Hasbro 40th Anniversary Transformers News

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of it all So, you know, it's just one of those

things and we got a lot of news to catch up on

because oh, yeah pulse con hat We got nine stories

tonight pulse con happened a bunch of other stuff

happened. So, you know all that and whatever

else so let's get right into the news with going

back all the way a month ago um well not really

a month ago september 22nd wasn't that long it

was a week and a half ago two weeks ago something

like that yeah and it's weird the 22nd of september

was the friday the second to last friday of the

month and i was like wait why is there a Why

is there a pulse con on a fr... I'm so used to

Transformers Tuesday or Transformers Thursday.

Why is there a Formers Friday? What the hell?

But, uh, but yes, Pulse Con was, was happening

and they did the live stream with, with BMAC

and Mark and Evan and all of that. And I think

my favorite, even though I don't... Have any

like skin in the game for this what I've loved

from Legacy to Legacy evolution to now Legacy

United Transformers Legacy United is the next

Name line thing for for the mainline line or

whatever you're gonna call it. Well, then it'll

become Transformers Legacy United Generations

version 3 Yes, because why not Why not? Right.

But I think what I like about this is the posters

that they put out every freaking time showing

off this amazing artwork with these amazing characters.

The United one, I don't know half the characters,

but what I loved about this Pulsecon that just

happened, they revealed the 40th anniversary

logo. I love it. That is pretty epic. I will

say that. Yes. absolutely absolutely so there

what figures from this do you want to talk about

from the pulsecon reveals well there's there

well one I love the poster yeah it's just yeah

yeah the the logo looks epic there's a lot going

on yes there is And it's not surprising, like

some of these are touching on. I kind of knew

we're coming or eventually we're going to happen.

Yeah. And then other ones, because I mean, it's

of course it's it's uniting all of the different

generations through these. Best of more or less.

Yeah. And I for one, I like the core class. Energon

Megatron. Yeah, I. Well, I used to have the actual

Energon figure. Right. And honestly had. It was

it was one of those fun figures that I did have

that I enjoyed, but he was a he was a brick.

There was no articulation. This one doesn't look

like it has much articulation and it transforms

much the same way. As the original figure, albeit

the legs would kind of. Shoot into the like the

upper legs would shoot into the lower legs or

fold over in some way I love the rendition that

it's a Megatron mixed with a Galvatron. Yes,

that is good so that's been always one of those

things I've really loved about this character

and although he's not like leader class or anything

I I Still think this particular one warrants

a pickup just because it's it's really neat Yeah,

absolutely And then, as far as some of the other

characters are concerned, they have Tasmanian

Kid, which is Beast Wars scenario. I'm interested

in that. Only for the sheer fact, I was not a

Beast Wars 2 fan. It was more so when I was a

kid. I got the Beast Wars Grimlock, Beast Wars

Cheetor. Primal Megatron and snarl iguanas, you

know a lot of these core class or basic class

back in the day and They've taken this mold and

they've improved it, but they've also retained

the original transformation. Oh Nice. Yeah Like

the the face becomes the feet in the original

the way that some of it transformed was this

one looks like it transformed slightly differently

because It just does that's definitely a fake

jawline on his chest Yeah Because the in the

original The jawline did fold down But the upper

face Folded out from the from the head and you

would flip his legs over his shoulders and then

encase him in his body armor and But it does

it transforms pretty much the same way. I really

like this character I Don't know if I would pick

it up again Like even though it's in a modern

articulation like I loved the original I don't

think I would ever I don't And I could be wrong

I mean if there was a discount or something I

would probably pick it up But I don't think I

would go out of my way to get this particular

figure even though I really like it And it would

go well with my Grimlock Yeah, yeah, I mean again

it's I Have a hard time and not really because

now that I finally fixed my shelves and whatever

else as far as getting them assembled and Getting

them where I want them in the living room here

eventually, I'm gonna take the Not three zero

The MDL X or something? No, that's no that no.

No, I had to cancel that I have to wait until

next month to get the yellow part AMK Pro the

the Jada toys the nanometal figs That's my that's

my problem with looking at the core class stuff

because I look at this and all as I see is with

the vehicle mode specifically to this I see micro

machine same thing with the With the Jada toys,

Nano Metal Figs. As much as I love them, they're

just figurines of the characters. That's all

I want, is the characters. But like, they're

tiny metal die -cast, fully die -cast metal things.

You drop one on the floor, you step on it, and

you're barefoot, your barefoot's gonna probably

start bleeding, cause Optimus's axe cut into

your foot. Or whatever. And I am happy that core

class is the name of the small cloud like I'm

so glad the naming has changed or Basic really?

Like I don't know if I was even buying toys back

then if I would go into any to any store Because

you can't say toy store because right now as

of today there are no real Toy store real big

box toy stores around anymore Don't know if I

would go in there and look at a transformer section

and say oh, this is transformers basic, okay?

