WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 Sentinel Online. Now loading All Things Transformers. 00:00:14.619 --> 00:00:29.019 Hello and welcome to... all things transformers 00:00:29.019 --> 00:00:31.640 i'm your host steve megatron joining me on this 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.600 adventure into the transformers fandom is tfg1 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.000 mike things are crash boom banging around here 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.859 folks i don't know what's going on in the world 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:45.700 of the transformers but uh the uh you know i 00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:48.200 laughed the toaster laughed i shot the toaster 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:55.100 yeah i'm here it's one of those nights folks 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:59.619 but uh It is Monday. What do you expect? Fucking 00:00:59.619 --> 00:01:03.759 Mondays. I mean, it is, it is, it is a Monday, 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:06.659 but this will be out on Transformers Tuesday. 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:15.379 So yes. So yeah. So anyways, we're going to get 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:19.260 into some various Transformers toys, some convention 00:01:19.260 --> 00:01:24.480 stuff and well, some comics. Yeah. But, uh, and 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.090 then of course some, uh, 2026 studio series listings 00:01:28.090 --> 00:01:32.650 of speculatory. Uh, I mean, it is, these are 00:01:32.650 --> 00:01:35.670 legit. They're just, it's like, what series do 00:01:35.670 --> 00:01:37.890 they belong to? Because they all fall under the, 00:01:38.010 --> 00:01:47.590 uh, uh, the, the primes, uh, series that they're, 00:01:47.590 --> 00:01:49.569 they're doing now with the, uh, generations. 00:01:51.069 --> 00:01:53.390 Cause you know, we can't name it something else. 00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:58.219 Try the age of Primus. Yeah, the age of the Primes. 00:01:58.219 --> 00:02:02.120 It's like, OK. Too long. Let's pick something 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:09.500 else. Anyhow. Getting off first in this conversation 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:13.520 is Takara Tomy Studio Series Commander Optimus 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:17.659 Prime fixed heels. Yeah, I didn't know his heels 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:22.400 were broken. I think they were mismatched. OK. 00:02:23.629 --> 00:02:25.930 uh apparently some of the tolerances were bad 00:02:25.930 --> 00:02:31.330 too with the mold yeah that's very true yeah 00:02:31.330 --> 00:02:34.830 i'm looking at these photos now yeah interesting 00:02:34.830 --> 00:02:40.009 yeah this is a good i was gonna say well you 00:02:40.009 --> 00:02:41.550 you continue your thought on this and then i've 00:02:41.550 --> 00:02:43.270 got something that's kind of a tangent on on 00:02:43.270 --> 00:02:50.819 this yeah i I know we covered that this was coming 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:53.680 out and I know we looked at it, but I don't remember 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.979 us complaining about the heels. And I don't, 00:02:56.979 --> 00:03:00.120 maybe I'm not paying enough attention to the 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.800 Transformers toy community anymore because honestly 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:09.180 it's 2025. And the last episode we did was in 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:14.879 February of this year. It is now April. And I 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:19.250 gotta say. Sorry, not sorry, but my interests 00:03:19.250 --> 00:03:23.870 right now are everywhere other than the Transformers 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:26.909 fandom. I still love Transformers, absolutely. 00:03:27.389 --> 00:03:32.610 But, like, I ain't hip to the jive, man. But 00:03:32.610 --> 00:03:38.189 I guess... Okay, so... Are these photos supposed 00:03:38.189 --> 00:03:40.550 to show us that they fixed them? Or are these 00:03:40.550 --> 00:03:42.689 supposed to show this is what the problem was? 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.080 That's what I'm confused about. Yeah, that's 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.500 what I'm like, wait a minute. Okay, so the article 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:55.620 here says that, courtesy of very own TFW 2005 00:03:55.620 --> 00:04:01.659 member, ProWay, we have some in -hand images 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:06.219 and information about the Takara Tomy 86 Optimus 00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:08.960 Prime, which has just been released in Japan. 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:12.039 This release features a slightly different box 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:15.479 with some Japanese text, and the figure has got 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:19.199 fixed heels, which has been a common issue in 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:22.079 the first batch of this mold. To top it all, 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.439 this release also improves tolerances on the 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:28.220 mold like the head flip parts and Optimus' gun 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:33.620 on his hand. So, I guess this is supposed to 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:41.509 show that the... See, now... I wish... This photo 00:04:41.509 --> 00:04:44.930 or this photo set from this person would have 00:04:44.930 --> 00:04:52.670 shown. The old version, as well as the new version 00:04:52.670 --> 00:04:56.009 to show the difference, because this to me, like 00:04:56.009 --> 00:04:58.350 I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference 00:04:58.350 --> 00:05:03.329 unless I saw like an actual comparison time photo 00:05:03.329 --> 00:05:06.829 comparison of what the old heels look like to 00:05:06.829 --> 00:05:10.319 the new heels, because these heels look. fine 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.579 to me but then again i don't have studio series 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:17.139 86 optimus and honestly i don't really want him 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:23.040 well and this is my thing i wouldn't mind a studio 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:27.100 series optimus prime however it for the price 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:32.480 point i'll get a third party optimus prime that's 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:35.019 masterpiece you know what is his price point 00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:40.040 i don't even know anymore oh he's 90 yeah Because 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.600 it's commander class. Right, right, right. Okay. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:48.779 Yeah, that's fine. All right. So he's $90. And 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:52.480 a common issue in the first batch of this mold. 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.860 You put Hasbro. You put a... And I understand 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:02.139 Hasbro Takara Tomy Studios. I understand this 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:05.399 is the Takara Tomy version. Fine. But I'm sorry. 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:09.160 Hasbro. You let your Japanese partner put out 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:16.519 a version of this elite toy with a common issue 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:22.000 in the first batch? You fucked it up at the first 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:27.439 try? Really? Seriously? I mean, we are talking 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.860 about the same company, though, that put out 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:35.610 the Kingdom Beast figures. With tolerance issues 00:06:35.610 --> 00:06:40.269 of plastic and then not painting them according 00:06:40.269 --> 00:06:45.149 to the show. And then Takara Tomy comes out with 00:06:45.149 --> 00:06:51.829 a premium finish. Yeah. Which had all of the 00:06:51.829 --> 00:06:53.889 correct color aesthetics that I had to hand paint 00:06:53.889 --> 00:06:59.769 on my original figures. Yeah. So this is why 00:06:59.769 --> 00:07:05.389 it worries me being a regular non Funko pop toy 00:07:05.389 --> 00:07:10.069 collector is because these companies aren't doing 00:07:10.069 --> 00:07:16.050 the quality control just seems to be completely 00:07:16.050 --> 00:07:18.990 thrown out the window. They threw it out the 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:24.879 window back during the power of the primes. because 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.279 honestly like if you look at that whole line 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:33.439 the prime you know the combiner wars titans return 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.279 and power the primes you know the quality of 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:38.839 those figures like yes some of the aspects were 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:45.240 pretty nice yeah comparing let's say i i compare 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:51.220 even the optimal optimus because i do have that 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:57.019 figure of Varying degrees. Comparing their Power 00:07:57.019 --> 00:08:01.759 of the Primes Optimal Optimus. It has more posability 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:06.839 than the original figure. It is closer in detail 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:12.439 to the show. In some regards. And then in others. 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:20.459 The original release from 1997. Is better. It 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:24.500 had the chrome, like the gold, the vac metal 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:32.320 on them. It was heavier. Yep. And overall, like 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.639 it was pretty show accurate for, you know, the 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:39.220 colors and everything else. A lot of the paint 00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:41.139 jobs were the first things I started noticing, 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.860 but the plastic has gotten thinner and flimsier 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.779 as years have gone on to the point that third 00:08:46.779 --> 00:08:53.259 party is almost the way to go. And that's kind 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:55.039 of sad when they're the ones that are supposed 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:59.159 to originate it. I mean, even the quality control 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.840 on the original masterpiece, Beast Wars Megatron. 