I produced this show. Nice to see someone remembers it.
@stonewall286
3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your work Kurt. Thank you.
@RenegadeHPG
3 жыл бұрын
Any interest in hoping on a podcast to talk about your experience with it?
@1leggeddog
3 жыл бұрын
It made me into a Mechwarrior fan for life! ty
@bensantos3882
3 жыл бұрын
Amashing!
@NathanielJordan85
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto K M. This made me a Mech Warrior before MW5, before HBS's Battltech, before Mech Assault or even the card game. Battletech and Robotech together actually got me into Armored Core, and the whole mecha genre. Zero regrets, much love.
@theblackpantslegion
4 жыл бұрын
The series is canon, as in-universe propaganda from the Tharkad Broadcasting Company.
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
Damn It! How did I miss you posting here, Tex?
@Locusthorde3000
4 жыл бұрын
TEX SPEAKS.
@mq5731
4 жыл бұрын
I kinda wish they would do something like this for Prometheus
@sentinelmoonfang
4 жыл бұрын
Filthy freebirth propaganda just like BPL. We still love Tex, though... even if he's a stravag.
@damienhailey118
4 жыл бұрын
As are the characters themselves. Adam Steiner even becomes temporary Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth during the Jihad, and later takes up the crown for real sometime afterwards. Then the's the whole Daboku thing. For budget reasons, they only used a limited number of mechs in the series. One of them was called the Mauler, which appeared many times in FedCom formations.... despite being identified in Technical Readout: 3050 as a Mech used by the Draconis Combine. To fix this, later versions of TR3050, and TR3039 introduced the Duboku, a mech that fought in the War of '39. The Daboku was pretty much identical to the Mauler, but had an electronics issue(basically the toys' ejection panel feature) that saw many Dabokus getting captured by the Fedcom in near-pristine condition. The original Mauler was then retconned as the result of a successful effort to fix the Daboku's issues.
@RichtorLazlo
4 жыл бұрын
One thing that you missed in those lawsuits was that fact that copyright law was different across international boarders and that was one of the big problems was that in Japan copyright law allowed images, ideas and concepts to be released for use almost like a lease, in that fasa had purchased the images only and harmony gold had purchased story elements, as in America under copyright law you cannot split the intellectual property but in other nations (japan) you can.
@cutter23
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! Battletech is nearly 40 years old and in the middle of a huge revitalization and it is great to see these throwbacks!
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
Battletech turned 35 last year. And the Table Top side is still going strong!
@thorinbane
4 жыл бұрын
Saw some recent plastic prints for the kickstarter. Many are more than worried they are rushing things too fast. Sculps look like hot garbage.
@thac0twenty377
3 жыл бұрын
yeah I'm frigging old. This was my first game system after playing Crescent Hawks Inception on my Tandy
@stevenhenry5267
Жыл бұрын
Wrong
@Cobralalalala
4 жыл бұрын
Two things: 1. I love that the play feature was that they exploded if they were hit in the junk. 2. ROBOTJOX!!!!!!!! That is all. Keep up the good work.
@Dracounguis
4 жыл бұрын
Robotjox, that movie single handedly destroyed giant Mecha movies till Pacific Rim, lol
@MrColinWarde
4 жыл бұрын
Robotjox! What a great attempt!
@DrFoo11
4 жыл бұрын
Best mems! 10th birthday party, pizza, friends, and Robotjox!
@Cobralalalala
4 жыл бұрын
@@Dracounguis I don't think I'd give it that much credit. It was a lower budget movie from an independent studio that didn't even get a wide release. It couldn't kill anything on its own. The sad fact is that mechs have just never had the popularity in the US that it did in Japan. Some shows and toy lines did well, but it never went beyond that.
@trailersic
4 жыл бұрын
Crash & Burn!
@Alverant
4 жыл бұрын
I would have loved a toy Atlas. They needed the Steiner Scout Squad.
@BoisegangGaming
4 жыл бұрын
"ATTENTION, ATTENTION! I HAVE SCOUTED THE ENEMY COMMANDER! HE IS VERY DEAD NOW!" I just can't think of anything but the "Frederich" Steiner Scout Lance skits from the Black Pants Legion when I see an Atlas.
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
@@BoisegangGaming I think that was the point...
@BoisegangGaming
4 жыл бұрын
@@TymersRealm Of course it was the point! Now, the other scouts are reporting that they have scouted the capital into a crater and are requesting reinforcements.
@Piterdeveirs333
4 жыл бұрын
Good day! All Steiner units prepare to show these Godless Kuritans what war crimes look like!
@rifleman2c997
4 жыл бұрын
@@Piterdeveirs333 Do not run, you will only die tired.
@redgrain3914
4 жыл бұрын
No one is going to believe this, but this video brought up a repressed memory of 13 year old me yelling "Hit his Blast Panel!" and then kicking another kid in the crotch. I must have at least been familiar with the ads. Wow.
