Looking Back At Transformers Classics

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[@shadowmarauder6033]

This is how you do nostalgia-based lines: they look like the original design, but have new vehicle modes and target multiple fanbases.

[@BoisegangGaming]

I will almost always take a new interpretation over a "classic" design for a G1 character.

[@Ian99_]

That's basically what generations was up until earthrise

[@Byrdstar6423-un3me]

I cannot forgive Legacy for butchering Prime

[@shadowmarauder6033]

@@Byrdstar6423-un3me agreed. It still seems to have difficulty with the characters from the Aligned continuity. The only ones I’ve seen almost fully positive reception was Thundertron and Chase.

[@chriswu772]

@@shadowmarauder6033 IIRC, Skyquake and Dreadwing were both pretty well-liked along with Thundertron and Chase.

[@zphyr6780]

“I’m probably not going to make it to 2,005” Not if we have anything to say about it💪

[@Retro_Red]

See you in three years

[@masterfarr8265]

The beginning of CHUG

[@MrEnKaye]

Wait, is it Classics, Henkei, Universe and Generations???

[@russellharrell2747]

Customers Hoping for Unlimited Geewun

[@russellharrell2747]

Technically Universe was the beginning, but that was all repaints. These were the first original molds for the line.

[@RSEDARK]

The U stand for Universe 2.0

[@jetseekers]

Could also be CHUUG Classics Henkei Universe United Generations

[@lonesailordee3886]

That Bumblebee design was so righteous. I’m glad they brought it back in Forged to Fight

[@kzilla8864]

I definitely will cherish the memories I had collecting these figures back in 2006. Plus this toyline was pretty revolutionary if you think about it. This was Hasbro bringing G1 back to the mainstream, but it also paved the way for future toylines like Generations, the Prime Wars trilogy, and Legacy.

[@gwenc1371]

Yeah, I feel like TJ is underplaying the importance of this line which is basically THE origin of the modern transformers Generations lines and the first time they were truly going back to the G1 well. It's hard to imagine today, but G1 fans had had basically nothing for ~15 years or so. I was born in 90 and grew up on the cartoon and Beast Wars, but obviously missed out on the opportunity to get any G1 characters until reissues began to come out in the 00s. This was the first time in my life that I could get a mainline figure that represented a G1 character I knew and loved from the cartoon, and it absolutely blew my mind.

[@legonerd0666]

Me who was born in 2006 and is now legaly an adult: do you feel old yet

[@BASS131]

I preferred these figures over what they do now. I loved that we got familiar bots with newer alt modes. It took me a while to even consider buying the newer figures that I already had from classics and the rest of chug.

[@nedinnis6752]

Same reason why I liked a lot of IDW redesigns. You could still tell who they are, but they have modern alt modes to fit with the 2000s instead of the 80s.

[@ultimateblaze23]

This is my G1 this is what I grew up with, i had no clue who these characters were when I saw them in stores but bought them anyway because they looked great

[@fatenabu1]

The Classics Rodimus was great. My wife and I's first Christmas married she got me the FansProject Protector upgrade. It was my Rodimus for my display etc till Kingdom Rodimus came out.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

I wish they all had 5mm hand holes.

[@AS42100]

17:45 This interaction between Hasbro and Takara will never not be funny. 😂😂

[@lynngreen7978]

Suggestion to help keep the streak. Come up with a concept for some quick 5 minute videos. Do several in advance, save them for illnesses. Maybe something like comparing bio cards to depiction in comics/cartoons?

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

Love that Astrotrain, wish he was bigger but still holds up none the less hes the only classics figure i currently own lol

[@saminmorshed222]

My favorite tf youtuber covering my favorite tf toyline imma grab my popcorn and watch it

[@DragoonMS]

Huh? There WAS one more gun Megatron after the Classics Voyager: the Reveal the Shield Legends class Megatron.

[@russellharrell2747]

Pea shooter Megs.

