WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.179 Sentinel Online. Now loading All Things Transformers. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:28.839 Hello and welcome to... All Things Transformers, 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.159 I'm your host, Steve Megatron, joined by TFG1 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:38.640 Mike. Hello, I'm here. Yes, he is. So, jumping 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:43.159 right into it, this episode is a news roundup. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:47.920 However, there's a lot of toy discussion for 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.060 those that are the toy enthusiasts. Yes. Especially 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:56.140 those that like Transformers. Studio Series 86 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:59.539 Optimus Prime, which we'll discuss more in depth 00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:08.560 later. Yep. And then, yeah, so lots of toys. 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:10.819 So we're going to get into it first thing with 00:01:10.819 --> 00:01:14.739 the Transformers Cyber World, which I'm not too 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:19.239 familiar with this line. Oh, it's new, I think. 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:34.109 And. I don't know. Looking at this and reading 00:01:34.109 --> 00:01:39.390 their description, I get it. And I understand 00:01:39.390 --> 00:01:44.530 the... So, wait. Is this two separate things, 00:01:44.629 --> 00:01:49.870 or is this the same thing? See, the way they... 00:01:49.870 --> 00:01:52.650 They've got too many lines going, so it makes 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:54.849 it really difficult to know what's going on. 00:01:57.730 --> 00:02:02.450 So, for those that may be listening, I don't 00:02:02.450 --> 00:02:05.349 know how many of our... Every time I see the 00:02:05.349 --> 00:02:08.469 word chomp, I know there's a specific company... 00:02:08.469 --> 00:02:12.889 No, no, I'm being serious. There's a specific 00:02:12.889 --> 00:02:17.270 company out there that makes chomp figures. And 00:02:17.270 --> 00:02:21.150 they are these figures that are... I forget what 00:02:21.150 --> 00:02:22.889 the name of the company is off the top of my 00:02:22.889 --> 00:02:28.189 head. Of course, me, I'm going to do something 00:02:28.189 --> 00:02:31.990 stupid here in the middle of the podcast and 00:02:31.990 --> 00:02:36.830 see what the company is. It's Abominable Toys. 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:40.469 So Abominable Toys makes these things called 00:02:40.469 --> 00:02:45.969 Chomps. And they're these kind of cute. They're 00:02:45.969 --> 00:02:49.389 not cutesy cutesy. They're not Funko Pops. They're 00:02:49.389 --> 00:02:52.610 not Mighty Mugs. They're not. But they're. kind 00:02:52.610 --> 00:02:55.449 of, they're not really that similar to those, 00:02:55.610 --> 00:03:00.310 but they're, I don't know, they're not transforming, 00:03:00.610 --> 00:03:08.490 I'll tell you that. But they're trying to figure 00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:13.810 a way to explain this to you. Here, let me, I've 00:03:13.810 --> 00:03:16.289 already got the link pulled up here so you can 00:03:16.289 --> 00:03:20.930 see it, and I'll throw it here in Discord. So 00:03:20.930 --> 00:03:22.949 this is what I think of when I hear the word 00:03:22.949 --> 00:03:25.669 chomp and it's right there in the discord chat 00:03:25.669 --> 00:03:28.150 in our little thing there. So if you can see 00:03:28.150 --> 00:03:31.669 that, let me know. Okay. So that's what I think. 00:03:31.710 --> 00:03:34.509 They look weird. Yeah. So they're, you know, 00:03:34.509 --> 00:03:37.770 they're, they're kind of disfigured, cute little 00:03:37.770 --> 00:03:42.349 toy things. So when I see on, and I'm not complaining 00:03:42.349 --> 00:03:48.080 about TFW 2005 and how the. The person who wrote 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.159 this up wrote this, but I am kind of complaining 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.000 about that. But the way this is written up says, 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:58.580 Thanks to board member DigitalBrave3, we have 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:02.120 our first in -hand images of the new Transformers 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:08.120 Cyberworld Chomp and Battle Grimlock. Okay, now 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.680 read that again, folks. Listen to that again. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:16.209 The new Transformers Cyberworld Chomp. and battle 00:04:16.209 --> 00:04:20.250 grimlock cyber world chomp sounds like its own 00:04:20.250 --> 00:04:23.810 thing and battle world and battle grimlock sounds 00:04:23.810 --> 00:04:26.550 like two different things right so then why is 00:04:26.550 --> 00:04:28.750 there only one thing pictured here as far as 00:04:28.750 --> 00:04:31.629 i can tell it's just grimlock that's pictured 00:04:31.629 --> 00:04:33.790 here right yeah i'm cycling through these pictures 00:04:33.790 --> 00:04:36.430 it's just there's nothing that says chomp on 00:04:36.430 --> 00:04:40.170 any of it it just says changes to dino yeah um 00:04:40.829 --> 00:04:44.990 So what's the deal here? Like cyber world chomp. 00:04:45.870 --> 00:04:52.490 Um, so I, I think it's a thing of the writing 00:04:52.490 --> 00:04:54.769 of the article. That's the problem. It's not 00:04:54.769 --> 00:05:00.730 Hasbro or the, and that's a typical issue. Unfortunately, 00:05:00.730 --> 00:05:05.470 sadly. Yeah. But I, what I did notice from, from 00:05:05.470 --> 00:05:07.709 the majority of this, I, for one, I looked at 00:05:07.709 --> 00:05:09.839 it and I'm like, Oh, you could easily kit bash 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.740 that into a Megatron. Of course you could. Well, 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:15.860 because, I mean, he's got the tail arm and then 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:18.939 he's got the, you know, the dinosaur head. And 00:05:18.939 --> 00:05:22.379 so I was like, oh, there we are. You're right. 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.680 I'm like, you could make a kind of, you know, 00:05:25.699 --> 00:05:31.120 almost IDW Megatron, you know, with the kind 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.699 of cybernetic metal metallic look. And I was 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:36.500 looking at it and people were like, no, it's 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:39.829 those that have it. on the boards were like it's 00:05:39.829 --> 00:05:44.610 pretty solid yeah and it looks cool as hell it 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:48.370 does look cool and i get where they're probably 00:05:48.370 --> 00:05:54.410 getting the the chomp aspect because it looks 00:05:54.410 --> 00:05:57.290 like that they take almost like a core class 00:05:57.290 --> 00:06:01.769 figure to sit on it you know on his his head 00:06:01.769 --> 00:06:03.870 with the uh or right on his back like almost 00:06:03.870 --> 00:06:07.699 like a wheelie yeah and you know use the machine 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:14.459 gun tail and whatever but I mean don't get me 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:17.939 wrong it looks like cheap plastic if you look 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:20.439 at them on the back like the back side and the 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.899 back of the legs but if you look at them from 00:06:23.899 --> 00:06:26.779 the front yeah I mean you can tell it's cheap 00:06:26.779 --> 00:06:28.779 plastic but I mean with a good paint job you 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:35.540 could easily mask that and it looks I mean, it 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:38.720 looks pretty cool, like pretty stylized. I mean, 00:06:38.740 --> 00:06:40.899 I know it's a kid's toy. It's probably the size 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:46.839 of like the old T -Rex Optimus Prime from Rescue 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:51.180 Bots is kind of what it reminds me of, but a 00:06:51.180 --> 00:06:53.040 little bit more articulated and just better design. 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:56.019 But it looks kind of neat. And the only reason 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:58.839 I brought it up is, you know, one, it looks like 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:03.120 it could be repainted as a Beast Megatron pretty 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:07.290 easily. And then two, it just it looks pretty 00:07:07.290 --> 00:07:11.149 solid for one of the cheaper kids toys. Yeah. 00:07:12.910 --> 00:07:16.490 Yeah, it looks like they're like the way this 00:07:16.490 --> 00:07:19.550 line is going to look, the way the Transformers 00:07:19.550 --> 00:07:22.430 Cyberworld line is going to look, at least just 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:27.370 based on this. It looks like they're giving kids 00:07:27.370 --> 00:07:33.620 more than just what we had in the last. 15, 16 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:42.079 years for kids. So, yeah, it's very cool. It 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.360 looks like it goes for around 30 bucks. Oh, which 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:51.459 I mean, Grimlock generally goes high dollar anyway. 00:07:51.980 --> 00:07:55.980 I mean, yeah, he does, but it's kind of a lot 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:59.860 for that. Yeah, I'm thinking it's based off of 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:03.569 size. Oh, absolutely. Cause if you look at the 00:08:03.569 --> 00:08:09.029 nine inch, yeah, he's nine inches. So, um, but 00:08:09.029 --> 00:08:11.069 it looks like it's coming out anytime between 00:08:11.069 --> 00:08:16.050 now and July. Uh, yeah, the, the, the cyber world 00:08:16.050 --> 00:08:20.750 toys, um, it looks like we're going to get, you 00:08:20.750 --> 00:08:25.290 know, a prime, we're going to get a, um, or like 00:08:25.290 --> 00:08:27.990 a prime that can ride on his back. We're going 00:08:27.990 --> 00:08:29.949 to get a star scream. We're going to get a bumblebee. 00:08:31.370 --> 00:08:35.870 We're going to get Scorponok, a couple of Dinobots, 00:08:35.870 --> 00:08:39.769 and it looks like a horrible, looks almost like 00:08:39.769 --> 00:08:45.470 a G1 Megatron face on it. Nice. There's another 00:08:45.470 --> 00:08:49.049 article on T -Formers that has the Cyberworld 00:08:49.049 --> 00:08:52.769 official images. Very cool. And I think it's 00:08:52.769 --> 00:08:56.330 going to be a new YouTube series, too. Yeah, 00:08:56.389 --> 00:08:59.289 that's what it is. but I find it interesting. 