TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the PROTECTOBOTS
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Long before Heatwave's team were rolling to the rescue, there was the original Autobot emergency response team - the PROTECTOBOTS!
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I love that in their introductions they’re mostly really either chill or caring and then there’s blades who’s basically “his job on the team keeps him from his real passion, Violence.”
One of these things is not like the other...
I love that Rook was so last-minute in the comics that it was later established that he was just a random guy who was standing in the wrong place when Starscream used the Enigma.
A random guy who was perfectly "in sync" with the team. Lol.
"well I guess I'm doing this now"
Imagine walking down the street and suddenly you’re a leg.
@@XboxTF2Tidbits relatable
@@lul911 it is, happened to me this morning
defensor is seriously a underrated great combiner,with a unique team and design,defensor is actually one of the few combiners that i personaly liked after bruticus-victorion-potp inferno combiner(city guard) and volcanicus,great thing that he has the best combiner toys ever
@AOS what's your favourite team After the protectbots ?
@AOS too bad computron was a tribble character in the prime wars trilogy,he killed so easily by menasor and rodimus cron(rodimus unicronus)
I like your avatar.
Put her there buddy 👊
@@agent_meister477 ricochet is honestly one of my favourite characters,its a shame that he didn't appear in a lot of medias and he has some toys (like the power of the primes and the newage one),i actually love shattered glasd ricochet,my issue with him is the character write,i mean they make him a crazy sports car autobot who has a heavy rocket lunachers on his shoulders
@AOS i just wish if we can see him again in masterpiece or on any modern japanese toyline like artfire(artfire is even got a wfc kingdom toy tho)
the fact that the protectbots are the first rescue bots ever and they are the classic that started it all,make it more funnier
When you put it like that i still wonder why they weren’t the main cast for rescue bots. They easily would have belonged given their nature.
@@crimsondynamo615 And people on social media simp the more timid version of Blades, which is funny as hell.
@@Gaia_BentosZX5 what do you mean ?
Even funnier when you know how polar opposite G1 and RB Blades are.
rescue Bots is still going maybe we will get to see a fight against the Decipticons including Megatron they keep mentioning them in the show but they still have not appeared in rescue bots.
Defensor was my favorite combiner as a kid. I remember when I got the box set for Christmas in the 80s while my younger brother received the Menasor set. We had a blast. My Defensor is still standing proudly in one of my cabinets now, all these years later. :)
You and your brother were the luckiest kids ever. I only ever saw one of the box sets when I was younger - the Menasor set. I only bought the individual robots, until I collected them as an adult when they were easier to come by!
I like the fact that they got new members that each combine into different parts other than limbs, such an underused idea for a team
with defensor and the protectbots being one of my fan favourite characters,i'm really glad to see them get attention and a basics episode,defensor was a unique character especially in the idw,the idw defensor will be never forgotten and he always holds a special place in my heart
Good thing they all survived sans Rook. Hope they can combine with just five.
Always thought that Hotspot was the best looking of all the combiner commanders. And that baby blue fire engine mode with flames down the side....Magnificent! Defensor always struck me as the best looking combiner of all the originals. Good looking bunch of boys the Protectobots.
"Yo 'Screamer! Your pilot's license just expired!" -- Streetwise
Best line in G1, ever. 🚓
A hint of what was to come in the movie
Blades was my first transformer toy in the 80s. I didn’t have much growing up, and transformers were not very easily available in Argentina for a while. A friend of the family that traveled to the US gave it to me as a gift. While for many he was only an arm, it holds a dear place for me.
I had a knockoff Protectobots in an easter basket as a kid. Thought they were the coolest things ever. Fell apart after a couple of months because of cheap plastic, but they were still fun
I kind of want to see a future installment that has the Protectobots go up against the Stunticons as their rivals. A sort of Cops and Robbers type of rivalry
We almost got Defensor (with 1 arm) vs Menasor in the g1 cartoon kinda
I don't know I like Sky vs Land with Menasor and Superion better
That could be fun as the combiner teams do fight around. (Combaticons and the Aerialbots duked it out in Aerial assault.)
With so little in the media spotlight it's no wonder this team is forgotten about. Most fans love Decepticon combiner teams more than Autobot combiner teams. Then as far as Autobot teams, the Protectobots are usually the least favorite. I quite like the Protectobots as far as design and characterization. Defensor is a really cool looking combiner. Definitely my favorite Autobot combiner.
The protectobots stand out to me because of their prominent role in The Return of Optimus Prime. And first aid was one of the few G1 toys I had
same! i only ever had first aid, swindle and bumblebee.
