Highest number of backers for a Transformers campaign and second highest of any HasLab. I also got two. I'm a big fan of the line, I have most of them, but I also have three of the original Prime, the yellow one, the Encore reissue, the two Spychangers and the Titanium (and its repaint) and one each of the matching Ultra Magnuses.
I was 10 years old when Transformers started in 1984. I collected the toys, the comics anything I could get my hands on, and I never stopped. I watched the Beast Wars in the 90's, and collected the toys then as well. In 2001 when R I D debuted it just strengthened my love for the brand. when my Son was younger, I got him hooked on Transformers as well. I will be 50 this April, and I still to this day, rewatch all the cartoons that have run since the beginning and the movies as well. I have been s Transformers fan since I was a kid, and always will.
Same here, been here since pretty much the beginning(86). While I’m not crazy about the shows of the last decade or so, I’ll always give the new shows a shot even if they aren’t for me.
I was 13 in 1984 when I saw the 1st Transformers commercial, "Coming soon, to Marvel Comics." At that moment, I knew it was the greatest thing I had ever seen on TV. Once the cartoon started, it blew me away. I've been a fan from the very 1st time I saw it, and it's been a huge part of my life. Till All Are 1!
actually we have kinda, it was in IDW run with lost light crew. Thrilling 30 Mini-Con Assault Team, they are another alien species that Whirl kills their version of Optimus prime accidently and starts a whole thing where they infiltrate the transformers as a combiner
It isn't three robots, but in the old Marvel Comics Nightbeat would occasionally be seen in a trench coat and fedora because he was a detective. of course it was just about as much of a disguise as when the Ninja Turtles did it.
Would Lab Coats do? There was definitely an episode of the cartoon that had Bumblebee and Brawn (I think) disguising themselves with white lab coats. 😅
My older brother and I loved RiD when we were kids I only had Optimus as a birthday present though, I even got to meet Neil Kaplan the voice of Optimus at Twin Cities Con I wanted his autograph and he told me and my younger brother on how the role for Optimus was special to him not only for the franchise going back with the Autobots being cars again but because of 9/11 impacting his role, he had to make Optimus sound more inspiring as a leader and as a hero especially since this version of Optimus turned into a fire truck he then wrote a phrase that Optimus has never said in the show but would say because it’s in character that being “Evil is a fire that *must* be extinguished.” I happily display the autograph in my living room
Was in college in 2001 and had my first Gameboy Advance too, so Transformers wasn't on my radar at all that year. Only started collecting the toys years after. They're quite good.
Hasbro needs to get their shit together and work out the rights for a streaming/home video release. It's ridiculous that Disney is still holding it hostage.
One character I especially remember from this series was the woman, Kelly. (Junko in the Japanese version.) I loved how she'd find herself in the midst of the Transformers' battles, but never fully realized the truth.
The bastard series of the Transformers franchise for sure... I absolutely love this cartoon... I was born in 1982 so G1 was my jam as a kid... but by 2000/2001 I was into the metal scene and playing in bands. Transformers were a distant memory for me.. I only happened upon this cartoon because my little brother at the time was super into this cartoon,and just by chance one day I watched an episode with him and it totally reignited my love for the franchise. It's something we bonded over, I remember for that Christmas when this show made its debut on Channel 11 he got Optimus prime, Ultra Magnus,Megatron,Skye Byte and the one Autobot car who flirts with the red car can't remember his name right now. Really wish this was out on physical media, I would buy it in a heartbeat if it was on Blu-ray. There's a DVD set that's been on eBay for a long time I believe it's all region and it's from Bulgaria or something LOL
I wouldn't call RID/Car Robots "mostly forgotten", Hasbro has been putting out a lot of toys based on the OG Car Robots toys lately; even had a Haslab for RID Optimus Prime etc.
Pretty sure I watched this on Fox kids in 2001 when I was in third grade. Great memories. One of my favorite toys was Megatron and Galvatron from this generation. Even though Galvatron was just a different color of Megatron the toy came with instructions for more transformations. Many Lego cities were enslaved and destroyed by Galvatron in my basement and bedroom.
Even though I had graduated from college by the time RID dropped in the US, I managed to catch a handful of episodes and was thrilled to be following a Transformers series once again, despite the dub. Still love Optimus as a fire engine and the fact he could merge with Ultra Magnus to become Omega Prime.
So I'm just going to note this don't know if someone else has, but transformers Beast Wars was in the same continuity as generation one. So it's not a reboot.
I think we're forgetting the most important aspect of RID '01. It gave us the unforgettable character, the legendary fan favorite Decepticon Sky-Byte. A character that was unfortunately left out of the franchise until the Cyberverse cartoon resurrected him. We'll always owe a debt of gratitude for this underrated series for his creation alone. Also, the first time Daran "Knockout" Norris's first role as a Transformer. Too bad he wasn't his usual hammy self portraying the character he was given, though.
