The thing I love about the official masterpiece is that it only came into existence because it was riding the 40th anniversary of the honda city turbo itself. Skids got an MP-tier toy because he happened to turn into a vehicle Japanese people fondly regard, not because he was deemed important or liked enough. Damn good toy, mind you.
I feel bad for them really, everyone took it the wrong way, they were supposed to poke fun at wannabe gangster types, but most didn't see them as caricature's and took the stereotype literal.
Fun fact: Because Skids came out between the '84 and '85 waves, Hasbro didn't bother to send Sunbow's writers a bio for him. They didn't include him in either the original batch of bios, or the second one. Seriously, Skids isn't mentioned ANYWHERE in the original production bible. And because he missed the first wave, he also didn't get to appear in the commercials. And this is why Skids's few appearances in the cartoon feel almost like an accident; they kind of were.
@@dudunikolaishvili8096 Sorta, yeah. See, the first wave of G1 toys were meant to include twelve unique toys--but, for one reason or another, it only contained eleven, with the position of the twelfth being filled by a second Mirage toy. It's believed that the twelfth was supposed to have been Grapple, hence his very brief appearance in the pilot (which later got renamed to Hauler). And at some point in very late 1984, they decided to replace the second Mirage in the case with Skids. Why didn't they just use Skids to begin with, or just keep Grapple in the first wave? I dunno.
I always loved Skids. Someone showed up on the school bus with him and no one had heard of him. Blew our little 8 year old minds. To me he is kind of the quintessential Autobot.
"Skids is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there."
Skids, the Autobot Crankcase Blue SUV G1 toy that rarely shows up, has a terrible slobbering movie version, and never really shows up and when he does it never in the spotlight Also has Thew as their #1 fan
Same, still have it though, and still love it :D probably my favorite alternator together with ravage :) I think alternators/binaltech/alternity were pretty great lines in general. Id say arcee and windcharger kinda suck :') but even they have their charm imho.
@@ApenBaard I still have the Petter Solberg livery Smokescreen on my shelf of awesome! lol I wonder if we'd ever gotten MP figures if it weren't for alternators/binaltech. In hindsight they seem kind of the proto-line before we got the early alt mode accurate MP figures.
@@ApenBaard I agree. I currently have windcharger and I keep him in vehicle mode since his leg poseability is appalling. As it currently looks the one with the best poseability.
I wound up the US Alternator's release of Skids, but I did pick up the Binaltech Asterisk version of the mold in silver who I think was supposed to be Blaster...it's been a minute since I had the packaging out.
And the IDW comics the fact Nautica had her feelings for him removed wound up being an important plot point that saves everyone seems like an indignity. "Yes, Skids, the fact no one loves you wound up being a good thing." He is a favorite of mine I had the G1 toy back in the day. I liked how the tires folded up under his feet and the multiple weapons. He was treated so well in the beginning of IDW, making use of his super-learning ability and had a good explanation of his amnesia trope. Then gave him trauma so bad it literally killed him.
But hey, at least he will never be forgotten by comic readers. That's one of my favourite rhings about MTMTE, that they brought obscure characters to the forefront.
But even HOIST got a new figure, recently. It's not my cup of tea, personally, but for people that love Hoist it's as accurate to the original, to a fault in one, or two areas, but still satisfied his fans. So Skids is just that much lower on the pole because of that. Even if he never gets another toy again, he at least deserves one good, respectful, and of course crowd-pleasing figure as his final sendoff. Hell, they could even get away with reusing some parts from Earthrise Prowl, some of the them could easily be used, or reworked for Skids with a few modifications to get the details like the wheel shoulders, the car torso, and even take advantage of the extra storage space for the van-esque mode to make the legs, arms, and feet work even better. IT's not impossible, ESPECIALLY not for the wizards behind Earthrise, almost everything they've touched has been gold, and even Studio Series is getting amazing lose for the 86 movie.
@@ToaKoran Yeah, not to be a downer, but that hoist figure unironically stiiiiiiiinks. I have to clarify that because I initially gave him a glowing review earlier this year, but upon a second look in a collab video, he's not good in the slightest. I think we need a new skids.
As far as narrative structure goes this actually kind of makes him the big hero of the story. What if Skids is the secret central protagonist of the transformers universe?
Does Armada Sideswipe/ Micron Legend Stepper with his low status among Autobbots, blue colour and ability to store a tiny motorcycle seem a bit like Skids or is that too cruel?
@@thomasjames8009 Ya know I've NEVER realized this before; I always thought he was based on Nightbeat and Jazz's head but lost his name to his partner but somehow after you say this I'm baffled that neither Hasbro nor Takara DID name him Skids. And as much as nearly no one liked or cared for that character that STILL would have actually been a boost for Skids.
I approve of the increase of the term "dipshit". it has been my go-to nonspecific insult for years and finally it's becoming more mainstream, it just rolls off the tongue so perfectly and really, it's such a perfect term for anyone you're probably referring to with it
I hated how IDW killed Skids and treated him after death. Cause the guy was my favorite character in MTMTE, period. Idk why, I just really really liked him.
