TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on HEADMASTERS

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  • On the anniversary of "The Rebirth," and just in time for the TITANS RETURN cartoon, it's time to get The Basics on HEADMASTERS, one of Transformers' most diverse and varied concepts!
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ความคิดเห็น • 732

  • @waltercopeland529
    @waltercopeland529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Wasn't there a story line where Shockwave had begun redesigning all Cybertronians to become 'headmasters' merely as a way to conserve energy when not in combat? It explains why some of their pre-Earth vehicle modes had places to hold human-sized beings.

    • @fasinfata
      @fasinfata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      If that story doesn't exist, it should [sorry for answering three years after the mesage was made]

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maybe in a japanese story

    • @johnnymason2460
      @johnnymason2460 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fasinfata I agree with you. This is an interesting idea.

    • @justinhanna9152
      @justinhanna9152 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think you may be confusing them with "micro masters" who are regular transformers but just very small

    • @moonwhooper
      @moonwhooper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a very interesting idea

  • @FinnX2_
    @FinnX2_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "hey guys, let's ripp our heads off and combine with some weird monkeys"

  • @chapelpluto4484
    @chapelpluto4484 6 ปีที่แล้ว +884

    I prefer the " THUMBMASTERS". Small robots that become opposable digits to help the Autobots open pickle jars.

    • @otomicans6580
      @otomicans6580 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      The Thighmaster Transformers were very provocative. They could probably open pickle jars as well.

    • @christopherlockery9629
      @christopherlockery9629 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      LOL

    • @thespiker775nerfjwandother6
      @thespiker775nerfjwandother6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Laserbeak operation pickle open

    • @nirast2561
      @nirast2561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Voltron would like that

    • @renaeknight9266
      @renaeknight9266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That Doesn't Sound Like A Bad Idea Tbh....

  • @neilcaiman1174
    @neilcaiman1174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Tbh I think cogman decapitating nitro Zeus and hijacking his body while zeus' head looks on would make the film 100× better

    • @gman4736
      @gman4736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes. And I actually liked the film

    • @VicEntity
      @VicEntity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      100x0 is still 0

    • @VicEntity
      @VicEntity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But yeah i would be awesome.

    • @gman4736
      @gman4736 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @THE DRAGON KNIGHT SLAYER64 Coolio

    • @phazonbumblebee9901
      @phazonbumblebee9901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It would have been better if nitro Zeus had not died at all...

  • @HypercatZ
    @HypercatZ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    My favourite is the one of human size robots escaping from Cybertron and evolving their transformation in a different direction, turning in the head of the robot mode of their vehicles. It matches with the existence of human size transformers like Rumble and Frenzy.

    • @DonaldWWitt
      @DonaldWWitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They can explain it as being more energy efficient!

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rumble & Frenzy actually became Official Headmasters heads you could BUY !!!!!!

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also, Spike and Daniel in their EXO Suits also became Official Headmasters heads as well.

    • @mechanwhal6590
      @mechanwhal6590 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@markplott4820I haven’t heard of Frenzy and Rumble being headmasters.

  • @aarondev3218
    @aarondev3218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I love IdWs version of the headmasters. Its so gruesome and dark science stuff. I just like it the best

  • @Getwright-
    @Getwright- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Man! The fact that you put these out on Saturday mornings makes my week! I'm going to have to start eating a whole box of lucky charms by myself while I watch them

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I liked mixing Chex or Cheerios with Milk Chocolate powder.

  • @demenster7279
    @demenster7279 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I like how Takara was like screw it just make mechs for transformers.

  • @0anesthetic4u70
    @0anesthetic4u70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    "How will the Titans Return Cartoon choose to depict the Headmasters?"
    Answer:
    They Dooon't!

    • @DonaldWWitt
      @DonaldWWitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Probably for the better considering how headscratchingly confusing the explanation would be for established core characters...

    • @disneyboy3030
      @disneyboy3030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@DonaldWWitt that's not entirely true. We did get Fortress Maximus.

    • @AustynSN
      @AustynSN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@disneyboy3030 Yeah, but he wasn't even a headmaster within the cartoon. Heck, Cerebro/Spike/Whatever his name was in this continuity acted more like a minicon.

