Happy Holidays, gang! Hope you've all been enjoying Obscure Characters month this year! This episode covers the last of the bots I teased beforehand, but as mentioned in the credits, I've got ONE MORE un-teased Obscure ep coming next weekend! Whatever you're doing this week, have a merry celebration, and I'll see you next Saturday to close out the year!
Thanks! Fantastic review of Transit!👍👍🤩🤩 I can see why transformers never took on the form of a bus! Transit’s presence among human beings would have been a problem! Since we take busses every day! Merry Christmas to u and your family Chris Crasher!👍👍😎🤩Couldn’t resist a combat!
@@meganura1559I don't think he'd have to be Leader Class. In the scene, he was shorter than Prime, and in Studio Series, RotB Prime's a Voyager figure. So he'd likely be either a small Voyager or a large Deluxe.
@@zaaknicolas7638if I were to ever get the chance to suggest an episode, Dispensor/Dewbot and all the tie in promotional bots like them would be my pick. That or Brushguard
Kinda ironic how the UK Transformers comic jokes about a bus transformer being a ridiculous alt mode, when two of the franchise’s main villains transform into a pistol and a cassette player.
It's rather interesting how Transit gained such a following. It's also mind-blowing how the bus is among the vehicles never fully utilized for Transformers characters. It makes perfect sense, given how common buses are. Much like farm equipment.
@@transformerallstar2051 sure, but Bonecrusher got NINE toys out of it. Characters show up just once all the time, there's like a billion transformers characters they can't all be mainstays
I don't think some people realize that bus fans and enthusiasts exist. A number of them typically repurpose them, so they end up crossing communities like the RV community. They're like the vanning community, but bigger.
@@KeyanCarlile but the 3 Transit incarnations lack any real story, plus I think the logic was "hey, he's a bus, let's throw in every bus transformer ever as I doubt I'll ever need to cover them otherwise."
@@gabrielchee8470 I mean a good chunk was also explaining the lack of Bus Transformers in general and why besides the Bulkhead vid is 3y old by now when Chris wasn;t going as in details as he does now
I've always wanted them to do more "unconventional" alt modes. Nowadays it's always a military vehicle, motorcycle or "super ultra high-end deluxe concept sports car" (especially in the movies); or when it comes to animals it's always stuff like 1 of 5 different types of dinosaurs, dragon, or big cat. Where's all the weird stuff like jellyfish, zebras, telehandlers or monster trucks? That's something I really enjoy with the old Beast Wars (and sequels) stuff, they got unusual ones like Mach Kick, Retrax, or Injector. Even if the toys themselves were pretty crap even back then, the ideas were fun and fresh.
Givin' that back in G1 we had bots that became random objects like sound decks and a camera we need a new kind of unconventional these days. Closest we got to that is Twitch from Earthspark who becomes a drone.
There is a monster truck Transformer, found in the G1 Micromaster toy line, and in two of the live action films, they had an RC monster truck named Wheelie.
Transit is such a cool concept for a character. Taking such an unassuming alt mode and having it turn into a monstrous and insectoid looking decepticon really works for me. I’d love to see him in the future. That scene absolutely should have been cut though, prime comes off as super aggressive.
Yet unfortunately he was super aggressive in other parts of the movie, too. The live action franchise hasn't treated Optimus Prime properly beyond his appearances in Transformers (2007) and Bumblebee (2018). Perhaps instead of deleting Transit's scene altogether, they could have rewritten it and toned it down.
He’s basically the Barricade for this generation, if you think of it; Nowadays the awareness of police brutality is much more common, but back in the day the heroic police car being a villain in disguise was quite the subversion to a naive child not yet aware of the realities of the world, for many in the audience were such kids.
I feel like the original Transit opening scene in the movie could have been reworked into the final cut. They could have removed the opening monologue from Prime and immediately cut to the whole transit scene after Elena starts messing around with the transwarp key and cutting back to Elena after Optimus kills Transit where we see the key emit the beam into the sky. From there we could see Optimus dump Transit into the lake before turning around and seeing it.
A few weeks ago, a Transformers RUclipsr by the name of Theorymus released a video taking about that deleted scene from Rise of the Beasts and why it was cut. This video sheds some new light on the origins on the character and the name he was given. Well done Chris. Another great video done. You sir, are doing the world a great service by making these videos so those who don't know much about the Transformers can learn more and possibly be more interested in this great franchise. I can't wait for more of your great videos. Stay safe and keep up the great work. You deserve more recognition and views, including a silver or gold play button if you don't already have one.
Theorymus off the top of my head is the only guy who still talks and makes unique videos regarding the old live action TF movie universe. Truly he is dedicated to what he does and his videos continue to impress me (though I admit there are a few theories he makes that I honestly don't agree with like Blackout and Grindor being one and the same.)