00:08:59.429 --> 00:09:02.330 They went with Scorponok is the, uh, big bad 00:09:02.330 --> 00:09:08.169 for this. And, uh, technically they have a, a 00:09:08.169 --> 00:09:12.870 cyber changer Megatron, but he turns into, he's 00:09:12.870 --> 00:09:21.629 got the G2 colors and, uh, he, uh, he looks like, 00:09:21.629 --> 00:09:24.490 uh, like one of those auto cannon. And I put 00:09:24.490 --> 00:09:28.500 it in the chat for you, but, um, it's it's got 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:32.559 like an auto like almost anti -air type thing 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.960 i think the prices are a little steep for everything 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:38.620 i mean this is 25 bucks for this thing this megatron 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:41.059 um but he's a seven inch figure but it doesn't 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:48.580 it looks like a brick uh i i like the idea of 00:09:48.580 --> 00:09:51.480 where they're going with this i mean they've 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.490 they've got different characters and some of 00:09:54.490 --> 00:09:57.129 them don't have names yet um as far as this article 00:09:57.129 --> 00:10:04.429 is concerned uh but uh yeah i mean there's there's 00:10:04.429 --> 00:10:07.190 a lot of options here for for kids and you know 00:10:07.190 --> 00:10:12.450 some i i my kids probably wouldn't care about 00:10:12.450 --> 00:10:16.110 any of this just because of the designs and whatnot 00:10:16.110 --> 00:10:17.909 but it looks like that some of them are going 00:10:17.909 --> 00:10:23.250 to get options to change forms throughout it 00:10:23.250 --> 00:10:26.190 because like the bull looks like megatron and 00:10:26.190 --> 00:10:29.669 you know you get sky bite you got majority of 00:10:29.669 --> 00:10:31.710 other characters looks like prime can sit in 00:10:31.710 --> 00:10:36.169 you know on grimlock's jaw and use them as like 00:10:36.169 --> 00:10:42.669 a exosuit nice that's cool so yeah i mean these 00:10:42.669 --> 00:10:45.090 these are kind of neat i mean i i i like the 00:10:45.090 --> 00:10:47.690 gimmick idea that's on these they it's it's different 00:10:47.690 --> 00:10:51.669 yeah um So, I mean, I'll give them kudos on that. 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:57.809 That's kind of cool. Absolutely. So moving on 00:10:57.809 --> 00:11:01.730 to the blockies, I know you've seen these too. 00:11:02.090 --> 00:11:08.730 What is your interest level on these? I will 00:11:08.730 --> 00:11:12.389 buy these if I can buy them on eBay fully built. 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.639 That's my biggest issue with these. I am not 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.320 a model kit assembler because I physically cannot 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:24.039 assemble them. That's my only problem. Other 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.740 than that, I love them. The pictures, like, seriously, 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.559 scrolling through the pictures, Soundwave looks 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.740 great. Grimlock looks great. Skywarp, Hot Rod, 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:36.879 Rodimus, whatever we're called. I don't even 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.820 know what they're calling them in this. Whatever. 00:11:40.730 --> 00:11:42.889 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, I'm there all 00:11:42.889 --> 00:11:46.549 day. It's a purple Optimus Prime, hell yes. Shockwave 00:11:46.549 --> 00:11:50.750 looks amazing. Megatron looks great. Where I 00:11:50.750 --> 00:11:54.629 initially came to the Blocky's line was they 00:11:54.629 --> 00:11:57.590 did Autobot Megatron from the AEW comics, and 00:11:57.590 --> 00:12:01.570 I scoured eBay looking for a built version of 00:12:01.570 --> 00:12:05.490 this. And then a Patreon thing I used to do, 00:12:05.570 --> 00:12:07.830 and I sometimes will go back to and do, someone 00:12:07.830 --> 00:12:10.809 actually sent me them. And I had to give it away 00:12:10.809 --> 00:12:13.570 to one of the grandmothers here in my apartment 00:12:13.570 --> 00:12:15.509 complex to give to one of her grandchildren because 00:12:15.509 --> 00:12:19.210 I could not frigging build the dang things. Because 00:12:19.210 --> 00:12:22.570 they come. I didn't realize. I guess I should 00:12:22.570 --> 00:12:24.009 have realized. I guess I should have looked a 00:12:24.009 --> 00:12:26.450 little harder at it that they were model kits 00:12:26.450 --> 00:12:29.509 that you needed to build. And I was like, oh, 00:12:29.669 --> 00:12:32.809 dang it. I love the concept. I didn't know that. 00:12:33.149 --> 00:12:37.759 Yeah. You have to build them yourself. They don't 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:40.179 just come the way that the photos show them. 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:42.580 You have to actually assemble them yourself, 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:47.820 which is great for those who can do that. That's 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:51.539 amazing for me. Like I said, if I can find them 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:54.960 on eBay and they're already built, I'll get them. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.519 But other than that, I like looking at them. 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:00.559 They're cool. I think it's a great design. I 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.259 think the G1 designs for them are awesome. I 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:05.100 think they look great. I think they look cool. 00:13:05.769 --> 00:13:10.570 We have two blockies stories. This is the Galaxy 00:13:10.570 --> 00:13:15.230 version Defender Wave 3. This is the Heavy Metal 00:13:15.230 --> 00:13:20.570 War full reveal. So we have, as I mentioned, 00:13:20.690 --> 00:13:23.169 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, Jazz, Hot Rod, 00:13:23.350 --> 00:13:26.330 Grimlock, Soundwave, Skywarp, Brilliant Megatron, 00:13:26.409 --> 00:13:29.750 and Glittering Shockwave. There is a vehicle 00:13:29.750 --> 00:13:35.200 for Shattered Glass Optimus Prime. Mix Master, 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.799 Scrapper, and Long Haul. And the chase figures 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:41.879 include Metallic Grimlock, Metallic Soundwave, 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:46.720 Six Ravage, Special Galaxy Type Grimlock, and 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:50.179 Special Galaxy Type Soundwave. Now this is interesting 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:52.759 to me because I thought you had to build and 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.480 then unbuild, but apparently the vehicles are 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.500 separate builds. That's cool. Because I did not 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:02.539 want to have to get a shattered glass Optimus 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:05.899 prime, build them as a robot, take him apart 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:08.460 and build them as a vehicle. I'm glad the vehicle 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:12.879 builds are separate. I mean, they look kind of 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.360 cool for like that old chibi type. Yeah. But 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:19.419 so like, if you're looking, I know, I know years 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:22.700 ago, this, this dates me. Remember the, the old 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:26.000 figures that came out, they were like, an inch 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.340 and a half, two inches tall that were the, like 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:32.559 that kind of PVC plastic that had like the very 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:35.120 cheap plastic, but they have very good paint 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.539 decos. And, um, they had like the prime and power 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:43.139 master prime and like talking about robot heroes. 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:45.960 They weren't robot heroes. They were, I'm going 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.580 to have to find a picture of, I used to have 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:55.700 some of these and they, They didn't transform. 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.600 They were very similar to this. They weren't 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.960 like chibi, though. They were like accurate sizing, 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.519 but they were like really tiny figures. And the 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.600 arms and the legs could pop off and the head 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.960 could rotate. Yeah. And that was about it. And 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.240 so that's what these remind me of, although they 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.720 remind me more of a more articulated version 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:22.789 of it, but better in some ways. Yeah. And then 00:15:22.789 --> 00:15:25.490 the second part of the Blockies stories is that 00:15:25.490 --> 00:15:29.450 Galaxy version Wave 7 Transformers 1 official 00:15:29.450 --> 00:15:32.470 images. So these are all characters from Transformers 00:15:32.470 --> 00:15:39.049 1. These seem to be larger than the Blockies 00:15:39.049 --> 00:15:43.990 that we just talked about. Yeah, these seem like 00:15:43.990 --> 00:15:48.110 they put more effort into them. Not saying that 00:15:48.110 --> 00:15:50.210 the other ones are bad. I do like that. They 00:15:50.210 --> 00:15:52.730 did a really good job with them. I don't have 00:15:52.730 --> 00:15:54.470 anything against those figures. They are pretty 00:15:54.470 --> 00:16:00.870 cool. These are more... Honestly, I prefer these 00:16:00.870 --> 00:16:04.389 blockies over the transforming figures we got 00:16:04.389 --> 00:16:09.789 for the line. Yeah. These have so much better 00:16:09.789 --> 00:16:14.159 paint decos and just... and design to them, I 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:16.799 genuinely, like if I was going to get any of 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.360 the Transformers 1, these would be it. Yeah. 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:26.120 Yeah, these look very cool. That shockwave is 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:32.019 amazing. I like the Megatrons, obviously. Obviously. 