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This Halloween, it's Lovecraftian horror Transformers-style, as we look at The Basics on the ancient beast from below, the Quintessons' most hellacious creation, the Trans-Organic terror known as DWELLER IN THE DEPTHS! Profile pic by Cody Laine
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Transformers' first big screen adventure, it's time for a video that's beyond good, beyond evil, beyond your wildest imagination! From introduction of Unicron to the death of Optimus Prime, there's no apologies necessary: it's The Basics on The Transformers: The Movie!
15:37209K views · 1mo ago · 15:37
Last month, we lost the man who gave Optimus Prime his voice across the original Generation 1 cartoon, the live-action Michael Bay films, Transformers: Prime, and more - and the viewers of this channel all spoke with one voice of their own, and made clear how they wanted this channel to memorialise him. These are The Basics on the on the man behind the greatest Autobot of them all, Peter Cullen.
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Journey with me once again into Cybertron's ancient past, as we return to the Age of the Primes, and learn the secrets of the sacred wellspring from which Primus births all Transformer life! It'sThe Basics on THE WELL OF ALL SPARKS!
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Straight from the stage at Europe's largest Transformers convention, TFNation 2026 comes this presentation from me, looking over the unique, sometimes unusual, often frustrating way BEAST WARS rolled out in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s!
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With a new "Age of the Primes" toy on shelves now, it's time for us to delve into the history of the attention-deficit Mini-Bot who's spent most of his history being little more than a generic name used for random, red Autobots - until IDW's comics turned him into a fan-favourite! These are The Basics on SWERVE!
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This episode looks at the history of another of the Seekers - the blazing 'bot who went from ascended extra, to one of the hottest characters of the early 2000s, to a guy that Hasbro rarely seems to want to acknowledge! Behold the radiance of the Decepticon with delusions of divinity - SUNSTORM!
9:5868K views · 3mo ago · 9:58
Get ready for a shock to your system - this episode, The Basics runs down the electricfying history of the different Transformers who have shared the name JOLT! Decepticons, Autobots, and Mini-Cons, from Generation 2 to the Unicron Trilogy to the Bayverse and beyond!
9:4783K views · 4mo ago · 9:47
As the Combaticons return to toy shelves as part of the "Age of the Primes" line this year, it's time to spotlight one of the team's members who's been lucky enough to enjoy some solo adventures of his own! These are The Basics on the bellicose 'bot called BRAWL!
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As the 1990s began, Hasbro brought the original Transformers toyline to an end... but only in America! In the early years of the new decade, Hasbro EUROPE kept the flame alive, with their own line of unique, exclusive figures. Thunderclash, Skyquake, Rotorstorm, Ironfist, Pyro, and more - these are the Basics on the in-between era that fans have called GENERATION 1.5!
9:3294K views · 5mo ago · 9:32
And AWAAAY we go, with The Basics on the Autobots' stunt-flying showman, POWERGLIDE, from his iconic cartoon spotlight with the girl who loved him, to his struggle for relevance in the 21st century! From Universe to the Bayverse, from Mini-Bot to Aerialbot, and more - plus, the surprising double-life of Astoria Carlton-Ritz!
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On the same week TakaraTomy announced new toys of "Beast Wars" Galvatron and Gigastorm, The Basics presents a special compilation of revised, expanded, and updated episodes about the history, lore, and characters of the Japanese-original "Beast Wars" shows. Dive into the world of "Beast Wars II" and "Beast Wars Neo," and learn the story of Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Magmatron, and the power of Unicron that ties them all together, Angolmois Energy!
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Suit up for The Basics on one of the mightiest weapons on Cybertron! From its conceptual origins in "Super-God Masterforce" with Godbomber and God Ginrai to it's television debut in "Transformers: Prime," learn the history of the power-enhancing battlesuit known as the APEX ARMOR!
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This episode, we're looking at another one of those prehistoric powerhouses, the Dinobots! He's been known by a few names in his time, including Strafe and Ptero... but we know him best as SWOOP - the terrifying pterosaur who's second only to team leader Grimlock as the most distinctive and memorable member of the team!
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A common theme in "Transformers" stories is the merging of organics and technology, flesh and metal working in concert to achieve things neither can do alone. This episode looks at the history and evolution of this concept, from Headmasters and Pretenders to Beast Wars and Beast Machines, and more - it's the biomechanical Basics on TECHNORGANICS!
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