Now I want to see who gets a toy first, Battle Bus, or Transit, I’m excited for both, as I like both of their designs. Plus, it’ll be neat to have a bus transformer.
So weird hearing a Basics episode talk about stuff that isn't ancient history! Instead of learning about some fanclub stuff from before I was born, I'm seeing stuff that happened on Twitter like a few months ago.
I thought of the same thing lmao, and also saw him as a callback to the older Movie verse designs for the Decepticons, with how they looked insectoid in appearance
I'll never forget the day I was told about transit from cyborgraptormatt. He just told me there was a decepticon that prime fought at the beginning of ROTB. someone else identified what alt mode and name he used. and then the scene got cut after I done told everyone about it. Good times, cant believe it was over a year ago
This is surprising, a character I don't know off the top of my head, don't remember ever encountering this one on the wiki Edit: And that's why, RID is one of the biggest gaps in my knowledge , especially the comics, though I have to have read about that IDW one before at least in passing. As a fan of Scioli's GI Joe vs Transformers, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for that Bus Decepticon, it's a really memorable design for a rare original character in that series.
I can imagine Transit explaining his alt mode to Megatron. "We need to think outside the box in how to deal with the Autobots' fleshling allies. It shouldn't be about how many we can eradicate at once, but how many we can *inconvenience* over time by making them late for work!" And yes, public transit is my main means of ground transportation.
8 minutes ago, I didn't even know this guy existed. Now he's my most anticipated toy of 2024. Absolutely love the concept! I know Americans love their cars, but as a european I do like me some public transport…
Same for me, but I saw the name and tail lights on his thighs, and asked aloud; is he a bus? YES! They should've kept in the movie and given how long busses stay in service and the year of the movie; he should've been an older bus, like a GMC RTS, and have an air starter. As much as I like Optimus; Transit would sound so much better going down the road with that screaming Jimmy the RTS had.
See I think the idea of a bus alt mode is pretty neat specifically because of how unassuming it is and to be honest? A bus themed decepticon of all things just plain amuses me. 'Oh hey look you rolled unlucky and are a BUS' and the guy is able to go toe to toe against heavy hitters and give a decent showing.
_"Ello, Optimus"_ I get the hype with this guy; He suplexes freakin' Optimus, and his design is pretty good stuff. (His bus kibble reminds me of those OLD heavy English Trenchcoats.)
Given the whole "Robots in disguise" tag line, you'd think a Bus would be a PERFECT Alt mode to the point where it never really happening is kinda crazy. ...like who would suspect a bus?!
1:58 Transformers Decepticons was my favorite game for the DS. My first introduction to transformers as a kid. The story was incredible, and showed the ideology of the Decepticons. I’m happy to see it mentioned on this channel!
The most obscure transformation I’ve ever seen till this day is a traffic light. For those I don’t know, it was from the Transformer Cybertron series. The characters name was Signal Lancer, and make a few appearances in his alt mode, talking to another autobot refugee. Whose alt mode was a payphone. What made him memorable to me was when he finally transformed into his robot mode. Even though his transformation sequence was similar to the shows version of Mudflap. In fact, someone even made an unofficial remodel using a Mudflap toy to create their own Signal Lancer. Maybe he’ll get an official legacy toy and Chris could talk about him.
Chris, I would love to see a basics on Needlenose, Deadend or The GOAT Thunderwing, Absolutely love your videos, I look forward to them every Saturday. Thank you for the hours of entertainment, Because of the lore videos I've watched and reviews I'm only now just starting my own collection
Back in High School I had my own concept of a school bus transformer. Never settled on a name however I depicted him as a rock climbing sniper, who would use chains with hooks at the ends (because buses in my area had hooks on the back for towing) to scale heights and get a good vantage point to use his tail pipe sniper rifle. His archnemesis was Mindwipe who sought to brainwash Earth's kids to be Decepticon sympathizers when they grew up, and the Bus's sniper skills meant he could stay out of Mindwipe's range.
Cutting Transit from Rise of the Beasts was a smart decision since the Decepticons don’t know that Earth exists or where it is in the rebooted movie universe so it would be a continuity error for them to be sending Decepticons soldiers to Earth, and it also doesn’t make sense for them to be sending them one by one instead of a full blown army.
The Machine Robo bus was launched here, in Brazil, by a toy company called Mimo, in their collection called Convert, along with several other Machine Robo. This company shared the Machine Robo license with Glasslite, which had the Mutantes. But only Mimo had the bus.
I also saw a interview were Steven Caple Jr. talked about cutting the scene because of the end of the Bumblebee movie. In the end they prevented that the Cons now the location of the Autobots and it didn't felt right that the first scene in the continuation showed us the end of Bumblebee had no impact.
