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Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Doctor McGrath wrote:I know some of our podcast crew buddy. They know I'm just throwing smoke.

I just want this to be discussed. Throw us a bone is all I'm saying.

What about Seibertron's relationship with FunPub would you like us to discuss, exactly?

megatronus wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Doctor McGrath wrote:I know some of our podcast crew buddy. They know I'm just throwing smoke.

I just want this to be discussed. Throw us a bone is all I'm saying.

What about Seibertron's relationship with FunPub would you like us to discuss, exactly?

Nothing. What I want is for you guys to make some kind of mention or joke about the "troll-off" I mentioned earlier. I thought it would be funny. But I'm nit sure if I'm getting what I want across here. I was probably a few more beers than usual to the wind when I first said it.

Any questions folks? A certain group of people might be gathering to record soon...

megatronus wrote:Any questions folks? A certain group of people might be gathering to record soon...

Well, I put up a list of top 5 prime characters last saturday, so I could ask the group who is their favourite character from Transformers Prime. And have we gotten bored of Optimus? Because as the discussion shows, if we were to rank all characters from best to worst, Optimus seems to end up in the bottom somewhere. And yet Peter Cullen has stated that his Optimus is always the same. So that makes me wonder if we (the fans) have gotten bored of him in the media.

I've got one:

Where are the CHUG Dinobots? Why isn't this a thing? When will Hasbro give us this?

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I've got one:

Where are the CHUG Dinobots? Why isn't this a thing? When will Hasbro give us this?

You are not gonna count these?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-photos-of-platinum-dinobot-heads-with-video-and-name-reveals/33676/

They are updates to their G1 selves and Generations is written on the box. Dont know if you count the Platinum edition Omega Supreme as CHUG Omega Supreme, but if you do this amount to the same thing (an old mold that is an update to the character redeco'd G1 style).

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I've got one:

Where are the CHUG Dinobots? Why isn't this a thing? When will Hasbro give us this?

You are not gonna count these?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-photos-of-platinum-dinobot-heads-with-video-and-name-reveals/33676/

They are updates to their G1 selves and Generations is written on the box. Dont know if you count the Platinum edition Omega Supreme as CHUG Omega Supreme, but if you do this amount to the same thing (an old mold that is an update to the character redeco'd G1 style).

Nope. Those are Movie figures with new heads and colors. Their design aesthetic is nowhere near close enough to fit into a neo-G1 display. That would be the same as giving HFTD Leader Class Starscream a new head and a G1 inspired paint job and saying "here, use him as your G1 'Screamer." Not gonna do it.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I've got one:

Where are the CHUG Dinobots? Why isn't this a thing? When will Hasbro give us this?

You are not gonna count these?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-photos-of-platinum-dinobot-heads-with-video-and-name-reveals/33676/

They are updates to their G1 selves and Generations is written on the box. Dont know if you count the Platinum edition Omega Supreme as CHUG Omega Supreme, but if you do this amount to the same thing (an old mold that is an update to the character redeco'd G1 style).

Nope. Those are Movie figures with new heads and colors. Their design aesthetic is nowhere near close enough to fit into a neo-G1 display. That would be the same as giving HFTD Leader Class Starscream a new head and a G1 inspired paint job and saying "here, use him as your G1 'Screamer." Not gonna do it.

Haha, wouldnt be the first time. Hasbro did literally that with Generations powerdive



along with the following:



Lazerbeak



strafe


Transformers Reveal The Shield Mindset Gallery


Transformers Reveal The Shield Deep Dive Gallery

And who i find the utterly worst offender:


Transformers Reveal The Shield Fallback (outback) Gallery

The main difference is that these are all D list characters while the dinobots are A-list.

Got a fun question guys and girls:

The general rule is that Takara has better deco but when was it that you preferred the Hasbro version over the Takara version?

william-james88 wrote:Got a fun question guys and girls:

The general rule is that Takara has better deco but when was it that you preferred the Hasbro version over the Takara version?

Generations Wheeljack.

Kibble wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Got a fun question guys and girls:

The general rule is that Takara has better deco but when was it that you preferred the Hasbro version over the Takara version?

Generations Wheeljack.

Yeah, that is the default answer and I was wodnering if there were other blatantly obvious ones.

ALso, here is another question for the podcast: what are your favourite TF Prime toys (First Edition, PrimeRID, Beast Hunters, cyberverse)

I liked how scotty said that he had a lot of sympathy for the line ebcause of the restructuring of the design team and that all in all he thought it worked out. I was curious whch toys he thought were really good out of this line and I would extend that question to the rest of the podcast.

