Chris McFeely

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on JOLT

Video | 2 months ago

Get ready for a shock to your system - this episode, The Basics runs down the electricfying history of the different Transformers who have shared the name JOLT! Decepticons, Autobots, and Mini-Cons, from Generation 2 to the Unicron Trilogy to the Bayverse a...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BRAWL

Video | 3 months ago

As the Combaticons return to toy shelves as part of the "Age of the Primes" line this year, it's time to spotlight one of the team's members who's been lucky enough to enjoy some solo adventures of his own! These are The Basics on the bellicose 'bot called ...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on GENERATION 1.5

Video | 3 months ago

As the 1990s began, Hasbro brought the original Transformers toyline to an end... but only in America! In the early years of the new decade, Hasbro EUROPE kept the flame alive, with their own line of unique, exclusive figures. Thunderclash, Skyquake, Rotors...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on POWERGLIDE

Video | 4 months ago

And AWAAAY we go, with The Basics on the Autobots' stunt-flying showman, POWERGLIDE, from his iconic cartoon spotlight with the girl who loved him, to his struggle for relevance in the 21st century! From Universe to the Bayverse, from Mini-Bot to Aerialbot,...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS - The Beast Wars of Japan!

Video | 4 months ago

On the same week TakaraTomy announced new toys of "Beast Wars" Galvatron and Gigastorm, The Basics presents a special compilation of revised, expanded, and updated episodes about the history, lore, and characters of the Japanese-original "Beast Wars" shows....

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the APEX ARMOR

Video | 5 months ago

Suit up for The Basics on one of the mightiest weapons on Cybertron! From its conceptual origins in "Super-God Masterforce" with Godbomber and God Ginrai to it's television debut in "Transformers: Prime," learn the history of the power-enhancing battlesuit ...

Heck of a crowd for Gregg Berger (G1 Grimlock!) at the Battersea Power Station Transformers store!

Short | 5 months ago

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on SWOOP

Video | 5 months ago

This episode, we're looking at another one of those prehistoric powerhouses, the Dinobots! He's been known by a few names in his time, including Strafe and Ptero... but we know him best as SWOOP - the terrifying pterosaur who's second only to team leader Gr...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on TECHNORGANICS

Podcast | 5 months ago

A common theme in "Transformers" stories is the merging of organics and technology, flesh and metal working in concert to achieve things neither can do alone. This episode looks at the history and evolution of this concept, from Headmasters and Pretenders t...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on RAMPAGE

Video | 6 months ago

Time for the story behind another Transformer name that's been used on some very different characters over the years - from G1 to Beast Wars to the live-action movie, from the Predacons to the Constructicons, we're going wild with The Basics on RAMPAGE! Sup...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BIG CONVOY

Video | 6 months ago

Just in time for his new Age of the Primes toy, we return to the Japanese side of the world of "Beast Wars" to look at the Maximal mammoth who's so powerful, he's known as the One-Man Army! These are The Basics on BIG CONVOY! Support the show on Patreon: ht...

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on VELOCITRON

Video | 7 months ago

Rev up your engines for a race across the stars to a world colonised long ago by explorers from Cybertron, which has evolved its own unique culture where speed is king, and the fastest 'bots make the rules! These are The Basics on the "Speed Planet" - VELOC...