Beast Wars Megatron: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 228

[@reaflor91]

"I don't wanna live in a world where being eaten alive isn't scary." Please don't let Thew dig deeper into the internet. I don't think he'd handle that too well.

[@thepenguin6081]

Same

[@nandyk.2026]

oh noooooo

[@blinkachu05]

@@nandyk.2026 YEESSSS (Slowly transitions into crying)

[@BWxEclipse]

Oh… oh no.

[@XboxTF2Tidbits]

*5th level uncanny mr incredible*

[@jedder]

Thew: "Time to break out the big, purple monster!" *sees Thew's purple jacket* - "Aw, come on, man! Don't be like that on yourself!"

[@tomjames9681]

I didn’t really care about Beast wars but when those Transformers Kingdom promos came out and I saw a Giant Purple Trex, I was sold.

[@ironhideproductions3616]

Bruh

[@nykid52]

I had the same exact thought 😂 purple mega-Barney look so dope

[@d-zastroid7427]

Lowkey, same with Primal

[@thepenguin6081]

If you haven't watched it, I think you should give it a try. It's my second or third favorite transformers story.

[@God-fg5hj]

Then they where sold out

[@misterbadguy7325]

Honestly, Tyrannosaurus has fared pretty well in the modern era of paleontology. The "scavenger" claim has been conclusively debunked, if you're not a fan of feathers, most agree it either didn't have much or didn't have any, and it's believed that it may have hunted in groups for that added bit of terror. Hell, people have actually found some even weirder things about them: like, far from Jurassic Park's "they can't see you if you don't move" idea, they may have actually had some of the best vision of any dinosaur.

[@chadderbug7587]

But do they still say raptors were some of the smartest prehistoric animals?-

[@deanprowell7947]

@@chadderbug7587 Yeah, but Velociraptors were far smaller than what Jurassic Park shows. The JP raptors are closer in size to Utahraptors

[@WynterStormYT]

To add, it's thought that tyrannosaur arms were very muscular for their size, which means they may have used them to grip larger prey. That's kinda hardcore.

[@jacksonmchyde9759]

@@WynterStormYT Apparently, they say that the bicep alone could easily curl 430lbs

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

They could also turn into robots

[@timprimetal5380]

9:08 Was not expecting that. Thew you are a legend, never change.

[@henryfanforever1414]

*YEE!*

[@Floppybot]

6:00 I feel the need to compliment that sick missile catch, that was style.

[@Dom270385]

Not only is Thew covering one of my favorite childhood toys on my Birthday, but he also included a Yee meme which I know its so old by this point but I still laugh at it. It is like this video was perfectly targeted to me.

[@remyrichardson8614]

"Welcome..to Generic Park." *Recorder JP music starts playing*

[@BaconBotVbeta]

5:45 Oh, Thew, that wasn't a memory. That was just Freddy Kruger reminding you that this figure exists and that you need to buy him.

[@chrisgossett2592]

Inferno: yes, my queen! BW Megs: I really wish he wouldn't call me that

[@gambites3]

Lmao Imagine inferno seeing Megatron as a gay icon bc of his use of “yas” and dramatic personality 😂

[@chrisgossett2592]

@@gambites3 hmmm yea...no

[@_V.Va_]

@@gambites3 That's pretty cringe.

[@viraltang]

@@gambites3 I mean he does rock those heels...

[@viraltang]

@@chrisgossett2592 you lack vision.

[@twoodall88]

The 'YE!' killed every part of me

[@S0M3GUY778]

It sure is reassuring my dreams are equally as bizzare and macabre as Thew's. Seriously that dream sounds like some creepypasta shit

[@sammysaturn5389]

I, for one, am I big fan of Second Spittor.

[@PredaConvoy]

Blue Spittor was one of my first BW toys.. oddly packaged as a Maximal! I think even his rubsign is good guy! Would love the Diver version of that toy.

[@RazgrizXMG0079]

5:59 Nobody gonna talk about that smooth as hell catch?

[@sophiegoose]

God, that reference at 9:07 was *chef's kiss* perfect

[@SteelAngelJohn]

How many takes did that hip-shot catch take? :D Brilliant!

[@obotprime339]

5:58 Impressive maneuver there, Thew

[@theGreenGoblin]

You can totally tell that the toy designers said at some point “we want his T-Rex mode to be able to stand toe-to-toe with the T-Rex toy from Jurassic Park.” And yeah. This toy is effectively just a bulkier version of that toy. I got him and Optimus Primal when they were new. I was 9 or 10 when I got him.

