TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BEACHCOMBER 

Autobots: “well fuck were dead-AUTOBOTS RUN”

1. Beachcomber's a pacifist. 2. The Decepticons pretty much already ravaged the glen before the rest of the Autobots got there. 3. Beachcomber was the one who ended up directing the Autobots to the pool of Electrum once they got there, presumably knowing full well that the Autobots would die at the hands of the Decepticons without it.

i love the ide of “Beachimus Prime”

That'd be a cool story

beachimus prime is awesome

Yeah

My fave Character

I could see Jeff Bennett doing him.

Though the episode itself was kinda stupid

Beachcomber so kind good guy autobot just like pony pegasus fluttershy with "My little pony"

@come to order! C.G.:the Cartoon Judge! beast boy that's a perfect fit for hippie Beachcomber

RunAmuck agreed

I could totally see him being in, say, Rescue Bots Academy. Not sayin I don't want him in a mainline show, just seems like he'd fit that show well

Yes, I totally agree with you!!

Andrew Herbig ....indeed that episode was what the kids would say 'woke'

Kryten Prime I'm sad no one shot him by "accident"

I think they're gonna make a new toy of him

Yes, and he's wonderful!

THE W0LF B0Y Here’s how it would go. These guys Transform into a camera. Bye

Reflector's a favourite of mine, I could definitely wring five minutes out of him!

well, there's the mail order thing, that's a little interesting

THE W0LF B0Y I agree. Perhaps Chris might finally tap into the third party toys of transformers, which Reflector does not have a lot of as it is, but it'll certainly help to lengthen the video and shed more light onto the character, perhaps! ^^"

Chris McFeely Them. Reflector’s a favorite of mine as well.

Otaku I see Beachcomber keeping the lagoon a secret having to do with the fact something of that power could be taken by either side and use it in their warfare. They would find a way to use it a weapon and probably use it as a coating on their armour plates when they find the means to prolong it's effects. After all, something that can render you invisible for a time is the kind of thing that governments would want during a war and will fight tooth and nail to get it before their enemies claims it first.

Of course the main question I always had about the lagoon is where did the electrum originated from, how it got to Earth and how did it went unnoticed for millions of years untill Beachcomber stumbled upon it?

Ray Vankman, I understand *why* Beachcomber kept it a secret but, especially seeing what the results were, can you really argue it was the *best* approach? Even a "good" approach? *Sticking with what we know,* Beachcomber finds a natural resource *by accident* because the Autobots and Decepticons are *already* fighting about other stuff nearby. Just keeping quiet about the Electrum wasn't going to keep either side away; it was relying on *luck* that no one else would stumble across it the same way Beachcomber himself did. Using the electrum to protect oneself also wasn't a problem; the devastation we saw was because of the *exact* events of the episodes. If the Autobots could safely harvest it - and we didn't need to return things to the status quo by the end of the episode - there is at least a chance they'd use it responsibly and *not* devastate the environment around them with excess reflected Decepticon attacks. XP The battle we saw was *directly* because Beachcomber couldn't protect the site alone, allowing 'Cons to get it and use it, necessitating the Autobots themselves take a dip and the two sides running into each other at the site!

I assumed that the Electrum was naturally occurring. It wasn't the only fantastic "natural resource" the series used that doesn't exist in the real world (or at least has radically different properties in the real world).

Don't forget Cringer and Man-at-Arms as well [i'm pretty sure there are others too]...

Wait, the guy who voiced Beachcomber also voiced Skeletor? Wha?! :O

Nothing yes. Alan Oppenheimer voiced Beachcomber, Seaspray, Warpath, and Breakdown.

If the Transformers series had continued into 1989, Alan Oppenheimer could of voiced Bludgeon, giving him a voice similar to Skeletor.

Pio Nepomuceno And how James Roberts butchered the character horribly.

R.I.P. Dai Atlas

@@rayvenkman2087 Don't remind me...

Hippies stink to them?

Wholesome 🙏

@@juvielmartineztorres8425 Thank you.

@@elizabethcoen I'm surprised you would respond, seeing as I'm sure you forgot you even posted this 😂. Have a pleasant day.

@@juvielmartineztorres8425 I made that post two years ago.

Monterey is the coolest place. Made me want to go into marine biology, but I live in the midwest haha

Yeah, what the hell was their problem with him? What’s wrong with wanting to protect a forest? 😐

the new skybound issue made such a nice character for him ngl

I have five of his new toy.

and a loser

and a pussy

high all day.

That's why I love him

I love the original beachcomber

He was in the movie he was in the scene when Daniel shoots the cover if you pause at a certain point you see him he dosen't die tho

Eventually!

Chris McFeely so just curious is there a "true" ending to the G1/Beast Era?

I suppose to my mind Beast Machines is the "true" ending, but really BWII and BW Neo both take place thousands of years in the future after it, and those series end with Maximals and Predacons working together to rebuild Cybertron after Unicron attacks, which is a rather nice ending to the whole saga. It - and the consequenes of it, like Lio Convoy becoming "Great Convoy" - are actually, unless I'm misremembering, the last major events in the whole known Japanese G1 timeline.

Chris McFeely I wonder how exactly Cybertron returned to it's original metal state. Maybe evolution had occurred along with the Maximals and Predacons regaining their robotic appearance again but still keep some transorganic components.

Never mind, turns out it's a real thing. Electrum is an alloy consisting of gold, silver & traces of copper.

You should see some of Peter Cullen's roles other than Optimus, Ironhide, and Eeyeor; he voiced a number of villains and otherwise jerks.

June The Fox tainted energon?

bertimusprime sounds alright

The TF equivalent of drunkenness is being "over-energized," when they've consumed too much and their systems go a little goofy as a result of the energy overload. Drugs take the forms of things like circuit boosters, which provide a boost by overlocking their systems, which risks inducing burnout. Animated Beachcomber... has been well and truly burnt out. :\

Chris McFeely genius.

June The Fox Probably Green Energon.

Popular misconception; it's not him. The robot is sort-of coloured like him (it's got grey-black arms), but it's not Beachcomber's animation model. Beachcomber himself shows up again quite alive in season three.

They did already buddy