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Well, he is! 😁

Childhood... ruined! ... Until it gets to 1986, and then it gets ruined again for a WHOLE 'nother reason!

Gundam is cool, and something I wish I could get into, but I don't need to go down that rabbit hole. I really enjoyed the anime, though.

@@randdurand I like both Gundam show and gunpla more than Transformers'.

@gdam0079 There's a lot to like. The Gundam show is pretty famous for being deep with its character drama and geopolitical conflict. Also, the robot designs are all pretty slick.

@@randdurand I know transformers G1 is the best, but the rest is absolutely rubbish even the TFone

😁👍

Ngl, I wouldn't mind taking a look at some machine robo/gobots. Never actually seen one in person.

Yeesh, come on, Arseniy. You can't just ask someone why they breathe! 😂 All joking aside, if I had to take a guess, it's to allow them to show more emotion and be more relatable to the audience. There's a lot you can show through breath in acting. Fear, anger, relief, exhaustion, haste, etc. Robots can't breathe of course, but with Beast Wars having more of a focus on complex characters than any other transformers show up until that point, the writers might have wanted to still have them breathe to help subconsciously convey emotion to the audience.

Really? Darn! Then I've been doing it wrong this whole time! I knew this music player I was carrying around on my shoulder felt a bit small...

Blaster's the boombox.

Right you are! Thanks for being my Red Shirt Guy! (Warcraft reference, not Star Trek reference)

I've been reading the original G1 Transformers comic series he wrote actually. It feels a bit hokey at the beginning, but once you get into it, it starts getting really good, so I guess you can say I've become a fan. lol.

Thanks for mentioning this! I'd actually never heard of it! But it looks like the Muffy concept was still pulling toys from Takara's micro change line, right?

"After all, why fix what ain't broke? You all remember that when you're trying to mend that shattered waist joint on your copy of Mirage in a few years."

Yup! GI JOE did that a number of times as well. The "Sky Patrol", "Tiger Force" and "Python Patrol" vehicle squads were all repaints of previous vehicle designs. And when Hasbro made toys based on STREET FIGHTER, they borrowed/repainted vehicles from the GI JOE line as well.

Didn't Takara already recolour the jet?

@ondururagittandeska2004 for Starscream and Thundercracker, yes. They were basically the same colors from their diaclone releases. The new color deco was Skywarp. The following year, they did use the jet mold a couple more times to make the coneheads (with minor retoolings for the wings and weapons).

I love this comment. Idk why?

That category being "Awesome"? 😎

Well, you know what they say! You never forget your first. Thanks for tuning in!

That's what he gets for just letting Starscream airlock Megatron without any protest. Smh

Megatron: Ahh Soundwave! You're a loyal Decepticon, don't come aboard the Nemesis tomorrow

@@Eternal_Sky_Tardis Ahhhhh, so THAT was the joke! Yup. That one flew over my head.

(cough)Diaclone Reboot(cough)

@EVAUnit4A You okay? Sounds like a bad cough.

It's just the Diacough. It's virtually identical to, but much more expensive than, the Transformacough.

"What do you mean those car things we were making a few years ago are popular again? And they're printing HOW much money?"

If you can't beat them, join 'em!

Ah, you're right! He totally is. It's Blaster that's the boombox. Whoops!

Thanks! 😀

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I don't know what you're talking about. This is all Original The Character Do Not Steal.

@ BOB BUDIANSKI TECH SPEC PROFILE: Donut Steel - Autobot plagiarist.

@@Motor__ I mean, to be fair, he concocted an entire story and world for a line of toys that had basically no story. Lol.

@@randdurand Yeah, I’m not mocking the guy. He basically built all of the core characters from the ground up.

Wait Macross?

Nice! Can't wait to get mine!

"Well, just don't expect me to call you "Mom" or "Pop", or anything like that. There's only room for ONE leader in this household, and I fully intend it to be ME. Now go to your room! Or should I say, MY room. It's all mine. I own the place. HAH-HAH!"

@ that was the best fucking starscream impression i have ever heard.

Absolutely!