@SilentZombie
4 жыл бұрын
I laughed way too damn hard at this!! >XD
@donalny
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one.
@OtakuUnitedStudio
4 жыл бұрын
"He keeps kicking me in the d*ck. WHY does he keep kicking me in the d*ck??"
@CM-wv8ns
4 жыл бұрын
Never saw that design flaw in Macross... though one would think it was in Exo-Squad
@peterparker6584
4 жыл бұрын
oh Jesus why am I not surprised.
@scottsanburn204
4 жыл бұрын
Nothing says toy line like multi-tiered legal actions spanning decades. 🙄
@Dovoline3
4 жыл бұрын
"Whose home planet was the first to fall to the Clans" *Cries in literally worthless Periphery worlds*
@micheljavert5923
3 жыл бұрын
*looks around in confusion* Hey, anybody hear something? Like a distant, mournful cry filled with the knowledge it'll never be fully heard or understood? Oh well it's probably just the wind. (😉)
@yolobathsalts
2 жыл бұрын
*laughs in Minnesota tribe* And we'll do it again.
@MoreEvilThanYahweh
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the only thing the Oberon Federation had going for it was their ruler was literally called "King Grim".
@Reoh0z
Жыл бұрын
MAD\CAT! MAD\CAT!! MAD\CAT!!!
@GoblinZone1
2 ай бұрын
COMSTAR: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. The rest of the I.S.: "Eh, not my problem" *proceeds to continue punching each other*
@jonathanwapner6262
4 жыл бұрын
"HIT HIS BLAST PANEL!, THAT'S MY PURSE!"
@anthonyspecf
4 жыл бұрын
So happy to see you Toy Galaxy cover BattleTech. It is one of my favorite SciFi franchises. From the Table Top game, to the novels, MechWarrior games, MechCommander, and especially the relatively new BattleTech PC game from HBS, it is a franchise filled with so much lore and depth, it is just so enjoyable.
@MultiMal3
4 жыл бұрын
"Our hero is Adam Steiner, whose home planet was the first to fall..." No no, you're supposed to say it like "HIS HOME PLANET~! was the first to fall."
@LordAlacorn
4 жыл бұрын
That calls for BATCHALL!!!
@NaglfarCommando
4 жыл бұрын
And his home planet was not the first to fall.
@KillerOrca
4 жыл бұрын
@@NaglfarCommando Do we even know which planet the Clanners fucked over first? Didn't they steam roll through the Preiphery?
@CSSstravag
4 жыл бұрын
@@KillerOrca The Clans probably hamburgered a bunch of Pirates on their way through the Periphery toward the Inner Sphere, but IIRC the first major contact was Clan Jade Falcon against the Kell hounds mercenaries on the planet known as The Rock.
@KillerOrca
4 жыл бұрын
@@CSSstravag Something tells me that a Steiner's homeworld wasn't some place called "the Rock". So I guess thats a retcon
@lsgreger2645
4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely missed this series. I loved the Mechwarrior/Battletech games. My inner nerd would be complete if we actually got another old FASA property Shadowrun got its own show or animated series!
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
Yea, a Shadowrun series could be cool. But I'd rather see Crimson Skies looked at again...
@antoniobeltranthesumosnipe8634
4 жыл бұрын
I'm suprised with crews like Zombie Orpheus/Dead Gentlemen, there isn't a larper group out there that hasn't said "Lets do a Shadowrun vid!"
@albertmartinez8721
4 жыл бұрын
I dunno, you tend to get stuff like this: kzitem.info/news/bejne/mX2GrYWli2iXaaw
@lsgreger2645
4 жыл бұрын
@@albertmartinez8721 Yeah, I know. That is why I kinda geeked out and enjoyed Bright. I know it isn't a perfect movie, but it made me realize I wanted something Shadowrun!
@lsgreger2645
4 жыл бұрын
@@TymersRealm I never got into FASA's Crimson Skies. I looked up the plot, and it looks amazing!
@fredlandry6170
4 жыл бұрын
The Clans are the descendants of the Star League military that left human space in 2784 after the devastating Amaris Civil War.
@Macrochenia
3 жыл бұрын
Technically, they're the descendants of the people who followed Alexandre Kerensky after he rage-quit the Inner Sphere following the end of the Amaris Civil War because the Successor States wouldn't recognize him as the new First Lord. And then after his death, his son and those other people decided that the best way to honor the memory of the Star League was to create a new society that shared none of its values.
@Paerigos
3 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia The guy was never interested in being the First Lord... and well that was acutally one part of the problem... NOONE really wanted to get the empty chair of chained and weakened terran hegemony from which the succesor states took chunks of territory...
