TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on SWINDLE

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[@GurrenPrime]

You know he’s a good conman when everybody keeps trusting the dude named “Swindle.”

[@swindle6644]

Damn straight.

[@fivenightsatmimikus7508]

HA

[@a.u.t.057]

Hey his marketing skills are impeccable

[@firepuppies4086]

Hey, language is odd, there was a green Lantern named Sinestro.

[@matthew_natividad]

@@a.u.t.057 knowing me he’d probably trick me into buying some defective thing for an absurd price

[@kainthedragoon8081]

My favourite is Shattered Glass Swindle....he’s not allowed near their supplies due to giving them away to those in need too often

[@ricktronimusprime7171]

PFFFFT AMAZING

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

Onslaught: Swindle I understand you want to help but you just understand we are currently on a voyage with little to no energon in seventeen parsecs of the universe so from this moment forward you are banned from the supply hold

[@USDMXTHEPROEXPERT]

Will there be Shattered Glass Bruticus?

[@Cruzer871]

@@USDMXTHEPROEXPERT bruh that’s be lit

[@matthew_natividad]

The good ending?

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Swindle was the first Transformer I ever owned. My dad only let me get it because it looked like a “military toy.” Then he saw how cool it was to transform it and he got me the entire set of Combaticons.

[@eomersimbajon2938]

thats one awesome dad right there

[@smartie4138]

Wholesome

[@jamesbruno4795]

Which Swindle toy?

[@luigiboi4244]

You could say that Swindle “Swindled” his way into your dad’s heart.

[@SHrepairs]

A man of taste

[@Cyclownus]

My favourite incarnation of Swindle has to be the Animated version. His characterisation and personality just reminds me of a used car salesman which is what Swindle is supposed to be. I hope we get to see more of our favourite con artist

[@ReligiousPrime]

I like that version as well. Mainly because it's practically the only version I'm familiar with.

[@miyako1909]

G1 Swindle is fun, too. He sold his fellow Combaticons' parts for money and tried to make Galvatron pay for Metroplex's transformation cog.

[@tonyjackson4078]

TFA Swindle was also voiced by legendary comedic actor Fred Willard. Really nailed it.

[@redalert923]

Rest in peace fred Willard

[@prismstar438]

He's also now made appearances in the Earthspark animated series, once again acting out on his own, seperate from the other Combaticons, with even Hardtop appearing as well, acting once again as brothers!

[@lightyearpig12]

Out of all the amazing things Transformers Animated did, Fred Willard’s portrayal of Swindle was certainly one of them. Godspeed Fred.

[@Loremastrful]

Casting Fred Willard for Animated was an inspired choice. Disarming enough that you never felt threatened and so hilariously amoral. I think Swindle works because he's evil adjacent. Most Con's are bullies or thugs, the ones who aren't tend to stick out. No one cares about Brawl. His name says it all: a goon that goes around looking for a fight. But con man? That invites some questions.

[@YakAttack64]

Rip Fred Willard

[@Michael-590]

I care about Brawl.

[@jonahdengler3858]

@@YakAttack64 Yes.

[@SLVRWLF-xx2bt]

@@YakAttack64 wait, he's dead?😧

[@NovaSaber]

Swindle especially doesn't care about Brawl. He returned with only MOST of the parts he'd sold and said "Megatron, I-I-I couldn't find Brawl's personality component! I didn't think it would matter…"

[@Depth217]

RIP Fred Willard, the definitive voice of Swindle.

[@jonahdengler3858]

Even Johnny Haymer, his voice actor of G1. The guy died of cancer two years after the third season at the age of 69.

[@PulseAnimations878]

@@jonahdengler3858 don't think it don't say it

[@dylanpoulter6037]

@@PulseAnimations878 Nice. ...I'm sorry. :(

[@KGTstudios]

He appeared in Earthspark! That kind of representation of characters like these make my day.

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

TFA Swindle is by far my favorite version despite his miniscule two appearances in the show, no doubt due to Fred Willard's amazing voice acting for the character, may he rest in peace.

[@Revshockwave]

Can we talk about swindles voice actor, the late Fred Willard? The man made him sound perfectly like a con man!