I was amazed when I first saw Beast Wars toys. The articulation was like a quantum leap for TF toys. I got several, but I was disappointed that they weren't vehicles. Then, when RID rolled out, I was thrilled. Vehicle transformers with Beast Wars articulation. I got all the Autobots and Megatron. Going into Armada, I thought the articulation was going to be on par with RID. Sadly, it took a step back. Unfortunately, I was on such a collecting binge that I got almost every Armada toy. By the time I was done, I realized I had made a big mistake. I mostly dropped out of TF collecting until the classics and movie toys rolled around. Some people dislike RID toys because of the extra kibble, but I think that's part of the fun. Extra doors and other pieces that could be posed to make the toys look more dynamic...
I went all out on RID for awhile. It def revitalized my love for the franchise and the designs were so cool and leaned into my heavy otoku nerd sensibilities at the time.
CR/RID is one of my favorite incarnations of Transformers. I'll be thrilled to get the HasLab figure. Much of my love for it all is due to being a G1 fan; CR/RID is a loving tribute to G1 and pre-transformers.
You said G1 ended in 1987 in America...but that's not the case. The toyline actually continued right into 1990 with Micromasters and Actionmasters being the last new offerings. Even the marvel comic went up to about that point I believe.
I remember seeing pictures of the Car Robots toys online and wishing they could bring them over to the U.S. Next thing I know, we got Robots In Disguise! One of my favorite figures from the line was Black Convoy a.k.a. Scourge, which started off the series of Optimus Prime repaints we now know as Nemesis Prime!
@@gundambassexe31 At what point was it subtly mentioned and why would it be? It's not like they've shied away from talking about it in other videos. 🤔
This was a major touchstone for my toy enjoying experience. This was one of the first series I saw when I started looking at the Tomart action figure magazine when they covered the Tokyo toy show, and I also remember downloading a low quality version of the intro and outro of the Japanese series. It was like I was in on a cool secret when the series finally came out in America. I unfortunately never got a chance to get the toys though, but a friend had a few.
I have every figure that came out for that line. Lots of great figures and combiners. There’s not enough love for this quirky series within the fandom IMO. thanks for the nostalgia boost. 👍
It was very underrated, I never heard many other kids my age talk about it, but I was hooked. The Omega Prime reveal and Galvatron stuck in my mind long after it stopped airing.
In my head canon, RID 2001 took place between G1 and Beast Wars. The Decepticons were more incline to use beast themed warriors (Predacons, Terrorcons, Horrorcons, etc), they just stuck with that, and rebranded themselves as Predacons. So what we saw in RID 2001, was the rebranded Decepticons battling it out with the Autobots. After RID 2001, to combat with any remaining forces of Predacons, the Autobots created beast Autobots themselves, and called them Maximals. So a new war between Maximals and Predacons became a thing, but it was too taxing on them, because of their large size. So they created smaller versions of both factions to conserve on the massive Energon usage. Thus leading into the Beast Wars.
@StarFighters76 actually in Japan Car Robot's took place years after the events of the G1 continuity but when they imported the series to the west that's where the whole "alternate universe" continuity began. I like to stick with the Japanese canon because it makes more sense this taking place after the end of the Great war where it fills in the gap before they went techno-organic during the beast era later in the far future.
I did the same Head canon by making up my own continuation through fanfic using Transformers: Operation Combination's plot that saw Decepticon High Regent Scrash and the Jet Corps break out Scourge who became Scrash's 2nd in command and the Commandos out of prison to take Earth's energy. Not only that, This Decepticon faction had a main computer system called ADA which stood for Advanced Data Analyzer and she was the evil counterpart to T-AI.
Apparently it actually takes place in 2001 in the Japanese continuity, setting it between season 2 of G1 and Transformers: The Movie. But being after the G1 story and before Beast Wars definitely makes more sense.
@@ltb1345 To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed that there was no continuation for this show seeing as there should have been a 2nd season with the other toys that weren't even on this show like Cryotek.
It's super fascinating having grown up with a mix of US and Japanese transformers (I hopped from G1 to Headmasters to Victory, then Car Robots, etc.) to see what it was like from a purely US perspective. Car Robots also has a super special place in my heart because the OP was sung by the late Koji Wada of Digimon fame. The man's a legend.
God, I remember being so flustered as a kid about this series, because I remembered a couple robots and clips of animation, but couldn't remember any specifics relating to plot or the name (I mean, Robots in Disguise was just the tagline for all I knew). I missed it by a hair when it originally aired to watch it regularly because I was just graduating out of little kid programming, so it was always "that Transformers before Armada where Optimus was a firetruck and another one was a shark" lol. Omega Prime is still rad as hell, though, and I'm still kinda mad at myself for not getting in on the HasLab.
Gotta love how they just completely skip over the Era of Takara making the Brave series toys, which ended up as the inspiration for alot of the concepts in Car robots, especially Fire Convoys combination with his trailer
I really appreciate you making videos and covering shows like this. I was one of the fans that was scorned for liking animation and cartoons in mid to late 80's before the anime underground scene really took off. It took a toll trying to explain plot and animation quality in my teens, when the networks were full of shows like Snorks, Muppet Babies, My Little Pony, Gummi Bears and Strawberry Shortcake that were catered towards early and middle childhood. Added to that you had Filmation and its over reliance on stock footage. It was a long decade until that perception started to change.