I like that this year's OCM was all ones with ties to 2023 specifically, 2 getting new figures, one appearing in the newest movie, and one intended to appear in it.
I used to love reading Robo Capers! I'd completely forgotten about the bus robot until you mentioned it here - that's an amusing memory to suddenly have back :) Think he also did Combat Colin, which was of course equally silly.
I still think there's a world where the transit scene couldve been included in ROTB along the maximal planet scene. the transit scene fits just right before Noah goes to the garage to steal mirage.
The Transit scene was really cool, but I think it was absolutely the right decision to cut it - it only would've worked as the opening scene, and the prologue on the Maximals' planet was definitely the more important one.
I do get why they cut the scene, but man I love the design, and since I actually rode NYC buses in the era when the film takes place it would be super nostalgic for me to have one. I hope we get him in studio series!
Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I do apologize for the tardiness of this comment, but I was a bit busy today, while this video was posted. Anyways, I just wanted to say that this video was absolutely amazing . I never really heard of this character before just because he was never in an animated series or comic book that I read and I honestly found this information to be absolutely great. Anyways thank you so much for creating and posting this totally awesome video. In addition I would like to wish everyone in the community a safe and happy holiday season that has tons of joy and memories with good friends and family too. Until next time, when all are one. Peace Out and Maximize.
I find it humorous that there’s so little to talk about with Transit that Chris has to spend the first half of the video talking about the entire history of bus transformers and it’s *still* a shorter video than usual.
Honestly, I'd never heard of this character until ROTB release and saw the name bandied about in various comments sections. I've been a fan of TF since my childhood, but I'm still always pleasantly surprised by McFeely's videos and eager to learn about more characters whether they by obscure or not.
I wonder if there was a decision was made to exclude the available mass transit toy vehicles from the American toy lines? Tonka not taking on the Bus Robo for Go Bots and Hasbro not using Raiden in Transformers...
My hunch is that American media and society in general doesn’t place nearly as much stock in public transportation over personal vehicles like cars, as opposed to Japan where trains and similar mass transit vehicles are more commonplace and integral to culture.
6:30 actually that is partially untrue while he didn’t get it any toys or stuff like that rise of the beast calendars were made for 2024 and transit is the transformer displayed during the month of May so he actually does appear in an official piece of Transformers merchandise.
You know, it's funny. For a while, I had the same thought about how there aren't any Transformers that turn into a bus and wondered what that would look like. Definitely didn't expect to see one in that deleted scene.
As someone who got into fortnite for optimus prime and hasn’t been free since, the battlebus skin is probably the best transformers skin design next to prime and primal. Because they didn’t have to adhere to any particular look like bumblebee and megatron (my issue being they are too streamlined and too compromised respectively
I feel like there is a seriously lot opportunity in most of these bus bots having normal blocky robot modes when you could have something tall and lanky with the seats studding their exterior. You know, showing that most of the city bus volume is hollow space for people. Heck, maybe they were the equivalent of a taxi back on Cybertron and have come to appreciate having many passengers doing the daily commute instead of just a few. Oh, and seatbelts on this bus.
Trying to remember the name of the book series but there is a character in a children's novel series called OmniBus who turns into a school bus. He is a stand in/homage to the G1 Optimus Prime toy and serves as transportation. The book series is about a stuffed animal going to an academy that trains toys how to be toys and also fights evil.
I've no idea what the test screen audience were thinking. Seeing Optimus's frustrations about the destroyed ship and killing Transit out of anger would have made his motives more tangible. We're told in the final film why Optimus isn't acting like his usual self but the rule for movies is "show don't tell" so I would've loved this scene. Besides how tf is Transit dying dark but Scourge having his head and spine ripped out not? XD
A decepticon would turn into a bus and blast the CrazyBus theme just to mess with humans without having to lay a finger on them. Think about it: A vehicle as mundane as a bus is perfect for a robot going incognito on earth, this also allows them to earn trust of the local life forms. An autobot prankster might honk the horn once while no one's inside just to prank the crew fixing him up, a decepticon bus will effectively, be almost invisible to anyone that doesn't have cybertronian scanners. When given the orders from higher-ups, he'll attack with a sonic screech (the aftermentioned CrazyBus theme at full blast).
I would’ve thought if a transformer was a bus, that they’re robot mode would’ve been larger than a normal transformer since a bus is much larger than cars and trucks.
Watching the views and likes go up at the same time as watching your great video reminds me how much of a huge culture we all belong too, thank you Chris :) :) :)
I did not know Transit and being a bus had been used before the cut scenes from the movie. Excellent job. Would love to see him and Stratosphere get figures down the line.
There's clearly plenty of vehicles and animals that can still make good alternate forms which we haven't seen. Personally since Hasbro is doing crossovers they should do the Nautilus.
