TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on SKIDS

Hot on the heels of the announcement of his new "Legacy" toy, it's time for The Basics on the Autobots who's often best-remembered for being forgotten - SKIDS!
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[@paulus104]

I was MASSIVELY disappointed in the Revenge of the Fallen Skids. I remember hearing about the twins, hoping for Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, kicking ass and making wisecracks. Instead, we got...skids and mudflap. Thank fek we had IDW and James Roberts to wow a decent story for Skids

[@tannerprice2018]

We pretty much never get Sunstreaker anymore. IDW, sure, but pretty much never in another TF cartoon or movie.

[@djdee6386]

@@tannerprice2018 especially strange given how relevant sideswipe has become.

[@Stormanimates897]

I mean like, skids is cool.

[@CollinBuckman]

MTMTE Skids really is the best incarnation of him, pointless death aside. And while I'm generally not someone who thinks about Transformer shipping a ton, I happily make an exception with Skids and Nautica.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

I'm not one for shipping usually either but because I love Nautica so much, I head-canon shipped her with Brainstorm. His crush on Quark was never reciprocated that we know, he was also amongst their good friend group, and the penultimate issue featured the two holding hands as they fought. But Skids was definitely a close second 😁👍

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Idk. It wasn't really pointless. They managed to fight back until megatron came to his senses and decided to fight back.

[@messatine]

@@itsahostiletakeover Roberts confirmed he got with Perceptor in the end

[@danielbrant6740]

Fun fact: In Issue 1 of Last Stand Of The Wreckers, there was a panel where the Decepticon jet Snare _decapitated_ two Autobots with his wings. If you looked at the colours of those two headless 'bots you'll notice that they share the same colours as Revenge Of The Fallen's Skids & Mudflap. You can thank the comic's colourist Josh Burcham for that act of fandom displeasure for that! 😈

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Why is that Cyclonus middle finger ... somewhat fitting?

[@HenryLouis21]

I actually did not notice that part of the comic, I had to go back to check and you're right. There are two Autobots with Skids and Mudflap's colors that get decapitated instantly on the panel. It gives me some sense of sadistic pleasure.

[@usedtissuepaper42]

idk who this Snare is but he sounds like a badass

[@someguy5926]

Link to an image.

[@Gojiragon]

Can confirm.

[@Excellsion]

Are we running put of people that were offlined by a cosmically powered Starscream? It feels like it has been awhile.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Don't worry, there's at least one more on the schedule before the end of the year! ;)

[@Sammytheflaaffyfan]

I'm gonna start referring to that phrase as a "Feelyism" from now on, with how much he says it.

[@donutimusprimal3405]

Next up on the list is you two

[@jirolorcanluces1093]

Uh hey nightbird just in transformers cyberverse okay

[@GatorRay]

@@ChrisMcFeely As someone who knows how high Marvel comic Starscream's KO count was when he was cosmically powered thanks to one of Diamond Bolt's older videos. I know how it feels at times.

[@b10productions24]

Basically... G1 Skids - the forgotten one RID Skid-Z - the one from a forgotten series Movie Skids - the one everyone wants to forget IDW Skids - the one nobody will forget

[@cyberprime9355]

Sometimes, Resilience can be found in the most unlikely of places.

[@thatswhatshesaid2777]

Ha ha ha!

[@natek4488]

May I add that Skids and Mudflap were African American stereotypes, yet Skids was voiced by Tom Kenny, a CAUCASIAN actor.

[@danielbrant6740]

Beautiful. 😭😭😭😭😭

[@BatInDisguiseOFFICIAL]

Armada Skids - forgotten minicon from a forgotten figure Legacy Skids - Forgot it exists

[@frozarburst6350]

I just love that the last scene we get of RID Skids here is Optimus casually pouring stuff on him

[@harumochizuki]

I just realized. There was a Scottish band called the Skids who played in the late seventies (Stuart Adamson, their lead singer and guitarist, would later go on to form Big Country, my favorite band of the time). Years later, Team Train Wreck give Skids a Scottish accent for their dub of “Liars A to D: Hangers On” from MTMTE. Coincidence? I think *not!* Anyway, awesome video on a low key awesome character from G1 onward!

