The Weirdest & Worst Transformers

[@mrsundaymovies]

Big Transformers fans might be upset I said Letters For Algernon when I meant to say Flowers for Algernon. Forgiveness?

[@baronroaster404]

I was steaming. Why no mention of Beast Wars, the ultimate transformer spin off

[@mrsundaymovies]

Because Beast Wars is LEGIT.

[@ianunger6985]

@@mrsundaymovies Yes.

[@markpiland2614]

You want forgiveness? Get religion.

[@doctormalcolm]

Ngl transformers robots in disguise 2001 and tf armada were underrated in my opinion. The starscream in armada was epic and skybite in RID was also epic. Both are epic

[@louisalectube]

Fun fact of annoyance: Fortress Maximus is supposed to be a fort, and as a toy is larger than Metroplex, who is a *city*.

[@The_Punisher]

Exactly

[@toalesovikk7168]

That's not prime

[@Rejukem]

Metroplex was awesome in Fall of Cybertron

[@tgatt5759]

@@Rejukem I think you mean omega supreme

[@LoganBluth]

But he's the maximus fortress. He's fortress to the MAX! He's the biggest fortress anyone could possibly imagine, like..... 20 FEET ACROSS! (That's bigger than a city, right...?)

[@KingOfMadCows]

I believe the Rock Lords were easily defeated by the Paper Kings.

[@acgeewhiz]

You wouldn’t think so, but thems the rules.

[@angbald]

Unfortunately the paper kings were destroyed by the Scissor Sisters.

[@cartoonhistory353]

The scissoring sister have entertained the arena

[@thanos3784]

I'd have went with "Scissor Sultans", but good on ya.

[@trueblade444]

Y'all beat me with the scissor jokes

[@Xezian]

"IM ABOUT TO TRANSFORM INTO THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON IN UNIVERSE" *transforms into a normal gun*

[@eddiethatvoguy7901]

uh that "normal gun" was powered by very highly unstable anti-matter in that episode. Sure it nearly killed him, but that's the price you pay for....ummm....temporary power...? I guess. IDK, megatron & cobra commander made really bad choices!

[@Remember_Bubblebutt]

@@eddiethatvoguy7901 haha, *W E L L , A C T U A L L Y*

[@flameconvoy7424]

†XΞZIAN† to be fair the tiny handgun hit like a bazooka so it was hilarious

[@MallThat]

It makes alot of sense that Megatron would have a tiny gun lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

[@Suisai13]

LOL, that normal gun one-shot killed half my beloved Autobots in TF the Movie though :(

[@Tremain]

Broadside might have been lame but that scene you showed where he flies in as a plane transforms into an aircraft carrier and crushes devastator and THEN he goes into robot form and gives a thumbs up is pretty much the best actual fighting scene in the original cartoon. THAT'S how transformers should fight, using their alt mode and mass shifting as part of their fighting, instead of just being robots who shot each other that happened to transform occasionally.

[@MockManor]

Tremain 100% agree 👍🏾

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

And this is exactly why I think Transformers:Devastation is the best Transformers game. The environments are a little bland but the combat is an absolute dream.

[@joshua7529]

@@jamesianhutchison1165 Who do you prefer using in Devastation? Also, it's always nice to find someone else who has played that game.

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

@@joshua7529 In all honesty I play all 5 (7 as I picked up the limited edition with Nemesis Prime and Red Alert) on a loop. Still trying to farm/max out my S+ Grade weapons. Kinda hit a wall when I unlocked Magnus difficulty though. Horrendously difficult to time your counters and parries! 😅

[@joshua7529]

@@jamesianhutchison1165 I've given them all a shot, but I prefer playing Optimus Prime and Grimlock most of the time. Also, I've also tried hunting down SS weapons, but some of them can't reach that level. I was sad to learn that Prime's Energon Axe cannot reach a grade higher than B.

[@danielfoster7892]

“Grimlock dumb again” I was crying my eyes out😂🤣

[@Warsie-Fan]

As much as I love the cartoons, most of them where dumb. The in-universe reason why Grimlock talks the way he does is a malfunction in his vocal processors. It works to his advantage because his enemies misinterpret him as being stupid when in fact he is not.

