What is the Best Transformers Gimmick?

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5 ай бұрын

From the beginning, the Transformer's brand has always been about toy gimmicks, or toy play patterns. The original idea is that the toys transformed into robots. What could be better?! Well, that worked for a while, but it wasn't long before that initial idea was expounded upon. We got head masters, combiners, flip changers, weaponizers, fossilizers, titan masters, auto morphers, and so much more!
But what makes a good transformers gimmick? What makes a bad one? Kyle, with his years of Transformer love, is here to answer those questions.
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@jax2428 5 ай бұрын

The first transformers gimmick was the rub stickers.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Ahhh… That could be considered a gimmick.

@joshdemski8415 5 ай бұрын

Wouldn't the first gimmick be reflector having three robots combine into one alt mode?

@jax2428 5 ай бұрын

@joshdemski8415 no

@braydenpage1808 3 ай бұрын

Easily my favorite Gimmick was MechTech from Dark Of The Moon. I was a kid at that time and I loved those figures. The transformering gun was so cool. I remember having one of the Ratchet and Optimus figures made at that time and having an absolute blast with it because those MechTech weapons were so cool.

@mirrortwins9694 3 ай бұрын

Those were really cool! Thanks for sharing!

@godofzombi 5 ай бұрын

7:32 That's litterally the idea behind Combiner wars Cyclonus/Galvatronus: He could mindcontrol other transformers and add them to his gestalt form. Imagine you're an Autobot, just minding your own buisness and Cycclonus rocks up with some of his mates and the next thing you know you are Galvatronus' leg.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

A horrifying thought!

@eliottocasiofigueroa145 5 ай бұрын

That Supreme Class Starscream is not from Cyberverse, it actually is from Transformers Cybertron. The mini-cons gimmick is from Transformers Armada which came before Transformers Energon and Transformers Cybertron.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, another commenter mentioned this as well. Kyle will have to make sure he gets his facts straight before the next video. Thanks for the comment!

@misterdarwin 4 ай бұрын

I was on board with G1 from day 1 in 1984. Love those toys and characters but I have always been excited by new things. Beast Wars, RiD, Unicron Trilogy, Animated, etc. Give me new characters and new interpretations of old characters as well as updates of old ones.

@mirrortwins9694 4 ай бұрын

Yeah! We’re with you on that!

@cheery-tube 5 ай бұрын

I just found you guys and you two are just so charming, funny yet still informative. you guys deserve to be more mainstream.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and thanks for the comment!

@talljoke 5 ай бұрын

You two are so charming! I love listening to you guys chat about toys.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! You are quite charming yourself.

@MonsterKidCory 5 ай бұрын

Cog was with Fortress Maximus. Six Gun was with Metroplex :) My favourite were the Prime Masters, just because Pretenders are best when they're Pretending instead of just Transformers who look like the shells! The one that disappointed me was how they missed doing a TF: The Movie combiner in Combiner Wars. They already had a white Optimus (which is basically Ultra Magnus), a Wreck-Gar, and a Hot Rod. It would have taken them five minutes to recolour the copter as Springer, the pickup as Kup, and a sportscar as Blurr or Arcee to complete the set.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

That is an amazing idea! Why didn’t they do that?!?!

@mr.simsmusic8971 5 ай бұрын

True

@godofzombi 5 ай бұрын

I like those weaponizers. They feel a lot like Mugenbine toys.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Don’t know if Kyle is aware of those, but Justin looked them up and, you’re right! They do harken back to Mugenbine!

@godofzombi 5 ай бұрын

17:43 Perfection.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

The universe trembles at their combined evil! Beware of Skeletor-vore!!!!!

@ziweiyuan 5 ай бұрын

Kyle just needs to go ahead and write a dissertation on all this.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

I think he’s working on his doctorate of Transforminomics.

@harrisonwhaley7872 5 ай бұрын

I would prefer if he didn’t, considering he called cybertron cyberverse, and he seems to have forgotten that Armada beat Cybertron with a line wide gimmick by two years

@nickmarvell1245 5 ай бұрын

I really like the deformation car robot toy gimmik

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, those are pretty cool.

@hankmessaros6700 Ай бұрын

The jets were not the first combiners that honor went to Devastator he was the first in the cartoons and the first in the toys till a year later... Now i dont know about you guys but i would love to see them make a movie for TV is Shattered Glass that would be so cool . The story is so good it deserves it

@mirrortwins9694 Ай бұрын

I think Kyle meant the Jets were the first combiner in Combiner Wars, not the first combiners ever. A shattered glass movie or mini series would be awesome! Great idea!

@godofzombi 5 ай бұрын

Worst gimmick: Gold plastic self destruct.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Haha! Yes! By far the worst!

@Torchflare 5 ай бұрын

I found the Junkions to be my least favorite of the weaponizer playstyle. The adherence to a more traditional transformation as opposed to "parts-forming" really limited the versatility of the Junkions removable parts. Their different parts don't work as well as the previous weaponizers when attached to other Transformers. While I've found a couple of combinations I'm okay with, the Junkions are really only good for parts swapping with the other Junkions, and that's not a very exciting playstyle to me.

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Exactly! This is why Kyle said he’s tired of this play pattern. The Infernac weaponizers seem to be even more limited. It's time for something new. We would really like to see a minions or familiars based toy ecosystem.

@mr.simsmusic8971 5 ай бұрын

How about a snapping turtle that converts into a riot shield?

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Yes!

@briantieken6718 Ай бұрын

Wasn't the heat sensitive stick that changed allegiance the first?

@mirrortwins9694 Ай бұрын

That could be true. Kyle says transforming is truly the 1st gimmick.

@justinsims728 5 ай бұрын

That is a beefy Starscream!

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Yes he is.

@cliffyk3380 3 ай бұрын

Hands down, they can transform

@mirrortwins9694 3 ай бұрын

That is something we can all agree on.

@harrisonwhaley7872 5 ай бұрын

Returning to reinstate my comment, because these guys are trying to hide the truth. Cybertron was not the first. Armada beat it to market by two years as the two are opposite ends of the same trilogy. Also, the series was not called Cyberverse that would not be a line in use until dark of the moon, and then until Cyberverse the television show

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Egad and curses! You have uncovered our sinister plot to throw the Transformer fanbase into utter turmoil by intentionally switching Cyberverse with Cybertron! Those words are so easily transposed in casual, spontaneous conversation, we hoped no one would notice. But we have been found out!

@harrisonwhaley7872 5 ай бұрын

@@mirrortwins9694 hey I only went so far as to say that because my first comment was deleted. And you didn’t speak to the true point of my argument here, that Armada was first to incorporate a line wide gimmick. Don’t delete comments just trying to set the record straight, and you won’t get accused of anything 🤷🏼

@mirrortwins9694 5 ай бұрын

Oh, I see the confusion. Your comment was not deleted. We don’t delete comments unless we feel they’re inappropriate. Your first comment was a response to another comment (to @ziweiyuen), and so appears under that first comment and not under the video. That is a KZfaq thing, and we don’t have control of how comments are displayed. Find that comment and click on “replies,” and you’ll see it’s still there. As far as your point about Armada, you are correct. Kyle misspoke. Thanks for keeping us honest!