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:07.700 There were issues with it, with tolerances and 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:12.399 certain parts being brittle. And the knockoff 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:16.980 actually fixed all of that. And it's it's slightly 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:21.649 different color. like slightly off to the point. 00:09:21.669 --> 00:09:23.710 If you didn't know the difference or have them 00:09:23.710 --> 00:09:26.970 side by side, you're not going to notice the 00:09:26.970 --> 00:09:31.690 difference between the two. And that's why I 00:09:31.690 --> 00:09:34.470 have a knockoff instead of the official, because 00:09:34.470 --> 00:09:37.289 there's a $300 difference for something that 00:09:37.289 --> 00:09:40.629 was manufactured better. And it has David Kaye's 00:09:40.629 --> 00:09:47.649 voice. Exactly. So go figure. But, but I mean, 00:09:47.669 --> 00:09:52.450 like, I would love to support some of the Hasbro 00:09:52.450 --> 00:09:54.049 stuff because like, honestly, I would love to 00:09:54.049 --> 00:09:55.450 be able to pick the stuff up in the store, but 00:09:55.450 --> 00:09:57.570 they underproduce the ones that everybody wants 00:09:57.570 --> 00:09:59.710 and overproduce the other ones, which is, I mean, 00:09:59.730 --> 00:10:01.250 it's beating a dead horse. I've been saying that 00:10:01.250 --> 00:10:04.830 for years, but I mean, I'm finally starting to 00:10:04.830 --> 00:10:07.149 see some new stuff in the store because everything 00:10:07.149 --> 00:10:10.809 else got clearanced out or sent to like an Ollie's 00:10:10.809 --> 00:10:12.909 in some other state because Colorado doesn't 00:10:12.909 --> 00:10:18.080 have one. You should be thankful. So, I mean, 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:19.899 this is getting to the other part that I was 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:23.179 going to cut in with earlier. They have these 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:29.740 new. Smash battlers or I don't know, like these 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:32.100 smash together. Yeah, I know what you're talking 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:34.139 about. I took a look at that in the store and 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:37.539 I'm like, these are ridiculously stupid. And 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:39.720 I get they had a cheater, you know, playing, 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:44.460 you know, cat dog with with Tigatron as the rear 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:47.659 end and. I was like, okay, these are kind of 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:53.019 stupid. Because it's like a mix and match thing. 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:54.440 I'm like, what the heck are the point of these? 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:59.440 Why manufacture something that is not... I mean, 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:03.159 looking at it, the Transformers 1 stuff is somewhat 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.000 shelf -warming. I mean, you can pretty much find 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.919 every Optimus Prime and Bumblebee on the shelf. 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:15.330 They're not going anywhere. I've all of the Earthspark 00:11:15.330 --> 00:11:19.389 stuff was clearanced out to get rid of it. The 00:11:19.389 --> 00:11:23.230 beast, the last beast movie or the Transformers 00:11:23.230 --> 00:11:25.389 live action movie with the beast stuff took forever 00:11:25.389 --> 00:11:27.590 for them to get rid of. They had to clearance 00:11:27.590 --> 00:11:30.049 it like mega clearance it to get rid of it. And 00:11:30.049 --> 00:11:33.710 then Transformers one stuff selling pretty decent 00:11:33.710 --> 00:11:36.929 studio series stuff sells pretty decent. The 00:11:36.929 --> 00:11:42.350 Transformers Legacy United. is doing pretty like 00:11:42.350 --> 00:11:45.110 somewhat decent once they got past the g2 color 00:11:45.110 --> 00:11:50.090 stuff when they started getting like um uh slipstream 00:11:50.090 --> 00:11:52.990 and animated bumblebee and you know some of those 00:11:52.990 --> 00:11:55.110 characters that are kind of jumping genres there 00:11:55.110 --> 00:11:58.149 uh they started doing better and then i for the 00:11:58.149 --> 00:12:00.970 first time the other day i saw that deluxe studio 00:12:00.970 --> 00:12:07.210 series uh devastation optimus prime in the store 00:12:07.850 --> 00:12:11.090 And I took a look at it and I'm like, I want 00:12:11.090 --> 00:12:15.950 to like it, but I don't like it. It just seems 00:12:15.950 --> 00:12:20.070 bland and it looks cheap. And that was that. 00:12:20.129 --> 00:12:22.629 That's my main gripe with the Hasbro stuff anymore 00:12:22.629 --> 00:12:27.590 is it looks cheap. Yeah. And now they didn't 00:12:27.590 --> 00:12:33.070 have these retro card backed Transformers, which 00:12:33.070 --> 00:12:35.149 I didn't even know that that I don't know if 00:12:35.149 --> 00:12:36.909 I missed it or if I didn't know that that was 00:12:36.909 --> 00:12:42.200 a thing. But they re -released Bumblebee, you 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.720 know, in his Earth form with the Volkswagen Beetle. 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:51.259 Yep. In this classic style packaging. And it 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:52.879 says, you know, the Transformers more than meets 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.080 the eye. And it's got the red and it's got the 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.019 classic art deco of the original Bumblebee on 00:12:58.019 --> 00:13:02.379 it. And it's like a very like it's just a card 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:05.240 back with a very minimalistic plastic covering 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:12.970 Bumblebee himself. Which, honestly. I kind of 00:13:12.970 --> 00:13:16.230 like. Yeah, I mean, it's it's bigger cardboard 00:13:16.230 --> 00:13:19.389 like square because they're putting the art, 00:13:19.470 --> 00:13:24.230 but. It I think it kind of compensates for the 00:13:24.230 --> 00:13:25.669 fact that some of the figures are bigger than 00:13:25.669 --> 00:13:27.690 others, and then they had gears like Autobot 00:13:27.690 --> 00:13:29.649 gears, and I was like, OK, this is a new figure. 00:13:30.750 --> 00:13:35.309 Oh, and. But I mean, there's still a deluxe, 00:13:35.350 --> 00:13:39.480 so you're still paying. you know, $25 for these 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:42.299 things. And, and I get inflation and I get all 00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:47.059 that stuff. I don't for the amount of plastic 00:13:47.059 --> 00:13:49.679 I'm paying for, like it better be like kind of 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:53.580 immaculate for that $25. You damn right. It better 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:57.000 be immaculate for $25 freaking dollars. And they, 00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:59.080 they, they have a hard time selling the, the 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.659 leader class. They have a hard time selling the. 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:05.019 The Voyager class, like I don't really see those 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:10.039 move. I've seen the deluxe go farther. We don't 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:13.200 have basic anymore, so that's gone or core class 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.879 or whatever. I think that there's still room 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:23.440 that they can. Make this work and. I will be 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.179 looking forward to seeing what they do with some 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:26.720 of the other characters and, you know, these 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.379 classic card backs and, you know, maybe re -releasing 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:32.740 some of the the beast. type characters are releasing 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:37.960 the new ones with classic box styles but with 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.740 the new figure you know something something like 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:43.860 that because like i i'm looking forward to when 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:48.000 they you know get some of that new stuff uh and 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.539 you know especially with some of the stuff we're 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:52.279 going to talk about later with new figures coming 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:57.120 along the way yep well what have we been saying 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:02.309 we've been saying Last year, when we did episodes 00:15:02.309 --> 00:15:05.009 of this podcast, and this year, we're going to 00:15:05.009 --> 00:15:07.909 say it all this year, too. Because I will say 00:15:07.909 --> 00:15:16.350 this. Hasbro, you've got the market of us. You've 00:15:16.350 --> 00:15:22.230 got us. You've got the 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 -year 00:15:22.230 --> 00:15:26.269 -old collector. You've got us. We may not always 00:15:26.269 --> 00:15:29.250 buy everything. There are some of us that will. 