[@fasinfata]

Even if Skid was extremely annoying in ROTF, his Ice cream truck alt mode was amazing. I wish I had bought it then.

[@03-parasite61]

Oh I loved it so much that I broke the tabs between the two and I lost my child mind.

[@ytjazz1011]

I had one years ago but I don’t have them anymore

[@The_Dark_Raven]

I never had the toy of Skids but I have known about him since “09” to 2011

[@teamstellaris6453]

i still have both of the 2009 variants of skids as well as his alternators counterpart i got a year and a half ago for my birthday. (the ice cream variant broke but i glued it back together kinda)

[@Primeghost_2]

That Ice cream truck toy could of been built better because it was fragile.

[@PNCH-ks1qq]

Fun fact We loved the twins in latin america because we didn't heard the "racism" implicit in their voices and just them being so goofy. As a matter of fact Skids is dubbed by Alan Prieto, the same guy who dubs stewie and Baymax for latin america,while mudflap was dubbed by the same dude whos Rigby s voice for latin america too We missed them in dotm

[@ferjuarez356]

Finalmente un fan latino, y concuerdo de hecho me parecieron buenos personajes, osea ayudaban en lo que podían, eran graciosos y más memorables que algunos del cast.

[@christianlewis6789]

Aw, crud. Why, Bay and crew, why?!?!

[@Shifty_yooreekus]

Lets bring bet bayverse skid and mud flap

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

So basically your dub made them sound & act less like racist stereotypes via some form of censorship. Honestly one of the better uses of censorship if you ask me.

[@sausagethegodofcurry]

Ever since Thew made the skids episode, skids has suddenly started to appear everywhere. This can't be mere coincidence. It could also just be because people finally realised how precious he is.

[@Cyclownus]

I love how they made Skids from the “forgotten” Transformer into the “forgetful” Transformer in IDW comics

[@juniper3955]

I legitimately love G1 Skids for the sheer fact that he is forgotten, and I'm glad they're revisiting him again after so long.

[@danielebowman]

He wasn't forgotten. I recall which not regularly featured in the cartoon, his toy was cool and most liked it.

[@juniper3955]

@@danielebowman True but you can't deny that outside of older fans or those who have read the IDW comics, G1 Skids isn't particularly well-known.

[@danielebowman]

@@juniper3955 no denying it. But his supposed unknown status was there back in G1 days according to this video. I think many old schoolers who don’t even remember his name would recognise his toy.

[@arfived4]

@@danielebowman As someone who read the UK Transformers comic as a kid, my response to the title of this video was "what, the guy who has his own extensive 'b-plot' story arc, which went on for (seemingly) years"

[@danielebowman]

@@arfived4 It seems to some the brilliant UK comic was an "unknown" quality. I'm sure it's why Transformers G1 era seemed to last longer in popularity than the US with the latter lines getting European exclusives.

[@danielbrant6740]

Still love that SF Debris joke that involved Skids during his review of the Triple Takeover episode. Chuck goes on to say that Skids was one of the first Transformers toys that he bought and was legitimately excited to see him in the G1 cartoon. Cue the car pileup in that episode, several seconds of awkward silence, then "I scrubbed _toilets_ for you!😭"

[@VerdantRange]

The thing I remember most about Skids is he was the first Transformer SFDebris ever got. After a grueling summer job, he saved up what he thought was enough to buy Megatron, but no one told him about tax, so he had to settle for Skids. He was rather ticked off that by the fact that in one of his few appearances in Triple Takeover, it wasn't the Decepticons that took him out, he just crashed. "Oh, for God's sake, Skids, you didn't even lose the fight. You just crashed, you fucking asshole, Skids! I scrubbed toilets for you!"

[@dungeonsanddragonsbutformo9835]

What

[@KRJayster]

Yep, I will never forget that story. :)

[@ltb1345]

Who is SFDebris?

