Full Transcript for Interview with Eric Siebenhaler on His Return to Hasbro and the Latest Transformers Toy and Comic News

--> 00:04:56.660 100 bucks on that. So it was only worth it for 00:04:56.660 --> 00:05:00.560 like Optimal or Transmetal Megatron or, you know, 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.360 those those type of situations. But. Yeah, I'm 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.800 I'm just I'm just waiting. I don't there's nothing 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.439 I absolutely need at this point. I've got my 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.000 Studio Series 86 Megatron and Primal or not Primal 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:17.009 Prime knockoffs and. honestly they look fine 00:05:17.009 --> 00:05:22.910 i didn't have any issue with uh not being able 00:05:22.910 --> 00:05:25.310 to find them at retail or having the pre -orders 00:05:25.310 --> 00:05:31.470 not make it yeah so yeah i was i was willing 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:36.009 to you know do the right thing but they just 00:05:36.009 --> 00:05:38.089 they they didn't want my they didn't want my 00:05:38.089 --> 00:05:40.189 money so i i couldn't you know they wouldn't 00:05:40.189 --> 00:05:42.829 give me stuff so they didn't get the money yeah 00:05:42.829 --> 00:05:47.819 see that's the thing folks You give us stuff, 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:51.420 we give you money. We give you money, you give 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:56.000 us stuff. That's the whole spiel. And it's funny 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:57.699 that you're talking about all of this because 00:05:57.699 --> 00:05:59.480 all of this is going to come up later when we 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.500 talk about more of the news stuff. But something 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:07.600 that was announced a year ago, I can't believe 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.379 it was a year ago that this was originally announced. 00:06:12.410 --> 00:06:16.769 was announced late last year that famed Transformers 00:06:16.769 --> 00:06:20.689 designer Eric Siebenhaler would be filling in 00:06:20.689 --> 00:06:29.490 for Mark Mayer while he was on leave. Has now 00:06:29.490 --> 00:06:32.329 announced on his Instagram that he has fully 00:06:32.329 --> 00:06:35.910 rejoined the Hasbro design team. So I'm curious 00:06:35.910 --> 00:06:40.089 about this. I'm wondering... With Mark on leave, 00:06:40.189 --> 00:06:45.790 is Eric replacing Mark? Like, is that what's 00:06:45.790 --> 00:06:50.050 going on here? Is Mark coming back? I don't know. 00:06:50.250 --> 00:06:53.790 And I don't even know. Like, this is just what's 00:06:53.790 --> 00:06:58.850 on TFW2005 .com. But I didn't even see it there 00:06:58.850 --> 00:07:03.389 first. I am lucky enough, I guess, to be friends 00:07:03.389 --> 00:07:06.310 with Eric on Facebook. And I saw him post it 00:07:06.310 --> 00:07:10.399 there this morning. He says, I'm happy to announce 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.899 officially that I am rejoining the Hasbro design 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:16.920 team. For those of you that have known me for 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.579 a while, you'll likely remember that I had a 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:22.279 very intimate relationship with the

company for 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:25.139 12 years in the early 2000s. Then I walked away 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:27.800 to go on a creative quest seeking growth and 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:30.579 adventure. 12 years after that, I'm making my 00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:33.699 triumphant return. Here's to the future and bringing 00:07:33.699 --> 00:07:37.959 more awesome sauce to the world. And for those 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.000 that don't know, for those that don't remember, 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:45.160 when Eric was at Hasbro, he worked on Armada, 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:48.220 Energon, and Cybertron brands, as well as Animated. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.759 For Armada, he worked on Tidal Wave and Laserbeak, 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:56.339 Energon, Cliffjumper, and Downshift, Cybertron, 00:07:56.500 --> 00:08:00.199 Optimus Prime, and EVAC. Animated, he is responsible 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.579 for the unique aesthetic of the entire line, 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:06.709 including early concept work. for Devastator 00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:09.089 and the Constructor Cons. I'm sure he did more 00:08:09.089 --> 00:08:12.649 than just that. That's just the highlights. But 00:08:12.649 --> 00:08:16.069 yeah, it's interesting and cool to have Eric 00:08:16.069 --> 00:08:21.949 back. Again, I hope Mark is okay. You know, I 00:08:21.949 --> 00:08:24.310 don't ever want to see anything bad happen to 00:08:24.310 --> 00:08:28.949 anybody. So I hope Mark is all right. I didn't 00:08:28.949 --> 00:08:32.629 realize Mark had taken leave. I hadn't kept up 00:08:32.629 --> 00:08:37.330 with... Everything going on over there with the 00:08:37.330 --> 00:08:42.950 Hasbro employees. But yeah, Eric Siebenhiller 00:08:42.950 --> 00:08:50.590 is back at Hasbro. So that's what's going on 00:08:50.590 --> 00:08:55.210 there. To kick off the rest of the news, though. 