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:32.460 You know, most of the time you've got certain 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:35.259 things appeal to certain one of us and others 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:39.600 of us and whatever. They need to be fostering 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:47.899 that kid market again. And honestly, the old 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:51.700 stuff sells the best. So like what you're talking 00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:54.980 about, like these new figures or these new renditions 00:15:54.980 --> 00:16:00.240 of figures, put a new Cheetor. in a classic beast 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.980 era box or a beast era package like you can still 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:11.179 do cool things with the brand with new figures 00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:16.720 so here's here's part of my my thing too though 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.820 kids are not parents are not buying this stuff 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:22.620 for the kids one they can't afford it yeah i 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:26.929 know kids do not play with toys kids are on electronics 00:16:26.929 --> 00:16:30.610 and so that's i see where brian cox purposely 00:16:30.610 --> 00:16:36.970 has pivoted to chris cox no not brian you confused 00:16:36.970 --> 00:16:39.629 the two yeah i know i know what i've done but 00:16:39.629 --> 00:16:42.909 chris cox i can see why he pivoted to gaming 00:16:42.909 --> 00:16:46.889 games yeah because kids are that's where they're 00:16:46.889 --> 00:16:49.090 at that's where that's where they're going to 00:16:49.090 --> 00:16:51.629 make the money and they know that And that's 00:16:51.629 --> 00:16:53.570 why they're off sourcing, you know, everything 00:16:53.570 --> 00:16:56.370 else to everybody else other than like Transformers 00:16:56.370 --> 00:16:57.850 and some of their core brands. And then they're 00:16:57.850 --> 00:17:00.009 manufacturing those themselves with, you know, 00:17:00.009 --> 00:17:03.370 some caveats of some specific versions that don't 00:17:03.370 --> 00:17:09.130 transform to other people. And I, I understand 00:17:09.130 --> 00:17:11.789 that. And I understand that they're, you know, 00:17:11.789 --> 00:17:14.069 they're pretty much a collector's market now. 00:17:14.170 --> 00:17:17.029 Like they're not, it's not a kid's market. It's, 00:17:17.029 --> 00:17:19.539 it's the people that grew up with it. We're the 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:21.359 ones buying it. We're the ones that are like, 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.180 oh, it's a new version of what I used to have. 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:31.299 You know, point in case. If I ever saw the. It's 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:38.519 the classic. Optimus Prime. You know that they 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:43.720 that that looks like. The original Optimus Prime 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:49.299 toy. Oh, yeah. It's the the Legacy United Deluxe 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:52.779 G1 Universe Optimus Prime. Yeah. Like, for instance, 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:58.960 I'm highly tempted to get that one. For the sole 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:01.700 purpose, it's a nostalgia kick like I had it. 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:05.400 I don't love the colors like I don't love the 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:07.140 fact that I mean, I know it's plastic and it's 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:10.819 not die cast and I get that. That's not my. my 00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:13.660 thing, the, the, the gripe that I, the only one 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:18.000 I have is specifically is the, um, you know, 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:20.380 it just, it looks like plastic, you know, compared 00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:24.500 to the, um, but it's, they give him, you know, 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.900 the, the ankle tilt. So they give him, you know, 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.579 some of the needs bending and they give him, 00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:32.440 you know, better articulation. He, he has, you 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.319 know, the fist fold in on themselves, you know, 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:43.119 it's, they give him the, the energon axe uh and 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:44.779 then you know there's a couple little modifications 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:47.819 that are modernized but i mean if i saw that 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:50.599 i would like probably pick it up because i'm 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.980 like that's a pretty cool you know figure i liked 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:56.880 the original one despite the fact that it looked 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.880 like hot garbage compared to you know what it 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.500 was supposed to be uh but it was cool for the 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:08.960 time and i had one and it was one of the ones 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.900 that i i thought was really neat and so like 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:16.099 what i would do with it is i would give it the 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:18.220 paint job that it shows on the back of the box 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:22.700 yeah you know the richer blues the the the chrome 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:26.839 the uh the the richer reds you know the deep 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.039 dark red you know so it looks metallic like i 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.140 would i would give it that paint job if i you 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:37.720 know actually bought it and But I mean, that's 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.180 the kind of thing like that's it's a nostalgia 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:42.380 kick. It's giving you a modern version of a classic 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:48.119 figure. But it's they're definitely selling to 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:50.859 us like it's not the kids. It's oh, yeah, no, 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:55.859 I know. But I mean, like I would buy this. Over 00:19:55.859 --> 00:20:00.000 the Studio Series 86. Based on the fact that. 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.329 This I know what I'm getting like. the devastation 00:20:05.329 --> 00:20:08.170 optimus prime looks like crap compared to this 00:20:08.170 --> 00:20:13.009 the the the studio series 86 is great i just 00:20:13.009 --> 00:20:16.890 wish that they would sell them separate from 00:20:16.890 --> 00:20:20.269 the trailer and that's that that's been my gripe 00:20:20.269 --> 00:20:22.809 with the various primes that have come out it's 00:20:22.809 --> 00:20:24.849 it's you know i would be more willing to be like 00:20:24.849 --> 00:20:27.670 oh i'll drop 35 bucks you know on a voyager optimus 00:20:27.670 --> 00:20:32.180 prime of studio series 86 or even 40 you know 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:36.079 but 90 it's like i'll buy a third party and get 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:40.240 just the the cab it'll be bigger it'll be better 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:46.200 quality and the paint job will match so it's 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.339 it's it's one of those things where i have to 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:53.599 kind of weigh things yeah i understand and my 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:58.859 thing is if i really wanted it If I really wanted 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:02.559 to have it, and obviously I'd have to save the 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.519 money to do it, I wouldn't mind paying the 90 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.680 because I want Roller. I want the trailer because 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:12.380 I want that full experience of being able to 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:17.839 have Optimus in truck mode, not just the cab. 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.299 I want that full trailer. I want to be able to 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:23.640 open up those back doors and have Roller pop 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:27.609 out. kind of thing so i get it i understand where 00:21:27.609 --> 00:21:30.289 you're coming from because you're coming from 00:21:30.289 --> 00:21:36.750 the great upgrade of 1996 and things were smaller 00:21:36.750 --> 00:21:41.609 and more compact and more beastly than car uh 00:21:41.609 --> 00:21:45.430 you didn't need trailers for beast modes uh so 00:21:45.430 --> 00:21:51.329 i get it but uh yeah i don't know dude like it 00:21:51.329 --> 00:21:56.900 just So let me, I don't remember if I've asked 00:21:56.900 --> 00:22:01.500 you this in past episodes. I don't know. Have 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:04.440 you, or will you ever show your kids generation 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:09.779 one? I already have. Okay. I don't remember. 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.640 That's fine. I know that, but they, they genuinely 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:18.640 enjoyed that. Okay. They like. Okay. Okay. Like 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:23.539 my youngest loves. he doesn't really care he's 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:25.640 like i'll watch whatever he likes beast wars 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:29.920 he likes g1 right my my older one likes g1 like 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:32.779 he likes the car he likes the vehicles there's 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:38.140 more you know there's there's more that that 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:41.900 has them engaged with it i guess just because 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:47.859 it's it is cars um right and they are your oldest 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:51.700 is how old now 12. He's 12. Okay. So he's 12. 