I was sooooo happy when I saw these toys were coming to the USA!!! I was 20, and liked the Beast Wars shows, but never latched on to transformers with fur and guts. To this day I look at this toyline and the show that came with it as one of my favorites bits of the TRANSFORMERS brand. Thanks for throwin' it some attention, Secret Galaxy! ☺
I didn't watch the show but my interest was piqued by Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus being able to combine together. I ended up picking up the toys back then and sharing them with some great kids I used to babysit.
I loved this series so much. I remember getting the fan-subs before it hit the air in America. The translations were rough and hilarious but added to the charm. I was lucky enough to live in a smaller college town back then and saw literally every toy they released on the shelves (where they were selling out almost everywhere else). I couldn’t believe we were getting such amazing designs here without import prices. I got Prime and Magnus, all three car bros and the construction guys. I also had to get megatron (what a weird multi-changer he was) and the shark dude even though I never enjoyed beast wars. 😂
Transformers Robots in Disguise is probably the Transformers series that’s most forgotten due to it not being readily available on either physical media or streaming. However, after Beast Machines where it was sometimes hard to get invested in what was going on with characters constantly bickering at each other, this was a breath of fresh air.
I actually liked Transformers RID more than the Armada and Cybertron series. The RID toyline felt more like a continuum of the original G1 toys from the 80's.
This was one of the shows that got me back into the Transformers after Beast Wars, and I still have all of my toys from it including firetruck Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Scourge, and Megatron. I kept on through to Armada and Transformers Prime.
As a kid that was introduced to Transformers during Generation 2, I appreciated that Transformers itself was aging up with me through Beast Wars and Beast Machines. RID 2001 came out when I was in middle school, and it was the first time I'd seen Transformers shift to a younger audience. Leaving me behind. I didn't care for RID at the time, but I've mellowed on it as I've gotten older. Now I can appreciate the "move on" subliminal message at 4:59.
I watched a few episodes but I was old enough to have a job. I did buy so so many of the toys including importing the Brave Maximus and Black Battle Convoy.
I discovered the "Firetruck Convy" randomly and it felt like i had stumbled upon a secret toyline. I got it instantly amd absolutely loved the amount of detail and transforming features. I was an adult but didn't care, collecting more of the line was fun and addictive. Still holds up to rhis day as the line that really took my interest in toys again. Missed the kickstarter though definitely going to look out for any selling at a decent price.
RID 2001 is one of my favourite Transformers series of all time. I'm so glad that Hasbro is making a new version of RID Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. I just hope Disney and Hasbro can work something out to allow a re-release of the cartoon.
Speaking of surprise cameos... um... during the Michal Bay Transformers montage at 14:25 ... is that a blink and miss it random clip of Jason Voorhees killing someone in a sleeping bag??? 🤨
I was around for G1 when it first aired and has been a big part of my fandom life but R.I.D. is definitely one of my favorites as well. Still have my original Optimus and Magnus figures and can't wait for their HasLab figures to get here.
I was well out of collecting or watching Transformers by the time this came out, but I did buy the Fire Convoy/Optimus Prime. The full figure with all the bits and pieces attached looked incredible. I just wish it didn't require taking things off and putting back together to do the whole transformation. So he stayed a statue for most of the time. I'll have to see if I still have him.
4:59 speaks condescending to fans telling them to move on. Also has an entire YT channel dedicated to toys loved from the past, and thus not moving on 🤷♂️
It was available on DVD in the UK for a while. Me a friend did a review of an episode from the perspective of people who grew up with the original having discovered the new series. Its still on RUclips on my other channel I believe ...
I think I remember seeing commercials for this series and loving the anime take on transformers because it made them so much cooler since the animation was way better than the chunky 80's animation. I was a freshman and didn't buy any of the toys and probably was a little bit of a G1 purest snob and just wished they came out with awesome looking G1 toys. Ironically I did buy an Optimus Prime Revlotech figure for I think $100, but I loved how it was so poseable. Still sits on my shelf today.
From the UK, at 11 years old was on holiday in America November 2001, when I discovered these transformers. Pretty sure I spent all mine and most of my brother’s holiday money getting loads of these guys!
I was truly one of the Transformers fans who helped carried the franchise over from G1 to Car Robots. Even though I was born a year before Transformers G1, I had older brothers who collected the line. I even helped by buying figures like G1 Groove and Octopunch. I even collected a few figures from G2, Beast Wars. And Beast Machines despite being in high school when BM was new. I even went so far buying Car Robots figures before it was localized as Robot in Disguise - I remember somehow inspired my older brother to buy the JRX (Rail Racer) giftset for $70 at a Chinatown street fair in the Bay Area in 2000 or 2001.
I kind of liked Transformers RID, despite being in high school and outgrown kids toys, I liked the anime, and was watching Saturday morning shows on Fox Kids!
