TransMissions Episode 89 – Special Guest Dave From The Audio Knights Theatre

23 Comments

1. 

   karubah (@karubah)

   February 3, 2015 at 9:58 am

   Boobicus? Consider me grumpier than Grumpy Cat.

   A better name for an all female Autobot combiner? Athena, Artemis, or Boudica.

   Funny enough Wikipedia has an entire page of warrior women to take inspiration from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_warriors_in_folklore

   I think whomever makes up the combiner would determine the name. If it is Windblade, Chormia, or some other residents of Caminus, then the name would have roots from that planet, right?

   About the Titan class Devastator – will it be really well detailed? I am looking at the Make Toys Green Giant and that thing looks awesome with all the stickers and fine plastic detail, but the price tag of $399.99 keeps it from being a must have purchase.
   • 

     Big C

     February 3, 2015 at 10:15 am

     I think Darryl’s tongue was firmly in his cheek for the Boobicus idea. 😛 I like what the Audio Knights Theatre folks are doing soliciting fans to design many different bots for the individual members of a female combiner team. I’m less impressed with Hasbro’s app since so far all it lets you pick is alt modes for limbs. Makes me think their “fan-built” combiner is just going to be repaints.
     • 

       karubah (@karubah)

       February 3, 2015 at 1:09 pm

       I thought as much..just found it a bit corny.

       And not to be a nerdy neckbeard, but chest missile launchers are more of a Gundam mech design, right? I am not the most knowledgeable Transformers fan and so I cannot remember a bot ever having missiles or anything launch from their torso.
     • 

       @RD_Blade

       February 4, 2015 at 8:29 pm

       The first fembot design on the Audio Knights’ page (Cadmia – Weapons Transport) was from me. (Uncredited? C’mon Ninja Dave.) If something I designed got made into an actual toy-even one fifth of an actual toy-, it would be a childhood dream come true. Great idea the Audio Knights had there. They have a real knack for bringing the fandom together. Gotta respect that.
2. 

   Dual mirrored gridwork

   February 4, 2015 at 2:39 pm

   Anybody remember Tranzor Z perhaps?
   • 

     @RD_Blade

     February 4, 2015 at 8:40 pm

     Yep. Originally known as Mazinga Z before being “Westernized” with an English dub and edited for television. Mazinga had a female counterpart that sometimes served as his backup, but more often served as the damsel in distress. Most notable feature about her were that her boobs would launch into impossibly long missiles leaving children scratching their heads wondering where the hell 80% of the missile materialized from. She immediately sprung to mind when the Boobicus discussion began.
   • 

     @RD_Blade

     February 4, 2015 at 8:58 pm

     Incidentally, the final Wulongti/Shapeways class took place on Sunday. Most of the course focused on creating a robot mini figure. Our optional bonus assignment was to create one or more accessories for the figure. My choice? An upgrade kit that turns the little guy into Mazinga! Still haven’t completed it, but since the topic came up, I thought it was worth mentioning.

     By the way, Christian Brock (Wulongti) is a great instructor and he knows his stuff. If you were on the fence about taking his basic course, jump on it should he offer another one!
3. 

   Dual mirrored gridwork

   February 4, 2015 at 2:40 pm

   The show that is I mean
4. 

   Rob Peirson

   February 5, 2015 at 6:15 am

   And another excellent show is podcasting books, thanks guys.

   The all fembots combiner is just ok to me. To me that would mean making a smaller combiner as any fembot we’ve got so far is sleek and slender. I’d rather see a Vehicon combiner made of all vehicons and one main boss or controller bot.

   The titan Devastator is coming along nicely from the pics I’ve seen but it’s in desperate need of an upgrade….I think I possed this question to Darryl already on a skype chat but “who really wants a Metroplex sized combiner?” I’m not sure another toddler size bot is really what’s needed, but from a business stand point Devy is the best choice since they can repaint that like 4-6 times easy.

   On a serious note and mainly for Darryl, How is the tanking of the Canadian dollar affecting or will affect your near future purchases. As a collector and vendor it’s pretty much killed the local market for resale (especially 3rd party items) and now you really have to think twice about just ordering anything and everything that looks good.
5. 

   DinobotMaximize (@FFVIIRULES)

   February 5, 2015 at 10:31 am

   As always yet another Great Show !!!!!!