[@HOTD108_]

@@Warsie-Fan There's a big difference between a story that is deliberately simplistic, and a story that is dumb.

[@Warsie-Fan]

@@HOTD108_ Relax, whatever you say pal.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Most G1 episodes were pretty simplistic, but majority of Season 3 and 4 got unbearably dumb.

[@Warsie-Fan]

@@Commander_Shepard. Best episodes IMO, 'Heavy Metal War' & 'The Ultimate Doom' (3 parter). Best artistically drawn episodes IMO, 'Microbots' & 'Call Of The Primitives'.

[@alerioflores8182]

the scream at 9:25 did it for me, there’s the only serotonin i’ll be getting for a while.

[@LastAphelion]

Kinda want that clip as a react more often now ngl

[@maryautumn2465]

ARCEE: sarcasticly "Hey Jack, you're a human, build me a small intestine"

[@Keltrunner]

James and nick are the best thing since sliced bread.

[@luc_8710]

you mean since Betty White?

[@magnamic5614]

OMG! I’d love some sliced bread right n... ...be right back. I’m back BABYYYY! I made a BIG SANDWICH! Yummy. (of a barn)

[@Keltrunner]

Just made a big sandwedge now with some betty slideced white bread. =)

[@narcspector]

Corn of Cobbolin™ creators

[@ajet0452]

But are they the pitts or the pits?

[@battleupsaber462]

I'd argue that the Action Masters actually were in retrospect a really good thing for the Transformers franchise. Why? Because it was the first time Hasbro made new toys of several of the first-year characters from 1984 and 1985 (Soundwave, Prowl etc.) It was the first time Hasbro realized that the characters themselves had become popular enough to sell toys. Compared to before, when Hasbro simply viewed them as product names that could be replaced once the next wave of toys hit (hence the infamous mass slaughter in the 1986 movie).

[@EDZ1LLA]

I found this utterly fascinating

[@PredaConvoy]

I agree totally. As a kid in the UK it was not only a way to get characters we loved that had stopped being available, but also some who had never seen release on our side of the pond (I got Blaster for that reason!) I'm also fond of the Action Master original characters, Krok and Kick-Off for example.

[@ronnyclayton194]

In the beggining the toys were felt to be more important.But after the first season in1984 the show and charachters were what made it so special by mid 1985 even if the toy figures are so unique they could have just added more transformers instead of killing their major animated charachters that 7 year old children like me when I seen the 1986 movie slaughter most of the cast that me and many other children had formed a bond with.

[@Brickerbrack]

Not _quite._ The first re-uses of characters were Powermaster Optimus Prime, and then the Classic Pretenders (Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock and Starscream). And I think it was actually the response to Prime's death that convinced them of how popular the characters were (and also convinced them to modify the GI Joe movie so Duke only went into a coma for a bit)...

[@sprinkle61]

The mass slaughter was the best thing to ever happen to a children's show. First off, generation 1 sucked, especially that dumb red van and ambulance. I was cheering inside when they were summarily executed. Second, the new transformers were noticably better toys, especially the two Decepticon Double Changers, Insectacons, Devastator, Dinobots, Blaster, and Perceptor. Some of them were silly, but all were very memorable, and it was a new character overload. Third, that movie was intended to be a little edgy, and that is a good thing. A movie version of a TV show NEEDS to be noticeably better than the show, so its worth going to a theatre for. If you were at all into Transformers, you HAD to see this movie, because everything changed after it in the TV show, so you were CLEARLY left behind if you didn't see it.

[@woody_you_want]

A cheeky YMCA joke = a well earned like

[@maxxfelton2673]

I can’t believe this one guy does the voice for Nick and James EDIT: This guy does the voice for James, Nick, AND Mason

[@Phuongyyy]

I believe you mean Nick and Mason

[@maxxfelton2673]

Phuong Le I’m such a fool

[@willhancock2453]

AND the dog!

[@maxxfelton2673]

Will Hancock how could I have forgotten? He’s at least one of the kids, too right?

[@niclennox2555]

Who Voices MasO?

[@rob-v1y]

I found "The Choking Hazard" transformers kind of distasteful.