00:08:55.850 --> 00:09:00.570 We got the Blocky's Defender version 7, Beast 00:09:00.570 --> 00:09:04.370 Wars 2, Leo Prime, and Galvatron, as well as 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:08.389 Galaxy version 10, Arai's Rodimus Prime teaser 00:09:08.389 --> 00:09:15.490 images. So, yeah. We got the Galaxy version 10 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:20.269 global debut, 2026 Blocky's. This is from their 00:09:20.269 --> 00:09:25.840 global partners conference. It says 2026 spring 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:30.360 coming soon for these. What do you, I don't remember 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.399 if I've ever asked you when I've, when we've 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:34.259 covered, what do you think of the blocky stuff? 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:37.440 They're basically model kits you have to build. 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:40.700 I don't have a problem with them. I actually 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:43.019 think they're kind of neat for people that just 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:47.500 want, I mean, I can't remember what the heck 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:50.000 they were called. They had them back in the day 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:57.700 though. robot heroes um they were those were 00:09:57.700 --> 00:10:00.740 they the robot heroes i don't know uh they were 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:06.399 they were like the kind of solid plastic that 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.840 like the arms would move that was about it okay 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:14.200 back in the maybe they were the robot heroes 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:17.700 i don't know i i had it and it was in the early 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:22.100 2000s okay well before like the movies and stuff 00:10:22.100 --> 00:10:25.360 like i had a yeah uh it was right around the 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.240 time that the titanium's came out okay these 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.259 were like these little two inch tall transformers 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:33.659 and i had like master p or like the little uh 00:10:33.659 --> 00:10:38.259 power master prime and i had uh numerous other 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:41.000 characters they weren't model kits though right 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.720 they were just standard figures yeah i i could 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.529 be wrong I'm probably wrong. People, you can 00:10:48.529 --> 00:10:51.190 write in feedback at geekcastradio .com. Say, 00:10:51.289 --> 00:10:54.629 hey, Mike, you're an idiot. I think you're thinking 00:10:54.629 --> 00:10:57.490 of Robot Heroes because I have Robot Heroes Ravage 00:10:57.490 --> 00:11:00.809 over there on my counter. I remember having Robot 00:11:00.809 --> 00:11:04.029 Heroes Optimus Prime. His arms moved up and down. 00:11:04.129 --> 00:11:08.190 The legs didn't move. The legs were just stationary. 00:11:09.909 --> 00:11:14.600 Because famously. Even though I'm a I'm originally 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:17.639 from Massachusetts and I'm a huge Boston sports 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.600 fan. Famously, I have a photo on Facebook of 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.419 Optimus Prime pointing at the back of Tom Brady's 00:11:23.419 --> 00:11:25.659 head because everybody's like, oh, my God, Tom 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:30.139 Brady's a whatever. You know, Optimus Prime was 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:33.779 Tom Brady. You're a villain kind of thing, whatever. 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.460 So kind of thing. So I think you're thinking 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:42.539 of robot heroes. I might be wrong, but I think 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:45.259 that's what you're thinking of. I will have the 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:48.379 answer to that before we finish. Okay, good. 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:52.360 I'm on the TF wiki. Okay, good. No, I did have, 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:54.639 like, I always wanted, like, Star Convoy back 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.799 in the day or Laser Optimus Prime. Like, I could 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.139 get Laser Optimus Prime at this point. Yeah. 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:03.480 Because he is discounted on BBTS. Yeah. Which 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.519 is funny because I was like, man, I want this 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.259 figure for so long, and now I'm like, it's in 00:12:07.259 -->