    • @M3xican_k1d_009
      @M3xican_k1d_009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AustynSN you mean emmisary?

    • @johnnymason2460
      @johnnymason2460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was a huge mistake! They had a great idea and didn't use it! What a waste!!!

  • @fen4554
    @fen4554 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I've been collecting the figures for decades but I've never kept up with the media, these videos are appreciated

  • @lesserz6310
    @lesserz6310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I started with one random video, and that lead to another...then I found the playlist. This is pretty good to help explain the lore to newer fans. I'm an old G1er, and have read/watched all of this Transformers material. The one thing I was fuzzy on, was the 13 Primes. You cleared a couple things up for me there. I like how you present the material, and I hit the sub button for more.

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 ปีที่แล้ว

      I learned all my transformers stuff from chris

  • @Arro3
    @Arro3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    In most situations I Prefer the Japanese version as it's easier to think about. Although for Titans a Return, I imagine the Titans have a basic personality to help manage their huge bodies, but a Titanmaster can bond and pilot them. Like, Trypticon can be a big dumb dinosaur without Full-Tilt/Necro, but if Terri-Bull or Galvatron or someone were to attach to that slot in the back of his head they would take over.

    • @Alirezamoshiri
      @Alirezamoshiri 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Headmasteres show are not that geart. It Coz destoyes ceybertorn and killes of optimos again for no resone.
      But at end of day traformers g1 ended in rebireth at it every good but still have small flows like couler.

    • @primovitalus5199
      @primovitalus5199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I really actually prefer that idea for titan masters. Really gives the name a bit more meaning

  • @zaragozrex
    @zaragozrex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    You know, the Headmasters are pretty gruesome. They rip off their own heads. That's some Mortal Kombat stuff right there.

    • @mediahoodreviews4110
      @mediahoodreviews4110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah, until you see Targetmasters snap their bodies in half to become guns or Brainmasters pretty much disembowel themselves to form faces for their robot partner. Trust me, it can always get more bonkers.

    • @urrsys9765
      @urrsys9765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not to insult such an old gimmick in the brand's history, but when we've had a franchise that's had tiny transformers that turn into tiny vehicles, engines, weapons, armor and/or all of the above, HEADS seems like it would be the very last in that line. The desperation move. The punchline to a joke. Like, "And now, the greatest transformers of all; REMOVABLE HEADS THAT TURN INTO LITTLE MEN!"
      The fiction has of course been able to sell the idea (to a degree), but the whole thing could've gone horribly wrong unfathomably fast.

    • @mitchfletcher2386
      @mitchfletcher2386 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@urrsys9765 Hehehehehehehehehehehehe...

    • @martl8615
      @martl8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      FRATERNITY!

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not a fan of the concept in case of Cybertronians, but I actually love the idea as human villains attempting to control Cybertronian technology. Exactly because it is gruesome! Henry Masterson from Animated is perfect example of that.

  • @Levitz9
    @Levitz9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really love Headmasters. I'm so glad they were revisited as a concept with Titans Return. Sure, some of the Titan Masters don't fit properly in their transtectors (my Kup needs his TM to have its head rotated 180* to fit properly), but robots with swappable heads that are ALSO alt-mode pilots are fun.

  • @johnnymason3265
    @johnnymason3265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    All we need now is an episode on the basics of the Powermasters! I am looking forward to that!

  • @paulscott2037
    @paulscott2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Rebirth remains my favourite story from G1. It's as gritty as the show got and there's a great showing from the entire main cast of bots.

    • @proepicgamemaster
      @proepicgamemaster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well I hated the rebirth, the g1 show was so amazing with season 1, 2, and the movie,them season 3, but I always hated why they ruin part 4 of transformers with that stupidid concept in rebirth and thats why I hated the rest of season 4 , I did love all transformers but I hate therej concept ,sorry if this offends but why count they keep them fully robot technology instead of an órgano bab pilot 💀👾👾

  • @DCMarvelMultiverse
    @DCMarvelMultiverse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love the Nebulan origin. You can draw a straight line of evolution from there to the Maximals and Predacons of Beast Wars.