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

I mean Kenner also made the Jurassic park toys

[@DJ_ULTRAVIOLET]

8:51 Vore: allow me to introduce myself

[@GraemeGunn]

"Useless internet man." Thank you for just saying it. It's not offensive, so all you other maniacs can calm down. It's like when a famous actor admits that their job isn't really all that important. It doesn't mean that Thew is useless, it means that if his videos were not around, it's not like children would go hungry or something, or a bank would be robbed.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

That nightmare you described sounds horrifying and I am here for it. Might draw an interpretation of that monster.

[@benvoliothefirst]

"Robots BARELY OUT OF THE DISGUISE!" Yep, this is what I'm here for

[@rayyantarin844]

i like how you have turned the review format into a genuinely entertaining in depth analysis of the figure and it’s history, u are uniquely amazing

[@depreston2915]

“I have no other high level predacons” kingdom’s gonna change that for all of us

[@jesseholland261]

5:23 now I wanna know what the rest of this cattle eating monster looks like.....

[@robotlorekeeper9880]

I’m so used to the framing of the Thew Room that the mirrored shot actually threw me. Good Halloween spook.

[@insectward6680]

One could say that it thew you

[@robotlorekeeper9880]

@@insectward6680 Perhaps one could. Nice one, gave me a good laugh👍

[@gannondollins]

I love thew's Chris Farley face when he does the YE thing

[@Bunbiichuffn]

"yes" -Thew, (in the end credits), "Monthly Megatron" Beast Wars Megatron review, 2020

[@sontohartono]

"NICE!" - me, when Thew grabs the horseshoe missile from the air. Not the kind of dexterity ivm used of the good man

[@Biofan813]

That matt berry “YES” was very wellcome!

[@Anton-de5vu]

I’d say Dinosaurs are scary in the same way a bear is scary. They wouldn’t keep you up at night or make you afraid to go to the bathroom. But you’d shit your pants if one was charging right at ya.

[@OmniTheLeader]

“Break out the big purple monster.” Hey man.....go see a doctor

[@colterbrown3679]

5:57 I don’t care how many takes that took, but firing the missile straight up and then casually catching it was surprisingly badass.

[@AnthonyReviews]

I can’t believe I’ve never seen BW Megs with the “Yee” meme. Great review

[@BrickMasterB06]

7:04 Thew Quote of The Day "Haphadmirablazard"

[@realJoeMavro]

This is one of the best figures Beast Wars had to offer and I think you did it justice. You are a delight to watch and have a way with words. I'll be sure to check out more your videos in the future.

[@primeguy9855]

I love that monthly megatron tune.. its my fav and puts a smile on my face every time 🙂

[@jeffreyraze2.0]

"Welcome... to Generic Park" X,D

[@mikeyhanrahan3228]

4:11 GRIFFITH!!

[@_V.Va_]

0:20 I'm surprised we didn't get "like your mum" over here.

[@nuhuh4144]

That “Hell Yeah!” made me CACKLE 😂

[@lizerdspherex]

FYI: Megatron's real name is Gnashteeth.

[@optimoosejones9493]

Wait canonically?

[@fishpop]

@@optimoosejones9493 Yes, it's from the Beast Wars Uprising stories.

[@misterbadguy7325]

@@optimoosejones9493 Well, sorta. It's canon in Beast Wars Uprising, which is an alternate continuity. The whole idea is that he used to have a relatively lame, generic name, and as he started to accumulate more power and his ego started swelling, he went "fuck it, I'm going by Megatron now" (which is implied to have happened in canon). Given how 'Megatron', in Beast Wars, is mentioned to be the name of what is essentially the Antichrist in Cybertronian religion, it's kind of like naming yourself "Lucifer." The story in question was also a pretty heavy riff on Breaking Bad, meaning it's kind of his "Walter White->Heisenberg" moment. It doubles as a reference to the fact that there was a Mini-Con out there named Gnashteeth who looks uncannily like Beast Wars Megatron. It's kind of retroactively turning that Mini-Con into his younger self.

[@robotlorekeeper9880]

In the new Beast Wars comics, his name's Galavar before he takes up the Megatron mantle. It's up to you if that's more dumb or less dumb than Gnashteeth. Either way, I like it for some reason.

[@Goobsterwill]

5:25 honestly that nightmare sounds familiar I can’t pinpoint it down and it scares me.