@@gavo7911 I mean, I understand that. I'm mostly mad about how they treated him after his death, what with Nautica having her emotions related to him erased. That was my biggest grievance.
I'm just glad I never really got into the IDW comics. I hate it when a story starts off strong then flops onto its face later on. Writers change, nobody knows how to keep the story going without ruining it, real life agendas are inserted, and it all falls apart. Better to end a story while it's still good then keep it going past the point that it starts to suck.
Just saying, but in IDW, Megatron got a depression because he and Skids were pretty close And Rodimus would become a lot less punkish because of his death
@@Spike-PrimeClearly havent actually read the IDW comics. Or even heard of them in passing, really, because I haven't read them either and even I know that Megatron is a lot different than just being a "Genocidal maniac" in them.
Man, Skids sure is the most easily forgettable Transformer from G1 but he's a classic toy. Just a nice pure transformer. Him and Tracks were the two I've always thought deserved a bit better. Although Tracks has had more rep in general over the years. You've done a good thing here Thew. Ensuring we cannot forget the blu boxy boi.
It's weird because Tracks actually stood out to me more than Sunstreaker despite both having the same high opinion of their appearance (I think? I don't even remember that about Streaker but everyone else does). Tracks def deserves to be remembered more.
@@ChouRaiyuki Sunstreaker basically did nothing of note in the G1 cartoon (putting him in a similar category to a lot of '84 guys). Tracks got a couple of focus episodes to himself, which Sunstreaker never did. It really just comes down to Sunstreaker coming first and being Sideswipe's brother, since Sideswipe is the other G1 character to be inexplicably well-remembered despite doing nothing of note.
well thankfully tracks seems to be getting some attention in the new Kingdom line as shown in the teaser poster. Not much luck for skids yet unfortunately.
Fun Fact: That little scooter that X Transbots Savant comes with was actually a real thing that Honda manufactured. It was called the Motocompo and was specifically designed to collapse into a small rectangle to fit into the boot of the Honda City, earning the name "Trunk Bike".
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer I can't remember when I read it exactly, but someone was selling off one of the last working models and I think the car as well. The photos with the seller were interesting.
Love me some Skids. He's one of the VERY few non-Prime Autobots to get his own solo comic in the G1 days, and while it's arguable that he didn't even do much in that, it was still kind of nice to see an Autobot have a crisis of courage and be honest about it.
that "minicon" thing, was called Centuritron (century + tron), part of the "minicon assault team", consisting of Windshear (helicopter), Runway (jet), and Heavytread (tank).
Back in the early 80's on a family vacation my grandfather let me get one TF at Walmart (or Wal-Mart at the time) and of all first and second years on the shelf I picked Skids because I had no idea who he was. And he's been a favorite ever since.
Ok, I know there's like 17 minutes left in the video. BUT TRANSFORMERS CAN SCAN GHOSTS AND GET HAUNTED BY THEM!?!?!?!? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN AND WHHHYYY????!
It’s more like an accidental DNA scan when Skid-Z ended up scanning the deceased driver’s helmet and picture along with the car. Thus, giving him that racing obsession and drive-to-win(literally, I guess) personality he’s “possessed” with in the episode.
What did it mean that Black Convoy (Scourge) scanned a truck with Junko inside? Did any of her bad luck rub off on him? Can he produce a replica of her as his fake driver?
Can we get a movie about Sky Lynx and Skids going on a big ol road trip through cybertron while chasing Battletrap and Apeface across the planet Transformers: Age of the Nobodies
January 2018 Thew: I wish Hasbro gave us an impactor December 2018 Impactor announced (cause thew rallied us to vote for impactor n mirage) later revealed on toyfair 2019. October 2020 Thew : Hasbro I want a deluxe skids NOW!!! June 2021 Generation selects Deluxe skids announced.
Fingers crossed Thew says that he wants a new deluxe Death's Head figure soon then, yes...?! (Probably won't ever happen because of the copyright shenanigans that would have to be hurdled between Marvel and Hasbro, but a chap can dream, yes...?)
Just had an amazing dream A voyager class Skids was announced for studio series. He had articulated hands, no empty bits, cool weapons, great articulation and most importantly he came with a little bike with a holographic rider.
@@ArtzzyKid good dream but you know if it's Studio Series.. it'll be... that other... "Skids"... it'd be nice to have a real one throw a lot of homages to the Diaclone one. I think Hasbro has forgotten about him, Gears/Swerve, the other targetmasters and Autobot powermasters, Blaster's cassettes, Overkill, Slugfest, and Squawkbox...
4:47 Im sure nobody cares but my car guy soul compels me to mention that Wheeljack's alt mode is a 1976 Lancia Stratos Turbo Alitalia. One of the best looking rally cars ever made. 😄
@@zafool4997 yes exactly. Although Exhaust has the Marlboro livery instead of the Alitalia one. Not that the figure says Marlboro because you can't advertise cigarettes to kids
Somehow, despite the fact that I sent you that QTF Skids and the fact that you REMINDED me of that fact like a week ago, I was totally blindsided by him showing up here. Love that little guy!
