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I remember back when I first found a Windblade at retail, I was ecstatic. That quickly turned to utter disappointment when she couldn't hold together in either mode. Maybe the overall fandom reaction was overblown, but I cannot say that first iteration is a good mold.

Man I was so lucky to get this figure for $60 back in 2018.

it always weirds me out when something sitting on my shelf or in a shelf is now worth a good bit of money. i see those numbers, look at her on my shelf, and say "really?".

6:19 thats a gnarly stress-mark.

Snagged this girl on ebay for alittle over 70 two years ago. While those heals can be a pain in the ass, shes easily still one of my most prized figs in the collection and i LOVE the character just so much. Really wish hasbro would give her character some more propper toy representation in the future tho.

Yeah, about that tangent regarding stand ports... Most action figures tend to use the clamp style rather than actual stand ports.

Your younger self was NOT wrong... the mold is flimsy. It doesn't hold together well, the robot mode doesn't balance well, and getting the alt mode to tab together in any way that resembles something solid is impossible.

Hell yeah, Cyberverse sold me on Windblade. I thrive on those Windblade Bumblebee Friendship moments.

You the best dr lockdown

I couldn't bring myself to get this figure, so I made my own....which is Studio Series Thundercracker with the Titan Master Overboard. It looks good, if a bit buff for the character. Although I think the Studies Series Blitzwing in Slipstreams colors and with a decent head would be great

It's a shame so many people shit on Windblade since her IDW g1 character is amazing and easily my favorite female character in all of comics.

Slipstream really isn't a bad figure. She has just enough remolded parts to differentiate her from Windblade. My only gripe really ARE those annoying heels.

You better hope Starscream isn't watching this xD

Ngl Im so glad that were getting a Slipstream retool from the pretty good Legacy Windblade mold later this year, Ill definitely pick her up, do however wonder how much theyre gonna retool tho, really hoping that it wont be a Shadowstriker/Sideburn situation where its just the head that gets changed, and Im hoping that itll be more of a Scraphook/Axelgrease where theyll retool not just robot mode but also alt mode bits, but only time will tell I suppose.

I wish Legacy does her justice!!, It would be great to see her AND windblade get modern engineering.

As someone with both windblade and slipstream yeah those heels can fuck off but I like the actual asthetic of the mold though. So much that I am currently repainting my windblade into a proper decepticon colors so I can throw her into my decepticon squad.

We are due for a new Generations Windblade. They can do better than the original mold. I also wonder if they can do a new specific slipstream mold, the current ER seeker mold is probably too bulky but they could easily do a new fembot jetformer mold that's up to WFC standards to reuse.

I’m glad we’re getting a new one late next year according the leaks as I would rather not have to resort to eBay

1:12 disappointed you didn't say "expect when they didn't" and show an image of united thunderwing which was trying to more toy actual then then rather then the Hasbro release trying to look in-between his marvel and idw2005 colors.

Damn, am I glad that I got Slipstream before scalpers got out of control...

Something seems different about the recording. Did you get a new camera?

I own a Lg16 Slipstream and a takara reissued G1 megatron, I knew megatron was rare but wow slipstream has gone up in price.

(scaled down comment) Luckily I got her for around $55, and that's with a 2000 yen discount store coupon, on a Japanese store. There's another one for around the same price on Yahoo Auction, if anyone wants to try their luck on Japanese proxy shopping sites like ZenMarket or Buyee. 2 days left as of this writing. Glad I got her, though, coz no custom would really be able to seem right enough for me to be happy with. Certainly wouldn't capture the swish wingspan of this look. Honestly, for her moldmate, even if TAV55 Windblade is good and much more accessible, the Takara version of this mold still has the best feel in terms of its look (though the head would have to be replaced with TR Windblade's face to make it truly perfect for comic or Prime Wars look, at least personally), especially the wings and jet mode. We'll see if I'm that crazy to hunt the Legends figure down or settle with the TAV one, or see which one's actually available. Gotta concede to the part about upgrade kits in my vaunting of CW Ultra Magnus' engineering, but it ust further convinces me that it was engineering they shouldn't have discarded over the armor pieces. If nothing else, I hope they bring it back with the improvements that the upgrade kits provided. And yes, the market is indeed beyond unkind to those late to the party.

here's hoping they retool the new windblade into slipstream

The design of this figure kind of reminds me of Iron Factory Starscream a bit.

💲 Jeezuz Look At Those Prices Jack!💰 Excellent review as always Doctor! I love the old Takara repaint philosophy. Shame its such a pain in the but to get a hold of these beautys😓

I actually quite like the Cyberverse Slipstream -- I forget what exactly they called it, but the 7" one with the silly flip-out spinny thing gimmick, that unlike any other spring loaded gimmick ever didn't cripple it in either mode, or force some awkward proportions or huge chunk of back or arm kibble. It could have used a bit more articulation and pinned ankles instead of the easy to pop out molded joints, but that's just the Cyberverse line design philosophy, and getting a VOY size figure for a DX price tag was a delightful inversion of recent trends.

this is still the best looking Slipstream we've got, don't get the hate. Though the Tfcc has the actual cockpit on its torso, more so the belly but still.

Ah yes, Legends. Where half of your purchase was the actual figure you wanted and the second half were comics that had you looking at Transformers a different way for a certain amount of time. Wanted Legends Triggerhappy? Beware of the manga. Wanted Kickback? Beware of the manga. Wanted Arcee? You guessed it. Wanted Powermaster Optimus Prime? You know what to do by this point. I had Legends Triggerhappy, and I looked at the cover art for the manga, wanting to see him kicking some ass, instead I found something Not Safe For Work, and immediately threw it away.