[@bigboy4006]

Fred Willard was his voice actor? I didn't know that.

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

My god was that him ha ha ha ..great just watched Salems lot last night he's great in it

[@dyingknight4036]

Beautiful

[@ShatteredTrousers]

I hope Swindle continues his profiteering ways for as long as we have Transformers. After all, as the 98th Rule of Acquisition states "If you can't take it with you, don't go."

[@martl8615]

Out of all the different versions of rule 98, I like this one best.

[@GoGojiraGo]

If IDW does another Star Trek/Transformers crossover comic, it needs to be set during Deep Space Nine and have Swindle meet Quark.

[@subtlewhatssubtle]

One of my favorite characters. Swindle got to be a major player in the IDW continuity precisely because there's so much you can do with a self-interested con-man whose primary skill seems to be thinking quickly on his feet and wheeling and dealing his way through any problem.

[@jledet18]

I love the Armada version of Swindle.😍 I cried when Optimus comforted him, “It’s over Swindle. But he fought like a brave soldier until the end.”🥺

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Imagine if he was Animated Swindle's namesaked son? then he'd call him "Junior" XD

[@bilal_Hadjlaoui907]

swindle is one of my fav decepticons espicaly the animated version and it should be get a new toy like legacy version

[@pyzzabox6574]

What if...? A masterpiece animated line

[@wolfgang6442]

True that show really put me on to the character

[@destronlaserwave9566]

A great episode. But, I think next to Swindle, Brawl has also managed to step out of his team's shadow and made a name for himself and I'd love to see an episode him.

[@flameconvoy7424]

He most often is just used when transformers has a tank or tanklike character that needs a name

[@martl8615]

Say what? Brawl gave a speech in one comic, which was all he did solo. Except getting deactivated. He probably has more deaths to his name than Cliffjumper. He was KO'd, imprisoned and/or killed in every incarnation I know, either because he was part of the Combaticons or he couldn't keep his mouth(plate) shut.

[@ShinGallon]

The Combaticons/Bruticus is far and away my favorite combiner group, and Swindle is a big part of why. There's just something about him that makes him a fun, interesting character. I loved that they made him such a neat character in Animated, just one more reason that's the best of the cartoons.

[@undrhil]

I liked the Stunticons personally

[@pistonx3544]

Armada starscream: I shall call you swindle! Swindle: my name is Steve! Armada starscream: 😡

[@beard3451]

Something I just noticed about Armada Swindle: out of all the anime Decepticons partner Mini-Cons, Swindle, who becomes a race car, is the only one who doesn't transform into some type of Military Vehicle. Leader-1, Crumplezone, Blackout, and Inferno transform into ground assault vehicles with guns, and Ramjet and Wind Sheer transform into military fighter jets. Not counting Crosswise, Rook, and Dead End, as they are not portrayed as Mini-Cons in the anime, but rather extensions of Sideways and Unicron's swarm of drones, respectively.

[@SadikiStGeorgeangemon44]

My favorite is animated Swindle, and I wish more variations of Swindle kept that characterization

[@jonathonworner360]

This Decepticon has NO shame. He wanted to pick up scrap during the Cybertronian War, not caring who was recently blown apart, because it's money

[@ghidotheone]

I’ve always noticed that the Combaticons are the most likely bots to appear on their own in stories as well as in a group. You don’t ever get Dragstrip or Blot alone in a cast of non combining characters, and that’s really a testament to the Combaticons and their characterization. Unlike the other teams, they aren’t a homogenized group under a vehicle theme. They all have their unique looks, colors, and personalities because they are a true independent team, an army in and if themselves. They’re readily picked from their combining roles and can be effortlessly plugged into any cast lineup like they were meant to be there.

[@originaluddite]

First Aid somewhat stood out from his team, but due to his skill more than personality.

[@jablastoff5237]

They are a great team for sure- my favorite. I agree- they all really stood out as distinct personalities, moreso than many other combiner teams. I hope we get to see more of them in the future.

