#tmsbme

They just recently (I highly recommend watching that video first before reading after this paragraph as this desc contains spoilers for that video) showed the bus from of Albie in a Mighty Explores promo video earlier last month, so I didn't hesitate to make art of their form now now that it's revealed. Rides Again Bus is getting annoyed that Albie just keeps on talking....And being a show-off.....And also forcing him to take them to outer space, which is going to be wild since (in my personal headcanon), Albie likes to get into mischief (even more than Rides Again Bus and even more crazy mischief then he does) and is always getting into trouble so Rides Again Bus has to constantly watch over them.

Anyways about Albie's overall design, yes they have lights that can glow (obviously if you seen their first promo image from October 2024), yes they can wiggle their rear mirrors, have blue flames for their rocket launcher instead of orange like Rides Again Bus has, and obviously the ability to speak. Their overall model looks way more flexible than The Bus in the RA specials. Albie having the ability to wiggle their rear mirrors looks odd imo because it really doesn't feel/look like their an actual bus when they do that. Sure, it's a preschool show, but Albie's movements are a bit uncanny especially since they act like a dog in one part (where the dog wags their tail, Albie does something similar to that before he bumps into the viewers screen) and they can move their tires individually now. It just makes Albie not be taken more seriously imo because it looks like a thing that a toy bus would do.

They then reference that part in the 90s show opening where 90s Bus turns into a rocket bus. Albie does something similar to that in the video, but their wings and thrusters just pop out (I will also mention that Albie does not have a door on the back like past bus forms did unless they plan to add that later on). 90s Bus didn't transform in it's usual way in that scene, but I hope they aren't removing that feature from Mighty Explores.

Now for their voice, their voice is thankfully not even that annoying, but I just hope that Albie won't be constantly talking and let the other characters shine. Their design is way better than what we got in their promo image but they still look Cocomeon-ish and looks like a bus toy for babies. Also I headcanon that Albie is more smaller than his cousins. Still no images on how the rest of the ME cast looks through.

Albie's design is pretty average and bugs a lot of people, so I'd figure I'd draw Albie in The Magic School Bus Rides Again artstyle (the specials art- style, to be exact) and make them less Cocomelon-ish and simple and look like an actual bus. First I made their face look more like a bus face, as well as mixing up their design with Rides Again Bus's design. Now Albie looks more like a bus in this style, doesn't it? Still looks simple, but also resembles a school bus.