Well, it's if it's basic. I don't want it. I

don't know so I'm glad they they they've Upgraded

their naming schemes, but this character looks

cool Yeah, and then we get to Rock Lord junkie

ons Yeah, I just yeah, yeah, I just I just don't

know. Looks cool. Yeah, it looks cool. But, you

know, not for me. That's something I really care

about. I honestly wouldn't go out of my way to

get this. I think the vehicle mode is cooler

than the robot mode on this thing. And I'll give

you that. Because to me it looks like... So the

vehicle mode I'm looking at... Pulsecon TF 035

just so you know the image number It's the vehicle

is on the left and he's on the right and it shows

his backside But the vehicle reminds me of like

some sort of junk covered thing that you would

see on the planet of junk It's just gray instead

of orange like most of the other junkie on stuff

and because it is a Rock Lord type thing Think

that's cool. I think the robot mode the artwork

shows the robot better than the actual Transition

to the figure itself and we'll stick with that.

Okay, and then and then we get into animated

animated bumblebee which looks cool and he's

core class. Yep, and I don't have a problem with

it. I Don't know if I really like it enough to

pick it up, but it's it's cool to see more representation

of animated. Yep Yeah, I would not I need bumblebee

to be especially animated mom. I need him to

be a deluxe or Something like that size class.

I do not need a micro machine bumblebee. I will

say though his car mode for the for the core

class with the boosters on it is very cool. I

love how his bubble jumper gun things double

as the as the boosters for his car mode. That

is very cool. And then we get chase from rescue

bots. Yeah. Which looks pretty good. I haven't.

going back to watch Rescue Bots at all. The one

thing I remember about Rescue Bots is, it's a

kid, it's Autobots that Optimus Prime sent to

Earth. And I remember, I think, I think I remember

this right, Chase is voiced by Maurice LaMarche,

I think. I don't think so. I could have sworn

he was. I know Heatwave is voiced by Steve Blum.

in that show. I mean, LaVar Burton plays the

doctor. He plays, Maurice plays Charlie Burns,

the chief. Oh, that's right. He plays the chief.

He plays the kid's dad. That's what it is. Yeah.

And Amari Williams plays Boulder. He plays Boulder.

Yep. Chase is played by DC Douglas. Oh, right.

OK. Yeah. And LaVar Burton plays Doc Green and

so. What a great voice cast for that show. Oh,

it totally was. And you had Jeff Bennett, Peter

Cullen, Jason Marsden, Tim Curry. I mean, there

was just there was, you know, a lot of a lot

of famous actors in that. And like you were saying,

oh, yeah. And like you were saying, these new

toys, these new core classes are like we've talked

about Beast Wars, second animated and rescue

bots. Three things we probably couldn't have

said 15 years ago. I mean obviously some of this

stuff wasn't out 15 years ago, but like well

animated was but you know what I mean, like it's

it's cool that the rep like they're and And I've

said this before in other episodes of the show.

I Love I don't always tune into the four and

a half five hour live streams that that Hasbro

does for this or for other things but what i

love is they will eventually go like they've

gone back and i will probably have it embedded

in the post they have a specific like they cut

out of the video the the transformer section

that's its own video the power ranger section

for pulsecon is its own video now like there's

still the full five hour however long it was

live stream that you can watch but the fact that

they're Cutting them up and putting them as separate

videos. I absolutely love that so you can pick

and choose what brand From the company that you

want to do and going back to this is like They're

doing their best to get ev It's 40 years. How

can you not? Go back and do whatever you can

do however, you want to do it kind of thing and

so having like we said beast were second animated

now rescue bots represented is great. And then

we get wind blade, which wind blade and core

class I like, but I probably would. Again, I

want a larger version of this. And I know there

are larger versions. Are you sure it's core class

or is it deluxe? Is it deluxe? It's deluxe because

they went size classes and kind of actually Bumblebee

is deluxe too. Is he really? Yeah. It just looks

small. Yeah, I think it's a testament to the

fact that these figures are getting shorter I

mean they really are because core class is smaller

than the original basic the deluxe class is kind

of in between the original duck deluxe class

and basic and Even even Voyager is kind of like

a head shorter than the original Voyager class

And then Ultra Class is still taller, or as tall

as Leader Class in some cases. Yeah. So I mean,

yeah. I don't know. I don't dislike this figure.

It's not a character I care about, but I get

why they made a new figure. Yep. And then we

get Thunderhawk. I think this is from Transformers,

they say Transformers Prime, but I don't recognize

the character. I want to say that it's more of

a, either it reminds me of Cybertron. Like the

Beast Planet. Yeah, I know. So yeah, but moving

on to Optimus Prime from Animated. I like this

is not a true rendition of the animated aesthetic

Mm -hmm, because they gave it a different slightly

different aesthetic, but I really like this figure

is very good I like the transformation. I mean,

it's pretty much the same the lid kind of folds

over you know kind of fills in the chest with

the arms as per usual and Just the right amount

of bulk in it. Yeah So going back really quickly

Thundertron was a 2012 Transformers Prime toy.