00:12:12.620 my grasp, and I'm like, eh. Yeah. yeah it's like 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:16.820 do i need him no like do i want him kind of still 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:20.559 like but it i think it's that that childhood 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:25.580 holy grail figure yeah that i i know i saw it 00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:29.980 and i was like i can get this yep and then yeah 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:35.809 jb toys closed down uh -huh yeah of course damn 00:12:35.809 --> 00:12:39.769 it yeah yeah yeah so i mean for me it was it 00:12:39.769 --> 00:12:42.450 was always that like i was super like peeved 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:45.289 about it like i i would never end up with this 00:12:45.289 --> 00:12:48.990 this figure like and i that's been like the the 00:12:48.990 --> 00:12:56.149 story i've been telling for ages um and uh yeah 00:12:56.149 --> 00:12:59.090 so it wasn't wasn't robot masters it wasn't uh 00:12:59.090 --> 00:13:05.009 i'm getting through like I had the Titanium's 00:13:05.009 --> 00:13:08.629 Optimal Optimus and Scourge back in the day. 00:13:08.889 --> 00:13:10.789 I had to sit there and think about it. I'm like, 00:13:10.850 --> 00:13:13.070 oh yeah, I did have those. And then I always 00:13:13.070 --> 00:13:17.669 wanted the... Okay, so Eric, now that we're mentioning 00:13:17.669 --> 00:13:20.110 it, he was responsible for the Classics line. 00:13:20.429 --> 00:13:23.789 Yes, he was. He was also responsible for Classics. 00:13:23.789 --> 00:13:28.509 Which is great because I always wanted Classics, 00:13:28.509 --> 00:13:32.659 Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Yep. something terrible 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:37.080 back in the day like i could not have well i 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.460 when they came out it was 2006 i was so broke 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:45.860 yeah um then they had the ultimate battle optimus 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:47.539 prime that came out around that time with the 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:52.919 g2 megatron and um yeah and then i got the i 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.019 did buy the power master or not power master 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:58.960 masterpiece mpo1 prime at target They had like 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.620 a whole aisle of those things. Oh, yeah. Oh, 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.980 yeah. And I was looking back. I'm like, I should 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:08.940 have bought a few more. Yeah, because I bought 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:12.659 them for 60 bucks. Oh, I sold them for 200. Oh, 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:19.379 but no, you know, and they've made multiple laser 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:23.120 Optimus Prime. They've made multiple. I still 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.419 cannot believe like I'm still digging through 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:28.860 the. the toys on prime and the list is just like, 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:32.700 yeah, it's super long. So I'll come up to it 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.919 at some point. You will, you'll, you'll get it 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.559 before the end of the show. Uh, so the galaxy

00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:42.740 defender blocky version, uh, G two or not. What, 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:45.279 what did I say? Generation two. What did I say? 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.419 Uh, no beast wars two. I'm sorry. Beast wars 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:56.179 two, uh, Leo prime and Galvatron. Uh, I, I was 00:14:56.179 --> 00:15:00.879 never super into these characters, and if it 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.759 was any other Galvatron, I would probably pop 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.320 for that one. But then, I mean, you got the other 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.559 guy. You got the guy that saved the franchise. 