Anyone notice how RID has the opposite premise of Beast Wars 2? In RID all the good guys are vehicles, while all the bad guys are beasts (later joined by vehicles). In BW2 all the good guys are beasts, while all the bad guys are vehicles (later joined by beasts).

RiD and Armada make up a lot of my early Transformers memories. So I have a decent amount of nostalgia for Robots in Disguise

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I was introduced to the franchise through hand-me-down toys from older cousins during the tail end of Beast Wars, and while I enjoyed the show from the few episodes I caught in TV and the VHS tapes I had, RID will always hold a place as the sort of "gateway" series for me. The show was entertaining for gradeschool me, and the toyline was simply amazing given the range of alt modes and different types of toys one could get. One of my proudest moments as a kid was having a nearly complete show cast (only missing Skid-Z, Towline, the Spychangers, and Fort Max, who as mentioned never got a chance through Hasbro). Most of my childhood Transformers were lost to time and garage sales, but thankfully a couple of years ago my grandfather managed to find my Scourge in his basement while cleaning stuff out. Very happy to have him rejoin the ranks of my collection and his fellow Nemesis Primes.

RiD 2001 is better than RiD 2015, don't @ me.

I didn't have cable growing up, so until I had high speed internet, the only Transformers media I had was my older brother's Beast Wars tapes, Transformers RID, and the live action movies, with only catching glimpses of the Unicron Trilogy in commercials or at someone else's house. For me, RID was my first Transformers series, and it's one of my favorites to this day.

This was a very underrated series in Transformers, even when it came out I wasn't 100% into it. Looking back on it now there's a lot to enjoy from it. Not to mention thanks to this we were lucky enough to hear the associated talent be involved in future incarnations of the franchise. Great episode Chris.

I kind of like the idea of Fire Convoy being a separate character from Optimus Prime.

Ahh Robots in Disguise. Good old harmless fun and I love it :)

Fire Engine Optimus Prime to this day remains one of my heavy favorites. His design was similar to G1 Prime yet different enough for him to be easily recognizable his own character. His Super Mode with his trailer and his God Mode with Ultra Magnus were absolutely incredible for me and he had a friendship with Koji that was very warm and sweet. I would LOVE to see further adventures with Fire Engine Optimus Prime and his crew.

I totally had a love of the show even though I recognized that it was heavily flawed in certain areas. Sky-byte is legit one of my favourite transformers ever. I still hope that he comes back in media retaining most of his characteristics.

Sorry I'm late, but man I love RID2001. It was the series that introduced me to Transformers. Here in Brazil it was called "The New Generation", so I always knew that some previous version must had existed, but this was my original generation nonetheless. It aired for the first time here around 2002 or 2003 on a morning cartoon block from monday to friday. It got me hooked like no other cartoon ever did, and I was quite a fan of things like Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Power Rangers back then. The idea for me was simply genius. To my sadness, however, the show stopped airing exactly after the episode where the Decepticons are born. I was left terrified with the possibility of never having the chance to finish the series and discover how the Autobots would deal with so many new enemies. Fortunately, the show came back some time after on a new block at lunchtime and I could finish watching the series. It aired at least until 2006, when it was replaced by Extreme Ghostbusters. I remember Armada airing alongside it for a while, but that series never got me the same way as RID. Energon and Cybertron never aired here (thank God I might add). Meanwhile, I always dreamed of getting toys based on RID, but without internet at the time I had no way of knowing if they actually existed, so I had to content myself with any knockoff I could find (Remember, it's Brazil, official Hasbro toys were so rare I had never seen one back then). Finally came the 2007 movie and it blew my mind. I still find it funny remembering how confused I was when Prime introduced the Autobots and they were not the same characters from RID. "Who the hell is Bumblebee? Are you sure that's not X-Brawn or Sideburn?" I was like that for two minutes, but then I thought "forget it, this movie is awesome anyway". But more importantly, the movie finally made official Hasbro toys popular over here, and my real Transformers collection finally began. After a while of collecting only movie toys, I started to remember RID and the nostalgia struck me. I started hunting down all the main characters from the show and I'm so glad to say that I realized my childhood dream of owning my own RID collection (including the phenomenal Unite Warriors Baldigus). It's not complete yet, but it's getting there! Anyway, it may be one of the most forgotten Transformers series for mainstream audiences (except maybe for Sky-Byte), but it will always be my favorite for introducing me to this wonderful franchise. And as always, thanks for the excellent video, McFeely!