He was not in the show. He comes from the Aligned

novels. He comes from Retribution. He was in

the Retribution novel. He was in the Exiles novel.

He was in the novels. He was not in... animation

so that's where he does he does actually come

from the aligned continuity so there is that

uh and then we get to leader class beast wars

tiger hawk and they made the character uh well

one they made the animation accurate purple instead

of blue yep on this figure They took some sculpt

elements from Eraser and Tigertron and used them

again in Tigerhawk. Yep. The blasters come off.

Cool. It doesn't have that goofy third transformation

mode and all of the extra parts that are associated

with that. And the, you know, the the places

where it had weird body armor that didn't really

apply to the character. Yeah. The beast mode

had They again stylized like they did Kingdom

Mm -hmm, which I remember them saying and then

somebody made a comment about trans metals needing

That you know, it says fans want that back metal

and then you know, the other guy goes we'll get

there maybe Yeah, maybe But I feel like if I

feel like there's something they could do Without

necessarily doing vac metal. I feel like they

could put like a high gloss Yeah, it just needs

a shiny metallic paint on those areas and I feel

like it would accomplish the same thing Yeah,

I agree because I've taken that transmetal to

Megatron, which I still have yet to finish the

dragon I've taken that I've replaced the face

with one that's more accurate And I've since

painted like three quarters of the robot show

accurate colors and just putting a high gloss,

like changing the wings instead of being that

translucent color to actual gold paint and then

changing the the red on it to be this like deeper

red shiny gloss coverage to it just gives it

that transmetal kick that it was missing. And

makes a world of difference and so I feel like

if they would put this, you know more of a glossy

paint on it and That's more of a like a coating

over the paint Kind of like a see -through paint

that goes over top of the already ingrained color

I feel like they could make the same effect of

trans metal without necessarily having to use

the back metal Yeah, although trans art has been

doing a wonderful job with their back metal job

And showing Hasbro up because theirs looks spectacular

Yeah, there's got to be a way that they can do

it without like wasn't one of the Wasn't one

of the the drawbacks to vac metal is that it

flakes after like not gold not not gold flaking

but like Like it deteriorates over time. Yeah,

but the thing is is I I'd only ever seen it happen

on the characters that had red paint So like

rat trap and tarantulas who had some red and

orange and tarantula rat trap had red and I Never

saw it on optimal. I never saw it on primal and

never saw it on Megatron like the Megatron transmetal

His only issue was the gold GPS, gold plastic

syndrome, even though it was like brown on that

figure that would just deteriorate and shatter

on transformation. And I found out later that

the Transmetal 2 Megatron Dragon would do the

same thing. There was some plastic on it that

was brittle that would just deteriorate and do

the same thing. which thankfully I don't own

anymore. But yeah, I mean, I'm excited about

this Tiger Hawk figure. I think he's really well

done. Yep. When I pick him up, it would really

depend. Tiger Hawk was only in like two episodes.

Yeah, he was only in the final episode. He was

in Other Victories after Tarantulas was destroyed.

And then the very next episode, he was obliterated

by the Nemesis. I loved the fact that they brought

back Tigertron's voice actor and and voiced him

and kind of gave him this new Transmetal Fusor

body but I also was sad that they just wiped

him off the face of the earth but they they were

closing the show out but yeah again I would I

pick him up possibly but It's not one of those

ones where I just absolutely needed to complete

my collection. Even if I was collecting these

like I used to years ago, I don't even if it

even though it has my purple color, it's not

enough purple, but I understand why it's it's

the way the figure is the way the design is.

But I love the purple. But like, yeah, I don't

feel the need to like. Unless I wanted to reenact

that that whole last three -parter of the series

Like I don't have a need for this either and

then we get to what is that like I Get it they

need to and I appreciate them doing this but

like another g2 laser optimus. Well, it's a package

refresh Oh package refresh. Okay. So like basically

if you missed out on it the first time What's

funny about it is I really want this one, but

I don't want the trailer. Oh, like this was always

the this was always like one of those dream figures.

I when I first got into Transformers and I was

into Beast Wars, I you remember KB Toys, right?