We often complain that the toys coming out today outside the MP line are a far cry from the golden years of TF toys, so I wonder: What to you are the golden years for TF toys? Can you give a few toy examples to illustrate the era you find has the best toys?

Are these podcasts available on YouTube? or can you download previous podcasts from somewhere? If the answer is no......then why not? & why not make them available for download in the future! &/or put them on YouTube

Stuartmaximus wrote:Are these podcasts available on YouTube? or can you download previous podcasts from somewhere? If the answer is no......then why not? & why not make them available for download in the future! &/or put them on YouTube

They are all available on itunes, the number 1 place for podcasts

Stuartmaximus wrote:Are these podcasts available on YouTube? or can you download previous podcasts from somewhere? If the answer is no......then why not? & why not make them available for download in the future! &/or put them on YouTube

• Scroll up to the top of any page on this site.
• Hover the cursor over the Media tab on the menu bar.
• In the drop-down menu, click on either "Seibertron.com Twincast/Podcast" or "Twincast/Podcast RSS Feed"
• From either page, you can access all of the previous podcasts, which contain links to download each one.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Are these podcasts available on YouTube? or can you download previous podcasts from somewhere? If the answer is no......then why not? & why not make them available for download in the future! &/or put them on YouTube

Every episode is available on the site through direct download link in the news posts, and you can find all of them by following this link. Additionally, every episode is available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and probably other podcast aggregation sites that crawl RSS feeds.

They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

william-james88 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Are these podcasts available on YouTube? or can you download previous podcasts from somewhere? If the answer is no......then why not? & why not make them available for download in the future! &/or put them on YouTube

They are all available on itunes, the number 1 place for podcasts

Erm....what were you saying about knowing the point of a thread? as it does say ask the Twincast.......lol......anyway, thanks

So are you suggesting that everyone has itunes? Hence why I mentioned YouTube! they could've put their shows on there also......For people that don't have itunes.

hence my questions to T W I N C A S T

Stuartmaximus wrote:hence my questions to T W I N C A S T

He was just trying to help, and it's ok

Anyway, hope my earlier reply, or Sabrblade's, answered your question. If not, feel free to shoot me a PM if you need more guidance on where to find the episodes. For now, let's stop cluttering up this thread (which yes, I realize even this post is doing so)

Thanks for your question and I hope you enjoy the catalog of episodes!

ScottyP wrote:They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

Erm Optibotimus Ustream show....the section of it which is on YouTube has no video component either! but they're still on there! so having no video component doesn't necessarily prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

Erm Optibotimus Ustream show....the section of it which is on YouTube has no video component either! but they're still on there! so having no video component doesn't necessarily prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

We've already given you instructions on how the find the old episodes. The podcast isn't going on YouTube so use what's available.

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

Erm Optibotimus Ustream show....the section of it which is on YouTube has no video component either! but they're still on there! so having no video component doesn't necessarily prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

We've already given you instructions on how the find the old episodes. The podcast isn't going on YouTube so use what's available.

Yes I know pal, just putting the point across that just because something doesn't have a video component.....it doesn't prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

but as you stated...These podcasts obviously don't(which could be debated indefinitely I'm sure)

but thanks for the instructions

Stuartmaximus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

Erm Optibotimus Ustream show....the section of it which is on YouTube has no video component either! but they're still on there! so having no video component doesn't necessarily prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

Very aware of this, since the raw files actually begin as private Youtube videos

Thank you for the feedback though, and while there aren't immediate plans for Youtube availability, it's not entirely off our radar either.

ScottyP wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:They are not available on Youtube as there is no video component recorded.

Erm Optibotimus Ustream show....the section of it which is on YouTube has no video component either! but they're still on there! so having no video component doesn't necessarily prevent it from appearing on YouTube.

Very aware of this, since the raw files actually begin as private Youtube videos

Thank you for the feedback though, and while there aren't immediate plans for Youtube availability, it's not entirely off our radar either.

Ok thanks, at least your not dismissing the idea entirely

IDW designs seem to be getting more and more popular among third party companies. So my question is out of all the third party companies putting out the Dinobots, why do you think none of them decided to go after the IDW designs. Why can't I have an IDW Swoop on my shelf?

And no, the Planet X versions don't count with the TF: Prime comics.

1)what figures do you see coming within the Titan Wars? other than the 2 existing figures.....Metroplex remold into Fort Max(or is it Warden?) & Devastator(god alone knows what they'll remold him as?).

&

2)what line do you forsee coming AFTER Titan Wars?