It's absolute speculation, so I didn't want to include it in the video, but it's very easy to imagine that they decided to cut the "rock robot" concept when they heard Tonka would be doing it first!
Masters of the Universe had their own transforming rock characters too. I don't think I they were supposed to be robotic and they only turned into, well, rocks. Rock dudes were popping up all over the place! 😄
Honestly i was very proud of hotrod for trying to save kranix from the sharkticons before they dragged him off and i don't know why but every once and a while id say to myself Optimus would have tried to save him as well and I know he'd be proud of hotrod for trying to save an innocent life
Optimus believes that “Freedom is the right of all Sentient Beings.” He’s not participating in the Quintessons games. Plus he’d recognize them immediately
If Optimus and Hot Rod were in the same cell, they'd probably try to figure out how to come up with an escape plan before the cruel games began.@@TheUncivilizedNation
@@Gaia_BentosZX5 that sounds awesome it actually makes me think about how cool it would have been if Optimus was with kup and hotrod during there demolition derby with the sharkticons
I’d like to imagine that Kranix would end up turning against Unicron after meeting the Autobots, much like how the Surfer did after he ended up on Earth. And when Unicron is defeated, Kranix becomes Cybertron’s new moon while Lithonians form an alliance with the Autobots so they can defend each other’s homes.
I remember his Digimon Encyclopedia from about 20 years ago and it’s super detailed with entries on pretty much every named character, no matter how brief their appearance, he could find info on and I think there was even one on the cartoon Angela Anaconda, because Fox packaged an Angela Anaconda short with Digimon the Movie.
I realize throughout "the basics" series, there are so many versions on Unicron's heralds and minions that they should definitely get their own video. Whenever you have the time of course!
So one version of Kranix ended up as a food seeking herald of the world devouring cosmic entity? Norrin Radd probably raised a silver plated eyebrow at THAT one! :)
And the Matrix is similar to the Ultimate Nullifier in that both are the only known devices capable of destroying their universe's planet eater. Galactus has the Nullifier on his ship, and "Call of the Primitives" implies (intentionally on behalf of the writers or not) that the origins of The Matrix and Unicron are connected. Unicron also has heralds (although not referred to by that term) in The Movie in the form of Galvatron, Scourge & the Sweeps, Cyclonus & his armada (that strangely disappears immediately after being introduced and is never mentioned again). They search for The Matrix rather than for sustenance, but still a similar idea.
whats even funnier is that Unicron is more powerful than Galactus as he was originally the "Satan" of the Marvel Universe at one point and Galactus was a lesser being to him.
Lithone definitely was terraformed or rather technoformed (is that even a word?), there’s a rock layer under the metallic surface with lava lakes. I wish they expand more on Lithone society, and the fact that they even have robot children
@@freeamericanthinker558they literally showed them in the first min of Transformers the Movie 1986. It was also shown here again on this clip too 🤷🏻..@00:38
It's interesting that the Marvel comic adaptation of the movie was based on an earlier script, one where Unicron released a corrosive mist that dissolved planets to consume them rather than tearing them apart with his mandibles/teeth. It's definitely one of those things that changed for the better in the final film, it's much more visceral and horrifying.
@@MikhailSamunin except the Infernac universe characters is based on Hasbro's The Inhumanoids specifically the race of shape-shifting rock creatures known as the Granites.
ya know Chris, I started to watch your channel a little while ago now and I have to say A big Thank you man, you are just so good with your content, short,sweet,simple and most impotently easy to understand, thank you dude :)
I won't lie the concept of a robot being made of rock sounds legitimately cool. It's also quite interesting that the rock robots concept was used by Tonka's Go-Bots and then later Hasbro introduced fossilizers/armorizers which are quite similar but oh so different at the same time. It really goes full circle doesn't it? I'd love to see the toy of Kranix, not to have a transforming alt mode but to be able to break apart like a fossilizer(I admit tho it's because I wanna recreate him being torn apart by the Sharkticons lol)
As tragic as his story is, Kranix at least didn't meet his end by a cosmically powered Starscream. That said, its still a tragic story, escaping the chaos bringer, Unicron, only to be torn apart by the Sharkticons.
Its been months since i saw this channel, i stopped watching transformers and forgot it existed and focused on anime. Now, today, i click on this video and get such a wave of nostalgia, thank you Chris, this was one of my favorite channels.
8:01 If HasTak ever make this Kranix concept into a figure - it will be a huge shellformer with a big chunk of alt mode on his back, since transform Kranix's screen-accurate robot mode into this "concept-accurate" alt mode without shellforming, partsforming or black magic is impossible. P.S. Yet i kinda like how Kranix's head becomes an enlarged and elongated front of his alt mode.