Yep. One of the weeks that I went in there with

my mom and my stepdad, my brothers, they had

the entire G2 line. like on their front like

front and center like right by the register like

all of it and I remembered seeing it and you

know, this was like pre or early internet days

and I saw the the g2 tank Megatron and which

I later got at a flea market for like two bucks

a couple years later, but I saw this figure and

I just Wanted it something terrible and I didn't

have my money and they wouldn't let me get it

And so I went back. I went back later in the

week, the same week with my dad. All of the G2

stuff was gone. Damn. All of it. And I was livid

for the longest time. And then when when they

came out with it again for like Combiner Wars

where he's like a triple changer, I was interested

in that. But I also. wasn't a fan of like the

huge size of a lot of those combiner wars. Plus,

I missed the boat by a couple of years when I

got back into Transformers figures. And then

this came out and I was like, well, I like it,

but not enough for fifty five dollars. And I

don't want like if I could get the figure without

the trailer for like thirty five, I would be

like, that's more likely my boat. Like it's the

same reason why I didn't get Christmas Prime.

Or the repaint of Christmas Prime where he's

Toxitron. Well not Toxitron. I'm talking about

the Volvo Christmas Prime Yeah They didn't do

Toxitron out of him. They did Toxitron and Scourge

or Nemesis Prime out of Laser Prime So I've seen

three deco's in the store. The Volvo was Holiday

Prime And then I came out with a standard Optimus

Prime design. Like color, color palette, which

I like the design because the wheels go behind

the head and it just looks like kind of like

a hero prime type thing. So like in that regard,

I like that prime and laser prime, but I don't

enough to drop the extra amount just to get the

trailer. Yeah, but this one here that we're taught

the package refresh. That is. Also what they

did with toxitron, right? They I swear this was

laser prime came out first then they repainted

him as as Christmas prime. No, they did not they

remain they repainted him as Nemesis prime like

scourge from red for the Velocitron Stuff and

then they repainted was toxitron the volvo holiday

prime is a totally different figure Like they're

completely two different figures. This one has

I mean, they're both the same like a similar

tractor trailer but their transformation is totally

different and Components are totally different

like the front part of the cab on this one Part

of it sits on his back and then the rest of it's

on his shoulders on the velocity around the the

Volvo He transforms pretty much like Optimus

Prime in the front of the cab is his legs Okay,

so that's where like this guy pretty much like

regular Prime Except for the the front of the

cab is on his back and on his shoulders Okay

I And they're both they're both epic and cool.

I like them both. Yeah, like I said just like

Let me get him without the trailer man Because

honestly like I don't care about the trailers

like they take up too much space. I just want

the robot Yeah, yeah, that's the thing and now

they're doing You know, they're they're packaging

all of these in robot mode Which I love because

I never want to transform them. I don't have

to you know Which I don't get me wrong. I liked

the the red stuff for a while. I Never bought

one, but it was because they just look chintzy

Like they just look cheap like they couldn't

really do much possibility. They just look like

cheap plastic and These are pretty good quality

the bigger the figure is like the Voyager class,

which basically that's what these primes are.

They're Voyager with a leader class label because

the trailer takes up more space. Yeah. I think

they kind of miss the boat being able to sell

like double dip and not having the trailer. Yeah,

that's true. Because like they did it with Netflix

Prime. You know, they sold it without the trailer

and that's the one I got and. Yeah, so I mean,

I don't know I I really like these I think they're

cool Okay, and then we get to Robeson yeah, but

I So I'm still trying to figure out this whole

toxitron thing because I swear to god I'm sorry

not trying to derail the show, but I'm gonna

derail the show here because I swear to god that

is the The same thing that I'm sending this to

you in Skype, that is the exact same factor.

Yes, that's Oxytron. Yeah. That's G2 Prime. I

agree. I said that. Oh, OK. I just want to make

sure. No, I said they did him as G2 Prime. Right.

As the Velocitron ones when they were coming

out with Cosmos and those type guys, they came

out with a repaint of them then that was all

black and gray. Yeah, but that was my point was

when we were looking at this image was that the

this image is that package refresh of that figure

and my point was I would only probably buy this

if it was the Toxitron version well the Toxitron

ones in the store right now laser optimus prime

came out first right and then they repainted

him as the scourge then they repainted him as

yeah Toxitron and then The one I was talking

about, the the Holiday Prime, the Volvo is totally

different. Yeah. Yeah. The Holiday Prime is totally

different. I completely agree. OK. So like, so

like the one I just dropped you in Skype is the

Volvo. That one I really like. Yeah. Transformation.

I like the robot mode. I like how the wheels

kick behind his shoulders. Yeah. Yeah. That's

that's one of my favorite other renditions of

Prime, plus it's got a completely accurate head

sculpt. Yep. Which none of them have. Nope. G2,

I do love the G2 laser. I do, but yeah, that's

kind of where it boils down to me. I'm like,

I love the G2 look of the laser, but I also love

this new Volvo that's totally different. Yeah,

again, if I was collecting, if these were in

my collection today, this goes back to 10, 15

years ago when everybody was buying two, either

two because you need to have one in and out of

package or two because you want robot mode and

vehicle mode at the same time like is in the

image that I sent you. And I would probably buy

two. Copies of Toxitron because I love the truck

mode and I love the robot mode because of the

Toxitron colors If this robot mode was in any

other colors like any of the other versions that

it's been I probably wouldn't buy it now that

laser prime Just to be a rebel. I would probably

get the holiday version just to be from the Volvo.

