TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the RAPTORICONS

Delving into the obscure this week with an episode sponsored by official Transformers artist Matt Frank, who wanted The Basics to look at the fanged foursome of ferocious females he created for the Transformers Collectors Club - the RAPTORICONS!

Profile pic by Cody Laine

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[mattr]

Matt Frank also worked on multiple Godzilla comics and artwork, so he knows how to draw dinosaurs and kaiju in general

[justaghostinthesea]

I like the idea that there's a group of faux-Dinobots just hanging out and having misadventures in some obscure corner of the galaxy

[onyxwolfreaper]

I love how this group acts more like a family just living their lives, a breath of fresh air from all the wars and stuff-

[deniseg]

If Hasbro doesn’t make toys for them I hope a Third Party Company does.

[riohudson]

This being the first time I ever heard of the Raptoricons, I must say I am absolutely in love with them! The beast modes showing varying raptor depictions throughout recent history is just such an incredible theme, showing the progress of mankind's understanding of these ancient creatures. The robot modes are equally stunning and beautiful, with Slice and Thrash easily being my favorites. Can't wait to see more of these ladies!

[Kamiyartz]

Alright, after watching this. I'm invested with the Raptoricons, their concept and character personalities are so interesting. I really wish we can see more of them in the future.

[angelbasiliorodriguezbusto]

Seeing an episode about a group of female Transformers that have only appeared on a single prose story (And we’re later referenced on Beast Wars: Uprising) wasn’t something that I expected, but I appreciate it (Especially if that means that we could get more episodes about other club stories like Classics or the Wings Universe)

[kirbymarchbarcena]

GRIMLOCK: Me, Grimlock, see them chicken.
THRASHCLAW: Hey! I look more like a real dino than you

[mattfrank]

*Megatron voice*
I’m so happy to finally have this episode come out!!! Thanks Chris for doing such a great job!!!

[nathanielhernandez]

I imagine dinobot and Megatron being smitten with the raptoricons

Dinobot and slashclaw especially would be a fun paring

[starry]

Those Clever Girls are AWESOME. I bet they will be famous in the future transformers comics.

[pinkstinger]

I think of myself as a pretty big TF geek, and never heard of those, and now I just want more of them. The designs and story they appear in are so cool, I'd love to see it adapted into more media and toys.

[megalosaurusstudios]

This is the first time I ever hear about the Raptoricons, and I love them already. They need to be in a show

[ポロポロ-sf]

I am of the Japanese Beast Wars generation.
I thought robots were cool at times, but they were the first robots that I thought were kawaii from the bottom of my heart. But in Japan, there was no way to find out about their activities, so I am grateful to you for putting this video together!

[eman]

Man, the basics can be bitter-sweet sometimes
Getting to learn about these cool awesome characters that I instantly love
And then quickly realizing they’ll likely never get any kind of toy

[JoleneBlake]

Love these girls! "Raptoricons" used to be my @ on Twitter (until I got banned for something stupid); I loved the OMAM stories, was very exciting to read them while they were coming out.
It's very interesting that Life Finds A Way was originally intended to be set in the Beast Wars universe - that expains a lot about the story's vibes!

[michaelrlomax]

Outstanding characters and the designs are absolutely brilliant.

[Akuma]

Chris and Thew are the reason I want every obscure character I’ve learned about in the last 6-7 years of comin back into the MAKE US A RAPTORICONS 4 PACK AND MY WALLET IS YOURS!!!!

[ejpennine]

Dinobot got him a harem waiting for him.

[muhammadhabibieamiro]

What a interesting bunch of characters