Retro Spectia

Retro Spectia

Retro Spectia is a nostalgically-charged review channel focusing on the toys, games and films, that forged the immortal pop-culture of the 80's and 90's with a very special emphasis on the sentiment attached to the memories of that time.

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SCOURGE

SCOURGE

BILLBOARD BLAST

BILLBOARD BLAST

ARMOR BOT

ARMOR BOT

MOSQUITOR

MOSQUITOR

BROADSIDE

BROADSIDE

FIREFLY

FIREFLY

BLURR

BLURR

HOIST

HOIST

ASTROTRAIN

ASTROTRAIN

PIRANHA

PIRANHA

DARK-LYN

DARK-LYN

OVERDRIVE

OVERDRIVE

HISS TANK

HISS TANK

TMNT SEWER LAIR PLAYSET

TMNT SEWER LAIR PLAYSET

INSECTICONS

INSECTICONS

A FEW MORE GOBOTS

A FEW MORE GOBOTS

EXTENDAR

EXTENDAR

IGUANA

IGUANA

WRECK-GAR

WRECK-GAR

SKY SHARC

SKY SHARC

FAVORITE GOBOTS #2

FAVORITE GOBOTS #2

GRIZZLOR

GRIZZLOR

SEPH RASAN

SEPH RASAN

FAVORITE GOBOTS #1

FAVORITE GOBOTS #1

CYCLONUS

CYCLONUS

SHREDDER (TOG)

SHREDDER (TOG)

BLUESTREAK

BLUESTREAK

METEOR

METEOR

MOSSMAN

MOSSMAN

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  • @brianmartinez5453
    @brianmartinez545337 минут бұрын

    Have you ever collected more Rock Lord

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectia16 минут бұрын

    I have! Will be posting a bunch of them this week

  • @robinenbernhard
    @robinenbernhard20 сағат бұрын

    I had bomcell in 90s

  • @transfontonomy4446
    @transfontonomy444621 сағат бұрын

    The perfect paperwait doesn't exsi-

  • @ronniemckinney6808
    @ronniemckinney6808Күн бұрын

    Would you count Barrage, Ransack, Venom, and Chop Shop from 1985 as Insecticons? I don't remember ever seeing them in the cartoons. It was always Kickback, Bombshell, and Shrapnel.

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectiaКүн бұрын

    I would DEFINITELY count them as legitimate insecticons! But because they came later and aren’t nearly as celebrated as the original 3, there’s a bit of a divide between them I think. I did have a Chop Shop as a kid and loved him

  • @ronniemckinney6808
    @ronniemckinney6808Күн бұрын

    @@retrospectia They wouldn't be on my wish list if I were a G1 Transformers collector. The original 3 were the most remembered. I would only want those because they were in the cartoons.

  • @jimmyhadder6798
    @jimmyhadder6798Күн бұрын

    Theory: The turbines are part of an air conditioning system for Dusty so that he doesn't sweat his ass off while he's sitting inside Billboard Blast waiting for his chance to pop the side panels down and spring into action. :)

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectiaКүн бұрын

    A sound theory indeed!

  • @yghostest
    @yghostest2 күн бұрын

    oh the struggles of being a collector lol. Wanting to play with my toys but having to constantly remind myself to take care because most are old and rare, i bought them with my own sweaty money and most of them are really expensive and not replaceable because if it breaks it's broken, one little piece of history gone

  • @Cendar
    @CendarКүн бұрын

    I respect you. But at the same time. I have all these legacy figures outside of their boxes fully transformed and casually played with whenever I come home from work

  • @1finebattle
    @1finebattle2 күн бұрын

    I had that one. And the Jeep

  • @Number_1_Rated_Salesman1997
    @Number_1_Rated_Salesman19973 күн бұрын

    We NEED new Omnibots.

  • @transfontonomy4446
    @transfontonomy44463 күн бұрын

    The guy who you make out of extra parts is sixgun. The tanks name is slammer.