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:56.059 So he's. My youngest is going to be 10 in like 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:59.559 a month. Okay. So your youngest still has about 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:02.599 two. Okay. I'm trying to think of like, I'm trying 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:06.059 to think of like kids ages of like when to kind 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:09.000 of try. I'm trying to think of like how Hasbro 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:12.559 could get the kid market back of how they should 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:15.980 be. Like, I remember when we were kids from. 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:21.549 85 to 89 so i was five years old to nine years 00:23:21.549 --> 00:23:27.109 old you could anytime my mom took me to the mall 00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:30.670 i'm like running to kb toys or running the toys 00:23:30.670 --> 00:23:34.089 or us or running to wherever wherever there was 00:23:34.089 --> 00:23:37.230 transformers toys or he -man toys or whatever 00:23:37.230 --> 00:23:42.369 i'm like zoom there immediately and i'm trying 00:23:42.369 --> 00:23:49.690 to think of in 2025 2026 And this is why I thought, 00:23:49.809 --> 00:23:56.089 oh, modern toys in vintage packaging would maybe 00:23:56.089 --> 00:24:04.230 get... I don't know. It is what it is. Speaking 00:24:04.230 --> 00:24:08.289 of things that are kind of classic, and I almost 00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:10.670 thought this was an April Fool's joke because 00:24:10.670 --> 00:24:13.650 it just sounds like it would be an April Fool's 00:24:13.650 --> 00:24:19.250 joke. Up next... New third -party company, Big 00:24:19.250 --> 00:24:26.390 Mac Toy. Come on. Big Mac Toy make Big Mac. No 00:24:26.390 --> 00:24:32.230 sauce included. Exactly. No Thousand Island dressing 00:24:32.230 --> 00:24:35.869 for you. But seriously, when I saw this, and 00:24:35.869 --> 00:24:41.829 I understand the Weibo post was on March 29th, 00:24:41.829 --> 00:24:46.670 but when TFW posted this, was on april 1st and 00:24:46.670 --> 00:24:52.170 i read the the headline big mac toy big01 i'm 00:24:52.170 --> 00:24:56.089 like wait what the hell is this that's why in 00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:58.690 our document i put april fools question mark 00:24:58.690 --> 00:25:01.089 question because i'm like we don't do april fools 00:25:01.089 --> 00:25:05.210 around here we don't no we stay offline exactly 00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:09.289 i mean i'm online but i ignore all the all the 00:25:09.289 --> 00:25:16.190 fools but uh yeah no so this is uh big mac toy 00:25:16.190 --> 00:25:21.150 big01 g1 fortress maximus this thing is going 00:25:21.150 --> 00:25:26.170 to be two feet five inches tall that's a bit 00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:29.650 excessive do you imagine how much that'll be 00:25:29.650 --> 00:25:35.509 with tariffs yeah it's going to be terrifying 00:25:35.509 --> 00:25:43.160 is what it's going to be hey yeah that's i get 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:50.079 it but yeah i mean i mean i'm all for like yeah 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.980 this kind of stuff like i think it's cool it's 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:57.000 gonna be heavy oh yeah i don't i don't understand 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.799 where people have the room to put these gargantuan 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:03.099 versions of these characters like i the biggest 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:07.160 figure i've ever had of anything was when i had 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:09.920 the transmittal to megatron like the winged dragon 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:14.859 yeah and it was so big because of the wings and 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:17.740 just the size it put the rest of my masterpiece 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:20.640 to shame and i was like i don't have anything 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:22.819 this big like i don't even have a star trek ship 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:26.759 i don't have like a megazord like nothing and 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:31.720 i ended up getting rid of it because of one space 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.200 and then two i was like well i can flip it you 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:39.670 know for what i got it for and then um And then 00:26:39.670 --> 00:26:42.569 I can get something else, which I did. I was 00:26:42.569 --> 00:26:44.910 able to get like two or three other masterpiece 00:26:44.910 --> 00:26:50.170 and like half the Beast Wars line. So City Bots 00:26:50.170 --> 00:26:54.990 for me have never been about the bot. Metroplex, 00:26:55.089 --> 00:27:03.710 Fort Max, Scorponok, Trypticon. Okay, maybe Trypticon 00:27:03.710 --> 00:27:06.730 was about the dinosaur, but they've never been 00:27:06.730 --> 00:27:10.019 about the bot. mode it's always been about the 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:13.539 city mode because it was a play set experience 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:17.440 you watch the old metroplex commercial or you 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:21.759 watch the old fort max commercials and you can 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:26.720 have your other transformers that is what like 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:30.299 that's why all the other transformers were smaller 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:35.420 obviously not just why but like Go back to 1984. 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:38.559 Go back to 1985. We were just talking about the 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:43.599 updated version of Generation 1, 84 Optimus. 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.339 But you go back to 84. You go back to Optimus. 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:50.900 You go back to Bumblebee, Cliffjumper. You go 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:54.299 back to Ratchet and Soundwave and Megatron and 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:56.839 Starscream and the Jets and this and that and 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.859 the other thing. You have something like this 00:27:58.859 --> 00:28:02.309 here. And I'm just looking at the city. I have 00:28:02.309 --> 00:28:06.930 the larger city image pulled up, the middle image 00:28:06.930 --> 00:28:09.990 here, where it's just the city. It's not open 00:28:09.990 --> 00:28:11.910 battle station mode. It's just the city mode 00:28:11.910 --> 00:28:16.890 where the ramps are. Go in, go out, go around, 00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:21.309 go whatever. Upside down, inside out, whatever 00:28:21.309 --> 00:28:28.019 kind of thing. It's a display piece. Same thing 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.900 with the Ark and the Nemesis. It's a display 00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:35.380 piece of using the other toys you have. These 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:39.819 bigger bots, for me, have never been about the 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:44.839 robot mode. Do I like the characters of Fortress 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:49.619 Maximus or Metroplex as the robots? Yeah. But 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:53.380 I like them in the cartoon. As a toy, if I had 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:57.250 this today, I would be using it as a battle station. 00:28:57.390 --> 00:29:00.650 I would be using it as a city for every other 00:29:00.650 --> 00:29:04.809 smaller thing that I have. Like, I have the... 00:29:04.809 --> 00:29:11.069 You probably can't... I have the Jada Toys Nano 00:29:11.069 --> 00:29:14.069 Metal Figs. Like, I just basically dropped Starscream 00:29:14.069 --> 00:29:18.049 on his metal head here. I would put all my Jada 00:29:18.049 --> 00:29:20.849 Toys Nano Metal Figs, all my Autobots, I would 00:29:20.849 --> 00:29:23.970 put them in this city. or around the city somewhere 00:29:23.970 --> 00:29:27.849 kind of thing. So I understand what you're saying 00:29:27.849 --> 00:29:32.630 about the space. I completely do. But that, to 00:29:32.630 --> 00:29:37.930 me, is why the city bots... Like, if you look... 00:29:37.930 --> 00:29:40.490 What's the episode? Oh, God, I should know this. 00:29:40.529 --> 00:29:44.069 I'm a Transformers fan. I should know this. The... 00:29:44.069 --> 00:29:48.529 Oh, is it Five Faces of Darkness when Scourge 00:29:48.529 --> 00:29:52.700 and Starscream and... Well, it was Starscream's 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:55.539 ghost. Oh, Starscream, that's what it is. Starscream's 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:59.579 ghost. In Starscream's ghost, Starscream comes 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:02.579 back to life. He possesses Scourge, and Scourge... 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:06.180 Starscream has to do these labors for Unicron, 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:09.000 and Unicron wants eyes. Well, what's he going 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:11.680 to do? He's going to steal Metroplex's eye and 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:14.339 Trypticon's eye, and they have to go in. And 00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:18.059 as they're going in, they see what kind of life... 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:22.599 is being lived inside the city that is Metroplex. 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:26.819 People can say what they want to say about the 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:29.779 IDW Publishing Comics, which I absolutely love 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:34.339 the IDW Publishing Transformers, IDW 2 .0 Comics, 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:38.940 but Margaret Scott, who we interviewed a couple 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:43.400 of times on the pullback. She wrote the Windblade 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:46.779 series, several of them, and Windblade is the 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:50.259 city speaker. She actually talks to Metroplex 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:54.119 and has a relationship with him and does all 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:57.299 that and whatever else. It's just a genuine, 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:06.500 interesting thing of how the rest of the Transformers 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:11.579 can live inside of this one Transformer. So, 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:15.559 yeah, I don't think we have pricing on this yet. 