I think it's kind of heartwarming to see the Legacy toy - after so many years, Iguanus finally got what he wanted most, and became an organic reptile for real.
@@cyberprime9355 The original toy is pretty lame, even for a Pretender. It irks me how little thought went into it. The Legacy toy would have better even if it had an actual butt for a face.
His brief moment in the IDW comic was really sweet. Optimus takes time to comfort him in his dying moments, despite him being a Decepticon, and laments the death and destruction Bludgeon has caused.
It's really interesting that of all old Pretenders, Iguanus was first to get new toy with idea of his robot mode based on shell look while vehicle mode is based on inner robot. As I own Legacy Iguanus, can say his pretty awesome and well articulated.
He's the first in Legacy, and did good so we got Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin as well. RotF Bludgeon started the Pretender/Robot mode fusion... but what we need is a more G1 style Bludgeon doing this.
Man, this series is great. I really wish there was a Basics video for both Metroplex and Fortress Maximus since Trypticon and Scorpinok got their own videos.
I remember extremely hating the pretenders for some reason (except Bludgeon ofc) and now the decepticon pretenders are one of my favorite things to ever come from transformers thanks to your videos :D, great work
I remember thinking it was weird that he came back fine later in the comic, despite seemingly being killed when he got electrocuted and fell off the tower. Guy had more plot armor than almost all other characters in that comic.
I picked up a Legacy Iguanus in October, it is a great figure! And knowing that he inspired one of the few decepticons in RID 2015 that I liked was great as well!
I remember that issue of the Marvel comic pretty well, it and the issue where Skullgrin becomes a movie star were some of the "this comic is getting kinda weird" year that was going on between issues 50 and 60. I always liked Iguanus' design though, sadly I never had his toy.
Had a soft spot for Iguanus' Beast Wars incarnation because he was my first purchase for the BW toyline back in the day. And by fun coincidence, Core Class Iguanus was my first Legacy purchase.
I still have the Transformers comic book issue that Igaunus and all of the other Original Pretenders debuted in. I recently picked up the Legacy figure, which I think is pretty cool.
I've never heard of this character before. I think it's a shame that a character named Iguanus was never given and ALT mode that was actually an iguana. Also I think it's a missed opportunity that he was only given a toy for Beast Wars and not actually featured in the show.
I kinda like how Legacy is treating the beastly Pretenders in a similar way to how Transmetal upgrades in Beast Wars functioned: An inverse of the expected play pattern of an organic outer layer hiding a robot. But whereas Transmetals are mechanical beasts hiding organic robots, Legacy's Decepticon Pretenders are organic-looking beasts that turn into biomechanical vehicles. In a way, they still fit the name; They're monsters "pretending" to be technological creations.
4:08 My thoughts: Aw, almost like their cuddling! ^^ 4:22, "These stories, set in dystopian future Cybertron, depicted the pair as a romantic couple..." Me: Gee, that was fast! 😳
Obscure characters mouth is one of the best parts of your channel. I love the G1 cartoon and a few other shows never really got into the comics. So the deep dives you do are a treat for me. I love the lore but I'm to lazy to look it up myself.
The only Iguanus i knew of was the Beast Wars character, his toy is kinda cute not going to lie, and Crazybolt from Neo Never even realised he was in Stormbringer, though its been a while since ive read it
Someone once mentioned poking around the code for Iguanus's Legacy bio page (the QR code in the instructions) and finding a commented-out bio that was talking about the Beast Wars guy.
I really really love crazybolt in RID. while he has a stupid motivation and personality, I love his voice and design. something about his dinosaur like design turning into a car made me fall in love with this goofy character
I wasn't into the later part of G1 transformers so at the time of Beast Wars had no idea Iguanus was a reused name. It had the right animal+suffix combination like Cheetor and Waspinator to sound like one of the new names.
That minicon that RID Iguaus is packaged with looks an awful lot like a Bakugan; I wouldn't be surprised if it was the remains of some sort of Transformers and Bakugan collab
That was actually the gimmick of the RID "Deployer" toys - the Mini-Cons all turned into balls, torpedoes and buzzsaws that could be launched by the larger toys.