@Paerigos
3 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia And as far as Nicolas Kerensky goes - the guy was the only one with any kind of PLAN of how to change the society in some way that does not bring immediate self annihilation. It wasnt perfect but it was one hell of way better then 4 Succesion wars! (especially since the main problem got solved by a stray gauss rifle shot few years later... In some respect by dying Nicolas Kerensky helped his legacy more then by anything he did during life) And if some idiots were willing to entertaion patience like Ghost bear does - (see you Wolverines...) the problems fix themselves.
@earlwyss520
3 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember that Alexander K took the majority of the Star League Military and fled to prevent their use in the subsequent civil wars, only to have civil war break out amongst his followers, hence the rise of the clans. Wolf's Dragoons were members of (Clan Wolf) sent to recon the inner sphere for the clans., They had with them, Natasha K (aka "The Black Widow") a "True Born" descendant of Alexander K, whom went back to clan Wolf when the invasion occurred.
@earlwyss520
3 жыл бұрын
@@Paerigos When I ran a Battle Tech game in 1992-94, I had clan Wolverine flee the other clans, and set themselves up off the Lryan Commonwealth's western border in unexplored space, and find evidence of an ancient extinct alien species. I (as the game referee) helped a friend develop a Resonance Cannon that did massive damage (50 D-6 point blank) and tapering off (like sound actually does)in a 45° arc from a heavy mech (like an Archer or Mad Cat). Problem was that it required so much shielding that it could only be fitted in the chest cavity, be the only weapon fitted, and that any damage taken to the shielding resulted in the mech itself taking ALL of the damage itself. We though that we had a winner, but never thought to submit it it FASA Corp.
@thecompletejake
4 жыл бұрын
I LOVED battletech! The show, the video games, the novels, the tabletop board/RPG UNIVERSE Fasa released, even the collectible trading card game. Such a cool property!
@BoisegangGaming
4 жыл бұрын
"Says 'MadCat' instead of 'timberwolf'." Insert TexTalksBattleTech "Clanners lost and are dumb" speech
@ARCcommand
4 жыл бұрын
*cough* Timberwolf not Dire wolf *cough*
@BoisegangGaming
4 жыл бұрын
@@ARCcommand it was something-wolf. Between them and the space wolves/corgis, it's hard to differentiate between all the "wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf".
@Zeithri
4 жыл бұрын
@@BoisegangGaming The Awhooooo's Mechs! Timber Wolf is the one that looks like a Marauder and Catapult made sweet love together ( _hence MAD/CAT_ ) and Dire Wolf is a 100 ton mech that looks like it was inspired by Turtles and is also known as _Daishi_ .
@tssteelx
4 жыл бұрын
PRAISE Z0RG!
@PerpetualGM
4 жыл бұрын
@@BoisegangGaming Bah, the Clan Wolf has nothing on the Clan Ghost Bear. They've literally run out of different ways and languages to name something a "bear".
@rudyvalle9022
4 жыл бұрын
Making the real animated series a propaganda TV series within the lore was a genius move.
@Seektheday
4 жыл бұрын
I clapped when I read that on Sarna. I clapped and I was alone in my apartment
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seektheday Listen to the Tex Talks Battletech by the Black Pants Legion on the Thor/Summoner. When Tex comes to the Thor M, I like his comments.
@Canoby
4 жыл бұрын
@@TymersRealm Tex is a gold mine of awesome commentary, especially on Battletech
@nicktumpach804
4 жыл бұрын
to bad it only lasted one season. Also how it ended on a cliffhanger
@moriskurth628
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicktumpach804 In-Universe the explanation was probably that someone on the writing team didn't pay their HPG Bills on time. That, or Clan Ghost Bear joined the Rasahague Republic around the same time, and the Broadcasting Company responsible didn't want to piss off their new neighbor. If the Comic exists in-universe, I don't know though. And before I forget... LONG LIVE THE HOUSE STEINER!! LYRAN COMMONWEALTH FOR LIFE!!
@ncemt
4 жыл бұрын
Team Battletech here. In 2018 Harmony Gold tried during again. This time it was revealed they didn't have any rights to the original concepts. They asked for the case to be closed. CGL agreed if they promised to never use again.
@EVAUnit4A
4 жыл бұрын
If you play the MMO FPS video game _MechWarrior Online_ (2012- ), the hero variants (meaning you need real money to buy them) of the _Mauler_ (MAL-KO "Knockout") and _Bushwacker_ (BSW-HR "High Roller") are specifically colored to look like their counterpart toys from the animated series of the 1990s.
@sheilaolfieway1885
3 ай бұрын
really? wish we had Mathus summoner or pythor's hunchback IIC
@EVAUnit4A
3 ай бұрын
@@sheilaolfieway1885 I recently became aware that there was a prototype made by TYCO, for a Mad Dog which was never released!