[@miyako1909]

Dead End and Breakdown appeared on their own in TFP and Cyberverse. And to be fair, Blast Off and Vortex really don't have any show where they appeared on their own.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

Brawl actually got a fair bit of time slumming it with Needlenose and Dreadwing in IDW's Robots In Disguise comic, and Blast Off and Onslaught got a lot in Til All Are One as well. Swindle being off on his own wheeling and dealing is actually what would also bring the Combaticons together into Bruticus in the first place in that continuity. So at least in that universe, everyone on the team except Vortex got a bit of spotlight. But then, Vortex did get one of my favorite levels of Fall of Cybertron as a playable character.

[@Hazelduff]

Fred Willard really brought the character to life in Animated, a brilliant casting amongst the many other great talents in that show!

[@TFG1Mike]

I know you can't mention everything Chris, but I wish you had brought up the fact that Fred Willard (may the man rest in peace) was the voice of animated swindle. He is by far the one voice I hear as the character anytime I see or read about Swindle. Great ep as always!

[@rpmguy648]

R.I.P Fred Willard.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

This holiday season, I'm thankful to have been able to sponsor this episode and even more thankful to Chris for making another excellent episode of the Basics. To paraphrase one of my favorite quotes from Swindle in IDW's comics: "I love these...better than the vids at Maccadam's...an' you know who wins in a [situation] like that? The viewer!" -Aaron

[@silvershock2353]

My favourite version of him is the one from Transformer Animated. Animated was a brilliant incarnation of the franchise to bad it never got its 4th season, fingers crossed it gets it eventually after all it would not be the first series that was cancelled before its end and got picked up and continued years later.

[@rikisalim6438]

Would be hard considering swindle va (Fred Willard) already passed away.

[@madskillz808]

This guy does alot of tfanimated content and is working on a combaticon animated project (a guardian's of the galaxy esque take on them). Hopefully that can help tide you over. kzbin.info

[@Greenkitten45]

I'd be completely satisfied with a comic release of the season since a cartoon pick-up seems most unlikely.

[@cholas6573]

@@Greenkitten45 The closest we have now is script-reading done by the original actors. Here's Part 1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXWykGOLbKuqmcU

[@tigrexwalker285]

Swindle has always been one of my favorite Decepticons

[@wolfgang6442]

Yeah same I always loved his humvee type vehicle mode

[@tannerprice2018]

The Aerialbots have Silverbolt and Air Raid, The Stunticons have Dead End and Breakdown, The Combaticons have Swindle and Onslaught, The Protectobots have First Aid and Blades, The Technobots have Scattershot and Strafe, The Predacons have Razorclaw and Rampage, Every combining team always has a fan favorite that last more iterations of the brand than the rest of the team.

[@theoneandonlyquasarsaurus]

Constructicons: “*angry noises*”

[@martl8615]

Of those, I think only Silverbolt (barely), Swindle and First Aid have feature episodes. Razorclaw has his day out with Springer, but that's during Daniel's feature episode.

[@johnpaulsoberano4728]

Don't forget the Wreckers have Whirl & Impactor.

[@rpmguy648]

@@johnpaulsoberano4728 The wreckers aren't usually combiners thought.

[@gushers114]

@@theoneandonlyquasarsaurus To be fair, I'd say everyone aside from Hook/Hightower and Scrapper has had a rather favorable time outside of their combined form/team's legacy. For example, Scavenger alone has had more versions than any of the other five members, with Bonecrusher right behind him, followed by Longhaul, and finally Mixmaster. Plus, since their conception, new "members" have been added to the subgroup that sometimes don't even combine with anyone, such as Dirtboss from ROTF.

[@redalert923]

Rest in peace fred Willard (voice of animated swindle) rest in peace

[@pyzzabox6574]

Rip

[@djfeezkoolyo3407]

TILL ALL ARE ONE

[@Protosilver97]

R.I.P.

[@jayden7528]

R.i.p

[@moiyt8164]

i really love he's voice but i din't know he died.. He was my favorite. Character in animated

[@theoatyastarties]

His Fall Of Cybertron level was one of the best missions, Especially when The Combaticons unitied, I miss Fall of Cybertron, Anyone else miss it?

[@TheGhostRydr]

Every day man, every day... That game means a lot to me and it kills me that we will never get another like it.

[@Icipall]

COMBATICONS, TRANSFORM INTO BRUTICUS!!!

[@theoatyastarties]

@@Icipall Bruticus Online, Ready for Action!