[@remyrichardson8614]

Idk why but it personally reminded me of Brian's bad trip from family guy, where he saw Peter getting spitroasted alive as he sobbed and sang the wheels on the bus go round and round

[@sidneysimons6475]

I like the idea of him having crushing jaws and a snapping tail-pincer for hands, as it makes him all the more dangerous, and makes him look so apathetic, he doesn't care who he grabs and trashes, be it Maximal or Predacon.

[@VoxVoyce]

My older brother introduced me to this channel a long time back and I still come back here and there to watch your content despite never owning any figures in my life. Your personality makes this so much better than someone like me ought to think and I could not be happier to feel that way.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Now I bet we're all going to get funny looks for describing Beast Wars as the Galvatron of Transformers.

[@MrBombphoon]

My sister bought me Beast Wars Megatron for my birthday when I was 7, I really should rebuy the lad because I'm welling up just thinking about it now.

[@fduranthesee]

your sister sounds cool

[@iirsmv]

I think BW megatron is one of the best of the original Beast Wars figs, and I think history has proven that; the fact that the Masterpiece is literally just him but with slightly less kibble speaks volumes about his engineering, especially from 1996 OG T-Rex megatron was my very first transformer to cost more than $10 back in the day, and he holds a very special place in my heart for that reason.

[@myuphrid]

5:08 - The Grabbo Arm demands respect. I'd like to see somebody front on this, yeeesss.

[@Random42]

Always kinda regretted not picking up this figure. Found the red 'T-wrecks' repaint but without the purple something just wasn't quite right, so I'm really looking forward to the kingdom release. Yessssss.

[@Anon26535]

I wish mainframe had kept the little Devilman wings on his head.

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

I didn't have this Megatron as a kid, but still AWESOME! Maybe next month the Transmetal Version (the one I DID have as a kid)?

[@madmerlinsart]

Being a late 80's baby, by the time I knew what was cool Transformers was pretty much over, my first ever (and for a long time, only) g1 toy was first aid from defensor which I got in like 94 and totally forgot about for years. So when Beast Wars came about it was my first true entry point into Transformers. Sadly never owned Megs and the closest I got to Primal was the baboon guy who broke right out the packaging and was replaced with lego after the store being straight up out of BW figured post Christmas. So at some point this year I will grab a Kingdom dino Megs for my 10 year old me who never had one.

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

I recommend getting the reissue BW Megatron it’s basically this toy but more show accurate

[@austinhinton3944]

I had a dream once of cattle being slaughtered and their ghosts singing “when I get where I’m going”. So I guess livestock singing sad songs is a thing in dreams?

[@isaandreso215]

An awesome way to build expectations on the Kingdom Megs, YESSSSSSSS PD: Loved the analogy with Megatron's death

[@BioRockDude]

8:47 I loose it every time thew uses a meme. You don't see those coming. They are deliciously rare. Derareilicious

[@qarindarisazman6220]

Hell yee

[@antarcticpress8134]

Okay, I was expecting a crude joke of some kind at the pause after "purple monster", but the FF victory them legitimately cracked me up. Also, bonus points for the Nietzsche/Neature big-brain wordplay. Ultra-class BW Megs definitely wasn't without its problems, as was the case for so many of the BW designs, but at the time, when the initial offering was the bat-gator 2-pack touted as the G1 characters inexplicably in much smaller, semi-organic bodies, it definitely had an appeal for me of, "Oh, a better toy, and it's not necessarily the G1 Megatron; this might actually not be terrible," quickly escalating to "not bad" upon playing with it and then and well above that once the TV show started running.

[@_NERD_BROSKI]

9:07 - My dude gots dem memes

[@angryvikings]

That Dream you recalled is kind a Dark and Scary tho.

[@BenjiJayGeeJay]

Who needs David Kaye when you have Matt Berry and Churchill

[@razinrosli8849]

Heresy

[@adawnicusautocon]

Me 🥺

[@Dogmaguy74]

You pile of dino dung...

[@fishpop]

The cavalcade of Matt Berry YES!s during the endcard amused me.

[@josiechung7929]

"Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandangocon."

[@JunkionGamer]

After a long day of work, THIS is what I needed

[@infiniteoctopaw]

Thew makes a new video Me: *Hell Y E E*

[@Skullgrin.]

Hoo damn, that was a sick missile catch!

[@henryfanforever1414]

2:31 to 2:36 Transformers g2: “Wait….I still function…..” Hasbro: “Wanna bet?” *fires g2 out the nearest airlock* Transformers g2: “HASBROOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

[@nightlypiano41]

In the opening Thew says "Hello, Rat Face!" And i just finished re-watching Epithet Erased (which is REEEEEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLYYYYYY good) where one of the characters is said to have a rat face.