    • @chheinrich8486
      @chheinrich8486 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Combined with the pretender technolgy giving rise to organic alt modes

    • @proepicgamemaster
      @proepicgamemaster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Screw nebulan , I hated these folks cause it ruin my lige with that concept and I hated season 4 for that, worst are in history 💀👾👾

  • @MrPooPooJohn
    @MrPooPooJohn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I love combiners and love minibots. But I’ve never been able to get into this line/idea. It’s like they had this idea that sounded good on paper and then they had to actually explain the concept. Then they said fuck it and jumped in _head first_ . But the series/concept just kept becoming more and more of a gimmicky pun (even worse than mine) and got absurdly ridiculous until nothing mattered. This idea just kept jumping the track and going further and further off the rails. I don’t know how many people were really into the Head Master line and understood the stories but it always left me scratching my...butt.

    • @overdalcy
      @overdalcy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We must remember that 80's original diaclone toys were made to be liveless mecha with small pilots that never come to west, the only way to pilots return was only if they can be tranformers too. I love the idea, this make small robots and humans become useful but only if the bodies are liveless or drones less smart than ravage... Japan did a good job in headmasters, but I think west was busy with no time to create a good origin, also works fine for titans interaction, small megatron titan become a pilot to galvatron body and pretty compatible with trypticon, the bad point is that is hard to be triple changers, today we have Arcee car or bike, a good legend bike arcee could triple change into a head for a car body but this car will be larger like a leader class! Still impossible to DX size, even titan masters lost the tech spec slot machine effect and original snapdragon and apeface were the unique triple change but only to be 2 kinds of heads. Another thing: binary bound strange plot still works better for toys cause is really easy left all transformers with head master as standart but not for vehicle modes with drive seats!

    • @gabrielchee8470
      @gabrielchee8470 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean they jumped in head on

  • @luigiboi4244
    @luigiboi4244 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Henry Masterson in my opinion was the best Headmaster, because not only was he a legitimate threat, he was hilarious while being so. Probably explains why he showed up in one episode in every season.

  • @TheCucuyo9779
    @TheCucuyo9779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was really fascinated by the concept put forward in the IDW comics, where the Headmaster "melds" not only physically but mentally with his Transformer partner. There was this one scene where Hunter and Sunstreaker were debating tactics and Hunter was like, "Aren't you really just arguing with yourself at this point?" or something along those lines.
    I REALLY wish they had kept those two around. I would have loved more of that. :c
    On a different note, could you explain the Brainmasters, please? I know there are four of them, and they feature prominently in Transformers Victory, specifically main character Star Saber.
    Like, that one scene where Star Saber drops Jan off at school and has a conversation with the headmistress, but they have to talk on the roof, since Star Saber's body is too big. But I'm watching that scene and I'm like, "hang on, don't you have a man-sized robot in your cockpit? That's your "Brain" right? Why can't you use that body to interact with the humans?" TF Wiki's page on the subject was...less than clear on the subject.

    • @ChrisMcFeely
      @ChrisMcFeely  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There's not a lot to tell - the origins of the technology was never explained in Victory media, only getting one years later when "Ask Vector Prime" was able to "canonize" the original, planned explanation that didn't get used at the time. The idea is that they were basically "reverse Headmasters" - full-size robots who had their consciousnesses transferred into small robot forms so they could interact with smaller lifeforms. So yes, it'd make perfect sense for Star Saber to do just as you say in that scene, but he doesn't because the Victory cartoon is pretty universally terrible at advertising the play features of the Victory toys. The Multiforce are barely ever shown splitting into their component pairs or swapping positions, the Brainmasters never use their brains, the Crossformers never do anything with their shells, the Dinoforce never transform...

    • @robertskitch
      @robertskitch ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ChrisMcFeely I must say that I'm glad of this comment. I'm currently watching Victory and was feeling like I was missing something even after reading the TF Wiki.

