I WARNED YOU!!! I WARNED EVERYONE!!!

Zeta is the exact reason I love mastermind creations, even with their bruticus, they don't try to lean purely into accuracy. They know when something works and doesn't and above all they prioritize a good play experience and transformation not just paint and shelf display appearance. Btw I love the current content. Keep it up

Someone gave me this set as a Christmas gift, and all I have to say is this. The power of new-age compels you, the power of new-age compels you, the power of new-age compels you.

“I will send ya to Jesus!” Not what I was expecting to hear the funny larp man say.

A trick to spraying yellow paint is to prime the part with white primer before you spray the yellow

First we had jobby with bold forms gladius Then we had Prespective end with toy world constructer Now we have Dr. Lockdown with zeta superion

I love that it took the combined power of Doc, PE, TJ’s die cast sign, and Sam Cap to deconstruct this figure’s failings

"Third party helps fill in the gaps" is funny because hasbro filled in a lot of those gaps with the wfc line and legacy line. Reminds me of how many people customized the titans return galvatron and seige optimus to be g1 accurate only for hasbro to make g1 accurate optimus and galvatron later down the road

If a figure is too small, any attempt to make them overly complicated can backfire. Sometimes they get it right - but... most of the time they don't ;)

Weirdly enough, seeing Dr. LD have a mental breakdown for an hour and half straight is entertaining. Glad you finally got this off your chest!

This was an excellent video. I’m super happy to see you back. On the part discussing complicated transformations, I liked that you brought up mpm Blackout. I was able to pick him up brand new for 60 usd, and I’m smitten with him. The most surprising thing about him is that I think the transformation is great. It’s really intuitive while being very complex.

This entire set seems like it's described as: "Micro-Masterpiece was a goddamn mistake." Like, Silver Arrow's messed up spaghetti backpack looked like it was intended to be a third "turret mode" like Scattershot.

Hearing the intro music and disclaimer after 2 months made me so happy. So glad to see you back!

That tab on Silver Arrow's backpack is working ten million times harder than the designers that put it there

DAMN this is a lot. So glad to have ya back Doc, hope all is going well in the life department! A great video as always and the ending talking about 3P Legends and your current relationship with it is something that definitely needed to be addressed, no matter how bitter sweet. It sucks that these companies are prioritizing accuracy and the profits more than they are the fun factor that all collectibles and ESPECIALLY legends should be. An accurate representation is all well and good but if it's a nightmare in every other aspect (and isn't really even that accurate to begin with) then what's the point? These are toys at the end of the day. It's saddening to see them go in this direction but as you said hopefully companies like IF will remain true to the love, passion, and ingenuity they've had all this time, and above all else I hope they and others can provide you with the good kind of legends that you have that contagious love and appreciation for, even if not as frequently. Looking forward to the next more positive reviews, they're always fun and you deserve it after the last figures and everything you've had going on this last while. Cheers!

It was an honor and a privilege to be part of this stream. I hope you're doing better everyday good chap 🤟

Thank you so much for the briefer on the Zeta/Toyworld situation. Being someone not too big into third party other than MMC, it's good to hear that Zeta is probably best avoiding in the long run, due to how just reviews of the toys don't help for unreleased ones, and how it can be such a mixed bag

Like you said, "fandom conscious opinion is a discussion," I may not agree that S.S. Bumblebee Soundwave is a bad alternate mode, but I can understand if others don't like it. For right now, I am going to stick with figures or characters I like from HasTak, but I am considering something from the ancient Japanese inspired Legends class bots from Iron Factory. Best of luck you insane Australian! Can't wait for more reviews from you, and retrospects on what's influencing designers!

I really liked your take at the end. I started with Newage’s Soundwave and fell in love with the legends scale releases. I managed to get a couple other NA releases afterwards but at one point the prices for them got out of hand. Like, I can find a MP style Grimlock for what some places are asking for Ymir, not to mention 4th party takes on NA designs. Of course, space and room are different for many people which may make what I said moot, but then the “fun” aspect also came into play when I got Magic Squares Legend Nemesis Prime 2.0. The transformation on that thing put such a sour taste in my mouth that it was the last legends scale 3P figure I got. Now i’m back to sticking with core class and minicons.