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:20.440 No, it's probably, since it's two feet, five 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.619 inches tall, because I had to do conversion on 00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:26.119 that, folks, because I don't want to sit here 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.819 and say it's 76 centimeters. I mean, that's what 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:31.660 it says in the post, but I wanted the actual, 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:36.599 you know, two feet, five inches. Yeah, I mean, 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.990 it's... I think it's I want to say it's on show 00:31:40.990 --> 00:31:46.529 Z. OK, well, if it is, you let me know. I mean, 00:31:46.549 --> 00:31:49.029 two feet, five inches tall is about the same 00:31:49.029 --> 00:31:52.750 height as the original Fort Max. He was two feet 00:31:52.750 --> 00:32:00.170 tall. So, you know, it it is what it is. I think 00:32:00.170 --> 00:32:02.910 this is cool. I probably won't be getting it, 00:32:02.990 --> 00:32:05.069 but I think it's very cool. Yeah, he's twenty 00:32:05.069 --> 00:32:09.029 nine point nine two inches. Yeah. it's it says 00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:12.710 that on show z yeah um yeah and people can pre 00:32:12.710 --> 00:32:15.589 -order them what's the pre -order price does 00:32:15.589 --> 00:32:21.230 it say just as a dollar to start so i want to 00:32:21.230 --> 00:32:25.390 know what i'm actually paying for like i want 00:32:25.390 --> 00:32:31.349 to know the actual price yeah anyway speaking 00:32:31.349 --> 00:32:39.399 of uh the things that are uh costly Masterpiece 00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:42.420 Generations. Why they got to add the G to the 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:48.500 MP? I don't get this, but MPG -17 Optimus Prime. 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:53.180 Official images and promotional video. I watched 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:58.099 the promotional video. It looks good. This is 00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:00.740 via Amazon Japan. We have new official images 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:03.759 and pre -orders for the Japanese market of the 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:08.180 new Transformers. mpg 17 optimus prime style 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:12.859 generation this new stylized optimus bold features 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:16.019 elements from different universes is up for pre 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:24.980 -order somebody somewhere on facebook i'll have 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.400 to send it to you later somebody somewhere on 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:30.440 facebook did a like a optimus masterpiece optimus 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:33.700 prime over the years he's only gotten like more 00:33:36.769 --> 00:33:42.569 buffier kind of like he's gotten skinnier he's 00:33:42.569 --> 00:33:45.950 gotten like he used to be fat with a ph back 00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:51.529 in the mpo1 days by mp44 he's kind of slimmed 00:33:51.529 --> 00:33:54.990 down to the point of look you know two shakes 00:33:54.990 --> 00:33:58.390 you know and a sensible dinner and and i'm i'm 00:33:58.390 --> 00:34:03.829 good to go but uh the video looks cool uh It 00:34:03.829 --> 00:34:10.050 looks cool. It looks good. Does it say what it's 00:34:10.050 --> 00:34:15.630 supposed to be? It was just confirmed that the 00:34:15.630 --> 00:34:18.829 figure will stand 24 centimeters, 9 .5 inches 00:34:18.829 --> 00:34:21.789 in robot mode, which is almost the same size 00:34:21.789 --> 00:34:26.750 as MP44 Optimus Prime. Don't get me wrong. I 00:34:26.750 --> 00:34:29.489 like the appearance of it. I like his vehicle 00:34:29.489 --> 00:34:34.909 mode. I like the robot mode. Yeah, but... I don't 00:34:34.909 --> 00:34:42.590 know. It almost looks like they took Randall 00:34:42.590 --> 00:34:46.389 and Dr. Smooth's Optimus Prime and translated 00:34:46.389 --> 00:34:51.030 him to... I don't like the really pointy part 00:34:51.030 --> 00:34:53.530 of his head. Yeah, the ears are a little bit 00:34:53.530 --> 00:34:58.030 much. And the ankles kind of make me feel like 00:34:58.030 --> 00:35:00.599 they're on a ball joint that could break. yeah 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:03.659 that looks a little bad uh but the rest of it 00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:07.400 like i mean i'm i'm pretty sold on this version 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.119 of a modern optimus prime and no trailer no trailer 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.840 for you so 165 dollars at any sense could be 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:18.500 yours today yeah except that's a little bit rich 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.840 for me i don't want to okay i know i'll wait 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.480 for i'll wait i'll wait for the knockoff no i'm 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:28.230 just That's horrible. You are going to drive 00:35:28.230 --> 00:35:34.510 me nuts. I don't want to pay $90 for the Hasbro 00:35:34.510 --> 00:35:38.349 all -in -one trailer version, but I don't want 00:35:38.349 --> 00:35:42.150 to pay $165 without the trailer. Make up your 00:35:42.150 --> 00:35:45.329 freaking mind, dude. Well, I can buy the Magic 00:35:45.329 --> 00:35:47.750 Square Light of Freedom Optimus Prime Metallic 00:35:47.750 --> 00:35:53.550 version for $69. And here's no trailer. Do that, 00:35:53.650 --> 00:36:02.449 then. I don't think I've ever seen this before. 00:36:03.190 --> 00:36:06.190 I don't think I've ever seen anyone put his laser 00:36:06.190 --> 00:36:11.969 rifle on his shoulder. I have. Really? Yeah. 00:36:12.130 --> 00:36:14.750 You want to know when that happened? When I wrote 00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:18.530 about Ultimis Prime. Oh, of course. When you 00:36:18.530 --> 00:36:21.210 wrote about your Chevy S10 truck. No, no, no, 00:36:21.250 --> 00:36:25.309 no. This predates that. Oh. This is late 90s. 00:36:25.789 --> 00:36:29.360 I thought. i thought ultimus was the chevy s10 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:36.139 oh the gmc s10 or s15 but okay story time yes 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:41.179 way back when the transformer sites you know 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:45.199 used to be good plentiful and good and all of 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:53.699 this there was a bunch of tech spec creator websites 00:36:54.650 --> 00:36:57.170 that would generate a tech spec based on what 00:36:57.170 --> 00:37:00.510 you wrote gotcha and they would send in a database 00:37:00.510 --> 00:37:04.530 and you could download them and i did um so i 00:37:04.530 --> 00:37:06.329 wrote about a character that i created called 00:37:06.329 --> 00:37:11.570 ultimus prime and i wrote his his tech spec i 00:37:11.570 --> 00:37:13.989 wrote his information that he was essentially 00:37:13.989 --> 00:37:16.909 a failed clone of optimus prime after optimus 00:37:16.909 --> 00:37:21.090 prime went back to earth you know, or went to 00:37:21.090 --> 00:37:23.650 earth and was lost. And so they wanted an Optimus 00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:26.010 prime. So they cloned him in, in the failed experiment. 00:37:26.130 --> 00:37:28.409 He ended up becoming like the white and like 00:37:28.409 --> 00:37:32.610 slate metallic, you know, Optimus prime essentially 00:37:32.610 --> 00:37:36.070 like an, uh, like a, uh, ultra Magnus without 00:37:36.070 --> 00:37:42.650 the armor. Um, and he had a fusion cannon on 00:37:42.650 --> 00:37:46.050 his shoulder. Oh, nice. Okay. It's how I designed 00:37:46.050 --> 00:37:49.969 him. And then, um, And then he also had another 00:37:49.969 --> 00:37:52.829 one like it was basically his his hand cannon 00:37:52.829 --> 00:37:54.570 was on his shoulder, but then his fusion cannon 00:37:54.570 --> 00:37:56.670 was like on his arm, too. So, I mean, it could 00:37:56.670 --> 00:38:00.510 go either way. But right. Point being, he had 00:38:00.510 --> 00:38:04.050 a cannon on his shoulder. And. So it's kind of 00:38:04.050 --> 00:38:06.469 funny that this figure is capable of it. Plus, 00:38:06.550 --> 00:38:08.610 they have pegs on his back that you can actually 00:38:08.610 --> 00:38:13.550 mount his various weapons. Nice. Yeah. Kind of 00:38:13.550 --> 00:38:15.889 hold them in place, like on the side and on the 00:38:15.889 --> 00:38:21.659 top or on the complete back. So I think it's 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:25.019 kind of cool how he does have the cannon there. 00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.840 It just, I don't know, it makes him look more 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:34.400 like I'm ready for battle. Optimus Prime, roll 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:41.820 out. But yeah, I mean, I'm I mean, I'm all for 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:43.519 it. I like it. I think it's cool. And then he's 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:48.630 got the laser sword arms and stuff. no i i think 00:38:48.630 --> 00:38:52.710 this is really well done i i do like it uh when 00:38:52.710 --> 00:38:55.570 it boils down to like a money thing i just it's 00:38:55.570 --> 00:38:58.849 not 100 like something i have to get my hands 00:38:58.849 --> 00:39:02.849 on i kind of wish i never got rid of my uh mpo1 00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:09.710 yeah but it's neither here nor there i i may 00:39:09.710 --> 00:39:11.590 eventually get another masterpiece optimus prime 00:39:11.590 --> 00:39:14.429 this may be it this may not i don't know but 00:39:14.429 --> 00:39:17.110 i do think it's kind of cool I like the magic 00:39:17.110 --> 00:39:23.570 square version better. But I think that these 00:39:23.570 --> 00:39:26.090 ultimately these are these are all awesome. You 00:39:26.090 --> 00:39:28.070 know, there's a flavor of Optimus Prime out there 00:39:28.070 --> 00:39:38.809 for everyone. Yep. Absolutely. Oh, boy. And yeah, 00:39:39.010 --> 00:39:44.409 so I'm waiting to see what the. price is gonna 00:39:44.409 --> 00:39:51.489 be on this thing but apparently we would have 00:39:51.489 --> 00:39:54.030 had to wait a few more days on this folks because 00:39:54.030 --> 00:39:58.309 the pre -order does not go up until April 10th 00:39:58.309 --> 00:40:02.690 but premium collectibles studio museum scale 00:40:02.690 --> 00:40:08.880 Unicron statue reveal Coming to us from the official 00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:12.000 Premium Collectibles Studio Facebook, we have 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:15.920 our official reveal of the massive Premium Collectibles 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:22.400 Studios Museum Scale Unicron Statue. The chaos 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:26.460 bringer is coming. The PCS Collectibles Transformers 00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:30.039 Unicron Museum Scale Statue goes up for pre -order 00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:32.539 on April 10th, measuring an immense 39 inches. 