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Hello and welcome to... All Things Transformers,
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I'm your host, Steve Megatron, and joining me
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on this adventure into the Transformers fandom
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is TFG1 Mike. What's up? What's up? No. Let's
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go. Yeah. Yeah, so there's actually some various
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Transformers news and toy news. There's a lot,
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folks. Buckle up. Yeah. So before we get into
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that, I wanted to bring up the fact that... As
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you may remember, I was 3D printing Megatron's
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mug to put on my head, and the original one I
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printed all in one shot fits my youngest child,
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not me. Because it goes down to the bottom lip,
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so it misses a whole chunk of my face. It doesn't
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fit. My nose gets crushed in it. So I expanded
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this thing, and I printed it in chunks, and of
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course, since then, I've learned that They have
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methods of printing these pieces so that they
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snap together. Like it'll create like the connection
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points where they will snap together. And I was
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unaware of that until a month ago. But then I
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was like, I've already printed all these different
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pieces like for it. I should have kept going
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because like in the transition of getting my
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new computer, I don't know what happened to the
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file. So I don't know, like because I had all
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five pieces apart on a build plate, like different
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build plates, and I cannot find the very top
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part of the mask. Oh, no. So I'm I'm spitballing
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here and I measured it yesterday and then I tried
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to print like a part of it, but it wasn't quite
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the right layer yet. Right. So I printed like
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a little, you know, a couple of layers thick
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just so that it was. decent enough I could put
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it on there and see if it fit and it wasn't quite
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there so I'm thinking I need to move up a couple
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more layers so I did so I'm going to try and
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test it out later but I'm hoping to get the cap
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done because I glued everything else together
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it does fit my noggin so I'll just have to put
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foam in it and then I need to figure out how
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I'm going to cut the eyes out because I found
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in my house like some of this like clear plastic
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material that's like thick enough that you could
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color over it you know the color of the eyeball
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with like a sharpie or something and then I have
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it light up so my goal is to make it light up
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so that I can be Megatron and then for Halloween
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I can you know I can wear it just the helmet
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don't care about the rest I'll just wear the
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helmet uh the other thing i want to try and do
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is i want to try and take the 3d model from the
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dark glass project and turn the head into a helmet
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like hollow it out on the inside and and print
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the transmetal megatron because that's obviously
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my favorite yeah which i'm still holding out
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hope for a uh a hasbro transmetal megatron release
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since we got kingdom with you know and we've
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had some some transmetals like i'm hoping we
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get depth charge and some of the other guys.
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Um, there's some, there's some masterpiece, you
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know, third party companies doing some of these,
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but I'm, I'm still like, I like the price point
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of the Hasbro stuff a little bit better still
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at this point in the size class. Um, there's
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only certain ones I'm willing to like splurge.
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Like I, I want the masterpiece rat trap. Yeah.
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But I'm not willing to spend what they want for
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it. So, I mean, if, what do they want for a masterpiece
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rat trap i don't even know they're like 140 what
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yeah i was like cheater was like 75 yeah and
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i got knockoff cheater for 40 so um so i'm like
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i'll wait for the knockoff rat trap which is
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horrible to say but and i'll see what it costs
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then like i i technically would Even wanted like
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Transmetal Tarantulas at one point, but I'm like,
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I don't really feel great about spending over
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100 bucks on that. So it was only worth it for
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like Optimal or Transmetal Megatron or, you know,
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those those type of situations. But. Yeah, I'm
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I'm just I'm just waiting. I don't there's nothing
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I absolutely need at this point. I've got my
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Studio Series 86 Megatron and Primal or not Primal
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Prime knockoffs and. honestly they look fine
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i didn't have any issue with uh not being able
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to find them at retail or having the pre -orders
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not make it yeah so yeah i was i was willing
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to you know do the right thing but they just
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they they didn't want my they didn't want my
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money so i i couldn't you know they wouldn't
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give me stuff so they didn't get the money yeah
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see that's the thing folks You give us stuff,
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we give you money. We give you money, you give
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us stuff. That's the whole spiel. And it's funny
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that you're talking about all of this because
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all of this is going to come up later when we
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talk about more of the news stuff. But something
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that was announced a year ago, I can't believe
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it was a year ago that this was originally announced.
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was announced late last year that famed Transformers
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designer Eric Siebenhaler would be filling in
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for Mark Mayer while he was on leave. Has now
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announced on his Instagram that he has fully
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rejoined the Hasbro design team. So I'm curious
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about this. I'm wondering... With Mark on leave,
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is Eric replacing Mark? Like, is that what's
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going on here? Is Mark coming back? I don't know.
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And I don't even know. Like, this is just what's
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on TFW2005 .com. But I didn't even see it there
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first. I am lucky enough, I guess, to be friends
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with Eric on Facebook. And I saw him post it
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there this morning. He says, I'm happy to announce
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officially that I am rejoining the Hasbro design
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team. For those of you that have known me for
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a while, you'll likely remember that I had a
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very intimate relationship with the company for
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12 years in the early 2000s. Then I walked away
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to go on a creative quest seeking growth and
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adventure. 12 years after that, I'm making my
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triumphant return. Here's to the future and bringing
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more awesome sauce to the world. And for those
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that don't know, for those that don't remember,
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when Eric was at Hasbro, he worked on Armada,
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Energon, and Cybertron brands, as well as Animated.
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For Armada, he worked on Tidal Wave and Laserbeak,
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Energon, Cliffjumper, and Downshift, Cybertron,
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Optimus Prime, and EVAC. Animated, he is responsible
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for the unique aesthetic of the entire line,
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including early concept work. for Devastator
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and the Constructor Cons. I'm sure he did more
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than just that. That's just the highlights. But
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yeah, it's interesting and cool to have Eric
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back. Again, I hope Mark is okay. You know, I
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don't ever want to see anything bad happen to
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anybody. So I hope Mark is all right. I didn't
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realize Mark had taken leave. I hadn't kept up
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with... Everything going on over there with the
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Hasbro employees. But yeah, Eric Siebenhiller
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is back at Hasbro. So that's what's going on
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there. To kick off the rest of the news, though.
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We got the Blocky's Defender version 7, Beast
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Wars 2, Leo Prime, and Galvatron, as well as
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Galaxy version 10, Arai's Rodimus Prime teaser
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images. So, yeah. We got the Galaxy version 10
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global debut, 2026 Blocky's. This is from their
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global partners conference. It says 2026 spring
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coming soon for these. What do you, I don't remember
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if I've ever asked you when I've, when we've
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covered, what do you think of the blocky stuff?
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They're basically model kits you have to build.
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I don't have a problem with them. I actually
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think they're kind of neat for people that just
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want, I mean, I can't remember what the heck
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they were called. They had them back in the day
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though. robot heroes um they were those were
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they the robot heroes i don't know uh they were
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they were like the kind of solid plastic that
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like the arms would move that was about it okay
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back in the maybe they were the robot heroes
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i don't know i i had it and it was in the early
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2000s okay well before like the movies and stuff
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like i had a yeah uh it was right around the
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time that the titanium's came out okay these
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were like these little two inch tall transformers
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and i had like master p or like the little uh
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power master prime and i had uh numerous other
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characters they weren't model kits though right
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they were just standard figures yeah i i could
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be wrong I'm probably wrong. People, you can
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write in feedback at geekcastradio .com. Say,
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hey, Mike, you're an idiot. I think you're thinking
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of Robot Heroes because I have Robot Heroes Ravage
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over there on my counter. I remember having Robot
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Heroes Optimus Prime. His arms moved up and down.
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The legs didn't move. The legs were just stationary.
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Because famously. Even though I'm a I'm originally
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from Massachusetts and I'm a huge Boston sports
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fan. Famously, I have a photo on Facebook of
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Optimus Prime pointing at the back of Tom Brady's
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head because everybody's like, oh, my God, Tom
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Brady's a whatever. You know, Optimus Prime was
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Tom Brady. You're a villain kind of thing, whatever.
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So kind of thing. So I think you're thinking
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of robot heroes. I might be wrong, but I think
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that's what you're thinking of. I will have the
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answer to that before we finish. Okay, good.
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I'm on the TF wiki. Okay, good. No, I did have,
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like, I always wanted, like, Star Convoy back
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in the day or Laser Optimus Prime. Like, I could
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get Laser Optimus Prime at this point. Yeah.
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Because he is discounted on BBTS. Yeah. Which
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is funny because I was like, man, I want this
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figure for so long, and now I'm like, it's in
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my grasp, and I'm like, eh. Yeah. yeah it's like
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do i need him no like do i want him kind of still
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like but it i think it's that that childhood
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holy grail figure yeah that i i know i saw it
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and i was like i can get this yep and then yeah
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jb toys closed down uh -huh yeah of course damn
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it yeah yeah yeah so i mean for me it was it
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was always that like i was super like peeved
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about it like i i would never end up with this
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this figure like and i that's been like the the
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story i've been telling for ages um and uh yeah
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so it wasn't wasn't robot masters it wasn't uh
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i'm getting through like I had the Titanium's
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Optimal Optimus and Scourge back in the day.
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I had to sit there and think about it. I'm like,
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oh yeah, I did have those. And then I always
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wanted the... Okay, so Eric, now that we're mentioning
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it, he was responsible for the Classics line.
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Yes, he was. He was also responsible for Classics.
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Which is great because I always wanted Classics,
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Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Yep. something terrible
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back in the day like i could not have well i
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when they came out it was 2006 i was so broke
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yeah um then they had the ultimate battle optimus
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prime that came out around that time with the
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g2 megatron and um yeah and then i got the i
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did buy the power master or not power master
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masterpiece mpo1 prime at target They had like
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a whole aisle of those things. Oh, yeah. Oh,
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yeah. And I was looking back. I'm like, I should
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have bought a few more. Yeah, because I bought
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them for 60 bucks. Oh, I sold them for 200. Oh,
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but no, you know, and they've made multiple laser
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Optimus Prime. They've made multiple. I still
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cannot believe like I'm still digging through
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the. the toys on prime and the list is just like,
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yeah, it's super long. So I'll come up to it
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at some point. You will, you'll, you'll get it
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before the end of the show. Uh, so the galaxy
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defender blocky version, uh, G two or not. What,
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what did I say? Generation two. What did I say?
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Uh, no beast wars two. I'm sorry. Beast wars
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two, uh, Leo prime and Galvatron. Uh, I, I was
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never super into these characters, and if it
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was any other Galvatron, I would probably pop
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for that one. But then, I mean, you got the other
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guy. You got the guy that saved the franchise.
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You got the one true Prime with the Matrix. Of
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course I'm going to try to get that. Rodimus
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with the Matrix. Hell yeah. That's awesome. That
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is super awesome. And then after that, we have
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something that technically should be about $10
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blah blah. Display worthy icons. Optimus Prime
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converts to Autobot logo. Transformers Optimus
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Prime figure. Display standard blaster accessory.
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Collectible Transformers gifts. Transformers
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action figure. Oh, boy. Whatever. Okay, so it's
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$46 .99 USD. I... Oh, okay. So all the... Okay,
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I just want the product shots. I don't want the
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in -person shots here. I don't like the... I
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like the robot head. It's okay. It's a decent
00:18:00.130 --> 00:18:03.809
Optimus Prime head. The rest of the robot mode
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is ugly as hell. So this is a Voyager. Yeah,
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okay. But it still should be under 40. yeah because
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the feet look stupid like yeah the arms look
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cheap the legs look deep like i get what they
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were going for here and saying that you know
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it's oh it's a mess you know the original autobot
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here blah blah blah like yeah and i do love the
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concept like i like the shoulder thing i like
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the arms i like the head like the head sculpts
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awesome yeah the head sculpt is good I feel like
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the gray for the siding, like the paint job there
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could have been something a little bit more like
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they could have just made it blue. Yeah. So that
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it kind of fit with his motif. I like how the
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chest part works and how like the like basically
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everything, the upper torso looks great. The
00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:58.240
lower torso looks just chintzy. Well, the lower
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torso has to kind of look chintzy because you
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have to make it. I don't know. The lower... Okay,
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so I'm... Here, hold on. And I like the action
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shots they have in there included aside from
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the promo shot that's at the beginning. Because
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it does give you more of what it's going for.
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And just be told, I think it is really neat.
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I do like it. I just... I don't think it's worth
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that price. So, I don't know what image number
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this is, but I put it in Discord. I'm looking
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at one of the action shots here, because I was
00:19:38.430 --> 00:19:41.809
trying to get a better shot at the lower torso.
00:19:42.309 --> 00:19:47.049
Like, 04 looks pretty good. Okay, whatever number
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it is, I don't know. But I was trying to get
00:19:51.390 --> 00:19:56.670
a better look at where the torso and the waist...
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There's a shot where they have the torso turned
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to the, since we're looking at it, it's to our
00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:09.059
right facing, even though it's the robot's left
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fit, whatever, you know what I mean? And so you
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see the difference where the waist is and where
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the torso is. And I'm okay with it because number
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one, if I was to buy this. I'm never not going
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to have it in symbol mode, in alt mode. I'm looking
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at this full scale in, like I have it zoomed
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in on the upper part of his chest. Like you said,
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like I said, I love the way the robot head is.
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It's one of the coolest Optimus Prime heads on
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a robot I've ever seen. It's great. That's cool.
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I just, like, my thing is. I'm going to be like,
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this is my Autobots. This, to me, is a prop for
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my Funko Pops. It's an Autobot logo prop for
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my Autobot Funko Pops. It's not a... It would
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never... The only way that the $46 .99 price
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point for me would make sense is if this thing
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had a sound chip in it that made the Autobot...
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yeah the transforming sound yeah yeah yeah give
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me a like the autobot symbol on his chest like
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the little one or yeah or or if there was a button
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on top of the like on the little top of the thing
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um like give me a lego sound brick or something
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uh like that's the only way i see the 4699 price
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point being this way because again this like
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they say transform in 25 steps how many other
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what other transformers do we have that are the
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25 step transformers i don't remember off the
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top of my head without doing major research and
00:22:03.750 --> 00:22:05.690
doing a bunch of clicking and a bunch of typing
00:22:05.690 --> 00:22:08.130
that nobody wants to hear on a podcast i'd have
00:22:08.130 --> 00:22:10.329
to go on mute for 10 minutes and you'd have to
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go on talking about something else I do like
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this. I do like it. I think it is cool. I think
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it is great. I think it is interesting. Just
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needs to be $10 cheaper unless you add something
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to it for it to be that price. So that's, that's,
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that's my thoughts on this one. Um, good. So
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they, If this does well, though, they will do
00:22:44.430 --> 00:22:48.210
a Megatron likely with Decepticon symbol. And
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then I'm assuming we're going to get like a Maximal
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of Optimus Primal and Predacon of Megatron. And
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then at that point, I'd just have no leg to stand
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on. Yeah, you would have to get it. I would have
00:23:00.430 --> 00:23:05.210
to get both. Yeah, absolutely. Because people
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were like, oh, we could get Autobots, Decepticons,
00:23:08.089 --> 00:23:10.509
Maximals, Predacons, Terrorcons, Shattered Glass,
00:23:10.849 --> 00:23:14.349
blah, blah, blah. Oh, my God. This could be the
00:23:14.349 --> 00:23:16.910
last Autobot. Do you know the last Autobot from
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the comics? You could be the last Autobot with
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a different head. Dude, if you... Don't even
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threaten me. Don't even twist the knife in my
00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:32.500
stomach, dude. Looking at this Autobot symbol
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and looking at this base, this blue base, if
00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:41.559
you... I know they would never... I don't think
00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:46.599
they would ever paint the base green. But if
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you painted the Autobot symbol here... the face
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of where the red is purple and you painted the
00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:58.859
rest of it black and you painted the base, the,
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like the toxitron green, that type of green,
00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:07.759
that would be shattered glass or something similar.
00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:10.200
I don't know what, whatever kind of, but basically
00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.299
it would be black and purple, the Autobot symbol
00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:15.160
for shattered glasses. And that would be the
00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:20.119
prime. I don't think I could control myself.
00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:22.759
I would probably have to buy it no matter what
00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.339
fucking cost it would be. I'm sorry. That's probably
00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:28.960
going to be my F -bomb for the show because,
00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.740
damn, I would probably have to buy it no matter
00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:42.039
the cost. Because, yeah. Freak. I can see that.
00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:47.809
Uh -huh. Yeah. You did that on purpose. Well,
00:24:47.890 --> 00:24:51.289
I was just reading somebody's comment on, but
00:24:51.289 --> 00:24:56.809
I, I mean, like there's, I'm, I'm on the fence
00:24:56.809 --> 00:24:58.470
with him. Like, cause I really do like him, but
00:24:58.470 --> 00:25:00.170
I'm like, if I'm going to buy a prime, I'm going
00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:03.569
to buy a laser at this point. Cause he's cheaper.
00:25:05.670 --> 00:25:10.910
Like he's legitimately cheaper. Like, and it's
00:25:10.910 --> 00:25:12.309
funny cause they have two different versions
00:25:12.309 --> 00:25:22.529
of him. Yeah. They have two, and they're both
00:25:22.529 --> 00:25:27.410
discounted on BBTS. One of them is Transformers
00:25:27.410 --> 00:25:30.390
Legacy Leader Laser Optimus Prime. The other
00:25:30.390 --> 00:25:33.829
one is Transformers Legacy United Leader G2 Universe
00:25:33.829 --> 00:25:38.490
Laser Optimus Prime. The same figure, different
00:25:38.490 --> 00:25:42.470
box. The one that's the original is 30 % off.
00:25:42.529 --> 00:25:47.130
The other one's 20%. If you were going to get
00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:53.599
them, Yeah. 38 bucks. I mean, it's not bad. Yeah.
00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:57.259
44 for the other one. So but it was like considering
00:25:57.259 --> 00:26:03.019
it was like 59. It's I've been watching it closely.
00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.000
Let's put it that way. Yeah. Now I'm looking
00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:12.000
at the. I'm looking at Autobot symbol Optimus
00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:16.000
Prime 07 where the person has it in their hand.
00:26:17.450 --> 00:26:19.990
I don't know if it's the size of the person's
00:26:19.990 --> 00:26:25.349
hands or if it's the size of the toy or if I'm
00:26:25.349 --> 00:26:28.349
just out of whack or out of sync with Voyagers.