I have never in my life watched a toy review that was this long. Under rated channel, and great content!

Honestly, I wasn't even *thinking* about getting this figure (I prefer main line anyway, MP-style figures just ain't my thing) so I'm mainly here to crack jokes and understand references. And by Jove, the jokes are great, and the references are grander. 10/10. Will watch again.

I believe this was my first time seeing a video by your channel. I was referred to your review after watching Tydirium Hanger's review on this combiner team. loved your review! thank you so much for putting the time and attention into this video. I learned so much about the history and relationships between 3p players, their aftermarket kit offerings, why the same figure by multiple 3p were being released was NEVER a coincidence but still terribly frustrating for collectors.... and most of all: the 3p vs KO (when 3p is KO / when 3p is not KO) I am a mainline collector mainly because i have always seen the rest as KO - but after waiting 30 years for the Studio Cell and Haslab Unicron to arrive after always being a childhood fantasy I realized my perspective was wrong and needed more background and attention. i look forward to watching more current reviews on your channel and future reviews as well. thank you!

Was not expecting the Steven He reference, but it was certainly appreciated!

great to see you back man!

Its Good to see Dr. Lockdown again

I'm so excited. This has been years in the making! 🎉

40:58 ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE END W LETS GO! Anyway so far this is one of your best videos yet, also probably one of the longest toy reviews I have ever seen someone make.

This honestly makes me appreciate my EXTREMELY limited delves into 3P Legends all the more - Newage Prime and Iron Factory Grimlock's biggest flaws are nowhere near as bad as this set's smallest ones, from what I can understand. ...feel like I should do more, but uh...that's a trap I don't know if I'm ready to delve into

Happy to see the doc back

Glade your back man , and wow .. is that bad , but i saw the DIno king cameo , i cant wait for that day review

Love the PerspectiveEnd cameo Legit made me laugh 😆

I think the points you made about the direction legends is going is why I've been feeling less excited with Magic Square and Newage. Iron Factory still doing their own thing will keep me interested in them.

This is an hour and half of a man raging his ass off at a shitty toy and making the funniest thing I've seen in a while, amazing work Dr.lockdown Edit: also I'm sorry You cant truly enjoy legends anymore, hopefully you can find a new calling in the collecting world, and I cant wait to see how that will lead you.

Fantastic video!

The best fate we can hope for this thing is that it meets Overlord from the POTP miniseries

Across the board, I completely agree. I have to admit, amazingly, I enjoy your videos, including the length. That is a rare thing.

welp, there goes my ears. also perspective end making a cameo and throwing heat was definitely hilarious

Another excellent video from the good Doctor! Given what you've said and shown here, I'm very glad you've laid it all out so that those of us that weren't aware of Zeta's (and ToyWorld's) mess ups can know about them. As for third party legends, Newage and Magic Square seem to be the safer bets, Newage more so these days, and HasTak has been doing quite well with Legacy and the previous trilogies. I do rather hope that Zeta is just an anomaly here. Your vids are what got me to try out 3rd party Legends collecting, and I'd hate to see it just all go down the drain for the misplaced need of "MP mini". Got to say, after Newage's Redwing (Nacelle when, Newage?), I've been hooked. Even got that "battle worn" Megatron and OP set they put out recently as it was a good and cheaper way to get those two for me, and I've been quite enjoying Agamemnon much to my own shock! After this slog of a video and process, definitely take a good break before some lighter content. You deserve it!

I got here in the middle of this, so i’ll probably wait until after the premier to watch it but i’m excited! also i just got g1 sandstorm, a holy grail of mine, so that’s cool

1:08:25 I was expecting "Firefly!?" "We have lightning bug"

“We stan pizza cheese, we don’t stan mustard.” -Dr. Lockdown, 2023

I didn’t know about the history of Zeta Toys and I bought the “Dark Side Superitron” figure set because it was relatively cheap compared to its size… It’s basically Superion in Nemesis Prime colors-which makes it look really nice. Too bad the arm rail kibble is even more of a problem on the full size version than it is on the mini version. Also, the thumb articulation is terrible-making getting it to wrap its hands around the cannon tough. I’m still wondering why they went whole hog on partsforming for the torso of the combined mode but didn’t think to take advantage of it for the backpacks-it would have helped eliminate the need for rails that inhibit articulation. It’s definitely a shelf piece-combine it, get it into a pose, and _never_ touch it again! One thing I did appreciate was that it came with little grip strips for the combined mode feet-makes it easier to put on glass or smooth wood shelves. Another pro is that the joints are pretty strong but not crazy hard to move. It looks great, but I don’t think it’s a good Transformer set.