   As is the problem for all Transformers fans (or of any fan of anything for that matter) so much good stuff getting released or being worked on and that much more money to spend but always in need of more money.

   I speak of this in the way of the UltimateFanToys Generations Upgrade set. I have to admit I am really looking forward to this. I am also looking forward tot he Pefect Effect upgrade for the Combiner Wars. Namely the upgraded hands and feet for the combined modes.

   I wonder if you guys can answer me a question about Masterpiece. I have been looking at Tf-Direct.com and debating about getting some of the KO MPs. I speak mostly on the MP KOs of Wheeljack , Prowl , SIdeswipe (both red and G2 versions) , Red Alert , Silverstreak , and Smokescreen. Are they worth the cheaper price? Have heard both good and bad.

   You guys were saying about getting Adm Goldberg on the show. I would love to hear him on the show. Though I will admit sadly I haven’t watched much of Goldbergs though I really have been wanting to. (no cable or satilitte)
   I wonder if you guys could do or would do a show, where you have 2 big guys of Transformers Info at the same time. I speak of mighty Matthew Ignash and the Legendary Protoman. I can only imagine what kind of show it would be. Not to mention how long of a show it could be. (Sorry might be a real pain to edit). Though on that note I would love a chance to go head to head on comic book stuff with Charlespedia and Rubber Tires Yoshi.
   • 

     Rob Peirson

     February 6, 2015 at 4:04 am

     I believe I replied to your buying KO MP’s on Twitter. I understand cash flow is an issue and the cost of these can get expensive however try some Japanese sites to order your MP’s from.

     My honest suggestion is to pick 1 Datsun and get the legit one, the rest are repaints and you don;t need them. They get a Wheeljack. I also suggest grabing Hasbro releases while on sale from Toys R Us.

     I’d avoid them if you can. Next time we skype chat we can chat about it.
6. 

   DinobotMaximize (@FFVIIRULES)

   February 5, 2015 at 12:14 pm

   Found out more info on the closing of my local comic shop. It turns out they were screwing over many of their subscription comic customers. From what I found out they were paying for the subscription service and then not receiving the issues. I believe some legal action was taken and they were forced to close, though I can’t be sure of that. I am kind of glad I found this out. I was about to try and subscribe to some TF series. So I guess it was a blessing to a degree.
7. 

   @RD_Blade

   February 5, 2015 at 12:31 pm

   I’m with Jeremy on showing Voltron some love this episode. Funny stuff.
8. 

   Dual mirrored gridwork

   February 7, 2015 at 11:03 am

   I’ll do notes later today,there’s a lot to write down…
9. 