00:26:28.769 --> 00:26:32.089
Does that look small? Like it's where he's pulling
00:26:32.089 --> 00:26:36.809
the symbol apart. Does that look small to you?
00:26:36.890 --> 00:26:40.130
Cause that looks like I got big hands, but like,
00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:42.490
does that look right? Like that looks tiny. I
00:26:42.490 --> 00:26:43.910
think it looks the size. I think it's a little
00:26:43.910 --> 00:26:49.119
bit bigger than a mouse. I honestly think so.
00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:52.980
I think it's cause like my hand, I have big hands
00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:56.779
too. Like, and I, I look at it and I'm like,
00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:01.839
you know, it's, it's big as, as big as one of
00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:06.779
my, my gaming mice. Yeah. Like I'm looking at,
00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:09.880
uh, I don't want to symbolize this Primo too,
00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:13.240
where he's just like palming it on the stand.
00:27:14.269 --> 00:27:18.029
And it looks a little bigger, but not much. And
00:27:18.029 --> 00:27:23.450
again, it goes to the pricing. $46 .99 without
00:27:23.450 --> 00:27:28.950
a sound chip or something? Without lights? Without
00:27:28.950 --> 00:27:31.390
anything? And I get it. The thing turns into
00:27:31.390 --> 00:27:34.250
a robot. I understand that it's not just a stationary
00:27:34.250 --> 00:27:37.670
Autobot symbol that doesn't do anything, that
00:27:37.670 --> 00:27:39.730
doesn't transform into something. I understand
00:27:39.730 --> 00:27:44.130
that. It's not a stationary item. But for crap's
00:27:44.130 --> 00:27:48.170
sake, this is a Voyager at $46 .99 that only
00:27:48.170 --> 00:27:51.690
transforms into a robot and back into an Autobot
00:27:51.690 --> 00:27:58.829
symbol? I still can't justify that price for
00:27:58.829 --> 00:28:02.289
how small this thing is. I agree with you. For
00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:06.509
being an Autobot symbol, this thing should be...
00:28:06.509 --> 00:28:12.960
How does that size class go again? What is it?
00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:17.519
Voyager? It's Deluxe Voyager Leader. Deluxe Voyager
00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:21.619
Leader. This should have been a leader at, well,
00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:29.019
leader prices are, Jesus. They're 59. Yeah. You're
00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:33.119
already charging me 46. Don't give them ideas.
00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.240
No, no, no, I don't. No, the prices have gone
00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.720
up. I know the prices have gone up. It's like
00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:43.700
any new Transformer. Oh, God. is already at that
00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:52.980
price like i looked and i'm like no i mean i
00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:55.059
guess technically if i'm just leaving it in symbol
00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:57.500
mode and again if it was ten dollars cheaper
00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:00.759
then again i could probably get it on sale somewhere
00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:04.900
again i'm just waiting for bbts yeah yeah no
00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:08.119
i know i know i'm just saying like i'm just saying
00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:12.130
like anyone that like to your point of Hasbro
00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:14.670
needing to see the sales numbers, whether they're
00:29:14.670 --> 00:29:17.069
going to make more symbols in the future, if
00:29:17.069 --> 00:29:19.650
this is going to do well in order for them to
00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:23.410
make the other ones. You're going to need people
00:29:23.410 --> 00:29:27.490
to early adopt and buy as much of these now at
00:29:27.490 --> 00:29:29.809
the price that it is because they're not going
00:29:29.809 --> 00:29:33.150
to lower the price now. So you're going to need
00:29:33.150 --> 00:29:39.650
people to buy at forty six ninety nine. So. Oh.
00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:48.589
oh boy i don't know i it's frustrating very very
00:29:48.589 --> 00:29:54.690
very frustrating all right and then we get into
00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:59.490
my issues even though i'm not gonna buy it but
00:29:59.490 --> 00:30:09.299
i saw the the battle damaged jesus christ the
00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:13.319
battle damaged transformer studio series more
00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.880
than meets the eye collection one shall fall
00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.779
megatron this is the in -hand images article
00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:24.200
and i just wanted to see the comparison time
00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.180
stuff with this because that's what they're doing
00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:29.920
in most of these is their well at least the first
00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:34.730
one they compared it to the original and Looks
00:30:34.730 --> 00:30:38.170
okay. Looks alright. I like the up -close look
00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:44.809
at it. My biggest problem with the battle -damaged
00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:58.069
one is when we get to... I don't even... Aside
00:30:58.069 --> 00:30:59.809
from the fact that you can't even find it in
00:30:59.809 --> 00:31:04.049
the store. Okay, outside of that fact. It's after
00:31:04.049 --> 00:31:09.509
Megatron shoots himself, which is just wrong.
00:31:09.650 --> 00:31:12.349
You should at least have Hot Rod standing there.
00:31:13.269 --> 00:31:15.950
That's funny because they showed this one and
00:31:15.950 --> 00:31:19.730
they showed the original Studio Series 86. Yeah.
00:31:19.990 --> 00:31:24.769
Side by side. Yeah. And this one's bigger. Yeah,
00:31:24.829 --> 00:31:30.049
it is. And I'm like, but I don't care. I don't.
00:31:30.049 --> 00:31:33.450
Yeah. It's in the first image. I didn't suspect
00:31:33.450 --> 00:31:36.150
that. It's in the first image, and it's in the
00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:39.609
one later. The one right after Prime is kneeling
00:31:39.609 --> 00:31:46.970
before him. But... So my thing is, if this is
00:31:46.970 --> 00:31:55.130
the battle -damaged one, okay? The regular one,
00:31:55.250 --> 00:31:57.829
the good one, you're going to want to transform
00:31:57.829 --> 00:32:00.170
that back and forth, because that's the good...
00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.460
that's the good looking one that's the handsome
00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:06.039
megatron let's call him this is the ugly megatron
00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:10.559
this is the one that's about to die why would
00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.859
you want to transform this guy they have him
00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:16.099
in tank mode i get it you i get it the person
00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:18.819
wanted to transform the figure the person who's
00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.400
taking the photos that wanted to transform the
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:24.460
figure i get that that's fine but like i i got
00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:27.259
to the point of the photo where he transformed
00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:31.819
him and i saw the battle damage chest because
00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:35.259
that's the front of the tank and i'm like okay
00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:37.819
i'm i wasn't even thinking about buying this
00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.759
figure in the first place but now i'm really
00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:44.140
not gonna buy it because why the hell like i
00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:49.519
i don't know man like just and then the fact
00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:54.160
that he can pull now did this person actually
00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:58.039
take the entire toy apart or does he come apart
00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:02.279
I think you took it apart. Okay. I think you
00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:04.680
could take the legs. They just slide off those,
00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:08.759
those pegs. If you slide his legs to the outer
00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:12.779
section, they'll come off. Okay. By the way,
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:16.420
I figured out what the toy line is. Yes. Heroes
00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:19.059
of Cybertron. Heroes of Cybertron. Yes, yes,
00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:22.779
yes. Yeah, that's, yeah, that's what it, yeah,
00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:26.559
that's, yeah. Because I had, I had the Power
00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:33.829
Master. apex optimus prime oh very cool yeah
00:33:33.829 --> 00:33:40.049
i'm not um not thrilled with uh battle damaged
00:33:40.049 --> 00:33:43.930
uh megatron here and again i'm not i wasn't gonna
00:33:43.930 --> 00:33:46.470
buy this in the first place but again we're here
00:33:46.470 --> 00:33:48.390
to talk about the news and give our opinions
00:33:48.390 --> 00:33:51.730
and stuff and like i was perfectly fine i thought
00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:54.450
it looked cool up until i got to the photo of
00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:00.559
transformed into alt mode because i was like
00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.819
if you're gonna get the battle damaged version
00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:06.359
you're gonna do everything in robot mode right
00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:14.639
like i would never like you don't even see him
00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:19.639
transform again no the next time you see him
00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.519
or prime they just lay there they just and lay
00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:27.000
there and die like You don't see the trailer.
00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.320
Where's the trailer? The whole time he's laying
00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.579
on that damn slab, where's that trailer? That's
00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.539
what I want to know. Where'd they put the trailer?
00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:39.900
Because it ain't in the garage. Megatron, you
00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:43.579
don't see his gun again. Next time you see a
00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:48.840
gun is when, you know, this is bad comedy. And
00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:51.179
then all of a sudden, you don't see a gun, you
00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:56.420
see a giant -ass cannon. uh you know so i don't
00:34:56.420 --> 00:35:01.400
know dude it just and again i get it the whole
00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:05.059
thing is let's do a redeco let's do a repaint
00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:07.360
let's get as and again they're getting as much
00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.420
out of the mold as they possibly can what is
00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:13.820
the price point on this thing anyway 59 50 oh
00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:16.199
okay all right that's fine people want to pay
00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:19.860
60 bucks for a damaged looking toy cool cool
00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:32.659
um But but yeah. Yeah, so it's not terrible.
00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:36.280
It's not terrible. I just I got to it and I'm
00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:42.119
like, what the hell is going on over here? I
00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:48.639
just didn't. I just I don't know. Wasn't wasn't
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:54.980
my my thing, I guess. I mean, I like it as an
00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:57.500
option. I do. I really do. I just wish that they
00:35:57.500 --> 00:36:01.219
gave us all of that in one package. Yeah, yeah,
00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:07.619
absolutely. Because then we could have swapped
00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:10.059
it out ourselves if we were wanting it. Yep.
00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:19.059
Absolutely, absolutely. That would be super cool.
00:36:20.269 --> 00:36:25.429
All right. Okay, so we got... It's comic time.
00:36:29.610 --> 00:36:32.389
I don't know if we have to bring that up. Maybe
00:36:32.389 --> 00:36:42.929
not. Trying to see if we have to bring up the
00:36:42.929 --> 00:36:47.809
G .I. Joe stuff at all. I wish that we could
00:36:47.809 --> 00:36:52.389
get a true G .I. Joe movie. Oh, Glaude. Yes,
00:36:52.510 --> 00:36:56.489
I know. But at least What's His Nuts isn't Hasbro
00:36:56.489 --> 00:37:00.610
passed on. Yeah, Max Landis' script. So there's
00:37:00.610 --> 00:37:08.050
that. But honestly, as a person who's on the
00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:12.110
raw edges of the G .I. Joe, who's always been
00:37:12.110 --> 00:37:18.269
on the raw edges of the G .I. Joe universe, it's,
00:37:18.269 --> 00:37:22.800
you know. It's been really good at Skybound.
00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:25.519
Really, really good. Yeah, we've been spoiled.
00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:34.179
Yep, yep, yep. So... So we don't... Okay. I thought
00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:37.360
we might have to cover the G .I. Joe solicitations.
00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:46.659
We don't. Because what did happen happened earlier
00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:50.329
this month. where Duke and Optimus Prime met
00:37:50.329 --> 00:37:52.929
face -to -face for the first time in issue 20.
00:37:53.369 --> 00:37:57.670
Duke and Prime. Yep. That already happened. Not
00:37:57.670 --> 00:38:06.250
really. It is a good issue. It is a really good
00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:09.289
issue. But no, we don't have to cover that. So
00:38:09.289 --> 00:38:14.050
I will throw that over here. Oops. Well, that's
00:38:14.050 --> 00:38:16.599
not where that's supposed to go. all right folks
00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:21.360
here we go image comics uh skybound entertainment
00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:26.119
under image comics we've got coming up here in
00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:33.199
april on april 8th if my voice will hold out
00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:36.780
i almost started sounding like megatron there
00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:41.239
for a minute uh april 8th 2026 we've got transformers
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:45.230
number 31 coming up This is starting a new story
00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:48.349
arc. The secret of Megatron revealed. Megatron
00:38:48.349 --> 00:38:51.030
has a vision that will change the course of his
00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:55.130
life. And no one in the Energon universe is safe.
00:38:56.789 --> 00:39:02.889
So for the previous five issues, issue 25 to
00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:07.309
30, the previous arc. was robert kirkman's first
00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:11.670
arc on the book and it had its own story arc
00:39:11.670 --> 00:39:14.469
and this that the other thing and everything
00:39:14.469 --> 00:39:18.150
else and all this and all that and it was okay
00:39:18.150 --> 00:39:25.610
it wasn't bad wasn't wasn't great but it was
00:39:25.610 --> 00:39:33.050
okay well i'm trying not to do full like i don't
00:39:33.050 --> 00:39:38.289
want to spoil it for everybody because go over
00:39:38.289 --> 00:39:40.650
to another comic review .com folks you can hear
00:39:40.650 --> 00:39:44.289
us talk about it over there all the time uh matrix
00:39:44.289 --> 00:39:46.969
prime and ryan the unknown flow and i talk about
00:39:46.969 --> 00:39:49.690
it over there all the time but it was just one
00:39:49.690 --> 00:39:53.429
of those things where robert kirkman also does
00:39:53.429 --> 00:39:56.050
void rivals at image comics and we love that
00:39:56.050 --> 00:39:59.849
book and we thought him coming into transformers
00:39:59.849 --> 00:40:02.510
because i've heard and seen him talk about his
00:40:02.510 --> 00:40:05.900
love for transformers And we thought it was going
00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:08.300
to be really, really great. And it was just kind
00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:12.599
of like middle of the road so far. So I'm more
00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:17.059
interested in what he's doing with Megatron's
00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:21.239
backstory in the series than I am what he did
00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:24.860
with his first story arc that he did. So that's
00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:32.429
coming up April 8th. And then let's... What else
00:40:32.429 --> 00:40:39.469
do we have? April 8th. April 29th. Both of the...
00:40:39.469 --> 00:40:46.269
Let me make sure I have it here. April 29th.
00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:49.530
Where is that? Oh, it's over here. That's why
00:40:49.530 --> 00:40:53.409
I couldn't see it. It was April 29th. Both of
00:40:53.409 --> 00:40:56.329
the deluxe hardcovers, book one and book two,
00:40:56.449 --> 00:41:02.130
are coming out together on the same day. So they're
00:41:02.130 --> 00:41:06.289
crazy, but this is cool. If you have never gotten
00:41:06.289 --> 00:41:09.469
any of the, if you, if you are new folks to the
00:41:09.469 --> 00:41:14.449
transformers comics at all, if you're a new reader,
00:41:14.590 --> 00:41:18.530
this is for you. Okay. You don't have to buy
00:41:18.530 --> 00:41:22.309
them all at once, but you should, but hardcover
00:41:22.309 --> 00:41:28.300
deluxe book one. April 29th, 2026. This collects
00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:34.360
Transformers numbers 1 through 12. Originally
00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:37.239
written by Daniel Warren Johnson. Art by Jorge
00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:44.280
Corona. Mike Spicer. Also Robert Kirkman from
00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:48.539
Void Rivals. Deluxe hardcover featuring direct
00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:51.179
market exclusive cover that will only be printed
00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:58.699
once. So the alternate cover for this, so they're
00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:06.980
doing, let's see, where is copy image? So this
00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:11.800
is the regular cover, so you can see it. This
00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:18.159
is the alternate cover. So Optimus is the regular,
00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:22.570
and Starscream is the alternate. Nice. I like
00:42:22.570 --> 00:42:26.289
the Prime one. Yeah, the Prime one's nice. It's
00:42:26.289 --> 00:42:29.670
very nice. But Starscream obviously has a lot
00:42:29.670 --> 00:42:33.449
to do with what's going on in the Energon universe
00:42:33.449 --> 00:42:36.769
in the first arc. Because Starscream was Daniel
00:42:36.769 --> 00:42:38.710
Warren Johnson's favorite character from the
00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:44.150
original. He grew up just like we grew up watching
00:42:44.150 --> 00:42:47.489
the cartoon kind of thing. So that's book one.
00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:52.579
Book two, same day release. Both of these. And
00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:54.400
this is I'm not trying to bury the lead here,
00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:56.300
folks. And this is why I say if you've never
00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:59.440
bought these before and you want a hardcover
00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:04.440
collected edition kind of thing, this is why
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.340
these are so cool. And if you've never bought
00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:09.159
them before and you're not double dipping like
00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:15.039
I would be if I did this, they're $50 each. But
00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:17.789
the reason. The reason why they're $50 each is
00:43:17.789 --> 00:43:21.010
they're deluxe hardcover collectible editions.
00:43:21.570 --> 00:43:27.949
These are not just your everyday trade paperback.
00:43:28.269 --> 00:43:32.750
You know what I mean? These are not just... You
00:43:32.750 --> 00:43:37.650
know what I mean? They're not a paperback. They're
00:43:37.650 --> 00:43:42.590
hardcover, hardbound books. You know, so they're
00:43:42.590 --> 00:43:46.690
not just whatever. So this one collects Transformers
00:43:46.690 --> 00:43:50.110
13 to 24 stories from Energon Universe Special
00:43:50.110 --> 00:43:59.070
2024 and 2025. So the only issue I have with
00:43:59.070 --> 00:44:01.570
this, this is the other half of Daniel Warren
00:44:01.570 --> 00:44:06.630
Johnson's run. And this is the free comic book
00:44:06.630 --> 00:44:13.639
day issues for 2024 and 2025. If you weren't
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:19.260
at free comic book day for 2024 or 2025, this
00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:23.300
is the best way to get those because they weren't
00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:30.179
really put out digitally. That sucks. And my
00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:33.480
only issue, and we even talked about this when
00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.159
we, when Jesse Ryan and I reviewed them on another
00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:41.340
comic review, Jesse's podcast. Issues 13 and
00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:48.219
14 are a Starscream mini -series type thing.
00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:52.780
It basically tells you Starscream's origin, but
00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:56.360
essentially it's like a spotlight. It's like
00:44:56.360 --> 00:45:00.179
a two -issue spotlight. So you end the second
00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:04.119
story arc completely. You have an end, like issue
00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:08.869
12 in the first hardcover. That ends the second
00:45:08.869 --> 00:45:12.429
story arc of the series. The third story arc
00:45:12.429 --> 00:45:19.050
starts with Starscream's origin. But by the time
00:45:19.050 --> 00:45:24.030
you end that origin at the end of issue 14, it
00:45:24.030 --> 00:45:31.409
doesn't connect to what starts in issue 15. There's
00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:34.090
no connective tissue between the end of issue
00:45:34.090 --> 00:45:38.690
12. and the beginning of issue 15 because you
00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:42.869
have this mini origin story for Starscream. They
00:45:42.869 --> 00:45:45.829
should have not put that there. Put it somewhere
00:45:45.829 --> 00:45:51.929
else and let issue 12 and 15 be connected together.