First Aid was the only G1 Protectobot I got as a kid. I somehow broke Wildrider's head so the Stunticons had brainwashed First Aid into joining the team filling in the missing limb piece. I didn't realize how ugly the other team members with the exception of Hot Spot were in robot mode for the G1 Protectobots.
My favorite member of this team is Hot Spot for his attitude towards people and his convincing of First Aid to come back to the team in that one episode of G1.
Part of me still wishes the Rescue Bots had explicitly been a new iteration of the team and connected to them in some way, like mentoring under them or having them be the head of the organization. I get the creative decisions to distance them though.
Honestly, imagine if they'd finished off Rescue Bots with a movie where they somehow gain the ability to combine into Defensor. Maybe they're tasked with guarding the Enigma of Combination or something, and they ultimately use it to combine and beat the big bad of the film.
I remember i used to own Groove. I think my brother owned Hotspot... thats as far as we got with the protectabots
I had (and still have) the whole set from the original release WAY back when.
The Protectbot's were the only combiner team that I had completed as a kid. They were also the first team that I completed during the Combiner Wars as well.
Poetry
Nice :D. So that means you got Rook and Deluxe Groove too?
@@Samuel_Loegan I don't have Rook, but he was never a G1 member so personally I don't count him. I was able to find Hotspot, Blades, & both versions of Groove in store. Had to procure First-Aid & Streetwise online.
@@hpred97123 oh I see. Nice :D. If me? I have both Rook and the Deluxe Groove. The mini Groove however? Nah, coz Defensor isn't meant to have a chest armor
That’s cool. My first complete combiner was Optimus Maximus, which I got for Christmas. A year later I got Superion and Defensor
The perfect Transformers spinoff and in a later season have the Rescue Bots joining the series. That would be an interesting series, IMO.
2:34 "... In _Central City_ " Must be great working along side The Flash.
I'm just trying to figure out why it's called Central City when the cartoon looks like it takes place primarily in the American Southwest. Central City should be like where Kansas City is.
@@foxfireinferno197 Actually, much of the action in the original cartoon takes place in Oregon, since that's where the Ark crashed.
@@foxfireinferno197 The city could be at the center of the state it's in, or even the center of its county. It doesn't necessarily have to be at the center of the country. 🙂
I’m surprised First-Aid never teamed up with Lifeline from GIJOE. They seem like a natural partnership, even down to matching colors.
I always expected that too. Even to this day it's never been done. Not even just fan art with them standing together.
They need to get it done in the next crossover
I mentioned this in the announcement but the Protectobots are my favorite Combiner (though I haven't owned all the Combiners in G1) because their personal weapons can be added to Defensor depending on who is which limb, giving Defensor multiple ways to battle, and I didn't even know about the Japanese bonus characters, which now I wish I had. For some reason Hasbro and their media partners do a terrible job utilizing combination (see also the Mini-Cons and Energon's Powerlinking), treating it more like Voltron than the play range the Scramble style combination offers.
I find it hilarious that the motorcycle is one of the biggest vehicle modes
as a person who loved bruticus a lot as a kid,i can confirm that the protectbots are just the shattered glass version of the combaticons,first aid=swindle and hot spot=onslught
And Blades = Vortex.
Thinking about that, it's kinda funny how Combiner Wars Defensor and Bruticus share a couple of molds.
The Protectobots really did deserve better. They're my favourite Autobot sub team.
Ranking them from high to low, I'd say: Hot Spot, Blades, First Aid, Streetwise, Groove, Medix, and Rook.
Amazing. With a name like protectbots, was thinking rescue bots.
And that's basically the first thing he mentions in the video.
G1 Hotspot was always one of my absolute favorite Autobots from when I had him as a kid!!! I was so excited to have found him again almost 35 years later!!!
They and the Technobots are the most underrated Autobots.
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@@skids5454 eh don't worry I didn't forget you,it could be worse? Could be like your friends the MONSTERBOTS! Which chrismcfeely has a basics video on.
It does feel like they are full of missed opportunities with these guys.
After reading Blades’ bio I have to ask, how the heck does a violent sociopathic thug wind up on a rescue and law enforcement unit?!
He's more of a cop than the actual cops.
Probably was assigned to Hot Spot so Blades could learn how to cool off. Blades also balances out the pacifist nature of Groove or First Aid.
His kill count stopped once he joined, I'd say that worked
Was nearly tempted to Patreon this episode just for myself, but nice to see me beaten to the punch.