This series is criminally underrated.

I remember my neighbour (and great friend) had the RID Megatron figure. While by the time Armada was starting and apparently none of us knew about RID, I must say, that was a damn cool figure.

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So thats the series where my overly muscular Optimus came from, Only the front of the truck form remains.

I remember buying Optimus Prime at Toys "R" Us and loving that he was a fire engine. The rubber wheels have proven an issue over the years, though.

My older brother and I loved The RID toyline! I had Ultra Magnus, he had Optimus, and I thought it was fun to combine them.

RiD was my proper introduction to Transformers, and I remember it fondly to this day!

Such an unnecessarily underrated series! Personally, I'm proud to have a majority of the figures - even though I only have two members of the Build Team (Wedge and Hightower), I sadly don't have Skidz and Towline, and literally the only bad guy I have from that series is Megatron! And, not to mention, I also gladly have all the Episodes on DVD. If you ask me, I'd say it deserves an anniversary celebration at some point in the future. ☺

I watched this show on KZfaq before getting it on DVD. I'm glad that Sky-Byte will hopefully appear in Cyberverse.

I remember when I was a kid and I got the little X-Brawn and Scourge toys and I've pretty much loved the whole Nemesis Prime concept since then.

this was my favorite form of transformers media, grew up watching the cartoon and had prowl and megatron figures, I can remember my friend having the bruticus figures

After catching only part of Beast Machines, this show was my first real transformers show that I watched growing up. I have such fond memories of watching it every Saturday morning. I just love anything that references RID, like the Baldigus CW repaint, or the Ultra Magnus in Seige. Hopefully they will show more love for its anniversary.

Robots in Disguise is the series that started my Transformers collecting. I can still remember getting my first one, Sideburn. It took me nearly 30 minutes just to figure out where the wheel on his right arm was supposed to go.....it goes in his chest. 500+ figures later, I don't really have any significant issues with transforming anything anymore.....well, unless the figure suffers from poor quality control like my Seige Stormcloud, comes with 2 left thighs, and can't transform properly because of it.

Chris, I will not rest until you create Basics on Erector.

Fun fact, Optimus Prime's Diaclone prototype featured the cab as half of the robot and some of the trailer being the other half of the robot. No joke, the idea of Optimus Prime combining with his trailer predates Optimus Prime himself.

I loved this show. It was goofy, and it has that kind of alien feel of all anime dubs from that time period, but that just adds to its charm in my eyes.

2001 RID did good things. Optimus and Ultra Magnus combining is a masterpiece. Most of the toys were *really* good. When I got my first Armada toy, I was disappointed that the quality of the toys had dropped.

MAN THANK U ! THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SHOW !

Saw most of these episodes on KZfaq. My 7 year old loved it. Especially Skybyte!

Happy Birthday RID - Robots In Disguise Turns 20 Today!

*CAR ROBOTS*

I grew up watching Transformers and the first series I ever started with was Transformers robots in Disguise 2001 now being 26 you're never too old for Transformers and i still bye them to this day Be Geek Be Proud transform and rollout

I still watch every episodes on KZfaq. My favorite characters are Megatron, ultra magnus and autobot brothers.

Robots In Disguise is the show I watched with my kids when they were little. The show and my kids got me back into collecting Transformers again.

My introduction to Transformers was MAYBE very vague memories of Beast Wars, but mainly it was growing up loving this show, and getting the toys which I adored (starting with Sideburn for my 5th birthday which was amazing). Although my attempt to re watch in in my teens let to me finding it ridiculous and painful to watch at the time, I still hold extremely fond memories for it and it'll always have a very firm place in my heart.

Criminally underrated show in my stupendous opinion.