Yes Yes, I thought that was super like this original

this main line one this this one that you love

with the which head sculpt is amazing like you

said this one is great but just because that

was so ingenious of them to do all it it might

be a cash grab but it was an ingenious cash grab

yeah we never saw i mean technically it's a white

red and green optimus prime that is an ultra

magnus so that's cool yep robo sen grimlock Greg

Berger, voicing Grimlock. It's an insanely priced

toy. It's not a toy. It's an electronic toy.

I will never get these Robosons. I love that

they transform automatically and they're voice

commanded. I will never get one because they

cost too much. I mean I under but that's my point

is I get why they cost so much is because it's

for and I'm sure I Forget who it was. It might

have been proto man. It might have been the guys

over at transmissions It might have been the

guys or the lads over across the pond with triple

takeover. I forget who said it But these are

I think it was I think it was one of those people

But I specifically remember Liam from triple

takeover toy box soapbox he was talking about

this and he was basically saying that it's essentially

a computer for engine like this is gear heads

this is any of these not just the not specifically

the grant but any of them it's for people who

like electronic gear stuff the voices are amazing

obviously luckily you know pray to all whatever

you want to pray to all you know ultimus or Primus

or whatever Luckily the voice actors are still

here and they like I love even though the bumblebee

doesn't transform I love that it's Dan Gilbazan

the Grimlock here with Greg Berger I absolutely

love it, but you are completely 100 % correct.

These are not toys and this price It's like a

house payment or a car payment or something It's

that that figure or that creation alone is worth

more than my collection. Yep, or at least equivalent

Yeah Yeah, no, absolutely And I just have to

comment really quick before we move on I Know

Ben Mark and Evan are all huge They wouldn't

be working at the company and on the on this

brand if they weren't all huge fans, but There's

shirts from this live stream Mark is wearing

a matrix shirt and an Autobot jacket Ben is wearing

a Starscream Seekers football jersey and Evan

is wearing a hot rod Football baseball hockey

whatever jerk. I'm like you guys rock That's

so cool. I Would wear one that has Megatron from

Beast Wars it just says yes. Yes If that isn't

out there somewhere, folks, somebody needs to

make that now. Send me one. That's right. So

we get into the next reveals. We got Hot Shot.

Looks very, very cool. This is the last one.

PulseCon exclusive. Yep. PulseCon exclusive.

We get, and I love this. I actually, I know the

full featured images here that has all the branding

around it. I actually screenshotted this from

the live stream, the 40 year logo, the 40 year,

oh, it's so good. So good, absolutely love it,

it's great. I forgot how clear it was. At first

I looked at it and I was like, wait a minute,

this image doesn't feel like it's, oh, I get

it. It reminds me so much of the night, the space,

basically when you're looking at Cybertron in

space. The night sky behind the logo, you got

the red, the purple, you got the white and the

gray for the 40 years. You got Optimus there

in the zero there for 40 years. Oh man, that

logo's so good. Yep. So yeah, that's the post

-con stuff. Because the next one I linked is

pretty much the exact same stuff except it's

the more close -up Images of everything we just

yeah, it's which yeah so briefly also on September

22nd y 'all park AMK series Pro G1 Optimus Prime

and Megatron sample images so Yeah I just wish,

like, the sample images of Optimus is just him

standing there next to the Megatron, and then

the Megatron is just the box, and then every,

you know, it shows everything that it comes with

and shows him being assembled, but I wish, I

can't wait to see more of Optimus. Like, the

one image I want to see of Optimus is how he

comes in the box like this, the Megatron images

to just show you. The thing, yeah, so. But yeah,

I am so stoked for those. And then we got a bit

of movie news. Hasbro applies for several Transformers

1 trademarks. This was coming October 4th, 2023.

Hasbro has applied for several Transformers 1

related trademarks at the United States Patent

and Trademark Office. Let's see, entertainment

services, namely the production and distribution

of motion pictures, toy and action figures, downloadable

game software for use in connection with computers,

et cetera, printed children's activity books.