[@VerdantRange]

@@ltb1345 He's a reviewer. He's done a lot of stuff like Star Trek, Transformers and a bunch of others. He told this story twice. Once in his review of Triple Takeover and once in his review of Revenge of the Fallen.

[@josiaharaki7310]

@@VerdantRange Most of his stuff isn't on KZbin but his own site now because he kept getting copyright claimed. His review style is really good. Superman vs. the Elite is possibly the best video review I've ever seen

[@tannerprice2018]

G1 Skids is pretty massively underrated. Every other version of him is basically forgotten, while others are basically hated. It’s a shame he doesn’t get much attention in current TF shows anymore.

[@catandogclone7880]

I loved his and Nautica’s friendship, it was one of my favourites.

[@mikeschmit4116]

I whole heartedly believe that Skids got so much recent love because of Thews video lol.

[@l-x-10]

aw a fellow man of culture I see :)

[@TomMSTie1138]

It got me on Team Skids.😎

[@warlordsquerk5338]

Could you give me a link?

[@l-x-10]

@@warlordsquerk5338 here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ26aICdibmKrrc

[@TomMSTie1138]

@@warlordsquerk5338 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ26aICdibmKrrc

[@saltbombcreations8336]

Revenge of the Fallen Skids and Mudflap are kinda like Donald and Douglas from the British tv show Thomas the Tank Engine. By that, well they’re twins and sometimes disagree with each other

[@MegaManDBZX]

G1 Skids: I am a thinker and not a fighter. ROTF Skids: We don’t do much readin. F***ing Bay.

[@there4you19]

Mudflap: That hurts man Skids: It's supposed to hurt it's an Ass Kicking.

[@cyberprime9355]

That is perhaps the only memorable thing they said in that film

[@themaximusbumblebee7098]

Oh I love that line right there

[@nohrianscum9791]

Came here to comment this.

[@Rockman9830]

The line is "we're twins you stupid genius"

[@wy3be]

@@Rockman9830 when he was fighting with mudflap he was saying it

[@jumpjump4817]

I was nine and was on a family trip to see other family for Thanks giving. My grand father took me to Wal-Mart and let me pick out a TF, thats when I saw one I didn't even know existed and looked so cool I had to have him. Skids is still a fav. 37 years later.

[@1065chris]

Sentinel: Do you have the pillars? Skids: We got it, sir. Sentinel: Good, that's one loose end,

[@wy3be]

I don't like sentinel because it killed skids and mudflap and I like the way they are twins in the movie especially when one's father is a twin, he likes it more when he sees a twin in the movie

[@DarkknightChris]

Even RID kinda forgot Skid-z. He(and Tow-Line) were half forgotten after their intro episodes and briefly came back right in the middle of the final battle. I don't remember it was him or Tow-Line but one of them had a 5 second cameo in one of the banned episodes due to 9/11, making them even more forgotten to the American audiences.

[@sivanlevi3867]

That racing driver of that racecar in RID, Auggie Cahnay, was originally a character in the G1 cartoon who appeared in the episode "Trans-European Express", a racer who disliked the idea of the robots (namely Autobots) taking part in a Trans-Europe race, but he softened up a little after teaming up with Bluestreak, Wheeljack and Bumblebee to stop the Decepticons from acquiring a weather-controlling energy device buried under Turkey.

[@HisAutisticKnight]

I've been wondering when you'd get around to one of the twins from ROTF. Now, is like to see a basics episode on Rumble and Frenzy.

[@georgephillipou6024]

I love it that you do this every Saturday morning 😇 it reminds of when I was a kid excited for Saturdays to watch transformers, spiderman and his amazing friends, bionic six etc etc. So many good memories, thanks for bringing that all back to me. Keep up the Fantastic work, hope you are well and staying safe 😊 🙏 ❤

[@LightningZetton]

liked the twins, They had really nice toys and made in the best movie toyline of all movies ROTF

[@elitegamer21005]

Yeah you would

[@elitegamer21005]

@@THGMR-ox7sd gee thanks Captain obvious

[@adawnicusautocon]

Same here

[@lactoseintolerance4925]

Not a big fan of them in the movies but damn i love their toys to death

[@disneyboy3030]

I think I know how they could return and be improved as characters.