45:11 for some reason my ER Optimus has the same problem with the head articulation. any suggetions on how to fix

Also that was a wonderfully heroic moment for Iron Factory Brawl. I now want that figure.

Seeing prospective make a cameo was hilarious

Oh this was beautiful.

So glad to see 3p Legends class figures get shit on instead of getting Blown so hard the reviewer would work just as well as a Dyson on EVERY surface.

great review,. I only have one question, where can I get that upgrade kit to turn combiner wars inferno into heatwave ?

Im both hyped and scared of this

Welcome back good to you again and hope you are doing ok

The moment you were talking about the die cast I knew perspective was gonna show up

PERSPECTIVE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES HE'S BACK!!!

How is the newage devastator? Any problems because I hope it lives up to my hype since I've been waiting for the toy color version to ship for a while

welcome back doc

Actually, this brings up a good question, as someone who agrees with your preference in third-party legends scale figures, who are the companies you would actually recommended checking out? Or if there are none that are 100% safe bets, what are some specific figures you’d recommend?

I have to admit that it's funny when you bring up Ragnar's transformation, because I got him recently and I think he's a fun desk bot. Either I have a problem or it's like we're different people. Either way, I feel I have to say thank you for your service with how awful these transformations were, and I hope that future Legends releases don't leave you feeling left behind as you currently do. I myself have only a handful of Magic Square figures so I can't say much on my end.

If Hasbro ever does a new Superion with a skeleton, I wonder if the skeleton will form a portion of the concord allowing for the alt-mode to be enormous (as a jumbo jet should be) while allowing the robot mode to be voyager scale and lessening the amount of kibble Silverbolt will inevitably have to lug around. I’d like to see someone try that either way

Ladies and gentlemen, the doc is in!

LMFAO, that edit at the end covering the Nazi Propaganda figure made me laugh hard. The “Because fascism is the future” is what did it the most for me. Side note: I noticed at 1:10:32 the kitzconcept God of Flame figure which made me wonder: Were you able to handle it and if so, did the plastic quality get any better compared to the company’s previous releases?

The plastic for silver arrow is the same color as games workshop resin Just to compliment their grey earlier

1:08:34 Vaughn was in such shock that his facial hair tried to take refuge in his food orifice

I think the only other legends scale Superion on the market at this point is the Hasbro Energon set with the old Fansproject Snowman kit

Loved the skits on this video xD

The Z in Zeta Toys stands for... uh... Zliding Rails.

*Reads the description* HOO BOY this is gonna be JUICY!

Hey, are there any other third party Legends combiners (besides Bruticus and Menasor) that you recommend? Or like a list of all the *good* third party Legends figures?

@22:06 holy crap that was spot on

I’m sure MS will come through. Tho I’d love to see/have a Iron Factory samurai themed set of Aerial Bots.

28:42 Ironically, *this* area is where sliding rails would have made more sense, since the linkages only exsist to keep the ends of the jet spaced out in alt mode. Since they tab into other parts in both modes, there's no reason for the extended parts count. Probably why the legs on the TR Blitzwing/Megatron mould are *also* actually in sliding rails, but in that case it's just to simplify the way the lower legs need to shift aside. When you go from jet/tank to bot mode, the knee actually gets pushed by the sculpting of the leg into place, which is why I never realized this for years.

This review actually left me wanting a new CHUG Superion. It would be ineteresting to see their attempt at a combiner after Menasor, and, hey, even after core Dinoki... *ahem* Volcanicus

The „YIPPIIEEEEEEEE!!!!“ Broke me. 😂

I was pretty happy with my set. They're a bit loose and Silverbolt is kinda crap, but they look good and are fun, like upgraded G1s.

