Tracks Retrospective - The Autobot with a STUNNING Auto mode!

While there a few Transformers who believe they are the best, the Autobot Tracks is well aware that his car mode can turn heads! Did I mention that his car mode can also FLY?
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[@destronlaserwave9566]

Tracks, the Autobot who justifiably has one of the prettiest alt modes. Regardless of the toy, that blue finish never fails to disappoint.

[@BrotherMag]

Nor does his level of sass!😅

[@thesadistor-hl7lw]

@@BrotherMag hi dude how are you

[@Raziel312]

Mullet-having street punks break dance to get money to buy a new boom box. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the most 80s G1 episode.

[@RodimusPrimal]

You wanna know something else cool about that? Ive seen it first hand growing up in New York.

[@enjoyer6201]

@@RodimusPrimalthose were the days

[@MercySewerPyro]

Tracks is my FAVOURITE. He's got an ego, but he's got such a friendly streak to him in G1 that makes him so much more likeable than arrogant Sunstreaker. He cares! The best example of this are the TFCon charity lines. He just also likes looking good while helping out. It kinda sucks that the later iterations of him seem to lose that kind, earth-loving part that makes him so interesting to me.

[@RodimusPrimal]

A lot of Transformers lose their identity in later iterations because some writers don't pay attention.

[@ChibiProwl]

Yep! Tracks is awesome!😎👍

[@Patolagos]

@@RodimusPrimal You just translated something I always thought, not only about Transformers but also other franchises, into words!

[@rayvenkman2087]

IDW is really bad for this.

[@walteradrianmoyano3054]

@@RodimusPrimal kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGWWqZ13nL2sgck

[@dinosoid2000]

I think I'm one of the few that actually likes the Tracks/Raoul dynamic.

[@shawnmctaggart8807]

Raoul is the second best human character in all of TF, only behind Circuit Breaker!

[@whynot6266]

You're not the only one! I like it too nwn

[@Xalerdane]

I’ve only ever heard gay jokes about it.

[@BladeCrossEXE]

Think this was the inspiration for Rise of the Beasts?

[@silverslayer6262]

Tracks: uh, this video was 🌟STUNNING🌟!

[@W1LL1AM24]

I agree with this

[@cristinagomez3283]

Well............................................................................................... YES

[@silverslayer6262]

@@cristinagomez3283 beast wars megaton: YES

[@matthewreynoso6904]

@@silverslayer6262 Nice!

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

It´s a shame Tracks hasn´t appeared more in the Transformers Shows

[@spideyawesome6498]

At least he wasn't in the movies

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

@@spideyawesome6498 But how about in the Bumblebee sequel?

[@spideyawesome6498]

@@javiersantanaaviles5885 I mean the bay films. I hope tracks gets a big role in the bee sequel

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

@@spideyawesome6498 Let´s hope for the best

[@javiersantanaaviles5885]

@Steven x Spinel Lover YEah, there a lot of characters that could bring new light to the franchise, but Hasbro doesn´t give them a chance

[@captainfantastic9158]

As Blaster described him: "Tracks isn't that creepy, homicidal type'a egotist like Sunstreaker is..." And that's why, despite that insufferable tone of his, you like the guy! Brave as they come: Do you know what ball bearings it takes to stand in front of Megatron and shoot your Black Beam gun at him when he could blast you with his fusion cannon??? And I still say Tracks, Blue Streak, and Bumblebee deserve awards for taking on Megatron, Soundwave, Rumble, the Constructicons, AND the Stunticons all by themselves in Trans-Europe Express!!! Yeah, I'm sorry they've neglected Tracks all these years. He was a fascinating Bot...and he'd be the first to agree with me!

[@hyperblader2538]

"I'd rather stay in my stunning auto mode, But then I couldn't do this!"

[@baron_von_brunk]

Yeah, as an adult, my first impression of hearing Tracks' G1 voice was, "Wow, this guy is apparently from New England or something."