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:39.879 Especially the metallic one. Yeah. But yeah, 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:48.950 these are cool. Yep, yep, yep. Absolutely. And 00:16:48.950 --> 00:16:54.309 then moving on, we have the... This is one of 00:16:54.309 --> 00:16:57.289 the other series going on presently on Takara 00:16:57.289 --> 00:17:03.809 Tomy's YouTube channel. They have Transformers 00:17:03.809 --> 00:17:10.059 Wild King. Yep. Which is... a cg animated transformer 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:15.559 show that's airing i want to say they're airing 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:19.680 like weekly or bi -weekly or something but they've 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.779 got a lot of transformers content on there so 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:24.380 it's kind of hard to keep track of what goes 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:31.359 where yeah um but yeah they they've it looks 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.000 like they've only got five episodes and it looks 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.700 like the sixth one or something should be coming 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:37.779 out soon uh but we get we get a multitude of 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:40.240 different characters here and I know we've lightly 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.279 touched on the figures before because this was 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:48.720 in March. Yeah. I'm waiting hopefully for a dub. 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:54.119 Yeah. Of this or at least a subtitle. I do like 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:56.720 that they have Prime and Megatron's head are 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.740 pretty spot on and then they have some of the 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:01.720 other design aspects that are similar and then 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.220 they basically made Prime and Megatron into combiners. 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:10.440 Yeah. Of course, Megatron's turning into a tank. 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.119 Of course. Yeah. But I don't know. I mean, some 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:19.059 of these are pretty neat. They kind of remind 00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:22.440 me of, in a way, like Big Lots Transformers. 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:27.140 Very much so. Like back in the day. They very 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:30.960 much look like that. Yeah. And then you get like 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.700 a T -Rex character, which turns into something. 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:38.799 God, you could repaint that as you -know -who. 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:42.700 Yep. I'm looking at the one image of just the 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:45.380 T -Rex just by himself in the T -Rex mode. Or 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:47.099 just leave him as the T -Rex and repaint him. 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.019 Uh -huh. Don't even use the... Yeah, and then 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:54.500 just 3D print a new head. Uh -huh. Yeah. But 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:58.900 yeah, I find it interesting anyway. It's nothing 00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:03.160 I would probably collect, but... No, not for 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:07.420 us. I'm sure it's for other people who are watching 00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:11.180 the thing, and I have no interest in... Like 00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:13.559 you said, unless there are subtitles or unless 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:16.220 there's going to be an English dub done, I have 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:20.140 no... And honestly, I don't want... I don't know. 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:23.220 That Optimus just... That truck mode is just 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:27.960 too weird. That doesn't look like... So his... 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:37.920 Not visor. The windshield. The windshield. My 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:42.079 brain doesn't function anymore, folks. It looks 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.359 like a piece of gold plastic. It doesn't look 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.839 like a windshield, because I've never seen a 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.960 windshield that color. Looks like Bumblebee pissed 00:19:52.960 --> 00:20:00.160 inside his cab. Not kidding. I am Optimus Prime. 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.799 We have had humans inside the cab, drunk and 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:11.900 running wild. That's right. Why you gotta do 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:14.200 that for, Sam? Come on, Sam, you're better than 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:20.619 that. It was Sam's mom, remember? She was on 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:24.819 the reefer. She was on the reefer. She's eating 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:29.930 them brownies. Yep. No, I agree, though. Like, 00:20:29.990 --> 00:20:34.970 this and the cyber world, I think... I mean, 00:20:34.990 --> 00:20:36.670 these are obviously not marketed towards us. 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:38.329 They're marketed towards kids and, like, the 00:20:38.329 --> 00:20:43.029 playability and the combiner. They're neat for 00:20:43.029 --> 00:20:48.150 what they are. Yeah. And again, folks, you know, 00:20:48.190 --> 00:20:52.250 we get it. Not everything is for everybody, but... 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:58.660 I would go more towards the cyber world than 00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:02.039 I would towards the wild King stuff. I, I concur. 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:08.019 And although, although these are more articulated, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:12.500 so I don't know, like that's, that's where it 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:15.420 kills me. I'm saying just by the look of it. 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.460 Yeah. I understand our articulation. Yes, I agree. 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:23.220 But cyber world gives me that G2 vibe. Yeah. 00:21:24.170 --> 00:21:29.250 And then, you know, this this gives me like a 00:21:29.250 --> 00:21:32.490 G1 that got mixed into a beast world somewhere. 00:21:32.670 --> 00:21:35.890 Like, yeah, I mean, they're not they're not bad. 00:21:36.009 --> 00:21:42.769 I but I digress here. So, you know, the Shizuka 00:21:42.769 --> 00:21:48.410 Hobby Show 2025 displayed. There's a number of 00:21:48.410 --> 00:21:52.089 articles we have on this as it's quite interesting. 00:21:52.170 --> 00:21:59.319 We have. The Devastator figures, all separate. 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:05.059 Yep. And then we have a new Optimus Prime, the 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:10.500 generation style. Yeah. With some metallic. I 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:14.119 mean, he looks cool. I still have, and this is 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.700 on me, I still have a soft spot for MP01. Yep. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:22.420 Even though he wasn't 100 % accurate, I still... 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:26.700 that to me was like the epitome of cool and i 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:28.500 got him for 60 bucks when he came out because 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:32.640 he was at target yep um but no i mean this one's 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.460 neat too and it's it's more of a stylized version 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:40.039 updated prime for today's era and i i get that 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:44.599 um and then we get the the heart of steel optimus 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:50.910 prime and uh starscream yes which I wasn't a 00:22:50.910 --> 00:22:56.609 huge fan of that comic line. No. But it is cool 00:22:56.609 --> 00:23:01.049 to see Studio Series 86 Devastator and seeing 00:23:01.049 --> 00:23:05.430 the Age of the Primes, Trypticon and Skybite 00:23:05.430 --> 00:23:09.490 and yeah, just multitude of different figures. 00:23:09.890 --> 00:23:14.529 And these are more so meant for us than the other 00:23:14.529 --> 00:23:19.829 ones. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it's nice seeing 00:23:19.829 --> 00:23:23.289 them all there together. It does look like a 00:23:23.289 --> 00:23:26.650 cool display. Yeah, that Trypticon. Oh, boy. 00:23:27.529 --> 00:23:33.509 Yeah, he's a beastie. He's a beastie. He is. 00:23:35.349 --> 00:23:38.230 It'd be cool to see the Devastator, though. I've 00:23:38.230 --> 00:23:41.470 got a huge one for combiners, but it looks epic. 00:23:43.309 --> 00:23:47.420 There was nothing like... seeing that for the 00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:52.720 first time oh no there was nothing like in 84 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:57.859 85 seeing them do that for the first time in 00:23:57.859 --> 00:24:01.099 that say what you will about however many origins 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:03.599 devastator and the constructor cons had in the 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.819 generation one cartoon series every time they 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:12.779 did the combination and obviously specifically 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:17.720 in Transformers the movie, seeing them do it 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:22.259 inside Astro Train, but more specifically when 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:27.619 they did it in Autobot City to, you know, Constructicons, 00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:32.599 unite! And all that. Just absolutely love it. 