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@milanondrak5564 2 сағат бұрын
We had a lot of Gobots when I was a kid. They were smaller and cheaper than transformers but they were cool. Our parents budget didn't stretch to transformers prices.
@classiccomicsforum Сағат бұрын
@@milanondrak5564 we got so many cheap knock offs that, in hindsight, were so much fun. I hope to spotlight some in future videos, and Go-Bots too!
@ultris07 Күн бұрын
So simple, yet completely mesmerizing with how simple and sleek it is.
@classiccomicsforum Күн бұрын
@@ultris07 yes!
@classiccomicsforum 2 күн бұрын
As always, the conversations continues here: classiccomics.org/thread/8770/ep-who-deserves-credit-wolverine
@XMattingly 2 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed this presentation! Very informative and thorough, insightful and I learned some stuff. Given the title I (almost) assumed you were going to spring a surprise that true transforming figures started years before Diaclones, but it landed roughly where I thought it would’ve - as the Diaclones line evolved. Great stuff. 😎
@classiccomicsforum 2 күн бұрын
@@XMattingly thank you much!
@spartanjohn149 2 күн бұрын
Some I find interesting about all the info about transformers designs and those that are not transformers technically, is in how even depend in the country you got exclusives molds for some characters, for example IGA (Mexico toy made of transformers) got an unique mold for a character but this was just a modification in one old mold (I guess it was prowl the base mold for the mod)
@ShinGoukiSan 2 күн бұрын
I'm firmly convinced the early Brave Toys were designed with the intention of being in the G1 toyline and they shifted gears when Transformers was canceled.
@classiccomicsforum 2 күн бұрын
@@ShinGoukiSan that's always been my belief, as well.
@DrBeastMcCoy 2 күн бұрын
wheeljack
@maxborison1217 2 күн бұрын
Your channel is amazing, your philosophy behind what makes a good transformer is great and I absolutely agree with you, love your videos, keep up the good work and I really hope you make many more videos, I'm so happy I found your channel!
@jeffheller271 2 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you're enjoying it. Thanks so much for your kind words. I'll do my best to live up to them!
@alobaymar 3 күн бұрын
why do u look like a soyjak
@johngavin1175 3 күн бұрын
I actually like Scooter, ha ha. And Puzzler is kind of a Holy Grail of sorts for me. I wish a 3rd party company would have a go at it.
@Lupenux 4 күн бұрын
You can pop-out Heavy Metal's head (its balljoint is great for this) and hide it in the trailer. I have Heavy Metal and Tobot V and i'm in love. Hasbro stuff disappointed me some time ago. I'm pretty sure your Pentastorm is a knockoff. You can tell it by feet transformation. Originals are more secure.
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@Lupenux thanks for the tip!
@Lupenux 3 күн бұрын
Maybe KO isn't the right word. It's more like chinese smaller version. I don't remember if it's official chinese or KO chinese. Original korean version is bigger and I guess better. KZfaqr KRBrickbot has both versions somewhere in his videos.
@classiccomicsforum 3 күн бұрын
@@Lupenux ah, now I get what you mean. The toy is available in two sizes with slightly different molds/designs. I believe both releases are official.
@Lupenux 4 күн бұрын
Nowadays the joy is in some Tobots (Young Toys) and Metal Cardbots (MGA Entertainment). Bandai and Takara have some fun stuff too, but it's japanese exclusive, which is shame.
@bigm8785 4 күн бұрын
It's called the missing link series.
@DonSchomer 4 күн бұрын
I have tobot v, nice set. Never seen the gold version before. Lots of nice sets in tobot and hello carbot. U might enjoy geo mecha and giant saver. Giant saver space deleter has a strange name, but it's a set i really enjoy. Closer to a power ranger than a transformer though
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@DonSchomer thanks for the suggestions! I'll definitely check them out!
@DonSchomer 4 күн бұрын
Aren't you missing some spring loaded flip up heads?
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@DonSchomer sure am. Like I said in the video, it's an abbreviated history. Some things inevitably were left out for time.
@Sydew 4 күн бұрын
I love these videos!
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@Sydew and I love your support. Thank you!
