I think toxitron has the potential for a great story Imagine you are a clone of the greatest autobot leader of all time but dubbed "imperfect" by you're creator so you're basically forced Into a war you know nothing about and knowing you're existence is nothing but an accident He could be the ben riley of transformers if someone attempted it
@@djpegaoWith him being resurrected. This makes me want to see a new comic storyline where Judas Traveler is brought back to life (Since he was another character from the 90's clone saga)
I literally just heard of this guy from this video, and I can't decide which version of him I like more, the Bizarro Optimus Prime, or the tormented experiment who turns good, they're both very interesting takes. I'm glad that he got a second chance to be a character, and he wasn't just lost to time like the initial unreleased toy.
I’ve always loved this guy’s color scheme, and the fact that the animated one is based off of one of my favorite Superman villains makes me like him even more
a shame we've never seen an actual animated version of him because this characterization of Toxitron as Bizarro Optimus Prime would've been fun to see in animation.
If I had a dollar for every time the Laser Optimus mold was used for a villain and wound up eclipsing the original in terms of popularity, i'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot but yada yada.
You won't regret it. He's the only one of that mold I want, and he's the only one I have (although my daughter is getting Laser Optimus for christmas.) He's such a cool figure, and his colouring helps him stand out.
u prob alr got him but just wanted to share my opinion, when i first got him it was because he was the only leader and i tought he was ugly, when i opened the box almost inmediatly i loved the colors and now the other versions of the mold seem pretty boring lol
Honestly, I’d actually love to see a story where elements of both versions of Toxitron are combined to give us a pretty interesting idea. Imagine if he’s like a joint creation of Starscream and Shockwave who breaks out of the Decepticon Labs only to run into Grapple or some other Autobot and follow them back to base. Maybe he’d try to ride one of The Dinobots like a rocking horse or something since he’d probably have the mind of a child at that point. I’d also like to imagine that Toxitron would probably get along swimmingly with ether The Junkions or The Monsterbots.
Eh, I just can't see Meltdown doing this since he DESPISED Cybertronians. More likely his research/condition was reverse engineered to arm someone else's project. Be they Decepticon or a human trying to recreate Transformers.
Because of the hideously garish yellow and purple colour scheme of the G2 version of Onslaught, I've thought of him as a version of Toxitron ever since I learned about the character. As a result, I ended up coming up with new names for the rest of the G2 combaticons: Biohazard (formerly Brawl) Dioxic (Swindle) Stench (Blastoff) and Test-Tube (Vortex.) Together, they form the Chemicons and can combine into Megatox.
In my opinion, going off of his color scheme he would fit in nicely with the Constructicons from G1 and could be a backup component for Devastator in the off chance that someone got damaged or temporatily got offlined during combat.
THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!! I love this Pea Green and Purple Optimus bootleg. But as much as I am a fan of Animated, I'm not crazy about that incarnation of Toxie. (Even though I do love the character of Bizzaro from DC.) It's the Of Masters and Mayhem "The Toxic Transformer" incarnation that really made me LOVE the character even more, basically turning him into the Toxic Avenger of Transformers. To me, that incarnation is the defenitive version of the character, and I'd love to see that version in more stuff. Its also amazing he's finally getting his G2 Laser Prime Redeco after all these years
I saw an advertisement for this figure pop up in my Facebook feed about a month ago and had no idea who the hell it was. But thanks to you, now I do. Great videos and top notch research. Keep up the good work.
He was 9.8 tons of solid scrap until he became… THE TOXIC TRANSFORMER! The First Wrecker… from the rust sea! Ah hell yeah, toxitron. One of my favorite obscure characters from the franchise. Its also funny how different the interpretations of him are.
I’ve always known about this character and it wasn’t until the Wreckers story that really made me fell in love with the character. I’ve hunted that Combiner wars one when I started collecting and now he’s got a modern figure and I’m happy to have seen this guy get the love he deserved
I remember the day I found out about this guy. I was just minding my own business, scrolling through Scourge’s wiki page when I saw he was redecoed into another transformer I had never heard of. The rest is history and I know have a Toxitron in my collection.