I love that they're still doing that. You know,

we talk about all the time how we are the old

people. We are the people that grew up with the

brand and wherever else. But we also talk about

the fact that Hasbro has to market to two different

Parts of the fandom they have to market to us

and they have to also still market to the lake

You know, you're raising two growing boys The

fact that you could potentially go out and get

them an activity book based off of this I think

is really really cool because it reminds me of

the old scholastic book days. Mm -hmm so This

also confirms that transformers one is the finalized

title for the movie which i think is great so

there's that and then we go masterpiece a very

beastly masterpiece and they got it right i'm

surprised that they actually went back to this

pool i'm not joking like people were like are

they ever going to do another beast wars figure

Because they had just kind of after Megatron

had just kind of wrote it off Mm -hmm. I mean

they did Leo convoy, but yeah, yeah, I mean that

but that's a that's a niche thing though. That's

yeah Yeah, I was I was quite surprised Rhinox

looks like they pulled him right out of the show

and you know That's on his chest is a fake chest,

which there's no way around that. They've done

that on multiple other versions I love the shiny

metal colors. I love the accuracy the eye color

The fact that he's got you know, the little Cybertronian

junk that's kind of on the interior of his mouth

of his chest piece for the sheen of it. He's

got the two chain guns of doom. He's got the

face like he's he's got the little little electronic

tool that, you know, grabs onto his wrist that

he can use to tweak the machine. He's got the

spark. Which I think is awesome. The three of

them standing there. They look so good together

Well, and then you get primal sitting on top

of them and beast mode. Yeah, and then he towers

over like I Like part of me is like I should

have waited on some of these Well, I mean because

I could have had just all masterpiece and just

left it at that not gotten anything that just

didn't have one. Yep But at the same time Like

I felt like the Generations one was close enough.

And I did print him leg extensions and he's still

he's. Maybe half a head shorter than my masterpiece

Primal. And I do have the Cheetor in the Primal.

I just I don't have Dinobot because he's like

hulking huge. I don't have, you know, obviously

this Rhinox or Tigatron. They don't have an ear

razor or a rat trap yet. And so far we only have

this first look. We do not have, like in this

article from TFW2005 .com, there is no pricing

or anything on him yet, as far as I know. I'm

going to guess, because it's Takara, we're looking

at close to $300. Mean just guessing for the

price because Megatron is close to four and so

is Dinobot and They're the tallest of the line

and that's with Tigatron is the next tallest

and he's 289 generally when you find him Unless

you get knockoffs of all of these Let's see.

Like I mean, I understand why somebody would

want to knock off of this stuff But they don't

get the auto they don't get the maximal symbol

or the pred symbol though Yeah, some of the colors

will be slightly off like the the Megatron knockoff

Masterpiece like I'm sorry when it goes like

$400. It's kind of like yeah Yeah Especially

when the knockoff companies seem to fix the quality

control issues that Takara experienced The only

official masterpiece I have is Optimus Primal

Yeah, and He I think I got him when he came out

for like 120 and he still goes for about that

and you can get the knockoff periodically for

like 80 but like my cheetor I I got the knockoff

for like 35 bucks and then The the rest of my

masterpiece are I mean the Megatron was like

close to They was like 89 or something And then

the other masterpiece trans medals I have are

all from trans art. Yeah, and they're all sold

out. Yeah, true. If you want, and we've said

this for years, it's always been said about Takara,

Tomi, and masterpiece and whatever else. You,

most of the time, if you want, especially nowadays,

if you want the most animated, accurate whatever,

you got to save your money and go with this.

No, and I agree. Unless you wait for another

company to do a knockoff or true their own rendition

If it was more affordable, I would support it

100 % Yeah, I get it but But then you look at

companies like trans art and they're putting

out the trans medals and they look spectacular

and just like the show Yep, and they fix the

engineering problems of the original toys that

came out 25 30 40 years ago. Like, yeah, I'm

excited for the fact that they're having Rhinox,

which means that they haven't left the season

one crew behind, because now at this point, they

just need to do Airazor. They need to do Rattrap,

Inferno, Tarantulas, Scorponok, Waspinator. And

technically, and they still need to do Terrorsaur,

which a third party company has done Terrorsaur.

And he's flawless, but he's also like $200, which.

Again like that's that becomes one of those points

of like do you settle for? The poor man masterpiece

of the kingdom legacy legacy united line Mm -hmm

Where they look? Pretty much as good as they're

gonna get if you want it not pay an extreme amount

Because I mean for all intents and purposes They

did knock a lot of these out of the park Yeah,

but it also to show you that they're capable

of doing a masterpiece because they manage to

shrink it down to a deluxe or a Voyager class

figure Yeah, 100 % He still looks cool as hell

he does he does and Without having the the computer

generated image model jump out of the tips out

of the TV screen Oh yeah, for sure. Again, that's

one of those things that if money was no option,

I would have all of the masterpiece. Both Transmetal

and Season 1. comic story sky bounds transformers

number two three comic page preview of issue

two skybound updates are november solicitation

coverage with a preview of transformers issue

number two's interior pages and variant covers

the decepticons have been unleashed as optimus

prime and auto and the autobots regroup star

scream terrorizes humanity issue features a surprising

first energon universe appearance The second

issue of the smash hit series trance like This

thing like the first three ish like the first

issue has got like the third Reprinting the second

issue has like two reprintings already Like it's

it's crazy. People are loving it and I can't

wait to discuss it more in the future The second

issue of the smash transformers comic will be

available on shelves and comic book shops and

on digital on November 8 2023 And so, yeah, for

me, what I'm loving about this is the, I forget

who does the cover, but that third cover there

with Cliffjumper and RC, that is one of, I think,

either four, five, or six covers where it's an

interlocking cover. It's so good. I absolutely

love it. So, so awesome. And I have read the

first issue. I'm just not... Revealing any thoughts

just yet as far as like the plot and all that

but I did enjoy it So that's a good thing cuz

yeah But yeah, so Transformers comics are back

and they are at image comics is imprint skybound

You have any interest in that series at all?