[@twistedgaming9185]

Which had an orange barrel, painted grey minus the tip. The Masterpiece Seeker 2.0 mold can hold him in gun mode.

[@SammySinner6]

Classics Megatron has to be one of my favorites, I'd do anything to get one ngl

[@HeyZeusMtz]

These were my intro to Transformers. The DVD of the '86 movie had come out too, and it blew me away. I still try to hold some of the Classics as definitive versions of those characters.

[@THEW0LFB0Y]

I remembered these toys were featured in that one Transformers Flash game with the tug of war energy beams

[@tffan1029]

You mentioning that deluxe 2 pack of Optimus Prime and Megatron immediately brought me back to my childhood. I remembered as a kid getting that 2 pack at a toy store in a mall close to my first home, and I loved playing with them. Over time, I started favoring the Optimus more and after Revenge of the Fallen came out, and its tie-in games, I actually occasionally used modeling clay to make a Jet Powered armor for him. As for that Megatron, it was decent, and actually the first time I learned of Megatron having a tank alt mode before his original gun mode, and I thought nothing of it. So there's my trip down memory lane for all to see. Hope it wasn't an embarrassment for y'all.

[@bungieman2810]

20:37 I remember when Rodimus became Ultra Magnus. One of the moments of all time.

[@Razorgeist]

For the longest time that Jetfire was my absolute favorite Transformer. Ah classics the little toyline that could.

[@iodaspark]

What a timely video! As it happens, I just picked up the Platinum (red) redeco of the Classics Megatron a few days back. Man, the sheer 'hand feel' and solid quality of this mould really echoes the praiseworthy notion of the good ol' days! 😊🎉 PS. Aside from the MP Screamer, yours truly has the entire set of the original Classics toys. And it was quite a quest to achieve back in the day when these toys were all abuzz! 😊

[@paulhadley344]

Ah the memories. I sold most of my 06 classics but will forever keep that Hot Rod, Prime and Henkei Megatron.

[@samurexatlas7373]

20:38 Wut Rodimus to who

[@tracytron7162]

I really wish they'd go back to this style for Generations tbh, it's great to get accurate modernizations, yeah, but getting these new spins on classic characters was great and I'd like to see what they could off with it with todays engineering

[@Rabbitlord108]

Funny how Botcon went on to turn Cybertron Hotshot into Shattered Glass Goldbug. So now a Hotshot mold has been used for both a toy for Bumblebee & his upgraded form.

[@RalisIstodalhar]

Thank you! I was looking the other day, wondering why my collection of Classics Seekers was so strange! Its because those were the 3 released at the time!

[@marcusallen35]

The line that started the 3rd party craze ❤❤

[@trence5]

I like the idea behind it. It felt to me like what if they had come on in the 2000's instead of the 1980's. I like the advance in modern designs with the articulation - but a part of me wishes they'd adapted MODERN DAY vehicles with the G1 robot modes. @21:00 And don't forget just making Ultra Magnus white Optimus Prime repaints as well. CC prove Hasbro left money on the table.

[@walterlopez5054]

it's wild that we've been doing modern updates of the G1 cast, for longer than G1 itself actually lasted. and we still haven't finished the roster even once.

[@gwenc1371]

Bumblebee was my main version of the G1 character for a solid 15 years, and Classics Ramjet is still on my shelf today. As someone born early enough to watch the G1 cartoon but too late to buy most of the G1 figures, this line was nuts. I quickly fell in love with Beast Wars, enjoyed the Unicron trilogy, and scrounged together whatever I could from reissues, but to actually start getting modern versions of the G1 characters I knew and loved for the first time ever was INCREDIBLE. And man, some of them were genuinely incredible.

[@karatgaming5792]

22:08 The one thing that crossed my mind a lot was this: if Megatron was forced to get a vehicle variant to accommodate gun laws, what would it have been like if Optimus got an object based alt mode as a mimic to Megatron's vehicle alt mode? (and I'm not referencing all the crazy miscellaneous objects he got turned into via brand sponsors like a Nike shoe either!)