@TransformersTalkRAW 4 күн бұрын
Interesting friend.
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@TransformersTalkRAW thank you!
@Gappasaurus 4 күн бұрын
He had it coming 😈
@Gappasaurus 4 күн бұрын
Meanwhile, DeathGarrygun: “Hey, where is everybody?” 😄
@django60617 5 күн бұрын
Great video I miss when transfromers came with the little guys with magnet feet. Im curious have you made a or know of a video about displaying transformers,I got back into collecting transformers then went back into my old collection and remembered they display poorly,it always looks like a cluttered mess to me no matter what.It seems like less is more with transformers when it come to display.
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
I definitely agree that less is more. Unfortunately, space is also hard to come by as one's collection grows. I'm constantly struggling to find space for new acquisitions, myself.
@empireempire3545 5 күн бұрын
sorry but i find this completely unconvincing. I want my transformers to be as movable as possible, down to fingers. This cant even separate legs. Bottom tier.
@scottandrewhutchins 5 күн бұрын
The horns remind me of Fortress Maximus.
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@scottandrewhutchins interesting. Why's that?
@scottandrewhutchins 2 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum Similar in shape to a Cerebros custom I saw on Facebook.
@scottandrewhutchins 5 күн бұрын
I bought the Daimos cartoon (Starbirds) for $1 at a 99 cent shop long before that was normally a thing for DVD.
@optimusprime7682 5 күн бұрын
GO-BOTS
@Mcandy78gaming 5 күн бұрын
As someone that grew with the g1 toys.we didn't care about articulation.we had imagination when we played and were very happy.and that's whats missing today.now we have individuals that didnt grow up during that time complaining about what we had saying it should be better
@thebackcorner1427 5 күн бұрын
solid overview of one of the best lines of transforming robots out there! I recently picked up a DX ultra raker, and man is the sheer ingenuity on display something to behold. While it does share molds with transformers (most notably deathsaurus, dai atlas, sonic bomber, and sky garry) the pure focus on the transformation feels so in-line with the ideas Super Sentai was pulling around the same time with designs like Jet Icarus. If G2 was pushing bounds of articulation, yuusha series robots gave room for top-tier transformations.
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@thebackcorner1427 well said, indeed!
@DonSchomer 5 күн бұрын
I had never seen or heard of this toy before. Very cool looking missing piece of history. Great video. Great points also. I often refer to modern toys as "what passes for a transformer today" for exactly the reasons you gave. Looking behind you I see Fire Duke and j Dekker combined, goldran, and fighbird combined with granbird. These in my opinion are a few of the greatest transformers ever made.
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@DonSchomer thanks so much! If you're a Brave fan, check out the newest video.
@shoddyworkmanship4934 5 күн бұрын
I'd never known about the Brave series! They look fun. I wish they'd either officially or unofficially be reissued, because I'd love to own some of them. Thanks for the info and video!
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@shoddyworkmanship4934 you're so welcome. Thanks for the kind words!
@guys72ss1 5 күн бұрын
Max Sterling's VT. Awesome
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@guys72ss1 always wanted the original, so a leapt on this one when it was released a while back. Who doesn't love Max?
@guys72ss1 5 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum The pride of my collection is the Matchbox SDF-1 still in the box.
@OdaVenom 6 күн бұрын
13:59 so... basically you push his own long dee so hard into him, hes tee jumps up... I believe it's "a great design" modern toy makers trying to void.
@bridaguy9710 6 күн бұрын
Olschooollll nice
@Therickestrick-o8g 6 күн бұрын
I use to have a red one it was cool
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
Definitely!
@Therickestrick-o8g 6 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum . Yes 🙌
@jesse412 6 күн бұрын
Amazing! 🤩
@TyHobbies 6 күн бұрын
WHOA :0
@fredburge6637 6 күн бұрын
You do realize that these toys are Korean not Japanese
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@fredburge6637 I do now, and that's my bad. I'm so used to the great designs coming from Japan and everyone else just doing cheap imitations that I've developed a blind spot. I know better now. Thanks.