Loved G1 back when it came out. Couldn't get into beast wars, but when R.I.D. appeared on Walmarts shelves I was floored. I immediately got as much car robots as i could. Still have them today
When I was a kid I remember I tried to make sense of how this show could fit in with the original and Beast Wars. I thought that it may have been set at a time when the Decepticons had turned into Predacons but the Autobots had yet to change into Maximals. But then the Predacons created Decepticons and I just threw my hand up lol.
I was, and still am, a huge Beast Wars fan. I didn't like Beast Machines but watched since it had the same characters. Bought some of Beast Machines toys but not as many as Wars. I could never get into any other Transformers series after. I still think they shot themselves in the foot by ending Beast Wars. There were so many stories to tell...
Didn't mention the G1 characters used in this RID series like the Combaticons and Fortress Maximus, and G2 Laser Optimus Prime, a sort of clone of Optimus colored in black called Scourge. All of these characters were also released as toys from the RID line.
I'm still a g1 guy, and tried over the years to get into the other series. From the 2000s on. Last one I actively watched was beast wars. Tried to get into beast machines but my local affiliate played it on random days and times. I did kinda get into prime when it was on Netflix...but as I understand it wasn't rhe full series...oh I did love that Netflix limited series .that was dope
Loved the video man. But I do feel you glossed over some pretty big contributions this show brought to transformers 1.Optimus and Ultra Magnus actually being brothers. Dreamweaver comics and others have gone on to follow this formula but this was the first time the rumor was confirmed 2. Scourge (the dark Optimus clone) basically became the basis for Nemesis Prime, a concept theat continued in the unicron trilogy and basically every major tf continuity after. 3. Optimus combining with a partner or being a combiner of some sort. After omega prime the unicron trilogy and even Michael Bay movies took this concept.
Also, transformers is a multiverse bro. Even G1 has continuity issues, considering between the cartoon and comic people always fight which one is cannon
Cameo without warning!! Thanks for the surprise inclusion, guys! 😆
Oh... it's you.
It pays to NEVER blink while watching Secret Galaxy, otherwise you never know what you'll miss. 😁
Transforms the basics the goat
Congratulations @chrismcfeely! 😊
The Chris McFeely cameo made me choke on my mushroom risotto. If I don't make it through the night, just know I died laughing.
Enough people remembered it to fund a crowdfunding campaign for a re-designed version of Omega Prime. And yeah, I got one.
I got two 😁
I was thinking about supporting it but I own the OG set and i’m pretty happy with it.
@@Instinct97 haha, nice!!! I also went for two!
same!
Highest number of backers for a Transformers campaign and second highest of any HasLab. I also got two. I'm a big fan of the line, I have most of them, but I also have three of the original Prime, the yellow one, the Encore reissue, the two Spychangers and the Titanium (and its repaint) and one each of the matching Ultra Magnuses.
I honestly love the character designs from this era.
That original anime "car-robots" opening song slaps
It's Koji Wada, of course it slaps!
I was 10 years old when Transformers started in 1984. I collected the toys, the comics anything I could get my hands on, and I never stopped. I watched the Beast Wars in the 90's, and collected the toys then as well. In 2001 when R I D debuted it just strengthened my love for the brand. when my Son was younger, I got him hooked on Transformers as well. I will be 50 this April, and I still to this day, rewatch all the cartoons that have run since the beginning and the movies as well. I have been s Transformers fan since I was a kid, and always will.
Beautiful
Same here, been here since pretty much the beginning(86). While I’m not crazy about the shows of the last decade or so, I’ll always give the new shows a shot even if they aren’t for me.
I was 13 in 1984 when I saw the 1st Transformers commercial, "Coming soon, to Marvel Comics."
At that moment, I knew it was the greatest thing I had ever seen on TV.
Once the cartoon started, it blew me away. I've been a fan from the very 1st time I saw it, and it's been a huge part of my life.
Till All Are 1!
I was 4 😂😂😂😂 but have been an avid transformers fan and collector for a very long time. I still have most of my G1s
im going to ask you a question,what do you think about transformers prime and animated
This particular series has always felt like a fever dream for me. I used to love it as a kid but after 2001/2 they never had reruns.
Why have we never seen multiple transformers on each other's shoulders in a trench coat... Now that's a disguise.
actually we have kinda, it was in IDW run with lost light crew. Thrilling 30 Mini-Con Assault Team, they are another alien species that Whirl kills their version of Optimus prime accidently and starts a whole thing where they infiltrate the transformers as a combiner
We've only seen single Transformers in Lab Coats!
@@eonaon6914 and this is why I love the internet.
It isn't three robots, but in the old Marvel Comics Nightbeat would occasionally be seen in a trench coat and fedora because he was a detective. of course it was just about as much of a disguise as when the Ninja Turtles did it.
Would Lab Coats do? There was definitely an episode of the cartoon that had Bumblebee and Brawn (I think) disguising themselves with white lab coats. 😅
My older brother and I loved RiD when we were kids I only had Optimus as a birthday present though, I even got to meet Neil Kaplan the voice of Optimus at Twin Cities Con I wanted his autograph and he told me and my younger brother on how the role for Optimus was special to him not only for the franchise going back with the Autobots being cars again but because of 9/11 impacting his role, he had to make Optimus sound more inspiring as a leader and as a hero especially since this version of Optimus turned into a fire truck he then wrote a phrase that Optimus has never said in the show but would say because it’s in character that being “Evil is a fire that *must* be extinguished.” I happily display the autograph in my living room
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Was in college in 2001 and had my first Gameboy Advance too, so Transformers wasn't on my radar at all that year. Only started collecting the toys years after. They're quite good.