[@shawndashno6022]

What?? We don't sound anything like that! 😂😂 Okay, maybe a few blokes from Boston. 😂

[@GlitchanBlack]

That’s Michael McConnohie for you.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I loved Tracks. Never had his toy, though. IDW missed a golden opportunity by not having Tracks team with M.A.S.K. He was basically a M.A.S.K. vehicle anyway when his wings popped.

[@DragoonMS]

Would've made a perfect complement to Matt Trakker's Thunderhawk!!

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

@@DragoonMS Yep!

[@Havoc14757]

Hopefully Track's brother Needlenoose gets a toy in the future soon.

[@Lazrael32]

I'm waiting and waiting for it!

[@marleyhenry5616]

Yeah same here

[@SilverStreak9841uoattob]

​@@marleyhenry5616ask and ye shall receive

[@The_Floosh]

As someone who doesn’t know very much about Transformers, these retrospective videos have been very helpful. Tracks is one of my new favorites!

[@andrewquick4176]

AGREED AND SAME

[@marleyhenry5616]

Yeah he is one of my favorites I have his siege and AOE toy

[@Deftroeas]

Perhaps a little controversial, but Tracks and Hot Rod were two of my favorites from the g1 cartoon

[@RodimusPrimal]

Not controversial to me I like them both too!

[@shawnmctaggart8807]

Heck, my head cannon back when I was little had Hot Rod as some kind of upgraded version of Tracks

[@Michael-590]

On the subject of Hot Rod, or rather Rodimus, his alt mode resembles an RV to me instead of any kind of trailer truck.

[@RodimusPrimal]

@@Michael-590 look up the GM Bison. It was the prototype for a turbine powered truck and served as the inspiration for Rodimus Prime's alt mode.

[@DaJinx1]

Tracks is definitely an underrated transformer. I would love to see more of him since he’s a favorite of mine.

[@johnosbourn4312]

I think Tracks needs to be in the spotlight, so his ego can be satisfied.

[@nicholaspeberdy8537]

Tracks' flight mode was never advertised in the original Transformers toy catalog which means they never intened Tracks to be a Triple Changer.

[@JROD082384]

I've always been a Tracks fan. He deserves to be a prominent character.

[@Skinnyd4]

0:46 - I think that that line sums Tracks up perfectly: yeah, he might be obsessed with his looks, but dude will handle his business. And when I was a kid watching this back in the day, I always thought he was supposed to sound like a preppy snob. My friends... they didn't agree.

[@XiaoFury]

I actually like Tracks. He has tons of personality, and his flying car makes him good against Decepticons in flight.

[@maddoxalverson7309]

Tracks Was Always One Of My Favorite G1 Autobots, I Don't Know Why But Something About Him Made Him Enjoyable

[@Fenrir72]

Wally Burr and Budianski are responsible. That and his awesome ca mode.

[@olvacron22]

I can't believe I've never realized until now how much of a combination of Thirstin Howl and Ric Flair Tracks is. I just love that.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Whoo!

[@MrFedoraFilm]

Didn't know who Tracks was till JobbytheHong did a review on his masterpiece figure. I did a little digging, and it is stunning. And really?! Needlenose is his brother?! Interesting info. Thought he would be more related to Road Rage as her brother. Anyways. I hope Kingdom repaints his figure, with some remolding in some parts, as Road Rage and Loudpedal.

[@DragoonMS]

Needlenose as Tracks' brother was exclusive to the IDW comics. No idea how they came up with that apart from a similar helmet style.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@DragoonMS So, basically IDW 1.0 when it comes to everyone else not the Big 7 or the 1986 Movie Autobots.

[@jonchilders7363]

I headcanon that Road Rage is Tracks' twin sister (and by extension, Needlenose is her younger brother), and that both she and Tracks modified their car modes for flight in order to match up with Needlenose's jet mode.

[@maybetoby]

I'd love to see those scenes that never made it into Transformers: The Movie fully animated.

[@johnosbourn4312]

Yes, I would too, because, it sounds like those could've been some interesting scenes!