[@adamgrogory]

Please tell me what that was

[@garethholman1050]

I agree, if you're choking then it really wouldn't taste very nice at all.

[@pathevermore3683]

nah, the transforming punisher figure was made by toy biz, not tomy/takara/hasbro. edit: oh, you meant LITERAL chocking hazard, nevermind then.

[@rickdavis32]

Thats because you shouldnt taste them!

[@sprinkle61]

I thought they tasted pretty good, until they stopped going down, then it was a problem. If they didn't transform into a small paistry, there would have been much less chance of a hapless human trying to eat them...

[@itsabroom8402]

"The Character was 22 iches tall...cost a hundred US dollars...the absolute stone on these guys to put out a toy that big" Hasbro: *Laughs in USS Flagg*

[@mr.osclasses5054]

RIGHT?! I only know of one person who claims to have had the Flagg. That thing was a monster and I had zero hope of getting it. I felt accomplished when I got the General, but that was well after the popularity was dropping around 1990.

[@StageRight123]

@@mr.osclasses5054 I actually had the USS Flagg when I was a kid. I saved up my allowance for like 6 months to buy that thing. It was 7 feet long if I remember correctly.

[@roguelead72]

I was just thinking that, shit once you outgrew that thing, you could use it as a coffee table.

[@Takeshi357]

Also Fortress Maximus got reissued. You can get him for 200-300 dollars. USS Flagg in the other hand has _not_ been reissued.

[@sonerec725]

*laughs in haslab unicron*

[@sibylsaint]

I was that kid. I had Fortress Maximus and I loved it!!! 25 years later, facing homelessness, I sold it to a collector. I'll never get it back. Seeing him here in the video brought back a lot of happy memories.

[@MightyMurloc]

Years later, I think this is maybe my favourite video of yours, you both have such unbridled joy in your voices for a franchise who's live action movies nearly killed you.

[@christopherstoudt1446]

"Transformers! Upon sent disguise" -- what 9 year old me thought the commercial jingle said

[@r0yaltyproductions642]

Lol I thought it said Robots in the sky 😂

[@holdenwynn2195]

I always thought it said “Ninjas in the skies”

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

@@r0yaltyproductions642 see this is what I thought all the Flying Transformers had to say...

[@Cheesypotato57]

"More than meets the eye" to little kid me was "Normanintsiaye"

[@raam726]

I also thought it said robots in the sky

[@ericrobles7530]

These guys are very underrated. One of my fav KZbin channels

[@MCUHQ]

1.18 million subscribers

[@thuggy222]

I 100% agree they deserve much more love

[@josephikrakowski1137]

Bruh they have 1.8 million subscribers Yep that’s pretty underrated

[@samjackson9560]

Josephi Krakowski *1.18

[@pepsififa3205]

Guy that's exactly what I was just thinking

[@agustinpereira3128]

Not Maso making a Kate Bush running up that hill joke 2 years before stranger things brought it back 💀

[@gkm077]

“Kate Bush style” is a world class joke... with no problems.

[@FasterThanSoup]

I read your comment before that part came up. Agreed - world class.

[@inthedeadhours]

I wish I could be on this team of writers...perhaps God will swap our places.

[@dvt1393]

That was indeed perfection.

[@zephilandevol]

Wuther you on about...ing... heights

[@Transfixed]

A Kate Bush joke in a Transformers video, and it's not even my birthday

[@ricbaines1424]

Broadside, whilst technically 'a boat', is specifically an aircraft carrier. As his other mode's a plane, this is probably one of the most extreme examples of size-changing.

[@jamesperkins191]

20 ton plane into a 80,000 ton aircraft carrier

[@JakeTylenol]

“Let’s take a break from transformers” *makes another transformers video*

[@rolandbaldwin]

The best thing about Grimlock is in the most recent cartoons he's been incredibly smart and eloquent and only does the dino voice in dino mode.

[@Quantum_Magnus]

Loving all this Transformers content. While it’s mostly negative, I’m always down for honest criticism for it. Love the transformers forever.

[@dajokahbaby1506]

Well most of the negativity is directed towards Micheal Bay

[@kuniosaiki]

As long as the negativity sticks with bayformers (tbh most of the fandom thinks like these dudes anyways), then it’s calm.