Really, I mean Kranix just doesn't get enough love. Like Arcee, he was a new character who didn't get a toy to compliment his movie appearance. But hey, if we're being honest, it's the lack of an alt mode that prevented him from standing out. Thanks Obscure Characters Month for giving this 'Bot the spotlight!
Huh I always thought Arblus was in the ship that didn’t escape Unicron. With the way Void Rivals has been shaping it’d be nice if they did something with Kranix.
I tend to wonder if it was scripted that way at some point, since the earlier draft does have Arblus die (in a different way) during the prologue, so it'd make sense. But if it was, we've never seen that draft, and the version of the script used during storyboarding does explicitly call for Arblus to appear during the Quintessa scene!
In which scene, the Quintessa scene? He's not named in dialogue, but is in the storyboard; but that's him being executed as Hot Rod and Kup are led into the fortress, before they're thrown into the cell next to Kranix.
I always thought that as well. So it's another Lithonian that shouts, 'Kranix arghhh' and then gets eaten? And Arbulus and Kranix are both in the first ship to escape? I have read the scripts and storyboards and still never twigged as it just have just been so ingrained in my mind!
@@vxrdrummer I think the thing that throws it off is, you only see two ships flying off, when the storyboards show you were meant to see all three (one each for Kranix, Arblus, and the scientist) - two that successfully escape, and a third that gets sucked back. And obviously a person's brain will assume that the two named characters are the ones involved in a scenario involving only two ships!
Those that have thought that there wouldn't be must to be told about Kranix, would be proven wrong today. Kranix sure pulled surprise spotlight for this year.
Despite being a Transformers fan since 1985, I didn't realise how much exposure Kranix had outside the movie. I confess, since he wasn't a Cybertronian, I probably ignored him. I read Deviations but despite playing both Devestation and Dark Spark, I missed Kranix's references/appearances in both. I never knew he had been repainted from Armada Dead End either. The Basics really is an excellent source of Transformers information.
With how lanky he is and how his alt mode looks, how about a fusion of concepts? A pretender Kranix/Granix? Outer shell a rocklord and his inner robot Kranix?
Part of my dream last bight involved me being toy-sized and interacting with some of the Plastic Addict victims in TJOmega's room, I don't remember there ever being a red one that turns into a plane.
I like to think that those reused Lithonian animation models on later seasons are actually survivors from other escape pods who were adopted by new civilizations. Also, Kranix becoming Unicron's moon is the ultimate Uncle Tom moment
One time there was a fan theory that Unicron was Galactus, fused with his spherical space ship, making bots his heralds.... Such as the fate of the minicon Kranix.....
Cool video! Thank you! I vaguely remembered something about one of the Lithones' names applied to a Targetmaster or Headmaster or Titan Master, but a search down the TFWiki rabbit hole asserts the name was Krunix, with a U. Still, it'd be a good way of keeping the Lithone names' trademarks active. Arblus could be used for a Targetmaster that turns into a crossbow (arbalest), for example.
Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I do apologize for the tardiness of my comment. However, when this video was posted, I was busy getting ready for work. Anyways, I just wanted to say that this new video was really entertaining and very informational too. I had no idea that a minor character from the 1980's Transformers Movie had such an incredible story with a couple of different variations that really is mind blowing. In conclusion, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this great and wonderful video. I do hope that everyone in the community had a joyous holiday season and here is hoping that everyone New Year starts off in a big way. Until next time when All Are One. Peace Out and Maximize.
Hasbro needs to either make Kranix and his buddy into a build a figure or have a line of blister carded non-transforming figures. Which could be human or even just alien characters you'd see in the background of episodes. Give them decent articulated limbs or at least 5 points of articulation. Make em all to be the right scale to the regular and studios line. Don't think fans would want a Spike Or Spark plug being shoulder to shoulder with Bumblebee. Or a Arboles(Arbulus?) being taller than Kup or Hot Rod. Give us some background characters in one or two packs Hasbro. They don't even have to be from the same line. Transformers animated characters mixed with Transformers Prime characters. Meh, just a thought anyway great video. Thanks!😃
Here is an idea for next year's Obscure Characters Month, Dispenser. He is a character who I have always liked him due to his odd concept, a soda vending machine that came to life to shoot sodas at you? That is fun! And he has a neat design with his four arms and green colors! If there are not enough bots with the name Dispenser, perhaps you could just do vending machine bots live you did for Transit, and you could include Oreo Bot from the fourth live action movie! Thanks to anyone who read all this.