I love that you acknowleged that Transit has become a meme in the TF community😂😂😂 "Also the idea that robots being mundane vehichles would be boring" sounds a bit ironic
I feel like for how obscure he is with different designs it would be interesting if he has a special T-cog that allows him to change the appearance of what bus he is(school, public, prison etc) as well as having chameleon kibble to match to make it interesting.
Transit is certainly very interesting. We often talk about how trains and nautical vessels are underrepresented in Transformers, but I had no idea how buses were underused in the series too. I'm jumping on the bandwagon behind creating a new toy for Transit in the Studio Series, so let's hope they don't throw that idea "under the bus"!
Omnibus (TF vs GI Joe Decepticon) and Transit (ROTB), suppose they ever appear in future media, should be polar opposites. Omnibus is a curmudgeonly scientist who doubles as a walking archive of Megatron’s speeches; Transit is a brutal hunter employed by Swindle as a body guard. Think of them as Shockwave and Nitro Zeus but C-listers.
Such a shame transits scene got cut due to a test audience if anything Scourge’s death was much darker than transits maybe one day Transit will make a main character appearance in the future
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Happy Holidays, gang! Hope you've all been enjoying Obscure Characters month this year! This episode covers the last of the bots I teased beforehand, but as mentioned in the credits, I've got ONE MORE un-teased Obscure ep coming next weekend! Whatever you're doing this week, have a merry celebration, and I'll see you next Saturday to close out the year!
I'm excited to see what else you have in store for us, keep up the good work and stay safe!
Thanks! Fantastic review of Transit!👍👍🤩🤩 I can see why transformers never took on the form of a bus! Transit’s presence among human beings would have been a problem! Since we take busses every day! Merry Christmas to u and your family Chris Crasher!👍👍😎🤩Couldn’t resist a combat!
Interesting how they didn't do a Bus-former until Transit.
Shame they cut his scene...
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If they can make characters from the Bumblebee movie from only concept art, Transit has ALL the reasons to be included in Studio Series.
Agreed
Yes
Idk if they'd want to make a leader class figure based on him, it seems like a bit of a risk, then again we got tigerhawk, so who knows
@@meganura1559I don't think he'd have to be Leader Class. In the scene, he was shorter than Prime, and in Studio Series, RotB Prime's a Voyager figure. So he'd likely be either a small Voyager or a large Deluxe.
@@prismstar438transit is larger than prime.
This is easily the most anticipated episode of the Basics. The king himself is here
yo hey your here love you TF iceberg grate job
now hope fully we can get the dew bot episode
The best iceberg creator.
@@zaaknicolas7638if I were to ever get the chance to suggest an episode, Dispensor/Dewbot and all the tie in promotional bots like them would be my pick. That or Brushguard
Well well well if it isn't the Iceberg king
Yes the king is here, and he's you
Kinda ironic how the UK Transformers comic jokes about a bus transformer being a ridiculous alt mode, when two of the franchise’s main villains transform into a pistol and a cassette player.
It's rather interesting how Transit gained such a following. It's also mind-blowing how the bus is among the vehicles never fully utilized for Transformers characters. It makes perfect sense, given how common buses are. Much like farm equipment.
You mean Transfarmers the joke toyline from Ninja Turtles I think it was?
@@DarthPrime52 Sure. I mean, it'd work.
But where would the kibble go?
Name me a transformation scheme
@@gabrielchee8470 For a bus form or farm equipment?
But even farm equipment gets an amount of representation more than 2 short comic appearances and a cut movie scene
Incredible how Transit managed to gain such a big following despite not appearing in the finished film
Well if he appeared in the film, in my opinion he would’ve been that typical one time appearance character.
Just like Bonecrusher
I still see a lot of love for Bonecrusher@@transformerallstar2051
@@transformerallstar2051 sure, but Bonecrusher got NINE toys out of it. Characters show up just once all the time, there's like a billion transformers characters they can't all be mainstays
I don't think some people realize that bus fans and enthusiasts exist. A number of them typically repurpose them, so they end up crossing communities like the RV community. They're like the vanning community, but bigger.
I love how you found more to say about Transit than you did about Bulkhead, who was a main protagonist in multiple series
Well now to be fair I didn't spend half of Bulkhead's video taking about characters who are very definitely not Bulkhead. 😆
@@ChrisMcFeely You should've expanded this video to be 25 minutes long to give Transit himself the attention he deserves!
I knew he was in RID comic since I saw it on a page
@@KeyanCarlile but the 3 Transit incarnations lack any real story, plus I think the logic was "hey, he's a bus, let's throw in every bus transformer ever as I doubt I'll ever need to cover them otherwise."