Nice!

It's a fair question! I've wasted a lot of time in games as well, so I get it. For me, I just needed something running in the background that wouldn't get a copyright claim, or take up a lot of editing time since I've got a lot of projects on the burner at the moment. I still come back and play GW from time to time, as it's familiar, fun, and a great way to relax. The key is moderation. The issue isn't the games themselves, it's how much time we spend on them. Being busy and productive doesn't have to mean that we give up absolutely everything we enjoy, unless we are truly not capable of moderating ourselves (which is just part of being human. Being honest with yourself about what you can and can't handle at this moment in time is normal.) But games really aren't the problem. It's us.

@@randdurand Fair enough. Thanks for the elaborate reply! <3

"Find out the answers to all these questions and more on the next exciting episode of IDW Transformers!" ... No, but seriously. To answer your questions: 1. Yes. 2. Yes. Brawn unintentionally saves him in the comic, but only because he was after Starscream. 3. Because humanity was hunting all Transformers down at the time, and had the tech to kill them. 4. Not necessarily, but he was growing to appreciate their media and transmissions. In the comics, he would later work with a human defense force, and eventually become an award-winning movie screenwriter once the aftermath of the war cooled down.

@randdurand I JUST saw a video about him and became super interested. The new Transformers One film pulled me back into my fangirl phase with this franchise, and Transformers Prime was a super big influence in my childhood. That was the only serious version of Transformers as a series, and its serious tone and Optimus were the reason I fell in love with it (Tfp version of Optimus is one of the best and most saint versions of him, I would dedicate my life and soul to this wise old leader, his snowball scene with Raphael in S1 is the perfect representation of the iconic "You must be strong enough to be gentle" line by Peter Cullen's brother! 😭😍). But yes, I also love this transformer now, because I just know that as a fellow writer who wants to write scripts later, not just books, I could have some wonderfully deep conversations with him. Finally, a Decepticon who sees humans for who they really are! 😆🤩 It's the differences between our species and cultures what I would talk about with him. Imagine him, trying to fathom the burden what is placed onto women, having to be basically solely responsible for keeping our species alive! I don't really know this version, but I'm assuming that the IDW robots are also made by the Allspark, which means that none of them knows really the true concept of family. And then enter a curious Thunder Cracker who watches a show about a nurse helping at childbirth! 😭 Oh man, I may write fanfiction about him one day, this Ex-Decepticon is a golden opportunity! 🤩 Hell, I can even look at this guy and think "Hmmm, maybe if he had the chance to experience earth as a human for a whole day or week, maybe he would actually live with the chance" and the list of things he would grow to love is just constantly growing in my mind right now! 😁🤩 Anyway, I gotta ask, if you had the opportunity to plan a whole day or week for him what he could live as a human, then what kind of day would you plan for him? I'm beyond curious about anything and everything you want to say about this guy, so please continue! 😄😃

Thanks so much, Spiffy! Glad you enjoyed!

Now you do! And knowing is half the battle!

@randdurand G. I. JOEEEEEE

@ohok2003 My man.

Yup!

I feel ya! Juggling everything can be a challenge, but challenges can be fun, too! Wouldn't trade any of it away.

Well, taking breaks is important, too! If you don't have those, you'd crash and burn. From what I've seen so far, though, you're doing pretty awesome work on your channel, so I don't think you have anything to worry about!

@@randdurand aw man, thanks sm! Btw I've been meaning to ask, would u like to voice Rumble in an animation I'm making? I've wanted to try and get u in ever since I've seen ur vids!

@in.zclouds Absolutely! I tried sending you my discord name through the comments on your video, but it didn't go through for some reason. I think if you send an invite to my channel name on Discord, it should go through.

@@randdurand Awesome!! I just tried sending, for some reason it said it was invalid. U could try sending it to my user, which is just my username without the period.

Yeah, IDW really had the best characterization of him I've ever seen. He's usually just a Decepticon goon and nothing else.

That's the best way to be!

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the comment!

It's simple science!

"YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED??!!"

Cool! Yeah, I really like their style.