I used to own both the Beast Wars and Transmetal 2 versions of Iguanus back when I first started collecting Transformers figures. I loved the spring-loaded projectile gimmick on his Transmetal 2 version, since it gave him an added feature, aside from just converting between 2 modes. Something I wish more modern day Transformers figures would have.
Haven't watched RID 2015, but I feel like the entire conflict with that Crazybolt could have been resolved by handing him a ticket to Velocitron or something.
The character I predicted from the initial slide to be a Beast Era character (and he was, halfway, kinda-sorta) came out on birthday! Awesome gift, Chris!
You know, I think there is potential for a great story. Several of the G1 pretenders get involved in a space bridge accident, and emerge in new forms that combine their robot and shell forms like Iguanas. Hmm, what would they do?
Given his recent appearance as a cameo in "Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special" I'd love to see Cy-Kill covered. (I know he's a GoBot, but the show has covered GoBots and Bug Bite, before, so I'm sure exceptions could be made!)
This Man disappeared for YEARS, and just suddenly came back with the biggest glowup ever. (The Merging of Shell and Bot, much like your Bludgeons and your Skullgrins who came before...)
I know you covered him briefly in your Insecticons video, but I'd love it if you'd be able to do an Obscure Characters video on Bob the Friendly Insecticon. He's one of my favorite characters
Love your videos, I remember seeing a version of his transmetal 2 form on a comic that came on a CD-ROM during the Armada days that had games and episodes on it. I think the story had him getting taken and imprisoned by Unicron in the middle of a battle so that he could feed off the energy. He was battling a brown Optimus Primal with a red head if I remember correctly
I’m a fan of the Legacy Pretenders. Being their actual robot forms. Really cool. It kinda defeats the point of the Pretender gimmick, but it was never really a good one. They just look cool. Maybe they can be reimagined as natives of the Jungle Planet. I’m really hoping for a Leader Class Bludgeon and a Commander Class Thunderwing.
We have a Bludgeon that's unfortunately a new-head retool and redeco of Legacy Tarn based on Bludgeon's IDW 2019 look. A Leader-class IDW 2005 Bludgeon and Commander-class IDW 2005 Thunderwing would be absolutely sick though!
Oh heck yeah! Despite not knowing much about pretenders I’m very partial to the concept, and even more so to reptiles! Most versions of iguanus sound really cool!
Oh the Pretenders... "Don't worry everyone! It's not a Transformer! It's just a 30 ft tall lizard demon from hell. Everything will be just fine." What a disguise. That said I do love the Pretenders.
Iguanas was a pretty sweet toy both in the 80s and during 90s BeastWars toyline! Sure he wasn't well known like Bludgeon or even Terrorsaur, but a lizard like transformer is always awesome! I'm glad he's gotten some attention over the years and in this video!
I asked for obscure Beast Wars Characters that weren't in the tv show last video and here we have one, though I was unaware of Iguanus the Decepticon, nor any of the other toys/characters. Too bad there was no mention of how the Frilled Lizard toy was a heavy retooled head of the Alligator Megatron.
A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."
Great vid, Chris. Always loved the Pretenders, especially the Marvel stories. But reading some of the comments for this video makes me feel really old. Too many responses in my head are along the lines of "You didn't know that?" or "Did you skip that line?"
Cool update on this little used character I always liked the Pretenders... two separate toys in one box but the same character. With today's toy technology Pretenders could look really 😎.