[@ryantheanimator1156]

@@kuniosaiki I still have a soft spot for the first Bayformers, I think that was the best one out of the bunch, though.

[@kuniosaiki]

Ryan The Animator I agree, the first movie ain’t that bad, it’s just slowly downhill from there.

[@srj34]

I'm surprised Ratchet and Ironhide weren't worth at least a quick mention, since their faces were just a windshield.

[@GBHickz]

fun fact: when the dinobots appeared in the comic, they talked normal. Then they dumbed down how Grimlock spoke for later issues.

[@walrusArmageddon]

Say what you wabt about dumbing him down, but grimlocks voice is *iconic*

[@scr0ngle108]

Brain (matrix?) damage?

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@scr0ngle108 depends. I know 3 comic series ago it was because his head got dinged too much that it was too small for his brain.

[@Zalaczar90]

You guys should do a review on Netflix series: Transformers Siege!

[@raven4152001]

- i'm sure they will. It's not like they have a whole lot of movies to review. 😄

[@BryanTheBigMac]

Is It Out?

[@haydosthemagician1427]

Its out now i think

[@cartoonhistory353]

It just got released 😂🤣Mfs haven’t even got threw episode yet

[@ThatSockmonkey]

War for cybertron came out on Netflix Australia yesterday

[@emmaseckso1870]

Props for the “Kate Bush style” reference a full year before her resurgence 👍

[@digdugdoggy]

The pretenders, dont you mean instagrammers? Zing!

[@mrsundaymovies]

GOT EM.

[@digdugdoggy]

@@mrsundaymovies you called flowers for algernon letters for algernon. It has been you who has been got, my friend.

[@grahamthiel2254]

@@digdugdoggy ZING

[@EasyCure0]

They prefer to be called "influencers" but the only thing they influence is me to vomit.

[@Midrealm_DM]

4:00 - Broadside was not afriad of water, the gyroscope in his balance center was faulty, causing him to become seasick when on the ocean waves.

[@roguelead72]

I thought Silverbolt was the one scared of heights.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

@@roguelead72 Both of them were. The difference is that Silverbolt powers through his fear while Broadside just cowers.

[@brandonbyers9944]

When I heard the YMCA comment, I was both stunned, and amazed by how beautiful it was. Truly, we have hit peak comedy. Thank you James. Thank you.

[@ZoMbArDmEnT]

I just discovered you guys yesterday and I can’t stop watching your content. You two are hilarious to listen to and you bring up such amazingly good points in the Transformers Universe and Man of Steel Universe Caravan of Garbage

[@MegaJSK123]

Man, that Shia scream gets me every f*cking time! 😂😂😂

[@teddy-fl6hm]

It always works, you could use it in any context and it would be hilarious.

[@purplepulpinc.8504]

"...like a babooshka doll" Two Kate Bush references in one vid? I think somebody's a fan *wink wink nudge nudge*

[@BBmetalhead04]

If you think these are weird transformers, two words: Kiss Players

[@BBmetalhead04]

Deusvultimus Maxgenitalius You’re not the only one cursed with knowledge.

[@995ahmedbarakat2]

Oh no.

[@frick_____you]

I think we'd all like to keep pretending Kiss Players never happened.

[@ThreadBomb]

I just now learned about this genius idea. Damn, I wish there was an anime of it!

[@doctormalcolm]

@BBmetalhead04 oh lord kiss players. I don’t want to remember that

[@ForPetesake552]

Great video!! You guys brought back a lot of characters that I completely forgot about. Well done.

[@HarmoniousFists7]

9:23 editing keeps me coming back

[@jamesperkins191]

I loved the Dinobots. In the original cartoon, they were talking about making new Autobots, the kid says, 'Dinosaurs are strong, why not do them?' and Wheeljack just does it because he's a scientist, but he's a MAD scientist.

[@Rav_Ram]

They made the transformers in the early 2000's needlessly complicated to transform. As soon as i attempted to transform one i would just give up and never touch it again.

[@maxbrandt6]

I feel your pain, there was this Ultra Magnus toy I got for my wife's little boy for Christmas 2002 that was exactly like that and with an instruction pamphlet about 17 feet long when fully open!