I do I don't want to buy it That's kind of the

boat I'm in like I'm interested I do want to

check it out, but I also don't want to go out

of my way to buy comics again. I would happily

review them, though. Moving on. Legacy United,

Voyagers, Silverbolt, the Fusors are here. I

really like this. It's funny because Trans Art

is also coming out with the same exact character,

but I guarantee it's going to be two to three

times the cost. Oh, absolutely. Which rightfully

so. I mean, it's going to match the CGI model

as far as trans arts concerned. But if you're

looking for, again, that poor man masterpiece

is what I call the Hasbro stuff for these lines.

If you're looking for that poor man masterpiece.

And yes, they are doing like the the wolf deco

face similar to how they did Kingdom. Yeah. But

the robot mode. Honestly like and and this is

this is a testament to the old stuff to the original

fusors and transmetals It was pretty hard to

improve upon them. I Mean that the face decos

for sure were off on all of them but The transformation

and the designs were pretty spectacular and spot

on and this is no difference. They took their

original design, they improved upon it. The transformation

is very, very, very similar because I remember

having this figure at one point in time. The

only thing that they did different for the most

part, I mean, they gave them a better head and

more paint as long as this actually comes with

this paint on it. because we know how Hasbro

likes to skimp, is his wings. Instead of being

stuck horizontal on his shoulders, they fold

back and then they fold kind of... They basically

took the air razor and pterosaur wing mechanism

that they already designed for Kingdom and adapted

it here. Yeah. and then they made it so that

the the spears is uh his bullets instead of firing

like the original figure did uh they just clip

on to the wings which is just fine yeah that's

fine and i i really like this figure yeah that

robot mode is impressive i probably will get

this one just because yeah Just because it is

so like it's like silver bold in quick strike

are pretty much like I would get those if they

had them. Yeah the ones I'd have to think about

on Figures would be rampage Tiger Hawk in depth

charge like depth charge. I Depending on how

he came out. I would probably splurge on that

although my Oldest decided he didn't want the

original depth charge anymore for whatever reason.

He's like, hey, you can get rid of it. And it's

sitting on my shelf now. So I technically don't

need him. But if it was a good enough rendition

to where they improved upon his bulkiness and

gave him more of an accuracy, I would probably

trade up. But but yeah, I mean. The fusors were

cool. If they came out with more transmetals,

I Would be for sure interested. Mm -hmm Yeah,

absolutely Yeah, it is just so so fun. So yeah

that Transmetals I I'm really loving that they're

dipping into this stuff like the fusors and the

transmetals And we got not one, but two Beast

Wars in this. Uh -huh. In this wave. And this

is only like the first reveal. Yeah. I happen

to know that there's some other ones coming down

the pipe as well. Like, they're going to have

a core class. I don't know if it's core class

or if it was deluxe class, but they're going

to have a Transmetal 2 Dinobot. Oh, very cool.

and which case I would be more likely for that

one than like Trans Art has a Transmetal 2 coming.

Yeah. And it's going to be the same height as

the Transmetal Megatron. Right. And that's kind

of the point where I'm like, size, space, no

room. Yeah, so if they are doing more Transmetal

2 in the future, I can't wait. So how cool this

silver boat looks I can't wait to see what they

do with trans metal to cheat or that's gonna

be amazing. I Don't know Hasbro is doing that

Yeah, I know but I'm just saying if they did

do it I can't wait to see it. Well trans trans

arts already doing it Okay. Well, but they like

they've already beat him to the punch like they're

tarantulas. It's funny they because I've seen

production photos of that now on for Trans Art.

He's got full articulation. Like he's got the

ankle joints. He's got his spider legs bend in

multiple places now. The hands and the wrists

have and the fingers have articulation. The colors

are pretty similar to the original. in the sense

that they have the gold and they have the green

and the shininess and his robot mode head pretty

much the main improvements are the ankle tilts

the hands and the wrists the spider legs and

then the head sculpt but the rest of it transforms

pretty much exactly the same as the original

figure Very cool, very cool. Alright, second

to last story, Takara Tomy Transformers dramatic

capture series, Nemesis Bridge, Shockwave, Megatron,

and Soundwave official images. This is Siege

Shockwave without his armor parts and with a

Cartoon Accurate clean deco. Earthrise Megatron,

new Cartoon Accurate Clean Deco, more for Cybertron,

Netflix, Soundwave, the new Premium Deco seems

to have covered all gray parts with silver paint.