What was that trailer @Drlockdown!? I NEED CONEXT HERE

God bless you doc-

I wish I had seen this review months ago. My silver arrow arrived broken. There is a problem with all figures. I don't even want to fix these figures. I left it in combiner mode and gave up. Thank you for your review.

Honestly, I want to get the small predaking from Cang Toys. It looks so cool!

40:45 favorite bit

Silver is such an easy application i used a 2 layers on Generations Drifts sword and it looks immaculate to the point when i eventually sold him to a comic store the guy didnt even know i painted the sword cus it looked good.

1:08:16 love the Steven he reverence

Yo drlockdown have you heard of the core class volcanicus if so what do you think about it

Really loved the memes and shitposts here. This felt like an extended Joker moment and I am here for it.

27:30 major editing step up for your channel this is awesome

Well this is a wacky video. I love it. Sorry for your pain lol

Oh boi here’s comes round 2

I have never seen this man being this mad, ever since thunder leader and MP 52 Starscream.

"takes off like a Concorde in a tailwind" I almost have a degree in aeronautics and I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. a tailwind makes taking off harder by increasing the necessary ground speed before rotation and extending the takeoff roll. is the Raiden set getting in the air quickly or is it taking its sweet time?

Dang, sorry to hear that’s how you feel about it. I definitely agree with enjoy “collectables” more as toys. Something you can mess around with and transform. I grew up with minicons, scout classes, and find myself just messing around with them more then other chug bot. I know you have tried out the Dr.Wu Optimus mold and gave it a mixed review but I love the toyline a lot. I would say try out one of their seeker molds. They keep the fun and simple transformation that small scale transformers always have been. They also do have a Magnus in the works and a Megatron ad well. And the plastics is great quality too!

jokes aside, that.. German canon zeta is doing a robot from would be the best alt mode for a Megatron. Sensitive for sure but someone made a 3D animation of a Dora canon Megatron and it was fantastic

I find it funny that on my first video - the Menasor Month compilation - you were surprised that I chose a beefy video to start with…then release this and the WFC ranking 😂

Totally get finding Alpha Bravo to be a more interesting design, but I personally really enjoy Slingshot as a character, particularly in War Dawn as far as media appearances are concerned. My personal solution is just have both around and whichever one is nearest during a battle becomes a Superion limb

My guy, you included my favorite track from Xenoblade Chronicles 3! (around 3:18, Ouroboros Awakens). Plus all the other references were choice. Subbed!

Are you gonna start reviewing more Newage? I see you own quite a few and perhaps they deserve some love!

Fantastic video, I have not heard many good things about this figure and it's interesting seeing an analytical and earnest look into it. I will admit I did agree with most of your points, in particular about Legends figures prioritising play. I'm not really one for 'toon accuracy, frankly I couldn't give less of a damn, but I appreciate it when it's done right without flopping every other aspect of the toy. It really DOES make it feel more worthwhile to just get a damn nontransforming figure instead. At least those RED figures or ULTIMATES! ones have play value. I did find the criticism about CW Menasor pretty funny - I like the figure personally and I appreciate it trying to keep the combination self contained without relying on a skeleton, but I still wholeheartedly understand why people don't like it. In the end as much as I do not like 'toon Menasor at ALL and dislike the usage of a skeleton, I do fully understand the ease it gives on bot stability whether individual or combined. That and I think the Legacy figures look better because of that leeway. (Love Motormaster getting his cab footsies back.) Thanks for the video!

Are you going to cover Newage Devastator any time soon?

Holy shit Dr Lockdown the movie

Bro was transforming into starscream when reviewing silver arrow

HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! Also, the best way to describe this toy is with the Team Fortress 2 quote/meme Spy (Dr Lockdown): This is Zeta’s Superitron Soldier (Me): Dear God Spy (Dr Lockdown): There’s more… Soldier (Me): No…

I do admittedly want Zeta’s Fort Max Also, mad respect on Classics Astrotrain’s name

Respect the classics Astrotrain defense