Interviews – Erik Braley From ToyRobot Magazine!

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This is Optimus Prime, and you are listening

to All Things Transformers. Hello, and welcome

to All Things Transformers. I'm Steve Megatron,

and joining me is TFG1 Mike. Hello. Hello. So

today we are jumping inside the pages of Toy

Robot magazine as we chat with the excellent

editor, wondrous writer, Eric Braley. And welcome

to the show. No and. Yes, welcome to the show.

No, I wasn't reading that. I was saying and welcome

to the show. Hi, thanks for having me. Thanks

for being here. Absolutely. This is going to

be awesome. Yes, yes. So, we're going to pepper

you with some questions. I'm a pepper. Wouldn't

you like to be a pepper too? Okay. About Transformers

and robots and the Toy Robot magazine. So, starting

off, did you grow up with Transformers or robots

in general? And when do you remember first noticing

them? Okay, I was born in 1982, so I was lucky

enough to live through the entire... franchise

from start to finish, pretty much. My first Transformer

I ever had was in 1986, I believe. It was an

Astro Train as an Easter gift. Oh, nice. So cool.

I just repurchased a 1985 Astro Train, and I

have him right here. Nice. I've got four of them

sitting on the shelf in the other room. The same

one? No, they're all different colors. Nice.

No, mine are all G1s, and I do still have my

original original one, so I do have my very first

Transformer I ever had. Oh, that's very cool.

Yeah, not too many of us are that lucky. No,

I had actually sold him years ago, and then the

guy I sold him to sold it back to me. Oh, that's

even funnier, actually. I still have one original

figure from when I was a kid, but it wasn't...

It was Beast Wars. Nice. It's still Transformers.

Yeah. Well, I mean, it's not G1, but yeah. True.

But yeah, I gave my brother Iguanas. And when

I went to visit a year and a half ago, he gave

it back to me. Nice. And I forgot I gave it to

him. So he was like, if you're not going to sell

it, here you go. And I was like, oh, awesome.

And, you know, comes full circle. They're coming

back out with it again. So what Transformers

generation is your favorite and why? It's twofold.

G1, obviously, because that's what started it

for me. That's why I grew up with. However, I'm

also a monstrous fan of the Armada era. So there

was a lot of figures in that run that I just

really liked. There were a lot of good designs

in that run, too. Yes, my favorite Transformer

ever is Tidal Wave from Transformers Armada.

Understandable. He is kind of unique and interesting

of a character. Doesn't he just wash over you,

though? Nah. I don't know. I just really like

the toy. There's something special about it.

I really love it. I even used to have one of

the test shots for it back in the day. Well,

and he's one of Megatron's brutes. Yeah. So it

makes him even more important. Uh, so what other

robot franchises do you like, or do you kind

of collect from? Um, you know, back in the day

when I used to have what I called my original

collection, anything robot period ended up in

my collection. Didn't matter what was, uh, they

sold it all. Like, you know, many of us have

done. Uh, I restarted collecting back in combiner

wars, but right now, uh, There's certain Power

Ranger robots. I like to get a lot of the earlier

MMPR era stuff. Voltron is big. And then GoBots.

And then just kind of your generic 1980s looking

bots. Those old more metal than plastic kind

of toys. I like those. Johnny Five is alive.

Or the robot from Lost in Space. Yes, I've had

many different versions of him over the years.

So I have to ask because this is kind of an either

you're for it, you're against it, or you're kind

of, yeah, it's one of those questions that polarize

people. So do you like or loathe the Bayverse

or are you indifferent to it? I am straight down

the middle. I'm going to be honest. I liked the

first movie. There's parts I like in all the

films. The Last Night might be one of the worst

films I've ever watched, yet I watch it more

than any of the other films. I loathe the films

for what they are, but at the same time, I love

them because they have brought so many more younger

fans into the franchise. Yeah, I can definitely

see that. That's sound reasoning on it. It does

kind of keep the whole thing alive in various

forms. Yeah. So you've already answered the question

of your first Transformer. Okay. So what Transformers

cartoon is your favorite and that you kind of

go back to and watch episodes when you just want

something to kind of sit back and enjoy? All

right. This is where I'm going to get a lot of

flack. Almost none of them. There are so few

Transformer. that have held my interest, whether

it's because I just thought they were too kiddish.

Like, I'm not a big fan of the G1 cartoon. I

hated all the silly jokes. I don't know. I watched

a lot of the Transformers Armada, but then once

it hit Energon Cybertron, I quit watching it.