[@BagOfMagicFood]

​@@SirGrimLockSmithVIII Add in Beast Wars Neo!

[@derdes4475]

*looking at my Transformers Masterpieces* Yeah.... About that...

[@karenkreidler286]

I’ve never heard this tfs season theme “autobots triple changers battle the evil forces of the decpticon triple changers” What season was that from?

[@thegrouchization]

@@karenkreidler286 Probably from a commercial.

[@adamaumiller1144]

That Kate Bush reference was one year too early to be topical. Shame.

[@TeryJones]

12:37 - And this is why G1 is still being made into newer toys even now, it's literally a mercy to those who wish they had that kind of money.....

[@poldivina27]

3:50 ben from canada (editor) doesn’t disappoints on every “but joke” 😂

[@whatsorry4914]

this video was actually edited by RAWcollings, they have a rotation of a few different editors that just all have a consistent style to fit the vibe of James’ channel

[@poldivina27]

Got it!

[@Joltimus22]

You didn't even talk about Reflector, the Decepticon trio who all combine into a single camera? I'm absolutely loving all these Transformers videos guys, keep up the great work as usual.

[@bignasty4874]

Also, wasn't Reflector kind of the opposite of a gestalt? It was 3 bots, but one mind, even when separated...I think.

[@Joltimus22]

@@bignasty4874 Yeah, I believe so.

[@jaxontee3201]

6:05 it all makes sense now. Daniel Craig has no time to die because he’s too busy transforming and fighting off decepticons

[@ThreadBomb]

We need a James Bond/Transformers crossover.

[@denisarabinka3508]

Ahahah, when you said "Babushka doll" i lost it. It's actually called Matrioshka doll in Belarus and Russia, and the word Babushka actually means "Grandmother" and an elderly woman in general. It's hilarious that english speakers actually call this things Babushkas) it's kinda dark honestly,old woman stuffed with smaller old women Damn,now I'm creepped out

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

It's like a Baba clown car, and they're all piling out to nag you about eating and how cold they are.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

I remember a funny political Matryoshka doll I saw a few years back in a tour. It was Putin - Medvedev - Putin - Yeltsin - Gorby. It took me about a day to figure out why there were two Putins there, but by the time I caught on and wanted to buy it, the tour group had already left the city.

[@TheCreator17]

6:05 You guys had the opportunity to put the new Halo Infinite Craig.....and you let it slip through your grasp. Great job still! :D

[@FutureDeep]

Hot Rod caught the opportunity first.

[@LunatiqHigh]

You remember the official Transformer cards? Grimlock is one of the smartest among the autobots.I think I remember him having something like a 9 out of 10 on the intelligence scale.. Wasn't he described as intelligent in the comics too? I know he took over the Autobots a few times and saved them a lot. Didn't he take over the Autobots a few times too?

[@Kinnakeeter]

The Dinobots were frigging awesome. I was already crazy about dinosaurs when I was a child and the Dinobots just made it better

[@cartkart1]

Ultra Magnus wasn’t a cost cutting measure, the Diaclone mold he was based on was another release of the Optimus mold with different armor

[@Puggapillar]

i don't like being this early, it feels lonely

[@nathangathercole6888]

your are not alone anymore!

[@bryzantine1571]

I don't mind this time. There was an earthquake here at 4:30 am and I've been up since then

[@patricktsai2303]

Same

[@patricktsai2303]

@@bryzantine1571 stay safe

[@bryzantine1571]

@@patricktsai2303 thanks. Hopefully there isnt another one while I'm at work. Already made an emergency kit for my dog and and gave a extra key to my neighbor

[@kevthepoet]

9:23 that edit! 😂👌🏾

[@welsh78]

“Letters for Algernon”? The guys in your book club are never going to stop ribbing you for that one. 😬

[@romxxii]

Not even a single mention of Rung, the Autobot whose alt mode was so ridiculously dumb even in-universe he didn't want other Autobots to know what it was.

