TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on ASTROTRAIN

Jettison some weight and get yourself comfortable for The Basics on Decepticon transporter ASTROTRAIN, sponsored by Patreon supporter Sentinel Prime's Chin!

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

[load-bearingcoconut]

"He thrived on the fear and confusion..." that's fair, imagine being an Autobot and you see a _Train_ dropping onto the battlefield at escape velocity

[gLOLdos]

This is like a quintessential The Basics episode. It hits all the hallmarks:

-Toy-inaccurate animation model
-Appeared halfway through season 2 without any explanation
- Offlined by a cosmically-powered Starscream
Etc

[crmsn]

Whew, it's been quite a while since I've heard "Offlined by a cosmically powered Starcream" in one of these videos.

[ShinGallon]

Basics on "Offlined by Cosmically Powered Starscream" episode when?

I really loved Cyberverse Astrotrain, and the fact that they weren't afraid to give him a design that wasn't just a tweaked version of his G1 look. That show is criminally underappreciated.

[KenOBY_]

i love how the person who sponsored this episode was called sentinel primes chin. Because I was expecting it to be just sentinel prime but then the last word was added on and started laughing

[Its_Charlie_Young]

Ahh yes, my favourite Thomas and Friends character.

The space shuttle.

[Maswartz]

I love the theory that he was working with Starscream when he said to push the injured decepticons out.

[leftygurl]

astrotrain was one of my first transformers, and he’s been a favourite ever since. his surprise return in cyberverse was a really great time.

[Double_D__]

Astrotrain reminds me that I wish we had more mainstream transformers who had trains as their alternate mode, because there are some cool options for that. Imagine a Decepticon who has a Gustav rail cannon as an alternate mode! That's basically a heavy artillery unit in one Decepticon!

[tannerprice]

I find it funny that the WFC Trilogy had Astrotrain as both giant in SIEGE and regular-size in Earthrise and Kingdom.

[evlynm]

I love the contrast and kind of absurdity of his alt modes.
Big boy Astrotrain vs same scale Sky Lynx would be great.
But then you have Blast Off from the Combaticons who is off scale for a space shuttle and the space shuttle Micromasters who are even smaller. 😆

[mariaisabelg]

Gotta love G1 astrotrain's commitment in training a bunch of non-sentient(?) trains to create an army of trains to take over the world, in the episode Triple Takeover....one of my favorite staring the decepticon

[Dxrth.Revan]

Astrotrain as a giant makes a lot of sense. Also, I can't wait to see an episode on Sunstorm.

[shadowdramon]

The God Gambit is, in my opinion, one of the best episodes of G1, and that part of Triple Takeover where he turns a bunch of trains into his minions was hilarious

[TheBeef]

Been following this channel for a couple years now, and never really commented. I just wanted to say thank you for reigniting my spark for this franchise. I got in with Beast Wars, and continued through the Unicron trilogy before dropping off. But these lore and fact videos have been fantastic, and I look forward to weekends when I get a new video from you. Please keep up the great work, and I hope that 2022 brings more success to your channel!

[punchline]

Astrotrain is one of the few Transformers I’ve seen that has used his mass displacement ability outside of his vehicle modes. Kind of reminds me of giant man and I like it.

[abnormalunicorn]

My dad has the original Astrotrain toy! It's kinda hard to transform because it's a bit beat up, but it still has the thermal insignia!

[LowellLucasJr.]

I always theorized ( like Soundwave) AstroTrain had a size compression ability that could expand his body( and in this case) support transport of good and allies. This would mean his body was largely thick in robot mode which gave him great armor, but thinned in train or shuttle mode.

[DevinGates]

I love how a lot of times, his head has 'snoopy hat' colours and design.

[tjzp]

Astrotrain is a model deceptincon soldier. Loyal, powerful, with questionable morals and a lot of firepower to back up his master's will. Great character with unique design and alt modes. Unsung hero of decepticons. Jettison some weight!