TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on VEHICONS

From "Beast Machines" to "Transformers: Prime" and beyond, these are the Basics on the endless, faceless, mass-produced armies of evil - the VEHICONS!

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[thomasthompson]

Never knew of the Steve joke, but still laugh at Megatron throwing the ground based vehicon from this ships landing deck.

[Quillobyte_]

Fun fact: the G1 episode "Make Tracks" also has Megatron create an endless army of mindless car drones, just over a decade before Beast Machines!

[mattr]

The Vehicon Generals, Obsidian and Strika especially, need new toys more than most

[ZTronic.]

Steve will always be iconic, but also Jetstorm is pretty cool.

[itsahostiletakeover]

"Now, Waspinator cool biker bot."

[RTMecha]

The Transformers game from 2004 based on Armada also had it's own mass produced army of Decepticon robots known as "Decepticlones" with several different types such as "Light Unit", "Medium Unit", "Heavy Unit" and more. These guys are pretty iconic to me given their uniqueness amongst the designs rather than being all one theme / color, although it is cool to have that too sometimes.

[krazyfan]

i like how after the war ended, in RiD2015 the decepticons were able to recolor themselves, with one of them altering their appearence further and becoming a bounty hunter

[Pigpen_YT]

You blew my mind with the KSI bots being Vehicons theory. I had never thought of it like that but it makes so much sense. Great video as always! Excited to see all the Rise of the Beasts tie in episodes next month

[ShanaReviews]

Another nice bit about the Vehicons is that now animators have an easier time with them since they all have the same design and can just copy and paste them without having to recolor (if necessary)

[TFanPage]

These were always my favorite army build types, especially in Prime, but I love the variety in Beast Machines

[JoleneBlake]

I always forget that Animated Jetstorm's design was loosely based on Beast Machines Jetstorm. I'm glad he got that recognition, but honestly, I'd love to see a more faithful update someday - he's one of my favourite characters!

[ajerjavec]

Fun fact, it’s been stated that the concept for the mass produce drones and beach machines was basically they didn’t have the money to create that many character models for the bad guys

[pious]

The Beast Machines Vehicons (show and toyline) were the best part of that entire series. Such an interesting aesthetic too. Basically how Cybertronians would look without humanising features and faces.

[eskreskao]

I wished, but didn't dare hope for Steve to be mentioned. Always going above and beyond.

[boi]

So basically, the Prime vehicons are just Transformers' equivalent to a combination of Star Wars' B1 Battle droids and the Republic's clone troopers.
Edit: thanks for pointing it out.

[ShaunStephens]

I loved it when emgo called he’s vehicon Gary the accountant 🤣

[muratsmg]

Wasn't mentioned in the Video but "Prime" Vehicons are also introduced in G1 IDW 2005 Comic Books, serving as Titan Hunters or appearing in Holiday Special

[Laserbeak]

I was a big fan of the Vehicons when I first saw them in Beast Machines as a kid. As their Cybertronian alt modes fascinated me. My love of Vehicons would only return several times after watching TFP, AOE, and after reading Beast Wars Uprising where they were portrayed as an army of Transforming Terminators with the added bonus of having a zombie virus (that one was by far the coolest).

I would later find myself creating an army of all the various Vehicons.

So as a long-time fan of the Vehicons, it was great to finally get a video of them.

[hostiledodo]

Wow, I didn't know the Beast Machines Vehicons were so terrifying. The concept of having your soul and individuality stripped away to become part of a seemingly endless hoard of drones is something I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy.

[Grand_Theft_Autobot]

Perhaps the idea of the Decepticon drone army began as early as Generation 1 with the Insecticon swarm? Or even just the mass of paint swapped Seekers? Although the Seekers weren't drones, they do kind of create the idea of a near infinite number of identical-looking soldiers to fill the evil army.