Hah, that mcFeely cameo made me laugh out load.
I am one of the 28,000 backers and I am looking forward to it. I do hope this series gets a release in the future.
Hasbro needs to get their shit together and work out the rights for a streaming/home video release. It's ridiculous that Disney is still holding it hostage.
Sadly Disney is holding tons of the old Fox Family channel/Fox kids shows hostage. Doing absolutely nothing with them for almost 25 years.
I loved RiD back in the day and am always sad that it seems to be forgotten in the history of Transformers.
One character I especially remember from this series was the woman, Kelly. (Junko in the Japanese version.) I loved how she'd find herself in the midst of the Transformers' battles, but never fully realized the truth.
the idea of moving on is a closed mind idea that age dictates behaviour. It's never time to move on.
I should go back and rewatch RiD. I remember liking it more than the Unicron Trilogy series.
They actually waited a year and didn’t rush it.
Everything is on tubi except rid all the episodes of it are on here RUclips
I liked the first part of the unicron trilogy... hated the rest.
The bastard series of the Transformers franchise for sure...
I absolutely love this cartoon... I was born in 1982 so G1 was my jam as a kid... but by 2000/2001 I was into the metal scene and playing in bands. Transformers were a distant memory for me.. I only happened upon this cartoon because my little brother at the time was super into this cartoon,and just by chance one day I watched an episode with him and it totally reignited my love for the franchise. It's something we bonded over, I remember for that Christmas when this show made its debut on Channel 11 he got Optimus prime, Ultra Magnus,Megatron,Skye Byte and the one Autobot car who flirts with the red car can't remember his name right now.
Really wish this was out on physical media, I would buy it in a heartbeat if it was on Blu-ray. There's a DVD set that's been on eBay for a long time I believe it's all region and it's from Bulgaria or something LOL
As a Y2K series, it was more than likely digital paint rather than film/cel so to have it on Blu-ray necessitates upscaling.
7:09 Nice cameo there!
Amazing. Did not see that coming 😆
I wouldn't call RID/Car Robots "mostly forgotten", Hasbro has been putting out a lot of toys based on the OG Car Robots toys lately; even had a Haslab for RID Optimus Prime etc.
Pretty sure I watched this on Fox kids in 2001 when I was in third grade. Great memories. One of my favorite toys was Megatron and Galvatron from this generation. Even though Galvatron was just a different color of Megatron the toy came with instructions for more transformations. Many Lego cities were enslaved and destroyed by Galvatron in my basement and bedroom.
Even though I had graduated from college by the time RID dropped in the US, I managed to catch a handful of episodes and was thrilled to be following a Transformers series once again, despite the dub. Still love Optimus as a fire engine and the fact he could merge with Ultra Magnus to become Omega Prime.
CR is basically the swan song of the G1/beast era series.
From the foxkids era! Transformers 2001 ! Heck yes
So I'm just going to note this don't know if someone else has, but transformers Beast Wars was in the same continuity as generation one. So it's not a reboot.
I think we're forgetting the most important aspect of RID '01. It gave us the unforgettable character, the legendary fan favorite Decepticon Sky-Byte. A character that was unfortunately left out of the franchise until the Cyberverse cartoon resurrected him. We'll always owe a debt of gratitude for this underrated series for his creation alone. Also, the first time Daran "Knockout" Norris's first role as a Transformer. Too bad he wasn't his usual hammy self portraying the character he was given, though.
Who's the coolest shark around?
Sky-Byte AND Scourge before he was Nemesis Prime.
@TheDragonDAFan And he's getting another toy next year.
Well he is getting a toy in 2025 so he's not forgotten .
Also came here to praise the greatness that is Sky-Byte 🦈
Also cool 2001's RID brought back G1's iconic transformers scratch sound
I was amazed when I first saw Beast Wars toys. The articulation was like a quantum leap for TF toys. I got several, but I was disappointed that they weren't vehicles.
Then, when RID rolled out, I was thrilled. Vehicle transformers with Beast Wars articulation. I got all the Autobots and Megatron. Going into Armada, I thought the articulation was going to be on par with RID. Sadly, it took a step back. Unfortunately, I was on such a collecting binge that I got almost every Armada toy. By the time I was done, I realized I had made a big mistake. I mostly dropped out of TF collecting until the classics and movie toys rolled around.
Some people dislike RID toys because of the extra kibble, but I think that's part of the fun. Extra doors and other pieces that could be posed to make the toys look more dynamic...
I went all out on RID for awhile. It def revitalized my love for the franchise and the designs were so cool and leaned into my heavy otoku nerd sensibilities at the time.