So I don't think I really have one. Hmm. Unexpected,

but an interesting answer. Like I said, I'm definitely

in the minority on that one. I can't fault it,

though, because some of the shows are... They

do have an issue with rewatchability. Yeah. Especially

when it's got really bad writing. I'm going to

say nothing against Machinima and that stuff,

but that era, I could not stand their cheap animation

style. That drove me nuts. Well, you're in good

company. I just hated the time length. That was

stupid. It was the time length, but it was the

animation and how choppy it was. Yeah, that stuttery

style, I'm still not a fan of. The only thing

I've seen with that kind of style that worked

was the Spider -Man cartoon movie. Yeah, it worked

for that. Transformers, it needs something more.

to kind of go with it. So yeah, I totally get

it. So if you could voice any Transformers character,

what would it be? I had an obsession with the

way Shockwave sounded in the cartoon and in the

live action, or not live action, but in the cartoon

movie, the 86 film. So if I ever had a chance,

Shockwave. That would be cool. All right, now

that we have the basics out of the way, how did

you and Bill become friends and how did your

love of toy robots bring you together? Okay,

so in the year 2000, like the Coney O 'Brien

bit there, I moved to a city or a town called

DeSmit, South Dakota. It's a really tiny town.

And Bill was a, I think he was in 11th grade

when I came in. I was in like 10th grade. And

we ended up making friends through mutual friends.

And we've hung out together on and off now since

2001. So we've known each other since high school.

As for how Toy Robot came about, we have always

worked together on small projects. Bill does

a lot of film. So he's done small film projects

on and off. I've helped him on a few. We've won

some awards. I have had the concept of a Transformer

fanzine since 2008 -ish that I wanted to do and

it never came about. And I pitched it to him

and he was kind of on the fence until I read

him an article I'd written. And he's like, I

like that. So we went to a mutual friend who

does printing and he has a magazine here in our

town we live in about the town. And he's like,

yeah, I'll finance you guys. Let's get this off

the ground. Let's do it. And that's how it came

about. Wow. Very cool. Very cool. Yeah. I have

to say reading the most recent issue, I believe

it's volume two, issue seven, Optimus and Ravage

on the cover. I haven't, I, you know, for the

past four and a half, five years and every time.

my late wife and I would go into the grocery

store. I would look at magazines or I would look

at covers and I would be like, okay, that kind

of has us. Oh my God. They want 1695 for this.

And I get it. I understand it. Whatever. Fine.

But like, I'm Steve sent me the copy of, of issue

seven. And I was like, oh my God, I kind of miss

having, this is great. This is awesome. This

is why wasn't this around in 1986 when I was

a kid? And that's, you know, Bill and I and a

couple other friends, if he came in during a

study hall, we would have copies of Toy Fair,

Wizard, Lee's Toy Review. And we'd be these nerds

in the back just reading through every single

article and memorizing these magazines. And we

missed it. So my ability and passion to write

and my knowledge on the toys and then Bill's

ability to take amazing photos worked out hand

in hand for this. What were each of your guys'

goals when putting the magazine together? My

goal was, from a writing perspective, to show

that you can cover stuff that's been done before.

Because that's the biggest obstacle we had going

against us. Everybody's like, all the information's

on the internet. Why do I want a magazine? And

I said, because I can go to... Some of these

wiki sites that are out there, and the information

can be good, but it can be dated. It may not

have been updated for, I mean, years. Sometimes

it has maybe humor that doesn't quite work as

well anymore, whether it be PC or it's just not

good. I don't want to be hateful on whoever did

those edits, but sometimes you're like, well,

that's not funny. Why is that here? So I wanted

to write very serious articles with a taste of

humor. Bill wanted to do was to show that you

could still take these toys people have seen

a thousand times and just put a slight spin on

it and make them really look great in a magazine.

And I think we've really done well with that.

And a lot of the magic also on the magazine goes

to our layout editor who is Elliot Lucas. Awesome.

So what is your favorite part of the magazine

to look back at after you've finished working

on it? Uh, number one, just knowing that, uh,

this concept exists in reality and there's people

all over the world that bought it. Um, it's really

fun to sit down and look at some of the rare

items that we've covered. Uh, and I really enjoy

doing the interviews. Very cool. Very cool. Yeah.

I mean, there, there's so many ways, like there's

so many sections in your old magazine. And I

was like, Hey, I like. Punch, counterpunch. That's

an interesting way to do an opinion piece with

each of the people. I was like, that's amazing.