I do remember Kranix, I have seen the info logs in Transformers: Devastation, and it was an interesting piece of lore that connects with the continuity of the original 1984 Generation 1 cartoon, it is quite interesting to know that Unicron was part of the story. Funny, is that the very colony, Lithone, one of the many uninhabited worlds cyberformed by the crew of the Proudstar and where Kranix made his home, eventually was destroyed by the very demon that followed Nova Prime. Had Unicron been victorious, he would have not only destroyed Primus, but also Cybertron, as well as the Earth and the rest of the Cybertronian colonies, including Velocitron, the Jungle Planet and Caminus.
Hi Chris, Great video about Transformers: The Basics on Kranix, keep them coming, Also your latest video was outstanding, Also Kranix was not only a Lithonian from the planet Lithone, but also a bot from the world that was the planet-eater's first victim, when he made his debut in 1986's " Transformers: The Movie"! Also Kranix is not only one of my favorite Transformers Characters, but also one of my favorite Transformers Obscure Characters of all time, Also Honestly I was very proud of Hot Rodimus for trying to save Kranix from the Sharkticons before they dragged him off and I don't know why but every once and a while I'd say to myself Optimus would have tried to save him as well and I know he'd be proud of Hot Rod for trying to save an innocent life, and I agree with you Chris 100% percent, Also the following information is from 2 Comics they are:1.Transformers Universe(limited, mini-series)#4(of)4(march,1986),2.Transformers Universe Trade PaperBack(1987), & 3. Transformers Classics Volume 8 Trade PaperBack(2015), Also Matrix is similar to the Ultimate Nullifier in that both are the only devices capable of destroying and killing and defeating their universe's planet eater.Galactus has the Nullifier on his ship, and "Call of The Primitives" implies that the Origins of The Matrix and Unicron are connected. Unicron also has heralds in The Movie in the form of Galvatron, Scourge & The Sweeps, Cyclonus and his armada They search for the Matrix rather than for Sustenance, but still a similar idea. I too got to feel for them. They were an Entrie race and world created to have no other purpose than to die to show the threat of Unicron, and then later for their last Surviving member to show how evil the Quintessons were. An Entrie race of fridged characters😟😡 Also thank you for sharing Chris, keep up the good work stay safe out there have a Happy Holidays have a good night and until next time TILL ALL ARE ONE.🙂💪🟢🦸🇺🇸. 2:04 am.
I was born in '86, so I first seen the Transformers movie on TV. One of the highlights of my childhood and still one of my favourite movies. Although, it seems weird in a film made to introduce new toys that they kill off a new character instead of keeping him alive and making him into a toy...
That would be interesting to see, with Kranix in the Studio Series '86 line. Optimus is the next, and IF Megatron were to be released under Studio Series '86, his alt mode's gonna have to be changed.
I think in The Transformers the Movie that whoever the being was that got executed before Kranix was definitely not Arblus. I'm pretty sure Arblus was the guy with the mustache and his ship got sucked into Unicron's mouth and crunched to bits as he cried out to Kranix. Seems the one that was executed first was just some poor nameless fodder that happened to be on the ship with Kranix. Much like the generic Transformers that got melted in Unicron's acid/lava/whatever vat.... that's how I've always seen it anyway. Great content as always Chris!
I think Dead End has had enough iterations to warrant a Basics video. There’s the Beast Wars version and Unicron’s Mini-Con. It could also be used to show more examples of reusing character names at random. I love your work and I hope there are many more Basics episodes in the future!
Before the imperial magistrate reaches the verdict do you wish to beg for your life? It sometimes helps but not often.... Spare me this mockery off justice
Well, I knew about the scrapped alt mode idea, but I didn't realize they were originally going to rip off those rock transformers from Go-Bots in the movie. And if Hasbro bought the rights to Go-Bots - as they would have had to, in order to do things like make Leader One into Megatron's minicon in Armada - why haven't we seen even a hint of a possible reboot of THAT franchise? Or a cartoon adaptation of the line that started it all: Diaclone? Because that was reimagined into more of a Transformers meets Mechwarriors/Battletech kind of thing, & I am definitely interested in THAT.
Hasbro didn't just buy GoBots, they bought Tonka itself. The reason Hasbro barely does anything with Gobots? The toys that made up the GoBots are owned by Bandai.