[@andreafocosi1142]

IMHO War and then Fall of Cybertron portrayed the Cybertronian war better than any other media

[@strifenineteen]

Still listen to the song from the trailer to this day

[@dyl_pickle16-mta48]

I have the Combiner Wars version of Swindle. He's one of my favorite figures. I also remember the version of Swindle seen in Armada, that fused with Starscream and allowed him to blow a giant crater in the ground.

[@ionacustoyreviews857]

I really don’t learn a lot of new things in these videos. but they are so much fun to watch. Thanks for putting the time and effort into these videos.

[@chrismayer3919]

“Gentlemen, we’ve been had…” -Swindle; Revenge of Bruticus

[@liamwilliams1794]

Id actually like it if they released a generations toy of swindle just on his own, not as a combiner, just a stand alone figure

[@garthdavis4320]

It's already done. It's called Animated Swindle.

[@gguy6392]

No lol

[@Pheep5671]

you could always buy the combiners and throw away the rest of his team like he did

[@SilverStreak9841uoattob]

I still love his line he said to Galvatron. "Well, what are you willing to pay for it, Galvatron?"

[@lordcheesus1013]

Swindle was such an awesome character and joy to watch in TF: Animated. It's a shame we only got a couple of episodes with him. I just love the "get rich quick"/"Con-man" characters like him. They're always so much fun and it's always fun to watch their schemes always blow up in their faces in the end.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Well, you said Swindle deserved a Basics episode of his own when you did his team, and here we are!

[@sivanlevi3867]

Swindle and Hardtop are the first Decepticons to appear in Transformers: Earthspark, falling for a trap and detained by Optimus Prime and Elita One.

[@samiyaahmed7395]

Yuh and then he tried to con a child 😅

[@PirateKingBoros]

I’d love if a newer version of Swindle was voiced by Bob Odenkirk.

[@battleupsaber462]

The most tragic moment of my childhood was when I opened my Animated Swindle toy and his clear plastic elbows snapped immediately Guess i really got...swindled with that purchase

[@moviefan005]

Lolz that's exactly what Swindle would do. 🤣 sell his own broken toy to any sucker.

[@DinosaurToothbrush_NinjaSauce]

Oh delicious irony!

[@FizzCoStriker]

I wanted to know more about Swindle, he’s looks cool, and kinda had a unique personality. Hopefully Transformers EarthSpark doesn’t screw that up.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Imagine a version of Swindle where he focused on spamming potential customers with online messages and spoke like the very messages he sent. “One [ION CANNON] could be yours for only [400 SHANIX]! Now’s your chance to take a [BIG SHOT], folks!”

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking of Spamton when watching this, may [the best deals] be with you~

[@Raziel312]

So basically, like a more mercantile version of Wrek-Garr.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

@@Raziel312 He'd be somewhere between Swindle as we know him and the Shattered Glass Junkions (who spoke in coding language instead of talking TV).

[@thelegendmaster3935]

I'M MISTER [Wild Prizes]

[@SableSeraph17]

If we ever get another Transformers/Star Trek crossover, I'd love to see Swindle interacting with some Ferengi. It'd be too perfect.

[@Lans32485]

You had a screenshot of it, but you didn't mention my personal favorite bit of Swindle lore: "Swindle, Swindle, and Swindle," a shop in the interdimensional hub city Axiom Nexus run by, yep, 3 Swindles. A G1, a G2, and a G1 color variant to be specific. Basically a "totally legit," flea market of Transformers Easter eggs(go read the shop's list of example products on the tfwiki page), it was used several times for characters to get needed equipment, notably it was how Bugbite was able to upgrade to his Classics body.

[@majororion2374]

I was hoping he'd mention that place I was laughing while catching all of those references.

[@singletona082]

Alright that's some shit I want t osee pop up as a cameo in the shows.

[@majororion2374]

@@singletona082 If I recall properly, Alpha Trion actually went there once.

[@171QA]

It was about time our favorite Decepticon-artist got his own spotlight episode.

[@Alverant]

Swindle is the only one of the Animated toys I wish I had. I love how has a stiff collar of a businessman. He should be replaced on the Combaticons team so he could have more solo outings; like what they did with First Aid for the Protectobots, replacing him with a SWAT vehicle.

