Transformers One Trailer and Hasbro Toy Strategy

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I am Optimus Prime transform and roll out Yep,

yep Speaking of rollout transformers one trailer

Yep. There was only one moment in the trailer

where I actually heard Chris Hemsworth's actual,

his regular voice, and that was close to one

of the end scenes. I forget which one it is,

but the whole time I'm like, okay, he's a pretty

good Orion Pax. I can't stand him in real life

as far as most of his acting, but he's a... I'm

pretty good at Ryan Pax for this animation style,

for whatever the story's gonna be, and we know

it's gonna be an origin story, obviously. But,

uh, I liked the trailer. Not enough to see it

in theaters. I will wait till it hits digital.

I concur, to be honest. I'm not, uh... I'm not

in love with this film. I mean, one, they're

making it like... They're trying to make it a

buddy cop thing, which I'm not excited about.

And on top of it, I don't, I don't like the rewriting

of the origin. Like I preferred like Bumblebee

is nowhere, you know, shouldn't be anywhere near

this. Uh, Megatron is, you know, more of a Worker

bot or gladiator or however you want to do it

and then now they've kind of stripped him down

is like I'm hanging out with Orion packs and

then they throw a little jab in the trailer about

Jet packs and he's like remind me to kill you

later if you know and he's like I'll hold you

to that like And I'm like, okay, so they just

subtly drop that, you know Prime and Megatron

are gonna be mortal enemies later Even though

we kind of already know that we kind of already

know that yeah, I think it's I think it's entertaining

to They didn't change Alita one to Ariel. No

what they didn't do Dion who become There's debate

like I I used to think it was like ironhide because

he's old But a lot of people were like, oh, that

would be Ultra Magnus. Because he would have

been fashioned right after Prime and given a

little bit more to do. Like I said, I like the

way it looks. I am interested to see what the

story is. But again, I don't think this is for

us. Does it have Plane and Transformers references

in it? Absolutely. Like the idea of them not

because of the in the class system kind of came

from the IDW comics Some of the other stuff came

from other things the only thing because I wanted

to go into this recording cold the only video

or other person's opinion I watched of this was

proto man's because I wanted to see what he was

gonna point out as far as the references and

Things like that. Like I said, I'm interested.

I'm not interested enough to Go out and find

a theater to watch this in. I will say, like

I said before, there's only one point where I

actually heard Hemsworth's actual, his real voice

that he uses all the time, obviously. Like, I

like, in the beginning, like, it's an Orion Pax

voice. It's a cool Orion Pax voice. I like how

he changed up his voice for this character. I

think that's cool. I think Brian Tyree Henry

does a good Megatron. Elita is great. It doesn't

matter if she's Ariel or not. I think that's

super cool. I love this aspect of they've never

been to the surface of Cybertron. I think that

is super cool. And then when they get there,

they're like, oh God, like, okay. And we do know

that even though this is an origin story, I've

seen news articles. So I know that we are going

to get Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime once Orion

Pax becomes Optimus Prime in this movie. I've

also seen where he's coached Chris Hemsworth.

That is very cool. To do Optimus Prime. Yeah,

absolutely. There were several character posters,

one for B, one for Alita, one for Megatron, one

for Optimus. Those are pretty cool. But I love

the theatrical poster. Transformers 1 movie poster

revealed. I love this. This looks really cool.