As for my favourite, there is really only one and that is my first ever TF figure First Aid. It was during my primary school years that I first found out about the Transformers at a birthday party and I asked mum to get me one. So she picked up one of the cheaper figures Argos had at the time which was a reissue First Aid figure. The toy has stayed with me for close to 30 years. He's a little time/play worn, but he's still special to me.
Upon finding out he was part of a team I made it my duty to gather the rest of the team. A task I finally completed back in 2018 at a local Comic & Sci-Fi Convention I managed to pick up a complete Hot Spot, a unsealed but on card Groove and a loose Streetwise. The last part of the puzzle took so work to get but I finally got Blades off ebay complete save for his pistol.
Owning these has inspired me to try and make a G1 Rust Renegades/Victorion set, but it'd mean hunting down and repainting some already hard to get figures. There is one thing I'd like to do and that's restore First Aid, Streetwise and the faded chrome Groove to new condition. Maybe one day.
I’ve been rewatching rescue bots and went down the rabbit whole with Blades, which lead me to the protectobots, and I love that I wasn’t the only one who noticed the parallels between the two rescue teams.
Also this will never not be funny to me:
Blades hates flying, why?
RB: He’s afraid of heights
G1: He can’t gut mechs from the sky
RB Blades feels like a combination of, well, his G1 Version and First Aid, leaning more towards the latter’s personality and job in a way, since he’s the field medic.
Also I’m RBA, Medix becomes Blades student. They knew what they were doing
The whole afraid of flying bit reminded me of G1 Silverbolt. The fear of flying never made sense to me for Silverbolt.
@@jasonsumma1530probably to add more depth to him.
It's a shame these guys haven't been given the spotlight they deserve
Chris McFeely really makes my Saturday
This squad deserves more love. They’re probably the least used team. Even the Terrorcons have the benefit of their team name being applied elsewhere. Rescue Bots essentially replaced the Protectobots name. They even took Blades from them lol.
This is my favourite of the Scramble City style teams. What's not to love about emergency service vehicles, although I've never seen a blue fire engine. The lack of a proper cartoon debut was a shame, but thanks for filling me in on them having a retcon colonial origin, much like Sandstorm did.
I remember seeing the brand-new Protectobots in stores and thinking that maybe the writing was on the wall for Ratchet, Prowl and Inferno, even if the last still felt like a fresh new character. The greater simplicity of the toys seemed a downgrade, but there was something undeniably exciting and colourful about them.
One thing that makes Defensor the best of the same-era combiner toys is that you cannot lose his head. :)
Defensor was probably the sturdiest of the combiner teams, since Hotspot was a large enough vehicle to most of the body and didn't have super skinny legs. Superion and Abominus both had very flimsy as toys due to their skinny legs of their main toys.
@@Lastjustice You couldn't stand Superion up due to the hinges on Silverbolt's legs. Most of the 1980's line of TF toys were bulky which made them solid but looks were a bit lacking.
@@jasonsumma1530 I know as Superion/The aerialbots were among my favorites. It was infamous for breaking very easily. I considered picking up a newer version at some point just have one because still a favorite of mine, despite owning it myself.
I think they make the best rescue team back in the 80s and I still like Rescue Bots too.
Funny enough it's my birthday today and these guys were my first favorite combiners. Keep up the good work chris!
I didn't know that Heatrock and Flamefeather could replace Hotspot as a torso! That's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.
I was hoping they would make them to do at least that for Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors in addition to 2 more limb bots to give a us a second full combiner.
Favorite group of Autobot Combiners. Nice work! :)
When I completed the "new" Protectobots toys, I initially felt that Rook, as the "new" team member, did not quite belong to the team, as his alt mode (an armored SWAT vehicle) seemed more of an "attack" vehicle, rather than a "rescue" vehicle.
Eventually, I realized that his alt mode is the only one in the team that directly fits the team's name, as his alt mode can literally protect its human passengers from gunfire. :)
The Protectobots have a special place in my heart, because they were the first (and maybe only) full-sized Combiner team I was able to complete back in the day. Kid-me was devastated that I never found a Hook to complete the Constructicons.
Wow how did I not know they are rivial to the Combaticon? I mean it made sense that the Protobots are defensive while the Combaticon are offence!
Also eventhought it was super minor but you forgot that they make a brief cameo in the Transformers Devatastor game too!
After years of not collecting transformers, the CW version of Defensor sparked the interest for the modern Transformers again. Until then i only had old G1 versions of Cliffjumper, Warpath and Ultra Magnus.