  • @rigelc.hoffman2496
    @rigelc.hoffman2496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite version of the Headmasters is the western modern version (shared mind), the gimmick still has a fair explanation that doesn't break what we already think we know about transformers, the Japanese explanation (big vehicle, just the head's alive) really takes away the emotion of watching them battle and hurt each other to survive, and I'm not even going to explain why I wouldn't want lime meaty aliens be the heads of my boys

    • @proepicgamemaster
      @proepicgamemaster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stupid organic aliens, dude there freaken robots, they dont need a organic being to survive, there made of metal and cybertronian stuff, I rather fully robots like the jg1,titans return and idw but with a mix of g1 to make it like it use tobe in g1 when it was great the show

  • @CourtneyCoulson
    @CourtneyCoulson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the wildest concept in an already wild franchise.

  • @romantistcaveman
    @romantistcaveman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Man, now I personally want to see a continuity combine Headmasters with Holoforms. So, like, their robot mode is just a standard robot, but their vehicle mode is "driven" by a human-disguised that can drive around and interact with actual humans, taking "robots in disguise" to a whole 'nother lever. So you don't need to worry about working around riderless bikes or cars. Probably too tricky to scale toy-wise, though.
    As always, great overview. Your videos are seriously the highlight of my subscription feed.

    • @ChrisMcFeely
      @ChrisMcFeely  6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's early IDW you're describing, there! In the first few years of IDW's comics, the Autobots used solid-light "holomatter" avatars to "drive" their vehicles, and to move around and interact with the human world, even able to project them across moderate distances, so they could physically "be" places their robot forms couldn't go!
      Glad you're enjoying the series! :)

    • @actualmadscientist
      @actualmadscientist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like the idea of the pilots being minicons with hologram disguises.

    • @romantistcaveman
      @romantistcaveman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for reminding me that I still need to read the IDW comics.

    • @romantistcaveman
      @romantistcaveman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they combine with regular-size bots GATTAI style?

    • @VulpisFoxfire
      @VulpisFoxfire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, they're describing what some fans I know call the 'reverse Headmaster' process...instead of a little bot combining and controlling the larger one, it's a large bot that can eject a little one that runs around and can do human-scaled stuff. (there's one fanfic I know that had Optimus Prime doing this after Hi-Q died of old age..while scientists reversed the Powermaster process on his main body, he basically went on vacation and toured the world disguised as a human).

  • @cliftonsmith4013
    @cliftonsmith4013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I discovered the Japanese Headmasters cartoon in 2006 but didn't watch it til last year. I love the concept and can't wait to see 3rd party versions of the Targetmasters.

    • @joelbaldwin4051
      @joelbaldwin4051 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What completely killed any chance of my ever being able to watch or enjoy that was "mechaZarak". To this day I can't begin to fathom what possessed them to do that.

  • @lanibird2182
    @lanibird2182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    That's cool...
    And disturbing
    I always found it disturbing and freaky as a kid!

  • @NexusProductions-rz1sv
    @NexusProductions-rz1sv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "How with the Titans Return cartoon choose to depict the concept?"
    Answer: They dont.

  • @JLWorkshops
    @JLWorkshops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fantastic Video Chris!
    I really like the Takara approach:
    Smaller Transformers piloting larger bodies, all with just one mind.
    For me, it’s the most straight-forward & least ridiculous of all the other versions.

  • @TheMattfindlay
    @TheMattfindlay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love headmasters and all the different interpretations over the years!

  • @stevengerou7914
    @stevengerou7914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have always loved the nebulan/human bonded with an open enough mind to accept new species and even sub cybertronian species like a minicon to bond as well. I even have a fun mental game of inserting my self into a story as a head of Jetfire like Transformer (in his original design lost to Macross/Robotech) and even use a cyclone from the other show with 2 other partners a weapon and an engineer as the engine.

  • @dman040205
    @dman040205 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know most of these concepts but some of them im finding new and interesting. Please keep them coming.

  • @ironmaniac77
    @ironmaniac77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In 1987 I was already a huge Transformer fan but when the Headmasters were introduced they absolutely blew my mind. I loved them. Bought Brainstorm and Targetmaster Blurr right away.