Currently have the Legends Windblade version of this mold and had the OG version before. Given I didn’t have much experience with the fanbase at that time I wasn’t aware of the roiling controversy going on. All I thought was: “oh hey they made a character using input from the fans. Cool!” And bought the thing. While I also do enjoy this mold, it is as you say: Posing it is a bitch, but through some finagling and determination I got something resembling the Vergil Judgment Cut Draw stance with her Katana so that’s pretty cool. Hopefully these heel upgrades will alleviate this problem a bit. Thank you for that info 👌

My neighbour has this TL slipstream And it's still inside the box Man some people are lucky

Windblade sure was

I had to pause and go back to the SU Garnet upgrade kit..... I'm both confused and intruiged.

While watching this I realised we could get some Really amazing jet formers from fembots since hasbros obsession with making all fembots super sleek and thin with no bulk it should lend itself to having some really nice clean slender jet modes with current engineering I hope we get some modern fembot jetformers

6:17 yikes that plastic warping at the pin.

Great review i still want this figure and the other two fembots that were released at rhe time theres a video on youtube were some one actually made a custom animated slipstream using one the animated starscream body molds

I have a Windblade using this mold, it’s not fun at all to pose, and the arm joints are tight, don’t get me wrong, but some things that should tab in, don’t tab in. It’s a good figure, but it’s a little unenjoyable. But I still like it…it’s also the only fembot I have

Doctor Lockdown on may 1st, 2021: "You won't be able to find this on store shelves. It will require online hunting." Firebyte27 on May 14th, 2022: Hold my beer.

I mean.... most retail action figures DO have stand ports, or rather base ports in their feet. That, or they do make little claws that go onto your stand and wrap around the figures waist. My issue is actually how freaking hard it is to GET those bases for figures. Like.... Hasbro alone makes about 6 lines of figures that ALL use the same side base port in the figures feet. NONE come with a 4 cent plastic circle with a nub on it.

I’d love to see your opinion on Nitro Zeus

I have no problem with a schmentai artist designing a pretty good Windblade kit. It was a good figure. I hate excessive fanservice, but it was hardly the worst. It was relatively tasteful. I'm surprised people had a problem with that, and not the fact that the best G1 styled Arcee to this day was designed by the man who made Transformers Kiss Players. *shudder*

I hate how even with all the new WFC trilogy seekers they never made a new figure of Slipstream from any of those molds even though they went as far as making Redwing a toy even though he was only a background character and making a modernized version of an unreleased G2 Sandstorm figure

as someone who spent the aftermarket price for it, im suprisingly happy with the figure

Well, I can understand your points. But if you're not at least an Hardcore Slipstream fan, this won't be worth it.Especially with upgrade kits...

You should check out Irontrans starblade

Oh yeah, the manga where Megatron has a office lady fetiche... Genocidal maniac but at least he is a robot of culture.

I can tell you right now 100% that the base color for ALL the newly tooled parts on Slipstream are clear transparent plastic just like the back of her head. When Takara retooled these ladies, they didn't actually "retool them" in the traditional sense. They created a single brand new mold that contained all the parts for all three of them, Nightbird, Slipstream, and Blackarachnia Then then painted the parts to match the figures they were meant for.

So I got this figure in 2016, for a pretty good deal I think. She broke after my first transformation back into robot mode... The hinge on her stomach broke... I still have her, she's so pretty but everytime I look at her it makes me sad :(

11:39 either your copy is the best Or my Windblade is supposed to flop all around with a loose shoulder and feet that cannot help her stand in any way I don't know if this reused mold holds better But man Windblade ( first figure ) is just the worst.... Got thing I got Titans Return Windblade

Good job as always Dr. Will you ever review your MP Star Saber?

12:28 that tiny slipstream is adorable, what mold is that? o3o

Read the disclaimer ya basstahhdd!

Do anyone know where I can read TF manga because now this video makes me want to read em

I recently got the windblade version of the mold and really my only complaint on it is the heels It’s an absolute bitch to pose it because of them

I believe all the retooled parts of LG16 Slipstream are actually clear plastic (her head, chest, and null-rays) that’s painted over. So be very careful with her!!

I have the original Windblade and it has not aged well

"Better" paint job. 80's sunbow accuracy does not always equal "better". Sadly, I was never a fan of this use of Windblade. I prefer Slipstream be a seeker mold.

I keep on hearing stuff about springer, but I cant find a review on him

can I have your starsaber tho?

Who here is watching this review after the legacy reveal?

Wait does SO stand for second opinion? Because if yes than why is slipstream SO-10 and evasion prime SO-1 ?

I hate how Takara Legends finally gave us representation for those Decepticon fembots, and yet the manga turned them into giggling clumsy fanservice moe secretaries for Megatron. No, that's not a matephor, guys, they are literally secretaries.

Got this for $75 SGD

im gonna build a time machine just for this mf

So all I can say is Grab a Wawa burger... Ads

I dislike this figure because it has made hasbro think its ok to make Slipstream out of Windblade Slipstream is a Seeker, she should be made from a Starscream

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Odd, I found when Windbade was first making the rounds I was one of the ONLY voices of dissent. Like most people I knew were chastising me for thinking her entire concept from top to bottom was abhorrently awful and that she stood only as a tribute to why fan polls are always a bad idea... and I still am, but that's not the point. Where was this supposed outcry against Windbade that I completely missed!?