tank that come together to form overlord, so this technically means that overlord is the biggest duocon ever

@tigerbread78 4 жыл бұрын

Tready Roosevelt Judge Tread Tready Vedder Tread Flintstone Tready Mercury Tready Kruger - Name pun quota exceeded OVERLOAD IMMINENT!

@cartkart1 3 жыл бұрын

And Overlord is in this video! It all comes full circle

@jelgerbudding8140 5 жыл бұрын

He's actually one of my favorites in the line so far

@8bitPikachu 5 жыл бұрын

love this guy, he one of those just pick me up and mess with me dudes. it also helps that he is front and center on my Decepticon shelf as I haven't the time to reorganize... or dust.

@YoshiArmy 5 жыл бұрын

'An Excellent Compliment'

@benvoliothefirst 3 жыл бұрын

You gotta be careful with those "just pick me up and mess with me dudes"...

@lampy5490 2 жыл бұрын

He's not a tank, he's self-propelled tracked artillery and thus no turret to swivel. LOVE YOUR VIDS!

@michaellombardi1620 5 жыл бұрын

Ooooh! I love it when you do a toy that I own. Plus one I also had the g1 of. Although a bit of a brick in bot mode, that guy was fun to show off in the school yard. He transformed as fast as anything in the cartoon

@todddavis2041 5 жыл бұрын

You could consider Skytreads bottom half as a Tank Destroyer, most of those don't have a turret! Love the review!

@TheTurnipKing 3 жыл бұрын

Also, of course, he has the jet mode to act as a spotter for his destroyer.

@todddavis2041 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheTurnipKing Very True!

@MojoTheClown 4 жыл бұрын

Got him for a tenner today. He's great! Thanks for reminding me that his guns make a sweet super-weapon.

@XelhosTallyn 4 жыл бұрын

"Treddy Vedder" 😂 I love this figure

@robertkrebs6998 5 жыл бұрын

A video on my birthday! Awesome!

@A.MNeverP.M 5 жыл бұрын

Great review Thew!

@JMurdochNZ 2 ай бұрын

That double Wham! reference was poetry.

@shifty0212 5 жыл бұрын

Never had G1 BattleTrap, but I did(do) have G1 Flywheels and he was my JAM! So happy both these lads got awesome update toys.

@soundblaster1987reviews 5 жыл бұрын

Flywheels did appear in the Headmasters cartoon and the animated segment of the Duocons commercial, so Siege Skytread is based on that version of the design...

@peterchave560 5 жыл бұрын

I have the top half of old Flywheels at my mums amongst some other random G1 bits. Really tempted to pick this guy up, you know once I catch up and get the new dinobots. P.s. totally ordered a poster for my wall from the link you posted on Facebook. Keep it up dude.

@Anton-de5vu 2 жыл бұрын

I really like skytreads colours for some reason, reminds me of fancy cranberry or raisin chocolate

@jeeziss8563 5 жыл бұрын

I like mine to have his nose cone sticking out in front of his face all jet-head haha style. You're the best thew, thanks!

@LarkinsLair 5 жыл бұрын

HARMPITS.... a new word I will add to my vocabulary because of your video. 👍🤙😃

@thedeerking7220 5 жыл бұрын

Ever since you introduced me to duocons with your battletrap review I’ve been waiting for this. Edit: I mean come on. He is basically the transformers version of the ninjastorm Thunder megazord/Gouraijin

@dareeljeffbezos3108 5 жыл бұрын

Great figure I love your channel mate!

@dustbeans 5 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff man!

@TaurusPrimus 5 жыл бұрын

I have the whole complete first wave including battle masters and micro masters. And waiting for wave two first on my list is Skifire my wife is preordering him for my birthday can't wait. Thanks Thew for a great video.👍🇬🇧🇨🇦

@AtreiusLux 5 жыл бұрын

And now I want one more so than before. Hope Smyths still have some!

@MrDoctorVK 5 жыл бұрын

The perfect review for Good Friday. While TR Skytread I never get, I'm gonna have Siege Skytread. Though shame that he didn't showed up in POTP as it would have been interesting to see his jet and tank parts get robot modes of they own.

@cartkart1 3 жыл бұрын

That would be kinda cool but look how weird Battletrap’s body looks like compared to Skytread. Plus the two guys looks kinda weird and the vehicle modes are a bit strange. Idk it’s just not my favorite thing

@nowaytoisop8776 5 жыл бұрын

Skytread is one of the only deluxes I have (only got him to go with battletrap) and I gotta say I love him

@JasonSawyer 5 жыл бұрын

Damn Thew, your pun/portmanteau game was in top form for this one.

@Skullgrin140 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff as ever sir!

@soundblaster1987reviews 5 жыл бұрын

Just 15 away from 50,000 subs, Thew! Almost halfway to your long overdue Silver Play Button!

@technosaurusarcanex3247 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! My Skytread has the exact same issues with the tank half that yours does, which is really disappointing as this guy was one of the few transformers I had as a kid. I still have his jet half in a bin somewhere too...

@jaspersullivan1395 5 жыл бұрын

My first purchase of the siege line was Skytread and Cog. Thank you Thew

@optimoosejones9493 5 жыл бұрын

I bet we could get a blitzwing out of this mold or atleast a slamdance!