  • @christopherlockery9629
    @christopherlockery9629 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My FIRST Transformer that I had (when I was only 3- in 1987) was G1 Cromedrome.
    I've also got the Titan's Return Fortress Maximus

  • @thedriftyisaac6008
    @thedriftyisaac6008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the titans return line. I got overlord and skyshadow and soundwave and trypticon and I have such a huge decepticon base. I have some of those 4 dollar titan masters with tiny vehicles they can attach to and those vehicles and titan master all over it makes it look so cool. I also have blaster, Super Ginrai and god bomber and Fortress Maximus and I put blocks under Fortress Maximus’s legs to hold them up like skyscrapers and the titan masters over the huge base is just awesome. Titans return is my favorite toy-line from the past years it’s just so much fun.

  • @xtort1220
    @xtort1220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    I much prefer the Japanese G1 take, the binary bonding stuff always seemed weird and out of place

    • @bm1747
      @bm1747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's transformers with giant (to them) mecha. What's not to like?

    • @Cobra-Commander83
      @Cobra-Commander83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I prefer that as well. It's easier for people to view Headmasters as Tiny Cybertronians that can control vehicles that for larger bodies.

    • @DonaldWWitt
      @DonaldWWitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It's certainly a better fit for Headmaster at the very least, as otherwise the body is left a headless Robot.
      Binary Bonding works better for power boost combinations where the miniature partner forms a non-essential but useful component like a weapon.

    • @elwafflejr3856
      @elwafflejr3856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SPDSTRINT

    • @connergaskell2344
      @connergaskell2344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same i liked how the small bots adapted by building bigger bodys

  • @masterofaces2529
    @masterofaces2529 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Found this video on my random deep dive on HeadMasters this really helped me understand.

  • @Daltinian95
    @Daltinian95 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know if anyone's ever said it before but with all these episodes so far I'm surprised we have not seen anything on Nemesis Prime / black Convoy / scourge person that's something I would love to see you cover sometime

    • @ChrisMcFeely
      @ChrisMcFeely  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's always been in the back of my mind, definitely, there's an interesting history to go through with the concept. If I'd started the series earlier, I'd have done him to coincide with The Last Knight!

  • @MsGaijinSyauqi
    @MsGaijinSyauqi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    FINALLY, after 20 years, I found you Headmasters!

  • @an8strengthkobold360
    @an8strengthkobold360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the small organic creature route.
    It's intresting in a weird way.
    I wish the idea of two fundamentally diffrent creatures bonded and forced to have a partnership was explored more.

  • @s.nifrum4580
    @s.nifrum4580 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think the best course of action would be to marry the 2 ideas together
    A small cybertronian transforms into the head for a transtechtor and this can be replicated with a mech suit for humans/nubulons who want to help

    • @gabrielchee8470
      @gabrielchee8470 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good idea. Why marvel go so far though...

  • @PowerRedBullTypology
    @PowerRedBullTypology 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *The takara way to use smaller humans who control lifeless big transforming shell-robots, is pretty much how it is often portrayed in japan. They often 'work' in that way. I do not remember the names, but I've seen quite some cartoons and 'live action' (power ranger style) cartoons that functioned that way. I think, on the other hand, what hasbro liked and introduced with the transformers was more the idea that the robost themselves were the persons in control, just as they had originally changed the transformers from lifeless robots from japanese diaclone toys towards the "living" transformers with their own personalities we know today*

  • @robertskitch
    @robertskitch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I like the Masterforce version the best. Using the headmaster mechanic to allow humans to work alongside transformers in combination with the pretender mechanic allowing transformers to interact in human spaces was an interesting idea I thought. It would have been great if the story had gone more into those sorts of interactions, and it was a bit disappointing that the transformers basically fell into the background as the humans stepped up as the defenders of Earth. Felt like the resolution of the series didn't quite live up to the set up.

  • @andrewgrant2990
    @andrewgrant2990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Considering the condition on the world lately, re-watching these has brought me much joy- thanks for doing these! Maybe you answer this later but wasn't there a brain master, like Star Saber? And was Breast Force & extension of the powermaster concept? You really have some awesome videos sir!

  • @Skullgrin140
    @Skullgrin140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Silly as the concept was. I think it's great that we finally got to see the Headmasters concept come back. Great work Chris.

  • @sonicguyver7445
    @sonicguyver7445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In my head canon in G1 Headmasters were actually Micromasters refit to control larger bodies built by Shockwave. Since they couldn't make new transformer lives they reused the micromasters to make Frontline soldiers who could take a beating and abandon their bodies if need be.

