TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on MAGMATRON 

So my takeaway is that Magmatron tends to be a bad guy until Unicron gets involved, at which point he’ll go out of his way to help out and sacrifice himself if need be.

I like Transformer legacy just casually bring forgotten transformers character

Magmatron's Cybertronian mode being a Diaclone remake Diabattles V2 is just pure genius!

Magmatron's new toy hopefully means we'll get a new Big Convoy as well as possibly Beast Wars II Galvatron to round off the Beast era leaders

Dude loved dinosaurs so much, he named his ship after them.

I find it interesting that his components aren’t the generic prehistoric reptiles like you’d expect (Tyrannosaurus, Pteranodon, and Plesiosaurus) but are instead apparently different ( Giganatosaurus, Quetzolcolatlus and Elasmosaurus) Yes I know I misspelled some of the them coming from someone who had been obsessed with dinosaurs for almost all my life. Im turning 16 on the 12th of April and I’ve loved them since at least a year old.

The more I've discovered about the Japanese lore, the wider my smile gets.

How fitting for this episode to drop on the week of Getter Robo's anniversary. Between the red horns, the 3 sea/land/sky components, the dinosaurs, angolmois, and even the dinos "evolving" into Magmatron, this guy's pretty much a walking Getter Robo reference.

He's just a villain like Dinobot: proud to be a Predacon warrior, but has his own strict code and even possesses some redeeming qualities like a love and respect for his own home. Interesting. I wish we got some American dubs for the Beast era sequel animes. They had a LOT of fascinating characters.

The Beast Machines and IDW intepretations of Magmatron derives from the old misconception (among both official and fandom sources from the western side) that BWII and Neo took place in-between BW and BM, rather than thousands of years after. It wouldn't be until better translations of II, Neo and other Japanese sources were made that this misconception was cleared up.

My favorite character. My dad got me his figure at a Japanese hobby store. It was the ultimate transformer

I love how his shield is just 1/3 of his whole self.

My dad brought back this guy when he was deployed to Japan for a lil while, was way too young for the set and didn't keep it all together and lost everything except the pterodactyl

Haven't been adding to my Transformers collection much in the last few years, but imma definitely have to get Magmatron.

Would like to add that Magmatron was bit teased at the end of Dawn of the Predacus comic in Botcon 2016 as next warrior for Tripredacus Council. But yeah, him getting whole new toy in Legacy as part of TF's 40th Anniversary is quite surprise.

Speaking for myself, I always thought his design looked silly, but now after seeing this well made video explaining his convoluted backstory I think he's even sillier!

Magmatron sure has a hot level of encounters with Unicron, one might say it's magmatic.

I am looking forward to Magmatron's new toy and I *had* convinced myself I wouldn't bother but all these cool bits of backstory that I mostly didn't know have got me all excited once again.

I do really love BWU Magmatron being based on Dia Battles. Still not really sure why he's an engineer, though...

Magmatron....just by the name alone, I had thought was a new interpretation of Galvatron...but I gotta admit, I am glad I am wrong about that. I remember when I came across a stop motion animation regarding the original toy, which I kinda disregarded as a Transformer since I didn't know just how deep the brands lore was at the time. I am indeed looking forward to adding this guy to my collection

Magmatron has such a great look I hope one day they use him in the Transformers Earth Wars game!

Man, if I wasn't fascinated before, I sure am now! Magmatron and his three modes are impressive to say the least, but I think his Beast Wars Uprising story is super cool too. Maybe if they did another story with him, it would show Magmatron gaining his beast powers in that series.

My library had one issue of the IDW beast wars comic (2005 one) that i would read over and over again so getting him as a toy is weirdly nostalgic?

Magmatron is easily one of my favourite characters out of the Japanese G1 continuity.

Neo is all my time favorite Transformers show. Magmatron and his kooky cast of subordinates is a large part of that love. Super excited for that new figure, even if we’ll never get new figures of Guiledart, Saberback and the others.

Wow, I had no idea that Magmatron in Uprising was based on Diabattles. I have that toy and I have the new Magmatron preordered. I look forward to having them together.

4:07, he is transformed. 5:07, so that freak of nature is back? 5:17, this ver. of the big guy is just too badass for words. 8:06, a very fitting combo and I do see the Getter Robo influence in Magmatron. 8:46 and make more Getter Robo fans say the perfectly good catchphrase 'F*** DINOSAURS!!'