@@darrenheideman2546I think it's becuz universe didn't run well "Universe effectively died as a mass retail line when Walmart decided to discontinue the Ultra Class assortment in late 2004 due to low sales. Earlier that year, Walmart had already stocked half a dozen exclusive Universe toys, which had also ended up as shelfwarmers. The Deluxe assortment was cancelled by Hasbro shortly afterwards." (Yep. Then again Walmart hasn't had a good rep of getting TFs off shelves)
Love repaints of Transformers, given us all a new colletible toy to add to the collection. Then hearing from our nearest & dearest don't you already have that. Then we turn around and say it is a completely different character. When that sadly fails you go to an episode of the Basics to prove this is a different character. Then everything is settled or not!
This is awesome! An unreleased figure to comic book comedian to Wrecker Combiner to Legacy headliner, Toxitron sure has went on a wild journey. Fitting that he was starred in a comic titled the Toxic Transformer too. I'm featuring him in a roleplay I'm doing in which he, Jhiaxus and Straxus lead a subfaction of Decepticons.
There's also Scourge (RID 2001), the first redeco version of G2 Laser Optimus Prime. Scourge looks like Optimus Prime when Prime got scanned along with a diesel tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of rocket fuel. Toxitron is pretty much likes that, but with a tanker truck carrying sludge or polluted water instead of rocket fuel.
Would like to correct that TFCC Toxitron toy was actually repaint of CW Motormaster. Though I just realized, missed opportunity to make Toxitron from TR Voyager Optimus mold. Also would like to add, in Shell Game continuity (Universe designation: Viron 704.31 Epsilon); Scourge who had challenged Megazarak for leadership of the Predacon/Decepticon, was later poisoned by Tox-En and had his chassis recycled with new mind by Megazarak into that timeline's Toxitron.
I don't say this often (some might say "never"), but I think the TFCC version of the character is my favorite, both in design and personality. To the former, because he's *almost* Optimus, but not quite. As to the latter, not only is there just generally a glut of "bozo" type Decepticons and in my opinion it isn't a terribly interesting archetype, but the personality they did decide upon, "mostly eloquent rage machine looking for both revenge and validation," is *greatly unique and intriguing*! It's good stuff!
Toxitron is a character they should pull out of the vault more often it’ll be cool to get him as a villain for the next Transformers live action film and have megatron finally come back towards the end
Toxitron would be a fun character for a halloween special in a Transformers series. An old ghost story risen from a toxic swamp to cause havoc in a small town, it would all be a fun reference to classic monster movies and zombie flicks
What do you think Toxitron would be like if he was as powerful as Nemesis Prime? If he's the opposite of Optimus Prime, Does that mean Optimus like to keep the environment clean? What would happen if this Optimus Prime lookalike bot chose a garbage truck as it's alt mode?
even after getting a Velocitron Scourge after seeing Toxitron and leaning about the character I knew I had to get my self a figure of him. being a slight fan of the Toxic Avenger helped a lot for this
OK now I know what the next collaborative figure needs to be, because we need a Captain Planet crossover figure now. That way we could have Captain planet vs Toxitron.
I love what you do. Keep up the good work! I just very recently took an interest in Toxitron in hopes of adding glow-in-the-dark paint to a transformer that thematically fit the paint job.
It would be better to put him in a series for teen/young adult. I love him in "Of Masters and Mayhem", but that incarnation of him isn't suited for a kid shos.
2:35 I'm glad to see a version of Ironfist show up, ostensibly without the aura of (admittedly fairly moving) tragedy that accompanies his appearance in Last Stand of the Wreckers (which is where I first heard of him).
I’m really hoping we come full circle and get a repaint of Legacy Animated Prime into Toxitron. I know it’s hinted because his weapon kinda looks like the plunger but I won’t hold my breath on it until we see a listing for him
So we have Optimus Prime and Nemesis Prime. We have Optimus Prime and Shattered Glass Optimus Prime. So that implies the existence of Shattered Glass Nemesis Prime, Shattered Glass Toxitron, (maybe) Nemesis Toxitron (if a clone of Nemesis was made) and Shattered Glass Nemesis Toxitron. That’s how many layers deep we can go right now.