5:43 Ah yes, Power Core Combiners. A shining example of combining toys throughout the ages.
i would love to see an episode on the Autobot Elite Guard
The idw's version really disappointed me, I hadn't read their origin so I discovered that they were defensor and saw them killed off in the span of only two issues I think. It was so abrupt and jarring and honestly one of the few things I didn't like while reading the series. I hope to see more of them in the future, maybe even get a movie appearance? (one can dream lol)
I especially hate how Roberts went out of his way to immediately kill off Rook (the Protectobot who'd never actually been in anything before so people were looking forward to seeing how he was depicted) so he could go HEY LOOK, IT'S MY OC AMBULON, HE'S DEAD BUT HE'S STILL IMPORTANT, HE TURNS INTO A LEG, REMEMBER THAT?
Medix was also in rescue bots Academy.
And he's portrayed in season 2 as Ratchet's nephew.
When the Combiner Wars toy series was at it's height, Santa saw it fit to bestow to me a complete set of all 5 Protectobots at once. I didn't get Chest Groove for another 2 months, and Limb Groove for another 3 months after that.
They all are still my personal favorite Combiner/Gestalt.
I had no idea Hot Shot could transform into a Repair bay! That wasn’t in the instruction book! Fantastic video review 👍👍🙏😃
Thanks 🙏 I hope the Protectorbots will have a more roles in upcoming series!
I’m thinking Transformers: Earth Spark.
Your Welcome 🙏
I believe most if not all of the Scramble City commanders technically had a third form making them triple changers. Admittedly, I don't remember the third form ever being used in any media but could be mistaken since I've yet to see every instance of the combiner teams.
Just realised I had Hotspot but no idea he could combine! I was only about 5-6 at the time.
This channel along with your Sonic podcast is like a direct link to my youth. Thanks for doing these Chris
I never had a full team of combiners to make them as a kid.
"Defensor,the counter to the mighty bruticus !"
Superion is better off to counter Bruticus
Ah yes....the first Rescue Bots of the G1.... glad to know that this version still exsist and still remember the history
Ah, one of my favorite Autobot combiner (Superion is the second one)... sadly I could not form Defensor, I only had Hot Spot (Christmas gift) when I was a child. Nice video!
It's not official but I am glad the stop motion movie "roll out" by TFI creations gave these guys some spotlight
I love the Protectobots.
Oh My God
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The Protectobots were the first Rescue Bots and the first Classic/retroboot Autobot combined teams ever and my most favorite Autobot combiner/subgroup teams ever but also Defensor is also one of my favorite gestal Autobots ever also thanks for sharing Chris 👌 them coming have a good day until next time till all are one
but transformers animated have this ideia of rescue team too
The Protectobots have a special place for me. Growing up, my family was poor but my extended family was wealthy. I would always get the hand me down toys from my cousins and so I got lots of Transformers from them. Usually, missing parts or stickers, but the Xmas that the Protectobots were released, my parents bought them for me as a Xmas present. They were my first Transformers that were solely mine and I loved them dearly for that.
The title: " original rescue-bots" is something I never even considered. But that's what I come here for, to find out new things about the Transformers. You rock, Chris!
Thank you for all your videos and hard work.
I can’t wait to get an updated version of this guy in the upcoming waves or lines after legacy.
FINALLY!! I was waiting so long! Thank you
these guys are my favorite autobot combiner since they embody the protector nature of the autobots
What a great video about this often overlooked and underutilized team.
The most unrated combiner!! 😎
I always enjoy these videos. There is so much lore to the transformers.
First Aid is still my favorite Protectobot. Thanks MTMTE for giving me a sweet innocent bot for him
If I remember correctly, the combiner wars toys for the protectobots were retooled and recoloured to become the six transformers who formed Victorion, the first fully female combiner
THE BEST COMBINER!
My favorite Autobot combiner team! I love the Protectobots!
I dont know if theres an official answer. But its always been my headcannon that a variation on Defensor was the forth combinor in Energon (the one blasted by Galvatron)
Honestly, it is a shame that Rescue Bots didn't try to make use of the Protectobots, they could've been interesting supporting characters in the series.
Or even the original main cast
Well Blades Who Is Part Of The Protectobots Was In Rescue Bots
YEEEEES IT'S FINALLY HERE! TT
Awesome video as always Chris, in my opinion he is the most underrated combiner ever, and that what makes him my favorite combiner, blades has always been my favourite protectobot!
Will always have a soft spot for the Prectobots, and they'll always be my favourite combiner group because it was the only complete combiner set I had as a kid (got the complete gift set).
I think the Rescue Bots have the right idea for how the Protectobots can shine; focus on them working with humans to minimize/undo the damage done from the main conflict.