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:37.140 And we've been waiting 40 -something years for 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:41.910 a full -on masterpiece. Ever since that damn 00:24:41.910 --> 00:24:46.130 gift set in, like I said, 84, 85, whenever the 00:24:46.130 --> 00:24:49.410 gift set came out for the six Constructicons 00:24:49.410 --> 00:24:53.349 to make Devastator back in the old days, we have 00:24:53.349 --> 00:24:55.930 been waiting for a Masterpiece Constructicon 00:24:55.930 --> 00:24:58.470 set ever since then, and they're finally giving 00:24:58.470 --> 00:25:05.390 it to us. You or I may not have that Masterpiece 00:25:05.390 --> 00:25:08.170 figure, but we still can look at it and appreciate 00:25:08.170 --> 00:25:11.430 it and say, They finally did it. They finally 00:25:11.430 --> 00:25:13.769 gave it to us. And it is amazing and awesome 00:25:13.769 --> 00:25:18.029 and so damn cool. It's kind of about time. Yep. 00:25:19.849 --> 00:25:23.150 To be perfectly fair. Yep. Well, that's what 00:25:23.150 --> 00:25:28.730 anniversaries are for, don't you know? But yeah, 00:25:29.750 --> 00:25:35.390 the. The prime has me the most enthused, but 00:25:35.390 --> 00:25:38.720 again, it's not something I would. jump at because 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:41.740 it's not my prime, but we'll get to my prime 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:46.220 later. The other thing that kind of stood out 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:48.119 to me about this whole hobby show, aside from 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:52.319 the official release stuff, was the fact that 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:55.900 Transformers is doing so many crossovers now. 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:01.059 We've had crossovers with Power Rangers, Ninja 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:06.319 Turtles, and Back to the Future, Knight Rider. 00:26:08.219 --> 00:26:12.299 Ghostbusters. Yep. And so now we're getting into 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:19.099 anime. Yep. So they're having one with Neon Genesis 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:23.079 Evangelion, which I'm not 100 % familiar with 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:26.000 most of these that are being mentioned, just 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:28.839 because I don't frequent them. I don't know what 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:34.240 it's being turned into. But there's one for that. 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:38.339 that I am just lightly touching on. There's one 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:44.960 for Zoids. Yep. And Zoids, Diaclone, and Transformers, 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:49.359 and it's Shield D Prime is what they're calling 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:53.700 it. And it's kind of cool. It turns into like 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:57.160 a Zoids -type character. It's Optimus Prime, 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:59.799 and he's almost like, I mean, you get all the 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.660 metallic stuff on him, but then they've given 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:05.319 him a lot of influence from Prime. But then he's 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:08.980 got the soldier part that can go in the chest 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:15.359 and into the head of the beast. Yep. So he turns 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:19.019 into kind of the like a saber -toothed tiger 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:22.039 almost type thing, which I believe he did in 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:29.339 Masterforce as well. After he stopped being convoy. 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:34.440 But that one looks kind of neat. For what it 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:37.339 is. And then there's another one with Macross. 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:44.900 Yeah. It looks like Prime's got a guitar. Yes. 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:50.059 And he turns into a jet. Yeah, it's the Takara 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:55.319 Tomy Synergex Series Macross 7 crossover with 00:27:55.319 --> 00:28:02.279 Transformers Basara Convoy Grey Prototype. So. 00:28:02.750 --> 00:28:04.990 Yeah, it's kind of neat to see all these different 00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:08.529 variations, even though they're totally unrelated. 00:28:09.549 --> 00:28:12.150 I mean, it makes sense. If you can turn it into 00:28:12.150 --> 00:28:15.769 a Transformer, it just makes it that much more 00:28:15.769 --> 00:28:23.069 cool. Absolutely. And then moving on somewhat 00:28:23.069 --> 00:28:30.259 out of toys until we get to the next part. is 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:34.980 the Transformers Eternal War mobile game. Did 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:38.140 you watch the trailer for this? No, I didn't 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:40.359 even realize there was a trailer until I scrolled 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:50.599 down. So, I mean, regardless, it's it's it's 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:54.259 pretty cool what it what it looks like. And I 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:59.789 just I wish that we got. access yeah the closed 00:28:59.789 --> 00:29:03.430 beta for australia and new zealand uh started 00:29:03.430 --> 00:29:06.490 recently yep yep because the the visuals for 00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:09.890 it are spectacular the cgi is great it just it 00:29:09.890 --> 00:29:12.890 makes me look at it and go why can't we have 00:29:12.890 --> 00:29:16.809 this as a series yeah it almost looks like the 00:29:16.809 --> 00:29:21.470 war for cybertron stuff yeah considering what 00:29:21.470 --> 00:29:24.430 mobile phones can do with gaming now yeah this 00:29:24.430 --> 00:29:32.250 is amazing Holy crap. Wow. And it's G1 characters. 00:29:33.990 --> 00:29:36.529 They're going to have more of the nostalgia there. 00:29:37.150 --> 00:29:40.329 I hope there's another trailer coming because 00:29:40.329 --> 00:29:43.690 17 seconds is too damn short. I know. It was 00:29:43.690 --> 00:29:47.829 good, wasn't it? Yeah. And it's only in select 00:29:47.829 --> 00:29:51.009 territories right now. Yeah. Like I mentioned, 00:29:51.069 --> 00:29:53.789 Australia and New Zealand is the open, the closed 00:29:53.789 --> 00:29:57.910 beta currently. Yeah, and then it's being extended 00:29:57.910 --> 00:30:01.369 to other territories, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, 00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:03.710 Norway, Sweden, Singapore, and the Philippines, 00:30:03.910 --> 00:30:06.269 and it's only available on Android devices at 00:30:06.269 --> 00:30:10.549 the moment. Yes! Which is a first, because 90 00:30:10.549 --> 00:30:13.920 % of the time, everything is Apple first. But 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:16.700 see, that's the thing with this is that there's 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:20.160 no way Apple would. That's why that this is Android 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:23.519 only is because it's Transformers. It's robots. 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:26.880 It's guns. It's the Apple doesn't want guns on 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:32.279 its platform. I don't know if they have the other 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:35.960 game Earth Wars. I wonder if that's on iOS. I 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:40.680 think it is. I'm not sure. But, yeah, no, like, 00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:44.480 bring this to the, like, why didn't Hasbro or 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:51.859 whomever is, I forget who is doing this. And 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:54.299 it doesn't say, I don't think it, does it say 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:59.680 who is actually producing this? Anyway, yeah, 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.079 they should have brought this to the U .S. And, 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:07.000 like, along with, like, like the. I understand 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.559 the first closed beta test was for Australia 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:14.980 and New Zealand, but when they, you know, more 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:17.220 territories, the U .S. should have been the first 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:20.000 to come. Like, you could also do it in Denmark, 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:23.539 Finland, Iceland, and all that, but, you know, 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:25.779 bring it to the U .S. as well. Come on, people. 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:30.460 Especially since it's Android only. Like, for 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:35.230 now. well yeah for now it's it says for now which 00:31:35.230 --> 00:31:36.930 means it'll take a lot longer to get approved 00:31:36.930 --> 00:31:41.230 over there but earth earth wars is on ios oh 00:31:41.230 --> 00:31:45.410 it is okay yeah so but yeah i mean the graphics 00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:48.809 in it look look pretty cool uh you've you've 00:31:48.809 --> 00:31:51.490 got all these different ways of doing challenges 00:31:51.490 --> 00:31:54.690 you can have the teams it's like it almost took 00:31:54.690 --> 00:32:00.670 earth wars upgraded it and then also kind of 00:32:00.670 --> 00:32:09.849 mixed it with the Forge to Fight. It turned it 00:32:09.849 --> 00:32:13.329 into kind of an RPG, like almost a Final Fantasy 00:32:13.329 --> 00:32:17.769 thing, but with Transformers. So it looks neat. 00:32:21.529 --> 00:32:25.500 Yeah. Yeah, it does. It looks very cool. And 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:28.339 like I said, that trailer was, like, I get it. 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.539 It's a teaser trailer, and it teased us enough, 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.440 but 17 seconds for a teaser trailer? Like, 30 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:36.279 seconds, please. Like, at least 30 seconds. Come 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:41.859 on. For a teaser trailer. But, yeah. Moving into 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:45.119 the realm of comic books, we've got Skybound's 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:48.519 Energon Universe second anniversary cover artwork. 