[@kurosakid5201]

Good video and some excellent edits there from Collings! Well timed too with that new War for Cybertron Mini series hitting Netflix today. I vaguely remember owning a Hot Rod and RC toy when I was kid. I also remember my friend had a Fortress Maximus and a Devastator and would never let me play with them 😑 I was more of a Beast Wars kid anyway 😂

[@TheMocholoco]

Back then told friends about the Washabots versus the Dryicons. They all got the gag, and all of them believed Optimus or Megatron would just step on them if they showed up to battle....lol

[@christianmanka3884]

HOLY SHIT HE MADE A KATE BUSH REFERENCE 2 YEARS BEFORE STRANGER THINGS MADE THAT SONG POPULAR!!!!

[@treynevs4888]

I remember Transformers once had a tie-in with Animorphs. I had a big one that was Jake, Cassie, and Marco combining into a T-Rex. I think I got it for my birthday or something. It was very strange, but I loved it because I was all about dem Animorphs.

[@toyotatacoma1616]

I vividly remember finding one of those, Tobias I think, at my middle school library. I had no idea why it had all the transformers branding (honestly I still don’t), but it was exactly the thing to appeal to 10yr old me.

[@thelicensednerd1626]

My god this was great you should do something along these lines more often like a toyline throwback

[@JacobHillSBD]

Man, you guys are really getting up my alley these past few weeks. Love me some Transformers. It's like it's my favorite thing or something.

[@Meatle.]

Fun fact: Peter Cullen and Frank Welker voiced gobots and rocklords,they also voiced optimus prime,ironhide,megatron,soundwave,and ravage.

[@timkinss]

Cullen also voiced Venger in the D&D cartoon, which I grew up never knowing

[@Meatle.]

@@timkinss That's pretty cool.

[@robvegas9354]

Peter Cullen also popped up on duck tales

[@maldon3659]

Peter Cullen also played Eyeore from Winnie The Pooh and Monterey Jack from Chip n, Dale Rescue Rangers

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Cullen makes a very brief voice appearance in The Goofy Movie. The song "After Today" at the beginning of the film, he voices the fat bus driver singing "I'm gonna sit on my butt."

[@CreepyUncleIdjit]

Bigbadtoystore is selling a Fort Max re-release for about $400. Only bad news, you have to wait until September for it to be shipped. You can also get the recently redone "Titans Return" version for about the same price. More articulation and looks better.

[@epicmadnesss]

When I was 7 I really wanted the deluxe edition Soundwave with all the tapes, I never got him. The first thing I bought with my first paycheck from my first job was Soundwave, I feel that vibe James, just fulfill your gribe and buy yours

[@epicmadnesss]

This reminds me of one of your earlier videos that actually made me subscribe to you back in 2013, it was the top 5 worst transformers I think. Love this one

[@danjordan2625]

5:40 Maso was on that Kate Bush train early

[@HouseholdWheel]

You're saying the American pretenders aren't convincingly disguised (which is true) but show footage of Masterforce where the pretenders shrink in size to appear believably human, those are different types of transformer.

[@OneNationUnderPug]

My favorite weird transformers are -Skullcruncher, a Decepticon crocodile who eats people because he self conscious about eating people. -Missfire, a Decepticon so bad at being a soldier he flunked our off the Decepticon Military College 4627 times.

[@shawnabdulcarim1785]

I love the editing and dynamic here bloody brilliant stuff guys

[@rawcollings]

You're a gosh darn legend Shawn.

[@mattshaw5179]

I remember rock lords! I loved them as a child! In hindsight they were really crap!!

[@BurnRoddy]

Oh man, the Rock Lords. _What a classic !_ It was Tonka's atempt to Make My Pet Rock Great Again. Even tho there was no internet yet the amount of backlash these recieved was legedary because sales were abysmal, however a cartoon series was probably all it needed for most of us kids who were into GoBots to have digged them silly things.

[@TheComixkid2099]

Waitaminute, I had one of those RockLord toys when I was a youth. I had no idea it was connected to Go-Bots.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

I just left an almost identical comment before I saw yours. Small world, eh?

[@Wolfman3077]

Yes they were, there was a animated movie called Gobots Battle of the Rocklords in which both species met. Thing that they got wrong though is that while nugget is a robot Rocklord the others were not robots, but aliens that were living rocks.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

You can get the reissue Encore series Fortress Maximus for a few hundred dollars - and it's brand new but same old mold.