   Dual Mirrored Gridwork

   February 8, 2015 at 8:01 am

   TMNS notes #89 FEEDBACK
   TOYS:
   • MADLAW, really you cant think of a better name than that? come on!
   • The add on kits for the weapons pods seem pretty cool, I like the diversity to them
   • I like the up graded Terrorcons , they seem pretty good so far
   • The “TITAN” devastator..the pics I saw so far of it…I don’t know..i do however hate the tiny foot mixmaster right now so far!!!
   • “Market needs”, I thought yakko at first said “she good with her MARKET KNEES” whoa, I thought he was taking tips from Yoshi there for a second!
   • Yoshi 3p buy, whens THAT going to happen!!? He at first liked troll, now the reflector trio.. I want him to “boil down his thoughts” more on Hasbro vs 3p more…sometimes, just sometimes yosh somebody else does it better..so far that piece of crap devastator looks poor compared to giant or Hercules right now
   • “RUBBER TIRES PORN MUSIC”, THAT WAS GREAT YOSH!!, BUT I gotta ask this ( and I hope I do not offend) BUT does your wife ahem..perhaps “cosplays” as the “michelin woman” or something for you?,what is it that/about the rubber tires that “does it” for you? They do crack over time, and im not promoting plastic in any way, just would like to know… But the music was great!
   • “G-1 pureness” Yoshi? , I guess this ties in with #6, but please explain.
   • The CW sling shot is now a toys r us fig with wildrider, ill wonder if either will get IDW comic fiction, and s shot is dead, but what does that mean in comics now a days? I hope grove is going to be a part of the protectabots as well.
   • FEMALE COMBINERS!! Ok now wait a minute!! How can a robot be a fema..ok wont start that tangent right now but MAN I go to find that fan made female combiner pics I found and save a few years ago, the were all weapons, like rifles and crossbows and such. But that is the first time that sticks out in my mind of that subject, I do agree with head master don, I would like to see a all water navy combiner someday though, female or not, but a all-female one would be cool
   • The mix and match part Yoshi comes from the term “scramble city”, to match parts from other combiners, there’s a pic on the net of 2 the 4 main combiner groups shaking hands with one another with other nonmembers comprising them, go look on the tf wikia
   COMIC REVIEW:
   • I enjoy the thrill of the hunt too, just not having a lot of windblade and arcee luck right now, or the kabaya overlord as well, DAMIT!!!!
   • I wonder how if they ever do will explain the gigatron /megatron thing I guess there no plans for a rid 1 comic in the future I guess I ,is he’s his own person or what?
   • I’m not too sure on Dave drifts voice, a little to comical for my taste, not bad but a little to comical, maybe I need to listen to a ep to give it a try
   TV SHOW NEWS:
   • Steel jaw is now the deceptcon leader, I always hope here in the us they (Hasbro) would be willing to do a series that there is no optimius prime/megatron leader thing here in the us..i hope it sticks
   • The “net flix FLUX” thing the series removal does not bother me I go everything but recsue bots, I wanted to show that to my daughter but the may be another series purchase here in the future if I can show her a samples of that show and she likes it, I have most of the stuff I like on dvd and next flix lets me sample something before I buy it to see if I like it, that is if its out there to buy of course, me however I DO have a pretty BIG library of my own
   • Yoshis ..”H.O. excitement “for reflector is something, and I don’t mean train scale here!!
   MOVIE NEWS:
   • Razzies oh hum, don’t mean a thing to me
   TRIPS TO THE STORE:
   • WHAT THE DUCK!!!, dave has windblade AND arcee!! Gotta step up my game somehow, I just want to find them in the wild!!
   • C beast (hallelujah lyrics playing in back ground) wins?!, if not, that’s a pretty heavy load there
   • Magnus has rubber tires, toy note #7 yosh…
   • TRIPLE DIPPING BIG C covers AGAIN!!?, knew it would not last, I JUST KNEW IT!!!
   TRANSFORMING POP CULTURE:
   • I did see a part of that ep of the gold bergs on tv , the wife gave me some attention to it, asked if I had some of the toys back in the day, I need to watch the rerun if it comes back up soon, I do hope you get adam goldberg on the show though, THAT WOULD BE COOL AND A LOONG EP I BET!
   • I hope with the CW app for fan built combiner app I hope the bios will go with them soon and be seen, I’ve thought of making one based on ideas I would have some time soon, I did like the story behind nexus prime and all, and the individual characters and everything, you see Yoshi the mix and match effect is here
   GENERAL FEEDBACK:
   • The LUBE talk , oh boy
   • Yes yosh, DMG IN DA HOUSE..or is it in your head..what, wait I pick the one,right?!!
   • Yes yakko I did listen to it 3 times, but the 10 dls,I don’t know, but ive done written my love for this show , I JUST MIGHT DO IT!!
   • Yoshs lack of memory, well ok, but he DID challenge me, but is it avgood enough of a REQUEST, not a demand!!…purtty please…sugar on top of rubber tires?
   • TRANSMISSIONS T SHIRTS, HELL YEAH, ill buy 2-3 of em!
   • OK BIG C here come the scale stickler dukes and there up!! A mp unicron would NOT and I retype WOULD NOT need to be in scale with the rest of the mp line, there is to this current typing (that I know of, of course)a scale of megatron OR soundwave to go with either the bots (well a megatron there is, but NO SOUNDWAVE) OR the spike fig with MP 10, and remember both megs and wave in a ep were they snuck in a building in there alt modes (megs in a violin case, what the..the megafather or something!?) …wait did sound wave do the same to a black rock factory in the comic…HMMM..yeah so there I just want A 86 MOVIE VERSION OF HIM AND A PRIMUS MP FIG as well..that unicron transformation….itll never happen,oh well I guess ill have to be happy with my trilogy figs for now…..sigh….primus “cities placements” suck and that fortress mode…shit!
   • Will you guys review the new RID 2 eps as they come out at least?
   • OK heres the lead and im swinging it!! The dinomax comic book # challenge to Yoshi, I feel since this ep focused on this challenge we need a list of the spread sheets between them, I would like to see what’s out there between them, and to use as a “hole filler” of my own, BUT in the intrest of the challenge I think dino SHOULD BE the one who goes first on the MOST # then Yoshi…(check better be in the mail yosh!!)
   • So sorry RD blade..i agree with c beast the horrid name “TRANSMISSIONARIES” BLOWS, uggh I cant believe I typed it again!!
   • AND last but not least, im gonna work on my “big c charging station” charging character here soon …”you need a power interface baby?,go ahead.. plug in”