I love this pretender, and when he got his own New toy, my fav is the rid and His iguana like monster body 🔴🔴💟😘💚💖♥️😍😍🔵😘🤎🖤🧡💜💙🤎, I would love that he há appeared in shows and that he há his solo also
Iguanus is in my school vr game where he is a optional pet for the human terrorist organisation tekkadan and there ship isharibi and has been a newtype cybertronian as shown when he telepathically told mikasuki argust that goalius is near the isharibi and iguanus was killed by a group of graze mobile suits when he was sucked out and was decapitated by a graze
My favorite version of Iguanus is when he appeared in Transformers Robots in Disguise series but under a different name Crazybolt. I also liked his minicon partner as well. Due to his Robots in Disguise version, I considered him one of my favorite lesser-known bots in the world of Transformers. 👍👍👍
I think it's kind of heartwarming to see the Legacy toy - after so many years, Iguanus finally got what he wanted most, and became an organic reptile for real.
the legacy pretenders have finally stopped pretending ❤️
It also helps that his new toy is incredible!
Awwww.
In a way, the Legacy version is better than the original pretender, it takes both parts of the toy and makes something more than pretender
@@cyberprime9355 The original toy is pretty lame, even for a Pretender. It irks me how little thought went into it. The Legacy toy would have better even if it had an actual butt for a face.
His brief moment in the IDW comic was really sweet. Optimus takes time to comfort him in his dying moments, despite him being a Decepticon, and laments the death and destruction Bludgeon has caused.
It’s odd how the two main Iguanas incarnations haven’t appeared on screen, but both Crazybolts have. We need iguanas on screen!
*Iguanus
do we ? Do we really need Iguanus on screen?
This guy’s core class figure is so good. Currently have him proudly in the Freeza “come at me” pose.
It's really interesting that of all old Pretenders, Iguanus was first to get new toy with idea of his robot mode based on shell look while vehicle mode is based on inner robot.
As I own Legacy Iguanus, can say his pretty awesome and well articulated.
Well, rotf Bludgeon kinda beat him to that, as well as maybe thunderwing's Gen toy.
He's the first in Legacy, and did good so we got Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin as well. RotF Bludgeon started the Pretender/Robot mode fusion... but what we need is a more G1 style Bludgeon doing this.
@@gabrielchee8470 True.. That's true but those where around 2010 times.
@@SwiftpawWolffox Well.. There is bit of rumor that upcoming Legacy Tarn will be heavy retooled into Bludgeon.
@@MrDoctorVK someone on Twitter wants it to be retooled into the fallen
Man, this series is great. I really wish there was a Basics video for both Metroplex and Fortress Maximus since Trypticon and Scorpinok got their own videos.
Maybe at the start of next year, he'll do them.
I remember extremely hating the pretenders for some reason (except Bludgeon ofc) and now the decepticon pretenders are one of my favorite things to ever come from transformers thanks to your videos :D, great work
To be fair the Autobot Pretenders suck in concert
@@GodzillaRex100 I guess, Patriot Prime Reviews really hates them while adoring the con ones
@@gabrielchee8470 I mean from memory the Bot ones are just humans
Character development
Deception pretenders made no sense. Let's disguise ourselves as 7 foot tall lizard men, we'll blend right in!
I remember thinking it was weird that he came back fine later in the comic, despite seemingly being killed when he got electrocuted and fell off the tower. Guy had more plot armor than almost all other characters in that comic.
I'm so glad legacy gave the deception pretenders new figures and all three of them looks so damn good
I picked up a Legacy Iguanus in October, it is a great figure! And knowing that he inspired one of the few decepticons in RID 2015 that I liked was great as well!
One of my favorites
Legacy Iguanus was SO good, I got another one.
Got this bad boy and the other Decepticon Pretenders tattooed as sleeves about 10 years ago. I love the Pretender designs.😁
I remember that issue of the Marvel comic pretty well, it and the issue where Skullgrin becomes a movie star were some of the "this comic is getting kinda weird" year that was going on between issues 50 and 60. I always liked Iguanus' design though, sadly I never had his toy.
Skullgrin did WHAT?! Oh well, now I can't wait for his Basics video!
=}
Had a soft spot for Iguanus' Beast Wars incarnation because he was my first purchase for the BW toyline back in the day. And by fun coincidence, Core Class Iguanus was my first Legacy purchase.
I feel a bit bummed you covered Crazybolt's appearances but not Reptillion's. He was in the Universe CD-Rom!!!