00:40:33.449 --> 00:40:36.429 This towering force of destruction is a must 00:40:36.429 --> 00:40:39.130 have for Transformers fans. Stay tuned for more 00:40:39.130 --> 00:40:43.969 details. Yada, yada, yada. So, uh, 39 inches 00:40:43.969 --> 00:40:46.789 wondering, um, what's the difference between 00:40:46.789 --> 00:40:52.710 this and the, um, the, uh, the, the, the thing, 00:40:53.730 --> 00:40:58.730 the thing, the other thing, uh, the one that 00:40:58.730 --> 00:41:02.730 actually transforms. Yes. besides the fact that 00:41:02.730 --> 00:41:06.130 this one doesn't it's just a statue yeah no i 00:41:06.130 --> 00:41:12.929 know but like why is that like okay if you're 00:41:12.929 --> 00:41:16.190 gonna do a unicron and i'm looking at the the 00:41:16.190 --> 00:41:20.710 better image of this uh on on the facebook thing 00:41:20.710 --> 00:41:26.349 that they linked here if you're going to do a 00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:31.019 unicron statue Wouldn't you do something where 00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:36.639 the bottom of him is the top of Cybertron and 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:40.420 he's actually stand like literally recreate the 00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:42.940 scene where he's standing on top of Cybertron 00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:47.119 fighting everybody from the movie. If you're 00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:52.940 really going to do a 39 inch statue. I don't 00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:55.570 know. Whatever. Maybe I'm just complaining too 00:41:55.570 --> 00:41:57.630 much, folks. You know how we love to complain 00:41:57.630 --> 00:42:04.230 around here. I don't know. And honestly, there's 00:42:04.230 --> 00:42:09.590 only one Transformers statue that I still want 00:42:09.590 --> 00:42:12.050 to this day that I don't think I will ever have 00:42:12.050 --> 00:42:14.090 because I think it was a display piece only. 00:42:14.809 --> 00:42:20.820 And it's all your damn fault. Because it's your 00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:23.260 guy, even though it's not the purple version 00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:28.539 of him. Dragon Megatron. God damn Red Dragon 00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:31.840 Megatron from that whatever convention that was. 00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:40.420 That display piece was so cool. Thing was awesome. 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:45.590 Anyway. all right yeah so there's that we don't 00:42:45.590 --> 00:42:49.170 know what we'll we'll do an update at some point 00:42:49.170 --> 00:42:51.570 next month or something folks but pre -order 00:42:51.570 --> 00:42:56.789 for that is coming april 10th at 12 p .m uh pacific 00:42:56.789 --> 00:43:03.710 time on uh on april 10th getting into some comics 00:43:03.710 --> 00:43:07.630 stuff because skybound is skybound under image 00:43:07.630 --> 00:43:10.889 comics skybound entertainment is the home of 00:43:10.889 --> 00:43:13.610 the Transformers. Transformers fans, roll out. 00:43:14.429 --> 00:43:19.170 Today, well, this was posted March 11th, but 00:43:19.170 --> 00:43:23.869 in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy 00:43:23.869 --> 00:43:26.769 company Hasbro announced a campaign for a Kickstarter 00:43:26.769 --> 00:43:30.969 exclusive, the Transformers Compendium Set, which 00:43:30.969 --> 00:43:34.429 will collect the complete US and UK stories from 00:43:34.429 --> 00:43:38.480 the 1980s Transformers. marvel comics run in 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:42.320 definitive hardcover compendiums fans can sign 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:45.940 up for the mailing list now and receive all campaign 00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:49.199 details and updates ahead of its launch on tuesday 00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:54.039 april 8th 2025 at 6 a .m pacific time hey that's 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:57.840 tomorrow or today when you're hearing this or 00:43:57.840 --> 00:44:00.300 after today when you're hearing this whatever 00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:05.380 but uh yeah april 8th 2025 is when the Kickstarter 00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:09.039 will go live. There's a teaser trailer that I 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:12.300 will send the link to you for. Lovingly bound 00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:15.039 in gorgeous fox leather, each of the Transformers 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:19.280 compendium is between 950 and 1200 pages. Long 00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:22.320 time and new fans alike can expect to relive 00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:24.579 the classic stories that started it all for the 00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:27.179 robots in disguise in editions that will not 00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:32.530 be available anywhere else. So yeah, very, very 00:44:32.530 --> 00:44:34.869 cool that they're doing this. And campaign rewards 00:44:34.869 --> 00:44:38.010 will include 1980s -style tech spec cards, a 00:44:38.010 --> 00:44:41.170 challenge coin featuring Autobot and Decepticon 00:44:41.170 --> 00:44:44.590 shields, patches, exclusive comics, and additional 00:44:44.590 --> 00:44:47.070 stretch goals to unlock as the campaign progresses. 00:44:47.849 --> 00:44:50.590 Previous Skybound campaign backers and early 00:44:50.590 --> 00:44:53.670 mailing list members will receive a free Jetfire 00:44:53.670 --> 00:44:58.840 tech spec card when they back the campaign. A 00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:03.780 quote from Skybound says, We wanted to make sure 00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:06.400 that Skybound's follow -up to the record -breaking 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:09.280 G .I. Joe A Real American Hero compendium campaign 00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:12.420 gave Transformers fans the jaw -dropping experience 00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:17.579 they deserve, said Sean Mankiewicz, senior vice 00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:20.880 president publisher Skybound. The Till All Are 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:23.840 One compendium box set is the most epic comic 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:27.210 book collection. we've ever produced so whether 00:45:27.210 --> 00:45:30.050 you're looking to read the entire Cybertronian 00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:32.829 saga like never before or dive into stunning 00:45:32.829 --> 00:45:36.210 hardcover collections of the US and UK comics 00:45:36.210 --> 00:45:39.250 this campaign has something for every long time 00:45:39.250 --> 00:45:43.449 and new Transformers reader that is very cool 00:45:43.449 --> 00:45:47.150 I absolutely love that I think that's great that 00:45:47.150 --> 00:45:49.590 they're doing that it's not something I need 00:45:49.590 --> 00:45:53.150 personally since we've already covered good majority 00:45:53.150 --> 00:45:57.400 of the Marvel US and UK run over on the pull 00:45:57.400 --> 00:46:01.260 bag. Did that a couple of years ago. We need 00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:03.280 to finish that at some point, probably later 00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:06.219 this year in Autobotly August or something. Because 00:46:06.219 --> 00:46:08.619 I think there's like two trades that we didn't 00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:12.440 finish at the time. I think so. Yeah, we'll finish 00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:16.780 it at some point. But that is very, very cool. 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:20.480 I do think it is very cool that Skybound is doing 00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:24.329 that. And that they are offering very, very cool 00:46:24.329 --> 00:46:28.969 collectible type items. And that's the cool thing 00:46:28.969 --> 00:46:35.869 about physical comics is that offering to have 00:46:35.869 --> 00:46:41.429 the stories in these hardcover special edition 00:46:41.429 --> 00:46:46.769 type things and offering to have an experience 00:46:46.769 --> 00:46:51.960 that you could never have before. past comic 00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:56.019 licensees like idw and dreamwave and obviously 00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:58.860 marvel i'm sure they've done like i know idw 00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:02.920 did several things over the years but you know 00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:08.920 those are out of print by now most likely and 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:11.480 with skybound being the current license holder 00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:13.840 they're going to do stuff special for the old 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:16.900 stuff just as they're doing their new run with 00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:28.420 the energon universe Oh boy. This is okay. So 00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:31.000 this next one is going to be, I need to really 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:33.860 just do a pull bag episode for this, but basically 00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:38.440 Alliance entertainment, acquiring key assets 00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:44.360 