Batman Animated Series Figure and Beast Wars Robot Heroes

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host if you and Mike and joining me is Steve

Megatron. Hello. Hello It's been something like

20 odd episodes since last time you were on this

show I don't think it was that long ago. Yeah,

it was in the 30s. It's like 10, 15, 19, somewhere

around there. Eh, somewhere. Somewhere around

there, I don't know. What have you been up to?

Hello? Yeah, I can hear you now. What have you

been up to? Not much. Just mostly working and

collecting various Batman figures that either

A, I used to have, or B, wanted, didn't get,

or, yeah. Just very much getting back into it.

Right, right. Yeah, I, um... You know, I pretty

much have a, like, not really a set in stone

thing, but I have... Enough toys now where this

show will actually last for a little while And

as I said in episode 45 I will be doing a spotlight

on the robot heroes for Transformers Episode

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first of march to get these in Time length doesn't

really matter don't go on like some long diatribe

I would say less than 10 minutes is is good enough

for for mp3 or voicemail or whatever So yeah,

that's that's that Just really can't wait actually

I can't wait until that Generations Optimus Prime

comes out. I want that toy Yes, that looks so

badass So I guess we can get right into the discussion

you are going to go first what toy will you be

talking about sir? I will be talking about my

very ancient figure of Uh -huh Yes, and for those

that do not know what Batman this is this is

actually the proper Batman like the actual One

that is featured in the animated TV show Through

the first three seasons anyhow He's got the cloth

cape which pretty much every Batman figure had

up until close to the Justice League timing,

which has a little clip that goes around the

back of his neck. This particular batman comes

with a grappling hook, which he holds in his

hand and it launches. I don't know if you heard

that. The string is pretty decently long. He's

got an attachment for a belt. He's got a couple

other like battering things that you can launch

from within the Launcher here. He's got handcuffs

Which I have lost everything but the grappling

hook Sadly, so yeah, this is all I got left of

it This is the original figure that I had back

in the day that I used to have right around in

the Batmobile because this is the actual Batman

Right. So, but yeah, he's got a kind of light

bluish coloration in between the dark, like almost

blackish, dark blue colors that he has on him.

He's got the bat signal inside the yellow, or

the gold, just like his utility belt. Overall

I'd say it's a pretty neat figure. Doesn't stand

very well and he has to hold his grappling hook.

Unless you point it down and then he'll have

a center of gravity. Yeah I'm like, you know

pretty much like all the other figures. They

don't stand up too well Yeah, no, I found that

out with my Justice League Batman I have to Because

he's jointed at the knee. So when you bend his

when you bend him at the knee It looks like you

broke his leg, which it didn't Yeah, I don't

know those those figures. They just have no stand

-up ability whatsoever No, and that actually

they don't like these ones don't even have bendable

knees bendable anything It's just you can move

your legs. You can move their arms. You can twist

their head. That's it that's the only possibility

you get and It would have been nicer to see Something

a little bit more detailed, but it is pretty

this one is pretty show accurate for the most

part mm -hmm I Do like the portrayal of its us.

I would have to say is quite possibly my favorite

Batman figure Ever besides the Justice League

one, right? Which I'm sure I'll review in another

show Yeah, but yeah, this this Batman is pretty

kick -ass. I I know that like I personally would

recommend it but that's just because I was a

huge fan of the original show back in the day

and I was a fan of the show but I wasn't really

a I wasn't really into the toys. Yeah, I wasn't.

I mean, I was, but I wasn't at the same time.

It's kind of hard to explain. Of course, I was

young at the time, so I collected anything I

could get my hands on. True. And I didn't beat

this one to hell, surprisingly enough. I mean,

it's got a little bit of chip paint, but for

the fact that this was my... favorite one that's

to be understood. So. But yeah, that's pretty

much my favorite Batman figure ever. Yeah, that's

cool. That's cool. So is that all you're going

to say about him? And the only way you can get

one is pretty much eBay or BBTS. BBTS 90 % of

the time is going to be sold out because this

is such a hot item of the animated show. Yeah.

It sells for like 33 bucks on BBTS and You're

lucky if you can get it any cheaper than that

on eBay. Anybody that I've ever seen post them,

these things get blown out. And actually, you'll

get the same Batman figure minus all the accessories

if you buy the Batmobile. It's the same exact

Batman. There's just no grappling hook or special

utility belt. It's just the base figure with

the cape. Yeah, that's kind of like what Mattel's

doing now with the Masters universe DC universe

crossovers I've been watching a lot of that new

toy smells YouTube stuff and Pixel Dan has been

bringing us reviews of He -Man and Superman and

Skeletor and Lex Luthor Mattel is doing this

thing where They're trying to get, you know,

they're pretty much sneaking Masters of the Universe

back into the stores, back into it, you know,

to have some sort of retail form. Because apparently

they haven't been on Toys R Us shelves in years.

But, you know, it's a good marketing ploy, you

know, and again, you know, with things like,

you know... stuff from our childhoods and stuff,

it's going to be expensive and it's not going

to be something you're going to be able to find.