@sheilaolfieway1885
3 ай бұрын
@@EVAUnit4A hmm that would have been interesting to see Redmen's vulture/maddog.
@callsignenterprise6895
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, as you stated, although some of the events portrayed in the animation are different than what is accepted at cannon from the novels, several characters have shown up in the old Battletech novels, which makes those characters cannon to the overall Battletech universe. So yes it is cannon!
@scottmcintyre2809
2 жыл бұрын
All the characters are canon. Adam Steiner eventually became Archon (king/president/whatever) of the Lyran Commonwealth, Franklin ended up in command of the Otomo (basically Draconis Combine Royal Guard) and his Grand Daughter eventually became ruler of the Combine. Malthus found out about the in-universe holovid and tried to challenge Steiner and the Production company who created the show to trial by combat for the "insult" of it, but since Lyran law it ended up as a slander suit that was dismissed, at which point he challenged the judge to trial by combat and spent 6 months in prison for contempt of court before being sent back to the Falcons in disgrace where he ended up getting recruited by the Falcon's intel organization.
@coyote16able
Жыл бұрын
@@scottmcintyre2809 I know this is 7 months later but it gets better Clanners that personally knew Malthus and saw the in-universe Holovid said the Clanners in the show where exaggerated even Malthus though not him not so much.
@AndAlltheNerdyFun
4 жыл бұрын
I still find myself saying initiate enhanced imaging.
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
@Harlock1776 Nope, jade turkey for sure...
@flaircraft
4 жыл бұрын
I'm constantly saying "Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal." Nobody ever gets it :(
@AsilarWindsailor
4 жыл бұрын
@@flaircraft That is truly unfortunate. The younglings need to be introduced to this great setting. What if Netflix made a series using modern production facilities? That would be AWS-8W ….I tried to use the Awesome as.. well nevermind it was a dumb joke. I really would like to see Netflix make a series about it though
@ollierees9493
4 жыл бұрын
Damn. Exo Squad has been buried in my brain for over 25 years. Now its out. Cheers guys!
@jesseperry9602
4 жыл бұрын
Did someone say Armored Core?? I magically appear whenever that happens!
@shaider1982
4 жыл бұрын
Tex from Black Pants Legion has joined the chat. (Edit) Here is one of his videos which sort of covered a part of the cartoon: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lWyOzWV6oImbgX4
@Zeithri
4 жыл бұрын
" _Let me tell you about Nicholas Kerensky..._ "
@shaider1982
4 жыл бұрын
@@Zeithri i enjoyed his video on the amaris civil war and the one for the clans.
@tssteelx
4 жыл бұрын
PRAISE Z0RG!
@taemien9219
4 жыл бұрын
Don't sue Tex, Tex has no money.
@Pewpewpew182
4 жыл бұрын
Loved the opening song to the show when I was a kid. I was so sad when it never continued on. Loved the one episode where they caught this one woman from the enemies side and she helped them make the 3d visual portion for their helmets. Thought that was pretty honorable. Need to buy the set one day.
@username12120
4 жыл бұрын
I remember that episode! All the IS characters just did not understand what she was doing or talking about with the whole bondsman thing, eventually she got so pissed off at them for not knowing or understanding what she meant or was trying to do(I think they thought she was sabotaging their mechs) she escaped and went back to Clan lines.
@LeeONardo
4 жыл бұрын
Christine Redman I think was her name piloting the Vulture (which does exist as a Tyco prototype, would have been a series 3 mech). I also like how the CG was explained as the "enhanced imagining" mode the clans used before she placed into into the IS mechs. Very under rated series which deserved the cliffhanger being wrapped up or at least a series 2.
@camw621
4 жыл бұрын
OH MAN. The Battletech game for Sega Genesis was actually one of the coolest things I've ever experienced. If there's two things I think society needs more than ever... it's a return of Dirigible flight, and mother-f-ing MECHS!
@latrelldavis7068
4 жыл бұрын
Robot Jocks...and I quote ," crash and burn."
@Demolitiondude
4 жыл бұрын
Chicks dig giant robots.
@mrandmrsduquette1904
4 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@seanbrazell6147
4 жыл бұрын
Aff.
@stonewall286
3 жыл бұрын
Check out Good Bad Flicks coverage of the moviem
@SWIFTO_SCYTHE
4 жыл бұрын
1:20 ARMORED CORE - you sir are awesome. I own every game in the series!
@Acid_Ink
4 жыл бұрын
TheAllaksion I used to love that game in High School. One of my friends had the basement of his house as his domain and we’d go down there and spend HOURS playing AC
@seb24789
4 жыл бұрын
"Main System: Engage Combat Mode"
@SWIFTO_SCYTHE
4 жыл бұрын
MECHWARRIOR / BATTLETECH as a whole is AWESOME. I played the hell out of Mechwarrior 2 on MS Dos.
