I have a rather strange Cosmos story. Back in the day in the 80s when I had tons of Transformers toys, I had a Cosmos. My grandmother was fascinated with Cosmos for some reason. She hijacked that toy from me lol. He wasn't one of my favorites. He's pretty far down the roster from the likes of Optimus Prime and Grimlock. I think that little toy was kind of like a stress ball for her for whatever reason. She got cancer in 1990 and it was always by her bedside or in her hand. I saw her always fiddling with it when she was going through the worst of the chemo. I don't know what it was about that little thing that gave her some comfort but if it really did, I'm glad she had it to hold onto. Her hands were getting increasingly weak and frail and it wasn't very heavy or hard to move the pieces around but I could tell it was getting heavier to hold. She had it in her hand when she died in March of 1992. I remember my mom giving it back to me. I think that was the moment the floodgates really opened for me, emotionally. I put it my pocket the day of the funeral and when I thought I had a discreet moment when I didn't think anyone would see me, I tucked it into the coffin with her. There's a Cosmos toy that's been buried in a cemetery in Texas for 30+ years now. I felt like she shouldn't ever have to be without it even though I know it does her little good now. But it's the thought that counts right? In the end it was more hers than mine even though I originally bought it for myself with some chores money. No regrets..

I always love the fact that cosmos Japanese name "Adams" was originally from a real person

Cosmos feels like one of those actors who was in everything, just putting in solid preformances as a reliable industry professional, but didn't really get any appreciation or meaty roles until later in their life.

Aww, it's so cute that Soundwave invited Cosmos to live with him on Sanctuary Station. Just imagine them chilling together, two cybertronians from two opposing factions.

The idea of Cosmos originally being a GoBot actually makes a lot of sense.

I feel like the writers at IDW heard of all the cancelled stuff that happened with Cosmos, and decided to have him stop a nuke, blow up some Martians from a Tim Burton film, be friends with Soundwave and have a relationship with Blast-Off just to make the little guy feel better.

Note that with the Cyberverse female Cosmos- Meteorfire was based on the late Steve Irwin, what with the exploring strange creatures and the Australian (or according to Cybertron, Nebulon) accent. Thus as his female companion, Cyberverse Cosmos is pretty close to Steve's wife, Terri.

Worth mentioning is that Cosmos' UFO design is specifically based on the supposed UFO that George Adamski claimed to have seen and boarded. Adamski was a bit of a celebrity in UFO circles and well-known even in the 80s, and Cosmos was even originally called "Adams" in Japan. The most famous Adamski UFO photo was later unveiled to be an unusually shaped street lamp, and thus the "peg" on top of Cosmos is technically the spot where the lamp attached to the lamppost.

This is for me the most strangest Transformer I have ever seen. I've got used to cars, trucks, planes, dinosaurs, insects, everyday-use equipment etc but, space saucer? That was very strange. And this is what makes Transformers memorable. Huge variety of Transformers and secrets that we are uncovering them everyday.

I feel so sorry for Cosmos, he is a great character but with very little space and what he could have had has been canceled but of one thing I am sure: it doesn't matter how loved or hated or popular or unpopular because Chris Mcfeely will talk about him anyway. You are great 😁😆!

It's not too often you have a Transformer with a Flying Saucer Vehicle it's pretty cool that Cosmos has such an alt mode.

Somewhere in the multiverse Cosmos is the kid appeal bot over Bumblebee. I bet that world also has no traffic accidents. Jokes aside Cosmos is by far the best mini bot and I never get tired of seeing them.

I actually won his figure from a prize box for good behavior at school when I was a kid! It was one of my favorites because of that. A fun character in G1 as well.

Cosmos has the honour of being one on the first G1 toy's I ever got, and is still a firm bedside table favourite, just because of how fun and easy he is to transform.

I really love his little cute design,and he's one of my favourite minibots after beachcomber,he's just adorable and I like his design in idw

I wish we could have seen Cosmos in those appearances in TF:Prime and TF: Animated! I bet those episodes would have been really cool :)

I had the “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style books where Cosmos enjoyed at least one starring role. They were fun! Probably a bit outside the scope of the Basics, though!

Ah Cosmos. Who doesn't love a round boi! One of the most unique Autobots, even today his alt form is still so unique to him. Such a shame that his legacy toy was so shortpacked. Here's hoping that his mold can get another go in the future some day.

There is something so inherently humorous about an alien robot trying to disguise himself on Earth by taking on the appearance of a fictional representation of an alien vehicle. Like he either missed the whole point, or he's trying some sort of reverse psychology. Flying Saucers aren't real. Therefore, he couldn't possibly be a real alien.

Cosmos typically: "Weak, gets captured, has to scare humans to stop being bored." One-shot Cosmos: *”Has killed Unicron.”*

Student: Cosmos Assignment: Complete Chapter 15: "Earth Mode Disguises and You!" Date Completed:

For those wondering about what the markings on the arms of the 2008 Universe toy mean, here's the quote from the TF Wiki page. _"Designer Bill Rawley claims responsibility for the markings on Cosmos, which spell out his name in "Cybertronian" lettering."_

I love his relationships with other bots developed by IDW. Soundwave and Blastoff were surprising inclusions in that regard. Also, in the G1 cartoon, it is somewhat implied that, unlike the Marvel comic, Cosmos has a connection with the Autobot computer Teletraan I to send or receive information to and from Earth.