00:32:49.450 --> 00:32:53.410 Skybound updates your June pull list with a preview 00:32:53.410 --> 00:32:56.089 of Connecting Energon Universe second anniversary 00:32:56.089 --> 00:32:59.349 variant covers. In celebration of the second 00:32:59.349 --> 00:33:01.549 anniversary of the Energon Universe, this June, 00:33:01.670 --> 00:33:04.450 fan favorite Energon Universe cover artist Jason 00:33:04.450 --> 00:33:09.470 Howard from Super Dinosaur and Annalisa Leone 00:33:09.470 --> 00:33:13.230 from Invincible Universe Battle Beast will be 00:33:13.230 --> 00:33:17.170 drawing three... Mural Anniversary covers that 00:33:17.170 --> 00:33:20.289 spotlight the beloved characters from G .I. Joe, 00:33:20.390 --> 00:33:23.130 Transformers, and Void Rivals, including the 00:33:23.130 --> 00:33:26.549 recently revealed Hound, Wheelie, and Matt Tracker. 00:33:26.869 --> 00:33:29.690 These will be available as open -to -order variant 00:33:29.690 --> 00:33:33.569 covers for Transformers No. 21 out June 11, 2025, 00:33:34.190 --> 00:33:38.289 G .I. Joe No. 8 out June 18, and Void Rivals 00:33:38.289 --> 00:33:42.230 No. 20 out June 25, 2025, each connecting set. 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:45.559 Features a full color and black and white variant 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:55.519 cover. So, yeah. This looks cool as hell. And, 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:58.099 yeah, I just absolutely love it. I think it's 00:33:58.099 --> 00:34:00.539 great. I'm very much looking forward to this. 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:04.480 I don't know if I would get the full connectings. 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.380 I mean, obviously, I'm not getting the physical 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:10.340 copies, unfortunately, but if they had sold this 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:15.230 as a specific print, separately i would get this 00:34:15.230 --> 00:34:20.670 but i gotta tell you i really i should never 00:34:20.670 --> 00:34:25.650 scroll past any tfw article after the additional 00:34:25.650 --> 00:34:32.210 images oh my god i forgot how much of a toxicity 00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:39.559 the tfw comment sections are oh my god look I 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:42.820 know I've had brain damage my whole life, folks, 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:46.539 but man, two seconds reading the comments under 00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:56.679 this post. And it gives you brain damage. I really 00:34:56.679 --> 00:35:03.579 felt like my personality chip was removed. And 00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:07.659 I really felt like Gears, like, if you guys don't 00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:17.579 give me my personality chip, Megatron's in rough 00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:23.300 shape on these graphics. I genuinely do want 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:30.039 to read it from the start of this line. I had 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:35.789 zero... When I started reading IDW after I read 00:35:35.789 --> 00:35:38.489 it, you know, after reading Marvel and then DreamWorks 00:35:38.489 --> 00:35:45.690 or Dreamwave, I had attempted IDW. And other 00:35:45.690 --> 00:35:48.670 than their spotlights and their Beast Wars content, 00:35:48.969 --> 00:35:53.090 I really didn't like them. Yeah. In any of it. 00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:56.150 Like, I just it just didn't grasp me. It didn't 00:35:56.150 --> 00:36:02.079 pull my attention. This. just based on what I've 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:05.880 heard and some of the stuff I've noticed and 00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:11.139 I've read on seems like it could be fun. And 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:15.099 so like, I almost want to like dig my heels into 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:19.920 the first, you know, we're gonna, because we're 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:23.239 going to do it in trade. Like we always do. So 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:26.159 for those that don't know, and this is me going 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:31.900 to be self -promoting for other things. Jesse 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:36.559 Early, a .k .a. Matrix Prime. Y 'all know him. 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:41.860 TFWire back in the day. He started up his own 00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:46.420 comic book podcast, another comic review. He's 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:49.079 got me and he's got Ryan the Uneven Flow Merkley 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:52.159 doing stuff. And it's mainly me and Jesse doing 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:54.539 the Energon Universe. But we started an Energon 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:57.420 Universe podcast where we're reviewing everything 00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:00.849 in the Energon Universe. Ryan basically comes 00:37:00.849 --> 00:37:03.610 on and talks Transformers with us on the Transformers 00:37:03.610 --> 00:37:07.769 issues. And we're about to record issue 20 of 00:37:07.769 --> 00:37:10.590 the series. And we've been recording issue by 00:37:10.590 --> 00:37:14.610 issue. So for you and I, if you wanted to do 00:37:14.610 --> 00:37:16.889 it, you and I, we can do it by trade. So that 00:37:16.889 --> 00:37:19.030 way you don't have to worry about single issue, 00:37:19.110 --> 00:37:21.190 single issue, single issue. And we're here. That 00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:23.869 would be cool. For the next infinite whatever. 00:37:25.170 --> 00:37:27.630 So we can do the trades in the pull bag and that'll 00:37:27.630 --> 00:37:30.369 be fine once I get Joe Reed caught up on turtles 00:37:30.369 --> 00:37:33.429 and whatever. So whatever, we'll figure it out. 00:37:33.550 --> 00:37:37.829 But anyway, what I can tell you is if you want 00:37:37.829 --> 00:37:40.869 any kind of spoiler, go listen to any of the 00:37:40.869 --> 00:37:45.170 Another Comic Review episodes of the Transformers 00:37:45.170 --> 00:37:48.210 stuff and you'll hear our opinions there. I got 00:37:48.210 --> 00:37:51.050 to tell you, I was brand new to Daniel Warren 00:37:51.050 --> 00:37:54.369 Johnson's writing. He wrote Do a Powerbomb. He 00:37:54.369 --> 00:37:58.570 wrote some other stuff. But I was brand new to 00:37:58.570 --> 00:38:02.789 him as a writer. And I liked his take. I thought 00:38:02.789 --> 00:38:04.550 it was interesting. I thought it was cool. But 00:38:04.550 --> 00:38:10.090 after the 18th issue, I was like, okay, I can't 00:38:10.090 --> 00:38:14.710 wait until the 25th or 26th issue. When they're 00:38:14.710 --> 00:38:16.809 going to switch writers and have somebody else 00:38:16.809 --> 00:38:19.630 come on the book because I'm so done with this 00:38:19.630 --> 00:38:23.369 guy. Wasn't that it was bad writing. It was just 00:38:23.369 --> 00:38:26.449 that I was ready for the story to end and move 00:38:26.449 --> 00:38:32.429 on kind of thing. Yeah, I can get that. It's 00:38:32.429 --> 00:38:36.389 not bad. It's just that the story started for 00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:40.849 me just started to drag. And the problem is with 00:38:40.849 --> 00:38:44.579 how. skybound entertainment under image comics 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:50.539 how they did certain things where specifically 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:57.199 what they did was they took so we all know most 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:00.440 of us know issue one through five or issue one 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:03.980 through six that's usually a full story arc And 00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:06.500 then you have issues 7 through 12. That's a full 00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:08.920 story arc of comics. And then you have 13 to 00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.980 18 and blah, blah, blah. So that way you have 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:13.519 six issues per trade paperback when it becomes 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:18.119 collected. Well, Skybound, in their infinite 00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:23.360 wisdom, decided to do a Starscream origin of 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:26.639 what happened to Starscream in issues 13 and 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:34.000 14. Why? You'll figure it out when we get to 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.820 it in the trades. But it's one of those things 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:43.699 where the second story arc ended. And then the 00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:48.820 third story arc picked up. But it picked up with 00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:52.480 the origin of Starscream. But that's not where 00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:55.719 we left the... Like, it just completely picks 00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:58.659 up. And they're doing that even more now with 00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:03.679 how the... It's weird how they're doing it. Instead 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:09.539 of doing a separate one -shots or spotlights 00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:12.880 like IDW used to do, they're putting it into 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:18.300 the main book, and it's so stupid. So that's 00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:21.519 my other big gripe about Skybound with Transformers. 00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:26.280 Other than that, for the most part, it's been 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:29.539 mostly good. I've enjoyed most of it. We'll see. 00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:33.280 I don't want to detract you. I want us to have... 