TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on MAGMATRON

This week's episode is about the prehistoric powerhouse of a Predacon thrust back into the spotlight by the Legacy toyline this year! Blazing in from the Japanese side of the world of "Beast Wars," these are The Basics on MAGMATRON!
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[@cylasbreakdown6140]

So my takeaway is that Magmatron tends to be a bad guy until Unicron gets involved, at which point he’ll go out of his way to help out and sacrifice himself if need be.

[@PrincessMatrix]

Magmatron might be a villain, but Cybertron is still his home

[@Fre4k4life]

He may be a bad guy, but he’s not a bad guy 😂

[@GalvyTheTom]

The World-Eater is just that feared as a threat

[@lordcheesus1013]

Yup. Just like Dinobot. A Predacaon who actually has redeeming qualities.

[@jamesplayzreviews]

Magmatron be like: "I'm evil!" Unicron shows up: "Never mind, let me sacrifice myself to save the day!"

[@mattr75]

Magmatron's new toy hopefully means we'll get a new Big Convoy as well as possibly Beast Wars II Galvatron to round off the Beast era leaders

[@360degressboy]

Yep it’s been ease on magmatrons box art

[@LUNITICWILL]

still need Beast Machines Primal, Beast Machines Megatron (his what, 17 forms, including Savage/Noble.) then the beast Era is finished

[@Minipsil3]

​@@LUNITICWILLAnd all the Transmetals, Beast Machines characters and Beast Wars Neo and Beast Wars II. Still plenty of Beast era things from the original shows plus any more recent or obscure things from comics, toys that didn't appear in shows and other things. There are still loads that could be made.

[@vincentleonard3797]

Speaking of Big Convoy, I don't think he's gotten The Basics treatment yet. That could be an excuse to get around to it.

[@rodimusunicronus2089]

Among the leaked list we're expect to get a mp big convoy

[@vustvaleo8068]

Magmatron's Cybertronian mode being a Diaclone remake Diabattles V2 is just pure genius!

[@15oClock]

Dude loved dinosaurs so much, he named his ship after them.

[@hozcar30]

It's actually named after a Decepticon colony planet that was devoured by Unicron

[@boulder5540]

How fitting for this episode to drop on the week of Getter Robo's anniversary. Between the red horns, the 3 sea/land/sky components, the dinosaurs, angolmois, and even the dinos "evolving" into Magmatron, this guy's pretty much a walking Getter Robo reference.

[@gabrielchee8470]

People have also compared TF Gos gimmick to getter robo for some reason. I didn't watch getter robo so I have no idea why

[@gundamguy22]

@@gabrielchee8470 Well Getter Robo's gimmick is that it's 3 vehicles that combine to make 3 different combination of robots depending on how the vehicles are assembled.

[@gabrielchee8470]

@@gundamguy22 I see now, and I can see the similarities, though I think the TF go toys don't pull it off too well in some configs...

[@amiyafunsie]

@@gabrielchee8470 Getter Robo is also considered the first ever combining robot.

[@battleupsaber462]

​@@amiyafunsiei believe King Joe from the Ultra Series predates Getter Robo by a few years.

[@darrenheideman2546]

The more I've discovered about the Japanese lore, the wider my smile gets.

[@oj9690]

Right? Like it’s so bonkers but it’s so fun

[@akumaking1]

You’ll hate Kiss Players

[@darrenheideman2546]

@@akumaking1 Well, aside from that.

[@e.l.2482]

On the whole it's so cool. It would be wonderful to see more integration of characters and general ideas from it into western media. TF is pretty foundationally international in nature and it would be great to see the wealth of japanese stuff get the same kind of respect that the originally english language material gets.