You know, it's funny that the guy who has some of the worst luck in the cartoon didn't get offlined by a cosmically-powered Starscream in the comics.

Cosmos is almost a obscure character but he somehow he is still relevant to the world. Honestly he is my favorite Autobot out of the whole series.

Chris, that has to be one of my top 5 favourites, as I've always been the weird kid that loved cosmos, and this was a brilliant episode.

I'm surprised that the live-action movie version of Cosmos was not mentioned here, but it really was a small role for the character, only appearing in crowd-filling panels of the tie-in comic series.

Cosmos has to be one of the most unique Autobots. Too bad that his Legacy toy is marred in such infamy.

Personally, I've found Cosmos's personalities in the series I saw them in to be rather entertaining; I think Cosmos really shines when they have someone to bounce off of, but that could just be me.

love cosmos, his design is the definition of friend shaped

Nice to meet you. I'm a Korean subscriber. Koreans and I like Transformers. There is no one in Korea who saved legacy cosmos including me. There was a time when everyone really bad.😭😭

I love the idea that Soundwave, a silent, efficient warrior, is friends with an Autobot that is the exact opposite of him.

I've been waiting years for this. Cosmos is my favorite transformer aside from Optimus Prime.

I remember someone mentioning cosmos being a good "Lakitu stand-in" for a mario kart style transformers game. Fun to see that there's a toy of him with a similar theme.

Cosmos has always been one of my favourites.

Got this little dude at a flea market. One of my very first Transformers, and I loved him immensely, despite his very featureless red head. Imagine my gobsmacked joy when I realized *years later* that you could pull that bit up and he actually had a face.

I hope Cosmos gets more roles, he's tied with Jazz and Sandstorm as my favorite Autobot

Let's also not forget, in IDW's Combiner Wars comic, Cosmos was forced by Galvatron into combining with Sky Lynx, Sunstreaker, Slugslinger and Thundercracker to form Sky Reign.

I love Cosmos. Glad he's getting some more attention now.

Cosmos is just incredibly underrated I even feel more bad for him that he has to be in space alone, and that he hardly gets any appearances if Hasbro can just give him a chance to prove himself.

Cosmos was my first transformer. So sought some of his repaints, pathfinder and scrounge. As didn't have access to cartoon, based adventures from the comics and his two line cameo in the pickwick tell a tale adventure espionage.

I remember in late 1985 in Melbourne Australia the demand for Transformers toys was so huge and the supply been so limited that Cosmos, Seaspray and Astrotrain were the only readily available toys on the shelf so on Christmas I unwrapped more than one Cosmos toy given to me by various extended family members. I wasn't upset by by instant Cosmos army.

it's nice that cosmos found friends

I see that I’ve watched almost every single episode you uploaded. You’re doing a great job, keep keeping on!

I’m soo happy cosmos got the recognition he deserved with the legacy figure, how everyone has been desperate to find him. He’s a fantastic little guy

I always did like that little guy. It really is a shame he never got more of a spotlight before the IDW comics, especially given his, as far as I know, absolutely unique altmode.

You could say, he was out of this world

I remember at TFcon 2006 (Toronto) Michael McConnohie regaling us with the tale of how voice director Wally Burr wanted him to do a "Twisted Peter Lorre" for Cosmos. Whereas for Tracks, it was "Hahvahd Lockjaw" aka an impression of Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island (Jim Backus).

COSMOS is one of my faves glad you did this one

Now I just want to see more Cosmos. It's amazing how the UFO theme lent itself to so many varied stories.

Another amazing video

I think that around the release of Rise of the Beasts, an episode on Snarl would be fitting, as that name by itself fits 'bots with beast modes. He's been a Stegosaurus in G1, a (supposed) Tasmanian Devil in Beast Wars, a lion in Beast Machines, a wolf in Cybertron, a Triceratops in Animated, and back to a Stegosaurus in Aligned. EDIT: Also, I just remembered: why WAS Snarl AWOL from the other Dinobots in the 1986 movie?

I could see why Cosmos got along with Blast Off. Both are space-travelling loners. Though Blast Off actually enjoy the space....by raining laser beams onto ground targets 😂😂. Space sniper y'all.

Why am I awake watching this 8 minutes after this video came out? It’s 2 am here…

While I'm all up for adding a bit of romance here and there... Blast Off "living a solitary life" sounds odd, he's part of a combiner team.

Funny that Budiansky wrote him as weak in his bio. While he was a background character in the Marvel comic, he was always blasting Decepticons apart in battle scenes.

I kinda find it funny that cosmos took down unicron it almost makes me feel he’s the squirrel girl of the transformers universe cause she’s has taken down galactus the literal(possibly) inspiration for unicron

01:56 So the Michael Bay movies were actually honoring the source material.