I still want to believe that thew is the reason skids got his masterpiece and his legacy figure This review is dedicated to the forgotten son of G1 and it was up to one of my favorite people on the internet to bring him back to prominence
26:56 Did I just see a bunch of Autobots staring at the ashes that were once Skids, and then one of them says "Skids?" Like yeah, the smoking pile of dirt is going to respond.
A favourite obscure character of mine was Backstreet, as much as he’s never had a toy since 1988 and been ignored just like almost all other characters after 1987. His design with shoulder mounted launchers and an odd colour scheme of orange and green made it easy to love. Maybe one day the 1988 lot will receive the same Hasbro love as the previous years characters.
Skids was the forgotten autobot for me as a kid, I had him at Christmas 84, I wanted to keep him in the box as the whole look of the product and packaging looks so dope, then when we moved house a lot of stuff got lost somewhere in transit between storage and the new place and Skids being Skids banished into oblivion , sad story really, he never even got out of his box
"Skids is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there. But if they got to know him, they'd learn that he likes to daydream, get built into furniture, and pick up cowboy chicks."
All of us already know about the Masterpiece and the Legacy Deluxe class by now, there's no surprises there. But just watching this video in late 2021 and knowing that not only 1, but 2 proper G1 Skids figures are on the horizon, feels like some kind of triumphant poetic justice.
I love how this review aged, how much it is STILL valid because even if we did get an MP Skids, he was released SIMULTANEOUSLY with the Optimus cosplaying, apparently much more popular Reboost who even for the exact same price does include the scooter accesory while Skids doesn't, he got his thunder stolen frame 1.
And now they're coming out with Legacy Medix, the FOURTH retooling of this unsung hero. Way to go, Skids; you're now the Dead End of Legacy! (Can't wait until they release him as G1 variants of Bayformers Skids and Mudflap, hopefully with some faces that have some kind of DIGNITY to them. lol)
I guess this video was made before the announcement but there was an announcement for a Masterpiece Skids in December of 2020. Supposed to come out sometime this year
This is literally the most entertaining RUclips video I've seen in so long. I didnt give a shit about skids before this video and now I love him. Thanks for the fantastic video
Two funny things about movie Skids. One, Skids and Mudflap were actually meant to be akin to white people who appropriate black culture and adopt stereotypical black mannerisms, but since they’re alien robots it didn’t work out right. Their actors were actually proud of their performances and were upset people took it the wrong way. And two, I can’t remember which but one of them actually was killed by Sentinel Prime in the DOTM novelization and the other one died trying to avenge him. Which, as much as they suck, is actually solid as a way to kill them off.
One of the funny things about Skids is that with an 8, he was the highest ranking Autobot released in 1985. As the Theoritician, he should have been Perceptor's boss.
i love skids. i love him and his relationship with nautica in the comics was adorable and heartbreaking his placeholder status in G1 was fine for me since not me every character needs to be fleshed out for me to get there toy but i mean cmon hasbro youve been deep diving since the prime wars and this guy is still at the bottom of the barrel. and besides if he's not mrketable to the avarage fan then market it to the comic nerds like i and others and please let my boy get his comeback
The fact that you and Dan from Toy Galaxy both referenced each other’s shows within a week period gives me hope for humanity! Thanks for all the content Thew! Your commentary and humor are top notch. Keep up the hard work sir. EXCELSIOR!
16:48 Actually it was the boost from Skids's death that gave Megatron the strength required to access his antimatter powers. Plus while Megatron did save the day, it was his buffed up crewmates who took down like 95% of the enemy forces. So not entirely useless death.
@@zafool4997 Yes, I'm well aware of that, and that makes me very happy indeed for Skids. :) Well, hopefully Kingdom at-least, because there isn't yet a vehicle mode quite like his to be repainted for the Selects line anyway. Or, if not for either one, then hopefully sometime in the future.
There is one thing about the Bayformers that I love is the amount of detail in the transformation sequences, you pretty much see every panel, gear and piston moving around as they go from one form to another, giving a sense of the extremely complex machinery and detail that has to be going on for a robotic race capable of changing their shape
I only know Skids and Mudflap because of the bay films. I didn't really hear of him in G1. The Bay Films weren't the best, but they sure did bring Transformers back into the light.
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gang. I know about the masterpiece. I knew the instant it was revealed, just like you did. we all read the same websites ❤
I just commented that it was released
Then saw this
Please, pin the comment, i'm going crazy by all the people that are still commenting about the Masterpiece Skids.
its £69.95 on kapow toys, what a bargain
But hey, flipping exciting!
Graag video
The thing I love about the official masterpiece is that it only came into existence because it was riding the 40th anniversary of the honda city turbo itself. Skids got an MP-tier toy because he happened to turn into a vehicle Japanese people fondly regard, not because he was deemed important or liked enough.
Damn good toy, mind you.
That feels incredibly on brand for Skids.
I love your puns.
Skids: the most disrespected auto bot
Rotf skids: the most disrespectful auto bot.