[@TonySalazar933]

I didnt realize how many Classics figures I had. Bumblebee survies to rhis day despite being played with by my two kids.

[@OptimusPhillip]

8:20 Blitzwing Hulk Hands: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@QueenStodge]

I sometimes wonder what the Transformers toyline would look like today if the movie didn't get delayed

[@izzik2781]

One of the best Transformers lines to date, filled with absolute bangers

[@fordfox8229]

2 of my favorite upgrade kit from this Era are city commander armor and protector armor it really rounded out and fixed a lot of issues with Classics Ultra Magnus and classics Rodimus Prime

[@toysmostwanted]

CHUGURTS - Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations, United, Reveal the Shield 😂 Kinda sad that didn't take off.

[@NerdRahtio]

I was just out of high school in this era and only could grab a few of these, but this is absolutely how I want older characters done. More modern vehicle molds, some paint changes, but still instantly recognizable

[@RKStrikerJK5]

I still own all the Classics 2006 toys i bought. And I'm never getting rid of them. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annstevens6223]

I still prefer the classics seeker mold over the new one. It was just so perfectly done. Looked great in both modes, no gaps, was fun and easy to transform. I had all 3 seekers and the cone heads. Wish I hadn’t sold them years ago.

[@mattparsons8914]

Is it a hot take to say this is the best bumblebee mold?

[@SuperReview]

Oh wow, I own way too many of these (from back in 2006/7). Bumblebee + trailer, Astrotrain, Ultra Magnus, Skywarp, Ramjet, Optimus + Megatron multipack, Megatron gun, Grimlock. Per my ranking system, none of them break out of the C ranks, but I enjoyed them at the time.

[@thehollowedeye]

I still have this exact Megatron in my collection, sadly the ratchet join on it's right leg has degraded but honestly I just like keeping him in gun mode. It's a fun toy

[@davidanderson4748]

That Astrotrain’s train mold is the exact same scale as the RID train combiner figures. Fun to put them next to each other!

[@brentsimard977]

The 3 headed dragon puts the Tri in Tripticon

[@VeryPteri]

I agree about Mirage, that figure has aged incredibly well.

[@NerdRahtio]

I still regret passing on some of the KOs of that Bumblebee, as there was a two pack with a light blue (glyph) and a pink one!

[@Bones-2039]

I still regret passing on that Prime. I picked up Nerf Megs back in the day because it was Megs as a gun but thought Prime's alt mode was too far off to bother with. Still own that Screamer. There is a reason so many seeker figures still draw from it.

[@Cashmoneez]

I remember back then everyone wanted more g1 style designs now that we live in a world where every other wave has a g1 Optimus prime in it classics was way more creative than anyone gave it credit for

[@cloudy6555]

Bumblebee was my first TF

[@TLSM-72]

Mine too!

[@defenderprime8046]

It was a pretty cool toyline back then, I still have many of them in my collection, I'm gonna try to get my hands on Ultra Magnus and Skywarp 2 pack, since I wasn't able to get them at the time.

[@palaguin]

I would say the previous Bumblebee mold was his Acton Master.

[@todddavis2041]

The joke at the start was good. I got Bumblebee for Christmas in 2006. Years later I got Optimus Prime and Megatron. Some good molds they made. For a throwaway line it sure left a legacy.

[@kevsil616]

That Mirage was great! I almost didn't buy the Earthrise one because I was happy with that version and wasn't sure if I needed a new version. That Starscream was perfection without being a Masterpiece. I remember being so upset when the Botcon Games of Decepticon set came out and that was the only way to get Dirge, Thrust, and Thundercracker to complete your Decepticon jets and if you didn't go to Botcon, the after Market prices were ridiculous. Yes Hasbro did finally release them years later with new molds to differentiate them from the Botcon set as not to violate the agreement, but remember Takara did it first with their Henkei line. Those even though they would be imports cost less than the Botcon set and those conehead molds for Dirge and Thrust wound up being what Hasbro would use later on whem they did their retail release

[@bennewbury2572]

Ok I gotta ask: what the heck is Project Star Catcher? When will we find out about it?