[@AstroBlitz64]

I find it interesting that his components aren’t the generic prehistoric reptiles like you’d expect (Tyrannosaurus, Pteranodon, and Plesiosaurus) but are instead apparently different ( Giganatosaurus, Quetzolcolatlus and Elasmosaurus) Yes I know I misspelled some of the them coming from someone who had been obsessed with dinosaurs for almost all my life. Im turning 16 on the 12th of April and I’ve loved them since at least a year old.

[@smilinrylan3169]

What's the difference between them and their counterparts?

[@tetrafuse3096]

​@@smilinrylan3169 Google it lmao

[@bean8268]

@@smilinrylan3169the only thing I know is that each dinosaur of Magmatron is the larger dinosaur of said type, giga I believe was larger than the trex, Quetzalcoatl was the largest flying animal ever so it’s bigger than the pteranodon, and Elasmosaurus is the longest of the plesiosaurs. I’m assuming it’s a way to emphasize Magmatron is a greater threat than beast wars predacons as he’s made of the bigger dinosaurs

[@smilinrylan3169]

@@bean8268 you're a GOAT for answering this question 6 months later

[@xx_squirtle8621]

@@bean8268Coming back to correct one error. T. rex is the bigger theropod. It’s far more massive.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

I like Transformer legacy just casually bring forgotten transformers character

[@felixdeplanques3614]

That's really cool imo and the figures are always neat !

[@EclipseWarlord]

Forgotten and generally unknown characters. Most haven't seen the Japanese only cartoons (fan dubs exist) or read the comics. Magmatron is an unknown in that matter to many and the Legacy United release is the first time they are introduced to him. I hope more people develop an interest in his story, as well as the others they are unfamiliar with.

[@infinition]

Yeah, the Legacy series has truly been a blessing. Having grown up during late Marvel G1 and G2 comics, I never thought I'd see the day that a comic-accurate figure of Jhiaxus would be released!

[@felixdeplanques3614]

@@EclipseWarlord agreed

[@ЭльвинаМакалова-т9г]

😊😊😊​@@felixdeplanques3614

[@lordcheesus1013]

He's just a villain like Dinobot: proud to be a Predacon warrior, but has his own strict code and even possesses some redeeming qualities like a love and respect for his own home. Interesting. I wish we got some American dubs for the Beast era sequel animes. They had a LOT of fascinating characters.

[@Smh-do9zu]

hes dino bot uncle now in my head canon because you said this

[@battleupsaber462]

The Beast Machines and IDW intepretations of Magmatron derives from the old misconception (among both official and fandom sources from the western side) that BWII and Neo took place in-between BW and BM, rather than thousands of years after. It wouldn't be until better translations of II, Neo and other Japanese sources were made that this misconception was cleared up.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

See, I don't like calling it a misconception; it's obvious the original Japanese intent was to have their two BW series be set in same time period as the BW toon - they just screwed up the continuity when they did it (partly by genuine error, partly because they're not mind readers and couldn't predict what BW and BM would go on to do). Then seven years they later made a timeline to fix it, undoing the errors by declaring the series really were set in the future.

[@battleupsaber462]

​​​@@ChrisMcFeely well even in the II Movie that show's Maximals already referred to Optimus Primal as being a legendary commander from their past, so it seemed that the show had always been intent on being significantly further down the timeline. I know of those early catalogs that show the casts of both shows coexisting, (which is likely how the whole misunderstanding started) but we know now those were dubious sources at best

[@ChrisMcFeely]

@@battleupsaber462 That doesn't actually mean anything, though; in BWNeo, both Lio and Big Convoy are also referred to by the other Maximals with the same term (densetsu/legendary). It doesn't literally meany Primal's an ancient legend, it just means he's famous. (Which is itself a different kind of error.)

[@HappyBirthdayRoboto]

Speaking for myself, I always thought his design looked silly, but now after seeing this well made video explaining his convoluted backstory I think he's even sillier!

[@ryantwombly720]

I love how his shield is just 1/3 of his whole self.

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

1/6. The other half of the elasomsaurus becomes his arms and back.