The Legacy line has been a treasure trove for collectors, and is really giving attention to a number of characters like never before.
I have iguanas and buzzsaw
@@samuelsnyder2097 Great selections. I just recently found a Minerva.
@@darrenheideman2546 my next legacy toy is niddlenose.
I still have the Transformers comic book issue that Igaunus and all of the other Original Pretenders debuted in. I recently picked up the Legacy figure, which I think is pretty cool.
1:03 I think that aspect should make him Cybertron's (and the universe's) chief herpetologist.
I've never heard of this character before.
I think it's a shame that a character named Iguanus was never given and ALT mode that was actually an iguana.
Also I think it's a missed opportunity that he was only given a toy for Beast Wars and not actually featured in the show.
I kinda like how Legacy is treating the beastly Pretenders in a similar way to how Transmetal upgrades in Beast Wars functioned: An inverse of the expected play pattern of an organic outer layer hiding a robot.
But whereas Transmetals are mechanical beasts hiding organic robots, Legacy's Decepticon Pretenders are organic-looking beasts that turn into biomechanical vehicles.
In a way, they still fit the name; They're monsters "pretending" to be technological creations.
4:08
My thoughts: Aw, almost like their cuddling! ^^
4:22, "These stories, set in dystopian future Cybertron, depicted the pair as a romantic couple..."
Me: Gee, that was fast! 😳
Obscure characters mouth is one of the best parts of your channel. I love the G1 cartoon and a few other shows never really got into the comics. So the deep dives you do are a treat for me. I love the lore but I'm to lazy to look it up myself.
The only Iguanus i knew of was the Beast Wars character, his toy is kinda cute not going to lie, and Crazybolt from Neo
Never even realised he was in Stormbringer, though its been a while since ive read it
Someone once mentioned poking around the code for Iguanus's Legacy bio page (the QR code in the instructions) and finding a commented-out bio that was talking about the Beast Wars guy.
When I hear the name Iguanus, I often think Beast Wars, not the original. At least, he's still around thanks to Legacy.
I really really love crazybolt in RID. while he has a stupid motivation and personality, I love his voice and design. something about his dinosaur like design turning into a car made me fall in love with this goofy character
Disguising giant robots as giant monsters is a 1000IQ move
I wasn't into the later part of G1 transformers so at the time of Beast Wars had no idea Iguanus was a reused name. It had the right animal+suffix combination like Cheetor and Waspinator to sound like one of the new names.
That minicon that RID Iguaus is packaged with looks an awful lot like a Bakugan; I wouldn't be surprised if it was the remains of some sort of Transformers and Bakugan collab
That was actually the gimmick of the RID "Deployer" toys - the Mini-Cons all turned into balls, torpedoes and buzzsaws that could be launched by the larger toys.
@@JoleneBlake The only downside is that the Bakugan balls are slightly smaller, and don't really hold well in the launchers. I tried... 😜
I used to own both the Beast Wars and Transmetal 2 versions of Iguanus back when I first started collecting Transformers figures.
I loved the spring-loaded projectile gimmick on his Transmetal 2 version, since it gave him an added feature,
aside from just converting between 2 modes. Something I wish more modern day Transformers figures would have.
Haven't watched RID 2015, but I feel like the entire conflict with that Crazybolt could have been resolved by handing him a ticket to Velocitron or something.
This is why I loved early IDW it loved to use so many obscure characters
I had an Iguanus Beast Wars toy and never knew his name lol today by chance I finally found his name and origin
I think the Cybertron Toy for Wrecklose would have been a perfect Iguanus!
For being obscure, I really love him. He's great
Iguanus' Legacy Toy is pretty good
This turned into a two for one Basics with Crazybolt, and I'm here for it.
The character I predicted from the initial slide to be a Beast Era character (and he was, halfway, kinda-sorta) came out on birthday! Awesome gift, Chris!
Since Legacy inspired some of the picks, I’m guessing that Skullgrin and Crankcase might be in this year’s lineup. Them and possibly Hot Shot.
Skullgrin is quite famous, even became a moviestar!