[@doctorpool273]

Actually First Aid wasn’t replaced. Groove was replaced and turned into a small chest piece for Defensor

[@Zonorheso]

The swat vehicle you're referring to, Rook, was a replacement for Groove, who's motorcycle alt-mode didn't really scale well with the rest of the group. For Combiner Wars, the designers opted to make Groove much smaller, so he formed a chest piece for Defensor, so then they added Rook to take Groove's original place. (Though they would eventually release a Deluxe Groove to fill his original role.) First Aid was has always been part of the group.

[@coyraig8332]

I remember getting Swindle without even knowing his name. Wish I didn't break it as a kid.

[@ChromiumRanger]

I want a story where Swindle goes back in time and manages to steal Cybertron itself, then sells it to the Quintessons.

[@BurntTM]

The Combaticons are such an awesome group. They are my second favorite combiner group behind Devestator. We need a Protectobots basics episode. I don't have Patreon so lol!

[@mikestudioz216]

Rodimus Primal made a Retrospective on the Protectobots

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

The version of Swindle that I grew up on was Armada Swindle.

[@jledet18]

I love that version too.😍 I cried when Optimus comforted him, “It’s over Swindle. But he fought like a brave soldier until the end.”🥺

[@ReaverPrime]

As much as I love the concept of gestalt teams, I love Animated Swindle even more. I wish that would have been the permanent version of him after that, or at least have a new separate character based on that. He was basically a Decepticon used car salesman, complete with a bolo tie.

[@Greenkitten45]

Same! Though I also wished they'd introduced TFA versions of the other Combaticons. Onslaught, Vortex & Brawl could have been their own unit and Blastoff a stand alone character like Swindle.

[@Pikashockdragon]

The Late Fred Willard, who voiced Animated Swindle, must have cost a pretty penny to keep that from happening.

[@hudsonedwards5870]

Țranformers the basics on brawl

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

True that, I'd probably think it also would've been cool and hilarious if he called Armada Swindle "Jr." if he was a father to the minicon XD

[@sephiroth4857]

I really loved animated swindle, I genuinely forgot he was orginally even part of the combaticon team. Sorta makes me want to see more of individual combiner members break out on their own.

[@madmonty6099]

Imagine your friends get blown apart by a grenade and then the first thing you do is sell their remains on the black market.

[@jarodorla6949]

Damn that's diabolically deep

[@julienthijs1271]

I Just love how my swindle is the only non- war for cybertron trilogy figure in my decepticon desplay. I feel like it´s very "swindle" of him for some reason ^^. Great video as usual ! Alphatrion would be proud.

[@Gearoidmcnaught]

Both G1 and Animated Swindle are my favourite incarnations of everyone’s favourite Conbot.

[@dotmbarricade3424]

I loved 2007 Swindle version

[@jerichogarry]

I'm also a huge fan of Swindle, he's one of my favorite Decepticons.

[@ThatC0nGuy]

This video will make a good advertizement for good old swindel's shop.

[@MrDoctorVK]

As TF Animated Megatron said "You'd sell your own motherboard to the highest bidder." That's what Swindle would do. As for Swindle toys.. His Generations FOC toy would be nice and TF Animated, default CW Swindle would be perfect since in reboot TF IDW; Swindle uses that design.

[@wolfgang6442]

Oh that'll be cool

[@ditto7047]

"He'd trade Megatron's right arm for a toaster if he saw both opportunity and profit"- Swindle's bio in Transformers: Earth Wars

[@cameronmoriarty3313]

At 9:45 you used the image from his Swindle, Swindle and Swindle TransTech shop. I feel it would have been fun to give that a brief mention of him teaming up with himself.

[@alexlemonds2838]

Fred Willard (RIP) is his definitive voice.

[@strifenineteen]

He just had that smarmy tone that fit the character so well

[@alexlemonds2838]

@@strifenineteen Yepper. Had the sleaze factor down perfectly.

[@jimmyjeff1777]

Armada swindle is my favourite, mainly because of his relationship with starscream

[@GoGojiraGo]

Remember to visit "Swindle, Swindle, and Swindle's" for all of your needs.