CR/RID is one of my favorite incarnations of Transformers. I'll be thrilled to get the HasLab figure. Much of my love for it all is due to being a G1 fan; CR/RID is a loving tribute to G1 and pre-transformers.
You said G1 ended in 1987 in America...but that's not the case. The toyline actually continued right into 1990 with Micromasters and Actionmasters being the last new offerings. Even the marvel comic went up to about that point I believe.
I remember seeing pictures of the Car Robots toys online and wishing they could bring them over to the U.S. Next thing I know, we got Robots In Disguise! One of my favorite figures from the line was Black Convoy a.k.a. Scourge, which started off the series of Optimus Prime repaints we now know as Nemesis Prime!
11:44 yes Episodes were aired out of order, Skipped or edited down similar to MegaMan NT Warrior, cardcaptor sakura, and many others
It wasn't mentioned, but 9/11 had a lot to do with those changes in RID.
@@emerje0 it was subtle mention obviously. Duh 🙄
@@gundambassexe31 At what point was it subtly mentioned and why would it be? It's not like they've shied away from talking about it in other videos. 🤔
I have been a Transformers fan since 1984.
This was a major touchstone for my toy enjoying experience. This was one of the first series I saw when I started looking at the Tomart action figure magazine when they covered the Tokyo toy show, and I also remember downloading a low quality version of the intro and outro of the Japanese series. It was like I was in on a cool secret when the series finally came out in America. I unfortunately never got a chance to get the toys though, but a friend had a few.
I have every figure that came out for that line. Lots of great figures and combiners. There’s not enough love for this quirky series within the fandom IMO. thanks for the nostalgia boost. 👍
Skybyte "Who the baddest Shark around? Skybyte, that's me!!"
Op to Scourge "Kind of catchy, isn't it?"
It was very underrated, I never heard many other kids my age talk about it, but I was hooked. The Omega Prime reveal and Galvatron stuck in my mind long after it stopped airing.
In my head canon, RID 2001 took place between G1 and Beast Wars. The Decepticons were more incline to use beast themed warriors (Predacons, Terrorcons, Horrorcons, etc), they just stuck with that, and rebranded themselves as Predacons. So what we saw in RID 2001, was the rebranded Decepticons battling it out with the Autobots. After RID 2001, to combat with any remaining forces of Predacons, the Autobots created beast Autobots themselves, and called them Maximals. So a new war between Maximals and Predacons became a thing, but it was too taxing on them, because of their large size. So they created smaller versions of both factions to conserve on the massive Energon usage. Thus leading into the Beast Wars.
@StarFighters76 actually in Japan Car Robot's took place years after the events of the G1 continuity but when they imported the series to the west that's where the whole "alternate universe" continuity began. I like to stick with the Japanese canon because it makes more sense this taking place after the end of the Great war where it fills in the gap before they went techno-organic during the beast era later in the far future.
I did the same Head canon by making up my own continuation through fanfic using Transformers: Operation Combination's plot that saw Decepticon High Regent Scrash and the Jet Corps break out Scourge who became Scrash's 2nd in command and the Commandos out of prison to take Earth's energy. Not only that, This Decepticon faction had a main computer system called ADA which stood for Advanced Data Analyzer and she was the evil counterpart to T-AI.
Apparently it actually takes place in 2001 in the Japanese continuity, setting it between season 2 of G1 and Transformers: The Movie. But being after the G1 story and before Beast Wars definitely makes more sense.
@@ltb1345 To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed that there was no continuation for this show seeing as there should have been a 2nd season with the other toys that weren't even on this show like Cryotek.
It's super fascinating having grown up with a mix of US and Japanese transformers (I hopped from G1 to Headmasters to Victory, then Car Robots, etc.) to see what it was like from a purely US perspective.
Car Robots also has a super special place in my heart because the OP was sung by the late Koji Wada of Digimon fame. The man's a legend.
God, I remember being so flustered as a kid about this series, because I remembered a couple robots and clips of animation, but couldn't remember any specifics relating to plot or the name (I mean, Robots in Disguise was just the tagline for all I knew). I missed it by a hair when it originally aired to watch it regularly because I was just graduating out of little kid programming, so it was always "that Transformers before Armada where Optimus was a firetruck and another one was a shark" lol. Omega Prime is still rad as hell, though, and I'm still kinda mad at myself for not getting in on the HasLab.
This was a pretty good show, it was different, innovative and the characters were very good too,thank you for doing this secret galaxy ❤
Gotta love how they just completely skip over the Era of Takara making the Brave series toys, which ended up as the inspiration for alot of the concepts in Car robots, especially Fire Convoys combination with his trailer
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE looked like what happens if you put Transformers in the Digimon world. I'm surprised it wasn't as popular as TRANSFORMERS ARMADA.
Thr most popular thing about RiD 2001 fornus transformers Fans is good old skybyte😂
Aside that it’s a fair bit of Brave Exkaiser, but you do have Koji Wada also doing the JP intro for the series like Digimon.