Who you callin disrespectful clown hole
@@skidsandmudflap3521 just stop
poetry
Skids and Mudflap will forever be my favourite Dumb & Dumber Duo... I loved how they are...
I feel bad for them really, everyone took it the wrong way, they were supposed to poke fun at wannabe gangster types, but most didn't see them as caricature's and took the stereotype literal.
I believe that G1 Skids was an accountant. Think about it, someone’s gotta pay for the damage control after one of Wheeljack’s inventions go haywire
Accountant? The IRS doesn't even ask the Autobots for taxes or sends them a mortgage for the Ark
@@itsyagurluwu5084 the government kicked them off the planet I’m sure they try to collect taxes
“Wheeljack, mate your inventions are bloody nuisances! And they cost so much to clean up, and not to mention the bots that get hurt in the end.”
Ayy you’re that one dude from Reddit.
theoretician but I'm sure he pulled double time. Someone has to
Fun fact: Because Skids came out between the '84 and '85 waves, Hasbro didn't bother to send Sunbow's writers a bio for him. They didn't include him in either the original batch of bios, or the second one. Seriously, Skids isn't mentioned ANYWHERE in the original production bible. And because he missed the first wave, he also didn't get to appear in the commercials. And this is why Skids's few appearances in the cartoon feel almost like an accident; they kind of were.
So it is mismanagement
@@dudunikolaishvili8096 Sorta, yeah. See, the first wave of G1 toys were meant to include twelve unique toys--but, for one reason or another, it only contained eleven, with the position of the twelfth being filled by a second Mirage toy. It's believed that the twelfth was supposed to have been Grapple, hence his very brief appearance in the pilot (which later got renamed to Hauler). And at some point in very late 1984, they decided to replace the second Mirage in the case with Skids. Why didn't they just use Skids to begin with, or just keep Grapple in the first wave? I dunno.
@@misterbadguy7325 Early G1 was a lawless wasteland of mismanagement
He only had like, one line out of all 4 seasons of Transformers. And it was just two words.
@@tannerprice2018 Robot Insecticide?
And now he’s getting an official MP.
Thew out here manipulating space and time to make Skids relevant again.
I always loved Skids. Someone showed up on the school bus with him and no one had heard of him. Blew our little 8 year old minds. To me he is kind of the quintessential Autobot.
Skids deserves more love!!!
@@irmagorbea always liked him tho!
@@uainjansun nice
@@irmagorbea now they hate him just because he has a masterpiece toy
Aye thanks for the kind words
The most memorable thing about Skids for me was his TFWiki entry... and that just made fun of how forgettable he was.
IDW Skids is honestly one of the best characters, he’s great there.
TF wiki is hilarious
"Skids is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there."
@@Darthvader468 have you read their article on BOT?
Skids, the Autobot Crankcase
Blue SUV G1 toy that rarely shows up, has a terrible slobbering movie version, and never really shows up and when he does it never in the spotlight
Also has Thew as their #1 fan
And they both became MTMTE Megastars
@@spiceknight2265 The best obscure-character comic of all time
He is actually a compact hatchback not a suv
@@DatboiYugo They relabeled his alt-mode as an SUV in the US because no one here knew what a subcompact WAS in 1985.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio huh. That is very odd
I had the american version of alternators skids. He actually has better articulation than most of the alternators.
Same, still have it though, and still love it :D probably my favorite alternator together with ravage :) I think alternators/binaltech/alternity were pretty great lines in general. Id say arcee and windcharger kinda suck :') but even they have their charm imho.
I can't stop thinking about your profile picture
@@ApenBaard I still have the Petter Solberg livery Smokescreen on my shelf of awesome! lol I wonder if we'd ever gotten MP figures if it weren't for alternators/binaltech. In hindsight they seem kind of the proto-line before we got the early alt mode accurate MP figures.
@@ApenBaard I agree. I currently have windcharger and I keep him in vehicle mode since his leg poseability is appalling. As it currently looks the one with the best poseability.
I wound up the US Alternator's release of Skids, but I did pick up the Binaltech Asterisk version of the mold in silver who I think was supposed to be Blaster...it's been a minute since I had the packaging out.
And the IDW comics the fact Nautica had her feelings for him removed wound up being an important plot point that saves everyone seems like an indignity. "Yes, Skids, the fact no one loves you wound up being a good thing."
He is a favorite of mine I had the G1 toy back in the day. I liked how the tires folded up under his feet and the multiple weapons. He was treated so well in the beginning of IDW, making use of his super-learning ability and had a good explanation of his amnesia trope. Then gave him trauma so bad it literally killed him.
But hey, at least he will never be forgotten by comic readers. That's one of my favourite rhings about MTMTE, that they brought obscure characters to the forefront.
@@TechnicalJimActual They'd been building up to it for about 20 issues by then
@@TechnicalJimActual Skids was probs planned to die for a long time, not just that particular sub story.
Skids is like hoist he is the everday man of the autobots.
But even HOIST got a new figure, recently. It's not my cup of tea, personally, but for people that love Hoist it's as accurate to the original, to a fault in one, or two areas, but still satisfied his fans. So Skids is just that much lower on the pole because of that. Even if he never gets another toy again, he at least deserves one good, respectful, and of course crowd-pleasing figure as his final sendoff.