@syntheticpacifist 5 жыл бұрын

Except the current people running the Generations line probably won't do Blitzwing, because they'd probably want to do a proper, voyager-scaled one to go with the new Springer. Idk who Slamdance is, but sure! Another nobody as a repaint of a nobody!

@muisverriet 5 жыл бұрын

@@syntheticpacifist tfwiki.net/wiki/Slamdance_(G1)

@SideswipePrime606 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, he's actually getting retooled into Slamdance!

@MDonuT-of7px 5 жыл бұрын

>Judge Tread Oh my god.

@MathewHaswell 5 жыл бұрын

Speaking of Judge Dredd... Thew, have you bought Rebellion's "Cor & Buster Humor Special"? If not, do you intend to?

@peejay4606 5 жыл бұрын

Great review, Thew. You always do .. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

@PhelesDragon 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably my 18th time watching this video and I’m just now noticing the 69 joke

@deltaknight2764 5 жыл бұрын

1:37 Funny story: In IDW, Flywheels had a running gag that pokes fun at how Sora-level his feet were. All the more potent that all that was left of his corpse were his LEGS.

@soundblaster1987reviews 5 жыл бұрын

If Skytread had done the same thing as Battletrap, I bet Hasbro would have named the two parts Skyblast and Treadshot...

@samc821 4 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite siege figure so far, god knows why, it just looks fantastic

@originaluddite 5 жыл бұрын

No way, Flywheels is totally the George Michael of the duo.

@thesquidwithclass8097 5 жыл бұрын

Keep doin what you love Thew

@Normonaut 5 жыл бұрын

I prefer to have Skytread displayed with the larger weapon on his back. That way he has the classic cockpit chest of a jet transformer AND the classic back mounted turret of a tank transformer, which is perfect for a transformer that is both.

@rathorclemenger6125 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like Thew's gonna do another "Damnit... Open".

@snipexd4964 5 жыл бұрын

I JUST picked Skytread up! It's like you made this video for me

@charplayer1395 5 жыл бұрын

Yes finally been waiting for this

@cesarcasti492 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a long shot BUT is that a Careless Whisper reference at 1:38? Absolute blush

@rhaeasoul8531 5 жыл бұрын

With the tank you actually have to trim the outside of the connection hole and a small ledge inside the leg. It's annoying you have to fix it out of package but after you do it transforms perfectly.

@SilverHairedFreak25 5 жыл бұрын

Mad that I never managed to get my hands on a Cog... but word to the wise: if you're gonna get one of the Weaponizers, GET TWO OF THEM. Seriously, half the fun is taking them apart and seeing how you can combine the two.

@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video, in an upcoming video can you talk about a Soundwave

@superleeroy55 5 жыл бұрын

Finally got round to becoming a patron. Yaaay! Am I the only one who preferred G1 Flywheels over G1 Battletrap. Oddly it was because of the colours. And the alt-modes

@thecrankymonkey77 5 жыл бұрын

lee coombes No, I preferred him for the same reasons.

@THE14THPRIME229 5 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely a joy to watch....

@goldanimations4442 5 жыл бұрын

I actually have the original one just sitting around. It’s kinda neat to see it as a good toy now.

@brianfarkas8172 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched so many of your videos you seem like a old friend at this point.

@daverage4729 5 жыл бұрын

Got to honest, probably my fave of the siege figures...largely down to him being one of the Scavengers '&' lasting bugger all time in IDW before being robo-minced by the DJD. Lol! Do love my background flunkies.

@QuantumButler 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's just the perfect kinda generic army filler guy.

@cheeseburgerpaladin 5 жыл бұрын

Thew please write my eulogy

@optimoosejones9493 5 жыл бұрын

looks like flywheels got a new pair of Thews!

@LunaticPrime 5 жыл бұрын

I really like his colorscheme. A bit more of that dull gold would complement him very well.

@syamantakguha3518 5 жыл бұрын

Died at Overtread and Sktrap! Cheers from India!

@vulkhanasennet9961 2 жыл бұрын

I love the colours! Not everything has to be blue Thew!

@RobinSwede 3 жыл бұрын

When u say "on the go" twice within ten seconds

@toygrind 3 жыл бұрын

that's just me, baby

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 жыл бұрын

I love the daft gerwalk combiner mode with Cog

@andrewthielmann5342 5 жыл бұрын

He might be my favorite of the deluxes...or of all the things so far...ever.

@Technochaos03 5 жыл бұрын

Just got my Flywhee- I mean Skytread in the mail and I love the little daft man. Just the right amount of goofy in my evil robots.

@RingoLoadagain 5 жыл бұрын

Tready Mercury?!?! Brilliant! Also, I thought you were dumping the numbers after #200? ;)

@MojoTheClown 5 жыл бұрын

Oh no, you're making me want to get him.

@Psyche1903 5 жыл бұрын

Love the new Duocons, have them posed up with the LG Overlord. Of the two I'd say I prefer Flywheels, even if his tank mode doesn't hold together that well. Battletrap having to have his halves become robots make his main mode a bit fiddly, and his robot modes a bit stocky and busy seeing as they have to hide the combiner kibble. Flywheels just having the vehicle mode and combined mode makes him feel sturdier, in addition to your comment about the waist. Both are still great tho.