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Episode #362 “Devastation Part Deux” is available directly and in our RSS Feed, and should appear on Apple Podcasts and many other Podcatcher sites within 24 to 48 hours of when you see this news post.

Here's what we discuss in this episode:

• Hasbro Pulse's 1027 event signaled Age of the Primes reveals are upon us, starting with a full-on look at Megatronus Prime / The Fallen, and a possible first look at Liege Maximo and Star Convoy.
  
  
  
  
  
• We have our first gray-scale of the upcoming Studio Series 86 Devastator, and production looks at the combiner's first two members, Scrapper and Bonecrusher, as well as the much heralded (see what I did there?) Galvatron.
  
  
  
  
  
• We cover a host of other new toy announcements, from Studio Series / Gamer Edition to more Space Bridge-style reveals. Drop us a line in the comments to share what you're most excited for.
  
  
• The crew briefly looks at the recently announced Takara Wild King line - not images or true reveals yet, but we're eager to see what our friends across the Pacific are cooking up.
  
  
• Once again, 40 for 40 takes center stage - our regular segment where we discuss our favorite or most iconic toys from a single year, in celebration of the 40th anniversary. This episode, the year is 2019.
  
  
  
  
  
• We wrap up the episode as we always do, with a round of bragging rights.
  
  
  

Kabaiya puts gum in their kits so they can be sold in Japanese grocery stores as "candy toys". Without it they're just toys and aren't allowed to be sold around food. Other companies include pressed sugar candy similar to Bottle Caps (appropriate because I'm pretty sure they're supposed to be ramune flavored).

Docking and pegging? I've already pre-ordered my Bravern figures and kits!

Emerje

Re: Devastator

I find myself making comparisons to Marvel Legends very often with the direction the Transformers line has taken.

Toybiz made some really incredible stuff...for its time. They did some figures in a way and style that were at the time, the best thing going. In some ways, they fit in with the style of the current Hasbro offerings simply because they were pretty good, almost like a 3P transformer. Those older toys fit in more because they take up the position and not because the match the current "house style."

Now when Hasbro comes around and remakes the figure, it's definitely in the current "house style" and may be comparatively lacking when put against an older Toybiz version. You could definitely stick to the older toy, but it's no longer the best fit for the line-wide style.

That is where I see this Devastator. The Unite Warriors Devastator was interesting. I always had to justify it being as big as it was. To me though, it's no more "Best Fitting" than any of the various 3P Devastators.

The Studio one is being designed to be a part of the line and that is where I find that it properly strikes its place in my collection.

For me CW or UW Devy only really looks good with Omega and the Dinobots, and maybe MPs, outside of that he is just much too large and always has been.

Emerje