I like to think that in a combined continuity at least some of the Protectobots were early Rescue Bots, a group founded by Rescue Roy for special rescue missions that covered numerous situations that might come up for heavy rescues.
3:18
Completely unrelated, but I immediately went “SDF-1??” When I saw this
5:39 Ah yes, just what every rescue team needs.
A tank, an APC, and a fighter jet.
The jet could probably dump fire retardant on forest fires, like in planes fire and rescue.
TFwiki says some tanks have been modified for firefighting.
And the apc could be for riot control.
You know, I always thought these guys matched up better against the Stunticons. Think of it as law and order vs crime and violence.
Oh! That's a cool angle to take.
BotCon played with that take in the Generation 2 Redux sets. The rest of their teams had been destroyed but Breakdown escaped and Streetstar (They couldn't use the Streetwise name at that point for some reason) was trying to track him down out of a sense of duty and revenge.
I think they go well with Bruticus. Protecting and rescuing against miltary vehicles that are only built to attack
@@auberginemanproductions1608 Why not both?
@@auberginemanproductions1608 Superion also goes well with Bruticus. It's safe to say that if you switched their supposed "rivalries", it would be no less epic.
Thanks to the personalities of the Protectobots, Defensor was the smartest Combiner untl the arrival of Computron, since Defensor was meant for safety and the protection of life he was able to have a more calm personality
Idea (that I don’t remember if I suggested before): The basics on Ginrai/Victory Leo
I've always had a soft spot for the Protectbots. I had Blades and First Aid and I always liked their vibe.
I’d love to see you talk about Pyra Magna and the Torchbearers one day. The group Who would make Transformers history by being the first fully formed, all female combiners who all together form Victorion.
I really hope that Victorion and by extension Megatronia get some better representation in the future, both media-wise and toy-wise. Victorion was hit the hardest IMO by her only major appearance being in the disaster that was the Prime Wars cartoon, and her color scheme being legendarily awful in toy form. I'd also like to see Megatronia come back with her team being fleshed out as more than just fangirls, because I'd argue the Combiner Wars Victorion design looks better in the Megatronia set due to its more visually pleasing color scheme, and the idea of a team led by a genderbent counterpart to Megatron is ripe for new material.
My favorite combiners. Thank you!
The Streetwise / Starscream Christmas story is the most memorable comic story from my childhood. The protectobots have always been my favourite team.
I consider the Protectobots my favorite combiner team as I absolutely love emergency response themed mecha. Also First Aid is precious.
First Aid was the only one I had as a kid and I was floored when he got his own spotlight episode. Sadly, he hasn't survived and has yet to be replaced. My wife bought me a very much loved and very incomplete Hot Spot for Christmas a couple of years ago.
I’ve literally never heard of any of these guys before this video, but now I really want to see more of them.
You know you drew the alt-mode short straw when you turn into a shield for some other guy.
Yep. Your entire job is for everybody else to hide behind you while you get the slag kicked out of you.
@@foxfireinferno197 That said, maybe that's what he would have wanted. As a protector bot maybe he'd rather be the one to take the bullets than see his team take them.
I can understand the Groove becoming chestplate thing, as the bike would be oversized otherwise.... unless you leave the mass displace as must.
what about groove as a weapon like a nitrogen freeze gun(to reference his use of liquid nitrogen in the show )
@@maddocmonkey While that would work in theory and relative size, I pity the designer that needs to craft a figure that can turn into both a bike and a gun....
Still, interesting idea.
@@danielmedela8725 i see that. but with a flip-out pig and some tabs. I think it can work along with rearranging it.
first aid is definitely THE most definitive and notable member of the team
plus i LOVED his role in IDW
Never been my favorite combiner but the Dreamwave take on them was probably the best.
Could never figure out why, but out of the g1’s this was always my favorite combiner
I’m a little surprised you haven’t done a basics on the Stunticons yet. Love your basics videos
I got excited when i saw defensor at the end of Transformers Devastation and was really looking forward to the sequel which sadly never came
Defensor is my favourite combiner
my all time favorite combiner team.
Wow! Where did that Combiner Wars commercial for Defensor air?! That was very cool! He's definitely one of the better ones from that line, especially with the upgrade sets.
Great Stuff! My brother had them all. I always felt Streetwise’s design was the slickest. He was certainly a version of Prowl not so easily prone to falling apart.
I only had Streetwise and Blades back in the G1 days. Streetwise just looked so cool to me.
No FREAKING WAY !!! I had these minis like 20 years ago, and did not know the whole story. SWEET ! Sadly, only the cop car bot is handy, donno what happened to the others...