Okay, that's not a Magmasaurus, that's a Dinosaur Centipede.

And now I know that his history is as awesome as his looks

Waiting for my Magmatron to arrive. Hopefully Big Convoy comes out soon.

He's always been my favourite predacon/maximal

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much time he takes to research all this stuff and still make a banger video for our entertainment and knowledge

Thanks for shining the spotlight on this great, if obscured character. I love to see Magmatron appear in a future TF cartoon or movie.

I have no idea about anything dealing with Beast Wars Neos (or Beast Wars in general) but hearing "angolmois energy" just made me think of the character Angol Mois from Sgt. Frog piloting Unicron like a mech suit

I always wanted to know about Magmatron, ever since I saw him in Beast Wars NEO.

The number of times that Unicron has been the main threat in the various series screams that Transformers need a new major threat.

Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I just wanted to say that this new video on Magmatron was absolutely amazing. As a Transformers fan, I really don't know much about this character besides the fact that he was created for the Japanese Beast Wars series. So watching and listening to this video was great. In addition to that I did not know that this character was actually used in the IDW Transformers Beast Wars comic, where many fans got to explore his origins and discover how bad this character can be. Anyways, thank you so much for this wonderful video and I hope that you, Chris and everyone else in this community has a great and enjoyable day. Until the next video, when All Are One. Peace Out and Maximize.

I've got an Autobot OC of mine that is formed when an Ambassador-class support cruiser, a Galaxy-class exploration cruiser, and a Sovereign-class attack cruiser from Star Trek, His name is Aquastorm Prime. So yeah he was based off of Magmatron. I think that's pretty cool.

This guy looks wild. It's great to finally hear about him, thank you.

Definitely want his toy! Is a must get!

He is one colorful cybertronian isn't he

Well I can thank Beast Wars Transformers The Unofficial Guide by J. E. Alvarez. For introducing me to Japanese Beast Wars characters and toys. Especially Magmatron the original toy is brilliant. The way it comes together to form the figure is amazing . My personal favourite is the missile storage. Which can be found in what becomes the shield. The book is well worth the buy, sadly my one is showing a bit too much wear. On the amount of times I have read it and just looked at the photos. 😊 So an excellent video as always and yes I have the new Magmatron figure on pre-order. 😊

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I enjoy learning about new Transformers characters especially in this case since I’ve never watched Beast Wars second or Beast Wars Neo, the only Beast Wars stuff I’ve watched was the orignal 90’s cartoon and the awful sequel series.

I love basics videos where I know nothing about the character prior to clicking. I enjoyed learning about a bot made out of three dinosaurs.

One thing to note from the new toy is that Hasbro and Takara even went so far as to include the Predacon "spark crystal" that Beast Wars toys had starting with the Transmetal 2 toys and even carried forward to the Beast Machines line. Talk about a callback.

Thank you so much for pronouncing all of the dinosaurs names correctly!!!

Loved the Gathering so so very much!! And I always felt that it was a shane that it didn't get some kind of ongoing series. The premise/set-up we were left with at the end; a hidden, secondary Beast Wars conflict between larger groups & a 3rd faction, was tantalisingly intriguing and creative.

That new figure looks so cool!

The relationship between Magmatron and Big Convoy and the Predacon's tendency to let troops do the hard work reminds me of the Decepticon Deathsaurus from Transformers Victory, who has a similar sort of personality and only getting involved personally when fighting his Autobot rival Star Saber. Oh, the Dweller from that Collector's Club story makes another appearance, in Transformers Earthspark, hiding in an alien underground network on Earth and forcing the Terrans and Seekers to work together to fight against it.

0:51 So not just competing with the Dinobots, but Skylinx too. Fascinating.