@@gabrielchee8470 I mean a good chunk was also explaining the lack of Bus Transformers in general and why
besides the Bulkhead vid is 3y old by now when Chris wasn;t going as in details as he does now
I love the implication created by Transits name being left in ROTB's credits. He was always there, watching, waiting.
I've always wanted them to do more "unconventional" alt modes. Nowadays it's always a military vehicle, motorcycle or "super ultra high-end deluxe concept sports car" (especially in the movies); or when it comes to animals it's always stuff like 1 of 5 different types of dinosaurs, dragon, or big cat. Where's all the weird stuff like jellyfish, zebras, telehandlers or monster trucks?
That's something I really enjoy with the old Beast Wars (and sequels) stuff, they got unusual ones like Mach Kick, Retrax, or Injector. Even if the toys themselves were pretty crap even back then, the ideas were fun and fresh.
Givin' that back in G1 we had bots that became random objects like sound decks and a camera we need a new kind of unconventional these days. Closest we got to that is Twitch from Earthspark who becomes a drone.
There was a monster truck alt mode Decepticon back in the Cybertron anime
Another Telehandler fan, I see. I always wanted to make one a rock crawler.
Not quite a jellyfish, but I'd like a Beast Wars incarnation of Reflector where the three guys transformed into a Portugese Man O' War.
There is a monster truck Transformer, found in the G1 Micromaster toy line, and in two of the live action films, they had an RC monster truck named Wheelie.
Transit is such a cool concept for a character. Taking such an unassuming alt mode and having it turn into a monstrous and insectoid looking decepticon really works for me. I’d love to see him in the future. That scene absolutely should have been cut though, prime comes off as super aggressive.
Yet unfortunately he was super aggressive in other parts of the movie, too. The live action franchise hasn't treated Optimus Prime properly beyond his appearances in Transformers (2007) and Bumblebee (2018). Perhaps instead of deleting Transit's scene altogether, they could have rewritten it and toned it down.
He’s basically the Barricade for this generation, if you think of it; Nowadays the awareness of police brutality is much more common, but back in the day the heroic police car being a villain in disguise was quite the subversion to a naive child not yet aware of the realities of the world, for many in the audience were such kids.
It's almost serial killer or mob boss levels of violence, considering that he basically dumped the dead Decepticons in the river.
No-one defines the "obscure characters month" label quite like this guy, who's most important/popular role is from a deleted scene.
I feel like the original Transit opening scene in the movie could have been reworked into the final cut. They could have removed the opening monologue from Prime and immediately cut to the whole transit scene after Elena starts messing around with the transwarp key and cutting back to Elena after Optimus kills Transit where we see the key emit the beam into the sky. From there we could see Optimus dump Transit into the lake before turning around and seeing it.
or the beam interrupts the fight and allows Transit to barely escape alive so he could return in a sequel
@@g0ldenant Bingo!
A few weeks ago, a Transformers RUclipsr by the name of Theorymus released a video taking about that deleted scene from Rise of the Beasts and why it was cut. This video sheds some new light on the origins on the character and the name he was given. Well done Chris. Another great video done. You sir, are doing the world a great service by making these videos so those who don't know much about the Transformers can learn more and possibly be more interested in this great franchise. I can't wait for more of your great videos. Stay safe and keep up the great work. You deserve more recognition and views, including a silver or gold play button if you don't already have one.
Theorymus off the top of my head is the only guy who still talks and makes unique videos regarding the old live action TF movie universe.
Truly he is dedicated to what he does and his videos continue to impress me (though I admit there are a few theories he makes that I honestly don't agree with like Blackout and Grindor being one and the same.)
The world's premier Transformers historian. Hasbro ought to open up an academic wing :p
That guy whos theories fall apart the second you tug at one thread? Pass.
@@symbiote1982pk cry
Now I want to see who gets a toy first, Battle Bus, or Transit, I’m excited for both, as I like both of their designs. Plus, it’ll be neat to have a bus transformer.
Whichever one is cheaper to produce because Hasbro.
Hell, this is a perfect setup for a Studio Series leader class toy, then a quick repaint/retool into a Collaborative figure too.
So weird hearing a Basics episode talk about stuff that isn't ancient history! Instead of learning about some fanclub stuff from before I was born, I'm seeing stuff that happened on Twitter like a few months ago.
Justice for transit, i like him mainly because he reminds me of rahkshis from bionicle
I thought the same thing when I saw that face.
They better recycle this scene for the crossover
I thought he looked familiar.
Just couldn’t wrap my finger around it.
I thought of the same thing lmao, and also saw him as a callback to the older Movie verse designs for the Decepticons, with how they looked insectoid in appearance
We need a leader class transit
I'll never forget the day I was told about transit from cyborgraptormatt. He just told me there was a decepticon that prime fought at the beginning of ROTB. someone else identified what alt mode and name he used. and then the scene got cut after I done told everyone about it. Good times, cant believe it was over a year ago
That’s it. Chris made a Basics video on Transit. Your move, Hasbro/Takara.