  • @NovaSaber
    @NovaSaber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The idea that the head is a separate character is weird to begin with, and becomes confusing when interchangeability is played up. (In Titans Return, technically nobody is actually associated with their own face.)

  • @TheVarietyMix
    @TheVarietyMix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well done story. As a kid I liked the headmaster g1 version although i never had any of the figures unfortunately. But I also liked the powermaster line of which I had a few of those figures. I like both concepts. The other concepts you brought up i also thought were interesting

  • @pastaman64
    @pastaman64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interestingly, the concept of characters transforming into robot heads were reused in the Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden Victory toyline (a subline of B-Daman), where Bomberman characters would transform into the head of giant marble shooting mechs by the name of B-Da armors, even going as far as to reuse the phrase "head on".
    Taking into account that the toys of this line all could transform into an alt mode (albeit very simple), it'd seem as though Takara reused concepts from Transformers when making this new subline.

  • @johnnymason5628
    @johnnymason5628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Headmasters concept! It works no matter which version you use! My version of Headmasters works the same except I use female humans, humanoids, aliens, and animals(all female) as the Titan Masters(the robots' heads)!

  • @mikeyfourbarrel8473
    @mikeyfourbarrel8473 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Perfectly done! I definitely learned a few things here.

  • @artembentsionov
    @artembentsionov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a kid, I used to love the bracelet-wearing ones, since you could pretend to have those bracelets. Harder to pretend that you’re a robot than a person inside a robot body.
    And Ginrai (basically Optimus Prime but as a Power Master) was cool as hell! In fact, I was watching the show in a Ukrainian dub, and they ended up naming the guy Optimus Best (that’s how they translated Prime in those shows, since the word doesn’t have a direct translation). Naturally, I knew who Optimus Prime was from Gen 1, but my first instinct was “who names their kid Optimus Best?” Yes, now I know his actual name is Ginrai, but didn’t know that back then (no internet access and no Wikipedia).

  • @Reddotzebra
    @Reddotzebra ปีที่แล้ว

    Fortress Maximus is a bit of a special case, he's so big that instead of just having a headmaster that becomes his head, he's got a smaller transformer called Cerebro that transforms into his head, and Cerebro has a headmaster that transforms into his head. I am not sure if any other transformer does this.

  • @devinleber5604
    @devinleber5604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "So I' sez to 'im, you fink I'm gonna tear off me *head* and let some *squishy* live n'it, you got another fink comin'"
    ---Double Punch, Generation 2: Redux

  • @cobaltprime9467
    @cobaltprime9467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah yes the Titan Masters from Titans Return. All 1 of them.

  • @DigitalMartyr017
    @DigitalMartyr017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This explains Cogman’s size, wondered why he was so tiny.

  • @huntergman8338
    @huntergman8338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just realized something. The titan masters, the ones with special powers, are the bionicle masks of transformers.

  • @fasinfata
    @fasinfata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found hilarious that Sunstracker, of all the autobots, became a Headmaster in IDW and I wish that someday we can have a Sunstracker headmaster toy!

  • @williamchamburgh8316
    @williamchamburgh8316 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Next book to be added to the TTRPG is the Enigma of Combination book! I am wondering if we will get these as part of it, or if they will be a whole book to themselves.

  • @dyl_pickle16-mta48
    @dyl_pickle16-mta48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite gimmick in all of Transformers.

  • @Supertron1
    @Supertron1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In terms of design, the only real issue with the Headmasters figures was that the toy was kind of ruined if the small robot accessory was lost. Targetmasters didn't have that problem. And technically neither did Powermasters, since it was still possible to unlock the figure's robot mode without the little engine being inserted.

  • @jasonpdsi
    @jasonpdsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know all of this stuff already and yet these videos are still super interesting. Fun nostalgia.

  • @eyeseer1
    @eyeseer1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The strangeness of 1980 exploring gross concepts with the popularity of robots, computers and AI concepts of futuristic appeal lead robots to intertwine with human intelligence.

  • @stanletters
    @stanletters 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Imagine toy story was real. What would headmasters feel whenever you ripped off their head.