I really appreciate you making videos and covering shows like this. I was one of the fans that was scorned for liking animation and cartoons in mid to late 80's before the anime underground scene really took off. It took a toll trying to explain plot and animation quality in my teens, when the networks were full of shows like Snorks, Muppet Babies, My Little Pony, Gummi Bears and Strawberry Shortcake that were catered towards early and middle childhood. Added to that you had Filmation and its over reliance on stock footage. It was a long decade until that perception started to change.
Ohhhhhh I had always wondered why Optimus Prime was a firetruck that one time.
I was sooooo happy when I saw these toys were coming to the USA!!! I was 20, and liked the Beast Wars shows, but never latched on to transformers with fur and guts. To this day I look at this toyline and the show that came with it as one of my favorites bits of the TRANSFORMERS brand. Thanks for throwin' it some attention, Secret Galaxy!
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McFeely Jumpscare got me 😂
Cameo accomplished!
Cameo accomplished!
I didn't watch the show but my interest was piqued by Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus being able to combine together. I ended up picking up the toys back then and sharing them with some great kids I used to babysit.
I loved this series so much. I remember getting the fan-subs before it hit the air in America. The translations were rough and hilarious but added to the charm.
I was lucky enough to live in a smaller college town back then and saw literally every toy they released on the shelves (where they were selling out almost everywhere else). I couldn’t believe we were getting such amazing designs here without import prices. I got Prime and Magnus, all three car bros and the construction guys. I also had to get megatron (what a weird multi-changer he was) and the shark dude even though I never enjoyed beast wars. 😂
Jason Transforms from maternal psychological trauma, to a sleeping bag-swinging evil-universe sloth.
Transformers Robots in Disguise is probably the Transformers series that’s most forgotten due to it not being readily available on either physical media or streaming. However, after Beast Machines where it was sometimes hard to get invested in what was going on with characters constantly bickering at each other, this was a breath of fresh air.
I do lament the loss of Transtech though. It does sound like Mainframe were going to lean into the Car Robots/RiD formula of Beasts & Vehicles too.
But it _was_ remembered for how it was affected by 9/11.
Yeah. I think RiD's lighter tone is a big reason that it appealed to a lot of kids (and open-minded adults).
Robots in Disguise was released on Region 2 DVD.
I actually liked Transformers RID more than the Armada and Cybertron series. The RID toyline felt more like a continuum of the original G1 toys from the 80's.
Haslab Omega Prime was both the most backed Transformers Haslab, and also the second most backed Haslab overall.
I think it wasn't that forgotten.
The most underrated transformers cartoon!
This was one of the shows that got me back into the Transformers after Beast Wars, and I still have all of my toys from it including firetruck Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Scourge, and Megatron. I kept on through to Armada and Transformers Prime.
As a kid that was introduced to Transformers during Generation 2, I appreciated that Transformers itself was aging up with me through Beast Wars and Beast Machines. RID 2001 came out when I was in middle school, and it was the first time I'd seen Transformers shift to a younger audience. Leaving me behind. I didn't care for RID at the time, but I've mellowed on it as I've gotten older. Now I can appreciate the "move on" subliminal message at 4:59.
I absolutely loved this show. Miss watching it with my older brother ❤
4:59 ouch… it’s like you’re speaking directly to my soul.
Your shirt is cool. I really love Transformers. I need to make time and watch the continuation of the Japan series and the 2001 series
That Chris McFeely pop-up literally made me choke on my food. 🤣
I’ve had the Takara Fire Convoy since these came out. I remember ordering it from Japan because no one knew if they’d get produced for North America.
Chris McFeely's "Toasty!" moment literally made my day
I love this series, my 3rd favorite TF show after G1 & BW. Wish it got more love and a 2nd life, was so happy to back the recent Hasbro Lab offer.
Absolutely loved this episode. Very informative as usual.
I watched a few episodes but I was old enough to have a job. I did buy so so many of the toys including importing the Brave Maximus and Black Battle Convoy.
I discovered the "Firetruck Convy" randomly and it felt like i had stumbled upon a secret toyline.
I got it instantly amd absolutely loved the amount of detail and transforming features.
I was an adult but didn't care, collecting more of the line was fun and addictive.
Still holds up to rhis day as the line that really took my interest in toys again.
Missed the kickstarter though definitely going to look out for any selling at a decent price.
G1 Transformers into a GoBots reference into a TaskMaster reference? There are reasons I fucking love this channel.
RiD2001 was a fantastic run of transformers
RID 2001 is one of my favourite Transformers series of all time. I'm so glad that Hasbro is making a new version of RID Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. I just hope Disney and Hasbro can work something out to allow a re-release of the cartoon.
Speaking of surprise cameos... um... during the Michal Bay Transformers montage at 14:25 ... is that a blink and miss it random clip of Jason Voorhees killing someone in a sleeping bag??? 🤨
Transformers has always loomed large in my life, like some vast, predatory bird.
I was around for G1 when it first aired and has been a big part of my fandom life but R.I.D. is definitely one of my favorites as well. Still have my original Optimus and Magnus figures and can't wait for their HasLab figures to get here.
