You can feel that "officially licensed by porsche"
@coltraneserafin6768
10 ай бұрын
real
@bt1234567892010
10 ай бұрын
if I recall correctly, the designer said that Porsche was very strict about their paint and branding, like none of the logos being broken up and being across multiple panels, so that's why he is so busy and has the full panels. Porsche wouldn't let them fold away stuff.
@ComicCrossing
10 ай бұрын
that is so insane. What sort of harm does that do?@@bt1234567892010
@hotwheelsbrothers687
10 ай бұрын
@@bt1234567892010oh ok. No wonder he looked like this
@Embermist69
10 ай бұрын
@@bt1234567892010, wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Since certain auto manufacturers think they’re the best thing since sliced bread. Sure some of them out there look kool and such. But sometimes I think some over inflate sense of self/brand. But that’s my two cents.
@Strakkulus
10 ай бұрын
I may be wrong, but Porsche wanted Hasbro to make the car mode perfect. That’s why the robot mode is so compromised.
@krtos7514
10 ай бұрын
I heard that a lot but haven't found the source, I remember in a Hasbro Pulse YT video the designers said something similar about SS TLK Hot Rod with Lamborgini having a lot to say about the measurements in the car mode, even so SS TLK Hot Rod turned out masterpiece level, the problem with SS RotB Mirage is how rushed Hasbro was to release him, so most likely they woked with limited budget, limited time and too early designs of the character, also the fact the desginers of characters for the movie don't take into consideration if their designs can be brought to a real life toy doesn't help.
@Mavsy
10 ай бұрын
Yup, I agree. They've made Hot Rod perfect for SS, since his design can be translated into a toy, while Mirage design in rotb it looks like they went for the design idea from AOE AND TLK
@medafan53
10 ай бұрын
@@Mavsy Pretty much, first time I saw Mirage in the trailers I knew, maybe MAYBE 3rd party or masterpiece might be able to manage it, but certainly at a hasbro retail budget, they were never getting more than 'if you squint' levels of accuracy. He's just too slim in robot mode.
@davidm4566
7 ай бұрын
The transformation also seems super fiddly and nearly unusable.
@ramz871
10 ай бұрын
I feel like, if Porsche wasn't so strict with this toy, we could have has ss tlk hot rod levels of engineering
@e.sage-47
10 ай бұрын
True. That SS TLK Hot Rod is definitely a mini-masterpiece.
@etonymous1632
10 ай бұрын
It’s a OK figure but I agree when he says it’ll scare the crap out of people. The transformation is quite involved and the figure is like 30% clear plastic. Anyone see a problem?
@davidm4566
7 ай бұрын
There's also very tight joints and some of them have to go past the point where they seem to stop, going over a hump (is the best way I can describe it), revealing additional range of motion. Yes, let's have very tight joints on fragile material and have the user push past where it seems to stop. That sounds perfectly reasonable...
@Gojiraman2005
10 ай бұрын
I hope we get his OG Alt mode that we briefly saw when he was showing his other alt modes to Noah.
@liggadiggasiggajr8560
10 ай бұрын
And hopefully it has more of a focus on the robot mode and articulation
@Gojiraman2005
10 ай бұрын
@@liggadiggasiggajr8560 yeah basically what they did with the Cybertronion characters from the Bumblebee movie!
@spanglezekankleplushapalooza
10 ай бұрын
Oh you know Studio Series is gonna milk that scene for all it's worth
@unnamed12346
10 ай бұрын
It'd definitely be interesting, for sure We managed to get a very good looking Shatter from her Jet Alt Mode, so I absolutely would be interested in seeing them try a more screen-accurate Mirage Bot Mode not beholden to his vehicle mode lincensing
@krtos7514
10 ай бұрын
Would love the F1 car and the garbage truck in SS.
@Windcharger84
10 ай бұрын
Hopefully Takara does a premium finish on this guy, if only they had the budget to add more paint he would have looked better. I find that often times most of these figures have details on them that get missed. Also who's idea was it to have clear plastic as his arms, the clear plastic is where all that budget is going to.
@alexmalcolm6309
10 ай бұрын
Here's hoping we get a garbage truck Mirage at some point.
@miranhafunclub5048
10 ай бұрын
He could be like kingdom rodimus, he transforms into the cab, and the rest of the truck it's an "acessory"
@future_phonk
8 ай бұрын
Love the air-cooled Porsche fan blade on the abdominal.