The Laser Optimus Prime mold is at its best when used for fake/imposter Optimus Primes.
if you are going to clone a autobot
it is better to. clone or recolor the Optimus prime .
I got back into casually collecting figures right as that mold was being reused for like 30 different guys, I was so confused
IMPOSTIMUS PRIME
AMOGUS
Patiently waiting for it to be retooled into Prime Universe Ultra Magnus
Imagine if Legacy had an animated series. Toxitron could’ve been a great season-long big bad.
They actually had plans to make Legacy series with Straxus as an important villain, but it didn't happen...
@@svartmetallyst7712 probably one of the worst mistakes they’ve ever done.
@@shadowmarauder6033 Making Straxus a major villain? Or do you mean not making a show at all?
@@bossviper2833 the second one. Straxus I think could be a great villain.
Nah Toxitron works better startung off evil and eventually finding a home with The Wreckers
I think toxitron has the potential for a great story
Imagine you are a clone of the greatest autobot leader of all time but dubbed "imperfect" by you're creator so you're basically forced Into a war you know nothing about and knowing you're existence is nothing but an accident
He could be the ben riley of transformers if someone attempted it
Considering the current status of Ben Reilly, he might have dodged a bullet....
@@djpegaoWith him being resurrected. This makes me want to see a new comic storyline where Judas Traveler is brought back to life (Since he was another character from the 90's clone saga)
@@Rabbitlord108 Yeah but.... a really pointless one. That they were just making up willy nilly as they went.
@@bthsr7113 True.
Just nemesis prime again
I literally just heard of this guy from this video, and I can't decide which version of him I like more, the Bizarro Optimus Prime, or the tormented experiment who turns good, they're both very interesting takes. I'm glad that he got a second chance to be a character, and he wasn't just lost to time like the initial unreleased toy.
Agreed
Im VERY Pro "Tormented Experiment who becomes good.";
That origin is STRONGLY echoing "Toxic Avenger" which is a strong fit for him.
Same.
Nemesis Prime: "Who are you?"
Toxitron: "Me am you, but worser!"
Wait imagine nemesis meet shatter glass optimus and meet sentinel then nova and then the real optimus comes to take them out
@@proepicgamemaster And then Scourge from RiD 2001 shows up and just exists there.
The fact Toxitron, Lio Convoy, Animated Prowl, RID 2015 Strongarm AND a Commander Class Ultra Magnus all released this year fills me with life.
I’ve always loved this guy’s color scheme, and the fact that the animated one is based off of one of my favorite Superman villains makes me like him even more
a shame we've never seen an actual animated version of him because this characterization of Toxitron as Bizarro Optimus Prime would've been fun to see in animation.
I like that animated toxitron even drives backwards
If I had a dollar for every time the Laser Optimus mold was used for a villain and wound up eclipsing the original in terms of popularity, i'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot but yada yada.
The first time they did that was for Robots in Disguise (2001)/Car Robots with Scourge.
I'm convinced, I'm adding this to my collection.
You won't regret it. He's the only one of that mold I want, and he's the only one I have (although my daughter is getting Laser Optimus for christmas.) He's such a cool figure, and his colouring helps him stand out.
@@martyncurrill2766 Thanks. I just found a good deal online.
u prob alr got him but just wanted to share my opinion, when i first got him it was because he was the only leader and i tought he was ugly, when i opened the box almost inmediatly i loved the colors and now the other versions of the mold seem pretty boring lol
It really is amazing which Transformers can go from obscurity to front page news.
To be fair, since Toxitron is a loose homage to Toxic Avenger, it's a cardinal sin that NONE of Toxitron toys ever came with a mop...
If they made a pollution themed Decepticon team, Toxitron would for sure be the leader. Acid Storm and Oilmaster would also be on the team.
It's a shame most of the Toxitron Collection is Autobots... Or maybe that's just how nasty and powerful Toxitron is.
@UbermusPrime Spittor is another one. Any of the Decepticon water-squirter/color-changers from G2 could be too.
I wont lie, Toxitron has always been a favorite since I found his tfwiki article at random.