    • @jetfire851
      @jetfire851 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Go one further--the old Powermasters couldn't transform unless you inserted the engine. Would sentient Powermaster toys feel a sort of locked-in syndrome if deprived of their partner?

    • @tracytron7162
      @tracytron7162 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh Christ I do not want to think about that lol

    • @nedinnis6752
      @nedinnis6752 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Probably like Mr. Potato Head.

    • @misterbadguy7325
      @misterbadguy7325 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very likely. They'd basically have to overpower their own joints to force a transformation.

    • @optimoosejones9493
      @optimoosejones9493 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      if toy story was real I'm pretty sure my Optimus prime figures would be arguing over leadership of my room

  • @crsrdash-840b5
    @crsrdash-840b5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have no head...I have no head....I have, oh wait, here it comes!

  • @rened.7076
    @rened.7076 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I'm a simple man, I see headmasters I click

  • @sdm47
    @sdm47 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like a blend of the 2
    Organic beings in a exosuit and have an extended robot body that they entirely control
    Maybe humans and nebulons no longer wanting to be useless so some one like wheel jack or ratchet whips something up for a few of them
    Maybe even hijack a few decepticons every now and then just to troll them

  • @alfonsogarcia8601
    @alfonsogarcia8601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. I have a G1 Headmaster Fortress Maximus and g1 hot rod Targetmaster. I love them thanks for the information.

  • @chase1146
    @chase1146 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With titans return I personally like the single mind concept, and the standalone Titan masters increase the power much more than the regular partnered headmasters

  • @scrapyarddragon
    @scrapyarddragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly I like the japanese version more. Less odd implications.

  • @darkandrexander9347
    @darkandrexander9347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank’s. This video helped clear a lot of questions about the headmaster

  • @jspaceman
    @jspaceman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nebulons: We dont trust you
    Fortress Max: Watch this. **rips own head off**

  • @sivanlevi3867
    @sivanlevi3867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the Japanese style of Headmasters technology and I plan to feature many classic ones in my fanfiction along with all the other ones, with a few new spins.

  • @pieboygames
    @pieboygames ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how Headmasters were the prototypes of the Minicons

  • @bagelenforcer3145
    @bagelenforcer3145 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yesss I know a lot of this stuff and yet i still love yo watch your videos

    • @truthhurts7689
      @truthhurts7689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jonas Nagel your stupid hat and open mouth though

  • @adamshafeeq8685
    @adamshafeeq8685 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I prefer the idea little robots that control a bigger body. It just makes more sense and is a little more sane than the 2 beings become one idea

  • @WiSMs
    @WiSMs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for making these videos.

  • @RETRONOMIKON
    @RETRONOMIKON 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd make a joke about Headmasters, but it'd probably make your head spin.

  • @kirby_tardigrade
    @kirby_tardigrade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like the idea of a human being able to transform

  • @Rhethion
    @Rhethion 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I stopped digging into Transformers lore about ten years ago, and for some reason have been reading more into it lately.

  • @originaluddite
    @originaluddite 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    With all those Titan Masters having upside-down faces stuck to their backs, I'm surprised we've not got any merchandise of backpacks with inverted robot face designs on them for kids to wear. :)

  • @ryliecronk1138
    @ryliecronk1138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like it much better when the head is also a robot, not a person/alien... But if I were to do it myself id make it so the robot and head both had different personalities.

  • @dynamicdynamite6828
    @dynamicdynamite6828 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These are very very very entertaining

  • @Cole_Clawheart-Clips
    @Cole_Clawheart-Clips 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Other than the new decepticons in the live action movie having barely any screen time the “Cogman taking over Nitro” thing should never have been cut from the movie. In fact there is a line in the movie that actually foreshadows the event in question.

  • @iBeamer
    @iBeamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving these 'basics'! Great job! And, thank you.

  • @Krendall2
    @Krendall2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could tell the popularity of the original franchise was waning at this point. The fourth "season" had a whopping three episodes, and every new set of toys would feature some kind of gimmick. This year was Targetmasters and Headmasters, the next year would be Pretenders and Powermasters, and so on until the franchise just ended.