[@samurexatlas7373]

Soon TM

[@TJOmega]

Everyone will find out when it's ready, though I admit I didn't expect things to take this long.

[@bennewbury2572]

@@TJOmegaall good Tj! Thanks for the reply!

[@codymcclements6216]

Classics Astrotrain was my first transformers toy

[@big_lolo_01]

I hope the new deluxe HotShot gets repainted into that legends Bumble Bee

[@tracytron7162]

20:40 To upgrade Rodimus into Ultra Magnus? Huh? I think you meant Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime XD

[@twistedgaming9185]

To be fair, he would've gone from Rodimus to Rodimus Prime, since Hasbro didn't have the trademark to Hot Rod until 2016.

[@megagrey]

I still have that Bumblebee with the jetski pack! Too bad I lost my shiny gold G2 Bee...

[@LitClubMember]

I knew this video would come. First toyline I grew up with

[@SuperiorNova]

You should do thrilling 30s next

[@WillisWheeler]

I was hyped when these came out

[@jeebus2313]

The Optimus and Megatron pack will always be funny. >G1 Optimus. >Kinda-sorta-but not really G2 Megatron >DVD with Unicron Trilogy clips.

[@twistedgaming9185]

Narrated by UT Optimus Prime (Gary Chalk).

[@MaximumTechnological]

I don't understand why Shockwave can't still be a gun, when his gun mode already looks like a scifi nerf gun, and the action master has orange. So he could had orange barrel.

[@TJOmega]

Literally explained in the video. Transformers typically get used for about 5 years before the molds are considered too expensive to run, sometimes longer. In that time, if a gun law changes again, they lose money on a toy they expected more uses out of. So safer to avoid it altogether.

[@MaximumTechnological]

I apologize TJ, I didn't think that would apply to Shockwave because Han Solos gun was already too much like a real gun.

[@mrheroprimes]

​@@MaximumTechnological Specifically Han Solo's Blaster is a heavily modified Mauser C96, Which is a real-world gun

[@youwayo]

I remember wanting the Starscream one but never found it so I got the Acid Storm one instead.

[@jasonparis5635]

The only classics transformers toy I still have left us the Optimus prime i love that figure

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

A lot of these still hold up and are arguably better than modern Transformers.

[@TheDragonDAFan_]

I don't know why, but 8 year old me did not want to get any Classics stuff. I remember the packaging turning me off, but I guess it was also due to the toys not tying into a cartoon. I did get legends Leo Prime and Trypticon though. I wish I didn't miss out on the line. It's easily one of my biggest regrets as a Transformers fan.

[@mrheroprimes]

The last time hasbro reissued the 06 Megatron gun was during the 30th anniversary of Transformers the movie In the one shall stand one shall fall two pack Megatron was made red and black with translucent red which made him mach up with the Nerf gun line that was exclusive to Toys R Us at the time.

[@TatsuChi]

Weirdly that 2 pack was a Woolworths exclusive in the uk, I managed to get one in the store near me was the only one they had on the shelf and then the company and thus the store completely shut down the following day

[@Pyrofromteamfortress2o]

Its a shame that no one is talking about classics now

[@robrice7246]

3:11 I actually had my own in-universe story as to why Trypticon uses this form.

[@capmodesty]

I think this video is going to make top 10 of 2006 very short, I don't remember any other line in 06 unless there was tail end Cybertron and BW10th

[@robrice7246]

I know John Paul Bove had his own idea regarding a story based on the Classics toyline that was separate from what FunPub & IDW were doing (I remember asking him follow up questions about it on Twitter).

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

There’s also the authentics Megatron.

[@chrislister570]

Upgrade Rodimus into Ultra Magnet?!!