And I love the Transformers 1 text. I love the

way that looks. Golden disc a little bit. Where

the 1 is, because if you look at the 1, it's

got all the hieroglyphics and... Yeah. Yeah,

so I really, really dig that. I think that's

great. And I love how, because they call, so

Orion Pax isn't Orion Pax, but Megatron is D

-16, which is some reference. I forget what reference

it is. It's something to do with his toy number

or something or other. I forget. I love how he

has yellow eyes, and I'm wondering if his eyes

are going to change once we get past the whole

origin of the bots and all that. Think bumblebee

looks better with his battle mask on versus it

off. I don't like bumblebee I don't like the

way his his whole face is like Just looks weird

What about you overall thoughts I? Don't mind

most of what they're trying to do I'm not particularly

a fan of how it's turning out but I mean, again,

it's not for me. Yeah, so. I don't know. It's

going to be interesting to see. What else they

they do with? With the stuff with the with the

movie and with the. Oh my god here come the toys

so we've got I am NOT gonna read through all

these listings you can find on TFW2005 .com folks

Transformers 1 mainline toys revealed this was

April 18th of this year and we have more battle

masks for kids so there's that so if you want

your kid to dress up as bumblebee for halloween

you've got a battle mask and optimus prime one

as well um what do you think of the little mini

things whatever they're calling them tf1 mega

the the the mega changers bumblebee megatron

star scream and uh alpha tryon Yeah, they're

gonna have alpha try on cool He's gonna be a

beast Yes, I see that Yeah Lawrence Fishburne

Good voice for the character. Yeah Yeah, what

do you think of these though the little What

the hell they called mega changers I hate the

gimmick. I hate gimmicks. Really? I know you,

I know we hate gimmicks around here, but... I

absolutely hate gimmicks in toys. So... I think

the Megatron one looks really cool though. I

don't know. It's not something I'm gonna buy,

but I think it looks really cool. Like I said,

I can I can kind of see it but yeah And then

we have after that we have the Switching over

to the expensive stuff folks We have the hot

pre -orders as of April 17th, so I'm kind of

going back in time with this but the mp60 gin

rye and mpg 09 super gin rye Finally, pricing

folks, and I don't know what other stores are

going to have, but if I'm getting either one

of these, I'm gonna be buying it from Big Bad

Toy Store. The Masterpiece MP60 Jinrai is $160.

It will be available January of next year under

BBTS. The Super... Jinrai is $208 and it will

be available the same time frame January of of

next year and I Think for me if I was gonna get

this I would be getting the super Jinrai I'm

thinking Because I can see that has everything

It's got his trailer. It's got all the parts.

It's power master optimus prime The other one

is just the other one in my in my eyes, I guess

Yeah, yeah the regular one that's $160 is Just

is it yeah, it's just the cab Yeah, so why spend

160 folks on just the cab we you can spend 280

and get everything that's That's more logical

to me when it comes to stuff like this especially

someone like me who had the original power master

optimus prime as a kid and I would want the everything

to go with it, so I Guess I can understand why

some people out there may only want the cab But

it kind of defeats the purpose of the power master

because you only have the cab Any other thoughts

on Jinrai here? I would love to get my hands

on one, but it's just not doable Yeah Very pricey

and yeah But I am I'm absolutely loving that

I think that's super cool Very very fun. Very

very awesome and then It's almost gonna be a

quick quick episode folks. I mean we can still

talk about all the stuff too, but We got a bunch

of comic stuff to talk about because right now,

for me, Transformers is all about the comics.

And we've got the Skybound Transformers National

Library Card Sign Up Month bookmarks and poster.

Skybound has grown the American Library Association

ALA Joint Forces for National Library Card Sign

Up Month. We love the energy of the Transformers

franchise and we're excited for this collaboration

with Skybound and Hasbro to encourage kids, both

young and old, to roll out to their libraries

and get their library cards during National Library

Card Sign -Up Month. Oh, that is a mouthful.

In September, said ALA President Emily Drabinsky,

score your bookmarks and poster at the ala store

today and then sound off celebration of the 40th

anniversary of the beloved transformers franchise

mark 40 years one legacy new comic book and graphic

novel collections based on the transformer series

will be released from skybound and image comics

throughout the year a new graphic novel compendium

series collecting the landmark transformer series

from marvel comics will launch fall of 2024 So

if you want your Marvel comics back Steve you're

probably gonna have to pay a hefty price because

graphic novel compendium to me is like All issues

in one giant hardcover. Yeah Whether you're upgrading

your skills, scouting for knowledge and information,

or connecting with other heroic readers, a library

card is your key to the arsenal of resources.

Spark your creativity as a builder or programmer

by tinkering in your library's maker space, whatever.

