TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on MAGMATRON

This week's episode is about the prehistoric powerhouse of a Predacon thrust back into the spotlight by the Legacy toyline this year! Blazing in from the Japanese side of the world of "Beast Wars," these are The Basics on MAGMATRON!

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[vustvaleo]

Magmatron's Cybertronian mode being a Diaclone remake Diabattles V2 is just pure genius!

[mattr]

Magmatron's new toy hopefully means we'll get a new Big Convoy as well as possibly Beast Wars II Galvatron to round off the Beast era leaders

[cylasbreakdown]

So my takeaway is that Magmatron tends to be a bad guy until Unicron gets involved, at which point he’ll go out of his way to help out and sacrifice himself if need be.

[oClock]

Dude loved dinosaurs so much, he named his ship after them.

[boulder]

How fitting for this episode to drop on the week of Getter Robo's anniversary. Between the red horns, the 3 sea/land/sky components, the dinosaurs, angolmois, and even the dinos "evolving" into Magmatron, this guy's pretty much a walking Getter Robo reference.

[darrenheideman]

The more I've discovered about the Japanese lore, the wider my smile gets.

[AstroBlitz]

I find it interesting that his components aren’t the generic prehistoric reptiles like you’d expect (Tyrannosaurus, Pteranodon, and Plesiosaurus) but are instead apparently different ( Giganatosaurus, Quetzolcolatlus and Elasmosaurus)

Yes I know I misspelled some of the them coming from someone who had been obsessed with dinosaurs for almost all my life. Im turning 16 on the 12th of April and I’ve loved them since at least a year old.

[lordcheesus]

He's just a villain like Dinobot: proud to be a Predacon warrior, but has his own strict code and even possesses some redeeming qualities like a love and respect for his own home. Interesting. I wish we got some American dubs for the Beast era sequel animes. They had a LOT of fascinating characters.

[muhammadhabibieamiro]

I like Transformer legacy just casually bring forgotten transformers character

[battleupsaber]

The Beast Machines and IDW intepretations of Magmatron derives from the old misconception (among both official and fandom sources from the western side) that BWII and Neo took place in-between BW and BM, rather than thousands of years after. It wouldn't be until better translations of II, Neo and other Japanese sources were made that this misconception was cleared up.

[avryotter]

My dad brought back this guy when he was deployed to Japan for a lil while, was way too young for the set and didn't keep it all together and lost everything except the pterodactyl

[ryantwombly]

I love how his shield is just 1/3 of his whole self.

[brycevo]

My favorite character. My dad got me his figure at a Japanese hobby store. It was the ultimate transformer

[HappyBirthdayRoboto]

Speaking for myself, I always thought his design looked silly, but now after seeing this well made video explaining his convoluted backstory I think he's even sillier!

[MrDoctorVK]

Would like to add that Magmatron was bit teased at the end of Dawn of the Predacus comic in Botcon 2016 as next warrior for Tripredacus Council.

But yeah, him getting whole new toy in Legacy as part of TF's 40th Anniversary is quite surprise.

[sivanlevi]

Man, if I wasn't fascinated before, I sure am now! Magmatron and his three modes are impressive to say the least, but I think his Beast Wars Uprising story is super cool too. Maybe if they did another story with him, it would show Magmatron gaining his beast powers in that series.

[TFfangeek]

Magmatron sure has a hot level of encounters with Unicron, one might say it's magmatic.

[President_Starscream]

Haven't been adding to my Transformers collection much in the last few years, but imma definitely have to get Magmatron.

[ZZtheDark]

4:07, he is transformed.

5:07, so that freak of nature is back?

5:17, this ver. of the big guy is just too badass for words.

8:06, a very fitting combo and I do see the Getter Robo influence in Magmatron.

8:46 and make more Getter Robo fans say the perfectly good catchphrase 'F*** DINOSAURS!!'

[BayushiGemma]

Magmatron has such a great look I hope one day they use him in the Transformers Earth Wars game!