1:08 "As mundane and everyday as a bus just wouldn't be as exciting" As though cars aren't mundane and everyday
This is surprising, a character I don't know off the top of my head, don't remember ever encountering this one on the wiki
Edit: And that's why, RID is one of the biggest gaps in my knowledge , especially the comics, though I have to have read about that IDW one before at least in passing.
As a fan of Scioli's GI Joe vs Transformers, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for that Bus Decepticon, it's a really memorable design for a rare original character in that series.
I can imagine Transit explaining his alt mode to Megatron. "We need to think outside the box in how to deal with the Autobots' fleshling allies. It shouldn't be about how many we can eradicate at once, but how many we can *inconvenience* over time by making them late for work!" And yes, public transit is my main means of ground transportation.
8 minutes ago, I didn't even know this guy existed. Now he's my most anticipated toy of 2024. Absolutely love the concept! I know Americans love their cars, but as a european I do like me some public transport…
Same for me, but I saw the name and tail lights on his thighs, and asked aloud; is he a bus? YES! They should've kept in the movie and given how long busses stay in service and the year of the movie; he should've been an older bus, like a GMC RTS, and have an air starter. As much as I like Optimus; Transit would sound so much better going down the road with that screaming Jimmy the RTS had.
It is hilarious to me that Transformers Cybertron gave a whole transforming traffic light and a bus was such a wild alt mode.
And we still have no Signal Lancer figure.
See I think the idea of a bus alt mode is pretty neat specifically because of how unassuming it is and to be honest? A bus themed decepticon of all things just plain amuses me. 'Oh hey look you rolled unlucky and are a BUS'
and the guy is able to go toe to toe against heavy hitters and give a decent showing.
_"Ello, Optimus"_
I get the hype with this guy;
He suplexes freakin' Optimus, and his design is pretty good stuff.
(His bus kibble reminds me of those OLD heavy English Trenchcoats.)
Given the whole "Robots in disguise" tag line, you'd think a Bus would be a PERFECT Alt mode to the point where it never really happening is kinda crazy.
...like who would suspect a bus?!
finally, the basics on the most important Transformers Character.
Ok the concept art of Transit making the bus location readout say "Die" goes HARD.
If the Brits had gotten to choose his name the bendy bus would be called Bendy McBusface
1:58 Transformers Decepticons was my favorite game for the DS. My first introduction to transformers as a kid. The story was incredible, and showed the ideology of the Decepticons. I’m happy to see it mentioned on this channel!
The most obscure transformation I’ve ever seen till this day is a traffic light. For those I don’t know, it was from the Transformer Cybertron series. The characters name was Signal Lancer, and make a few appearances in his alt mode, talking to another autobot refugee. Whose alt mode was a payphone. What made him memorable to me was when he finally transformed into his robot mode. Even though his transformation sequence was similar to the shows version of Mudflap. In fact, someone even made an unofficial remodel using a Mudflap toy to create their own Signal Lancer. Maybe he’ll get an official legacy toy and Chris could talk about him.
Chris, I would love to see a basics on Needlenose, Deadend or The GOAT Thunderwing, Absolutely love your videos, I look forward to them every Saturday. Thank you for the hours of entertainment, Because of the lore videos I've watched and reviews I'm only now just starting my own collection
Back in High School I had my own concept of a school bus transformer. Never settled on a name however I depicted him as a rock climbing sniper, who would use chains with hooks at the ends (because buses in my area had hooks on the back for towing) to scale heights and get a good vantage point to use his tail pipe sniper rifle. His archnemesis was Mindwipe who sought to brainwash Earth's kids to be Decepticon sympathizers when they grew up, and the Bus's sniper skills meant he could stay out of Mindwipe's range.
Cutting Transit from Rise of the Beasts was a smart decision since the Decepticons don’t know that Earth exists or where it is in the rebooted movie universe so it would be a continuity error for them to be sending Decepticons soldiers to Earth, and it also doesn’t make sense for them to be sending them one by one instead of a full blown army.
I never would have guessed that a dive into the history of Transformers buses would be this interesting!
The Machine Robo bus was launched here, in Brazil, by a toy company called Mimo, in their collection called Convert, along with several other Machine Robo. This company shared the Machine Robo license with Glasslite, which had the Mutantes. But only Mimo had the bus.
I also saw a interview were Steven Caple Jr. talked about cutting the scene because of the end of the Bumblebee movie. In the end they prevented that the Cons now the location of the Autobots and it didn't felt right that the first scene in the continuation showed us the end of Bumblebee had no impact.