No, but it is pretty cool that we're finally

seeing a lot of figures come back into the fold

after so many years. Oh yeah. Go ahead. I'm personally

pumped about it. I'm saying I'm personally pumped

about it though just because I I'd like to get

my hands on some of the stuff that I have lost

track of over the years Yeah So I guess we will

move on I will be continuing my robot heroes

discussion and This time because these things

are so small. I said in episode 45 I'm just gonna

do them as two packs because they come as two

packs I'm going to be telling you about Optimus

Primal and Tarantulas from the Beast Wars series

of robot heroes. I've got Optimus Primal in my

hand here, and he looks like his left hand, if

you pose it where his palm is up, he looks like

he could palm a basketball. It looks like you

can put a little mini tennis ball or a golf ball

right into his palm. Very very cool I don't know

what Hasbro was doing when they colored these

guys because they're not so accurate whatsoever

while some of them aren't He does have his his

optimus prime type head with the mouthplate kind

of open Other than that it's pretty much an optimus

prime head He does have Don't know why they put

the maximal say symbol on on his back, but but

they did He's he's in the right figure. He's

not not my favorite of the robot heroes, but

he's okay and Tarantulas so god Everybody knows

listening to beast unleashed. I hate bugs in

general First of all, why does he have claw hands?

Did Trent does tarantulas have claw hands in

the show? Not really, I mean he's got some kind

of difference in hands, but It's not he doesn't

really have claws. Yeah, I don't know why they

put claws on this guy whatsoever And tarantulas

in robot hero form has orange feet green legs

and arms and purple The back of his head is green

The front of his face is purple and green and

orange His arms are green and his back is is

purple and orange is just I Don't know what they

were trying to go for here Honestly, I couldn't

tell you either yeah, he's um Him along with

waspinator who I talked about in the last episode

Probably the two worst ones and two of my least

favorite ones out of the entire out of all the

robot heroes that I do have Yeah, I don't know

it's just I Mean I like primal primal school.

I mean especially that I have the the Transmental

Megatron and robot heroes form so I have you

know I could have those two doing you know fighting

and posing and fighting together or whatever

Or fighting each other, against each other, whatever

the hell you want to call it. But, um... I don't

know why they packaged Optimus with Tarantulas.

Yeah, considering you think Rattrap would get

paired with him? Yeah, I think Rattrap got paired

with another Megatron. Yeah, he did. I don't

know which Megatron it was, but... I don't know

why they'd bother doing it, but... Well, I think

it's you know the whole repaint thing pretty

much because you know you've got what? three

Yeah, three Megatrons in beast not not counting

beast machines But just in beast wars alone you

got three Megatrons you got original Megatron

you got transmetal and then you got Transmetal

too when he became the red dragon Yeah, that's

true So, you know, it's probably just the repaint

aspect of it. I really, you know, I will continue

to say overall I really enjoy the robot heroes.

They're kind of like the cutesy versions of characters

and honestly, this is probably the closest we're

gonna get to cutesy versions of Beast Wars characters.

As much as I would love to see them do Beast

Wars and Mighty Mugs, I seriously doubt that

they will. Which kind of sucks, but whatever

These things fall over fairly easily though.

I mean they stand up on their own Okay, but it

just like one little touch and they just fall

right over Yeah, quite honestly, I probably would

pick up a Mighty mugs Beast Wars figure well

yeah, but I mean I don't think they're ever gonna

do it though no and Beast Wars is dead It's unfortunate

yeah Yeah, well supposedly if we got a fourth

season of animated it would have gone beast I

think Or something to you know something to that

effect Yeah, that would have been cool to see

yep So let's see What else do you want to talk

about? There really isn't a whole lot of stuff

to talk about right now. I mean, you know, we've

got the War for Cybertron stuff is out. I actually

did get a couple of screen grabs from the gameplay

trailer. So those are pretty cool. Let's see.

Well, I know myself, I'm kind of pumped about

the War for Cybertron. Oh, I know I am. I'm just

curious as to what the ability will be on the

PC to use it, as well as... You might have to

upgrade. Well, maybe not. I do have a pretty

kick -ass system, but my dad's also given me,

later this week, a... Because when we upgraded,

I bought the same motherboard as him, although

I got a lower processor and... Little bit less

memory and a cheaper graphics card. He is giving

me his graphics card Because he's upgrading so

the bonus of buying the same motherboard is If

he upgrades he hands me hand me downs there you

go that works So yeah, I'm looking forward to

that. So that should definitely help in that

arena. I'm also kind of pumped that Batman Arkham

Asylum is coming to PC? Yes, it's coming to the

PC very soon. Microsoft actually had it on sale

on their website for 12 bucks up until this morning

at 10 a .m. I didn't know it was that limited.