00:45:52.090 --> 00:45:56.150
It's so stupid and silly. But anyway, folks,
00:45:56.289 --> 00:46:02.050
that's the hardcovers coming out in April. Coming
00:46:02.050 --> 00:46:07.559
up in May, we have... issue okay we've got volume
00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:10.679
five which is called generation one oh my god
00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:14.019
the internet was a such a flurry when they announced
00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:17.880
they announced this oh my god it was oh my god
00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:20.719
everybody was like oh my god it's so horrible
00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:23.760
it's the worst title ever why would you title
00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:29.300
your book this oh my god um this is my first
00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:31.760
time actually seeing the alternate cover i think
00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:36.099
you saw the original cover This is the alternate,
00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:40.639
the original cover I will get in a moment. So
00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:47.820
this is coming May 6th. Robert Kirkman and Dan
00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:50.739
Mora usher in a new era of Transformers. The
00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:53.079
Energon universe will never be the same as the
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:55.840
Autobots and Decepticons kick off most surprising
00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:59.139
new chapter in their war on Earth. Optimus Prime
00:46:59.139 --> 00:47:02.469
and the Autobots must join forces with... Unlikely
00:47:02.469 --> 00:47:05.070
allies in order to protect their adopted planet,
00:47:05.269 --> 00:47:08.570
but Prime's next challenge lies closer to home
00:47:08.570 --> 00:47:12.449
than he ever imagined. Also, after their epic
00:47:12.449 --> 00:47:15.889
defeat, where are the Decepticons? The creative
00:47:15.889 --> 00:47:20.309
team of Robert Kirkman from Invincible, The Walking
00:47:20.309 --> 00:47:22.949
Dead, and Dan Mora, Justice League Unlimited,
00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:26.449
Superman, kick off the new direction for Transformers.
00:47:26.449 --> 00:47:30.070
That's more than meets the eye. Kalex Transformers
00:47:30.070 --> 00:47:38.309
number 25 to 30. I just sent you as the main
00:47:38.309 --> 00:47:46.750
cover there. But yeah, no. I don't know if when
00:47:46.750 --> 00:47:51.949
we get to volume five, I'll have a like lesser,
00:47:51.989 --> 00:47:58.599
like a less fresh look on this arc, but it. really
00:47:58.599 --> 00:48:03.280
just it didn't like i said earlier it wasn't
00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:07.800
bad but it wasn't like it didn't like that that
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:11.619
copy i just read makes it sound super epic and
00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:14.679
there were a couple of epic moments in it but
00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:18.000
the ending to it just i'm not gonna spoil the
00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.340
ending because you're eventually gonna i probably
00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:23.360
will read it because i've heard good things about
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.559
this brand as opposed to well absolutely no idw
00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:31.199
was good don't get me wrong it has its moments
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:36.400
where it is bad but don't um you're gonna read
00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.239
it with me because we're gonna cover it on the
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.460
pullback i already had like literally we have
00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:43.320
to talk about that but anyway the point is is
00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:46.539
that it just I don't know. Whatever. Anyway,
00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:52.519
coming up May 13th is issue 32 of Transformers.
00:48:52.780 --> 00:48:55.780
Alita 1's Autobot team revealed Alita returns
00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:58.820
to Cybertron with a surprising new Autobot team
00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:02.059
and their first mission is to defeat the Decepticons
00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:05.280
led by Shockwave. Can an unexpected weapon turn
00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:09.440
the tide in their favor? Dun, dun, dun. No, it
00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:19.059
can't. No, MacGuffins. Thank you. oh buddy oh
00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:24.679
you have no idea i mean i'm pretty sure you have
00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:31.679
an idea but um yeah it uh is a little rough and
00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:38.860
then we've seen this is this is what gets me
00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:45.429
we we've seen issues We've seen covers for issue
00:49:45.429 --> 00:49:49.929
33, but Image Comics' website has not updated
00:49:49.929 --> 00:49:54.190
the June issue. It has the solicit, but it doesn't
00:49:54.190 --> 00:50:00.130
have the covers. I don't know. I don't know.
00:50:00.250 --> 00:50:03.289
So I'm not going to read the June solicit. I
00:50:03.289 --> 00:50:06.210
refuse to do that until it actually has the covers.
00:50:06.429 --> 00:50:10.400
What I will tell you is that... Even though the
00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:12.860
trade paperback, which is what I will wait for,
00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:16.099
the trade paperback for Transformers the Movie
00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:19.179
Deluxe Edition hardcover will release August
00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:23.719
12th. However, they are going to do single issues
00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:26.440
for the 40th anniversary Transformers the Movie
00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:33.260
comic. So this is a miniseries premiere. Celebrate
00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:35.360
the 40th anniversary of the movie that defined
00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:38.599
a generation. Experience this new printing of
00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:40.960
the limited series adaptation of one of the most
00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:44.440
iconic animated films of all time, The Transformers,
00:50:44.440 --> 00:50:48.940
the movie. When Optimus Prime and Megatron wage
00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:51.760
their final battle on Earth, from the ashes rises
00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.980
a whole new beginning for the Autobots and Decepticons
00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:59.710
that is truly more than meets the eye. Re -presented,
00:50:59.969 --> 00:51:05.590
re -presented on a deluxe newsprint, this is
00:51:05.590 --> 00:51:08.989
the comic book celebration that no Transformers
00:51:08.989 --> 00:51:15.170
fan can miss. So this is, let me go to the actual
00:51:15.170 --> 00:51:24.650
trade version. So what this is going to be, this
00:51:24.650 --> 00:51:28.590
is the Transformers the movie one to three. And
00:51:28.590 --> 00:51:31.530
the Transformers, the animated movie, 1 to 4.
00:51:32.469 --> 00:51:34.869
So that's what's going to be in the trade. So
00:51:34.869 --> 00:51:39.650
they're doing the Marvel stuff and the IDW stuff.
00:51:41.130 --> 00:51:42.670
That's what's going to be in the trade coming
00:51:42.670 --> 00:51:46.329
out August 12th. But they're also going to do
00:51:46.329 --> 00:51:49.789
it single issue, too. Oh, nice. I mean, I've
00:51:49.789 --> 00:51:53.349
had multiple copies of this. That's what I understand
00:51:53.349 --> 00:51:56.570
that. And I'm fine picking up another one like
00:51:56.570 --> 00:51:59.550
that. I don't have those anymore. So, yeah. So
00:51:59.550 --> 00:52:02.889
that's what like when we were doing and we are
00:52:02.889 --> 00:52:04.929
still going to do the Marvel stuff. And that's
00:52:04.929 --> 00:52:08.889
why I'm kind of waiting to see how Skybound handles
00:52:08.889 --> 00:52:12.090
the other Marvel stuff when they get. Because,
00:52:12.090 --> 00:52:15.130
again, every new every new licensor, every new
00:52:15.130 --> 00:52:20.510
licensee that gets the license. When IDW had
00:52:20.510 --> 00:52:22.969
the license, I was like, oh, cool. I'll see how
00:52:22.969 --> 00:52:25.590
they have it or whatever. When they had the license
00:52:25.590 --> 00:52:27.730
and when we started doing the Marvel stuff and
00:52:27.730 --> 00:52:30.769
we still need to do more Marvel stuff for Transformers,
00:52:30.769 --> 00:52:33.849
I know. Now that Skybound has it, I'm waiting
00:52:33.849 --> 00:52:36.949
to see how they collect it to see where we left
00:52:36.949 --> 00:52:40.730
off with it. I know we covered up to a certain
00:52:40.730 --> 00:52:45.789
point. I don't know if we finished the, I think
00:52:45.789 --> 00:52:48.369
we finished up to issue 80 or something. I forget
00:52:48.369 --> 00:52:50.730
where I'll have to look in the pull bag archives,
00:52:50.769 --> 00:52:54.030
but specifically to transformers, the movie,
00:52:54.070 --> 00:52:57.829
I remember we said we wanted to cover it and
00:52:57.829 --> 00:53:00.429
I was like, Oh, okay, cool. I'll hunt down the
00:53:00.429 --> 00:53:04.530
files or whatever else. And just the last two,
00:53:04.610 --> 00:53:07.789
three years slipped away because of life and
00:53:07.789 --> 00:53:10.300
everything else. And now that Skybound has it
00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:12.239
and they already announced this and hello, this
00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:15.139
is the 40th anniversary. I'm like, ooh, yay.
00:53:15.300 --> 00:53:18.199
All I have to do is wait till August and we can
00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.139
cover it because it doesn't have to wait for
00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:24.579
Marvel or whatever kind of thing. So that's very,
00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:28.280
very, very cool. So that's all she wrote for
00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:32.400
that. Void Rivals. Let me see here. Void Rivals.
00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:36.360
Put us on war rages on. That's Void Rivals 29.
00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:40.619
That's out. April, Quintesson Ward, Durgan, Doolin,
00:53:40.699 --> 00:53:44.019
okay. Trying to see if there's any Transformers
00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:47.599
stuff in Void Rivals because sometimes I don't
00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:50.219
think there's going to be anything that Void
00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:58.519
Rivals needs to... I don't think so. Pretty sure.
00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:04.039
No Transformers. I will say hardcover coming
00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:07.780
out May 27th. uh, energon universe hardcover
00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:13.960
book two has, Oh, very cool. Yeah. Hardcover
00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:17.219
book two has hot rod on the cover for the main
00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:23.760
cover. And, uh, for the alternate cover, it has
00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:30.440
a very awesome season three villain that everybody
00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:37.289
just absolutely loves. Everybody loves the Skuxoid.
00:54:41.329 --> 00:54:47.389
In Void Rivals, the Skuxoids are awesome. So
00:54:47.389 --> 00:54:50.130
Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Hardcover Book 2 coming
00:54:50.130 --> 00:54:54.920
out May 27th, 2026. The Energon universe is hotter
00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:58.300
than ever as Hot Rod and Pythona make their way
00:54:58.300 --> 00:55:01.500
to the Sacred Ring. Will their arrival bring
00:55:01.500 --> 00:55:04.639
hope or spell certain doom for the Void Rivals?
00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:07.860
Meanwhile, Derek's loyalty is put to the test
00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:11.940
on Agoria as he is separated from Salila. Will
00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:15.179
he be able to prove his worth to his father or
00:55:15.179 --> 00:55:18.420
will another unexpected arrival incite war on
00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:21.380
his homeworld? The game -changing team of Robert
00:55:21.380 --> 00:55:27.750
Kirkman. Lorenzo DeFelice, Connor Hughes, and
00:55:27.750 --> 00:55:32.090
Patricio Del Pesce continue the critically acclaimed
00:55:32.090 --> 00:55:34.670
series exploring the most unexpected corners
00:55:34.670 --> 00:55:37.349
of the Energon universe in this beautiful deluxe
00:55:37.349 --> 00:55:41.230
hardcover. Let's avoid rivals 13 to 24 and a
00:55:41.230 --> 00:55:44.170
story from the 2025 Energon universe special.
00:55:45.010 --> 00:55:51.210
Dun, dun, dun. I just absolutely love what they
00:55:51.210 --> 00:55:53.969
are doing. in the comics right now it's just
00:55:53.969 --> 00:55:59.889
so fun it's so cool it's just it's so refreshing
00:55:59.889 --> 00:56:04.650
so refreshingly fun so awesome see that's how
00:56:04.650 --> 00:56:09.010
i felt when i jumped from like after marvel had
00:56:09.010 --> 00:56:11.650
the comics for years and then dreamwave got it
00:56:11.650 --> 00:56:15.230
yep and i liked the the difference in like the
00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:18.530
the detail and the story and i enjoyed it for
00:56:18.530 --> 00:56:22.119
a bit and then of course they went belly up and
00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:26.159
and then we got idw and i you know i liked some
00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:31.440
of it i wasn't like anti idw but um yeah it wasn't
00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:34.559
it wasn't bad it just wasn't something i enjoyed
00:56:34.559 --> 00:56:37.179
a lot of and i liked the spotlights and of course
00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:40.380
the beast wars stuff and and then we got to a
00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:44.539
certain point where it was kind of like i don't
00:56:44.539 --> 00:56:49.500
know like like i felt like it kind of got too
00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:52.889
convoluted for me And I just didn't care anymore.
00:56:53.289 --> 00:56:56.869
And so I kind of gave up on it. And then, you
00:56:56.869 --> 00:57:00.269
know, this I'm definitely very interested in
00:57:00.269 --> 00:57:06.949
what they're doing with. That, you know, this
00:57:06.949 --> 00:57:08.369
company, because I can't remember the name of
00:57:08.369 --> 00:57:14.349
it, Skybound. But yeah, I mean, I've liked a
00:57:14.349 --> 00:57:16.670
lot of the graphically, you know, the stuff that
00:57:16.670 --> 00:57:18.889
I've seen of it so far, I like a lot of the.
00:57:20.780 --> 00:57:23.360
stuff i'm hearing about the story so it's definitely
00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:26.059
something i'll check out in the near future well
00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:27.639
you're gonna have to because we're gonna cover
00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:35.280
it yeah so you and i are gonna go cover transformers
00:57:35.280 --> 00:57:37.360
and you got you and i are gonna cover void rivals
00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:40.179
over on the pull bag uh here very soon actually
00:57:41.570 --> 00:57:46.610
So, yeah. Up next, we have Beastly Blockies.
00:57:46.650 --> 00:57:49.170
We have Blockies Transformers Defender Version
00:57:49.170 --> 00:57:53.570
7 Power of the Beast Official Renders. These
00:57:53.570 --> 00:57:57.230
include characters such as Big Convoy with Matrix
00:57:57.230 --> 00:58:00.670
Buster, Super Chase. Lio Convoy with Cape and
00:58:00.670 --> 00:58:04.329
Weapons, Super Chase. Black Lio Convoy, Chase.
00:58:04.469 --> 00:58:07.070
Nemesis Prime, Chase. Big Convoy and Transformers
00:58:07.070 --> 00:58:10.690
Universe Deco. Big Convoy, Galvatron, Beast Wars
00:58:10.690 --> 00:58:15.690
Neo, Magmatron, Gigant Storm, Shattered Glass,
00:58:15.929 --> 00:58:19.469
Grimlock, Ratchet, Ratchet Alt Mode, Cliffjumper,
00:58:19.670 --> 00:58:23.670
Reformatted Galvatron, Sludge Dino Mode, Lio
00:58:23.670 --> 00:58:30.769
Convoy, and Lio Convoy Beast Mode. What do you
00:58:30.769 --> 00:58:35.619
think of these ones? I kind of like them. They
00:58:35.619 --> 00:58:37.500
kind of remind me of that Heroes of Cybertron
00:58:37.500 --> 00:58:39.480
thing. Like that's what the blockies remind me
00:58:39.480 --> 00:58:42.380
of. Only difference is you have to build these.
00:58:42.860 --> 00:58:46.219
Yeah, these are fully posable and you have to
00:58:46.219 --> 00:58:50.760
build these ones. So when I was cycling through
00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:55.760
these images, I was like, wait a minute. Hold
00:58:55.760 --> 00:58:59.019
on, let me go back. Did that say what I like?
00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:03.920
The Galvatron one. The reformatted or the Beast
00:59:03.920 --> 00:59:11.320
Wars Neo? It's the Beast Wars 2 Galvatron. Oh,
00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:17.440
this is Beast Wars Neo, but okay. Okay. I'm familiar
00:59:17.440 --> 00:59:21.719
with all of them. I know you are. I'm just saying
00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.579
what it says. That's all I'm saying. Wait a minute.
00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:33.820
Did it say? Shattered Glass, Grimlock, Gigasaur,
00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:39.139
Ranshaw, Sludge, Dinoblade, Beast, Big O, and
00:59:39.139 --> 00:59:50.679
Epsom. Why is there Ratchet? Oh, I'm getting
00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:55.960
confused. I was like, wait a minute. It's Shattered
00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:59.259
Glass, Grimlock. Shattered Glass. Shadowglass
00:59:59.259 --> 01:00:02.679
Grimlock is giving me Trypticon vibes. That's
01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:08.659
why I'm getting confused here. That's damn. Okay.
01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:11.820
Yeah. Yeah. So we got Ratchet. We got Cliff.
01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:17.440
Yeah. But that reformatted Galvatron, dude. Oh,
01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:22.500
my God. I saw that. And I'm like, yeah, can I
01:00:22.500 --> 01:00:25.420
just rip that off the screen, please? He does
01:00:25.420 --> 01:00:28.239
look cool. They had one like that of the Power
01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:33.199
Master Apex Prime back in the day. Yeah. And
01:00:33.199 --> 01:00:37.659
I was a fan of the and he was gold instead of
01:00:37.659 --> 01:00:41.960
purple. But it was like he was translucent, you
01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:43.960
know, gold. So they kind of look kind of premium
01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:52.219
and neat. Nice. Very cool. But yeah, no, they.
01:00:54.059 --> 01:00:57.000
Yeah, the Blockies people aren't playing around.
01:00:58.199 --> 01:01:08.960
They are playing for keeps. Definitely playing
01:01:08.960 --> 01:01:17.800
for keeps. And then up next we have... This was
01:01:17.800 --> 01:01:21.539
published a couple of days ago, but I think you
01:01:21.539 --> 01:01:28.750
can still... Vote now. You can vote to get Activision
01:01:28.750 --> 01:01:32.869
Transformers games added to the revived Xbox
01:01:32.869 --> 01:01:37.289
backwards compatibility program. So this is all
01:01:37.289 --> 01:01:40.829
about the recent news. Microsoft is reportedly
01:01:40.829 --> 01:01:43.329
bringing back its Xbox backwards compatibility
01:01:43.329 --> 01:01:49.489
program this year. And we thought it would be
01:01:49.489 --> 01:01:53.739
timely this weekend. to highlight a fan campaign
01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:57.300
that is currently going on to revive the Activision
01:01:57.300 --> 01:02:00.159
Transformers game, something that's been long
01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:04.199
requested. Games like many Activision titles
01:02:04.199 --> 01:02:06.039
were never added to the program. These games
01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:08.659
are great. I don't know why they... Absolutely.
01:02:09.159 --> 01:02:13.179
I still have them on my PC. They're beautiful.