I don't think it's hot shot, he's reserved for ep 200
The last one seems to be crasher
It’s so nice to see him brought back with a Legacy figure. And the toy itself is pretty nice too.
You know, I think there is potential for a great story. Several of the G1 pretenders get involved in a space bridge accident, and emerge in new forms that combine their robot and shell forms like Iguanas. Hmm, what would they do?
Netflix denied the WFC folks the opportunity to write such a story
3:39 I do believe this lizard is performing what is known as "Pog".
Also Crazybolt is the best name I've heard in awhile.
Given his recent appearance as a cameo in "Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special" I'd love to see Cy-Kill covered. (I know he's a GoBot, but the show has covered GoBots and Bug Bite, before, so I'm sure exceptions could be made!)
I totally had that King 'Con issue. I think I still do. Great episode!
This Man disappeared for YEARS, and just suddenly came back with the biggest glowup ever.
(The Merging of Shell and Bot, much like your Bludgeons and your Skullgrins who came before...)
I know you covered him briefly in your Insecticons video, but I'd love it if you'd be able to do an Obscure Characters video on Bob the Friendly Insecticon. He's one of my favorite characters
Love your videos, I remember seeing a version of his transmetal 2 form on a comic that came on a CD-ROM during the Armada days that had games and episodes on it. I think the story had him getting taken and imprisoned by Unicron in the middle of a battle so that he could feed off the energy. He was battling a brown Optimus Primal with a red head if I remember correctly
That wasn't actually Iguanus; that was a new character from the same mould, called Reptilion...
I’m a fan of the Legacy Pretenders. Being their actual robot forms. Really cool. It kinda defeats the point of the Pretender gimmick, but it was never really a good one. They just look cool. Maybe they can be reimagined as natives of the Jungle Planet.
I’m really hoping for a Leader Class Bludgeon and a Commander Class Thunderwing.
We have a Bludgeon that's unfortunately a new-head retool and redeco of Legacy Tarn based on Bludgeon's IDW 2019 look. A Leader-class IDW 2005 Bludgeon and Commander-class IDW 2005 Thunderwing would be absolutely sick though!
As silly as it is, the King Con issue is one of my favourite Marvel Transformers comics.
What's that one Dr. Who quote?
_"There's no point in being a grown up if you can't be childish sometimes"?_
I hope my prediction for Wheelie is accurate, I’m genuinely curious about how he’ll tackle the character.
I would honestly surprised if he wasn't in rid 2015 seeing how many older obscure characters they used
His Transmetal Fig was my first Transformer ever I hope they re-issue him after the Beastwars line is done.
Oh heck yeah! Despite not knowing much about pretenders I’m very partial to the concept, and even more so to reptiles! Most versions of iguanus sound really cool!
Looking forward to the obscure characters month this year!
Core class Iguanus is one of my favorite pickups this year.
Oh the Pretenders... "Don't worry everyone! It's not a Transformer! It's just a 30 ft tall lizard demon from hell. Everything will be just fine." What a disguise.
That said I do love the Pretenders.
I think for the Decepticon Pretenders, it was more about inspiring fear than actual disguise (with the _possible_ exception of Stranglehold)...
Iguanas was a pretty sweet toy both in the 80s and during 90s BeastWars toyline! Sure he wasn't well known like Bludgeon or even Terrorsaur, but a lizard like transformer is always awesome! I'm glad he's gotten some attention over the years and in this video!
Can't wait to see what other characters you do for obscure characters month Chris
My guess they are Skullgrin, Bomb-Burst, and Crankcase.
I asked for obscure Beast Wars Characters that weren't in the tv show last video and here we have one, though I was unaware of Iguanus the Decepticon, nor any of the other toys/characters. Too bad there was no mention of how the Frilled Lizard toy was a heavy retooled head of the Alligator Megatron.
Other Pretenders: We just use our shells as a disguise. They're ok, but we don't need them really.
Iguanus: I AM THE LIZARD KING!!!!!!!!!!