So yeah, but I love that they're doing this and

I love that poster. Those posters are cool. That

is really cool. That is very fun. That's awesome

that they're doing that. And I think that's great

because it's just going to promote reading to

everybody, which I remember back in the day when

we had stuff like that, like I remember distinctly

a Star Trek one in my library growing up. And

it was like something about reading. And then,

you know, you had Kirk and his crew, you know,

kind of like the old got milk stuff that would

show up everywhere. so absolutely and right now

folks you can go on over to Amazon and pre -order

your either paperback or Kindle copy of skybound

Entertainment under image comics transformers

volume 1 robots in disguise which collects issues

1 through 6 of the new series and while you're

over there doing that volume 2 is Slated for

pre -order and it's due out November 26th of

this year that pre -order is that one feature

this is the fate of two worlds new era for the

transformers continues here and Let's I'm trying

to see I think what is this collecting. It's

seven to twelve Maybe Huh? It does not say but

anyway, very very awesome and so volume one is

is robots in disguise that's what the subtitle

for volume one is volume two's subtitle transport

to oblivion love it love it of course it is hey

now it's all g1 all the time don't you know hey

i'm i'm just happy they went back to the well

oh man i'm telling you like Me and Jesse and

Ryan are doing the the the single issues for

Transformers as they come out But once those

trades hit you and I are gonna have to tackle

that because I think you're gonna like it It's

not Beast Wars. I know and maybe hopefully Skybound

at some point. Well as we're recording this folks

talk about bearing lead April 22nd 1996 we are

Two years away from this the 28th anniversary

since Beast Wars came out So we are two years

away from 30th anniversary of Beast Wars. You

know, they're gonna do something for Beast Wars

in two years. Oh I I definitely know they will

and I'm excited when that does happen Absolutely.

Continuing on with Skybound's energon universe

This is all about the free comic book day 2024

special and we have three additional covers here

the three covers one is an energon universe GI

Joe cover the other one I I think, what is this

one? That would be another GIG01, and then the

third one is Rodimus, or Hot Rod, whichever they're

wanting to use, but I absolutely love that. That

is awesome, so that's gonna be really cool. I'm

looking forward to getting that free comic book

day issue this year. That's gonna be fun. So

there's that and then we have more Skybound.

This is their June 2024 solicitations. Now folks,

why am I doing June's solicitations and not May's

or April's or whatever? Well, we're in the almost

at the end of April and I think I did May's solicitations

last time. That we did one of these episodes,

so that's why you're getting June and July So

we got Transformers number nine and we got void

rivals Number ten so transformers the wars on

Cybertron earth converge in ways that the Autobots

and Decepticons never expected done done done

And then everyone should be checking out void

rivals I love what Skybound has done with this

because it's telling a unique and new story for

readers because it's creating new characters,

it's a whole new universe. At the same time,

we are getting various Transformers fan favorite

characters like teased or introduced or kind

of thing into the Skybound Transformers universe.

Or the Energon universe as they call it. void

rivals number 10 secrets of the sacred ring revealed

void rivals finally puts the energon in the corner

of the energon universe in their corner of the

energon universe so very very fun that's june

and then in july we have transformers number

10 and void rivals number 11 Shockwave's plan

revealed! Can the Autobots recover from their

latest loss in time to save everyone? Dun dun

dun. And then for avoid Rivals number 11, War

in the Wastelands, Zertonian forces have caught

up to Derek and Selila, but thankfully they have

a little Cybertronian help. Springer to the rescue!

Oh god. Home wrecker wrecker. Yep, I can home

wrecker Yeah, that'll be coming in in July for

for the Transformers comic stuff And yeah, that's

pretty much it like I said before I Looking forward

to seeing transformers one when it hits digital.

Yeah, I'll probably do the same It's not what

I'm gonna rush out. Nope. Nope. Nope. Not really

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Toycast. Alright folks we're back and yes, Herbie