[@gdavidgrana]

I can’t help but read “Skid-Z” as “Skid Zee”, as I didn’t watch RID when it first came out :/

[@danielmedela8725]

I loved him in the MTMTE series, he was awesome. It took me a while to realize he was supposed to be the green aberration. Since his toy is in Legacy, I hope he reappears soon.

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

I never get tired of the old Japanese Diaclone commercials.

[@stinkyfartguyofficial]

dia... ...*CLOOOONE*

[@ltb1345]

Man, the original profile Budiansky wrote for Skids was the best version of his personality. I do wish he'd continued to have the green color scheme though, as it makes him stand out and look less generic among the Autobots.

[@PulseAnimations878]

I really really like your profile picture

[@chheinrich8486]

Your right green Was a rare colour in the g1 toyline and is still to this day

[@JacobMcBaggins]

He uh... He DID have the green later on

[@Sosuke_Aizen2.o]

@@JacobMcBaggins No! No! not that abomination of ROTF

[@JacobMcBaggins]

@@davidbailey6917 Look, the joke was there.

[@bilal_Hadjlaoui907]

I can't wait to get legacy skids lmao

[@bladen6177]

Legacy skids is pretty good, although there are a bunch of gaps in the legs

[@bladen6177]

@Screaming Soldier true

[@originaluddite]

At least his elbows will bend, something that always bugged me with the original, given that was pretty much the only kind of articulation Autobot cars _did_ have. :)

[@BurntTM]

Same!

[@Its_Charlie_Young]

@@bladen6177 Gaps in figures never bother me.

[@ghostsurfer23]

My only memories of the character are the ROTF version, and ironically like IDW Skids this is a traumatic memory I wish could be forgotten.

[@mattr75]

Nice to see Skids finally get his time to shine in this series. Personally, I think the upcoming Legacy Skids looks quite solid, and I hope it's a good figure alongside that upcoming Masterpiece figure too. That, and I hope Powerglide will get his time in the spotlight in the near future

[@basedpota]

Amazing. This is the first time I’ve seen someone talk about ROTF Skids and Mudflap without saying “Michael Bay” a single time. Good on you for that. 👍

[@wolf93408]

I loved the ice cream truck form for them I’m so glad I got it all those years ago

[@christianlewis6789]

I like to think that Skids and Mudflap could be brothers in arms among Cybertron's military as theoretician and vehicle mod engineer respectively in some new continuity...

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

Man I really need to read MTMTE cause I could've sworn I saw a scan that showed Star Saber killing Skids 🤔🤔. Fantastic vid as always. Would love to see a vid on The Universe War.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

He just gave him a good stabbin', he got better!

[@toygrind]

6:53 never felt so called out

[@toa_cracau4286]

XD

[@ronaldclayton4232]

Never realized he was even in any American g1 episodes and never seen the g1 toy when I was a kid and I thought I'd seen them all especially all the characters from the first 2 seasons.I guess it's easy to miss since he was only on screen for a couple of seconds in two episodes and the original figure seemed to be overlooked.

[@snip105]

I knew I had heard the name Skid but was not able to figure out where I had heard it, till you mentioned the movie. And honestly I loved the twins.

[@Kickback-dm7zt]

For those who don't know the Diaclone car robo version of the toy came with a small motorcycle with fold down handle bars and when the toy was in vechile mode you could open the back door and place the little motorcycle inside.... Just like the real vechile.

[@twistedgaming9185]

While the bike was dropped for Skids, it was restored for Crosscut, acting as a backup memory drone.

[@Kickback-dm7zt]

@@twistedgaming9185 nice. Hopefully the MP version will have it.. I'm not sure if the real vechile was only sold in Japan or not but over there if you bought 1 of them you actually got the motorbike with it.