01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:17.159
Yeah, absolutely. It just makes me want to, I
01:02:17.159 --> 01:02:22.160
don't know, punch them for... Yep. Absolutely.
01:02:22.160 --> 01:02:26.340
Yeah, they really should. I don't know why they're
01:02:26.340 --> 01:02:33.699
not. They absolutely should. And in other news,
01:02:34.039 --> 01:02:38.800
we have some, so from video games to music, gotta
01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:42.480
love it. Vince, the Cola is artistic transformations
01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:46.460
and the protoform sessions, albums, reissues
01:02:46.460 --> 01:02:50.500
announced. We have unexpected news coming from
01:02:50.500 --> 01:02:53.880
special edition music website Vince DeCola's
01:02:53.880 --> 01:02:58.860
Artistic Transformations and the Protoform Sessions
01:02:58.860 --> 01:03:02.659
albums are being reissued. Both albums will be
01:03:02.659 --> 01:03:05.639
available in both physical and digital formats,
01:03:05.900 --> 01:03:10.820
originally released as BotCon 2001 exclusives.
01:03:11.449 --> 01:03:15.090
They have gone up in price considerably over
01:03:15.090 --> 01:03:17.269
the years, so this is a great opportunity to
01:03:17.269 --> 01:03:20.489
grab them. Check the links below for prices and
01:03:20.489 --> 01:03:26.289
formats, including chances to get autographed
01:03:26.289 --> 01:03:29.829
copies. So this is awesome. This is very cool
01:03:29.829 --> 01:03:34.110
that you can get these. Very, very, very cool.
01:03:36.780 --> 01:03:39.900
So happy that Vince is able to get these discs
01:03:39.900 --> 01:03:46.900
out to people. So that is, that's there. We go
01:03:46.900 --> 01:03:50.780
back to, we actually, for the first time, we
01:03:50.780 --> 01:03:55.579
actually go to Yolo Park for this one. We get
01:03:55.579 --> 01:03:58.440
into some of their stuff with the next news story.
01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:04.119
The AMK series. Yep, AMK, Transformers, Beast
01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:08.280
Wars, Optimus Primal, and Dinobot. New images
01:04:08.280 --> 01:04:14.199
and videos. This is all you. I'm super geeked
01:04:14.199 --> 01:04:16.760
about this. They look awesome. They're really
01:04:16.760 --> 01:04:20.579
neat. It's like Masterpiece without the transformation.
01:04:21.179 --> 01:04:28.639
Yep. Yeah. I love the Optimus Primal. The Dinobot
01:04:28.639 --> 01:04:32.289
looks a little off, but I mean, I'd forgive it.
01:04:32.989 --> 01:04:42.170
Looks really neat. I'm definitely a fan. So I
01:04:42.170 --> 01:04:48.750
can't wait until we get Beast Megatron and Black
01:04:48.750 --> 01:04:55.050
Arachnia out of this group. One, I don't have
01:04:55.050 --> 01:05:00.860
a Black Arachnia kingdom anymore. I'm kind of
01:05:00.860 --> 01:05:03.519
like, I want one that I can move around and not
01:05:03.519 --> 01:05:06.639
be worried about destroying or damaging. Yeah.
01:05:07.980 --> 01:05:12.440
What looks off about Dinobot to you? It's something
01:05:12.440 --> 01:05:14.840
with his head and then some of the proportions.
01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:21.679
Okay. It's something to do with the way the heads,
01:05:21.800 --> 01:05:28.750
the different faces work and the... some of the
01:05:28.750 --> 01:05:34.289
different stuff with the his back and whatever
01:05:34.289 --> 01:05:38.429
like I don't know it's some of the coloring I
01:05:38.429 --> 01:05:41.570
it just something looks off and it I can't shake
01:05:41.570 --> 01:05:44.650
it like especially looking compared to like the
01:05:44.650 --> 01:05:49.570
actual masterpiece figure and from there so but
01:05:49.570 --> 01:05:55.650
primal looks really close like yeah it's amazing
01:05:55.650 --> 01:06:01.329
yeah Little little bit sleeker. But I'll forgive
01:06:01.329 --> 01:06:06.130
it. I don't mind this. I actually like the sleekness.
01:06:06.130 --> 01:06:13.150
Oh, I do, too, because I legitimately. I legitimately.
01:06:16.130 --> 01:06:20.949
Like the glossy look to my Transformers. So.
01:06:26.190 --> 01:06:29.070
Oh, yeah, I like the gloss. The gloss on him
01:06:29.070 --> 01:06:41.110
is so good. And oh, oh, they do. OK, I wasn't
01:06:41.110 --> 01:06:46.070
sure they were part of me does wine. The new
01:06:46.070 --> 01:06:51.030
that that primal. Part of me does. Yeah, but
01:06:51.030 --> 01:06:56.099
I have that figure the longest. Out of my masterpiece.
01:06:56.500 --> 01:06:59.360
I'm never going to transform it, but. Well, no.
01:07:00.460 --> 01:07:07.780
But yeah, I'm. I don't know. It depends. I might
01:07:07.780 --> 01:07:10.219
just because they're like. I think they're what?
01:07:10.340 --> 01:07:14.860
30 bucks. I don't know. I read something. They're
01:07:14.860 --> 01:07:21.840
going to be like 30 bucks. Let's see. I'm on
01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:27.230
a yellow park website. $29 .99 each, yep. That's
01:07:27.230 --> 01:07:31.250
not bad. $39 is not bad. They look great for
01:07:31.250 --> 01:07:34.309
that price. I mean, that's amazing. And then
01:07:34.309 --> 01:07:39.010
Megatron, of course. Yeah. Come on, Megatron.
01:07:39.070 --> 01:07:43.829
Come on, Yellow Park. I'm super excited. Yep,
01:07:43.829 --> 01:07:48.380
yep. I was almost going to say, I'm kind of glad
01:07:48.380 --> 01:07:51.119
he just has his Optimus Prime face. And then
01:07:51.119 --> 01:07:53.239
I looked at other images. I'm like, oh, no, he's
01:07:53.239 --> 01:07:58.119
got his primal. No, no, no. I know they give
01:07:58.119 --> 01:08:01.280
their stuff everything. I know they do. I was
01:08:01.280 --> 01:08:03.619
like, oh, they only gave him the one thing. But
01:08:03.619 --> 01:08:09.940
I know they gave him all the stuff. But, yeah,
01:08:10.099 --> 01:08:14.340
no, just wow. That is so cool. And ladies and
01:08:14.340 --> 01:08:17.140
gentlemen, what we're really here for, what we've
01:08:17.140 --> 01:08:21.439
been waiting for all night long, all night long.
01:08:21.899 --> 01:08:26.039
That's what she said. That's what she said. Beast
01:08:26.039 --> 01:08:32.800
Wars 30th Criticon Multipack. First look. All
01:08:32.800 --> 01:08:40.380
right. What do you got? I, I like it. But again,
01:08:40.439 --> 01:08:49.560
I don't because I already own them. so yeah I
01:08:49.560 --> 01:08:57.680
mean legitimately I I own all of them but Scorponok
01:08:57.680 --> 01:09:01.779
and Blackarachnia okay I did own them at one
01:09:01.779 --> 01:09:05.520
point but I one Scorponok's always been kind
01:09:05.520 --> 01:09:09.260
of goofy as a toy like one his claws fall apart
01:09:09.260 --> 01:09:13.340
yeah He's not tall enough. He's kind of like
01:09:13.340 --> 01:09:17.840
squat, scrunchy, you know, in the stomach. Yeah.
01:09:19.039 --> 01:09:23.500
And Blackarachnia is totally mispainted. Here,
01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:27.479
she's not. Right. Like, she's actually show accurate
01:09:27.479 --> 01:09:30.960
here. So is Tarantulas. Tarantulas isn't. Granted,
01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:32.960
the Tarantulas wasn't terrible either, like when
01:09:32.960 --> 01:09:36.979
it came out. And Inferno is pretty much spot
01:09:36.979 --> 01:09:39.220
on. Waspinator is spot on. Megatron, they gave
01:09:39.220 --> 01:09:42.039
him a little bit better of a paint. app here
01:09:42.039 --> 01:09:49.060
and then um pterosaur is still not right poor
01:09:49.060 --> 01:09:54.199
pterosaur he gets no respect so like because
01:09:54.199 --> 01:09:58.239
i i i remember like repainting part of pterosaur
01:09:58.239 --> 01:10:01.399
when i got him because i'm like he's not crisp
01:10:01.399 --> 01:10:03.720
enough he's not silver like he's missing all
01:10:03.720 --> 01:10:09.279
this you know and uh and megatron i didn't repaint
01:10:09.279 --> 01:10:13.859
i just used toy hacks, repro labels on them just
01:10:13.859 --> 01:10:18.060
to fix them. So I was like, I'm not even screwing
01:10:18.060 --> 01:10:21.859
with paint with that one. Blackarachnia, I tried
01:10:21.859 --> 01:10:24.939
with the one I had, and it came out decent, but
01:10:24.939 --> 01:10:27.039
I was never happy with it because they never
01:10:27.039 --> 01:10:29.199
came out with it. Somebody actually was able
01:10:29.199 --> 01:10:35.619
to sell it on eBay and make a decent amount off
01:10:35.619 --> 01:10:37.579
of it. I did the same thing with Cheetor, too,
01:10:37.659 --> 01:10:43.590
when he came out. yeah so there is that um i
01:10:43.590 --> 01:10:46.649
don't know i'm i'm happy for it for those that
01:10:46.649 --> 01:10:49.189
don't have them yet and there is a slight discount
01:10:49.189 --> 01:10:55.489
for it uh but i i'm kind of i'm probably probably
01:10:55.489 --> 01:10:57.829
sacrilegious for me to say this but i'm kind
01:10:57.829 --> 01:11:02.189
of sick of season one i know right like it's
01:11:02.189 --> 01:11:08.449
like okay i get it like it's like okay can we
01:11:09.079 --> 01:11:15.819
do anything other than season one yeah yeah no
01:11:15.819 --> 01:11:25.380
i get it like yeah but this is like i know we've
01:11:25.380 --> 01:11:28.260
seen other multi -packs before we've seen five
01:11:28.260 --> 01:11:32.699
packs we've seen four packs we've seen obviously
01:11:32.699 --> 01:11:35.920
the six pack gift pack for the constructor cons
01:11:37.609 --> 01:11:41.430
I can't think, and the audience can correct me.
01:11:41.449 --> 01:11:44.369
You can correct me. I don't care. I don't remember
01:11:44.369 --> 01:11:49.130
ever seeing a seven pack of anything in a long
01:11:49.130 --> 01:11:53.689
time. Well, okay. Yeah. But I'm saying that's
01:11:53.689 --> 01:11:57.329
what I'm talking about. Like for retail, like
01:11:57.329 --> 01:12:00.909
a retail item, that's probably going to cost
01:12:00.909 --> 01:12:06.439
you $220, $230. But again, you're getting seven
01:12:06.439 --> 01:12:13.880
figures. For $230, you're getting a leader class.
01:12:14.579 --> 01:12:25.399
You're getting a leader class for Megatron. Yeah,
01:12:25.439 --> 01:12:28.560
Megatron's, you know, $60 figure. Everybody else
01:12:28.560 --> 01:12:33.420
is not. Yeah, I'm trying. Okay, I know Blackarachnia
01:12:33.420 --> 01:12:35.710
is a deluxe. Well, they're all Deluxe's except
01:12:35.710 --> 01:12:38.949
for Inferno. Oh, Inferno's the Voyager. Okay.
01:12:39.029 --> 01:12:42.489
I was trying to. Okay. I don't know how the pricing
01:12:42.489 --> 01:12:45.430
breaks down on that because I've just not checked
01:12:45.430 --> 01:12:52.989
into it. Yeah. But. But. Yeah. Yeah. I want to
01:12:52.989 --> 01:12:56.109
say somebody found it, but I don't know if they
01:12:56.109 --> 01:13:00.229
did or not. Like 210 bucks or something for the
01:13:00.229 --> 01:13:03.569
figure. So for the set, which is again, it's
01:13:03.569 --> 01:13:07.420
not terrible. No, I'm just like, I've already
01:13:07.420 --> 01:13:10.140
done this, this rodeo, like I've already collected
01:13:10.140 --> 01:13:14.520
them all the hard way before. So it's like, I
01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:18.439
will pass on this. Plus, I have zero interest
01:13:18.439 --> 01:13:20.840
in, like I said, recollecting them just because
01:13:20.840 --> 01:13:29.100
this is the Takara version. Yeah. I don't know.
01:13:29.140 --> 01:13:36.739
I just. I just find it. Interesting that they're
01:13:36.739 --> 01:13:40.779
starting this to be the 30th anniversary celebration.
01:13:41.380 --> 01:13:44.340
I think it's cool that this is the start to the
01:13:44.340 --> 01:13:47.319
30th anniversary celebration. I hope there's
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more. I know they're going to show the Maximals,
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and then they'll, of course, hopefully have better
01:13:52.600 --> 01:13:56.640
paint decos too, but again, not supremely hopeful
01:13:56.640 --> 01:14:06.380
here. Yeah. Yeah. It's like rat trap. I remember
01:14:06.380 --> 01:14:09.199
was mispainted because I repainted him. Yeah.
01:14:09.939 --> 01:14:15.000
Air razor was mispainted. I repainted her. Rhinox.
01:14:15.020 --> 01:14:16.979
I would have repainted except for the fact that
01:14:16.979 --> 01:14:22.640
I already, you know, I already had one from thrilling
01:14:22.640 --> 01:14:32.960
30. Yeah. So. Hmm. Yeah. But I mean, overall,
01:14:33.340 --> 01:14:39.140
it's not bad. I heard people speculating prices,
01:14:39.279 --> 01:14:42.859
but that's why I said I heard the speculative
01:14:42.859 --> 01:14:57.720
price was like $220, $230. But I don't know.
01:15:00.460 --> 01:15:06.079
I don't know. But yeah, folks, I think that's...
01:15:06.720 --> 01:15:08.760
I think that's it. I think that's all we got.
01:15:09.359 --> 01:15:13.420
Yeah, I think that's all I got, too. I'm... What
01:15:13.420 --> 01:15:16.300
is it? I've been watching some other... There's
01:15:16.300 --> 01:15:19.939
another third -party company out there now that's
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doing some of the Masterpiece Beast Wars related
01:15:24.659 --> 01:15:30.100
stuff. Okay. And they're doing Transmetals, so
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I'm very hopeful on that. They're supposed to
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be doing Depth Charge. and they're making a masterpiece
01:15:37.229 --> 01:15:45.890
uh waspinator oh that sounds nice so uh and the
01:15:45.890 --> 01:15:48.170
funny thing is is he pops apart like the show
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oh they put the gimmick so like you can put his
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head on his hand so he's like pulling his own
01:15:54.729 --> 01:15:57.810
head with his hand type thing and i was like
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okay they they win the internet like that's and
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i was like nice yeah like man that one's like
01:16:03.750 --> 01:16:06.449
tempting just because wasp mater is like one
01:16:06.449 --> 01:16:09.470
of the main staples and then like and that's
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the same reason i was like on rat trap but i
01:16:11.449 --> 01:16:14.890
do have masterpiece transmetal rat trap which
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i liked too so i don't know i'm not like i'm
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not 100 like i can't i getting more masterpiece
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but at the same time i'm kind of like i would
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rather get more of the yellow if they were available
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Yeah, well, if you already had Masterpiece Rattrap,
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and that is the Season 1 Rattrap, the only way
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your third -party company that you're talking
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about could do something that would entice you,
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or at least if it was me in your shoes, the way
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that would entice me is if they did Season 2
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Roadster Rattrap, if they did Rattrap with Wii.
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Like, if they did the, you know, the Roadster
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I'm talking, you know. Yeah. Yeah. So that would
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entice me if it was roadster rat trap, that would
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be cool for me. Like, I don't know if that would
01:17:04.880 --> 01:17:07.779
be cool for you, but like, that would be the
01:17:07.779 --> 01:17:11.340
way to get me is if it was roadster rat trap,
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because at least that way I could, you know,
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run circles around tarantulas is dumb ass. And
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I do have the transmittal, uh, third party, uh,
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rat trap masterpiece. Oh, okay. So I am, I am
01:17:26.619 --> 01:17:39.960
already set up there. but yeah it's I'm enjoying
01:17:39.960 --> 01:17:47.020
this era and Transformers collecting so we'll
01:17:47.020 --> 01:17:51.199
see where things kind of go with it especially
01:17:51.199 --> 01:17:54.020
now with Eric being there and seeing whatever
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he's going to do in the future And he was responsible
01:17:56.890 --> 01:17:59.409
for the classics line. And it's not to say that,
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you know, he's going to be able to whip something
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up real quick. But I would love to see. I mean,
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we're getting up close to 30 years of Beast Machines.
01:18:09.770 --> 01:18:13.270
We've had no love for that show. No, unfortunately
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not. And it's sad. Yeah, it's very sad. So I'm
01:18:20.510 --> 01:18:24.159
kind of hoping we get something. With this new
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classics, you know, United, whatever, like this
01:18:28.539 --> 01:18:34.500
new line, the possibility of love for that show.
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And Beast Wars. I mean, never know. Anyways.
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Oh, absolutely. So I think that about rounds
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this episode out. So if anybody has anything
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they'd like to hear on a future episode of the
01:18:56.680 --> 01:19:00.380
podcast, they can email us feedback at geekcastradio
01:19:00.380 --> 01:19:03.279
.com. They can, of course, comment on the episode
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post and let us know what they're thinking of
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and what they would like to have us discuss,
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whether it be a discussion topic or more news
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or speculation on some new... Transformers figures
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or shows or whatever so yeah it's it'll be interesting
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to see where Transformers goes this year especially
01:19:28.560 --> 01:19:35.079
with personnel changes and whatnot so until next
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time transform and transcend
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Sentinel Online. Now loading all things Transformers.