[@TFfangeek]

Magmatron sure has a hot level of encounters with Unicron, one might say it's magmatic.

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

I understood that joke, very funny.😂

[@TFfangeek]

@@Frost_the_polarian_fox Thank you very much! 😁

[@Pop-ms9zf]

That’s a real word??? 🤣

[@TFfangeek]

@@Pop-ms9zf It really is, its just one not heard very often. 😀

[@avryotter9252]

My dad brought back this guy when he was deployed to Japan for a lil while, was way too young for the set and didn't keep it all together and lost everything except the pterodactyl

[@Chunkium]

Its actually a Quetzalcoatlus

[@brycevo]

My favorite character. My dad got me his figure at a Japanese hobby store. It was the ultimate transformer

[@sivanlevi3867]

Man, if I wasn't fascinated before, I sure am now! Magmatron and his three modes are impressive to say the least, but I think his Beast Wars Uprising story is super cool too. Maybe if they did another story with him, it would show Magmatron gaining his beast powers in that series.

[@MrDoctorVK]

Would like to add that Magmatron was bit teased at the end of Dawn of the Predacus comic in Botcon 2016 as next warrior for Tripredacus Council. But yeah, him getting whole new toy in Legacy as part of TF's 40th Anniversary is quite surprise.

[@cyberprime9355]

Magmatron....just by the name alone, I had thought was a new interpretation of Galvatron...but I gotta admit, I am glad I am wrong about that. I remember when I came across a stop motion animation regarding the original toy, which I kinda disregarded as a Transformer since I didn't know just how deep the brands lore was at the time. I am indeed looking forward to adding this guy to my collection

[@JoleneBlake]

I do really love BWU Magmatron being based on Dia Battles. Still not really sure why he's an engineer, though...

[@President_Starscream]

Haven't been adding to my Transformers collection much in the last few years, but imma definitely have to get Magmatron.

[@TopHatDealer]

@@President_Starscream make sure not to be offlined by a cosmically powered starscream while you're at it.

[@BayushiGemma]

Magmatron has such a great look I hope one day they use him in the Transformers Earth Wars game!

[@ZZtheDark]

4:07, he is transformed. 5:07, so that freak of nature is back? 5:17, this ver. of the big guy is just too badass for words. 8:06, a very fitting combo and I do see the Getter Robo influence in Magmatron. 8:46 and make more Getter Robo fans say the perfectly good catchphrase 'F*** DINOSAURS!!'

[@TheSoultiger97]

Neo is all my time favorite Transformers show. Magmatron and his kooky cast of subordinates is a large part of that love. Super excited for that new figure, even if we’ll never get new figures of Guiledart, Saberback and the others.

[@Dlnqntt]

The number of times that Unicron has been the main threat in the various series screams that Transformers need a new major threat.

[@foldabotZ]

As well reduce the amount of times Unicron appears. In order to restore his impact.

[@gabrielchee8470]

@@foldabotZ before ROTB, I think the last time we saw him was either TLK or TFP so ..

[@sothethingis8895]

My library had one issue of the IDW beast wars comic (2005 one) that i would read over and over again so getting him as a toy is weirdly nostalgic?

[@dinoshot4682]

Magmatron is easily one of my favourite characters out of the Japanese G1 continuity.

[@TheDarkSparkVault]

I've got an Autobot OC of mine that is formed when an Ambassador-class support cruiser, a Galaxy-class exploration cruiser, and a Sovereign-class attack cruiser from Star Trek, His name is Aquastorm Prime. So yeah he was based off of Magmatron. I think that's pretty cool.

[@davewire87]

Wow, I had no idea that Magmatron in Uprising was based on Diabattles. I have that toy and I have the new Magmatron preordered. I look forward to having them together.