[@radicaldreamer]

At 6:08 when James said "Denver", I thought for sure there would be a picture of Denver from "Denver the last Dinosaur"

[@jonseyjones321]

Love the Raycon ad, ahaha. Raycon doesn't ship to Australia and we're Australian. Gotta Get Dat Money!

[@thedarknesscallingme]

Couldnt buy Fortress Maximus in the 80's, almost forty years later still cant buy it lol

[@bambro1349]

I would argue that saying they are all computers and therefore should be experts in computers us the same as saying all humans should be experts in biology

[@Rozza2k]

My older brother had a rock lord toy and I have only just realised that's what they are called after 27 years....I called him boulder boy ffs 🤣

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

Yup. Dinobots, Insectacons and the whole Beast Wars thing. Basically any of the animal transformers. Kinda defeated the whole "robots in *disguise*" tagline. I know Beast Wars was a little different in that they had a different surface material when in beast mode but the toys looked dreadful. For me Beast Wars was their "jump the shark" moment.

[@WARWITHWARWICK]

5:44 niceee

[@unlimitedrabbit]

I once had a Transformers dream about an Autobot named Foy who was neither a Cybertronian nor a robot. He was a talking sentient tuskless bluish-gray earth walrus with a flipper-drawn Autobot symbol medallion hanging around his neck. Yeah. Although he looked useless, Foy had two super powers. 1. He was impervious to harm. He still felt pain from an attack but he wouldn't be wounded from the damage he took. 2. When Foy spoke his own name, anyone who heard it was overcome with a strong desire to physically assault him. This desire would vanish after the attacker struck Foy. None of the Autobots had ever heard of Foy before encountering him and they had no idea why he considered himself to be an Autobot. Optimus Prime somehow saw value in Foy and accepted him into their ranks. This is pretty much the worst concept on KZbin. Sorry for sharing. 😭

[@harperellenburg]

I'm here for all your Kate Bush jokes.

[@aipom004]

sammeeeeee

[@bjnowak]

Poor Ben looking all these clips up! Man ton of work

[@Freddyfan1428]

This had probably been mentioned before, but Broadside wasn't afraid of water, it was that his gyrostabilizers would get severely disoriented when he was floating in his aircraft carrier mode on the ocean, making him... well... seasick!

[@dilemmawhatson]

“Subscribe yeh I guess if u want” Man. If I wasn’t already subscribed, that delivery would’ve had me sold

[@devonbohner4927]

Of corse when they’re talking about pretenders they don’t mention Sari. Let me explain- in 2007, Transformers Animated was released on the Cartoon Network- it was sorta like Hasbro’s way of cashing in on both the Anime craze and the Stylized-Teen-Superhero craze of the 2000s. Sari Sumdac was the Autobot’s human companion of this series- she’s Indian (I guess?) and voiced by Tara Strong- Aka the goddess of female voices. Hopefully she won’t go through any controversies surrounding this character in the next few months. Sari had this Allspark-Key-Plot-Devise thing that was created by the Allspark- ya know, that cube thin from the live action movies? Yeah, that. Everybody wants it, because it can A: create new Cybertronian life and B: solve everybody’s problems. Say Bumblebee gets hurt in some battle- Sari just puts her key in his port and boom- he’s back to normal. Witch kinda makes Ratchet’s inclusion in the show kinda pointless. But check it out, this is where it gets wierd- In the season 2 finale, Sari gets hurt, and there’s this big reveal show showing her skin- but it’s not human muscles- there’s light blue circuitry in there, it’s made out of metal. She’s a Cybertronian. A techno-organic, to be more specific. Turns out Isaac Sumdac- Sari’s father- actually found her in a Cybertronian stasis pod as a sparkling- witch is just a transformers version of a baby. She scans his likeness, and he adopts her as her “daughter”. She doesn’t take it well. Some time after, the Autobots are fighting a Rock Lord (yes, THOSE Rock Lords) and they’re losing. Sari decides to put the key into her chest- and it upgrades her, she goes through cyber-puberty. She looks about 16-18 years old now. She’s got a sorta Iron-Man looking spark on her chest. But that’s not all- she can turn herself into a Cybertronian. Her armor has the same colors as her clothes, she’s got energy blades in her arms, blasters in her arms, everything in her arms now. She’s a Swiss-army-Bot basically. And after this series ended, she never returned, not even in a cameo. It’s kinda disappointing, she had a good relationship with the Autobots, and the idea of a half human half Cybertronian can lead to some great storylines. And we still have no clue where she came from... TL;DR: My Life As A Teenage Cybertronian