@@twistedgaming9185 Well, is there anything that says they couldn't make new versions of the 'Bots for a new show? I mean, how many people - who aren't us - know Go-Bots even existed? Even many Transformers fans are only aware of the Michael Bay monstrosities or the Paramount+ series "EarthSpark" - at least of the Millennial, Zoomer, & Alpha generations. So, it's not like they couldn't do that here. Hell. Transformers is well-known for making new models for existing names of their own properties. Even when they're making cartoons of them, like how the 2001 "Robots in Disguise" series made OP a fire truck instead of a semi. Most of THIS guy's videos tell you THAT much. Why couldn't they do it with the Go-Bots? I mean, they've already done it once with the recolors of Cosmos & some of the other smaller figures. Just retcon it - again - to bring it into 2024 & be done with it.
I have never thought that Arblus survived the destruction of Lithone and travelled to Quintessa with Kranix. I was under the impression that Arblus was the occupant of the ship that screamed "Kranix! Nyeaaargh!" and was sucked back in and chewed up, and that Kranix made it to Quintessa alone.
Lot of folk are! I think it's because he dies (under different circumstances) in the prologue in both the script and comic adaptation, so a long time ago (before home video copies of the movie had the picture clarity of DVD and Blu-ray, to help identify him in the Quint scene!), older fans applied that memory to the finished film, and it's sort of persisted ever since.
there is one detail about Kranix that a lot of people dont know about. his famous iconic line "spare me this mockery of justice!" actually comes from the original Novel of Snow White as she speaks this line when the Huntsman was ordered to kill her in the forest and he had a change of heart.
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You either die as Unicron's food or you live long enough to see yourself become a dinner for Sharkticons
Perfect
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Or you get eaten by unicorn and survive, but get melted into an acid pit and survive just like cliff jumper bumblebee spike and jazz,
It's a robot eat robot world out there!
a succient description of Unicron, good sir.@@Vancelle
the idea that Transformers almost had their own take on the Rock Lords as Tonka's Gobots is hilarious.
It's absolute speculation, so I didn't want to include it in the video, but it's very easy to imagine that they decided to cut the "rock robot" concept when they heard Tonka would be doing it first!
Masters of the Universe had their own transforming rock characters too. I don't think I they were supposed to be robotic and they only turned into, well, rocks. Rock dudes were popping up all over the place! 😄
Would be a funny fuck you by hasbro to tonka XD
Honestly i was very proud of hotrod for trying to save kranix from the sharkticons before they dragged him off and i don't know why but every once and a while id say to myself Optimus would have tried to save him as well and I know he'd be proud of hotrod for trying to save an innocent life
I agree with you 100%
Optimus believes that “Freedom is the right of all Sentient Beings.” He’s not participating in the Quintessons games. Plus he’d recognize them immediately
If Optimus and Hot Rod were in the same cell, they'd probably try to figure out how to come up with an escape plan before the cruel games began.@@TheUncivilizedNation
@@Gaia_BentosZX5 that sounds awesome it actually makes me think about how cool it would have been if Optimus was with kup and hotrod during there demolition derby with the sharkticons
Poor K-man died the last of his people
I do like the moon idea they gave him, it's a lot like the Silver Surfer, a character forced to find planets for his master
I’d like to imagine that Kranix would end up turning against Unicron after meeting the Autobots, much like how the Surfer did after he ended up on Earth.
And when Unicron is defeated, Kranix becomes Cybertron’s new moon while Lithonians form an alliance with the Autobots so they can defend each other’s homes.
I had no idea what to expect from a video spotlighting a character who has less than a minute's screentime, but this was great!
I remember his Digimon Encyclopedia from about 20 years ago and it’s super detailed with entries on pretty much every named character, no matter how brief their appearance, he could find info on and I think there was even one on the cartoon Angela Anaconda, because Fox packaged an Angela Anaconda short with Digimon the Movie.
The fact such a small part in the animated film could be turned into an eight minute video really shows how great the TF fandom is.
I realize throughout "the basics" series, there are so many versions on Unicron's heralds and minions that they should definitely get their own video.
Whenever you have the time of course!
You're right!👍
That would be a very interesting video.
Maybe when he's not too busy being a total daddy.
Yeah. I’d be cool if he made a basics on the heralds of Unicron
@@cyclonusprimus5875 Chris McFeely is a total daddy.
So one version of Kranix ended up as a food seeking herald of the world devouring cosmic entity? Norrin Radd probably raised a silver plated eyebrow at THAT one! :)
And the Matrix is similar to the Ultimate Nullifier in that both are the only known devices capable of destroying their universe's planet eater. Galactus has the Nullifier on his ship, and "Call of the Primitives" implies (intentionally on behalf of the writers or not) that the origins of The Matrix and Unicron are connected.
Unicron also has heralds (although not referred to by that term) in The Movie in the form of Galvatron, Scourge & the Sweeps, Cyclonus & his armada (that strangely disappears immediately after being introduced and is never mentioned again). They search for The Matrix rather than for sustenance, but still a similar idea.