[@yi_hou3092]

It's also a tribute to the IRL Honda City, those bikes were really useful for japanese streets

[@Kickback-dm7zt]

@@yi_hou3092 very much so.. That's why the original toy had the bike with it in the first place.

[@thatswhatshesaid2777]

Hey, ever noticed that the original car in disclose were like ginormous compared to the little pilots? I understand that was because of limits at the time, but still

[@GK2o]

as a kid, ROTF Skids was and Mudflap were my favorite in my heart

[@wy3be]

people didn't like them i love them so much they added humor to the movie

[@TheSonicfan91]

Poor Skids 😭 My favourite theoretician. He was one of my favourites in MTMTE

[@professorOfLies]

its a crime that Hasbro isn't one of your supporters. You do so much for this brand and community

[@GideonMadu]

A shame that Skids's reputation in ROTF resulted in him not being in the Studio Series line

[@HenryLouis21]

I mean... good? Thank god we are not getting a studio series figure of the twins because they were the worst.

[@GideonMadu]

@@HenryLouis21 And yet Que got a toy despite also being the worst Say what you will about Skids, but there's no denying that he had a good toy back then, whether people liked him or not

[@godzillagilbert1337]

I like how they referenced g1 in robots in disguise with auggie cahnay one of the race drivers in the g1 episode “trans-Europe express”

[@bleepbloop5162]

So as a kid I loved Skids and Mudflap, I had toys of them and genuinely didn’t know it was a racist stereotype. Looking back it was obvious, but for a little kid they just seem like fun silly characters. They still hold a weird, screwed up place in my heart alongside other characters that looking back on them they were either racist or just cringy but as a kid they were fun. I still love the idea of trash talking twins but I just wish they had been handled better. I also will stand by them having one of the coolest scenes in the movie when they fight Devastator just for the fact that they were fighting the coolest designed character other than Megatron in my opinion. I hope they can recapture what childhood me saw in the characters without being offensive in the future.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

With apologies to cowgirl Charlene, IDW Skids is simply the best. Smart, funny, courageous and compassionate. One of my favorite moments involves this epic putting in his place of Autobot Megatron... *Megatron:* "Might be populated", you said *might.* If that planet were teeming with *Cybertronians* then yes, there'd be an argument for going back into the breach. But I doubt that's the case. *Skids:* Ah, your *true colours.* I'd forgotten how purple they were. *Megatron:* You've forgotten something else. I am your prisoner. I've been granted conditional bail while we look for the Knights of Cybertron. Where in my bail terms does it say-where *precisely* does it say-that I have to risk my life to save a handful of strangers? *Skids:* (Taps Megatron's Autobot insignia) Right. There. What does that even *mean* to you? How has wearing it forced you to modify your behavior? I'm serious! How has being an Autobot *in any way* prevented you from doing *exactly* what you want? Because if the answer is "it hasn't" then nothing you've said or done in the last six months counts for *anything.*

[@TheFlame234]

Wow, someone actually verbally bitch slapping Megatron and putting him in his place? That's actually pretty cool.

[@clogs4956]

Epic.

[@39Hundred]

Poor Skids. I barely thought about him during the G1 era. All of his cartoon appearances amount to about 1 minute. He does have an underdog appeal to him. If it were up to me, as an inside joke, in the cartoon, I would ALWAYS have Skids as the first Autobot shot and hurt whenever they fought the Decepticons while a fellow Autobot would yell “SKIDS, NO!!!” After the battles, you would always see him getting repaired by Wheeljack and Ratchet. He would be like Kenny from South Park; Getting hurt in every episode. BUT, in the 1986 Movie, Skids would have his redemption. The underdog SKIDS would be the one to receive the Autobot Matrix Of Leadership; not Hot Rod. The Autobot everyone had doubts about, would then end up as a great leader. Skiddimus Prime. 💪🏼🤖

[@samarius_art_and_games]

I love how Skids having his memories reawakened literally scared him to death.