@rebeccabogardus4138
4 жыл бұрын
Now there is a turn based combat Battletech on Steam.
@TheMichaelBeck
Жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Erlangen West Germany back in the late 80s. I remember buying my Commodore 128D at the Nuremberg PX and getting the OG Battletech game. I've played every Mechwarrior since. They did an amazing job with Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries and a new Mechwarrior is coming out this fall. Good times!
@OptimusShr
4 жыл бұрын
Some slight errors: 1: There ARE transforming 'Mechs in BattleTech, the tabletop at least, I don't think they were in the show. They are called Land Air 'Mechs and transform between 'Mech mode and Land Air Mode. The Three original Land Air 'Mechs were variants of BatlleMechs based on the Valkyries from Macross. The Stinger, The Phoenix Hawk, and the Wasp. 2: Yes we do remember this show, mainly for how bad it was.
@Plotatothewondercat
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the quadvees, the way less impressive and way more dysfunctional transforming 'Mechs.
@OptimusShr
4 жыл бұрын
@@Plotatothewondercat Yeah I forgot about those since the Battletech people I know only really talk about the Land Air 'Mechs.
@Zeithri
4 жыл бұрын
I love me some Phoenix Hawk. Land/Air Mechs don't get enough love.
@Coyotequatch
4 жыл бұрын
@@Zeithri Phoenix Hawk: the only Macross 'mech that Takara/Hasbro turned into a Transformer (Jetfire).
@linadecaseleycarloss5838
4 жыл бұрын
a friend of mine had the Zentradi Commander's battle pod - in Battletech terms a MAD-3R Marauder in it's original form. Loved the original 3025 era technical readouts & 'mech. I adored those days & built up a complete regimental combat team. Oh those were the days...
@CrunchyRhombus
3 жыл бұрын
I am suddenly find myself having flashbacks watching the animations. Thanks for sharing!
@potatoradio
4 жыл бұрын
Remember the Battle of Like Tweet Tukayyid . 21 May 3052 - Clans loose to intergalactic AT&T ,"pay your bill bucko" - Comstar.
@tssteelx
4 жыл бұрын
Comstar you have no choice.
@miked884
4 жыл бұрын
Blackpants legion fans unite
@ookamiprime6646
4 жыл бұрын
Clan Wolf did not lose to Space AT&T
@kevinW826
4 жыл бұрын
Ookami Prime they withheld from the vote? Or withdrew? I forget, I had all of the novels.
@ookamiprime6646
4 жыл бұрын
@@kevinW826 Clan Wolf beat Comstar at both battlefields. Jade Falcons and Ghost Bears both drew.
@gotifan
Ай бұрын
40 years later and I'm still just as much, if not more, of a Battletech nerd than I was back then. The major differences are plastic instead of metal, acrylic paint instead of enamel, and I have a grownup's budget for more toys (minis) now. So many miniatures. So, so many... lol.
@black2much
4 жыл бұрын
The history of Air Raiders plz
@smackyfrog6046
3 жыл бұрын
There were so many robot mech attack properties in my childhood. Thank you for sorting this out for me.
@funkmachine6420
3 жыл бұрын
Omggg I remember this!!! This brought back a memory that I didn't realise I'd forgotten!
@856Dropout
3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only person that knew about “Robot Jox”
@buzzkill4623
3 жыл бұрын
achilles!!
@michaelinterbartolo3
3 жыл бұрын
On college visit to Purdue we stayed in Chicago and my dad and I went to the battle tech center. Decades later he still reminds me that he won. Now a days these battle tech game pods show up at local comic con and my kids and I usually play a round or two.
@deidryt9944
4 жыл бұрын
"slavish devotion to chain of command"... sounds like someone's read the Blood of Kerensky trilogy and is paraphrasing.
@KillerOrca
4 жыл бұрын
I mean it IS Inner Sphere propoganda in-universe so
@kevinW826
4 жыл бұрын
Loved that trilogy
@LordOfAllusion
3 жыл бұрын
In Chicago near Navy Pier there was an Arcade which featured a dedicated Battletech Center. You got to go in a cockpit and pilot a mech playing games against other people (basically an early LAN game) for like 10-20 min at a time. As a kid I loved going there but could only afford to do so maybe 5 times.
@MrGrumblier
2 ай бұрын
I remember that. There are still two places that use the Tesla II pods - one in Minnesota (12 pods) and the other in Texas (18 pods). The original Battletech Center was created by the founders of FASA. Interestingly enough, the simulators were what FASA originally wanted to create but the tech wasn't up to the job at the time so they settled with tabletop miniatures instead.
