Alt Mode 299 – Best of the Beasts!

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On this episode we’ve got a review of a classic IDW Beast Wars comic, Hasbro finally teases what’s next for Transformers comics after IDW, and we can’t wait for the Transformers UK stamp collection revealed at TFNation last week!

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Show Notes

• Show Start [00:00:00]
• Thanks Donatreons! [00:01:02]
• Check out the uncut version of Empire Of Rust Episode 83 – Let’s Split Up Gang exclusive to Donatreons that will be out on Monday, August 22nd! [00:01:23]
• Transformers Deck Building Video going up this week (really!) [00:02:24]
• Special – Talkin’ Transformers with Ant from TFU.INFO came out yesterday [00:03:01]
• New Donatreon show coming [00:04:06]
• Comics News [00:06:30]
  • Hasbro Speaks About The Future Of Transformers And G.I. Joe Comic Book License [00:06:34]
    • “Actually, we’re in a bit of a transition at the moment, as you might have heard,” Kelly tells Nerd Reactor. “So we’ve been with IDW on the comic book front, with Transformers and Joe, and that’s going to be ending at the end of this year. We’re not ready yet to announce who our new partner is, but we’ve already begun some creative discussions.”
    • “Certainly there’ll be plenty of things that they’ll be familiar with,” Kelly continued. “Because again, we’re not going to completely reinvent the brands, but I think what they’ll find is a fresh take on the storytelling and the characters. Probably develop a little bit more slowly to try and bring some new fans in as well as by starting out focusing on two or three main characters and really giving them a lot of depth and a lot of personalities and then building out the team of characters as we go along. So yeah, that’s usually what we do.”
    • “In some regards, we will do adaptations of TV or movies, obviously, but a lot of what we’re doing is actually original storytelling,” Kelly explained. “As far as toys are concerned, we at times will try to incorporate some of the artistic designs of toys. But it’s important to us that the integrity of the storytelling always be what’s driving the narrative. So we’re never going to just say, ‘Oh, well, you know, Hasbro is releasing a new toy, so we’ll put it in this comic, like an advertisement.’ We don’t do that.”
  • Transformers Royal Mail Stamp Collection Debuts at TFNation 2022 [00:14:34]
• Review [00:19:54]
  • Beast Wars The Gathering #4 from Transformers: Best of the Beasts
• Transformers Media News [00:34:59]
  • Sunset Announced For Transformers: Heavy Metal AR Mobile Game
• Convention News [00:36:58]
  • Transformers artist Casey Coller to attend TFcon Chicago 2022 [00:37:01]
  • Peter Cullen the voice of Optimus Prime to attend TFcon Chicago 2022 [00:37:22]
• Feedback / Questions [00:38:13]

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