@@KasumiKenshirou Considering that Primus and Unicron are connected themselves, that makes sense.
whats even funnier is that Unicron is more powerful than Galactus as he was originally the "Satan" of the Marvel Universe at one point and Galactus was a lesser being to him.
Lithone definitely was terraformed or rather technoformed (is that even a word?), there’s a rock layer under the metallic surface with lava lakes. I wish they expand more on Lithone society, and the fact that they even have robot children
I call bullshit on robot children but whatever.
the term is Cyberformed liketerra formed but Cybertronian.
@@genisisbeing beat me by 26 minutes
@@freeamericanthinker558never watched Blue Sky Studios’ “Robots” then? 😂
PS: Family units do exist in Japanese Transformers lore.
@@freeamericanthinker558they literally showed them in the first min of Transformers the Movie 1986. It was also shown here again on this clip too 🤷🏻..@00:38
It's interesting that the Marvel comic adaptation of the movie was based on an earlier script, one where Unicron released a corrosive mist that dissolved planets to consume them rather than tearing them apart with his mandibles/teeth. It's definitely one of those things that changed for the better in the final film, it's much more visceral and horrifying.
Pretty nice way to end Obscure Characters Month this year
If the Lithones had been rock robots as intended, then both the Transformers and Go-Bots' movies would have had rock people in them!
They do now with the Infernac universe armorizers from the _Legacy United_ line.
@@MikhailSamunin except the Infernac universe characters is based on Hasbro's The Inhumanoids specifically the race of shape-shifting rock creatures known as the Granites.
@@vustvaleo8068 The key word is "based", also if they're released as a part of a _Transformers_ toyline, they're a part of _Transformers_ brand.
ya know Chris, I started to watch your channel a little while ago now and I have to say A big Thank you man, you are just so good with your content, short,sweet,simple and most impotently easy to understand, thank you dude :)
If Hasbro release an Armorizer with an aerial alt mode, I'd really love to turn it into a Granix toy.
I won't lie the concept of a robot being made of rock sounds legitimately cool.
It's also quite interesting that the rock robots concept was used by Tonka's Go-Bots and then later Hasbro introduced fossilizers/armorizers which are quite similar but oh so different at the same time. It really goes full circle doesn't it? I'd love to see the toy of Kranix, not to have a transforming alt mode but to be able to break apart like a fossilizer(I admit tho it's because I wanna recreate him being torn apart by the Sharkticons lol)
I often wondered if Kranix and his people had been featured in other media much, and this answers that question.
As tragic as his story is, Kranix at least didn't meet his end by a cosmically powered Starscream. That said, its still a tragic story, escaping the chaos bringer, Unicron, only to be torn apart by the Sharkticons.
At least in that one alternate timeline, he became the Silver Surfer to Unicron LOL
@@undrhil He did?!?! Wow, I always thought the only time Kranix ended up moonlighting as one of Unicron's heralds was his Transformers Universe toy.
@@TFfangeek I think that's the one I'm talking about
Its been months since i saw this channel, i stopped watching transformers and forgot it existed and focused on anime. Now, today, i click on this video and get such a wave of nostalgia, thank you Chris, this was one of my favorite channels.
8:01 If HasTak ever make this Kranix concept into a figure - it will be a huge shellformer with a big chunk of alt mode on his back, since transform Kranix's screen-accurate robot mode into this "concept-accurate" alt mode without shellforming, partsforming or black magic is impossible.
P.S. Yet i kinda like how Kranix's head becomes an enlarged and elongated front of his alt mode.
Really, I mean Kranix just doesn't get enough love. Like Arcee, he was a new character who didn't get a toy to compliment his movie appearance. But hey, if we're being honest, it's the lack of an alt mode that prevented him from standing out. Thanks Obscure Characters Month for giving this 'Bot the spotlight!
Thank you for your awesome videos Chris! I’ll see you in 2024!
Huh I always thought Arblus was in the ship that didn’t escape Unicron.
With the way Void Rivals has been shaping it’d be nice if they did something with Kranix.
I tend to wonder if it was scripted that way at some point, since the earlier draft does have Arblus die (in a different way) during the prologue, so it'd make sense. But if it was, we've never seen that draft, and the version of the script used during storyboarding does explicitly call for Arblus to appear during the Quintessa scene!
@@ChrisMcFeely I don't recall actually seeing him or any mention of him during those scenes though?
In which scene, the Quintessa scene? He's not named in dialogue, but is in the storyboard; but that's him being executed as Hot Rod and Kup are led into the fortress, before they're thrown into the cell next to Kranix.