[@TehBellcarl]

So what got me into transformers as a whole was ROTF. I remember as a kid there was a teaser trailer that featured Skids and his toy was one of the first I’d picked up. I built this backstory in my head that he and Mudflap were protectors of other humans like Bumblebee was to Sam. I didn’t picture him as the awful character he ended up being but more a dim witted but hopefully heroic autobot. Of course I was massively dissatisfied with the film version so to me movie Skids will always hold a warm spot as the first time my imagination really took off with the Brand. Shame how he turned out.

[@Retro_wave15]

Facts thats what he should of been like

[@ltb1345]

@@Retro_wave15 Yeah.

[@serPomiz]

the film twins are the example of what happens when you try to hard to make a focus charather. and then drown them in the bay-sauce™. the best part of them, is the duocom mode that happears in the beginning, should have kept that humor, they would have worked

[@sebastienholmes548]

Skids: the most well-known obscure transformers character.

[@DeadstreaK_]

I honestly enjoyed rotf skids and mudflap purely because they were decent comedic relief lol

[@wy3be]

I totally agree with you, they were brought to the movie for humor, they were participating in the movie.

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff! The G1 Skids did seem a bit of an outlier, but not more than some other figures, like the kind you could only get from pack-in ordering forms. The live action films definitely seemed to have it in for African American _coded_ Transformers. First with Jazz’s fate (also being the smallest of the cast, even smaller than Bumblebee) and of course the depiction of the twins in the follow up, film. Someone in Hollywood wanted to send a message, an angry one. It was a different time, for sure.

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

I mean, we can probably put it on Michael Bay and his writers, being in charge of the movie as they were. At least Jazz was a good character in the movie though

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

5:53 this also didn't help by the fact that Skids was voiced by Tom Kenny a white actor

[@TheOGLegoGuy]

Hasbro has officially stated that skids and mud flap are back on the table to get toys in studio series

[@Maldoror2112]

When I was 13 years old, I found Skids at Sears and was immediately mystified because he didn't appear in the catalogues that came with the toys. I regarded him as a "secret" autobot, and ever afterwards he was my favorite character. Since then, I've added to my Skids toy collection. I felt a connection to the character in that I myself am a thinking-type person by temperament, and I have been given to daydreaming as well. When he died in the IDW series, I mourned his demise, but at least he died a hero's death as he boosted the power of his fellow Autobots. In the words of Ratchet, "Sleep tight, soldier."😢

[@jasontachin]

rw:Skids and Mudflap in the 2009 movie almost reminded me of the Mario Bros cause of their colors.^_^ my fav scene was when they took on the Decepticon combiner Devastator.^_^

[@wy3be]

my favorite scene is the scene where they fight with the devastator

[@TomMSTie1138]

I dream-casting either David Tennant or Sylvester McCoy as the voice of Skids, since he's a learned time traveler with a Scottish accent.😉

[@bblande]

Just got the Legacy one yesterday and love him!

[@tzeleungchan6653]

DId you know that two bots that seemingly resemble the live action skid twins made a cameo in the idw optimus prime series in sideswipe virtual reality when he was about to die.

[@tzeleungchan6653]

it was in optimus prime #9

[@cyberprime9355]

Actually No. No I didn't.

[@aurafireheart]

I'm glad RotF wasn't the last iteration of him. Seeing as how that version of him was my first introduction to the character, I'm glad there are much better more thought out versions of him. I know some people did find the twins funny in the movie. I didn't care so much about the stereotypical portrayal I just didn't find them funny, could barely understand 90% of what they said (probably why I didn't find them funny too) and thought they didn't really contribute much at all to the movie. I mean the ice-cream truck part was pretty funny at the start of the movie but that was about it. I'm quite fascinated by the idea that Skids in the comic almost quit being an Autobot because he wanted to instead learn more about Earth culture instead.