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:14.659 You got the one true Prime with the Matrix. Of 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:20.480 course I'm going to try to get that. Rodimus 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:26.379 with the Matrix. Hell yeah. That's awesome. That 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:33.120 is super awesome. And then after that, we have 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:41.480 something that technically should be about $10 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:47.460 cheaper, everybody. And boy, it definitely should 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:52.179 be $10 cheaper than what it is. So have you ever 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:58.210 wanted a transforming Autobot symbol? Well, we 00:15:58.210 --> 00:16:03.950 got the Transformers Icons Optimus Prime Autobot 00:16:03.950 --> 00:16:09.330 symbol. Info and pics. A nice new entry into 00:16:09.330 --> 00:16:13.809 the Transformers toy lineup. Icons Optimus Prime, 00:16:13.929 --> 00:16:16.690 which transforms from an Autobot faction symbol 00:16:16.690 --> 00:16:23.710 into the heroic leader. Retail is $46 .99 with 00:16:23.710 --> 00:16:31.029 a ship date. of september 2026 display your faction 00:16:31.029 --> 00:16:33.909 allegiance with the icons optimus prime collectible 00:16:33.909 --> 00:16:38.590 figure 6 .75 inch 17 centimeter figure converts 00:16:38.590 --> 00:16:41.549 between robot action figure and autobot faction 00:16:41.549 --> 00:16:46.740 symbol uh 25 steps It includes a display stand 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:50.059 for logo mode as well as a blaster accessory 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:53.639 for epic posing in robot mode with intricate 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:59.399 posability, deco, and details inspired by the 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.720 Transformers universe. This unique Optimus Prime 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.339 Transformers figure makes an awesome addition 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:08.980 to any collection. Look for more Transformers 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:12.359 collective toys sold separately subject to blah 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.539 blah blah. Display worthy icons. Optimus Prime 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:18.279 converts to Autobot logo. Transformers Optimus 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.839 Prime figure. Display standard blaster accessory. 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:25.759 Collectible Transformers gifts. Transformers 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:31.279 action figure. Oh, boy. Whatever. Okay, so it's 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:36.480 $46 .99 USD. I... Oh, okay. So all the... Okay, 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:40.079 I just want the product shots. I don't want the 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:50.829 in -person shots here. I don't like the... I 00:17:50.829 --> 00:18:00.130 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 00:18:03.809 --> 00:18:08.029 is ugly as hell. So this is a Voyager. Yeah, 00:18:08.029 --> 00:18:13.809 okay. But it still should be under 40. yeah because 00:18:13.809 --> 00:18:16.569 the feet look stupid like yeah the arms look 00:18:16.569 --> 00:18:19.809 cheap the legs look deep like i get what they 00:18:19.809 --> 00:18:22.309 were going for here and saying that you know 00:18:22.309 --> 00:18:25.069 it's oh it's a mess you know the original autobot 00:18:25.069 --> 00:18:27.869 here blah blah blah like yeah and i do love the 00:18:27.869 --> 00:18:30.710 concept like i like the shoulder thing i like 00:18:30.710 --> 00:18:33.049 the arms i like the head like the head sculpts 00:18:33.049 --> 00:18:36.519 awesome yeah the head sculpt is good I feel like 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:39.460 the gray for the siding, like the paint job there 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:41.700 could have been something a little bit more like 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:45.119 they could have just made it blue. Yeah. So that 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.240 it kind of fit with his motif. I like how the 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.160 chest part works and how like the like basically 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.359 everything, the upper torso looks great. The 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:58.240 lower torso looks just chintzy. Well, the lower 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:01.220 torso has to kind of look chintzy because you 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:06.210 have to make it. I don't know. The lower... Okay, 00:19:06.289 --> 00:19:10.190 so I'm... Here, hold on. And I like the action 00:19:10.190 --> 00:19:13.390 shots they have in there included aside from 00:19:13.390 --> 00:19:15.869 the promo shot that's at the beginning. Because 00:19:15.869 --> 00:19:18.230 it does give you more of what it's going for. 00:19:18.930 --> 00:19:22.950 And just be told, I think it is really neat. 00:19:23.029 --> 00:19:27.250 I do like it. I just... I don't think it's worth 00:19:27.250 --> 00:19:32.250 that price. So, I don't know what image number 00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:36.150 this is, but I put it in Discord. I'm looking 00:19:36.150 --> 00:19:38.430 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 00:19:47.049 --> 00:19:51.390 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... 