[@PKLVsyncX2]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much time he takes to research all this stuff and still make a banger video for our entertainment and knowledge

[@phillipwalters7702]

Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I just wanted to say that this new video on Magmatron was absolutely amazing. As a Transformers fan, I really don't know much about this character besides the fact that he was created for the Japanese Beast Wars series. So watching and listening to this video was great. In addition to that I did not know that this character was actually used in the IDW Transformers Beast Wars comic, where many fans got to explore his origins and discover how bad this character can be. Anyways, thank you so much for this wonderful video and I hope that you, Chris and everyone else in this community has a great and enjoyable day. Until the next video, when All Are One. Peace Out and Maximize.

[@talljoke]

I love basics videos where I know nothing about the character prior to clicking. I enjoyed learning about a bot made out of three dinosaurs.

[@zemox2534]

Thanks for shining the spotlight on this great, if obscured character. I love to see Magmatron appear in a future TF cartoon or movie.

[@bmillette]

Okay, that's not a Magmasaurus, that's a Dinosaur Centipede.

[@shartslaw322]

He's always been my favourite predacon/maximal

[@Psientologist]

I am looking forward to Magmatron's new toy and I *had* convinced myself I wouldn't bother but all these cool bits of backstory that I mostly didn't know have got me all excited once again.

[@GrimDrago]

I have no idea about anything dealing with Beast Wars Neos (or Beast Wars in general) but hearing "angolmois energy" just made me think of the character Angol Mois from Sgt. Frog piloting Unicron like a mech suit

[@luccacrabb5832]

I'd love to see a transformers the basics episode on the additional members of combiner teams. What i mean is characters who were added to a combiner team's roster after the original appearance and lineup of a particular team. Like how alpha bravo wasn't in the g1 aerialbots

[@enrique6335]

One thing to note from the new toy is that Hasbro and Takara even went so far as to include the Predacon "spark crystal" that Beast Wars toys had starting with the Transmetal 2 toys and even carried forward to the Beast Machines line. Talk about a callback.

[@danielmedela8725]

And now I know that his history is as awesome as his looks

[@jedder]

I know it's probably silly to call a chimera ridiculous looking... But I'm gonna call it anyway: That Magmasaurus looks RIDICULOUS!

[@bobsav76]

This guy looks wild. It's great to finally hear about him, thank you.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

This guy is the definition is cult classic and niche character. No one expected him as this year's commander.

[@79tomato1]

Thanks!

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Waiting for my Magmatron to arrive. Hopefully Big Convoy comes out soon.

[@Burning-Twilight]

Gotta say Magmatron sounds like a real badass. Hes got a super unique design, he is a highly competent fighter and honorable in methods and tatics, and is smart enough to know that guys lile Unicron are not to be triffled with. Hope we get to see more of him in some form of media in the future.

[@e.l.2482]

I really like the touch of having him lead his forces in one more fight before making peace because it's the right thing to do for Cybertron's future. It's like he already decided that the war needed to be over but he still had enough pride to want to end it on his own terms instead of laid low before Unicron

[@Burning-Twilight]

@@e.l.2482 It honestly is something id expect Megatron to do from IDW and future incarnations of him.

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school school game, Magmatron played a pretty big role where he is the Guardian of disembodied spirit entity known as Giya, who is the Daughter of Unicron and had a boss fight against Lucifer Morningstar but the battle was haulted by GHOST taking Giya spirit and experimented on which involves a boss fight as Magmatron against the Original prototype of Decepticon Bio powerhouse Goalius, called Novamos and he ended up living his days on earth taking Fluttershy place as the new Animal center care taker

[@sivanlevi3867]

The relationship between Magmatron and Big Convoy and the Predacon's tendency to let troops do the hard work reminds me of the Decepticon Deathsaurus from Transformers Victory, who has a similar sort of personality and only getting involved personally when fighting his Autobot rival Star Saber. Oh, the Dweller from that Collector's Club story makes another appearance, in Transformers Earthspark, hiding in an alien underground network on Earth and forcing the Terrans and Seekers to work together to fight against it.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

The fact that Beast Wars Neo is when the maximals and predacons finally calling a truce shows that War is indeed Hell.