That works. Yeah, no, that was a concept from

the earliest days back in 2008 -ish. Somebody

suggested that in our group way back, and I held

on to that forever. I was like, man, if I ever

get a magazine, I'm bringing that concept of

punch, counterpunch in, and it works. Really

good because Bill and I don't see eye -to -eye

on a lot of things, and I love it. Very cool,

very cool. Who is your end -all, be -all favorite,

I'm going to say Transformers character from

any incarnation? Because, I mean, that's what

we're here for is all things Transformers. You

can pick a Decepticon, an Autobot, a Maximal,

and a Predacon. Okay, so Decepticon is going

to be Tidal Wave. Just hands down, I love him.

Excellent character. Autobot. You know, I was

always cheering for the bad guys, I'll be honest.

But Optimus Prime, I like the concept of just

this hero who will do whatever it takes to get

things done. Predacon, get me... What was his

name? Inferno, that little ant. That guy was

hilarious. And then Predacon... Maximal. Let's

go... I don't know, does it count if I say Leo

Convoy from The Beast Wars? Yeah, Leo Convoy.

And back to the cartoon thing, I would say Beast

Wars the cartoon. I did watch a lot of that.

I remember that now. Are there any Transformers

characters you hate? Armada Red Alert was one

of the junkiest pieces of crap ever made. That

new Jada Prime looks god -awful. But it's not

for us. That's for the kiddos, you know what

I mean? So I gotta take that into context. Yeah,

there's definitely... I mean, if I sat down and

really thought about it, I'm sure there's tons

I would just be like, this is a terrible figure.

I'm not a big fan of a lot of the earlier Studio

Series figures. They overcomplicated them, and

they just fall apart. I can understand that,

though. Yeah, like, I have the three little motorcycle

sisters, and I tried transforming them, they

all broke, and I was like, nope, you just go

in the box, and I will never touch you again.

Oh, wow. Yep. I've been fortunate not to have

too many of those issues. I do remember quite

a few that would just fall apart on impact in

the Beast Wars line. So, yeah. So back to the

magazine, what's the average prep time to get

each issue of the magazine ready for the people

out there to enjoy the magazine? Okay, so in

Volume 1, we were just getting them done when

we got a chance to get them done. Going into

Volume 2, where we introduced subscriptions and

digital editions, we wanted to have a very strict

time limit. We allow ourselves about a month

and a half, two months to get magazine together.

There's a short two week period of prepping it,

getting it ready to go. And then we put it up

for pre -order. Our magazine is made to order,

which means we only make say about 25 to 50 more

copies than were ordered. And that keeps our

costs down. And so I would say about every two

months now you can expect the issue to come in.

A little bit more if the mail is slow. Nice.

So what are some of the difficulties or what

were some of the difficulties getting it off

the ground? Originally, we tried doing a Kickstarter

because we thought it would be really nice to

get all the money up front. That didn't work

out, unfortunately. So again, we are very lucky

that the individual who decided to finance us

happens to have all of our editing is done in

-house with his company, McQuillan Creative,

his ads on the back of all the magazines. And

he was willing to risk his money up front to

help us go forward. And we thank him every day

for that because, you know, now it exists. Repeat

the question one more time. Sorry. Just what

were some of the difficulties getting it off

the ground? The other thing is scheduling. Scheduling

is very tough. Bill is an incredibly busy guy.

He's got a wonderful wife, two beautiful children.

So like, you know, summer right now, that eats

up. All of his time. On top of that, he does

commercial editing because he has his own company

where he makes commercials. He does editing for

other people as well. If you've done editing,

which I know you guys have, you know what kind

of process that can be. So, I mean, his day is

sometimes six in the morning with a sick child

until three in the morning with that same sick

child and doing all this work in between. So

trying to get our schedules to line up. Whereas

I work from home, I sell stuff on eBay. So my

schedule is a lot more fluid. Wow. Yeah, I can

definitely see that. Yep. I respect everything

he does. It's a busy, busy schedule. And so one

of the positives of it, what are your favorite

sections of the magazine? My favorite sections

of the magazine are a lot of times we do a section

called artifacts where we cover a just a bizarre

item that is licensed under the Transformers

brand, whether it be a book. We've done a European

pencil case before. Issue number eight, we're

going to be talking about TV trays. So I like

writing about those. I also really like hunting

down bizarre and off the wall items that. uh

people may not know about like uh recently we

were the first people ever to document a uh korean

version of laser beak that i mean as far as we're

aware we're the first people ever to document

it and it's in one of our issues so yeah and

have have you read uh any or been interested

in any of the transformers comics and if you

do uh what was one of your favorite uh eras,

more or less, because I know it's changed hands

a couple times with different writers. I'm trying

to remember who started off. Was it IDW or Dreamwave?