[@APlatypus]

Ultra Magnus’s original death(s): allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@isaacmm1407]

Tracks was and is and will be always one of the coolest Autobots.

[@marchedgie6838]

I think Tracks is a really cool autobot. His alt mode is cool (I love corvettes) he sounds like a bot that really cares for his appearance. I find it funny

[@Firetox]

The MP Tracks is such a fantastic figure (if you get the KO lol) and the only MP i own for a reason SO GOOD

[@johnzillastudio]

Tracks was a very cool character, I used to like him back during my childhood, awesome retrospective on him.😁👍

[@RodimusPrimal]

Thanks!

[@walteradrianmoyano3054]

@@RodimusPrimal kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6jWdH98qLKbi6c

[@alunjones6823]

Tracks should definitely reappear in Transformers media. He has a cool looking vehicle mode. And he's one of my favourite G1 Autobots. I'd like to see him in a movie.

[@AE-jo2fy]

Something I love about G1 that I wish they'd bring back is the really specific yet high-concept personal weapons they give all the characters. Bob saw those little nubby lazery bits, and instead of thinking something generic comes up with a "Black beam gun". Just from a scifi perspective the idea of such a thing captures the imagination.

[@Michael-590]

Yeah, he can fly, blind foes with black beam gun and finish them off twin missiles. He’s got some of the most impressive tools at his disposal among the Autobots.

[@Suisai13]

Man, I loved G1 Tracks. I still remember all his lines. I generally miss how old school cartoons used to really showcase each of the characters' personalities and abilities. With all these reboots, they don't really do that anymore.

[@autobotleane8621]

Tracks is really cool character he could fly with his car I hope we can see more of him 😆😀😀😀👍👍

[@kyledamron]

Something about Tracks always drew me to Tracks he stood out, especially with a red face.

[@kathryncampbell9564]

Tracks deserves more starring roles in the future. After all he has certanly made an impact with his stunning auto-mode.

[@onetrackmind3558]

One thing I wanna see is Tracks, Sunstreaker, Knockout and other transformers who are like them to do a race.

[@scraps4338]

Say what you want tracks probably has the best G1 toy I have ever seen

[@oyonan]

Tracks definitely deserves another shot at the limelight. He’s never been my favourite, but it’s never the same without him

[@YakBat]

Due to personal preferences, the wrestling inserts make this by far my favorite episode. Keep up the great work.

[@RodimusPrimal]

Thanks. I was tempted to use a clip from True Lies as well, but decided against it.

[@YakBat]

@@RodimusPrimal oh man that would have just been icing on the cake! Maybe one day as a Director's Cut. #ReleasethePrimalCut

[@171QA]

He’s so sassy, I love it.

[@Ezrimustheblackconvoy]

The G1 Tracks always look good when he's like an earth lover.

[@TheBudgieKing]

Theory: tracks is just a prototype omnibot

[@itszeronizer597]

Pretty good theory actually.

[@rayvenkman2087]

I’m surprised Ask Vector Prime hadn’t made that retcon like they did with Overlord being a Duocon.

[@Starcat5]

My original Tracks lost his back wheels, so I mostly display him in Bot or Flight Mode. I was unaware that he was in Kingdom, though. Time to hunt down a preorder.

[@dochoskinsjr9807]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I loved Tracks... that fact that he could fly made him a considerable asset to the Autobots until the Aerialbots came along.

[@bobsav76]

Triple-changer or not, Tracks is still great.

[@lerryperry]

Tracks deserves a starring role

[@ChristochatBTW]

Tracks makes his transformation sound when he converts to his flying car mode tho He's a triple changer, especially when we see he can just fly by deploying JUST his wings, not also his tail wings and jets the flying car mode is very distinct

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

With the kingdom toy line announcing a new figure of Tracks; It makes me want a new Needlenose figure even more!

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

He's always been one of my favorites (the two NYC episodes especially resonating with this NYer). Got the Masterpiece version last year and I love it, even though it's a tad undersized in my opinion.