@awakz100
4 жыл бұрын
I played the RPG and knew this show existed but never saw it,
@seszw6159
4 жыл бұрын
I played the tabletop game quite a bit in the late 80s early 90s. I even played the sit in battlemech simulator in Chicago a few times. I never knew there was a cartoon! How did I not know about this???
@GELTONZ
3 жыл бұрын
I watched this as a kid and made a point of recording all the CG fight scenes. A few years later I'd meet a friend who got into the tabletop game and Mechwarrior 2 on PC super hard and blew his mind by revealing there was once a cartoon but deeply regretted that I never recorded a full episode, just a compilation of the CG scenes. At least I had a decent pile of the toys...and the Exo-Squad toys which was actually where I first learned about the Robotech/Battletech design similarities. I had watched Robotech years earlier but never noticed that the Marauder was a Zentaedi Officer Pod until the toys started directly competing. Shame the show didn't last longer to tie in with Mechwarrior 2. Also due to copyright issues the cartoon will likely never see a DVD release so please enjoy the episodes on KZitem!
@aldusxenon
4 жыл бұрын
I played the board game and the P.C. game...loved them. Again...thank you for this, Dan. 👍
@obregon209
4 жыл бұрын
I went to a virtual reality arcade in the 90s and we played battle tech and each player got your own personal Pod that closed around you with screens . It was a epic 90s birthday! I think I had a “No Fear” T-shirt on!!!!
@manundermask6601
4 жыл бұрын
You just confused a whole generation of people by showing a VCR.
@Texas240
4 жыл бұрын
A what? ; )
@Evilbutteredpopcorn
4 жыл бұрын
@@Texas240 An ancient device used to decrypt data archives we used called "VHS Tapes"
@earlwyss520
3 жыл бұрын
@@Evilbutteredpopcorn I still have 1 or 2 functional VCRs and 1000 VHS tapes.
@Sharemycosplay
4 жыл бұрын
You seriously just made my day. Loved this show as a kid and everything Battletech. Even have the Battletech Genesis game loaded on my Mini. Great video. Never hard any of the toys, but would have loved them.
@emperorjames794
4 жыл бұрын
"Information is ammunition."
@Logan912
3 жыл бұрын
G.I. Joe already took “knowing is half the battle,” so the Battletech cartoon tried at least. It’s cheesy as all hell, but it tried.
@MudDragon723
2 жыл бұрын
4:17 I had that Bushwhacker as a kid. It was awesome. Oh the nostalgia.
@premsing88
Жыл бұрын
I remember the series. Ddnt see the toys in store back then. It was aired on tv during the 90s here in malaysia. Enjoyed it a lot
@DannyREX2099
3 жыл бұрын
I remember this show! I had one of those massive mech toys as a kid! I could never remember what it was from until now.
@wraithgear4216
3 жыл бұрын
this show is surprisingly in tune with the battle-tech mythos. even if its only cannon sideways. the shows plot runs at a break neck pace, and those not fairly deep into the lore will miss all the ways it is accurate, though the story and characters seems to fit more with other child action cartoons of the era then the grittyness of the setting. its a fun watch to pick out mechs and my friend group regularly use "You DARE refuse my batchall?" only to respond with "refuse your WHAT?!" in Mechwarrior Online
@KillerOrca
3 жыл бұрын
The reply to “Muh BatChall” is “Confused Freebirth” and it’s just Adam Steiner going HUH
@sabin26
4 жыл бұрын
I'm team all the above. Giant robot combat.
@Dracounguis
4 жыл бұрын
I started playing Battletech from the late 80's. It's a well developed universe. (Till the Jihad and after where things went stupid, imo) A Sci-fi universe with NO ALIENS! Shocking, I know! The show was campy as hell. The catchphrase "Information is ammunition!" was cringy even then and is said tongue in cheek by anyone who knows it. I still have all the action figures from it. They weren't horrible, but not great quality even for that time. The people figures are like M.A.S.K. in detail and size. While not a HUGE game like Warhammer 40k is, it's still alive, even though the Mechwarrior: Dark Age game by Wizkids kinda killed the universe to make it fit their (now dead) MageKnight 'clicky' version the game. And Harmony Gold can go jump off a cliff, they've been hounding FASA, and the subsequent Battletech owners, TO THIS DAY!
@Dracounguis
4 жыл бұрын
@MosesBad Don't look at the most recent rule-book... Just about everything from the old Tactical Handbook is now tourney legal. What we'd call Level 2 Rules, if they didn't get rid of that distinction a few years ago. It's like they just tossed everything in the new rule-book they could think of. ::: When I do infrequently play a game nowadays, we also use stuff from 3075 or earlier. Definitely nothing after the Dark Age and that ClickyTech junk
@mward5962
4 жыл бұрын
@MosesBad 3067's civil war is about as far as I'll go. It honestly feels like a good spot to stop if you'd been following the plot since 3025. Since it basically rounds off the whole Federated Suns - Steiner story.