3:30 that would've been such a great action figure

That generations toy looks so cool! He definitely looks like a main cast character.

This makes up for the Legacy figure never being in stock!

5:51 That was the best part of the ‘Mars Attacks!’ crossover. I also loved the KISS Martian designs from that 1-shot.

a autobot ufo is really awesome i cant wait for more of this content

I'm quite surprised this episode didn't contain the phrase "off-lined by a cosmically-powered Starscream."

Aw, I like that little ending you said for him, it's so sweet

Cosmos is one of my long time favourites, although I actually dislike a lot of their toys. I'm not a genwunner that can't except redesigns but it always made me sad when they'd make Cosmos tall and slick - to me they're always a little round boy who I love.

LOVE Cosmos. It's funny but when I was a kid I didn't realize that the voice was a Peter Lorre impersonation, I actually thought it was a stereotypical Chinese or Japanese caricature voice instead XD I was EXTREMELY fortunate to have found and purchased the only Legacy Cosmos I have laid eyes on in person. I don't understand how Hasbro hasn't released more of him.

I have a Combiner Wars Scourge which was a repaint of Cosmos. There's a 5mm hole on the bottom that you can use to make him a shield. Unfortunately Cosmos was retooled so the hole is a little less than 5mm. So I used some widdled down wood to make a small peg able to attach to other Combiner or large figures.

I'm so mad that we never got TFA's version of Cosmos, he looks adorable.

Great video and that Legacy toy is fire....gonna add that to the ever growing collection.

I have always loved cosmos, recently I’ve not been a big fan of his rebooted version in both the newer comics and the cyberverse cartoon. My cosmos that I grew up on was from the early comics and IDWs robots in disguise. I’m glad you mentioned about his noble work in the comics. Not many bots can claim to defeat unicron without the matrix of leadership

Michael McConnohie also voices Tracks along with G.I. Joe character Cross-Country and would go on to voice the 2001 RID versions of Hot Shot and Ironhide and the Mortal Kombat character Kano.

Someone pleeeeeaaase make Animated Cosmos into a 3D Printable figure! He’s so cute and cuddly!

Your videos never fail to be both informative and enjoyable. Keep up the great work!

I love Cosmos so much, he is one of my top 3 favorite transformers of all time, he is the only original G1 toy I own given to me by my father. Im so happy you made this video, thank you!!

Cosmos is one of a humble few Generation 1 characters who has been both male and female.

I always love this adorable round boi

I love Cosmos so much

And for anyone who watched the Ron Aalgar Watt reviews you know him as cosmsss

Been waiting for this one!

Great video, as always! Thank you! Love this fun little character, and I think my favourite figure of him is still the Titans Return version. I'm glad IDW found good ways to use him.

I feel bad for him, It's a shame he got cancelled so many times

This episode perfectly illustrates why I never collected toys besides the odd MP until WFC. All the G1 homage toys over the years were so horrible. Finally, we get screen accurate versions that have brought back a lot of collectors. I collected everything Transformers but the toys until WFC.

Awesome video to feature cosmos as cosmos is cute and cool

Fantastic story of Cosmos!👍👍👍😎

Great Video, Chris! Thanks for the spotlight on one of my favorite transformers!

Lol Cosmos was the very second transformer i ever had. My Uncle had a lot if the G1 bots. My family was relatively poor and for my 8th birthday he gave me G1 Afterburner, G1 Cosmos, and a movie voyager Starscream. Best birthday i ever had and i still have Afterburner and Cosmos on a shelf.

I imagine Cosmos would appreciate this new form of "stardom" from people who would be more than happy to consider him a favorite. The only problem is that his Velocitron Toy is as difficult to find as he is lonely: VERY

Hi Chris - just wanted to say how much I enjoy these breakdowns - I've always been a Transformers geek and love revisiting and learning new things. Thanks for all your hard work - it's appreciated!

So here is our plan for you, Cosmos. You will fly around the track with the cameras and start lights. You're in charge of the flag. So I'm going to be Lakitu? No, no, no. Uh, yes. I'll take anything. "Boogity, boogity, boogity, let's go racing."

In my school vr game Cosmo who is female and is a member of the earth federation force and galactic federation earlier in the game she teamed up with bounty hunter samus arean and in the mission called striker star as being mentioned by Goalius after acquiring the requiem blaster

Great video! Cosmos is one of my all time favorite Transformers!

Imagine if Cosmos was in TFP and he had a similar relationship with TFP Soundwave like in IDW. This silent, efficient warrior who almost bested Megatron in combat is socially awkward around the only person he considers a friend. Wouldn't that be a sight.

I'm still upset they didn't make more Velocitron Cosmos. A package refresh would be very welcome for all of us who missed it.

He is one of my favorites! Great video

I love Cosmos and wished he showed up in more modern stuff

Cosmos was my first Transformer. I think I still have him somewhere in one of my vintage toy boxes

my fav transformer! loved his silly little design and green is my fav color, and his character is really endearibg

Yet another great entry into this series.

Great Stuff, as always!