[@mitchellbambam5926]

They call him Swindle because he always offers clients a steal-of-a-deal!”

[@pistonx3544]

You know what I'd like to see sometime soon a team up with swindle and double dealer.

[@FinalPharaoh83]

5:46 this is my favorite variation of swindle. Was one of my first toys and I just loved his look.

[@KichirouSageMode85]

Learned something new today! I’m gonna have to go back through my G1 episodes. I never knew he survived an encounter with the Protectobots and he was the sole survivor and he sold the rest of his teams parts 😆😆😆!!!! Love these basic shorts!!!

[@zilvertron]

Season 2 episode B.O.T To refresh your memory a trio kids finds Brawls personality component and builds a robot for a science project that goes haywire, the kids contact autobots that sends in Ironhide Tracks and Brawn to deal with it while Swindle is doing stuff in the background

[@DarthShadow91]

Wasn’t Swindle’s Fall of Cybertron toy also released in his G2 colors, along with the rest of the Combaticons? I know there was special DLC for the game to give Bruticus his G2 colors.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

It was. Takara also did a beautiful gold and purple painted version that I have 😁

[@Protosilver97]

I think that version was a Comic-Con exckusive.

[@Zatyme94]

@@Protosilver97 It was a shared exclusive between Amazon and Big Bad Toy Store if I remember right

[@PrimeTemple20]

The best 'con artist there is. Other combiner team individuals who deserve their own Basics are Brawl, First Aid, Scavenger, Dead End, Breakdown, Scattershot and Rampage.

[@samsthebeztatstuff8885]

Theory animated swindle was originally an autobot. We never saw any other combaticons, he’s one of the only Decepticons who becomes a car and doesn’t have red eyes, most Decepticons tower over him, the only Decepticon loooking things about him are his paint job and helmet both have been established as easily changeable, and he’s clearly only in the war for the money.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Is about time swindle is one of those character appear in a movie or show and become Popular

[@yagamijubei28]

you mentioned combatron. thats the japanese name for the combaticons in Car Robots, where swindle was renamed "Grejebar/Rollbar" and was recoloured. in the bumblebee movie, in a cheeky display, bee had the first alt mode of swindle in that dirty looking yellow.

[@gabrielchee8470]

Not really. Bee technically transsformed into a jeep, not really whatever swindle is

[@talljoke]

"Its a no-processor...er"

[@jonathonworner360]

In Transformers Animated Swindle called Megatron his "favourite customer", to which Megatron replied he'd sell his own mother's motherboard, just to make a profit

[@SomeGuy-cf2lp]

Megatron has a mom? This I got to see

[@jonathonworner360]

@@SomeGuy-cf2lp no no. Swindle's mum is who they're talking about

[@SomeGuy-cf2lp]

@@jonathonworner360 how do Transformers have mom's anyway? How do they reproduce? Chris seriously need to make a video about that

[@iseeyou6985]

@@SomeGuy-cf2lp@Jonathon Worner This was the most hilarious interaction I have ever seen

[@Lans32485]

@@SomeGuy-cf2lp the answer is more complicated than you know. (Especially since they keep changing/adding ways with each timeline.)

[@cybertroniccustomz998]

Rest in paradise Fred Willard aka Swindle

[@jamesrogers1554]

I always figured he was like a Ferengi who somehow got turned into a Transformer.

[@NOVAGUTZ_08]

He runs a gambling organization to cover up his black market deals what a legend

[@samsthebeztatstuff8885]

Animated swindle is a selfish bad guy. But for some reason I wanna be his buddy

[@TheEcoolarg]

Imagine a story about Swindle joining an MLM

[@calebporter3735]

Out of all the Minicons I wish I knew what happened to after Armada, it'd be Swindle. The little guy watched his master get reduced to dust by Unicron. That must hurt like hell.

[@leterops4262]

The combaticons are maybe the only team that has members that you dont have to dig to deep to see how different and cool they are. Maybe vortex amd blast off but in games vortex is cool, and in comics blast off is cool, so....dope

[@singletona082]

If only Last Knight's 'suicide squad' concept had actually happened, swindle would be an amazing fixer and 'aquierer of things' for the team.