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Hello and welcome to... All Things Transformers,
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I'm your host, Steve Megatron, and joining me
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on this adventure into the Transformers fandom
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is TFG1 Mike. What's up? What's up? No. Let's
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go. Yeah. Yeah, so there's actually some various
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Transformers news and toy news. There's a lot,
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folks. Buckle up. Yeah. So before we get into
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that, I wanted to bring up the fact that... As
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you may remember, I was 3D printing Megatron's
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mug to put on my head, and the original one I
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printed all in one shot fits my youngest child,
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not me. Because it goes down to the bottom lip,
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so it misses a whole chunk of my face. It doesn't
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fit. My nose gets crushed in it. So I expanded
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this thing, and I printed it in chunks, and of
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course, since then, I've learned that They have
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methods of printing these pieces so that they
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snap together. Like it'll create like the connection
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points where they will snap together. And I was
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unaware of that until a month ago. But then I
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was like, I've already printed all these different
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pieces like for it. I should have kept going
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because like in the transition of getting my
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new computer, I don't know what happened to the
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file. So I don't know, like because I had all
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five pieces apart on a build plate, like different
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build plates, and I cannot find the very top
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part of the mask. Oh, no. So I'm I'm spitballing
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here and I measured it yesterday and then I tried
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to print like a part of it, but it wasn't quite
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the right layer yet. Right. So I printed like
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a little, you know, a couple of layers thick
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just so that it was. decent enough I could put
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it on there and see if it fit and it wasn't quite
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there so I'm thinking I need to move up a couple
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more layers so I did so I'm going to try and
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test it out later but I'm hoping to get the cap
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done because I glued everything else together
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it does fit my noggin so I'll just have to put
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foam in it and then I need to figure out how
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I'm going to cut the eyes out because I found
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in my house like some of this like clear plastic
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material that's like thick enough that you could
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color over it you know the color of the eyeball
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with like a sharpie or something and then I have
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it light up so my goal is to make it light up
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so that I can be Megatron and then for Halloween
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I can you know I can wear it just the helmet
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don't care about the rest I'll just wear the
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helmet uh the other thing i want to try and do
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is i want to try and take the 3d model from the
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dark glass project and turn the head into a helmet
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like hollow it out on the inside and and print
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the transmetal megatron because that's obviously
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my favorite yeah which i'm still holding out
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hope for a uh a hasbro transmetal megatron release
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since we got kingdom with you know and we've
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had some some transmetals like i'm hoping we
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get depth charge and some of the other guys.
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Um, there's some, there's some masterpiece, you
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know, third party companies doing some of these,
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but I'm, I'm still like, I like the price point
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of the Hasbro stuff a little bit better still
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at this point in the size class. Um, there's
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only certain ones I'm willing to like splurge.
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Like I, I want the masterpiece rat trap. Yeah.
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But I'm not willing to spend what they want for
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it. So, I mean, if, what do they want for a masterpiece
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rat trap i don't even know they're like 140 what
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yeah i was like cheater was like 75 yeah and
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i got knockoff cheater for 40 so um so i'm like
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i'll wait for the knockoff rat trap which is
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horrible to say but and i'll see what it costs
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then like i i technically would Even wanted like
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Transmetal Tarantulas at one point, but I'm like,
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I don't really feel great about spending over
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100 bucks on that. So it was only worth it for
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like Optimal or Transmetal Megatron or, you know,
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those those type of situations. But. Yeah, I'm
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I'm just I'm just waiting. I don't there's nothing
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I absolutely need at this point. I've got my
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Studio Series 86 Megatron and Primal or not Primal
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Prime knockoffs and. honestly they look fine
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i didn't have any issue with uh not being able
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to find them at retail or having the pre -orders
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not make it yeah so yeah i was i was willing
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to you know do the right thing but they just
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they they didn't want my they didn't want my
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money so i i couldn't you know they wouldn't
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give me stuff so they didn't get the money yeah
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see that's the thing folks You give us stuff,
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we give you money. We give you money, you give
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us stuff. That's the whole spiel. And it's funny
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that you're talking about all of this because
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all of this is going to come up later when we
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talk about more of the news stuff. But something
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that was announced a year ago, I can't believe
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it was a year ago that this was originally announced.
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was announced late last year that famed Transformers
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designer Eric Siebenhaler would be filling in
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for Mark Mayer while he was on leave. Has now
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announced on his Instagram that he has fully
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rejoined the Hasbro design team. So I'm curious
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about this. I'm wondering... With Mark on leave,
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is Eric replacing Mark? Like, is that what's
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going on here? Is Mark coming back? I don't know.
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And I don't even know. Like, this is just what's
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on TFW2005 .com. But I didn't even see it there
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first. I am lucky enough, I guess, to be friends
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with Eric on Facebook. And I saw him post it
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there this morning. He says, I'm happy to announce
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officially that I am rejoining the Hasbro design
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team. For those of you that have known me for
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a while, you'll likely remember that I had a
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very intimate relationship with the company for
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12 years in the early 2000s. Then I walked away
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to go on a creative quest seeking growth and
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adventure. 12 years after that, I'm making my
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triumphant return. Here's to the future and bringing
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more awesome sauce to the world. And for those
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that don't know, for those that don't remember,
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when Eric was at Hasbro, he worked on Armada,
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Energon, and Cybertron brands, as well as Animated.
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For Armada, he worked on Tidal Wave and Laserbeak,
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Energon, Cliffjumper, and Downshift, Cybertron,
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Optimus Prime, and EVAC. Animated, he is responsible
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for the unique aesthetic of the entire line,
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including early concept work. for Devastator
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and the Constructor Cons. I'm sure he did more
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than just that. That's just the highlights. But
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yeah, it's interesting and cool to have Eric
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back. Again, I hope Mark is okay. You know, I
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don't ever want to see anything bad happen to
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anybody. So I hope Mark is all right. I didn't
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realize Mark had taken leave. I hadn't kept up
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with... Everything going on over there with the
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Hasbro employees. But yeah, Eric Siebenhiller
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is back at Hasbro. So that's what's going on
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there. To kick off the rest of the news, though.
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We got the Blocky's Defender version 7, Beast
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Wars 2, Leo Prime, and Galvatron, as well as
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Galaxy version 10, Arai's Rodimus Prime teaser
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images. So, yeah. We got the Galaxy version 10
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global debut, 2026 Blocky's. This is from their
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global partners conference. It says 2026 spring
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coming soon for these. What do you, I don't remember
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if I've ever asked you when I've, when we've
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covered, what do you think of the blocky stuff?
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They're basically model kits you have to build.
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I don't have a problem with them. I actually
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think they're kind of neat for people that just
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want, I mean, I can't remember what the heck
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they were called. They had them back in the day
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though. robot heroes um they were those were
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they the robot heroes i don't know uh they were
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they were like the kind of solid plastic that
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like the arms would move that was about it okay
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back in the maybe they were the robot heroes
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i don't know i i had it and it was in the early
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2000s okay well before like the movies and stuff
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like i had a yeah uh it was right around the
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time that the titanium's came out okay these
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were like these little two inch tall transformers
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and i had like master p or like the little uh
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power master prime and i had uh numerous other
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characters they weren't model kits though right
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they were just standard figures yeah i i could
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be wrong I'm probably wrong. People, you can
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write in feedback at geekcastradio .com. Say,
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hey, Mike, you're an idiot. I think you're thinking
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of Robot Heroes because I have Robot Heroes Ravage
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over there on my counter. I remember having Robot
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Heroes Optimus Prime. His arms moved up and down.
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The legs didn't move. The legs were just stationary.
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Because famously. Even though I'm a I'm originally
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from Massachusetts and I'm a huge Boston sports
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fan. Famously, I have a photo on Facebook of
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Optimus Prime pointing at the back of Tom Brady's
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head because everybody's like, oh, my God, Tom
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Brady's a whatever. You know, Optimus Prime was
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Tom Brady. You're a villain kind of thing, whatever.
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So kind of thing. So I think you're thinking
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of robot heroes. I might be wrong, but I think
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that's what you're thinking of. I will have the
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answer to that before we finish. Okay, good.
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I'm on the TF wiki. Okay, good. No, I did have,
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like, I always wanted, like, Star Convoy back
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in the day or Laser Optimus Prime. Like, I could
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get Laser Optimus Prime at this point. Yeah.
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Because he is discounted on BBTS. Yeah. Which
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is funny because I was like, man, I want this
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figure for so long, and now I'm like, it's in
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my grasp, and I'm like, eh. Yeah. yeah it's like
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do i need him no like do i want him kind of still
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like but it i think it's that that childhood
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holy grail figure yeah that i i know i saw it
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and i was like i can get this yep and then yeah
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jb toys closed down uh -huh yeah of course damn
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it yeah yeah yeah so i mean for me it was it
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was always that like i was super like peeved
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about it like i i would never end up with this
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this figure like and i that's been like the the
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story i've been telling for ages um and uh yeah
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so it wasn't wasn't robot masters it wasn't uh
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i'm getting through like I had the Titanium's
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Optimal Optimus and Scourge back in the day.
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I had to sit there and think about it. I'm like,
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oh yeah, I did have those. And then I always
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wanted the... Okay, so Eric, now that we're mentioning
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it, he was responsible for the Classics line.
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Yes, he was. He was also responsible for Classics.
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Which is great because I always wanted Classics,
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Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Yep. something terrible
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back in the day like i could not have well i
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when they came out it was 2006 i was so broke
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yeah um then they had the ultimate battle optimus
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prime that came out around that time with the
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g2 megatron and um yeah and then i got the i
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did buy the power master or not power master
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masterpiece mpo1 prime at target They had like
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a whole aisle of those things. Oh, yeah. Oh,
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yeah. And I was looking back. I'm like, I should
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have bought a few more. Yeah, because I bought
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them for 60 bucks. Oh, I sold them for 200. Oh,
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but no, you know, and they've made multiple laser
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Optimus Prime. They've made multiple. I still
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cannot believe like I'm still digging through
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the. the toys on prime and the list is just like,
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yeah, it's super long. So I'll come up to it
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at some point. You will, you'll, you'll get it
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before the end of the show. Uh, so the galaxy
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defender blocky version, uh, G two or not. What,
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what did I say? Generation two. What did I say?
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Uh, no beast wars two. I'm sorry. Beast wars
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two, uh, Leo prime and Galvatron. Uh, I, I was
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never super into these characters, and if it
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was any other Galvatron, I would probably pop
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for that one. But then, I mean, you got the other
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guy. You got the guy that saved the franchise.
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You got the one true Prime with the Matrix. Of
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course I'm going to try to get that. Rodimus
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with the Matrix. Hell yeah. That's awesome. That
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is super awesome. And then after that, we have
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something that technically should be about $10
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cheaper, everybody. And boy, it definitely should
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be $10 cheaper than what it is. So have you ever
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action figure. Oh, boy. Whatever. Okay, so it's
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$46 .99 USD. I... Oh, okay. So all the... Okay,
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I just want the product shots. I don't want the
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in -person shots here. I don't like the... I
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like the robot head. It's okay. It's a decent
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Optimus Prime head. The rest of the robot mode
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is ugly as hell. So this is a Voyager. Yeah,
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okay. But it still should be under 40. yeah because
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the feet look stupid like yeah the arms look
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cheap the legs look deep like i get what they
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were going for here and saying that you know
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it's oh it's a mess you know the original autobot
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here blah blah blah like yeah and i do love the
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concept like i like the shoulder thing i like
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the arms i like the head like the head sculpts
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awesome yeah the head sculpt is good I feel like
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the gray for the siding, like the paint job there
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could have been something a little bit more like
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they could have just made it blue. Yeah. So that
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it kind of fit with his motif. I like how the
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chest part works and how like the like basically
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everything, the upper torso looks great. The
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lower torso looks just chintzy. Well, the lower
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torso has to kind of look chintzy because you
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have to make it. I don't know. The lower... Okay,
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so I'm... Here, hold on. And I like the action
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shots they have in there included aside from
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the promo shot that's at the beginning. Because
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it does give you more of what it's going for.
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And just be told, I think it is really neat.
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I do like it. I just... I don't think it's worth
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that price. So, I don't know what image number
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this is, but I put it in Discord. I'm looking
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at one of the action shots here, because I was
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trying to get a better shot at the lower torso.
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Like, 04 looks pretty good. Okay, whatever number
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it is, I don't know. But I was trying to get
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a better look at where the torso and the waist...
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There's a shot where they have the torso turned
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to the, since we're looking at it, it's to our
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right facing, even though it's the robot's left
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fit, whatever, you know what I mean? And so you
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see the difference where the waist is and where
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the torso is. And I'm okay with it because number
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one, if I was to buy this. I'm never not going
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to have it in symbol mode, in alt mode. I'm looking
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at this full scale in, like I have it zoomed
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in on the upper part of his chest. Like you said,
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like I said, I love the way the robot head is.
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It's one of the coolest Optimus Prime heads on
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a robot I've ever seen. It's great. That's cool.
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I just, like, my thing is. I'm going to be like,
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this is my Autobots. This, to me, is a prop for
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my Funko Pops. It's an Autobot logo prop for
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my Autobot Funko Pops. It's not a... It would
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never... The only way that the $46 .99 price
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point for me would make sense is if this thing
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had a sound chip in it that made the Autobot...
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yeah the transforming sound yeah yeah yeah give
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me a like the autobot symbol on his chest like
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the little one or yeah or or if there was a button
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on top of the like on the little top of the thing
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um like give me a lego sound brick or something
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uh like that's the only way i see the 4699 price
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point being this way because again this like
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they say transform in 25 steps how many other
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what other transformers do we have that are the
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25 step transformers i don't remember off the
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top of my head without doing major research and
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doing a bunch of clicking and a bunch of typing
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that nobody wants to hear on a podcast i'd have
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to go on mute for 10 minutes and you'd have to
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go on talking about something else I do like
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this. I do like it. I think it is cool. I think
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it is great. I think it is interesting. Just
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needs to be $10 cheaper unless you add something
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to it for it to be that price. So that's, that's,
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that's my thoughts on this one. Um, good. So
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they, If this does well, though, they will do
00:22:44.430 --> 00:22:48.210
a Megatron likely with Decepticon symbol. And
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then I'm assuming we're going to get like a Maximal
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of Optimus Primal and Predacon of Megatron. And
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then at that point, I'd just have no leg to stand
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on. Yeah, you would have to get it. I would have
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to get both. Yeah, absolutely. Because people
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were like, oh, we could get Autobots, Decepticons,
00:23:08.089 --> 00:23:10.509
Maximals, Predacons, Terrorcons, Shattered Glass,
00:23:10.849 --> 00:23:14.349
blah, blah, blah. Oh, my God. This could be the
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last Autobot. Do you know the last Autobot from
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the comics? You could be the last Autobot with
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a different head. Dude, if you... Don't even
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threaten me. Don't even twist the knife in my
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stomach, dude. Looking at this Autobot symbol
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and looking at this base, this blue base, if
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you... I know they would never... I don't think
00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:46.599
they would ever paint the base green. But if
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you painted the Autobot symbol here... the face
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of where the red is purple and you painted the
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rest of it black and you painted the base, the,
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like the toxitron green, that type of green,
00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:07.759
that would be shattered glass or something similar.
00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:10.200
I don't know what, whatever kind of, but basically
00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.299
it would be black and purple, the Autobot symbol
00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:15.160
for shattered glasses. And that would be the
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prime. I don't think I could control myself.
00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:22.759
I would probably have to buy it no matter what
00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.339
fucking cost it would be. I'm sorry. That's probably
00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:28.960
going to be my F -bomb for the show because,
00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.740
damn, I would probably have to buy it no matter
00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:42.039
the cost. Because, yeah. Freak. I can see that.
00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:47.809
Uh -huh. Yeah. You did that on purpose. Well,
00:24:47.890 --> 00:24:51.289
I was just reading somebody's comment on, but
00:24:51.289 --> 00:24:56.809
I, I mean, like there's, I'm, I'm on the fence
00:24:56.809 --> 00:24:58.470
with him. Like, cause I really do like him, but
00:24:58.470 --> 00:25:00.170
I'm like, if I'm going to buy a prime, I'm going
00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:03.569
to buy a laser at this point. Cause he's cheaper.
00:25:05.670 --> 00:25:10.910
Like he's legitimately cheaper. Like, and it's
00:25:10.910 --> 00:25:12.309
funny cause they have two different versions
00:25:12.309 --> 00:25:22.529
of him. Yeah. They have two, and they're both
00:25:22.529 --> 00:25:27.410
discounted on BBTS. One of them is Transformers
00:25:27.410 --> 00:25:30.390
Legacy Leader Laser Optimus Prime. The other
00:25:30.390 --> 00:25:33.829
one is Transformers Legacy United Leader G2 Universe
00:25:33.829 --> 00:25:38.490
Laser Optimus Prime. The same figure, different
00:25:38.490 --> 00:25:42.470
box. The one that's the original is 30 % off.
00:25:42.529 --> 00:25:47.130
The other one's 20%. If you were going to get
00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:53.599
them, Yeah. 38 bucks. I mean, it's not bad. Yeah.
00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:57.259
44 for the other one. So but it was like considering
00:25:57.259 --> 00:26:03.019
it was like 59. It's I've been watching it closely.
00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.000
Let's put it that way. Yeah. Now I'm looking
00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:12.000
at the. I'm looking at Autobot symbol Optimus
00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:16.000
Prime 07 where the person has it in their hand.
00:26:17.450 --> 00:26:19.990
I don't know if it's the size of the person's
00:26:19.990 --> 00:26:25.349
hands or if it's the size of the toy or if I'm
00:26:25.349 --> 00:26:28.349
just out of whack or out of sync with Voyagers.
00:26:28.769 --> 00:26:32.089
Does that look small? Like it's where he's pulling
00:26:32.089 --> 00:26:36.809
the symbol apart. Does that look small to you?
00:26:36.890 --> 00:26:40.130
Cause that looks like I got big hands, but like,
00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:42.490
does that look right? Like that looks tiny. I
00:26:42.490 --> 00:26:43.910
think it looks the size. I think it's a little
00:26:43.910 --> 00:26:49.119
bit bigger than a mouse. I honestly think so.
00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:52.980
I think it's cause like my hand, I have big hands
00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:56.779
too. Like, and I, I look at it and I'm like,
00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:01.839
you know, it's, it's big as, as big as one of
00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:06.779
my, my gaming mice. Yeah. Like I'm looking at,
00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:09.880
uh, I don't want to symbolize this Primo too,
00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:13.240
where he's just like palming it on the stand.