I was 12 years old in 1984, when Transformers began. I’ve been a devoted fan and collector since. The only time I ever went to a BotCon was in 2001. The weekend I went to that BotCon was right when Robots in Disguise toys were just hitting shelves. That weekend I not only attended BotCon, but I also purchased a load of RiD toys. It was an awesome time that I will never forget as long as I live.

This video unearthed a memory that has been buried deep in my subconscious for years

I remember seeing the trailer for RID on fox kids one afternoon, "a nice cool looking train but this isn't a normal train, its got a head, arms and legs, it shoots guns and fire missles" after seeing that I was insta hooked on transformers, was around during G1 and never knew about beast wars/ beast machines so RID was my first introduction to the franchise

This 2001 RID incarnation needs to be revived by Takara and Hasbro. Criminally underrated. One of my first exposures after watching the Beast Wars/Beast Machines era of shows.

I loved this show & was saddened on many levels by it not airing on Cartoon Network due to news coverage of events at the time. I had a dealer in Japan who sent me a bunch of the toys which are still awesome! I really enjoyed the Japanese packaging. Great video sir!

When i wake up every saturday morning, i'm always excited to watch the newest "the basics" video. Even when it's about a part of the franchise i dislike or know little about, it always entertains and educates me. Keep up the amazing work!!!!!

I loved this series! It took me back to my childhood. I wish they would do an update on Team Bullet Train so we can get some actual scale

TF RID was an absolute classic series and Sky-Byte has always been my favourite character in the show but unfortunately I never got the original toy till his new toy came out years.

The anime years, RID gently included, were my formative years with the Transformers and my personal favorites of the franchise. So much so that for quite a while after the 2007 movie came out I kept hoping we'd get another Transformers anime but it seems that won't be happening again.

Car Robots is what got me back into Transformers. I saw a few episodes on the old-timey Internet of the Japanese series and knew I had to have them toys. I ordered Fire Convoy, God Magnus, and the Autobot brothers from a website that think may have been Robot Kingdom or its progenitor, and I still have them on display today. Convoy and Magnus electronics still function and have great phrases in Japanese.

Thank you for doing the basic on the Robots in Disguise (2001) since it considered to be my favorite cartoon throughout 2000.

RID was a nice, light story. Because of the pre-established limit of episodes they were able to finish it without making it unnecessarily long or with a lot of filler. It will always be one of my favorite series.

I had the full Cybertron collection when I was six. It was my first full series after watching Transformers 2007. I’ve loved this franchise since. Can’t wait for a Cybertron Basics solo episode if there is one.

I'm a devoted TF fan and collector since 1984. I have fond memories of 2001. I purchased my first RiD figures the weekend i went to BotCon in Durham, NC that year. What a great weekend that was! Good times!

RiD Prowl was the third transformers toy I ever owned and the only transformers toy I own that still has all of its pieces. My first transformer toy was Hooligan (though he fell apart very quickly in my 8-year-old hands.) and my second was the Beast Wars toy Buzzsaw (which again didn't stay in one piece very long. Those plastic joints were kind of fragile). After Prowl, I'd gotten Midnight Express. I have a strong memory of getting a toy of Smokescreen the literal day before watching the Armada episode where he gets 'killed' off. I won't lie: I cried.

My favourite show. So nostalgic.

I feel like RiD is very underrated series. It was very fun. I wouldn't mind a re-release. I understand why they had to re-edit some episodes but I would've been fine with the original.

I was 6 when this show came out and loved every second of it. I loved the ruination set and was blown away when my brother and i watched starscreams brigade from G1 and saw that the combaticons were the same toys.

I love this series, I've managed to collect the autobot Brothers, Sky Byte, Scourge, the Build Team, and a few of the smaller repaint figures! Love them all!

I was born in the late 70's, and was all in on G1 when it came out. But between my age, not being a big animal guy per se, and the fact that all the characters were new, the Beast-era shows and toys never grabbed my attention. But I remember well being in a store with a friend of mine who was also a TF fan and seeing RID Prime. That was the moment I began to get back into Transformers. I bought Prime that day, and ended up eventually getting all 3 Autobot Brothers and Wedge. I watched some episodes of RID as it came out, and liked them (except for the whole "separate continuity" thing) but could never find it airing on the town my college was in and so didn't keep up with it. But it kept the TF fan in me alive, so much that I watched far more episodes than I should have of Armada when it came out, in an attempt to like it.