  • @gregorysorce1898
    @gregorysorce18983 күн бұрын

    The toys definitely got crappier with Transformers the Movie. The characters also got a lot more eccentric. Optimus Prime and Megatron definitely kept their troops in line. After them both factions were literally an island of misfit toys.

  • @hthrun
    @hthrun3 күн бұрын

    I always thought the Omnibots looked cool as a kid. I wish they would have included them on the show...

  • @ninga3533
    @ninga35333 күн бұрын

    Cool I've never heard of this before!

  • @matthewvoss2971
    @matthewvoss29714 күн бұрын

    came from tiktok still enjoying the content. keep it up man

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectia4 күн бұрын

    I truly appreciate this. Thank you!

  • @matthewvoss2971
    @matthewvoss29714 күн бұрын

    Keep em coming. Def wanna know your opinion on the turtles of grey skull beastman. I can’t get mine to hold any of his accessories 😂

  • @splendidspudding
    @splendidspudding4 күн бұрын

    Sports.he's from converters and robo car also called soarer robo and hes not a gobot. 1:42

  • @the80sfox89
    @the80sfox894 күн бұрын

    Neeto

  • @Star_cab
    @Star_cab6 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed the thunderhawk that i had. I would often put a venom guy on the tail spoiler and hit the button for the wings and eject him.

  • @user-wf3lp4gr6n
    @user-wf3lp4gr6n6 күн бұрын

    As an 80's kid I can confirm WRECK-GAR is Awwesome!!! Junkions were the Schizz! We should have gotten more Junkion episodes. You talk some TV?

  • @bignateva04
    @bignateva046 күн бұрын

    Did you ever get around to completing your playset?

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectia6 күн бұрын

    Alas, not yet :/ But definitely will! I sidetracked myself too much with unfocused collecting and too many lines. Picking back up with TMNT is what I’m hoping to do this summer!

  • @GoatQueenZ
    @GoatQueenZ6 күн бұрын

    i am a little young for the debut but i have always loved the character

  • @danielroberto2209
    @danielroberto22096 күн бұрын

    I loved this line and had them all in 1985! So bummed that it was so quickly discontinued. I had doubles and even triples of figures since they broke easily. I have a full set now!

  • @tssteelx
    @tssteelx6 күн бұрын

    Wheely was the jar jar. Wreck gar was fine.

  • @Lito-Lapid
    @Lito-Lapid6 күн бұрын

    Wreck-Gar was really cool. So cool, I added him to my collection back in the 80's

  • @SkeletorTclaws
    @SkeletorTclaws8 күн бұрын

    He and blast attack were some of my favorites

  • @1x1x1x1_Modern_Form
    @1x1x1x1_Modern_Form9 күн бұрын

    Gobot ? Spanish or Vanish 🤨?

  • @michaelwarwick6412
    @michaelwarwick64129 күн бұрын

    Hey, for the Masterverse Grizzlor the legs can shift up or down in the crotch/hips. That may be the reason for the length discrepancy, so just try pushing the “longer” one upward into the hip. Hope that helps!

  • @yusufafif6910
    @yusufafif69109 күн бұрын

    Scooter!

  • @thegreyjedi
    @thegreyjedi9 күн бұрын

    Wheelie was the Jar-Jar

  • @transfontonomy4446
    @transfontonomy444610 күн бұрын

    To me, Blurr was the most annoying.

  • @matthewdoyle3628
    @matthewdoyle362810 күн бұрын

    Yes that breaking point is the car roof where it attaches to the robot head. My original Prowl, Jazz and Smokescreen all broke at that particular point.

  • @Bernhard2024
    @Bernhard202410 күн бұрын

    Thank you very much for showing us these wonderful figures. I`m a massive fan and collector of Masters of the Universe and I also collect Legends of Dragonore Wave 1. I think these are amazing figures. I need to have this minicomic!