@joemakesmodels6640
10 ай бұрын
Third party needs to swoop in and give a dx9 lahire treatment to mirage
@michaelwilson4010
10 ай бұрын
I can't wait to get my hands on this guy. ❤ Also has anyone kept track of how many bots he knocked over with the boxes? Seems like a lot of bots bite the dust that way. 😂
@mixanderfigueroa3999
10 ай бұрын
Great figure. Yes, the robot mode could be better, but Mirage's design in the movie is pretty complicated, and that combined with the Porsche licensing could be the reason why compromises needed to be made.
@TheMagicRobot
10 ай бұрын
Visible head syndrome is cannon thanks to the Bumblebee movie. :P RoTB is the first movie I've really wanted to collect the SS figures for and it's making me remember why I usually don't buy movie characters, all the tabs, panels and 'fiddly bits' they're often covered with are not fun to deal with during transformation. I definitely prefer the clip-over arm cannons over the arm-swap ones, the less parts to lose the better. (I was not careful with my toys as a kid.)
@manjackson2772
10 ай бұрын
Visible head syndrome was first canonised in RID 2001. One of the early scenes has X-Brawn talking to his passenger with his head that's inside his cabin, exactly where it ends up when you transform the toy.
@myang12003
10 ай бұрын
@@manjackson2772Was it because the toys were designed before the cartoon designs?
@zebruh7490
10 ай бұрын
It's always a pleasant day when Emgo uploads.
@harezrayyannorhaiz4392
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the method to tab in the roof. I can finally transform it properly:)
@DrBepis-ky6eu
10 ай бұрын
I understand that Porsche wouldn’t allow their logo to be messed with so the design team had to work around that, however, I feel like they could’ve made that entire piece detachable. It wouldn’t be the first time partsforming was possible but not required (SS 86 Ratchet had his sirens as separate pieces and could be removed if you wanted) and if you wanted the more accurate robot mode you could just take them off. Just an option would be could because as always, options ARE GOOD
@OfficialFinnTDK
10 ай бұрын
That would be Earthrise Cliffjumper level partsforming, not SS86 Ratchet because a lightbar is not a large chunk or portion of a vehicle mode that looks ridiculous without it. Though an optional partsforming piece like that would be nice for a cleaner look, but naysayers will say it's a sin against humanity.
@DrBepis-ky6eu
10 ай бұрын
@@OfficialFinnTDKyea you definitely wouldn’t be able to please everybody and I just used Ratchet as an example that they have done it for SS even with it being minor. Again, if they just made it an option and used the arguments that they wanted to store them separately so they didn’t get scratched (like emgos did) it would’ve been nice
@johnrussell9901
10 ай бұрын
Very obvious that Porsche had a major stipulation that the vehicle mode had to be prioritized and as accurate as possible. Can’t help but think that could be why they haven’t done an MP G1 Jazz. I don’t see how the could go from animation accurate robot mode to a spot on replica. I could be wrong but that sounds like a shit ton of engineering.
@owenobrien1351
10 ай бұрын
He is in dire need of an upgrade kit
@Nixxiian
10 ай бұрын
He is in dire need of a rework in general
@owenobrien1351
10 ай бұрын
@@Nixxiian oh definitely
@fdaprince
10 ай бұрын
I don't know man... Most upgrade kits add to the figure. If anything, he needs a downgrade kit. 😂😂😂
@owenobrien1351
10 ай бұрын
@@fdaprince nah just replacement parts to remove the clear plastic
@royalchan2002
10 ай бұрын
Feeling he should be upgraded to voyager class so he could have a bit more parts count and paint budget. Thanks for the great and enjoyable review as always!
@SkunkLifeMedia
10 ай бұрын
no, just, no
@Blackw1ng
10 ай бұрын
Def, maybe like a WFC Cliff jumper scenario where his scale is that of a deluxe but he makes it up in mechanics and finish. If only there were more voyager spots
@emo_link
10 ай бұрын
Emgo’s always a classic. I do miss the skits though. Those were funny
@electricallypoweredhandope3366
10 ай бұрын
There is a skit lol
@Deutalios818
10 ай бұрын
The licensee’s law: A licensed alt mode always means a very kibbly robot mode.