you can be a dentist if you want to but Hasbro

you have to want to sell toys Yeah, apparently

they don't well I So I watched so and I'll link

this in the show notes folks because it is the

source we watched the clownfish TV video where

That's where the Hasbro doesn't want to sell

toys or doesn't want to deal with toys or doesn't

want to be a toy company or whatever the headline

was from Clownfish TV where neon and geeky sparkles

were talking about this and I dove deeper into

the video and basically what it boils down to

is Hasbro is gonna make all the collector stuff

in -house Like the god gin rise and the super

gin rise and all the stuff for us adults and

all the kids stuff Is gonna be licensed out to

licensees and other other places and other whatever

like playmates Which is the essential thing that

I got here and hey If that's gonna help Hasbro

I guess I'm for it. I don't know I don't know

how I feel about it to be honest because It sounds

more like to me like Hasbro wants to be an IP

holder. Oh, they definitely do and not necessarily

be on the hook to produce anything because I

mean Yeah, they have masterpiece stuff, but a

lot of it's Way too pricey out of normal people's

price range and Like I mean point in case they've

They've completely outsourced power Rangers to

play mates. I mean Which is why they discontinued

the lightning collection now mind you I Started

my lightning collection in August Yeah, and I've

missed out on the master morpher. I've printed

my morpher this particular Versions not great.

I'm probably gonna try another attempt. Well

it the files were free So I I kind of know what

I'm looking for and I just haven't found it even

in the paid prints yet. But that being said,

I would have loved to have gotten my hands on

a Master Morpher or gotten my hands on the Remastered

Red because one, the helmet wasn't squished and

like the belt was the proper color and then it

came with the dragon armor. Well, because Hasbro

discontinued it, I became more... adamant about

making sure mine printed because I did get a

file for like two bucks or something and I was

like all right well let's try it again and so

like I printed the first one it didn't print

right and I painted it and it kind of looked

like crap and I was like well for now I'll just

put it on my green ranger so it doesn't look

naked without the armor and I printed the arm

bands with because I have gold filament now and

I attached those and then I printed another armor

where I cut it in half and that printed pretty

decent And then I glued it together and then

I put it on to begin with and then it kind of

looked off So I put it on my MMPR Red Ranger

when I got that and then I Printed two more versions

of the armor all complete but print like flipped

it on its side So that it would print Vertically

instead of like the horizontally and printed

little bit of a blemish on the first one because

it's stuck to the print bed and then I lightened

something and then the second one printed perfect

So I've printed four copies of it Successfully,

but one one is perfect one is perfect And that

is on my green Ranger my split one is on my red

and then I have the other one sitting on the

the shelf that I'll probably put on my black

Ranger and then the other ones just Showing that

the original look like crap But it's got like

a nice metallic sheen to it and with the filament

color. I didn't have to paint it I didn't have

to do anything. It just looks great. So like

I've printed my own master morpher the gold looks

pretty spot -on To the original like The official

one. I mean, it's there's some blemishes obviously

because it's a 3d print But yeah, but I mean

it looks shiny like the actual thing You know

not quite as chromed out, but it's it's got a

nice shine to it and I'll probably glue this

one together because it's kind of a brick It's

supposed to be able to open and close but it

yeah regardless But yeah, I mean so I've been

experimenting with it trying stuff out and But

yeah Hasbro Completely shut down the line like

everybody had stuff pre -ordered they started

ordering and like I mean I had the red remaster

pre -ordered in like November and It was supposed

to come out in like January and then the email

came out and said February then it came out and

said June then it came out and said Yeah, fourth

quarter 2024 and now and then it came out and

said nope And now and now I'm seeing reports

everywhere saying well the lines dead because

playmates is gonna make the new line and Yeah,

basically anybody that had the original Lightning

collection is kind of just that's a well at this

point and I was like well that sucks But I got

everything I was looking for in that line. So

it wasn't it wasn't terrible From that perspective,

but I I definitely feel the the pain that that

people are running into with Collecting because

it seems like Hasbro like in granted. I'm in

both the Transformers and the Power Ranger community

as far as like the toys and as far as those things

the Power Ranger community is livid that Hasbro

bottom Yeah, like because They feel like yes,

the proportions are correct on the lightning

collection like of the characters But they got

mad in the sense that they kept double dipping

on MMPR and not showing any love to the other

lines Which had that's kind of Hasbro's MO like

Tommy is like the optimist prime of Power Rangers

like yes. So Anytime there's a Tommy figure.

Yeah, they're gonna maximize that any way they

can they forced a Red Ranger repurchase to get

the armor for the Green Ranger It was yeah, I

mean they they remolded some heads here or there

We did a paint job here or there like three masters

probably the most true copy of some of them They

purposely bundled certain ones. You couldn't

get them unless you bought the other So, I mean

they were very strategic and kind of douchey

with how they did it but again, that's Hasbro's

mo and that was kind of infuriating to a lot

of fans and I I just was like look I've been

in the Transformers community for decades and

we've been getting hosed like this for years.