   And just to cover my bases, the feedback bomber makes a run… just in case

   Damn…. ive been typing….ALOT

   TMNS notes #87 FEEDBACK:
   TOYS:
   • War dog (really, why not trail blazer or something?)seems ok, but well have to see a review before I give a thought or two on it
   • Yoshi did not complain, WTF!
   • Titan class, I hate that to be a “catch all name” for a big class of figure(s), and sometimes they are..the “soap bottle figs” for example, its not like Hasbro cares about scale or anything until it suites them!!!
   • I wonder if the combiner wars fiction is gonna play, Im pretty sure its an idw contiuity thing ONLY?, but im not sure how well it “meshes” with the g1 show/marvel comic stuff from back in the day..this brings a thought ill NEED TO ask later about..
   • Other than a 3p fig, why can’t we have a show accurate jetfire from Hasbro that LOOKS like from the show model??!! ..at this point chronos seems to fit the bill for me, not this new leader class..and I was looking forward to it when I first heard about it, and then was sad when I saw what it was going to look like …what gives?
   • Not too fond of vac chrome, flakes too much
   COMIC REVIEW:
   NO REVIEW,WHAAAAT??
   • Im glad tf comics are getting more praise, they are good comics after all
   • Im sure Charles meant Saturday FCBD is the first Saturday in may
   • Can’t wait to see how FCBD artist work turns out this year
   MOVIE NEWS:
   • Yoshis razzies support, funny…
   • Which sweep did you mean yoshi, scourge has 8-10?
   TRIPS TO THE STORE:
   • Tears flow again in the village,thanks to c beast
   • Does Hasbro still use gold plastic?
   • Is big C REALLY cutting back on comics covers? well see…nah

   ……WTF, this is too short of feed back,wait till ep # 89….

   for the love of the show gentlemen…

   watch, the spelling errors are gonna run rampant…
10. 

    Dual mirrored gridwork

    February 8, 2015 at 8:21 am

    Won’t let me leave feed back,what gives??!
11. 

    Dual mirrored gridwork

    February 8, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Or at least what I have written down,is it too much?, I do that alot….
12. 

    @RD_Blade

    February 8, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    DMG, your post showed up 3 times. The page may not be refreshing on your end.
13. 

    Dual mirrored gridwork

    February 8, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    Yeah, they told me it was stuck in the “spam filter”?,I just thought I wrote too much this morning and I did not work on my end But it was backed up on my end just in case..im sure it will be brought up… sorry guys,my thanks to which ever great cast member fixed it,
    Your humble fan of the show (if not the over eager fan writer),
    DMG
    • 

      Big C

      February 8, 2015 at 2:33 pm

      I got the posts out of the spam filter. Since all 3 were the same, I kept the first one and deleted the other 2. Don’t know why they got flagged for spam.
14. 

    Dual mirrored gridwork

    February 8, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Sweet primus!!!! not only did I write ALOT,but the glitch makes me seem like a mad fan…..

    …l can “find” a way to live with that….
15. 

    Dual mirrored gridwork

    February 8, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    My thanks to you big c again.
16. 

    Cashie

    February 11, 2015 at 12:09 am

    I literally cheered when I heard my review read out. I just wish I’d changed my iTunes nickname before I posted.
    BTW, I’m actually listening from China – and I can confirm some of the ridiculous TF marketing here: Chevrolet, Gillette razors, I even saw an apartment complex with Murder Prime encouraging you to live in his development (on pain of losing your face, I presume). Sorry, Yoshi – No G1 love.
    I talked to my students back in July about AoE and they were not super happy about it (despite all the China wank) – that it was “too violent”

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