[@davidcraft4636]

Got him for Christmas from my Sister. All I could think was that I got a Transformer that transformed into a minivan. Boring….. Then I started to play with him. Loved that toy. Just felt bad for my Sister. Bet she thought I didn’t appreciate him.

[@Jawmax]

I really liked Skid-Z, it was a shame he was in only one episode of Robots in Disguise.

[@vustvaleo8068]

I never heard someone who's traumatized so hard that their soul explodes literally.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Watching your friends melting alive will do thay to you.

[@theoking2821]

I have never known anything about Skids aside from hating him in ROTF and that he's supposedly a G1 character that I don't remember ever seeing. But people in my Transformers communities LOVED him and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. At this point he is my 2nd most hyped Legacy release (second only to Laser Convoy), and aftet this video I finally understand everyone's love for him!

[@hotwheelsbrothers687]

4:54 Thus version of Skids as toy as no hands!M

[@DarkDekicDuka]

I freakin love the ROTF version of Skids, and his bro.

[@wy3be]

yes man, I love that wonderful couple too

[@dorinthompson1974]

I think the problem with the live action movies is they add cool characters but change them so drastically so you don't recognize them barely show them long enough to realize who it is or just end up scraping them or making a new bot or something else which generally gives a negative impression sometimes because we hold our classic characters so dear

[@Fiddle0131]

I grew up with the RotF Skids, and I found the idea of him being wannabe gangster twins with mudflap interesting.

[@wy3be]

the twins are great characters i love it so much they add fun to the movie i think i'm a real gangster style guy

[@christianbrown2471]

Great video....and great backstory on this Transformer. I did get one of these back in 84 for Christmas. Now of course I will have to get the MP one and the new Legacy figure!!

[@2ToyBoys]

Got the g1 version for Christmas the year he came out. Always had a fondness for him. I got the masterpiece version yesterday. It's pretty fantastic.

[@benreilly9513]

"The original forgotten Autobot". The Forgottobot, if you will.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

Ah, letting out your inner Thew Adams, I see!

[@benreilly9513]

@@silhouettoofaman2935 In honor of Thew's main man Skids, I must!

[@Bobsheaux]

Easy to imagine Budiansky's Skids spending his free time with Tigatron. Ha. Describing movie-Skids as "not very bright". How very diplomatic. If the movie needed to have a set of Autobot twins to provide some comic relief (ignoring the fact that every OTHER character was ALREADY providing comic relief), it would've been great if they had two brainiac Skidses on set. They're super-smart, they know all of this obscure Cybertronian lore, making them actually have a PURPOSE in accompanying Sam in his quest to find the Matrix. If they have to be comically annoying, at least they could be INTELLIGENTLY comically annoying, showing off their know-how, finishing each others' sentences as they deliberate and pontificate... "Hey, those symbols! The language of the primes!" "Primish, I think?" "Primese. Definitely Primese." "A dead language." "Definitely dead." "Unused for centuries." "Beyond even OUR knowledge." "We should remedy that when we get home." "Oh definitely." "How would we learn it?" "Yes. Dead language, not many around to teach it." "Perhaps perusing the archives would be prudent?" "The archives, yes." "Should be fun." "We'll make a day of it." "And if unsuccessful..." "...At least we know where we couldn't learn it." "And we still learned something." "YES! LEARNING!!" 🤜🤛

[@collinarter2470]

5:05 you may have removed the audio from this cursed scene, but I can still hear it.

[@raposonanquim7987]

4:10 Wait... that's Ayrton Senna! lol The "red" and white car from a deceased racing driver, the red jumpsuit and green helmet with yellow stripes are a sweet reference that I was not expecting at all.

[@bairdduvessa]

I remember my friends and I thinking he was a mis drawn Ironhide in Triple take over. But yes, I have to admit I love the MTMTE and have posed his toys saving with Nautica

[@TamashiiRyu]

I don't have much in the way of memories of Skids but he is one of the figures I have been wanting a solid version of since the generations one kinda left me feeling meh. Hopefully the Legacy release makes up for it.