It's like, welcome to the club. I definitely

felt their pain because the quality control on

these things are depending on what you purchased.

The original Lightning Collection figures stand

better than the later ones and the remasters

don't stand at all. You have to really carefully

position those feet and there's all the joints

are loose like they went for like With the remaster

they changed how the hinges work So you don't

see the the little pegs that go between the you

know Like the knee joints or the elbow joints

that go from one side to the other They're all

internal Like friction joints and so while it

looks nicer they don't really hold So people

are people are like apprehensive of playmates

taking it over and I said look Think what you

will have playmates. Yes, some of their stuff

looks kind of Looks bad but their quality control

their price points Their price points are great.

Their quality control is great. They actually

like to make diversity in characters So like

you're not getting the same like you're not getting

like 50 Leonardo's You're getting a nice mixture

of good good guys and bad guys and you know,

just different variations From different renditions.

So like I could definitely see them putting the

effort into making different stuff plus Playmates

is also known for creating Not only the vessels

that the characters happen to you know traverse

and whether it's Star Trek or Ninja Turtles,

but they both make like their accessories and

the bases so like Star Trek made the Enterprise

D bridge and made the transporter and made You

know their different various shuttle crafts and

you know stuff that they could actually go in

And Ninja Turtles made like the sewer and they

made the van and the blimp and the you know So

I mean they've made a multitude of different

things. I could see this working well for that

community because playmates cares to make things

people actually want. It's whether the stores

will carry it. Because the Star Trek line was

few and far between at Lake Target and Walmart

stores. They had a tiny subsection. They were

kind of shelf -warming because they made the

mistake that Hasbro does. They put out characters

that everybody already has, and they were inferior

to the originals. Like, yeah, the face sculpts

were better in some cases, but the paint decor,

like I have the 1994 Star Trek Generations Captain

Kirk, and then I have the Star Trek Wrath of

Khan Captain Kirk from the Playmates line that

just came out like two, three years ago. The

differences, like the new ones are like half

a centimeter taller. They're a little bit more

thinned out. They have more Posability but the

paint decor on them it kind of feels cheap and

the face sculpts kind of look cheap and So, I

mean, I mean you got some upgrades with some

downgrades there and I kind of was looking at

him like I don't know like I still prefer the

originals to these new ones and you can get them

for like a dime a dozen on eBay. So I'm hopeful,

but they did do pretty well with the Ninja Turtle

stuff. So again, I'm kind of hopeful to see what

happens, but I'm not going to hold my breath

because Hasbro still gets a say, Playmates is

going to make what they're going to make. One

can only hope that they kind of take the ball

and run with it and see where they go I mean

like I said from watching the video and from

reading the articles that they were looking at

that geeky geeky and you know, we're looking

at it sounds to me like Hasbro is only offloading

the kids stuff and not offloading a masterpiece

or the I Mentioned this I don't know last year

maybe in one of our episodes. I'm on Instagram

a lot. I'm not posting a lot, but I'm basically

doom scrolling through reels half the time. And

I saw in one of the Transformers official Instagram

account stories, kids tell your parents to go

get you a Tarn today. And I'm sitting there thinking,

okay, I know who Tarn is. Everybody else my age

who has read the IDW comics knows who Tarn is

Most parents unless they've read the IDW comics

and most kids today are not gonna know who the

hell Tarn is and I personally don't think Tarn

is a character That any child should have in

a toy collection because that is not a good like

he's a bad guy, but he's a really really really

really despicable bad guy like oh my god close

to shockwave bad bad guy kind of thing and I'm

sitting here thinking Hasbro what are you thinking

so maybe this is a good thing where yes playmates

has turtles and turtles is kind of for everybody

for the most part I mean there are certain Parts

of turtles there for us older people who grew

up with it And then there are certain parts of

turtles who were for the kids are today, which

is fine but maybe this will allow Hasbro to Give

us what we want What we never know And I hope

that by Using playmates That we actually get,

you know, more variety. I would love to see them

do more variety, but I would also love to see

them, you know, come out with, I don't know,