@kusheditz5094
10 ай бұрын
This man is a big part of my childhood I been watching him sense I was in 3rd grade he the reason I started collecting transformers figures and liking them even more I was born 2005 y’all can do the math I suck at the math
@wangeroogerque2931
9 ай бұрын
I always watch your videos for the little tricks you show. Like now the part with the back window. I was scared to break my copy at the first transformation, but now I'm confident everything will be fine. You're maybe not the first showing us a figure, but you're always one who shows us how to handle a figure right.
@imm311
9 ай бұрын
Excellent review! All the best to you and yours Emgo, God bless! Praying for you.
@davidm4566
7 ай бұрын
You, sir, are a master at this. I gave up on reading the directions because they are often not very helpful (and I like to figure out the transformation myself like solving the 3-D Rubik's puzzle that they are). Anyway, I go back and look at the instructions later to find better ways to do it, but again, they are usually not very good. Little things like how you shared how to set up the little tabs in this way make the difference. I couldn't make all the tabs go together right before doing this (you push 1 in and 2 pop back out) so it was a car, but looked terrible. Anyway, mad appreciation to you.
@davidm4566
7 ай бұрын
If you turn the heard around, it nearly eliminates VHS. You can see the head but it blends in with the rest of the dark grey parts under the car.
@corylamb7796
10 ай бұрын
Good figure and good luck DNA design for an upgrade kit for this guy.
@BlamoStramo
7 ай бұрын
People complain about this guy being cluttered with car parts but then praise the rid01 autobot brothers?
@kohukemees
10 ай бұрын
seems like they're slowly getting rid of the blooshing
@arlinbts6078
9 ай бұрын
In 2011 dark of the moon dino mirage was ferrari 458 italia and now rotd porsche. Miss the 2011 dino mirage
@elizabethkakaris9481
8 ай бұрын
Emgo you help me with so many figures with transforming them love your videos
@amberritchie4101
10 ай бұрын
I want to get Mirage
@tylerlarson7263
10 ай бұрын
This guys fine and besides this isn't the first time Hasbro had trouble with the movie robot designs. Sometimes the stars don't always aligned properly.
@pinkstinger
10 ай бұрын
I think if you could get the front half of this figure, with the transformation of the rear of the mainline one, it'd end up much better
@OrgangrinderYT
10 ай бұрын
love the Pinky and the brain reference :D!
@jlg1362
10 ай бұрын
HE'S AVAIABLE NOW? DOES THAT MEAN MY NIGHTBIRD IS COMING IN?
@reyonXIII
10 ай бұрын
Personally, I feel like he would've benefited from an SS86 Hot Rod situation, and given the marketing on this boi, I'd say he deserves it. It'd give him an even more special status, but more importantly, make all his engineering be a lot less...controversial, to put it mildly. For any extra junk they'd throw in, I think actual standing minifigures of at least Noah would work.
@OfficialFinnTDK
10 ай бұрын
If Porsche wasn't being so high-up strict with their vehicle branding, it would make a better looking figure.
@117Ironman
7 ай бұрын
Honestly, upgrade kit designers are going to have a field day designing new parts for this guy.
@HazeBre3
10 ай бұрын
It's such a shame that for being the main robot star in Rise of the Beasts that Hasbro couldn't manage to make a decent figure of him.
@kohukemees
10 ай бұрын
14:06 me when my figure explodes straight outta the box into a million pieces that can't be repaired
@BlackCanvasAudio
10 ай бұрын
Great video as always Em!
@CaptainAvenger1993
10 ай бұрын
It’s a shame how this figure turned out to be because I love Mirage and he’s one of my favorite characters of Transformers Rise of the Beasts.Hopefully a movie masterpiece version of Mirage could help fix the problems of the Studio Series version of Mirage.
@RemixOfTheVoid
7 ай бұрын
And this is why Transformers should never have designs that are TOO human. Cause they're either shellformers(like Arcee sometimes), or they're like this.
@lifedragon99
9 ай бұрын
Thank you. I couldn't figure out the waist to line up the side panels. Kind of an annoying transformation the panel's need more give and the paint is already scratching on mine.
@redalert923
10 ай бұрын
18:45 Bumblebee : you too mirage, come on
@Pr1meEv1l
2 ай бұрын
Those big panel gaps on the headlights is a big dealbreaker for me on this mold.
@marcbrunson6986
10 ай бұрын
I found Noah Diaz at Walmart and I like his character and what they did for his toy. He's a cool addition to Spike and Daniel ha ha. I figure since I have him, I should find Mirage. I guess since they didn't want a jazz incident, they name this Porche Mirage....oops. It's too bad the backdrops can't connect.