00:27:14.269 --> 00:27:18.029
And it looks a little bigger, but not much. And
00:27:18.029 --> 00:27:23.450
again, it goes to the pricing. $46 .99 without
00:27:23.450 --> 00:27:28.950
a sound chip or something? Without lights? Without
00:27:28.950 --> 00:27:31.390
anything? And I get it. The thing turns into
00:27:31.390 --> 00:27:34.250
a robot. I understand that it's not just a stationary
00:27:34.250 --> 00:27:37.670
Autobot symbol that doesn't do anything, that
00:27:37.670 --> 00:27:39.730
doesn't transform into something. I understand
00:27:39.730 --> 00:27:44.130
that. It's not a stationary item. But for crap's
00:27:44.130 --> 00:27:48.170
sake, this is a Voyager at $46 .99 that only
00:27:48.170 --> 00:27:51.690
transforms into a robot and back into an Autobot
00:27:51.690 --> 00:27:58.829
symbol? I still can't justify that price for
00:27:58.829 --> 00:28:02.289
how small this thing is. I agree with you. For
00:28:02.289 --> 00:28:06.509
being an Autobot symbol, this thing should be...
00:28:06.509 --> 00:28:12.960
How does that size class go again? What is it?
00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:17.519
Voyager? It's Deluxe Voyager Leader. Deluxe Voyager
00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:21.619
Leader. This should have been a leader at, well,
00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:29.019
leader prices are, Jesus. They're 59. Yeah. You're
00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:33.119
already charging me 46. Don't give them ideas.
00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.240
No, no, no, I don't. No, the prices have gone
00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.720
up. I know the prices have gone up. It's like
00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:43.700
any new Transformer. Oh, God. is already at that
00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:52.980
price like i looked and i'm like no i mean i
00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:55.059
guess technically if i'm just leaving it in symbol
00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:57.500
mode and again if it was ten dollars cheaper
00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:00.759
then again i could probably get it on sale somewhere
00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:04.900
again i'm just waiting for bbts yeah yeah no
00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:08.119
i know i know i'm just saying like i'm just saying
00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:12.130
like anyone that like to your point of Hasbro
00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:14.670
needing to see the sales numbers, whether they're
00:29:14.670 --> 00:29:17.069
going to make more symbols in the future, if
00:29:17.069 --> 00:29:19.650
this is going to do well in order for them to
00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:23.410
make the other ones. You're going to need people
00:29:23.410 --> 00:29:27.490
to early adopt and buy as much of these now at
00:29:27.490 --> 00:29:29.809
the price that it is because they're not going
00:29:29.809 --> 00:29:33.150
to lower the price now. So you're going to need
00:29:33.150 --> 00:29:39.650
people to buy at forty six ninety nine. So. Oh.
00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:48.589
oh boy i don't know i it's frustrating very very
00:29:48.589 --> 00:29:54.690
very frustrating all right and then we get into
00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:59.490
my issues even though i'm not gonna buy it but
00:29:59.490 --> 00:30:09.299
i saw the the battle damaged jesus christ the
00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:13.319
battle damaged transformer studio series more
00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.880
than meets the eye collection one shall fall
00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.779
megatron this is the in -hand images article
00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:24.200
and i just wanted to see the comparison time
00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.180
stuff with this because that's what they're doing
00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:29.920
in most of these is their well at least the first
00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:34.730
one they compared it to the original and Looks
00:30:34.730 --> 00:30:38.170
okay. Looks alright. I like the up -close look
00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:44.809
at it. My biggest problem with the battle -damaged
00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:58.069
one is when we get to... I don't even... Aside
00:30:58.069 --> 00:30:59.809
from the fact that you can't even find it in
00:30:59.809 --> 00:31:04.049
the store. Okay, outside of that fact. It's after
00:31:04.049 --> 00:31:09.509
Megatron shoots himself, which is just wrong.
00:31:09.650 --> 00:31:12.349
You should at least have Hot Rod standing there.
00:31:13.269 --> 00:31:15.950
That's funny because they showed this one and
00:31:15.950 --> 00:31:19.730
they showed the original Studio Series 86. Yeah.
00:31:19.990 --> 00:31:24.769
Side by side. Yeah. And this one's bigger. Yeah,
00:31:24.829 --> 00:31:30.049
it is. And I'm like, but I don't care. I don't.
00:31:30.049 --> 00:31:33.450
Yeah. It's in the first image. I didn't suspect
00:31:33.450 --> 00:31:36.150
that. It's in the first image, and it's in the
00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:39.609
one later. The one right after Prime is kneeling
00:31:39.609 --> 00:31:46.970
before him. But... So my thing is, if this is
00:31:46.970 --> 00:31:55.130
the battle -damaged one, okay? The regular one,
00:31:55.250 --> 00:31:57.829
the good one, you're going to want to transform
00:31:57.829 --> 00:32:00.170
that back and forth, because that's the good...
00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.460
that's the good looking one that's the handsome
00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:06.039
megatron let's call him this is the ugly megatron
00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:10.559
this is the one that's about to die why would
00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.859
you want to transform this guy they have him
00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:16.099
in tank mode i get it you i get it the person
00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:18.819
wanted to transform the figure the person who's
00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.400
taking the photos that wanted to transform the
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:24.460
figure i get that that's fine but like i i got
00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:27.259
to the point of the photo where he transformed
00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:31.819
him and i saw the battle damage chest because
00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:35.259
that's the front of the tank and i'm like okay
00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:37.819
i'm i wasn't even thinking about buying this
00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.759
figure in the first place but now i'm really
00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:44.140
not gonna buy it because why the hell like i
00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:49.519
i don't know man like just and then the fact
00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:54.160
that he can pull now did this person actually
00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:58.039
take the entire toy apart or does he come apart
00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:02.279
I think you took it apart. Okay. I think you
00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:04.680
could take the legs. They just slide off those,
00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:08.759
those pegs. If you slide his legs to the outer
00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:12.779
section, they'll come off. Okay. By the way,
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:16.420
I figured out what the toy line is. Yes. Heroes
00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:19.059
of Cybertron. Heroes of Cybertron. Yes, yes,
00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:22.779
yes. Yeah, that's, yeah, that's what it, yeah,
00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:26.559
that's, yeah. Because I had, I had the Power
00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:33.829
Master. apex optimus prime oh very cool yeah
00:33:33.829 --> 00:33:40.049
i'm not um not thrilled with uh battle damaged
00:33:40.049 --> 00:33:43.930
uh megatron here and again i'm not i wasn't gonna
00:33:43.930 --> 00:33:46.470
buy this in the first place but again we're here
00:33:46.470 --> 00:33:48.390
to talk about the news and give our opinions
00:33:48.390 --> 00:33:51.730
and stuff and like i was perfectly fine i thought
00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:54.450
it looked cool up until i got to the photo of
00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:00.559
transformed into alt mode because i was like
00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.819
if you're gonna get the battle damaged version
00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:06.359
you're gonna do everything in robot mode right
00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:14.639
like i would never like you don't even see him
00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:19.639
transform again no the next time you see him
00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.519
or prime they just lay there they just and lay
00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:27.000
there and die like You don't see the trailer.
00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.320
Where's the trailer? The whole time he's laying
00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.579
on that damn slab, where's that trailer? That's
00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:35.539
what I want to know. Where'd they put the trailer?
00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:39.900
Because it ain't in the garage. Megatron, you
00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:43.579
don't see his gun again. Next time you see a
00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:48.840
gun is when, you know, this is bad comedy. And
00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:51.179
then all of a sudden, you don't see a gun, you
00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:56.420
see a giant -ass cannon. uh you know so i don't
00:34:56.420 --> 00:35:01.400
know dude it just and again i get it the whole
00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:05.059
thing is let's do a redeco let's do a repaint
00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:07.360
let's get as and again they're getting as much
00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.420
out of the mold as they possibly can what is
00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:13.820
the price point on this thing anyway 59 50 oh
00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:16.199
okay all right that's fine people want to pay
00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:19.860
60 bucks for a damaged looking toy cool cool
00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:32.659
um But but yeah. Yeah, so it's not terrible.
00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:36.280
It's not terrible. I just I got to it and I'm
00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:42.119
like, what the hell is going on over here? I
00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:48.639
just didn't. I just I don't know. Wasn't wasn't
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:54.980
my my thing, I guess. I mean, I like it as an
00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:57.500
option. I do. I really do. I just wish that they
00:35:57.500 --> 00:36:01.219
gave us all of that in one package. Yeah, yeah,
00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:07.619
absolutely. Because then we could have swapped
00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:10.059
it out ourselves if we were wanting it. Yep.
00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:19.059
Absolutely, absolutely. That would be super cool.
00:36:20.269 --> 00:36:25.429
All right. Okay, so we got... It's comic time.
00:36:29.610 --> 00:36:32.389
I don't know if we have to bring that up. Maybe
00:36:32.389 --> 00:36:42.929
not. Trying to see if we have to bring up the
00:36:42.929 --> 00:36:47.809
G .I. Joe stuff at all. I wish that we could
00:36:47.809 --> 00:36:52.389
get a true G .I. Joe movie. Oh, Glaude. Yes,
00:36:52.510 --> 00:36:56.489
I know. But at least What's His Nuts isn't Hasbro
00:36:56.489 --> 00:37:00.610
passed on. Yeah, Max Landis' script. So there's
00:37:00.610 --> 00:37:08.050
that. But honestly, as a person who's on the
00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:12.110
raw edges of the G .I. Joe, who's always been
00:37:12.110 --> 00:37:18.269
on the raw edges of the G .I. Joe universe, it's,
00:37:18.269 --> 00:37:22.800
you know. It's been really good at Skybound.
00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:25.519
Really, really good. Yeah, we've been spoiled.
00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:34.179
Yep, yep, yep. So... So we don't... Okay. I thought
00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:37.360
we might have to cover the G .I. Joe solicitations.
00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:46.659
We don't. Because what did happen happened earlier
00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:50.329
this month. where Duke and Optimus Prime met
00:37:50.329 --> 00:37:52.929
face -to -face for the first time in issue 20.
00:37:53.369 --> 00:37:57.670
Duke and Prime. Yep. That already happened. Not
00:37:57.670 --> 00:38:06.250
really. It is a good issue. It is a really good
00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:09.289
issue. But no, we don't have to cover that. So
00:38:09.289 --> 00:38:14.050
I will throw that over here. Oops. Well, that's
00:38:14.050 --> 00:38:16.599
not where that's supposed to go. all right folks
00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:21.360
here we go image comics uh skybound entertainment
00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:26.119
under image comics we've got coming up here in
00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:33.199
april on april 8th if my voice will hold out
00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:36.780
i almost started sounding like megatron there
00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:41.239
for a minute uh april 8th 2026 we've got transformers
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:45.230
number 31 coming up This is starting a new story
00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:48.349
arc. The secret of Megatron revealed. Megatron
00:38:48.349 --> 00:38:51.030
has a vision that will change the course of his
00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:55.130
life. And no one in the Energon universe is safe.
00:38:56.789 --> 00:39:02.889
So for the previous five issues, issue 25 to
00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:07.309
30, the previous arc. was robert kirkman's first
00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:11.670
arc on the book and it had its own story arc
00:39:11.670 --> 00:39:14.469
and this that the other thing and everything
00:39:14.469 --> 00:39:18.150
else and all this and all that and it was okay
00:39:18.150 --> 00:39:25.610
it wasn't bad wasn't wasn't great but it was
00:39:25.610 --> 00:39:33.050
okay well i'm trying not to do full like i don't
00:39:33.050 --> 00:39:38.289
want to spoil it for everybody because go over
00:39:38.289 --> 00:39:40.650
to another comic review .com folks you can hear
00:39:40.650 --> 00:39:44.289
us talk about it over there all the time uh matrix
00:39:44.289 --> 00:39:46.969
prime and ryan the unknown flow and i talk about
00:39:46.969 --> 00:39:49.690
it over there all the time but it was just one
00:39:49.690 --> 00:39:53.429
of those things where robert kirkman also does
00:39:53.429 --> 00:39:56.050
void rivals at image comics and we love that
00:39:56.050 --> 00:39:59.849
book and we thought him coming into transformers
00:39:59.849 --> 00:40:02.510
because i've heard and seen him talk about his
00:40:02.510 --> 00:40:05.900
love for transformers And we thought it was going
00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:08.300
to be really, really great. And it was just kind
00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:12.599
of like middle of the road so far. So I'm more
00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:17.059
interested in what he's doing with Megatron's
00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:21.239
backstory in the series than I am what he did
00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:24.860
with his first story arc that he did. So that's
00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:32.429
coming up April 8th. And then let's... What else
00:40:32.429 --> 00:40:39.469
do we have? April 8th. April 29th. Both of the...
00:40:39.469 --> 00:40:46.269
Let me make sure I have it here. April 29th.
00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:49.530
Where is that? Oh, it's over here. That's why
00:40:49.530 --> 00:40:53.409
I couldn't see it. It was April 29th. Both of
00:40:53.409 --> 00:40:56.329
the deluxe hardcovers, book one and book two,
00:40:56.449 --> 00:41:02.130
are coming out together on the same day. So they're
00:41:02.130 --> 00:41:06.289
crazy, but this is cool. If you have never gotten
00:41:06.289 --> 00:41:09.469
any of the, if you, if you are new folks to the
00:41:09.469 --> 00:41:14.449
transformers comics at all, if you're a new reader,
00:41:14.590 --> 00:41:18.530
this is for you. Okay. You don't have to buy
00:41:18.530 --> 00:41:22.309
them all at once, but you should, but hardcover
00:41:22.309 --> 00:41:28.300
deluxe book one. April 29th, 2026. This collects
00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:34.360
Transformers numbers 1 through 12. Originally
00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:37.239
written by Daniel Warren Johnson. Art by Jorge
00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:44.280
Corona. Mike Spicer. Also Robert Kirkman from
00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:48.539
Void Rivals. Deluxe hardcover featuring direct
00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:51.179
market exclusive cover that will only be printed
00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:58.699
once. So the alternate cover for this, so they're
00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:06.980
doing, let's see, where is copy image? So this
00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:11.800
is the regular cover, so you can see it. This
00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:18.159
is the alternate cover. So Optimus is the regular,
00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:22.570
and Starscream is the alternate. Nice. I like
00:42:22.570 --> 00:42:26.289
the Prime one. Yeah, the Prime one's nice. It's
00:42:26.289 --> 00:42:29.670
very nice. But Starscream obviously has a lot
00:42:29.670 --> 00:42:33.449
to do with what's going on in the Energon universe
00:42:33.449 --> 00:42:36.769
in the first arc. Because Starscream was Daniel
00:42:36.769 --> 00:42:38.710
Warren Johnson's favorite character from the
00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:44.150
original. He grew up just like we grew up watching
00:42:44.150 --> 00:42:47.489
the cartoon kind of thing. So that's book one.
00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:52.579
Book two, same day release. Both of these. And
00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:54.400
this is I'm not trying to bury the lead here,
00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:56.300
folks. And this is why I say if you've never
00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:59.440
bought these before and you want a hardcover
00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:04.440
collected edition kind of thing, this is why
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.340
these are so cool. And if you've never bought
00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:09.159
them before and you're not double dipping like
00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:15.039
I would be if I did this, they're $50 each. But
00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:17.789
the reason. The reason why they're $50 each is
00:43:17.789 --> 00:43:21.010
they're deluxe hardcover collectible editions.
00:43:21.570 --> 00:43:27.949
These are not just your everyday trade paperback.
00:43:28.269 --> 00:43:32.750
You know what I mean? These are not just... You
00:43:32.750 --> 00:43:37.650
know what I mean? They're not a paperback. They're
00:43:37.650 --> 00:43:42.590
hardcover, hardbound books. You know, so they're
00:43:42.590 --> 00:43:46.690
not just whatever. So this one collects Transformers
00:43:46.690 --> 00:43:50.110
13 to 24 stories from Energon Universe Special
00:43:50.110 --> 00:43:59.070
2024 and 2025. So the only issue I have with
00:43:59.070 --> 00:44:01.570
this, this is the other half of Daniel Warren
00:44:01.570 --> 00:44:06.630
Johnson's run. And this is the free comic book
00:44:06.630 --> 00:44:13.639
day issues for 2024 and 2025. If you weren't
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:19.260
at free comic book day for 2024 or 2025, this
00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:23.300
is the best way to get those because they weren't
00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:30.179
really put out digitally. That sucks. And my
00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:33.480
only issue, and we even talked about this when
00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.159
we, when Jesse Ryan and I reviewed them on another
00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:41.340
comic review, Jesse's podcast. Issues 13 and
00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:48.219
14 are a Starscream mini -series type thing.
00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:52.780
It basically tells you Starscream's origin, but
00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:56.360
essentially it's like a spotlight. It's like
00:44:56.360 --> 00:45:00.179
a two -issue spotlight. So you end the second
00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:04.119
story arc completely. You have an end, like issue
00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:08.869
12 in the first hardcover. That ends the second
00:45:08.869 --> 00:45:12.429
story arc of the series. The third story arc
00:45:12.429 --> 00:45:19.050
starts with Starscream's origin. But by the time
00:45:19.050 --> 00:45:24.030
you end that origin at the end of issue 14, it
00:45:24.030 --> 00:45:31.409
doesn't connect to what starts in issue 15. There's
00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:34.090
no connective tissue between the end of issue
00:45:34.090 --> 00:45:38.690
12. and the beginning of issue 15 because you
00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:42.869
have this mini origin story for Starscream. They
00:45:42.869 --> 00:45:45.829
should have not put that there. Put it somewhere
00:45:45.829 --> 00:45:51.929
else and let issue 12 and 15 be connected together.