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:37.559 I mean, hell, you and I have talked each other 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:43.539 into worse things. True. We've done worse things 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:48.679 on this network in the last 16 years. But yeah, 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:52.039 we'll do that in trade. We could start doing 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.480 it whenever because Volume 1 and Volume 2 are 00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:59.280 already out. So we could do a... ATTF, TPB crossover, 00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:04.940 whatever. But yeah, so that's the June solicitations 00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:10.780 for Void Rivals and Transformers for these Energon 00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:14.679 Universe second anniversary is coming up and 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:17.039 they're doing this connecting cover, which is 00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:21.300 very, very cool. And then the last thing I have 00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:24.460 is going back to Toys for the News, which is 00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:28.400 possible. Possible! First look at Age of the 00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:33.800 Primes Alpha Trion's alt mode. OK, so he's a 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:41.000 ship. I'm kind of excited for it. Yeah. I also 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:43.460 was looking at it. I'm like, oh, the alt mode 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:50.800 kind of works for my Megatron. Of course, it 00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:54.760 all comes back to Megatron. Well, it almost works 00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:58.739 for the one that I. made out of Galvatron. Yeah. 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:03.320 Because then I could have him transform. Yep. 00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:07.820 And it would bury things in just right. And so, 00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:13.219 yeah, I was like, oh, this could work. This could 00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:18.260 actually function properly. I mean, if nothing 00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:22.639 else, I could just replace the legs so that it 00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:28.300 does that, which is what the days of future past 00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:34.219 Megatron does however you never know Hasbro may 00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:40.260 in their infinite wisdom decide to actually make 00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:49.579 the official figure because I mean I've I've 00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:53.179 been I've noticed as I pick up certain figures 00:42:55.210 --> 00:43:02.349 the companies tend to make them. Yeah. So like, 00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:07.750 for instance, the Captain Kirk from Star Trek 00:43:07.750 --> 00:43:15.909 Generations. Yeah. They announced from the cell 00:43:15.909 --> 00:43:21.150 company that they're making them. Oh, nice. And 00:43:21.150 --> 00:43:31.309 I had just kit bashed one. so yeah so you like 00:43:31.309 --> 00:43:35.530 i said you never know you never know so i'm i'm 00:43:35.530 --> 00:43:39.590 hoping that uh asbro actually makes one so i 00:43:39.590 --> 00:43:42.250 probably won't get it but i i always look because 00:43:42.250 --> 00:43:47.590 i'm like oh this this could work Uh, cause it's 00:43:47.590 --> 00:43:50.030 like, if the price is right, it's like, I could 00:43:50.030 --> 00:43:53.489 turn J axis into the same figure, like doing 00:43:53.489 --> 00:43:56.489 that, but there's parts of them that doesn't 00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:59.429 work. And I was like, well, I could get a vector 00:43:59.429 --> 00:44:02.889 prime, but then again, it's similar issue. So 00:44:02.889 --> 00:44:06.190 it's, it's like, I'll just kind of leave it and 00:44:06.190 --> 00:44:10.989 then see what happens. Uh, it's kind of like 00:44:10.989 --> 00:44:13.809 I got, uh, the armored Cobra commander from the 00:44:13.809 --> 00:44:17.920 Deke series. Yeah. And now Hasbro's like, oh, 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.940 we're going to make a G .I. Joe declassified, 00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:23.639 you know, fully articulated, normal sized. And 00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:27.159 I was like, dang, you bastards. Yeah. I'm like, 00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:31.539 well, I mean. It didn't I mean, it was like eight 00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:33.320 bucks to get. So, I mean, it wasn't that bad, 00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:37.579 but I'm like, I can get the tall one. And then 00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:40.000 I have the good one. And that's the one that's 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:42.340 always like kind of rung with me. So, like, it's 00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:49.289 cool. Yeah. But, yeah, getting into kind of the 00:44:49.289 --> 00:44:52.670 last topic and the meat of it, I know we've, 00:44:52.690 --> 00:44:59.010 at least I have, battered the Studio Series Optimus 00:44:59.010 --> 00:45:04.449 Prime pretty consistently. Yes, yes, you have. 00:45:04.610 --> 00:45:07.949 I've not been nice about it. No, no, you haven't. 00:45:08.929 --> 00:45:14.949 And I do give Hasbro kudos for the figure. It 00:45:14.949 --> 00:45:19.949 is warranted. It is needed. And I've heard just 00:45:19.949 --> 00:45:24.329 based on some leaks that have kind of come out 00:45:24.329 --> 00:45:29.289 that the new Studio Series 86 Megatron will be 00:45:29.289 --> 00:45:35.590 new and not a retool. Yep. And they figured out 00:45:35.590 --> 00:45:38.710 a way to completely hide the tank aspects and 00:45:38.710 --> 00:45:43.920 make him look like he did in the movie. But he 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:49.219 still transforms to a tank. I gotcha. So I'll 00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:52.719 be interested to see what they do with it. Just 00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:58.699 because, again, it's that. But this Prime, like 00:45:58.699 --> 00:46:00.780 we mentioned in a previous episode when we were 00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:05.380 kind of dogging it, more so me, like you were 00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:07.800 like, oh, this is great. You know, we finally 00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:11.260 get to do a series Optimus Prime and he looks 00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:15.489 like the movie. And then I was like, well, it 00:46:15.489 --> 00:46:18.010 looks like cheap plastic. They didn't go all 00:46:18.010 --> 00:46:22.150 out in the paint, you know. I mean, from a certain 00:46:22.150 --> 00:46:24.969 angle, they went all out in the paint. But I 00:46:24.969 --> 00:46:27.809 mean, yeah, on closer inspection, they could 00:46:27.809 --> 00:46:30.250 have done a little bit better. But for what it 00:46:30.250 --> 00:46:34.409 is and for the price point that it is like, and 00:46:34.409 --> 00:46:36.369 we're going to get into this over price point, 00:46:36.469 --> 00:46:40.920 but just looking at BBTS specifically, $90. They 00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:42.820 could have put a little bit more into the paint, 00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:46.400 but what for the paint that's here? I guess it's 00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:49.219 not that, like, I don't know. But again, we've 00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:52.739 been waiting, what, 40 years for this? 41 years 00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:57.119 for this? I mean, technically, you know, whatever. 00:46:57.820 --> 00:47:00.619 I don't know. When I first saw this, when we 00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:02.800 first did the initial episode a couple months 00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:05.139 ago, or however the hell long ago it's been, 00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:09.269 last year, when we did that episode, I was excited 00:47:09.269 --> 00:47:11.969 for this because of the images that they showed 00:47:11.969 --> 00:47:15.769 us and because of some of the stuff. And I've 00:47:15.769 --> 00:47:18.670 since seen some in -hand images and other things. 00:47:18.849 --> 00:47:22.630 And I still like it. I still think it's cool. 00:47:22.809 --> 00:47:27.630 I still would love to have this. Do I want it 00:47:27.630 --> 00:47:31.550 right now? No, not really. But I still like the 00:47:31.550 --> 00:47:34.130 Hasbro version that they've given us because 00:47:34.130 --> 00:47:35.849 I don't think they're going to give us anything. 00:47:35.849 --> 00:47:37.449 I don't think they're going to do anything more. 00:47:39.150 --> 00:47:42.090 No, and I agree with you. I don't see them doing 00:47:42.090 --> 00:47:45.329 anything else. I think this is the best version 00:47:45.329 --> 00:47:49.789 that we're ever going to get in our lifetime. 00:47:50.329 --> 00:47:54.210 Well, unless Takara Tomy does a premium finish 00:47:54.210 --> 00:47:58.210 in like a year or two. Yes, but I'm saying like, 00:47:58.230 --> 00:48:03.269 and again, we've talked about this for All Things 00:48:03.269 --> 00:48:10.789 Transformers, August 9th, 2008. 2025 17 years 00:48:10.789 --> 00:48:14.150 we've talked about this for 17 damn years yes 00:48:14.150 --> 00:48:18.150 obviously hasbro does what they do and yes obviously 00:48:18.150 --> 00:48:22.130 takara will do usually the takara version is 00:48:22.130 --> 00:48:26.730 either metallic or glitter or flocked or glow 00:48:26.730 --> 00:48:30.630 in the dark or whatever yes obviously there but 00:48:30.630 --> 00:48:34.219 you get my point though but like For us here 00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:37.340 in the U .S. to go out to Walmart or Target or 00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:41.280 BBTS or wherever to get this right now, to have 00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:45.940 a Transformers the Movie Optimus Prime in your 00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:49.559 hands right now for $90, this is the best we're 00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:51.400 going to get. And for the best that we're going 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:54.679 to get right now, it's pretty damn good. There 00:48:54.679 --> 00:49:00.539 are a few nitpicks, but overall... You know, 00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:03.920 it's what we've been waiting for since we were 00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:07.500 six years old and you were a gleam in your mother's 00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:15.639 eye. I mean, I and again, I'm not trying to knock 00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:18.380 on it. I do like the figure. I think it's it's 00:49:18.380 --> 00:49:28.059 a marvel of. Engineering. I do legitimately think 00:49:28.059 --> 00:49:35.900 that it's cool. However, however. I've got the 00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:39.619 DNA designs one pulled up first. Yes. Yeah. So 00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:48.139 DNA designs. These are these are typically. They 00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:54.300 end up running about. Forty bucks, usually. Which 00:49:54.300 --> 00:50:00.099 is a bit much for this, but. That's typically... 