@MxMoondoggie
Жыл бұрын
Remember the TV show as a kid, used to go to my friend's place and watch it. He had all the toys from it.
@liljenborg2517
4 жыл бұрын
Team Battletech, team Exosquad, or team Robotech? Yes. Yes I am. Team Clan? Burn ‘em with PPC fire. Team Kurita? Damn the accords! Them need to be NUKED (along with Harmony Gold).
@orionthanathos8861
4 жыл бұрын
Harmony Gold = an abomination of toy and licensed animation distributor...
@g8kpr3000
3 жыл бұрын
I was 9 or 10 when my other brother got a copy of battletech in 1984. That game blew me away. I was an avid fan of Transformers and robotech, so being able to battle mechs on a play,at was awesome. It was only a year or so later that i got city tech and my friends and i would be playing. We got deep into it, making ur own mechs while most of my friends were still playing monopoly. I haven’t played since 1995, but would really love to try it again. I never heard of the cartoon, but when it came out i was graduating highschool and not watching too many cartoons.
@jakestyles002
4 жыл бұрын
I love them all, and it breaks my heart that licensing and law suits ruined all of them for everyone.
@SecretGalaxyTV
4 жыл бұрын
No way those rights get licensed out that way today. The early 80s was like the wild west.
@Reoh0z
Жыл бұрын
That which has been Seen can never be Unseen.
@captainstarlight3780
3 жыл бұрын
So just watched the series. It surprisingly gets a lot better as it goes along. Shame it never got a second season honestly.
@mndalran
4 жыл бұрын
This was on at 430 am when I was growing up in my area....still woke up to watch it
@jonarmstrong4399
4 жыл бұрын
my brother, cousins and I used to play the board game for battletech back in the mid 90s...we use to stay up tell sun up playing. man I miss those days
@Jedi_Cowboy
4 жыл бұрын
I recall there being a place in Pasadena, CA where you could sit in the cockpit of a Batletech Mech and battle against other mechs. I never got to go but it looked so cool.
@1228carlito
3 жыл бұрын
Update: The KZitem channel Renegade HPG recently remastered all 12 episodes of the series and they are viewable on their channel. Also, If memory serves me, Adam Steiner was mentioned in at least one of the BattleTech novels but the writers name and novel name escapes me. I believe it was one of the last 4 novels released though.
@Knight121198
4 жыл бұрын
This is what got me into Mechwarrior video game franchise, still waiting on that movie though!
@kurteverest3675
3 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to remember the name of this show for years now. I loved it.
@timo191
3 жыл бұрын
Black kid-"Hey cool mech. Where is it from?" White kid-"It's from the Clans." Black kid-"Excuse me?"
@tropicalwargaming688
3 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@paristhalheimer
3 жыл бұрын
I played the table top game and loved the cartoon. I always wondered what happened. On a side note, my flight of Yellow Jackets made the Clans leave the battlefield when I took out an assault mech in 1 round.
@jfridy
4 жыл бұрын
The thing that really has kept BattleTech in peoples minds was the MechWarrior computer games (and more recently the BattleTech computer game,) and the Wizkids "Clickytech" game MechWarrior Dark Age, which if anything gave players of the board game TONs of prepainted minis to play with.
@b.thomas8926
4 жыл бұрын
Legal Commandment: Thy shall not cross Harmony Gold. They sue everyone.
@andrewsuryali8540
4 жыл бұрын
Nah, they already lost the last lawsuit. No more avenues of appeal. Unseens all the way, baby!
@TymersRealm
4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewsuryali8540 Give them time to get competent lawyers. Then they'll try again.
@Rocketsong
2 жыл бұрын
I only ever heard of the animated series from the Battletech Reddit subreddit. One of the folks there actually remastered the episodes himself out of some odd misplaced love for the series. The animation was definitely sub-par, and the CG parts really, really, show their age, but the story itself was a good one.
@chenlee9835
4 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that Battletech rules have not changed since its beginning. The tech-toys you could cram into a Battlemech has increased and the timeline has been forwarded, but the rules are still the same.
@tv_tim
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing the toys, I realize I owned one of those, the red four-legged one with grips in the back to move the legs. I had never seen, nor heard of the show as a kid, but I liked playing with the toy.
@aldusxenon
4 жыл бұрын
OH...MY.....GOD!!!! I loved this game....thanks for this video, Dan.
@thebl4ckd0g
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man. Brings back memories of a young teenager me, who still enjoyed watching cartoons, especially in the tail-end of when they still tried to air cartoons on Saturdays... loved this cartoon!
@Duchess_Van_Hoof
Жыл бұрын
The show is surprisingly solid and I'd like more of it.
@okami36
2 жыл бұрын
I've been playing Battletech since '92 or so. I painted my "Unseen" Macross designs to resemble their Robotech counterparts.
