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On this episode Yoshi struggles with what is now two companies creating Third Party Masterpiece Reflector action figures in Toys, Charles discusses the IDW-based character bio being used on the English language release of Masterpiece Star Saber in Comics, and Darryl totally dominates Trips To The Store in an unusual way! We have all this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions!
NOTE: This episode was recorded before ToyFair this weekend, so we will have commentary on all the new Hasbro 2015 Transformers in our next show.
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Show Notes:
- Cold Open [0:00:50]
- Intro [0:02:58]
- Rapid Fire Questions Ambush [0:03;21]
- Toys [0:07:26]
- X-Transbots Beachcomber [0:07:45]
- Shapeshift Inc Legend Class FOC Starscream and Ironhide Test Shots [0:11:17]
- ToyWorld Reveals Gestalt Parts T04, T05, T06 – “Throttlebot” Combiner [0:14:17]
- KFC Toys Reveals “Reflector” Figure [0:22:51]
- Compare to Fans Toys Spotter Masterpiece-Style Reflector Figure
- ToyWorld’s Devilstar (Masterpiece Styled Astrotrain) – Colored Images [0:26:20]
- Ultimetal Ultra Magnus [0:30:25]
- We discussed Ultimetal Optimus Prime way back in Episode 13
- The Visible Man model kit Charles mentioned
- Non-Transformers: Gokin Machine Robo / Masterpiece Gobots! [0:33:49]
- Combiner Wars Titan Class Devastator – Revealed! [0:37:14]
- Nuremberg Toy Fair – First Look at Combiner Wars TITAN DEVASTATOR?
- Seibertron.com offers $50 bounty for clear high-res pics of Devastator (link no longer works, gone from google cache and it’s been taken down on Seibertron.com)
- Rumor – Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus & Cyclonus? [0:43:41]
- Comics [0:49:24]
- Hasbro Australia MP-24 Star Saber English bio to be based on the IDW Universe [0:49:32]
- Robots in Disguise 2015 Free Comic Book Day Issue Preview (SPOILERS) [0:51:30]
- BotCon Artist Hayato Sakamoto Doing Artwork for Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #39 (Slight SPOILERS of cover art) [0:53:05]
- IDW Combiner Wars Press Release – An All-Out Arms Race Takes Hold Of Cybertron! (SPOILERS) [0:54:12]
- Transformers: Windblade Interview with Mairghread Scott (SPOILERS) [0:54:59]
- Mort from the TFW2005 boards (AKA Marian Hilditch (@MMortAH)) helped us make a transcript of the James Roberts interview from Episode 75. [0:55:32]
- TV Show News [0:58:20]
- Trips To The Store [1:05:18]
- Convention News [1:29:40]
- Feedback [1:36:41]
- Episode 87
- Episode 88
- Episode 89
- RD Blade (@RD_Blade) did the first female bot design (Cadmia – weapons transport) shown on the Audio Knights Theatre page, but it was mistakenly uncredited. It has since been fixed.
- RD Blade (and Darryl) sing the praises of Christian Brock’s 3D modeling and toy design course
- Closing [1:55:07]
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Yosh i want to know something (and this is before i have listened to the ep of course) if you DO INDEED find a “winner” of the reflector struggle, does this mean youll have bought you first non hasbro item? i will not taunt you on the g-1 pureness bit but there is just one thing i do want you to know:
….reflector does not have rubber tires….
lots of love and warm (although not big c approved) hugs to the podcast crew.
and of course notes are following, whaaa like i dont take em?!!!!
listen here i space JAMMED up this site a week ago like my last name was jordan!!!
DMG,
Would you count my Knock Off Ratbat my first third party? Because I bought that.
Also, Darryl has gotten me a couple of third party figures.
But this reflector might be the first third party that I will spend real money on.
Would those be “3rd party/unofficial” hugs DMG? 😛
Some of the feed back responses were a little lite this week, what gives?
Yeah, Shapeshift Inc.’s Ironhide is a brick in vehicle mode, but I think that’s game accurate.
I have to say I don’t see anything of the GoBot Puzzler in the Toyworld combiner. His head looks more like Energon Bruticus Maximus. Toyworld Sideload is a Conquest Knight XV, and the only member of the team who is not in a real-world vehicle color, as the Knight XV is black.
I don’t see the Toyworld Astrotrain as being meant to go with Masterpiece. It scales very nicely with Toyworld Hegemon, where it’s shorter than MP10.
Funny thing, those “GoBots” toys you mention have nothing to do with GoBots. Bandai licensed out the people who make Gokin figures to make toys of the old Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos toys, which just happen to be based on the Japanese toy line that GoBots toys were copied from. In Revenge of Chronos all those guys are heroes. The villains in the series included some of the toys that became the Monster GoBots, and also the guys who became the Rock Lords were in the line. Anyways Hasbro owns the names and characters from buying Tonka, but Bandai still owns the original toys.
I look forward to Jeremy coming back to the show. Sorry for his loss.
Charles – I figured Darryl was joking because of how silly he was being. :p
$150 sounds like a reasonable price for a five bot combiner. My only problem is that the head is too small. Hopefully they make it larger to be more proportional with the combined form or I will wait until a third party toy maker creates a new one.
Has anyone been voting on the Transformer’s app for fan chosen combiner? I think it is the most convoluted process for voting…pretty sure I have voted for the same limbs two or three times.
Ok here’s a little feed back:
Yosh, I did not remember hearing about the rat bat,ok I got that..
Wulongti, nope that’s an official TRANCIVER hug sir!..
Oh the feedback I’m gonna leave..I’ve got it for the past 2 full shows and I’m already tired and I have yet to put it down here!…guys what happened to the space jam edition I left about a week ago ?
Really late edition comments from me.
Awesome hauls this week. I’m really jealous of “The Homer” hot wheel car. They got scalped here real bad and can’t find one for a reasonable price.
If I had to get an item sign by Peter Cullen It would be the G1 prime trailer or the MP-10 trailer or perhaps my takara MP-10 reissue…after that I’d really have to look around and think about it.
Also got that Patreon set up after some tech issues, glad to pitch in and help support the podcast…keep up the excellent work.
If I were to get Peter Cullen to sign anything it would be my #1 Marvel comic. Yeah he wasn’t on the creative team, but I do care about that.
I am really really really late in posting my comments. Been a long week here with my kids and all.
But all I can say about this episode is just these…
1 ) I almost instantly signed up for the Patreon!!! I JUST LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
2 ) I am right with Yoshi it hard to decide betwwen the 2 Reflectors they both look so nice
3 ) Yoshi has some nice hauls though Darryl and Charles were giving them to him
4 ) If I had to choose what I could get Pter Cullen to sign I would admit it would be a tough choice But if my Powermaster Prime was still in his boox ( Thanks to daughter he not now *short story she got ahold of it and ripped the box to pieces trying to get him out of the box ) I would have had him sign that. Mostly it was the last thing my mom’s dad gave me not too long before he passed away
5 ) Looking forward to Yoshi’s response to my collection list. I finally got it completed and sent it to him now I wait until he sees what he might want
6 ) I should also note that I really wished you guys could have been able to make it to our last Hangout. Jeremy would have enjoyed it due to getting to see what I had picked up from TFAW. But all of you would have had a fit I think after all I picked up from the comic world
Lastly I hope that Jeremy returns soon. Though I know he will.
GREAT SHOW AGAIN GUYS