I always thought that as well. So it's another Lithonian that shouts, 'Kranix arghhh' and then gets eaten? And Arbulus and Kranix are both in the first ship to escape? I have read the scripts and storyboards and still never twigged as it just have just been so ingrained in my mind!
@@vxrdrummer I think the thing that throws it off is, you only see two ships flying off, when the storyboards show you were meant to see all three (one each for Kranix, Arblus, and the scientist) - two that successfully escape, and a third that gets sucked back. And obviously a person's brain will assume that the two named characters are the ones involved in a scenario involving only two ships!
Happy New Year, Mr. McFeely!
happy new year chris
Such a fun video, Chris! I enjoyed this Obscure Character entry so much!
Still could never shake away that terrible, agonizing scream Kranix uttered as Pup said " Not the end i'd wish for, lad." Quite chilling!😢
Another amazing video
This whole time, I've been mishearing "Arblus" as "Obelisk." Which I guess would have also been an appropriate name when they were still rock robots.
My brother and I as little kids weren't sure what the name of the planet was, and would jokingly say, "I'm the last survivor of Lipton!"
You know, that mishearing makes just as much sense (obelisk being a monument from Egypt iirc).
"Hurry! Get to the ships! It's our only chance!"
Hope he does become a studio series toy! Looking forward to it! Fantastic video and happy new year to u Transformers Basic!👍😎🎆🎈🎊
Thanks for your feedback!🥳🎊🎈🎆
I've always loved how goofy Kranix altmode was. Fingers crossed it makes it into the Studio Series '86 line!
Thanks for all your work
What do you think is the best thing about Kranix? Which one of his powers and abilities do you think is the best?
Those that have thought that there wouldn't be must to be told about Kranix, would be proven wrong today.
Kranix sure pulled surprise spotlight for this year.
Despite being a Transformers fan since 1985, I didn't realise how much exposure Kranix had outside the movie. I confess, since he wasn't a Cybertronian, I probably ignored him.
I read Deviations but despite playing both Devestation and Dark Spark, I missed Kranix's references/appearances in both.
I never knew he had been repainted from Armada Dead End either.
The Basics really is an excellent source of Transformers information.
@@windsweeper8002 Damn right.
I think we could get a core class figure of him.
Your videos are so amazing. I was born in 1979 so G1 is still my favorite. I can't believe how much lore you know. Great work
Man poor Kranixm dude lost everything and then was eaten alive, just Christ man what a way to go.
With how lanky he is and how his alt mode looks, how about a fusion of concepts? A pretender Kranix/Granix? Outer shell a rocklord and his inner robot Kranix?
Cool.
The last obscure characters month video on my birthday… we ball
Part of my dream last bight involved me being toy-sized and interacting with some of the Plastic Addict victims in TJOmega's room, I don't remember there ever being a red one that turns into a plane.
I didn't see Cranks comming! Thanks Chris!
I loved this year's obscure character month with each video I learned more and more cause inknow less and less of each character
5:50 so basically Silver Surfer
Kranix as a Slave of Unicron sounds like Silver Surfer and Galactus . Hmmm.
I think Galactus and silver surfer appeared before Unicron so maybe they took inspiration
I like to think that those reused Lithonian animation models on later seasons are actually survivors from other escape pods who were adopted by new civilizations.
Also, Kranix becoming Unicron's moon is the ultimate Uncle Tom moment
Oooh, I didn’t know I was waiting for this
Wow, I literally just heard you say this will come out soon
Kranix deserves the Masterpiece treatment.
Happy New Year Chris. Another great video - been loving the obscure characters series
One time there was a fan theory that Unicron was Galactus, fused with his spherical space ship, making bots his heralds.... Such as the fate of the minicon Kranix.....
Wow, that is OBSCURE-obscure-I didn’t even realize this guy had a name! Well played, greatest month of the year as always
This is a great one Chris!
Cool video! Thank you!
I vaguely remembered something about one of the Lithones' names applied to a Targetmaster or Headmaster or Titan Master, but a search down the TFWiki rabbit hole asserts the name was Krunix, with a U.
Still, it'd be a good way of keeping the Lithone names' trademarks active. Arblus could be used for a Targetmaster that turns into a crossbow (arbalest), for example.
Hello there Chris McFeely and fellow Transformers fans of this channel. I do apologize for the tardiness of my comment. However, when this video was posted, I was busy getting ready for work.
Anyways, I just wanted to say that this new video was really entertaining and very informational too. I had no idea that a minor character from the 1980's Transformers Movie had such an incredible story with a couple of different variations that really is mind blowing.