It was Marvel, then Dreamwave, then IDW, and

then Dreamwave. So when Dreamwave started with

their run, I tried keeping up with that, but

then so many books came out, I couldn't keep

up with it. But I did enjoy that early stuff,

especially their More Than Meets the Eye guides.

Those were fun. Right now, I've just started

rereading the Marvel stuff. And then a while

back here, they came out with the Transformers

manga completely reprinted, and I devoured that.

That was one of the most fun things I've ever

read. Yeah, we're going to have to cover that

at some point on this show and on the comic podcast

I do as well, because I've heard nothing but

good things about that. Oh, yeah, it's its own

continuity, and it's just, God, it's fun. Have

you read the IDW stuff at all? A few bits here

and there. I used to work at a comic shop as

a manager. I've owned a comic shop, so every

now and then I would thumb through them, but

never really got heavy into them. It's nothing

against the books, I just never had the time.

Right, right, right. Okay, so I wasn't sure if

you had or not, because the next question, it's

kind of like... I base it around what happened

in IDW. If you could live on any planet or world

within the Transformers universe, where would

you want to live? And obviously it goes without

saying, yes, you can breathe on whichever place

you choose. If it's in any universe, it's got

to be Planet Junkion. Those guys just seem like

they know how to party and have a good time.

Wow. They look like a bunch of crazy old biker

hippies, and that's what I was raised by, and

I'm down with that. Hey, but they talk TV. And

that's even better yet. Yeah, if you love talking

memes or TV, then they're perfect. Oh, man, you

know they'd be down with meme culture now. So,

yeah, it'd be great. It'd be a laugh every day.

Oh, yeah. That's right. And you know they have

Weird Al chained up in the basement just so he

can sing all the time. No, they turned him into

a junkie on. Yeah. That's true. They did that

in animated. Yeah, I was going to say, what was

he, Rekar, right? Yep. Yep. Animated. Yep. I

am Rekar. I am garbage. Yeah. Good little, or

trash for all the good little boys and the little

girls. Yep. I am Rekar. I dare to be stupid.

Yeah. I remember that line. Yep. Yep. Oh, it

was so nice to have it. Like I mentioned this,

I don't know if people will hear it in the next

episode or not, but the next episode, a guy I

talked with about his origins and transformers.

we're talking about G1 Retgar and Eric Idle.

And we got talking about the whole thing of who

is it? Like Monty, I can't pick him out of the

Monty Python. I just know his voice. Yeah. No,

I, um, He's one of those guys that if I see him

on screen, I'll be like, oh, that's Eric Idle.

But if you tell me to point him out in a big

group picture, I'll be like, I don't remember.

But yeah. I mean, I grew up with a lot of Eric

Idle stuff in the house. So as a kid, when the

86 movie came out, I was like, oh, Eric Idle's

in this? You know, like a four or five -year

-old child should not know that. I was like,

wait, what's John Bender doing in this movie?

I was like, wait a minute. Shouldn't he be after

Ally Sheedy or whatever? Yeah. So you have currently

for volume two, you have seven issues that are

out. I remember even where we started volume

two, man. I don't even know my own magazine.

That's so bad. No. Yeah. Overall, we have seven

issues out. Volume two, I think, started with

issue five or six. Yeah. I have them in front

of me. Okay. Okay. So. Okay, so the magazine

has seven issues in total. Give us a little preview

of what's going to happen in issue eight, if

you wouldn't mind. Yeah, absolutely. So we literally,

I just finished the notes on issue eight this

morning because it is going to go up for sale

if everything works July 7th. Let's see here.

I can actually bring it up on my window and give

you guys. Some of the articles I'll be showing

up in it. So for an interview, we are going to

be talking to the wonderful Scott Zillner of

Planet X Toys, California. He's been on shows

like The Toys That Made Us and Pawn Stars. He

is a mega collector. He's one of those guys that

you always hear about, like that has a little

bit of everything. That's him. And he also works

in the toy industry, so that's cool. We have

an incredible write -up about the SR -71 spy

plane and its entire history. We've covered the

Piranacons, Super Zeo Megazord, and we've been

introducing a new article called The Savage Ravage

after our mascot, which is a black cat that Bill

and I rescued in the middle of a snowstorm. And

she has an article where she talks about the

new Jada Metal minifigures. So that's some of

the things that we cover. So it's funny you mention

that because I don't know, I'm sure my microphone

is going to pick this up. I actually have Series

1 of the, I just bought it, of the Nano Minifigs.