Same
Same here.
same
Honestly, I’d actually love to see a story where elements of both versions of Toxitron are combined to give us a pretty interesting idea.
Imagine if he’s like a joint creation of Starscream and Shockwave who breaks out of the Decepticon Labs only to run into Grapple or some other Autobot and follow them back to base. Maybe he’d try to ride one of The Dinobots like a rocking horse or something since he’d probably have the mind of a child at that point.
I’d also like to imagine that Toxitron would probably get along swimmingly with ether The Junkions or The Monsterbots.
Sounds really cool !
I mean, in one continuity at least he becomes a Wrecker.
This is my first "Obscure Characters Month" looking forward to all the episodes.
I've never heard of this character until today and now I'm obsessed with him.
If Toxitron had been in the animated cartoon, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a creation of meltdown.
Eh, I just can't see Meltdown doing this since he DESPISED Cybertronians. More likely his research/condition was reverse engineered to arm someone else's project. Be they Decepticon or a human trying to recreate Transformers.
In the comic, oil slick and a tfa incarnation of scalpel from the bayverse allegedly made him
This character is so obscure, he might as well be a cryptid in his own right. A giant, toxic mechanical yeti who only was spoken of in passing.
3:56 Man, Brawn just KEEPS getting shot in the shoulder, don't he?
This is the first episode to feature a character I've never heard of. I can't believe he's been around since 2003
Because of the hideously garish yellow and purple colour scheme of the G2 version of Onslaught, I've thought of him as a version of Toxitron ever since I learned about the character. As a result, I ended up coming up with new names for the rest of the G2 combaticons: Biohazard (formerly Brawl) Dioxic (Swindle) Stench (Blastoff) and Test-Tube (Vortex.) Together, they form the Chemicons and can combine into Megatox.
In my opinion, going off of his color scheme he would fit in nicely with the Constructicons from G1 and could be a backup component for Devastator in the off chance that someone got damaged or temporatily got offlined during combat.
Awesome names!
@@Wright805 Thanks!
THERE HE IS!
THERE HE IS!!
I love this Pea Green and Purple Optimus bootleg.
But as much as I am a fan of Animated, I'm not crazy about that incarnation of Toxie. (Even though I do love the character of Bizzaro from DC.)
It's the Of Masters and Mayhem "The Toxic Transformer" incarnation that really made me LOVE the character even more, basically turning him into the Toxic Avenger of Transformers. To me, that incarnation is the defenitive version of the character, and I'd love to see that version in more stuff.
Its also amazing he's finally getting his G2 Laser Prime Redeco after all these years
I never even heard of toxitron until now,thanks for that awesome review Chris 😊👏
I saw an advertisement for this figure pop up in my Facebook feed about a month ago and had no idea who the hell it was. But thanks to you, now I do. Great videos and top notch research. Keep up the good work.
I remember Toxitron back when the comic story was the closest thing we got to Animated season 4. I didn't know he was based on an unreleased toy.
He was 9.8 tons of solid scrap until he became…
THE TOXIC TRANSFORMER!
The First Wrecker… from the rust sea!
Ah hell yeah, toxitron. One of my favorite obscure characters from the franchise. Its also funny how different the interpretations of him are.
Also, mans beat the scrap out of jetfire and spin-outs entire team, which is pretty damn cool.
@@MassterF Let's give Jetfire some credit, he put up a good fight.
But yes, Toxitron's a great character.
I’ve always known about this character and it wasn’t until the Wreckers story that really made me fell in love with the character. I’ve hunted that Combiner wars one when I started collecting and now he’s got a modern figure and I’m happy to have seen this guy get the love he deserved
I remember the day I found out about this guy. I was just minding my own business, scrolling through Scourge’s wiki page when I saw he was redecoed into another transformer I had never heard of. The rest is history and I know have a Toxitron in my collection.
Truth be told, evil doppelganger don't get enough time on screen anymore and I would like to see toxitron on future media
I never heard of this character. The iceberg of The Transformers is really deep.