[@phr0g]

Thew, you marvelous man, this vid was exactly what I needed today, thank you for doing what you!

[@BagOfMagicFood]

I liked how Transmetal Rattrap went all the way with the Ninja Turtle face.

[@ZstackZip]

I wasn’t planning on getting Kingdom Megs, but after looking at some more images... ooh... goodbye $50

[@willtroman9286]

Thew, your audacious alliterations make your rad reviews fantastically fun to watch! Thank you!

[@redthree603]

I'm definitely thinking about getting that Kingdom Megatron, so it's cool to see where BW Megs got his start. Also that seems like one hell of a nightmare! Great review, Thew! (Rethew? Someone definitely has used that already.)

[@slothfulcobra]

I remember getting Aligator Megatron for christmas and then losing half of him in my grandparents' house. I could still put him back together though, because balljoints!

[@johnny_the_halfender]

9:08 XD Oh Thew how I love you Yee

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

FANTASTIC episode! Jokes are on point and the self references are great. In the words of the Predacon leader himself, "Affirmative, indeed, certainly, righto." Also, that YEE at the end is GREATLY appreciated.

[@Industriconial]

Thanks for getting me over the line with Houndoom earlier! :)

[@AllCheatRiders]

8:38 is that the Babylon bee or whatever

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Definitely looks like their form, but I don't think so.

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

This certainly brought back memories. Remember this Megatron getting a deluxe release at the end of the Cybertron run.

[@todddavis2041]

Great review! Cant wait to see when Thew will review Kingdom Leader Megatron! I have no doubt that will be another great review!

[@thepeanutgallery6100]

I loved Beast Wars I had so many of them and Megatron was definitely one of my favorites. I lost all of my original Transformers and other figures in a house fire about 8 years ago but now I'm slowly rebuilding my collection with some of the re-releases.

[@karate-rye9964]

I found him in a secondhand shop once for £1.50! The dino chest is broken and he's loose but it was worth it!

[@whelpd]

Dude thank you. My friends are all about the masterpiece and the technical stuff but I find that not as fun so I love how you focus on the fun and the sillyness and make it sound awesome. So again thanks for these fun reviews

[@RockinRhinox]

I watched this video yesterday and I still have the "monthly Megatron" jingle stuck in my head.

[@Dogasupreme]

0:24 You misspelled "Reliable Entertainer and Ruckus Provider"

[@matthewarnold4557]

I definitely just watched a review for a toy I've own since a was 8. Thanks Thew, never change.

[@mechamadness]

Barney is a dino- Yes....

[@oldjagfan]

I saw this beast wars megatron and the transmetals one in an antiques shop today. Snapped them both up as soon as I saw them.

[@StevenDolce]

When I was a kid, I had the Beast Machines Dinobots T-Wrecks recolor of this figure.

[@cartkart1]

“Blew up a dinosaur and put it on like a coat” God that got me good!

[@mollyencrypted2488]

My immediate thought seeing the dino-mode was 'is that Barney?'

[@crowejagerson3628]

The more I thought about it only 2 of the original predicons had normal hands. Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Scorpinok had his claws, tarantulas had those weird pincer hands, and Megatron had the tail con clamp claw and the T-Rex head. Must not have been a lot of doorknobs on there ship.

[@nerfblacksoule]

Liked purely for the yee lmao. Love your videos. I sometimes just play a Playlist of you BC I simply LOVE your alliteration and monumental metal moments

[@Jaytheradical]

That nightmare sounds like repressed memories of seeing Mach Kick for the first time.

[@JacobHillSBD]

Toast of London reference. I can dig it. Or should I say, YESSSS

[@Undrave]

Yessss! I'm glad the show gave him a proper hand on the tail side at least.

[@TeamTrainWreck]

“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”

[@xiangrey1981]

I love the addition of Steven toast to the end credits

[@NotMyRealName6]

This toy has aged remarkably well, yesss...

[@BigJT246]

I never really got into regular transformers but loved beast wars. I used to have this figure.

[@baddabaddabaddaswing]

I need someone to dub all of Megatron's "yes" with Matt Berry's from Toast of London.

[@Sabz669]

Absolute legend, felt like a metal Wizard giving me lessons on nostalgia. Following.

[@Meatle.]

2020 feels like a year, a month and 10 years at the same time.