So I'm curious to see what Jada does for Series

2 because in this series they have Optimus, Bumblebee,

Hot Rod, Cliffjumper, Starscream, Megatron, Jazz,

Prowl. Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Thundercracker,

Wheeljack, RC, Ironhide, Ultra Magnus, Shockwave,

and Soundwave. So I'm curious to see what Jada

does with the next level of Series 2 of those

nanofigs. Yeah, there were some neat choices

in there. I just haven't gotten up to compunction

to open it yet. It's not that I want to keep

it. like mint in seal box or mint in box. I actually

want to open it up and, you know, display the

figures themselves, but I'm like, I don't know

if I can get them back in the box. Yeah. Oh man.

Yup. Yup. That can be weird. Um, we're also going

to have a cassette mini breakdown. Uh, we do

sometimes we do little guides and so there we

covered all the G one cassettes. Nice, that's

cool. So it's not a price guide, it's just a

quick visual guide again. Yeah, it's kind of

like how they used to do the Secrets of Teletraan

1 and Secrets of Teletraan 2 kind of thing. From

the secret files of Teletraan 2. In the days

of Megatron, Decepticons developed the art of

espionage using cassette technology. Their first

cassette, Laserbeak. could fly undetected into

any Autobot stronghold, record information, and

then return to base. Then the Decepticons decided

to increase their spying abilities with Ratbat.

As a bat, Ratbat can hide in crevices that Laserbeak

can't reach, and he's especially effective in

tunnels, caves, or in the darkness of space.

Ratbat reports on the Autobots' most carefully

guarded secrets. The Autobots had no choice but

to strike back at these Decepticon techniques

of stealth, building a force of cassette transformers

of their own with Blaster as their guardian.

They constructed Ramhorn, the Rhino, who can

use animalistic force if cornered. And Steeljaw,

the lion, who can crawl through the foliage of

any alien world to sneak up on Decepticons. They

also bolster their cassette force with Rewind

and Eject, who can transform to robot mode and

use more conventional fighting force techniques.

Yeah, that is awesome. Very cool, very cool.

I know I'm looking forward to... I saw there's

another Beast Wars article coming, so. Yep. This

time around we're covering Optimus Primal, that

big beast of a toy, so. And, you know, there's

always that old rat trap quote. Jumping gyros.

Optimus sure learns a new body fast. What do

you expect? He changes them often enough. Right?

Yeah, we had a lot of fun trying to. Get those

photos done for that because those knee joints

on that figure, I hate them so much, but we got

it done. So was it the original Optimal Optimus

that you were working with? Yeah, the trans metals

one. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Because I have the trans

art third party one and it's infinitely better.

But the the original toy was terrible on those

knees because when I originally got it, I didn't

realize that the knees clicked down into the

feet. And when I reacquired it, I discovered

that it does do that. And then once it loses

that capability, it doesn't stay up. Yeah, no,

we messed around with the joints a few times

for the pictures. And after that, I was like,

nope, he gets stood upright. And that's how he's

going to stay. And I never know because sometimes

people like it and sometimes they don't. And

that's fine. But I have just scrolled down on

your Facebook page. We don't want this at TRM.

We need this. The Funko Jumbo Unicron. Yeah.

Oh, man. I'm all about getting anything Unicron,

so. I'm all about paying like between 40 and

60 bucks for this figure versus almost 600 for

the one that I probably have no room for. Yeah.

I think he's more than that now. Oh, after market

on, on HasLab Unicron is asking prices are up

upwards of two grand. Yeah. Yeah. It's a minimum.

Crazy. Yeah, he's minimum a grand to $1 ,200,

which when we covered that in, I think, issue

one or two, we called the aftermarket value on

it almost to the penny. Wow. What's funny is

he still costs less than the 2006 BotCon Beast

Wars Megatron. Yeah. Yeah, I love Funko Pops,

and I love it because... I'm at my age now at

42, almost four. Well, I won't be 43 until next

February, but it's one of those things where

I just want to have representation of the characters

I love. Yeah. That's one of the reasons why I

have these nano figs. I just want to look at

them and admire them for what they are. I don't

need to, as much as I intentionally bought my

little Astro train here. I don't always need

to fiddle with the figure and transform it and

do this and do that to it anymore. I've sort

of grown up, but not really. See, I always tell

people, like some people have artwork, stuff

like that. I said, that's what my toys are for

me. They're 3D pieces of artwork that hang out

in my office and make me smile. And they can

be touched, they can be transformed, but most

of the time they won't. Yep, pretty much. About

the only time I transform them is for the magazine.

