Animated Swindle was one of my favorite parts of the series. He was like a cross between Lockdown and the stereotypical used car salesman. I wish the rest of the team could have gotten that sort of love.
ReaverPrime
Fun fact: Final Fantasy XIV actually references the Combaticons. There’s a series of robotic boss enemies named Swindler, Brawler, Vortexer, Blaster, and Onslaughter.
They’re first encountered and fought separately, then later combine to form Brute Justice. The theme that plays during the fight is among the most popular pieces of music from the game.
Richterdgf
I swear Transformers: Animated was leading up to combiners before it got canceled. You had the stunticons, swindle, constructicons, and other notable combiner characters that never really got their time in the spotlight
Fluffkitscripts
Man, Swindle deserves his own Basics episode. He's just the best.
kendrakirai
Loved these guys in the Fall of Cybertron game (especially Vortex design). Felt unstoppable, and then you get to face off against them as Jazz. Never cared for Jazz before that, but he was an absolute beast after that. Lone smart mouth Autobot that could hold his own against a giant combiner by abusing his wits and environment.
whichDude
My dad had the original blast off
Edit: we look through my grandparents house and found the full set of the combaticons
rpr
Little known fact: the Combaticons actually appeared BEFORE their own creation. They were introduced by animation error in the episode preceding "Starscream's Brigade"...
soundblasterreviews
Seriously, these vids are too good and deserve many more subscribers.
audiebavington
God, IDW did so many great things with the Transformers characters. Making Optimus more of a relatable person, making the Combaticons' desire for vengeance against Starscream understandable, etc. Hell, they made MEGATRON and SOUNDWAVE into characters who can be empathized with!
Jackson-hprt
Without the Combaticons, we'd never have the word "Dudicus"
battleupsaber
The way the Combaticons played in Fall of Cybertron was arguably the most satisfying. After playing a specific mission as each member, basically taking turns telling Starscream to shut the hell up because his plans are garbage, you finally disable the transport and the main defenses before you combine intro Bruticus to lay the final assault on the remaining autobots.
legionbeast
RIP Fred Willdard. Chris, please make an episode on Swindle dedicated to this man!
felmaster
“Bruticus superior, Devastator inferior.”
Soundwave 2019
jupiter
I love Swindle’s character evolution into a shifty arms dealer.
VAULT-TEC_INC.
Did you notice that vortex when from a ww2 plane into a helicopter when starscream put the energon on him
JoseFlores-xcwu
The Combaticons is my favorite combiner team, though it’s mainly because I love the military theme and “Bruticus” has got to be one of the sickest names in TF.
BBmetalhead
I'm always for the OG Combaticons: Onslaught, Blast-Off, Brawl, Vortex, and Swindle as Bruticus.
-But the Bruticus Maximus version from Transformers Energon is an unique concept. 5:48 Mostly in the members being Barricade, Blight, Kickback, Blackout and Stormcloud.
MrFedoraFilm
Swindle is easily the best member of the team. He was the most interesting of the bunch, as we see even in the episode Bot he's all about the deal as he sells his own teammate's parts to military groups across the globe. It's no wonder Transformers animated took this character and ran with it. The combaticons had a good run, as Starscream's brigade, Bruticus' revenge and BoT give them some time in the spotlight. They even squared off against the Aerialbots in Aerial Assault. While the Stunticons will always be my favorite Decepticon combiners, the Combaticons were a very close second.
Lastjustice
Much like Perceptor, my first experience of stuff Combaticon related was in Animated via Swindle, who I thought was a pretty great villain. Wasn't until much later did I find out how Swindle was originally part of a group, and a combiner group at that. Unfortunately though because of Animated, Swindle is really the only one I remember and think of when the group comes to mind. Bruticus the combiner though was pretty great in G1.
Good episode, looking forward to the next one as always. Will also still give out my request on a basics episode on Star Saber. Also would be neat to see a basics on GI Joe's involvement in the Transformers franchise, a look on the Aligned Continuity, and Cosmos.
myriadmediamusings
Revisiting this because of the Combaticons cartoon.