I like that this year's OCM was all ones with ties to 2023 specifically, 2 getting new figures, one appearing in the newest movie, and one intended to appear in it.
I used to love reading Robo Capers! I'd completely forgotten about the bus robot until you mentioned it here - that's an amusing memory to suddenly have back :) Think he also did Combat Colin, which was of course equally silly.
I still think there's a world where the transit scene couldve been included in ROTB along the maximal planet scene. the transit scene fits just right before Noah goes to the garage to steal mirage.
The Transit scene was really cool, but I think it was absolutely the right decision to cut it - it only would've worked as the opening scene, and the prologue on the Maximals' planet was definitely the more important one.
I quite agree!
I agree I hope they gonna recycle scene
they need to bring him back for the next movie tho
The movie is long enough and Optimus Prime has enough screen time with what they left anyway.
Though a big vehicle trying to ram him is a cool visual.
It also looks like too much of the 'I'll take your face" version of Prime, which has never sat well with me.
7:18 THAT HIT ME LIKE A FUCKING BUS
THE WAY HE SAYS FORTNITE AND BATTLEBUS SO PROFESSIONALLY I CANNOT
If studio series concept art line makes him I would buy him no hesitation
The bus destination display on his face in concept art is so cool!
Single-handedly, the greatest the basics video of all time!
and I haven't even seen it yet!
(I stayed up all night waiting)
Subreddit r/Transformemes for some time was basically a Transit dedicated page.
So was my own Instagram lol
I do get why they cut the scene, but man I love the design, and since I actually rode NYC buses in the era when the film takes place it would be super nostalgic for me to have one. I hope we get him in studio series!
Seatbelts everyone
Please let this be a regular basics video
With the chris? NO WAY!
John DiMaggio as Transit was perfect, because ending up on a bus after a bender is pretty common
“Bite my shiny metal ass, Prime!”
I am so happy seeing McFeely mention the 2007 DS game, such a gem.
A super review! And I cannot wait for the toy of him next year! Happy holidays!
Chris mentioning Fortnite in any of his videos was not something i ever expected.
Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I do apologize for the tardiness of this comment, but I was a bit busy today, while this video was posted. Anyways, I just wanted to say that this video was absolutely amazing . I never really heard of this character before just because he was never in an animated series or comic book that I read and I honestly found this information to be absolutely great.
Anyways thank you so much for creating and posting this totally awesome video. In addition I would like to wish everyone in the community a safe and happy holiday season that has tons of joy and memories with good friends and family too. Until next time, when all are one. Peace Out and Maximize.
I thought that Transit was just a new character. Thank you for bringing us the history behind the legend.
I find it humorous that there’s so little to talk about with Transit that Chris has to spend the first half of the video talking about the entire history of bus transformers and it’s *still* a shorter video than usual.
Honestly, I'd never heard of this character until ROTB release and saw the name bandied about in various comments sections. I've been a fan of TF since my childhood, but I'm still always pleasantly surprised by McFeely's videos and eager to learn about more characters whether they by obscure or not.
I wonder if there was a decision was made to exclude the available mass transit toy vehicles from the American toy lines? Tonka not taking on the Bus Robo for Go Bots and Hasbro not using Raiden in Transformers...
My hunch is that American media and society in general doesn’t place nearly as much stock in public transportation over personal vehicles like cars, as opposed to Japan where trains and similar mass transit vehicles are more commonplace and integral to culture.
Every time you enunciate "BUS" I am enthralled.
Have a wonderful Christmas. I will always support you and your content. God bless
Merry Christmas Chris! And a Happy New Year!!
Did not expect him to be a ‘Con. Bus alt-mode instantly screams Autobot to me.
Great video Chris. Now I want a bus transformer! And merry Christmas!
7:26 of course
Merry Christmas Chris McFeely🎄😇🎄
6:30 actually that is partially untrue while he didn’t get it any toys or stuff like that rise of the beast calendars were made for 2024 and transit is the transformer displayed during the month of May so he actually does appear in an official piece of Transformers merchandise.
Happy holidays, Chris!
Huge oversight to not include a bus for nearly 30 years. Haha
I always wanted a city bus and a diesel train combiner
(Thank you for doing this)
You know, it's funny. For a while, I had the same thought about how there aren't any Transformers that turn into a bus and wondered what that would look like. Definitely didn't expect to see one in that deleted scene.
As someone who got into fortnite for optimus prime and hasn’t been free since, the battlebus skin is probably the best transformers skin design next to prime and primal. Because they didn’t have to adhere to any particular look like bumblebee and megatron (my issue being they are too streamlined and too compromised respectively
How obscure can you make it when you have a full episode on a character so far never truly used. :D
I love finding out about characters I never heard about before. Now I want to see him in an actual show or movie.