@fredburge6637 6 күн бұрын
The gold version of giant v form tobots galaxy detectives is the English version of the Korean toys
@alexandreturcotte6411 6 күн бұрын
I got aware of the Brave series (and Eldran, who's the kiddier version if I remember correctly) by watching the mech transforming sequence on repeat on youtube as a kid. And I did eventually saw the first 15 episodes or so of GaoGaiGar subbed in french some years later. I do remember seeing somewhere that some of the Brave Series Robot toys shared molds with Transformers. My bet on your favorite entry would be between J-Decker (the police themed one), Dagwon (the more Sentai-esque one), and Might Gain (The train one).
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@alexandreturcotte6411 that's an awesome introduction! Great guesses, but nope!
@kociarzultimate384 5 күн бұрын
Eldran is not more childish, it has a lot of character development and depth
@alexandreturcotte6411 5 күн бұрын
@@kociarzultimate384 I guess I should've been clearer on that point... I should really watch those series in full one day. The Fact Gosauser is litterally made of a school is probably a contributing factor.
@kociarzultimate384 5 күн бұрын
@@alexandreturcotte6411 and it's what gives us the best stock footage
@classiccomicsforum 5 күн бұрын
@@alexandreturcotte6411 those are all up there, bur you haven't guessed my #1!
@Gappasaurus 6 күн бұрын
7:05 Lol, fansubbed VHS tapes of the GGG anime were my gateway into the entire Brave series like 25 years ago 😆 Managed to amass nearly the entire DX collection MIB, with a few exceptions like some of the TF-derived figures (Red Geist, Dag Base, Shadow Maru, etc), which were expensive even back then. 😭 Admittedly, several of my pieces are Sonokong, but i found the 90% build quality to be an acceptable tradeoff for the 50% (or lower) price point 😋 Looking forward to your future videos! _Final Fusion: APPROVED!!!_ 😎👍
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@Gappasaurus I'm envious of your collection and very appreciative of your kind words! I've never been able to determine how different the Sonokong releases actually were. Is it mostly just that they're imposters, or was there a noticeable difference in quality?
@Gappasaurus 4 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum Side-by-side comparison, there’s no real difference quality-wise. I think there may have been some slight variations in the stickers, but the main difference was just the packaging. Heavier cardboard, usually no windows, and plastic trays instead of styro. Even the same artwork, except for having Korean text instead of Japanese. To the best of my knowledge, they were 100% legit releases, just that Sonokong was the manufacturer & distributor for Takara in S.Korea, similar to Hasbro's arrangement in the West. Aside from Brave, i know the produced Transformers, Microman, B-Daman, and others.
@Gappasaurus 4 күн бұрын
Fun fact, seems these days they are the S.Korean licensee for lines like Hello Carbot and Turning Mecard 😄
@classiccomicsforum 4 күн бұрын
@@Gappasaurus thanks for explaining! Been wanting to know for two decades now!
@Gappasaurus 4 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum No problem, happy to put decades of arguably useless knowledge to some good use 😄
@TyHobbies 6 күн бұрын
Loving Beyond Transformers. More, more, more!
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@TyHobbies thank you! Plenty of more is coming, but I learned the hard way that, if you upload too often, the KZfaq algorithm buries your video, so I'm keeping it to once a week or so. Hope to see you around for the next one!
@MankyGit 6 күн бұрын
I like the fact that your collection is all well loved, and you still “play with” your figures from time to time.
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@MankyGit thank you much! That's my whole thing. If you don't love playing with them, what's the point?
@MrAsterian75 6 күн бұрын
Super Sentai also influence Takara Transformers and Brave Robot. In 1988, we have STARSABER and VICTORY LIO, but also we have LIVEMAN and LIVEBOXER, if you check the LIVEBOXER and LIVEMAN combinaison, you will see a lot of similitudes.
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@MrAsterian75 excellent point! Hope you checked out the episode I did on Super Sentai. Thanks!
@thepeternetwork 6 күн бұрын
All that cracking and crackling sounds of the plastic being roughly manipulated during transformations make my ears and my mind hurt.