00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:04.519 I mean, they're like $30, $40. We'll end up seeing 00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:07.099 what it actually costs because it's a pre -order 00:50:07.099 --> 00:50:15.119 right now. But they do have a replacement Optimus 00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:20.760 Prime head. They have a replacement back cover 00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:28.199 for his semi -cab. And then they have the Walther 00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:34.300 P38, Megatron, a couple of extra pieces, and 00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:39.860 then they've got the arm and fusion cannon, so 00:50:39.860 --> 00:50:44.420 you can make the current Optimus Prime from the 00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:49.880 comics. Yep. Which is neat. Which, that is kind 00:50:49.880 --> 00:50:55.179 of cool, but that's fine for making the arm from 00:50:55.179 --> 00:51:00.070 the comics, but I stop. I like the head though. 00:51:00.130 --> 00:51:04.230 The head is for me is where it's at because that 00:51:04.230 --> 00:51:09.889 looks like the 86 head as opposed to the one 00:51:09.889 --> 00:51:12.849 that's coming with the 86. Like if you're, if 00:51:12.849 --> 00:51:17.190 you're looking at the difference, it, the, just 00:51:17.190 --> 00:51:20.510 the head design is different. Yeah. Like they 00:51:20.510 --> 00:51:22.409 could have almost taken the one that went on 00:51:22.409 --> 00:51:28.400 the, uh, forget which version of it it's like 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:34.219 target prime okay um they could have almost taken 00:51:34.219 --> 00:51:35.960 the head off of that like the christmas prime 00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:38.980 or target prime like taking that head and used 00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:43.000 it because it had the right articulation to it 00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:53.659 but yeah i don't know i'm i'm a little torn this 00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:56.739 this does make it interesting and give you options 00:51:56.739 --> 00:52:00.619 if you're not happy with it. Um, just like I 00:52:00.619 --> 00:52:06.420 wasn't happy with my legacy Megatron and I got 00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:10.460 a third party head and put it on there because 00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:13.679 they had robots in disguise, beast Megatron. 00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:19.659 Right. So, so I get where fans are coming from. 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:21.579 And some of these scenarios, it's like, all right, 00:52:21.619 --> 00:52:23.679 well, we, you know, it'd be nice to have the 00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:30.789 correct head. Yeah. But no, this is kind of neat, 00:52:30.869 --> 00:52:33.550 just having it as an option and then having the 00:52:33.550 --> 00:52:40.670 current Skybound Optimus arm as an option as 00:52:40.670 --> 00:52:44.809 well. Yeah. I think that's now going to be a 00:52:44.809 --> 00:52:48.630 new thing with every Optimus that they ever make 00:52:48.630 --> 00:52:52.050 at this point, because all of these third -party 00:52:52.050 --> 00:52:56.880 versions that you've linked me to, I think almost 00:52:56.880 --> 00:52:59.780 all of them. Except for one. Except for one, 00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:03.820 except for the TF Direct one, all have the Megatron 00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:06.659 arm with fusion cannon, which I'm not complaining 00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:10.239 about. I'm just stating the thing that I think 00:53:10.239 --> 00:53:12.500 that's now going to be a thing because they did 00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:16.059 that in Skybound. The only thing I think is super 00:53:16.059 --> 00:53:20.320 weird is the next comparison here, which is the... 00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:26.199 Fourth party MD -005 SS -86 Optimus Prime with 00:53:26.199 --> 00:53:30.360 trailer. So it looks really cool. The trailer, 00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:34.099 the Megatron arm with the gun with the purple 00:53:34.099 --> 00:53:38.159 effect out of the blast effect looks cool. Everything 00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:41.480 about this looks really cool up until you get 00:53:41.480 --> 00:53:51.130 down to the fifth picture. i'm like wait when 00:53:51.130 --> 00:53:53.409 does optimus come with wings and i looked at 00:53:53.409 --> 00:53:58.369 the head and i'm like no just no well it's funny 00:53:58.369 --> 00:54:00.949 that they didn't use this wasn't this in the 00:54:00.949 --> 00:54:04.849 cartoon yes there was a it's a prime i think 00:54:04.849 --> 00:54:08.170 it's a prime problem is the episode that that 00:54:08.170 --> 00:54:11.530 Starscream dressed up as Optimus, which is a 00:54:11.530 --> 00:54:15.210 nice homage, but I wasn't looking at the head 00:54:15.210 --> 00:54:17.130 at first. I was looking at the wings, and I'm 00:54:17.130 --> 00:54:19.110 like, wait, why does Optimus Prime have wings? 00:54:19.289 --> 00:54:27.909 And then I look, oh, right. Interesting. So you've 00:54:27.909 --> 00:54:36.750 got him as Starscream and Megatron. Huh. Interesting. 00:54:39.789 --> 00:54:42.469 So, yeah, I mean, that one's cool. And then they 00:54:42.469 --> 00:54:45.110 have the damaged Optimus Prime from the movie. 00:54:45.429 --> 00:54:48.389 Yep. Where he's been gouged in the side and it's 00:54:48.389 --> 00:54:52.590 got the crippled face. Yep. Which I thought that 00:54:52.590 --> 00:54:55.769 was kind of neat. What's funny about it is, again, 00:54:55.989 --> 00:55:05.090 the attention to detail to the head. Yeah. I 00:55:05.090 --> 00:55:09.030 think I could get behind the Hasbro one. even 00:55:09.030 --> 00:55:11.530 with its miscolorings of some of the stuff or 00:55:11.530 --> 00:55:16.190 lack thereof, if they had the proper head. Yeah. 00:55:16.329 --> 00:55:19.309 I think that's where it really throws me. I think 00:55:19.309 --> 00:55:22.070 I could get over the rest of it. Because, I mean, 00:55:22.110 --> 00:55:24.550 I don't know if I would go to the effort of repainting 00:55:24.550 --> 00:55:28.230 him just because it's, you know, prime. Right. 00:55:29.889 --> 00:55:33.469 But I think what really throws me is the head. 00:55:33.909 --> 00:55:39.000 I think that's the key. issue for me of where 00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:45.400 i i had to draw the line yeah um but this this 00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:47.900 looks cool and then they have a couple of different 00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:51.239 chest plates like they have one that's clear 00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:54.260 and then they have the although it could be a 00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:57.920 different production shot um because then they 00:55:57.920 --> 00:55:59.960 have like an air conditioner on the back of prime's 00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:04.679 cab in one of the shots and then if you scroll 00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:08.789 down like further it looks like I mean, he's 00:56:08.789 --> 00:56:10.449 got all the different blast effects. He's got 00:56:10.449 --> 00:56:14.010 different glass. He's got different damage pieces, 00:56:14.210 --> 00:56:18.650 different heads. So it looks like it comes with 00:56:18.650 --> 00:56:21.889 a regular head of Prime and then it comes with 00:56:21.889 --> 00:56:24.690 the damaged head of Prime and then the actual 00:56:24.690 --> 00:56:28.230 head that came with the figure. So you can do 00:56:28.230 --> 00:56:30.469 all of the above. And if you want the trailer 00:56:30.469 --> 00:56:36.840 and this does have the import costs. associated 00:56:36.840 --> 00:56:47.880 with it. However, it it's going to be about the 00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:52.639 same price as the studio series. Yeah. Like he's 00:56:52.639 --> 00:57:01.400 going to be roughly 90. So it's an option. for 00:57:01.400 --> 00:57:03.960 people that are not happy with it and it looks 00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:05.719 like they did a little bit better in some of 00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.000 the paint deco but i mean again it's still that 00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:10.239 kind of bright color it's not that much different 00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:12.739 it's like do you want the accessories or don't 00:57:12.739 --> 00:57:17.099 you that's kind of where it boils down yep um 00:57:17.099 --> 00:57:22.300 and then and then we get to like the new age 00:57:22.300 --> 00:57:26.300 yep over at the chosen prime yep which which 00:57:26.300 --> 00:57:31.340 good i was gonna say like he's got A little bit 00:57:31.340 --> 00:57:34.519 closer of a head that comes with it. I mean, 00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:36.179 because it's a totally different sculpt. It's 00:57:36.179 --> 00:57:41.119 not using the 86 mold or anything. Yeah. And 00:57:41.119 --> 00:57:44.719 he's got the Megatron arm. He's got the damage 00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:50.500 head. He's got darker paint in different in different 00:57:50.500 --> 00:57:52.619 articulations. He transforms to he's got the 00:57:52.619 --> 00:57:56.059 Matrix. He's got, you know, the Megatron hands 00:57:56.059 --> 00:57:59.360 and then the prime hands and. blue energon axe 00:57:59.360 --> 00:58:02.400 and then he's got the the damaged face optimus 00:58:02.400 --> 00:58:08.679 prime yep uh 100 bucks for this uh price does 00:58:08.679 --> 00:58:13.119 not include tariff surcharge yeah i think i think 00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:17.340 july 25th 2025 i think it's cool but i think 00:58:17.340 --> 00:58:22.840 for for the price i i think you're better off 00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:28.239 with either the the 86 prime like the actual 00:58:28.239 --> 00:58:31.840 legit version or you're better off with the other 00:58:31.840 --> 00:58:34.420 version that comes with you know the star screen 00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:39.699 components yeah i like this overall aesthetic 00:58:39.699 --> 00:58:43.780 yeah as far as like it just looks clean yeah 00:58:43.780 --> 00:58:47.639 it looks cleaner it looks better it like it's 00:58:47.639 --> 00:58:52.619 shiny without having to have a oh this is a Target 00:58:52.619 --> 00:58:56.380 exclusive shiny chrome Optimus Prime with a shiny 