@thunderbug8640
Жыл бұрын
This show was pure fire.
@lostkingsofanime6075
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see this remade. I watch this when it came out in the UK. Started looking for this show till i found it on youtube.
@nerdfatha
4 жыл бұрын
I only ever caught one or two episodes of the show, but I have been a big fan of Battletech most of my life. Ridiculously detailed combat, great miniatures, and a game that could be a skirmish or an all out war, depending how you wanted to play it. As much as I like Gundam, I did like the western influence of how being in a mech, especially a smaller unit like a Locust, was like being in a mobile cramped coffin, which gave off a similar vibe as being crammed into one of the tiny early WWII tanks.
@Atriviality
3 жыл бұрын
A Land Air Mech (LAM) is a transformable mech from the Battletech universe. They stopped using them after being sued by various companies for using the designs from Macross.
@ShineyFace1337
3 жыл бұрын
Since harmony gold can't do their bullshit anymore, does that mean they could bring lams back I wonder
@ryand7575
2 жыл бұрын
This video make me remember about all the toys I had from this show. Took a deep dive and I am realizing how amazing my parents were for getting me so many of these toys.
@gkeaton9755
3 жыл бұрын
If I am not mistaken, Mechwarrior is owned by Microsoft, licensed to piranha games. Piranha has done a superb job of updating the look of all the classic mechs, even the ones Harmony Gold was throwing a hissy fit about (the "unseen" or later the "phoenix" mechs). I can't remember the specific artist's name off the top, but he did a bloody awesome job!
@ShinKyuubi
3 жыл бұрын
I had a few of those toys as I've always been a mech fan thanks to stuff like Voltron growing up in the late 80's and 90's but I never got into the actual game..until very recently when I got a new battle kit that comes with a few mechs and is a simplified version of a full game and meant for 2 players to help get a friend interested in the game.
@tyr0n313
4 жыл бұрын
That was one hell of an intro video. Incredible production value. Nice job Greg!
@BaconHer0
3 жыл бұрын
I love this show, such a shame it only ran 1 season
@Jaqen-HGhar
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man that Tyco Cliff Riders and Dino-Riders bit brought back some memories. That cliff riders slot car track especially was hours of fun not gonna lie. Oh God Exo Squad as well, I don't care if it was a rip off those toys were amazing.
@Cyberrat629
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I had a few of these that me and a couple friends picked up to play with...err "aggressively display" when we were in high school. During the waning days of Kay Bee these were often 10-25% off and they were just pulling them out from the back.
@bertrandmajorik6589
3 жыл бұрын
There was a game version on Nintendo........ my mobile armour or mechs never died..... Armored core is another of my addictions. Thank you for sharing your experience with us
@knirfie
3 жыл бұрын
In the Netherlands this show aired around the same time as the Mechwarrior 2 game was released, which I got for free with my videocard at the time. That was a nice coincidence and I was heavily invested in both. But I do not remember ever seeing the commercial or the toys in the shops here.
@Ian_Comics
3 жыл бұрын
My brother and I had a couple of these toys when we were little. They were cool.
@blick5815
2 жыл бұрын
Robotech and then I bought Battletech when it first came out……1st Edition and I’ve played Battletech since Day One I love both and in fact have used the Callsign ‘Warhammer’ for decades, somewhere out there it’s official in the US Army Heritage that ‘Warhammer 6’ was the Platoon Leader of 3/A/3-4 ADAR/82nd Airborne Division Great summary and keep up the good work!
@keithsimpson2685
3 жыл бұрын
Tyco had the best toys ever of these. I as a kid had a tech readout and didn't even realize it was for a table top game. Imagine 2nd grade get robot book 3rd grade see cartoon/toys 4th grade MECHWARRIOR ON PC College was Battletech campaigns all night. Good times.
@trademark310
4 жыл бұрын
Robot Jox and Robot Wars were actually pretty cool when I was young. I always would give my friends that same thumbs up.
@retrolove7334
3 жыл бұрын
I never heard anyone mention Robot Jocks until today. God I loved that movie as a kid.
@micheljavert5923
3 жыл бұрын
I know why nobody remembers this show: It was on at like 0730-0800 on a Saturday. Which is a time that every kid and adult loves to get up at on their one day off.
@pouncerlion4022
4 жыл бұрын
Still into Battletech to this day. And, yeah, I have a copy of the book and several of the armors from the series scattered around here.
@ryanh8567
Жыл бұрын
This show absolutely got me in to battletech - so it did its job on at least one child.
@danielwray681
Жыл бұрын
I have that Second Edition boxset, and it always amused me that the image of the "Warhammer" on the front had RDF livery (7:01 it's on the right leg). They didn't even bother to change the Macross/Robotech markings - for the cover of the box!
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