00:45:52.090 --> 00:45:56.150
It's so stupid and silly. But anyway, folks,
00:45:56.289 --> 00:46:02.050
that's the hardcovers coming out in April. Coming
00:46:02.050 --> 00:46:07.559
up in May, we have... issue okay we've got volume
00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:10.679
five which is called generation one oh my god
00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:14.019
the internet was a such a flurry when they announced
00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:17.880
they announced this oh my god it was oh my god
00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:20.719
everybody was like oh my god it's so horrible
00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:23.760
it's the worst title ever why would you title
00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:29.300
your book this oh my god um this is my first
00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:31.760
time actually seeing the alternate cover i think
00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:36.099
you saw the original cover This is the alternate,
00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:40.639
the original cover I will get in a moment. So
00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:47.820
this is coming May 6th. Robert Kirkman and Dan
00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:50.739
Mora usher in a new era of Transformers. The
00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:53.079
Energon universe will never be the same as the
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:55.840
Autobots and Decepticons kick off most surprising
00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:59.139
new chapter in their war on Earth. Optimus Prime
00:46:59.139 --> 00:47:02.469
and the Autobots must join forces with... Unlikely
00:47:02.469 --> 00:47:05.070
allies in order to protect their adopted planet,
00:47:05.269 --> 00:47:08.570
but Prime's next challenge lies closer to home
00:47:08.570 --> 00:47:12.449
than he ever imagined. Also, after their epic
00:47:12.449 --> 00:47:15.889
defeat, where are the Decepticons? The creative
00:47:15.889 --> 00:47:20.309
team of Robert Kirkman from Invincible, The Walking
00:47:20.309 --> 00:47:22.949
Dead, and Dan Mora, Justice League Unlimited,
00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:26.449
Superman, kick off the new direction for Transformers.
00:47:26.449 --> 00:47:30.070
That's more than meets the eye. Kalex Transformers
00:47:30.070 --> 00:47:38.309
number 25 to 30. I just sent you as the main
00:47:38.309 --> 00:47:46.750
cover there. But yeah, no. I don't know if when
00:47:46.750 --> 00:47:51.949
we get to volume five, I'll have a like lesser,
00:47:51.989 --> 00:47:58.599
like a less fresh look on this arc, but it. really
00:47:58.599 --> 00:48:03.280
just it didn't like i said earlier it wasn't
00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:07.800
bad but it wasn't like it didn't like that that
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:11.619
copy i just read makes it sound super epic and
00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:14.679
there were a couple of epic moments in it but
00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:18.000
the ending to it just i'm not gonna spoil the
00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.340
ending because you're eventually gonna i probably
00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:23.360
will read it because i've heard good things about
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.559
this brand as opposed to well absolutely no idw
00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:31.199
was good don't get me wrong it has its moments
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:36.400
where it is bad but don't um you're gonna read
00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.239
it with me because we're gonna cover it on the
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.460
pullback i already had like literally we have
00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:43.320
to talk about that but anyway the point is is
00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:46.539
that it just I don't know. Whatever. Anyway,
00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:52.519
coming up May 13th is issue 32 of Transformers.
00:48:52.780 --> 00:48:55.780
Alita 1's Autobot team revealed Alita returns
00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:58.820
to Cybertron with a surprising new Autobot team
00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:02.059
and their first mission is to defeat the Decepticons
00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:05.280
led by Shockwave. Can an unexpected weapon turn
00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:09.440
the tide in their favor? Dun, dun, dun. No, it
00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:19.059
can't. No, MacGuffins. Thank you. oh buddy oh
00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:24.679
you have no idea i mean i'm pretty sure you have
00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:31.679
an idea but um yeah it uh is a little rough and
00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:38.860
then we've seen this is this is what gets me
00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:45.429
we we've seen issues We've seen covers for issue
00:49:45.429 --> 00:49:49.929
33, but Image Comics' website has not updated
00:49:49.929 --> 00:49:54.190
the June issue. It has the solicit, but it doesn't
00:49:54.190 --> 00:50:00.130
have the covers. I don't know. I don't know.
00:50:00.250 --> 00:50:03.289
So I'm not going to read the June solicit. I
00:50:03.289 --> 00:50:06.210
refuse to do that until it actually has the covers.
00:50:06.429 --> 00:50:10.400
What I will tell you is that... Even though the
00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:12.860
trade paperback, which is what I will wait for,
00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:16.099
the trade paperback for Transformers the Movie
00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:19.179
Deluxe Edition hardcover will release August
00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:23.719
12th. However, they are going to do single issues
00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:26.440
for the 40th anniversary Transformers the Movie
00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:33.260
comic. So this is a miniseries premiere. Celebrate
00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:35.360
the 40th anniversary of the movie that defined
00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:38.599
a generation. Experience this new printing of
00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:40.960
the limited series adaptation of one of the most
00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:44.440
iconic animated films of all time, The Transformers,
00:50:44.440 --> 00:50:48.940
the movie. When Optimus Prime and Megatron wage
00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:51.760
their final battle on Earth, from the ashes rises
00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.980
a whole new beginning for the Autobots and Decepticons
00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:59.710
that is truly more than meets the eye. Re -presented,
00:50:59.969 --> 00:51:05.590
re -presented on a deluxe newsprint, this is
00:51:05.590 --> 00:51:08.989
the comic book celebration that no Transformers
00:51:08.989 --> 00:51:15.170
fan can miss. So this is, let me go to the actual
00:51:15.170 --> 00:51:24.650
trade version. So what this is going to be, this
00:51:24.650 --> 00:51:28.590
is the Transformers the movie one to three. And
00:51:28.590 --> 00:51:31.530
the Transformers, the animated movie, 1 to 4.
00:51:32.469 --> 00:51:34.869
So that's what's going to be in the trade. So
00:51:34.869 --> 00:51:39.650
they're doing the Marvel stuff and the IDW stuff.
00:51:41.130 --> 00:51:42.670
That's what's going to be in the trade coming
00:51:42.670 --> 00:51:46.329
out August 12th. But they're also going to do
00:51:46.329 --> 00:51:49.789
it single issue, too. Oh, nice. I mean, I've
00:51:49.789 --> 00:51:53.349
had multiple copies of this. That's what I understand
00:51:53.349 --> 00:51:56.570
that. And I'm fine picking up another one like
00:51:56.570 --> 00:51:59.550
that. I don't have those anymore. So, yeah. So
00:51:59.550 --> 00:52:02.889
that's what like when we were doing and we are
00:52:02.889 --> 00:52:04.929
still going to do the Marvel stuff. And that's
00:52:04.929 --> 00:52:08.889
why I'm kind of waiting to see how Skybound handles
00:52:08.889 --> 00:52:12.090
the other Marvel stuff when they get. Because,
00:52:12.090 --> 00:52:15.130
again, every new every new licensor, every new
00:52:15.130 --> 00:52:20.510
licensee that gets the license. When IDW had
00:52:20.510 --> 00:52:22.969
the license, I was like, oh, cool. I'll see how
00:52:22.969 --> 00:52:25.590
they have it or whatever. When they had the license
00:52:25.590 --> 00:52:27.730
and when we started doing the Marvel stuff and
00:52:27.730 --> 00:52:30.769
we still need to do more Marvel stuff for Transformers,
00:52:30.769 --> 00:52:33.849
I know. Now that Skybound has it, I'm waiting
00:52:33.849 --> 00:52:36.949
to see how they collect it to see where we left
00:52:36.949 --> 00:52:40.730
off with it. I know we covered up to a certain
00:52:40.730 --> 00:52:45.789
point. I don't know if we finished the, I think
00:52:45.789 --> 00:52:48.369
we finished up to issue 80 or something. I forget
00:52:48.369 --> 00:52:50.730
where I'll have to look in the pull bag archives,
00:52:50.769 --> 00:52:54.030
but specifically to transformers, the movie,
00:52:54.070 --> 00:52:57.829
I remember we said we wanted to cover it and
00:52:57.829 --> 00:53:00.429
I was like, Oh, okay, cool. I'll hunt down the
00:53:00.429 --> 00:53:04.530
files or whatever else. And just the last two,
00:53:04.610 --> 00:53:07.789
three years slipped away because of life and
00:53:07.789 --> 00:53:10.300
everything else. And now that Skybound has it
00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:12.239
and they already announced this and hello, this
00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:15.139
is the 40th anniversary. I'm like, ooh, yay.
00:53:15.300 --> 00:53:18.199
All I have to do is wait till August and we can
00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.139
cover it because it doesn't have to wait for
00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:24.579
Marvel or whatever kind of thing. So that's very,
00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:28.280
very, very cool. So that's all she wrote for
00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:32.400
that. Void Rivals. Let me see here. Void Rivals.
00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:36.360
Put us on war rages on. That's Void Rivals 29.
00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:40.619
That's out. April, Quintesson Ward, Durgan, Doolin,
00:53:40.699 --> 00:53:44.019
okay. Trying to see if there's any Transformers
00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:47.599
stuff in Void Rivals because sometimes I don't
00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:50.219
think there's going to be anything that Void
00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:58.519
Rivals needs to... I don't think so. Pretty sure.
00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:04.039
No Transformers. I will say hardcover coming
00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:07.780
out May 27th. uh, energon universe hardcover
00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:13.960
book two has, Oh, very cool. Yeah. Hardcover
00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:17.219
book two has hot rod on the cover for the main
00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:23.760
cover. And, uh, for the alternate cover, it has
00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:30.440
a very awesome season three villain that everybody
00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:37.289
just absolutely loves. Everybody loves the Skuxoid.
00:54:41.329 --> 00:54:47.389
In Void Rivals, the Skuxoids are awesome. So
00:54:47.389 --> 00:54:50.130
Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Hardcover Book 2 coming
00:54:50.130 --> 00:54:54.920
out May 27th, 2026. The Energon universe is hotter
00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:58.300
than ever as Hot Rod and Pythona make their way
00:54:58.300 --> 00:55:01.500
to the Sacred Ring. Will their arrival bring
00:55:01.500 --> 00:55:04.639
hope or spell certain doom for the Void Rivals?
00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:07.860
Meanwhile, Derek's loyalty is put to the test
00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:11.940
on Agoria as he is separated from Salila. Will
00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:15.179
he be able to prove his worth to his father or
00:55:15.179 --> 00:55:18.420
will another unexpected arrival incite war on
00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:21.380
his homeworld? The game -changing team of Robert
00:55:21.380 --> 00:55:27.750
Kirkman. Lorenzo DeFelice, Connor Hughes, and
00:55:27.750 --> 00:55:32.090
Patricio Del Pesce continue the critically acclaimed
00:55:32.090 --> 00:55:34.670
series exploring the most unexpected corners
00:55:34.670 --> 00:55:37.349
of the Energon universe in this beautiful deluxe
00:55:37.349 --> 00:55:41.230
hardcover. Let's avoid rivals 13 to 24 and a
00:55:41.230 --> 00:55:44.170
story from the 2025 Energon universe special.
00:55:45.010 --> 00:55:51.210
Dun, dun, dun. I just absolutely love what they
00:55:51.210 --> 00:55:53.969
are doing. in the comics right now it's just
00:55:53.969 --> 00:55:59.889
so fun it's so cool it's just it's so refreshing
00:55:59.889 --> 00:56:04.650
so refreshingly fun so awesome see that's how
00:56:04.650 --> 00:56:09.010
i felt when i jumped from like after marvel had
00:56:09.010 --> 00:56:11.650
the comics for years and then dreamwave got it
00:56:11.650 --> 00:56:15.230
yep and i liked the the difference in like the
00:56:15.230 --> 00:56:18.530
the detail and the story and i enjoyed it for
00:56:18.530 --> 00:56:22.119
a bit and then of course they went belly up and
00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:26.159
and then we got idw and i you know i liked some
00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:31.440
of it i wasn't like anti idw but um yeah it wasn't
00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:34.559
it wasn't bad it just wasn't something i enjoyed
00:56:34.559 --> 00:56:37.179
a lot of and i liked the spotlights and of course
00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:40.380
the beast wars stuff and and then we got to a
00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:44.539
certain point where it was kind of like i don't
00:56:44.539 --> 00:56:49.500
know like like i felt like it kind of got too
00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:52.889
convoluted for me And I just didn't care anymore.
00:56:53.289 --> 00:56:56.869
And so I kind of gave up on it. And then, you
00:56:56.869 --> 00:57:00.269
know, this I'm definitely very interested in
00:57:00.269 --> 00:57:06.949
what they're doing with. That, you know, this
00:57:06.949 --> 00:57:08.369
company, because I can't remember the name of
00:57:08.369 --> 00:57:14.349
it, Skybound. But yeah, I mean, I've liked a
00:57:14.349 --> 00:57:16.670
lot of the graphically, you know, the stuff that
00:57:16.670 --> 00:57:18.889
I've seen of it so far, I like a lot of the.
00:57:20.780 --> 00:57:23.360
stuff i'm hearing about the story so it's definitely
00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:26.059
something i'll check out in the near future well
00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:27.639
you're gonna have to because we're gonna cover
00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:35.280
it yeah so you and i are gonna go cover transformers
00:57:35.280 --> 00:57:37.360
and you got you and i are gonna cover void rivals
00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:40.179
over on the pull bag uh here very soon actually
00:57:41.570 --> 00:57:46.610
So, yeah. Up next, we have Beastly Blockies.
00:57:46.650 --> 00:57:49.170
We have Blockies Transformers Defender Version
00:57:49.170 --> 00:57:53.570
7 Power of the Beast Official Renders. These
00:57:53.570 --> 00:57:57.230
include characters such as Big Convoy with Matrix
00:57:57.230 --> 00:58:00.670
Buster, Super Chase. Lio Convoy with Cape and
00:58:00.670 --> 00:58:04.329
Weapons, Super Chase. Black Lio Convoy, Chase.
00:58:04.469 --> 00:58:07.070
Nemesis Prime, Chase. Big Convoy and Transformers
00:58:07.070 --> 00:58:10.690
Universe Deco. Big Convoy, Galvatron, Beast Wars
00:58:10.690 --> 00:58:15.690
Neo, Magmatron, Gigant Storm, Shattered Glass,
00:58:15.929 --> 00:58:19.469
Grimlock, Ratchet, Ratchet Alt Mode, Cliffjumper,
00:58:19.670 --> 00:58:23.670
Reformatted Galvatron, Sludge Dino Mode, Lio
00:58:23.670 --> 00:58:30.769
Convoy, and Lio Convoy Beast Mode. What do you
00:58:30.769 --> 00:58:35.619
think of these ones? I kind of like them. They
00:58:35.619 --> 00:58:37.500
kind of remind me of that Heroes of Cybertron
00:58:37.500 --> 00:58:39.480
thing. Like that's what the blockies remind me
00:58:39.480 --> 00:58:42.380
of. Only difference is you have to build these.
00:58:42.860 --> 00:58:46.219
Yeah, these are fully posable and you have to
00:58:46.219 --> 00:58:50.760
build these ones. So when I was cycling through
00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:55.760
these images, I was like, wait a minute. Hold
00:58:55.760 --> 00:58:59.019
on, let me go back. Did that say what I like?
00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:03.920
The Galvatron one. The reformatted or the Beast
00:59:03.920 --> 00:59:11.320
Wars Neo? It's the Beast Wars 2 Galvatron. Oh,
00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:17.440
this is Beast Wars Neo, but okay. Okay. I'm familiar
00:59:17.440 --> 00:59:21.719
with all of them. I know you are. I'm just saying
00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.579
what it says. That's all I'm saying. Wait a minute.
00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:33.820
Did it say? Shattered Glass, Grimlock, Gigasaur,
00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:39.139
Ranshaw, Sludge, Dinoblade, Beast, Big O, and
00:59:39.139 --> 00:59:50.679
Epsom. Why is there Ratchet? Oh, I'm getting
00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:55.960
confused. I was like, wait a minute. It's Shattered
00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:59.259
Glass, Grimlock. Shattered Glass. Shadowglass
00:59:59.259 --> 01:00:02.679
Grimlock is giving me Trypticon vibes. That's
01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:08.659
why I'm getting confused here. That's damn. Okay.
01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:11.820
Yeah. Yeah. So we got Ratchet. We got Cliff.
01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:17.440
Yeah. But that reformatted Galvatron, dude. Oh,
01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:22.500
my God. I saw that. And I'm like, yeah, can I
01:00:22.500 --> 01:00:25.420
just rip that off the screen, please? He does
01:00:25.420 --> 01:00:28.239
look cool. They had one like that of the Power
01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:33.199
Master Apex Prime back in the day. Yeah. And
01:00:33.199 --> 01:00:37.659
I was a fan of the and he was gold instead of
01:00:37.659 --> 01:00:41.960
purple. But it was like he was translucent, you
01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:43.960
know, gold. So they kind of look kind of premium
01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:52.219
and neat. Nice. Very cool. But yeah, no, they.
01:00:54.059 --> 01:00:57.000
Yeah, the Blockies people aren't playing around.
01:00:58.199 --> 01:01:08.960
They are playing for keeps. Definitely playing
01:01:08.960 --> 01:01:17.800
for keeps. And then up next we have... This was
01:01:17.800 --> 01:01:21.539
published a couple of days ago, but I think you
01:01:21.539 --> 01:01:28.750
can still... Vote now. You can vote to get Activision
01:01:28.750 --> 01:01:32.869
Transformers games added to the revived Xbox
01:01:32.869 --> 01:01:37.289
backwards compatibility program. So this is all
01:01:37.289 --> 01:01:40.829
about the recent news. Microsoft is reportedly
01:01:40.829 --> 01:01:43.329
bringing back its Xbox backwards compatibility
01:01:43.329 --> 01:01:49.489
program this year. And we thought it would be
01:01:49.489 --> 01:01:53.739
timely this weekend. to highlight a fan campaign
01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:57.300
that is currently going on to revive the Activision
01:01:57.300 --> 01:02:00.159
Transformers game, something that's been long
01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:04.199
requested. Games like many Activision titles
01:02:04.199 --> 01:02:06.039
were never added to the program. These games
01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:08.659
are great. I don't know why they... Absolutely.
01:02:09.159 --> 01:02:13.179
I still have them on my PC. They're beautiful.
01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:17.159
Yeah, absolutely. It just makes me want to, I
01:02:17.159 --> 01:02:22.160
don't know, punch them for... Yep. Absolutely.
01:02:22.160 --> 01:02:26.340
Yeah, they really should. I don't know why they're
01:02:26.340 --> 01:02:33.699
not. They absolutely should. And in other news,
01:02:34.039 --> 01:02:38.800
we have some, so from video games to music, gotta
01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:42.480
love it. Vince, the Cola is artistic transformations
01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:46.460
and the protoform sessions, albums, reissues
01:02:46.460 --> 01:02:50.500
announced. We have unexpected news coming from
01:02:50.500 --> 01:02:53.880
special edition music website Vince DeCola's
01:02:53.880 --> 01:02:58.860
Artistic Transformations and the Protoform Sessions
01:02:58.860 --> 01:03:02.659
albums are being reissued. Both albums will be
01:03:02.659 --> 01:03:05.639
available in both physical and digital formats,
01:03:05.900 --> 01:03:10.820
originally released as BotCon 2001 exclusives.