I'm absolutely not immune to the nostalgia of The Gathering, something about that book really worked for me and its the sole reason I'm interested in Magmatron's new toy

Hi Chris, Great video About Transformers: The Basics on Magmatron, keep them coming, Also your latest video was outstanding, Also Magmatron is not only one of my favorite Preadcons, but also one of my favorite and best Transformers Beast Wars characters of all time, Also The following information/Bio/ Profile is the following Comic Books they are:1.Transformers Beast Wars: Sourcebook(limited, mini-series)#2(of)3(2007),2.Transformers Beast Wars Sourcebook Trade PaperBack(2009), & 3. Transformers: A Visual Guide Hardcover(2019), Also the following bio/profile/Handbook entry for Magmatron is: Allegiance:(as of 2024):Preadcon, Function/Primary Function(as of 2024): General, Transformation/Beast Modes(as of 2024):1.SkySaur/Landsaur/Seasaur, Magmatron is not only a Force to be reckoned with on both sides of the Preadcon/Maximal divide. Also not only is Magmatron the General of the Preadcons, not only is he Charismatic, and level headed, but also he is inspirational and influential, Also He's just a Villain an Honorable Villain like Dinobot: proud to be a Preadcon warrior, but has his own strict code and even possesses some redeeming qualities like a love and respect for his own home. So my takeaway is that Magmatron tends to be a bad guy until Unicron gets involved, at which point he'll go out of his way to help out and sacrifice himself if need be. Also Magmatron might be a Villain but Cybertron. Is still his home. Also I for one agree with Fre4k4life He may be a bad guy, but he's not a bad guy🙂 Also Just like Dinobot. A Preadcon who actually has Redeeming qualities. Also Magmatron is easily one of my favorite characters out of the Japanese G1 Continuity. Also Thanks for shining the Spotlight on this great, if obscured character. I love to see Magmatron appear in a future TF cartoon or movie. Also I Gotta say Magmatron sounds like a real badass. He's got a super unique design, he is a highly competent fighter and honorable in methods and tactics, and is smart enough to know that guys like Unicron are not to be triffled with. Hope we get to see more of him in some form of media in the future. Well I can thank Beast Wars Transformers The Unofficial Guide by J.E. Alvarez. For introducing me to Japanese Beast Wars characters and toys. Also The fact that Beast Wars Neo is when the Maximals and Preadcons finally calling a truce shows that War is indeed Hell. Also Good work on the video on Magmatron, my friend! I've got both The Transformers Beast Wars Sourcebook Trade PaperBack and The Transformers Beast Wars Omnibus Trade PaperBack featuring Magmatron, The Preadcons and the rest of the characters in the Comic book. I also like his saurian chimera form too! Also That new Magmatron figure look so cool! Also I can wait to pick up the New Magmatron Legacy figure later this year, Also thank you for sharing Chris keep up the good work stay safe out there have a goodnight and have a Happy belated Easter.🙂🟢💪🏋️🦸🇺🇲🐰❤️❤️ 11:00 pm.

I know it's probably silly to call a chimera ridiculous looking... But I'm gonna call it anyway: That Magmasaurus looks RIDICULOUS!

Thanks for the basics on magmatron, I'm a G1er fan but even I picked up legacy mags and think he's a great figure but couldn't find out much about his story until I found this vid, always well researched and quality on THE BASICS, cheers for your great work, much appreciated

I'd love to see a transformers the basics episode on the additional members of combiner teams. What i mean is characters who were added to a combiner team's roster after the original appearance and lineup of a particular team. Like how alpha bravo wasn't in the g1 aerialbots

Gotta say Magmatron sounds like a real badass. Hes got a super unique design, he is a highly competent fighter and honorable in methods and tatics, and is smart enough to know that guys lile Unicron are not to be triffled with. Hope we get to see more of him in some form of media in the future.

The Gathering was my intro to Beast Wars so Magmatron and Razorbeast hold a very close spot in my heart

Major thanks for this video. I just got the new toy, and my son wanted to know more about the character. This was perfect!

I never knew about this character until now, but as a Beast Wars fan I would have LOVED this toy as a kid.

Honestly, Magmatron was always my favorite Beast Wars era design.

This character was such an enigma to me as a kid. My first exposure to him was through The Gathering, but I lost the ability to read it after kid me turned the book in for having “a bad word”. In it. Magmatron says “Fall, damn you! Fall!” or something like that. After that I didn’t see or hear about him for years until your first video that mentioned him, and now this one. So happy he has a new toy coming out.

Magmatron is consider a Fuzor since he wasn't comprised of multiple beast into one being and his was the most unique one since unlike other who using two animals, Magmatron instead was 3 Animal this making him possibly the strongest Fuzor that surpassing Silverbolt

I'm definitely looking forward to that, as well as learning more about Magmatron now thanks to you showing me more about him.

Magmatron is the character that got me into reading Transformers comics

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Good work on the video on Magmatron, my friend! I've got the Transformers Beast Wars Omnibus comic featuring Magmatron, the predacons and the rest of the characters in the comic book. I also loved his saurian chimera form too!