00:58:56.380 --> 00:58:59.760 chrome Megatron arm, blah, blah, blah. I like 00:58:59.760 --> 00:59:02.960 the way this looks more as far as the way the 00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:09.199 figure is, but... Yeah, no. And then this last 00:59:09.199 --> 00:59:12.820 one, I don't know about this. First of all, there's 00:59:12.820 --> 00:59:22.360 only one picture. That's a problem for me. And 00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:25.420 oh, that's Autobot symbol on the. Yeah, there's 00:59:25.420 --> 00:59:27.780 only one. There's only one photo for now because 00:59:27.780 --> 00:59:33.280 it's still a production still. OK. The plan with 00:59:33.280 --> 00:59:35.719 this is they're going to actually have die cast. 00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:41.480 OK, so like the smokestacks, the grill, the gas 00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:46.860 canisters, the wheels. And then so they're actually 00:59:46.860 --> 00:59:50.909 going to. have the rest of the effort that's 00:59:50.909 --> 00:59:56.969 not put in with the others um it's in that regard 00:59:56.969 --> 00:59:59.590 like it's i'm not knocking them like as far as 00:59:59.590 --> 01:00:02.809 like again it's still a knockoff of what hasbro 01:00:02.809 --> 01:00:06.730 did and ultimately hasbro did great i just feel 01:00:06.730 --> 01:00:12.090 like they could have done more yeah um it's just 01:00:12.090 --> 01:00:14.230 when i saw this photo when i looked down closer 01:00:14.230 --> 01:00:18.619 at the cab i was like huh what's high q do oh 01:00:18.619 --> 01:00:21.940 that's an autobot symbol whoops yeah yeah that's 01:00:21.940 --> 01:00:24.940 just that's just then thrown the graphic i know 01:00:24.940 --> 01:00:27.820 it's a graphic i was like wait a minute what 01:00:27.820 --> 01:00:32.659 oh that's not what i thought it was but yeah 01:00:32.659 --> 01:00:36.820 i mean this one appeals to me for a variety of 01:00:36.820 --> 01:00:41.280 reasons um one it has diecast two it's cheaper 01:00:41.280 --> 01:00:48.360 three it doesn't have a trailer Which is why 01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:56.440 it's cheaper. So, I mean, I'm more interested 01:00:56.440 --> 01:01:03.099 in this one. He's also a third of the cost. There 01:01:03.099 --> 01:01:10.000 you go. So, it's like $30. So, I'm like, oh, 01:01:10.159 --> 01:01:14.739 so for $30, I can get Studio Series 86 Prime, 01:01:14.980 --> 01:01:20.449 get the aesthetics I want. and not have a lot 01:01:20.449 --> 01:01:24.829 of the same you know yeah i mean either way i'm 01:01:24.829 --> 01:01:27.170 gonna end up running into the issue with the 01:01:27.170 --> 01:01:34.090 um with the paint decos being off or you know 01:01:34.090 --> 01:01:37.989 not being dark enough or something to that degree 01:01:37.989 --> 01:01:41.429 which again like i said i can deal with that 01:01:41.429 --> 01:01:44.170 it's and i think i would deal with the prime 01:01:44.170 --> 01:01:47.179 like i would I would go a hundred percent still 01:01:47.179 --> 01:01:53.019 for the legit prime. If it didn't come with the 01:01:53.019 --> 01:01:56.940 trailer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's, I mean, that's 01:01:56.940 --> 01:01:59.239 the only reason I didn't get laser Optimus prime. 01:02:00.219 --> 01:02:02.659 And that was one I I'd wanted since childhood, 01:02:02.780 --> 01:02:08.800 like back when KB toys was open. Uh, and I've 01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:10.960 almost picked it up on eBay, but again, like 01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:14.059 I just, I didn't, I it's more so I don't want 01:02:14.059 --> 01:02:16.269 to store the trailer. I don't have room for it. 01:02:17.010 --> 01:02:20.210 And when it, when it boils down to it, it's like, 01:02:20.269 --> 01:02:24.489 I don't, I don't, I'm not opposed to the trailer. 01:02:24.590 --> 01:02:27.409 I just, I don't want to have to store the trailer. 01:02:29.070 --> 01:02:32.190 And that's, I think that's where my beef with 01:02:32.190 --> 01:02:37.190 some of these new primes come in. And that's 01:02:37.190 --> 01:02:39.469 the other thing, like the, the Netflix prime 01:02:39.469 --> 01:02:43.170 with came without the trailer. And I was like, 01:02:43.369 --> 01:02:47.769 this is why i'm getting it like i saved 25 and 01:02:47.769 --> 01:02:54.809 now it's it's like hasbro's like oh we're gonna 01:02:54.809 --> 01:02:57.110 we're gonna sell extra plastic it's like you're 01:02:57.110 --> 01:03:00.070 you're the same company that'll sell you know 01:03:00.070 --> 01:03:04.449 toxitron and you know nemesis prime and everything 01:03:04.449 --> 01:03:07.409 else different paint decos but you won't you 01:03:07.409 --> 01:03:08.849 won't sell them without the trailer and try and 01:03:08.849 --> 01:03:11.289 make another cash grab without printing extra 01:03:11.289 --> 01:03:16.309 stuff It's like, okay, where does this logically 01:03:16.309 --> 01:03:22.110 make sense? But everybody wants a trailer. I 01:03:22.110 --> 01:03:25.309 think, too, there's a point where you can only 01:03:25.309 --> 01:03:29.250 have so many Optimus Prime trailers for however 01:03:29.250 --> 01:03:34.769 many figures have come out. And I think that's 01:03:34.769 --> 01:03:38.449 where my beef is. I would be more apt to get 01:03:38.449 --> 01:03:43.710 a trailer. I didn't have to buy multiple to get 01:03:43.710 --> 01:03:46.690 different versions of Prime. So the way I look 01:03:46.690 --> 01:03:50.349 at it is every... Okay, so if there are a multitude 01:03:50.349 --> 01:03:54.210 of Optima... Optimae. Optimae. Yeah, Optimae. 01:03:54.429 --> 01:03:57.190 So if there are a multitude of Optimae, so you've 01:03:57.190 --> 01:04:01.179 got our Optimus, Generation 1 Optimus. You've 01:04:01.179 --> 01:04:04.119 got G2 Laser Prime, which is a completely different 01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:07.300 deco and design. You've got Pepsi Prime. You've 01:04:07.300 --> 01:04:09.519 got Christmas Prime. You've got Shattered Glass 01:04:09.519 --> 01:04:17.440 Optimus. You've got whatever other color you 01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:20.579 can think of. So just those primes that I mentioned. 01:04:21.539 --> 01:04:24.300 Optimus Prime is traditional Generation 1, red, 01:04:24.500 --> 01:04:27.460 blue, white, gray, whatever, the one we always 01:04:27.460 --> 01:04:29.940 know, shattered glasses, purple, black, blah, 01:04:30.019 --> 01:04:33.760 blah, blah. Pepsi Prime is Pepsi colors, so blue, 01:04:34.000 --> 01:04:39.000 red, silver, let's say. Christmas Prime is the 01:04:39.000 --> 01:04:42.440 Christmas colors, red, white, blue, snow, whatever. 01:04:43.619 --> 01:04:48.420 Those to me, the trailers should, and I think 01:04:48.420 --> 01:04:51.480 they are. all different colors they're not all 01:04:51.480 --> 01:04:54.360 the same it might be the same trailer painted 01:04:54.360 --> 01:04:59.679 differently but it's because to me it's all painted 01:04:59.679 --> 01:05:01.519 differently even though it's the same trailer 01:05:01.519 --> 01:05:05.500 it's different it's not i don't know maybe i'm 01:05:05.500 --> 01:05:08.800 wrong i could whatever but like to me it's it's 01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:11.159 different because it matches those primes like 01:05:11.159 --> 01:05:13.360 you're not going to take the christmas prime 01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:16.940 trailer and match him up to ss86 You're not going 01:05:16.940 --> 01:05:19.159 to take the Shattered Glass trailer. I don't 01:05:19.159 --> 01:05:21.219 even think Shattered Glass Prime even has a trailer 01:05:21.219 --> 01:05:24.119 on any of the versions that he's ever. I could 01:05:24.119 --> 01:05:26.860 be wrong again. Folks, correct me in the comments, 01:05:27.000 --> 01:05:29.679 geekcastradio .com. But it's one of those things 01:05:29.679 --> 01:05:31.739 where if Shattered Glass Prime ever did have 01:05:31.739 --> 01:05:34.719 a trailer, I'm sure it would be some sort of 01:05:34.719 --> 01:05:37.139 black, purple, gray, whatever. You're not going 01:05:37.139 --> 01:05:39.519 to match that black, purple, gray trailer up 01:05:39.519 --> 01:05:47.679 with the Pepsi Prime. cab, so I don't know. I 01:05:47.679 --> 01:05:49.860 mean, I understand why you don't want a trailer, 01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:57.800 but it's like, for me, if I want a actual Generation 01:05:57.800 --> 01:06:03.980 1 has to be animation accurate to the movie or 01:06:03.980 --> 01:06:07.840 to the show, the Hasbro version is the version. 01:06:08.199 --> 01:06:11.760 Because it's everything all in one. Especially 01:06:11.760 --> 01:06:16.920 since they include Because it's the movie, the 01:06:16.920 --> 01:06:23.039 fire stands, the fire effects of him blowing 01:06:23.039 --> 01:06:26.079 himself up when they shoot him to transform. 01:06:28.840 --> 01:06:34.099 And really, you don't really have to store that 01:06:34.099 --> 01:06:36.659 trailer. You could do what they did in one of 01:06:36.659 --> 01:06:39.139 the photos where he's standing up and the trailer 01:06:39.139 --> 01:06:41.219 is standing up. You could have somebody else 01:06:41.219 --> 01:06:43.219 in the med bay. You could have Prime off fighting 01:06:43.219 --> 01:06:45.639 Beast Wars Megatron. You could have Waspinator 01:06:45.639 --> 01:06:48.099 in the medical bay of Prime's trailer standing 01:06:48.099 --> 01:06:51.599 up. So it's technically not really storing it. 01:06:51.679 --> 01:06:59.070 It's using it. I don't know. True. I mean, I 01:06:59.070 --> 01:07:01.309 can kind of see both perspectives of, you know, 01:07:01.309 --> 01:07:04.769 wanting it and not wanting it. Well, I mean, 01:07:04.789 --> 01:07:08.190 how many years have we gone without Prime's trailer? 01:07:08.469 --> 01:07:11.570 Like, I mean, Prime's trailer in Toys disappears 01:07:11.570 --> 01:07:13.570 as much as Prime's trailer did in the cartoon. 01:07:13.710 --> 01:07:16.090 So I get it. I understand why you don't want 01:07:16.090 --> 01:07:19.690 it. I'm just saying there is a point of if you 01:07:19.690 --> 01:07:25.809 really want. The full on experience of having 01:07:25.809 --> 01:07:32.110 the genuine article that looks ripped. It's like 01:07:32.110 --> 01:07:34.329 that old thing with Law and Order Special Victims 01:07:34.329 --> 01:07:37.110 Unit ripped from the headlines, ripped from the 01:07:37.110 --> 01:07:39.929 movie. The best version currently ripped from 01:07:39.929 --> 01:07:48.530 the movie is Hasbro's version. True. Yeah. So, 01:07:48.630 --> 01:07:52.039 I mean, like what I was just. Most of the discussion 01:07:52.039 --> 01:07:56.239 was you have options. You do lots of options. 01:07:56.980 --> 01:08:04.920 You do. This one will probably be mine, though. 01:08:05.380 --> 01:08:14.000 Yeah. Eventually. Yep, yep, yep. So I think that 01:08:14.000 --> 01:08:17.359 about wraps this episode of all things Transformers 01:08:17.359 --> 01:08:24.770 up. Yep. 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