Hell, they could even get away with reusing some parts from Earthrise Prowl, some of the them could easily be used, or reworked for Skids with a few modifications to get the details like the wheel shoulders, the car torso, and even take advantage of the extra storage space for the van-esque mode to make the legs, arms, and feet work even better. IT's not impossible, ESPECIALLY not for the wizards behind Earthrise, almost everything they've touched has been gold, and even Studio Series is getting amazing lose for the 86 movie.
Cool they can be everyday friends now.
So far in my research they’re both the benchwarmers of the autobots
@@gonkdroid5851 pretty much yea
@@ToaKoran Yeah, not to be a downer, but that hoist figure unironically stiiiiiiiinks. I have to clarify that because I initially gave him a glowing review earlier this year, but upon a second look in a collab video, he's not good in the slightest. I think we need a new skids.
Skids: has the gaul, the absolute temerity, to exist
The universe: then perish
As far as narrative structure goes this actually kind of makes him the big hero of the story. What if Skids is the secret central protagonist of the transformers universe?
@@Loveportorchard he is the protagoniste dude
gall*
@Kelley Bozeman the only one that I have ever known.
And Skids like: No.
"all sack and no shaft" is sadly, all the epitaph dear old Skids is likely to get from here on out.
"You don't want to see my Skids."
Priceless.
Thew "the closest we're ever gonna get to a masterpiece Skids!"
Takara Tomy " next masterpiece is mp 53 (I think that's the number) Skids"
FUN FACT: In Japan, Cybertron Clocker was named Skids.
Does Armada Sideswipe/ Micron Legend Stepper with his low status among Autobbots, blue colour and ability to store a tiny motorcycle seem a bit like Skids or is that too cruel?
And Cybertron Clocker/Skids had a ridiculous baby voice in Japan
@@thomasjames8009 Ya know I've NEVER realized this before; I always thought he was based on Nightbeat and Jazz's head but lost his name to his partner but somehow after you say this I'm baffled that neither Hasbro nor Takara DID name him Skids. And as much as nearly no one liked or cared for that character that STILL would have actually been a boost for Skids.
@@thomasjames8009 Sounds like Skids, only...Sideswipe's a car, not a van/hatchback.
@@Its_Charlie_Young skids isn't a van, he's a hatchback
The entire existance of Skid is to exist.
And we love him for that.
I approve of the increase of the term "dipshit". it has been my go-to nonspecific insult for years and finally it's becoming more mainstream, it just rolls off the tongue so perfectly and really, it's such a perfect term for anyone you're probably referring to with it
It's like the f bomb. When used with discretion, it can be hugely powerful. Overplay it, though, and it loses its potency.
I hated how IDW killed Skids and treated him after death. Cause the guy was my favorite character in MTMTE, period. Idk why, I just really really liked him.
Yeah. Tore me up when I read that issue, and then the ones after...
Great all round series, though.
Dude, it was basically the season finale, there had to be stakes.
@@gavo7911 I mean, I understand that. I'm mostly mad about how they treated him after his death, what with Nautica having her emotions related to him erased. That was my biggest grievance.
@@tallgollum2312 Oh yeah, I didn’t like that plot point at all.
I'm just glad I never really got into the IDW comics. I hate it when a story starts off strong then flops onto its face later on. Writers change, nobody knows how to keep the story going without ruining it, real life agendas are inserted, and it all falls apart. Better to end a story while it's still good then keep it going past the point that it starts to suck.
Skids: "NUUUU WHY AM I LESS POPULAR THAN CLIFFJUMPER?!"
Michael Bay: "Heehee, stereotype go brrrr"
It probably would have worked if they just had him voiced by Dave Chappelle tbh
@ Chapelle wouldnt have done that garbo
The writers based them off themselves
@ it really doesn't matter who acted them out it's the fault of the writers and Michael Bay that he ended up such a fucking wreck
if jolt was named skids,skids was named wheelie and wheelie was named something else it would've felt a bit more natural
Just saying, but in IDW, Megatron got a depression because he and Skids were pretty close
And Rodimus would become a lot less punkish because of his death
Oh noo! He got a depression? Killer writing in those comics I hear.
Dude, that flower field reveal at the end of the Necrobot issue was fucking *mental.* One of my favorite endings to an issue.
@@El_Bastardo you sounded sarcastic. Are you expecting Megatron to be 1 dimensional af?
Aww dear, poor mass murdering genocidal maniac lost a friend. I feel so bad.
[extreme sarcasm]
@@Spike-PrimeClearly havent actually read the IDW comics. Or even heard of them in passing, really, because I haven't read them either and even I know that Megatron is a lot different than just being a "Genocidal maniac" in them.
Man, Skids sure is the most easily forgettable Transformer from G1 but he's a classic toy. Just a nice pure transformer. Him and Tracks were the two I've always thought deserved a bit better. Although Tracks has had more rep in general over the years. You've done a good thing here Thew. Ensuring we cannot forget the blu boxy boi.