[@starry53]

I always wanted to know about Magmatron, ever since I saw him in Beast Wars NEO.

[@michaelrlomax1977]

Well I can thank Beast Wars Transformers The Unofficial Guide by J. E. Alvarez. For introducing me to Japanese Beast Wars characters and toys. Especially Magmatron the original toy is brilliant. The way it comes together to form the figure is amazing . My personal favourite is the missile storage. Which can be found in what becomes the shield. The book is well worth the buy, sadly my one is showing a bit too much wear. On the amount of times I have read it and just looked at the photos. 😊 So an excellent video as always and yes I have the new Magmatron figure on pre-order. 😊

[@Ultrazilla]

Major thanks for this video. I just got the new toy, and my son wanted to know more about the character. This was perfect!

[@codyp49]

The Gathering was my intro to Beast Wars so Magmatron and Razorbeast hold a very close spot in my heart

[@coilledragon279]

Loved the Gathering so so very much!! And I always felt that it was a shane that it didn't get some kind of ongoing series. The premise/set-up we were left with at the end; a hidden, secondary Beast Wars conflict between larger groups & a 3rd faction, was tantalisingly intriguing and creative.

[@Godzilla5675]

My goodness i felt so sorry for Magmatron in the manga being in so much pain when evolving into a Cybertronian and finally ended his pain by his own sword

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

In classic Beast Machines fashion, it managed to ruin Magmatron by getting him eaten by a worm. I do like the consistency that Magmatron's heroic side comes out whenever Angolmois is involved.

[@yodaspielberg]

Its funny how in a lot of the art of Magmatron the Elasmosaur head is drawn as a snake. I get that he's very Chimera so a snake tail makes sense. But plesiosaur faces were extremely not snakey.

[@eddie20onine]

Thanks for the basics on magmatron, I'm a G1er fan but even I picked up legacy mags and think he's a great figure but couldn't find out much about his story until I found this vid, always well researched and quality on THE BASICS, cheers for your great work, much appreciated

[@bthsr7113]

0:51 So not just competing with the Dinobots, but Skylinx too. Fascinating.

[@M_D93]

I just got my Magnatron as a late Christmas gift. I wanted the Beast Wars Neo toys since I was a child, but I don't think they were available in North America. I never thought I would even get a Magmatron, but here I am, as a grown ass man.

[@maxoyew2965]

This character was such an enigma to me as a kid. My first exposure to him was through The Gathering, but I lost the ability to read it after kid me turned the book in for having “a bad word”. In it. Magmatron says “Fall, damn you! Fall!” or something like that. After that I didn’t see or hear about him for years until your first video that mentioned him, and now this one. So happy he has a new toy coming out.

[@MojoTheClown]

Pre-ordered! I loves me some Magmatron. Thanks again, Chris!

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

I enjoy learning about new Transformers characters especially in this case since I’ve never watched Beast Wars second or Beast Wars Neo, the only Beast Wars stuff I’ve watched was the orignal 90’s cartoon and the awful sequel series.

[@diegos7337]

Definitely want his toy! Is a must get!

[@manoftheusajones5147]

Do THE BASICS on LICENSED PARTNERSHIP CHARACTERS next!

[@sophieprime4669]

Why tho

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

"Cut off one head two more shall take its place" to qoute HYDRA in Marvel.

[@Alkaid-zz8yk]

Thank you so much for pronouncing all of the dinosaurs names correctly!!!

[@louiemercado5595]

Good work on the video on Magmatron, my friend! I've got the Transformers Beast Wars Omnibus comic featuring Magmatron, the predacons and the rest of the characters in the comic book. I also loved his saurian chimera form too!

[@autobotmasterblaster2681]

Suggestions for Future Videos BattleTrap Silverbolt Metroplex ChopShop Crankcase Cyber Keys

[@michaellombardi1620]

That new figure looks so cool!