[@swerveofhelex3717]

I preordered the MP Skids a while back and I can't be more excited to get it

[@cyberprime9355]

Is it as expensive as the likes of Megs Or Optimus in the line?

[@swerveofhelex3717]

@@cyberprime9355 No, he, Crosscut, and Reboost are all a reasonable $90

[@cyberprime9355]

@@swerveofhelex3717 Understood. I was a little worried considering the usually VERY expensive pricing for those figures.

[@Nx57ytre]

I wish that if they did a comic or series for Transformers Legacy, Skids would team up with the Cybertron Version of Mudflap. Skids: Haven't I seen you before? Mudflap: Not in this life.

[@wy3be]

it would be great anyway i like them in the movie

[@sentanyl3399]

That new Legacy Skids is honestly one of my lost looked forward to figures coming up. Legacy is looking pretty interesting, but for some reason I've. Ren specifically wanting a G1 inspited Generation figure for Skid and honestly for Windcharger who I honestly always kinda thought of as the other forgotten autobot from the early days. This looks like it knocks it out the park so far though! Can't wait.

[@jonathandunn7853]

Honestly, I would like to see SS Skids and Mudflap to complete the cast

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

Man talk about a downgrade, from an autobot anthropologist with an extremely large memory to “oh yeah we don’t read”

[@arnavrao7514]

ahh an underrated cool charecter

[@Beelzeboogie]

I think in many ways Inferno has become the most obscure of the Autobot cars. He has a few appearances in the G1 cartoon and in Marvel UK Earthforce stories. but he made shockingly few appearances in IDW comics for a 1985 toy.

[@craigtripp5598]

Movie skids was one of my favorite autobots in it

[@KasumiKenshirou]

In the 80s, Vernell's Gummy Transformers candies were shaped like Skids and featured him on the package.

[@TheNewYorker7899]

When I saw transformers 2 with my friends, nobody complained about the twins. They thought of them as the highlight of the movie

[@autobotzapof0002]

Now we need a mudflat vid because the cybertron version was probably one of the more memorable characters there.

[@fidel0666]

I actually like Mudflap and Skids from the movies. They were dumb silly fun to me lol

[@MarkusSeaberry]

I received Skids for Christmas 1984. I brought him to school for show and tell in December. My friend Rico Wilks kept telling me he wasn’t a real Transformer. Ah, the memories.

[@conrad417teamseas6]

Imagine his reaction now.

[@KamenRiderSeiryuXV0]

I missed those Diaclone toys, especially I had Skids toy.

[@RobinSwede]

So obscure he wasn’t even off lined by a cosmically powered starscream

[@KrytenMark]

I myself fully support Thew Adams and his respect towards the character of Skids, and I'm very glad he's getting his chance to shine yet again in both Masterpiece and Legacy. Very happy for good ol' Skids. :)

[@robrice7246]

6:36 You could mention that the Movieverse twins do make easter egg cameos in IDW.

[@echothefox7769]

Skids has been through hell, he deserves better

[@cyberprime9355]

Let me preface what I am about to say with this: Back when I first saw the 2007 film, It introduced me to the Transformers brand, and I knew I wanted to collect the line's figures. This would evolve into being an evergrowing collection that I am always looking to expand upon. Now, When I saw the 2009 film, i freaking loved it. But when I got older and wiser, and the movies series was winding down; I took time to watch the Quintilogy, and saw what people didnt like about the films and what they did like. Particularly, the deformed Skids and Mudflap. I had taken a break from collecting figures until my stepfather gave me Generations Offroad, and the spirit was reignited. I now lean more towards G1 figures now, and hope to get my hands on Legacy Skids when that comes out.

[@thomaselliott5347]

I'm sad that you want to forget the movie franchise. But I am not mad about it. I'm glad you like Transformers. Just don't force people like me to love Generation 1 more than the movies.

[@FancyxToast]

I absolutely need a studio series of them in the ice cream truck mode

[@gavo7911]

His death in MTMTE remains one of the most heart-wrenching moments in the entire franchise