I wonder when Blaster will get some attention...
It's weird because Tracks actually stood out to me more than Sunstreaker despite both having the same high opinion of their appearance (I think? I don't even remember that about Streaker but everyone else does). Tracks def deserves to be remembered more.
@@ChouRaiyuki Sunstreaker basically did nothing of note in the G1 cartoon (putting him in a similar category to a lot of '84 guys). Tracks got a couple of focus episodes to himself, which Sunstreaker never did. It really just comes down to Sunstreaker coming first and being Sideswipe's brother, since Sideswipe is the other G1 character to be inexplicably well-remembered despite doing nothing of note.
well thankfully tracks seems to be getting some attention in the new Kingdom line as shown in the teaser poster. Not much luck for skids yet unfortunately.
@@misterbadguy7325 Being a red Lamborghini countach, it does something for you.
The non entity who only had a single voice line turned into a legend by mtmte
There's two actually
Both voiced by a different actor
Fun Fact: That little scooter that X Transbots Savant comes with was actually a real thing that Honda manufactured.
It was called the Motocompo and was specifically designed to collapse into a small rectangle to fit into the boot of the Honda City, earning the name "Trunk Bike".
Oh, hell yeah. I think this year, there was a story about a sale in the States for that very scooter.
Brunk.
Wait, seriously? I thought it was some little drone thing for the pilot guys that Diaclone had.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer I can't remember when I read it exactly, but someone was selling off one of the last working models and I think the car as well. The photos with the seller were interesting.
Where can one buy a Savant?
The thrills and spills of Thew’s ever changing hair style!
Also, a 30 mins review on Skids. Only Thew could do it.
*ROTF skids punch gimmick fails*
Thew remembering FAB Long Haul: JESUS
"Is that Deathsaurus's dog?" .... Quite possibly my favorite Thew quote of all time.
Love me some Skids.
He's one of the VERY few non-Prime Autobots to get his own solo comic in the G1 days, and while it's arguable that he didn't even do much in that, it was still kind of nice to see an Autobot have a crisis of courage and be honest about it.
A shame that Thrilling 30th was the last time where Generations actually meant Generations and had such a variety of designs beyond the G1 style.
Have you seen the Kingdom announcements? It's literally based around Beast Wars
@@auberginemanproductions1608 Beast Wars is still G1.
@@AztecCroc True, but I think OP meant G1 cartoon rather than G1 as a whole.
there are rumors that the follow-up to kingdom will return to true generations, so fingers crossed
@@dnprime1737 G1, BW, and possible Armada and possibly even less Prime have been said by leakers to be the 2022-2023 plan.
I choose to believe the existence of MP Skids to be entirely due to this video. Thank you, Thew, for making the impossible possible.
that "minicon" thing, was called Centuritron (century + tron), part of the "minicon assault team", consisting of Windshear (helicopter), Runway (jet), and Heavytread (tank).
Back in the early 80's on a family vacation my grandfather let me get one TF at Walmart (or Wal-Mart at the time) and of all first and second years on the shelf I picked Skids because I had no idea who he was. And he's been a favorite ever since.
Ok, I know there's like 17 minutes left in the video. BUT TRANSFORMERS CAN SCAN GHOSTS AND GET HAUNTED BY THEM!?!?!?!? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN AND WHHHYYY????!
Where are the ruddy Ghostbusters when you need them, yes...?!
(PS: The recent IDW TF/GB crossover comic is fantastic if you haven't read it...)
It’s more like an accidental DNA scan when Skid-Z ended up scanning the deceased driver’s helmet and picture along with the car. Thus, giving him that racing obsession and drive-to-win(literally, I guess) personality he’s “possessed” with in the episode.
What did it mean that Black Convoy (Scourge) scanned a truck with Junko inside? Did any of her bad luck rub off on him? Can he produce a replica of her as his fake driver?
When did they do that?
@@tannerprice2018 protoforms are more impressionable than we think
Can we get a movie about Sky Lynx and Skids going on a big ol road trip through cybertron while chasing Battletrap and Apeface across the planet
Transformers: Age of the Nobodies
Lul
We have comicbook about it. Its call MTMTE :>
Can Snapdragon be there too?
@@OtakuUnitedStudio yeah that would make more sense than battletrap
You cant forget the nameless yellow dump truck who helps form movie Devastator.
Is it sad that shortly after this video came out that Skids was confirmed to be the next Masterpiece figure?
This aged quickly since there’s an official masterpiece skids coming now
And now there's a modern retail version! Skids is getting some loving lately and I'm all for it
January 2018
Thew: I wish Hasbro gave us an impactor
December 2018
Impactor announced (cause thew rallied us to vote for impactor n mirage) later revealed on toyfair 2019.
October 2020
Thew : Hasbro I want a deluxe skids NOW!!!
June 2021
Generation selects Deluxe skids announced.
Fingers crossed Thew says that he wants a new deluxe Death's Head figure soon then, yes...?!
(Probably won't ever happen because of the copyright shenanigans that would have to be hurdled between Marvel and Hasbro, but a chap can dream, yes...?)