In conclusion, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this great and wonderful video. I do hope that everyone in the community had a joyous holiday season and here is hoping that everyone New Year starts off in a big way. Until next time when All Are One. Peace Out and Maximize.
Cool
Insightful. Happy New Year.
Thanks for all the good movies and a Happy new year
Hasbro needs to either make Kranix and his buddy into a build a figure or have a line of blister carded non-transforming figures. Which could be human or even just alien characters you'd see in the background of episodes. Give them decent articulated limbs or at least 5 points of articulation. Make em all to be the right scale to the regular and studios line. Don't think fans would want a Spike Or Spark plug being shoulder to shoulder with Bumblebee. Or a Arboles(Arbulus?) being taller than Kup or Hot Rod. Give us some background characters in one or two packs Hasbro. They don't even have to be from the same line. Transformers animated characters mixed with Transformers Prime characters. Meh, just a thought anyway great video. Thanks!😃
Loving the obscure mix up! Nailed it again!
All the very best for 2024 my fellow formers............. Till all are one 🤜🏼❄️🤛🏼
Here is an idea for next year's Obscure Characters Month, Dispenser. He is a character who I have always liked him due to his odd concept, a soda vending machine that came to life to shoot sodas at you? That is fun! And he has a neat design with his four arms and green colors!
If there are not enough bots with the name Dispenser, perhaps you could just do vending machine bots live you did for Transit, and you could include Oreo Bot from the fourth live action movie!
Thanks to anyone who read all this.
Great Stuff, as always! Happy New Year!
I do remember Kranix, I have seen the info logs in Transformers: Devastation, and it was an interesting piece of lore that connects with the continuity of the original 1984 Generation 1 cartoon, it is quite interesting to know that Unicron was part of the story. Funny, is that the very colony, Lithone, one of the many uninhabited worlds cyberformed by the crew of the Proudstar and where Kranix made his home, eventually was destroyed by the very demon that followed Nova Prime. Had Unicron been victorious, he would have not only destroyed Primus, but also Cybertron, as well as the Earth and the rest of the Cybertronian colonies, including Velocitron, the Jungle Planet and Caminus.
Hi Chris, Great video about Transformers: The Basics on Kranix, keep them coming, Also your latest video was outstanding, Also Kranix was not only a Lithonian from the planet Lithone, but also a bot from the world that was the planet-eater's first victim, when he made his debut in 1986's " Transformers: The Movie"! Also Kranix is not only one of my favorite Transformers Characters, but also one of my favorite Transformers Obscure Characters of all time, Also Honestly I was very proud of Hot Rodimus for trying to save Kranix from the Sharkticons before they dragged him off and I don't know why but every once and a while I'd say to myself Optimus would have tried to save him as well and I know he'd be proud of Hot Rod for trying to save an innocent life, and I agree with you Chris 100% percent, Also the following information is from 2 Comics they are:1.Transformers Universe(limited, mini-series)#4(of)4(march,1986),2.Transformers Universe Trade PaperBack(1987), & 3. Transformers Classics Volume 8 Trade PaperBack(2015), Also Matrix is similar to the Ultimate Nullifier in that both are the only devices capable of destroying and killing and defeating their universe's planet eater.Galactus has the Nullifier on his ship, and "Call of The Primitives" implies that the Origins of The Matrix and Unicron are connected. Unicron also has heralds in The Movie in the form of Galvatron, Scourge & The Sweeps, Cyclonus and his armada They search for the Matrix rather than for Sustenance, but still a similar idea. I too got to feel for them. They were an Entrie race and world created to have no other purpose than to die to show the threat of Unicron, and then later for their last Surviving member to show how evil the Quintessons were. An Entrie race of fridged characters😟😡 Also thank you for sharing Chris, keep up the good work stay safe out there have a Happy Holidays have a good night and until next time TILL ALL ARE ONE.🙂💪🟢🦸🇺🇸. 2:04 am.
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cool that interesting. Happy New Year!
I was born in '86, so I first seen the Transformers movie on TV. One of the highlights of my childhood and still one of my favourite movies. Although, it seems weird in a film made to introduce new toys that they kill off a new character instead of keeping him alive and making him into a toy...
Have a happy new year transformers lore man
I’m surprised there was enough to talk about. I expected the video to be, ‘Kranix is that dude from the movie.
Yo, this year for obscure characters month you should do windcharger
A deluxe class SS86 Kranix with a ship transformation would sell like crazy
Love your vids man, been watching you for 4 yrs now, I have some good Next suggestions: battletrap, Orion pax, goldbug, wreck gar and metroplex 😎🙏🙏🙏
I thought that Arblus was eaten by Unicron and Kranix was the only Lithone to face the Quintessons.