[@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164]

Make the whole team the combacticons they already have onslaught in the team so why not bring all the rest I know brawl die in the first one but f-it say something like he was rebuild by ksi or something

[@phillipmoghaddam7240]

Swindle isn’t the only member of a combiner team to get some development. There’s also Breakdown, Scavenger, Divebomb, Rampage, Razorclaw, First Aid, Blades, and Silverbolt.

[@Lans32485]

First Aid got a lot of character time when he was part of the Lost Light's medical team til the rest of the Protectobots yoinked him to go get shoehorned into the Combiner Wars tie-in story.

[@panelvixen]

I can so picture Quark driving Swindle and getting chased by Odo on DS9.

[@godking]

Odo will be sitting in Ultra Magnus

[@Im_here170]

Literally my favorite out of all the combatacons ☺️

[@HiperPivociarz]

One thing I would mention is Swindle appeared in Animated because he's the character designer Derrick J. Wyatt's favorite character, and he had more input on the show than just drawing the designs. And Derrick has said himself that he prefers the limb bots as individuals, and doesn't really like gestalts all that much.

[@bionicblackman4251]

2:33 Megatron and Amanda Waller should start a club.

[@jameslee9614]

I always liked Swindle on the cartoon because his gun was on his arm like Megatron's (which was is very cool when you are 5 years old!) so I was a bit underwhelmed when the toy didn't feature this!

[@Lans32485]

And then Animated Swindle did.

[@therefinedhellion5041]

2:28 Imagine right, fighting alongside this guy, you think "Ok, if I die, he will at least give me a proper burial just like I would him" only for this absolute shitter to sell your dead remains on a black market. Lol the disrespect of Swindle.

[@Swindle-editz]

Rest in peace fred willard:(

[@iamtheomnimonkey]

G1 Swindle and all those inspired by/continuations of G1 are by far my favorite combaticon and 1 of my top 10 Deceptions.

[@renegade3577]

Nothing beats a shopping spree. Especially when it’s all free! HAHAHA!!!

[@briandxmaster8599]

Fun Fact: in his Animated incarnation, Swindle has mention about the “Vok” from “Beast Wars” that are native in Nexus Zero and the “Quintessons” from “Quintessa”, and “Nebulos”, where it is a tropical paradise with exceptionally smooth energon.

[@stephenquinn3447]

-Shows up -Frees Decepticon high command -Casually namedrops 3 planets from transformers lore -Refuses to elaborate further -leaves and becomes one of the few decepticons to get off scott free by the end of show with no consequences

[@beard3451]

I love that when Armada Starscream escapes the Decepticon/Destron base, he also brings Swindle/Grid along with him and the Air Defense/Star Saber Mini-Cons. I wish they had shown more scenes than just one in Mars of Swindle alongside the other 3. If they ever do a Masterpiece Armada Starscream at some point, I hope they also make a Masterpiece Swindle/Grid, Jetstorm/Mach, Sonar/Shuttler, and Runway/Jetter, either included or available separately. Like how MP Soundwave has his cassettes.

[@MeisterBeyondTubler]

today is my birthday, what a time for a Chris Mcfeely upload

[@BPBludgeon]

My favorite part of these is when you identify an obscure toy I just so happen to have, but never knew their name. I have that one little green train from Transformers Universe. Didn't know his name was Swindle until now.

[@KrytenMark]

Out of all the Decepticons put together, Swindle's definitely one of my absolute favourites of all time (along with Prime Knock Out still), and he always will be - along with his Animated incarnation in particular being my personal favourite incarnation of his overall. :)

[@adreesmaqsoodi3339]

Swindle was in the new series EarthSpark and he has a brother named hardtop

[@shadowdramon01]

6:35: Ha! The Beast Wars voices. The guy in the cowboy hat is clearly Scott McNeill (Waspinator, Silverbolt, Rattrap and both Dinobots). Looks like the guy in the Trukk and Munky shirt (nice reference) is Garry Chalk (Optimus Primal) and I’m guessing the guy in the middle is Richard Newman (Rhinox).

[@Renkencen]

Before animated, I only knew him for his role as a combiner to Bruticus and aswell this one scene when he was making some deal with someone in the G1 cartoon!