I would love to have gotten the Morpher instead

of having it, you know, limited edition, like,

and then been like, oh, well, you're SOL. I remember

seeing them as a teenager and as a kid. I'm like,

I don't have any money to buy this. They weren't

that expensive, but I was living without income

and without paychecks and stuff like that. Even

to this day, I would love nothing more than to

get one of the Morphers. I could get one if I

don't want. Like I could get the like the pink

Ranger one or I could get You know the yellow

Ranger one Because BBTS has them But I don't

want that like if they had the red Ranger. Yeah,

sure I would you know, I would just be happy

to have That one and but I mean I really want

the master more for But that ship is sailed with

Hasbro unless they decide because it's a collector

item. They're like, hey We're gonna re -release

this so we can hose everybody Well, that was

the other thing about that about that video from

clownfish TV was about how With this new Collaboration

or team up or whatever they're calling it Basically,

Hasbro is going to focus on Hasbro Pulse Direct

-to -Market collectors. Hasbro Pulse is kind

of like the Matty collector here is hoping Hasbro

Pulse doesn't have the same issues as Matty collector.

They shoot for the wallet? Yeah, pretty much.

I wouldn't mind having one of the helmets, but

honestly, I don't really need it. To me, I've

got the figures I want. I I just want the master

more for at this point like I didn't even get

their Megazord because I was reading the like

I was watching a lot of Transformers reviewers

that also do Power Rangers stuff because I mean

robots and I Was even watching people that do

the different renditions of the the dino Megazord

reviews just to see quality differences and things

like that and It kind of boiled down to price

for a lot of them and then there were some that

were better versions than others and I was like,

okay what size are these what are you know, what

is the real estate that is going to take up and

then I ended up finding like a knockoff one that

Is actually the same height as the max the lightning

collection characters when it's all put together

and I was like, I mean it's small and But it's

a small combiner, but it turns into a, you know,

robot the size of them. And I'm like, it takes

up, you know, half or like a third of the real

estate of one of the regular ones. And it was

it was similar price, but like the quality on

it is pretty stinking nice. So it made it was

kind of like a like it. We've gotten to this

this point in toy culture, too, that the knockoffs

are better than the actuals and they're cheaper,

too. So, yeah, I don't know. I'm cautiously optimistic.

There you go. Absolutely optimistic. Yes. Anything

else you want to talk about? I don't think so.

I mean, I'm still working on... I got to get

back to my Transmetal 2 Megatron and I'm in progress

of... I've got a couple of parts printed for

my Beast Machines Megatron. So yeah, I've got

it I've got part of his lower arm printed in

some cases and some of the joints but I'm I'm

still trying to configure the files in a way

that they print without issue. Oh, no Well, it

depends like how you position them I've discovered

Yeah, which I figured out with some of the you

know, like the trying to print the Green Ranger

armor It depends on how you print the part Yes

So I'm yeah, I'm hoping to get more of that printed

soon there's I probably got like 20 parts left

or at least like 15 and The cloak part of it's

gonna take the longest because it's one continuous

piece so I'll probably chop it Mm -hmm, so I

can cut the time down and just glue it together

later But yeah, the rest of it's gonna be nice

when it works Mm -hmm awesome So I think we will

most definitely mom probably depending on what

is revealed we will have another episode next

week of all things transformers because Again

as of this recording on the 28th anniversary

of Beast Wars We are three days away from the

next transformers live stream Because I think

I saw something about April 25th being another

live stream thing. Could be. I don't have the

episode, I don't have the information in front

of me, and the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel doesn't

have anything scheduled currently. That's what

I love about people that do live videos on YouTube.

They can create a schedule for themselves. You

know what I mean? Where you can look at their

channel and be like, oh. This is coming this

day at this time. That's awesome not Some youtube

channels don't do it and a lot of them do do

it when they do it. So But yeah, I think we are

having a and I Pretty sure we're having a This

Thursday because it's Transformers Thursday.

I mean we had the whole like four weeks in in

in March So who knows? Who knows? Who knows?

But I think that's gonna do it for us. Anything

else before you run through the closing, sir?

I don't think so. All right, get us out of here.

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