Wait.. Selects? What would he be a repaint of?
Just had an amazing dream
A voyager class Skids was announced for studio series. He had articulated hands, no empty bits, cool weapons, great articulation and most importantly he came with a little bike with a holographic rider.
@@ArtzzyKid good dream but you know if it's Studio Series.. it'll be... that other... "Skids"... it'd be nice to have a real one throw a lot of homages to the Diaclone one. I think Hasbro has forgotten about him, Gears/Swerve, the other targetmasters and Autobot powermasters, Blaster's cassettes, Overkill, Slugfest, and Squawkbox...
And a Legacy Crankcase... who's a heavy retool of Skids. Hmm. Does Thew like Burn Out too? Was the guy who designed that overall mold a fan of Thews?
Thew: This is the closest thing we'll get to Masterpiece Skids.
Masterpiece Skids: Allow me to introduce myself.
Shockwave with an earth vehicle mode is the most cursed thing I’ve ever seen
Anyone else think TF-Prime Hot Shot could have been a Skids? Carries over a lot of design choices and the entire color palette.
Skids deserves more love!!
It’d make more sense for that design than Hot Shot.
Hot Shot was in TF-Prime? What episode?
@@luvblueybingoheeler3150
Not an episode. The toyline.
Never noticed that before, but damn, you're so right.
26:36 replace character with series and that's basically how it feels to be a Unicron Trilogy fan
4:47 Im sure nobody cares but my car guy soul compels me to mention that Wheeljack's alt mode is a 1976 Lancia Stratos Turbo Alitalia. One of the best looking rally cars ever made. 😄
And that also makes Exhaust one of those too.
@@zafool4997 yes exactly. Although Exhaust has the Marlboro livery instead of the Alitalia one. Not that the figure says Marlboro because you can't advertise cigarettes to kids
"you don't want to see my skids..."
Wet-wipes are a big help.
Me: enthousiast of Japanese mini cars and Japanese mechs.
Skids G1: exist
Me: *heavy breathing*
Somehow, despite the fact that I sent you that QTF Skids and the fact that you REMINDED me of that fact like a week ago, I was totally blindsided by him showing up here. Love that little guy!
Forget about what?
I guess Thew just needed to invoke the Takara gods to get his way.
I would 100% buy a new Skids Generations design. That G1 original looks really sweet. You've sold me on Skids!
How happy is thew now with the masterpiece skids now
I still want to believe that thew is the reason skids got his masterpiece and his legacy figure
This review is dedicated to the forgotten son of G1 and it was up to one of my favorite people on the internet to bring him back to prominence
“Is that Dezsaurus’ dog?” 😆😆
Keep em coming, Thew!
26:56 Did I just see a bunch of Autobots staring at the ashes that were once Skids, and then one of them says "Skids?" Like yeah, the smoking pile of dirt is going to respond.
A favourite obscure character of mine was Backstreet, as much as he’s never had a toy since 1988 and been ignored just like almost all other characters after 1987. His design with shoulder mounted launchers and an odd colour scheme of orange and green made it easy to love. Maybe one day the 1988 lot will receive the same Hasbro love as the previous years characters.
Skids was the forgotten autobot for me as a kid, I had him at Christmas 84, I wanted to keep him in the box as the whole look of the product and packaging looks so dope, then when we moved house a lot of stuff got lost somewhere in transit between storage and the new place and Skids being Skids banished into oblivion , sad story really, he never even got out of his box
Skids is the original Waspinator, prove me wrong.
I was thinking he’s more like Alligator Megatron.
Waspinator and Skids are almost like... the Waluigi of Transformers
Waspinator was a fan favorite though
@@BlackLivesMatter23 So is Skids these days
The most disrespected TF with the dopest box art from G1.
That run pose, that lean... quintessential Transformers vibe
Ya know how in the comics rung had that thing where everyone kept forgetting about him? Skids has that. Hes just that sneaky.
"Skids is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there. But if they got to know him, they'd learn that he likes to daydream, get built into furniture, and pick up cowboy chicks."
I-... I understand now.
I just got Legacy Crosscut, primarily as a holiday souvenir and team-up for Kingdom Road Rage, but...
I'm in ruins
10:36 I drive one of those, the interior acctually is a really chill place to be
Watching this while playing with my Legacy Skids...... I choose to believe Thew had a hand in getting hasbro to release this dude.....
All of us already know about the Masterpiece and the Legacy Deluxe class by now, there's no surprises there.
But just watching this video in late 2021 and knowing that not only 1, but 2 proper G1 Skids figures are on the horizon, feels like some kind of triumphant poetic justice.
First the comment section was filled with comments about the Masterpiece. Now it's the Legacy version.
4:49 "One specific race car" as a gearhead, as much as I like the Lancia Stratos, this was pretty funny IMO, I was just like "what? LMAO!"
That ending speech at the end....that...is exactly how I feel about Needlenose
Poor Needlenose, losing two votes in a row
One who was always picked on by his fellow squad members and now they gotta do the poor guy dirty like this
The little jokes and puns, and not to mention the way it is all put together, always gets me. xD
As a Pretender stan, I felt that last bit.