Me too. I show the legacy one at Walmart
I love the Toxic Avenger reference at 3:19
I can imagine this guy singing 'Toxic Love' from 'FernGully: the Last Rainforest' as he sprays a rainforest with acid
Just got this toy last week on Black Friday, I love it, he's so cool. I dont have the laser G2 Prime so this is my first time with the mold!
I never heard of him. The Transformers universe is larger than I can imagine
The Legacy line has introduced a lot of characters to many fans.
Why did they cancel it? It has so much good stuff it could've become legendary like TFA or TFP or IDW
@DrCocofruit That happens a lot. Shows wind down, characters get cut, or entire plot lines get changed last minute.
Look at Transformers Prime.
@@darrenheideman2546I think it's becuz universe didn't run well
"Universe effectively died as a mass retail line when Walmart decided to discontinue the Ultra Class assortment in late 2004 due to low sales. Earlier that year, Walmart had already stocked half a dozen exclusive Universe toys, which had also ended up as shelfwarmers. The Deluxe assortment was cancelled by Hasbro shortly afterwards."
(Yep. Then again Walmart hasn't had a good rep of getting TFs off shelves)
@@darrenheideman2546honestly glad Prime even got an ending tbh
Love repaints of Transformers, given us all a new colletible toy to add to the collection. Then hearing from our nearest & dearest don't you already have that. Then we turn around and say it is a completely different character. When that sadly fails you go to an episode of the Basics to prove this is a different character. Then everything is settled or not!
I have just discovered Toxitron and I already love him.
I think the tortured experiment version of Toxitron has potential and should be canon in Transformers going forward.
This is awesome! An unreleased figure to comic book comedian to Wrecker Combiner to Legacy headliner, Toxitron sure has went on a wild journey. Fitting that he was starred in a comic titled the Toxic Transformer too. I'm featuring him in a roleplay I'm doing in which he, Jhiaxus and Straxus lead a subfaction of Decepticons.
There's also Scourge (RID 2001), the first redeco version of G2 Laser Optimus Prime. Scourge looks like Optimus Prime when Prime got scanned along with a diesel tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of rocket fuel. Toxitron is pretty much likes that, but with a tanker truck carrying sludge or polluted water instead of rocket fuel.
Would like to correct that TFCC Toxitron toy was actually repaint of CW Motormaster.
Though I just realized, missed opportunity to make Toxitron from TR Voyager Optimus mold.
Also would like to add, in Shell Game continuity (Universe designation: Viron 704.31 Epsilon); Scourge who had challenged Megazarak for leadership of the Predacon/Decepticon, was later poisoned by Tox-En and had his chassis recycled with new mind by Megazarak into that timeline's Toxitron.
Doh! You're quite right of course - I meant to say "retool," not "recolour"!
Fantastic way to start the month! Thanks Chris!
excellent video as always!
I cannot help but relize, that Toxitron, would pair well with fellow onscure decepticon, Acid Rain.
I don't say this often (some might say "never"), but I think the TFCC version of the character is my favorite, both in design and personality. To the former, because he's *almost* Optimus, but not quite. As to the latter, not only is there just generally a glut of "bozo" type Decepticons and in my opinion it isn't a terribly interesting archetype, but the personality they did decide upon, "mostly eloquent rage machine looking for both revenge and validation," is *greatly unique and intriguing*! It's good stuff!
Toxitron is a character they should pull out of the vault more often it’ll be cool to get him as a villain for the next Transformers live action film and have megatron finally come back towards the end
Toxitron would be a fun character for a halloween special in a Transformers series. An old ghost story risen from a toxic swamp to cause havoc in a small town, it would all be a fun reference to classic monster movies and zombie flicks
The concept of a Transformers Bizarro sounds way cooler than it has any right to be
What do you think Toxitron would be like if he was as powerful as Nemesis Prime? If he's the opposite of Optimus Prime, Does that mean Optimus like to keep the environment clean?
What would happen if this Optimus Prime lookalike bot chose a garbage truck as it's alt mode?
Optimus Prime believes that all life is precious. Of course he'd be environmentally friendly.