[@RodimusPrimal]

I was trying to figure out where the 4 train was headed in Auto Bop while working on this video since it goes above ground. Yeah I definitely loved these two episodes too.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

@@RodimusPrimal I wish I could tell ya, bruh. I used to wonder too but the backgrounds are pretty generic with nothing standing out. Knowing them, I'd like to think Times Square (42nd St). Just a quick transfer on the one-stop Shuttle and they're there in a minute.

[@loutzenheiser6081]

Fangled mechanical horses!! I love that line!!!

[@aurafireheart]

Jazz and Tracks were two of my favourite characters in G1 and not gonna lie Corvettes have always been one of my favourite cars and that shade of blue was just so stunning. Like Jazz he was just so stylish and I can't fault him for having a bit of an ego when he looked so good either. I do like that even though he did have a narcissistic streak, he was still a kind bot who loved hanging out and being friendly with humans and not just when it was absolutely required. It's unfortunate that in TFA they decided out of all the Autobots they could've used for that scene, they took one of the original bots who loved humans and their culture, and made him repulsed by them instead.

[@TomMcD71]

One of my favorite Transformers along with Powerglide

[@noktin]

Tracks and Blaster are too of my favorite Transformers and I absolutely love the Blaster vs Soundwave fight. "All talk, no shock" (in Soundwave's voice). Love that episode. Tracks definitely deserves more screen time and should've been Sideswipe in the movies.

[@piyakhebisonii1001]

My brother's favorite Transformers!!

[@mauigio]

Always loved Tracks. He was the Vanity Smurf of the Autobots 😉

[@Storm-fl3mp]

Yeah, the stunning Autobot known for his flying car mode, his unique voice and his unique personality, Tracks! Another great Transformers retrospective video.

[@RodimusPrimal]

Thanks! Till all are one!

[@trailbreakertv8918]

This just makes me want Kingdom tracks more

[@Brainstorm_2002]

Tracks is one of my best friends favorite characters.

[@TomE.V.]

Yes! A new Rodimus Primal video!!!

[@matthewreynoso6904]

Hang on to your Bobby Socks! Here comes Tracks!

[@redalertg1]

10/10 for the grandstanding and hot dogging.

[@TheMelvor]

Still waiting for the Tracks & Raul spinoff show. 😎 By the way, two street punks named Poplock and Rocksteady...Hmmm..."Auto-BOP" written by David Wise, who also created the backstories and named two street punks from another popular franchise (Beebop and Rocksteady)... I'll just back away slowly now 🤯

[@RodimusPrimal]

Well Cowabunga.

[@stevengerou7914]

I've always loved Trax since his first G1 release. Whit his unique flight mode, and my love for 007 movies, I saw him as the teams master spy. The James Bond of the Transformers, it fit with his personality on the show as an American version of the famed British Super Spy. And Julio was his perfect undercover sidekick. I plane on tracking down when I can afford to all three colors in Masterpiece.

[@g1optimusprime401]

Tracks look good because he want to show autbots how good he looks when he battle some descepticon

[@twostop6895]

the episode Make Tracks is one of my favortite G1 episodes ever, made sure when the G1 reissued I picked him up and this year picked up his Masterpiece with mini Blaster and Raul

[@RodimusPrimal]

I love that episode and the follow up Auto Bop. It really showed how cool a team they were.

[@phillyman2837]

One of my favs from G1. (I don't acknowledge Transformers: Animated🤢)

[@theslayerofsimps8100]

I've always kinda seen tracks as a kind of James bond of transformers

[@MichaelPawella]

Tracks was so underrated. I loved him as a kid.

[@Theoutlander94]

I love Tracks I think the combination of character traits of being both a earth lover and an egomaniac is really funny I could imagine him retooling his alt mode to be the upcoming electric Corvette while snobbly bragging about he's very in tune with the environmentally conscious Earthlings

[@christiansoldier77]

One the best transformers of all time Tracks

[@stephencastro4723]

I could say that Tracks is among the first Transformers toys which you could do make-shift modes. Make-shifts could sometimes appear in Transformers media like Sixshot's seventh mode and Black Zarak's 2 headed serpent mode.