I love December on your channel because of obscure videos
Merry christmas chris! And a happy new year!
I feel like there is a seriously lot opportunity in most of these bus bots having normal blocky robot modes when you could have something tall and lanky with the seats studding their exterior. You know, showing that most of the city bus volume is hollow space for people. Heck, maybe they were the equivalent of a taxi back on Cybertron and have come to appreciate having many passengers doing the daily commute instead of just a few. Oh, and seatbelts on this bus.
Trying to remember the name of the book series but there is a character in a children's novel series called OmniBus who turns into a school bus. He is a stand in/homage to the G1 Optimus Prime toy and serves as transportation.
The book series is about a stuffed animal going to an academy that trains toys how to be toys and also fights evil.
Update: series is called Toy Academy
I think a school bus or a city bus or both as transformers characters is a cool idea and hope we see one in figure form
I've no idea what the test screen audience were thinking. Seeing Optimus's frustrations about the destroyed ship and killing Transit out of anger would have made his motives more tangible. We're told in the final film why Optimus isn't acting like his usual self but the rule for movies is "show don't tell" so I would've loved this scene. Besides how tf is Transit dying dark but Scourge having his head and spine ripped out not? XD
A decepticon would turn into a bus and blast the CrazyBus theme just to mess with humans without having to lay a finger on them. Think about it: A vehicle as mundane as a bus is perfect for a robot going incognito on earth, this also allows them to earn trust of the local life forms. An autobot prankster might honk the horn once while no one's inside just to prank the crew fixing him up, a decepticon bus will effectively, be almost invisible to anyone that doesn't have cybertronian scanners. When given the orders from higher-ups, he'll attack with a sonic screech (the aftermentioned CrazyBus theme at full blast).
I would’ve thought if a transformer was a bus, that they’re robot mode would’ve been larger than a normal transformer since a bus is much larger than cars and trucks.
Dang didn’t expect the fortnite camo of the battle bus also great video
Watching the views and likes go up at the same time as watching your great video reminds me how much of a huge culture we all belong too, thank you Chris :) :) :)
I did not know Transit and being a bus had been used before the cut scenes from the movie. Excellent job. Would love to see him and Stratosphere get figures down the line.
There's clearly plenty of vehicles and animals that can still make good alternate forms which we haven't seen. Personally since Hasbro is doing crossovers they should do the Nautilus.
I love that you acknowleged that Transit has become a meme in the TF community😂😂😂
"Also the idea that robots being mundane vehichles would be boring" sounds a bit ironic
A character with some much depth and such a legendary status that they cut him out of ROTB cause the public was just not ready
Merry Christmas to you as well, sir! 😁
I really do hope Studio Series does make a figure of Transit and I wonder if he’ll be a Voyager or Leader Class figure?
Probably Leader, he is seen to be taller than Optimus
I hope Three zero makes transit a DLX figure with lights. Oh man that would be AWESOME
Have a happy holiday and I hope it's the basics on tailgate!
I feel like for how obscure he is with different designs it would be interesting if he has a special T-cog that allows him to change the appearance of what bus he is(school, public, prison etc) as well as having chameleon kibble to match to make it interesting.
Both Transit & Rampage better get toys in Studio series. They were robbed of such great stardom & fame.
Transit is certainly very interesting. We often talk about how trains and nautical vessels are underrepresented in Transformers, but I had no idea how buses were underused in the series too. I'm jumping on the bandwagon behind creating a new toy for Transit in the Studio Series, so let's hope they don't throw that idea "under the bus"!
If they are branching out in the Studio Series with concept characters than there’s hope for Flatline.
Flatline?
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@@quantum.codex42 decepticon medic that turns into a hearse
Flatline and Bloodhound would be nice
@@quantum.codex42Decepticon medic.He is the reason arcee triplets are mind linked
Hearing chris talk about fortnite and the battlebus bot felt like a fever dream
2:03 YES!! 2007 DS video game recognition!
Omnibus (TF vs GI Joe Decepticon) and Transit (ROTB), suppose they ever appear in future media, should be polar opposites. Omnibus is a curmudgeonly scientist who doubles as a walking archive of Megatron’s speeches; Transit is a brutal hunter employed by Swindle as a body guard. Think of them as Shockwave and Nitro Zeus but C-listers.
Such a shame transits scene got cut due to a test audience if anything Scourge’s death was much darker than transits maybe one day Transit will make a main character appearance in the future
I was proper disappointed that transit was cut from the movie, as a bus driver I was looking forward to the figure to come out 😂
This episode is the wildest ride
Gobots, a UK campaign, GI Joe, the meme himself, and then Fortnite
Idk why they kept scraping him, he looks like a pretty cool bot. Probably gonna add him to my favorites list. The rhino head version also looked cool.