Like it was started this weekend. Yeah. Yeah,

I... I don't know if I can, I mean like War for

Cybertron I could probably play on the PC but

if I was going to do Batman Arkham Asylum I would

want to do that on the PS3. That's just the way

I am. You know I did notice, I think on GameStop

they have a pre -order listing for Batman Arkham

Asylum 2 which the date that they have listed

is Think March of next year. I think that's what

it said. I don't remember Yeah, I Definitely

like I actually played Arkham Asylum Yeah, first

one at a GameStop yesterday, and I'd have to

say that is the most kick -ass Batman game I've

ever played like I've played them all the way

back to the Super Nintendo. Yeah, and that I

just loved how fluid it moved like I figured

out also because it's just a Basically a training

thing and the Joker's sitting there mocking you

yeah every level which is kind of cool and He

sits here and Says well, I guess I'll have to

get some better henchmen You know and he says

I'll have to order more and make sure that they're

you know And he'll make a snide remark or something,

but it was just it was quite funny. I went from

like three villains and beating their ass to

uh so many that they were running around me hitting

me with crowbars and shooting me with shotguns

and I like leap over them and then start pounding

from behind and then leap back over the group

and then yeah it was a long run okay you need

to rephrase that last line what last line pounding

them from behind that just Doesn't sound right

at all. I punched them in the face and elbowed

them with my bat claws. They went down and they

died. Joker cried. I would love to have that

game. Yeah, it looks pretty kick -ass. On a side

series and... I have it open now. The only part

that was messed up on the spelling, surprisingly

enough, is the outside. This is Batman, the complete

animated series. There's no T in animated. And

I open it inside and it's all spelled correctly

and it's all proper. Before we went on air tonight,

I went to go get my set to see if If it was just

the set that you got or if it was all of them.

It's just yours. Apparently there's a lot of

them out there like this. I don't know. It's

probably an early edition maybe. Yeah, it could

be it. It's cool in any case. Yes, it very much

is. You know originally when I got I mean I know

we're completely off the topic of toy cast but

anyway when I originally got this I thought I

was just going to use the box for display and

have the two because the series comes in it comes

with that collector booklet but it comes into

not slim pack but it comes into 2db cases and

originally I was just gonna have those on my

shelf with the rest of the DCAO cartoon and just

said ah screw it I'm just gonna leave them in

here and just have it as one big set on the shelf

but yeah I mean they really even though it's

pretty much the same DVDs as you would get if

you bought all four volumes outside of the bonus

disc they really did an awesome job with this

collectible packaging Yeah, I like the little

booklet they included with all the sketches of

everything Yeah, the character bios and all that

stuff. Yeah, the sketches and like the vehicles

and yeah drop that man and all the villains and

You know, of course in their true btas format

right, right Which I personally like better than

their Later renditions, but Well, you know the

whole thing about the the revamp episodes when

they changed the design for the animated series

was that It was the revamp episodes weren't originally

part of the original series. They were they they

had stopped making BTAS they had gone on to Superman

and they said oh well we want you guys to do

more in Batman so they were doing Batman and

Superman at the same time and the new show had

become the the new adventures of Batman and Robin

and then it turned into the Batman Superman adventures

or the Superman Batman I forget it's it's it's

one of those two but you know and they wanted

to you know up the ante on the designs so if

you I would advise you to make sure you listen

to and watch all of the special features Listen

to all I mean there's like 12 commentaries throughout

all of the discs So I would you know if you want

the you know word from the creators mouth I'd

say you listen, you know watch watch those episodes

with the commentaries. Oh I definitely plan to

I plan to watch every bit of it. Yep Considering

I just watched Batman Beyond and I have Return

of the Joker and I have Mask of the Phantasm

and various other aspects of the Bat Saga. Yes.

Almost makes me want to get Justice League. You

should. That complete series set is awesome.

Yeah, I'm sure that'll come later. Yeah. I have

to wait and let things simmer so I can get Batman

Beyond. Yeah, I was in my local FYE though, and

I I did see Like they had Superman the complete

series for 45 bucks. Yeah, and then I was like

wow there must not have been much there No, no

there is the this when they did because they

announced them Last October they announced Justice

League first and then like a day later they announced

Superman the complete animated series I believe

there's an additional bonus disc with that but

it probably only has like one additional extra

feature So again, they pretty much took all of

the season sets of Superman the animated series

and put them into one packaging and It is not

a collectible tin like the Justice League one

is but you know, hey at least you have it all

in one shot Yeah, and I did look at the animated

or the Justice League one. That is pretty cool.

That was like a hundred bucks Not bad, but that's

probably something for waiting. I think I got

mine on Amazon brand new for like 70 something,

which isn't bad. No, and I, surprisingly enough,

I got this Batman the animated series. I got

the whole thing for $82 on eBay. Yeah, I got

mine for when I bought mine, because I was not

waiting, because I knew. Once I saw the ad for

it, it said MSRP 107 .92. It says limited supply

available. I knew as soon as the day it came

out, I was getting it. I paid $76 at Best Buy

after tax. Yeah, I, surprisingly enough, this

one went for $82. the others that I was bidding

on at the time, they all went for 135. And I

also got this within three days. Yeah, that's

a quick turnaround there. And it was free shipping,

so that was even better for me. You should probably

go back and read the, if the listing is still

available in your eBay thing. You should probably

go back and look at that listing and see if it

says anything about the missing T. Oh, did it?

Yeah. He had a picture and labeled it. Oh, okay.

All right. I don't know. He had like a couple

that were like that. Oh, okay. I don't know.

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