The fact that Beast Wars Neo is when the maximals and predacons finally calling a truce shows that War is indeed Hell.

I don't suppose you'll make a dweller video? Would let you know the creature was the worm in dark of the moon. I made an oc who fought the dweller but escaped aided by a particular seeker but this seeker is a she

Just goes to show that any Transformer character can make it big, no matter how much time has passed since they were last notable.

This was such a cool episode!❤ Thanks Chris for making this.💯 Interestingly enough, I do remember seeing a HASBRO release of this character in stores years ago. However, I don't remember it being for BEAST MACHINES but instead I thought it was released for BEAST WARS. I remember sometime after the TV series BEAST WARS had ended that Hasbro was still releasing figures for it. And I remember being very confused because they were figures that were NEVER shown in the TV series. Like for example the character MAGNABOSS. That was a triple character released by Hasbro for the BEAST WARS series that I had no idea who that was. It wasn't until I started watching your videos Chris that I learned there was MORE BEAST WARS series and comics released after the 1st one in Japan. And in that Era there when I seen the Magnaboss character in stores is when I thought I remembered seeing the Magmatron character also released for BEAST Wars because it was both leader characters for the Maximals and Predacons respectively. And then I remember shortly after seeing those characters in stores, they were clearanced out and no more BEAST WARS characters were seen again.

"Cut off one head two more shall take its place" to qoute HYDRA in Marvel.

Just got my figure today. Very well made and loving it.

Woooo! Mine just arrived from BBTS! Excellent video as always!!

This guy is the definition is cult classic and niche character. No one expected him as this year's commander.

“Magmatron Inuk Chuk!!” That’s what I imagine magmatron saying to activate “Dino-centipede” mode.

I’m definitely gonna get his new toy as soon as it’s released.

Pre-ordered! I loves me some Magmatron. Thanks again, Chris!

In my school school game, Magmatron played a pretty big role where he is the Guardian of disembodied spirit entity known as Giya, who is the Daughter of Unicron and had a boss fight against Lucifer Morningstar but the battle was haulted by GHOST taking Giya spirit and experimented on which involves a boss fight as Magmatron against the Original prototype of Decepticon Bio powerhouse Goalius, called Novamos and he ended up living his days on earth taking Fluttershy place as the new Animal center care taker

I’m so excited for the new magnatron toy! It makes me want him to appear in more media

Overall I like Magmatron. He's one of those Transformers that end up staying in one form for me.

I’m so glad he is getting a new figure and I hope we get Big Convoy as well as BW Galvatron sometime down the road.

I first learned about this character in the first IDW comic series. I bought it at a book fair in school and never knew there was a sequel.

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Loved this one, can't wait for the new figure due to drop next week!!!

So that how Magmatron was inspired, I thought he was Only based on Megatron But I do love Magmatron and I like that he was after his previous ancients

Those japanese manga are worth to read.

Those are some of my favourite dinosaurs/prehistoric sea creatures

When compared to the other Predacon Leaders like Galvatron and ESPECIALLY Megatron, Magmatron is probably the most noble and least malicious out of the three of them.

Even though I've never seen "BW Neo," I've always been fascinated by Big Convoy and Magmatron if only for their respective beast modes. The latter is especially cool for combining three prehistoric reptiles into a single figure.

Preordered his new Legacy figure, can’t wait for July!

Can’t wait for Big Convoy

I am both waiting for the new toy and somewhat angry at it. Mainly because I have been working on making my own version with 3D-modeling for the past year.

I can’t wait to get the legacy figure. I don’t think we’ve had a Gigantosaurus themed transformer, combiner before or since. Also, I just love the concept of transformers robot modes who are made up of multiple vehicles.

Dude I didn't know the blue dinosaur was a Giganotosaurus! That's sweet!

so the dude ain't really evil

I remember watching the basics of jet fire and I later notice in g1 I remember there was a transformer name outback which is Australian that can turn himself into a jeep

I actually didn't know who magmatron was But I saw his toy and I thought he was cool.I'm so glad I know who he is now

I love ❤ this Prehistoric Predacon Magmatron & his 3 Dinosaur 🦖🦕 forms if I were a transformer I would be like how but with Tyrannosaurus 🦖,Pteranodon and Plesiosaurus

One the best antiheroes of the franchises ever