[@YungKenKanekiYT]

Michael McConnohide gave Tracks justice 👌🏿

[@jimmygray5352]

Tracks will always be a favorite of mine!

[@tonybarrett8543]

I love Tracks, getting him as a kid in the 80s was awesome. I think he would be a good character to reintroduce. He's not cool, he's suave, that's why when he jokes he doesn't come across as a character dad's think young guys will think is cool..

[@wreck-gar5411]

I just got the masterpiece today i love him hes my favourite character

[@OnsLaught5629]

My favorite 1985 Autobot

[@happyhannibal7094]

Tracks has always been one of my favorites...I have more variants of him than any other giving him a starring role on my shelf. His personality was the one I always wanted for myself as well...alas it was not meant for me to be that cool.

[@zetaandnazboojunkie]

I have all three MP Tracks moulds, all of them look cool.

[@trevormoffat4054]

I had the G1 toy. His arm joint broke shortly after I got him, so every time I transformed him I had to pull the arm off, transform it and then stick it back into place. It still locked into place reasonably effectively. Despite his arm breaking off, he was always one of my favourite transformer toys.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Ah Tracks. The Vanity Smurf of TFs.

[@mikeyjhilli]

I always view Sunstreaker as a pretty boy and Tracks as a snob. Still liked them both.

[@Xalerdane]

14:07 Wow. Townsend Coleman’s Tracks voice sounds almost exactly like the Jim Backus impersonation Jeff Bennett used to voice Cave Guy on _Freakazoid!_

[@MikeD974]

I prefer decepticons but tracks was my favorite autobot as well as hot rod/rodimus then hound

[@maxhocks2006]

I always loved tracks. Him blaster and Raul vs soundwave and starscream was one of my favorite episodes. Since he was one of the few flying autobots before the airealbots I always thought tracks, powerglide, and jetfire should have teamed up more. The were the autobots Air Force before superior showed up.

[@dal5x5]

Good vid as always. I have to say Dreamwave had such potential and feels like adult story time vs IDW which always feels like dumbed down fan fiction. It would have been really interesting to see where Dreamwave would have taken characters like Tracks.

[@lerryperry]

Thanks Rodimus Primal. Tracks is my favourite autobot.

[@dvdjkaufmn]

I had the blue Tracks. it was so awesome.

[@Idkjustrandom2746]

I liked tracks I think he is a cool character and should be making more appearances

[@weefweef]

I always loved his voice, it's so fitting and unique

[@rushifellpainting4631]

Tracks is awesome Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[@DamianGshow]

Currently transforming WFC tracks while watching a Tracks video...woah

[@harrishyatt6283]

i wanna see tracks looking like his g1 version in a future transformers series, i hope he transforms into chrysler 300 in a future transformers series, and i hope michael mcconnohie in a future transformers series

[@DoRag8]

1 of my fave Autobots

[@MistahBryan]

@16:19 "Trucks" lol!

[@loutzenheiser6081]

I always like Tracks. As a kid, the blue corvette got my attention, but I found him funny too.

[@turboking9238]

The 74 Corvette Stingray is one of the most beautiful muscle cars ever made!

[@japanesepokemoncardsbuydir9657]

The original versions of Tracks and the other Autobots who allowed Optimus to COPY their minds could well still be out there. Would make a cool story to have them all meet.

[@mecha53107]

A flying car! How drool! - Dead End 1985

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

Great Review. Tracks was always my favorite of the standard size Autobot cars. I had the Alternator in Blue and Binaltech in Yellow. I miss that line.

[@SovereignKnight74]

Tracks is one of my favorites. Hope to see him return in some form or another. You can bet I will make acquiring his WFC version ASAP.

[@m.ppanca5057]

as one of most beautiful car and top of that, can flying, the writer really know how to put suitable personality for the bot

[@CjackProductions]

Thanks for this Review on my favorite Autobot next to Jazz