[@praeamble]

I never knew about this character until now, but as a Beast Wars fan I would have LOVED this toy as a kid.

[@AbhishekKr.Singh1609]

He is one colorful cybertronian isn't he

[@MightyMorphinDJ]

for the next obscure characters month, how about taking a look at some of the Collaborative Transformers X figures? Ectotron, Gigawatt, the newest Ninja turtles collaborative figure coming later this year and so forth. I'd love to see your take on those.

[@GoGojiraGo]

Just goes to show that any Transformer character can make it big, no matter how much time has passed since they were last notable.

[@waspshot23]

I'm absolutely not immune to the nostalgia of The Gathering, something about that book really worked for me and its the sole reason I'm interested in Magmatron's new toy

[@rodimus7926]

One the best antiheroes of the franchises ever

[@jactirby]

I’m so excited for the new magnatron toy! It makes me want him to appear in more media

[@joejunior5991]

Magmatron is consider a Fuzor since he wasn't comprised of multiple beast into one being and his was the most unique one since unlike other who using two animals, Magmatron instead was 3 Animal this making him possibly the strongest Fuzor that surpassing Silverbolt

[@originaluddite]

He reminds me of that other Beast Wars gestalt that was an elephant, lion and eagle.

[@joejunior5991]

@@originaluddite you mean Magnaboss and Tripredacus but those have robot and animal form while Magmatron only had animal form for each individual dinos and didn't have robot form.

[@originaluddite]

@@joejunior5991 of course, I forgot that distinction, with Magmatron as a collection of modules rather than completely independent Transformers.

[@joejunior5991]

@@originaluddite also P.S : Fuzor like any Maximals and Predacons had either Animal or Robot Mode and Magmatron had Robot Mode and Chimera Form for the Animal Form if you the Chimera as his Animal Form just like a Fuzor

[@originaluddite]

@@joejunior5991 I just like that we get to use the word "chimera".

[@gundam833]

This was such a cool episode!❤ Thanks Chris for making this.💯 Interestingly enough, I do remember seeing a HASBRO release of this character in stores years ago. However, I don't remember it being for BEAST MACHINES but instead I thought it was released for BEAST WARS. I remember sometime after the TV series BEAST WARS had ended that Hasbro was still releasing figures for it. And I remember being very confused because they were figures that were NEVER shown in the TV series. Like for example the character MAGNABOSS. That was a triple character released by Hasbro for the BEAST WARS series that I had no idea who that was. It wasn't until I started watching your videos Chris that I learned there was MORE BEAST WARS series and comics released after the 1st one in Japan. And in that Era there when I seen the Magnaboss character in stores is when I thought I remembered seeing the Magmatron character also released for BEAST Wars because it was both leader characters for the Maximals and Predacons respectively. And then I remember shortly after seeing those characters in stores, they were clearanced out and no more BEAST WARS characters were seen again.

[@TheBeef89]

Magmatron is the character that got me into reading Transformers comics

[@mindwipe8788]

I’m so glad he is getting a new figure and I hope we get Big Convoy as well as BW Galvatron sometime down the road.

[@twilightnite13]

I'm definitely looking forward to that, as well as learning more about Magmatron now thanks to you showing me more about him.

[@Gearoidmcnaught]

I’m definitely gonna get his new toy as soon as it’s released.

[@SpiderHam]

Woooo! Mine just arrived from BBTS! Excellent video as always!!

[@paulbainbridge7466]

I love ❤ this Prehistoric Predacon Magmatron & his 3 Dinosaur 🦖🦕 forms if I were a transformer I would be like how but with Tyrannosaurus 🦖,Pteranodon and Plesiosaurus

[@Exar_Kun]

“Magmatron Inuk Chuk!!” That’s what I imagine magmatron saying to activate “Dino-centipede” mode.