I love how this review aged, how much it is STILL valid because even if we did get an MP Skids, he was released SIMULTANEOUSLY with the Optimus cosplaying, apparently much more popular Reboost who even for the exact same price does include the scooter accesory while Skids doesn't, he got his thunder stolen frame 1.
Now, let's see if Thew does "Skywarp Shenanigans" some point in the future-
And now they're coming out with Legacy Medix, the FOURTH retooling of this unsung hero. Way to go, Skids; you're now the Dead End of Legacy!
(Can't wait until they release him as G1 variants of Bayformers Skids and Mudflap, hopefully with some faces that have some kind of DIGNITY to them. lol)
Rewatching this video after the official masterpiece skids announcement
I guess this video was made before the announcement but there was an announcement for a Masterpiece Skids in December of 2020. Supposed to come out sometime this year
I can't believe Chris McFeely DESTROYED this video with FACTS AND LOGIC (2021 4KHD)
This was one of my favorites reviews, It had everything, drama, comedy, tragedy, conspiracy theorys, Thew you maniac!!!
Takara Tomy sends their regards with MP Skids.
This is literally the most entertaining RUclips video I've seen in so long. I didnt give a shit about skids before this video and now I love him. Thanks for the fantastic video
A great review with some stunning figures and ya hit me in the feels there at the end; good job, sir!
Two funny things about movie Skids.
One, Skids and Mudflap were actually meant to be akin to white people who appropriate black culture and adopt stereotypical black mannerisms, but since they’re alien robots it didn’t work out right. Their actors were actually proud of their performances and were upset people took it the wrong way.
And two, I can’t remember which but one of them actually was killed by Sentinel Prime in the DOTM novelization and the other one died trying to avenge him. Which, as much as they suck, is actually solid as a way to kill them off.
Coming back now after the announcement of Masterpiece Skids.
I just got the fantastic Legacy Skids and I had to come back and give this another watch.
Binaltech Skids looks like he could be repainted into Movie Hound.
That Or if he got some retooling he could make a good G1 style BulkHead
I love the voice " from a professional vintage toy appraisal point of view"
The new legacy toyline has revealed a new deluxe skids, and it looks awesome
Just picked up Scion Skids for the sole reason that I'm old and I drive a Scion. Awesome build with a ridiculous transformation. Gloriously die-cast.
Reporting in from the future. Along with MP Skids, Legacy Skids is pretty good too. o7
One of the funny things about Skids is that with an 8, he was the highest ranking Autobot released in 1985. As the Theoritician, he should have been Perceptor's boss.
i love skids. i love him and his relationship with nautica in the comics was adorable and heartbreaking his placeholder status in G1 was fine for me since not me every character needs to be fleshed out for me to get there toy but i mean cmon hasbro youve been deep diving since the prime wars and this guy is still at the bottom of the barrel. and besides if he's not mrketable to the avarage fan then market it to the comic nerds like i and others and please let my boy get his comeback
I can't wait for the Legacy review to round off that Skids ReThewlogy
I'm starting to think that this video was designed to hype up Masterpiece and Legacy deluxe class skids before they were announced.
Not on purpose, but it's working 😅
The fact that you and Dan from Toy Galaxy both referenced each other’s shows within a week period gives me hope for humanity! Thanks for all the content Thew! Your commentary and humor are top notch. Keep up the hard work sir. EXCELSIOR!
Masterpiece Skids confirmed.
16:48 Actually it was the boost from Skids's death that gave Megatron the strength required to access his antimatter powers.
Plus while Megatron did save the day, it was his buffed up crewmates who took down like 95% of the enemy forces.
So not entirely useless death.
They really should include Skids in Kingdom, somehow. Masterpiece, at the very least. Justice for Skids!
HE GOT A MASTERPIECE
now he needs a kingdom or selects
@@zafool4997 Yes, I'm well aware of that, and that makes me very happy indeed for Skids. :)
Well, hopefully Kingdom at-least, because there isn't yet a vehicle mode quite like his to be repainted for the Selects line anyway. Or, if not for either one, then hopefully sometime in the future.
@@KrytenMark Well, he's getting a figure in Legacy, looks like our wishes have all come true for Skids☺
I do like how we got both a masterpiece, AND a generations figure of G1 skids a couple of years after this video dropped. Never change, thew.
Imma pull a skids*evaporates with a faint scream*
There is one thing about the Bayformers that I love is the amount of detail in the transformation sequences, you pretty much see every panel, gear and piston moving around as they go from one form to another, giving a sense of the extremely complex machinery and detail that has to be going on for a robotic race capable of changing their shape
Masterpiece skids announced! Your dreams come true again!
i cannot believe they're doing a masterpiece skids before cliffjumper
Me either... Cliffjumper, Jazz, Hoist, Trailbreaker, Mirage just to name a few.
If you stare long enough into the void, the void stares into you and his name is Skids.
I only know Skids and Mudflap because of the bay films. I didn't really hear of him in G1.
The Bay Films weren't the best, but they sure did bring Transformers back into the light.