[@treebotreviews]

I’m glad you repeated filler because for some reason, people are using classics as ammo to bash the 2007 movie. Saying “this is what the designs were gonna look like. Until Michael bay wanted them changed and delayed the movie.” Great video, my friend.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

I have litterally never heard anyone ever claim classics was the characters where going to look like in the movie at some point. The preliminary designs had already leaked at this point, which lead to megatron getting a face lift in the movie.

[@treebotreviews]

@@diegodankquixote-wry3242 EXACTLY!!!

[@Cdr2002]

I feel like you’d have a better argument using Alternators as “what the movie designs” should have been, and yknow, without the misinformation component

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

​@@treebotreviewsyou're agreeing with me made up this fake straw man argument just to hate on classics? 🤨🪨

[@treebotreviews]

@@diegodankquixote-wry3242 um. No? I love classics😂

[@transformersfan500okane3]

5:52 it should've been a deluxe

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Always a Classics

[@retrocute]

We all know that TJ will eventually get to video 2005

[@allendeglow9714]

i got two of the optimus prime and megs. i at least got one dvd

[@robrice7246]

You think any of Legacy's Cybertron molds will receive any of their Classics/SG/Universe 2.0 recolors (especially if that Goldbug needs his upgrade)?

[@GriffindorDrago]

11:08 I’M SORRY, WDYM SPIDERMAN? HE REALLY IS A ROBOT IN DISGUISE, BUT AS SPIDERMAN!

[@violagreene4643]

He was referring to the excitement of the first Spiderman figure that was articulated enough to do Spiderman poses.

[@RialVestro]

I'm pretty sure there was a Classics logo and there's more toys in this line cause I remember complaining about that name. Like why would you call a toyline "Classics" implying they were suppose to be like G1 designs but then you don't actually make anyone look like their Classic G1 Appearance. Astrotrain and Galvatron were always the biggest offenders in my mind. I'd be perfectly happy with those designs if they weren't marketed as Classics because to me Classic Astrotrain is a steam engine not a bullet train. Classics Galvatron is a space cannon not a tank. I also have issues with that mold because he's an Earth Tank that has a giant orange cannon that doesn't fit the same asthetic. It's like someone kitbashed G2 Megatron and Galvatron together. But yeah... Classics kickstarted what would later be renamed Generations and it still technically continues to this day being rebranded under different names.

[@TatsuChi]

It was trying to take advantage of the mattels classics lines that were popular at the time (He-Man/MoTU & TMNT etc) classic characters with modern engineering (transformers just couldnt do classic alt modes because licensing)

[@Bigdaddyweese]

Third party has made Megatron into a gun

[@TJOmega]

Good for them. They're not under US toy laws.

[@twistedgaming9185]

​@@TJOmega Most of them also come with orange caps glued into the barrel.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Classics Optimus and Bumblebee > every Generations attempt at both aside Siege Optimus and Origin Bumblebee.

[@NerdRahtio]

The idea behind that megaton was good, but the gimmick killed it.

[@AndersGears]

Someone tell me the reference from the start! 2005? I don’t get it! I’m losing my mind! Can someone tell me please‽

[@TJOmega]

The introduction to the 1986 movie starts with "It is the year 2005"

[@AndersGears]

@@TJOmega Thank you!

[@sabregunner1]

regardless of liking the laws in place in regrads to toy guns. Hasbro hs to work within the laws. that is why they dont do gun megatron. IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN

[@twistedgaming9185]

When Hasbro tried to reissue Megatron's G1 toy for the Commemorative Series, they gave him "lava colors". Toys"R"Us said no.

[@sabregunner1]

@@twistedgaming9185 reinforcing the no realistic guns thing

[@user-or8rn8tb6t]

Bumblebee is overrated

[@NerdRahtio]

I still regret passing on some of the KOs of that Bumblebee, as there was a two pack with a light blue (glyph) and a pink one!