Yeah, because that's kind of how my collection

sits. It's in a cabinet. It looks nice. I repaint

them because Hasbro doesn't have the paint job.

And or customize, you know, based on that. But

overall, they stay in robot mode. Yeah, yeah.

Takes up a lot less room in robot mode. That's

for sure. Yes, they do. So is there anything

else you'd like to promote while we've got you

on the line? Yeah, absolutely. Obviously, if

you want to buy Toy Robot Magazine, when new

issues come up for sale, we have a link on our

website. We also have a link on our Facebook

page. That's Toy Robot Magazine. We also offer

subscriptions, so that is a reduced cost on the

magazine that gets shipped out in a cardboard

mailer. Some people want them in big fancy boxes.

Unfortunately, we can't do that. We don't have

the money to do that. If you are not comfortable

with, say, buying it through us, you can go to

your local comic book shop and ask if they can

order it. We are sold in diamond, so anybody

with a diamond account can order us worldwide.

If you want a subscription and you are overseas

or out of country, we can make special deals

to get those magazines to you. Just be aware

shipping, unfortunately, is incredibly high.

We will be offering some fun stuff down the road.

Like we have some posters that we printed out.

All of our magazines include seven posters. So

we're going to be re -offering some of those

soon. And we've been talking about maybe doing

a silly fun issue or an annual. of older issues

in the near future as well so if you want to

see that let us know that's uh lets us gauge

if people will even want that or not awesome

very cool very cool so we want to thank you again

for taking this time to be on all things transformers

and uh informing us about you and toy robot magazine

yeah well thank you for having me so again This

has been awesome. I've enjoyed the trip down

memory lane, opening these magazines, looking

at them, checking them out, seeing the pictures.

That's what we like to hear. Seeing things that

I don't remember, like the Viewmasters or certain

other things that were in previous issues. Yes.

So as I've mentioned, I'm the old fogey here

at 42 years old. Steve is six years younger.

And he's like, I don't remember. How do you not

remember view? I was. No, I remember them. I

don't remember the Transformers one. Yeah. Oh,

OK. I had one. I had one. It just wasn't Transformers.

It was like Ninja Turtles. Yeah, I had like a

whole. You want to talk? So before we started

recording this, this lovely interview that we

have here with with Eric. He and I were talking

about Battle Beasts and his obsession and wanting

to have a complete collection of Battle Beasts.

Yeah, I had a whole collection. Anything that

Hasbro or Milton Bradley or whoever was doing

the Viewmasters 40 years ago, anything they put

on a Viewmaster, I most likely had it. Oh, yeah.

Well, they were so cheap to get, so parents were

so happy to buy you three or four at a time.

They were dirt cheap. Yep. And I spent whole

afternoons with all my Viewmaster reels laying

out in the dirt and on the farm and just looking

at them and stuff. It was a blast. Absolutely.

All right, Mike, take us out. All right, I will

take us the heck out of here. Put them on my

what, Megatron? Put them on your tab, Michael.

I'll give you a tab. great taste from shining

through Thank you for listening to us here in

All Things Transformers. I have been your host

along with... Steve Megatron. And of course,

we've had Mr. Eric Braley. Would you like to

give out your social media? contacts for people

to follow you guys on social media yes absolutely

so uh the main thing that we do right now is

facebook because we're old and we don't understand

tiktok uh that is toy robot magazine or at toy

robot magazine that's the easiest way to find

it all of our social links are on there uh yo

Give our magazine a look over. If you're not

sure if you want to look at it or not, we also

have digital. So that's a cheap way to hop on

board. And I think you'll realize that once you

get a magazine in hand, having a physical copy

of a book is a really cool thing. And also, if

you want to up your collector game, we also offer

metallic covers. Really? Yes. Interesting. I

will have to talk to you about that later. Yeah,

I don't do the TikToks. That's for the newfangled

kids. That's the young whippersnappers. Yeah,

like I've been spending 40 years trying to get

widescreen televisions and widescreen monitors.

Why do I want this portrait mode? Anyway, that's

a whole. Of course, you can interact with me

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