I loved this show when it aired. I remember calling my cable company to find out the channel and time it was on and set an alarm for it when I was a kid. I have it now in a bootleg dvd set but I’d love an official one someday.

I consider Car Robots to be one of the most underrated series in the history of the franchise. It was fun, gave us some good toys, and is one of my favorites to this day.

I actually liked this show. I saw only a few and immediately I got into it, mainly because I got the Generations Skybyte and wanted to see what his personality was.

RID was my personal entry point into transformers, I had the first 9 episodes on DVD and watched them on repeat for days.

Scourge was my favorite character on this series. I really hope he appears in other cartoons and comics someday.

Anyone else rewatching this after the Haslab omega prime review?

I remember the 9-11 attacks happening during the airing of RID. But I didn't know about episodes being edited or pulled. Thanks for the info 👍!

Rail Racer remains one of my all time favorite amalgams (not allowed to call him a combiner) and very much one of the prides of my collection.

I actually remember the September 11th influence on the show quite strongly even all these years later. I had specifically gotten up early that morning to watch RID, and when it ended I started flipping through channels just in time to watch the second plane hit the World Trade Center live.

The original RID is why I like Ultra Magnus

2001 RID was my first introduction to transformers and the story it shares Well that and the 1984 transformers movie This series criminally underrated by everyone on the planet It was funny, compelling, action packed and more then filled the role of just filled considering that’s all it was meant to be I will forever respect and love this show with all my hearts it is perfect, perfect everything, down to the last minuet details

I'm surprised didn't mention the various Fun Pub appearances of RID Optimus. Recently I managed to get my hands on that awesome Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act collection IDW published back in the day, which had the Collectors' Club comics from 2005-2006, and I was totally blindsided by RID Optimus' and Ultra Magnus' sudden appearance there. Would've been a neat thing to throw in here, seeing as it's one of the only comic book appearances of any RID 2001 cast members.

I have been trying to find the name of this series for years amd couldnt remember it until ur vids. Hell i had thought it was forgotten until i saw a sky-byte toy in the store i work at. God i loved this series.

Loved this video almost as much as I love RID (2001). In my opinion, and I grew up with G1 (started collecting Transformers in 1985), it is one of my favorite series (both toy-wise and show) from the franchise. I still wish they would make a proper (meaning about 6 inches) anime style figure of my favorite character from the series, T-AI.

RiD was my first major Transformers series. My Grandmother gave me Ultra Magnus for Christmas once, while my parents gave me Optimus. It was awesome.

This was the series that reignited my Transformers collecting, loved the show and all the new molds.

I used to belong to an RPG forum that was originally based on Car Robots. I miss those guys.

This toy and video series got me all excited again for Transformers after having pretty much forgotten them altogether several years earlier (in my teens). I started collecting again and still am to this day. I would really like to see an original uncut pre-911 video series released after all this time. Or even a good bootleg. Great video sir!

This is my favorite and the best transformers series, you can say all that you want

Robots in Disguise was my introduction to transformers. Skybyte was the coolest thing to me as a kid. I've got levahk kal from bionicle, now I just need the space shuttle from RiD to complete 5 year old me's wish list

As an older fan, remember passing through Smyths toys on a college lunch break, and first seeing an endcap of spychangers , great to see transformers back as cars

I still have my RID scourge figure, almost complete too, only missing his darts. Made me the black convoy nerd I am today.

I have fond memories of this series. Actuallt a favorite character of mine was Kelly Shiragami.

By the time Transformers RID came out in 2001 I was heading into middle school. At which point the joking nature of the series rubbed me the wrong way. I thought at the time that I wanted "serious stuff" out of Transformers, but I still somehow ended up loving Transformers Armada when it came out the next year. The main thing that kept me watching RID at the time was Scourge and the return of the Combaticon's toy models (which had been my favorite when I first got into Transformers during G2). Looking back on it now the show deserves a better legacy than it's gotten.