@rainbowpegacornstudios
10 ай бұрын
I really need to look for this figure as well as ROTB Wheeljack, Optimus, Primal, Rhinox and Arcee. I really would love to see if they make a figure of ROTB Stratosphere.
@saadkhanimran8327
10 ай бұрын
I hope they make a more F1 focused Mirage and empahsize on the robot mode in that figure
@chazzq2428
10 ай бұрын
The car mode is really nice but they've done our boy dirty with his robot mode in both versions of him. This is a figure that'll definitely have to stay displayed in car mode.
@thefelinelamp
2 ай бұрын
Truly is a tragedy, perhaps a they could make a second mirage that is more movie accurate in robot mode, while having a unlicensed vehicle mode, similar to certain 86 movie figures (ss86 Jazz for example) so they can prfioritize the robot accuracy compared to Porsche view on what needs to be prioritised
@Mr-Cough
10 ай бұрын
OOOOOOOOOHHH exciting
@GalileoGarin
10 ай бұрын
Great review as usual emgo
@superpixelwarrior6893
9 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t mind if there was a hood quality KO the replaces all the clear plastic with opaque plastic. Just leave it as a blue stripe on the side of the doors where it says Porsche, or if they do an opaque version officially, but that’s unlikely
@leonigama5597
10 ай бұрын
good job about Studio Series 105 Deluxe Class Mirage Action Figure from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023
@THEMODERNNERD616
10 ай бұрын
Who ever buys this figure WILL sooner or later end up with a pile of spare parts that crumble
@earloverbay7580
8 ай бұрын
And I thought I knew all the elementals in "The last air bender" I can't believe I'm just now learning there were crotch benders as well. They must be in the movie version.
@AaronEdwards
10 ай бұрын
Sigh. Now you post this! Where were you two days ago when I was yelling and screaming and cussing because I couldn’t get the back section and the front section to fit flush? :p :p :p
@captainaustraliastudios8241
10 ай бұрын
Cute tang is in the building baby!🙌🏻👍🏻
@RestoringYourVoice
10 ай бұрын
This is why I like to watch people review figures before I buy them. They can waste their money so I don't have to.
@minilopgamer1950
10 ай бұрын
I really want a studio series toy of this guy but as the F1 car he became for less than a second.
@sunuvarghese4432
9 ай бұрын
This could have worked more as night bird mold
@thomasleonard8550
9 ай бұрын
I honestly dont mind how it looks in bot form, i like the look of the car parts on there, especially since im mostly a car guy and missed out on the alternators line..
@PokeBirdPalace
10 ай бұрын
I like your idea on the figures
@Yeetus-yc1vy
10 ай бұрын
Wu tang is in the house!!!
@NoName-lm3qp
10 ай бұрын
I think it's a great figure because the way I transform him is much efficient and less stressful on my case because I ignored the instructions. I was planning to make a video about it but I bet everyone doesn't care.
@electricallypoweredhandope3366
10 ай бұрын
I'd be interested in an ideal method. I'm sure with the right title and thumbnail the video could reach the right audience
@companylovesmisery1463
9 ай бұрын
My copy has the scuffs too, though not as bad. It does have all the other problems yours did- it feels like I'm going to break something, instructions are no help. I hate figures you kind of like, have to transform, and THEN finagle the alt mode pieces into place just to make the alt mode fit together. As I've said before, I also mind the fact that because Bumblebee did it, now Hasbro thinks it's alright to have every figure with VHS. It's just very lazy design. Other than that, I was glad Walmart stores in Albuquerque are finally starting to actually put recent figures on the shelf. I've still found SS The Fallen and 86' Sludge at my local Walmarts.
@rhiannongarl-nabarro2953
10 ай бұрын
They entirely screwed over Jazz and Mirage with this
@pwnd1138
10 ай бұрын
Wheeljack got it even worse, but yeah, this is a kick to the balls.
@MrGojira95
10 ай бұрын
I’m gonna try to implement Jazz’s head into this figure. We’ll see what happens.
@justanothertffan
10 ай бұрын
Found him at target today!
@AS42100
7 ай бұрын
I love this figure in both modes, but that transformation is a nightmare!!! 😬 Edit: the more I transform him the easier it gets.
@Chosenhorse2
10 ай бұрын
This figure looks more like Jazz than Mirage, it has Jazz's g1 colors with the white car & blue racing stripe in the middle plus a long spoiler at the end just like the G1 toy of Jazz.