[@Lightman0359]

Magmasaurus gives me Kaizer Gkidora/Monster X or Final fantasy Ultima Weapon vibes

[@AldenTuttle02]

I first learned about this character in the first IDW comic series. I bought it at a book fair in school and never knew there was a sequel.

[@flashmusicarchive]

Magmatron: what is my purpose? Creator: you are the bad guy until Unicron shows up and then you give your life to save everyone else.

[@jayddenburgos]

Can you make a video of how Unicron and Primus are related if the Creator is different. Unicron was created by Primacron, while primus created by the one.

[@baraki808]

Just got my figure today. Very well made and loving it.

[@TheRezro]

I have theory that Megatron was a Minicon. Him being a gun is his signature. But that is what Targetmasters were! Megatron started as unknown slave, who was rebuild by Shockwave into lethal weapon. Later in his life he suffered on split personality disorder, what could be result of having two sparks, as result of one of early Headmaster/Combiner attempts. But as such it was permanent connection. Megatron was not strictly evil, forced as puppet by Unicron Cult. As for Megatron II, i have theory that he is no one else then Predaking and that Predaking was no one else then Megatronus Prime. People are unaware, but he was actually framed by Unicron Cult as Fallen. When in reality there were few fallen Primes working on Technoorganic Tech to go around conflict with Primus. Primus was part of Unicron what wanted preserve organic life, which is true reason Predacons were created, to justify destruction of Earth. Megatron II actually despised what he become as result of those wicked experiments.

[@Byrdstar6423-un3me]

now we need Magnaboss as a legacy figure...SHUDDERS AT GPS

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

I can’t wait to get the legacy figure. I don’t think we’ve had a Gigantosaurus themed transformer, combiner before or since. Also, I just love the concept of transformers robot modes who are made up of multiple vehicles.

[@semajz5724]

I'm wondering if he's going to come assembled in the box or if we need to put him together from all three Dinos.

[@brianlevine871]

Even though I've never seen "BW Neo," I've always been fascinated by Big Convoy and Magmatron if only for their respective beast modes. The latter is especially cool for combining three prehistoric reptiles into a single figure.

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

Magmatron is one of my favorite figures of the beast era

[@danielbrant6740]

"Unleash." "The." _"Beast Wars!"_

[@Arkham205]

Thanks for the birthday vid!

[@anthonythomas305]

Magmatron looks insane

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

I have a very interesting headcanon about how Magmatron joined the Maximals by the time Beast Machines rolled around. Within this headcanon, the Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo guys are contemporaries of the Beast Wars cast. Lio Convoy and his bunch were battling a Predacon warlord who thought himself to be the original Galvatron reborn; Big Convoy led his Elite Guard unit in battling against a gang led by chemist Magmatron. And then came Megatron, falling from the sky like the devil cast out of Heaven. With the aid of Galvatron and Magmatron, Megatron created the transformation lock virus and unleashed upon Cybertron. The three Predacons made a deal- Megatron would give Galvatron and Magmatron DNA from his time on Earth and a corner of Cybertron not overrun by the Vehicons in return for their loyalty. However, while Galvatron remained loyal, Magmatron was disgusted to learn that his men had been turned into Vehicon fodder and attempted a coup against Megatron. It went badly for him. Magmatron then went on the run from the Vehicons, eventually crossing paths with the Maximals. Despite their hesitance to trust him at first, the Predacon proved himself a worthy ally after helping them take down Vehicon Demolitions General Blastcharge (who was in fact a brainwashed Maximal Apelinq). Knowing that Cybertron would benefit from a secondary group of defenders, Primal decided to give Apelinq and Magmatron command over a group of Maximals and Predacons united against the Vehicon enemy. The name of that group? The Wreckers. Aside from Apelinq and Magmatron, the group’s members included Dinotron, Skydive, T-Wrecks, Hammerstrike, CatSCAN and Rotorbolt.