  • @emmsnake
    @emmsnake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I see you as becoming the Nobbel of the Transformers fandom. If you keep this up for months and years, your channel will be the lore spot.

  • @matthewdoyle3628
    @matthewdoyle3628 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    When you consider Cybertronians can live for millions of years, pairing them with organic partners never made sense to me due to the limited lifespan of us Humans as an example. They'd be having to switch partners every 20-30 years. Japan handled them better with the smaller robot controlling a larger one.

  • @RareVBlue
    @RareVBlue ปีที่แล้ว

    **puts on headmaster suit**
    **breaks every bone in my body while turning into a head**

  • @davebooshty299
    @davebooshty299 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:18 the description of one pilot controlling a big robot body among few things reminds me of Starvengers , and the Shogun Warrirors , Voltron too i guess seemingly too , etc.

  • @TFfangeek
    @TFfangeek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I am always entertained watching your THE BASICS videos Chris. Can you please do a basics video on Quickswitch? Can you please also do a basics video on the Transformers Generations toy line? Once again, thank you for a great video. :D

  • @elijahbegay8661
    @elijahbegay8661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to last year’s Retro Headmasters with the original headmaster names. I hope I get them all(except Fortress Maximus) before the end of the year.

  • @justinpayne4734
    @justinpayne4734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was totally awesome! I'm a huge Transformers fan!

  • @zahwa242
    @zahwa242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So ... a human with exosuit transforming to a head? Its quite gruesome thinking your limbs got bended when transforming

  • @jeffbroadbent5072
    @jeffbroadbent5072 ปีที่แล้ว

    As DMX said "I'll form the head, roll out!"

  • @haydenreviewscustomcombos
    @haydenreviewscustomcombos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the Titan master hazard, partnered with Blitzwing. Apparently he gives the power to have another robot self-destruct when he is equipped as their head. That’s why I prefer him along side Sentinel prime.

  • @random_gamer_guy82
    @random_gamer_guy82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What always baffled me was the headmasters had people as there co pilots and spike merged with cerebros and then fortress maximus,and then scorpenok simply have just the hive leader.....so does that make scorpenoks head tiny in comparison to maximus as he only has a one stage transformation where as spike goes to cerebros and then maximus

    • @TheCommanderTitan
      @TheCommanderTitan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Youre 100% right. This wasnt explained in the show, but im assuming its the go to answer for most scale kerfuckery, Mass-shifting on skorponoks part. As for the toyline, scorponoks head was mostly helmet? so it was at least bigger than standard headmaster size. Point for point his figure was also about half the size of fort max. Black Zarak, who was just a retooled skorponok, he just had a regular sized head that went over the headmaster! so you could totally have the toy without the headmaster and not notice at a glance.

  • @cvapolo
    @cvapolo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Even if I hate the series, I prefer the original Japanese take on the Head Masters. Small robots controlling a lifeless body. I also like the concept of the subsequent "Masters" also been human.
    The "symbiosis" concept is never adequately explained, so we don't get to know why a biological been makes a robot more powerful.

  • @crossover1015
    @crossover1015 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Use should do an episode about the Aligned Continuity Family. Something to explain how the games and shows fit together.

  • @CmdrSloanne
    @CmdrSloanne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great review as always keep up the good videos. In the G1 cartoon Rebirth, Fortress Maximus didn't existed until Spike & Cerebros created him from an old Nebulos city. essentially creating a 2nd Autobot City, but this time as a Headmaster with Earth Amb. to Cybertron Spike as you mentioned, but becoming the headmaster to Autobot scientist Cerebros & he becomes the Headmaster to Fortress Maximus.

    • @marypatry7750
      @marypatry7750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TITANS RETURN TOYS ARE THE LEGENDARY TRANSFORMERS ARMY SO I CAN BUILD MY OWN TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE TOYS EMPIRE

  • @adawnicusautocon
    @adawnicusautocon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the tiny robot thing more. It just makes sense to me (and robotic animals too).

  • @darrentg6
    @darrentg6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I very much prefer the Japanese portrayal of Headmasters in their season 4. The Titan Master thing where the abilities go with the Titan Master is really cool though, and I'd love to see it expanded upon more in future shows and media.