from diamond comic distributors. So earlier at 00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:50.260 some point, diamond comic distributors. filed 00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:53.860 chapter 11 bankruptcy alliance entertainment 00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:58.320 arrived to the rescue earlier today proposed 00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:01.219 acquisition which is subject to bankruptcy court 00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:04.219 approval includes diamond comic distributors 00:48:04.219 --> 00:48:07.840 u .s alliance game distributors diamond select 00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:10.780 toys and collectibles and collectible grading 00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:14.949 authority who collectively represent a 42 -year 00:48:14.949 --> 00:48:18.530 -old enterprise recognized as a category -defining 00:48:18.530 --> 00:48:22.090 leader in comic books, tabletop games, pop culture 00:48:22.090 --> 00:48:25.389 merchandise, and collectible grading. Together, 00:48:25.670 --> 00:48:28.469 Diamond Comic Distributors, U .S. Alliance Gaming 00:48:28.469 --> 00:48:30.750 Distributors, and Collectible Grading Authority 00:48:30.750 --> 00:48:34.190 support over 5 ,000 retail storefronts ranging 00:48:34.190 --> 00:48:39.650 from blah, blah, blah. So the news is that Alliance 00:48:39.650 --> 00:48:46.039 Entertainment Holding Corporation Trying to boil 00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:53.239 this down here. They're going to, has been selected 00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:55.639 as the winning bidder to acquire substantially 00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:59.420 all of the assets of Diamond Comic Distributors 00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:02.619 Incorporated, currently being sold through a 00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:06.179 court -supervised bankruptcy process. The proposed 00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:09.000 acquisition, which is subject to bankruptcy court 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:13.039 approval, includes... Everything I just mentioned. 00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:23.500 So we'll see how everything goes. Yeah, I'm looking 00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:25.719 for a price here. That's what I'm looking for. 00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:30.880 There's no price. Yeah. But basically, yeah, 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:35.309 it's a thing. It's a whole thing. I was looking 00:49:35.309 --> 00:49:37.610 for a number, and they're not giving me a number. 00:49:37.710 --> 00:49:41.190 This is why sometimes I really hate TFW 2005. 00:49:42.170 --> 00:49:45.329 And I know it's not their fault. This is the 00:49:45.329 --> 00:49:48.730 way the press release is. They just copied the 00:49:48.730 --> 00:49:51.409 press release. But some of these press releases, 00:49:51.590 --> 00:49:56.230 the headline should be, Alliance Entertainment 00:49:56.230 --> 00:49:59.210 acquiring key assets from Diamond Comic Distributors. 00:49:59.849 --> 00:50:03.210 For $1 million. It's not going to be $1 million. 00:50:03.349 --> 00:50:06.449 I'm just doing the Dr. Evil thing. But that's 00:50:06.449 --> 00:50:08.949 a big thing that Diamond is getting acquired 00:50:08.949 --> 00:50:12.750 by Alliance Entertainment. That doesn't surprise 00:50:12.750 --> 00:50:17.050 me. It doesn't surprise me, but it's news that 00:50:17.050 --> 00:50:20.369 kind of came out of nowhere. I was not expecting 00:50:20.369 --> 00:50:28.989 to see that news happen last month. So. Yep. 00:50:30.289 --> 00:50:35.630 And then we get to Skybound Compendium Volume 00:50:35.630 --> 00:50:41.389 2, available for Amazon pre -order. This is the 00:50:41.389 --> 00:50:44.269 paperback collecting more of the Marvel series. 00:50:45.489 --> 00:50:49.170 End of the Iconic Original Era collects Transformers 00:50:49.170 --> 00:50:53.949 45 to 80, Transformers the Movie 1 to 3, Transformers 00:50:53.949 --> 00:50:57.699 Generation 2 1 to 12. Oh. See, that's what I'm 00:50:57.699 --> 00:50:59.619 more so interested in is the fact that it has 00:50:59.619 --> 00:51:05.900 the generation two, but yeah. Um, but yeah, I 00:51:05.900 --> 00:51:07.800 mean, it's, it's, it's still cool seeing all 00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:10.000 this stuff come back out again. Everything old 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:14.980 is new again. Absolutely. Well, that's not bad 00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:19.840 actually for that. That's okay. So you, Oh, wait 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:25.119 a minute here. So we get 45 to 80. That's nearly 00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:31.070 40. 30 40 issues plus the moving one to three 00:51:31.070 --> 00:51:39.530 another 12 so like let's say 70 issues of comics 00:51:39.530 --> 00:51:45.050 in one compendium for 60 just under 60 bucks 00:51:45.050 --> 00:51:49.610 that's not bad at all that's that's an investment 00:51:49.610 --> 00:51:56.260 right there that's very cool Well, your birthday's 00:51:56.260 --> 00:52:00.719 coming up, so look out. You think I'm joking? 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:04.300 I know. You think I'm joking? I have your address. 00:52:04.719 --> 00:52:09.340 I know what the hell I'm doing. Anyway. Moving 00:52:09.340 --> 00:52:13.880 on to the last thing of the night. The 2026 Studio 00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:20.840 Series stuff. Oh, boy. So, TFW member JTPrime17. 00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:27.960 of course has an in places. So he sees the, the 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:30.639 product number, which I'm pretty sure these are 00:52:30.639 --> 00:52:35.440 target numbers just from what I remember. Um, 00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:39.119 so anyways, the, the first link that, that I 00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:41.280 posted, cause there's like two different ones 00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:45.559 of just kind of continuing it. Um, you know, 00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:50.940 we get like the deluxe, uh, studio series. Um, 00:52:51.710 --> 00:52:55.869 It says, like, A -level. Yeah. Deluxe. I think 00:52:55.869 --> 00:52:59.030 it's Devastation Bumblebee. Yep. And then there's 00:52:59.030 --> 00:53:02.170 Deluxe TF1 Orion Pax. Then we get, you know, 00:53:02.230 --> 00:53:06.929 Barricade. We get Deluxe Windcharger from 86. 00:53:07.210 --> 00:53:11.510 Deluxe 86 Sunstreaker. 86 Kranix. 86 Clipjumper. 00:53:11.710 --> 00:53:15.269 Did we ever get a Kranix figure? Because if we 00:53:15.269 --> 00:53:18.369 haven't, that's kind of awesome. It is. I don't 00:53:18.369 --> 00:53:21.389 think we have. I don't think we've had a Windcharger 00:53:21.389 --> 00:53:26.110 either or some of these others, but then you 00:53:26.110 --> 00:53:30.070 get TF1 Thundercracker, TF1 Arachnid, and these 00:53:30.070 --> 00:53:32.710 are all deluxes. And then the Voyagers, we're 00:53:32.710 --> 00:53:36.309 getting the Skywarp Thundercracker, Seekers from 00:53:36.309 --> 00:53:42.710 86, Shockwave from 86, TF1 Alpha Trion, and then 00:53:42.710 --> 00:53:45.469 Leader, we're getting Leader 86 Soundwave, 86 00:53:45.469 --> 00:53:53.989 Astrotrain, 86 Snarl, TF5 Nemesis Prime 30th 00:53:53.989 --> 00:53:59.190 Anniversary Capsule for 86 and it says 86 Anniversary 00:53:59.190 --> 00:54:03.110 Deluxe Hound Voyager Scourge Voyager Hot Rod 00:54:03.110 --> 00:54:07.769 and Leader Optimus Prime so 86 Anniversary Leader 00:54:07.769 --> 00:54:10.750 Optimus Prime so I'm wondering if this version 00:54:10.750 --> 00:54:12.630 of Optimus Prime is going to give me the colors 00:54:12.630 --> 00:54:16.429 that I'm looking for let's hope like the detail 00:54:16.429 --> 00:54:20.469 like because if it was like You know, I had that 00:54:20.469 --> 00:54:24.449 eight studio, the, the 86 film aesthetic. Yeah. 00:54:24.550 --> 00:54:30.190 I would be more likely to jump. Yeah. Not that 00:54:30.190 --> 00:54:32.690 the figure's bad. I mean, I liked what they did 00:54:32.690 --> 00:54:36.710 and it is like, I felt like the war for Cybertron 00:54:36.710 --> 00:54:41.190 Optimus prime, the earth rise and the kingdom. 00:54:43.240 --> 00:54:46.059 Optimus Prime I felt like worked as a good G2 00:54:46.059 --> 00:54:48.960 Optimus Prime whereas this will be a good G1 00:54:48.960 --> 00:54:54.460 because it is G1 but and then I have Scourge 00:54:54.460 --> 00:54:57.320 from like the 86 Scourge from Studio Series so 00:54:57.320 --> 00:55:00.619 this is not enticing because they have I mean 00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:03.559 one I have it too there's like that shell form 00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:09.760 for so long like his sweeps yeah and then the 00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:13.010 other link is the Age of the Primes full listing 00:55:13.010 --> 00:55:17.389 yeah and so we end up with deluxe quintus prime 00:55:17.389 --> 00:55:21.889 deluxe sure shot which doesn't tell you what 00:55:21.889 --> 00:55:25.050 version of sure shot like if it's g1 if is it 00:55:25.050 --> 00:55:32.710 like another universe it says gen gen prime deluxe 00:55:32.710 --> 00:55:35.489 no it's generations of the it's the age of the 00:55:35.489 --> 00:55:40.000 prime they all say prime so So they're doing 00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:42.820 the generation thing here instead of the, you 00:55:42.820 --> 00:55:47.519 know, United or Legacy United or, you know, it's 00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:51.500 not Legacy, it's Generations again. Yeah. So 00:55:51.500 --> 00:55:53.880 they're being super coy on this one. So we don't 00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:57.000 even know what universities are necessarily coming 00:55:57.000 --> 00:56:00.739 from. We have Blast Off, we have Quick Strike, 00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:04.320 which if that's a deluxe Quick Strike for Beast 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:09.500 Wars, that could be interesting. Yep. Smokescreen, 00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:13.000 Powerglide, Swerve, Animated Ratchet, Cliffjumper, 00:56:13.119 --> 00:56:16.000 and then we get to Voyager. We get Amalgamous 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:19.920 Prime, Brawl. I mean, they're going to make Bruticus. 