[@cdubsoptional7849]

That's life in the big city

[@samishi2811]

Well yeah, of course she didn’t appear again once the series ended, basically no “human” characters ever appear in more than one series. Look at the kids from prime, or Sam from the movies, they basically always stay in their own respective continuities.

[@devonbohner4927]

Charles Johnston That’s life in the big orange spaceship we call home witch is also a Godzilla-sized robot.

[@orionlax626]

@@samishi2811 True, except for the humans from G1. The Witwickys all have several cameos in Animated, for example.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I did have Skorponok, & absolutely loved him. He was one of the few I had whose arm didn't break off at some point. That was a real problem for my poor troops, losing arms. Metroplex's snapped off the day after Christmas.

[@6thsavage]

You forgot my Ex! First we were very much in love and happy, then I transformed into a loser so she left me! It’s PC gone mad!

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Nice swerve. I thought you were going to say she transformed into a raging bitch or some other colorful term!

[@Kasaaz]

Great, now Denver the Last Dinosaur is stuck in my head again.

[@eggocompo]

I would pitch it for them to have a fortress maximus they just need to set it up and make a video when they get it

[@mechamanblade8465]

You could always preorder the Encore Fortress Maximus for about $400 (plus shipping and handling) from BBTS or do what I did and get the Car Robots Brave Maximus.

[@weavehole]

I was that child who got Metroplex (as a joint bday/Xmas present) but what’s worse is; by the time opening time came around I was just about too old to care about transformers anymore. So I played with it half-heartedly for a bit then eventually sold the whole collection to a kid at school who is presumably now a millionaire.

[@EmpressOfDestruction]

I swindled my cousin into giving me his Fortress Maximus. He needed the money and he was going to sell his collection of 50+ transformers. He wanted like $500-$600 for all of them. I argued that all of them, save for like five, were out of the box and some were missing their accessories. I bought them all for $200.

[@jaxontee3201]

We’re really going in on this whole Transformers thing eh?

[@ChrisMunoz]

I love that you’re breaking your brains watching all the Transformers movies! Good stuff! Thanks for the content guys!

[@MegaJSK123]

Beast Wars fans... where ya at?

[@46chambersoflife]

Its honestly how I was I introduced to transformers and I had to know more about them

[@MixedFeelers]

MAXIMIZE!

[@aztektheultimatewoman]

A Transformer living inside Fortress Maximus would be like a human living inside a giant.

[@jamesperkins191]

The 2011 Meteoplex has stickers that are like windows, featuring several Autobots looking out... So even Scamper (included to man Meteoplex's emplaced guns) should massively out scale regular characters

[@RAFMnBgaming]

I've met people who'd be into that.

[@thetramp123]

Did these movies break your brains or did they *transform* them?

[@francobaggage]

Keep the transformers coming. I´m loving it. Thank you Mr. Sunday.

[@orangepotato2386]

The netflix transformers series is weird Optimus is so weird in that show. Siege

[@XplodingTurtle]

Maybe that's because it's a different version of him?

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

Many Transformers have dumb features and character quirks, but the absolute worst Transformer is Beast Machines Nightscream, who thanks the Maximals for giving him a family at one moment but acts like a dickhead in the next. With that clump of hair hanging over his face-one of many awful features of his design-they're clearly trying to make a "John Connor" out of him but with none of the likeability. They try to redeem him through his friendship with Noble, but that friendship's based on practically nothing.

[@marvelousball]

What do you expect from beast machines? That show basically ruined every character from beast wars

[@magnamic5614]

The simple fact that you added theme songs is a thumbs up. 👍

[@williammcglinchey8033]

My favorite part of the Transformers is they’re just based off a toy line but through the comics and cartoons they’ve come to have this ridiculously complicated lore and story. Highly recommend the IDW comics btw.