@corylamb7796
10 ай бұрын
If only the movie came out last year, these figures could have been near perfect. Plus I think Mirage should’ve included Noah.
@DanDen-gh7si
10 ай бұрын
I would want to get this figure... if it wasn't for the clear plastic. But good review!
@mahmoudelomari6107
8 ай бұрын
He looks like an aoe crosshairs/g1 jazz
@Regrocks81
10 ай бұрын
I wish this guy wasn't so hard to find.
@robertschulz1234
10 ай бұрын
The Porsche vehicle will always be remembered by me as Jazz and not Mirage. And yes you are correct that there’s too much painted clear plastic on this bot. I’m going to have to pass on this one. As always great review.
@zeusthefox1585
10 ай бұрын
Would like an upgrade kit for Him. But i feel the best way to do that would be to just make a third party figure that's less Kibbletastic.
@Skywing452
9 ай бұрын
bro why would the ENTIRE forearm be clear plastic just for that 1 tiny piece of window?? 😭😭 they REALLY need to switch to painted opaque plastic for glass elements, or just have them be separate pieces if budget allows
@BrendanSith1997
10 ай бұрын
Quiet, Bee.
@danielhuie4706
10 ай бұрын
I hope we get the mix color one from the end credit scene
@rodolfojrsemira6932
10 ай бұрын
Third party engineers will do something about those car parts...🥺😔 Plssss
@warpspeedracer
10 ай бұрын
I would swap the head of the studio series onto the mainline. Maybe add some paint and call it a day.
@Mythic2099
10 ай бұрын
can't wait until december for mine ahahaha 🤪might just cancel my preorder if they're on amazon already EDIT: a third party offering would be killer!
@mockery_finn
10 ай бұрын
Ngl this is probably the most disappointing SS figure I’ve seen in a while. I don’t blame the toy designers not making him screen accurate at all but him being 70% clear plastic makes me hate translucent windows even more. If they redid this Mirage with solid plastic and windows, I would be happy to get it
@chrismaturino7938
10 ай бұрын
Yea they won't redo this figure til about 5 years from now like ss tlk hot rod
@mockery_finn
10 ай бұрын
Watch they somehow do Studio Series 2.0 lmao
@OfficialFinnTDK
10 ай бұрын
Blame Porsche!
@angelzaragoza9952
10 ай бұрын
Porsche?! In Transformers lore isn’t supposed to be Jazz who is a Porsche?!
@paulurdanigo8523
10 ай бұрын
My favorite character
@anthonysandoval5512
10 ай бұрын
I'm still gonna get this guy regardless to complete my rise of the beasts collection but yeah I agree could have been better
@terrezthompson9994
5 ай бұрын
Rotating the head, leaves you with no V.H.S.😅
@mohdkamaluddin3268
10 ай бұрын
If I get this,I open all part car,just focus mode robot only 😁
@G1Grimlock94
10 ай бұрын
Mirage is funny characters
@jakehefner
10 ай бұрын
I feel like the best thing to hope for is that Takara does an MP version of this guy. Studio series version just isn't doing it
@tinysheepdoggamez3261
10 ай бұрын
Is the figure in stores now??
@donnaroman2727
10 ай бұрын
He still looks cool , I mean if it ain’t a masterpiece it won’t never be good enough. For the price point and what it is… the Star of the movie people need to stop shitting on it. Can’t wait for the Yolopark version so people can stop.
@pavankraja
10 ай бұрын
This toy makes me so upset.
@arkron81
10 ай бұрын
... That is one THICCC Mirage. So chunky, compared to his movie counterpart.
@mattwong5586
10 ай бұрын
I think if they re-used/re-tool the sideswipe mold it could have became a better figure
@LordKrauser22
10 ай бұрын
Hi Emgo ! When will we have the review of Dream star toy's Silverbolt ? I'd like to get it but I'm waiting for your opinion first. Peace !
@LFC4LIFEJEDI
10 ай бұрын
I've already seen quite few cracked clear plastic on this one.. Buyers beware
@shisou1739
10 ай бұрын
I love it
@Random42
10 ай бұрын
So SS has the better alt mode and mainline has the better robot mode. Seriously considering head swapping him with the mainline figure and just displaying this guy in vehicle mode.
@xxmrbrooksxx
10 ай бұрын
I have him. I like it. But I think I won't transform him again. He's staying in bot mode. Can scratch the paint if not careful and the transformation is bitch in some steps.
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