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:00.200 There's a shot where they have the torso turned 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:04.640 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 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:12.859 fit, whatever, you know what I mean? And so you 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:15.279 see the difference where the waist is and where 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:19.819 the torso is. And I'm okay with it because number 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:25.819 one, if I was to buy this. I'm never not going 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:31.160 to have it in symbol mode, in alt mode. I'm looking 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:35.059 at this full scale in, like I have it zoomed 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:38.079 in on the upper part of his chest. Like you said, 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.740 like I said, I love the way the robot head is. 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.940 It's one of the coolest Optimus Prime heads on 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:45.980 a robot I've ever seen. It's great. That's cool. 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:54.380 I just, like, my thing is. I'm going to be like, 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:59.299 this is my Autobots. This, to me, is a prop for 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:03.220 my Funko Pops. It's an Autobot logo prop for 00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:07.819 my Autobot Funko Pops. It's not a... It would 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:13.059 never... The only way that the $46 .99 price 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:17.900 point for me would make sense is if this thing 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:21.039 had a sound chip in it that made the Autobot... 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:25.819 yeah the transforming sound yeah yeah yeah give 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:29.119 me a like the autobot symbol on his chest like 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:32.299 the little one or yeah or or if there was a button 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:35.839 on top of the like on the little top of the thing 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:40.900 um like give me a lego sound brick or something 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:46.769 uh like that's the only way i see the 4699 price 00:21:46.769 --> 00:21:49.650 point being this way because again this like 00:21:49.650 --> 00:21:54.529 they say transform in 25 steps how many other 00:21:54.529 --> 00:21:57.809 what other transformers do we have that are the 00:21:57.809 --> 00:22:01.289 25 step transformers i don't remember off the 00:22:01.289 --> 00:22:03.750 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 00:22:10.329 --> 00:22:14.529 go on talking about something else I do like 00:22:14.529 --> 00:22:18.490 this. I do like it. I think it is cool. I think 00:22:18.490 --> 00:22:22.970 it is great. I think it is interesting. Just 00:22:22.970 --> 00:22:27.670 needs to be $10 cheaper unless you add something 00:22:27.670 --> 00:22:34.390 to it for it to be that price. So that's, that's, 00:22:34.390 --> 00:22:40.190 that's my thoughts on this one. Um, good. So 00:22:40.190 --> 00:22:44.430 they, If this does well, though, they will do 00:22:44.430 --> 00:22:48.210 a Megatron likely with Decepticon symbol. And 00:22:48.210 --> 00:22:51.009 then I'm assuming we're going to get like a Maximal 00:22:51.009 --> 00:22:54.789 of Optimus Primal and Predacon of Megatron. And 00:22:54.789 --> 00:22:57.289 then at that point, I'd just have no leg to stand 00:22:57.289 --> 00:23:00.430 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 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:08.049 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 00:23:16.910 --> 00:23:19.609 the comics? You could be the last Autobot with 00:23:19.609 --> 00:23:24.420 a different head. Dude, if you... Don't even 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:29.380 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 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:37.720 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 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:51.319 you painted the Autobot symbol here... the face 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:55.400 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, 00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:03.160 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 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 01:18:52.000 --> 01:18:54.239 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 .com. They can, of course, comment on the episode 01:19:03.279 --> 01:19:05.880 post and let us know what they're thinking of 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 01:19:35.079 --> 01:19:38.359 time transform and transcend