That would be interesting to see, with Kranix in the Studio Series '86 line. Optimus is the next, and IF Megatron were to be released under Studio Series '86, his alt mode's gonna have to be changed.
I think in The Transformers the Movie that whoever the being was that got executed before Kranix was definitely not Arblus. I'm pretty sure Arblus was the guy with the mustache and his ship got sucked into Unicron's mouth and crunched to bits as he cried out to Kranix. Seems the one that was executed first was just some poor nameless fodder that happened to be on the ship with Kranix. Much like the generic Transformers that got melted in Unicron's acid/lava/whatever vat.... that's how I've always seen it anyway.
Great content as always Chris!
That's 100% Arblus's animation model, and he's identified by name in the storyboard for the scene!
I think Dead End has had enough iterations to warrant a Basics video. There’s the Beast Wars version and Unicron’s Mini-Con. It could also be used to show more examples of reusing character names at random. I love your work and I hope there are many more Basics episodes in the future!
The comic book transformations make me laugh so hard the way there faces are.
I hope we get a Studio series 86 Kranix.
Speaking of the new year, can you also show us the basics on characters like Lugnut or Skyquake?
So in an alternate universe, he got Silver Surfered…..
You either die as food, or live long enough, to become a herald.
Before the imperial magistrate reaches the verdict do you wish to beg for your life? It sometimes helps but not often.... Spare me this mockery off justice
Well written description description.
Shrapnel who always is repeating himself.
Where did you mention him previously? I swear I heard his name origin from you previously
I did cover some of this in the "Untold Story of TFTM" video a couple of months ago!
I really enjoyed this video, really love the theg1 transformers!
Well, I knew about the scrapped alt mode idea, but I didn't realize they were originally going to rip off those rock transformers from Go-Bots in the movie.
And if Hasbro bought the rights to Go-Bots - as they would have had to, in order to do things like make Leader One into Megatron's minicon in Armada - why haven't we seen even a hint of a possible reboot of THAT franchise? Or a cartoon adaptation of the line that started it all: Diaclone? Because that was reimagined into more of a Transformers meets Mechwarriors/Battletech kind of thing, & I am definitely interested in THAT.
Hasbro didn't just buy GoBots, they bought Tonka itself. The reason Hasbro barely does anything with Gobots? The toys that made up the GoBots are owned by Bandai.
@@twistedgaming9185 Well, is there anything that says they couldn't make new versions of the 'Bots for a new show? I mean, how many people - who aren't us - know Go-Bots even existed? Even many Transformers fans are only aware of the Michael Bay monstrosities or the Paramount+ series "EarthSpark" - at least of the Millennial, Zoomer, & Alpha generations. So, it's not like they couldn't do that here.
Hell. Transformers is well-known for making new models for existing names of their own properties. Even when they're making cartoons of them, like how the 2001 "Robots in Disguise" series made OP a fire truck instead of a semi. Most of THIS guy's videos tell you THAT much. Why couldn't they do it with the Go-Bots? I mean, they've already done it once with the recolors of Cosmos & some of the other smaller figures. Just retcon it - again - to bring it into 2024 & be done with it.
Cooooool, I am gonna make a Granix now...
I have never thought that Arblus survived the destruction of Lithone and travelled to Quintessa with Kranix. I was under the impression that Arblus was the occupant of the ship that screamed "Kranix! Nyeaaargh!" and was sucked back in and chewed up, and that Kranix made it to Quintessa alone.
Lot of folk are! I think it's because he dies (under different circumstances) in the prologue in both the script and comic adaptation, so a long time ago (before home video copies of the movie had the picture clarity of DVD and Blu-ray, to help identify him in the Quint scene!), older fans applied that memory to the finished film, and it's sort of persisted ever since.
Though the idea of him transforming might dilute the difference between the Cybetronians and his people.
RIP Kranix
Unicron having "heralds" is a nod to how he's basically a Marvel's Galactus "expy", I guess.
WOOOOO KRANIXXXX
He ain't having none of this kangaroo court
I remember Kranix from the 1986 transformers movie. 😀👍
Just awesome!!
Happy New year Chris McFreely🤖💗💗🎊🎉🎉
Ah the Shakticon's light snack
Nice Dude
man, if their planning on releasing more concept art transformers, I want the autobot train that transforms into a giant snake.
there is one detail about Kranix that a lot of people dont know about. his famous iconic line "spare me this mockery of justice!" actually comes from the original Novel of Snow White as she speaks this line when the Huntsman was ordered to kill her in the forest and he had a change of heart.
Happy new year
Please do Tracks and the Technobots/Computron next!