That series had a mix of G2 and Beast War II characters designs and color variations. 👍
I was well out of collecting or watching Transformers by the time this came out, but I did buy the Fire Convoy/Optimus Prime. The full figure with all the bits and pieces attached looked incredible. I just wish it didn't require taking things off and putting back together to do the whole transformation. So he stayed a statue for most of the time. I'll have to see if I still have him.
4:59 speaks condescending to fans telling them to move on. Also has an entire YT channel dedicated to toys loved from the past, and thus not moving on 🤷♂️
It was available on DVD in the UK for a while. Me a friend did a review of an episode from the perspective of people who grew up with the original having discovered the new series. Its still on RUclips on my other channel I believe ...
I think I remember seeing commercials for this series and loving the anime take on transformers because it made them so much cooler since the animation was way better than the chunky 80's animation. I was a freshman and didn't buy any of the toys and probably was a little bit of a G1 purest snob and just wished they came out with awesome looking G1 toys. Ironically I did buy an Optimus Prime Revlotech figure for I think $100, but I loved how it was so poseable. Still sits on my shelf today.
I bought a Jem and the Holograms shirt for my niece fur Christmas last year, and she loved it.
this is why i pefer the 2001 robot in disguise over the 2015 robot in disguise
Yes McFeely cameo....but was that Jason sleeping bag scene snuck in there Tyler Durden style?
From the UK, at 11 years old was on holiday in America November 2001, when I discovered these transformers. Pretty sure I spent all mine and most of my brother’s holiday money getting loads of these guys!
I was truly one of the Transformers fans who helped carried the franchise over from G1 to Car Robots. Even though I was born a year before Transformers G1, I had older brothers who collected the line. I even helped by buying figures like G1 Groove and Octopunch. I even collected a few figures from G2, Beast Wars. And Beast Machines despite being in high school when BM was new. I even went so far buying Car Robots figures before it was localized as Robot in Disguise - I remember somehow inspired my older brother to buy the JRX (Rail Racer) giftset for $70 at a Chinatown street fair in the Bay Area in 2000 or 2001.
I kind of liked Transformers RID, despite being in high school and outgrown kids toys, I liked the anime, and was watching Saturday morning shows on Fox Kids!
ah, it finally makes sense why some of those G1 transformers changed into small objects while others were vehicles. I always thought it was weird.
Loved G1 back when it came out. Couldn't get into beast wars, but when R.I.D. appeared on Walmarts shelves I was floored. I immediately got as much car robots as i could. Still have them today
I backed Omega Prime!
Really peeved there is no mention of a 3rd thank you tier for the most successful Transformers HasLab project.
Please do videos on Jackie Chan Adventures, Megaman the animated series, Ozzy & Drix, & Max Steel
When I was a kid I remember I tried to make sense of how this show could fit in with the original and Beast Wars. I thought that it may have been set at a time when the Decepticons had turned into Predacons but the Autobots had yet to change into Maximals. But then the Predacons created Decepticons and I just threw my hand up lol.
"Robots and these guys" LMAO!!!
These were the first Transformers I bought. I loved the Optimus and went to several WalMarts chasing the complete Rail Racer set.
I like the brief shot of Jason in the montage of Transformers movie moments.
I was, and still am, a huge Beast Wars fan. I didn't like Beast Machines but watched since it had the same characters. Bought some of Beast Machines toys but not as many as Wars. I could never get into any other Transformers series after. I still think they shot themselves in the foot by ending Beast Wars. There were so many stories to tell...
Yeah. It seems like the designers at Hasbro had grown bored of Beast Wars moreso than the fans.
Fun fact: this was my first exposure to Transformers!
RiD Optimus Prime is what got me back into Transformers and toys in general. I grew up with G1.
This show is one of my favorites Transformers show, a combination of G1 and Beast Wars. This show is deeply underrated, extremely underrated.
Didn't mention the G1 characters used in this RID series like the Combaticons and Fortress Maximus, and G2 Laser Optimus Prime, a sort of clone of Optimus colored in black called Scourge. All of these characters were also released as toys from the RID line.
I'm still a g1 guy, and tried over the years to get into the other series. From the 2000s on. Last one I actively watched was beast wars. Tried to get into beast machines but my local affiliate played it on random days and times.
I did kinda get into prime when it was on Netflix...but as I understand it wasn't rhe full series...oh I did love that Netflix limited series .that was dope
Sky-byte the only one that stay on earth .
With the blessing of optimus.
Loved the video man. But I do feel you glossed over some pretty big contributions this show brought to transformers
1.Optimus and Ultra Magnus actually being brothers. Dreamweaver comics and others have gone on to follow this formula but this was the first time the rumor was confirmed
2. Scourge (the dark Optimus clone) basically became the basis for Nemesis Prime, a concept theat continued in the unicron trilogy and basically every major tf continuity after.
3. Optimus combining with a partner or being a combiner of some sort. After omega prime the unicron trilogy and even Michael Bay movies took this concept.
Also, transformers is a multiverse bro. Even G1 has continuity issues, considering between the cartoon and comic people always fight which one is cannon
I got bummed back in the day when they decided to "Robots and These Guys" as opposed to continuing the G1/Beasts continuity.