  • @GallienusNY
    @GallienusNY10 күн бұрын

    Cyclonus is among my faves in the Decepticon ranks as well! In a way I wished they kept his 'toy' color scheme in the movies and cartoons. 👍

  • @lizsargent1554
    @lizsargent155410 күн бұрын

    My friend, that is a 1985 release not an ‘84 .. mine isa ‘84 .. yours has a rub-sticker (not added to TFs until mid ‘85 wave productions

  • @jimmyhadder6798
    @jimmyhadder679810 күн бұрын

    Manta is definitely in the running for my favorite MASK vehicle of all time (tough to beat Jackhammer, though). Everything just pops perfectly on Manta...a must have.

  • @Cretaceous158
    @Cretaceous15810 күн бұрын

    No one knows who Cyclonus is, as both Bombshell and Skywarp became separate Cyclonuses, one of which just disappears.

  • @Mothbean
    @Mothbean6 күн бұрын

    Obviously Bombshell became Galvatron, Shrapnel became Cyclonus, Kickback became Scourge, and those three other guys became the Sweeps

  • @Lord_Vader1977
    @Lord_Vader197710 күн бұрын

    First

  • @michaelwarwick6412
    @michaelwarwick641212 күн бұрын

    I agree with you. I think where this line shines is the mutated versions of MOTU characters: Ram Man, Mer Man, and Moss Man are very cool.

  • @8butt
    @8butt12 күн бұрын

    Ive always wanted to watch a 40 year old man play with dinosaur toys

  • @Plushpanda-wg3ri
    @Plushpanda-wg3ri12 күн бұрын

    I mean they made him less tame in other series like the comics

  • @martinefrensoquigomez7835
    @martinefrensoquigomez783512 күн бұрын

    The comics portrayed him the way he was always meant to be Anywhere but the cartoon Shockwave is an incredibly cool character

  • @lizkid1240
    @lizkid124012 күн бұрын

    Omg just got home with thjs

  • @retrospectia
    @retrospectia12 күн бұрын

    lol unpackage him with caution!

  • @WizardOfDenial101
    @WizardOfDenial10113 күн бұрын

    I had like 3 of these when I was younger. The latches on the doors would break and not stay shut. After buying the 3rd one I was like if I want to play with it in car mode I'll just rubber band it shut lol.

  • @WizardOfDenial101
    @WizardOfDenial10113 күн бұрын

    I loved the havoc when I was a kid. It was my favorite. I had the Sky Patrol verison not the original though. I remember going to pick out the original or tomahawk. I picked Havoc got it home and it was missing one of the treads. Took it back and got Tomahawk because they were sold out of Havoc. Talk about being destroyed as a kid.

  • @RumZacapa
    @RumZacapa13 күн бұрын

    Nice video man ❤

  • @axolotlplayz9275
    @axolotlplayz927513 күн бұрын

    First

  • @hariseldon3611
    @hariseldon361113 күн бұрын

    I love it. it looks so alien and frightening

  • @BleedinggreenDrakeford7
    @BleedinggreenDrakeford713 күн бұрын

    👍🏿👍🏿

  • @michaelwarwick6412
    @michaelwarwick641213 күн бұрын

    My local Walmarts had bunches of them on clearance. Grabbed one for $11 and another for $15 at a different one.

  • @robertraisbeck7586
    @robertraisbeck758613 күн бұрын

    The character was very different in the original Marvel run of the comics. More menacing!

  • @jimmyhadder6798
    @jimmyhadder679814 күн бұрын

    I think that my only real gripe with Meteor is that the original fighter jet form seems a lot more useful than the battle mode(s). Good review.

  • @DBWalks2010
    @DBWalks201014 күн бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @DBWalks2010
    @DBWalks201014 күн бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @cabbitkisser2620
    @cabbitkisser262014 күн бұрын

    i had shockwave as a kid. until his arm broke.