00:56:21.780 --> 00:56:29.179 So, Animated Rengar, Armada Sideways, Nexus Prime, 00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:32.960 and then we get Leaders. We get Big Convoy from 00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:36.219 Beast Wars 2. Or Beast Wars Neo, I'm sorry. um 00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:38.579 which will round out kind of the the beast wars 00:56:38.579 --> 00:56:42.000 2 leader you know leo prime yeah and then big 00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:47.460 convoy and then um universe razor claw which 00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:53.420 was in the past for the for this uh was when 00:56:53.420 --> 00:56:56.699 they kind of had it previously i'm i'm wondering 00:56:56.699 --> 00:57:01.059 if this is from predaking or if this is from 00:57:01.820 --> 00:57:04.760 like the universe like universe line which is 00:57:04.760 --> 00:57:07.380 that's what it looks like which would be a repaint 00:57:07.380 --> 00:57:14.059 of taiga hawk in the purple and black yeah for 00:57:14.059 --> 00:57:16.579 the universe line and then of course we get onslaught 00:57:16.579 --> 00:57:19.820 and then generation selects g2 swooping swooping 00:57:19.820 --> 00:57:24.900 sludge so nothing particularly here other than 00:57:24.900 --> 00:57:27.340 like quick strike i would care about maybe big 00:57:27.340 --> 00:57:31.650 convoy because he's a giant elephant prime But. 00:57:33.150 --> 00:57:37.389 Yeah, I mean, I'm more interested in the 86 studio 00:57:37.389 --> 00:57:40.309 series stuff than I am this particular section, 00:57:40.510 --> 00:57:43.190 but it's still cool to see that there's some 00:57:43.190 --> 00:57:47.269 cool stuff coming. Yeah, absolutely. Cool stuff 00:57:47.269 --> 00:57:56.809 is good stuff. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, there are 00:57:56.809 --> 00:58:00.570 there is a lot of good stuff that's that's coming. 00:58:01.079 --> 00:58:07.480 Pretty much. I think what has me more excited 00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:12.280 about anything that they're currently doing is 00:58:12.280 --> 00:58:15.960 whatever they do with the animated line. I'm 00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:19.079 more interested to see any of that than anything 00:58:19.079 --> 00:58:24.719 else at this point. Because I liked animated 00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:33.670 and it just. The animated line itself is, I mean, 00:58:33.690 --> 00:58:41.050 2007, 2008, 2009. Seeing those toys in modern 00:58:41.050 --> 00:58:48.110 day aesthetic, but still modern day, not aesthetic. 00:58:50.269 --> 00:58:54.170 Modern day toy building with the same aesthetic 00:58:54.170 --> 00:58:58.260 that we had from the actual show. Just how they're 00:58:58.260 --> 00:59:02.039 pulling that off is just so, so fun and so cool. 00:59:02.159 --> 00:59:07.099 And that Prime Cliffjumper, well, you're going 00:59:07.099 --> 00:59:13.139 to get the horns, folks. It might be Prime Cliffjumper. 00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:17.099 Well, that's what it says. Those were all age 00:59:17.099 --> 00:59:20.840 of the primes. No, it had two primes on that 00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:24.679 listing. It did say Trojan Prime, but it did 00:59:24.679 --> 00:59:28.300 say Prime Cliffjumper. okay it does yeah yeah 00:59:28.300 --> 00:59:37.619 yeah i knew i wasn't reading it wrong so but 00:59:37.619 --> 00:59:42.159 yeah no i mean it it's awesome to be a transformers 00:59:42.159 --> 00:59:46.559 fan currently from comics to toy collecting to 00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:49.619 whatever else i think the only thing that we're 00:59:49.619 --> 00:59:56.420 currently lacking is animation I don't know why. 00:59:57.300 --> 01:00:01.059 I don't know what they're waiting on. They might 01:00:01.059 --> 01:00:03.920 be waiting for like a reboot or, you know, somewhere 01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:07.260 in that. I guess. I don't know. I don't know 01:00:07.260 --> 01:00:11.420 what they're doing. It is Hasbro. That's very 01:00:11.420 --> 01:00:20.860 true. Like. But. But, yeah, so. So, yeah, that 01:00:20.860 --> 01:00:23.119 about rounds out everything. So anything else 01:00:23.119 --> 01:00:25.219 you want to bring up before we close this out? 01:00:27.960 --> 01:00:32.500 I would have had for this episode, and I'll probably 01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:36.139 have it next time, hopefully. I would have had 01:00:36.139 --> 01:00:40.260 because I finally at the end of March, I was 01:00:40.260 --> 01:00:43.539 able to pay off my buddy. And he was going to 01:00:43.539 --> 01:00:47.400 ship me the Transformers Funko Pop NFTs of Cheetor, 01:00:47.420 --> 01:00:51.179 Blitzwing, Arcee, and Ultra Magnus from the NFT 01:00:51.179 --> 01:00:55.460 Wave 2 of Funko Pops. He shipped them, which 01:00:55.460 --> 01:00:58.280 I've lived here in this apartment that I'm living 01:00:58.280 --> 01:01:00.960 in for three years. I've never had a shipping 01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:04.659 problem. I haven't had a USPS shipping problem 01:01:04.659 --> 01:01:10.809 in two decades. he shipped them ground advantage 01:01:10.809 --> 01:01:17.349 or whatever usps has or whatever and they never 01:01:17.349 --> 01:01:20.269 showed up they constantly went through the usps 01:01:20.269 --> 01:01:23.469 system they did this they did that and now because 01:01:23.469 --> 01:01:25.550 they've been unclaimed they're going they're 01:01:25.550 --> 01:01:27.530 being shipped back to him and i'm like wait what 01:01:27.530 --> 01:01:30.989 how the hell did that happen like what the hell 01:01:30.989 --> 01:01:35.389 like uh this is why i don't buy stuff anymore 01:01:35.389 --> 01:01:39.150 folks this is why i don't buy Because half the 01:01:39.150 --> 01:01:41.789 time, and most people know, I don't leave my 01:01:41.789 --> 01:01:44.530 apartment unless I have to. So I have to have 01:01:44.530 --> 01:01:47.409 things delivered or shipped to me because I don't 01:01:47.409 --> 01:01:50.250 go out and get the stuff myself. And it's not 01:01:50.250 --> 01:01:52.309 like you can go out and actually buy the NFTs 01:01:52.309 --> 01:01:54.650 in an actual physical store because they're NFTs 01:01:54.650 --> 01:01:57.510 and it is what it is. But it's one of those things 01:01:57.510 --> 01:02:03.309 where it's like, damn it. Like, come on. So there's 01:02:03.309 --> 01:02:08.889 that. But hopefully next time. I will have that 01:02:08.889 --> 01:02:11.329 to report back that I actually got those. Cause 01:02:11.329 --> 01:02:14.389 I'm, I really, I've seen the cheat or I've seen 01:02:14.389 --> 01:02:17.150 other people post, uh, like a three 60 of the 01:02:17.150 --> 01:02:20.690 cheat or, but obviously I want to get the thing 01:02:20.690 --> 01:02:22.550 in hands and I want to see it for myself and 01:02:22.550 --> 01:02:25.789 all that and whatever else. And I'm hoping that 01:02:25.789 --> 01:02:30.030 they do. What I find interesting with, with Funko 01:02:30.030 --> 01:02:33.750 and the transformers licenses, either they don't 01:02:33.750 --> 01:02:37.280 do anything with it. Or when they do stuff with 01:02:37.280 --> 01:02:41.880 it, nobody's talking about it. I get it. The 01:02:41.880 --> 01:02:45.780 overall Transformers community. Ew, Funko Pops. 01:02:45.860 --> 01:02:52.179 I think I know maybe five people besides myself 01:02:52.179 --> 01:02:55.739 that actually like the Funko Pop Transformers 01:02:55.739 --> 01:03:01.969 stuff. I don't see Funko Pop Transformers in 01:03:01.969 --> 01:03:04.610 any of the Funko Auctions stuff on Whatnot that 01:03:04.610 --> 01:03:08.650 I follow. And I'm not on Whatnot Funko Auctions 01:03:08.650 --> 01:03:12.710 to be buying stuff, but I support just... It's 01:03:12.710 --> 01:03:16.190 like watching a YouTube video just going whatever. 01:03:17.630 --> 01:03:20.449 So I don't know. It is what it is. It's weird. 01:03:20.550 --> 01:03:25.800 It's whatever. But we've gotten... We had WonderCon 01:03:25.800 --> 01:03:29.340 already this year. No Transformers exclusives 01:03:29.340 --> 01:03:31.639 for WonderCon. I don't know if there's going 01:03:31.639 --> 01:03:34.539 to be any Funko Transformers exclusive for SDCC, 01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:40.420 CCCC. So, I don't know. That's a running... Over 01:03:40.420 --> 01:03:42.940 on Geekcast Radio, folks, it's a running joke 01:03:42.940 --> 01:03:45.159 between my buddy Christopher, my buddies Christopher 01:03:45.159 --> 01:03:47.719 and Matt and I when we do our convention attention 01:03:47.719 --> 01:03:53.280 coverage of cons that they go to. If it... Ends 01:03:53.280 --> 01:03:57.699 in a CC, we usually add like seven CCCCCs because 01:03:57.699 --> 01:04:05.380 ECCCCCC, it's a running joke. But yeah, I mean, 01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:08.900 you know, like I always say, even if there isn't 01:04:08.900 --> 01:04:11.159 anything currently going on for Transformers 01:04:11.159 --> 01:04:14.500 for somebody, there's always 41 years of history. 01:04:15.280 --> 01:04:20.500 I will recommend the Skybound comics for older 01:04:20.500 --> 01:04:23.460 Transformers fans, for adult Transformers fans, 01:04:23.719 --> 01:04:27.119 because it is geared towards the adult collector, 01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:31.099 the adult reader. No child should be reading 01:04:31.099 --> 01:04:34.420 the Daniel Warren Johnson Transformers comic 01:04:34.420 --> 01:04:40.699 because it's far too violent. But for us adults, 01:04:40.840 --> 01:04:46.500 it's actually pretty good. 18 issues of him writing. 01:04:46.559 --> 01:04:49.519 And I'm like, get to the point over it. Literally 01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:54.320 the, the 18th issue that me and Jesse early matrix 01:04:54.320 --> 01:04:57.619 prime and Ryan, and even float discussed on, 01:04:57.699 --> 01:05:02.139 uh, another comic review, Jesse's podcast. By 01:05:02.139 --> 01:05:04.500 the end of it, I'm like, okay, can we get a new 01:05:04.500 --> 01:05:06.820 writer? Not that Daniel Warren Johnson's a bad 01:05:06.820 --> 01:05:09.039 writer, but I want a different voice on this. 01:05:09.099 --> 01:05:11.719 I want a different story. I'm tired of this already. 01:05:12.489 --> 01:05:19.909 Like, get to the point. So maybe I'm just old 01:05:19.909 --> 01:05:23.449 and bitter, folks. I don't know. So with that, 01:05:23.489 --> 01:05:26.170 thank you, as always, for listening to all things 01:05:26.170 --> 01:05:28.429 Transformers. I've been your host, Steve Megatron 01:05:28.429 --> 01:05:31.130 with TFG1 Mike. You can, of course, interact 01:05:31.130 --> 01:05:34.769 with us and the show on geekcastradio .com on 01:05:34.769 --> 01:05:38.150 the episode post or on social media. Until next 01:05:38.150 --> 01:05:44.860 time, transform and transcend. Yes.