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
It looks and sounds pretty rough, but it actually makes those noises normally. It's neither my rough handling nor the condition. Some of the '90s Power Rangers Megazords had the same kinds of joints that made those same noises.
@tuulikk9193 6 күн бұрын
Optimus Prime is dying (again), Prowl, Ratchet and Inferno steps up to take a piece of the spark and Matrix from Optimus, granting them the ability to combine into Optimus Prime for a short while. Anyway, that is where my brain goes after watching this. Thanks for a good video.
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
Dang, that's good head canon!
@tuulikk9193 6 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum Thank you! Maybe if Hasbro ever wants to release TF Universe versions of Brave, that is if Takara makes new versions of these Brave figures, that could be fun.
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@tuulikk9193 I'd love to see that. Unfortunately, Bandai currently has the rights to Brave.
@jimmyrobot3170 6 күн бұрын
15:16 I’m sorry, STD??
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
Haha, I promise you won't catch anything from these guys!
@JomasterTheSecond 5 күн бұрын
STD = Standard, as opposed to DX (Deluxe).
@serina3872 7 күн бұрын
Going to be honest, other than the head I don't see optimus in in this
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
Hey, that's totally fair. The resemblance seemed obvious to me, but people see things differently. Fortunately, the resemblance between Brave and G1 Transformers is less debatable.
@VisualPanther17 7 күн бұрын
One of the only super Gobots I've ever owned. My favorite thing about Psycho are that the little drivers are woman and only one is chrome.
@milestinker2178 7 күн бұрын
"Ginrai" is pronounced like "Jin-rye", not "Ghin-rye". The full name of "God Ginrai" isn't an alliterative name as it's meant to be an homage to how Godzilla's name is pronounced in Japanese as "Gojira".
@classiccomicsforum 7 күн бұрын
@@milestinker2178 thanks for the info! Been a fan of the toy for two decades now and have only heard folks pronounce it with the hard G. Maybe it's time to sit down and watch some of those Japanese Tranformers cartoons.
@milestinker2178 6 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum Fair warning about Super-God Masterforce (the series that Ginrai is from), it's a very atypical Transformers series. I personally love it, but it bears a greater resemblance to something like Super Sentai/Power Rangers or Tokusatsu in general, with a very human-focused story that has very few actual Cybertronian Transformers in it.
@Gappasaurus 6 күн бұрын
@@classiccomicsforum Lol, i wouldn’t worry about it too much. Regardless of what may or may not be debatably “correct”, the pronunciation of “Ginrai” throughout the anime is inconsistent at best, sounding like a hard “G” sound as often as it does a soft “J”, and very often somewhere in between. I recall nearly every time Giga/Overlord says it, it sounds like a hard “G”, so… 🤷🏻♂️
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@milestinker2178 I think I'd enjoy that. Thanks for the heads up!
@classiccomicsforum 6 күн бұрын
@@Gappasaurus thanks much for the partial exoneration!
@ReverendPONT 7 күн бұрын
Came here from the FB group. I really like the Brave series and have a few of the toys. Brave Express is my favorite of the Braves. Cartoon is top notch and I love the Toy line esthetic and bot designs.
@classiccomicsforum 7 күн бұрын
@@ReverendPONT thanks so much for checking this out! Planning to do more Brave vids in the near future.
@davewire87 7 күн бұрын
Personally as an Optimus Prime from the Brave franchise, I prefer Da Garn X who looks like a cross between Star Convoy and Star Saber. Much like Star Saber it even combines with a robotic lion to form a super mode.
@classiccomicsforum 7 күн бұрын
@@davewire87 still need to add Da Garn to my collection. Good call!
@MrJermeyp 6 күн бұрын
I agree!! The whole Da garn series rules!! all of the bots on Da Garn were pretty solid figures. Red Geist (Deathsaurus) and 7 changer (six shot) were retooled greatness and the Sabers especially the Pegasus configuration was totally Epic and my favorite besides Da Garn X himself was Land Bison, had he been made of more solid plastic and a little die cast he could have been one of the most solid transforming figures of all time. Great call!! 👍👍
@kidchuckle 7 күн бұрын
Gaogaigar... is one of those spirit of that kind of transformer like figs