He comes with Laser Beak and then Megatron's

Throne, the same accessory included with Studio

Series Leader Class Starscream. And this will

be about $111 US. It's planned for release in

later March of 2024. I love this. Think this

is great. This looks amazing. I Especially love

how the at least I could be wrong. It might be

doing something else whatever but like the main

image of Megatron sitting in the chair is the

dark purple the way the Decepticon logo is whatever

else however in the Subsequent images they show

the Starscream color purple version of it So

here's hoping what Megatron is actually sitting

in is the color that it comes with not that more

It's not light purple, but it's a it's a lighter

shade of purple than the darker purple is in

the main image Yeah, but I like the paint deco

that they gave everybody because it's kind of

classic I like the Megatron, despite the fact

that he was never a tank. Okay, yeah, but, like,

you're getting this to have these in robot mode.

You're not getting this to have these in the...

And I get that. Like, I do like the fact that

they gave him the proper paint deco. Yeah. And,

yeah, you are one, like, as long as the ro -

like, like it said in the article, the... All

the paint decos and all the looks are supposed

to be G1 accurate for the robot modes. Yes, you're

absolutely correct. G1 Megatron never had a tank

mode, but we all know why it has to have a tank

mode, because number one, it needs to transform,

and number two, there is no Walther PPK38 that's

ever going to... They're never going to... I

don't know how they could make a gun Megatron.

I just don't know how they could make one nowadays,

but for me, it's that chair. That chair is awesome.

And the shockwave looks cool. Like the shockwave

and the chair are almost the same dark. Oh man,

that shockwave is super cool. And the most recent

story as of today, as we're recording this October

5th, 2023, is the Transformers 40th anniversary

retro reissues of Blaster and Soundwave official

images. Number one, they just did this two years

ago. And the reason why I know this is because

I was watching Proto Man's YouTube Transformers

slag. I was watching that because I hadn't looked

at the websites to see what was going on. So

I saw it there first on YouTube on his lovely

channel. and what's funny is the I think what

he said was the Soundwave went up in price but

the Blaster went down I don't know there's some

sort of wacky wibbly wobbly thing where you know

for 30 bucks two years ago you couldn't sell

Blaster off of any shelves like nobody was buying

Blaster but now he's gonna get a price increase

and Soundwave gets that's what it is yeah Blaster

gets a price increase And he gets a cassette

this time. And then Soundwave gets two cassettes.

He gets Laserbeak and Ravage. Blaster gets Steeljaw.

Very G1 accurate. Very, obviously, 40th anniversary.

Very cartoon accurate. These will both be priced

at $45 each. So yeah, I don't know. I will say

I love that they're going back to the class for

this 40. Oh, the 40th anniversary logo on the

box looks so good. The classic packaging for

these, I think, is great. This is so cool that

they're doing this. And I do like and don't like

the cassette man homage, because there's this

blue thing on the door for Soundwave. It's to

homage the cassette man logo from whence he came

kind of thing, I guess. Other than that, I think

it's cool for the most part. I don't know if

I'll be getting them but I Like them I like them

all I just yeah, I won't be getting them but

that's more so because I have to be extremely

selective Well, yes, but and I had the original

sound wave. Mm -hmm But yeah, I've never had

the interest in getting shockwave I've had the

interest in getting a g1 Megatron, but at the

same time like I just don't If I got him it would

have to be robot mode. Yeah Soundwave I have

the core class so I don't have the the impending

need to get this either But yeah, but I do like

the fact that they're paying homage in for the

40th anniversary Now what they need to do is

a studio series 86 optimus prime using the Volvo

optimus prime head sculpt and proper paint job

and a little bit of retooling like they did Ultra

Magnus to make him, you know, G1 accurate. And

then we don't need a masterpiece. That would

be so awesome. So yeah, 40th anniversary is fast

approaching and I'm Even though I'm not buying

90 % of this stuff because I just don't I just

want my figures to just stand there I don't need

to do any of the wibbly wobbly transfer to transformation

stuff anymore, but Very excited this this for

everyone who still likes doing all that stuff

that all the stuff I'm very excited to see what

else they're gonna be giving us for 40th anniversary

It's gonna be interesting Oh, yeah. Anything

else you wanted to bring up, sir? I don't think

so. All right. Well, we are probably going to

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yeah. Are you ready? I don't even have to ask

him if he's ready. He's like, oh, yeah, let's

go. Roll out. Roll out. Yeah, so that's going

to do it for this episode. Why don't you go ahead

and close this out, Megatron? Well, well, well,

now we need more masterpiece. Predacons. Yes,

exactly. And what we really need for 40th anniversary

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Yes. I did a head swap. That's what she said.

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