01:03:11.449 --> 01:03:15.090
They have gone up in price considerably over
01:03:15.090 --> 01:03:17.269
the years, so this is a great opportunity to
01:03:17.269 --> 01:03:20.489
grab them. Check the links below for prices and
01:03:20.489 --> 01:03:26.289
formats, including chances to get autographed
01:03:26.289 --> 01:03:29.829
copies. So this is awesome. This is very cool
01:03:29.829 --> 01:03:34.110
that you can get these. Very, very, very cool.
01:03:36.780 --> 01:03:39.900
So happy that Vince is able to get these discs
01:03:39.900 --> 01:03:46.900
out to people. So that is, that's there. We go
01:03:46.900 --> 01:03:50.780
back to, we actually, for the first time, we
01:03:50.780 --> 01:03:55.579
actually go to Yolo Park for this one. We get
01:03:55.579 --> 01:03:58.440
into some of their stuff with the next news story.
01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:04.119
The AMK series. Yep, AMK, Transformers, Beast
01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:08.280
Wars, Optimus Primal, and Dinobot. New images
01:04:08.280 --> 01:04:14.199
and videos. This is all you. I'm super geeked
01:04:14.199 --> 01:04:16.760
about this. They look awesome. They're really
01:04:16.760 --> 01:04:20.579
neat. It's like Masterpiece without the transformation.
01:04:21.179 --> 01:04:28.639
Yep. Yeah. I love the Optimus Primal. The Dinobot
01:04:28.639 --> 01:04:32.289
looks a little off, but I mean, I'd forgive it.
01:04:32.989 --> 01:04:42.170
Looks really neat. I'm definitely a fan. So I
01:04:42.170 --> 01:04:48.750
can't wait until we get Beast Megatron and Black
01:04:48.750 --> 01:04:55.050
Arachnia out of this group. One, I don't have
01:04:55.050 --> 01:05:00.860
a Black Arachnia kingdom anymore. I'm kind of
01:05:00.860 --> 01:05:03.519
like, I want one that I can move around and not
01:05:03.519 --> 01:05:06.639
be worried about destroying or damaging. Yeah.
01:05:07.980 --> 01:05:12.440
What looks off about Dinobot to you? It's something
01:05:12.440 --> 01:05:14.840
with his head and then some of the proportions.
01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:21.679
Okay. It's something to do with the way the heads,
01:05:21.800 --> 01:05:28.750
the different faces work and the... some of the
01:05:28.750 --> 01:05:34.289
different stuff with the his back and whatever
01:05:34.289 --> 01:05:38.429
like I don't know it's some of the coloring I
01:05:38.429 --> 01:05:41.570
it just something looks off and it I can't shake
01:05:41.570 --> 01:05:44.650
it like especially looking compared to like the
01:05:44.650 --> 01:05:49.570
actual masterpiece figure and from there so but
01:05:49.570 --> 01:05:55.650
primal looks really close like yeah it's amazing
01:05:55.650 --> 01:06:01.329
yeah Little little bit sleeker. But I'll forgive
01:06:01.329 --> 01:06:06.130
it. I don't mind this. I actually like the sleekness.
01:06:06.130 --> 01:06:13.150
Oh, I do, too, because I legitimately. I legitimately.
01:06:16.130 --> 01:06:20.949
Like the glossy look to my Transformers. So.
01:06:26.190 --> 01:06:29.070
Oh, yeah, I like the gloss. The gloss on him
01:06:29.070 --> 01:06:41.110
is so good. And oh, oh, they do. OK, I wasn't
01:06:41.110 --> 01:06:46.070
sure they were part of me does wine. The new
01:06:46.070 --> 01:06:51.030
that that primal. Part of me does. Yeah, but
01:06:51.030 --> 01:06:56.099
I have that figure the longest. Out of my masterpiece.
01:06:56.500 --> 01:06:59.360
I'm never going to transform it, but. Well, no.
01:07:00.460 --> 01:07:07.780
But yeah, I'm. I don't know. It depends. I might
01:07:07.780 --> 01:07:10.219
just because they're like. I think they're what?
01:07:10.340 --> 01:07:14.860
30 bucks. I don't know. I read something. They're
01:07:14.860 --> 01:07:21.840
going to be like 30 bucks. Let's see. I'm on
01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:27.230
a yellow park website. $29 .99 each, yep. That's
01:07:27.230 --> 01:07:31.250
not bad. $39 is not bad. They look great for
01:07:31.250 --> 01:07:34.309
that price. I mean, that's amazing. And then
01:07:34.309 --> 01:07:39.010
Megatron, of course. Yeah. Come on, Megatron.
01:07:39.070 --> 01:07:43.829
Come on, Yellow Park. I'm super excited. Yep,
01:07:43.829 --> 01:07:48.380
yep. I was almost going to say, I'm kind of glad
01:07:48.380 --> 01:07:51.119
he just has his Optimus Prime face. And then
01:07:51.119 --> 01:07:53.239
I looked at other images. I'm like, oh, no, he's
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got his primal. No, no, no. I know they give
01:07:58.119 --> 01:08:01.280
their stuff everything. I know they do. I was
01:08:01.280 --> 01:08:03.619
like, oh, they only gave him the one thing. But
01:08:03.619 --> 01:08:09.940
I know they gave him all the stuff. But, yeah,
01:08:10.099 --> 01:08:14.340
no, just wow. That is so cool. And ladies and
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gentlemen, what we're really here for, what we've
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been waiting for all night long, all night long.
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That's what she said. That's what she said. Beast
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Wars 30th Criticon Multipack. First look. All
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right. What do you got? I, I like it. But again,
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I don't because I already own them. so yeah I
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mean legitimately I I own all of them but Scorponok
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and Blackarachnia okay I did own them at one
01:09:01.779 --> 01:09:05.520
point but I one Scorponok's always been kind
01:09:05.520 --> 01:09:09.260
of goofy as a toy like one his claws fall apart
01:09:09.260 --> 01:09:13.340
yeah He's not tall enough. He's kind of like
01:09:13.340 --> 01:09:17.840
squat, scrunchy, you know, in the stomach. Yeah.
01:09:19.039 --> 01:09:23.500
And Blackarachnia is totally mispainted. Here,
01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:27.479
she's not. Right. Like, she's actually show accurate
01:09:27.479 --> 01:09:30.960
here. So is Tarantulas. Tarantulas isn't. Granted,
01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:32.960
the Tarantulas wasn't terrible either, like when
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it came out. And Inferno is pretty much spot
01:09:36.979 --> 01:09:39.220
on. Waspinator is spot on. Megatron, they gave
01:09:39.220 --> 01:09:42.039
him a little bit better of a paint. app here
01:09:42.039 --> 01:09:49.060
and then um pterosaur is still not right poor
01:09:49.060 --> 01:09:54.199
pterosaur he gets no respect so like because
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i i i remember like repainting part of pterosaur
01:09:58.239 --> 01:10:01.399
when i got him because i'm like he's not crisp
01:10:01.399 --> 01:10:03.720
enough he's not silver like he's missing all
01:10:03.720 --> 01:10:09.279
this you know and uh and megatron i didn't repaint
01:10:09.279 --> 01:10:13.859
i just used toy hacks, repro labels on them just
01:10:13.859 --> 01:10:18.060
to fix them. So I was like, I'm not even screwing
01:10:18.060 --> 01:10:21.859
with paint with that one. Blackarachnia, I tried
01:10:21.859 --> 01:10:24.939
with the one I had, and it came out decent, but
01:10:24.939 --> 01:10:27.039
I was never happy with it because they never
01:10:27.039 --> 01:10:29.199
came out with it. Somebody actually was able
01:10:29.199 --> 01:10:35.619
to sell it on eBay and make a decent amount off
01:10:35.619 --> 01:10:37.579
of it. I did the same thing with Cheetor, too,
01:10:37.659 --> 01:10:43.590
when he came out. yeah so there is that um i
01:10:43.590 --> 01:10:46.649
don't know i'm i'm happy for it for those that
01:10:46.649 --> 01:10:49.189
don't have them yet and there is a slight discount
01:10:49.189 --> 01:10:55.489
for it uh but i i'm kind of i'm probably probably
01:10:55.489 --> 01:10:57.829
sacrilegious for me to say this but i'm kind
01:10:57.829 --> 01:11:02.189
of sick of season one i know right like it's
01:11:02.189 --> 01:11:08.449
like okay i get it like it's like okay can we
01:11:09.079 --> 01:11:15.819
do anything other than season one yeah yeah no
01:11:15.819 --> 01:11:25.380
i get it like yeah but this is like i know we've
01:11:25.380 --> 01:11:28.260
seen other multi -packs before we've seen five
01:11:28.260 --> 01:11:32.699
packs we've seen four packs we've seen obviously
01:11:32.699 --> 01:11:35.920
the six pack gift pack for the constructor cons
01:11:37.609 --> 01:11:41.430
I can't think, and the audience can correct me.
01:11:41.449 --> 01:11:44.369
You can correct me. I don't care. I don't remember
01:11:44.369 --> 01:11:49.130
ever seeing a seven pack of anything in a long
01:11:49.130 --> 01:11:53.689
time. Well, okay. Yeah. But I'm saying that's
01:11:53.689 --> 01:11:57.329
what I'm talking about. Like for retail, like
01:11:57.329 --> 01:12:00.909
a retail item, that's probably going to cost
01:12:00.909 --> 01:12:06.439
you $220, $230. But again, you're getting seven
01:12:06.439 --> 01:12:13.880
figures. For $230, you're getting a leader class.
01:12:14.579 --> 01:12:25.399
You're getting a leader class for Megatron. Yeah,
01:12:25.439 --> 01:12:28.560
Megatron's, you know, $60 figure. Everybody else
01:12:28.560 --> 01:12:33.420
is not. Yeah, I'm trying. Okay, I know Blackarachnia
01:12:33.420 --> 01:12:35.710
is a deluxe. Well, they're all Deluxe's except
01:12:35.710 --> 01:12:38.949
for Inferno. Oh, Inferno's the Voyager. Okay.
01:12:39.029 --> 01:12:42.489
I was trying to. Okay. I don't know how the pricing
01:12:42.489 --> 01:12:45.430
breaks down on that because I've just not checked
01:12:45.430 --> 01:12:52.989
into it. Yeah. But. But. Yeah. Yeah. I want to
01:12:52.989 --> 01:12:56.109
say somebody found it, but I don't know if they
01:12:56.109 --> 01:13:00.229
did or not. Like 210 bucks or something for the
01:13:00.229 --> 01:13:03.569
figure. So for the set, which is again, it's
01:13:03.569 --> 01:13:07.420
not terrible. No, I'm just like, I've already
01:13:07.420 --> 01:13:10.140
done this, this rodeo, like I've already collected
01:13:10.140 --> 01:13:14.520
them all the hard way before. So it's like, I
01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:18.439
will pass on this. Plus, I have zero interest
01:13:18.439 --> 01:13:20.840
in, like I said, recollecting them just because
01:13:20.840 --> 01:13:29.100
this is the Takara version. Yeah. I don't know.
01:13:29.140 --> 01:13:36.739
I just. I just find it. Interesting that they're
01:13:36.739 --> 01:13:40.779
starting this to be the 30th anniversary celebration.
01:13:41.380 --> 01:13:44.340
I think it's cool that this is the start to the
01:13:44.340 --> 01:13:47.319
30th anniversary celebration. I hope there's
01:13:47.319 --> 01:13:50.479
more. I know they're going to show the Maximals,
01:13:50.479 --> 01:13:52.600
and then they'll, of course, hopefully have better
01:13:52.600 --> 01:13:56.640
paint decos too, but again, not supremely hopeful
01:13:56.640 --> 01:14:06.380
here. Yeah. Yeah. It's like rat trap. I remember
01:14:06.380 --> 01:14:09.199
was mispainted because I repainted him. Yeah.
01:14:09.939 --> 01:14:15.000
Air razor was mispainted. I repainted her. Rhinox.
01:14:15.020 --> 01:14:16.979
I would have repainted except for the fact that
01:14:16.979 --> 01:14:22.640
I already, you know, I already had one from thrilling
01:14:22.640 --> 01:14:32.960
30. Yeah. So. Hmm. Yeah. But I mean, overall,
01:14:33.340 --> 01:14:39.140
it's not bad. I heard people speculating prices,
01:14:39.279 --> 01:14:42.859
but that's why I said I heard the speculative
01:14:42.859 --> 01:14:57.720
price was like $220, $230. But I don't know.
01:15:00.460 --> 01:15:06.079
I don't know. But yeah, folks, I think that's...
01:15:06.720 --> 01:15:08.760
I think that's it. I think that's all we got.
01:15:09.359 --> 01:15:13.420
Yeah, I think that's all I got, too. I'm... What
01:15:13.420 --> 01:15:16.300
is it? I've been watching some other... There's
01:15:16.300 --> 01:15:19.939
another third -party company out there now that's
01:15:19.939 --> 01:15:24.659
doing some of the Masterpiece Beast Wars related
01:15:24.659 --> 01:15:30.100
stuff. Okay. And they're doing Transmetals, so
01:15:30.100 --> 01:15:33.920
I'm very hopeful on that. They're supposed to
01:15:33.920 --> 01:15:37.229
be doing Depth Charge. and they're making a masterpiece
01:15:37.229 --> 01:15:45.890
uh waspinator oh that sounds nice so uh and the
01:15:45.890 --> 01:15:48.170
funny thing is is he pops apart like the show
01:15:48.170 --> 01:15:52.710
oh they put the gimmick so like you can put his
01:15:52.710 --> 01:15:54.729
head on his hand so he's like pulling his own
01:15:54.729 --> 01:15:57.810
head with his hand type thing and i was like
01:15:57.810 --> 01:16:00.409
okay they they win the internet like that's and
01:16:00.409 --> 01:16:03.750
i was like nice yeah like man that one's like
01:16:03.750 --> 01:16:06.449
tempting just because wasp mater is like one
01:16:06.449 --> 01:16:09.470
of the main staples and then like and that's
01:16:09.470 --> 01:16:11.449
the same reason i was like on rat trap but i
01:16:11.449 --> 01:16:14.890
do have masterpiece transmetal rat trap which
01:16:14.890 --> 01:16:19.270
i liked too so i don't know i'm not like i'm
01:16:19.270 --> 01:16:22.590
not 100 like i can't i getting more masterpiece
01:16:22.590 --> 01:16:25.810
but at the same time i'm kind of like i would
01:16:25.810 --> 01:16:29.149
rather get more of the yellow if they were available
01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:32.640
Yeah, well, if you already had Masterpiece Rattrap,
01:16:32.699 --> 01:16:36.039
and that is the Season 1 Rattrap, the only way
01:16:36.039 --> 01:16:38.500
your third -party company that you're talking
01:16:38.500 --> 01:16:41.220
about could do something that would entice you,
01:16:41.260 --> 01:16:45.619
or at least if it was me in your shoes, the way
01:16:45.619 --> 01:16:49.000
that would entice me is if they did Season 2
01:16:49.000 --> 01:16:52.319
Roadster Rattrap, if they did Rattrap with Wii.
01:16:52.399 --> 01:16:54.960
Like, if they did the, you know, the Roadster
01:16:54.960 --> 01:16:59.060
I'm talking, you know. Yeah. Yeah. So that would
01:16:59.060 --> 01:17:02.420
entice me if it was roadster rat trap, that would
01:17:02.420 --> 01:17:04.880
be cool for me. Like, I don't know if that would
01:17:04.880 --> 01:17:07.779
be cool for you, but like, that would be the
01:17:07.779 --> 01:17:11.340
way to get me is if it was roadster rat trap,
01:17:11.380 --> 01:17:13.619
because at least that way I could, you know,
01:17:13.619 --> 01:17:16.479
run circles around tarantulas is dumb ass. And
01:17:16.479 --> 01:17:21.100
I do have the transmittal, uh, third party, uh,
01:17:21.260 --> 01:17:26.619
rat trap masterpiece. Oh, okay. So I am, I am
01:17:26.619 --> 01:17:39.960
already set up there. but yeah it's I'm enjoying
01:17:39.960 --> 01:17:47.020
this era and Transformers collecting so we'll
01:17:47.020 --> 01:17:51.199
see where things kind of go with it especially
01:17:51.199 --> 01:17:54.020
now with Eric being there and seeing whatever
01:17:54.020 --> 01:17:56.890
he's going to do in the future And he was responsible
01:17:56.890 --> 01:17:59.409
for the classics line. And it's not to say that,
01:17:59.449 --> 01:18:00.949
you know, he's going to be able to whip something
01:18:00.949 --> 01:18:07.149
up real quick. But I would love to see. I mean,
01:18:07.170 --> 01:18:09.770
we're getting up close to 30 years of Beast Machines.
01:18:09.770 --> 01:18:13.270
We've had no love for that show. No, unfortunately
01:18:13.270 --> 01:18:20.510
not. And it's sad. Yeah, it's very sad. So I'm
01:18:20.510 --> 01:18:24.159
kind of hoping we get something. With this new
01:18:24.159 --> 01:18:28.539
classics, you know, United, whatever, like this
01:18:28.539 --> 01:18:34.500
new line, the possibility of love for that show.
01:18:35.699 --> 01:18:45.180
And Beast Wars. I mean, never know. Anyways.
01:18:46.199 --> 01:18:52.000
Oh, absolutely. So I think that about rounds
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this episode out. So if anybody has anything
01:18:54.239 --> 01:18:56.680
they'd like to hear on a future episode of the
01:18:56.680 --> 01:19:00.380
podcast, they can email us feedback at geekcastradio
01:19:00.380 --> 01:19:03.279
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01:19:03.279 --> 01:19:05.880
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01:19:05.880 --> 01:19:10.380
and what they would like to have us discuss,
01:19:10.439 --> 01:19:14.539
whether it be a discussion topic or more news
01:19:14.539 --> 01:19:18.439
or speculation on some new... Transformers figures
01:19:18.439 --> 01:19:25.340
or shows or whatever so yeah it's it'll be interesting
01:19:25.340 --> 01:19:28.560
to see where Transformers goes this year especially
01:19:28.560 --> 01:19:35.079
with personnel changes and whatnot so until next
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time transform and transcend