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Transformers robots in disguise filler my backside. It was just as good of a series as anything else standing on its own merits and falling on its own weaknesses. Give it its props!

I actually woke up early to watch the new Transformers cartoon on September 11, 2001. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV.

I remember I was a fresh men in college when this came out and it got me back in to transformers I loved the Japanese packing.

Though I'll admit that I've never had the patience to watch RID the whole way through, I've been collecting TF figs for over 15 years now, and I still hold that the X-Brawn mold is in my Top 5 faves.

So i was a 90s baby i didnt know anything about G1 until i was well in middle school. Beast Wars was my introduction to Transformers but Robots In Disguise was defiantly my introduction to the concept of Autobots vs Decepticons even though they were more of a subfaction. and I became obsessed! I still to this day have most of my RID toys when i was a kid and The Takara Unite Warriors Baldigus as its centerpiece. I really wish there was a main video release for RID and that Disney would just sell the rights they don't really need it... I truely wish RID wasn't just a filler series i wanted it to go on longer than it did. I wanted more!

I loved this series!!!!! I did not care at all that much for Beast Wars. I’m a G1 80’s baby. I could relate to this series a lot more. Hell my Ford F450’s license plate says Scourge!! Lol👍👍

I jumped on the TF train during the end of beastwars/beastmachines, but RID 2001 really cemented my love for TF and the combaticons.

I grew up with the first four episodes of Energon on VHS and low-quality KZfaq recordings of RID, so Daniel Riordan was MY Megatron, since the Energon VHS I had predated David Kaye's return post-Armada. I actually met Daniel Riordan at TFNation 2018, where he recorded a message from Megatron on my phone. Everyone seems to forget that he was also the voice of the Fire Convoy/God Magnus combiner Omega Prime in the series. That reminds me, Chris, you forgot to mention both here and in the Magnus episode, that RID Magnus was based on Godbomber from the 1988 anime Super God Masterforce, even combining with Optimus in a similar God Ginrai kind of way...

I love R.I.D 2001 it was the show that. Intruduced me to Transformers i watched Swedish dubbed clips of it on KZfaq. When I was younger looking back on the show now in both the English and Swedish dub. The voice actor for Megatron/Galvatron was so enthusiastic. You can tell he really must have enjoyed his role. Actors who like their role are some of the best. Interesting fact in the Swedish dub of R.I.D 2001 i remember XBrawns name was Wheeljack. Correct me if i am wrong Swedish transformers fans. That might have been a little nod from the Swedish Hasbro division to. Swedish Transformers fans im Swedish if you are wondering. I love your channel i have learnt so much about transformers from. Watching your videos

RID is what initially got me into transformers, since I was 8 at the time

The autobot build team were my first ever transformers toys that I still have to this day.

Good news: Hasbro got the rights to release this series on DVD in the states! Bad news: Hasbro has moved on to Cyberverse, so they have probably forgotten about it.

I must have watched a couple episodes of this when it was on Fox Kids, and I was like, "Nah, these aren't my Transformers."

One of my biggest memories of the show is that my local station aired the show in the morning instead of the afternoon, like most markets did, so episode 3 aired here BEFORE the September attacks, instead of being delayed like the majority of the country. That said, I have a lot of affection for the show. I got into Transformers during Beast Wars, but saw G1 on VHS, especially the Rhino tapes, but couldn't easily get G1 toys when I was only 12. Robots in Disguise gave me something similar to G1 toys while being distinct, so it was exciting for me. Plus the fact it was the first show I remember ever seeing fansubbed (though only the first episode) means it's also an important part of my anime fandom. I'd say the thing that disappoints me is how many characters share names with G1 characters in Hasbro's markets. I'd love to get characters like Fire Convoy and God Magnus in newer lines, like how we've gotten G1 styled Barricade and Bulkhead recently. But being just another alternate Optimus Prime, Megatron, etc, makes that less likely.

I remember being 11 and having a crush on TAI, loving the autobot trains and their combined form, as well as the Constructibots, and Optimus fusing to become stronger, an aspect I adored in Armada.

RID Optimus Prime was my first Optimus toy and I still have it to this day.