Picked one of these up a few weeks ago at the store. The color scheme is crazy but cool at the same time. Love the backstory too.
even after getting a Velocitron Scourge after seeing Toxitron and leaning about the character I knew I had to get my self a figure of him. being a slight fan of the Toxic Avenger helped a lot for this
I liked that idea for TFA Toxitron being an imperfect backwards clone of Optimus.
OK now I know what the next collaborative figure needs to be, because we need a Captain Planet crossover figure now. That way we could have Captain planet vs Toxitron.
G.I.Joe's Eco-Warriors would work better.
Ahhj... birthday presents...how very nice😊
What do you call Toxitron when he’s using his sword? Sludgeon.
Toxitron is one of the greatest viruses Decepticon because he my favourite 🤩 character ❤
Oddly wholesome for such a dangerous figure :) Great show, thank you! Obscure Character Month is my absolute favorite part of The Basics!
I’ve been curious about his whole deal, especially since my son was super excited about seeing the Legacy figure in the store.
Please do Tracks and the Technobots/Computron next!
Toxitron is underrated, simple and cool.
I love what you do. Keep up the good work! I just very recently took an interest in Toxitron in hopes of adding glow-in-the-dark paint to a transformer that thematically fit the paint job.
They should really add Toxitron to one of the new Transformers Series
It would be better to put him in a series for teen/young adult. I love him in "Of Masters and Mayhem", but that incarnation of him isn't suited for a kid shos.
BEST VIDEO EVER!
Toxitron is A very fascinating character
This character is basically Optimus Prime in a Constructicon-themed deco.
This guy would have been popular in the early 90s, when Captain planet and GI Joe Eco warriors was a thing.
Him being Bizarro Optimus Prime is amazing
I got the entire Toxitron collection so I could use them for fanfiction ideas.
...i only just realized he had hulks color scheme.
Fitting as both are radioactive related.
Wreckage is my favourite Combiner
Happy holidays! Obscure characters months is my favorite!!
Somehow I keep on thinking about Captain Planet and how he take on this pollution problem …
Laser Optimus is much more popular as 'another character' than Prime itself! 😂
2:35 I'm glad to see a version of Ironfist show up, ostensibly without the aura of (admittedly fairly moving) tragedy that accompanies his appearance in Last Stand of the Wreckers (which is where I first heard of him).
I heard a lot of people excited when Legacy Toxitron was announced but I knew almost nothing about him. This video came in the right moment for me!
Amazing Dude 🤘
Please do the basics on the decepticons
I’m really hoping we come full circle and get a repaint of Legacy Animated Prime into Toxitron.
I know it’s hinted because his weapon kinda looks like the plunger but I won’t hold my breath on it until we see a listing for him
Toxitron: Green Peace's sworn enemy
Looting and polluting IS the way!
Here’s what Toxitron has to say!
“The power no am yours!”
Cool character and colour scheme
toxitron: *does not want to exist.*
the transformers community: "please bring toxitron back."
yay obscure history :D
This is pretty cool. I like them
An entire subline of unreleased figures, I love it. lol
Isn't there a seeker with acid rain abilities? It would be neat to see the two collide. Maybe even get a flying combination like Optimus often does.
There is. His name's Acid Storm.
I love this character
This video makes me go out and buy one!!!
You gotta love when a lot of these characters toys go announced/showed at bot con but never reased
One day the Powerdashers will get their due.
So obscure they still don't yet have proper characterization in any Transformers media.
I never noticed to charater before thank you for showing me someone different
I love Toxitron! Thanks Chris!
Fantastic video review! Like the story 👍👍😎😎
Great Stuff, as always!
I remember when I saw you at Tf nation
So we have Optimus Prime and Nemesis Prime. We have Optimus Prime and Shattered Glass Optimus Prime. So that implies the existence of Shattered Glass Nemesis Prime, Shattered Glass Toxitron, (maybe) Nemesis Toxitron (if a clone of Nemesis was made) and Shattered Glass Nemesis Toxitron. That’s how many layers deep we can go right now.
Awesome
I remember I heard about this guy a long time ago when the Combine Wars mold was released. I can finally know how this guy began life
Gran video como siempre 🤩🤗😎!!! 3:13 tributo a The Tóxic Avenger 😂🤣
And now you made me wanna get one of the new toys 😅