2:42 that's pretty cool he transforms into a frilled neck lizard an Australian lizard
Man...I LOVE Obscure Characters month! Heck...your video on hauler made me buy the legacy figure
A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."
It’s official:
RID Crazybolt is my new favorite Decepticon!
First time I saw iguanus was in the "beast wars: the gathering" comic I had back in the day so I'm shocked there was more to him before beast wars.
This is the best thing you ever made
A yes a giant lizard mutant, _the perfect disguise._
Bob Budiansky originally wanted to name him "Snakeskin", which honestly I think I prefer.
Great vid, Chris. Always loved the Pretenders, especially the Marvel stories. But reading some of the comments for this video makes me feel really old. Too many responses in my head are along the lines of "You didn't know that?" or "Did you skip that line?"
Transmetal Iguanus was one of the first Transformers I ever got. What a treat he was!
I got that toy for Christmas in 88, along with another pretender who's shell was somekind of mantis bug thing. I did not even know his name. Thanks!
Obscure Characters Month is my favourite month!
Cool update on this little used character I always liked the Pretenders... two separate toys in one box but the same character. With today's toy technology Pretenders could look really 😎.
I had the Transmetal 2 figure as a kid, so I've got some nostalgia for that one.
The legacy toy is such a stunning thing. I definitely wanna get all the Pretenders. I have him and now Skullgrin. Gotta get Bomb Burst and Bludgeon
wow this guy had way more to him then i ever expected
I love this pretender, and when he got his own New toy, my fav is the rid and His iguana like monster body 🔴🔴💟😘💚💖♥️😍😍🔵😘🤎🖤🧡💜💙🤎, I would love that he há appeared in shows and that he há his solo also
Another awesome video Chris!👍🏻
Thanks so much for the upload!❤
4:32 Huh, I didn't know they co-opted Bakugan for some of RID's Mini-con designs. Neat.
Given that the legacy iguanus dropped the pretender gimmick. He kinda seems like a transmetal predacon
kinda ironic that his Legacy version fulfilled his dream of becoming an actual reptilian, kudos to him I guess.
The legacy toy is so cool, it made me a fan of Iguanus
Amazing how much info you can find on a character that started as an extra toy.
Huh. Interesting story. I have a request. If this is Obscure Month, can you do The Basics on Skullface? That would cool.
Huh, I had never realized that the bootleg Iguanus I've had since I was a kid was actually a bootleg Crazybolt!
I love your videos so much. Here’s a idea for a video how about the basics about the music used for in Transformers
Fangry! Now that's what I call obscure. I've only seen him once in a comic book
Can't wait for you to cover Thunderwing soon!
4:35 Dude has a godamn BAKUGAN!
Also the other 3 of this month must be Pointblak, Crankcase and BombBurst. I'm calling it bo.
Fantastic review and story👍👍👍😃
Iguanus is in my school vr game where he is a optional pet for the human terrorist organisation tekkadan and there ship isharibi and has been a newtype cybertronian as shown when he telepathically told mikasuki argust that goalius is near the isharibi and iguanus was killed by a group of graze mobile suits when he was sucked out and was decapitated by a graze
I was thrill to gotten the legacy version of him for my collection.
YEAH! Coffe and McFeely Classic-Saturday! :)
That character is my favorite,great review thanks
My favorite version of Iguanus is when he appeared in Transformers Robots in Disguise series but under a different name Crazybolt. I also liked his minicon partner as well. Due to his Robots in Disguise version, I considered him one of my favorite lesser-known bots in the world of Transformers. 👍👍👍
5:50 MINICON!? That's a straight up Bakugan!
Amazingly passionate and knowledgeable stuff, as always. TAAO!
Please do the basics on Crosshairs.
I would have liked a Deluxe sized Legacy figure for Iguanus.
4:33 that minicon is just a straight up Bakugan lol
Amazing work sir I love your research you did so hard on it you are the best UA-camr around
One day I hope to hear anything more about my favorite obscure character: Hooligan. I'm pretty sure he's not shown up again since the G2 line.